Chapter 704: Detective Sherlock
Saturday night, which has always been prime time in the Premier League, is the perfect time not only for streamers, but also for fans who come to the stadium because they don't have to worry about missing a late train or having a hangover at night that will affect their work the next day.
Therefore, although the Premier League's schedule is randomly arranged, it still takes a lot of thought to arrange and set the game time, especially in recent years, as the overseas market occupies an increasingly heavy weight in the Premier League's live broadcast, the schedule will also give due consideration to the overseas market and the audience of the online live broadcast.
Regardless, Saturday night is a veritable prime time, so almost every round of matches that can be played on Saturday night is a big deal, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it's very selective.
The highlight of the 26th round of the English Premier League is undoubtedly the north London derby, where Tottenham Hotspur challenged Arsenal away.
After a 9-0 away crash last season, Tottenham Hotspur returned to the Emirates Stadium again, facing Arsenal, who are now nearly 20 points behind themselves and can no longer threaten their position, and the White Lilies still look ambitious.
In Ye Qiu's words, in this stadium, they occupy a psychological advantage.
This is a high-profile battle, this season's Arsenal can be described as a plummet, the League Cup was eliminated, and in 2012, the Europa League and the FA Cup were also eliminated, and now Arsenal only has one league left, but Wenger's team has lost its competitiveness in the league, which makes Arsenal fans very dissatisfied, and even shouted for Wenger to leave class, which shows the disappointment of Gunners fans.
Tottenham Hotspur, on the other hand, continued to climb their scores, although they were held to a 1-1 draw away to Napoli in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, but they played with an all-substitute squad in the FA Cup at the weekend, but beat Championship side Brighton 3-1 away, and Tottenham Hotspur's young rookie performance was very eye-catching.
The next north London derby is in the spotlight, especially for Gunners fans, as it is a battle to prove their redemption.
Arsene Wenger also had high hopes for this game before the game, calling on the players to show the determination and belief to win, and must beat the opponent in this game, and snow the shame of last season, not only for the team, for the fans, but also for the players themselves, and the shame of 9:0 must be washed away.
But Ye Qiu has repeatedly emphasized that this is just a very ordinary game, in his words, Arsenal is no longer a competitor on the road to Tottenham Hotspur to win the championship, this is just a very ordinary league, just like playing other teams, obviously to relieve pressure on the players.
But Ye Qiu said it simply, others didn't think so, and from the fact that the game was scheduled for Saturday night, it can be seen how seriously the FA, the Premier League and live broadcasters Sky TV and ESPN attach importance to this game.
Advance? Greg? Lestrade has been famous for the past year or so, but if he is given a choice, he doesn't want to be famous, because it puts him under a lot of pressure.
Last season's north London derby, that is, in late November, Tottenham Hotspur slaughtered Arsenal 9-0 away, after the game, tens of thousands of Gunners fans surrounded the entire Emirates Stadium, almost turned into a riot, in order to deal with this sudden incident, even the chief of the Greater London Police, Paul? Stephenson was on his own.
Even after the incident, the incident alarmed the London City Council and the British government, who both put pressure on the police to avoid the same thing happening again. Johnson even called Lestrade himself and told the hapless Holloway police commissioner, "Please stop irritating my fragile heart!" ”
That night, a gaffe photo of Lestrade nervously yelling at his subordinates, I don't know which bastard took it, and sent it to the Internet, but it quickly became the object of ridicule and ridicule by netizens, and became a live-action version of Du Fu's very busy, and what was even more unfortunate was that everyone also found out that he was exactly the same as the detective in [Sherlock].
As a result, in the past year, Lestrade has become the most famous person in the London police community, and has also become the object of ridicule, ridicule and ridicule by countless netizens on the Internet, and even in 2011, when the London riots occurred, many rioters still looked for photos of Lestrade to vent.
The hapless Lestrade was also shot while lying down!
Although some time has passed since the London riots in 2011, things have calmed down, and the whole thing has little to do with football, but this season's north London derby is also very serious.
