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Chapter 493 Huo Cun Miraculously Meets Ferguson (1)

In the past, for fans all over the world, the UEFA Cup final was just an appetizer before the Champions League final, with the exception of fans of both sides of the final.But this year is slightly different than before. Due to the miraculous rise of Hoffenheim, due to the strength of Zenit's slaughter of Bayern, and due to the superstar performances of Arshavin and Li Huan, the UEFA Cup in the 0708-[-] season was a bit of a steal.

In previous years, before the UEFA Cup final, the news of the UEFA Champions League final on TV and newspapers must still have a large space. It is very good that the UEFA Cup can occupy the same page as a block of tofu.But before this year's UEFA Cup, not only the Chinese, German and Russian media were reporting on the UEFA Cup, newspapers and TVs in other European countries were also flooded with a lot of UEFA Cup news. Eye-catching titles such as "The Dark Horse Has the Last Laugh".

It may be because the UEFA Cup final was held at Manchester City's home stadium, Manchester City Stadium. Although this year's Champions League is a civil war in the Premier League, Britain, which has always believed that the Premier League is the world's number one, actually gave the UEFA Cup final a chance to show its face, especially the media in Manchester and London. The media often use a quarter of the page to report the UEFA Cup final.

However, if you read the content of the reports, it is easy to find one thing in common, that is, the media in both places are advocating their fans' support for Zenit. The Manchester media said that Manchester United fans like Zenit's style of play very much. I bought tickets early to support Zenit on the spot. The media in London said that the owners of Zenit and Chelsea are both Russians. Dickov and Abramovich are still good friends. It is reasonable for Chelsea fans to support Zenit to win the championship. should.

Soon Russia's reciprocation exposed the ulterior motives of the British media's coverage of the UEFA Cup final. The Russian media stated that in order to repay the support of Manchester United and Chelsea, Russian fans would go to the scene to support Manchester United and Chelsea in the Champions League final.

Facing the news that Russia's Zenit team won the support of local British fans, Hoffenheim did not feel intimidated or surprised. The club's manager Schindelmaiser said, "British fans' support for Zenit has no decisive significance for the game. After all, it is impossible for fans to play football. Hoffenheim is no longer a first-timer in the European war. They have accumulated a lot of experience in away games in the process of reaching the UEFA Cup final. What kind of atmosphere does he believe in? The players in Heim were able to show their strength and win the final victory."

Hoffenheim is not alone in Manchester City, because of Li Huan's strong rise, Chinese fans in the UK and overseas Chinese fans with British nationality expressed that they would go to the scene to support Hoffenheim to win the championship in the final.

Sun Hai, the Chinese star of the Manchester City Club, also publicly expressed his support for Li Huan and Hoffenheim in the "Manchester Evening News". In order to go to the scene to support Li Huan.He is friends with Li Huan and Shao Jia. It is the wish of all Chinese that Li Huan can win the European championship and become a superstar.Sun Hai also called on his fans and Chinese fans to go to the scene to support Hoffenheim. Even if there is no ticket, they should come to Manchester to cheer for Li Huan. Li Huan is 25 years old, and he has no chance of reaching the European finals in his career. Not much, if you miss it, you probably won't come again.

Although Sun Hai's words were not pleasant to listen to, they were to the point. Even some world-class superstars had only one or two chances to reach the European finals in their lifetime, whether it was the UEFA Cup or the Champions Cup.Before the game, many Chinese who didn't like football very much expressed that they would go to the scene to support Li Huan and do their part for the Chinese to win the first European championship.

Since Hoffenheim once lost to Zenit in the group stage, and Zenit's style of play obviously restrained the Bundesliga team, European bookmakers were more optimistic about Zenit winning the championship before the game.Ladbrokes even offered Zenit 1.57, the lowest winning odds in Europe, and is very optimistic about Zenit's UEFA Cup crown.Because of the characteristics of Hoffenheim's style of play, bookmakers are not optimistic about a tie between Hoffenheim and Zenit, and almost unanimously believe that the two teams will win in 90 minutes.

On the afternoon of May 08, 5, the club and a support group of 18 fans went to Manchester, England. The next afternoon, Hoffenheim players flew to Manchester, England on a chartered flight provided by Lufthansa. Spend the night there before preparing for the UEFA Cup final the next afternoon.

