champion professor

Chapter 140 The Legend of Versus Betrayal

Just after the game in August, the Premier League has once again appeared a situation where all the heroes are competing.

As many as seven clubs are at the top of the standings with a gap of no more than five points.Needless to say, traditional strong teams such as Arsenal, Manchester United, and Liverpool, Liverpool have ranked No.1 in the standings this year and even since the start of the game.

Liverpool, once the overlord of the League One, naturally cannot allow itself to not touch the league championship trophy for eight consecutive years.The club veteran Evans and the former French coach Houllier jointly coached Liverpool.

Shao Bo knew that Evans' days in Liverpool were coming to an end.Although the results he has led the team in the past few years have been pretty good, even though he has not won the league championship, he can still be ranked among the top few.

But as a club with a long and glorious history, neither the board nor the fans will be satisfied with such achievements.Evans' departure was already expected by Shao Bo, no matter how loyal he was to the team, it was useless.

Liverpool maintained a complete victory and ranked first in the league, while Arsenal and Manchester United each drew a game and lost two points.It's just that Manchester United's firepower is gradually increasing, and they even beat Southampton 6:1 in the latest game.Relying on the advantage of goal difference to overwhelm Arsenal.

As for the remaining Leeds United or Chelsea, they all have a slight rise.

One is the replacement of a new coach, and the other is a large number of reinforcements.

Since Leeds United left Graham, he chose his assistant coach David O'Leary to take over.Leeds United legend Eddie Gray has been promoted from academy coach to his second-in-command.

Afterwards, Leeds United began the rejuvenation reform that most Premier League teams are carrying out.Due to the punishment of the European ban, the level of football in England has lagged behind that of continental Europe for a period of time.

In order to make up for this gap, they then chose to buy some players who were too old to play in the mainstream league and came to England.Over time, every Premier League team has a tendency to age.

Now, the ban has long been lifted, and now they are catching up and are undergoing reforms in full swing.

Leeds United, once known as the "Youth Guard", naturally has quite a lot of young and outstanding players.

Jonathan Woodgate, Alan Smith and Stephen McPhail, plus Kewell and Ian Hart who are already in the first team, have all been promoted from Leeds United's youth academy.

If they hadn't been figured out by the previous coach Graham in the game against Tottenham and lost under targeted blows, it is very likely that they will also have a taste of the first place in the league.

The only surprise ranking is Arsenal's north London neighbours, Tottenham Hotspur.

After recruiting the legendary former Arsenal coach Graham, Tottenham's ranking did not rise but fell.In addition to winning one game against Leeds United, Tottenham are now in the bottom of the league with consecutive draws.

This is not as good as their tenth ranking in the league last season!
For Arsenal fans, seeing Tottenham's performance is so unbearable, they are also a little entangled.

On the one hand, I don't want Graham, who once led Arsenal to achieve glory, to end in failure; on the other hand, I don't want the combination of traitors and mortal enemies to achieve good results.

But both sides don't need to entangle any more. The next game is Arsenal vs. Tottenham Hotspur. They can fight hard with real knives and guns.

The players introduced by Shao Bo in the past two years naturally don't have much affection for Graham. They only know that Tottenham is the club's derby opponent, and they only need to do their best in this kind of game.

After all, the old players still occupy half of Arsenal's country, and they are basically players who have been taught by Graham.

Arsenal's five most important defenders were all trained by Graham one by one. Whether the opponent will have any targeted tactics, Shao Bo is not sure.

After all, they hadn't been so entangled in the match against Leeds United last season, and the results of one win and one loss didn't mean anything.

The only good news is that Lee Dixon is about to return to the game, and now he is undergoing rehabilitation exercises.It is estimated that in another month, Dixon will be able to put on the red and white jersey again.

During this period of time, Sun Jihai and Martin Keown have been rotating the position of guest right back.At least for Chinese fans, the number of times they can see Sun Jihai running on the court on TV is much more.

Sun Jihai is still a little immature, and Martin Keown's defense is more than stable and his offense is insufficient.

When Dixon was unable to play, the players on the right did not dare to go too deep, for fear that they would not have time to return to the defense and the opponent would seize the opportunity to break through and score.

From the statistical point of view, the source of Arsenal's conceded goals mostly starts from the right.

However, although the defense has certain deficiencies on the right, it should be made up from the midfield.

A small amount of rightward movement of the midfielders formed a multi-layered defense, which made up for the deficiencies of the defense to a certain extent.

