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Chapter 40 Hometown and the North London Derby
Chapter 40 Hometown and the North London Derby
At this time, Li Yuxin handed over all matters other than football to Mendes to manage.
As the match between Arsenal and Manchester City is approaching, Chinese fans have divided into two camps: Sun Zhengzheng and "Li" fans. They have been looking forward to this match since Li Yuxin became popular in the Premier League. Unfortunately, they are very disappointed. Because of Li Yuxin's suspension, they can't see two orientals with Chinese blood competing on the same field at all.
If Li Yuxin hadn't been suspended, then they might have seen Li Yuxin and Sun Jihai face off.However, the people of the Sun regime still understand that it is very unlikely that Manchester City will win this game. Arsenal just washed their opponents with five goals in the last game. In addition to Henry, Pires, Ljungberg and others who have come back in this game, it is too difficult to get out of the away game.
"Hello, Sun Jihai." During pre-match training, Li Yuxin took the initiative to greet Sun Jihai with a phone. It was the first time that Sun Jihai was greeted with a phone in the training ground in the Premier League. When he turned his head, he saw a man with a handsome smile appearing in front of him. He used English habitually: "Hey, Li."
"Hehe, I understand what I said. You should call me Li Yuxin. If you call me 'Li' again, I feel awkward. That's a foreigner's address." Li Yuxin took the initiative to break his embarrassment.
"Okay, Li Yuxin, it looks like your Chinese is pretty good." Sun Jihai looked at Li Yuxin curiously. The Mandarin he spoke didn't have that foreign awkward mouth, but had a southern Chinese accent.
"Hehe, I've been able to do it since I was a child. Don't believe the look." Li Yuxin talked and laughed with Sun Jihai for a while, and then left. After all, others still need to train.
"Brother Sun, after the game, I'll be the host and treat you to dinner. I'll be leaving first." Li Yuxin called Brother Sun familiarly.
"kindness"
Following the whistle of the referee, the game officially started in the disappointing expectation of the fans. With the huge cheers at Highbury, the tidy Arsenal's frontcourt finally set off a wave of offense, crushing the goal of Manchester City, which was not strong at this time.
In the 12th minute of the game, Pires sent the ball to Henry's feet on the left side of the penalty area. After Henry got the ball, he swayed and quickly rushed into Manchester City's penalty area. After flashing an angle, three players Under the double-teaming of James, a clever shot directly penetrated the goal guarded by James, giving Arsenal a one-to-zero lead.
"G~~~~~~l, Thierry, Thierry opened the door to victory for us. Our king is back, king~~~~." Senke took dozens of throat lozenges during this period.
After entering, Henry kept waving his arms, signaling to the Arsenal fans to cheer even louder: "Woo~~~~~" Arsenal had established the lead early on, and Henry's domineering roar also declared their ambition for those games .
Arsenal continued to control the ball, and Manchester City, which was behind, still failed to organize an effective offense. Instead, they were suppressed in the backcourt by the already demoralized Arsenal, allowing Arsenal's players to "ravage".
At 34 minutes into the game, "Frey, Frey went in, James, James came out, g~~~~l, Thierry, Thierry scored for us again." It was Henry who received the pass after Ljungberg's breakthrough and hit an empty goal to give Arsenal a [-]-[-] lead.
Excited Henry spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and ran to the edge of the stands, accepting the cheers of his own subjects.
With a whistle, Arsenal led [-]-[-] at home and entered the second half. After the start of the second half, there was no change. Arsenal still firmly occupied the situation on the field.
In the 70nd minute of Game No.[-], "Oh, shit, damn James, what did he do, what a pity." Senke said with a look of deep hatred.
After stealing the ball on the field, Henry used his own speed to throw Barton who was pulling behind him, then nimbly dodged Msampa's tackle, broke into the penalty area, and squeezed past Somer and Jordan's closed goal.
But James had already rushed over at this time, seeing the ball being swayed by Henry from his side, he directly hugged Henry's thigh as he was walking, and threw Henry down.It's a pity that it was a long-distance attack. No wonder Senke is like this. Even when the referee gave a penalty, the fans at the scene were reluctant and booed everywhere.
