Football King Bale

Chapter 37: The Story in the Dressing Room

The game continued, both sides created some chances, but none of the attacking players could take advantage of them.

In the 31st minute of the game, Tottenham missed an excellent opportunity to equalize the score. Tottenham stole Manchester United in the backcourt and launched a quick counterattack. Bell held the ball on the left and made a spurt, while in the middle, Defoe and Robbie Keane also shot with both arrows.

Just after the midfield, Bell encountered Manchester United's frontal interception. After he got rid of the defensive player laterally, he saw that there was a large space around Defoe at the top of the arc in the penalty area, and passed the ball.

After receiving the ball, Defoe made a gesture to break into the penalty area. After attracting the attention of Manchester United's defenders, he passed the ball again to Robbie Keane on the other side of the penalty area.

Because of Bell and Defoe's containment, there is almost an open field around Robbie Keane. However, he did not choose to shoot, but drove the ball into the penalty area, wanting to hit the goal from close range.

However, the Manchester United players obviously would not give Robbie Keane such a chance, Vidic rushed over, and a flying shovel destroyed the ball out of the sideline.

Robbie Keane's performance made the old Lei on the sidelines shake his head. It seems that even after a few games of rest and adjustment, Robbie Keane's state has not improved at all.

Tottenham players are wasting opportunities, Manchester United players feel that they cannot be allowed to excel. No, three minutes later, Park Ji-sung also vomited the pie that his teammates brought to his mouth.

This time, it was the handsome Berbatov who pulled the ball to the left and passed it to the penalty area of ​​the small penalty area. Just when the Tottenham players thought it was bad luck and were about to fall behind by two goals, Park Ji-sung kicked the ball. The ball was missed, and it was not a single star. This shot almost went to the corner flag area.

However, just when the Tottenham players thought they had escaped, their goal unexpectedly fell!

This time it was still Brother Xiaosa who played the ball. Gibson and Welbeck kicked the wall and kicked from the edge of the penalty area. The ball was close to the inside of the right post and entered the net.

In the 38th minute of the game, Manchester United led 2-0 at Old Trafford, and the young Irish midfielder was in full swing.

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Tottenham, who fell behind by two goals, was in a hurry. They played with all their main players, and their goal was to beat Manchester United and advance. But now they are behind by two goals in the away game. If they can't get back a point before the end of the first half, the game in the second half will be extremely difficult.

So, in the next few minutes, Tottenham launched a full-scale counterattack. They also created several opportunities in a row, but unfortunately, the state of several attacking line players is really lacking today and they are unable to rewrite the score.

Not only did Tottenham fail to rewrite the score, they almost lost the ball again at the last minute of the first half when they were pressing across the board. At that time, Vidic made a successful grab and kicked the ball to midfielder Anderson.

Today, Anderson still has the strength of a Golden Boy Award winner. Facing Palacios' pressing, he slid his feet, dodged the gap, and passed the ball to Welbeck near the center line.

Tottenham central defender Dawson stuck to Welbeck and prevented him from turning around, so as to delay Manchester United's counterattack, while the rest of Tottenham's players returned to defense at high speed.

Seeing that he could not break through Dawson, Welbeck directly passed the ball to Obertin on the right front.

The French winger, known as the new Henry, galloped along the winger at lightning speed. His speed was really fast. Bell was chasing after him, but he couldn't really close the distance.

Even the left-back Hutton, who replaced Hector in this field, was broken through by Obertin with a simple pass. The full-back, who once performed extremely well in Glasgow, has not shown his ability in the Scottish Super League since he transferred to Tottenham in the 2008 winter transfer window.

Just this time, Hutton still brought out his fierce characteristics, but unfortunately he made a mistake in judging Obertin's speed and dribbling.

Easily broken by the opponent.

However, Hutton's grab still slowed down Obertin's speed, which gave Bell a chance to return to defense. He overtook Houton from the inside and then blocked the inside to prevent Obertin from cutting inside or giving him an easy cross.

But today Obertin is in excellent condition, and his speed is really fast. In other words, Bell's speed is not too outstanding. When approaching the bottom line, Obertin, who has no other options, can only forcibly pass the ball. .

Because the cross was too hasty, although the ball bypassed Bell, but the route was not very good, and Manchester United's players in the penalty area were not very good at grabbing points, and the speed was relatively slow Berbatov, So this cross did not create too much threat, and the attacked Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez took the first step.

In the end, the score remained at 2:0 in the first half, with the home team Manchester United ahead.

