Football King Bale

Chapter 8 National Team Match Day

In the end, in this game, Tottenham beat Bolton with Bale's free kick in the 86th minute and won two consecutive league victories.

With Tottenham fighting against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium, there are three more games in this round, including Manchester United's game against the black cats Sunderland at Old Trafford.

Originally, this was a three-pointer in Ferguson's plan, because facing his never-beaten disciple Bruce at Old Trafford, the old man had full confidence to win.

Not only that, the confident Ferguson also arranged for the offensive core Ryan Giggs and the main midfielder Carrick to rest in this field.

But the result of the game was a surprise, the score was 2:2.

It was not that the black cat Sunderland drew the powerful Red Devils away, but that Manchester United had a difficult draw with the black cat Sunderland at home.

It can even be said that if Sunderland hadn't scored an own goal in the last minute of stoppage time, the Red Devils would have suffered a defeat in the Theater of Dreams.

This draw poured cold water on the smug Red Devils who had just returned to the top of the list, making them realize that this is the most competitive and cruel Premier League on the planet, and if they don't pay attention, they will capsize in the gutter.

It is said that Ferguson turned on his powerful hair dryer in the locker room after the game and sprayed the Manchester United soldiers hard.

No wonder Ferguson is so annoyed, because this draw means that they have just won the top position, and they will soon lose it again.

In fact, the same was true, and when Chelsea's game ended the next afternoon, the victorious Blues returned to the top of the table. They beat the Red Army Liverpool 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.

With Bell's lore and Liverpool's loss, Tottenham rose to third in the ranking, chasing the Red Devils with 18 points. The Premier League's new local tycoon Manchester City is ranked fourth, and their points are 16 points.

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However, in front of outsiders, Ferguson still tried his best to defend his disciple, and blamed Willy, the referee of the game.

He told the interviewing reporter: "I'm disappointed with the referee. He didn't add any time for the goal. He blew the whistle at 4 minutes and 02 seconds of stoppage time. For the second ball, Willy also walked to the middle circle to kick-off Yes, he needs rest, he's not physically up to par for a game of this level. The pace of the game requires a physical referee, and he's not up to par. It's a drag on our game. You see Foreign referees are in physical condition like greyhounds, some of our referees are okay, but Willy is not. It takes 30 seconds for him to give a player a yellow card just to let himself breathe, which is ridiculous."

Ferguson's remarks are widely regarded as a move to vent his disappointment after the loss, while at the same time dumping the blame on others to relieve the pressure on Manchester United's soldiers. Ferguson has done such things before, and even other head coaches have done the same. But the Premier League referees were all irritated by the Manchester United coach. There are rumors that Willy was so angry with Ferguson's accusations that he even considered quitting the refereeing circle.

Ferguson's big mouth has long been known in the UK, otherwise the media would not have given him the title of "hairdryer".

Objectively speaking, Willy's penalty scale in this game is indeed inconsistent, and he is very cautious about fouls in the penalty area. In this game, Nani once had a pass blocked by Andy Reid, Anderson fell in the Sunderland penalty area after cooperating with Evra, and Berbatov was knocked down by Anton Ferdinandra in the penalty area. Willie didn't award a penalty.

However, the media did not pay attention to Willy's suspected penalty kick in the penalty area, as well as the fouls and violations of Berbatov and Anderson. Ferguson, like them, focused on stoppage time.

The referee's stoppage time card showed that 4 minutes should be added, and Manchester United scored in the 92nd minute. The referee should give an additional 30 seconds, plus substitutions. There are objective reasons for Ferguson's request for 5 minutes of stoppage time.

But Ferguson ignored why in the first half without any substitutions or injury delays, Willy even added 2 minutes of stoppage time!

Perhaps, as former Manchester City derby referee Poll said, Ferguson's time rule really exists: the referee in the Theater of Dreams, can't blow the whistle until Manchester United wins?

There is no doubt that such remarks that question the authority of the referee will inevitably attract questions and punishments from the Football Association for Ferguson Ferguson. At least, fines are inevitable, and suspensions may not happen.

