Chapter 622: Stand up!

Tottenham Hotspur made substitutes at the Braga Municipal Stadium, which was spread by the media before the game. Young players and substitutes such as Raul, Neymar, Hazard, etc. all got the starting position.

Raul returned to the Champions League, which immediately delighted the Spanish media. They all hoped that Raul could continue to make achievements in the Champions League. Although Tottenham Hotspur has firmly secured the top spot in the group, these young guys are still trying their best to prove themselves.

In the end, with two assists from Neymar and Hazard, and two goals from Raul, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Braga 2:0 away. The Portuguese Super League team also failed to beat Tottenham Hotspur II at home in this game, which directly led to their almost losing the qualification to qualify for the group.

In another match of the group, Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Belgrade Guerrilla 3:0 away from home, and it can be said that they have secured the second place in the group. As long as they don't lose to Braga in the last round, they will basically advance.

After returning to England from Portugal, Tottenham Hotspur had almost no time to breathe, and immediately welcomed the most troublesome team in the Premier League this season, the Red Army Liverpool led by Benítez.

Benítez's Liverpool has shown very obvious signs of recovery this season, thanks to the team's large investment at the beginning of the season, the introduction of high-level players, and a significant improvement in the team's overall combat effectiveness.

In the past, not only Ye Qiu, but almost all professionals knew that Liverpool's biggest problem was that there was only one reliable and stable striker on the offensive line. For example, there was only one Owen in the past, and only one Torres later, and they could never find a suitable candidate to form a strong offensive formation.

Benítez has tried many players in the past, but whether it is Luis Garcia or other players, they are actually limited by strength or other aspects, which makes their performance either difficult to last or directly miserable, which directly leads to Liverpool being strong when facing strong teams and weak when facing weak teams.

Benítez has a large amount of funds in his hands this summer, and he introduced two high-level attacking players at one go, and both are from Valencia. One is Juan Mata, who is responsible for connecting the midfield and the forward line, and the other is David Villa, who forms a Spanish attack double cannon with Torres.

Captain Gerrard is cruising behind Torres and Villa. The combination of four attackers in the front field finally played the effect that Benítez wanted, completely changing the situation in the past when Torres played as a single striker and was isolated and helpless.

As the offensive line was activated, the double defensive midfielder combination, whether it was Lucas Leiva, Javier Martinez, or Meireles, these three players formed a double defensive midfielder at will, and they all played at a very high level. Moreover, with players like Mata in the frontcourt, Liverpool's organizational transition rarely used long passes, and basically went through ground penetration.

Facts have proved one thing. The reason why Benítez's team has been bumping and bumping in the first few years of Liverpool and it is difficult to achieve the ideal and satisfactory results is that the fundamental reason is that the quality of the players is not good. Without high-level players, there is naturally no way to play a high level of combat effectiveness.

Some people say that Benítez is Ye Qiu's nemesis, and the Spanish fat man seems to be working hard to create this image of himself. So when people all over the world think that no team dares to play against Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur, he just doesn't believe it and really plays against Tottenham Hotspur, and it's still away.

In the 15th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Liverpool at White Hart Lane. The two sides played a series of exciting offensive battles. Almost every minute and every attack made the Tottenham Hotspur fans who had just slaughtered Arsenal with nine goals and were full of confidence very worried.

If we simply look at the data, in the first 85 minutes, the number of shots between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool was eight and five, the score was 1:1, and the two sides remained tied. Just looking at this data, it doesn’t look like an offensive battle.

But looking at the number of times the two sides attacked the other side’s 30-meter area, Tottenham Hotspur had 31 times, Liverpool had 23 times, and the two sides created a total of 54 attacks that entered the 30-meter area. In other words, the ball was in the threatening 30-meter area most of the time throughout the game.

This is definitely a number that makes everyone feel shocked, because there are so many attacks in the threatening area, but in the end only so few shots and so few scoring opportunities are created. This definitely reflects the tactical targeting of the two teams, and also reflects the tactical execution of the players.

The game entered the 85th minute, and both sides were exhausted. Obviously, the head coaches of both sides also played their cards. Ye Qiu and Benitez used up all the substitutions. The two sides went back and forth in tactical confrontation, but in the end they still failed to suppress the opponent.

This game has completely turned into a hard battle!

