Football King Bale

Chapter 38 Tottenham’s Counterattack

As soon as Bale finished speaking, he heard the door of the locker room being pushed open from the outside, and then came the familiar voice of the head coach Harry Redknapp, who praised loudly: "Gareth said well. , as long as you don’t give up, you will still have a chance.”

Everyone in the locker room was taken aback, only to notice that the head coach Lao Lei was not in the locker room just now.

In fact, Lao Lei had already arrived outside the locker room. He wanted to open the door and enter the locker room at that time, severely criticizing the Tottenham players. Their performance in the first half was really terrible.

This Tottenham team in the first half was a little strange to him. Last month when the team played away at Arsenal, they performed much better than today.

It can be said that Bell was the only player who performed fairly normal for Tottenham in the first half.

However, just as he was about to push the door open, he heard Bell's voice, and Bell's words made him temporarily stop entering the locker room.

He wanted to see what the young man, the team's best performer recently, could say.

Then, he was shocked by Bell's words. He never expected that a young man who was just twenty years old would be able to say this!

In front of Bell's performance, team captain Robbie Keane paled in comparison. Not only was his performance on the court poor, but his performance in the locker room was not good either.

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For this Tottenham team, Lao Lei is satisfied with other aspects, but he feels that he lacks a spiritual leader. The old captain Ledley King performed slightly better in this respect, but at best it was not satisfactory, not excellent. Moreover, Ledley King is old and often in a state of recuperation, which is of limited help to the team.

As for the team's second captain, Robbie Keane, Lao Lei is completely desperate for him now. Although he is also very close to the name of the former Manchester United captain, not only is there a huge gap between the two in their career achievements, but also in terms of leadership, Robbie Keane and Roy Keane are far behind.

Lao Lei has been planning to find another captain in the team. Before that, his goal was the team's central defender Dawson, but in today's game, Dawson's performance was equally bad.

Lao Lei couldn't help but recall that two months ago, he had already planned to give up Bell, because Bell was not only unlucky at the time, but also suffered frequent injuries, he was simply a glass man.

But now, he suddenly felt that Bell was more suitable to be the captain than Dawson and Keane.

But this idea was just a flash. After all, Bell is too young. Among the 24 players in the first team, only Danny Rose is younger than Bell, but Danny Rose is a marginal member of the first team, and he is hardly selected. The roster is just a name in the first team. In other words, Bell is the youngest member of the first team's regular staff. If Bell is the captain, I am afraid it is not very suitable.

Although seniority seems abstract, it is very important in the locker room.

But it is undeniable that Bell has become the spiritual leader of this team.

"Okay, as Gareth said just now, we are only two goals behind and still have a chance." Harry Redknapp said with certainty.

Since Lao Lei took office as Tottenham coach, the team's record has improved significantly. Especially this season, after the 14th round of the league, they were able to steadily suppress the Premier League overlord, the Red Devils Manchester United, and Tottenham's North London rival Arsenal, which made the players trust him very much.

Seeing that the players were all looking at him, Lao Lei nodded and said, "However, in the second half we have to change our tactics..."

Immediately, he began to arrange the tactics for the second half.

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As soon as the second half started, Lao Lei made personnel adjustments to Tottenham. He replaced the mediocre midfielder Jenas with Modric.

Originally, what Lao Lei wanted to change most was captain Robbie Keane, but after a little hesitation, he decided to postpone the substitution. After all, the team only has three substitutions, and using up two at once is too aggressive.

In addition, Robbie Keane is the captain of the team after all, and replacing him in midfield will have a great psychological impact on the players.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United still played very actively, and they did not relax because of their two-goal lead. This is the benefit of being on the bench. Because the players have limited playing time, they will attach great importance to every minute of playing time, and there will be no idea that the main lineup will save energy for future games after taking a large lead. For them, as long as they are still on the court, they must work hard and work hard for more playing time in the future.

The strength of Manchester United's substitute lineup is actually not bad, coupled with a positive attitude, they quickly created two more opportunities.

First of all, they took advantage of the opportunity of kick-off in the second half to launch an impact on Tottenham's goal. Park Ji-sung's through ball penetrated Tottenham's midfield defense and found Welbeck in front. Welbeck suddenly left the penalty area. He was about to shoot, but was destroyed by Huton first.

