300 Now is not the time to reminisce
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Although Chen Xi is almost invincible with the Liverpool team this season, he is invincible. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 But in the Premier League, he still has a team he doesn't want to face, and that's Tottenham Hotspur. And the White Hart Lane Stadium is the last thing Chen Xi wants to conquer.
But this game is still inevitable, but unfortunately in the competitive arena, there is no real win-win. There are only three outcomes in the league, and that is a win, a loss, and a draw, and it is impossible for both teams to win.
Chen Xi's desire to win has never faded, so his goal in this match is still to win. It's just that he can't imagine what kind of performance he must have after scoring in White Hart Lane, the place where his dream began!
Before the start of the game, when Chen Xi and his teammates came out to warm up, Chen Xi heard the "Edison Song" in the stands.
It made him feel like he was back to last season, when he could hear it in White Hart Lane every week or two. Even sometimes, he can hear it a lot away from home.
However, when Chen Xi swept the Liverpool red shirt under his training vest, he came back to his senses.
Tottenham is in the past tense, Liverpool is in the past!
I'm sure they want me to be able to show myself in the competition! Chen Xi looked at the group of Tottenham fans who were singing for themselves, holding their own posters, and wearing their former Tottenham shirts, and thought in his heart!
Thinking of this, Chen Xi's mentality relaxed a lot! ――
After the warm-up, Benitez did his usual pre-match mobilization in the dressing room. This time, though, he didn't say much. For one, the strength of this Tottenham Hotspur team can only be regarded as mid-stream in the Premier League now. Benitez doesn't think they can cause too much trouble for Liverpool. Second, he also knows Chen Xi's feelings for this team. So he won't belittle this opponent in the locker room either.
As soon as he walked out of the locker room, Chen Xi took a photo with Robbie Keane.
The Irish striker is Chen Xi's best friend in Tottenham. This season, although the Tottenham team is not a big change, it has also changed most of the main players. A group of veterans left, and the two major attackers, Chen Xi and Morientes, also left.
Redknapp, who originally had a good relationship with Chen Xi and the Liverpool players, was also unable to participate in this game due to injury.
Looking at it, among the Tottenham Hotspur starting line-up, only Robbie Keane, Ledley King and Tarico have a better relationship with him.
When Chen Xi was greeting Robbie Keane, the two of them also walked over.
"Ledley, yes, they're all captains!" Chen Xi quipped when he saw the captain's armband on Ledley King's left arm. At the same time, he thought to himself that if he didn't leave Tottenham, maybe he would have a chance to take this with him.
"Hehe, Jamie has had a lot of injuries this season, so he handed me the captain's armband for the time being!" Ledley King said with a smile. Although he is now the captain of Tottenham, he is only a young man in his early twenties after all, and in front of Chen Xi, his domineering spirit cannot be exposed.
"The captain has to be like a captain, and I'll defend a little better, I won't release water!" Chen Xi said with a senior posture.
"We won't release water either, you have to be careful!" As soon as it came to this topic, Ridley King also replied unceremoniously. As the captain, he naturally can't be too weak in front of his opponents, can he?
"Well, now is not the time to catch up. When the game is over, let's find a place to get together. The race is about to begin! Seeing that the players on both sides were almost ready to enter, Chen Xi said to the three old teammates.
"Well, whoever wins will pay when the time comes!" Robbie Keane said with a wicked grin.
"If you want me to have a treat, just say it, why are you so subtle!" Chen Xi said unusually stinky.
Robbie Keane and the three of them certainly heard Chen Xi's words, and they all raised their middle fingers at him!
At this time, the referee was also walking by, and Chen Xi immediately put on an innocent face and said, "Referee, they humiliated me!" ”
Seeing Chen Xi's shameless appearance, Robbie Keane and the three of them all looked with contempt.
However, the referee seemed very kind, and he smiled at Chen Xi and tilted his head, as if to say that he knew that the few of them were joking.
After such a fuss, Chen Xi and Kean both returned to their respective teams and were ready to play.
After a series of ceremonies, Chen Xi stood in his place, doing stretching exercises and waiting for the start of the competition.
Everything in White Hart Lane looks so familiar, and Chen Xi is enjoying the atmosphere here, at least, he hasn't heard a large number of Tottenham fans booing him yet.
When Chen Xi was standing on the sidelines to warm up, he found that the Tottenham coach had walked out. Hoddle was already out early in the first half of the season, after which director David Pullett and former assistant coach Chris became acting coaches of the team. Although Pulit used to be a good player, he was not familiar with the position of coach, and in the end he simply ceded the position of manager to Chris. This old man who has played for Tottenham for more than 20 years has played a good role. Not only did it stabilize Tottenham's situation, but it also brought Tottenham's record back to mid-table from the relegation zone at the beginning of the season.
Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur FC is not looking for a replacement for him for the time being.
Although Chris was only an inconspicuous assistant coach of Tottenham Hotspur before, for Chen Xi, he was his mentor. Because, it was Chris who gave Chen Xi a chance in the trial and signed him. In fact, if he had all the rights to sign Chen Xi, Tottenham would definitely not have given such an insincere contract. Then after that, there will be no free transfer incident for Chen Xi.
Chris still has some regrets when he thinks about this now. Because before signing, he was the only person in the team coach who had seen his true strength. It's just that no matter how much he admired Chen Xi at the beginning, the club still only gave such a slamming contract.
Seeing his mentor, Chen Xi didn't care that the game was about to start, he walked directly to the sidelines and gave Chris a hug: "Coach Chris, long time no see!" ”
"Edison, I'd rather see you off the court! On the pitch, you're not a likable opponent! After Chris hugged Chen Xi, he said helplessly. Because, he found that as one of the coaches who was most familiar with Chen Xi, he couldn't find a way to deal with Chen Xi.
