The month of July is also the time for many Premier League teams to start the friendly season for them. The Premier League starts earlier than other leagues, and they need to start preparing earlier than other leagues since they start playing in mid-August, so from the beginning of July, every Premier League team has basically entered the friendly stage.

And usually, this period should be the most ferocious time for the English media: they like to speculate at this time, it is rumored that a certain team has taken a fancy to such and such and such a player, and a certain player is shocked to negotiate such and such and such a so. However, this year's English media is generally sluggish - they have not been able to shock any great news, because this year's Premier League, except for Manchester City, who is frantically waving checkbooks to snap up, other teams are quite sluggish.

After Manchester United sold Ronaldo, the buy-in supplement was not Messi, who Ferguson joked, nor the big names as rumored by the media, they just bought a Valencia, even if it was to supplement the squad. Chelsea have not won a championship for another year, they invited Ancelotti, but Ancelotti did not buy any big-name players, just played with the original lineup, and did not pay for two consecutive years, Chelsea is also very different from usual. And Liverpool, not to mention, after selling the absolute main Alonso and Arbeloa, they actually spent 18 million to buy a Glenn Johnson, plus 20 million, to buy an Aquilani - a lot of money is spent, but these two people, one is the household registration book, the other is used to repay the arrears, Liverpool's strength has only declined and not improved, but it has fallen the most among several strong teams.

"It's been a really surprising summer, the whole league, the big team that spent the most money, apart from Manchester City, was the north London duo - Arsenal turned out to be the top team in the Premier League one day, are we back to the end of the 90s?"

The media is complaining about the situation this season, how long has it been since I saw the Premier League teams so low-key?

The change of the tax law has brought too much trouble to the Premier League teams, coupled with the depreciation of the pound and the financial crisis, the current Premier League teams, the overall strength is declining, and the crazy poaching of Manchester City has also exacerbated this process, although in the 08-09 season, there are still 3 teams in the Premier League that can enter the Champions League semi-finals, but in the 09-10 season, the strength of these teams has declined.

"Next season, there is a possibility that the European results of the Premier League teams will drop somewhat. Chelsea are the only teams in the Premier League who have maintained their original fighting power, while the other teams have weakened and it will be difficult for them to go far in the Champions League. Whether Tottenham can replace Arsenal in the Champions League will need to be seen before we can decide......

Although the English media still reported the same good news and not bad news, the French team newspaper unceremoniously pointed out the weakening of English football when it played English football. However, although they belittled the other teams very much, they still saved some face for Tottenham.

In contrast, this summer, Tottenham Hotspur is still the least weakened team in the Premier League. Although they sent away their left-back Kolarov and replaced him with a young Coentrão, which was not favored, but after they further thickened the lineup, there should not be much change in strength. However, the squad has become thicker, which only strengthens the combat effectiveness of the league, and the combat effectiveness of the Champions League needs to be further verified. The Premier League and the Champions League are two different concepts, and a lot of players who have played well in the Premier League are nothing in the Champions League.

Moreover, not only the media, but even Li Bin also knows this, the first two of his friendly matches are arranged abroad, and the third game is also at home against foreign teams, obviously, Li Bin also wants to know what the level of Tottenham Hotspur will be when playing with foreign teams.

And how Tottenham's combat effectiveness is is also presented in front of people's eyes in the subsequent friendly matches. A lot of media paid attention to Tottenham's game, and everyone wanted to know whether England's new Champions League team could gain a foothold in the Champions League.

Tottenham, on the other hand, lost the first game.

Tottenham's first friendly was against Spain's Atletico Madrid, a team that did not qualify for the Champions League and could only play in the Europa League, but they were so strong that Tottenham chose them as their first opponent.

And in the game, Tottenham lost quite badly. Aguero chose the right side as the main direction of attack, the first time for Tottenham Hotspur played the main Coentrão, really can't play any good performance, the whole game he played very cramped, not played at all, Aguero in his time twice into the penalty area, so that Tottenham conceded two goals.

In the frontcourt, Li Bin chose to use a single striker Cavani, and put Ramsey behind him, wanting to try the 4231 formation. However, this attempt is obviously not very good, Ramsey in addition to showing excellent running ability, in other aspects are a mess, Tottenham's attack has never been played, although in the second half, Li Bin replaced Reus after a slight improvement, Reuss and Bale's cooperation, once made Bale almost break through the door of Atletico Madrid, however, Tottenham still lost their first friendly game with a 0-2.

