Chinese players in Europe

Chapter 531 "Hero" Portsmouth

In fact, the media's statement that Tottenham have played 2 consecutive games is not accurate. Since the end of the first half, Tottenham have been invincible since they were tied 2:[-] by Eredivisie champions Twente at home. Whether it is the Red Devils Manchester United who are chasing after them or the mighty Inter Milan in the Champions League, no one can stop their victory. So far, Tottenham have expanded their winning streak in various competitions to fifteen games. Qi Juechen, the Champions League is in full swing, and even in the cup competitions that are not valued, other teams are far behind, and they have entered the semi-finals of the cup without any suspense.

Regardless of luck or strength, Tottenham has entered a state of invincibility that makes all teams frightened. Wherever they go, there will be a bloodbath.

Romantics see Tottenham's rise to prominence as a winter's fairy tale; cynics see the rise of the British gold-dollar club as setting a dangerous precedent.The entire European football world is exclaiming about the madness of Tottenham, and everyone is looking for a team that can stop Tottenham from advancing.

Facing such a powerful White Lily Legion, the Red Devils Manchester United, who have been suppressed by Tottenham on both the league and cup fronts this season, have to admire. Sir Alex Ferguson praised that Tottenham is now unstoppable, they are not only the league champions It is not surprising that they are the most powerful contenders in China, and even reached the Champions League final.

Even Arsene Wenger, the coach of Tottenham's century-old rival Arsenal, said sourly that in the history of the entire London team, Arsenal is the strongest, but in this season, the rise of Tottenham is the strongest Big, their strength makes everyone desperate to suffocate.

Now not only the British media, but even the European media have begun to pay more attention to this team that is destined to be a blockbuster this season. John Mortensen, the most popular commentator of Sky Sports in the UK, joked on a football program Said: "Tottenham has made the Premier League more concerned by fans, and at the same time it has made the Premier League strange-this is a competition in which 20 teams participated, but only Tottenham won in the end! Ha, today's Tottenham, no one Can stop..."

Everyone is guessing when Tottenham's winning streak will be suspended, or whether Tottenham can continue to win until the end of the season.But no one thought that after the [-]/[-] knockout round of the Champions League, in the Premier League on the weekend, Tottenham's winning streak would be dead, and this "terminator" was neither as strong as Manchester United, Chelsea, etc. The tycoons who hope to compete with Tottenham for the league title are not the quasi-strong teams such as Aston Villa and Everton who can put some pressure on Tottenham, but Portsmouth, which has been unknown throughout the season.

In the seventh round of No.20 in the Premier League, Portsmouth, ranked third from the bottom, challenged the league leader Tottenham Hotspur as a guest at White Hart Lane.The points difference between the two teams is 27 points. One is the relegation favourite, and the other is the championship favourite. Now at Tottenham's home court, the Tottenham players are even more confident.

Before the game, everyone thought it was a contest without any suspense, a contest between the giant Goliath and Snow White's dwarfs, the two teams were not even the slightest bit comparable, but in the end the game was zero to zero The result surprised everyone. The referee and luck delayed Tottenham's continued victory.

Portsmouth was obviously frightened by Tottenham's crazy offense. They formed a 10-0-0 formation in the away game and used dense defense to fight against it. In fact, Tottenham is an expert in breaking dense defense this season. After all Mo Fei's free kick is a super killer against the iron barrel formation.What's more, Portsmouth's defense is not very good, otherwise they will not sit tragically on the third-to-last throne.But in addition to intensive defense, the referee has also become an accomplice. The referee Hensley looks like a black whistle in Chinese football, but in fact he is a faint whistle. His tolerance for physical confrontation is outrageous. He played the game full of rough fouls cleanly and gracefully, not to mention not even giving out a yellow card. Except for the opening whistle and the ending whistle, he didn't use the whistle in his hand much at all during the whole game.After the game, Redknapp satirized the opponent and said that Hensley should go to the kickboxing competition, which is the venue for him to display his talents.

Luck and impatience are twin brothers. Impatience makes luck worse, and bad luck makes players more impatient. Tottenham hit five goalposts in this game. Could it be that they scored twice? Long sigh: "It's not that we don't work hard, but the believers in God today are clearly Portsmouth."

After the game, almost all newspapers and media reported the news, and Portsmouth became the hero against Tottenham’s ravages in the Premier League. The News of the World joked: “All European teams are wondering how to contain Living in a crazy Tottenham and racking their brains, everyone is looking forward to the emergence of a 'hero'. Ha, a hero is born now. Portsmouth has achieved a feat that Manchester United, Liverpool and other giants cannot do. They succeeded At White Hart Lane, Tottenham have held back Tottenham's progress! Portsmouth has accomplished an impossible miracle, even if they are relegated to the British Championship after the end of this season, they still have enough pride and bragging rights!"

