Chapter 22: The North London Derby

When Levi heard about this, he also came to talk to Benjamin as soon as possible.

"It's been a bit of a stretch in your hands and I don't want it to be affected by these boring things.

Why don't you give them a little playing time and stop making trouble? ”

Benjamin laughed and said:

"Daniel, you think too highly of those guys, they are already on the fringes of the team, and they can't make any waves.

If you want to say dissatisfied, why didn't those veterans make trouble? Because they are steady and sensible, they know that nothing good will end in doing so. ”

"Okay, what are you going to do?"

"It's very simple, decentralize the reserves, pay a month's salary, and put it up for sale.

What if others follow suit after not being severely punished? Don't worry, the team won't mess up. ”

Benjamin directly offered a penalty for three consecutive punishments, and any player would panic when he saw such a treatment.

Levi gave Benjamin a deep look, still feeling that he should trust him.

"Alright then, just do as you say."

In fact, whether it is Sigurdsson or Holtby, when they joined Tottenham, many people still had high hopes for them.

Unfortunately, they didn't put in much of a convincing performance at Tottenham.

To put it bluntly, the strength is still limited, and the potential is not as high as in which game they call Football Manager.

On the contrary, because of everyone's expectations, they are a little ignorant and can't recognize their identities.

Not to mention that Benjamin didn't think much of them in the first place, even if they were stronger and more useful to the team, as long as they dared to make such trouble, it would be the same fate.

"Someone gave you a little report, can you tell me who it is?"

Benjamin realized that Levy had come a little too quickly, and he had just gotten the news when the other party came.

"Well, it's not that I can't say anything, Tim came to tell me."

Sherwood, that makes sense, maybe he's still in the company with the troublesome players.

Or are you obsessed with your position as a head coach? Benjamin thought he had done his duty to Sherwood.

"He must have told you that I can't control the situation, the team is going to mess up, right?"

Levi's expression instantly became a little embarrassed, and the fact that he didn't have to open his mouth already said everything.

'Daniel, everything I do is to help Tottenham make a breakthrough in terms of results.

I can guarantee that what I do is good for the development of the team, as long as no one is behind me and makes trouble for me.

And all of this is inseparable from your support, you know? ”

Levi smiled helplessly and turned to leave.

"I see, leave it to me."

The president of Tottenham Hotspur left this sentence before leaving.

Alas, it's not easy to do something, and people are giving me trouble everywhere.

Benjamin inevitably felt a little tired.

On the surface, he has the support of the top, the trust of the players, and led the team to three consecutive wins, and everything is progressing in a good direction.

But in fact, secretly I don't know how many people are waiting for him to make a mistake, so they can take advantage of it.

Therefore, Benjamin can only drive away all the ghosts and snakes by leading Tottenham to win one victory after another.

He can't lose, at least not yet.

On January 4, before the game even started, a large number of fans from both teams had already gathered outside the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal's home stadium.

Every derby will bring a great test to the police force in London.

As soon as you exit the subway entrance, you can see riot police standing in a row, and they will maintain order at the scene tonight.

This is also the fear of some unexpected clash during the game, or after the game, the fans of Arsenal and Tottenham, a pair of bitter rivals.

If there is any grudge between these two teams, it is really three days and three nights that I can't say enough.

Almost 100 years ago, Arsenal took a place in Tottenham's top flight through bribery.

Since then, the two teams in north London have been in a love-hate affair that has lasted for almost a century.

Ten years later, the Gunners were once again relegated by a point away from relegation by Tottenham Hotspur's relegation rivals Manchester United and Portsmouth.

More recently, for example, in the summer of 2001, Saul Campbell, who was the main centre-back of the England national team and Tottenham Hotspur, and was also the captain of the Lily Army, joined the city rivals Arsenal on a free transfer without warning.

This caused a stir in English football, and many Tottenham fans have not been able to accept this fact to this day.

As for Arsenal's poisoning of 10 Tottenham players, food poisoning affected the next day's game, and missing out on Champions League qualification is even more outrageous.

In the 2005/06 season, under then-manager Martin Joel, Tottenham spent an extended period of time in the top four of the table throughout the season, still one point ahead of Arsenal until the final round.

That means they would have beaten West Ham United in their final game to qualify for the Champions League they have been coveted for years.

Tottenham went to the Marriott Hotel in East London the night before the game, but after eating, the players gradually noticed that they were unwell, vomiting and weakness in their limbs.

Until the next morning, the team doctor reported to coach Martin Joel that a total of 10 players had the above symptoms, including many key players such as Michael Carrick and Robbie Keane.

Tottenham were unsurprisingly defeated in this crucial game, and the hotel's chef was unsurprisingly an Arsenal season ticket holder.

The final investigation of this incident turned out to be not food poisoning, but "viral enteritis", not ordinary gastroenteritis caused by spoiled food.

This has to make people sigh that capital is omnipotent, and the obvious facts can also refer to the deer as the horse.

Ten people suddenly got the same disease on the day of the game for no reason, it must be that Tottenham did something infuriating, right? will be punished by heaven like this.

There are more big and small broken things that I won't go into detail one by one, in short, these two teams can be considered restrained if they don't fight.

"Kick it down! Arsenal are a bunch of sissies! '' them hard for me! ”

The advantage of the derby is that there is no need for Benjamin to do the pre-match mobilisation, the players do it themselves.

Michael Dawson, who has always been a gentleman, made a rare burst of foul language, introducing the feud between Tottenham and Arsenal to the new players.

Seeing that the boys are full of fighting spirit, Benjamin is very relieved that there are still reliable players in the team.

"What Dawson said just now is not rough, a few of their midfielders have good skills, so don't give them a chance to show off their skills, and it's over.

And these guys have the ability to score, so defenders have to be extra careful.

Listen, everyone, just win this game and give you a day off tomorrow! ”

"Great!"

"Long live the coach!"

"I love you, boss!"

"Hahahaha!"

Everything is ready, just wait for the game to begin.

Benjamin turned his back, his eyes full of apprehension, could it really go as smoothly as they expected.

Arsenal have won at home to Tottenham Hotspur in three consecutive seasons, and Tottenham have won just one of their last 25 away games against Arsenal.

It's not easy to beat your rivals at the Emirates Stadium.