Chapter 268: Clattenberg!

The news that Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester United at Old Trafford and advanced to the FA Cup final with their heads held high left all the media and pundits in the face of the pre-match spurs. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info You know, these people said before the game that Manchester United has a better chance of reaching the final than Tottenham, but the result did not come to pass, the Red Devils, who once led by two goals at home, were successfully overturned by Tottenham with three goals in a row, and handed away the upcoming final qualification!

Why can't even a team like Tottenham, which needs to face a third-tier battle and has just suffered a heavy blow, win? I believe this is the truest thought in the hearts of these people at this moment.

'We had a great start, but unfortunately we couldn't hold on to the win until the end of the game and made a lot of low-level mistakes that gave the opponent a chance to turn things around. Congratulations to Tottenham, they fully deserved this win today and hopefully they can build on and stand on the winner's podium after the final. At the post-match press conference, Ferguson sat in front of a group of reporters and said, "Also, I think Manchester United's poor performance this season is inescapable of several goalkeepers in the team. If it weren't for their poor performances, United wouldn't have fallen to where they are now, at least. ”

I'll you, Alex, you're going to make a big news! George couldn't help but be taken aback by seeing Ferguson almost name Tim Howard and Roy Carroll, the two goalkeepers. Although he knew that Ferguson had always been extremely dissatisfied with Manchester United's goalkeeper configuration, and for this reason, he also took the opportunity of the alliance with Tottenham and Chelsea to bring in Cudicini last summer, but he never expected that the lord would make a public statement at the press conference, putting his dissatisfaction with Howard and Carroll on the surface!

What kind of wind did the old man smoke today? Was it really stimulated by this reversal? Since it was difficult for everyone to ask Ferguson directly, George had to secretly guess the reason in his heart.

To be honest, George has always felt that the reason for Manchester United's poor results this season is not only due to the serious aging of the main squad and the pain caused by the regeneration, but also a large part of the Red Devils' bad luck. First of all, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been Manchester United's main firepower in the past three years, has been plagued by injuries this season, and his goal efficiency has dropped significantly; secondly, Cudicini, who was introduced as the main goalkeeper, has been bizarrely injured for consecutive seasons after coming to Old Trafford, forcing Ferguson to reuse Howard and Carroll, who were originally intended to be squeezed to death on the bench; finally, the attendance of Giggs, Gary Neville, Scholes, O'Shea and other main players or main rotations has also declined a lot this season. The combination of these factors has greatly weakened United's fighting power and bench depth, which in turn has led to this situation.

If Cudicini hadn't been unlucky enough to be reimbursed for the season, the door for Manchester United would have been much safer than it is now, and the game would probably not have been reversed by Tottenham.

Sure enough, as George expected, after hearing Ferguson's speech, the press conference scene suddenly boiled. All the reporters looked at Ferguson with an expectant gaze, hoping that the lord could explain in more detail the meaning of what he had just said. And Ferguson did not live up to the expectations of reporters, bluntly saying that he will clean Howard and Carroll after the season, and at the same time bring a "really" capable top goalkeeper to Manchester United this summer!

Ferguson dared to make such a confident statement at this time, and naturally relied on it - under George's matchmaking, several major shareholders of Manchester United have agreed to the offer of the Qatar Investment Authority, and the success of the acquisition is already a sure thing!

"Cudicini is really unlucky. Sitting on the bus back to London, George lamented to Elizabeth, who was sitting next to him, "I was not taken seriously at AC Milan in my early years, and it took a lot of time to make a name for myself at Chelsea, only to have to give way to the younger Akinfeev after Ab took over. The move to Manchester United was reimbursed for the season with a serious injury, and he missed the best opportunity to fight for a place in the main line. ”

Although he lamented what happened to Cudicini, George didn't have the time to think about it. Because in three days, Tottenham will have the 34th round of the Premier League against West Bromwich Albion!

Although West Bromwich Albion are currently 19th in the table, under the leadership of new manager and "Miracle Captain" Brian Robson, the team, who were vice-captains at the end of the first half, showed a very strong momentum in the second half of the league. Especially in the last four rounds of the league, West Bromwich Albion has actually achieved an unbeaten record of two wins and two draws, and even Everton, who is fifth in the standings, has become the ghost of "bloomers" (West Bromwich Albion's nickname). It can be seen that Tottenham wants to take advantage of the home advantage to win this opponent, and it will not be as easy as people think.

Sure enough, West Bromwich Albion were stubborn in their resistance, but the better side of Tottenham built a one-goal lead thanks to Arjen Robben's 17th-minute in-cut shot and kept it until the end of the game!

However, just when everyone thought that Tottenham would win another home game, Mark Clattenburg, who was in charge of officiating the game and had been in charge of the Premier League game for less than a year, stole all the show - in the 86th minute of the game, Clattenburg blew for Vidic for a foul on Richardson in the box, awarded West Bromwich Albion a penalty, and showed Vidic a red card!

If Nemanja Vidic did foul Richardson, then the Tottenham players wouldn't have said much. But the problem is that the video replay clearly shows that Vidic didn't touch Richardson at all while defending, which was an unmisjudged miscalculation!

What made Tottenham fans even more angry was that when the truth was revealed, Clattenburg still refused to take back the unwarranted red card and this penalty, and instead gave Kompany, who protested to him, a yellow card to declare his authority!

No wonder Tottenham would have been so angry at Clattenburg's decision. Chelsea beat Arsenal 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to move two points clear of Tottenham in the table. So, if Tottenham and West Bromwich Albion draw in this game, then they will lose the top spot in the table!

Eventually, to the onslaught of the Tottenham fans, Clattenburg ended his spectacular performance at White Hart Lane. The referee used an unjustified red card and a penalty to make Tottenham Hotspur, who had led the table for most of the season, lose the Premier League leader with only four rounds of the league remaining!

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