The biggest fanatic in football

"polo: super substitute!"

After his header against Deportivo La Coruña, Lee Polo's photo appeared on the homepage of... Valencia's official website.

That's all.

However, in famous Spanish sports media such as AS, Marca, Mundo Deportivo, and Diario Sport, news reports related to Valencia and Deportivo are only about 200 words long.

The front page headline of "Aspen" is:

"Crazy! Real Madrid creates a tragedy at 5:0!"

"Marca" secretly satirized Barcelona:

"Barcelona won with difficulty, but Messi failed to score for 90 minutes with a wild shot!"

"World Sports News" responded tit for tat:

"Barcelona has started with two consecutive wins! The king of the world shows his domineering power!"

"Daily Sports News" is the curve savior:

"C Ronaldo missed the empty goal and fell into a super goal drought!"

There is so much news about Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​no one even cares about Atletico Madrid, let alone Valencia?

A defender scores a winning header?

Can't we see this kind of thing in Galaxy Battleship?

Why do you want to see your Bat Corps?

Does your shabby little stadium have the high-end atmosphere of the Bernabeu and Camp Nou?

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At 17:00 on this day, after the afternoon training, Nuno Santo rarely announced the disbandment, but pointed to the office building:

"If you don't object, let's take a look at the Champions League draw together, right?"

His blatant "dragging" behavior did not receive any public opposition from the players, which is indeed very commendable for Spain, which has always attached great importance to labor rights.

Li Polo and his teammates took a quick shower while looking forward to the next lottery ceremony.

Captain Parejo asked loudly:

"Who do you want to be grouped with?"

Several players said in unison:

“Porto!”

——They are all Portuguese poached from Porto!

Parejo curled his lips and slapped water droplets on them:

"Can you be more professional? Porto and we are both second-tier teams!"

His reaction was met with laughter.

As the captain, Parejo began to give them popular science knowledge about grouping:

"The first-tier teams are the champions of each league: such as Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Zenit St. Petersburg, PSV Eindhoven..."

Speaking of Eredivisie champions PSV, Valencia has a player who just transferred from there, Zakaria Bakari.

The Belgian teenager born in 1996 was the only teammate who was proficient in English, so he quickly became half of Lee Polo's translator...

He asked quietly:

"Polo, which team do you want to play against?"

Li Polo shrugged:

"Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, all are fine."

Although he spoke in English, everyone could understand the names of these clubs. Parejo, who heard their conversation, grabbed a piece of soap and threw it over:

"Did you listen to me carefully? Liverpool has no qualifications for the Champions League!"

The entire shower room was suddenly filled with joyful laughter.

Looking at the soap spinning on the floor, Li Polo's pupils shrank!

[Is this, is this a hint from the captain? 】

[Although I can bend and stretch, I can never betray myself!]

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After changing their clothes, the players came to the video analysis room in twos and threes.

Logistics manager Pablo Gonzalez has led the staff to clean up the room. The considerate Gonzalez also filled the conference table with fruits, drinks and simple meals to prevent the viewing process from being too boring.

After all...the lottery award ceremony, including the commentator's introduction and analysis, will take nearly an hour in total.

As everyone chatted, the grouping situation was revealed in anticipation:

Group A: Paris, Real Madrid, Shakhtar, Malmo (Sweden)

Group B: PSV, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Wolfsburg

Group C: Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, Lokomotiv Astana (Kazakhstan)

Group D: Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Monchengladbach

Group E: Barcelona, ​​Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, Borisov (Belarus)

Group F: Bayern, Arsenal, Olympiacos (Greece), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)

Group H: Zenit, Valencia, Lyon, Gent (Belgium)

Although Zenit is the new Russian Super League champion, its strength is indeed far inferior to that of Paris, Juventus, Bayern, Chelsea and other giants. Even in the mainstream European concept, they cannot even compare with the Portuguese and Dutch teams. After all,

…They’re just a nouveau riche team.

As for the Ligue 1 giants Lyon, they are no longer as good as a phoenix. They can only pick up the trash cans of Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. Except for Lacazette, the other players in their team have almost no reputation.

And this Gent... who has heard of this team?

Messi on the stage was about to receive the award for the best player in the European League when Nuno Santo turned off the TV.

He scratched his beard, glanced at the notebook in his hand, and said in a deep voice:

"Our grouping is pretty good. We haven't met those super giants. Zenit is still the weakest seeded team and has every hope of advancing to the knockout rounds, so... everyone, come on!"

It was originally supposed to be an inspiring oath, but when he said it, it turned out to be a bit too bland. As a result, the players did not drink chicken soup at all. Everyone just dealt with it hastily and ended the last intensive training in August.

Next came the international competition week. Although the only three or five kittens in the Valencia team who could be called international players were Mustafi and Ryan, Nuno, who was in a good mood, still gave everyone a week's holiday.

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The club also settled August's wages and bonuses for everyone in a very humane manner, and Li Polo's previously dry wallet suddenly became bulging again.

In July, in addition to the basic salary, there was only a little business trip bonus. But it was completely different in August. He started one Champions League qualifying match with the team, and also played 6 minutes in La Liga, winning two games and maintaining one game.

Keep a clean sheet and score 2 goals, the efficiency is amazing.

Basic salary: 10000*9=90000

Appearance bonus: 4000 (UEFA Champions League starter) 1000 (league substitute) = 5000

Winning bonus: 10,000 (winner in Champions League) 2,000 (league) = 12,000

Zero seal bonus: 2000

Goal award: 100005000=15000

Subtotal of friendly match prize money: 6000

Total:130000

Seeing the numbers popping up in his bank account, Li Polo nodded slightly with satisfaction.

He only played two games in Valencia, and his total playing time was only 96 minutes, which is equivalent to the income and bonuses earned by playing at Wimbledon for two years!

Money is the hero's courage. This sentence is absolutely true. With a "huge sum of money" in his arms, Lee Polo immediately flew back to London to prepare for another few days of vacation with Lisanna.

After the separation was over and the wedding was over, Lisanna told him a little uneasily:

"The electronic currency we invested in seems to be still falling..."

Li Poluo, who was still in saint mode, glanced at the red and green curves and waved his hand nonchalantly:

"When it drops another 20%, you can make up some more, and we won't be short of tens of thousands of dollars."

Lisanna nodded with a little peace of mind.

Taking advantage of his clear mind at this moment, Lee Polo called his agent's youngest son, Al Barnett:

"Is there any law that says I can't bet on English football?"

The person on the phone was stunned for a moment and gave a reply:

"If you play in the Premier League, that's definitely not possible. But you are just a La Liga player. Betting on England's lottery will not affect the integrity of the Premier League from any point of view. In fact, you do not have the ability to manipulate

The ability to match results.”

Li Polo rubbed his chin:

"Are you sure?"

Al laughed:

"Please, brother, I am a professional agent with a background in law school. If you still feel uneasy, I can help you hide your personal information, so that you can have fun and I can also earn 10% commission, how about that?"

Li Polo turned off the phone with a chirp.

[10% commission, you are too shady!]

Then he thought for a moment and hugged Lisanna:

"Baby, who do you think will be the Premier League champion this year?"

[What kind of black-hearted agent, how can I be as reliable as my own rich second-generation girlfriend?]

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Warm reminder from the author:

A small fortune makes you happy, but a big gamble goes up in smoke.

Unless you travel through time and are reborn, don't stud.