[Football Fans] Glory

He made an appointment with Nedved that if the Czech Republic reached the final, he would watch the game again. The next morning, Guti took the Pan Am international flight with his luggage and flew directly to New York, first to go to the laboratory he invested in.

Guti decided to let the experiment do a body check for himself, and re-formulate a scientific and effective training plan and diet recipes. Now that he has decided to go all out, these logistical protection work is necessary.

Of course, he also went to see Kiko.

Kiko, who had just finished the operation, lay on the bed and thanked Guti again. This time, the detailed inspection let Kiko know that many of his usual habits are very bad. If he relapses after treatment, his injury will really be cured in the future.

Guti just smiled and blackmailed Kiko's two sets of commemorative jerseys, and Shi Shiran went for a full-body examination.

The three-day comprehensive examination allowed Guti to get the result that he was basically fine. Of course, the rigorous medical experts also warned him not to put his body in a state of tension too often, which would easily lead to muscle fatigue and increase the chance of injury.

So Guti had to hire a physiotherapist to join his health care team this time.

But thinking about the health and medical teams hired by those stars in the future, Guti feels that he is still more careful, and his steps are not big!

And the European Cup match he was concerned about, the Czech Republic, entered the final as he remembered, completely becoming the big dark horse of this European Cup, and Nedved became the biggest contributor to the advancement of the Czech Republic and became famous. People who found that Real Madrid had acquired the Czech iron man a year ago not only praised the Real Madrid coach's sharp eyesight and quick hands.

For this matter, Guti also called his father and praised himself proudly. Of course, he got the word "scroll" from his father.

Speaking of which, Camacho actually called him and asked Guti if he would like to participate in the Olympics. Maybe even Camacho himself thought it was a bit silly to ask this question, but as the coach of the National Youth League, he was right. The composition of this year's Olympic team always feels poor. Guti is among the top players of his generation, and he is qualified to participate in the Olympics. It's safe to ask!

Guti was really tempted at first, but he just thought about it. His body is already very tired. If he participates in the Olympics again, his body will really be unable to resist next season.

Guti had no choice but to admit that his body was too tired to participate in major competitions, even the lighter Olympic competitions.

Camacho had originally just asked without any hope, since Guti couldn't participate, then forget it.

On the one hand, Guti thought that his young body really couldn't bear it, and on the other hand, he felt that he had already participated in the Olympics once, and there was no need to do it again. Of course, he went to the game to cheer Raul and the others. Yes, and also, you can go and see the group of future stars, and it will be interesting to save some of their dark history and release it in the future.

I called Raul who was in the training camp to inquire about the situation, and then hung up after yelling at him irritatingly.

In the two semi-finals of the European Cup on June 6, the host England played against Germany. The two teams drew 26-1 in the main match. After entering the penalty shootout, the resolute German eliminated the host 1-6. Out of the game, this caused the people of the host country to mourn, and the whole country was angry.In the other semi-final, the Gallic Rooster played against the dark horse Czech Republic. Neither side scored a goal.

"Ticket, prepare a ticket for me!"

Guti yelled at the person on the phone.

No matter how nice Nedved was, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes, "It's not like you can't afford a ticket."

"But you can't buy a good seat for sure."

Guti said it very frankly.

"Ivana brought the baby with her."

Nedved's family and friends tickets were given to his wife and children, so they are gone.

Guti yelled, "I'm mad at Pavel, I'm going to be mad~~~"

Nedved couldn't stop laughing, "I'm not kidding you, the ticket is ready, where is your gift?"

"I've chosen a bottle of Barbera's Piedmont red wine for you."

"Ah, how do you know?"

"Because I put my heart into it!"

Guti laughed.

Although Nedved is an honest man, he also has many hobbies. Not only does he pursue fashion, such as wearing different clothes, he must match shoes. He also has an amazing obsession with food, such as only eating a certain brand of food Macaroni, of course, he also likes to taste different brands of Piedmont red wine, which is also very particular in life.

Of course, Guti also pays attention to these things, which is part of the reason why they can get along well.

June 1996, 6 was a Sunday, and the final of the European Cup will be played on this day.

The venue of the match is London-Wembley Stadium, and the two sides in the final are Germany and the Czech Republic.

Although the German team is an old-fashioned strong team, it was the dark horse Czech Republic that was favored by most people before the game, because the German team, which has reached the final all the way, has fallen into a situation where it can hardly even get the main players to play. There are only 18 intact people in the premise 14-man roster, including two substitute goalkeepers.

In this European Cup, the German team was really unlucky. Basler was injured before the group match. The main player Kohler was injured in the 2th minute of the first game against the Czech Republic 0-13. One of the main players, Bobic, was injured in the 1-4 victory over Croatia in the quarter-finals, and Froude was injured in the semi-final victory over England. There are also two main players, Muller and Ruyt, who both accumulated two yellow cards. suspension,

Throwing away the newspaper in his hand, Guti shook his head. Even so, the German team is not a team that will admit defeat. In my memory, the German team won the championship anyway, and the black horse Czech Republic failed to black out.

The starting lists of both sides are being read in the stadium:

German team:

Goalkeeper: Kopke

Defenders: Helmer, Summer, Eltz

Midfielders: Babel, Hassler, Sauer, Strunz, Zieg

Forwards: Kunz, Klinsmann

Czech team:

Goalkeeper: Petr Kuba

Defenders: Jan Sukhoparek, Miroslav Kadlek, Michael Hornaker, Karel Rada

Midfielders: Radoslav Latal, Pawel Nedved, Vaclav Nemecek, Jiri Nemec, Patrick Berger

Forward: Pavel Kuka

"Tsk, both sides are five midfielders."