Standing on the penalty spot, Henry looked at the nervous James calmly, and directly deceived him, pushing a shot into the far corner on the right, [-]-[-],
"Well done." Seeing the goal, Li Yuxin also jumped up excitedly. Henry's fiery state made Li Yuxin have more expectations.
Henry announced his return as king with a hat-trick.
In the end, Wenger replaced Henry with Van Persie, and soon the game was over. Arsenal won Manchester City [-]-[-] at home without bloodshed.
"Brother Sun, let's go, I've already booked a seat." Li Yuxin also went to the locker room after the game, and had a meal with Sun Jihai. Even if he was a fellow townsman, he had a small gathering with his fellow townspeople, but his teammates fired three shots in a row, which was a bit rude.
Next, Li Yuxin ushered in his first North London derby. Unfortunately, Henry, who performed a hat-trick in the previous game, was injured again, and Wenger had to face a change of striker again.
At this time, Tottenham have been unbeaten in four games in the league, clinging to the standings, so at home this season, Tottenham have been sharpening their swords and waiting for Arsenal, trying to win their century-old enemy at home.
Tottenham head coach Martin Joel said confidently in an interview with the BBC: "Arsenal have performed well this season and have not encountered any resistance. Sometimes I envy Arthur's luck. He has a good player and the arrangement of the game is favorable to them. However, it will not be so easy for Arsenal to achieve such a record. My team is in a very good state now. I think the weekend's game makes our fans happy."
Tottenham and Arsenal, the most famous rivals in the Premier League, will add another feud at White Hart Lane on Saturday. 120 years...that's right, you'll never find another pair of sworn enemies with such a long history.So much so that our imperial court regards Arsenal and Tottenham as the first of the top ten derbies in football history.Arsenal was founded in 1886, and Tottenham was born 4 years earlier, as the two largest clubs in North London and even London.The owners, coaches, players, fans and even the cleaners of the two teams are incompatible. "Frozen three feet is not a day's cold." Hatred, of course, does not arise out of thin air...
Since London has always had many teams in England's top league, "derby" is not a rare word in this city.But among countless London derbies, only the "North London Derby" between Arsenal and Tottenham is considered the most authentic London derby.The grievances between the two teams began 100 years ago when Arsenal settled in North London and competed with Tottenham Hotspur. Sir Norris, who was the chairman of Arsenal at the time, came up with a third plan in 1913: moving Arsenal to Highbury in North London. Residents of the field, Norris's hundreds of thousands of pounds (equivalent to 1932 million pounds today) point to their biweekly self-giving.Before that, there were two main clubs competing for fans in North London: Tottenham and Leyton Orient.Tottenham just spent £5000 to rebuild the West Stand of White Hart Lane in 10 to attract more spectators.Arsenal's attempt to build a stadium at Highbury definitely has an impact on Tottenham, because Highbury is closer to central London than White Hart Lane, and the location of the stadium next to the subway station is more likely to attract fans (but it still takes [-] minutes to get to White Hart Lane by bus from the subway station).In this way, for Tottenham, which still does not have a large number of stable fans, Arsenal's move is undoubtedly bullying. ?
This decision was undoubtedly opposed by everyone: Woolwich's Arsenal fans could not accept the team's move, Tottenham and Leyton Orient fans hated Arsenal's arrival, and Chelsea, who felt threatened, also strongly opposed it.The three clubs jointly protested to the FA.But the resistance was quickly suppressed: the supernatural Norris cleared all obstacles - Norris took the initiative to ask the Football Association of England to conduct a special investigation on the matter, and the results of the investigation were naturally in his favor: the Woodwich football market shrank, and the number of spectators in Arsenal's games dropped from more than 7000 to less than 3000;At the same time, Norris has already taken precautions and persuaded some public leaders in the Highbury area to make them realize that a football club can bring more job opportunities to the local area, greatly increase the popularity of Highbury, and give them enough reasons to say "no" to White Hart Lane (Tottenham's home ground).Norris's broken diplomatic skills made him invincible in various negotiations. With the support of his old friend, the Archbishop of Canterbury, he bought it from St. John's Seminary
6 acres of vacant land - after assuring the Catholic Church that Arsenal would follow local Jewish traditions, no alcohol sold on the Sabbath, and no games, Arsenal finally completed this historic relocation. Norris's genius, almost crazy plan, achieved overall success.One of the most famous derbies in the history of world football has also taken root in North London.A local Tottenham paper portrayed Norris as a Baskerville dog circling a chicken coop: "They have no right to move here!" It became the eternal derby manifesto for Spurs fans.However, the North London Derby became the most popular derby in green football because of a suspicious case.Then there was the vote on the relegation decision. At this time, Tottenham obviously underestimated the influence of Sir Norris, the chairman of Arsenal: Norris was promoted to the throne in 18, and was elected to Parliament the following year for encouraging young people in the region to play for the country, even at the expense of personal interests.The voting results shocked the Tottenham fans who were completely kept in the dark: the FA executive committee passed the results of Arsenal's promotion, Tottenham's relegation and Chelsea's relegation with a result of 8 votes to [-] votes!When news of Spurs' relegation broke, the team's mascot - a green parrot given by the captain when they returned from a visit to Argentina - immediately fell ill and died within days.Since then, there has been an old saying in English football: "Sick as a parrot." Since then, on Seven Sisters Street in North London, Tottenham at the northeast end and Arsenal at the southwest end have become sworn enemies. This has also become one of the most controversial events in the history of English football.
