Chinese players in Europe

Chapter 445 One of the favorites for relegation
But then again, with Tottenham in a hot state, losing all three games, it is definitely impossible to not take a point. Just kidding, they can beat Inter Milan, Hoffenheim and other strong players in away games. Isn't it nonsense that the team has no temper and returns home without scoring a point?

Therefore, what the media are considering is not the issue of Tottenham's failure to qualify. This is a certain fact and cannot be changed.What they consider is whether Tottenham will finally succeed in qualifying as the first in the group, and which team they will face after qualifying.

According to UEFA's schedule rules, the No. 2 in Group A will face No. 2 in Group B. After three rounds, the No. [-] in Group B is from Lyon, the champion of the French League. This is not a good thing. The bone of gnawing, La Liga guards Real Madrid was blocked from the quarterfinals by this team for three consecutive seasons.

However, this is not the final matchup situation. The advantage of the Bundesliga team Schalke 04, which ranks first in Group B, is not very obvious. On the other hand, Benfica, which has two losses and one win, also has a chance to qualify.If Benfica qualify as second in the group, Tottenham will face the super giants of the Portuguese League.As for the Tel Aviv Workers, this is out of consideration. After losing three games in a row, they have basically reserved a spot for elimination. Unless they can suddenly break out in the remaining games and win three games in a row, they will basically have no chance of qualifying. up.

The media and fans are very interested in speculating about the opponents that Tottenham will face in the next knockout stage, but Tottenham players have no time to pay attention to these, whether it is meeting Schalke 04 or Lyon, or defeating these goals After the team met Real Madrid or Barcelona, ​​they didn't have the energy to care about it. These are too far away from them. Now their first task is to play well in the league.

Two consecutive weeks of double matches made Tottenham's players exhausted. They were running back and forth in the third line, and the schedule of the Premier League was also extremely unfavorable to them. During this period of time, they basically played away games. The team members felt that He has almost become a trapeze player, and a player like Bell who has a slight fear of heights now feels like he is about to vomit when he sees the plane.

The Tottenham players who flew back to London from Germany had no time to rest, and immediately went into intense and heavy training, because they will go to the St. Andrews Stadium to challenge Birmingham City in three days.

Birmingham has not always been a competitive team in the top league of the Premier League. Even if Hong Kong tycoon Yang Ka-shing increased investment after acquiring Birmingham this season, the team's performance still has not improved much. Currently they The league ranks No.15 and is one of the favorites for relegation this season.

It is worth mentioning that not only the owner of this team is from Huaxia, even the team's game and training equipment are sponsored by a Chinese sports brand "Xtep", and their jerseys are also printed with "Xtep" It can be said that this is a team with strong Chinese elements.

Being able to see the familiar Chinese characters and feel the Chinese atmosphere in a foreign country, is it natural that he pays special attention to the next round of league opponents. Before the game, he expressed his support for the optimistic team that can win away games. For the fellow team , He also expressed words of blessing and encouragement.

Birmingham's behind-the-scenes boss, Yang Jiacheng, also made a friendly response to Murphy's overtures, "He is a great player, he will achieve achievements that all Chinese players cannot achieve, and reach a height that neither his predecessors nor future generations can achieve. , He is the pride of our Chinese. It is a pity that such a world superstar cannot play for Birmingham. As a Chinese, I feel deeply disappointed."

Yang Jiacheng also made a joke and said: "If Tottenham are willing to put Mo in the transfer market, I will personally send a blank check. But I know that this is impossible. Could such an outstanding young man not Will be willing to come to Birmingham, a talent like him needs a bigger and better stage to prove his worth."

Before the game, because both teams had important Huaxia people in their formations, the atmosphere between them was very good, and there was no outbreak of players from the two teams spitting at each other.But when it came to the game, people realized that the harmony before was just an illusion. The Birmingham players were extremely fierce. They adopted lethal tactics against Tottenham, which is currently in the limelight. If you can't stand it anymore, just leave the person behind.

After this period of continuous battles, Tottenham are indeed physically and mentally exhausted, obviously not in the state, although Redknapp has arranged a lot of recuperation training for physical recovery, and has rotated a lot in this game The main force, but the enthusiasm of the players is still not high enough.

Could it be that he didn't play in this game? One reason was that his previous behavior in Germany violated the team's management regulations, so he was suspended for one game by Redknapp.Could it be that he had no objection? He knew that although Redknapp was talking about punishment, he wanted to let him rest and adjust. Against a team like Birmingham that was on the verge of the relegation zone, it would not be too much trouble.Mo Fei also felt that this suspension was very timely, at least it could allow him to calmly adjust, so as not to be ashamed in a nationally broadcast game.

Another reason is that Mo Fei has been in a bad state for the past few days. Mo Fei, who has been thinking about Tina, has a hard time concentrating on training. The faces of Tina and Yu Yun always appear unconsciously, and then they are distracted, making mistakes in training, and sometimes they even fail to score empty goals.

