Chapter Eighty-Six: Dale Who Can't Get Out
At the beginning of the second half, Benjamin replaced Milinkovic, who had not performed well in the first half, with Mason.
'Take a good look on the sidelines, you shouldn't be like you did in the first half.'
The young Serb was a little frustrated, but he pulled himself together and looked intently at the pitch.
In the 52nd minute, Sean Long's breakthrough resulted in a foul by Sandro and Southampton won a free-kick to little effect.
It didn't pose much of a threat to Alisson's goal.
However, the accident happened again, and Sandro suffered a thigh muscle strain in the defense just now and could not continue to hold on.
Benjamin looked at the bench and was stunned as he didn't seem to have a substitute in place.
Dale is eager to try, why is he here?
Because before the game started, Daniel Levy and Benjamin had a phone call.
"Look at when you can get Dale on the field, otherwise it will be difficult for me to find a buyer for him.
If you want to sell something, you have to show the quality of the goods first, otherwise don't blame me if you can't sell it! ”
That's why Dell will be on the bench today.
Benjamin thought that if the game went well, he would give Dale about ten minutes to show it at the end of the day.
This situation is not what he planned.
"Erik, let's warm up and get ready to play!"
Looking at the young man running to warm up, Benjamin smiled helplessly.
"Remember, you're playing at the back, try not to get into the penalty area, pay attention when you play out and foul!"
Benjamin said through gritted teeth at Dale.
Dale nodded his head as if he could really do what Benjamin said.
But Dyer's performance after coming on the field was once again unexpected by the head coach.
In Benjamin's mind, as long as Deer can make a small contribution to the team's defense on the field without making big mistakes.
But who would have thought that the young Englishman seemed to be comfortable with interceptions and tackles in midfield.
Pochettino's eyes lit up, this young man is good, his small body looks like a bargain.
Dier didn't fall behind in the confrontation with Southampton's black and hard back Wanyama.
Son Heung-min dribbled the ball wide and cut into the penalty area, and his long-range shot was saved by Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
Eriksen and Lamela were not on the pitch and the corner was handed to Son Heung-min.
The Korean's footwork was not bad, with a high ball lobbed into the box.
There was chaos in the away team's penalty area, Fazio saw the landing point, just about to clear the ball with a header, and made a trip to bite the gold!
Eric Dyer swoops in from just outside the box, jumps up and down to head high!
Fazio took a slow step and stood stunned, and when he came to his senses, the ball had come to a quiet stop within the goal line.
As for it, it's just an ordinary game, is it necessary to fight so fiercely?
If Southampton's Argentine centre-back hadn't hesitated, he might have had to go head-to-head with Dier.
Two to zero!
Tottenham extended the score further!
And it was none other than England teenager Dier, who came on as a substitute in the second half, who scored for the home team!
While there are some reasons why the visiting defenders were drawn to Caboul and Demichelis, Dier's header was just as spectacular!
Benjamin on the sidelines was dumbfounded, he really didn't expect Dale to have such a brilliant performance.
In fact, according to the original historical trend, Dier did play an amazing performance at the beginning of the season when he first arrived at Tottenham.
In the first two rounds of the Premier League, Dier scored in two consecutive games, one of which was a cameo at right-back.
Because of Benjamin, Dier's Premier League opener was almost two months late.
It can only be said that the 20-year-old Dier has a good foundation, and if he can develop normally, it should not be a problem to grow into a first-class defensive player in the Premier League.
However, it is a pity that Dale relied on the performance of war criminals again and again, coupled with the famous scene of leaving the game in the middle of the game, and got the name of "Dai Ben".
I don't know if Tottenham's transfer department prefers players who have such talent but no brains.
Later, Ndombele, Aurier, etc., were on it again and again, but they didn't have a long memory.
The money was not spent, but the players who were bought were not even qualified to be substitutes.
What's the use of changing coaches again and again? In exchange for Dyer, who is still playing the main team, how can the team's results improve?
The suspense of this game has been lost so far, Tottenham's two-goal advantage is in hand, Southampton does not have many chances.
In the ninety-second minute, Bertrand crossed from the left, and Tadic, who followed up in the middle, actually kicked the ball away!
At full-time, Tottenham won 2-0 at home to Southampton.
After the game, Benjamin took the initiative to go over and shake the hand of the smiling Pochettino.
It's not the first time he's led Tottenham to beat Mauricio Pochettino, and Benjamin still feels like he's a Minotaur himself.
'We're happy to win at home and get all three points.
It wasn't easy because the opponents were very strong and confident and I could tell they were in good shape.
But we gave it our all to win and congratulations to my players, they played so well.
We did well and I'm more pleased to see the players improve than the result of a game, which is important. ”
The next day, to reward everyone for winning the game, Benjamin gave the first-team players a day off.
Levi came over again, and he looked at Benjamin, who was busy at his desk, with a smirk.
"Ben, what are you busy with?"
"Research the next opponent, what else can you do, why do you have time to come over today?"
Levi sat down on the couch across from Benjamin's desk, and found the most comfortable position to lean on the backrest.
"Isn't there still a lot of days, what's the hurry, didn't I come here to talk to you?"
Benjamin looked up and narrowed his eyes at Levi.
"Don't tell me it's for Dale again."
"Haha, if you don't say you're amazing, you guessed it!"
"What's wrong? Can't find a buyer? Don't worry, there's still some time before the next transfer window. ”
An embarrassed expression appeared on Levi's face, and he muttered:
"I mean, you see, Eric didn't play very well in the last game.
I don't want to interfere with your manager's work, I just want to say, is it possible, you can give this young man a chance. ”
Sure enough, before Levi could open his mouth, Benjamin guessed that he was here for this again.
"Alas," Benjamin sighed, Tottenham became Levi, and defeat was also listed.
The original time and space for so many years The boss did not invest money, so that Tottenham Hotspur could still remain competitive in the era of the rise of Jinyuan football, all thanks to Levy's operation.
But it is also because of Levy that Tottenham has been close to the championship several times.
But if you don't pick and search so hard when you should make a decisive move, let the players who should go go, and buy the strong reinforcements that could have been bought, Tottenham may have said goodbye to the championship a long time ago.
Benjamin looked at Levy with some pleading looks, and swallowed back what he wanted to say.
"Well, I'm not asking for Dell to be sold as soon as possible, so I can keep him in the team.
How many years does his contract remain, three or four years? ”
Without waiting for Levi to reply, Benjamin continued:
"But at the same time, I don't promise to give Dier more chances, I treat all players the same, who can play depends on the form and performance."
A chrysanthemum-like smile bloomed on Levi's face, "Good! That's enough! Thank you for your understanding! ”