The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 453 Self-salvation

"Penalty! Penalty!!! Penalty!!!"

"Red card! Red card!!! Red card!!!"

White Hart Lane was full of shouts from the fans in the stands, because they felt that this was an undoubted penalty, because Messi had already broken through Carvalho, and the Portuguese pulled him down from behind. It was an intentional tactical foul, not just a penalty, but a red card.

More than 3 Tottenham Hotspur fans put pressure in unison, making the entire White Hart Lane stadium completely turbulent. This is the advantage of the home court, and it is also a test for the referee to grasp the scale of the game.

"We can clearly see from the slow-motion playback that this is indeed an intentional tactical foul. Messi has already broken through Carvalho, and the Portuguese pulled Messi down. There is no doubt about the penalty. The key is the main goal. Will the referee give a red card?"

The commentator of the live broadcast was also not very sure about the referee's scale, because considering that this is a two-round knockout match, if Carvalho is sent off now, Chelsea will almost not have to play in the second round of the game , directly sentenced to death.

Therefore, many referees will take this into consideration when enforcing the law. After all, Tottenham Hotspur are already leading 2:0, and if they get another penalty, it will be 3:0. If they give a red card at this time , That really made the second round completely lost suspense, so the referee may give a yellow card.

Although it is a bit unfair to Tottenham Hotspur in terms of enforcement, but you have won so much, there is no need to be obsessed with a red card, is there?It should be appropriate to give others a way to survive!
But the Tottenham Hotspur fans at the scene obviously didn't think so. In the past two years, Chelsea have always regarded Tottenham Hotspur as their sworn enemy, especially when they lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the last round last season. After Turnham Hotspur lost the championship, the fans of the two teams completely hated each other.

In terms of hatred, the team that Tottenham hates the most must be Arsenal, but Chelsea must be ranked second, slightly inferior to Arsenal, but they can be regarded as mortal enemies, especially after going through After poaching Ledley King, Arneson and Alan Lennon, Tottenham fans absolutely hated Chelsea.

With such a layer of hatred for the mortal enemy, the fans of course will not show mercy to their opponents, so they keep shouting loudly in the stands, using their momentum to put pressure on the referee, but it may be that they feel the overwhelming voices of fans at the scene , The referee hesitated for a moment, and finally drew out a red card!

"Wow, long live!!!!" The Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands suddenly cheered.

"Penalty kick plus red card! The referee sentenced Carvalho to death. This is a very strict law enforcement. Carvalho pulled Messi down from behind, and he was the last defensive player of the team. Tactical fouls, penalties and red cards, he is not wronged at all, but it is a pity for Chelsea."

With the cheers of the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the audience, Tottenham Hotspur also began to discuss the penalty kick. As the team's front trident, Ribery and Van Persie both A goal was scored, and this penalty was created by Messi, so of course it was Messi who took the penalty. Neither Ribery nor Van Persie was in contention.

After thinking about it for a while, Messi stuffed the penalty kick from his teammates into his hands, turned around and gave it to Beckham.

"David, come to this penalty kick and find out how you feel!" Messi said generously.

This was a goal in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Not to mention that scoring a penalty kick can make him famous. Even if he just walks to the penalty spot, this is the dream of any professional player, but now he just gave it up. .

Beckham was also a little surprised by this, and shook his head, "You should go."

But Messi didn't pick it up, but walked away, "Don't worry, we are leading 2:0 now, don't feel pressure!"

The teammates also know Messi's intentions. When Beckham was there before, their group of offensive players benefited from Beckham's passing. Now that Beckham is back from injury, they all hope Give the Englishman something in return and help him regain his form as soon as possible.

"Yes, David, don't stress, come on!" Franck Ribery also walked past Beckham, patted him on the shoulder, encouraged him, and then walked outside the penalty area with a smile to wait for a penalty kick.

"You can, David!" Van Persie also came over to encourage him.

When Fabregas passed by Beckham, he made a gesture of clenching his fists to cheer, and walked away after a short while.

Teammates passed by Beckham one by one, but they were all encouraging the Englishman, which moved the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands, because Beckham is not only a superstar in England, but also The superstar of Tottenham Hotspur is also a local star in London.

In the past year, Beckham has conquered all Tottenham Hotspur fans with his outstanding performance, and he has always been regarded as the humerus minister of Tottenham Hotspur revival own people.

Anyone can be more tolerant and generous to their own people!

"David, come on, you can do it!!"

"We trust you, David, kill them!!"

Beckham was somewhat moved by the cheers from the fans in the stands. He turned his head and looked at Ye Qiu. The Chinese standing on the sidelines nodded towards him and applauded first, expressing their trust and support for him.

The applause spread quickly and gradually spread throughout the entire White Hart Lane stadium.

In a burst of thunderous applause, Beckham gently put the ball on the penalty spot, stepped back slowly, and closed his eyes.

