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Tottenham suffered a 4-2 defeat to Blackburn Rovers to end a season's unbeaten run. The news made headlines in the sports pages of major British media the next day.
"Tottenham Hotspur's unbeaten end, Arsenal took the opportunity to open the gap"
That's the Times report, which also adheres to the usual rigorous style, mentioning that Arsenal took advantage of Tottenham's defeat to widen the gap to three points.
"Black Wind scored two goals, Tottenham's unbeaten golden body was broken"
The Guardian focused on the two goals each of the Black Winds, praising the attacking prowess of the golden duo of Andy Cole and Dwight York.
"Manchester United abandon Tottenham to finish off the Red Devils' unfinished business"
The Telegraph reports that Andy Cole, Yorke and Gillespie have teamed up to stop Tottenham, with some of them doing what the Reds have failed in previous rounds, and suggesting that Ferguson's decision to clean up the dark has undoubtedly been the wrong one.
"Tottenham swallowed four bullets, and the defense was humiliated"
"If you want to win the title, Tottenham need to solve the defensive problem first"
The Mirror and the Post have both set their sights on Tottenham's backline. The former mentions that Blackburn's luxurious attacking line humiliated the Tottenham backline. The latter summed up the goals conceded by Tottenham this season and said that if they do not solve the defensive problems, it will be difficult for Tottenham to achieve good results this season.
These modest reports obviously don't attract the attention of fans of good things, and the first thing that comes to mind after learning of Tottenham's defeat is how Howard of The Sun will slam Hoddle and Tottenham.
But when they got to The Sun and flipped to the sports section, they found that there was an even bigger surprise waiting for them.
"Supernova is now the Achilles' heel, a big six-foot man is afraid of headers"
Under the title, it is a picture of Chen Xi facing Ander's hesitant cross in the match between Tottenham and Blackburn!
Here's a transcript from Howard's late night, which reads as follows: Tottenham's unbeaten league run ended with a 4-2 defeat at Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, and Arsenal at the top of the table stretched the score to three points. Before the end of the game, Tottenham's Thomas Edison had a close-range header. As a result, the super-rookie, who had been near-perfect in his previous games, handled the ball in a surprising way. I saw that after hesitating for a moment, he took a step back directly, and then stopped the ball with his chest, and immediately volleyed after landing! This series of movements, Edison did a very good job. But after he made those moves, Blackburn's defenders had plenty of time to react and eventually blocked the ball off the line!
Edison was perfect in the first eight rounds, playing superstar-caliber numbers. He also gives the impression that he is very technically comprehensive. But when I pored over all the footage of his games this season, I found a very strange scene. That is, the big player who is six feet one inch (about one meter eighty-six) has never completed a header.
Note! Not just with a header, he didn't even have a touch of the head! What does this mean? That means he has the fewest headers of any player in the Premier League who has been given back-to-back appearances. Yes, even Aston Villa is only 5'3" (1.62m) tall, and Alan Wright, the shortest player in the Premier League, has a header record this season. Even, I have the impression that several goalkeeper players, including West Ham United goalkeeper James, Manchester United goalkeeper Butters, have completed the header clearance of the penalty area!
Edison Chen, as the absolute main force of Tottenham, he played all nine league games, and played the full game in eight games, why is there such a strange statistic?
The author found that in addition to covering all the team's front-court set-pieces, when the opponent won the set-pieces, as the team's tallest players, Edison almost never went to the penalty area to assist in defense. Combined with the picture of Edison in the game between Tottenham and Blackburn, the author can't help but have an idea, could it be that he is afraid of heading?
Next, the author learned about Edison's information, and although he did not find a picture of him playing football before, he obtained an extremely key piece of information. That's when the super-rookie had a record of shock after a head hit in his football career. He then gave up rugby and switched to football.
Through all this, the author has come to a bold conclusion. That's Edison Chan's psychological shadow because of that injury, and thus developed a fear of headers!
In this way, everything before makes sense!
If the author's speculation is true, then the author has another question: can such a person with mental illness really gallop on the football field at all his might? Can a person who does not dare to head the ball really gain a foothold in the Premier League for a long time?
Howard wisely chose to end the article with two questions. Although no direct answer is given, the answer is imminent. At the same time, it leaves enough room for the reader's reverie.
As soon as this report came out, it caused a seismic uproar in English football.
To Howard's satisfaction, sales in this issue of The Sun have risen by a whopping 50% nationwide!
Did Edison have a phobia of the head?
This has become the most concerned question for England fans!
Some extreme fans who were originally on the opposite side of Chen Xi did their best to ridicule Chen Xi. In their view, football is a sport that belongs to men and to the brave. A bad breed who doesn't dare to head the ball is obviously not worthy of football, at least not worthy of the Premier League, which is known for its fierce scrambles!
Suddenly, derogatory terms such as "bad seeds", "wretched waste", and "loser" have become the names used by those radical fans to attack Chen Xi.
And while Chen Xi's fans are supporting Chen Xi, they can't help but worry about Chen Xi, what if he really has a mental illness?
There are many players in world football whose future has been affected by psychological or mental illness. England's most regrettable talent in recent years, Gascoigne, has a history of mental illness, and it is said that his unruly behavior on and off the field and his drinking habits have a lot to do with his mental illness.
This scared Chen Xi's supporters, especially Tottenham Hotspur fans, who finally had their own talented players, but this happened, and they could only pray in their hearts that that damn Howard's judgment was wrong......
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