Football giants

Chapter 459 Premier League, here we come!
When the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score of [-]-[-] was finally fixed on the electronic scoreboard of Sun Life Stadium, which shocked everyone present.

Is this still the newly promoted Premier League?

Is this really the Saints who were sinking in League One two years ago?

In just two years, this team already has the strength to compete with the top European powerhouses?
Even defeated the tyrannical Barcelona four to one?

Draw with Manchester United, win Bayern Munich, beat Real Madrid, knock out Juventus...

There is no doubt that the International Champions Cup game is full of gold.

Just for the high appearance fee and the mouth-watering bonus, it is enough to make all the rich teams do their best.

It was in such a fierce competition that Southampton stood out, defeated opponents one by one, and won the championship trophy of this warm-up match, which shocked everyone!
The broadcast cameras at Sun Life Stadium kept switching back and forth, from the elated Southampton players to the depressed Barcelona players who had lost the game.

Dissatisfaction was written on each of their faces, but they were helpless.

Gerard Pique almost collapsed and sat down on the turf.

It's a pity that he couldn't convince Vilanova with the excuse that his aunt was here.

Perhaps he couldn't speak at all.

What happened in the dressing room, who knows?
Anyway, in the second half, Vilanova replaced Puyol with Argentine player Mascherano, but left Pique on the court.

As a result, the miserable Barcelona central defender was completely out of shape by Drogba.

Seeing him sitting on the turf, full of grievances, and a sad expression on his face, made people wonder, how many people have given him the wheel?

Vilanova stood on the sidelines very depressed, looking at Bielsa who had no expression in the distance.

He lost!
Not because of the players, but because he is not as skilled as others!
For Vilanova, who finally got back from being an assistant coach in Barcelona and is ambitious and wants to make a big splash in Barcelona's coaching position, it is undoubtedly very painful to admit this.

But facts are facts!
Bielsa beat him tactically in this game!
In the stands of Sun Life Stadium, Yang Huan laughed and watched Peter Kenyon, Ron Gurley and others receiving congratulations from everyone.

Although this is just a warm-up cup, it is also a championship, isn't it?
Besides, the bonus income brought by this championship is quite good.

But what Yang Huan is even more happy about is the running-in progress of the team, which is very smooth!
With a [-]-[-] lead in the second half, Bielsa made a substantial rotation of the team.

By the 60th minute of the game, the team's starting eleven players had all been replaced.

Including goalkeeper Neuer, they were all replaced by the newly joined substitute goalkeeper, Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

This is a few days ago, Southampton announced the introduction of players from Inter Milan, and Cesar cut his salary to join Southampton.

The person in charge of operating this transfer is Italy's chief agent, Raiola.

Another set of midfield configuration, the combination of Isco, Matic and Pogba, is also very eye-catching.

After Barcelona took advantage of Southampton's large-scale substitution adjustments and pulled back a goal, Drogba beat Pique's header at a critical moment and scored a goal from Lavelle Morrison's cross from the right.

But before that, Pogba hit Javier Mascherano with a long shot from the outside of the penalty area, and then bounced to the right.

Hazard's performance on the left is also remarkable, although not as good as Neymar, but also quite good.

Yang Huan is quite satisfied with the progress that the team can run in to this level.

At the same time, he is full of confidence in the new season of the Premier League.

After all, it took two years to return to the Premier League. If I can't do a big job, I will feel sorry for myself!

Looking at the rostrum, the chairmen and bosses of the other competing teams all looked stern. This is undoubtedly the greatest appreciation for Southampton.

Yang Huan is also full of ambitions now, confident in his chest, full of confidence and anticipation for the new season of the Premier League!
Premier League, here we come!
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Southampton shocked the world by beating Barcelona [-]-[-] in the final of the International Champions Cup!
This is not an unpopular team. Even in the past two years, countless fans and non-fans are very familiar with this team.

However, no one would have thought that this team would perform so strongly!
In the past season, Southampton has won two domestic cup championships and one Europa League championship, but everyone knows that domestic cup competitions are not taken seriously, and the Europa League has not encountered too strong a wealthy team.

But this time it was obviously different!
Among the eight teams participating in the International Champions Cup this time, Real Madrid and Barcelona are recognized as the two strongest teams in today's football. Bayern Munich was the winner of the Champions League last season. There is no dispute about the strength of Ferguson's Manchester United.

Juventus has steadily improved in strength in recent years and has risen very fast. There are superstars such as Pirlo and Buffon in the team.

Although Manchester City is a wealthy upstart, this team was the Premier League champion last season!

Although Arsenal's strength is not strong, it is also a team that has stabilized the level of the Champions League knockout rounds, and the top four giants in the Premier League!
Such a cup configuration is no longer luxurious.

That is the level of the Champions League level!

However, in such a fierce competition, Southampton defeated strong enemies one after another and won the final championship!

How can this be shocking?Not surprised?
Overnight, almost all the media in the world are reporting and paying attention to this team, this final, and this cup.

It's unbelievable, isn't it?

Is there anything more dramatic than a newly-promoted Premier League team beheading so many giants?
Ever since, in the newspapers and on the Internet, the eyes of countless fans turned to Southampton.

But at the same time, an even bigger group of people was following another grand event on the Internet.

That is the third-generation divine comedy, Little Apple, the collaboration between the goddess Lin Yuner and the bird uncle Du Ziteng!

Among the more than 7 fans at Sun Life Stadium, quite a few of them went for Uncle Psy and Lin Yuner.

The focus of their attention is obviously not on the competition, the International Champions Cup competition is more like a giveaway, and Uncle Psy and Lin Yuner are the protagonists they care about the most.

