Red Rebels

8o Defeat?

Even though he won the double Footballer of the Year title, even though he had the aura of being the best football player in the world, Messi still drove out of the house early every day as before.

He would stop for a moment at the door of his home, turn his head sideways, and look out the car window at Ronaldinho and Kaka's mansion. Their mansion and villa were right next door, but he didn't meet these two people today, and he murmured to himself, " Have you slacked off since you came back from vacation?"

Although depressed, Messi did not call to disturb his teammates' dreams. He has never been such a gossip. He just drove to the Newton Heath training base by himself. He is always used to arriving at the training base in advance. , first give yourself some additional training before training.

This habit has been maintained for many years, and it can even be said that this habit has made Messi what he is today.

The gate of the Newton Heath training base was surrounded by many reporters who came after hearing the news. They all knew the training time and location of the Red Rebels from various channels, so they came early Come and encircle them.

When the sharp-eyed reporters saw Messi's car, they immediately rushed up like a crazy tide. They almost wanted to block Messi at the gate and refused to let him in. In the end, the security guards from the training base came out to maintain the scene. order.

Looking from the rearview mirror in the car, he saw that the reporters were still lingering at the gate. Messi couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he was really blocked by them, the consequences would be really unimaginable. God knows what they would do. Torture yourself?

For Messi, every time he is interviewed by reporters, it is like facing a harsh interrogation. He doesn't like that feeling very much, so he is the most low-key in the team, and Ronaldinho's flamboyant character They are two completely different extremes, but they are very good friends.

Sometimes, things in the world are so strange and elusive

The car was parked firmly in the parking lot. When Messi got out of the car, he looked around and found that the entire parking lot was empty.

"What's going on? Did I remember the date wrong? Isn't today the first day of training? Why is there no one there?"

With full of doubts, Messi slowly walked towards the training building. But what surprised him was that the whole process from the parking lot to the training building was not short. Messi didn't walk fast either, but he didn't meet even a single person. This is normally unimaginable for Red Rebel players or club staff.

"What's going on? Did I remember the wrong date?" Messi doubted his memory again, so he took out his phone and read the memo inside.

Make sure you remember the time and date correctly.

"Maybe I came early," Messi could only console himself.

When he walked into the training building, he could only hear his own movement. It was empty and a little worrying.

But the moment Messi just pushed open the locker room door, he immediately realized that something was covering his head directly, and then he heard a banging sound, which scared him.

When he regained his composure, he saw Kaka, Ronaldinho, Curtis and others standing in the locker room, all looking at him with smiles on their faces, and his body was covered with colorful clothes. Ribbons and champagne were sprayed all over his body.

"Welcome back, King of the World," the players shouted in unison.

After hearing this, Messi was angry and amused, and desperately wanted to take off the ribbon on his body, "Boring guys, you..."

Unexpectedly, before he could say anything, the players had already rushed forward, immediately lifted him up, and ran directly to the outside of the locker room.

"Oh my god, what are you doing?" Messi struggled and shouted.

Curtis said with a smile on his face, "According to the team's practice, whoever wins the personal award should celebrate it."

"Yes, pouring champagne is just the beginning. We will definitely help you clean up next."

Macy breathed a sigh of relief, "Just wash up. Wait...where are you going?"

He suddenly thought that his teammates were carrying him towards the swimming pool. Could they be throwing him into the swimming pool?

"No, Ricardo, you know, my clothes are very expensive. I just bought them and wore them for the first time today... Cristiano, you know I just got my shape... Curtis, mine Watch and wallet, damn, don’t let me get wet”

The players had arrived near the swimming pool while they were playing, and then everyone laughed and lifted Messi high.

Looking sideways, I happened to see the bottom of the swimming pool. Oh my God, these guys actually lowered the swimming pool to the deepest point.

The swimming pool of the Red Rebels can be raised and lowered. These guys seem to be determined not to give up until Messi is drowned. And looking at their appearance, Messi feels that it is not that simple.

Sure enough, when Messi saw Aguero holding a high-definition DVD with a smirk on his face, and the camera pointed directly at his face, he immediately realized that the prank of these guys was to destroy his image.

"Asshole, you can't do this" Messi shouted.

"How are we doing?" Curtis asked mockingly.

"We're really not doing much," Xiao Luo said funny.

Kaka almost burst out laughing, shook his head helplessly, and walked to Messi, "It's because you are too famous, Leo, if you are more modest, don't show up so quickly to compete with them for these two places. If it were a grand prize, maybe there wouldn’t be such a rule.”

"What do you mean?" Messi had the urge to cry.

"From now on, whoever wins the grand prize will have to accept some pranks, starting with you," Kaka laughed.

Messi really wanted to cry. He felt it was unfair, because those who had won awards in the past, such as Kaka, Ronaldinho and Beckham, had no such experience at the time. Why should he start from himself?