This incident ignited the flames of hatred between the two clubs, and whenever the two teams met afterwards, there would always be extraordinarily fierce sparks on and off the field, thus establishing the special status of the "North London Derby" in English football.Since the advent of the Premier League, Arsenal have clearly outperformed Tottenham, but the latter have never lost their determination to continue fighting their opponents.Even if they may not be able to beat Arsenal on the field, Tottenham will draw people's attention to the "North London Derby" in their own way.For example, the scene of tens of thousands of fans booing the "traitor" Campbell in White Hart Lane left a deep impression on the whole world.
Moreover, the styles of Arsenal and Tottenham have been very different from the beginning.The style on the football field is also very different: Tottenham emphasizes ground coordination and must play beautifully. Winning or losing may not be important. They have a strong pursuit of aestheticism, and the players they choose must be "artists" on the field.Attack and entertainment are the coaching rules of the legendary Nicholson in the heyday of Tottenham. Any Tottenham coach who violates the ancestral training, no matter whether he wins the championship or not, no matter how famous his reputation is, he will not be able to die in White Hart Lane. Graham has won 6 major championships for Arsenal.Therefore, this team has many fans overseas. Bergkamp was a diehard Tottenham fan when he was a child.But in fact, Tottenham is essentially a flashy cavalier style. They play well, but they just can't win. In countless games, they have become losers when the scene is dominant.The famous Hoddle is a typical mess.Tottenham has no shortage of world-class stars in history. In the 3s, there was Ramsey who later became the head coach of the national team. In the 50s, there were Blancheflower and Huahua Taisui Greaves. In the 60s, there were Mulleri and McTool.
Arsenal’s style is the opposite in history. Their traditional gunman style is carried forward, and their will is extremely strong. Everything is aimed at winning or losing. The performance of the scene may not be aesthetic, but it is absolutely practical. The iconic character is the tough Scotsman George Graham. Graham attaches great importance to defense. The first thing he took office was to rectify the defense. The greatest captain in the history of Senna, Tony Adams.Graham established Arsenal's great tradition of "five veterans in defense". His stubborn and tough "20-1 doctrine" has always been reviled by hostile fans, and even joked that Graham's style of Highbury is a "library". Fan is incomparable.Therefore, although Arsenal in the 0s restored their status as a British football powerhouse, they could not win the support of more fans.Graham's Arsenal played as badly as Germany, but they just won.During his 70 years in office, Arsenal and Tottenham played 10 games, and Tottenham lost 24 games, 12 of which were at home.The number of trophies varies even more.