At Manchester Airport, the third largest airport in the UK, Hoffenheim was warmly welcomed by thousands of fans and hundreds of reporters. These fans included not only the German fans who arrived yesterday, but also a large number of Chinese fans, and some British fans Hoffenheim fans.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, Eduardo was the first to walk out of the exit, followed by Demba Ba and Obasi who had returned from injury. When Li Huan came out, the audience was already boiling, shouting "Li Huan" in various languages. "The voice filled the entire airport, and Li Huan was also treated politely by the British airport staff, and several security guards surrounded him one after another.

The Hoffenheim team walked out of the international gate and arrived at the exit. The fans and media who had been waiting for a long time immediately brought the climax to the climax.Excited Chinese fans flocked to Li Huan. At this time, there were more than ten security personnel around Li Huan. From the exit to the bus outside the airport, the fanatical fans tried to "shock" Li Huan at close range in turn. This also caused the scene to almost cause riots.

There were so many fans unexpectedly that Li Huan gave up his plan to sign autographs and take photos for the fans. He didn't want to cause too much trouble for the British organizers. However, Li Huan expressed his thanks to the Chinese fans at the scene through the reporter's microphone, and at the same time talked about his support for the event. The simple feel of the Manchester game.

"I am very happy and grateful to have so many compatriots coming to pick me up. I think it will give me extra motivation. I am not alone here. I will try to bring them the Bertoni Cup. Manchester is a big city, hehe, much bigger than Hoffenheim. Playing here is definitely different.”

When a reporter from the "Manchester Evening News" asked Li Huan if he had contacted Sun Hai, Li Huan said: "Sun Hai told me that he would cheer for me on the spot. He is a member of the Manchester City Club. I hope this will bring me Some luck."

It took Hoffenheim half an hour to leave the airport, and then they got on the bus sent by the UEFA Organizing Committee and rushed to the Meridian Hotel where they were going to stay. In order to prevent interference from the outside world, Hoffenheim The hotel I chose is far from the city center.

At the entrance of the hotel, there were still many fans waiting here after getting news in advance. This time, the number was relatively small. Well-known players such as Li Huan and Eduardo signed autographs and took photos for the fans one by one. Lannick also briefly accepted the reporter's on-site interview.Rangnick told reporters energetically, "The final has already started from the moment we stepped out of the plane, and we have made all preparations for winning the championship...", "Zenit is a great team. Excellent, but we are not bad, the championship belongs to the more confident and courageous team."

"This game is not a duel between Li Huan and Arshavin. Our team does not have superstars like Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Kaka, and Messi. We are a team that relies on the overall team. Li Huan can score so many goals." Goals are because he has teammates behind him to support him..."

After resting in the hotel for two hours, Rangnick led the players to the city stadium for training to adapt to the venue. Since the miracle created by Hoffenheim has spread all over the world, many British fans want to know about this 3000-strong rural team What is so special about the team? Tens of thousands of fans flooded into the stadium, but Hoffenheim's training time was very short, only one hour, and it was mainly warm-up, which made the fans who came to watch Somewhat disappointed.

After training, Rangnick went to the pre-match press conference, and the assistant coach took the players back to the Meridian Hotel again.

When Li Huan was about to go back to his room, a hotel security guard stopped him with a smile, "Mr. Li, Mr. Sun Hai is looking for you outside the hotel, can you see him?"

"Of course I see you."

Li Huan walked out of the hotel happily, and saw Sun Hai's silver-gray Mercedes-Benz C-Class two-door sports car. It is said that Sun Jihai bought him for 4 pounds.

One is in the UK and the other is in Germany, and Li Huan has never joined the Chinese national team. Li Huan and Sun Hai don’t meet each other very often, but they play overseas at the same time, so naturally they feel more friendly. Sun Hai has been abroad for a long time. There are also many foreigners who are outgoing and cheerful, "Congratulations, you are finally here." As he said, he stepped forward and hugged Li Huan.

Li Huan smiled slightly and said, "Brother Hai, that time you said you wanted to come to watch me play the final. Even if I climbed, I wanted to come to Manchester."

Sun Hai smiled slightly, "Does your coach allow you to go out? Let's find a place to sit together."

