Football career: From winning the championship to becoming a legend

[This book is back!]

I originally wanted to stop during the Mid-Autumn Festival to revise the beginning, but I didn’t expect to be notified by the platform that this book plagiarized parts of "Champion Coach"! ?

This is way off the mark! They even asked the author to self-examine the entire book...

Given the author's strange and awkward settings and description techniques, how could there be a chance of plagiarism?

So the author followed the original plan and focused on revising chapters 1 to 5, updated some content about the Finland World Cup and the U19 European Championship, re-examined the first 32 chapters, and left a logical reason in chapter 32 for letting the protagonist sit on the bench for a season.

Then this book passed the review today!

Readers are welcome to look back at the revised beginning and give comments!

The author strives to resume and maintain a daily update.

There are still many comments from readers that need to be revised, such as the reformatting of the reading format and the completion of one picture per chapter in the second volume...

Let the author update and improve it! I hope everyone will continue to leave comments and work together!

Although it’s a few days late, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Happy National Day in advance! 】

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Ronaldo, who performed a hat trick, scored his 16th league goal of the season and his 23rd goal of the season, tying his goal record from last season!

Alan Smith was sent off with a red card in the last minute of stoppage time as he was dissatisfied with the referee due to his hot temper.

Manchester United finally experienced another seven-goal victory!

And it was 7 to 0! This is the biggest score difference in the Premier League this season!

This is also the score that makes old Li Qi feel resentful! Finally, the serious red army can perform once...

Although the Magpies have not won at Old Trafford in 36 years, and Newcastle is also Manchester United's favorite prey, the Red Devils have defeated the Magpies 16 times in Premier League history, more than any other team;

But the net 7 goals was indeed surprising.

(Voiceover: Poor fans from a certain East Asian country: Who says it’s not true?!)

In the first game after Allardyce was sacked, Newcastle's morale was low and they only managed to hold on for the first 20 minutes of the first half before completely collapsing.

Before this game, Ronaldo had never scored against Newcastle in the league, and had not scored a single goal in the previous seven league encounters.

And Ronaldo has never completed a hat trick in an official match!

Unexpectedly, all of them were realized in this game.

At the same time, after Ronaldo scored a hat trick in this game, in addition to helping Manchester United achieve 11 consecutive home wins, he also achieved two records:

This is the first season in the top five European leagues where Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more than 20 goals in total, and the first season in which he has scored more than 50 goals in the league for Manchester United - Cristiano Ronaldo has accumulated 51 goals!

Therefore, the four little geese are particularly looking forward to the post-match press conference, because there will definitely be reporters asking questions!

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At the press conference after the game, a reporter indeed asked Sir Alex the question that everyone was most concerned about!

However, the reporter first took a detour and praised Manchester United's performance, fearing that Sir Alex Ferguson would refuse to answer the question because it had nothing to do with the game:

"Statistics show that Manchester United had an overwhelming advantage in this game. If it weren't for Given and Taylor's several saves, the Red Devils' goal tally would have doubled soon!

射门比33比8、射正19比2、角球18比1！在老特拉福德，红魔刮起了真正的风暴！

Manchester United has had many big wins of 4 goals or more this season, including 6 in the league, which is more than one-third of the 22 league rounds.

Compared with its main competitors in the league, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, Manchester United's lineup is undoubtedly the most reasonable and strong, with almost no shortcomings.

Especially the four little swans that were formed this season and became unstoppable, sweeping the Premier League and the Champions League...

In this game, Ronaldo scored a hat trick in his career and tied the total number of goals he scored last season!

Sir Alex Ferguson, what do you think?

(Outside the press conference, the Manchester United players who were watching the live broadcast nodded in unison: Yeah, yeah, yeah! Sir, what do you think?)

Knowing that the reporters' long-winded speeches would be waiting for him at the end, Sir Alex Ferguson first commented on the game calmly:

“This game was amazing! It was incredible!

We were not very lucky in the first half, but I said at halftime that passing was the key. Once we improved the rhythm and movement of the pass, the situation was different... In the second half, we scored again very quickly, which made everyone feel at ease, and then we played excellent football! ”

Then the Sir began to get to the point under everyone's expectation, but the ghostly smile on his face always made the gloating onlookers seem a little flustered:

"As for Cristiano Ronaldo, yes! He was always close to getting his first hat-trick, he was close many times, but today he played perfectly. We are all happy for him.

At the start of the season we wondered if he could match last season's total of 23 goals, but you have to say, why not?

I expect him to score more goals this season because he works so hard!

So luckily I didn’t bet with him this season, anyone who plays with him will lose…”

! ! ? ?

Wang Defa? !

After confirming the content of Sir Alex's speech, everyone looked at each other in disbelief!

How could there be such a shameless person in this world?!

You are the head coach of Manchester United! Blatantly refusing to pay your debts?!

Then Ronaldo seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around and asked Ricardo, who was already sitting on the wooden bench next to him: "Little Leo, I have a request, but I don't know if I should say it or not..."