The change in style of the two clubs is reflected in the arrival of Wenger and the coaching of Tottenham by Graham.Graham and Wenger are two completely opposite coaches.Graham wants power to be concentrated in his own hands, while Wenger is more of a liberal, giving players enough room to discover their potential.The two coaches also prepared differently for the players before the game. Graham's pre-match training often took an hour, trying to stuff all kinds of information into the players' heads, while Wenger's pre-match words were always very short, and the players were always very relaxed before going on the field.Wenger seldom discusses with his players how to play the next opponent. He pays more attention to how his players prepare for the game and express their football thoughts on the field.If a head coach wants to succeed, the easiest way is to buy superior players, but this requires a high transfer fee economically.When Wenger came to the UK, the competition in the Premier League was still on the rise, and player transfer fees continued to rise.In terms of reorganizing the team, Wenger is also lucky.First of all, he took over one of the best and most stable defense lines from his predecessor, and secondly, when he came to the UK, a whole group of French players who lived in Lingyi matured, and several of them were trained by him in Monaco.When Wenger first arrived in London, French coaches such as Houllier and Tigana had not landed in the UK, so even if Wenger's Arsenal did not have enough financial strength to bid for Zidane, he still had a huge selection base in the French football world.Wenger is also a shrewd club manager. Under his guidance, the young players have improved by leaps and bounds. When these players leave Arsenal, their value has greatly increased-Wenger sold Anelka for 2300 million pounds, and only spent 50 pounds when he bought it.Everything changed in the shortest possible time.Arsenal have historically been a tough, uncompromising but monotonous football team, carried on by generations of Gunners and embraced by players and spectators alike as the basis of their existence.In the 90s, the Scotsman George Graham further strengthened the Gunners' traditional football style. It was a football style that Bailey would never play and would never praise. In the mid-90s, Arsenal's record was brilliant, but they were a team hated by the whole of Europe. Even Arsenal fans were desperate for this "1-0" team.However, after the first training session led by Wenger, only 3 weeks later, Arsenal began to cooperate with the ground to attack. This is probably the first time in history that the Gunners have adopted the offensive method of European football.Wenger gradually changed everything about Arsenal, turning the fruit of his 25 years of experimentation and research in French football into new football knowledge that everyone at Arsenal can benefit from.He signed some new foreign players, new foreign players who made Arsenal's opponents in the Premier League feel irresistible, and made these players change positions to release more energy in new positions; he changed the eating, drinking and sleeping habits of the old Arsenal players;All of these have improved Arsenal's competitive level on the pitch, turning the boring Gunners into a team full of offensive passion.It took Wenger less than 2 years to bring Arsenal the "Double Crown". In the following years, he deepened his reforms. Some of his pioneering works have affected the way every club in the Premier League operates. In the summer of 2002, Wenger won the second "Double Crown".
There is no doubt that Wenger has been the man who has had the greatest impact on English football over the past decade.
Two years after Arsene Wenger arrived in England, Graham was drafted by Tottenham, who were already overwhelmed by Arsenal. This proved to be a mistake. Graham's Arsenal style was outdated.Tottenham have been under his rule for three years, and Tottenham seem to have returned to the Stone Age.became extremely dull.After winning the first trophy (99 League Cup) in many years, Tottenham fans who couldn't stand the boring game angrily asked Graham and Graham's supporter and major shareholder Lewis to get out. Tottenham could no longer bear the pressure of fans.Had to fire Graham's squid.But such a dull Tottenham style was inherited by his successor, the legendary star Hoddle in Tottenham history.In vain Hoddle studied under Wenger for many years, but the football style he learned ran counter to Wenger.This situation lasted for many years until Martin Jol, the Dutchman (of course, everyone in White Hart Lane believed that the Dutchman liked to attack) was corrected and regained his offensive style of play: the first game was the derby against the deadly enemy Arsenal, and this game became a permanent classic.Although he is a loser, the score of 5:4 has enabled Joel to completely conquer the men of White Hart Lane.It's a pity that after spending money and failing in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, Tottenham fans began to be dissatisfied again: but history will always change some seemingly unchangeable traditions. Today's Tottenham is no longer the club that can win applause as long as it plays beautifully. White Hart Lane has no taste of fairy spirit.This most not mediocre club has already become mediocre inevitably.The originally gorgeous Tottenham and the conservative Arsenal exchanged styles at almost the same time, but what did not change was luck: Tottenham remained depraved, while Arsenal continued to be strong.
Although Arsenal are high above and strong, and Tottenham have maintained a nightmare state against Arsenal for a long time in recent years. They have not defeated their rivals in 19 league games. The last victory was a 1999-11 victory at White Hart Lane on November 7, 2.But the biggest attraction of the "Derby" is that the contestants will often put aside the normal strength comparison and fight hard, and many times they will play a more dramatic effect.
