Chapter 36 The Chinese Monkey
“Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur.”
Whenever I come to White Hart Lane,
hear this song,
Gary Neville, captain of Manchester United in this game, frowned.
This melody is so familiar.
Because the melody also belongs to Manchester United!
It's just that now the fucking lyrics have become Tottenham Hotspur's...
This is the home ground of Tottenham.
The point is, Tottenham's team song is earlier than Manchester United's!
The first team to use this melody as anthem was Hibernian, a Scottish Super League team.
In Edinburgh, the title of the song is "Glory Glory to the Hibees", and its lyricist is an unfamous Scottish comedian and singer named Nicole.
As for Tottenham Hotspur, which is associated with this song, the story happened in the European Champions Cup in the 1961-62 season. Tottenham played against the Polish team Gornik Zabrze at home in the second round of the knockout round.
Tottenham's tackles in the first round were relatively rough, and the Polish media ridiculed them as "a team not blessed by angels".
In the second round of White Hart Lane, Tottenham fans responded with actions. They put on angel costumes and held up slogans such as "Glory shines at White Hart Lane" and "This is the night of revenge" in the stands. The melody of "Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur" was sung.
In the end, Tottenham won 8-1, and this song has been passed down as a cheering song for fans until now.
Compared to the later Manchester United version, the Spurs version of the song is simpler, more repetitive in lyrics and melody, but its rhythm is lighter and lively than Hibernian's version.
Manchester United is a relatively late team to use this song. Before him, Leeds United sang the melody of "Glory Glory" at home, but it was the Red Devils who really made this melody a household name.
"Glorious, glorious, Tottenham, Tottenham are the greatest team in the world, the kings of White Hart Lane are the pride of North London, loyal Tottenham fans come to cheer every game, Tottenham, March to victory!"
"Shit!" Gary Neville touched his nose, turned his head and said to his teammates behind him,
"Hey guys, let's play a song!"
"Glory, glory, Man United,"
"Glory, glory, Man United,"
"Glory, glory, Man United,"
“And the reds go marching on on on.”
“Just like the Busby babies in days gone by,”
Neville brought his teammates to make a different sound!
Of course Dong Fangzhuo would, he was already proficient at singing, it was just the Manchester United team song, how simple it was.
It's just that I sang so well in my previous life, but I didn't have the chance to sing!
"Hey Gary, shut up!"
"This is White Hart Lane!"
"Hey! Chinese monkey, shut up!"
"Fack squid!"
Facing the arrogant Manchester United and being humiliated in front of their home, the Tottenham fans were of course angry, and they almost jumped out of the stands to beat the Manchester United players.
"Glory, glory, Man United,"
"Glory, glory, Man United,"
When the Tottenham fans scolded, the Manchester United players sang even louder.
Ronaldo followed Dong Fangzhuo, and naturally heard it clearly. He was surprised by Dong Fangzhuo's endurance.
If it was him, he would have raised his middle finger at the Tottenham stands long ago.
Of course Dong Fangzhuo could understand it, but he couldn't rush up to the Tottenham fans like Cantona did.
Ugly scolding can't provoke him to lose his mind, it will only fuel his desire to fight!
It would be a lie to say that you are not angry.
It's just a means of revenge, but it's another.
Glory belongs to Manchester United!
hehe……
Ferguson is very satisfied with Gary Neville's performance as the captain, and he took over Roy Keane's captain's scepter very well.
Roy Keane was sent off due to a red card against Liverpool in the last game. He could not represent Manchester United in this game. Fletcher came to replace him in the starting lineup.
The personnel in other positions remain unchanged.
On Tottenham's side, all the main players were sacrificed.
The three strikers including Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane and Kanoute all played, and the 433 attacking formation showed their youthful qualities.
"Tottenham don't know what defense is at home. The French coach Santini resorted to such a risky combination of front three. It seems that they only want to eat Manchester United with goals at home. They have been ridiculed by England fans for many years. Point boy for Manchester United, they'd love to take that hat off today."
"Santini's recent days are not easy. He has a good card but played poorly. They urgently need a victory. If they can win Manchester United at home, it can relieve a lot of pressure on him."
"Of course, Ferguson is not in a good mood."
"Manchester United's recent away results have been poor. Except for the victory against Sunderland in the away game, they have drawn draws in other games. Of course, there were injuries and suspensions, Giggs still didn't come back, Keane was sitting in the stands again."
"Fortunately, the kid Fletcher is doing very well, and Ronaldo and China Dong are in good shape. Now Ferguson has also ushered in his biggest weight. England's genius Wayne Rooney is already sitting on the bench , if it is really impossible to start the situation, I believe Ferguson will send Rooney to play."
"The anthems of both teams are almost identical,"
"In the end, who does the glory belong to?"
"We'll see at the end of the match!"
At the beginning of the game, Tottenham showed their youthful side and immediately put pressure on Manchester United frantically. It seems that Manchester United have encountered a situation this season, that is, anyone dares to come up and attack them.
Of course, Santini relied on the young trident.
Robbie Keane took the ball from the left, and quickly blasted Gary Neville with a dashing spike and acceleration. This coquettish extraordinary immediately detonated the fans of White Hart Lane.
Robbie Keane at this age is a sharp knife in the Premier League, although not the sharpest one.
Gary Neville's face was dark, and he could only stop Robbie Keane with a foul, giving Tottenham a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.
As the captain, this is too embarrassing!
What if Roy Keane was there? I will kill him before Robbie Keane explodes, and I will definitely not bear this kind of insult at this time.
Robbie Keane took the set piece himself.
The ball went to the penalty area to find the tall Kanoute, but the landing point was not very good, and was pushed out by Ferdinand first.
The ball fell to Dong Fangzhuo's feet.
Dong Fangzhuo looked up, did not dare to stick the ball, and immediately passed it to Scholes, Scholes adjusted two steps, and immediately passed the ball diagonally to Ronaldo who quickly inserted, and then Ronaldo ran with the ball.
old routine.
This time it was the turn of Tottenham's side guards to be unable to defend Ronaldo.
After using his explosive power to forcibly explode the Tottenham full-back, he directly used his right foot to throw a curve ball.
Find Fanny!
But he didn't expect that Dong Fangzhuo would hit the Tottenham team's penalty area like a rocket!
After Dong Fangzhuo handed the ball to Scholes, he went straight forward.
Because he knew that Scholes would definitely pass the ball to Ronaldo, so he rushed forward without hesitation.
Van Nistelrooy failed to receive Ronaldo's pass and was cleared by the opponent's central defender to get out of the bottom line.
corner kick!
"Chinese monkeys run fast!"
"A few seconds ago, he was in front of his own box."