Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 650 is my luck

The opening ceremony on the second day was very successful. The Chinese people are still very good at organizing large-scale celebrations. As Li Qiang said, the previous league held an extremely enthusiastic opening ceremony every year, which has accumulated quite a lot. Experience, what are Chinese people good at?Isn't it fun?

I watched Yunjia's game against Wuhan with great interest. The level of the Chinese Super League is not low at all. It may be a bit behind the Premier League in terms of skills and tactics, but it is not much worse in terms of excitement. With the impact of high-level European leagues, the Super League is still very attractive to fans.

Messi started this game. Obviously, this 16-year-old player has conquered Yunjia fans in the second half of the season last year. When he played, the enthusiastic cheers in the stands have proved everything. He and Ailin smashed Wuhan Yazhi's defense line on two sides. Messi assisted twice and scored a single goal before the end of the game. Messi also won the best player of the game, the prize is a bottle of champagne.

"Give champagne to the child? I'm not afraid that he will become a drunkard." Pei Wei muttered in his heart, but after thinking about it, why should he give such a reward?Is it a beer?That's not too much.Hair lollipops?Please, treat me like a child.

While Pei Wei was happily watching the game and the opening ceremony in Yunjia, Mourinho's life was not so easy-after the draw with Lyon in the away game and the right to qualify, Newcastle also suffered a serious loss, and several main players were too tired. Rest, so in the away game against Tottenham three days later, Mourinho dispatched nearly half of the substitutes. In the end, Tottenham simply beat him 21-[-]. The [-]-round unbeaten league round ended, and he was dumped by Arsenal again. With seven points, fortunately, Manchester United behind them also suffered a disastrous defeat in the derby, losing to Manchester City [-]-[-], otherwise the second position would be dangerous.

Fortunately, there was a seven-day buffer after this game, and the players of Newcastle could also take a breather. The quarter-finals of the Champions League have all come out, and the Premier League has accounted for three. Except for Manchester United's unexpected away game of [-]-[-], the home game was defeated by [-]-[-]. Real Sociedad was eliminated and failed to enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in eight years. Newcastle, Chelsea and Arsenal eliminated Lyon, Stuttgart and Ajax respectively to enter the quarter-finals. After two rounds of hard work, Real Madrid won [-]-[-] The total score eliminated Bayern, Deportivo eliminated Juventus [-]-[-], Real Sociedad eliminated Manchester United [-]-[-], La Liga also occupied three places in the Champions League, and the other two teams eliminated Prague Bada's AC Milan and Monaco eliminated Lokomotiv Moscow, and the Bundesliga was wiped out.

When the draw for the quarter-finals on March [-] was over, both Wenger and Ranieri were livid—Arsenal and Chelsea meet early in the quarter-finals, England derby, London derby—Ou The Football Federation is really looking for gimmicks.

The other three matches are Real Madrid against Monaco, AC Milan against Deportivo, and Newcastle's luck is quite good. Their opponent is Real Sociedad, which is the easiest opponent to deal with in the quarterfinals.

After getting the news, Mourinho was also drumming in his heart-the boss didn't bribe the guys from UEFA, right?Newcastle does not have much face in UEFA. Generally speaking, teams like Newcastle that have participated in the Champions League less frequently will encounter strong teams in the knockout stage, but now they have reached the quarterfinals, and they have not yet met. Have a team that has won the Champions League!

"I don't have time to deal with those guys from UEFA...Although I have some connections in FIFA, UEFA has always been dissatisfied with the status of FIFA's boss. It is a conscience discovery not to stumbling me. Well, we just got lucky this time."

After returning to Newcastle, facing Mourinho's question, Pei Wei explained: "Look, it goes without saying that Arsenal and Chelsea are both from the Premier League, and they are teams in the same city. The relationship is not very good. In this way, such teams must be attractive to play against each other. At least half of the fans in London will pay attention to this game. Although Real Madrid and Monaco have no grievances, Morientes has been loaned to Monaco this season. Facing Real Madrid who abandoned him and Ronaldo who took away his No. [-] jersey, how will he fight back? This is also a question that many fans are interested in, so our opponents will not be these four teams, and then it may be drawn. We were lucky, we did not meet AC Milan, but we met a La Liga team - but this is also what it should be, in the quarter-finals, it is enough for two teams from the Premier League to fight against each other, there is no need Two La Liga teams are fighting each other to attract attention, but we are really lucky, Deportivo is much more difficult to deal with than Real Sociedad."