Rangnick is a coach of the new generation. He often communicates with Klinsmann and Love. He believes that the era of letting players only know their hotels, stadiums and airports has passed. He does not isolate players and allows them to go out and feel the fans. The atmosphere, groping for the reaction of the opponent's fans, but only if you don't leave the hotel too late and don't drink too much.

Li Huan said: "No problem, you can go out completely. But you can't drink."

Sun Hai laughed and said, "I won't let you drink. You are still shouldering the heavy responsibility of winning the European championship for all Chinese. If you get drunk and have some problems, wouldn't I be a sinner?"

Li Huan went back to the hotel and talked to the assistant coach Marco, then got into Sun Hai's sports car and went to Manchester.

"Tianwaitian" Chinese restaurant is located in the center of Manchester. The name is very Chinese. The decoration has the nostalgic and extravagant temperament of old Shanghai in the 30s and [-]s.At the entrance of the restaurant, there are two traditional Chinese mascot lions squatting. Next to the lions are several life-sized replica terracotta warriors.

, is a good friend of Sun Hai, and there is a special place for drinking Chinese tea upstairs in this restaurant.

When Sun Hai got off the car with Li Huan in front of the restaurant, the bald boss had already received Sun Hai's call and was waiting at the door.

"This is Li Huan. I invited you here. The dinner is free." Sun Hai joked with his friend with a smile, and then said to Li Huan: "This is my friend Yang Yun, a Hong Kong immigrant with a bald head. He lives in the UK. He has lived for more than 20 years and is a celebrity in the Chinese community in Manchester."

"Of course, of course, Mr. Li Huan is a distinguished guest who can't be invited." The bald boss looked at Li Huan and stretched out his hand. "Welcome. Mr. Li Huan, I am your fan."

Li Huan smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to shake hands with Yang Yun, and said, "You're welcome, sorry for disturbing you."

Yang Yun let the two of them into the restaurant, Sun Hai said: "Li Huan, don't underestimate this restaurant, our players from Manchester City and Manchester United come here to eat, Keane, Rooney, Scholes are all regular customers here."

Yang Yun said proudly: "Sir Ferguson also frequents here, but once he comes, other Manchester United players dare not come."

Li Huan was taken aback. He didn't expect this small restaurant to be so famous in the local area. He smiled and said, "I don't know if I can meet Sir Ferguson today."

Yang Yundao: "It's hard to say."

It’s not time for dinner yet, there are not many people in the restaurant, there are both Chinese and British people, seeing the boss and Sun Hai accompanying a Chinese person in, the people in the restaurant still focused their attention on them Some people were still discussing in low voices.

"This person looks familiar."

"Seems like I've seen it somewhere."

"Sun Hai and Boss Yang accompanied him, so he probably wasn't an ordinary person."

The people in the restaurant hadn't recognized Li Huanlai yet, which made the three of them a little more peaceful.

When he walked past the bar, Yang Yunshang took out a huge white porcelain plate and said to Li Huan, "Please sign it."

Li Huan saw that this was not a container for food. On the plate, there were many players' signatures, including Dong Fanghao and Sun Hai's name.

Sun Hai said with a smile: "He still has two such porcelains, with the signatures of all Manchester United and Manchester City players on them. Boss Yang intends to keep the names of all the stars who come here to eat."

Li Huan smiled, picked up the pen and signed on the porcelain plate, a Chinese fan passing by saw Li Huan's signature and couldn't help exclaiming, "Li Huan!"

"Li Huan!" "It's actually Li Huan!"

Immediately, all the Chinese in the restaurant stood up, and then someone came over to say hello to Li Huan, and then the remaining five or six Chinese people came over to say hello to Li Huan and asked for his autograph.After a while, even the British fans recognized Li Huan, and some people came over to ask for autographs.Li Huan signed autographs for the fans with a relaxed expression, full of star style.

Both Sun Hai and Yang Yun were pushed aside by the fans, Sun Hai smiled bitterly and said to Yang Yun, "The treatment is different."

Yang Yun laughed and said, "Based on my 30 years of football watching experience, he will definitely become a world-class superstar like Kaka and Ronaldo."

Sun Hai sighed: "China can produce such players, it is really an odd number."

(End of this chapter)