Football King Bale
Chapter 688: Focus war
The New Year’s bell rings, and the time has passed into 2014.
This is already the 6th year that Bell has traveled through time and space!
Early in the morning, before it was too bright, Bell's biological clock made him wake up on time.
Gently withdrew his left hand from Liu Xian'er's neck, Bell stood up, stared at the person in front of her for a long time, lightly pecked her on the face, Bell got up lightly and went out for morning exercises.
At the beginning of the new year, it should be a good time to take a vacation, but as a professional player, especially a player who plays in the Premier League, he has no chance to rest.
Just today, the Premier League will usher in the 20th round of the league.
Although Manchester United has won consecutively recently, but because the main competitors are also constantly winning, Manchester United's advantage in the standings is some, but it is not obvious. At least it can't get two places in the new year in the previous seasons. The leading number is on par.
five-point advantage, once Manchester United makes any mistake, it will soon be caught up by the opponent, or even overtake. Therefore, Manchester United cannot relax at all.
Manchester United’s opponent today is a bit special for Bell, it is Tottenham!
This season, the performance of the Premier League's strong teams is not bad, making the competition in the league standings very fierce. Especially in the Champions League and the European theater, they are fighting each other.
However, after the 19th round of the league, the teams behind in the Champions League have already had a significant gap in points.
As Liverpool encountered strong enemies in two consecutive games during the Christmas Devil schedule, and both lost to Manchester City and Chelsea with a score of 1:2, this led to a gap of 5 points between them and Manchester City, which is the leader of Manchester United. The gap has reached 13 points.
However, this is the smallest point gap between the two sides around the New Year in the past four seasons.
After a good start, Tottenham’s performance has fallen. But it is still a strong contender for the European war seat.
In the first leg of the league this season, Bell did not appear in White Hart Lane due to a shift. However, the encounter again is the first battle of 2014. Ferguson will not stay any longer, and Bell is also the starting debut without any suspense.
As Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and other strong teams have won, especially Arsenal scored two goals in the last four minutes of the game to win the opponent, Manchester United's advantage in the Premier League has been reduced to 2 points. Once Manchester United make a mistake in this game, the points advantage will be reduced to less than one goal.
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Old Trafford Stadium.
Bell and his teammates walked out of the locker room, climbed up the steps, and walked towards the player channel. Before long, Tottenham Hotspur players also walked out of the visiting team's locker room, and players from both teams appeared in the player channel at the same time.
Bell raised his head and glanced at the Tottenham Hotspur players. He found that although these faces are very familiar, there are not many of the same faces compared to when he was at Tottenham. It is still the main force, only Lennon and Dawson are left. The former teenagers Walker, Rose and Kane have already provoked the burden of Tottenham. The rest are players who have transferred to Tottenham after Bale left.
Bell saw Harry Kane at first sight.
In this time and space, Kane's growth is obviously smoother than in another time and space. After Bell left Tottenham, he has already begun to rise. Especially this season, it has supported Tottenham's striker.
What followed is everything that Bell experienced when he was at Tottenham: endless transfer rumors!
In England, the two clubs of Manchester United and Manchester City have always hoped to attract Kane to their subordinates. In foreign clubs, Real Madrid and other teams will also hear rumors of wanting to acquire Kane from time to time.
In Bell's view, if Kane wants to make a difference in the Champions League if he stays with Tottenham, I am afraid it will be very difficult.
Even if you don’t mention the Champions League, even in the Premier League, it will be very difficult for Tottenham to make a breakthrough in performance and win the Premier League championship.
Although Kane was strong, he was not as strong as the top ten in world football. In another time and space, Tottenham failed to win the Premier League title under his leadership.
For a player, the temptation of a championship is hard to resist.
What's more, if you want to have a higher reputation in football, and hope to get a good ranking in the Golden Globe Awards, Lawrence Awards, etc., you also need a relatively large platform.
From these perspectives, Kane’s decision to stay at Tottenham Hotspur seems a bit unwise.
However, every player has his own pursuit. Just like Totti, a person, a city, even if it does not win the heavyweight championship honor, it is still a good story in football.
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Seeing Bell, Kane ran over and greeted happily, "Boss, long time no see!"
Bell smiled, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Yeah, I haven't seen you for several months. You have been doing well recently. Come on!"
