atypical star

In fact, not many people are optimistic about Tottenham in this match against Middlesbrough. Not to mention that Tottenham’s main players have already sold several in the previous summer window, and Harry Kane was also injured in the previous game. A full recovery is expected to take at least several months.

Of course, this is only public news. If the recovery is done properly, Kane's return time will inevitably be brought forward a month.

Fortunately, Sun Xingmin, who was suspended for three games, was able to lift the ban and come back in this round of the FA Cup.

Considering that Apollon has just arrived and has not yet had enough tacit understanding with the players in the team, naturally he did not start this game, but was only on the roster, and now he is sitting obediently on the bench to watch the game .

In this game, even though Ali's state in the first few games was not very good, he still started.

And Eriksson, who has been rumored with many clubs, also became the starter of this game beyond everyone's expectations.

"If he is going to leave, then I hope he will leave happily." Mourinho said this at the pre-match press conference, answering questions raised by reporters about the starting lineup one by one.

"Jose, so does Tottenham's new aid Apollon have a chance to play this time?" An old reporter who has followed Mourinho for more than ten years asked curiously.

Mourinho smiled lightly, with dimples looming: "Apollon is a very good player, I think he will definitely get a chance to play, maybe this game, maybe the next game against Liverpool the match of."

These reporters, who are always keen to take things out of context, stared wide-eyed: "Jose, do you mean that you are very optimistic about this new player, and you are even willing to gamble in the game against the Red Army?"

Mourinho blinked: "Maybe you guys know more about this kind of thing than me?"

Anyway, the game is about to start.

It was a stalemate in the first half, but it was extremely stalemate against a Championship team, which meant that Tottenham did not perform very well, but Boro's offense was stronger.

It has to be said that Tottenham’s momentum of being faintly suppressed by Boro in the first half was not as good as Mourinho wanted, but after all, it was a remnant and defeated team that took over halfway. No matter how full of magic he is, he cannot always perform miracles.

However, just like what he was worried about, when there were so many small moves in Boro, some players on the field were really irritated and made some counterattacks that were not allowed.

45' Ali gets a topaz card.

A yellow card finally made Ali calm down. Ali's skills are good, and his style of play is a bit biased towards the elegance of Ice Prince Bergkamp. Unfortunately, his temper is too straightforward, and he will always be irritated by the opponent's small moves, and he will always choose to retaliate on the spot return.

But the problem is that the referee pays the most attention to this aspect, not to mention that Ali is not only playing at home in Middlesbrough, but also participating in the game as a member of Mourinho's team.

As we all know, after Mourinho removed UEFA's shame sheet earlier, reprimanded a referee with black whistle and made the latter resign voluntarily, the referees of both UEFA and the FA have targeted him. The referee hopes to meet such an eloquent head coach.

There is even a joke now: Mourinho's players cannot get a penalty if they keep their legs in the penalty area.

After the first half of the game, Ali also looked annoyed when he walked off the field. He was ashamed and dared not go to see Tottenham's head coach.

Mourinho went to the bench with a cold face and ordered a few people to stay on the field to warm up during the intermission. Assistant coach Saracmento rushed over to hug Ali and led them back to the locker room while comforting him.

One of the biggest problems for Tottenham this season is that they are always not concentrated enough at the beginning and near the end, and they are easy to be taken away by their opponents.

Sure enough, not long after the start of the second half, Middlesbrough striker Ashley Fletcher successfully broke through Gazzaniga's ten fingers and scored the first goal.

眼瞅着比分已经变成了1:0，再图谋着调整后防已经不具备重要的意义了，2:0乃至3:0余1:0并没有任何本质上的区别，都是失败，都是退出足总杯的争夺。

Mourinho's temporary tactical adjustment and off-court command ability are recognized as the best in the world. Noticing the change in the atmosphere on the field caused by this goal, he immediately called Lamela and Luo Luo who were sitting on the bench. Celso is going to replace Winks and Sessegnon on the field to strengthen the team's offensive capabilities.

A little blond puppy sitting in the back row stared at him unblinkingly, trying to get the head coach's attention to win a chance to play.

The latter felt moved, but felt that Apollon's offensive ability was indeed stronger than that of Loselso, but at this critical time, it was impossible to only consider the player's ability alone, but also pay attention to him and the entire team. Whether the degree of fit has been able to achieve the result that one plus one is equal to two or even greater than two.

So in the 56th minute, Lamela and Loselso, who had already warmed up, were replaced.

The effect of the substitution was very significant, the team's decline changed, and after only 5 minutes, Lucas Jr. pulled back a goal.

The boos of the home fans on the field expressed their strong dissatisfaction. Even Boro's head coach Woodgate was unwilling to accept this result. God knows they were only short of winning Tottenham and entering the next round of the FA Cup Four and ten minutes.

Even though Middlesbrough is only a Championship team, it still has a heart that is hungry and devours dragons.

Woodgate replaced Coulson with Marvin Johnson in the 67th minute and Roberts with Garstead in the 69th minute, also trying to strengthen the team's offensive capabilities.

Before the substitution, when Woodgate called out the players to warm up and prepare for the substitution, Mourinho knew what the opposite opponent was thinking. After seeing the goal, the players of the two teams gradually began to get anxious again. All kinds of small actions, and considering that Ali already has a yellow card.

The current Tottenham can't afford another main player to be suspended because of the red card. At the same time as Boro made a substitution, Mourinho also used up his third substitution, using Yapo, who is both offensive and defensive. Len replaced Ali.

He met Ali, who was dissatisfied with his performance, patted Ali on the shoulder gently, and after a few words of comfort, he watched Apollon's next performance intently, observing whether the young man would On his Premier League debut, he showed timidity, or became a blockbuster.