Thinking of this, Li Yuxin's blood boiled, Derby, come on!
(End of this chapter)
At this time, Li Yuxin handed over all matters other than football to Mendes to manage.
As the match between Arsenal and Manchester City is approaching, Chinese fans have divided into two camps: Sun Zhengzheng and "Li" fans. They have been looking forward to this match since Li Yuxin became popular in the Premier League. Unfortunately, they are very disappointed. Because of Li Yuxin's suspension, they can't see two orientals with Chinese blood competing on the same field at all.
If Li Yuxin hadn't been suspended, then they might have seen Li Yuxin and Sun Jihai face off.However, the people of the Sun regime still understand that it is very unlikely that Manchester City will win this game. Arsenal just washed their opponents with five goals in the last game. In addition to Henry, Pires, Ljungberg and others who have come back in this game, it is too difficult to get out of the away game.
"Hello, Sun Jihai." During pre-match training, Li Yuxin took the initiative to greet Sun Jihai with a phone. It was the first time that Sun Jihai was greeted with a phone in the training ground in the Premier League. When he turned his head, he saw a man with a handsome smile appearing in front of him. He used English habitually: "Hey, Li."
"Hehe, I understand what I said. You should call me Li Yuxin. If you call me 'Li' again, I feel awkward. That's a foreigner's address." Li Yuxin took the initiative to break his embarrassment.
"Okay, Li Yuxin, it looks like your Chinese is pretty good." Sun Jihai looked at Li Yuxin curiously. The Mandarin he spoke didn't have that foreign awkward mouth, but had a southern Chinese accent.
"Hehe, I've been able to do it since I was a child. Don't believe the look." Li Yuxin talked and laughed with Sun Jihai for a while, and then left. After all, others still need to train.
"Brother Sun, after the game, I'll be the host and treat you to dinner. I'll be leaving first." Li Yuxin called Brother Sun familiarly.
"kindness"
Following the whistle of the referee, the game officially started in the disappointing expectation of the fans. With the huge cheers at Highbury, the tidy Arsenal's frontcourt finally set off a wave of offense, crushing the goal of Manchester City, which was not strong at this time.
In the 12th minute of the game, Pires sent the ball to Henry's feet on the left side of the penalty area. After Henry got the ball, he swayed and quickly rushed into Manchester City's penalty area. After flashing an angle, three players Under the double-teaming of James, a clever shot directly penetrated the goal guarded by James, giving Arsenal a one-to-zero lead.
"G~~~~~~l, Thierry, Thierry opened the door to victory for us. Our king is back, king~~~~." Senke took dozens of throat lozenges during this period.
After entering, Henry kept waving his arms, signaling to the Arsenal fans to cheer even louder: "Woo~~~~~" Arsenal had established the lead early on, and Henry's domineering roar also declared their ambition for those games .
Arsenal continued to control the ball, and Manchester City, which was behind, still failed to organize an effective offense. Instead, they were suppressed in the backcourt by the already demoralized Arsenal, allowing Arsenal's players to "ravage".
At 34 minutes into the game, "Frey, Frey went in, James, James came out, g~~~~l, Thierry, Thierry scored for us again." It was Henry who received the pass after Ljungberg's breakthrough and hit an empty goal to give Arsenal a [-]-[-] lead.
Excited Henry spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and ran to the edge of the stands, accepting the cheers of his own subjects.
With a whistle, Arsenal led [-]-[-] at home and entered the second half. After the start of the second half, there was no change. Arsenal still firmly occupied the situation on the field.
In the 70nd minute of Game No.[-], "Oh, shit, damn James, what did he do, what a pity." Senke said with a look of deep hatred.
After stealing the ball on the field, Henry used his own speed to throw Barton who was pulling behind him, then nimbly dodged Msampa's tackle, broke into the penalty area, and squeezed past Somer and Jordan's closed goal.
But James had already rushed over at this time, seeing the ball being swayed by Henry from his side, he directly hugged Henry's thigh as he was walking, and threw Henry down.It's a pity that it was a long-distance attack. No wonder Senke is like this. Even when the referee gave a penalty, the fans at the scene were reluctant and booed everywhere.
Standing on the penalty spot, Henry looked at the nervous James calmly, and directly deceived him, pushing a shot into the far corner on the right, [-]-[-],
"Well done." Seeing the goal, Li Yuxin also jumped up excitedly. Henry's fiery state made Li Yuxin have more expectations.