"Oh well. I'll visit you after the game. If you'd like to see me then! Chen Xi shrugged his shoulders and said with a wicked smile on his face.
"You little ghost, won't you give me some face?" Chris looked at Chen Xi's funny appearance and said helplessly.
"No way, it's a football game!" Chen Xi's expression suddenly became serious.
Chris clearly saw a bit of reluctance in Chen Xi's eyes, and obviously, if he could, he didn't want to face Tottenham in the game. Chris nodded understandingly: "Well, the game is about to start." Go back to the field! ”
"Okay, Coach Chris!" After Chen Xi shook Chris's hand again, he returned to his position.
As the focus of the game, Chen Xi's every move just now did not escape the eyes of all the fans and media at the scene.
Everyone also had a heartfelt good impression of Chen Xi's very humane performance.
Even some of the Tottenham fans who were ready to give Chen Xi a boo in this match were disturbed, because they knew that Edison had not forgotten the ...... - finally, after both sides were ready, the game began with the referee's whistle.
Tottenham Hotspur today is a 442 formation, but compared to the previous parallel positions, Chris is a diamond-shaped midfielder today. The midfielder was still German Flender, but in the absence of Redknapp, 36-year-old Uruguayan midfielder Poyet took his place. Poyet, on the other hand, has more experience than Redknapp, who is good at both offense and defense, and will focus more on playmaking.
The Uruguayan at his peak was also a midfield all-rounder, but his age and successive injuries have affected his ability to run on the pitch a lot, and he can only play more often on awareness.
Up front, it's a combination of Robbie Keane and Canout, and young Portuguese striker Postiga, who was bought by Hoddle at a high price this summer, was deemed a parallel commodity after the halfway point of the season. Directly put on the bench by Chris. It is estimated that after the end of the season, there will be no escape from the fate of being purged.
Chen Xi is still opposite two old teammates from last season, Simon Davis and Stephen Carr. When the two teams met in the first leg, Chen Xi once broke the right side of Tottenham.
This time, Chris didn't seem to have a surname for Chen Xi, knowing that he couldn't prevent Chen Xi, Chris simply decided to play against the Liverpool team in this game. This can be seen in Poyet's appearance.
At this time, there must be many people who admire the courage of this old man. There may be many people who think that this old man has water in his head. However, whether people look at it or not, that's what he did anyway.
In fact, no matter what tactics he uses, no one is optimistic that Tottenham will cause Liverpool any problems in this game.
However, when the game began, Tottenham's performance gave hope to the fans at White Hart Lane!
In Tottenham's first attack in the first half, Esselington, who replaced Chen Xi's left midfielder position this season, tore apart the right side of the Liverpool team with a sharp breakthrough!
His then cross was of great quality and the ball flew towards goal at breakneck speed.
Kanoute was about to outflank the ball, but Dudek was very focused and struck the ball first. The ball hit Hyypia behind Canute and bounced off the line.
From the start, Tottenham won a corner with their own attack. It seems that they are not willing to play a supporting role on their home turf!
In the ensuing corner, Ledley King, who came to the Liverpool penalty area, forced another header against the Liverpool defender, but unfortunately his header could not be suppressed, and the ball flew directly into the stands.
Oh~~~ There was a sigh of regret from Tottenham fans in the stands. But then they gave their players a round of applause!
Benitez on the sidelines was clearly unhappy with his team's performance, and he rushed to the sidelines to signal his players to take control of the situation on the field!
Chen Xi and his teammates also nodded. At the start of the game, they were not fully fit and almost stole one by Tottenham.
Especially Finnan, who had just been eaten raw by Esselington, waved his hand to the coach on the sidelines and expressed his apology.
Once the game resumed, Liverpool controlled the situation on the pitch with skillful ground passing, and they did not attack easily, but kept the ball at their feet.
Of course, if Tottenham thought Liverpool were going to spend so much time, they would be mistaken. Because as long as the Liverpool team finds an attacking opportunity, they will suddenly accelerate and catch Tottenham Hotspur off guard!
Liverpool's approaching style of play is very uncomfortable for Tottenham, because in the Premier League, apart from their city rivals Arsenal, basically no team will play so meticulously.
A lot of the time, Tottenham's defence has been dominated by destruction. Therefore, many times, even if they put an end to Liverpool's attack, they will not be able to launch a counter-attack calmly.
No, Reeser stepped in the assist and received Chen Xi's ball on the left side. Simon Davis made a direct tackle to break the ball off the touchline.
Simon Davis tackled hard, as evidenced by the fact that the ball he tackled hit the billboard on the sideline and bounced back into the pitch.
The ball bounced right at Chen Xi's feet, and Chen Xi directly picked the ball into the hands of Reese, who was standing on the sidelines and was about to throw the throw-in, and then stepped forward at high speed.
It's just that Stephen Carr is obviously very concerned about Chen Xi, he has been following Chen Xi, and he is still pulling Chen Xi's clothes like a child who is afraid of getting lost.
When Reese was about to throw the ball over, he also found that Chen Xi was entangled, so he turned around and threw the ball directly into the penalty area, because Husky was already leaning on Ledley King and was ready to catch the ball!
After receiving Reese's throw-in, Husky turned straight towards the baseline and prepared to force a shot at goal.
He turned around suddenly, but unfortunately this big black man was a little ignorant when he was in possession of the ball, and the ball was far away by him, and it looked like it was about to go out of the bottom line!
Just as the Tottenham fans in the stands were about to boo Husky, a red figure suddenly appeared on the line of the ball!
(To be continued)