"Well, what you said really makes sense." Mourinho smacked Pei Wei's words and nodded in conviction: "How did you get their minds so accurately? You don't seem to have served in UEFA before." job."

"Those guys are just a bunch of politicians and businessmen. I have dealt with this kind of people a lot. They are only for profit, huge profit..." Pei Wei lit a cigarette: "The European Champions Cup is the European Cup. The Football Federation obtains the best weapon for profit, so they will try their best to make the game more intense and attractive, so they have to look for selling points and gimmicks, even if they use some small means in the middle... To be honest I appreciate that for them because they know what the fans care about. So while it's pretty much an open secret that the lottery is rigged, no one has much to say about it."

"Yeah, just like Real Madrid. Over the past few years, they have met Manchester United or Bayern in the knockout rounds of the Champions League. Sometimes even the fans who don't like them the most can't stand it... Like this time, no Did you meet Bayern in the quarter-finals in advance?" Mourinho laughed.

"So, now we are more favorable in the Champions Cup, because we have few games in the Champions Cup, and we don't have any enemies, so there is no news... Let's look at the matchup, who will be our opponent if we enter the semi-finals The winner between AC Milan and Deportivo, look, maybe we can enter the final." Pei Wei spit out a smoke ring: "But if we play well this year, we will definitely win in the Champions League next year. It's going to be difficult ... that's for sure."

"That's next year too." Mourinho laughed: "There is little hope for this year's league. I hope to make a breakthrough in the Champions League... The league is seven points behind, and our remaining opponents There are also direct competitors like Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, but the Champions League, we have great hopes."

Pei Wei took a deep look at Mourinho: "You don't need to ask me about the policy in this regard...you are the head coach, no, you are the manager...it's already too late for me to share some of your power in the transfer market. Don't worry, I won't have any interference in the game... This is also the tradition of English football, but this tradition is very good, I don't want to break it... Look at Abramovich, poor Ranieri, almost life In the shadow of Abramovich, that Russian guy even has a hand in the game... I'm not used to it."

Mourinho laughed: "I am lucky to have a boss like you."

"Haha!" Pei Wei laughed happily and patted Mourinho on the shoulder: "It is also my luck to have a head coach like you."

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After talking with Mourinho, Pei Wei felt relieved. He knew Mourinho's character, and even though he cooperated well with him in China, would he fight with Mourinho when he came to Europe? He is not sure about misunderstandings and conflicts in various aspects. He does not want to lose this excellent head coach, but now it seems that as long as he can communicate at any time and be open and honest, he and Mourinho will not have any conflicts. There is also a friendship between the general head coach and the chairman that does not exist.

The reason for this concern is that Pei Wei has taken the position of assistant coach - this means that the owner Pei Wei has a strong desire to control the team from the outside world, and this is incompatible with the football environment in England , This is why Pei Wei didn't do this in the first half of the season, but he really can't bear to watch the game in the box. Maybe Mourinho won't mind, but what will outsiders think?
Fortunately, although the Premier League can only bring five substitutes, the assistant coach can bring several. If the head coach can only bring one assistant coach into the stadium like in Serie A, then I am afraid that Pei Wei can only obediently stand in the stands It's time to watch the game. The big deal is to walk out of the box like Moratti and sit with the fans to watch the game.

For Mourinho's plan to focus on the Champions League, Pei Wei also deeply agrees. Although he can't remember clearly, Pei Wei still knows that Arsenal are in full swing this season, creating the myth of being undefeated throughout the season, and even more so. What's more, with the addition of two outstanding players, Adriano and Sun Chenghai, Arsenal is stronger than the team in history. It is quite difficult to win the league championship from such a team. On the contrary, in the championship The more important thing in the cup is to play on the spot, and Newcastle will definitely have a fight.

The Champions Cup is an honor that Newcastle has never touched. For Newcastle fans, being able to stay in the top this season and win the League Cup is enough to satisfy them. If they can achieve good results in the Champions Cup If so, it will undoubtedly be an unexpected surprise!
"Who can say that Newcastle can't win the Champions League?" Pei Wei smiled.

Since the restructuring of the Champions Cup, there has never been a team that has never won the Champions Cup. Maybe this year will be an exception...

PS: Oh, I'm exhausted. I'm usually not busy, but the closer I get to the holidays, the busier I get...

There is another chapter in the evening, please correct me, brothers, save the monthly pass until the 28th and vote again, one ticket becomes two tickets.

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