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Returning to the locker room with a two-goal disadvantage, the opponent still played on the bench, which made Tottenham very frustrated and even doubted their own strength.

Originally, before the start of this game, Tottenham players were full of confidence, because they have performed extremely well in the league recently. Not only do they have the most powerful firepower output in the Premier League, but they are also ranked next to the leader Chelsea, surpassing the Premier League overlord Red Devils. Manchester United is tightly behind. This made them feel that Manchester United was nothing more than that. In addition, Ferguson sent a large number of substitutes in this game, which made Tottenham feel that they had a chance to win.

However, after forty-five minutes of the game, the reality slapped them hard: Manchester United, who played on the bench, led them 2-0!

In the mind of almost every Tottenham player, there is such a voice echoing: why is this happening? Obviously we are stronger, why are we lagging behind? And still behind 0:2? Is Old Trafford really Tottenham's nightmare? Are we doomed to win here?

The rest of Tottenham's players are a little suspicious of life, and Bell is not much better.

To be fair, Tottenham created significantly more chances than Manchester United in the first half. Even he himself created no less than three good chances, but every good scoring chance was squandered by his teammates.

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The locker room of the visiting team was lifeless, so quiet that only the breathing of the players remained. Everyone had something on their minds, but no one was willing to speak, as if speaking would be criticized by everyone.

Bell quickly calmed down the depression and depression in his heart. He didn't believe it anymore. With his cheating self, coupled with his teammates who are not bad, he really couldn't beat Manchester United with this substitute lineup.

If this is the case, what else can Tottenham use to compete with Manchester United's first team and the stronger Chelsea for the league title? And if he can't win the league championship, wouldn't it be a luxury for him to survive?

In any case, we must encourage the fighting spirit of the teammates and break their demons, which will be more conducive to the next competition in the league!

"Okay, everyone, don't be depressed, don't be downcast." Bell stood up from his seat and shouted loudly.

Everyone in the visiting team's locker room raised their heads to look at him. In the past few games, whenever he encountered difficulties, Bell would come forward.

It was the case against Bolton away, it was the case against Stoke City and Arsenal, it was the same case against Aston Villa last time out.

If it were anyone else who said that, someone would definitely refute it, but when Bell came forward, no one would do so.

In the past few rounds of the Premier League, if Bell hadn't turned the tide several times, the team would have scored a lot less points, not to mention suppressing Manchester United, I am afraid that Arsenal will surpass Tottenham.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Bell can save the team every time. When they played away against Arsenal, the team eventually failed. However, Bell's spirit of never giving up in the face of difficulties has penetrated into the hearts of his teammates in the past few games.

"Yeah, everyone cheer up, don't be discouraged, we still have time, we still have a chance." After seeing Bell stand up, Robbie Keane, the captain of the game, immediately stood up.

Although Keane has been in a sluggish state recently, as the captain, he still has some status in the hearts of the players. His words calmed the restless hearts of the players.

Bell nodded slightly towards Robbie Keane, and said loudly: "Maybe we have lost to Manchester United many times in the past, but we can't lose forever. It's like me, winning Burnley two months ago Before, I also went 24 consecutive games without winning in the league, but didn’t I also break this so-called curse?”

"Besides, in the past, it was difficult for us to imagine that we could suppress Manchester United in the Premier League standings, but now, we have ranked ahead of Manchester United for several rounds. Manchester United in the main lineup has been suppressed by us in the Premier League standings. Will it lose to a Manchester United substitute?"

Bell's words made many players in the locker room raise their heads.

Yes, the little brother in the team in front of him once had such an embarrassing situation, but in the end he survived, and the team also won consecutive victories afterwards, clinging to Chelsea's second place in the standings.

And Manchester United, which is the main force in the league, is still suppressed by us. Then this Manchester United substitute, will we still be afraid of them?

"Now there is still the second half of the game, and there are only two ways in front of us. Either we fight with them, no matter whether we win or lose, we will leave with our heads held high; To the fans who accompanied us to the away game?"

Facing Bell's words, all the players also began to become firm.

Losing is not as good as others, there is nothing to say, but if the fighting spirit is lacking, then it is not as simple as losing.

Especially now that their real strength is obviously stronger than that of their opponents, it would be even more embarrassing to throw it into the Atlantic Ocean!

Thinking of this, most people in the locker room regained their fighting spirit and made up their minds to fight to the end.

"Brothers, don't give up, I believe there must be a chance." Bell encouraged.

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