But in front of everyone, his resistance was weak.

When Curtis took the lead in counting, when he counted, Messi was thrown high and then hit hard into the swimming pool, causing a huge splash, and the high-definition dV of Aguero's hand was He followed Messi closely from beginning to end and recorded everything clearly.

"No, Sergio, this shot is a bit off here. It would be better if it could be straightened a little bit."

"And here, Sergio, your hands are shaking. You know that the optical image stabilization technology is not good enough, so don't change your gestures and focus all day long. Aren't you dazzling people? Who can see clearly what this is?"

"By the way, wait here a moment. When editing, remember to ask them to use a montage technique. The key point is to give Leo's face, hands and feet as many close-ups as possible, especially his feet. The movements are so interesting. , the fans must have gone crazy watching it.”

When Messi emerged from the swimming pool, he found that none of his teammates cared about him at all. Instead, they were surrounding the DV in Aguero's hand and studying how to edit. These guys Really don't even have the most basic sympathy.

"Hey, Leo, you are such a natural actor. Those moves you just performed were so great. They are not inferior to Zhen Zidan, the best action actor in China. It's such a pity that you come to play football. You should go and film it." Action movies, you have a talent for that.”

"Yes, let's take a look at his movements when he fell into the water just now. They are simply the movements of a standard diver. The only difference is that he was not in the air and did not perform a forward somersault two and a half turns and a one and a half flexion. Otherwise, it would have been too perfect. Now, he can definitely take part in diving and represent Argentina in the Olympics."

"His movement out of the water is exactly the same as what Phelps did in the Olympics. Oh my gosh, he's got a lot of talent in swimming too."

Everyone was talking and laughing, and Messi couldn't laugh or cry. He really wanted to rush up and tear these bastards into pieces, but in the end, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh. .

"You bastards, remember this for me."

After saying that, Messi got up from the swimming pool. The clothes and shoes he had just bought and the shapes he had just made were completely scrapped. He also turned into a drowned rat. Not to mention how funny the image was.

"Send it over, hurry up, hurry up," Curtis shouted immediately when he saw Messi going out.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Aguero immediately uploaded the story of Messi falling into the water to the Internet and posted it on the official website of the Red Rebels, which immediately caused an uproar on the Internet.

Everyone knows it's a prank, but this is the first time such a prank has been done on Xinke's double football player. Not only reporters paid attention to it, but fans also rushed to pay attention to this incident. It only took one morning to upload it to the Internet. As a result, in the afternoon, the Red Rebels had to hold a press conference to clarify that this was just a prank between the players.

Messi himself also stated that his teammates were just joking with him and had no other intentions.

In fact, Messi really didn't care, especially when he saw the masterminds Aguero and Curtis being severely punished by Mourinho and running circles with the ball until they almost collapsed. Everything has already gone to the clouds.

"This is the price for pranking me." Messi smiled proudly at Curtis and others.

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As usual, on the first day when the team returns to team training, in addition to arranging training and detailed physical examinations, the club will also hold an internal meeting in the evening.

What is different from before is that this time Xiao Yu also participated in the meeting in person and expressed his expectations for the team and players at the meeting.

"O winning streak and complete victory in all competitions. This is an unprecedented outstanding record for our Red Rebels. In the UK and in the mainstream leagues in Europe, this record is also unprecedented, but if it is just If we feel satisfied because of this, that is not the style of our Red Rebels.”

"As I have said before, and Mr. Mourinho has repeatedly emphasized, we must take every game seriously, play every game as a Champions League final, and strive to defeat every opponent. , strive to win every game.”

In addition to mobilizing morale, Xiao Yu and the club know very well that if they want to get players to work hard, it is not enough to just rely on boosting morale. There must also be material rewards and guarantees.

The Red Rebels' operating conditions this season are better than before. This year's revenue situation is very ideal. Therefore, on this basis, the club decided to increase the amount of bonuses to a certain extent, especially for the current team's undefeated record. The team is even more determined to increase rewards to ensure players are motivated and motivated for this honor.

There is a saying that goes well, the emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers.

This is an era of materialistic desires, and no one can avoid it. Relying solely on feelings can never guarantee the combat effectiveness and unity of a team. Only by providing enough guarantees in terms of money and interests can we use this as a basis. Emphasizing emotion and loyalty is the most solid way to run a team.

For a long time, many outside fans have the impression that the Red Rebels are very emotional and the players are extremely loyal. However, as everyone knows, the Red Rebels' rewards every season are very huge.

To give the simplest example, the team maintains a complete victory. Although the club has increased its income a lot, the players' goal bonuses and win-win rewards have also increased. The team has only conceded one goal, and the defense and goalkeepers have not conceded a goal. They have also increased accordingly, which is undoubtedly a huge improvement for a team's operating costs.

