Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 703 Are You Old?
The victory against Monaco was Newcastle's five consecutive victories in various competitions, including three in the league, one in the European Super Cup, and one in the European Champions Cup. Anyone who pays a little attention to Newcastle's games will see that, Newcastle's current state is getting better and better. Although they are still four points behind the top-ranked Arsenal in the league and two points behind the second-ranked Chelsea, Newcastle's points have quietly climbed to third. Surprisingly, there are three teams tied for fourth with ten points, namely Bolton, Everton and Middlesbrough. Liverpool, which invested a lot of money before the start of the season, only ranked seventh with eight points. Miserably, they only scored six points in five games with one win, three draws and one loss. They are in the bottom half of the standings and only ranked No.11.

And the next schedule is also very favorable for Newcastle. Their test will come in the No.13 round-against Manchester United at home. During this period, they can scramble for points and lay a solid foundation for the upcoming devil's schedule. Foundation.

In the Champions League, another match in Group A ended in a draw. Deportivo, who had experienced a coaching change, was tied [-]-[-] at home by Olympiacos. After seeing this result, many people thought that UEFA's After a lot of painstaking efforts, Monaco and Deportivo are no longer the runners-up and semi-finals in the Champions League last season, but Newcastle's championship is stronger than last season, even though they only played one game. round, but many people believe that Newcastle should not have too much problem qualifying from this group.

However, the examination after the game cast a shadow over Newcastle's victory. At first, the team doctors thought that Shearer's ankle injury would not be a big problem, but after a detailed examination, it was found that the injury would not heal in a while. Yes, the main reason is that Shearer is getting older, and his recovery in terms of physical function is definitely not comparable to that of young people. He has to rest for at least a month before he can participate in normal training. As for the competition, it depends on how he recovers.

In the previous domestic leagues in China, such injuries were nothing, and players could play after being given an injection. However, for European teams, such injuries would definitely prevent them from playing, because although they could barely play, But if he is injured again, it will be difficult to recover, let alone the old Shearer who is over [-] years old.

After hearing the news, Shearer seemed a little frustrated. There is nothing more frustrating than watching the team on the road to success. What's more, Shearer is still a player who regards the game as his life. He has even been despised by many people, thinking that he is a ball bully player, regardless of whether he can play or not, he must grab playing time, grab data, and grab goals, but who knows, when Shearer won in Newcastle. When Honor already feels a little desperate, he can only leave his deep mark in Newcastle's history by increasing his number of appearances and goals-this is a helpless approach.

But since the beginning of last season, Shearer feels that his luck has changed. The new boss, new coach, and new teammates. The whole of Newcastle has undergone earth-shaking changes. The championship that has not been won for decades has been won. I didn’t dare to think about it before The Champions League champion I wanted has also been obtained. As long as I can win another league championship or FA Cup championship before retiring, then I have no regrets, right?
After the madness of last season, Shearer also began to feel that he was unable to do what he wanted. The pre-season training made him feel tired, let alone the intensive competition in the second half of the season. It is precisely because of this that Shearer Cai did not express any dissatisfaction with the club's continued introduction of forwards in the summer.

There is only one year left in the contract between Shearer and Newcastle. Shearer has no plan to renew his contract with the club. He only hopes to announce his retirement after winning a league title or FA Cup title in the last season. So for him, Every game is very precious, and now he has to rest for more than a month, which is equivalent to wasting one month in the last year of his career!
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Two nights later, an unexpected visitor came to Alan Shearer's house.

When Shearer's wife opened the door, she was surprised to see the owner of the Newcastle club, the Chinese Pei Wei, standing at the gate holding a handful of canned beer.

"Lian Na, is Alan at home? I came here specially to visit." Pei Wei said to Lian Na with a smile.

"Ah, yes, yes." Lian Na who came back to her senses hastily stepped out of the door.

Shearer was not seriously injured, but it was not a serious sprain. If it was a young man in his twenties, he would probably be fine after resting for a week or two, so Shearer did not live in the hospital. hospital, but recuperating in his own home.

Hiller came out to greet him, and was surprised when he saw Pei Wei: "Boss, why are you here?"

"I'm here to drink with you." Pei Wei put down the cans of beer he was carrying, and then took out a few ceramic dolls from his pocket: "A few worthless gadgets... just for your children to play with." Woolen cloth."