Today, the owner of Scotland Yard is no longer Paul? Stephenson, who stepped down over a wiretapping scandal, but the newly appointed Hogan? Howe was even more resolute, knowing that he had travelled south from Liverpool, north-west of London football rivals, so he knew better than anyone else the potential danger of such a derby, and had personally called Lestrade beforehand.
So, in this game, Lestrade dispatched the entire police force of the entire Holloway Police Station, and borrowed nearly 1,000 police officers from the surrounding area, as well as 15 horses, 30 police dogs, and more than 500 community volunteer security guards.
Although there is such a large number of people, but Lestrade is still not at ease, he personally supervised the Emirates Stadium, sitting on the two guns symbolizing the arsenal on the side of the road outside the gate of the Emirates Stadium, moving his tired legs, but he was complaining in his heart, why are there still so many people who come to the scene to watch the football game these years? What the hell!
You know, the information is so developed now, you can watch 50 Premier League games when you order a package from Sky TV, and each of the highlights will increase by seven pounds, and then simply buy a Zeus TV, that is, the TV set-top box launched by Ye Technology, they also now provide live football games, the price is cheaper than Sky TV, and the services and content are more.
Lestrade really doesn't understand, why do you have to watch the game live?
Just when he was wondering, he heard a thunderous cheer from inside the stadium, although he was standing outside the stadium, but the feeling was as if there was a big explosion suddenly in the stadium, and he was scared to stand up from the Arsenal cannon, "What's the matter?" What happened? ”
Soon a policeman ran over, apparently holding a walkie-talkie and communicating with his colleagues in the stadium, "Director, Arsenal has scored!" He seems to be an Arsenal fan, and he laughs, "It's only four minutes to take the lead!" ”
Lestrade breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "Damn, score a goal, shout so loudly?" Look at your subordinates again, "You, don't worry about listening to the radio commentary, pay more attention!" ”
"Understood!" The policeman nodded and walked away.
Lestrade exhaled heavily, his heart relaxed a lot, last season you lost 0:9, and as a result, a group of people were in chaos, and now you are ahead, if you win, it is impossible to go to the Emirates Stadium to demonstrate and protest, right?
When he stood up, Lestrade couldn't sit down.
Although standing in the position of the Commissioner of Police, Lestrade does not like football very much, even if he himself liked football very much back then, but now he is very afraid of the antagonism brought about by football, and even turn into confrontation, but he has to admit that football does play a very big role in the economy of England.
Perhaps because he was in a relaxed mood, he looked up and saw that the area around the stadium was full of traditional English shops, some of them were running a bar business, some were running retail, or other things that fans needed, after all, things inside the Emirates Stadium are often more expensive than outside, and many fans choose to bring their own.
This gives the surrounding shops a chance to survive!
So in recent times, there has been a heated discussion in Tottenham and the whole of North London's Northumberland County, that is, after Tottenham Hotspur move south to Stratford Stadium in the heart of the city, how can the area around Hag Road in the heart of Tottenham continue to maintain its current development trend?
Although White Hart Lane will be handed back to the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and converted into a track and field stadium, everyone knows that the stadium will contribute to the whole area in a way that is completely different from the original White Hart Lane Stadium, at least they will not be able to provide the prosperity and economic stimulation that the two games a week bring about now.
Therefore, it has been revealed that Northumberland County is in talks with the City of London and the Olympic Organising Committee to see if they are considering leasing the stadium to Tottenham Hotspur's youth team in the future, as the home of the youth team, especially the U19 team participating in the UEFA Youth Champions League, the attendance of this team is also quite good.
However, there are also many problems, such as Tottenham's reluctance to afford high loan fees because they believe that the maintenance of the stadium alone is already a significant expense, and they do not need White Hart Lane now that their stadium in Theorebold is fully usable.
No one knows what will happen next, but one thing is for sure, a stadium does play a key role in the economic development of a region, and even now the whole of London has a focus on planning the area around Stratford Stadium, which shows how deep the impact of football is.