He hasn't kicked a penalty kick for a long, long time. Do the math, it's been several years, right?

It was an unbearable past. He once missed a penalty kick in the 2003 European Cup qualifiers, which almost made England miss the European Cup finals. In the 2004 European Cup group stage, he missed again. A penalty kick resulted in England's 1:2 loss to France.

But the most painful memory was in the quarter-finals of the European Cup in 2004. He missed a penalty kick at the most critical time, causing England to lose to Portugal in the penalty shootout and stop at the quarterfinals. He was under tremendous pressure from public opinion after the game, and even after that, Real Madrid's previous coaches did not trust him in penalty kicks.

"For Beckham, this is a penalty for self-redemption!"

The commentator of White Hart Lane Stadium is over 50 years old. He has rich experience in watching and commenting. He knows exactly what happened to Beckham four years ago, so seeing him take a penalty now, he is also a little uneasy. .

"We should believe in him, all Tottenham fans!"

The scene suddenly became much quieter, and following the whistle of the referee, we saw Beckham rushing forward without hesitation, receiving the ball placed on the penalty spot with his right foot, and directly pushed it.

This push was very hard, but the angle was very positive. It was directly pushed to the middle without any tricks, but Cudicini chose to pounce to the right, which directly caused the ball to hit the goal line, and The Italian goalkeeper kept hammering the turf over there with regret, full of remorse!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

After Beckham scored the penalty kick, he didn't celebrate. Instead, he knelt down in Chelsea's penalty area, clenched his fists, full of excitement, and his teammates behind him were planning to rush into the penalty area. , to make a follow-up shot, but now it has become a rush to Beckham to celebrate his first game after his comeback.

Tottenham Hotspur players gathered in Chelsea's penalty area, surrounded Beckham, and there was a burst of cheers from the audience, cheering for Beckham's penalty kick.

"3:0, Chelsea has been sentenced to death!!!"

Although Grant was extremely unwilling, he had no way to change the situation, so when Carvalho was off the field, he had to choose to shrink the defense, so he could only continue to replace defensive players, but he finally succeeded. :0 The score was kept to the end, and finally suffered another defeat at the White Hart Lane Stadium.

If he could say that the loss in January was the reason for the team's lack of major generals, then now that he lost such a complete defeat in the Champions League semi-finals, he can no longer find any reason or excuse.

Just like in the post-match press conference, a sharp-tongued reporter asked Grant directly if he lacked the minimum confidence and desire to win at White Hart Lane because of his poor record with Ye Qiu in the past. , so Chelsea only wanted to keep the tie from the beginning to the end of this game?
Grant's rebuttal seemed empty and weak, because he said that he did not feel that Chelsea lacked the desire to win. There were many objective factors in the away game loss, the most important of which was that Tottenham Hotspur's performance was indeed very good. , deserves a win.

However, Grant did not give a positive answer to why the formation and starting tactics adopted such a negative tactical play, but only said that any team that encounters Tottenham Hotspur will first consider defense.

Perhaps Grant has many flaws and shortcomings, but there is one thing that must be admitted, and that is his demeanor.

Even in the face of all kinds of difficulties from reporters, some reporters even used a sarcastic tone, talking about how he had talked to reporters about how to contain Tottenham Hotspur's offense, but in the end his ball When the team lost terribly again and again, he always faced such irony with a stiff smile.

This point, at least Ye Qiu felt that he could not do it.

The team defeated Chelsea 3-0 at home, which led to Carvalho being sent off with a red card. Tottenham Hotspur can be said to have entered the Champions League final with one foot. Ye Qiu is therefore in a good mood and has a relatively good evaluation of Chelsea Well, he even took the initiative to defend Grant, but he expressed that he was not careless about the second round of the match.

In the Champions League, scoring four goals may not be a surefire win, let alone Tottenham Hotspur only win three goals now?

Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's home victory over Chelsea, Manchester United's away game against Barcelona, ​​the two sides scored 0:0, Barcelona also failed to break through Manchester United's defense, Nemanja Vidic and Ferdinand's central defender combination This season has become very solid, coupled with Carrick and Scholes sitting in the midfield, Manchester United's overall strength is very good.

However, there are pros and cons in everything. Both Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United had a certain advantage in the Champions League semi-finals, but they also encountered powerful opponents in the Premier League No.30 six rounds three days later.

Grant's team returned to Stamford Bridge and beat Manchester United, who had just returned from Spain, 2-1, while Tottenham drew Benitez's Liverpool 1-1 at home.

The damn Spanish fat man is still Ye Qiu's biggest headache. Although Tottenham Hotspur still opened the scoring in this game, Liverpool took advantage of Tottenham Hotspur's long-term fatigue in the second half and took advantage of the opportunity to fight back. , Torres scored the equalizing goal for the Red Army, which directly caused a draw.

Seeing what should have been an excellent opportunity to reverse Manchester United's climb to the top of the Premier League standings passed in front of him, Ye Qiu almost tore the fat man to pieces, especially when he saw Fatty Bei's rare smile. So annoying.

