For London, a city where four or five teams play in the Premier League every year, the local derby is a difficult place to define, but England, the inventor of modern football, can build a team with a century of rivalry because of the surrounding environment, the opposition of the fans, or even an unexpected misunderstanding. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The more famous rivals in the whole London area are Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in north London.

In fact, Arsenal was not originally established in north London, but as neighbors of Fulham FC, but it was clear that Arsenal, which was supported by Conservative MP Henry Norris at the time, was not a good neighbor, and after refusing Arsenal's request to merge clubs, Arsenal, who were unfortunately relegated at that time, had to leave Woolwich on the south bank of the Thames, and they moved to Highbury, where they became neighbors with Tottenham Hotspur.

The two teams initially got along well, but after the end of the First World War, the situation changed, and the then Arsenal president Norris used his friendship with the president of the English Football League to let Tottenham Hotspur, which should not have been relegated, be relegated to the second division, and Arsenal, who were fifth in the league at the time, were promoted to the first division and have not been relegated from the first division ever since. Since then, the two north London teams have left a grudge and both sides are not convinced, both hoping to overpower each other and become the boss of north London, but it is clear that Arsenal are doing better now.

Returning from Sweden, Arsenal prepared for the north London derby before they had time to rest, and Arsenal, who reached the second group stage of the Champions League, must now win their next league game or they will be pulled away by Manchester United.

Liu Han has no concept of derby, before coming to London, he didn't pay much attention to football, so he didn't understand some football vocabulary at all, as for the relationship between the Lakers and the Clippers in Los Angeles, it was more like the relationship between the big brother and the younger brother, and there was no derby at all.

Although Liu Han didn't quite understand the significance of the derby, he could see the importance of the next game from the solemn eyes of the veteran players.

"Kill the traitor" -- this is the slogan that Liu Han has seen most of the fans around the training base since he was preparing for the game in the past few days, and Liu Han is a little puzzled by this rather murderous slogan.

"Do you know who the coach was before the head came here? It's the current Tottenham Hotspur coach George Graham, to be honest, this old man still has a good set of defense, and our backline still uses the lineup he left behind. After hearing Bergkamp's explanation, Liu Han understood the meaning of the derby a little.

"So, this is the derby?"

'That's right, it's a derby, you have to protect yourself and humiliate as much as you can, and when you score in a game like this, the Arsenal fans will really accept you.' Bergkamp are now the darlings of Arsenal fans.

As one of the best coaches in Arsenal's history, George Graham chose to take over Tottenham Hotspur at an advanced age, as for this reason, we don't know, but George was still harassed by Arsenal's extreme fans after taking over Tottenham Hotspur.

Liu Han showed amazing form as soon as he returned to the Arsenal team, which made George Graham very headache, he didn't want to be humiliated by the Oriental in such a derby, but Graham saw that Wenger was still using the defensive lineup he left, Graham immediately did not worry about the team's attack, because he was well aware of the flaws of this defensive lineup.

It seems that the opponent can only fight to attack, Graham thought.

On 8 November, Arsenal face Tottenham Hotspur, north London rivals, and the visitors take on Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

In this game, Wenger uncharacteristically put out a 442 lineup, and the usual 433 lineup was not used today, on the one hand, because Henry sprained his left foot and needed to rest for two weeks, and on the other hand, because Wenger was worried that the derby would cause injuries and attrition of players.

However, just as Arsene Wenger was considering whether to find some suitable replacements for the team in the winter trade period after the start of the game, Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of a mistake in Arsenal's backline to score the first goal.

Just seven minutes into the game, Arsenal, who were still testing the intensity of the match, were suddenly attacked by Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham midfielder Sherwood suddenly sent a very fast, angled boccia ball near the center circle, Adams turned a little slower on the wing, and Tottenham winger Iverson seized the opportunity to counter offside, and then cut inside to hit the far corner, and Seaman, who returned from injury, reacted slightly slower, and was first broken by Tottenham.

First of all, the goal did not make Wenger too excited, but the Tottenham fans on the sidelines were very excited, after all, the opponent is now a strong team in the Premier League, and Tottenham Hotspur was still on the verge of relegation in the first two seasons.

After scoring a goal, Arsenal began to attack, with midfielders Petit and Overmars repeatedly attacking the opponent, but the Tottenham team under Graham's training defended quite well and put a lot of pressure on the Arsenal team.

Liu Han was surrounded by two or three Tottenham players and had no chance to catch the ball at all, so he wanted to open up space on the wing, but lacked the right attackers.

Just after Arsenal were getting into shape, Tottenham Blitzkrieg once again.

Sherwood again, this time he first distributed the ball to the feet of the wide players, and then received a pass from his teammates in the middle of the field, and directly volleyed the ball, Seaman was blocked by the defender, and in addition to Sherwood's shot The ball touched Vieira and occurred on the sideline, Seaman could only look at the ball and sigh, less than 25 minutes into the game, Tottenham Hotspur took a two-goal lead, and the Arsenal team began to be a little impatient.

Wenger finally couldn't sit still on the sidelines, if he didn't realize the first goal, then after the second goal, Wenger clearly found the hole in his backline, Adams's turn speed was too slow, his body has been with a lot of thinking reaction speed.

At this time, Liu Han looked at the huge sign erected by the Tottenham fans on the sidelines and began to get angry, because the sign was painted with a yellow monkey, and then the slogan next to it was "Yellow monkey, come to eat big bananas", Liu Han was the first time to see such blatant racial discrimination in England, but the only thing he wanted to do now was to completely shut up those scum above. (To be continued.) )