When Ricardo looked back and saw Ronaldo with the same obscene and flattering smile as Sir Alex Ferguson, he knew what he was thinking: "Then don't talk! I won't listen, you idiot!"

Ronaldo seemed to have inherited some unique skills from Sir Alex Ferguson, and suggested, "Since Sir Alex Ferguson has cancelled the bet at the beginning of the season, then the assist agreement between you and me should also be cancelled. Those dozens of autographed photos will be my birthday gifts to my brothers and sisters..."

Before Ricardo could even refuse, Rooney, who was standing next to him with his mouth wide open, was the first to refuse. He waved his fist as big as a sandbag and was ready to help Ricardo get justice: "You? Are you still a brother? You go back on your word. I didn't expect that there would be such a shameless person like you in this world? I don't agree..."

After all, Rooney paid in cash, but the settlement was made after every game!

Tevez, who didn't understand English, looked at the three people tangled together, and was naturally confused, with two questions and a blank face...

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After the last round of the league, the entire Manchester United team had a rare holiday.

The next round of the league will be in 7 days, and Manchester United will go away to challenge Reading; before that, there is only an FA Cup replay that has nothing to do with Manchester United.

In addition, in the last round of the league, Arsenal was unexpectedly tied 1-1 at home by Birmingham, and once again because of the goal difference, they gave up the top spot in the Premier League this season to Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United.

Therefore, the shameless Sir Alex Ferguson was very pleased and gave the whole team a rare two-day holiday so that everyone could rest during the cold winter...

So Ricardo took this opportunity to send Sarafina back to London for classes, and also met up with the UBS team in London;

Because UBS's acquisition negotiations with three data analysis companies have made new progress...

Although the U.S. stock market has not yet led the global stock market to a complete collapse, well-informed people have already obtained some data and information to a greater or lesser extent and have begun to worry about the future. Naturally, they want to hoard some cash or get a big investment as soon as possible to escape the disaster.

Therefore, Wyscout, SportVU and Hudl are not going to continue to bargain with UBS: You can pay whatever you want! But please complete the acquisition quickly and support them!

But seeing that UBS didn't seem to react, mainly because Ricardo, the financial sponsor behind the scenes, didn't give any instructions, the three companies were a little panicked: What? Could it be that they met a scumbag financial sponsor? He only flirted, but didn't take the initiative, take responsibility, or refuse?

So the three companies took action and lowered their prices:

Wyscout, willing to reduce the overall valuation by 160% to $65 million, and willing to release up to % of the shares;

Hudl, whose valuation dropped by nearly 210% to $60 million, is also willing to release more shares, but no more than %;

Although the founding team of SportVU had no intention of diluting more shares - after all, the original agreement to give up 70% of the shares was already a complete loss of controlling rights - it also significantly reduced the valuation to $210 million.

Ricardo made a rough calculation on the spot and found that the total price he had to pay was $401 million, which was much better than he expected and close to the other party's bottom line. It saved nearly $100 million compared to half a month ago:

"Hmm! Not bad! Then let's negotiate one more deal. How much lower can it be? 50% will be added to UBS's commission..."

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While negotiating the price, the three WSH companies unexpectedly sent UBS an analysis report on Manchester United's winter transfer.

It seems that because of the previous work, all three companies misunderstood that UBS or its affiliates might actually be interested in Manchester United. After all, Manchester United is one of the hottest clubs on the planet.

Moreover, Manchester United recently released its financial report for last season, and its profitability really blinded many people’s eyes!

Earlier, Arsenal released its annual report for the previous fiscal year, announcing that it had become the first club in the Premier League to have revenue exceeding the 2 million pounds mark, with revenue reaching 06 million pounds in the 07/2.01 season.

However, some senior executives of Manchester United at that time were disdainful and said it was just a small number, so just wait and see the data of Manchester United!

Sure enough, after the end of this round of Premier League games, Manchester United finally released its financial statements for last season, announcing that its revenue reached 2.45 million pounds, far exceeding Arsenal!

The closing date of this report is June 2007, and it mainly reflects the revenue situation in the 6/06 season.

Compared with the revenue of 1.68 million in the previous fiscal year, Manchester United's gross revenue surged by nearly 1 million pounds!

Moreover, if converted based on the average exchange rate of the past 12 months, Manchester United's revenue is 12 billion euros more than Real Madrid's during the same period, and it has regained the top spot in the world football club wealth list!

There are many factors that contributed to Manchester United's good financial report data last season.

The first was the team’s success on the field, second only to the treble-winning 98/99: the league crown was regained, the FA Cup reached the final, and the Champions League reached the semi-finals.

Manchester United's revenue from core football events alone reached 1.97 million, nearly 2000 million pounds, which is million pounds higher than Arsenal's revenue.

From this point of view, the Glazer family's decision to expand Old Trafford to 7.6 seats was a very wise decision.

