Speaking of which, without the explosive figure of Degan, Héctor is obviously not enough to make people relentless to hype this matter repeatedly, and the conservative FA only sent a confirmation letter asking Tottenham to restrain the behavior of its players.

Without all that, Tottenham continued to concentrate on training ahead of the start of the season, and in two days' time, Tottenham's season was about to begin, with the first thing they had to face was a Champions League qualifier against La Liga side Real Sociedad.

The most vivid memories of Real Sociedad came in the 2002/2003 season, when the team with Russian Tsar Mostovoye, Karpin and super goalscorer Kovacevic rose to prominence under the leadership of coach Knox, and they were in the league for a long time.

But unfortunately, Real Sociedad suffered a series of misjudgments and conceded goals at the last minute, so they were reversed by Real Madrid, and had to unfortunately miss out on the league title.

However, Real Sociedad was definitely the most impressive team in La Liga that season, and the team that had a 32-game unbeaten streak in La Liga once again became the darkest dark horse in Spain and the whole of Europe that season.

But no one expected that Real Sociedad, who had been unbeaten for half a season, lost 0:3 to Athletic Bilbao in the first game of the second half of the second half of that season.

The fact that the team was defeated not only shattered the myth of the team's undefeated, but also destroyed the mentality of the players, in that game, the players of Real Sociedad showed the style of the "underworld", the team's top scorer Kovacevic became the leader of the underworld, he constantly punched and kicked the players of Bilbao during the game, the boss was doing the trouble, not to mention the other players, they "blackened" or "blackfooted" the opposing players at every opportunity, and a good game evolved into an "all-out martial arts".

That game also left a very deep impression on Digan, although these actions of the Real Sociedad players were staged in the place where the referee was carried behind their backs, and most of them escaped the punishment of the Football Association, but the camera camera captured everything, and even a TV station even showed a video clip of Kovacevic secretly hitting the head of the defender who was marking him with his fist when he took a corner.

The film uses a highly satirical title: "Real Sociedad is fighting!" ”

There were some stains, but Real Sociedad's excellent performances in the first half of the season made them the pride of the Basque Country.

The pride didn't last long, though, and the following season, Real Sociedad were the most disappointing team after losing the title.

In the subsequent 2006/2007 season, the team further deepened the process of rejuvenation after letting go of a number of veterans such as De Pedro, Shurel and Alan Sabal. Alonso's departure from Liverpool has brought the team's overall strength down to a freezing point.

It was in that season that Real Sociedad were relegated for the first time in 40 years in 19th place in the season.

After three years of hibernation in La Liga, Real Sociedad were re-promoted to La Liga in 2010 and last season, they beat Barcelona 2-1 at home.

In that game, Digan spent it in the stands, watching Barcelona being crushed and torn apart by the mad Real Sociedad.

Deegan didn't expect that the first game after coming to White Hart Lane would be against Real Sociedad, and if he wanted to complete his revenge on Barcelona, he would first have to pass the difficulty of Real Sociedad and enter the Champions League.

The team's head coach, Antienes, began to collect information about Real Sociedad very early, and with one day to go before the start of the game, Antienes called Digan over to ask for his opinion, just like he had been in the Belgian national team.

Although Kedigan has worked hard in La Liga for two seasons, he is basically sitting on the cold bench, and he has only had an experience with Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey game.

It was in the Spanish Copa del Rey last season, when Digan scored three goals and knocked Real Sociedad out of the tournament directly, so Digan didn't have any psychological burden at all to play this opponent.

Tottenham fans are not worried about this opponent, and they even publicly left a message on Tottenham's official website: Against Real Sociedad! It's a warm-up game!

As everyone knows, this opportunity for a warm-up game is earned for Tottenham!

If it weren't for Degan's defeat of Chelsea in last season's Champions League final, everything would have been repeated, and even if Tottenham finished fourth in the league, they would have been helplessly excluded from the Champions League.

In the previous life, Tottenham also won the fourth place last season, but because Chelsea won the Champions League final on the night and won the first championship in the club's history, although Tottenham won the fourth place in the league, they could only participate in the Europa League, and they could only lament that they were born at the wrong time.

