Chinese players in Europe

Chapter 413 A scene of tragedy!
"The first goal was scored by a midfielder. Now it's a striker. I wonder if the Tottenham defenders can also score a goal? I'm not joking, there are more Tottenham players today. Blooming, all three lines in the center and front have the ability to score goals, and this kind of Tottenham is even more difficult to guard against, because the opponent does not know who their offensive focus is on!" A commentator sighed.

"Tottenham scored again! It seems that a big victory is inevitable. Portsmouth may repeat the mistakes of Chelsea. This will be another tragedy!" Some commentators defined the nature of this game, In their view, Portsmouth has no possibility of making waves.

Redknapp still only applauded faintly, but the smile on his face was more gentle.He can almost conclude that the game has been won, and the rest is just garbage time.Now the only thing to watch in the game is whether Tottenham can score more goals.Redknapp is very entangled. On the one hand, he still has deep feelings for Portsmouth, and he does not want the opponent to lose too badly at his home court; on the other hand, he hopes that his team will continue to expand the score. Teams dominated by young people worry about lack of morale. As long as they can continue to score goals and win games, the morale of the team will reach an unstoppable peak. This will easily make the players form a belief that they must win. After stabbing, the game will be able to overcome any difficulties and obstacles.

Portsmouth's head coach Palin was also in a mixed mood. Such a result was within his expectation, but he fell behind by two goals before halftime in the first half, which made him lament the current Tottenham Great firepower.Moreover, the interval between the two conceded goals was too short, and the players didn't even have time to adjust, so the play would only become more chaotic and careless.The final result will surely evolve into a unilateral massacre.

But he is helpless. The team just changed their owners this summer. The new owner is Al Fasim, a symbol from Arabia. However, he and the owner of Manchester City, who are also Arabs, have invested in the transfer market like heaven and earth. Mouth only introduced two players in the transfer market, and they are still "cheap players" with no transfer value as a free agent. The biggest signing is the Nigerian center Utaka who spent 30 euros from Lens, France. But he was injured in the fifth round of the league, and he may not be able to return to the team before the winter break.

Palin is a very ambitious coach. After accepting Portsmouth, he actively eliminated the traces of his predecessor Redknapp's coaching and instilled his football philosophy in the players.In order to defeat Tottenham, he spent a lot of time carefully studying the opponent's characteristics and shortcomings before the game, but the more he studied, the more frightened he was. He found that no matter how many shortcomings Tottenham had, it was beyond his team's ability Victorious!What did he use to win?Is it possible to defeat the battle with the existing remnants?Nine of the team's eleven main players last season were sold, and two were injured and missed. The remaining one, James, is still a goalkeeper and cannot help the team at all offensively.

Palin's ass hurts, it's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice.Abandoning the unrealistic idea of ​​strangling the stingy owner of the club to death, Palin could only formulate a set of defensive and counterattack tactics based on the existing players in hand to deal with the menacing Tottenham.As for the "provocative" remarks before the game, he was just emboldening himself and the team, at least he couldn't lose his prestige in front of his "predecessor". They will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

However, the facts in front of him were clearly the opposite of what Palin expected. The team had swallowed two bombs just halfway through the first half, and there was a tendency to develop towards the sieve...

Defense is no longer interesting. Being behind by two goals is not a two-round knockout match. Losing less is not considered a win. Maybe fighting hard can still have an effect.Perrin feels that Tottenham's defense has never been very good. Even if the strength has improved a lot this season, a good defense combination cannot be built overnight, and there must be loopholes.

Anyway, there was no way out, and Palin decided to take another gamble for his own handsome position.He waved forward to the players on the court, signaling the team to press the attack.

[[[[[[[Chapter [-] Defeats the Pompeii Legion ([-])

Palin's gambling-like adjustment soon had immediate results.

Facing Portsmouth, who had been beaten by the team from the beginning of the game, Tottenham was a little careless after leading easily by two goals.They think that it is very difficult for their opponents to have a chance to make waves.In fact, in the games that have passed this season, they have not lost a game as long as they score first.They believe that at this time, Portsmouth is already a fish on the chopping board, and they can be abused as much as they want, without any threat at all.

However, Portsmouth, who decided to counterattack, broke out with a strong fighting power by the way, not only because they have lost three rounds of the league and have reached the point where they can't afford to lose, but also because they want to defend their dignity as professional players. , Wanting to prove himself to the former Portsmouth coach and now Tottenham coach Redknapp is also a reason.No one wants to behave so badly in front of the former boss!
Although the factor that determines the victory of the game is not necessarily the dominance of will, but it is undeniable that a team with will and goals can easily explode into a very strong fighting force in a certain period of time. If they are allowed to play smoothly, then The result of the game is hard to say.

