Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 729 Together, Saint James
If you want to ask the most eye-catching game in the Champions League quarter-finals, it must be the contest between Newcastle and Barcelona. Two teams with completely different styles, two leagues with completely different styles, The collision between two coaches with completely different personalities is enough to attract the most attention.

The results of it?The result of the game was a happy one, but what happened during and after the game left everyone dumbfounded!

Needless to say what happened during the game, and the conflict that broke out between the fans of the two sides after the game was also placed second. The words of Newcastle chairman Pei Wei at the post-match press conference caused an uproar, and they On the day Newcastle returned to the UK from Barcelona, ​​the Newcastle club appealed to UEFA over the contact between Rijkaard and Fricks. Pei Wei is not afraid that UEFA will not come forward, because this matter has already caused a lot of trouble. It's too big, it's impossible for UEFA not to check, even if it's just for show.

The day of the game was on the 24th, and Newcastle’s appeal was on the 25th. Such a quick action can only make people feel the determination of the Newcastle club. UEFA did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent an investigation team to investigate this matter.

Naturally, they couldn't find anything. There were only a few parties involved - Rijkaard of Barcelona, ​​Pei Wei and Mourinho of Newcastle, and the four referees represented by Fricks.

On the surface, it is easy to check, because there are few parties involved. Fewer parties mean that the situation is not complicated, and uncomplicated means that it is easy to check-this is a cycle.

But the chain formed by this cycle is broken, because although there are few parties involved and the situation is not complicated, it is not easy to investigate.

Pei Wei bit to death and said that he and Mourinho saw Rijkaard come out of the referee lounge together. Mourinho also proved this, but they couldn't produce evidence, and the referees firmly denied this. A point, Rijkaard also denied.

How to check this?Newcastle said there was such a thing, while Rijkaard and the referee said there was no such thing. The two sides talked lively, but there was no actual evidence. In the end, UEFA could only declare that there was no factual evidence for this matter.

They stopped, but the media and fans did not. Before the start of the second round, the two clubs of Newcastle and Barcelona were bombarded by the media, but the targets were different. The most prominent of Newcastle during this period was Chairman Pei. Wei, it is the head coach Frank Rijkaard who stands out the most in Barcelona. Who wants the two of them to be the parties.

And the other party, Fricks, was harassed even more. England fans have always had a bad temper, not to mention that Newcastle fans are the most loyal group in England.

Die-hard loyalty is sometimes not a good thing, just as many cruel things in history were done in the name of righteousness. After the righteous indignation reached a certain level, it began to deteriorate-Newcastle fans began to harass Fricks continuously, and eventually rose to the point of death threats.

Phone calls, emails, e-mails...Frix receives such death threats almost every day.

Changing the phone number was unsuccessful, and those fans could quickly find a new number and change their home address--Frix is ​​just a referee, and he doesn't have enough money to move around casually, but the e-mail is easy to handle, just leave it open.

To put it bluntly, the Newcastle fans who participated in this incident played a disgraceful role. Their behavior in this incident was not like fans, but more like thugs.

Fricks, under pressure from everywhere, has announced his retirement and will no longer officiate football matches, although of course that is for the future.

On the second day of the Newcastle club's appeal, that is, on the 26th, Pei Wei said another sentence in an interview: "If you ask me, who do you want to officiate the second round of the game, then I hope it is Corey." Na, because he is the best referee in the world, because he will not use his personal power to affect the game. In fact, I would prefer Frisk to coach the second leg, because Frisk may Help us win like we helped them in the first round. It's a pity we can't get him to referee, so let's get the best referees."

These few words are quite vicious, not only made Newcastle fans hate Frisk more, but also caused UEFA to lose face. In fact, after this incident, UEFA originally planned to let Collina to enforce the law The second round of the game, because apart from him, there is no one who is reassuring and dares to serve as the referee of this game-Frisk is already miserable now, and the other referees are also afraid.

