My uncle is Inzaghi

Chapter 40 What is a goal drought?
  "Will he start?"

In Tottenham Hotspur's training base, the team's head coach Villas-Boas had just read the newspaper reports about Arsenal these days and turned to his assistant, Tottenham assistant coach Tim Sher. Wood asked.

for the upcoming North London derby.

Boas naturally takes it very seriously.

This season the team made a strong move to keep Gareth Bale in order to perform well this season.

Actually.

Tottenham this season does have a strong team and can threaten Arsenal's fourth place position.

Especially their front line.

There are Welsh super winger Gareth Bale and electric motorcycle Aaron Lennon.

If it's purely about speed.

Bale and Lennon are on the left and right.

It can be regarded as the fastest wing combination in the entire Premier League.

And at the center position.

There is the "traitor" Adebayor who is the most hated by Arsenal fans now - after making a name for himself at Arsenal, Adebayor moved to Manchester City in 2009, and then performed in Manchester City's home game against Arsenal. Famous scene.

After breaking through Arsenal's goal.

The "little monster" who made a name for himself at Arsenal ran for 100 meters, ran to the other side of the visiting team's stand and slid down the track to celebrate, and wildly provoked the Arsenal fans who came to the away game.
  That's it.

Afterwards, Adebayor moved directly to Arsenal's absolute rival Tottenham Hotspur.

This will undoubtedly make Arsenal fans hate Adebayor even more.

But disgust is disgusting, no one can deny Adebayor's strength on the court.

After all, at his peak at Arsenal, he was a center forward who scored 30 goals in a single season.

Besides.

Tottenham also have England star Defoe at the forward position.

On the left and right are Bale and Lennon, in the middle are Adebayor and Defoe.

The head coach is Mourinho's direct disciple Villas-Boas.

Such a Tottenham team would be a waste if they did not play defensive counterattacks.

And now the "him" that Villas-Boas is asking Sherwood about is naturally the recently popular No. 19 player Li Mo in Arsenal.

"I don't think we need to pay too much attention to him."

Sherwood said.

"He's basically been seen through, hasn't he. An opportunist, maybe he will be very good in the future, but now he is too young."

"Cazorla is injured, and now Wilshere must be his replacement. I think we should focus on Wilshere, Theo Walcott, or Giroud, Podolski and others."

Sherwood said.

"Let's take a look first."

Boas asked someone to open the edited video.

They are all pictures of how Li Mo was restricted by the defense.

Mainly the games against West Ham United in the seventh round, the Champions League midfielder against Schalke 04, and the seventh round of the league against Stoke City.

Arsenal lost all three games.

These three games.

Li Modu didn't impose any restrictions.

There is no chance at all.

in the video.

Li Mo moved aggressively, but the opponent's defense retreated very far, squeezing the space to death.

Couldn't find any space at all.

In addition, as long as Li Mo gets the ball from the outside, there will definitely be physical confrontation and even fouls.

As such.

Li Mo's shortcomings will be infinitely magnified, while his advantages will not be fully utilized.

"This is indeed a very good defensive strategy!"

Boas said.

These three teams have already laid a template for Tottenham on how to defend Li Mo.

Therefore, Tottenham only needs to slightly modify it according to the actual situation of their own team before they can move it over - not to mention that Villas-Boas' Tottenham is good at defensive counterattacks.

In front were Bell and Lennon, a Ferrari and a scooter.

What if you don't have a defensive counterattack posture?

Therefore, whether Li Mo plays or not, he will start or not.

Tottenham are all that way.

It's nothing more than adding some special measures to target Li Mo if he appears.

at the pre-match press conference.

Villas-Boas took Gareth Bale to participate.

Bell's worth in the German transfer market has reached more than 60 million.

But everyone knows.

You definitely can't buy Bell at this price.

Let’s not talk about Bell’s ability. Just the name of Tottenham CEO Levi Vampire is here.

It is impossible to sell Bell for less than 80 million.

And actually.

Bell, who was originally playing as a left-back, was moved to winger, shadow forward and other positions by former Tottenham coach Redknapp.

Bell's characteristics of fast speed, strong impact, sharp breakthrough, and terrifying accuracy and power of his left-footed shot were fully brought into play.

And in another time and space.

The 2012-2013 season was a small peak in Bell's career.

in this season.

Bale won the Premier League Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season awards.

Bell now has 8 goals and 4 assists after 4 rounds of the Premier League.

Although he is one goal behind Li Mo in terms of goals scored.

But Bale is the Premier League player directly involved in the most goals.

At this point, he had an advantage over Li Mo.

at the pre-match press conference.

Facing reporters’ questions.

Bell also seemed very confident and tough.

The opponent is Arsenal.

He knows exactly what Spurs fans want to hear.

"We will defend our home ground and White Hart Lane will become Arsenal's nightmare!"

He said.

"Li Mo? He is a good player, but I don't care about him. We will bring a victory to the fans."

Bell smiled.

Click click.

Flashbulbs rang out.

At this moment, Bei Dasheng looks like an international superstar.

Boas doesn't have to guess anymore.

Because at Arsenal's pre-match press conference.

Wenger supports Li Mo.

"Of course he will start! He is our top scorer, why won't he start?"

Wenger said.

"But Arsenal have lost three games in a row."

"Counterattack starts from this one!"

The gentle Wenger is also quite tough when facing his mortal enemy Tottenham.

A head-to-head meeting between the two North London teams.

The result will determine the breathing rights of the two teams and their respective fans in the next week, or even the next half of the season - until the second round of the match between the two sides, the winning side can be proud.

The depth of hostility between the two sides is beyond description.

This is a grudge and entanglement that has lasted for more than a hundred years, and it no longer makes much sense to trace the source.

For both parties anyway.

other side.

He is his mortal enemy!

The ultimate enemy among mortal enemies!

It starts to rain again in London in October.

Light rain accompanied the cold and humid weather.

It makes people feel hesitant.

At White Hart Lane, the Arsenal bus entered the parking lot with curses and humiliations all the way.

The players came down wrapped in coats and hoodies.

Raindrops occasionally fell on my neck.

Li Mo couldn't help but shrink his neck even more.

It sounds like he's pretty lucky.

It has been almost two months since I came to London, and this is the first time I have experienced the feeling of playing a game on a wet and rainy night.

However, in his usual training, Li Mo has experienced the heavy rain in England many times.

Therefore, he would not be caught off guard.

Li Mo is undoubtedly the focus of the media.

"You haven't scored in four games. How do you feel about your scoring drought?"

"Goal drought?"

Li Mo didn't even look back.

"What is a goal drought?"

(End of this chapter)