In this state, Murphy Redknapp would not dare to play him, so he had to rotate him, and he didn't even enter the 18-man squad and stayed in London.

What will happen to a team that is out of spirit and out of shape against a team that is fighting aggressively?No matter how weak the opponent's strength is, Birmingham has the upper hand in the face of Tottenham who has no fighting spirit.

Just after halftime, Birmingham took a two-goal lead over Tottenham, which made the fans of the home team at the St. Andrews Stadium very excited, and they sent a wave of applause to the players on the field.

The Tottenham fans who followed the team to the away game fell into panic for the first time this season. The team's performance was really bad. Not to mention the smooth offense before, even the defense made frequent mistakes. The two conceded goals were due to continuous mistakes by the defense, which gave the opponent a chance to take advantage of it.With such Tottenham, it is difficult to raise the hopes of equalizing or even overtaking the score in the hearts of fans.

However, in the second half, Tottenham's players obviously improved their morale after being scolded by head coach Redknapp in the locker room, and their luck was also good. Just 7 minutes into the second half, substitute striker Pav Liuchenko took advantage of the opponent's mistake to return the ball and scored a goal that narrowed the score.

But then the game returned to the previous situation. Birmingham once again took the initiative on the court, and Tottenham could only create threats to their opponents through defensive counterattacks.Until the end of the game, neither team scored again, and the score remained at 2:1, with the home team leading.

In stoppage time, just when everyone thought Tottenham would suffer a humiliating away defeat, the Russian Pavlyuchenko stepped up again, and he rushed in after Modric's corner kick. In the penalty area, he suddenly fell to the ground while pulling with the opponent's defender. The referee awarded Tottenham a penalty kick.

The fans at the scene were in an uproar, shouting "flop" and "liar", and the fans of the visiting team were also silent. The ball was indeed a bit watery.Through the slow motion of the live screen, it can be clearly seen that although the Birmingham defender pulled his hand, Pavlyuchenko also pushed and shoved at the opponent. It is difficult to say who made the foul.

Although this penalty kick was a bit disgraceful, the opportunity to equalize the score was right in front of us, and the Tottenham players would naturally not miss it.Modric, who took the penalty, made it in one fell swoop, easily pushed the goal in the middle, and tricked the opponent's goalkeeper to shoot!

2: 2!

Tottenham narrowly escaped with a penalty kick at the last moment and scored a difficult point in the away game.

This game was really aggrieved and embarrassing. The Tottenham players behaved like headless chickens. The offense was of no quality at all. It was a fluke to get a point. They had no reason to complain that they did not Get a win or something.

However, the players all thought that this was just an accident, probably because their core Mo Fei was not on the field. If Mo Fei played, the game would definitely be one-sided against an opponent like Birmingham.

Even Mo Fei thinks so.

However, in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week and the match against Twente at home, Tottenham actually got another draw.Could it be that he played in this game, but he was replaced by Redknapp in advance after only 10 or [-] minutes of playing. His performance was really terrible, often making inexplicable unforced errors, and sometimes even The ball was passed directly to the opponent's defender, and the breakthrough also lost the sharpness of the past, and was often intercepted by the opponent.In fact, it is not considered a steal, because it is Mo Fei who often brings the ball to the opponent's leg...

Fortunately, after a week of rest and adjustment, the rest of Tottenham's players recovered a lot. Although they didn't score a goal in the game, Twente couldn't do anything about them. The game ended with a score of 0:0.

Tottenham, which scored one point, is definitely qualified. It stands to reason that the team should be happy. After all, this is the first time they have qualified in the Champions League knockout round in 20 years. This is another step away from their great goal of revitalizing the team. step.

However, from the head coach of Tottenham down to the players, no one can be happy. The core state of the team is sluggish, which makes them full of worries about the team's prospects...

In the weekend home game against the Premier League giants Red Army Liverpool, Mo Fei's state finally showed a recovery momentum. Although his performance was still not as perfect as the previous game, it was still remarkable. In the unfavorable situation of leading the ball, Mo Fei also scored a free kick to help the team narrow the score gap.

Redknapp gave Murphy enough trust. Even if he lost this game, he would use the lost three points in exchange for Murphy's return. This is more important than anything else.The brave Mo Fei who has lost his form, his team is just a second-rate Premier League team. Compared with the future, he chose the latter without hesitation.

Mo Fei also repaid the coach's trust with practical actions.At the 89th minute of the game, Mo Fei sent his first direct pass in the game. The football tore through Liverpool's defense line as accurately as a scalpel, helping van der Vaart to successfully reverse offside, forming a single-handedly.Van der Vaart didn't waste Mo Fei's assist, and easily pushed the far corner of the goal to tie the score to a 2:2 draw.

(End of this chapter)