Of course, many fans will foresee this low tide of Tottenham Hotspur. After all, in the case of the devil's Christmas schedule, Tottenham will encounter strong enemies in succession, and it is inevitable to lose points. After all, Tottenham's hard power is there. In this intensive devil's race, Tottenham beat Manchester City and Arsenal, drew Chelsea and lost to Liverpool and Leicester, which is a tolerable result.
For Mourinho, the difficult schedule is over. Until February, Tottenham will not face any too strong opponents. In the league, except for the 65438+ match against Liverpool at the end of June, the other opponents are in the middle of the ranking, even the newly promoted or relegation teams. Tottenham have lost a few points against the weak teams this season. At present, they have only lost 4 points against West Ham and Crystal Palace, which is predictable.
In the cup, Tottenham Hotspur is also lucky and is expected to break the embarrassment of not being crowned for many years. In the semi-final of the Carling Cup, Tottenham successfully avoided Manchester City and won brentford from the Championship. In the eyes of many fans, this is a super gift package. Of course, compared with Manchester City, this opponent is the best choice. However, this gift package is also "dangerous".
Brentford reached the Premier League play-offs last season and finally lost to Fulham. In the offseason of this season, he rented and sold his top core Ben-Rahama and the team's top scorer Watkins, respectively, but this did not affect the team's record. They are still in the Premier League promotion zone.
It is worth mentioning that brentford has been in a very good state recently, with 20 goals in all competitions 14 unbeaten. Although the offensive firepower is not as fierce as last season, the overall play of the team tends to be stable. Ivan Toni, who bought from Pittsburgh, has scored 16, successfully continuing the team's firepower. Brentford is still the favourite team to advance to the British Championship.
They did quite well in the knockout stage of the Carling Cup this season. After two rounds, Fulham and Newcastle from the Premier League were eliminated one after another and advanced to the semi-finals. Especially for Newcastle, Mourinho needs to be vigilant, because Newcastle, like Tottenham, is a team that focuses on defense and counterattack. It seems that brentford still has some ways to deal with this kind of opponent.
Of course, the strength of Tottenham Hotspur is far above Newcastle, and the second team of the team has also shown a good state in this League Cup. It should be said that apart from Ali, other players in the second line-up are still good, and Sun Xingyu, Kane and other main players should also be on the bench at that time, so Tottenham's chances of promotion are still great. Although the Carling Cup is short of gold, it is still a good opportunity for Tottenham, which has not seen the championship trophy for a long time.