Chinese players in Europe

Chapter 610
Tottenham Hotspur will fight on the third front this season. In the case of trying to keep the league and stay in the Champions League, the FA Cup is like an old abandoned woman, and it is difficult to get the attention of her husband.Although Redknapp declared in public that Tottenham's goal this season is to achieve the "Triple Crown" at home and abroad, his focus is still not on the FA Cup.

Only rookies, substitute players and players from the second team regard the FA Cup as a springboard for their sprint to the main position.However, Redknapp believes that only relying on Tottenham's substitute lineup to play in the FA Cup, as long as they do not encounter strong teams such as Manchester United and Chelsea, their strength is sufficient to ensure that the team will break into the fourth round.As long as they break into the fourth round, they will not be far from the FA Cup championship. At that time, it is worthwhile for the team to shift their focus.

On August 24, after regular training, Redknapp made the final adjustments to the team and announced the list of Tottenham players who will go to the away game tomorrow.

On August 25, the first round of the FA Cup kicked off. With many main players staying in London, Tottenham went to Aldershot County in northern England to challenge the second-tier team Aldershot away.Facing a second-tier team whose level is lower than I don't know how much, although Tottenham sent a starting lineup mainly consisting of substitute players, they still won a hearty victory at the playground without any suspense. ——Facing Tottenham's crazy attack, Aldershot only got two shots in the whole game, while Tottenham shot 28 times within the range of the goal frame, and the final score was also fixed at 5:0 .
Raul started this game. This is the first official game he has represented the team since he joined Tottenham. In the previous warm-up games, Raul showed a good competitive state and scored every game. Balls and assists.

In this game, Raul scored the first goal for the team to open the scoring, and in the No. 203 minute of the second half, Ibisevic, who assisted and came off the bench, scored the team's fourth goal .

Except for Ibisevic, the newly joined players all started this game and performed well. Neuer's performance in the goalkeeper position is not obvious. In fact, he has almost nothing to do throughout the game. Yes, the teammates didn't give Aldershot a few chances to attack halftime, and he naturally didn't have the opportunity to show his demeanor as a new German goalkeeper.

Because the opponent is too weak, Naldo and Rafinha have no chance to show their defensive ability. Players rushed to the front of the opponent's penalty area from time to time to take a long shot.The offensive ability of these two people is vividly displayed, especially Rafinha. His speed is fast, his technique is exquisite, and his breakthrough on the wing is still untouchable. No one in Aldershot can play one-on-one. Stare him down.Less than 5 minutes after Raul's goal, Rafinha cut into the penalty area after breaking through from the wing, shot the goal from the near corner and scored Tottenham's second goal of the game.This is also his first official game goal for joining Tottenham.

The most eye-catching player in this game is Ibisevic, who just transferred a few days ago. He replaced Defoe when there were more than 20 minutes left in the game, but he showed a strong ability to adapt. Although the cooperation of his teammates was still jerky, the sensitive sense of an outstanding striker still allowed him to score two goals in the game with overhead kicks.Playing on behalf of the team for the first time, and still playing as a substitute, he scored twice. Ibisevic's strong strength and good condition made the whole Tottenham team happy.

As for Mo Fei, let alone entering the team's 18-man roster, he never went to the away game with the team at all.After recovering from a serious injury, he was left in London by Redknapp, allowing him to slowly carry out recovery training.

Just when the league was about to start, the team's last signing was also completed.Redknapp spent 500 million euros to bring Nigeria's most full-back Taiwo from Marseille to White Hart Lane.It is worth mentioning that the Serie A giants AC Milan, which was listed as "the most unpopular team in London" by Tottenham fans, also took a fancy to this solid defensive full-back. I felt a sense of sadness in my heart, and this can be regarded as revenge for Mo Fei who was kicked and injured by AC Milan in the Champions League last season.

In addition, the numbers of the new players have also been determined.Ibisevic's number was displayed at the press conference, and he will wear the No. 9 jersey of Pavlyuchenko who has already moved away in the new season.