"You know, what do I have in mind now?" The two stood outside the player tunnel, Ye Qiu looked at Benitez, who had always been stingy with smiles, looking in a good mood, his mouth parted in an arc, and he couldn't say anything. Hate.

Benitez shook his head and chuckled, "I don't want to know!"

Ye Qiu nodded, "You deserve it for not qualifying for the Champions League. Don't let me seize the opportunity, or I will trample you to death!"

After Benitez heard this, his face was also a little stiff, because this round of Arsenal won a big victory, and it was a 6:2 victory. The opponent was Derby County. As a result, there are still two rounds left in the league. Under the circumstances, after Liverpool tied this round, it will become more and more difficult to surpass Arsenal.

"Congratulations, Mr. Rafael Benitez. Next season, we should try our best to compete for the UEFA Cup. Please do your best and win the championship. At the very least, it is also a cup championship, isn't it?" Ye Qiu was purely disgusted. Die the fat Spanish man.

He even felt that Benitez was his nightmare, and at every critical moment, this fat man would come out to add to his troubles.

This person is like this, when he makes trouble for others, he gloats, and when others make trouble for himself, he is so angry that he can't wait to vomit three liters of blood.

Missing the great opportunity to reverse Manchester United, Ye Qiu also has a feeling that it is unlikely to reverse Manchester United this season. The next two opponents of Manchester United will be against West Ham United at home and Wigan in an away game. Hotspur's opponent is an away game against Reading and a home game against Bolton.

Judging from the schedule, the possibility of Manchester United making a mistake is not very high, because neither West Ham United nor Wigan have obviously pursued it. At present, these two teams are currently ranked around tenth in the standings. There is no competition for European qualifications, and there is no worry about relegation, so it is a typical desire for nothing.

But the two opponents of Tottenham Hotspur are different. Reading is currently ranked No.18, and Bolton is ranked No.17. Both teams have to fight for relegation, so for them, The next two games must go all out.

Everyone knows that relegation teams are even harder to beat than any other team, especially when they come to the point of life and death, they will do everything they can to beat you, and try everything to beat you.

But no matter what, Ye Qiu kept urging the players to maintain confidence, because he believed that Manchester United would still make mistakes.

Also because he realized that the game on the weekend was not easy to play, Ye Qiu made a proper rotation in the away game against Chelsea in the middle of the week, Arshavin, Gareth Bale, Yaya Toure, Lucas and Ave Loya got the start, but the team was not conservative at Stamford Bridge.

Winning 3:0 in the first round, Tottenham Hotspur has enough chips to let Chelsea press out and then counterattack the opponent. This is also the outside world's prediction of Tottenham Hotspur's tactics. Qiu's tactical arrangement is indeed focused on defense. Yaya Toure and Lucas are arranged to start at the same time as the two midfield defensive players, and the full-back combination of Arbeloa and Alves is also used on the wing.

However, Tottenham Hotspur's start was still aggressive, taking advantage of the absence of Carvalho's red card to disrupt Chelsea's defense by attacking, and successfully led by left winger Gareth Bale in the 7th minute In the end, Tottenham Hotspur successfully defeated Chelsea 2-0 relying on Arshavin's one pass and one shot.

With a total score of 5:0, Tottenham Hotspur reached the UEFA Champions League final with an excellent result of shutting out Chelsea in two rounds. Weak, but it is indeed surprising that Tottenham Hotspur beat their opponents by such a disparity.

In another game, Manchester United defeated Barcelona 1-0 with Scholes' goal at home and joined Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final.

Relying on the outstanding performance since the knockout round, Tottenham Hotspur finally caught up with Manchester United in the odds of major bookmakers. The two teams are neck and neck, but there are still many people who are more optimistic about Manchester United. Because Ferguson's team obviously has more experience in the Champions League and is more mature.

But there are also many people who think that Ye Qiu has two Champions League titles in his hands, and his experience can help Tottenham Hotspur's young players overcome their lack of experience. Spurs' offensive football is more pleasing to the fans.

However, there is an inescapable fact that in the Premier League this season, Tottenham Hotspur's record against Manchester United is a two-game losing streak, which undoubtedly casts doubt on Tottenham Hotspur's Champions League prospects. There is a shadow, because at the very least, from a psychological point of view, Tottenham Hotspur lost to Manchester United.

Don't underestimate this kind of psychological confidence. At least in the Champions League semi-finals, Grant made a mistake in the first round of formation because of his lack of confidence and lack of self-confidence.

The Champions League semi-finals are over, and the 07/08 season of the Premier League has also ushered in the final showdown. The last two rounds will determine the championship. After all, Tottenham Hotspur is only two points behind Manchester United so far.

In Ye Qiu's words, do your best to catch up with Manchester United and wait for them to make mistakes!

(End of this chapter)