Chapter 813: Tottenham Hotspur's Belief

Crazy Tottenham Hotspur!

It was a delusion created by fans and media around the world after the north London side thrashed Manchester United 5-0 at home, as they discovered that Tottenham Hotspur had won thirteen consecutive Premier League games so far this season, with a barrage of goals, and an unbreakable defence.

But that's not all of the surprise, it's the real shock and weakness that Tottenham have shown in the last dozen games and the depth of the squad on the bench.

According to the British Sun, there is no team in England that can stop Tottenham Hotspur, because the Manchester duo were originally the last two teams this season that have not been defeated by Tottenham Hotspur and have the ability to snipe Tottenham Hotspur, but now, both teams have suffered humiliating defeats, which makes all fans marvel and regret.

Perhaps, everyone has a heart for the weak, so when Tottenham Hotspur is so strong, many fans will inevitably hope that some team can stand up and snipe at Tottenham Hotspur to prevent him from continuing to sweep English football like this.

But the wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

After playing Manchester United, the thirteenth and fourth rounds of the English Premier League were scheduled to be held in midweek, Tottenham Hotspur once again welcomed the London team Fulham, Ye Qiu once again made a large rotation of the team, and it was still a thrilling 2-1 defeat to Fulham away from home, and won another victory.

Three days later, away to Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur came away 3-1.

In this game, Manchester City drew 1:1 with Southampton away, Chelsea lost to Stoke City 2:3 away, Arsenal drew 1:1 with Everton at home, Manchester City lost 0:1 at home to Newcastle, and only Liverpool beat West Ham United 4:1 at home.

Judging from this round of games, Tottenham Hotspur has undoubtedly once again established itself as the leader of the Premier League, with a proud record of fifteen consecutive wins, especially the amazing attacking power and unbreakable defense, which have made all competitors desperate, and also made everyone soberly realize that this season's Premier League will be Tottenham Hotspur's personal one-man show.

After an unexpected upset by Stoke City away from home, Jose Mourinho said with regret, "No team will be able to shake Tottenham Hotspur's championship foundation this season, because this team is too strong!" ”

"From before the start of the league, the Premier League title has never been in suspense, it only belongs to Tottenham Hotspur, and the other nineteen teams, desperately playing, the purpose is to compete for second place, that's all!"

At the same time, Mourinho also mentioned that the fighting power of Tottenham Hotspur's players this season is amazing, "We all have to admit that this is Ye Qiu's last season, his players, his team, naturally hope to give him a decent ending!" ”

In contrast to Mourinho's public admission that there is no hope of winning the title, Liverpool's Benitez said that Tottenham Hotspur is indeed the favorite to win the title, but it has not yet reached the situation where it can win the title in advance, because there may be accidents.

"Tottenham Hotspur have really reached very impressive heights this season, they have a super overall fighting force, they have a strong bench and bench depth, so they can play at their level on multiple fronts, but as in the past few seasons, Tottenham's multi-front play can end up distracting them and end up frustrating on some fronts, such as the Premier League!"

"Winning the Premier League for five consecutive seasons, I believe that the players of Tottenham Hotspur will have some slackness in their hearts, and now they are far ahead, this slackness will be more obvious, and these are our opportunities and hopes for a reversal!"

Mauro? Tasotti refuted Benitez's remarks when he attended the press conference in place of Ye Qiu, saying that the team is united, no one will slack off on any game, and everyone has only one idea, which is to win every game.

This is the belief of Tottenham Hotspur!

It's not just Mauro? Tasotti, captain of the team, Thiago? Speaking to the media, Silva also said that the team will not be careless, "I want to say that this is a season like no other, because after this season, the people we respect the most will leave us, so we can only say goodbye to him in the best way we can." ”

The superstar of the team and the most eye-catching star of the 2013 annual list, Frank? In an interview with the media, Ribery also said emotionally that he hopes to draw a perfect end to Ye Qiu's last season with his hard work.

"It's a joint decision for everyone in our dressing room!"

Messi also said in an interview with French football magazine that he supports Ribery in this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or, and at the same time, he also appealed to all his teammates that he hopes to push Tottenham Hotspur to the top in Ye Qiu's last season.

Tottenham Hotspur's statement of unity, as well as the atmosphere within this team, coupled with the fact that the coaching staff has consciously strengthened the protection and vigilance of the players in this regard, so the team seems to be very stable.

In midweek, in the final round of the Champions League group stage, Tottenham Hotspur hosted Shakhtar Donetsk.

Tottenham Hotspur, who had already qualified from the top spot in the group, met Shakhtar Donetsk, who had to fight for their lives in order to qualify from the group, and the two sides played in full swing at Stratford Stadium, which was very miserable.