This can be seen from the social network.

In the past month, the International Champions Cup has become popular throughout the United States, but the most discussed crowd is not the fans.

It's the fans of Uncle Psy and Lin Yuner.

They are more concerned about the schedule than those die-hard fans. The reason is very simple. Before each game, the organizer will arrange for Uncle Psy and Lin Yuner to sing on stage, and some even appear at the same time.

Moreover, the songs they sang are all new songs in the new album, which can be called the world premiere.

This made the fans very enthusiastic, or they came to the scene in person, or waited in front of the TV, just hoping to witness this moment.

Coupled with the organizer's conscious promotion, the entire event triggered a frenzy in the United States.

It is also because of this that James Murdoch attaches so much importance to the rights to broadcast events for the next three years.

And after more than half a month of brewing and laying the groundwork, in the finals, this enthusiasm was finally detonated.

On the Internet, just after Little Apple finished singing for less than 10 minutes, Uncle Psy, Lin Yuner and Little Apple have become the most popular keywords on WeChat, Twitter and Facebook. Thousands of netizens are discussing this song.

When Miracle Media first released Little Apple's song on the Apple store, in less than half an hour, the song rushed to the top of the Apple charts, which is quite an astonishing number.

In the early morning of the next day, news about Uncle Psy, Lin Yuner and Little Apple, as well as Southampton and the International Champions Cup, landed on major websites, and the headlines of major newspapers once again triggered a frenzy.

Fox Sports also benefited from it.

The reason is very simple. They used drones during the live broadcast for the first time, and took a few high-altitude full-HD videos of Sun Life Stadium, which clearly showed the whole process of Uncle Psy and Lin Yuner's singing, as well as some clips of the game.

As soon as these videos landed on the Internet, they were immediately pushed to the top of Youtubie's hot list by crazy fans.

But if that's all there is to it, it's fine.

On the third day, Miracle Media held a press conference in Miami to announce the fruitful results of the first International Champions Cup.

First of all, Manchester United and General Motors' Chevrolet brand reached a sponsorship agreement, a six-year contract with a total value of up to 6000 million pounds, converted to [-] million U.S. dollars.

It was followed by Southampton, which announced that American casual outfit Tommy Holfiger became the official partner of the Saints for five years, with a total amount of up to 3000 million pounds, which is 600 million pounds a year.

At the same time, the well-known chip company Intel also sponsored Southampton jersey inside advertising, within the next five years, Southampton will put the Intel logo and IntelInside logo on the inside of the jersey.

To this end, Intel will pay Southampton a total of 500 million pounds in sponsorship fees.

Apple has also announced that it will become Southampton's official consumer electronics partner for a period of five years, with a total amount of up to 500 million pounds, of which a small part of the payment will be paid through Apple's electronic devices.

The famous MetLife in the United States also announced that it will sponsor the advertising space on the left and right hems of Southampton jerseys with a total price of 5000 million pounds for five years.

The latter will also launch a series of products for Saints and Southampton stars.

Immediately after Southampton, Miracle Media also announced that Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and Arsenal have all signed sponsorship contracts during the International Champions Cup, including giant companies like Microsoft.

At the end of the press conference, Sun Yue said that the first International Champions Cup not only achieved great success in event operation, but also achieved shocking achievements in business operation.

"We have signed a total of ten sponsorship contracts for the teams participating in the competition, with a total value of more than [-] million pounds. At the same time, there are more than a dozen contracts that are still being followed up and are expected to be signed in the near future!"

This suddenly shocked the whole world!
We all know that Americans are rich, but who would have thought that American companies are so rich!
In more than half a month, a contract of [-] million pounds was signed!

This is simply incredible!
As soon as the news spread back to Europe, almost the whole of Europe was shocked!

When Europe is facing the European debt crisis and the income of countless teams has plummeted, this big gold mine in the United States suddenly appears in front of everyone.
For a time, the International Champions Cup was no longer a warm-up cup in the eyes of everyone.

It has become a money printing machine and the best platform for all European teams to land in the US market!
In less than a day, the calls to Miracle Media's headquarters office in London were almost rang out by the European professional teams who heard the news.

All the teams are asking one thing, will it still be held next year?Expand the army?Still missing a team?
That grand occasion once again sparked hype from the media all over the world.

At the same time, it also made the seven wealthy teams that have signed five-year participation contracts secretly happy.

At least I don't have to grab the head like other teams now, right?
But there are also some teams that regret it so much that their intestines are green!
Especially AC Milan's Galliani and Chelsea's Roman Abramovich.

Why do others go to the United States to participate in competitions, and we also go to the United States to participate in competitions. They make a lot of money, but I have nothing?

More importantly, they plan to go again next year, what about me?

Whether or not the North American Invitational will be held next year is still unknown!
Thinking about it, it's really depressing. Why did you reject Miracle Media because of your obsession?

It's all right now, people have made a name for themselves, even if you come to the door to repost, I'm afraid they may not pay attention to you!

The International Champions Cup is on fire now, and you still need a team?
Newspapers in the London area broke the news that Abramovich scolded Marina Granovskia and Bruce Barker at Stamford Bridge.

After Galliani returned to Milan, he was called by Berlusconi to criticize him severely.

Barbara even took the opportunity to ask him to hand over more power, further weakening Galliani's influence in the Rossoneri.

But none of these pieces of news attracted much attention from fans and the media.

The reason, of course, is that something more deserving of their attention has emerged!

　Lao Chen, who ran naked for three days and three nights in the ice and snow, begged for a monthly ticket and a recommended ticket!

　　
　
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