Tottenham Hotspur - 'Chicken turns into Phoenix'?

(Baonghean.vn) - Winning both matches in the Champions League group stage, coach Pochettino and his team are making all opponents afraid.

From the story “The Rooster Turns into a Phoenix”, we can think of the journey of Tottenham Hotspur Club (nicknamed “the roosters”) in the Champions League arena in the last 2 seasons.

The arrival of coach Pochettino has helped the White Hart Lane team transform day by day in the most prestigious club competition in Europe. Under the guidance of the Argentine strategist, Tottenham is showing constant progress.

Tottenham players are playing excellently in the Champions League. Photo: Internet

Strong transformation

In the 2016/2017 Champions League, Tottenham fell into a group that was considered to be at an easy level with representatives: Monaco (France), Leverkusen (Germany) and CSKA Moscow (Russia). However, what coach Pochettino and his team achieved was only 2 wins - 1 draw and 3 losses. Winning only 7 points after 6 matches, the "roosters" had to accept the 3rd place in the group, which meant a place to play in the Europa League.

Tottenham's poor performance last season came from the following reasons: lack of experience (both coach Pochettino and the players) and Wembley stadium (Tottenham rented Wembley stadium to host Champions League matches).

However, for a team with high professional level and equal in all positions like Tottenham, such poor performance is hard to accept. Many experts and anti-fans have sarcastically criticized coach Pochettino and his team with the phrase "chickens will always be chickens".

Harry Kane scored twice to help Tottenham beat Dortmund 3-1. Photo: Internet

Entering this season, Tottenham, as the reigning Premier League runner-up, is still not highly regarded in the Champions League. In particular, the lucky draw has put the home team at White Hart Lane in a group with the presence of the reigning champions Real Madrid (Spain), Dortmund (Germany) and APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus).

Except for APOEL Nicosia, which is too weak, Real Madrid and Dortmund are far ahead of Tottenham in terms of reputation and class in Europe's most prestigious club competition.

When the draw results were announced, not many people believed that coach Pochettino and his team could win 1 of the 2 tickets to the knockout round. Not to mention that this season, the "roosters" must continue to rent Wembey Stadium as their home ground in all the arenas they participate in.

Indeed, England's home ground is not a "good land" for Tottenham players. Up to the time before the match with Dortmund in the first round of the Champions League group stage, Harry Kane and his teammates had not won any match at Wembley as the home team (lost 1-2 to Chelsea, drew 1-1 with Burnley).

However, Tottenham defeated Dortmund with a score of 3 - 1, with an excellent performance. The convincing victory against the representative from Germany helped coach Pochettino and his team gain an advantage in the competition to own 1 of 2 tickets to the knockout round of Group H.

After a 3-0 win at APOEL Nicosia, Tottenham and Real Madrid share the top two positions on the rankings. With 6 absolute points after 2 matches, Tottenham is showing that they are a powerful team.

"The Roosters" - Tottenham are gradually turning into Phoenixes, there you have it./.

Thanh Hung