Henry announced his return as king with a hat-trick.
In the end, Wenger replaced Henry with Van Persie, and soon the game was over. Arsenal won Manchester City [-]-[-] at home without bloodshed.
"Brother Sun, let's go, I've already booked a seat." Li Yuxin also went to the locker room after the game, and had a meal with Sun Jihai. Even if he was a fellow townsman, he had a small gathering with his fellow townspeople, but his teammates fired three shots in a row, which was a bit rude.
Next, Li Yuxin ushered in his first North London derby. Unfortunately, Henry, who performed a hat-trick in the previous game, was injured again, and Wenger had to face a change of striker again.
At this time, Tottenham have been unbeaten in four games in the league, clinging to the standings, so at home this season, Tottenham have been sharpening their swords and waiting for Arsenal, trying to win their century-old enemy at home.
Tottenham head coach Martin Joel said confidently in an interview with the BBC: "Arsenal have performed well this season and have not encountered any resistance. Sometimes I envy Arthur's luck. He has a good player and the arrangement of the game is favorable to them. However, it will not be so easy for Arsenal to achieve such a record. My team is in a very good state now. I think the weekend's game makes our fans happy."
Tottenham and Arsenal, the most famous rivals in the Premier League, will add another feud at White Hart Lane on Saturday. 120 years...that's right, you'll never find another pair of sworn enemies with such a long history.So much so that our imperial court regards Arsenal and Tottenham as the first of the top ten derbies in football history.Arsenal was founded in 1886, and Tottenham was born 4 years earlier, as the two largest clubs in North London and even London.The owners, coaches, players, fans and even the cleaners of the two teams are incompatible. "Frozen three feet is not a day's cold." Hatred, of course, does not arise out of thin air...
Since London has always had many teams in England's top league, "derby" is not a rare word in this city.But among countless London derbies, only the "North London Derby" between Arsenal and Tottenham is considered the most authentic London derby.The grievances between the two teams began 100 years ago when Arsenal settled in North London and competed with Tottenham Hotspur. Sir Norris, who was the chairman of Arsenal at the time, came up with a third plan in 1913: moving Arsenal to Highbury in North London. Residents of the field, Norris's hundreds of thousands of pounds (equivalent to 1932 million pounds today) point to their biweekly self-giving.Before that, there were two main clubs competing for fans in North London: Tottenham and Leyton Orient.Tottenham just spent £5000 to rebuild the West Stand of White Hart Lane in 10 to attract more spectators.Arsenal's attempt to build a stadium at Highbury definitely has an impact on Tottenham, because Highbury is closer to central London than White Hart Lane, and the location of the stadium next to the subway station is more likely to attract fans (but it still takes [-] minutes to get to White Hart Lane by bus from the subway station).In this way, for Tottenham, which still does not have a large number of stable fans, Arsenal's move is undoubtedly bullying. ?
This decision was undoubtedly opposed by everyone: Woolwich's Arsenal fans could not accept the team's move, Tottenham and Leyton Orient fans hated Arsenal's arrival, and Chelsea, who felt threatened, also strongly opposed it.The three clubs jointly protested to the FA.But the resistance was quickly suppressed: the supernatural Norris cleared all obstacles - Norris took the initiative to ask the Football Association of England to conduct a special investigation on the matter, and the results of the investigation were naturally in his favor: the Woodwich football market shrank, and the number of spectators in Arsenal's games dropped from more than 7000 to less than 3000;At the same time, Norris has already taken precautions and persuaded some public leaders in the Highbury area to make them realize that a football club can bring more job opportunities to the local area, greatly increase the popularity of Highbury, and give them enough reasons to say "no" to White Hart Lane (Tottenham's home ground).Norris's broken diplomatic skills made him invincible in various negotiations. With the support of his old friend, the Archbishop of Canterbury, he bought it from St. John's Seminary
6 acres of vacant land - after assuring the Catholic Church that Arsenal would follow local Jewish traditions, no alcohol sold on the Sabbath, and no games, Arsenal finally completed this historic relocation. Norris's genius, almost crazy plan, achieved overall success.One of the most famous derbies in the history of world football has also taken root in North London.A local Tottenham paper portrayed Norris as a Baskerville dog circling a chicken coop: "They have no right to move here!" It became the eternal derby manifesto for Spurs fans.However, the North London Derby became the most popular derby in green football because of a suspicious case.Then there was the vote on the relegation decision. At this time, Tottenham obviously underestimated the influence of Sir Norris, the chairman of Arsenal: Norris was promoted to the throne in 18, and was elected to Parliament the following year for encouraging young people in the region to play for the country, even at the expense of personal interests.The voting results shocked the Tottenham fans who were completely kept in the dark: the FA executive committee passed the results of Arsenal's promotion, Tottenham's relegation and Chelsea's relegation with a result of 8 votes to [-] votes!When news of Spurs' relegation broke, the team's mascot - a green parrot given by the captain when they returned from a visit to Argentina - immediately fell ill and died within days.Since then, there has been an old saying in English football: "Sick as a parrot." Since then, on Seven Sisters Street in North London, Tottenham at the northeast end and Arsenal at the southwest end have become sworn enemies. This has also become one of the most controversial events in the history of English football.