This is the case for Portsmouth at the moment. They decisively gave up defense in their last stand. Instead, almost all the players were invested in the offense. For a while, they were inseparable from Tottenham in the midfield, even because of the superiority of the midfield. , had a slight advantage.

In fact, Portsmouth's offense has always been good, otherwise it would be impossible to beat Liverpool and other veteran giants at home and win the title of "Home Dragon".It's just that their defense is so bad, that's why their record has been poor.No matter how good the offense is, without defense, it is definitely impossible to get good results.

Portsmouth's counterattack did not attract the attention of the Tottenham players. Even Mo Fei felt that the opponent was "returning to the light". hands.

In the 35th minute of the first half, Portsmouth took advantage of the number of midfielders to intercept Modric's pass. After receiving the ball from his teammate, Brown immediately raised his foot and made a long pass to find Newtkin on the front line. Newtkin He stopped the ball with his back on the penalty area line, leaned on Dawson, turned around and volleyed, and the football flew out of the baseline against the post.The Tottenham players broke out in a cold sweat.

Three minutes later, Brown and Newtkin cooperated again. The former passed the football to Newtkin who was pulled to the side. Newtkin did not choose to break through this time, but returned the football to the center. Joel Luka was not tight with others, and Brown, who was in the back, shot at the ball angrily, and the football hit the crossbar and flew towards the stands.

Tottenham escaped again.

However, in the last minute before the end of the first half, Tottenham finally paid the price for their underestimation of the enemy.Portsmouth won a corner, Brown lobbed the ball into the penalty area for Newtkin, Gallas made a clearance, and the ball was played wide by the Portsmouth midfielder, Brown passed the ball into the penalty area again, this time The second time, Nutkin headed the football into Tottenham's goal from close range before Cudicini attacked to get the ball!

1:2!Portsmouth, who are playing at home, finally made it back with their continuous efforts.

The Tottenham fans who had been cheering for the team before fell silent for a moment, and Fratton Park was quiet. The fans of the home team didn't cheer and applaud when they saw their team's goal, but stood there in shock. , They couldn't believe that their own team, which had been beaten helplessly before, actually... scored a goal?

But soon the Portsmouth fans reacted. After all, they had a precedent of beating Liverpool 2-0 at home. Although Tottenham are currently very good, they still think that Liverpool is stronger. The name is there, and Tottenham can be regarded as a "pseudo-rich family" at best.

The fans of Portsmouth went crazy. Portsmouth, which was absolutely at a disadvantage on the scene, broke out such an amazing fighting power under adversity, and the applause of the whole Fratton Park immediately filled the players. More than 2 home team fans finally erupted into a tsunami-like cheering wave after being silent for almost the entire first half, overwhelming the Tottenham fans for the first time in momentum.

Redknapp stood up thoughtfully.He didn't take Portsmouth to get a goal back. With Portsmouth's strength, it is difficult not to lose the game, but he is still a little relieved to see his "former club" perform so tenaciously. of.But he can't show it on his face. After all, he is the head coach of Tottenham now, and all interests will be focused on the team.

Redknapp believes in the team's strength, but being scored by an opponent at this time will restore Portsmouth's confidence and courage, and the following games will not be easy to play.It's not that there is any difficulty in winning, but that the process of the game will be a lot of trouble. At least it is very difficult to easily defeat a team with strong morale.

Sure enough, inspired by the goal, Portsmouth became more confident in their actions and had more fighting spirit. Tottenham played much more difficult than at the beginning.The Portsmouth players seem to want to take advantage of the victory, hoping to score another goal before the end of the first half and enter the dressing room with a tie, so they will have more choices in the second half.

After Tottenham conceded a goal, they were really flustered. The strikers wanted to give the opponent a head-on blow, while the players in the midfield wanted to stand on defense, wait for the limelight to pass, or wait until the halftime break to recover, and then clean up the opponent.The inconsistency of the team's thinking led to the disconnection of the three lines, which almost allowed Portsmouth to break the goal again.

However, in the case of Mo Fei's active return to defense and Redknapp's first foothold in defense, Tottenham finally brought the score of 2:1 to the halftime without any danger.

During the intermission, Redknapp unified the team's thinking, and still insisted on Tottenham's own style of play, using offense to beat the opponent back!In fact, none of the Tottenham players thought about winning the game by defending counterattacks, because the opponents have not yet made them aggrieved to get three points.

After the start of the second half, Portsmouth still wanted to use a crazy counterattack to cause Tottenham to mess up, but they soon found that their calculations had failed.The gap in strength cannot be made up by relying on confidence and fighting spirit alone. After Tottenham stabilized their position, amidst the support of more than 8000 fans of the visiting team, relying on their skillful cooperation and super personal ability, Tottenham once again took the lead. Portsmouth completely suppressed.

(End of this chapter)