Chapter 453 Self-redemption

"Penalty kick! Penalty kick!! Penalty kick!!!"

"Red card! Red card!! Red card!!!"

The White Hart Lane stadium was filled with shouts from the fans in the stands, because they felt that this was an undoubted penalty because Messi had broken through Carvalho and the Portuguese dragged him down from behind. This was absolutely It was an intentional tactical foul that not only warranted a penalty but also a red card.

The unanimous pressure of more than 30,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans made the entire White Hart Lane stadium completely turbulent. This is the advantage of the home court, and it is also a test for the referee to grasp the scale of the game.

"We can clearly see from the slow-motion replay that this is indeed an intentional tactical foul. Messi has broken through Carvalho. The Portuguese pulled Messi down. There is no doubt about the penalty kick. The key is to take the penalty kick. Will the referee give a red card?"

The commentator of the live broadcast was also not very sure about the referee's scale, because considering that this is a two-round knockout match, if Carvalho is sent off now, Chelsea will almost not have to play the second round. , directly sentenced to death.

Therefore, many referees will take this into consideration when enforcing the law. After all, Tottenham Hotspur is already 2:0 ahead. If they get another penalty kick, it will be 3:0. If another red card is given at this time , that really made the second round completely lose suspense, so the referee may give a yellow card.

Although it is a bit unfair to Tottenham Hotspur in terms of law enforcement, you have already won so much, there is no need to insist on a red card, right? You should give others a way to survive!

But the Tottenham Hotspur fans at the scene obviously didn't think so. In the past two years, Chelsea have always regarded Tottenham Hotspur as their mortal enemy, especially last season when they lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the last round. After Tenham Hotspur lost the championship they had won, the fans of the two teams completely developed hatred.

In terms of hatred, Tottenham Hotspur's most hated team must be Arsenal, but Chelsea is definitely ranked second, slightly inferior to Arsenal, but it can be regarded as a mortal enemy, especially after going through After poaching Ledley King, Arneson and Aaron Lennon, Tottenham fans simply hated Chelsea.

With such a layer of hatred for their mortal enemy, the fans would certainly not show mercy to their opponents, so they kept shouting loudly in the stands and used their own momentum to put pressure on the referee. Perhaps they felt the overwhelming roar of the fans at the scene. , the referee hesitated and finally took out the red card!

"Wow, long live!!!" Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands suddenly cheered.

"Penalty kick and red card! The referee sentenced Carvalho to the death penalty. This was a very severe law enforcement. Carvalho pulled Messi from behind, and he was the last defensive player on the team. He belongs to He was not wronged at all for the tactical foul, penalty kick and red card, but it was a bit of a pity for Chelsea.”

As Tottenham Hotspur fans cheered, everyone at Tottenham Hotspur began to discuss the penalty kicker. As the team's front three, Ribery and Robin van Persie both A goal was scored, and the penalty was created by Messi, so of course it was Messi who took the penalty, and neither Ribery nor Van Persie disputed it.

After Messi thought for a moment, he turned around and gave the penalty kick to Beckham.

"David, take this penalty kick and feel it!" Messi said generously.

This was a goal in the Champions League semi-finals. Not to mention that scoring a penalty kick would make him famous. Even if he only went to the penalty spot, this was the dream of any professional player, but now he just gave it up. .

Beckham was also a little surprised by this and shook his head, "You better go."

But Messi did not answer, but walked away, "Don't worry, we are leading 2:0 now, don't be pressured!"

Teammates also know Messi's intentions. In the past, when Beckham was here, their group of offensive players benefited from Beckham's passes. Now that Beckham has returned from injury, they all hope that Give the Englishman something in return and help him regain his form as soon as possible.

"Yeah, David, don't be stressed, come on!" Ribery also walked past Beckham, patted him on the shoulder, encouraged, then smiled and walked outside the penalty area to wait for the penalty kick.

"You can do it, David!" Van Persie also came over to encourage him.

When Fabregas passed by Beckham, he made a gesture of clenching his fists to cheer for him, and walked over not long after saying this.

Teammates passed by Beckham one after another, but they all encouraged the Englishman. This made the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands very touched, because Beckham is not only a superstar in England, but also a star in England. The superstar of Tottenham Hotspur is also a local star in London.

In the past year, Beckham has conquered all Tottenham Hotspur fans with his outstanding performance. He has always been regarded as the humerus minister of Tottenham Hotspur's revival. own people.

Everyone will be more tolerant and generous to their own people!

"David, come on, you can do it!!"

"We believe you, David, kill them!!"

Beckham was somewhat moved by the shouts of the fans in the stands. He turned his head and looked at Ye Qiu. The Chinese standing on the sidelines nodded to him and took the lead in applauding to express their trust and support for him.

The applause spread quickly and gradually spread throughout the entire White Hart Lane stadium.