But what Pei Wei said put UEFA in a dilemma-don't let Collina enforce the law, if you can't find a suitable person, let Collina enforce the law, doesn't it mean that UEFA listens to the law? Did Pei Wei direct?
From the first round on February 25th to the second round on March [-]th, for a full twelve days, Newcastle and Barcelona were the favorite places for football journalists from all over Europe.

Rijkaard was tirelessly blocked by the reporters, and the club had no good way to help him - because he was the person involved, the reporters recognized him, and Pei Wei was in the same situation, but he was not afraid of being blocked by the reporters. He was even happy to talk nonsense in interviews, drawing all the firepower on himself.

Being the chess piece that attracts firepower is naturally not very good. In terms of the ferocity of the firepower, Pei Wei, who keeps jumping out, bears much less firepower than the silent Rijkaard, but Rijkaard Calder lost much more than Pei Wei.

The reason is very simple, even if Pei Wei is harassed, it doesn't matter, anyway, he usually has nothing to do, but Rijkaard is harassed so much that he can't even manage the team normally, which is why Pei Wei is so high-profile on this matter reason.

With his character of not being disadvantaged, he would not let Barcelona go easily. Since he has no evidence, he might as well make a big fuss and affect Barcelona's preparations.

While Newcastle was concentrating on preparing for the game, Barcelona's preparations were greatly troubled. Invisibly, before the second round of the game started, the balance of victory fell to Newcastle.

Between the two rounds, Barcelona has three league games to play, while Newcastle only needs to play two league games. This in itself has a certain advantage in physical fitness. The difference between being distracted by the ubiquitous harassment of journalists is huge.

From the performance of these two teams in the game, it can be seen that in the three La Liga games, Barcelona was first tied [-]-[-] by Numancia in the away game, and then tied [-]-[-] by the same city rival Espanyol at home. It was only three days before the departure to Newcastle that Eto'o's goal defeated Osasuna [-]-[-], and only five points were scored in three games.

Under the command of Mourinho, Newcastle won two games in the most affordable way. They both defeated their opponents by one goal at home, and gradually improved their state to the peak.

These two victories were a [-]-[-] victory over Bolton and a [-]-[-] victory over Liverpool. What is even more surprising is that in these two games, Newcastle did not send all the main lineup, but only used a mixture of half main and half substitute. The lineup wins.

Not only maintained the lead in the standings, but also gave the main players a rest, and kept them all playing the game so that their state would not decline-in this more than a week, Mourinho's performance was perfect.

And this perfect performance is because Pei Wei created a good environment.

In the second leg on March 4, Newcastle fans gave Barcelona a taste of what Newcastle have been treated at the Nou Camp - despite the fact that St James' Park can hold [-] fewer fans than the Nou Camp There are many people, but the momentum shown by the Newcastle fans is not inferior!

The situation was very similar to the game a week and a half ago, but the object was just the opposite. The cheers of thousands of Barcelona fans were completely suppressed by the neat singing and cheers of Newcastle fans, and they couldn't help themselves. The team gives support.

UEFA also attaches great importance to this game. Newcastle and Barcelona have received huge fines a week ago. Barcelona was fined [-] euros and fans were not allowed to enter the two European-level games. Newcastle’s punishment was lighter. , a fine of [-] euros, and Chairman Pei Wei was personally fined [-] euros plus a three-game suspension.

Both clubs have no objection to this penalty. Although Barcelona's penalty is heavier, especially the closure of two home games in European games will cause them to lose a considerable part of their income, but after all, the fan conflict happened at the Nou Camp. to blame.As for Pei Wei, he was already mentally prepared for this, and he didn't care about the fine.

In addition to the punishment, UEFA also sent several staff members to supervise the second round of the game. After seeing the crazy momentum of the Newcastle fans, these staff members looked worried-if it is true If there is a conflict, they can only make a report.

"Several, you can rest assured." Pei Wei who was sitting next to them said leisurely, "Although the Newcastle fans are loyal, they will never do excessive things—unless they have been treated unfairly."

Several staff members looked at Pei Wei speechlessly - with such a chairman, it's no wonder Newcastle fans would threaten Flix.

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