Go to White Hart Lane and come to the Tottenham Stadium, which is dominated by white.

Unlike all other English teams, Tottenham's main color has chosen white.This also has a certain relationship with their owners who have always been Jewish.

Tottenham fans, known as "White Lily" by the outside world, roared to cheer for their team in the White Hart Lane Stadium with a capacity of less than 4.

The Arsenal fans, who have always been mainly middle-class, are relatively quiet.

Fans cheering for the club could also be vaguely heard in the locker room. Before the game, Shao Bo didn't say anything.

I have already prepared, just waiting for the start of the game.

Before the match, Shao Bo and Graham shook hands lukewarmly.In the era when Graham coached Leeds United, Shao Bo also had the same attitude when facing him.He didn't become more enthusiastic because of his legendary experience, nor was he more dissatisfied because of his dedication to his mortal enemy.

In fact, Shao Bo was very conflicted when he met Graham for the first time.In my memory, I know that Graham finally switched to Tottenham, but this has not happened yet, and it is impossible for Shao Bo to have any cold face towards the legend of this team.

Now that Graham did join Tottenham, Shao Bo's first reaction turned out to be relaxed.At any rate, Shao Bo was sure that he was someone to defeat, and he didn't have to worry about the other party's past experience.

Before the game, some media raised many questions based on the past of the two sides.

It was like asking Graham what kind of mood he would have when he played against his former owner, and what kind of preparation Shao Bo had made.

Faced with such a boring question, Shao Botong kept a cold face and did not answer.Everyone knows that Shao Bo is an Arsenal fan, so it is not surprising to get such a reaction.

The game fell into a stalemate.

Needless to say, Graham's defensive skills are indeed extraordinary.In just over a month, Tottenham's originally fragile defense was transformed into an impregnable wall by Graham.

However, after Sheringham was poached by Manchester United, Tottenham now only has Klinsmann as a strong offensive player.

Although the game was played very hard, Arsenal won in the end.After the game, Shao Bo did not accept Graham's invitation.This is the first time since he coached Arsenal that he has rejected the traditional "post-match glass of wine" in the Premier League.

Needless to say, the grievances between Arsenal and Tottenham, today's game, Shao Bo's reaction... so much material can be hyped for a few more days.

The game is not only the derby opponents. After the game against Tottenham in early September, Shao Bo got a short rest.It's just that other members of the national team cannot get a rest.

The national team competition has started again, and all major international players need to leave London.Arsenal, with England, France and the Netherlands at its core, is already suffering from the impact of the FIFA virus.

In the league after the national team game, Arsenal either lost or drew.Although depressed, Shao Bo could only endure it. Who told this to be a time to fight for the motherland, and no one could stop him in the face of righteousness.

After the national team game, they lost the game against Everton cleanly.

Last season, Everton once entered the top three positions in the league, but unfortunately they were weak in the future, and their consecutive losses made them lose their tickets to the UEFA Cup.

Lost a league game, but Arsenal made a good start in the Champions League group stage.

The first game is at home in London, which is still very beneficial to Arsenal.Panathinaikos and Olympiakos can rule the whole of Greece, but looking at the whole of Europe, they are just a fish.

The score of 3:1 established Arsenal's lead, and Kipdynamo on the other side also won the last league champion Lens in France by virtue of Shevchenko's excellent performance.

Basically, Arsenal's enemy in the group stage is Kip Dynamo.You know, last season they caused a lot of trouble for Manchester United and Barcelona in the same group.

But fortunately, they will still not meet in the next group match.According to Lance's level, Shao Bo didn't think the other party would cause him much trouble.

After a few league games, the standings are still in a stalemate with the gap between the top seven players being less than five points.However, at this time, the top of the league table has been replaced by Manchester United. Although Arsenal have not scored a few points less than Manchester United, the competition for the top of the table is too great, directly squeezing them to No.6 in the league.

United beat their old rivals Barcelona again in their first game of the group stage.

Now Barcelona is still in the throes of the disintegration of the dream team and the failure of the second dream team. Let alone the European powers, anyone can bully them.Even in the league, they almost couldn't participate in the Champions League because of Valencia's strong rise.

But this time, the two teams in Serie A drew in both doubles. Inter Milan and Juventus are considered to be the favorites to qualify. The draw between the two teams also makes people feel that something is wrong.

(End of this chapter)