This time, Hooton's decisive advantage was reflected.

However, Manchester United's attack in the second half did not stop because of this. They continued to put pressure on Tottenham, actively counterattacked, and created a good chance to score in the 48th minute. It was Anderson who stole the Tottenham midfielder Palacios in midfield again, and then passed the ball into the Tottenham penalty area in a counterattack, but Berbatov's shot was blocked by Tottenham center back Basson.

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Immediately, Tottenham stepped up their counterattack, especially in the 55th minute of the game, Bell decided to use Robben for ten minutes.

Originally, Bell wanted to see the situation and then use Robben's possession. After all, the team had already been encouraged in the midfield. According to the general situation, the team still can't change the game after 70 minutes. The score will become impatient.

However, Bell found that as the game time passed, and the time had just passed 50 minutes, the Tottenham players became more and more anxious, and the momentum that had just been inspired at halftime was also disappearing, so he had to change his plan.

But now, he suddenly felt that Bell was more suitable to be the captain than Dawson and Keane.

But this idea was just a flash. After all, Bell is too young. Among the 24 players in the first team, only Danny Rose is younger than Bell, but Danny Rose is a marginal member of the first team, and he is hardly selected. The roster is just a name in the first team. In other words, Bell is the youngest member of the first team's regular staff. If Bell is the captain, I am afraid it is not very suitable.

Although seniority seems abstract, it is very important in the locker room.

But it is undeniable that Bell has become the spiritual leader of this team.

"Okay, as Gareth said just now, we are only two goals behind and still have a chance." Harry Redknapp said with certainty.

Since Lao Lei took office as Tottenham coach, the team's record has improved significantly. Especially this season, after the 14th round of the league, they were able to steadily suppress the Premier League overlord, the Red Devils Manchester United, and Tottenham's North London rival Arsenal, which made the players trust him very much.

Seeing that the players were all looking at him, Lao Lei nodded and said, "However, in the second half we have to change our tactics..."

Immediately, he began to arrange the tactics for the second half.

………………

As soon as the second half started, Lao Lei made personnel adjustments to Tottenham. He replaced the mediocre midfielder Jenas with Modric.

Originally, what Lao Lei wanted to change most was captain Robbie Keane, but after a little hesitation, he decided to postpone the substitution. After all, the team only has three substitutions, and using up two at once is too aggressive.

In addition, Robbie Keane is the captain of the team after all, and replacing him in midfield will have a great psychological impact on the players.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United still played very actively, and they did not relax because of their two-goal lead. This is the advantage of being on the bench. Because the players have limited playing time, they will attach great importance to every minute of playing time, and there will be no idea that the main lineup will save energy for future games after taking a large lead. For them, as long as they are still on the court, they must work hard and work hard for more playing time in the future.

The strength of Manchester United's substitute lineup is actually not bad, coupled with a positive attitude, they quickly created two more opportunities.

First of all, they took advantage of the opportunity of kick-off in the second half to launch an impact on Tottenham's goal. Park Ji-sung's through ball penetrated Tottenham's midfield defense and found Welbeck in front. Welbeck suddenly left the penalty area. He was about to shoot, but was destroyed by Huton first.

This time, Hooton's decisive advantage was reflected.

However, Manchester United's attack in the second half did not stop because of this. They continued to put pressure on Tottenham, actively counterattacked, and created a good chance to score in the 48th minute. It was Anderson who stole the Tottenham midfielder Palacios in midfield again, and then passed the ball into the Tottenham penalty area in a counterattack, but Berbatov's shot was blocked by Tottenham center back Basson.

………………

Immediately, Tottenham stepped up their counterattack, especially in the 55th minute of the game, Bell decided to use Robben for ten minutes.

Originally, Bell wanted to see the situation and then use Robben's possession. After all, the team had already been encouraged in the midfield. According to the general situation, the team still can't change the game after 70 minutes. The score will become impatient.

However, Bell found that as the game time passed, and the time had just passed 50 minutes, the Tottenham players became more and more anxious, and the momentum that had just been inspired at halftime was also disappearing, so he had to change his plan.

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