For £7 million, Tottenham finally got their coveted striker – Robbie Keane. With Tottenham's third round of league fixtures set to take place away from home, the Irish hero, who shone at the World Cup, will have to wait until the fourth round of the league to make his official debut at White Hart Lane.

Speaking after coming to London, Robbie Keane said: "It's sad for me to leave Leeds because I've had happy times there, but it's also part of football because I want to play. ”

Speaking about the reasons for joining Tottenham, Robbie Keane said: "Tottenham is a big club, Hoddle is also an ambitious and quality coach, and Tottenham have a good plan for the future, so I chose this place. ”

Speaking about his impression of Hoddle, he said: "This is a respectable coach and he will try his best to lead Tottenham to better results, of course, it will take time, but I am sure that one day we will be able to achieve it. ”

Hoddle was overjoyed with the arrival of Robbie Keane: "This lad has been very good at the World Cup, his arrival has made up for what we lacked, we will give the opposition defenders a taste of the attacking power that Tottenham has not had in the previous two seasons, I believe he can integrate quickly with the team, and his characteristics are very suitable for our style of play." ”

Chen Xi also expressed his approval of Keane's joining in his heart. In his opinion, Tottenham's current style of play is very simple, and the style of play that purely relies on two wings to find the team's center forward is easy to be cracked by the opponent, and with Keane, who is more flexible, it can undoubtedly enrich the team's tactics.

Tottenham's opponent in the third round is Charlton, the little brother in the same city, which is also the first city derby that Chen Xi has participated in. It's just that in London, this kind of city derby is not very golden. You know, there are six London teams in the Premier League this season.

For Tottenham fans, only the north London derby against bitter rivals Arsenal can be considered a real derby!

Even so, Hoddle and his team are hoping to conquer the valley. After all, the team has won two consecutive league games, and now only Leeds United and Liverpool, who have won the same two consecutive games, are in front of Tottenham on goal difference. In this game against the underdog Charlton, once a big win, the team is expected to reach the top of the table.

For such a game, Hoddle obviously will not have people and reservations, and he has sent all the main players of the team.

Chen Xi has also returned to the starting lineup, and he is now the most important chess piece in Hoddle's hands.

Up front, with Robbie Keane not officially joining the team, Hoddle is still a "vintage" combination that excludes Sheringham and Rice Ferdinand!

Charlton Athletic will face Chen Xi today against Luke Young, the 23-year-old England right-back who is a player with decent physical and defensive qualities. But when encountering a pervert like Chen Xi, his evaluation may be changed to a player with no characteristics.

Yes, in the Premier League today, if you want to defend against Chen Xi alone, this defender must either have extremely good physical fitness, or have extremely good defensive skills. Of course, it's better to have both.

A player like Luke Young, who is decent in everything, is Chen Xi's favorite opponent.

Today, Charlton Athletic's coach Kirbyshley did not arrange a trap tactic against Chen Xi, which also made the right side guarded by Luke Young completely blown up by Chen Xi in this game!

In less than five minutes of the opening game, Chen Xi's first breakthrough on the left caused a corner kick!

Chen Xi personally took the corner kick and accurately found the central defender Richards at the back point, who directly shook his head and smashed the ball into the door of the Charlton team!

1 to 0!

Taking the lead after five minutes, Tottenham got off to a fantastic start.

The early conceded goal forced Charlton to attack. In this way, they have more room for Tottenham to counter-attack at the back.

Ten minutes later, Chen Xi received a long pass from Redknapp, used his speed to eat Luke Young raw, and then pushed the ball horizontally to the middle of the penalty area.

Outflanked Les Ferdinand with ease!

2 to 0!

Another assist from Chen Xi helped Tottenham extend the score. The Spurs fans who came with the squad gave the superstar their cheers.

In the following games, Charlton also had two good offensive chances.

It's just a pity that Barry's long-range shot at the heart of their midfield and Yule's header from their striker were just as close to a goal.

It is not difficult to see from these two attacks that although Tottenham's attack is sharp, the defense is still a big problem.

Before the end of the first half, Chen Xi created another chance.

Winning the ball on the left side, he took advantage of the shaking of the center of gravity, first feigned the bottom, and after deceiving Luke Young's center of gravity, he suddenly pulled back and directly sent the ball to the back post with a right-footed cross.

Sheringham at the back post grabbed the point, but he didn't hit the goal with a direct header, but selflessly ferried to the center of the penalty area!

It was Rice Ferdinand again, who bounced straight into the ball and sent it into the net again!

3 to 0!

Veteran Rio Ferdinand scored twice in the first half, and he seems to be proving with his actions that he is not willing to give up his main position easily!

With a three-goal lead in the first half, Tottenham almost sealed the win. So in the second half, Hoddle made two substitutions in a row, the scorer Rice Ferdinand was replaced, Iverson came on to form a double tower with Sheringham, and the veteran Anderton, who returned from injury, replaced Simon Davies, who was inactive in the first half.

After the veteran Anderton came on the pitch, Tottenham's attack on the right side was much better, and Tottenham successfully achieved both wings.

In the 60th minute, Anderton went down to the right side and knocked back to the front of the penalty area, and Flender, who was outflanked in place, directly met the ball and shot angrily, expanding the score to 4-0!

By this time, many Charlton Athletic fans had already left the stadium early, and they did not want to see their team continue to be humiliated.

However, Tottenham's performance doesn't end with the departure of the home fans.

The team is leading by a large score, and Chen Xi has already contributed two assists, and he did not continue to brush assists, but began to try some in-cut shots.

In the 72nd minute, after Chen Xi won the ball on the left side, he suddenly cut inside after facing Luke Young's continuous cycling.

Luke Young didn't even have time to make a foul before Chen Xi threw him away.

After dribbling to the front of the penalty area, Chen Xi used continuous lateral shaking to shake off a gap and directly volleyed into the near corner!

The ball was shot so hard and so fast that the Charlton goalkeeper, who was distracted by the defenders, was unable to react and had to watch the ball drill into the goal.

5 to 0!

Chen Xi scored his second goal in the league, which was also his first sports goal in the league!

At the same time, Chen Xi is also using this way to prove to Hoddle and the media that he is not just an assist machine. If he wants to, he can score great goals!

In the last ten minutes of the game, seeing that Tottenham were about to get a perfect victory, Charlton took advantage of the Tottenham team's defensive coordination mistakes to tear open the defense, and Yule scored a face-saving goal!

Of course, the goal was just a minor blemish in Tottenham's big win.

The important thing is that they have won three in a row in the league and as long as Liverpool and Leeds United don't play big games, Tottenham will have a chance to reach the top of the Premier League!

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ps: Uh, is it a disease to update late?