Chapter 105: The Tinker's Choice
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Three games in six days, and all of them are Premier League games. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 After seeing this schedule, George was completely desperate for the IQ of the FA officials - how brain-dead must it be to arrange such a schedule?!
Although only Chelsea are the only strong team in Tottenham's three opponents, and Manchester City and Everton are quite far behind Tottenham in terms of results and strength, even this is not a reason to schedule Tottenham's fixtures so tightly - if this is the case, why not set the Spurs and Chelsea make-up match in the first place for a relatively loose schedule, but only in April, when the schedule starts to be dense?
If it weren't for Tottenham's bench depth, coupled with George's conscious rotation strategy to keep all the players in good competitive condition, and replaced with another team with a slightly worse bench depth or a set of lineups to play the world, then I am afraid that this team is likely to be miserable by this dense schedule!
By the way, if you add the 34th round of the league against Bolton Wanderers two days later, Tottenham's schedule during this period should be even more terrifying eight days and four games!
On average, one high-intensity game is played every two days, and if it weren't for UEFA's clear rules on the interval between two consecutive games, George even doubted that these brain-dead children in the FA would really learn from the NBA on the other side of the Atlantic and arrange a back-to-back schedule for Tottenham!
However, although the FA's eight-day, four-match schedule has made Tottenham feel extremely depressed, Tottenham are still quite lucky compared to Chelsea on the other side. Because as long as Tottenham can survive this period, the frequency of Tottenham's games will be the most normal once a week until the end of the season. They have one more trophy to play than Tottenham, so an even more terrifying schedule awaits Chelsea – six games in 16 days!
You know, compared to Tottenham, who have already reached the FA Cup final and only need to concentrate on the league preparations, Chelsea will still have to meet Monaco in the Champions League at this time. At this point, no one dares to underestimate Didier Deschamps' team, made up of outcasts from various clubs - and if anyone dares to ignore Monaco, then Real Madrid's corpse is a lesson for them!
Therefore, in the face of such a schedule, even Chelsea, who have the most depth on the bench in the Premier League, can't help but feel very tricky. Because if one is not careful, the Blues are likely to fall into the abyss from which they will never recover!
In this regard, Ranieri was naturally extremely angry at first, after all, such a schedule is smashed, and Chelsea will have to drag a layer of skin even if they don't die. Soon, however, the tinkerer reluctantly put away his appeal to the FA to postpone the 31st round of the match with Tottenham Hotspur - because Ranieri had realised that the FA had arranged the game this way to target Chelsea, who had risen so strongly this season!
Although the FA has always been known in European football for being conservative and brain-dead under the media's rendering, since they can sit in this position, it shows that these FA officials still have some ability, and it is impossible to make a bunch of things inexplicably without any reason. Therefore, the FA has arranged such a terrifying schedule for Chelsea at a critical moment this time, in order to punish Chelsea for poaching everywhere last summer and disrupting the transfer market and the order of English football!
It can be said that the reason why Tottenham Hotspur has such a difficult schedule during this period is mainly because of its ally Chelsea. If the FA is also interested in playing against Tottenham, then Tottenham will not be the only team to face in these games.
George naturally knows this. However, although he understands in his heart that Tottenham has just become the FA's gun against Chelsea, this does not mean that George will acquiesce to the FA's behavior of using himself and Tottenham as a gunman - so that he can catch himself as the current Viscount Koscielt and the first heir of the Earl of Essex, and the FA will use Tottenham to hit Chelsea without saying a word, do you really think that the Nelson family will not be angry?!
Therefore, in order to appease the dissatisfaction of the Nelson and Hood families, the FA had to quickly send someone to apologize to George, and at the same time hinted that Tottenham would be given some preferential treatment when arranging the schedule next season, and would seriously deal with the phenomenon of home whistle and whistle blowing, so that there were no more serious consequences.
For the FA's statement, George is quite satisfied. After all, Tottenham will also face a fourth-tier battle next season, and with this guarantee from the FA, Tottenham will be more or less relaxed in domestic competitions and can focus more on the European stage.