"Manchester Evening News" commented with some gloating: "The 15-game winning streak was ended by the little-known Portsmouth. This is something that no one could have imagined. Of course, this is a day worth celebrating After all, if the league is always dominated by one team, it will soon lose its competitiveness and enjoyment. Portsmouth is really impressive. They have done something that many European giants cannot do. Thing, ha, if Tottenham continue to win like this, then they have to go to Mars to play."

The "Sun" comment is very pertinent: "No team can always maintain a good state, and no team can always win. This game between Tottenham and Portsmouth proves this. But Judging from the current momentum, Tottenham are still extremely strong, and this is likely to be just some small accidents on their way to the championship, their lead is very large, and they can afford the consequences of some mistakes."

Tottenham drew this round, and the happiest thing was the Red Devils Manchester United who were chasing after them. Ferguson's team won Middlesbrough 2-0 at home without bloodshed, and the match between Tottenham and Tottenham The points gap narrowed to 7 points.Although the seven-point gap is still insurmountable for Manchester United like a gap, it is still a happy thing to be able to shorten the distance. In an interview with reporters, the great-hearted Sir Alex said poetically: "The great Tottenham have ended their winning streak at the hands of tiny Portsmouth, the top spot is still unassailable, but the flames of hope have been lit, and the draw has come, so is defeat still far away?"

Professor Wenger's speech was concise and to the point. He said directly in front of the camera: "Portsmouth has become the 'hero' of the entire European football! Of course, we hope that such heroes can emerge in endlessly, so that we can bring the team that is about to reach Mars Pull Tottenham back to Earth!"

Although there was a lot of cynicism from the outside world, the Tottenham club, from the team officials to the fans, didn't care much about the loss.The league is a long process, and winning or losing is a very common thing. How can there be a team in the world that is always victorious?As long as the team can maintain its momentum, it will be able to laugh proudly until the end of the season.The enthusiasm of the fans has not diminished but increased. There is an endless stream of people rushing to the Tottenham training base to watch every day. Everyone is full of confidence in the team.

Although the end of the winning streak made the Tottenham players feel a little unhappy, but the head coach Redknapp thinks it is better to keep a low profile. It is outrageous that all teams are calculating how to deal with Tottenham, which is not a good thing for the team.

In addition, they did have some reservations about this game, because they still have an important FA Cup game on Wednesday, away to challenge Charlton, who is also a Premier League team. If so, they are likely to reach the semi-finals of the cup.

In fact, Tottenham's trip to the FA Cup this season can be regarded as twists and turns. This twist does not refer to obstacles encountered at the competitive level, but the club's attitude towards this event.At the beginning of the season, in Redknapp's plan, the league is to try its best to reach the top four and compete for a place in the Champions League next season, and also go all out in the cup competition, striving to bring back a long-awaited championship for the team Trophies, after all, the difficulty of winning the FA Cup is much less than that of the league. Tottenham's strength is not bad. If there is a little bit of luck, it is not impossible to dominate the FA Cup.

With the progress of the league, Redknapp had to change the original plan at the beginning of the season. Not only did Tottenham perform in the domestic league, but also in the Champions League. The old coach had to gradually shift his focus away from the tasteless food, abandoning the FA Cup, which is like a tasteless taste, and reassigned young players to the lineup, supplemented by substitute players.

Redknapp's plan is to go as far as the team can go in the FA Cup. He doesn't have any hard targets, he just regards it as training newcomers and maintaining the status of substitute players.But what he didn't expect was that this "mixed team" was extremely competitive. They didn't have much time to play in the league, so they vented their energy and resentment on their opponents in the FA Cup, and they scored unimpeded all the way. In the third round of the cup, and in the first round of the fourth round against the Premier League team Charlton, they defeated their opponents 3-0 cleanly, which can be regarded as half a foot has stepped into the semi-finals of the cup.

At this point in the game, it is impossible for Redknapp to give up. After the second round, as long as one more opponent is solved, Tottenham will have the opportunity to go to Berlin to compete for the championship.Although the content of this championship is not as good as that of the league and the Champions League, the FA Cup is an event with a long history and profound heritage, and it holds a lot of weight in the hearts of British fans, which symbolizes great glory. This champion will be ignored.

Although Tottenham’s 100-year team history has had a glorious era, they have won very few championship honors, and the sinking of the past 20 years has made them miss all honors. The most recent championship experience was in 03- In the 04 season, Tottenham also won the FA Cup that season, but it has been eight years since now, and only one indicator was won in eight seasons. For a veteran team like Tottenham, it is indeed The face is dull.

Under the balance of many parties, Redknapp believes that Tottenham will at least reach the FA Cup final, so he puts the domestic cup task on the agenda again.Of course, if you want to achieve what you want, you must first cross the hurdle of Charlton. Although the first round has already led the opponent by a large score, but out of caution, Redknapp decided to give the ball in the second round. The team went all out, so in the game against Portsmouth, the old coach hid a large number of main players. Bell, Dawson and others did not play. None of them were included in the list. Redknapp's statement was to give them a holiday, and they could hang out wherever they liked, as long as they didn't cause trouble, they could do whatever they wanted.

(End of this chapter)