To be honest, even though everyone knows that Mourinho's off-court command and adjustment water bottle is the best in the world, there are still people who will keep questioning his every decision.

Just like the substitution this time, the team's main player, Ali, was replaced by an unknown young player. The Tottenham fans sitting in front of the TV watching the live broadcast were worried, and some hostile sunspots even believed that Murray Neo suffers from dementia.

Some sharp and witty reporters immediately began to search for various materials about Apollyon, wanting to know his life and identity.As long as the report is done well, promotion and salary increase is not a dream, why can't the editor-in-chief of the Sun Society no longer command arrogantly.

It was already the 70th minute when Apollon came on the field. Not counting stoppage time, there were only 20 minutes left for him to reverse the result of the game. It would be best if he could win the game, and the rematch would definitely cost the team more energy.

Middlesbrough's players were just as unwilling to admit defeat as their head coach. Everyone imagined that they would jump into the giants by virtue of their dazzling performance in this game.

Marvin, who was replaced, took advantage of his speed advantage, took advantage of the fact that the player had not yet returned to the position he should be in after Tottenham's substitution, and quickly rushed to Tottenham's goal. He was five or six meters away from the penalty area. When the ball passed by his teammates, he took advantage of the trend and saw that he was about to form a one-handed situation.

Hey, where is my ball?

In fact, this time he was going forward for the ball and was hooked by Apollon, who was overtaking from the side bend, with his legs stretched out. A turn was a precise long pass, and the football was hoisted into Middlesbrough's penalty area again.

The ball landed well, and Lucas Jr. also ran to the first point of the ball in time. Unfortunately, he was not tall enough, and there was no high center forward like Harry Kane on the field. Cha jumped over the head of little Lucas, and was hugged tightly by the panicked Middlesbrough goalkeeper Thomas.

Little Lucas and Sun Xingmin who rushed over to try to pick up the leak could only sigh regretfully.

The home fans, after a false alarm, angrily yelled at Apollyon, who also shook his head in regret, and the cheers of a small wave of away Tottenham fans would be drowned out.

The assistant coach jumped up from his seat and shook his fist regretfully, but Mourinho sat back in his seat with a satisfied smile, and took a sip from the water bottle in his spare time.

The head coach of Middlesbrough shouted angrily on the sidelines to cheer up the players. He would not allow such a situation to happen again, but Woodgate swept away the contempt for Apollon in his heart, and he was vaguely afraid .

What is the biggest fear of a football manager?

Is it because the opponent's head coach has a better tactical quality than himself?

Or is the overall strength of the opposing team stronger than your own?

neither.

What a football manager worries most about happening on the field is the sudden inspiration of a talented player, like Zidane's flying fairy in the Champions League final, Ibrahimovic's super long-range barb in the warm-up match between England and Sweden .

This kind of performance that cannot be expected by human resources is something that even the players themselves cannot guarantee that they can reproduce it [-]% in the future.

And just from the pivotal hooks and swipes of Apollon after he came on the court, and the precise long pass without stopping the ball, he can see the potential of this young man.

Why was Beckham so important to the England national team back then?

It is because when the two virtues cannot coexist, Beckham's precise long pass is too important for this national team, which is still essentially the long-passing style of play inherited from the English football ancestors.

Of course, Beckham's full moon scimitar is also a free kick killer.

Just imagine, an enemy midfielder stands near the center circle and can hoist the football into any position in the penalty area with a precise long pass. This is definitely a ruthless bombing of goalkeepers and defenders again and again .

But Woodgate did not want to admit defeat, he chose to replace striker Ashley with midfielder Nmega.

It wasn't a match-up, and Nmega wasn't a more defensive player, but the adjusted tactics undoubtedly left Middlesbrough's players further back.

Seeing this, Mourinho, who knew well that "he would kill him while he was sick", saw Woodgate's worry at a glance. He made a few moves off the court and signaled Loselso to retreat, while Yapo Lun stepped in to assist the attack.

But whether the attack can be successful or not is already determined by the sky.

It is a pity that even though Tottenham's offense was mobilized wave after wave by Apollyon, they still failed to score a goal.

In the 85th minute, Apollon held the ball and made a strong push. Just when the opponent thought that Apollon would pass the ball from the center to Sun Xingmin who was trying to run out of space on the left side this time, he was able to Continue to accelerate.

If he didn't stop him in time, Apollyon would rush into the penalty area. George Saville could only hug Apollyon from behind helplessly, and blocked this attacking opportunity with a package of yellow cards and free kicks.

In fact, free kicks in the team should generally be taken by Eriksson, although the position of this free kick is a bit to the right, and it is not in the best position for him to directly attack the goal.

But for some reason, Eriksson just stood far away and didn't mean to take the free kick. On the contrary, he raised his thumb to encourage Apollon, and he actually signaled that a rookie substitute would take this important free kick. .

Although Sun Xingmin and Lucas Jr. were full of doubts, but when they thought of Apollyon's precise pass, they immediately started to walk around trying to create space for Apollyon to pass the ball.

Even Middlesbrough's goalkeeper focused most of his attention on a few of Tottenham's main attacking players standing on the edge of the penalty area, and Apollon took a few steps back before starting the run-up.

He stepped hard on the grass with his left foot, leaned to the side, and then hit the ball suddenly with his right foot.

Then, everyone realized that the ball with a huge arc was going towards the goal after bypassing the human wall. The goalkeeper who was blocked by the human wall from his sight was delayed for a while before reacting. He stretched out his hand to save it, but it was still too late step.

But what shocked everyone the most was how familiar this free kick was.

Banana balls!

No, maybe it will be more surprising to use its other more well-known name to shout!

Full Moon Scimitar!

The author has something to say:

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