The Godfather of Football

Saturday night has always been the prime time of the Premier League. It is not only the best time for live broadcast companies, but also for the fans who come to the stadium, because they don’t need to worry about missing the late train, and they don’t have to be afraid. A hangover from drinking at night will affect your work the next day.

Therefore, although the Premier League's schedule is randomly arranged, a lot of thought is still spent on the arrangement and setting of game times, especially in recent years, as overseas markets have taken an increasing role in Premier League live broadcasts. The more important it is, the overseas market and online live broadcast audience will also be taken into consideration when arranging the schedule.

But no matter what, Saturday night is a veritable prime time. Therefore, almost every round of games that can appear on Saturday night is a crucial highlight, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is carefully selected.

The highlight of the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League is undoubtedly the North London Derby, where Tottenham Hotspur challenge Arsenal.

After causing a 9:0 disaster in the away game last season, Tottenham Hotspur once again returned to the Emirates Stadium and faced a team that was now nearly 20 points behind them and could no longer threaten their status. Arsenal, Lily Bai still looks ambitious.

In Ye Qiu's words, they have a psychological advantage in this stadium.

This is a focus game that has attracted much attention. Arsenal has plummeted this season. They were eliminated from the League Cup. By 2012, they were also eliminated from the Europa League and FA Cup. Today, Arsenal only has In a league, Wenger's team also lost its competitiveness in the league, which made Arsenal fans very dissatisfied. There were even calls for Wenger to be dismissed from get out of class, which shows the disappointment of Gunners fans.

On the contrary, Tottenham Hotspur's performance is rising steadily. Although they were tied 1:1 away from Naples in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout round, they played with a full substitute lineup in the FA Cup over the weekend, but 3: 1 defeated the English Championship team Brighton in an away game. Tottenham Hotspur's young rookie performed very eye-catching.

Amidst this ebb and flow, the following North London derby has attracted much attention, especially for Gunners fans, this is a redemption battle to prove themselves.

Wenger also had high hopes for this game before the game, calling on the players to show determination and belief in winning, and to defeat their opponents in this game to avenge the shame of last season. This is not just for the sake of football. The team, for the sake of the fans and the players themselves, must wash away the shame of 9:0.

But Ye Qiu repeatedly emphasized that this was just an ordinary game. In his words, Arsenal is no longer Tottenham Hotspur's competitor on the road to winning the championship. This was just an ordinary game. The league is no different from playing other teams. It is obviously to relieve the pressure on the players.

But Ye Qiu put it simply, but others didn't think so. From the fact that the game was scheduled for Saturday night, we can see how much the FA, Premier League, and live broadcast providers Sky TV and ESPN attach great importance to this game.

Dee Greg Lestrade has become famous over the past year or so, but if he had a choice, he didn't want to be famous because it puts a lot of pressure on him.

In the North London Derby last season, in late November, Tottenham Hotspur slaughtered Arsenal 9-0. After the game, tens of thousands of Gunners fans surrounded the entire Emirates Stadium, which almost turned into a big fight. In order to deal with the sudden incident, even Paul Stephenson, the chief of the Greater London Police Department, personally took action.

Even after the incident, the incident alarmed the London City Council and the British government. They both put pressure on the police department to prevent the same thing from happening again. London Mayor Boris Johnson even called Lestrade himself. Tell the hapless Chief of Police Holloway, "Please stop irritating my fragile heart!"

It was on that night that a photo of Lestrade nervously yelling at his subordinates was taken by some bastard and posted on the Internet. As a result, it soon became the subject of ridicule and ridicule among netizens. The target became a real-life version of Du Fu who was very busy. What was even more unfortunate was that everyone also discovered that he had the same name as the detective in "Sherlock".

Therefore, in the past year, Lestrade has become the most famous person in the London police community, and has also become the object of ridicule, ridicule and sarcasm by countless netizens on the Internet. Even when the London riots occurred in 2011, Many thugs also used Lestrade's photos to vent their anger.

The unlucky Lestrade was shot while lying down!

Although some time has passed since the London riots in 2011, and things have calmed down, and the whole thing has little to do with football, everyone from all walks of life attaches great importance to this season's North London Derby.

Today, the owner of Scotland Yard is no longer Paul Stephenson, who stepped down due to the eavesdropping scandal, but the newly appointed Hogan Howe appears to be more resolute. You know, he came south from Liverpool, the rival of London football in the northwest, so he He knew the potential crisis of this kind of derby better than anyone, and he had personally called Lestrade before.

Therefore, for this game, Lestrade mobilized the entire police force of the Holloway Police Station, and borrowed nearly a thousand police officers from surrounding areas, as well as fifteen horses, thirty police dogs, and more than five hundred police officers. Community volunteer security guards.