Raul wears the symbolic No. 04 jersey no matter in Real Madrid or Schalke 7, but in Tottenham, No. 7 obviously has no special meaning, and No. 7 already has an owner, that is, the teenager Alan Lennon.If Raul asked Lennon to give him this number as soon as he came, even though he really wanted to do this due to Raul's great reputation, Lennon could only reluctantly give up, but it would inevitably leave a "arrogant" impression. disgust.Fortunately, Raul did not do this. After learning that No. 7 already had an owner, Raul chose a number that few people choose, which is the same as the number that Murphy carried in Hoffenheim - No. 77.

It seems that Raul really loves the number 7. Without the number 7, the number 77 is also a good choice.

Central defender Naldo asked for the number of a frontcourt player-No. 17.This number originally belonged to Dos Santos, but after the Mexican teenager left, the number became vacant.Naldo thinks this number is very suitable for him. He has excellent defense and good offensive ability. There is no problem at all with this number...

Another number that doesn't match the position is 19.This number was worn by the newly joined team's right back Rafinha.He wore No. 04 at Schalke 3, but in fact he always wanted to wear No. 9.He played as a striker when he debuted, but later changed to a full-back that suits his characteristics better, but he has always been obsessed with this striker number.Tottenham's No. 9 has been given to Ibisevic, so Rafinha decided to take No. 19 instead.

What is even more speechless is the German goalkeeper Neuer, the new main goalkeeper of the German national team, asked for the largest number in the team-99.According to him, it is: "Since the smallest number one is gone, in order to show that he is different from the middle one, he has to choose the largest number."

When these trivial matters are gradually dealt with, the pace of the Premier League is getting closer and closer.

After the first round of the German Cup, the highlight is naturally the Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur's league fixtures are off to a strong start - the first three rounds are full of strong teams.In the first round, they played Manchester United (Manchester United) at home, and in the second round they challenged the Red Army Liverpool away. The opponent in the third round was slightly weaker. It was Aston Villa, who ranked sixth last season and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Both Manchester United and Liverpool were beaten by Tottenham last season, and they will also be Tottenham's main competitors on the way to the championship in the new season, so these two games are not easy for Tottenham.

So after the schedule was released, the media paid a lot of attention to these three games.

"If Manchester United hadn't been double-killed by Tottenham at home and away last season, would Tottenham have won the league title? For Manchester United, this will be a battle of revenge!"

"Although Liverpool is in decline today, their combat effectiveness at Anfield is beyond doubt. Tottenham will encounter great trouble in the away game!"

"Aston Villa's strength is also very good. I think they can create a little resistance for Tottenham at White Hart Lane. Maybe it is not impossible to beat Tottenham. Football is round, and everything can happen. It may happen, there are countless examples of the gutter overturning and the weak defeating the strong..."

"There are no ifs in football, but they lost last season and now they have a chance to avenge. As a giant, it was a shame to watch Tottenham beat them to take the league title last season. Now they The victories of the new season can be used to wash away the shame of last season..."

Tottenham players will also pay attention to the Premier League in the new season during the training interval. To be precise, they will pay attention to the topics compiled by these "big mouth" media.And this kind of topic naturally became a topic of discussion for them.

"Look at what the media said, it seems that we really have a deep hatred with these teams..." Van der Vaart was very unhappy with the media's way of exaggerating the atmosphere of hatred between the two sides. He didn't want to be in a game full of red and yellow cards. He was kicked and broke his leg.

However, his worries were severely despised by his teammates. Anyone who is familiar with van der Vaart knows that despite the gentle manner of the Dutch star on weekdays, he is actually a fiery temper. He punched in the Champions League last season. Gattuso is the best proof, for which he is still suspended.Fortunately, this ban will be lifted soon, but he will not be able to keep up with the first round of the new season.

