Football King Bale

In the subsequent games, although Tottenham also attacked with all their strength, hoping to equalize or even overtake the score, the strength of Tottenham was not advantageous compared to Manchester City, and the opponent was at home, so even if Bale used Pires' possession failed to help Tottenham change the score in the end.

However, Manchester City failed to expand their lead. The score of 1:2 remained until the end and Tottenham lost the game.

Fortunately, this is a two-leg knockout match at home and away. Tottenham still have a chance to make a comeback when they return to home, otherwise they will say goodbye to an important championship this season.

However, Manchester City does not have to worry about Tottenham scoring at the Manchester City Stadium, because the League Cup is different from the European Cup and there is no away goal discount. If the number of goals scored in the two games is the same, the winner will be decided in overtime. If the number of goals scored in overtime is the same, the away team will advance based on the away goal discount system. If the winner still cannot be decided, a penalty kick will be used to decide the winner.

The two sides will have a decisive battle at White Hart Lane a week later at 8pm on January 27 to decide who will go to Wembley Stadium to participate in the final championship competition.

At 7:45 pm the next day, Villa and Blackburn played at Villa Park, taking the lead in determining another place to enter the League Cup final. After a goal battle, Villa, who played at home, They won 6:4, thereby doubling Blackburn and advancing to the League Cup final with a total score of 7:4.

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This weekend is the fourth round match day of the FA Cup, and the league is temporarily suspended.

Tottenham's opponent is Leeds United, a strong team in the Premier League for the past ten years. Now they are doing very poorly. Since falling to the English League One in the 2003-2004 season, they have been ups and downs in the English Championship.

In the 2006-07 season, Leeds United's performance went from bad to worse, and they finally applied to enter financial administration before the end of the season. The Football League finally decided to deduct 10 league points from Leeds United. The team was relegated at the bottom of the league. Due to financial problems, before the start of the 2007-08 season, the Football League once again decided to deduct 15 league points from Leeds United. However, the team performed well in the English League One and qualified for the play-offs. In the end, they lost to Doncaster and missed promotion. In the 2008-09 season, Leeds United once again failed in the play-offs.

This season, Leeds United performed well in English League One. After 27 rounds, they ranked first with 60 points.

Although it is at the top of the list, it is only a team in the English League One. Tottenham naturally does not take it seriously. They themselves are the top team in the Premier League!

What's more, in the last round Tottenham played against Peterborough United in the English Championship, they were eliminated at home 4:0, let alone Leeds United in the English League.

Even if they are the top team in League One, they may not be better than the Vice-President of the Championship!

Although Lao Lei has always emphasized verbally that everyone should pay attention to Leeds United. They are also the top team and still have some strength. In addition, the FA Cup has always been a hotbed of unpopularity, but Bell still feels it. From the team The coach Lao Lei, down to the other Tottenham players, did not take Leeds United seriously.

This can be seen from Lao Lei's formation.

In order to prepare for the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals next week, Lao Lei adopted rotation, and most of the main players, including Bell, sat on the bench.

In fact, in the past half month, Tottenham has only played three games, and the players' physical fitness has not been a big problem. If you really take this game seriously, there is no need to rotate.

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The trend after the start of the game intensified the pride of Tottenham players, because they almost sealed the victory in the first half.

In the 9th minute, Doyle fouled England under-21 international Danny Rose in the penalty area.

Defoe's penalty kick was saved by Ankelen.

Tottenham missed an excellent lead, but they were in an absolute advantage on the field and almost suppressed Leeds United in half-time friction.

In the end, Tottenham took the lead near the end of the first half. In the 42nd minute, Danny Rose made a pass and Kranica's shot from the edge of the penalty area was saved. Crouch shot a supplementary shot into the net from 10 yards.

If Defoe's penalty kick had not been saved shortly after the opening, they would have led 2:0 in the first half and sealed the victory.

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Although they were only leading by one goal, Tottenham players were also full of confidence because they completely suppressed Leeds United on the scene. Even if they didn't score any more goals, this 1:0 lead was enough for them to advance.

