amazing coach

Chapter 498 Final Preparations

Update time:2012-12-28

Dortmund is located in the eastern part of the Ruhr area. It is the seventh largest city in Germany and the largest canal seaport in Europe. Steel, beer and football are symbols of Dortmund. Compared to the pillar industries of beer and steel, Dortmund is most famous for its football.

Dortmund is not as famous as Bayern Munich, but there will never be any fans who don't know that Dortmund is a football club. It took over the World Cup in 1974, and defeated Juventus to win the Champions League in 1997. It is even more famous. The home stadium Westrenfa Stadium has become the focus of world football. Due to economic problems in the past two years, Dortmund's performance has declined rapidly and has faded out of the mainstream media's attention. However, due to the UEFA Cup final, Dortmund and Westerlenfafa Stadium Once again became the focus of fans' attention.

Even before the most popular team in Europe, Inter Milan, and the most tenacious team, Liverpool, came to Dortmund, the German police were already on the verge of a formidable enemy, because the fans of these two clubs are not fuel-efficient.

In the Heysel tragedy caused by Liverpool fans in 1985, the bodies of 39 Italian fans were already cold, but the reputation of British football hooligans became even louder. Sixteen years later, Liverpool once again reached the final of the European club competition, and their opponents were still It's an Italian team, which has already made UEFA, the German Football Association and the German police restless.

Of course, Inter Milan fans are by no means kind people. Due to being suppressed by their local rival AC Milan for a long time, the Nerazzurri have accumulated a lot of anger. This season, stimulated by the magical Jiang Mu, Inter Milan turned their anger into courage. , the team has been miraculously undefeated so far, and the fans have become extremely arrogant because of it. In the last round of the league against Atlanta, the extreme fans actually threw the opponent's fans' motorcycles off the stands. As a result, they were banned from two home games by the Football Association.

If the Dortmund government doesn't care about the match between two clubs like this, they will really be full of ambitions.

Of course, the strict Germans will not make the stupid mistake of the Belgians. During the ticket sales, fans of Liverpool and Inter Milan were completely isolated by neutral fans. To be on the safe side, the Dortmund Police Department sent 2,000 police officers to assist with management the day before the game. In terms of order inside and outside the stadium, they regard this battle as a preview of the security work for the 2006 World Cup.

On Tuesday morning, all the players and coaches of the Red Army Liverpool arrived in Dortmund first, and they were accompanied by nearly 20,000 Red Army fans. However, this was only their advance team. According to the German Immigration Bureau, there were approximately more than 60,000 people in England this time. Fans come to Dortmund to support their team.

After getting off the plane, I heard the familiar singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone" and saw a red tide. Liverpool's generals didn't feel like they were in an away game away from home, which made them very happy.

Coach Houllier accepted a brief interview with reporters while the players were signing autographs and taking photos with fans. During the interview, Houllier continued to keep a low profile and continued to praise Inter Milan.

"Until now, I still haven't decided on the starting lineup, so I can't tell you who will appear at the Westrenfa Stadium. Owen had a magical performance against Arsenal and he can give us hope. Owen had a magical performance against Arsenal. This season his heading and left-foot skills have improved significantly. If you look at him in full swing, you know we can definitely win, but Heskey and Fowler are also very good. Inter Milan is a great team. It can be seen from many aspects that they are stronger than us. I have to be cautious. Even if it is like playing Barcelona, ​​I think it is understandable because this is a UEFA Cup final. So far, no team has English teams can win three cups in one season."

Houllier is very cunning and sophisticated. He not only continued to implement the arrogance strategy against Inter Milan, but also used three German players in his team to win over the support of German fans.

"Although Inter Milan is stronger than us, we also have our own advantages, that is, our impact is stronger. We also have some experienced veterans in the team, such as Babel, Hamann and Ziger.

A German player once played for Bayern Munich in the 1996 UEFA Cup final. They defeated Bordeaux and became the champion of this event. Their experience is very helpful to us. In addition, they returned to Germany to play games. I believe we will get

More support from German fans."

Two hours after Liverpool, Inter Milan's soldiers also arrived in Dortmund.

Compared with Liverpool, Inter Milan's star players have a bigger brand and better record. Their arrival also caused a greater sensation. Not only were thousands of Italian fans picking up the plane, but also two to three hundred reporters came to Dortmund Airport.

Fighting in a foreign country, although Inter Milan's players were a little tired after a long journey, Jiang Mu still made a short stop at the airport, signed autographs and took photos for fans, and had a few words with reporters.

Jiang Mu is not as smooth as Houllier, but he is more popular among reporters than Houllier. In addition to Jiang Mu's young and handsome star look, he also has sharp words that can stimulate and attract the attention of fans.

When he got off the plane, Jiang Mu's first words to reporters were: "The last time I led AZ Alkmaar we only achieved a draw here, but we finally won the Champions League. This time I hope to use Westerlen."

The French Stadium brought me good luck and won a UEFA Cup championship."

