Chapter 248: Champions League sequelae
The news that Tottenham Hotspur sank the Galaxy 3-1 at the Bernabeu Stadium and won the first leg of the quarter-finals once again caused a massive earthquake in European football, and even made a large group of media and experts who swore before the game and announced that they were optimistic about Real Madrid's home victory shattered their glasses!
While Real Madrid's ageing squad, thinning bench depth and consistently cheating defensive team have been criticised, no one can deny that the in-form Galaxy is indeed one of the top teams in all of European football. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info nothing else, as long as any one of these superstars shines in the game, it is enough to change or even determine the trend of the whole game!
However, this time, Real Madrid was beaten by Tottenham Hotspur in the best possible way, and at home. Such a result has not only refreshed people's perception of Real Madrid, but also raised the prestige of Tottenham Hotspur Club and players such as Drogba, Robben and Ronaldo to a new height!
Beating Real Madrid in a face-to-face match, and in an important match like the Champions Cup, is not something any team can do. Coupled with Tottenham's previous excellent performance in the group stage, so, after the first leg of the Champions Cup between the two sides, Tottenham Hotspur has naturally been sought after by a large number of media and fans, and its image as a strong team has been further rooted in the hearts of the people!
By the way, after witnessing the wonderful performance of the Tottenham players in this game, the eager Lafayette visited the door in person on the evening of the end of the game and asked George about the price of Arjen Robben and Ronaldo. And George did not hesitate to tell Florentino that these players are the future of Tottenham and not for sale, so don't think about the idea of playing them!
Seeing George's resolute attitude, Florentino had to give up his plan to poach from Tottenham Hotspur, although he was not very reluctant, and as the president of ACS Group, Spain's largest builder, Galeries Lafayette naturally had some knowledge of George's potential background. So he knew very well that he could not risk provoking George to poach Tottenham!
Of course, for young Tottenham Hotspur, the midweek win away at Real Madrid was not all good news. No, in the 28th round of the Premier League on February 26, Tottenham, who returned to London City, was deflated in front of Fulham, who had been recuperating for a long time - after 90 minutes of fierce battle, Tottenham and Fulham, who sat at White Hart Lane, exchanged blanks, and only won a draw and one point at home!
George felt a little frustrated by the team's draw with Fulham at home, but he didn't turn on the hair dryer inherited from Alex Ferguson and reprimanded the players after the game. Because just two days before this game, the whole Tottenham team also traveled to Madrid and played a battle against the Galaxy at the Bernabeu Stadium, and the players were at a low point in both physical strength and competitive condition. So, Tottenham didn't perform well in this league game at the weekend, and George was actually mentally prepared.
Don't look at Tottenham's three-to-one match against Real Madrid in the first leg, purely from the score point of view, Tottenham's side won quite easily, but in fact, the game that defeated the Galaxy Battleship caused a considerable consumption to the entire Tottenham team from physical to psychological consumption. Even the substitutes who didn't play were very sluggish because of the long journey.
Crucially, the majority of Tottenham's squad has little European experience, which prevents them from splitting their energy between the weeks and keeping them in the form they can play at any given time, as they do with veterans who have played on the pitch for many years. As a result, George often sees players struggling with their best in one of the games and then going up and down in the next game or two.
Energetic and energetic, with a strong hunger for championships and honors, which often brings unexpected joy, but also fluctuates due to lack of experience and experience, this is the price that needs to be paid for youth and growth. And what George has to do is to accelerate the growth of these players, so that they can get through this stage as soon as possible and become the pillars that Tottenham can rely on!
Therefore, in the 28th round of the Premier League against Fulham at the weekend, facing the menacing "farmer" who only needs to deal with the league battlefield, the Tottenham players who are not in form at all can keep a draw at home, which can be said to be quite an easy result!
The only consolation to Tottenham is that the draw did not close the points gap between Chelsea and them. Due to a Carabao Cup final with Liverpool, Chelsea's match with West Bromwich Albion has been postponed. As a result, Chelsea, who have played one game less, was instead widened by Tottenham to four points!
It seems that seeing the hope of overtaking Tottenham, Mourinho once again launched a public opinion war, desperately putting pressure on Tottenham, intending to make Tottenham players lose points again under heavy pressure. Not to be outdone, George launched a counterattack, warning Mourinho to manage Chelsea and not always stick his nose into someone else's one-acre three-point field. For a while, the war of words between the two brothers made the British media, who have always been afraid of chaos in the world, addicted to it, and got a lot of writing materials.
A week later, on March 5, the 29th round of the Premier League arrived as scheduled. Although the Spurs players had been given a full week of rest before this game and were back in top shape and fitness to play against Southampton without any problems, with the second leg of the Champions Cup against Real Madrid coming up four days later, George was not afraid to let these key players play in a row. In case it is successfully overturned by the Galaxy at home, it will undoubtedly be an extremely heavy blow to Tottenham, which is in the growth period!
What's more, it has only been less than a year since AC Milan were beaten by Laco with a four-goal lead in the first leg last season, and no one will forget this experience, let alone want to repeat the mistakes of the Rossoneri!
As a result, in order to save time for the Champions Cup in midweek, George once again rotated heavily in the starting line-up, putting a large number of substitutes in the starting line-up and keeping most of the main players in the city of London.
Looking at Southampton, due to the poor performance of the "Saints" this season, they are currently only in 18th place in the league standings, and they are bound to go all out to win this game in order to get out of the relegation zone as soon as possible!
It is foreseeable that the sequelae of the Champions League will be one of the main problems that the young Tottenham Hotspur needs to solve for a long time to come!
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