Kane laughed and said: "Of course, there is a role model like you, the boss, I can't do it without cheering, it's too much pressure!"
Bell shook his head and said: "Don't force yourself too much, just do your best. Too heavy a burden will only crush you and slow you down. You are now the time to raise the ball. There can be no major injuries."
Kane nodded and said: "I understand, boss, don't worry, I will protect myself at any time."
"That's good!" Bell said with a smile, "Don't say it, it's time to play, see you on the field later!"
"See you on the court! I won't be merciful today!" Kane also said with a smile.
"Okay, then let me see your current strength!" Bell patted Kane on the shoulder and said with a smile.
When Bell greeted Kane, Lennon, Dawson and other Bell’s former teammates had passed by him, and they all just nodded. Rose and Walker said hello, but didn't stop to talk to Bell.
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It didn't take long for the game to start.
In the far east, Zhanjun, the guest commentator of Xinlang Sports, is explaining the game to the audience.
"This is the last game of the 20th round of the Premier League, and it is also the focus of this round. Because Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City have won, Manchester United's advantage in the standings has been temporarily reduced. They want to win To have a good start to the new year, while maintaining an advantage in the standings, you must win Tottenham."
"For Tottenham, if they want to continue to compete for the Champions League, they must also score as many points as possible, otherwise they will be divided by the top four in the league and get more and more points until they can't catch up."
"Although Manchester United's results are good this season, they did not perform well when facing other top seven teams in the Premier League. They only won Arsenal and Everton, while facing Chelsea and Manchester City. , Liverpool and Tottenham, they all played draws. And too many draws are also the biggest reason why Manchester United did not open the points gap with other teams as early as in previous seasons."
"Of course, on the other hand, this is also stimulated by Manchester United's consecutive championships. In the past one or two seasons, other teams have introduced a large number of strong players, which has narrowed the gap in strength with Manchester United. It is a good thing for the development of the entire Premier League. Although it is good to stand alone, it is spring when a hundred flowers bloom."
"The game against Tottenham is Manchester United's first game in the second half of the league and the first game against the top seven of the league standings. If this game cannot be won, Manchester United's points advantage will be reduced to a third. Inside."
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As Zhanjun said, in today's game, Bell and his teammates knew the meaning of the game well.
Many media were ridiculing before the game. After winning consecutive championships, Manchester United has fallen into a team that can only bully the "soft persimmon" because of its poor record with the strong team.
Today’s opponent, Tottenham Hotspur, is said to be a relatively weaker opponent among the first seven Premier League teams. And most importantly, Manchester United is at home. If this game cannot be won, not only will the team's performance be affected, but it will also be a blow to the players' self-confidence.
From the beginning of the game, Manchester United took the initiative to play offensive football, seeking an active breakthrough, trying to score a goal first.
And Tottenham Hotspur played unhurriedly. UU reading www. uukanshu.com is also an acceptable result for them to score a point in Manchester United's home game. Therefore, their first job is to defend well, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
Tottenham’s interim coach Sherwood’s strategy for the team is very pragmatic.
More than ten minutes into the game, Manchester United’s offense was very lively. Especially the two players Bale and Pogba performed very well, causing some trouble for the Tottenham defenders. However, Spurs has many defensive players in the backcourt. Even if Bell breaks through a defensive player by virtue of his personal ability and cooperation with his teammates, he will immediately be surrounded by more defensive players.
Manchester United's offensive organization is not smooth. On the contrary, Tottenham’s several counterattacks were very impressive. Kane retreated as a fulcrum and assisted in getting the ball; Eriksson advanced in the middle; Dembele inserted into the middle from the flank to find the space behind the Manchester United defenders; Tottenham’s counterattack routine is obviously no longer Used for the first time in a game. They cooperated tacitly, the counterattack progressed fast, and several times have threatened Manchester United's goal. Fortunately, Kanter's defense and De Gea's rescue on the goal line did not allow the Spurs players to seize the opportunity to counterattack and score a goal.
"Overall, Manchester United's offense is very lively, but dangerous. Tottenham spends most of the time on defense, but several counterattacks are very threatening. It seems that Tottenham have a better chance of scoring. This way. If you go down, maybe the first goal will be the Tottenham Hotspur player who played away." Zhanjun said.
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