Chapter 170 Battle in Swansea

After defeating Arsenal, Tottenham's next game is the first championship in English football this season. They will play against the Big Black Horse Swansea in the Premier League at Wembley Stadium this season.

Two big surprises were born in the first round of this season's league. One was Liverpool's 3-0 annihilation at West Bromwich, and the other was that the new coach Swansea hit the Queens Park Rangers 5:0 away.

This unpopular game has set a number of records. Swansea has never scored more than four goals in a single game in the top league. Swansea played the Premier League for the first time last season and did not make peace in the first four rounds. The last one was the team's head coach Michelle. Laudrup, he is the first Dane to coach the Premier League.

With the progress of the league, West Bromwich was finally returned to the prototype, while Swansea died in the end. Up to now, this small team from Wales has ranked eighth in the standings and is very likely to directly advance to the UEFA Europa League next season.

And Swansea can achieve his current results, and the new coach Laudrup has made great contributions. As the most famous player in Danish football history, although he has never won the 1992 European Cup with Denmark, he is still the pearl of the undisputed Danish football crown. Countless people who have worked with him and have fought against him unreservedly called him the "best", including Romario, Raul, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Stoichkov and Capello.

The world regards Zidane as the left insider, the representative of the traditional No. 10, but Big Laudrup seems to be more worthy of this reputation in the eyes of superstars.

Cruyff, who coached the big labor Drup, once said with regret: "Michelle. Laudrup is the most difficult**. He is the best with only 89 success, but he rarely plays fully.

Stoichkov, who worked with Grand Laudrup, also said: "Half of the 100 goals I scored must have been passed by Michelle."

There was also a saying in world football that the 1960s was Bailey's, the 1970s was Cruyff's, the 1980s was Maradona's, and the 1990s belonged to Michelle. Laudrup's.

If anyone still suspects that the superstars are polite on the surface, you might as well listen to Dalaudrup's own joke. In the spring of 1996, Dalaudrup was at the crossroads of life. He has won five consecutive La Liga on behalf of Barcelona and Real Madrid. What should he do?

One day, I went out to eat with my people and suddenly met King Juan. Carlos I came to the same restaurant and sat down to signal Laudrup to talk about it.

Laudrup and His Majesty ate on the same table. During the banquet, the king asked, "Are you leaving Madrid?"

Old Goose Lupu nod his head and said yes.

The king smiled and said, "Well, in the future, I will be the only king of Spain."

It can be regarded as the "King of Spain", which is the former position of Dalaudrup in football. Iniesta regards Dalau as an idol, which seems to be higher level and more sincere than praising Scholes as the best opponent.

Although he has a great reputation in the player era, his coaching experience is quite tortuous. His coaching career began with Brondby and has also briefly coached Getafe, Moscow Sparta and Mallorca.

When the current coach of Swansea Club came into contact with him, he didn't know much about the Welsh team, but he saw some videos and with Peter. Schumacher, Jan. After the exchange, Morby strengthened his determination to come. Morby coached Swansea in the 1990s.

"The football philosophy of this club coincides with me, so I came." At the press conference of the official signing, Great Laudrup said so.

As a member of Cruyff's "Dream Team", Laudrup's football philosophy is naturally deeply influenced by playing under his command for five years.

Attack is the only theme of Swansea under Grand Laudrup. Even in this game, they need to face Tottenham Hotspur, which is extremely strong this season, both in the Premier League and in Europe.

In the two matches of the two teams this season, Tottenham won Swansea 4-0 at home and away, scoring eight goals in two games, and has not yet allowed Swansea to open the house. The strength gap between the two teams can be imagined.

However, at the press conference before the start of this game, Big Laudrup seemed confident: "The league and the League Cup are two completely different battlefields. It is true that we lost two games with Tottenham Hotspur. There is nothing to avoid, but those two games do not represent anything, because Something different will always happen in the League Cup, just like we eliminated Chelsea and Liverpool before. Our goal today is to become the first non-England team to win the championship since 1927. I firmly believe that we can do it!"

This game is the first time that Swansea has reached the final of an important domestic cup in his century, while Tottenham has won the League Cup three times in history, but the last time he won the championship was 14 years ago.

Swansea's lineup for this game is in a 4-2-3-1 formation. The goalkeeper is Tremel, and the four defenders are Langel and Ashley. Williams, Ji Chengyong, Ben. Davis, the midfielder is Breton's partner De Guzman, with two backs, and in front of them is Deir Pablo. Hernandez and Lautridge, Michu on the forward line as the single arrow.

Tottenham changed their best 4-2-3-1 and formed a traditional 4-4-2 formation. The goalkeeper will be veteran Frieder. The defense line is Hexter, Dawson, Garas and Hutton, and the midfielders are Parker, Jenas, Dembele and Heddlestone. On the forward line, Digan partner Deng Puxi.

Obviously, Antienes did not take this game seriously, which may not be accurate. To be precise, Antienes did not take Swansea as an opponent.

Although Swansea's record this season is very good, especially their attack, which is very gorgeous, in the same way, the gorgeous attack also made them fail to score goals in many games, and the lack of attack power is the biggest disadvantage of Swansea now.