Although he had such a large manpower, Lestrade was still worried. He personally supervised the formation at the Emirates Stadium. He sat on the two cannons symbolizing the arsenal by the road outside the gate of the Emirates Stadium, and moved when he was tired from standing. Legs, but I was complaining in my heart, why are there still so many people coming to watch football matches these days? What the hell!

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Lestrade really couldn't understand why he had to watch the game live?

Just when he was wondering, he heard a thunderous cheer from the stadium. Although he was standing outside the stadium, it felt like a big explosion suddenly occurred in the stadium, and he was frightened. He stood up from the Arsenal cannon, "What's going on? What's going on?"

Soon a policeman ran over, obviously using a walkie-talkie to communicate with his colleagues in the stadium, "Director, Arsenal scored a goal!" He seemed to be an Arsenal fan, laughing, "We are ahead in just four minutes. "

Lestrade breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "Damn it, a goal is a goal, you shout so loudly?" Then he looked at his subordinates, "You, don't listen to the radio commentary, pay more attention! "

"Understood!" The policeman nodded and left.

Lestrade took a deep breath and felt a lot more relaxed. Last season, you lost 0:9, and everyone was in chaos. Now you are in the lead. If you win, you will never return to the Chiefs. Come to the stadium to protest?

Once he stood up, Lestrade could no longer sit down.

Although in the position of police commissioner, Lestrade dislikes football games. Even though he liked football very much back then, he is now very afraid of the antagonistic emotions and even the evolution of football. It was a confrontation, but he had to admit that football did play a very important role in England's economy.

Perhaps because he was in a relaxed mood, Lestrade looked up and saw that the area around the stadium was full of traditional English-style shops. Some of them were running bar business, while others were engaged in retail, or other fans. After all, things inside the Emirates Stadium are often more expensive than outside, so many fans choose to bring their own.

This gives surrounding shops a chance to survive!

So recently, Tottenham District and the entire Northumberland County of North London have been heatedly discussing one thing, that is, after Tottenham Hotspur goes south to Stratford Stadium in the city center, How can the Haig Road area in the heart of Tottenham continue to maintain its current development trend?

Although White Hart Lane will be handed back to the London Olympic Organizing Committee and transformed into a track and field stadium, everyone knows that the contribution this stadium can make to the entire region is completely different from the original White Hart Lane stadium. At least they cannot provide the prosperity and stimulation of economic consumption that two games a week now bring.

Therefore, it is reported that Northumberland County is negotiating with the London Municipal Government and the Olympic Organizing Committee to see whether to consider leasing this stadium to Tottenham Hotspur’s youth team in the future as the home stadium of the youth team, especially The U19 team participates in the European Youth Champions League, and the attendance rate of this team is also quite good.

However, there are many problems. For example, Tottenham Hotspur are unwilling to bear high rental fees because they believe that the maintenance of the stadium alone is already a large expense, and now they also have a stadium in Theobald. Fully accessible so White Hart Lane is not required.

No one knows how things will develop next, but one thing that is certain is that a stadium does play a key role in the economic development of a region. There is even a key plan for the entire London Strut. The area around Ford Field shows how deep the influence of football is.

"If Arsenal can defeat Tottenham Hotspur tonight, that's not bad. At least it will save you trouble!" Lestrade said with a smile, facing the brightly lit shop in the distance.

The game time passed minute by minute without a moment's pause. Lestrade never heard the explosive cheers similar to the ones after the kickoff outside the court, but there were only some exclamations from time to time. There is one almost every minute, which shows that the competition is very intense.

This is a duel between two teams that claim to be the most gorgeous in the Premier League. It should be a wonderful offensive battle, Lestrade thinks.

The waiting time is undoubtedly very difficult, not only for Lestrade, but also for all the police and mounted policemen who are facing the enemy outside. They are very nervous and impatiently waiting for the end of the game. For them, Say, time passes so slowly.

But with the bursts of exclamations coming from the stadium, I believe the fans inside must feel that time flies by very quickly.

"What a coward. I'm holding the door for you outside, but you're having fun inside. It's best not to cause trouble after the game, otherwise..."

I believe there are many, many police officers who have the same idea as Lestrade, but they have not spoken out.

More than half an hour had passed since Arsenal scored, and there was once again a long burst of exclamations in the stadium, even mixed with screams, and then curses were heard among the exclamations.

The same sound was heard from a small shop in England not far away, and there was even the sound of beer bottles falling to the ground. You could vaguely hear shouts like [Damn Tottenham] [Damn Alves].

The policeman who was talking on the walkie-talkie just now kicked the tire of the police car with all his strength, and kept cursing "Fuck, fuck". Needless to say, Tottenham must have scored a goal!

