Football King Bale

With 3 points from a difficult victory, Tottenham continued to maintain the third position in the standings. Even because of Chelsea's defeat in this round, Tottenham tied Chelsea in the standings with only a goal difference. The disadvantage fell to third place.

After a week of rest, Tottenham ushered in the 10th round of the Premier League. They will face the challenge of Stoke City at White Hart Lane.

Stoke City is not a strong team, but their performance is good this season. In the past 9 rounds, they have achieved 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, ranking ninth in the Premier League with 12 points.

Under the leadership of the team's meritorious coach Prince, Stoke City has distinctive characteristics.

Tony Pulis, the number one creator of Stoke City's recovery. Pulis first took charge of Stoke City in 2002, when Stoke City had just been promoted to the Championship. In the next two seasons, Stoke City under Pulis played steadily and was in the middle of the league. But in 2005, the conflict between Pulis and the boss sparked him to leave Stoke City.

A year later, when Coates, the former owner of Stoke City, took over Stoke City again, Pulis was the first thing he thought of.

In 2006, Pulis and Stoke City renewed their relationship. And Pulis's second entry to the palace quickly brought immediate results to Stoke City. In the 2007-08 season, Stoke City won the runner-up in the British Championship, making them return to England's top league in 23 years, and it was also the first time the team appeared in the Premier League.

Under Pulis's training, Stoke City returned to the most primitive style of play. They did not need ball possession or complex tactics. The long pass and out-of-bounds grenade tactics kept their football in the sky. In addition, the team was full of people. Over time, the fans nicknamed Stoke City the City of the Sky.

Pulis created Stoke City. He led the team to gain a firm foothold in the strong Premier League. At the same time, Stoke City also made Pulis, making him a famous Premier League coach.

In the last game against the vice-president of the Premier League, Tottenham still stumbled to win. Now facing Stoke City in the middle of the Premier League, Lao Lei naturally did not dare to be careless and played the main force in the game.

Moreover, Woodgate, who once played for Real Madrid, also returned in this game.

However, in this way, Bell can only continue to sit on the bench.

Lao Lei attaches so much importance to this game, he originally came for 3 points. The strength of Tottenham is stronger than Stoke City, and the historical record also has a clear advantage. Tottenham has won 8 wins and 3 draws against Stoke City in nearly 11 home games. Stoke City won Tottenham last time. It was still 34 years ago, so Lao Lei planned to get these 3 points early, so that the team can continue to bite the top two Manchester United and Chelsea in the standings. Even, as long as one of the top two takes a nap, Tottenham can replace it.

However, when the game started, Lao Lei found that the game was not as smooth as he imagined.

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Pulis was able to bring the newly promoted Stoke City to 12th in the league last season, not because of Stoke City's strong strength, but because of his pragmatic dismissal.

Last season, Stoke City's record was 12 wins, 9 draws and 17 losses, scoring 38 goals and conceding 55 goals, accumulating 45 points.

Scored 38 goals, averaging 1 goal per game, but brought 45 points to the team. This is due to Pulis' careful calculation. Of their 12 victories, only three were able to achieve a two-goal win over their opponents, and the remaining nine victories were all small wins by one goal.

The reason for this result is very simple, and that is defense. Most of Stoke's games were played at the back and looked for a chance to steal one from you and win it.

The same is true for this game. Although Pulis's lineup looks like 442, most of the time, their defensive players have seven or eight players.

Under such a dense defense,

One can imagine the difficulty for Tottenham to break through Stoke City's defense. Although Tottenham suppressed Stoke City in the half-time bombardment, the score did not change for a long time.

Not only did the score on the field not change, but Tottenham suffered a blow in the 14th minute of the game. Woodgate, who had just returned from injury, was injured again!

Looking at the injured Woodgate, Bell was a little speechless. This big brother's glass man attributes are more serious than his own.

In fact, Woodgate performed well in the early stage of his transfer to Tottenham, and even became the team's vice-captain for a while. He also helped Tottenham score the only goal in the League Cup final in the 2007-2008 season. It was also with this goal that they tied with Chelsea within 120 minutes and finally won the penalty shootout. This is the first time that Tottenham won an important championship after nine years since 1999.

But the good times didn't last long, and Woodgate quickly regained his glass man attributes. Before this game, he missed many games due to injury. He didn't expect to come back and play for more than ten minutes now, and he will be off again.

Woodgate's position in this game is a central defender. He could not persist in the game, so Lao Lei had to replace him with Dawson.

Bell was secretly sad, not only because of Woodgate's injury and the almost similar fate of the two, but also because he felt that he wanted to get a lot less chances to play in this game.

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After Tottenham completed the substitutions, they continued to suppress Stoke City on the scene. However, all the attacks were thunderous and rainy, and did not bring any goals.

Soon, forty-five minutes in the first half passed. In the game statistics of the first half, Tottenham seemed to be in a dominant position. They had nearly 70% of the ball and completed 9 shots, while their opponents Stoke City had only one shot.

After a fifteen-minute break, the second half continued. The situation on the court was still not much different from that of the first half. Tottenham held Stoke City in the half for offensive and defensive drills.

Ten minutes after the start of the second half, Pulis played a card first. He replaced Delap, known as Popeye, with midfielder Glenn Whelan.

Delap is known for his powerful throw-ins. His outstanding arm strength allows him to send the ball directly into the opponent's penalty area from 30 meters away. The accuracy and strength are suitable for his teammates to compete for the top. He has repeatedly staged assists. Rory John Delap His one move can eat up the entire Premier League, and he has also become the first person whose hands are more expensive than his feet on the football field.

Previously in Sunderland, Southampton and Derby County, Rory John Delap was the main thrower who did his part. Stoke City have taken advantage of Delap's unique skills, loaning him from Sunderland two years ago and deciding to give him a long-term contract despite a leg injury. Formal contract.

After Stoke City signed him in January 2007, he has been enjoying the sweetness from his "grenade". Some people say that it was Delap who threw Stoke City into the Premier League.

On September 14, 2008, Stoke challenged Everton away. Stoke equalized the score twice with a throw-in from Rory John Delap, which scared Toffees coach David Moyes into a cold sweat , he called Delap an "artificial chain" after the game.

Pulis included Delap in the starting list for this game, mainly to take advantage of Delap's strong sideline ball. Pulis knew very well that with the strength of Stoke City, it was absolutely impossible to confront the mighty Tottenham head-on, and a surprise victory was necessary.

However, Stoke City was completely suppressed in this game, and they rarely got threatening frontcourt touchlines, leaving little room for Delap to play. In addition, Delap is now thirty-three years old, and his physical strength has declined rapidly. The game lasted less than 60 minutes, and he was already a little unable to run.

And Glenn Whelan, who was born in Manchester City's youth training, is just 25 years old and is in his prime, and he has a tenacious style and a good defense. Replacing him is beneficial to Stoke City's defense.

Lao Lei saw the move, and soon made a substitution. In the 63rd minute of the game, he replaced the poor captain Robbie Keane with striker Pavlyuchenko and continued to strengthen the team's offense.

In fact, the person that Lao Lei most wants to replace is another striker of the team, Defoe. Unfortunately, Defoe was sent off with a red card for viciously trampling on an opponent in the last round of the game, and is now in a suspension period.

Seeing Lao Lei's substitution, Bell was almost desperate. Now the team has only one substitution left, the possibility of him wanting to play in this game is too small!