Chapter 30: Facing Manchester City
A week later, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur comfortably beat League One side Coventry City 4-0 at home.
In this game, Benjamin really lined up a four-four-two, with Bam Adebayo and Harry Kane playing together.
The Togolese made a great pass, and the England youngster also scored twice.
Benjamin's side progressed to the fifth round of the FA Cup, but they were unlucky enough to draw Liverpool in the next round.
"Will you continue to field the forward combination of Bam Adebayo and Kane in the next game?"
"Why not? There was good chemistry between them, and you saw the results today. ”
In the next round of the league, the Lily Army will face the strong and luxurious Blue Moon Manchester City team.
Benjamin just took the opportunity to set off a little smoke bomb.
It's true that Bam Adebayor and Harry Kane are both in good form, but if Pellegrini really looks at how to deal with Tottenham with two strikers, it may be in vain.
"The last time we played Manchester City, Tottenham lost 0-6 at the Etihad Stadium, and this time when you come back at home, will you want to lead the team to revenge?"
"Of course, this game is played at the White Hart Lane Stadium, and with the support of the fans, I believe we will be able to beat the opponent at home and get revenge!"
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"Did he really say that?"
Manchester City coach, Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, leaned back slightly, and said lightly:
'Lewis did a good job at Tottenham, but he hasn't really been tested by a strong team.
We will show him with practical actions that the Premier League is not so easy.
Ace in the hole? We don't need that kind of thing, we are naturally restrained by Tottenham and they are no match for us at home or away.
You say they're in great form up front? ”
Pei Gong smiled,
'Sergio Aguero and Dzeko have always been very good at scoring against Tottenham and I think this game will be no different.
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is even more confident.
'Yes, I know they've been in great form lately.
But if I'm not mistaken, we're unbeaten in 10 league games, 11 draws, and it started with a 6-0 win at Tottenham.
Hahaha, I don't think the current Tottenham side can cause us any problems. ”
After Benjamin said they were going to get revenge at White Hart Lane, Manchester City's head coach and stars gave their opinions.
"What is this? A war of words? Psychological warfare? ”
At the Tottenham coaching staff's preparation meeting, Benjamin laughed out loud when they talked about City's response.
"This can only show that they are panicking, otherwise there is no need to engage in such small actions off the field, it is enough to see the real chapter directly on the field."
There's nothing to say, after nearly a month, after a few games of running-in, the three new signings have finally adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League game.
Benjamin is confident in the quality of the squad at the moment, all he has to worry about is whether the players can perform at their best.
With the winter transfer window coming to an end, Tottenham's transfer work has come to an end.
Paulinho's smooth transfer to the Chinese team also brought Tottenham 15 million euros in revenue.
Icelandic sniper Siurdsson was brought to Wales by Swansea for a transfer fee of 10 million euros.
Tottenham spent $10 million when they bought the Icelander from Hoffenheim a year and a half ago, which is not too much of a loss.
And Capoue, who just transferred from Ligue 1 Toulouse last summer, was sold to Roma in Serie A.
11 million euros, all the terms add up to 8.5 million at most, a loss, but fortunately, it's not much.
Then there's Romanian centre-back Chiriches, who Napoli recruited for just six million.
When Tottenham bought him, they also spent nearly 10 million.
Compared to the three of them who were successfully cleaned, German midfielder Holtby really smashed his hands.
The team asked around, and no one was willing to take over at all, and in the end, only Fulham said that it was impossible to buy, and if they could rent it without spending money, they could consider it.
Benjamin thought about it, maybe the Germans could show themselves there and attract some attention.
The youngster who joined Tottenham Hotspur from Schalke 04 for 1.8 million last year is Levy's consistent style of recruitment.
Buy potential young players with low investment, and as long as you can play one out of ten, you can earn it.
Even if the development is not satisfactory, it is much easier to find a way to make a move than some veterans, and the loss will not be too much.
So it's no surprise that Holtby's situation is to be expected.
So far, because of Bale's departure last summer, the "Dragon Ball" brought by Tottenham's spending of more than 100 million transfer funds has gone halfway.
Not only did coach Villas-Boas leave midway, but Soldado, Paulinho, Capoue and Zirices also left the team one after another.
If nothing else, Chadley will also choose to leave at the end of the season.
With this in and out, Tottenham has lost at least tens of millions.
This is also the reason why Levy has rarely made big transfers, preferring to scratch cheap "lottery tickets".
Fortunately, Benjamin took over and brought Tottenham back on track, otherwise there would have been no two or three years that would never have been able to slow down.
On the day of the match against Manchester City, Benjamin clicked on the system and got up as usual to draw a prize first.
[Congratulations on getting a junior status card!] 】
Hey? Looks like luck was good today.
In the past so many days, he has won a primary medical card and five points, and today he is about to compete, and a status card has come, which is a good sign.
Benjamin looked at all the items in his backpack at the moment.
90 points, goal card x1, primary medical card x1, primary status card x1, free scouting times x2.
That's all, the opponents in the last three games are relatively weak, and Benjamin saves points and item cards uselessly.
I finally saved 90 points, but I still could only look at the various high-level prop cards in the system mall that started with 100 points.
At 19:45 local time on the 29th, the 23rd round of the English Premier League began a high-profile competition at the White Hart Lane Stadium.
Manchester City, who have won seven league games in a row and are unbeaten in 19 games in all competitions, travel to Tottenham Hotspur, who have won eight in a row in all competitions.
Meanwhile, one of them is second in the league and just two points behind leaders Arsenal, while the other has just broken into the top four, also six points from the top.
This is undoubtedly a big battle like Mars hitting the Earth.
Pellegrini rotated six players from last Saturday's FA Cup start.
Goalkeeper Hart, captain Vincent Kompany and Zabaleta, Clichy Clichy, Fernandinho and Silva returned to the starting line-up, with Dzeko as the arrow.
Negredo, who had recovered from a shoulder injury, sat on the bench.
On Tottenham's side, Benjamin will certainly not continue the playful four-four-two of the last game, but will return to Tottenham's most familiar four-two-three-one formation.
Adebayo, who is in hot form during this time, can only be on standby.
"Now what about the champions, the top four, the Champions League, it's all empty, I'll say one last word.
Give me the win game! I don't accept anything but victory!
Don't save your energy, run more! Run them to death!
If I see a player who wants to be lazy, then don't blame me for replacing him, since he is tired, then just sit on the bench to rest, who is slowly fooling on the field? ”