In this game, Ye Qiu arranged a full substitute lineup to play, but in the end in the seventy-seventh minute of the second half, with Phil? With a shot from Jones, Tottenham Hotspur beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at home to make it six wins in a row and send Lucescu's Shakhtar Donetsk to the Europa League.

For Phil? Jones assisted the young 18-year-old Januzaj, and Tottenham Hotspur also arranged two young players to come on as a substitute for this game, 17-year-old Belgian teenager Andreas? Andreas Pereira and seventeen-year-old talented French striker Neil? Mope, but neither of these players has too noticeable tables.

After all the matches in the Champions League group stage, Tottenham Hotspur qualified first, Bayer Leverkusen beat Shakhtar Donetsk and qualified as the second place in the group, Shakhtar Donetsk had to play in the Europa League, and Real Sociedad was eliminated from the European competition.

For a time, the German media has gone from criticizing Tottenham Hotspur to now singing praises, which fully reflects the discipline that media people do not have at all, because Tottenham Hotspur has only done one thing from beginning to end, that is, to play every game of their own.

If calculated by strength, Leverkusen is indeed inferior to Shakhtar Donetsk, which Ye Qiu is very sure of.

Unlike Tottenham Hotspur, Benitez's Liverpool had to fight Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga in the final round in order to qualify for the top spot in the group, although Liverpool defeated Bayern Munich away in the end, but according to the Champions League group stage ranking rules, Liverpool finally fell to the second place in the group.

Benitez is also helpless because his team can score more goals, Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich this season is not as strong as last season, especially after suffering the embarrassment of reaching the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons, but the two seasons have not been fruitless, which is a huge blow to morale.

But because of this stubborn fight, Liverpool once again hated Stratford Stadium when he challenged Tottenham Hotspur away after returning to the Premier League, and Messi scored the only goal of the game for Tottenham Hotspur.

After this round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur went to Morocco, Africa, to participate in the Club World Cup.

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One of the eye-catching features of this year's Club World Cup is that in the second round of qualifying, there were two upsets, which led to the promotion of two dark horse teams, one is the AFC Champions League champion Guangzhou Evergrande, and the other is the Moroccan local team Casablancara Atlica.

According to the draw ceremony for the semi-finals, Tottenham Hotspur's opponent is Morocco's homegrown team Casablancaraja.

Tottenham Hotspur arrived in Morocco two days early, dragging their tired bodies, because for the Premier League giants, there really is not much gold to play such a game, and their most formidable enemies do not come from the pitch, but from jet lag and fatigue.

In the past, the biggest attraction of the Toyota Cup was the South American champion vs. the European champion, but the problem is that with the increasing influx of young South American players into Europe in recent years, the level of European teams and football is getting higher and higher, while the level of football in South America is gradually declining, and it looks more like a retirement home.

It's not just the difference in players, but at the tactical level, the South American teams still maintain the traditional characteristics of the past, but the tactical level of Europe has been raised to a whole new level, which makes the football competitiveness of the two regions no longer on the same level.

Therefore, almost everyone feels that Tottenham's trip to the Club World Cup is more like a training trip, after all, no one will believe that Tottenham Hotspur, who are invincible in the Premier League and Champions League, will lose to these teams.

The organizing committee was very thoughtful in arranging, from arrival in Morocco to the hotel, there was no harassment along the way, and the first thing the team did after checking in was to sleep, and they didn't get up until near noon the next day, because it was already early in the morning when they arrived.

Under the 24-hour protection of more than 100 security guards, Tottenham Hotspur enjoyed a very high standard of treatment in Morocco, and in the words of a senior Moroccan government official, it is hoped that Tottenham Hotspur will show mercy to Casablancaraja's men in the game.

It's a joke that no one takes seriously.

Tottenham Hotspur, on the other hand, beat Casablancaraja 2-0 in the semi-finals with a semi-main and half-substitute lineup.

Everyone can see that Tottenham Hotspur did not give it their all, but Moroccan fans are still crazy about this Premier League giant, almost every training session is crowded outside, all the fans are just to see Tottenham Hotspur's style, and even in this game, there are more fans cheering for Tottenham Hotspur than Casablancaraja at home.

In another game, Guangzhou Evergrande was another upset, defeating Atletico Mineiro with Ronaldinho in Brazil 3:2 and advancing to the final, which immediately caused a huge repercussion in China, and countless fans were cheering, because in the eyes of many people, Tottenham Hotspur is also a Chinese team.

For a while, countless Chinese fans were cheering, and even some die-hard fans of Guangzhou Evergrande believed that the team they supported had the hope of causing an upset, after all, they had the world's top coach Lippi.

Ye Qiu gave a very high evaluation to the Tottenham Hotspur partner who was able to reach the final.