Amidst thunderous applause, Beckham gently placed the ball on the penalty spot, slowly stepped back, and closed his eyes.

He hadn't taken a penalty kick for a long time. It had been several years, right?

It was a painful past. He had missed a penalty kick in the 2003 European Cup qualifiers, which almost made England miss the European Cup finals. In the 2004 European Cup group stage, he missed a penalty kick again, causing England to lose to France 1:2.

But the most painful memory was in the quarter-finals of the 2004 European Cup. He missed a penalty kick at the most critical moment, causing England to lose to Portugal in the penalty shootout and stop in the quarterfinals. This put him under tremendous public pressure after the game. Even after that, all the coaches of Real Madrid did not trust him in penalty kicks.

"For Beckham, this is a penalty kick of self-redemption!"

The commentator at White Hart Lane is over 50 years old and has rich experience in watching and commentating. He knows very well what happened to Beckham four years ago, so he is also a little nervous when he sees him taking the penalty kick now.

"We should believe him, all Tottenham fans!"

The scene suddenly became much quieter, and with the referee's whistle, Beckham rushed forward without hesitation, and his right foot welcomed the ball on the penalty spot and pushed it directly.

This push was very strong, but the angle was very positive, and it was pushed directly to the middle without any tricks, but Cudicini chose to rush to the right, which directly caused the ball to hit the goal line, and the Italian goalkeeper regretted it and kept hammering the grass over there, full of regret!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

After scoring the penalty, Beckham did not celebrate at all. Instead, he knelt down in Chelsea's penalty area, clenched his fists, and was full of excitement. His teammates behind him were originally preparing to rush into the penalty area to make up the shot, but now they rushed towards Beckham to celebrate his goal in the first game after his comeback.

The Tottenham Hotspur players gathered in Chelsea's penalty area and surrounded Beckham. The whole stadium was filled with cheers, cheering for Beckham's penalty.

"3:0, Chelsea has been sentenced to death!!!"

Although Grant was unwilling, he had no way to change the situation, so when Carvalho left the field, he had to choose to shrink the defense, so he could only continue to replace the defensive players, but he finally succeeded in keeping the score of 0:3 to the end, and finally suffered another defeat at White Hart Lane.

If he could say that the defeat in January was due to the team's lack of players, then he could no longer find any reason or excuse for the complete defeat in the Champions League semi-finals.

As a sharp-tongued reporter asked Grant directly at the press conference after the game, was it because of the poor record against Ye Qiu in the past that he lacked the most basic confidence and desire to win in the White Hart Lane game, so Chelsea only wanted to keep a draw from the beginning to the end of this game?

Grant's rebuttal seemed very empty and weak, because he said that he did not think Chelsea lacked the desire to win, and there were many objective factors for the away loss, the most important of which was that Tottenham's performance was indeed very good and deserved a victory.

But as to why the lineup and starting tactics would adopt such a negative tactical play, Grant did not give a positive answer, but only said that any team that met Tottenham would first consider defense.

Perhaps Grant has many flaws and shortcomings, but there is one thing that must be acknowledged, that is, his demeanor.

Even when facing all kinds of difficulties from reporters, and even when some reporters used a sarcastic tone to talk about how he had talked to reporters about how to curb Tottenham's attack, but in the end his team lost miserably again and again, he always faced such sarcasm with a stiff smile.

At least Ye Qiu felt that he couldn't do this.

The team defeated Chelsea 3:0 at home, which led to Carvalho being sent off with a red card. Tottenham can be said to have one foot in the Champions League final. Ye Qiu was in a good mood and had a good evaluation of Chelsea. He even took the initiative to defend Grant, but he said that he couldn't be careless about the second round of the game.

In the Champions League, scoring four goals may not necessarily ensure victory, not to mention that Tottenham has only won three goals now?

Compared with Tottenham's home victory over Chelsea, Manchester United's away game against Barcelona ended in a 0:0 draw, and Barcelona failed to break through Manchester United's defense. The central defender combination of Vidic and Ferdinand has become very solid this season, and with Carrick and Scholes in the midfield, Manchester United's overall strength is very good.

However, everything has its pros and cons. Tottenham and Manchester United both had a certain advantage in the Champions League semi-finals, but they also encountered sniping from powerful opponents in the 36th round of the Premier League three days later.

Grant's team returned to Stamford Bridge and defeated Manchester United, who had just returned from Spain, 2:1, while Tottenham Hotspur drew 1:1 with Benitez's Liverpool at home.

The damn Spanish Fatty Benitez is still Ye Qiu's biggest headache. Although Tottenham Hotspur still scored the first goal in this game, Liverpool took advantage of Tottenham Hotspur's fatigue in the second half and counterattacked. Torres scored the equalizer for the Reds, which directly caused a draw.