Although the FA is unreliable in many things, its discipline is still very secure. The most important thing is that the FA does not dare to break its word, which undoubtedly risks angering the Nelson and Hood families again. And this is obviously something that the FA is unwilling to face.
In this way, three days passed in a hurry. On the evening of April 15, George led the entire Tottenham team to welcome the Blues Chelsea at White Hart Lane!
Due to the deep historical ties between the two clubs, as well as the partnership between George and Abou in private, this game can be called a strong conversation, but the game is not very strong - after all, Chelsea and Tottenham are basically in the Premier League at this time, with Arsenal already locked up the league title and fifth-placed Liverpool struggling to catch up with the first group in the top four. As a result, the atmosphere of this game is naturally more tense.
In fact, if it weren't for the mood of the fans and sponsors, as well as the so-called face problems of the big clubs (although Chelsea are not yet giants), Ranieri would have even given up a few league games, including this one, to concentrate on preparing for the semi-final of the Champions League against Monaco in the middle of next week - with no hope of winning the league title, Ranieri would have any hope of retaining his position if he led his team to win the Champions League this season. Otherwise, by the end of the season, the tinkerer will definitely have to roll up and leave.
Ranieri's thinking is naturally well reflected in his line-up for this game - in this game, many main players including Crespo, Terry and Makelele did not enter the starting line-up. This move of the tinker is enough to reflect his attitude towards this game!
Goalkeeper Ambrosio, right-back Glenn Johnson, French veteran Desailly and German youngster Robert Hutter in central defence, left-back Bridge, midfield Quartet of Geremi, Frank Lampard and Scott Parker, and attacking trident with a combination of Hasselbaink, Mutu and Glen Shire, this is Chelsea's starting line-up for this game!
It can be seen from the layout of the starting lineup that Ranieri has no intention of fighting Tottenham at all. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the tinkerer to put Terry and the others on the bench when they were not sick or sick, and even the goalkeeper was replaced by Ambrosio, who did not have a few appearances. After all, Chelsea, who have been winless in the league for two games in a row, are already one point behind Manchester United and have fallen to third place in the table due to a game with one game in hand, so if Ranieri really wants to retain second place in the table, then it is impossible to field such a starting line-up.
Now let's take a look at Tottenham. With a league game against Bolton Wanderers still in two days, and the players already very tired from the previous consecutive games, in order to ensure the health of his players and avoid injury problems due to excessive fatigue, George continued to rotate the starting line-up in this game.
"It seems that this summer will not only consider deepening the depth of the team's bench, but also the care of the health of the players. Sitting in the dugout on the sidelines, George was thinking about what Tottenham needed to improve. Establishing a well-established physiotherapy system is an aspect of his commitment – and after witnessing Redknapp Jr. spend half of a season in his hospital bed and the remaining half recovering his fitness, George has put this on his agenda and is waiting for the end of the season to start working on it.
Tottenham's starting eleven in this game are: goalkeeper Kathy Keller, the four defenders from left to right are Stephen Carr, Ridley King, Michael Dawson and Heinze, Kompany and Speed form a double back, Basturk is in the middle of the command, David Villa and Ronaldo are on the left and right wings, and Drogba is the starting center!
To be honest, George took quite a risk by sending such a starting lineup. Because George is betting that Ranieri will not let Chelsea consume too much in this strong dialogue for the sake of the so-called face and league standings, so once the tinkerer does not turn the corner and sends the main squad in this game, then Tottenham is likely to lose this strong dialogue, and then lose the best opportunity to improve the league standings!
In the end, George's gamble proved to be a success. Under the pressure of results and position, Ranieri chose to strategically abandon the league and concentrate on the Champions League!
Ranieri paid the price for his choice. After all, although Chelsea's bench depth is equally strong, Tottenham Hotspur sent a mixed starting lineup of main and substitute players in this game, completely crushing Chelsea with only two main players in terms of strength!
In this way, when the first half ended, Tottenham, who were playing at home, managed to enter the break with a one-goal lead thanks to a goal scored by Didier Drogba in the fifteenth minute of the game!