Chapter 194 The Rebuilt Red Devil
The result of Arsenal being tied by Bolton at home to help his arch-rivals in the city continue to lead the league standings, not only gave Tottenham players an unexpected surprise, but also gave Tottenham fans a happy weekend. For those who are used to hard days, it is already very happy to see the team beat their arch-rivals in the league, so how can there be higher requirements?
Of course, it would be a wonderful thing if the team could win another championship trophy at the end of the season!
Although the fans are extremely satisfied with the team's performance, George and Tottenham players are obviously not satisfied with the results they have achieved like the fans. No matter what, Tottenham is the runner-up winner of the British League last season, and also won two championship trophys, the League Cup and the FA Cup. Under such circumstances, it would be too unreasonable if they did not pursue higher this season.
Therefore, after receiving this surprise gift package from Arsenal, Tottenham players did not relax their requirements, but instead re-entered the intense training the next day after the game. Because the players knew very well that if they wanted to stand on the championship podium, they had to put in enough effort in their daily training!
No championship trophy or victory is obtained by falling from the sky, even the same is true for football miracles that are talked about by fans. For example, if it weren't for Manchester United, La Coruna's players who did not choose to give up the game early in adversity, but gritted their teeth and persevered to the end, there would be no miracle in football history where Manchester United scored two goals in the last three minutes of the game to reverse Bayern and La Coruna won the championship in the second round with a four-goal defeat in the second round with a four-goal defeat.
Moreover, the season has just begun, and the devil's schedule in September has only been half gone. If they are complacent now, the final result is likely to be taught by Manchester United and Ferguson in the league next weekend!
In this way, time came on September 25. On this day, Tottenham Hotspur, who was at the White Hart Lane Stadium, welcomed the seventh round of the British League, and was also the third strong opponent in this devilish schedule, the British overlord Manchester United!
Since the two teams are in the British League together, there are at least two opportunities to face each season, and Manchester United itself is not the kind of club that likes to replace the main lineup every time, Tottenham does not feel very unfamiliar with Manchester United, as an opponent.
However, unlike before, this time, Tottenham obviously has more psychological advantages. On the one hand, in the three direct confrontations between the two sides last season, Tottenham won two wins and one draw and maintained unbeaten, which allowed the players to maintain this certain psychological advantage over Manchester United; on the other hand, it was because Manchester United's sluggish performance after the start of this season (two wins, three draws and one loss in the first six rounds of the league were temporarily ranked seventh in the standings), making it difficult for Tottenham players to regard the Red Devils as an invincible strong enemy.
"Guys, I know that Manchester United's performance has been poor recently, which makes many of you feel that winning this game is not a difficult thing, but we can never underestimate the foundation of a top giant!" Because of concern that the players will underestimate the enemy because of Manchester United's poor record in recent times, when mobilizing before the game, George emphasized the importance of this game. "Otherwise, we will likely repeat the mistakes of Bayern Munich in 1999 and Arsenal in 2003, and become another negative example that has been talked about by fans and media for many years. I don't want to be remembered by people because of this kind of thing. I believe you should not want to taste this taste, right?"
Although he put on such a serious face in front of the players and taught them not to take it lightly because of Manchester United's recent poor condition, George also does not think that the current Manchester United is capable of causing too much trouble for Tottenham. With his memories of his past life, he clearly knows that the recent two seasons can be said to be the most difficult time in Ferguson's coaching career at Manchester United - unlike his hard work in the early stage of the coaching position, and the second reconstruction after Ronaldo left the team, this time it plagued Manchester United's collective aging and subsequent decline in state. Therefore, the difficulties Ferguson faced at this time are also the most difficult of these three periods.
Although Manchester United used to dominate England and Europe to only leave Beckham, in fact, Beckham's departure alone is enough to destroy the entire tactical system that Ferguson has worked hard to establish over the years!
The reason why Manchester United has been able to dominate the British and European courts in recent years is mainly due to the huge bonus brought by this midfielder. For a long time, Giggs, Roy Keane, Beckham and Scholes have performed their duties on the court, helping Manchester United to continuously harvest victory like a precision-operating machine is a strong guarantee that the Red Devils have not been dragged down by the increasingly fragile defense line after Schmeichel and Stam left the team one after another, and have continuously transported a large number of shells to Van Nie and Solskjaer on the front line!
Therefore, even George, during his time as Manchester United's acting head coach, did not dare to perform any major surgery on this midfielder. At most, he just stuffed Bellon in and let the Argentine wizard share Keen's part of the organizational work.
After Ferguson sent Beckham to Madrid last summer, Manchester United's midfielder, which was originally operating like a precision instrument, suddenly became fragmented. Even if Sir Joaquin later introduced Joaquin from Real Betis to fill the gap that Beckham left, he failed to recreate his former glory - this is inevitable. After missing a quarter of the main components, no matter what machine it is, the same problem will occur.
Of course, although it is difficult for Manchester United to cause enough trouble for Tottenham now, and Roy Keane's decline in form seriously affects Manchester United's defensive quality, this does not mean that the Red Devils cannot take away a victory from the White Hart Lane Stadium. This summer, Carrick and Wayne Rooney were introduced, as well as Joaquin, the top right winger, plus Giggs and Scholes, who are still strong, and Van Nisstruy, the "king of small penalty area" who has entered its peak period. Manchester United's power on the offensive end cannot be underestimated!
The players are not the worms in George's belly, so naturally they cannot know these ideas. Therefore, George's emphasis before the game is still very useful - at least, in the five minutes after the opening, Tottenham, who was ready to fight off the Red Devils' three-pronged approach, avoiding the latter's attack on the away side, causing his side to fall into an extremely passive situation from the beginning of the game!
Chapter completed!