However, the Red Rebels did not skimp on this. Bonuses and wages were paid as usual. At the same time, Xiao Yu made a special trip back to the team during the winter break in order to urge the club to develop a more attractive reward system to ensure that The players continued to maintain a strong desire to win in the second half of the season.

The players have nothing to say about this series of systems and conditions set by the club. They all know that if they continue to maintain their excellent performance in the first half of the season, they will be able to receive unprecedented huge bonuses after the season. , this is definitely a huge temptation for players.

The temptation has increased, the motivation has naturally increased, and the players' performance in training has naturally improved.

Although the training camp of the Red Rebels was later than that of other teams, Mourinho saw gratifying changes in the players' psychological conditions. After all, with the buffer of the winter break, the pressure brought by the players' winning streak was also relieved. weakened.

The role of the psychiatrist was clearly demonstrated during the training camp for more than a week.

When England resumed the war, the Red Rebels' first opponent in the second half was Stoke City.

This team, which was brutally slaughtered by the Red Rebels at home in this round, naturally did not dare to be careless when they visited the Red Rebel Stadium. They adopted stubborn conservative tactics. They did not seek to score points at the Red Rebel Stadium, but only wanted to win at the Red Rebel Stadium. The stadium can leave with dignity.

Mourinho's team returned from vacation and had a short training period, so the players seemed a little unexcited during the game.

Mourinho has been prepared for this situation, but he is not worried at all. After all, the overall strength of the Red Rebels is much higher than that of their opponents. It is expected to win Stoke City at home.

Sure enough, although the first half was o:o, Mourinho still gave the players trust in the second half, and the players did not disappoint the Portuguese. The new World Footballer Messi scored with his right hand in the 6th minute of the second half. A cut-in shot from the road scored Stoke City's goal.

Minutes later, Fabregas made a direct pass, and Aguero succeeded in countering offside. After passing the goalkeeper, he pushed the shot into the empty goal and changed the score to: o

Afterwards, Mourinho did not hesitate any more and directly substituted some players to prepare for the League Cup semi-finals this week.

The opponent of the Red Rebels in the League Cup semi-finals is Manchester United. The Red Devils are currently ranked third in the UK, behind the Red Rebels who have performed crazy this season and Manchester City who have a lot of accumulation. This makes Ferguson have no hope of winning the British championship this season. There is great hope, so he is determined to win the League Cup.

The pride of the Red Devils prevented Ferguson from allowing himself to be empty-handed for a season, so they retained some of their main players in the league, resulting in a brutal draw with Birmingham in the away game. Instead, they kept all their main players at home against the Red Rebels.

First home and then away. Ferguson was very clear about the impact of this schedule on himself, so he tried every means to defeat the Red Rebels at home and then seek a tie on the road.

As for Mourinho, he also arranged many main players to play in this game. After all, the rotation system of the Red Rebels must start from now on. Otherwise, the next multi-line combat schedule will be very difficult for the Red Rebels. A huge test.

The two teams launched a fierce attack at Old Trafford. Manchester United took the lead in launching a fierce offensive after the opening. They took the initiative from the beginning and frequently created several opportunities. Then with Diego on top The goal in the 7th minute of the half took the lead in the game.

After that, Ferguson wanted to attack for a while, and it was best to score a few more goals against the Red Rebels. However, when he realized that the Red Rebels' resistance was becoming more and more fierce, the Manchester United players' control over the game was getting weaker and weaker. , he decisively chose to change the formation, and began to seek stability, turning the team's tactics into the defensive counterattack formulated before the game.

Speaking of defensive power, the Red Devils and Manchester United's defense is considered top-notch in Europe. The defense line composed of Taivo, Mexes, Ferdinand and Srna is perfect, plus the Red Rebels have already achieved fame in the goalkeeper position. Old player Adler, Manchester United's defensive ability is even better than Manchester City, and the number of goals conceded is second only to the Red Rebels.

Three defensive midfielders were deployed on the field, and the main defense line was also used. The Red Rebels wanted to capture Manchester United's defensive lineup. It was not an easy task for a while.

During the break, Mourinho made adjustments to his tactics.

After the start of the second half, the Red Rebels' offense picked up, but Ferguson quickly made adjustments to the defense, especially when he saw danger, he pulled Rooney back and became a strong player on the field. , immediately stabilized the situation.

Time passed by, but the Red Rebels were unable to find a chance to break through Manchester United's goal and equalize the score.

Mourinho stood in front of the visiting team's coaching bench at Old Trafford, staring at every move on the court. He was not anxious, only indifferent. He believed that even if the Red Rebels really lost this game, it would really be a loss. If the harvest is the first defeat of the season, he will not be moved by it.

But in fact, he was constantly struggling in his heart