"If Arsenal can get rid of Tottenham Hotspur tonight, that's not bad, at least worry-free!" Lestrade said with a smile at the small shop with lights on in the distance.
As the game time passed minute by minute, there was no moment's pause, and Lestrade no longer heard the explosive cheers similar to the one after the opening on the sidelines, but there were some exclamations from time to time, almost every minute, which showed that the game was very intense.
It's a matchup between two teams with one of the most flamboyant styles of play in the Premier League, and it should be a good matchup, Reistrade thinks.
The waiting time was undoubtedly very difficult, not only for Lestrade, but also for all the police and mounted police outside, who were all nervous and impatient to wait for the game to end, for them, time passed so slowly.
But the bursts of exclamations coming from inside the stadium must have felt that time passed quickly.
"It's really a wretch, Lao Tzu is guarding the door for you outside, but you are enjoying yourself inside, it's best not to make trouble after the game, otherwise you'll ......"
I believe that there are many, many police officers who think the same way as Lestrade, but they just don't say it.
More than half an hour after Arsenal's goal, there was another long exclamation in the stadium, even mixed with screams, and then curses were heard in the exclamation.
The same sound can be heard in a small shop in England not far away, and there is even the sound of beer bottles falling to the ground, and you can faintly hear shouts such as "Damn Tottenham Hotspur" and "Alves who killed a thousand cuts".
The policeman who was talking with the walkie-talkie just now kicked the tires of the police car even harder, and kept scolding fucking, fucking, needless to say, it must have been Tottenham Hotspur who scored!
But it was clear that before the group had finished venting, there was another burst of screams in the stadium, and in less than two minutes, Tottenham Hotspur had scored again, and who scored this time?
Listening to the voice coming from the stadium, I vaguely guessed that it should be Messi, this small man helped Tottenham Hotspur reverse Arsenal, and now the score is 1:2, and the home team Arsenal is behind!
Lestrade was also annoyed outside the court, and turned around and shouted at his subordinates, "It's about to be halftime, everyone be careful!" As he shouted, the police began to cheer up.
At this moment, Lestrade's mobile phone rang, and when he took it out, he saw that he was the owner of Scotland Yard.
"Hello, Director, I'm Lestrade!" He quickly answered the phone, and it was obvious that he heard a voice from the phone, which seemed to be a bit similar to the voice in the stadium, only a little slower, and heard Andy? Gray's trademark loud voice is shouting Messi, that stinky old man is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.
"Greg, it's going to be half-time, inform everyone, be careful, and also, now that Tottenham are ahead, it's likely that Tottenham Hotspur will win, so you have to keep an eye on what's going on around you, and you'll have to be on guard and don't let what happened last season happen again, understand?"
"Understood, Director!" Lestrade said yes loudly.
After hanging up the phone, Lestrade wondered if the trusted owner of Scotland Yard was not a Liverpool or Everton fan, but a Tottenham Hotspur fan. Listen to the voice, he is now watching the live broadcast of this match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.
You might say that he can't be an Arsenal fan?
This is not understanding the ball, if you are a fan of Arsenal, you must be scolding your mother now, where can you be so rational and calm?
Thinking about this, Lestrade felt as if he was a bit of a detective Sherlock, and smiled, feeling as if he had found the hobby of the new police chief, so he picked up the walkie-talkie and informed every team present.
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While Lestrade is calling the shots for every team, every junction and every street, Wenger is also asking his players to be on guard in the dressing room, and Tottenham are using what they do best to attack Arsenal's defence.
After the opening, they let Arsenal attack, just to wait until Arsenal's physical consumption reached a certain level, and the running ability declined, so in the three minutes near the end of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur scored two goals in a row to complete the reversal.
"The first fifteen minutes of the second half were crucial, believe me, get through the fifteen minutes and we'll have a chance!" Arsene Wenger is very familiar with Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur and knows them very well, and he believes his judgment will not be wrong.
But the question is, he knows how to play and how to do it, but can his players do it?