Hiller's two daughters and one son were very happy to get such a toy. After thanking Pei Wei, they went to play on their own. Pei Wei smiled and turned to Hiller and said, "Alan, your injury does not prevent you from drinking. Right? That fellow Jose refused to drink with me, so I had to come to you."

Hiller smiled. He could naturally hear that Pei Wei's words were an excuse, but he couldn't tell the truth. He glanced at his wife. Lianna nodded knowingly, walked out of the living room and closed the door, leaving only Next, Pei Wei and Hiller are in the living room.

The two opened a can of beer respectively, and after touching each other, they raised their necks and drank most of the can of beer.

"Well, to be honest, older men shouldn't drink beer like this, or they will definitely have a big belly." Putting down the beer can, Pei Wei shook his head and sighed inadvertently: "A few days ago, I had a relationship with a few boys. I competed in the gym and lost, five years ago, even if they were professional players, I would not have lost."

Hiller was silent and did not speak, he was waiting for Pei Wei to speak.

And Pei Wei didn't care, but took another sip of beer and said: "Alan, after knowing that I will take a month off, do you feel very uncomfortable? Do you think that you are wasting your precious, few careers? ?”

"That's true." Shearer said in a deep voice: "I'm not a 24-year-old young man anymore. I won't lose confidence even if I suffer a serious injury and need to rest for a year or two. Not to mention ten years younger, even five years younger. Not offended by an injury like this, but I'm 34 and not many center forwards play for long at that age."

"You are right." Pei Wei nodded: "People will always age, no matter what profession they are in, metabolism is the most normal thing, Alan, as a 34-year-old center, do you think you are old? "

"Didn't many newspapers say that I am old? Said that I wasted three opportunities in the last game, said that if I had been younger for a few years, I would not have been injured in that level of collision..." Shearer said indifferently smile.

"Alan, you are an old player, do you still take the reports in the newspapers seriously?" Pei Wei laughed: "If you just look through the sports newspapers of last season, you can find countless things like 'Shearer is still England's most deterrent striker!''Eriksen should recruit Shearer into the national team again!''Shearer's glory is undiminished!' Such reports, everyone knows, England reporters published in newspapers It's not news, it's fiction, and it's the most fantasy and weirdest kind. Look at your statistics last season, you scored 25 goals in the league, five ahead of Ruud van Nistelrooy, eight ahead of Anelka, ahead of Owen has nine! If Henry is not in such good form, then you will be the top scorer again! You scored six goals in the Champions League, only behind the two forwards in Monaco, and your goals reached 35 throughout the season How many strikers can score 35 goals in a season in continental Europe? What's more, in a top league like the Premier League, are you old? Alan, tell me, are you really old?"

Shearer did not speak, but the drastic change in his face showed that his heart was constantly churning. Pei Wei then said: "Your contract is about to expire this season. There are not many stars of your age. Except for Sheringham and Bergkamp, ​​no one is older than you, but you are in better condition than them. Bergkamp played less than [-] times last season, Sheringham only You can play for the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, but you can still play the main role in a European championship team. Jose told me two days ago that he hopes to extend your contract. I think he is right, even if you A little older, you can still have a place in the team, Alan, you are much luckier than Baggio, he can only spend the end of his career in a downstream team like Brescia, in order to enter the national team And struggle, and you are much more brilliant than him."

Pei Wei took out a stack of papers and put them on the table: "This is a new contract proposed by the club for you...Extend the contract for one year with the same remuneration. If you want, you can change the period to two years...After retiring, you can directly Enter the management of the club, believe me, Alan, you have not reached the time to retire, maybe your number of appearances will be reduced a lot, but it can make you play better. Mourinho is a good coach, he will not only Use young players, and even more veterans. It’s still a long time before you retire, Alan, for two seasons, one month is nothing.”

"I'll tell me after you sign the contract, and I'll come and get it." Pei Wei stood up and said, "Goodbye."

After Pei Wei left, Hiller stared blankly at the contract on the table, and Lianna walked in quietly, with a smile on her face: "What are you thinking?"

Hiller took a deep breath and smiled: "It seems that you have to wait another year before I have enough time to accompany you."

(End of this chapter)