Football King Bale

Chapter 586: Pulling out the thorn

"Goooooooal!!!!!"

"Harry Kane! The young Tottenham striker equalized the score for the team! 1:1! Before the end of the first half, Tottenham's offense finally paid off!" the commentator John Mortensen shouted .

"Ferdinand is really old, and his reaction speed is too slow. He was blocked by Harry Kane." Lineker shook his head. The center back was stuck behind the opponent's forward. The result was naturally obvious.

"Manchester United's goalkeeper De Gea has a greater responsibility for this goal. His attack was a bit reckless." John Mortensen said.

Ferguson was furious on the sidelines and shouted loudly into the field.

Ferguson was not mentally prepared for conceding the ball, but conceding the ball due to his own mistakes and confusion made him a little unhappy. Moreover, conceding the ball at this time point near the end of the first half really hurt morale.

Then he turned his attention to the young Tottenham forward who was celebrating wildly. This 19-year-old little guy is the biggest discovery in the Premier League this season.

As for Harry Kane, Ferguson has been paying attention to him for some time. This little guy showed signs of emerging when Bell was still at Tottenham. However, in the previous two seasons, his development was not very good and he was frequently rented out to some teams in the English Championship and even League One. team, which greatly affected his growth.

In the summer, Villas-Boas took charge of Tottenham. Because they failed to sign a satisfactory forward, Tottenham kept Harry Kane in the team as Defoe's substitute.

But after the start of the season, Harry Kane performed exceptionally well and did not fall behind in the competition with Defoe. In order to give this outstanding young player more opportunities to practice, Villas-Boas even gradually changed Tottenham's tactics and played more of England's traditional 442 formation.

In the previous 22 rounds of the league, Harry Kane has scored ten league goals, breaking into the top ten of the Premier League scorers list, leaving Rooney behind.

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Ferguson walked to the sidelines and shouted the name of the team's captain Vidic loudly. Seeing the Serbian veteran looking over, Ferguson made a downward gesture: Defend!

Tottenham's morale was greatly boosted after they regained the score, and they took the initiative in the final stage of the first half. However, fortunately, Ferguson responded quickly and had already given the order. Manchester United retreated across the board and held on to the victory. Stab in the final stage of the offensive.

Finally, at the end of the first half, Manchester United temporarily tied with Tottenham at 1:1 in the away game.

Tottenham's head coach Villas-Boas is a little depressed. His team's morale has improved. He has a hunch that if the team is given a little more time, they are likely to knock on Manchester United's goal again. At this time, the halftime break is really coming. Not the time.

Ferguson felt fortunate that the team was relatively passive at the last moment, and the halftime break came at the right time, which gave his team a chance to breathe.

Instead of getting angry at halftime, Ferguson praised the performance of his players, even though they allowed their opponents to equalize the score late in the first half.

"Well done, keep playing like this in the second half!" Ferguson said.

Overall, Manchester United did play well in the first half and basically fulfilled its tactical requirements. One mistake cannot negate the performance and tactics of the first half.

At this time, what the team needs is encouragement and encouragement. Ferguson has confidence in his players and believes that after the halftime break, the team will not let him down in the second half.

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After the start of the second half of the game, Manchester United took advantage of the home field and turned away from home at White Hart Lane. They launched waves of offensives in Tottenham's penalty area. They told everyone with their actions that their goal in this game was to win.

A draw is obviously not Tottenham's goal. Villas-Boas also showed a strong response. His team had no intention of retracting its defense in the second half.

The Portuguese made almost the same choice as Ferguson - attack, continue to attack, and strive to score goals to win the game.

In fact, Tottenham's strength is also their offense. After 22 rounds of the league, Tottenham failed to score in only two league games. They scored 39 goals. The number of goals scored is second only to Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal. Their rankings are very consistent. And their defense is as deceptive as Manchester United. They conceded 29 goals in the first 22 league rounds, which is considered a mid-range level in the Premier League.

Villas-Boas obviously also knows where the team's strengths are. Since the defense is not stable, he should score more goals.

In the 71st minute of the game, Ferguson replaced Rooney, who was still slightly injured, with Welbeck and continued to strengthen the attack.

Villas-Boas also immediately made tit-for-tat adjustments. He replaced Norton, whose performance was not very good, and replaced him with the experienced Hector, also with the intention of strengthening the offense.

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Three minutes later, Ferguson made another substitution. He replaced Sneijder, who had physical problems, and replaced him with teenager Pogba.

