Football King Bale

Chapter 15: The Derby is Coming

Since the crossing, Bell's heart has never been at peace. The task of leading Tottenham to win the Premier League, otherwise he will be obliterated by the ball saint system, has always been like a sword of Damocles hanging over his head.

Although Tottenham and Chelsea are now tied for the top spot, and although Tottenham have a good record this season and finally ranked fourth in the Premier League, Bell still does not have much confidence in Tottenham's victory in the Premier League.

Because in Bell's memory, this season's Premier League season can be called the most chaotic season in history. At the same time, this season, Premier League teams have also created too many records.

First of all, in terms of offensive firepower, not only Chelsea, who won the championship in the end, scored a record-breaking 103 goals in the Premier League, but runner-up Manchester United and third-place Arsenal also scored more than 80 goals, reaching 86 and 83 respectively.

In terms of points, although Chelsea, who won the championship in the end, only scored 86 points, the runner-up Manchester United is not bad. After losing the Golden Globe Mr. Ronaldo and striker Carlos Tevez in a row, Rooney, the top card of the Red Devils, ushered in a big explosion. Played the best form since joining Manchester United, scoring 26 goals in the league and 34 goals in all competitions. At the end of the season, he won three awards: PFA Player of the Year, PFA Fans' Player of the Year and British Football Writers Association Player of the Year. In the end, under the leadership of Rooney, the Red Devils also won 85 Premier League points, which is definitely not bad.

It is conceivable how difficult it is for Tottenham to win the Premier League championship in the hands of such two outstanding opponents.

In memory, Tottenham have only 70 points in the final points of the season, 16 points away from the champion Chelsea, and 15 points away from the runner-up Manchester United. This is the gap between two chasms.

Especially considering Chelsea's super firepower, if Tottenham want to win the championship, it is possible to score at least 17 points more than Bell remembers, because Bell knows very well that Tottenham is not Chelsea's opponent at all if they want to fight for offensive firepower.

These memories exacerbated Bell's worries. Now it is not two Davids who are going to deal with Goliath, but one David who is going to deal with two Goliaths.

However, after all, Bell who traveled here has an adult soul, and he also understands that just worrying can't solve the problem. The game must be played game by game, and the points need to be won one by one.

And for him, there is also some good news. At least this season, Tottenham’s strength is not bad. They have already won the fourth place in the Premier League. hopeless.

Then, in order to continue to survive, he had to do everything he could.

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Because he will go to the Emirates Stadium to challenge his rivals in North London on the weekend, Lao Lei rotated a lot of main players in the fourth round of the League Cup against Everton at home in the middle of the week, and sent a mixed lineup of half main and half substitute.

Although he performed well as a substitute in the league last Saturday, Bell did not start this game and was still sitting on the bench.

Despite this, Tottenham eliminated Everton cleanly with a score of 2:0 amid the cheers of more than 30,000 spectators at White Hart Lane.

In the 31st minute of the first half, Bentley, who had a problem with Bale in the Tottenham team, made a cross from the right. Huddlestone grabbed the spot in front of the goal and the ball hit the upper left corner of the goal. Tottenham took the lead.

In the subsequent first half of the game, both sides had no achievements, and Tottenham entered the intermission with a score of 1:0.

In the 57th minute of the second half, captain Robbie Keane was tripped in the penalty area and got a penalty kick. He took the penalty kick and was saved by Tim Howard, and the supplementary shot was saved by Howard again. There were more than ten players in front of the goal. Players scuffle. In the end, the ball was scored by a Tottenham player.

Watching the veteran captain Robbie Keane even save a penalty, and another shot was saved again, Bell shook his head helplessly,

Keane's current state is really bad, Lao Lei has gradually lost patience with him.

Thinking back to the first game he traveled to this world, Keane was still killing all sides on the field and putting on a big four-hit show, but after a short month, his state has plummeted.

Because he is the captain of Tottenham, the coach Lao Lei has been giving him opportunities, but in recent games, Keane has basically been the first one to be replaced, which has already explained too much.

Bale is well aware that Robbie Keane's days at White Hart Lane are numbered.

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Bell didn't just pay attention to the old captain who performed poorly on the field, he paid more attention to the young man beside him.

For this young man, Bell is too familiar, his name is Harry Kane. However, Kane at this moment is not the number one center forward in England who will dominate the football world ten years later, he is just a boy who has just turned sixteen. Even, today is the first time he has entered the first team squad.