After listening to the list of players, Guti shook his head.

It seems that although the German team was advertised as old, weak, and sick, the Czech Republic did not dare to relax at all, and only threw a single arrow in front, but their midfielder No. 13 Radek Bejblberg can actually Those who play the shadow front can advance as long as they have the opportunity, and they don't take any mistakes.

However, Guti turned his attention to the German team. Although there are a lot of injuries, it seems that there are not enough people, but look at the few people sitting on their bench - Kahn, Lake, Bode, Bierhoff and Schneider are also intoxicating. These five are all well-known figures, and they are all well-known. It is a pity that everyone except the substitute goalkeeper has some injuries. The people outside knew that because the number of people was not enough, the Germans were ready to let the substitute goalkeeper play in other positions if it didn't work, and Kahn was the one who was designated to play as a substitute. .

The location of the internal ticket is always good, and Guti just sits on the side of the channel, and can clearly see the players coming in and out.

When the German team came out, he just stood on the side where he was sitting, and Guti watched the Germans.

The Germans, who are always very resolute and resistant to pressure, have a serious expression. Compared with the Czechs, the cold and hard temperament that comes out of them, to be honest, Guti feels that the Germans are better than the Czechs just because of this. People appear to be more kingly.

Guti, who was lying on the railing, stared at Sammer for a while, until he saw Sammer turn his head, and Guti grinned at him.

Summer, with a serious expression, looked at Guti in silence for a few seconds, and then turned his head back.

"Hey, don't wait for this!"

Guti pouted.

Summer turned his head again. Because of the position, he saw that Guti needed to raise his head. The biggest thing Guti saw was the lush orange hair on his head.

As a result, Guti's mind suddenly popped up a picture of Sammer seen later when he was the director of the German National Youth Academy, bald.

So he laughed out loud.

Summer cast doubtful eyes, but it seemed that he didn't intend to ask anything, so he turned back again.

"Come on, although I didn't want to say this very much."

After Guti said this, he shrank his head and sat back.

He didn't see Sammer turning his head to look again, and he propped his chin and began to think about it, but Guti found that he really didn't have much impression of this final. He was still training in the Olympic team. At that time, there was only broadcast, and he didn't seem to watch the game seriously.

Later generations will only comment on a few key scenes, saying that this is Summer's European Cup, and there are more highlights of the goal scorer, and there is very little introduction to most players.

But only at the scene can we see the details of this game.

These two teams can be called iron armies. The players who fell to the ground in the scramble will not stay on the ground. As long as they are not injured, they will get up and continue the game. In the 59th minute, Poborski got the penalty kick for the Czech Republic. Sammer of the German team expressed objections, but when the penalty could not be changed, the German team still accepted it.

When the penalty kick was scored, almost many people thought that Germany was over.

But the Germans did not give up. They still fought hard for every opportunity. When Erz fell down, in order not to waste time, he tried hard to get up, but he couldn't get up. ...

When I saw that scene, Guti suddenly thought of Irving in the England team that year. Although Guti has never liked Owen very much, in that World Cup, Owen was injured and fell to the ground at the beginning of the game. He struggled to climb out of the field. No matter how many years pass by that scene, it will never be erased from the football memory of a generation.

Fortunately, the Czech who was holding the ball noticed the situation. He kicked the ball out of the sideline. The German team captain Klinsmann ran over and the German team was forced to make a substitution.

Bierhoff, who is injured, is substituted.

After the kick-off, the Germans handed over the ball to the Czechs. Although it was only a small ball, all the audience were moved for them.

When people no longer thought that the Germans had any hope, the injured Bierhoff scored with a header in the 75th minute, bringing the two teams back to the same starting line.

In the extra time, only 5 minutes later, it was Bierhoff who ended the dream of the Czech Republic with a careless shot.

The Czech Republic became the first team to die under the Golden Ball system in a major competition.

Yes, the Czechs were killed at the moment closest to hope.

Guti stood up and quietly watched the scene of his friend crying bitterly. It was the most glorious moment for Czechs, but it was also the most painful time in his life.

The track of history is always unexpected, but it is always unyielding to the reality that cannot be changed.

So can my efforts change the future?

Guti mused.

But in the end he just smiled, no matter what, history has always been changed a lot, that's enough.

There is always hope.

The author has something to say: PS: Both of these teams are heroes, but it is a pity that the world only judges heroes by success or failure--Recalling the Lion King Kahn, although he was only a backup goalkeeper this year, when the team encountered a crisis , when he was asked to play as a striker, he agreed without hesitation just to have a hope that he might never have. Kahn, who inherited that kind of iron-blooded consciousness, is not difficult to imagine when he saw his teammates When they were discouraged and gave up, when the game fell behind, he would grab the clothes of his teammates and yell at them not to give up the kind of bravery when they continued to attack.I think the later Ballack also had this kind of temperament, and after that, the German team has rarely had such iron-blooded successors. None of the contemporary German stars have such iron-bloodedness...

PS: Originally, this chapter will be written about the Olympic Games, but I couldn't help but add some private goods into it, I hope you don't mind, you don't need to read it.