Of course, the reason why the so-called "Ferguson time" has become the focus of the media is precisely because the performance of Manchester United players on the field is really lackluster.

Ferguson took turns to rest Manchester United's attacking core Ryan Giggs and midfielder Carrick. Fletcher and Scholes were partnered in the center, and teenagers Welbeck and Nani were partnered on the wings. Being so big, he was caught by Bruce, who knew the details of Manchester United.

It can be said bluntly that the performance of Nani and goalkeeper Foster was disastrous, especially the Portuguese teenager. The difference between him and Ryan Giggs determines Manchester United's offensive performance.

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On the night of October 5th, with Villa's 1:1 draw with Manchester City at home, this round of Premier League games is all over. However, some off-site things are still brewing.

The FA formally wrote to Ferguson on the 5th, asking him to explain this.

Alan Layton, secretary-general of the referee committee, was extremely dissatisfied with Ferguson's words and deeds. He believed that Ferguson's words were groundless, and made it clear that the Premier League referees who were able to enforce the law had undergone strict physical conditions tests. Ferguson should not doubt Willie's physical condition. .

Although he became the focus of the British media and caused trouble for himself, Ferguson's goal of reducing pressure for his disciples was also achieved. The few Manchester United players who performed poorly in this game were not caught by the media. .

Another focus of this round is related to Bell.

At the last moment of the game, Bell beat Bolton with an elevator ball that surprised everyone. This is another gorgeous performance that surprised the whole of England after his performance as a substitute in the last round.

This is not the first free kick scored by Bell. He has scored free kicks in Southampton and even after moving to Tottenham, and the first free kick he scored in Tottenham was still When facing arch-rivals Arsenal in North London.

It's just that the previous two direct free kicks were much worse than this goal in terms of importance and appreciation.

This free kick brought three points to Tottenham, but the goal that scored Arsenal did not bring any points to Tottenham. At that time, they lost 1:3 to their rivals at home.

Bell once again became the focus of British media attention, but Bell was no longer in the UK at this time.

Next is the international competition day, and the European qualifiers for the World Cup in South Africa will usher in the final two rounds. Bell, as Wales' main international footballer, was naturally called up and traveled with the team to the away games against Finland and Liechtenstein.

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In fact, Wales' schedule in this World Cup has basically come to an end.

After the first eight rounds, they were 13 points behind top-ranked Germany and 12 points behind second-placed Russia. They lost the possibility of qualifying for the South Africa World Cup finals early.

Therefore, these last two rounds are more of a routine task, at most it is to compete with Finland for the third place in the group, but this does not make much sense, because the third place in the group will not allow Wales to enter South Africa.

Moreover, today Bell is completely uninterested in the World Cup qualifiers. Now his top priority is to get up to Tottenham as soon as possible, become the core of the team, and then complete the task of winning the league.

This is a matter of his life and death, everything else can be put aside first.

If he can complete the task this season, then in September next year, he can make some plans for Wales to enter the 2012 European Cup.

In fact, Bell has the intention of temporarily not accepting the national team call-up, but considering that this is still a World Cup qualifier, if he refuses the national team call-up, the impact will be bad, so he agreed.

In this mentality, Bell did not perform well in the two games of the national team. The first game was against Finland in Helsinki.

Four days later, in Wales' match against Rawchtenstein, Bell played again. This time because the opponent was too weak, Bell had an assist, and Wales also won a 2:0 victory.

In the end, Wales' record in the European qualifiers for the World Cup in South Africa was 4 wins, 6 losses and 12 points, ranking fourth in the group, scoring 9 goals and losing 12 goals.

So far, Bell and the Welsh men's football team's World Cup trip in South Africa has come to an end, and the next game has nothing to do with them.

In Group D where Wales is located, the German team finally won the first place and directly won a spot in the top 32 of the World Cup in South Africa. Their result is 8 wins, 2 draws and 26 points to remain unbeaten. They scored 26 goals, but only conceded 5 goals.

Russia, which has 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, ranks second in the group. They have qualified for the play-offs and will compete with Slovenia for a ticket to South Africa.

As for Finland, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein, they ranked third, fifth and sixth in the group respectively.

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