Tottenham also made another substitution. Villas-Boas replaced Parker and replaced him with Huddlestone.

The head coaches of both sides continuously deployed their troops and replaced them with offensive players. The two sides engaged in a fierce offensive battle. The happiest thing was the fans of both sides, who were excited to watch.

The two coaches, Ferguson and Villas-Boas, were standing on the sidelines directing the game at this time. Both of them frowned and stared at the court, hoping to capture each other's loopholes and openings. However, both Ferguson and Villas-Boas shook their heads. Both teams were attacking with all their strength at this time. The offensive and defensive rhythm was very fast. Both sides began to make more mistakes. The scene seemed very hot, but it also became more chaotic. In this chaotic moment, the role of the head coach has been weakened, and it depends on the on-the-spot performance of the players on both sides.

"Both sides are unwilling to accept a draw." Lineker said. "Now, both sides are red-eyed. In this case, an accident is often enough to change the game."

Lineker felt that his mouth was really gold-plated. Just two or three minutes after he said these words, something unexpected happened on the court.

Facing Bell's pressing, Tottenham defender Caulker chose to pass back. Van Persie immediately rushed towards Dawson, who was about to take the ball. The latter was startled and quickly continued to pass back.

At this time, an unexpected situation occurred. Dawson's back pass was too weak. Pogba, who had just appeared on the scene, immediately rushed over like a leopard out of the cage. He approached the football before the goalkeeper and raised his feet. Just shoot. His French compatriot Lloris was anxious and tackled directly, and then people saw Pogba falling in the Tottenham penalty area like a tree stump chopped down by an axe.

"Penalty kick!" The seventy-two-year-old man jumped up and shouted as if there were springs under his butt.

"Flip!" This is Tottenham coach Villas-Boas shouting.

Ferguson was angry and shouted at Boas: "Are you blind?"

Villas-Boas also had a bad temper, glared and yelled back: "Your players are diving! Rubbish!"

An old man and a young man got into a verbal argument on the sidelines, but there was no other extreme behavior.

On the court, the referee had already made his decision. He directly showed a red card to Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris, sent the opponent off, and then awarded Manchester United a penalty kick.

This penalty caused dissatisfaction among Tottenham players on the field. Lennon even received a yellow card for his emotional protest.

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At this time, Villas-Boas no longer wanted to argue with Sir Alex. The goalkeeper was sent off and he had to make personnel adjustments.

Although one man was sent off and a penalty kick was awarded, Villas-Boas did not intend to give up just yet, he wanted to win.

Veteran goalkeeper Friedel comes off and defender Caulker comes off.

When Manchester United had a penalty kick opportunity, Bell stepped up to the penalty spot without hesitation.

Although he was facing his old club, Bell would not let go at all. He steadily scored the penalty kick into the Tottenham goal guarded by his old teammates.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Tottenham with Bell's penalty kick.

Bale's penalty kill caused Tottenham to suffer a defeat, which disappointed Villas-Boas. He said in an interview after the game: "We have a chance to kill the game, we have a good counterattack opportunity, But the penalty cost us. We played very hard and so did Manchester United. It was a really tough game and very intense."

Villas-Boas severely criticized the referee Foy and the assistant referee's penalty, thinking that Manchester United's penalty kick should not exist at all. He said: "I think we played very comfortably at the last moment of the game, and the penalty they got did not exist. Yes, that kid obviously took a dive."

Ferguson's view was obviously opposite to that of Villas-Boas. He believed that Manchester United also missed a penalty kick. Rooney was brought down by Caulker in the Tottenham penalty area, but the referee did not award the suspected penalty. Sir Alex Ferguson was very dissatisfied after the game and said: "This is a clear penalty, he was obviously brought down. He was on the ground, and the linesman was right opposite the place where the incident happened. He was in a good position. I think the linesman’s enforcement of the game was very bad. He thought even he would be disappointed.”

Considering that Tottenham had as many as 25 shots in the game and had a more dominant ball possession rate, Villas-Boas insisted after the game that Tottenham should win: "We completely dominated the game, performed well and deserved to win. Against Manchester United, we There was still 60 per cent possession and a championship team like Manchester United should survive a moment like this and I don’t think the penalty United got was non-existent.”

Sir Alex Ferguson lamented the difficulty of the game: "Tottenham kept sending the ball into the penalty area, and we also worked hard to push the ball out. This (White Hart Lane) is not an easy stadium to conquer. They played very aggressively. It was very organized, players on both sides were committed, it was a high-quality game and luckily we ended up winning.”

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