The answer is, no!
After the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur did launch a wave of attacks on Arsenal's defense as Wenger expected, with Gibbs, Koscielny, Vermaelen and Sagna forming a defensive line, plus Alexander? Song and Arteta, such a central and midfield combination, still failed to suppress Tottenham Hotspur's attack.
In the 48th minute, Pirlo assisted Neymar to score, in the 51st minute, Alves assisted Ramsey to score, and in the 65th minute, Messi assisted Ribery to score, and Tottenham Hotspur reversed the score to 5:1 halfway through the second half, which was an extremely painful blow to Arsenal.
As Ye Qiu said before the game, Arsenal's morale of their players has been worn very, very fragile in the past few seasons, and the face of Tottenham Hotspur, especially last season's double, and that miserable 9:0, has almost wiped out their psychological quality against Tottenham Hotspur.
Why did Arsenal fail to win the title in previous seasons, but everyone still said that they were giants, but this season, more and more fans and experts feel that Arsenal is difficult to talk about?
The reason is very simple, they lack the heritage of the giant team, and they have also lost the confidence of the giant team!
It's very, very difficult to build that self-confidence, but it's also very, very hard to collapse, and it takes time for both to collapse.
Arsene Wenger has spent a few years building Arsenal's self-confidence since he took over Arsenal, and this situation has reached its peak in the unbeaten season, but it has followed suit, selling people year after year, the team's results are sluggish, and the habit is to collapse in the second half, if it's just one or two seasons, the players won't be affected, after all, every team has a trough, but the problem is that if you do it every year, then there is a problem.
I'm sure all Arsenal players will be worried and wondering, who will we sell this season? Are we going to crash again in February?
You must know that Arsenal's selling is different from Tottenham Hotspur's selling, there is almost no competition within the former, and there is a huge gap between the main team and the substitute lineup, so their selling is a fatal injury, but Tottenham Hotspur's internal competition is very fierce, Ye Qiu uses this internal competition to stimulate player progress and self-discipline, so no matter who is sold, he can find a replacement.
In the past few years, everyone has been convinced of Ye Qiu and will not doubt his decision, this confidence has been accumulated by taking over the team in 06, game by game, season by season.
Therefore, in this game, when Tottenham Hotspur scored a reversal goal by Messi, Arsenal had no chance of turning the tables at all! The morale of our players has been worn very, very fragile, and the face of Tottenham Hotspur, especially last season's double, and that miserable 9-0, has almost wiped out their psychological quality against Tottenham Hotspur.
Why did Arsenal fail to win the title in previous seasons, but everyone still said that they were giants, but this season, more and more fans and experts feel that Arsenal is difficult to talk about?
The reason is very simple, they lack the heritage of the giant team, and they have also lost the confidence of the giant team!
It's very, very difficult to build that self-confidence, but it's also very, very hard to collapse, and it takes time for both to collapse.
Arsene Wenger has spent a few years building Arsenal's self-confidence since he took over Arsenal, and this situation has reached its peak in the unbeaten season, but it has followed suit, selling people year after year, the team's results are sluggish, and the habit is to collapse in the second half, if it's just one or two seasons, the players won't be affected, after all, every team has a trough, but the problem is that if you do it every year, then there is a problem.
I'm sure all Arsenal players will be worried and wondering, who will we sell this season? Are we going to crash again in February?
You must know that Arsenal's selling is different from Tottenham Hotspur's selling, there is almost no competition within the former, and there is a huge gap between the main team and the substitute lineup, so their selling is a fatal injury, but Tottenham Hotspur's internal competition is very fierce, Ye Qiu uses this internal competition to stimulate player progress and self-discipline, so no matter who is sold, he can find a replacement.
In the past few years, everyone has been convinced of Ye Qiu and will not doubt his decision, this confidence has been accumulated by taking over the team in 06, game by game, season by season.
Therefore, in this game, when Tottenham Hotspur scored a reversal goal by Messi, Arsenal had no chance of turning the tables at all!