Chapter 390: The Fallen Red Army

Tottenham Hotspur won four consecutive games against Real Madrid after falling behind by two goals in less than 20 minutes, such a result not only refreshed people's understanding of Real Madrid, but also made everyone realize that Tottenham Hotspur did not slack off because of the success of last season's championship, and is still one of the strongest teams in the entire European football!

In particular, Tottenham's performance in the first half of the game in the second half shocked all the managers who followed Tottenham's movements closely - with Real Madrid's squad configuration, Tottenham Hotspur, who played with all the main forces, was suppressed in the half for a period of time, so when their team and Tottenham meet, what kind of performance will they show?

Although the current Real Madrid is no longer the galactic battleship that everyone feared during the Bosque period, and the aging and departure of superstars have seriously reduced the strength of the La Liga giant, but even so, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and Real Madrid is not a target to be bullied by opponents. Not to mention, it is still Heathfield who is now in charge of Real Madrid. Under his tutelage, the combat effectiveness of the Galaxy Battleship has improved a lot compared with last season! Otherwise, Real Madrid would not be able to overtake its rival Barcelona and temporarily occupy the top position in the La Liga standings!

However, it was such a Real Madrid team that was beaten by Tottenham after a brief highlight in the opening stages, how did this not make other teams panic?

At the same time, Real Madrid's backyard, which had finally calmed down, also made waves again because of this defeat - Calderón, who thought he had waited for the opportunity, once again attacked Lafayette's idea of building a team, wanting to oust Florentino from the position of president of Real Madrid, so that he could ascend to this throne!

However, Calderón may still only get a disappointing result this time. After all, Real Madrid's record after the start of the new season is still quite good, and just one defeat is unlikely to shake Florentino's dominance!

At the same time, Real Madrid fans are questioning the correctness of Heathfield's move to put Raul on the bench. In their minds, The Lord of the Rings should always be in the starting line-up, not a spectator on the bench!

Heathfield didn't even bother with the fans' doubts. On the one hand, because he had a communication with Raul before the game and obtained the consent of his captain, he was not worried about Raul's dissatisfaction at all, and on the other hand, because Florentino, who has always deliberately weakened the voice of the local gang in the locker room, also supports this move of the Germans, hoping to further attack the power of the local gang in the team!

In George's previous life, Florentino spared no effort to crack down on the local gangs within Real Madrid during his two terms as president of Real Madrid. Because Lafayette simply can't tolerate the local gang that has too much say in the team and can even influence the manager's decision-making to a certain extent, and believes that this is an obstacle that must be removed for Real Madrid to go global!

In order to achieve this goal, he did not hesitate to forcibly drive out a number of players with strong influence in Real Madrid, such as Hierro, Raul and Guti. Even so, Florentino was not done until he saw off Casillas – until then, the battle between the local gang and the outside had never subsided at the Bernabeu. Even when the team was doing well, it didn't change the situation.

Leaving Real Madrid at that, now the conversation has turned back to Tottenham. Just two days after the match against Real Madrid, the Tottenham players ushered in the eighth round of the Premier League. And their opponent in this round of the league is Charlton Athletic, who is also in London!

Although Charlton's level can only be regarded as the middle and lower of the 20 Premier League teams, and the overall strength has further declined after the departure of Di Canio and Scott Parker, and the biggest signing in the summer is only the loan of Russian international Smertin from Chelsea, but Charlton has a headache, that is, they can play quite well in the first half of each season, creating a lot of problems for many strong teams!

Not to mention, Charlton Athletic and Tottenham are already in the same London, and the duel between the two teams could be dubbed a derby. This undoubtedly further increases the motivation of Charlton's side to get points in this round!

Although Tottenham players don't care much about this so-called derby now, that doesn't mean Charlton Athletic has the same opinion. Rather, they hope to be able to perform well enough in this game to win more attention!

Playing in the same city as Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic is destined to play the role of a sidekick without the backing of a wealthy owner. Living in the shadow of these clubs for a long time, and the team's tepid record, has led to Charlton Athletic's lack of attention, so the best way for players here to get a chance to go further is to take advantage of the opportunity to play directly against the big teams and put in enough eye-catching performances!

Take this game against Tottenham, for example. Facing Tottenham, who had just played 90 minutes against Real Madrid and had not fully adjusted their form, the Charlton players who visited White Hart Lane were extremely excited. The team, which still adheres to the traditional philosophy of English football, has caused Tottenham a lot of problems with simple and crude long balls and flying on both wings. In particular, Danny Murphy, the core of the midfield, and Darren Bent, the ace of the attack, played quite well in this game, not only putting a lot of pressure on the Tottenham backline in attack, but also threatening the door guarded by Cech several times during the game!

If it weren't for Cech's courage in this game, his high resistance to keep the door open, and even the low right-footed shot from Darren Bent close to the goal, and Klose in the 30th minute of the game to receive Arshavin's corner kick and rush to the top six meters in front of the goal, helping the team stabilize their position in time, I am afraid that Tottenham will suffer the first defeat of the season in this round of the league!

In the end, thanks to a header from Klose, Tottenham, who were not in good form due to a two-game relationship, defeated Charlton Athletic at home with great difficulty and continued to lead the league standings by a narrow margin of one point!

Tottenham's home win over Charlton Athletic greatly diluted the joy of the Chelsea players' 4-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield, and it was frustrating for the Blues – no matter how good they were, it was frustrating to look up after the game to see a familiar name on Chelsea's head.

As for Liverpool, who suffered a heavy defeat to Chelsea, the Reds have further cemented their position in the relegation zone after this round of league games. So far, Liverpool, who have two games in hand, have not won a game, and are tied for the bottom of the table with their city rivals Everton with only three points from six games, three draws and three defeats!

With the departure of Owen and Gerrard, the Reds, who once made European football tremble, finally faded from the halo of the top giants this season and began to decline!

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