In addition, according to a survey report by TNS Sports released at the same time as Manchester United's financial statements, there are currently 3.33 million Manchester United fans in the world, who can fill Old Trafford 4342 times...

The total number of fans, 3.33 million, is greater than the total population of the United States, which means that one in every 20 people in the world is a Manchester United fan.

This data was drawn from a random survey of 21 people in 1000 countries, and is significantly higher than the result of a survey of 2003 million fans conducted by MORI in 7500.

In addition, another reason for Manchester United's revenue surge this year is that the 13-year sponsorship contract with Nike with a total value of 3.03 million came into effect. This is the first year that this Nike sponsorship has been recorded in the accounting books.

Below the revenue, financial report data shows that Manchester United's wages account for 43.6% of total expenditure, which is well below the 50% red line set by the Glazer family.

With such a broad fan base, excellent match results and a strict salary control system, Manchester United's pre-tax profit in the 06/07 season reached 5960 million pounds, a 90% increase over the previous fiscal year!

This makes people look forward to Manchester United's attack in the winter market...

However, Manchester United CEO Gill hinted after the financial report was released that the club would not make much move in the winter transfer market. At the same time, Sir Alex Ferguson’s view is that good players generally cannot be bought in winter.

But anyone who believes the club's official statement is a fool.

Therefore, the three WSH companies all thought that it might be the Glazer family, or other chaebols interested in Manchester United, who joined forces with UBS to enter the sports big data analysis market; they absolutely did not dare to think that the real financial backers behind it were actually Manchester United players...

Therefore, the three companies have given different budgets from different dimensions to help Manchester United upgrade its current lineup.

Of course, the most controversial are the left-back position, where Evra is the only starting player, and the forward position, which is plagued by injuries: Brazilian international Gilberto from Hertha Berlin and Dutch international Huntelaar, who plays for Ajax, are the key recommendations in the report.

In addition, according to the requirements of the previous work, the three WSH companies all believe that the potential buyer is interested in continuing to upgrade Manchester United's midfield, or accelerating the replacement, after all, Giggs and Scholes are indeed old...

But Ricardo didn't care about so many details. He saw that the report actually compared him with a group of other famous young players:

Not to mention Anderson from the same team, the three reports listed a number of young players who they believed to be of the same level and age as Ricardo Liqui, mainly concentrated in the age group of 86 to 88.

There are Fabregas who has been defeated many times, Busquets who was his substitute in Barcelona, ​​Moutinho who never made it in Portugal, Hamsik who is a big shot in Serie A, and Fellaini who is a future SD star with a 94-meter explosive head but is seriously unbalanced in one subject...

But all these are not bad. The three WSH clubs have all unanimously conducted a very long analysis and believe that the player who is most similar and matches Ricardo's current level and style is 272? !

It turned out to be that dead-eyed wimp on the field with serious political and IQ issues? !

No, no, no! If we have to compare ourselves with other players with numbers, Ricardo thinks it would be better to compare himself with 374!

Who looks like 272?!

You look like it, and so do your whole family!

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Before the next round of the Premier League comes, there is another big event, that is, the group draw results of the 26th Africa Cup of Nations will be announced in Accra, the capital of Ghana!

The announcement of the group draw means that the most important, highest-level and most influential event in African football, which is held every two years, is about to begin.

African players account for 6% of all registered players in the Premier League, second only to Ligue among the top five leagues.

2008年1月20日至2月10日在加纳举行，历时三周的非洲杯将从英超带走38名球员，这对英超的竞争形势产生重大影响是不可避免的事。

As for how long the impact will last, it depends on the number of main players from each club who leave to participate in the African Cup, and how far the national teams they represent can go in the African Cup.

However, it is generally recognized in the market that the Premier League clubs most affected are Chelsea and Arsenal, the two main title rivals of Manchester United this season.

Both teams have key players leaving, such as Drogba, Essien, Mikel, Kalou, Eboue, Toure and Song.

Fortunately, Togo failed to qualify for the African Cup finals, allowing Professor Wenger to keep the team's top scorer Adebayor;

However, the professor was still very frustrated and began to prepare for losing the championship at the end of the season: "We at Arsenal are the team with the most missing players, but I will not use this as an excuse to lose the league championship... From the first day of the league, I have realized that there will be such a day!"

Chelsea, whose losses were even heavier than Arsenal's, didn't even have the mood to waste time, and rushed to buy players in the winter window to make up for the void next week:

The French genius killer Anelka, who had just defeated Manchester United, was bought back from Bolton, who had just defeated Manchester United;

And the versatile defensive player Ivanovic was poached from Lokomotiv Moscow!

Chelsea hopes to make up for the deficiencies in the front line and defense during the African Cup through these two emergency signings.

But all this has no effect on Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson, who have temporarily topped the Premier League table.

Africa Cup? Just play, no attention!

As luck would have it, this season, Manchester United has no African players in their squad...

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