However, shortly after the start of the second half, Tottenham players were not calm.

In the 52nd minute, Jenas failed to clear the corner kick and Beckford scored with a sweep in the penalty area. Leeds United equalized the score!

After equalizing the score, Leeds United retreated from all fronts and resolutely fought Tottenham's defensive counterattack. Tottenham, on the other hand, seemed very confused, and the players' thinking was seriously inconsistent.

Lao Lei couldn't stand it anymore. When the game reached the 70th minute, he replaced Bale and Modric in succession.

This substitution had an immediate impact. Five minutes later, Bell helped the team exceed the score. After breaking through on the left, he sent a cross and found Defoe on the edge of the penalty area. Defoe passed the ball straight and Pavlyuchenko single-handedly pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the net from 12 yards.

Towards the end of the game, Tottenham were almost tied with Leeds United.

When the three-minute overtime was about to end, Tottenham players were preparing to celebrate their team's promotion, but they did not expect that Leeds United players suddenly exerted their strength and intercepted Palacios' pass, forming a quick counterattack.

Beckford dribbled the ball and quickly approached the Tottenham goal. Tottenham center back Dawson could only fight and retreat, not daring to steal the ball because he was the last defensive player besides the goalkeeper. Once he puts his foot down but cannot intercept the ball and allows Beckford to break through, it will be a one-on-one shot.

Even if he fails to steal the ball and commits a foul instead, he will get red because he is already Tottenham's last defensive player except the goalkeeper!

Seeing that Beckford was about to enter the penalty area, Dawson was even more afraid to foul at this time, because it might not only bring him a red card, but also give the opponent a penalty kick.

Just when Dawson was extremely anxious, a figure suddenly came from behind. A sliding shovel poked the ball away from Beckford's feet, but then it was also brought to Beckford.

It's Bell! He grabbed the ball before Beckford entered the penalty area and destroyed the ball!

The referee's whistle sounded. He ran over and awarded Leeds United a free kick very close to the penalty area line. At the same time, he also gave Bell a topaz card.

This is the first yellow card Bell has received since traveling!

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Leeds United players were very dissatisfied with only getting a free kick. Because Beckford fell in the penalty area, it was a penalty kick.

The referee shook his head repeatedly and pointed outside the penalty area, indicating that Bell's foul was outside the penalty area and that Beckford just fell in the penalty area due to inertia, so this was by no means a penalty kick.

Tottenham players ran to Bell one after another to express their gratitude for the foul he just committed. Especially Palacios and Dawson, both of them felt like they were surviving a disaster.

It can be said that Bell took the blame for this foul.

Not only the Tottenham players on the field were grateful to Bell at this moment, but the Tottenham coaching staff on the sidelines and the more than 30,000 Tottenham fans in the stands were also very grateful for Bell's foul.

If Bell hadn't stopped Beckford outside the penalty area and allowed him to successfully break into the penalty area, it wouldn't have been a matter of free kicks. It might even have been a goal or a red dot package!

And if Leeds United equalizes the score, it means that Tottenham will have to rematch Leeds United on another day, which will inevitably make the already dense schedule even more intensive.

After all, in the next month or so, Tottenham is likely to start wars on three fronts: the League, the FA Cup and the League Cup.

With the thickness of Tottenham's bench, it is difficult to maintain the three lines running together, let alone additional rematches.

In the end, Leeds United's free kick hit the Tottenham wall directly, and was then cleared by Bell who rushed over and left the sideline.

The referee did not allow any additional time, and Tottenham defeated Leeds United with a difficult score of 2:1 at home and entered the FA Cup quarterfinals.

The next day, which was Monday local time in the UK, the FA held a draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals at its headquarters. Tottenham's opponent was Bolton, and Tottenham was away.

The other seven games are Chelsea against Cardiff City at home, Southampton at home against Portsmouth, Reading at home against West Brom, Derby County at home against Birmingham, Manchester City at home against Stoke City, and Fulham at home. against Notts County and Crystal Palace at home against Villa.

The eight games will be played on February 13th and February 14th respectively.