This incident ignited the flames of hatred between the two clubs, and whenever the two teams met afterwards, there would always be extraordinarily fierce sparks on and off the field, thus establishing the special status of the "North London Derby" in English football.Since the advent of the Premier League, Arsenal have clearly outperformed Tottenham, but the latter have never lost their determination to continue fighting their opponents.Even if they may not be able to beat Arsenal on the field, Tottenham will draw people's attention to the "North London Derby" in their own way.For example, the scene of tens of thousands of fans booing the "traitor" Campbell in White Hart Lane left a deep impression on the whole world.
Moreover, the styles of Arsenal and Tottenham have been very different from the beginning.The style on the football field is also very different: Tottenham emphasizes ground coordination and must play beautifully. Winning or losing may not be important. They have a strong pursuit of aestheticism, and the players they choose must be "artists" on the field.Attack and entertainment are the coaching rules of the legendary Nicholson in the heyday of Tottenham. Any Tottenham coach who violates the ancestral training, no matter whether he wins the championship or not, no matter how famous his reputation is, he will not be able to die in White Hart Lane. Graham has won 6 major championships for Arsenal.Therefore, this team has many fans overseas. Bergkamp was a diehard Tottenham fan when he was a child.But in fact, Tottenham is essentially a flashy cavalier style. They play well, but they just can't win. In countless games, they have become losers when the scene is dominant.The famous Hoddle is a typical mess.Tottenham has no shortage of world-class stars in history. In the 3s, there was Ramsey who later became the head coach of the national team. In the 50s, there were Blancheflower and Huahua Taisui Greaves. In the 60s, there were Mulleri and McTool.
Arsenal’s style is the opposite in history. Their traditional gunman style is carried forward, and their will is extremely strong. Everything is aimed at winning or losing. The performance of the scene may not be aesthetic, but it is absolutely practical. The iconic character is the tough Scotsman George Graham. Graham attaches great importance to defense. The first thing he took office was to rectify the defense. The greatest captain in the history of Senna, Tony Adams.Graham established Arsenal's great tradition of "five veterans in defense". His stubborn and tough "20-1 doctrine" has always been reviled by hostile fans, and even joked that Graham's style of Highbury is a "library". Fan is incomparable.Therefore, although Arsenal in the 0s restored their status as a British football powerhouse, they could not win the support of more fans.Graham's Arsenal played as badly as Germany, but they just won.During his 70 years in office, Arsenal and Tottenham played 10 games, and Tottenham lost 24 games, 12 of which were at home.The number of trophies varies even more.
