Football: The Strongest Hexagon Warrior

Chapter 199 Counterattack Counterattack! Dream start (page 12)

The North London Derby is one of the most popular derbies in England and even Europe.

The feud between the two teams began at the beginning of the last century.

Arsenal was founded in 1886 by workers from a weapons factory called the Royal Arsenal in GUI Square in Woolwich, southeast London.

After moving to Highbury in North London in 1913, it is only 4 miles away from Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium.

Because it was closer to central London, it aroused opposition from many London clubs at the time, including Chelsea.

Tottenham is closer and the opinions are naturally greater.

But the real feud between the two teams began in 1919.

At that time, the Football Association of England passed a resolution to expand the league. Tottenham believed that as long as they cooperated with the expansion, their relegation seats for the season would be cancelled, so they were very cooperative.

Thinking that Chelsea, which is ranked second to last, has managed to stay in the First Division, the second to last should be a problem for me.

Arsenal's major shareholder, wealthy businessman Henry Norris, didn't think so. He keenly seized the opportunity of anti-Semitism in football at the time and continued to lobby. Unexpectedly, he finally succeeded in getting the Football Association to decide that Tottenham, which was founded by Jews, was relegated to the second division. Arsenal, fifth in the Premier League, are candidates for promotion.

The explanation given by the Football Association is that Arsenal was founded 15 years earlier than Tottenham and has made a huge contribution to English football.

Such reasons obviously failed to convince Tottenham fans, who shouted conspiracy.

The feud between the two teams began.

When the news of Tottenham's relegation came out, the green parrot, the mascot of the visit to Argentina, immediately felt unwell and burped within a few days.

Therefore, Tottenham fans believe that the death of the mascot was caused by Arsenal seizing the team's first-division spot, so the two teams became mortal enemies.

By 1923, Arsenal club executives persuaded Transport for London and Islington Local Council to rename Gillespie Road tube station next to the stadium Arsenal Station.

Tottenham fans were once again angered by Arsenal's actions. They believed that they were the boss of North London and should be named a subway station or train station before Arsenal.

The feud between the two teams has deepened.

On the day of the match, North London was particularly lively.

The London police are facing a formidable enemy.

Increasing the patrol of security personnel is one of the effective means.

Fans of the two teams saw that they could not compete offline, so they had no choice but to return to the Internet to angrily criticize each other.

As the game time gets closer, celebrities from the two teams also join in the pre-game war of words.

Pochettino, Wenger and their respective players are all focused on the next game, and naturally will not focus on outside the stadium.

The Arsenal players preparing for the game were full of confidence, while the home team Tottenham players were a little nervous.

Especially Son Heung-min, who was compared with Martin by the domestic media. The two had a record of playing against each other in the Bundesliga, and the results were both bad.

Playing against each other in England again, he really didn't have any confidence sitting on the bus.

Harry Kane, who was sitting next to him, turned to ask: "Sun, don't worry, there will always be a first time in life, and the same is true for the North London Derby. Stay highly focused, and the victory will belong to Tottenham."

"Yeah, I know, Harry."

Son Heung-min said with a smile to Kane, and when he turned his face, he had a heavy expression again.

Martin is the nightmare of his career.

The game time is 7:45 pm, and the bus with the Tottenham logo arrived near the White Hart Lane stadium at o'clock.

The overwhelming cheers swept the entire Tottenham district in an instant.

Not long after, the bus from Arsenal arrived at the main road next to White Hart Lane.

The Tottenham fans who had been preparing for a long time sent out boos all over the sky, sending it to their arch-rival Arsenal.

Martin is Arsenal's best player and is the most badly cared for.

Martin, who has become a star, has long been accustomed to such treatment, and he is not surprised. He just passes on his dissatisfaction with the fans to the team they support.

Tottenham fans are so crazy. It makes sense to beat the home team at White Hart Lane, right?

The harsh boos stopped until the bus heard the parking lot leading to the visiting team's locker room.

But... Just because it's a little quieter doesn't mean it's completely unheard.

When the Arsenal players entered the White Hart Lane stadium to warm up, boos and unpleasant abuses came from all directions.

The frenetic North London derby atmosphere is beginning to take shape.

Tottenham and Arsenal have a century-long history of grudges. Even if Tottenham at home faced a challenge from Manchester City after the League Cup, head coach Pochettino also sent a quasi-main lineup in the first North London derby of the 2015-2016 season. .

Goalkeeper: Vorm

Defenders: Danny Rose, Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld, Trippier

Midfielder: Dier, Elkeson

Avant-garde: Son Heung-min, Alli, Townsend

Forward: Harry Kane

Arsenal's lineup adjustments include adjustments to multiple positions.

Goalkeeper: Ospina

Defenders: Gibbs, Chambers, Mertesacker, Debich

Midfielder: Flamini, Martin

Midfielder: Iwobi, Cazorla, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Forward: Giroud

……

Tottenham coach Pochettino felt unhappy when he saw Wenger's non-main lineup.

What the hell!

He thinks that Wenger... looks down on people!

actually not.

Three days ago, Arsenal started to play one less player at half-time on the road, and the main players were very exhausted.

If Martin's physical condition was not better than that of players who had not played in the game, he would have put Martin on the bench.

In addition, Wenger believes that Pochettino will definitely make multiple adjustments to the lineup taking into account the weekend's home game against Manchester City.

Unexpectedly, Pochettino, who took over Tottenham Hotspur last summer, would field a nearly full lineup...

However, Wenger is not worried that this lineup will lose to Tottenham away from home, because...Martin is in good form.

And he can drive the whole team through excellent performance and bring out the best in his teammates.

As the players warmed up at White Hart Lane, the fans in the auditorium began to talk rubbish to rival fans from a distance, and there was an endless stream of unpleasant abuse.

Diehard fans also led the fans of their respective fan associations to sing at this time.

Tottenham fans sang "Glory to Tottenham Hotspur".

Arsenal fans mainly sang the team song "Hot Stuff", supplemented by "Anti-Tottenham Song" and "49-Game Undefeated Song".

Just every time the away team fans sang a line, the home fans would boo in response, especially when the Arsenal fans sang "Hot Stuff" and "The Song of 49 Undefeated Games", even the Tottenham fans outside the stadium would Hissed in response.

The momentum was so great that it spread throughout the entire Tottenham area.

……

"Beep~beep~~~~"

Just 3 minutes into the game, Danny Rose tackled Chamberlain to the ground with a flying tackle. The referee Anthony Taylor blew the whistle immediately, but the nearby Arsenal players couldn't stand it and looked like they were looking for trouble. , forcing Anthony Taylor to blow the whistle continuously.

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