But it was obvious that this group of people had not vented their anger yet, and there was another burst of screams in the stadium. In less than two minutes, Tottenham scored again. Who scored this time?

From the sound coming from the stadium, it can be vaguely guessed that it should be Messi. This small player helped Tottenham to reverse Arsenal. The score is now 1:2, and the home team Arsenal is behind!

Lestrade was also annoyed outside the stadium. He turned around and shouted to his subordinates, "It's about to be halftime, everyone be careful!" With his shouting, the police began to cheer up.

At this time, Lestrade's mobile phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was the owner of Scotland Yard.

"Hello, Director, I'm Lestrade!" He quickly answered the phone. Obviously, he heard the voice from the phone, which seemed a bit like the voice in the stadium, but it was a little slower. He also heard Andy Gray's iconic loud voice shouting Messi Messi. That stinky old man just wanted to make the world chaotic.

"Greg, it's about to be halftime. Notify everyone to be careful. Also, Tottenham Hotspur is leading now, and it is very likely that Tottenham Hotspur will win, so you must pay close attention to the movements in the surrounding areas and expand the scope of alert. Don't let the things of last season happen again. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Director!" Lestrade agreed loudly.

After hanging up the phone, Lestrade wondered in his heart, could it be that the owner of the Scotland Yard whom he trusted was not a fan of Liverpool or Everton, but a fan of Tottenham Hotspur? From the sound, he was watching the live broadcast of the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.

Perhaps you would say, can't he be an Arsenal fan?

This is because he doesn't understand football. If he were an Arsenal fan, he would be cursing now. How could he be so rational and calm?

When Lestrade thought about it, he felt that he seemed to be a bit like Sherlock. He smiled and felt that he seemed to have found the hobby of the new police chief, so he picked up the intercom and notified every team present.

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While Lestrade was giving orders and requiring every team, every intersection, and every street to be careful and alert, Wenger was also asking his players in the locker room to be careful and alert. Tottenham Hotspur was using their best way to attack Arsenal's defense.

After the opening, they let Arsenal attack, just to wait until Arsenal's physical energy was consumed to a certain extent and their running ability declined, and then they counterattacked. Therefore, in the three minutes before the end of the first half, Tottenham scored two goals in a row and completed the reversal.

"The first fifteen minutes of the second half are very critical. Believe me, we still have a chance after these fifteen minutes!" Wenger is very familiar with Ye Qiu and Tottenham, and he believes that his judgment will not be wrong.

But the problem is that he knows how to play and what to do, but can his players do it?

The answer is no!

After the start of the second half, Tottenham did as Wenger expected, launching waves of attacks on Arsenal's defense. The defense line composed of Gibbs, Koscielny, Vermaelen and Sagna, plus the midfielders Alexander Song and Arteta, such a midfield and backcourt combination still failed to suppress Tottenham's attack.

In the 48th minute, Pirlo assisted Neymar to score, in the 51st minute, Alves assisted Ramsey to score, and in the 65th minute, Messi assisted Ribery to score. Tottenham Hotspur turned the score to 5:1 halfway through the second half, which was an extremely painful blow to Arsenal.

As Ye Qiu said before the game, Arsenal's players' morale has been worn very fragile in the past few seasons. Facing Tottenham Hotspur, especially the double kill last season, and the terrible 9:0, their psychological quality when facing Tottenham Hotspur was almost destroyed.

Why did Arsenal fail to win the championship in the previous few seasons, but everyone still said they were a giant, but in this season, more and more fans and experts think that Arsenal is not a giant?

The reason is simple, they lack the foundation of a giant team and have lost the confidence of a giant team!

It is very difficult to build this confidence, but it is also very difficult to collapse. Both take time.

Wenger spent several years building Arsenal's confidence after taking over. This situation reached its peak in the unbeaten season, but then he sold players year after year, the team's performance was sluggish, and it habitually collapsed in the second half of the season. If it was just one or two seasons, the players would not be affected, after all, every team has a trough, but the problem is that if you do this every year, then there is a problem.

I believe all Arsenal players will worry and doubt, who will we sell this season? Will we collapse in February again?

You know, Arsenal's selling of players is different from Tottenham's selling of players. The former has almost no internal competition, and the gap between the main and substitute lineups is huge, so their selling of players is a fatal flaw, but Tottenham's internal competition is very fierce. Ye Qiu uses this internal competition to stimulate players' progress and self-discipline, so no matter who is sold, he can find a successor.

In the past few years, everyone has believed in Ye Qiu and will not doubt his decision. This confidence has been accumulated game by game and season by season since he took over the team in 2006.

So, in this game, when Messi scored a reversal goal for Tottenham, Arsenal had no chance of a comeback!