Everyone began to realize that perhaps this game will end in a draw, and Tottenham Hotspur's winning streak will stop at 13 consecutive wins. Even though this is already an amazing winning streak, it is still a pity for Tottenham Hotspur.

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Fans always like to rank their favorite players.

For example, they will discuss or even argue about who is the undisputed No. 1 in the current professional football world?

Cristiano Ronaldo? Messi? Ribery? Or Iniesta?

In the Spanish national team, the players always discussed by the media are whether Torres and Villa can score, the dual core of Iniesta and Xavi, or Xavi Alonso, or Fabregas who is tragically suppressed by the big brother.

In Tottenham Hotspur, people are used to discussing Messi, Ribery, Cavani, Fabregas, and even more about Cech's saves.

Perhaps, only when discussing these people will they occasionally mention a name, David Silva.

Yes, his scoring ability is not strong, his assist data is not as eye-catching as Fabregas, and he is not as tough as Yaya Toure who joins the attack from behind. He rarely appears in some awards and lists, and he is rarely paid attention to by the outside world. Even many Tottenham fans are discussing why we need a David Silva?

This is his third season in Tottenham. In the past three seasons, David Silva has indeed become a world-famous star. All fans are familiar with him. When mentioning the top midfielders, his name will definitely be mentioned, but it must be ranked after Fabregas, Xavi and Iniesta, and even Sneijder and others.

When discussing who can enter the FIFA annual best team list, everyone will talk about the above people when discussing the candidates, even including Ozil who shined in the World Cup, but rarely hear anyone mention David Silva's name.

This is considered unfair by many people, just like Ye Qiu had praised David Silva many times in the media and within the team, affirming his role in the team, and many Tottenham players also had high praise for David Silva, but he was like a black hole, and all the starlight disappeared on him.

Perhaps, this is because he is not handsome enough, not tall enough, and not eye-catching enough.

Only when he occasionally shines on the court through his outstanding performance, the media and fans will cheer and call him the elf of the court, but soon, they forget him again.

"Whether others discuss me now is not important to me. I hope that they can remember my name and all the traces I left on the football field for many, many years after I retire, just like my idol Michel Laudrup!"

This is what David Silva said when he was interviewed by a newspaper in the Canary Islands, his hometown.

Michael Laudrup played for Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid, but never received any personal awards in his career. He is considered one of the most underestimated legendary stars.

David Silva wanted to join Real Madrid because of Laudrup and because Real Madrid was the most popular team in the Canary Islands. Unfortunately, he failed to do so. Many people think that he has a lot in common with Laudrup.

Fans always focus on the attackers in the front court. They rarely pay attention to how the people who pass the ball to them silently perform, because their time and energy are limited.

Tottenham's performance in this game was not very good. Liverpool's tactics were very targeted, but David Silva was obviously not among the poor performers, because he completed a total of 54 passes, 51 of which reached his teammates, with a high success rate, but more importantly, he made 31 passes in the frontcourt, all of which were passed to his teammates, with a success rate of 100%, including four very threatening passes.

If this data is put in front of any head coach, it would be a full score answer sheet, but so many fans at White Hart Lane, and even everyone in front of the TV, watched the game was about to end, but the score was still 1:1. They hoped that someone could stand up and help Tottenham break the deadlock on the field.

In their prayers, they would hope it was Messi, Ribery, Cavani, and Fabregas, but there should be very few people who would say, David Silva, stand up and help us break the deadlock!

But David Silva kept calling himself in his heart. He hoped that he could make a little contribution to his team and the man standing on the sidelines at this critical moment, helping him become the head coach of the world's top midfield.

He believed that this idea existed in every Tottenham player and in every Liverpool player.

So, when Marcelo was ready to enter the 30-meter area with the ball, because of the lack of physical strength, the team's defense could not move forward. Liverpool mainly focused on the defense of the 30-meter area, so as soon as Marcelo came in, three players rushed over to double-team Marcelo.

Ribery in front could no longer run. He was closely pressed by Glen Johnson and Carragher throughout the game. As soon as he got the ball, Liverpool players rushed up to him. This physical confrontation almost exhausted his energy.

Marcelo tried desperately to protect the ball, but he also realized the danger. So on the left side, seeing that Meireles was about to rush over, he tried to pass the ball with a big foot, preferably to Cavani.

But this pass hit the foot of Kuyt, who came on as a substitute, and flew very high and very slowly.