The change in style of the two clubs is reflected in the arrival of Wenger and the coaching of Tottenham by Graham.Graham and Wenger are two completely opposite coaches.Graham wants power to be concentrated in his own hands, while Wenger is more of a liberal, giving players enough room to discover their potential.The two coaches also prepared differently for the players before the game. Graham's pre-match training often took an hour, trying to stuff all kinds of information into the players' heads, while Wenger's pre-match words were always very short, and the players were always very relaxed before going on the field.Wenger seldom discusses with his players how to play the next opponent. He pays more attention to how his players prepare for the game and express their football thoughts on the field.If a head coach wants to succeed, the easiest way is to buy superior players, but this requires a high transfer fee economically.When Wenger came to the UK, the competition in the Premier League was still on the rise, and player transfer fees continued to rise.In terms of reorganizing the team, Wenger is also lucky.First of all, he took over one of the best and most stable defense lines from his predecessor, and secondly, when he came to the UK, a whole group of French players who lived in Lingyi matured, and several of them were trained by him in Monaco.When Wenger first arrived in London, French coaches such as Houllier and Tigana had not landed in the UK, so even if Wenger's Arsenal did not have enough financial strength to bid for Zidane, he still had a huge selection base in the French football world.Wenger is also a shrewd club manager. Under his guidance, the young players have improved by leaps and bounds. When these players leave Arsenal, their value has greatly increased-Wenger sold Anelka for 2300 million pounds, and only spent 50 pounds when he bought it.Everything changed in the shortest possible time.Arsenal have historically been a tough, uncompromising but monotonous football team, carried on by generations of Gunners and embraced by players and spectators alike as the basis of their existence.In the 90s, the Scotsman George Graham further strengthened the Gunners' traditional football style. It was a football style that Bailey would never play and would never praise. In the mid-90s, Arsenal's record was brilliant, but they were a team hated by the whole of Europe. Even Arsenal fans were desperate for this "1-0" team.However, after the first training session led by Wenger, only 3 weeks later, Arsenal began to cooperate with the ground to attack. This is probably the first time in history that the Gunners have adopted the offensive method of European football.Wenger gradually changed everything about Arsenal, turning the fruit of his 25 years of experimentation and research in French football into new football knowledge that everyone at Arsenal can benefit from.He signed some new foreign players, new foreign players who made Arsenal's opponents in the Premier League feel irresistible, and made these players change positions to release more energy in new positions; he changed the eating, drinking and sleeping habits of the old Arsenal players;All of these have improved Arsenal's competitive level on the pitch, turning the boring Gunners into a team full of offensive passion.It took Wenger less than 2 years to bring Arsenal the "Double Crown". In the following years, he deepened his reforms. Some of his pioneering works have affected the way every club in the Premier League operates. In the summer of 2002, Wenger won the second "Double Crown".
There is no doubt that Wenger has been the man who has had the greatest impact on English football over the past decade.
Two years after Arsene Wenger arrived in England, Graham was drafted by Tottenham, who were already overwhelmed by Arsenal. This proved to be a mistake. Graham's Arsenal style was outdated.Tottenham have been under his rule for three years, and Tottenham seem to have returned to the Stone Age.became extremely dull.After winning the first trophy (99 League Cup) in many years, Tottenham fans who couldn't stand the boring game angrily asked Graham and Graham's supporter and major shareholder Lewis to get out. Tottenham could no longer bear the pressure of fans.Had to fire Graham's squid.But such a dull Tottenham style was inherited by his successor, the legendary star Hoddle in Tottenham history.In vain Hoddle studied under Wenger for many years, but the football style he learned ran counter to Wenger.This situation lasted for many years until Martin Jol, the Dutchman (of course, everyone in White Hart Lane believed that the Dutchman liked to attack) was corrected and regained his offensive style of play: the first game was the derby against the deadly enemy Arsenal, and this game became a permanent classic.Although he is a loser, the score of 5:4 has enabled Joel to completely conquer the men of White Hart Lane.It's a pity that after spending money and failing in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, Tottenham fans began to be dissatisfied again: but history will always change some seemingly unchangeable traditions. Today's Tottenham is no longer the club that can win applause as long as it plays beautifully. White Hart Lane has no taste of fairy spirit.This most not mediocre club has already become mediocre inevitably.The originally gorgeous Tottenham and the conservative Arsenal exchanged styles at almost the same time, but what did not change was luck: Tottenham remained depraved, while Arsenal continued to be strong.
Although Arsenal are high above and strong, and Tottenham have maintained a nightmare state against Arsenal for a long time in recent years. They have not defeated their rivals in 19 league games. The last victory was a 1999-11 victory at White Hart Lane on November 7, 2.But the biggest attraction of the "Derby" is that the contestants will often put aside the normal strength comparison and fight hard, and many times they will play a more dramatic effect.
Thinking of this, Li Yuxin's blood boiled, Derby, come on!
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