Although those media were touted Swansea before the start of the game, hoping that this small team from Wales could work miracles, the gap in strength between the two teams could not be smoothed by the flag-waving shouts of the media.

The game started on time. As expected, as he had expressed before the game, even in the battlefield of the final, Swansea did not appear conservative after the start of the game, but tried to control the situation and take the initiative on the field from the beginning.

The big Lauderup on the side of the field also seemed very relaxed, with his mouth constantly churning and chewing gum, but only he knew what kind of idea he was in his heart.

Drawrup's heart is not as relaxed as he seems, but very nervous. He has no choice but to let the team attack from the beginning.

The gap in the strength of the two teams, Degan, a super killer on the Tottenham front line, even if Swansea was strictly guarded from the beginning, can he keep it?

In the second round of the league, it was not that Big Laudrup did not try to defend, but his defensive tactics had no effect. Degan was so horrible that he kicked his head and easily scored four goals.

Will this game continue to defend?

Don't joke. In that case, you will not only lose the game, but also lose everyone. Instead of shameless defense, it's better to fight vigorously. It's best to fight. Even if you can't fight, at least you won't lose and lose.

Anyway, it is a miracle that Swansea can win this game, and it is normal to lose the game. The exception is not to lose, at least it has made a reputation!

Swansea attacked as soon as he opened the game, which really shocked the Tottenham Hotspur team. They never thought that such a small country team would dare to play so** when facing them.

In the ninth minute of the game, Swansea really had a good opportunity. Dahl's side pass, Tottenham's central defender Dawson made a mistake to keep an eye on people, and Mitchu grabbed the goal in the middle. Friedell judged the wrong direction and saw that the football was about to cross the goal line. At this time, he was still Degan, the midfielder, suddenly appeared on the goal line and headed the ball to relieve Swansea's attack.

"The rest should be over, and the game hasn't won yet!"

Digan looked at his teammates coldly, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with the performance of his teammates just now.

After being seen by Degan's cold eyes, the players of Tottenham shuddered. Only then did they remember that when Degan came, they had said a sentence: "I will only lead those who are willing to move forward and can't keep up with my pace, so there is only the life of being eliminated!"

Digan is not joking. Although Digan has always given them a harmless appearance, when he was in Florence, Degan had the title of "ball bully"!

Although no one said anything, and even in an interview with reporters, they even said that they would pay attention to Swansea as an opponent, in fact, there are really few people in Tottenham Hotspur who really care about a small Welsh team like Swansea.

Now it is clear that although this team is not well-known, it is not the kind of soft egg that raises its hands and surrenders before the game starts. They are really here to compete for the championship today.

Tottenham, who was awakened by Degan, finally cleared up their contempt for Swansea and began to face the opponent. Once the whole team became serious, the initiative on the court immediately returned to their hands.

In the 16th minute of the game, Tottenham took the lead. Parker sent a straight pass in the midfield. Dempsey's shot on the left side of the penalty area was barely saved by the opposing goalkeeper, but Degan, who followed him, happened to appear in front of the ball, gently pushed his left foot, and the football rolled directly into the goal!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!"

With Smith's roar, Degan raised his arms and rushed to the stands where Tottenham fans gathered, while Tottenham fans gave applause and cheers.

"Beautiful! Another Digan's goal! Degan's speed was so fast that Swansea's defenders couldn't keep up with his pace at all. When Dempsey shot, Degan was still on the penalty area line, but in the blink of an eye, he appeared in the most threatening position and sent the ball into Swansea's gate. Tottenham took the lead 1-0. It seems that the champion of this season's League Cup is already in their pocket!"

After scoring the first goal, the Tottenham team did not relax. There was no choice but to stare Digan, a madman, on the court, and the other Tottenham players could not relax even if they wanted to.

They have heard that Dembélé and Wiltongen say before that Degan dared to unite all the players' overhead head coach Wilmots in the European Cup. Degan dared to do such a rebellious thing. Who knows what crazy things he will do? Once they don't pay attention on the court, they say no. Ding Digan dared to carry their necks and throw them out of the court.

After taking the lead, Tottenham's next game continued to put strong pressure on Swansea, but Swansea's defense did a very good job in today's game, resolving Tottenham Hotspur's several threatening gods one after another.

However, even in a tight defense, after continuous shocks, there will always be flaws. In the 40th minute of the game, Tottenham Hotspur expanded the score.

It was another pass sent by Parker in the middle. A header hit the ball directly into Swansea's penalty area. Although the opponent's goalkeeper chose to attack at the first time, how could his speed beat Diggan? Digan inserted forward at high speed and jumped high and hung a header before the opponent's goalkeeper was relieved. Shoot and send the ball into Swansea's goal for the second time.

2:0!

If there is only one goal gap, maybe Swansea can still maintain a strong fighting spirit, but when the gap is widened to two goals, Swansea's players will inevitably have such an idea in their hearts: still not!

When the fighting spirit was suppressed, it was natural to collapse. Before the end of the first half of the game, Tottenham Hotspur expanded the score again. After Degan and Dempsey kicked the wall, they shot their left foot into the far corner near the penalty spot on the right side of the penalty area, 3:0.

The suspense of the game has also ended ahead of schedule. For this reason, the League Cup has indeed become the pocket of Tottenham Hotspur.