"I don't think Coentrão's performance is incorrigible. It's just that this young man hasn't experienced too many big scenes, so it's inevitable to be nervous. Isn't the purpose of the friendly match to get the players to fix the problem? Isn't it a good thing that he can play a few more games and his problems will be corrected? ”

Li Bin insisted on his opinion of Coentrão after the game, believing that he could play well. The media's comments on this are still not very optimistic: when the English media looks at the players, they pay great attention to the character of the players, a player with a strong personality, even if the strength level is slightly worse, will be recognized by many people, but a player with a weak personality, it is difficult for the media to give praise.

Coentrão's character is obviously not particularly good, and after the game, he was scolded and almost cried, and it is strange that this kind of character can be praised by the media.

'Fabio, we played just a friendly game, you don't have to worry too much about anything. I won't be influenced by the media, you will still be the main force, but you have to remember that your character can't be too soft, be confident, play well, you can play well. ”

Li Bin persuaded him a few words, but did not say much. He knows that the players' lack of confidence is largely due to the lack of trust, and he can develop his confidence as long as he insists on starting for many games.

As for the words that after losing the game, the media said that Tottenham Hotspur was not strong and suspected that Tottenham would not go far in the future games, Li Bin did not pay attention to it at all - there are still two months to go before the Champions League game, and it is too early to say this.

And in the second friendly that followed, against Belgium's Anderlecht, Coentrão played much better. Although Anderlecht has always been a strong team, they are considered giants in Belgium, and they have participated in the Champions League many more times than Tottenham, but their league is small and the players are also very famous, which makes Coentrão no longer restrained when he plays, and he is in good shape.

Up front, Tottenham have also tried a new style of play. Li Bin let Reus and Di Maria start at the same time, and Suarez and Raul started at the same time in the front court, wanting to try what kind of results will be played by more technical players.

And as it turned out, it was a good kick. Tottenham's possession has improved significantly, and the ball is passed up front for more time and in more ways than when Bale and Edinson Cavani were on the pitch. Reus and Angel Di Maria are clearly better suited to play when the team needs to pass up front than Ramsey.

Of course, because of the lack of skillful cooperation, although Tottenham had the upper hand in this game, they still failed to win the game when they met Anderlecht, who retreated deeper. Although Li Bin replaced Gustavo in the later stage and replaced Huskey in an attempt to win the game by suppressing the opponent's backline and expanding the range of activities in the midfield, it was also ineffective. A 1-1 draw, although it was better than the previous one, however, Tottenham still did not win.

"The focus of the friendly is not to win, we are now adjusting the squad and the main job. Although we didn't win, Coentrão adapted to the tactics and improved significantly, and up front, I tried different combinations and got new things, which was enough for us. ”

When questioned by the media about what Li Bin did not win, Li Bin's answer was also very polite. What he wants now is not to win, but to adjust the players better.

He chose to play with teams such as Atletico Madrid and Anderlecht, and his purpose was originally to see how his team would be the most reasonable. The victory in the friendly match has no meaning for the team, in contrast, it is the team's squad adjustment that is more important.

Tottenham have changed players at the back and need to put more of the task on the wings, so it's time to hone in on Coentrão. In the front field, Tottenham has many young people with different characteristics, how to match to be able to play the best level and play the best game, which is also what Li Bin wants to know, and in addition, playing abroad is also to experience the away atmosphere outside the UK, so that the players who have not played international games can know the situation of playing away abroad, with these gains, it is enough, there is no need to care too much about the outcome or something.

And after playing these two games, Tottenham, who returned to the United Kingdom, also ushered in another news. The schedule for the new season has been announced, and Tottenham's schedule has changed quite a bit compared to last season.

"Playing Liverpool in the first game, is this striking while the iron is hot, do you want us to completely make a feud with Liverpool? The fifth round of Manchester United, the sixth round of Chelsea - that's a good arrangement, and between the fifth and sixth rounds, it should be a Champions League, right? We are in pot 3, and the first Champions League game is to play pot 1 - it's really good to divide, so that in this way, three matches in two weeks, three European teams - this arrangement is really good enough! ”