"There is indeed hatred." Modric shrugged and said with a smile, "We beat Liverpool last season, and they can't even participate in any European competitions this season. As for Manchester United...ha, they have always been the boss of the Premier League , Now that we have snatched the championship, I am afraid they are also very upset..."

Everyone laughed along.This kind of "hate" between Manchester United and Tottenham is actually more appropriate for competition.Of course, it is hard to say whether the proud Manchester United will admit that Tottenham have the qualifications to compete with them. Even if Tottenham becomes the double champion of the United Kingdom, as super giants, they subconsciously believe that, I just took a nap, and then Tottenham seized the opportunity to "seek power and usurp the throne".And as long as they focus, the league champions basically have nothing to do with Tottenham...

Of course, Tottenham don't care what Manchester United thinks, all they have to do is to continue to win in the league, defeat any opponent, and then defend the championship.

"Guys, what do you think of us playing Manchester United in the first round of the league?" Mofei asked his teammates during the break.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and Van der Vaart was the first to understand Mo Fei's intentions. He shouted: "What do you think? Beat them fiercely, and use them to sacrifice the flag for our league title defense!"

Van der Vaart's words amused everyone, and Bell curled his lips and yelled: "That's right! No matter what rich family he is, no matter what hatred he has, we just need to win at home!"

"But we had Mo last season, but now..." Someone weakly raised his doubts.

Although Mo Fei's recovery is very optimistic, Redknapp still didn't allow Mo Fei to participate in any games just to be on the safe side.

"We were able to double-kill them last season, so it's no problem to win them now!" A player said confidently, "Although Mo can't play, but now we have so many powerful new teammates joining, It's easy to take them down. Besides, Mo's going to be cheering us on in the stands. Ha, you don't want Mo pointing your nose and laughing after the game and saying, 'Look, you can't play without me Turn it on!'".

"Haha, it makes sense. We can't be underestimated by Mo."

"Mo is actually a narcissist, if we really don't perform as expected, this kid will have bragging rights again... oh god, just think of him standing in front of me with his mouth akimbo and bragging about it , I feel uncomfortable all over!"

"So, we can't give him a chance to 'nagging'! In the first game of the new season, we must win!"

"Oh! Let's beat them in the field! Give the title defense a good start!"

"Ooooh! The defending champion!"

Everyone shouted excitedly.

A group of people were chattering endlessly there, but Mo Fei could only watch his teammates "demonize" himself with a wry smile on his face.Well, although everyone has "uglified" him, the effect seems to be good. He hasn't made any inspiring remarks, and everyone's morale is up...

Raul stood by and watched his new teammates yell excitedly, but he didn't clenched his fists and shouted along with them.He has played in Real Madrid and Schalke 04 successively. These two teams are rich in the leagues of their respective countries. He never seems to consider such a situation-meeting a strong opponent, and then a group of big players Yelling and yelling to cheer himself up.

After coming to Tottenham, Raul has seen a new world.

But Raul felt that there was nothing wrong with this. The team gave him the impression that it was full of vigor, vitality and fighting spirit.In such an environment, his aging fighting heart seems to be showing signs of recovery. Although he did not shout along with the big guys, he still has a feeling of blood boiling, and at the same time firmly believes that he and his The new owners are sure to create a great achievement.

"It's nice to be young..." Raul sighed in his heart. He faintly felt that it seemed very wise to make the choice to transfer to Tottenham when his career was approaching the end.Perhaps, he can bring something to this rising team, and then carve his name a little deeper in the honor room of European football...

"What are you thinking, Gonzalez." Seeing Raul standing there alone in thought, Could Fei lean his body over, put his arms around his shoulders, and asked with a smile.

"It's nothing, I'm thinking about how many goals I'm going to score in the game the day after tomorrow." Raul responded with a smile.

Immediately under Mo Fei's stunned eyes, Raul rushed into the small circle of players playing, dancing and laughing with the big guys...

(End of this chapter)