"Since coming to Morocco, I've been studying the footage of Guangzhou Evergrande's matches, Lippi is very good at beating the strong with the weak, I know him very well, so I know that you always have to be very careful with him, because he is very, very dangerous, he is a very cunning and experienced hunter!"

After a pause, Ye Qiu smiled again: "But it's a pity that our Tottenham Hotspur are not prey!" ”

Although Ye Qiu was very dissatisfied with the schedule of the Club World Cup in private, because in order to participate in the Club World Cup, Tottenham Hotspur missed a League Cup and a league, and Tottenham Hotspur had to compress the schedule after the winter break, and this cup did not have much meaning in Ye Qiu's view.

But in an interview, he still launched a round of praise for the Club World Cup, almost describing it as a continental event of great significance, and even described the difficulty of winning this event as almost comparable to the Champions League, especially when it came to the special protection and care of Tottenham Hotspur by the organizing committee, Ye Qiu was very grateful.

Similarly, Lippi said in an interview that Tottenham Hotspur is the strongest team in football today.

"Tomorrow's game will certainly not be easy because our opponent is Tottenham Hotspur!"

Lippi said that in the face of Tottenham Hotspur, it is unrealistic for any team to talk about attack, especially for Guangzhou Evergrande, their more realistic goal is to do a solid job in their defense, limit Tottenham Hotspur's attack, and then wait patiently for opportunities.

"The result of every game is that the strong side wins, but it will also leave hope and opportunities for the weak, so we have to keep a winning heart, don't have any pressure, and play at the level we usually train, that's enough!"

And this time around, Lippi showed his pre-match motivational side, encouraging his players in the pre-match dressing room, saying that players should use the opportunity to play against a big team like Tottenham Hotspur to make the world remember their names.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande showed their tenacious fighting spirit, they were quite tightly organized in defense, almost all the lines retreated, and every player seemed to be high-spirited, in the game was very tenacious to retreat to their own 30-meter area, everyone showed a bloody nature to defend the goal to the death.

Tottenham Hotspur played very confidently and calmly at the beginning, Ye Qiu arranged Pirlo to start this game, and the midfield partners Ramsey and Pogba are all players with excellent ball control, so Tottenham Hotspur naturally controlled the midfield, and the defense line even advanced to the half of Guangzhou Evergrande.

The game was one-sided, and everyone was not surprised by this situation, it would be strange if it wasn't one-sided, so Ye Qiu and Lippi looked very calm, and even had a scene where the two looked at each other and laughed.

But Guangzhou Evergrande is still inferior to others after all, after half an hour of entanglement, Evergrande's physical fitness has declined greatly, Tottenham Hotspur completely controlled the advantage on the field, Lewandowski once pulled to the right side to fight for the top, Messi cut inside with the ball and passed diagonally to the left, Ribery inserted a small angle volley to break the goal, 1:0!

After the goal, Tottenham Hotspur adopted the attacking tactics as always, and Lippi was a player who kept kicking on the sidelines to be careful, but unfortunately, four minutes later, Messi cut inside on the right side and passed three defenders in a row, and then pushed the goal in the penalty area to score, 2:0!

After scoring two goals in a row, Tottenham Hotspur had a lot of momentum to chase after the victory. Walker made a cross from the right side, the Evergrande central defender in the penalty area appeared on the top, Lewandowski stopped the ball on his chest and shot low, and scored again, 3:0!

In less than ten minutes, three goals in a row made all the fans fascinated, but at the same time, they also felt a pity, because the gap between Guangzhou Evergrande and the opponent's strength was still too big, so big that it was difficult to make up for it with tenacious fighting spirit.

In the second half, Lippi also made substitution adjustments to strengthen the team's defense, Tottenham Hotspur began to save some strength, and Ye Qiu also used up three substitutions early, replacing the three arrowheads including Ribery, Messi and Lewandowski.

But in a defensive foul in the front court, Tottenham Hotspur seized the opportunity again, Pirlo scored a direct free kick, and locked the score at 4:0 for Tottenham Hotspur!

After that, Tottenham Hotspur relaxed its offensive and did not be aggressive, but took a slowing down of the tempo, exhausting the rest of the game, obviously to leave some face for Guangzhou Evergrande, after all, this is also Ye Qiu's motherland's team.

In the end, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Guangzhou Evergrande 4:0 and won the Club World Cup!

After the game, Ye Qiu first walked over and had a good chat with Lippi for a while, and then in an interview with the media, he spoke highly of Lippi and Guangzhou Evergrande, and affirmed the strength and progress of Guangzhou Evergrande, but also hoped that this game could make more people aware of the gap between the level of domestic football and the top football level in Europe.

"There is no shortcut in football, we must go step by step, step by step, I hope that the details presented in this game, as well as all kinds of gaps, can better make domestic football people sober self-positioning!"

"Because only by knowing yourself clearly, can you know how to go in the future!"