Seeing that the perfect opportunity to reverse Manchester United and top the Premier League standings passed by him, Ye Qiu almost tore the fat man to pieces, especially when he saw the rare smile of Fatty Benitez, which was so annoying.

"Do you know what I think now?" The two stood outside the player's tunnel. Ye Qiu looked at Benitez, who was always reluctant to smile, and looked in a good mood. His mouth opened an arc, which was indescribably annoying.

Benítez shook his head and laughed, "I don't want to know!"

Ye Qiu nodded, "You deserve not to make it to the Champions League qualification zone. Don't let me get a chance, or I will trample you to death!"

After hearing this, Benítez's face was a little stiff, because Arsenal won a big victory this round, and it was a 6:2 victory against Derby County. In this way, with two rounds left in the league, Liverpool will have more and more difficulty surpassing Arsenal after a draw in this round.

"Congratulations, Mr. Rafael Benítez, you should do your best to compete for the League Cup next season. Please do your best and win the championship. At least, it will be a cup championship, right?" Ye Qiu just wanted to disgust this Spanish fat man to death.

He even felt that Benítez was his nightmare. Every time at a critical moment, this fat man would come out to make things difficult for him.

This person is always like this. When he makes trouble for others, he gloats over the misfortune. When others make trouble for him, he is so angry that he almost wants to vomit three liters of blood.

Having missed the great opportunity to reverse Manchester United, Ye Qiu also has a feeling that it is unlikely to reverse Manchester United this season. Manchester United's next two opponents are West Ham United at home and Wigan away, while Tottenham Hotspur's opponents are Reading away and Bolton at home.

From the schedule, Manchester United is unlikely to make mistakes, because both West Ham United and Wigan obviously have no pursuit. At present, these two teams are ranked around tenth in the standings. If they go up, they will not compete for European qualifications, and if they go down, they will not worry about relegation, so they are typical of having no desires.

But Tottenham Hotspur's two opponents are different. Reading is currently ranked 18th and Bolton is ranked 17th. Both teams have to fight for relegation, so for them, they must go all out in the next two games.

Everyone knows that relegation teams are even harder to play than any other teams, especially when they are at the critical moment of life and death, they will try their best to defeat you and try every possible way to defeat you.

But no matter what, Ye Qiu kept calling on the players to maintain confidence, because he believed that Manchester United would make mistakes again.

Also because he realized that the weekend game was not easy to play, Ye Qiu made appropriate rotations in the away game against Chelsea in the middle of the week. Arshavin, Gareth Bale, Yaya Toure, Lucas and Arbeloa all started, but the team was not conservative at all at Stamford Bridge.

With a 3:0 win in the first round, Tottenham Hotspur had enough chips to let Chelsea press out and then fight the opponent's counterattack. This was also the outside world's prediction of Tottenham Hotspur's tactics. In fact, Ye Qiu's tactical arrangement was indeed focused on defense, arranging Yaya Toure and Lucas, two major midfield defensive players, to start at the same time, and the side also played the full-back combination of Arbeloa and Alves.

But Tottenham Hotspur still started with a big attack, taking advantage of Carvalho's absence due to a red card, disrupting Chelsea's defense through the attack, and successfully scored the first goal from left winger Gareth Bale in the 7th minute. In the end, Tottenham Hotspur relied on Arshavin's pass and shot to successfully beat Chelsea 2:0 away.

With a total score of 5:0, Tottenham Hotspur entered the Champions League final with an outstanding performance of shutting out Chelsea in two rounds, which made all fans around the world amazed, because Chelsea was not weak at all in everyone's impression, but Tottenham Hotspur actually beat the opponent by such a huge gap, which was really surprising.

In another game, Manchester United defeated Barcelona 1:0 at home with Scholes' goal, and met Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final.

With its outstanding performance in the knockout rounds, Tottenham Hotspur finally caught up with Manchester United in the odds of major bookmakers. The two teams are running neck and neck, but there are still many people who are more optimistic about Manchester United, because Ferguson's team obviously has more experience in the Champions League and is more mature.

But there are also many people who think that Ye Qiu has two Champions League titles in hand, and his experience can help Tottenham Hotspur's young players overcome the problem of lack of experience, and Tottenham Hotspur's offensive football is more pleasing to fans.

However, there is a fact that cannot be escaped. In this season's Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur has lost two games against Manchester United in a row, which undoubtedly casts a shadow on Tottenham Hotspur's Champions League prospects, because at least, from a psychological perspective, Tottenham Hotspur lost to Manchester United.

Don't underestimate this psychological confidence. At least in the Champions League semi-finals, Grant made a mistake in the first round of the lineup because he was not confident enough.

After the Champions League semi-finals, the 07/08 Premier League also ushered in the final showdown. The last two rounds will determine the champion. After all, Tottenham Hotspur has only lagged behind Manchester United by two points so far.

In Ye Qiu's words, do your best to catch up with Manchester United and wait for them to make mistakes!