Chapter 901 Saint Tottenham Day

At about 5 pm on January 22, 2008, the streets near White Hart Lane Stadium were already occupied by fans from all directions.

In the second leg of the English League Cup semi-final, Tottenham sit at home against rivals Arsenal in the same city.

This stadium is the famous "devil's home stadium" in the Premier League. It is considered to be a stadium that has cast a spell on visiting away games, because the Premier League powers rarely take advantage of it here.

Since the start of the Premier League in 1992, Liverpool, rivals Arsenal and other teams have won very few victories here. Manchester United has also been plagued by the "curse of White Hart Lane" until April 2003. a victory.

"The so-called curse is actually the home field advantage. The White Hart Lane Stadium is short in length and width. There is not enough space on the field, which is not conducive to teams that play with the ball. Teams that play pass and control, such as Barcelona and Arsenal Nah, the pitches are too big within the normal range, trying to open up space, while the counter-attacking teams usually have smaller pitches, such as Stamford Bridge."

David Dunn smiled and explained to Andy who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the box overlooking the entire stadium.

"Well, it seems that being the second smallest stadium in the Premier League has become an advantage. I like the atmosphere here. It is not weaker than the 80,000 New York Mets in terms of momentum. Especially in that area, my God, don't they Will you be tired?"

Andy felt the crazy atmosphere at White Hart Lane. The singing of the fans seemed to never stop, especially in the East Stand.

There is a three-tier fan stand in the east stand, which occupies the entire side of the baseline, like a three-tier birthday cake, full of people, and all the singing starts from here.

"Those are Tottenham loyalists. Almost everyone grew up there. It's like a legacy. They will bring their children to watch the game and teach them to sing the team song."

"This is the most beautiful picture on the football field!" Andy expressed his admiration for the loyalty of these fans.

"How big is our chance of winning this game?"

Hearing the boss's question, David Dunn also smiled helplessly: "It's not a big problem. In recent seasons, the League Cup has been a stage for Wenger to test substitute players and second-team members. He doesn't pay much attention to it. . .”

"I don't like to break the "Gunner's Curse" that plagues Tottenham, and I hate the law that Arsenal must be ranked higher than Tottenham!" Andy looked at David Dunn with burning eyes.

"Don't worry, boss, Heynckes and I will keep an eye on the rest of the league.

There will be absolutely no capsizing! "David Dunn, who has been the manager of the Arsenal club for many years, really knows his old club better than anyone else, not to mention that he has cooperated with Wenger for many years. In front of David Dunn, Arsenal actually has no secrets at all.

As night fell, the White Hart Lane was illuminated with extremely bright lights, and the cheers of the fans resounded throughout the White Hart Lane.

With the whistle of the referee, Tottenham and Arsenal, the rivals in the same city who were hyped up by the media, started a new fight.

The figure of Andy Smith standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the box appeared on the big screen. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into cheers. After all, since the acquisition of Tottenham, the owner of this rich American has won the support of the fans for a series of actions. welcome.

Not directing blindly, not interfering with the club's operations, and truly entrusting professional things to professional people, especially a few decisions, can be called a stroke of magic.

The former manager of the mortal enemy is now the manager of their club, with a famous coach, reinforcement of players, and introduction of superstars. . .

Hearing the cheers from the audience, Andy waved his hand with a smile, but soon the big screen and the attention of the fans were attracted by the game on the field.

Tottenham made a perfect start, the first shot in the 2nd minute formed a goal!

Tottenham launched the attack with big feet in the backcourt. The midfielder gave the ball to the long-haired Ronaldinho. The Arsenal guards next to him were not tight. They let Ronaldinho shoot from outside the penalty area. As a result, he blasted the ball. The ball bounced into the net after hitting the left post, 1-0!

As Ronaldinho ran and cheered to celebrate, White Hart Lane gave out deafening cheers like buzzing, and Andy also raised his hands and patted vigorously, "Perfect start!"

In the next game, Tottenham almost dominated Arsenal. In the 26th minute, Tottenham took a set kick near the midfield. The Arsenal player who is good at heading the ball accidentally scored an own goal in the fight, 2-0!