Mereles rushed to the ball quickly, and David Silva also rushed up at the first time. The Portuguese was a little careless because David Silva was a little short and thin. He didn't look like the type with strong physical confrontation ability and excellent high ball competition ability. Moreover, the game was about to end, so he was a little relaxed and careless.

David Silva realized this, and he grabbed the most advantageous position, blocking Meireles on his left side, facing the falling ball, jumping up in advance, and directly hitting the ball in front of him with his forehead.

This made Meireles miss, and he stumbled and almost fell headfirst.

David Silva rushed towards the ball, with right back Glen Johnson on the left and right center back Carragher on the right. Both of them were on guard against David Silva, especially when David Silva stopped the ball with his head, they formed a horn. As long as David Silva entered, they immediately surrounded him and formed a triangle with Meireles behind him.

The Spanish little man was very small, very flexible, and his mind was very fast. As soon as he saw the position of the two people, he guessed what they wanted to do, so when he was about to catch up with the ball, he suddenly accelerated, controlled the ball under his feet, and quickly broke through between Glen Johnson and Carragher, two Liverpool players.

David Silva actually did this. Glen Johnson and Carragher were obviously a little surprised. Moreover, the Spaniard was short but fast. He suddenly accelerated like a slippery loach and passed the ball quickly between the two of them, making their encirclement completely failed.

After the forced breakthrough, David Silva inserted diagonally behind Carragher, using his body as a cover to block Carragher behind him, and rushed to the small penalty area with the ball. At this time, Cavani and Messi, who saw the opportunity, also rushed to the goal at the first time. One of them was in the middle and the other was at the back point, forming an offensive echelon.

"Wow!!!" The whole White Hart Lane stadium was in an uproar at this time. Some people heard someone shouting David Silva, but more people held their breath to see how David Silva would deal with this kick.

It was seen that the Spaniard did not pass a ground ball, but a half-high ball that was difficult to handle, and the speed of the ball was very fast.

This is a very smart choice, because this kind of ball is difficult for goalkeepers and defenders to deal with, especially defenders. If they are not careful, it will be an own goal, so they are all afraid of encountering this kind of ball, but David Silva just kicked such a ball, and it was a little far from goalkeeper Reina, so the Spanish compatriots did not dare to attack easily.

Perhaps Reina is indeed good at attacking, but he dare not attack rashly without enough confidence.

The ball passed the outstretched legs of Skrtel. The Liverpool central defender was really courageous. He would rather risk an own goal to stop David Silva's cross, but unfortunately, although he was tall, the ball was not blocked by his legs and fell to the middle.

Cavani rushed up from behind, he directly met the ball, and used his body to knock it into Liverpool's goal with the ball, and then the whole person hit the side net, looking like a prisoner in a wire cage!

Beep! ! ! !

The referee's whistle sounded crisply, and everyone heard that this was the whistle for a valid goal!

"Wow!!!!!!!!!!"

The entire White Hart Lane Stadium was completely boiling!

Almost all Tottenham Hotspur fans rushed out of their seats, cheering and shouting loudly, but this time they were not shouting the name of the scorer Cavani, but shouting David Silva!

"All Tottenham Hotspur fans, please follow me and shout... David..." The commentator on the scene was loudly mobilizing the atmosphere on the court, and as soon as his voice fell, more than 30,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans, regardless of gender, age or young, all shouted loudly, "... Silva!"

Cavani, who scored the goal, was the first to rush to the panting David Silva at the side of the goal, followed by Ribery and Messi, and finally all the Tottenham Hotspur players rushed up, everyone hugged each other tightly, and the whole stadium was filled with deafening cheers.

"David Silva!!!!"

All the Tottenham fans in the stadium kept shouting David Silva's name. Almost everyone was calling him, cheering for him, and applauding him.

This made David Silva, who was surrounded by his teammates, a little excited. He raised his hands, used all his strength, clenched his fists, and shouted loudly, "Ah~~~~~~~"

The whole stadium was filled with cheers again, everyone was shouting David Silva, cheering for the hero who saved the team with his personal ability at the last and most critical moment!

Ye Qiu and the Tottenham Hotspur coaching staff also celebrated together on the sidelines, and each of them looked very excited.

This goal in the 89th minute also completely sentenced Liverpool to death!