Due to the construction schedule of the new Wembley Stadium, which was originally scheduled to be the home of the national team, the construction of the new Wembley Stadium had to be postponed due to the repeated increase in construction costs, and George's insistence, so the friendly match between England and Uruguay had to be moved to White Hart Lane.

By the way, Arsenal originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that their home stadium was about to close at the end of the season to persuade the FA to move the friendly to Highbury, so as to make a small profit, subsidize the club's finances, which have become extremely strained by the construction of the new stadium, and also give their own free advertising. However, as the owner and head coach of Tottenham Hotspur, how could George let his century-old rival get this opportunity? Instead of taking advantage of Arsenal's financial constraints, he expected the income from the new stadium and the opportunity to repay the huge loan from the renovation of Highbury Stadium to fall into the ground, triggering a subprime mortgage crisis in advance, which was already George's biggest conscience!

Imagine if the subprime mortgage crisis had erupted a year earlier than the previous one, and the worldwide economic crisis triggered by the bursting of the housing bubble and the resulting depression would have had a devastating negative impact on Arsenal's repayment schedule. As a result, Arsenal had to rely more on selling their main and even key players than in previous lives to repay the huge loan for the construction of the new stadium. At that time, it may not be a fool's dream for Arsenal to be reduced from a four-game madman in the previous life to a mid-stream team!

In the end, under George's tough statement, White Hart Lane successfully won the right to host the game, and David Dayne's attempt only failed.

Compared to the famous stadiums of the Bernabeu, Old Trafford and Camp Nou, the White Hart Lane stadium, which has a capacity of only 36,000 fans, can only be described as small. Although the atmosphere of the stadium at White Hart Lane is not bad, the huge gap between ticket revenue and the development around the stadium and the top golf clubs has strengthened George's determination to speed up the construction of London's Olympic Park and allow Tottenham to have a new stadium as soon as possible!

It is true that George can make Tottenham a top club with his deep personal resources, but in reality, this strength of Tottenham is completely dependent on George's wallet. If someone in UEFA comes up with a financial fair play bill like Platini did in his previous life, or if George's cash flow is in trouble for a while, then Tottenham will soon be in the same predicament as Chelsea and AC Milan in his previous life!

Now for the main business. Despite being just a friendly match, England fans were not less enthusiastic about the game, and the White Hart Lane stadium was packed. Obviously, they all want to see what kind of surprise George's new official can bring to them after taking office!

Sure enough, on the starting list, George caught everyone off guard: goalkeeper Paul Robinson, four defenders from left to right, Bynes, Ridley King, Terry and Gary Neville, Carrick, Gerrard and Hargreaves formed the midfield trio, and the forward line was Rooney, Beckham and Defoe's attacking trident!

Abandoning the traditional 4-4-2 in favour of a 4-3-3 formation that is more in line with the current group of internationals, Carrick was put at the heart of midfield, with Hargreaves, who had not been taken seriously under Eriksen in the starting line-up, and Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole, on the bench. These changes in George's arrangement of troops directly caught the Uruguayans off guard! And judging from the actual effect of the game, the effect of George's change of hand can be said to be immediate!

It is true that the arrival of Tavares has changed the status quo of the Uruguayan national team, vigorously promoting new players while constantly weakening the influence of big stars such as Recoba and national team veterans on the dressing room, emphasizing overall football and pragmatically playing defensive counterattacks, but the veteran coach faces the same problems as George, that is, he has been in office for too short a time, many ideas have not been implemented, and there are many problems in the tacit understanding between players. For example, in this game, the reason why the England team was able to score first with a clever anti-offside raid by Defoe only three minutes before the opening whistle was because the cooperation between Lugano and Montero was not tacit enough, and at the same time, he grabbed Gerrard, who took the ball at the front of the big penalty area, and gave Defoe behind him a chance!

"Jermaine's sense of smell is so sharp, even if Michael (Owen) was there, he couldn't have done better!" Seeing Defoe help the team take the lead so quickly, Sammy Lee (Eriksen's assistant coach when he was in charge of the England national team, George took over and stayed on after he took over) couldn't help but exclaim, "Steven [Gerrard] also had a very good timing of the pass, I didn't expect him to have this hand!"

Hearing Sammy Lee's exclamation, George didn't choose to pay attention to it, but was engrossed in observing the situation on the field. In George's eyes, it was gratifying that Defoe was able to score the goal in just three minutes, but it was not a surprise.

When a striker has the likes of Steven Gerrard, Michael Carrick and David Beckham behind him, and team-mates like Wayne Rooney on his side to pull the space to attract the attention of defenders, as long as he's not as accurate as Heskey, has a good nose in front of goal, and a little bit of luck, scoring goals won't be too difficult.

What's more, compared to Owen, Lampard and Ashley Cole, Defoe, Hargreaves and Bynes are indeed inferior to these three in terms of individual ability. But the problem is that football is not a simple math game, otherwise there would be no adrenaline-pumping reversals and dark horses. The team's chemistry and the rationality of the players' mix are also important factors that affect the outcome of the game!

Unlike Eriksen's late coaching of stars, George is more sensible in his line-up – Bynes is better at understanding George's system than Ashley Cole, Hargreaves can provide a better midfield sweep than Frank Lampard (Lampard started his debut as a defensive midfielder, but it is undeniable that as his status in the club has gradually improved, his defensive focus has been much less than before), and Defie's speed and nose in front of goal are not inferior to Owen at this time. Therefore, although the strength and star flavor of this England team on paper are not as good as before, they can better implement George's tactical thinking, and the lineup combination has become more reasonable!

On top of that, after getting the opportunity to play for the national team, and even more so to earn a ticket from George to Germany in three months' time, these players are bound to play harder than usual in the game!

Facing the Uruguayan team, which is also in the throes of the change of manager, the England team, which has a reasonable lineup, clear goals and full of motivation, undoubtedly has a few more chances of winning than the opponent in this game!