The 28th round of the Premier League staged a high-profile "North London derby", which resulted in Arsenal at home beating rivals Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 and successfully scoring all three points. The defeat of Tottenham, the offensive center of gravity of the front court Son Heung-min was injured early in the first half is the main reason, but the focus is on the Argentine attacking midfielder Eric Lamela, who came on as a substitute for the South Korean striker, with the "strange foot" as the team's first place, but he was expelled from behind the team, leaving the team in a more harsh environment, definitely a mixture of angels and devils.
Eric Lamela, 29, was born in the Academy of Rivers Plate, a 29-year-old who moved to Serie A side Roma in 2011 after failing to prevent his home team's historic relegation, officially launched his European football journey; in his two seasons with Roma, Eric Lamela performed well and gradually became the main player in the team's attacking line, helping the team to finish second in the 2013 Coppa Italia. In the summer of 2013, Premier League side Tottenham Sold Bale to La Liga giants Real Madrid for £85 million and used the huge transfer fee to bring in seven players, including Brazilian midfielder Paulinho, Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen, Spanish striker Roberto Saldado, French back Ethini Capoe, Belgian winger Nasser Chadley, Romanian defender Vlad Kirikesh, and Eric Lamela, who joined From Rome for £30 million.
Playing well in Rome is naturally expected by Tottenham fans, but after all, unlike serie A, which focuses on technology and slightly slower speed, the Premier League field emphasizes both speed and physical strength, so that the Argentine player failed to adapt in time, and his performance in the early stage of joining was not ideal, and even the troublesome injuries followed, so in addition to Christian Eriksen, the remaining 6 new players including Eric Lamela were ridiculed as 6 "parallel goods" in exchange for a Bale. However, with the same Argentine national Pochettino from Southampton to coach, Eric Lamela's performance has improved, and more and more opportunities to play, although it has been affected by injuries, but it has not affected Pochettino's trust in him, and often become a "substitute killer", bringing chips for the team to change the team, the result is to help the team reach the Champions League final in 2019, and finally only lost to another Premier League team Liverpool and was relegated to the second place.
By the time Mourinho became the new manager of the team in the middle of last season, when the public thought that Eric Lamela's prospects for Tottenham were coming to an end, Mourinho took it very seriously, although it did not become a necessary candidate, and played for the team in 171 games over the years, only scoring 17 goals and giving 23 assists, but still from time to time in major games or in strong teams, which shows that Mourinho has another trust in him.
Although Eric Lamela, who can play the midfield position such as winger and forward, is very skilled in his left foot, has excellent personal skills and twisting skills, and has his own ability to score goals, but his playing style is too personal, and many times when the team wants to carry out a quick counterattack, this Argentine player always loves his feet, and only looks down to break through the opponent's entire defense line with his personal ability, sometimes more than to show his personal fancy footwork is greater than everything, but often slows down the speed of counterattack, and even becomes the terminator of the attack. Therefore, it is criticized by Tottenham fans from time to time. Still, why does Mourinho value it so much? The reason is that it is willing to be the "black glove" on the court.
All along, Eric Lamela gave the impression of "eating alone", more "fake fall", the most impressive to the fans is that 3 years ago in the league away to Liverpool, the Argentine winger in the stoppage time to take advantage of the opposing guard Van Dijk in the penalty area to break the moment, taking advantage of the situation to lean over and fall down due to contact, more touch the left foot looks painful, the result successfully won a penalty, and finally Harry Kane shot in, helping the team to successfully equalize the opponent.
During the first round of the season away to Manchester United, Eric Lamela had a dispute with opposition striker Martial in the penalty area in a corner attack in the first half, but it was Eric Lamela who first waved his arm into the neck position of Martial next to him, the latter could not hold his breath and slapped the former's face lightly, the Argentine player shouted and then exaggerated the fall to the ground, the result of course, Martial was shown a red card by the referee to leave the field, and the team most of the time had the advantage of one more person, the visit won 6-1. In fact, when Mourinho took office, he already felt that many players in the squad, although they had good skills, but the kick was not aggressive enough, especially in terms of treachery, and Eric Lamela, who has the characteristics of traditional South American players, naturally became his favorite, although until now many Tottenham fans do not understand why Eric Lamela, who has not contributed much, has not been sent away by the team to cash out, just in the "North London Derby" event, it is even more difficult to finally meet the tiger and cause the team to return to the soul, but at least in Mourinho's mind, it obviously has a special role. As a special task, the villain on the pitch is none other than that.