Even though he was sitting on the bench, Harry Kane seemed very excited, but Bell knew that he would not have the chance to play today. Even, in the last two years, he will not get the chance to play in Tottenham, but next year he will be loaned to the British Championship by Tottenham to exercise, and then gradually start to rise.

However, Bell would not tell Harry Kane these words. Firstly, it would be a big blow to the other party. Secondly, the two are not familiar with each other. Today is the first time they met.

Harry Kane also knows Bell, because this senior who is four years older than him is the most prosperous new star in British football recently. A month ago, he broke the embarrassing history of 24 consecutive games as a substitute in the league, and then he became unstoppable, scoring goals in three consecutive league rounds, and even scored twice Acquired five points for the team.

Harry Kane really wanted to learn from Bell and ask him the secret to his recent outstanding performance, but he was a bit introverted and hesitated to speak several times. He felt that his question might be a bit abrupt, and he was also worried that if he probed into Bell's secrets, the other party would be unhappy.

Looking at the troubled Harry Kane, Bell smiled and asked, "Harry, what's the matter?"

Hearing Bell's words, Harry Kane froze for a moment, he didn't expect that Bell would take the initiative to talk to him. However, Kane is an upright person. When Bell asked, he stopped being shy and asked the doubts in his heart.

Of course, it was impossible for Bell to tell Harry Kane that the reason for his nearly 180-degree change in performance was entirely because he was a wall. A full stomach of chicken soup, such as God rewards hard work, must keep training hard at any time, and take the game seriously.

Harry Kane is so upright, he has no doubts about these words of Bell, because he has heard similar words from his predecessors many times before, and Bell is indeed a very hardworking player in the team , He is very serious about any training.

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Because the game went very smoothly, Bell didn't get a chance to play until the end of the game. As for Harry Kane, he also sat on the bench for two hours.

For more than half an hour, Harry Kane kept talking to Bell. Harry Kane is very grateful for Bell's "don't hesitate to teach me".

Bell felt guilty, and he didn't know if the chicken soup he poured into Harry Kane would fool the future star of England.

Anyway, at least these chicken soups don't make Harry Kane a bad guy. As for being stupid, it's not necessarily a bad thing, as the old saying goes, stupid people are blessed with being stupid.

In the end, Tottenham beat Everton 2-0 at White Hart Lane and successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

On the second night, the eighth round of the League Cup was completely over, and the teams that broke into the quarter-finals were Manchester United, Portsmouth, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Arsenal, Blackburn and Chelsea.

In the round of 16, there were still some English Championship and League One teams, but in the quarterfinals of the League Cup, it was all Premier League teams.

After drawing lots, eight teams will fight against each other in early December, namely Portsmouth vs Aston Villa, Manchester United vs Tottenham, Manchester City vs Arsenal, Blackburn vs Chelsea.

Tottenham's signing luck is not very good. Not only will they have to face the mighty Manchester United in the quarter-finals, but also an away game. People all over the world think that Tottenham's League Cup trip is over.

The reason why all parties are so pessimistic about Tottenham is mainly because Tottenham’s record against Manchester United in recent years is too poor. They are called Manchester United’s point-giving boys, and even White Hart Lane is also jokingly called a three-pointer by Manchester United. lane.

However, the Tottenham people are not in the mood to think about the League Cup for the time being. Firstly, because this game is still more than a month away, and secondly, because Tottenham are about to play the North London Derby.

At 12:45 on October 31st, British local time, the 11th round of the 2009-2010 English Premier League was a focus match at the Emirates Stadium. The opponent was Arsenal, who ranked fourth in the Premier League standings with one round less. Against Tottenham, who is second in the standings.

It can be said that this is the most similar match between the two sides this year.

In the past ten years or so, because Tottenham have fallen into a trough, their fighting record is obviously at a disadvantage. Arsenal only lost 1 game in the last 23 North London derby games, and scored 11 wins and 11 draws in the remaining 22 games. Arsenal has achieved an unbeaten record of 12 wins and 8 draws in nearly 20 home games against Tottenham. The last time Tottenham won an away game against Arsenal was in 1993. This is also the only time Arsenal lost to Tottenham in the history of the Premier League.

Throughout the history of the Premier League, the two sides have faced off in 34 games. Arsenal has 13 wins, 16 draws and 5 losses, of which 9 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss at home have an absolute upper hand.

However, if the fight is extended to the entire history, the strength is not too obvious. The two sides have clashed 161 games in history, and Arsenal has 67 wins, 44 draws and 50 losses.

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