As the highest level of competition in Europe, the winner of the Champions League usually wins the Champions League in the league, although there have been three exceptions.

Real Madrid won the Champions League in 2000 but finished fifth in La Liga, when the Spanish Football Federation made the decision to send fourth-placed Zaragoza to the UEFA Cup, while Real Madrid played in the Champions League.

The situation was even more unusual in 2005, when Liverpool miraculously defeated AC Milan to win the Champions League, but the FA was unwilling to follow the example of the Spanish Football Federation and insisted on playing fourth Everton in the Champions League.

In desperation, UEFA, which considered itself to be at a loss, had to compromise and let Liverpool enter the qualifying tournament with a wild card, and five English teams appeared in the Champions League that year.

There is also AC Milan, who avenged the Istanbul night in Greece, but was helplessly kicked out of the top four by Fiorentina led by Degan at that time, and Fiorentina also resolutely refused to give up the Champions League place, and finally AC Milan became the second defending champion to enter the tournament with a wild card.

Later, in order to prevent this from happening again, UEFA changed the rules in time to stipulate that if the defending champions failed to secure a Champions League place, the fourth place in the league would automatically give way to the defending champions.

Last season, Chelsea finished sixth in the final Premier League standings, but it was precisely because of the above rules that Chelsea still got a Champions League place in the previous life, while Tottenham could only suffer a dumb loss.

Fortunately, this time, Digan helped his new club and used goals to shatter Chelsea's Champions League dream, and this season he can only go to the Europa League.

Degan has no psychological burden, Tottenham fans don't treat Real Sociedad as a root, but Antienes doesn't dare to be careless.

Antienes is a famous coach, but his resume in professional coaching clubs is not brilliant, he has previously coached teams in France and Belgium, and the real success is only when he was coach in Standard Liege, led the team to win the league championship once, and then was selected by the Belgian Football Federation to become the head coach of the national team.

After leaving the position of head coach of the Belgian national team, Antienes has gone through a two-year gap and is now leading a club back to the Champions League, and he will inevitably feel a little apprehensive.

Moreover, the first game is related to the trend of the club throughout the season, and it has to be tested by the fans at home, and Antienes can't be nervous.

Only by overcoming the difficulties of Real Sociedad can Tottenham Hotspur truly enter the Champions League in the new season, otherwise, not only will there be a lack of a chance to sprint towards the highest glory of European football clubs, but most importantly, the club will suffer great financial losses.

I can't help but care about Antienes, the first problem he has to face is the main lineup of Tottenham in the new season, of course, Degan has to occupy a starting spot in the front line, and the person who partners with him, Antienes is more interested in Defoe, Defoe's speed is his advantage, and when the time comes, he can use speed to help Degan open the line, and he can also play an important role in counterattacking.

In midfield, Antienes finally gave up the three-sided midfield configuration that he was better at in the Belgian national team and chose a parallel position, with Lennon and Bale occupying the main positions on the left and right wings, and Huddlestone and Modric in the middle.

In the backline, the position of left wingback, Antienis is more inclined to Pokoliño, although when he was in the Belgian national team, the main position of left fullback has always been occupied by Lombartz, but even after leaving the head coach of the Belgian national team, Antienis has always been concerned about the performance of the national team, and Pocolinho's performance in recent years is also obvious to all.

The position of right-back, Hutton in the competition with Walker, obviously has an advantage, his ability to attack and defend is more balanced, Tottenham's right side, Lennon basically can't help in defense, and Hutton, who is better defensive, can naturally touch the heart of Antienes.

There is no suspense in the centre-back combination, Dawson is still recovering from injury, Gallas is old and inconsistent, Cork is too young to take on the role, and the combination of Caboul and Vertonghen is the best choice.

In the goalkeeper position, although Tottenham brought in Norris this season, Antienes did not dare to rashly let him replace Friedel's main position, as Tottenham's top four in the league last season, Friedel also had a reason to complete his career Champions League debut.