When a reporter asked Jiang Mu whether Ronaldo, who scored a hat trick in the last game, would start this time, Jiang Mu replied: "In such an important game, I have to send the best players. If Ronaldo performs well in training,

Excellent, of course he will get a chance to start."

"Isn't Ronaldo in excellent form? Only four players have scored hat tricks in the Milan derby." The reporter couldn't help but ask.

"Ronaldo was certainly outstanding in the Milan Derby, but now Ronaldo needs to compete with other players for this starting position. We have enough good forwards."

Of course Jiang Mu will not reveal the news that Ronaldo will be punished by him and will definitely not start in this final. With Houllier's character, he will definitely think that Ronaldo will definitely start in this game, which will create trouble for the opponent's preparations.

A little trouble is what Jiang Mu likes to do most.

After returning to the hotel for lunch, Jiang Mu held a short meeting with the players, mainly to reiterate the team's outing record and ask the players to pay attention to their words and deeds and not to violate discipline. Then he gave the players a lunch break to prepare for the afternoon's adaptation.

Sex training.

Jiang Mu had just returned to his room after the meeting when he received a call from Yang Chen.

Yang Chen is the first Chinese player to land in the five major leagues. He performed very well in Frankfurt and is the first Chinese player to study abroad. Jiang Mu is the only coach to study abroad. The two of them met at the Spring Festival Chinese Friendship Festival

We've met each other sometimes, but we haven't had a close relationship with each other.

Yang Chen was also a professional player. He knew that Jiang Mu was not in the mood to reminisce with his fellow countrymen at this time. He called mainly to cheer Jiang Mu up and made an appointment in advance to treat Jiang Mu to a meal after the game and get together with his fellow countrymen who were playing football in Europe.

Get together.

Everyone is in the same circle, and there may be opportunities for cooperation in the future. Jiang Mu did not refute Yang Chen's face, and agreed to stay in Dortmund for a day after the game before returning to Italy.

The Westlenfa Stadium was originally built for the 1974 World Cup. The eight 62-meter-high yellow pillars have become the eye-catching feature of the stadium and a gorgeous landmark of the city of Dortmund. Dortmund Club uses this stadium as its home court. During the domestic league

The capacity including seats and standing seats is 81,264 people. When international matches are held, it is changed to all seats and can accommodate 67,000 people. The length, width, length of the turf and the number of fans accommodated are not much different from Meazza. The players

I feel very comfortable when training on it, and I can even feel a little like home court.

When Inter Milan's training was about to end, Liverpool's players also came to adapt to the training under the leadership of Houllier. Jiang Mu saw the opponent for the championship coming. Not only did he not avoid it, but he took the players to sit in the stands to watch Liverpool's game.

Training and making comments made Liverpool very angry. With such an opponent watching from the side, of course they couldn't come up with real things to train and could only do it hastily. But when they left, Houllier and his disciples

Still scolding Jiang Mu for not having any grace and not worthy of being the head coach of a wealthy club like Inter Milan.

In the evening, Jiang Mu held another team affairs meeting. Since he came to Inter Milan, there have been more meetings in the team. This has been criticized by Inter Milan players because Jiang Mu's meetings sometimes take up some of the players' time. However,

The effect of the meeting is also obvious, that is, the players are more united, more motivated, and have more exchanges with their coaches and teammates.

At this meeting, Jiang Mu focused on some of Liverpool's fringe players such as Hamann, Babel and McCallister. Although they are not as famous as Owen, Gerrard, Hyypia, Heskey and Fowler.

, but their strength should not be underestimated. Often when the strengths of both sides are about the same, it is the little people who decide the course of the game.

The player Jiang Mu highlighted this time is McAllister, the oldest of the 36 players from both sides who came to Dortmund. This Scottish veteran is 36 years old this year. He was transferred in the summer using the Bosman Act with zero transfer fee.

When he came to Liverpool, he was still questioned by the media and Liverpool's top management, because McCallister was already 35 years old and should have retired long ago. What is the use of such a player for a giant like Liverpool? Anfield is not a nursing home.

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However, McAllister repelled the doubts from the outside world with his excellent performance. In the League Cup final against Birmingham City, he came on as a substitute late in the second half. The two sides were still tied 1-1 after overtime.

During the penalty kick period, Liverpool scored the first goal and helped the team advance with a score of 5-4. In the second leg of the UEFA Cup semi-finals at home, McAllister scored a penalty to help Liverpool defeat Barcelona.

Successfully entered the final. In the last round of the league, in Liverpool's Merseyside derby against Everton, McAllister defeated the opponent with a 44-yard free kick in the 94th minute. At the end of the match,

In the FA Cup final against Arsenal, McCallister was a substitute, but it was one of his free kicks that helped Owen hit the target, eventually reversing Arsenal and winning the championship.

McCallister is not well-known, is very old, and often comes on the bench, but his role is very important. Jiang Mu repeatedly emphasized that he must deal with this veteran seriously if he appears on the court.

Although the Inter Milan players didn't take Jiang Mu's fuss seriously, since Jiang Mu emphasized it, they still studied McCallister hastily to prepare for the event that the old guy came on the court.

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