The sound of cheers and celebrations with laughter resounded throughout White Hart Lane, but 3 minutes later, Arsenal, who was still in shock, was almost beaten to hell! Bell turned offside to get a single chance, but his push was rejected by the left post. Halftime score, 2-0, Tottenham had the upper hand and took the lead they deserved!

At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal went all out to attack, but the Gunner was stabbed again 3 minutes after the re-kick-off! Lennon counterattacked with a long pass and found Keane on the right. The latter used his speed to get rid of the defense of the Arsenal players and succeeded in pushing the goalkeeper, 3-0!

In the 60th minute, White Hart Lane turned into a sea of ​​jubilation again! With Tottenham's series of passes and cooperation, Lennon finally lived up to expectations and volleyed from the right rib to rewrite the score to 4-0!

Seeing that the general situation was settled, Heynckes hastily replaced his three generals, Ronaldinho, Keane and Bale, while protecting them, he also let these three heroes accept the cheers of the fans.

In order to avoid the embarrassment of a bigger score, Wenger finally stopped pretending and replaced Xuezang's main force. In the 70th minute, Arsenal's three first-team main players made a wonderful cooperation. Scored a face-saving goal, 4-1!

In the following games, Tottenham still had a chance to expand the score, but they were all wasted, but Tottenham fans didn't care anymore. The singing of victory resounded at White Hart Lane. For this victory, Tottenham fans waited hard for 9 time of year!

Andy laughed in satisfaction, and celebrated with high-fives with the team's management and the subordinates in the box. It was a big victory, and now he just waited for the whistle to sound and accept the cheers and celebrations from all the fans.

However, the game did not end there. Tottenham made a long pass in the 3rd minute of stoppage time. The Tottenham teenager frantically chased after the ball.

Arsenal suffered their biggest defeat of the season at White Hart Lane, being eliminated 6-2 on aggregate, the Gunners' biggest defeat since a 6-1 defeat to Manchester United in February 2001.

Andy Smith's Tottenham won the hearts of all Tottenham fans through this game, and became the most hated American by Arsenal fans.

Because after the game, Andy booked a nightclub in London to let the players who were still excited and excited relax and celebrate, of course with the consent of Coach Heynckes.

The paparazzi all over London were collectively excited, and tried every means to sneak into the nightclub that was booked out. After all, the big victory just now had spread, and with the addition of Andy Smith, the super rich boss, tonight's There's no telling how lively a nightclub party will be.

The happiest one was of course Ram Ronaldinho at the nightclub. This guy bared a pair of big teeth, hugged the waist of two hot beauties, and drank the Ace of Spades champagne that the beauties poured into his mouth with his head up.

He was naturally very happy. He left Barcelona and joined Tottenham. Many media said that he did it for the pound. The women's nightclub had already emptied his body and skills, and he was finished.

But although he slowly adapted to Tottenham, he began to show the demeanor and sharpness of a superstar again, hitting the damn paparazzi in London with goals one after another.

"Boss, why are you sitting alone?" Ronaldinho pushed away the two hot girls in his arms, took the golden bottle of Ace of Spades champagne in the woman's hand, and sat next to Andy with a smile on his face, speaking in Portuguese asked.

Andy smiled and picked up the champagne glass and touched the bottle. After taking a sip, he hugged Ronaldinho's shoulder and said in Portuguese: "I don't want to be in the gossip headlines the next day, and..."

Speaking of which, Andy raised his eyebrows, shrugged and whispered, "I don't like anything."

Ronaldinho couldn't help but smiled ambiguously and said, "I called some female stars to come over to play, how is Cheryl?"

Andy couldn't help but looked at Rabbit Ya Xiaoluo in surprise, and hurriedly whispered: "You guy has a tui with Cheryl?"

"Haha, how is it possible..." Ronaldinho laughed twice, seeing Andy's suspicious eyes, said in a low voice, "She's not interested in me, but recently she and her fanboy husband are having a cold war , We only met each other when we often went to nightclubs to play."

Andy's eyes flickered a few times, and finally he said with a smile: "Then call a few more friends to celebrate, I'm Cheryl's fan!"