The biggest fanatic in football

Chapter 454 I don’t want to meet you!

"drop!"

The referee blew the whistle suddenly.

Everton's doctors rushed into the field and surrounded Rooney.

"Ouch~"

Rooney was in so much pain that he burst into tears, but he heard a strange voice coming from his ears:

"Did you do it on purpose?"

"In order to prevent me from dribbling the ball and shooting, you don't hesitate to fake an injury?"

"Where's your sportsmanship?"

Rooney, whose bones in his feet were almost broken, was so angry that he almost jumped up on the spot!

[How come I didn’t kick him to death?!]

[Negative sentiment from Wayne Rooney, +1748!]

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Rooney's red card caused Everton, which was already 0:3 behind, to completely lose hope.

Even after halftime adjustments, they were unable to recover.

And... when the second half restarted, they saw in despair that Lee Polo unreasonably stood in the forward position!

Fabregas, William, and Mount each sent assists. In the second half, Lee Polo increased his personal statistics to 5 goals, and then he accepted Conte's substitution order with satisfaction.

With the addition of Rudiger's last minute icing on the cake, Chelsea's half-rotation lineup left a 7:0 score against Everton, who also had a half-rotation lineup!

Those more than 10,000 home team fans who knew that the team would lose felt that the world was not worth it in the cold wind and rain at Goodison Park!

Since head coach De Boer had been fired a week ago, fans could only yell at other senior leaders of the club:

【Farhad (Boss), Out!】

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In fact, this destined defeat will not have any substantial impact on Everton's final results this season.

In addition to the local media in Liverpool, most of the British media are paying attention to another game in this round.

At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City, playing at home... actually lost to a team from the English Championship - Wolverhampton Wanderers.

This team also has another simpler name: Wolves!

Guardiola did not pay special attention to this opponent from the English Championship, but due to the head coach, he did not completely rotate.

Because... the head coach of the Wolves is also a bald man.

His name is very familiar: Nuno Santo!

After leaving Valencia in the summer of 2016 with a double win in La Liga and the Copa del Rey, the Portuguese coach had no shortage of suitors. In the end, he chose the wealthy Paris Saint-Germain.

But at Paris Saint-Germain, his character flaws quickly put him in trouble. Many of the transfer targets he requested to import from Portugal failed to materialize, leading to irreconcilable conflicts between him and club president Nasser.

In addition, he was not very good at regulating the atmosphere in the locker room, and he was too strict with training, which caused many big-name players in the team to feel dissatisfied, and they were even less productive during the game...

After only 20 rounds of the league, they were as many as 9 points behind the top spot and were defeated 3:0 by their main competitor Monaco. In the Champions League in February, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Barcelona 4:0 at home.

In a great situation, in the second round, the opponent completed a super reversal at 1:6... Nasser, who couldn't bear it, kicked him out without even reporting!

With a huge liquidated damages of 20 million euros, Nuno went home and had a good rest for half a year, and then he learned from the experience and returned to the world. This time he learned from the experience of Valencia and Paris Saint-Germain, and did not go to any wealthy team, but chose

A Championship-level team.

The boss of Wolves gave him all the power he wanted, including agreeing to bring in a large number of Portuguese players!

With the operation of super agent Mendes, Wolves invested more than 100 million pounds in the summer window of 2017, thus owning Diogo Jota, Ruben Neves, Miranda, and Helder Costa.

, Vinagre, Ivan Caballero and a bunch of other Portuguese players...

With such a huge investment, Nuno Santo was able to dominate the British Championship. After 14 rounds of the league, they stabilized Sheffield United, Aston Villa, Cardiff City and other teams.

Occupying the top spot in the standings.

Compared with these big spenders who are aiming to reach the top spot, New Wimbledon, which only spent 40 million in the transfer window in the summer, seems to be struggling...

Back to the topic, in this League Cup competition, Guardiola sent Aguero, Sterling, B seat, Toure, Danilo, Bravo, Mangala, Zinchenko and many others.

The regular main lineup, De Bruyne, Sane, Delph, Stones, Walker and other players were on the bench at any time, but they still failed to achieve the desired results.

In the 90 minutes of regular time, the two sides drew 0:0. In the 30 minutes of overtime, there was still no result, and the game could only enter a tragic penalty shootout.

By this time, the result of the game had little to do with the strength of the team. God decisively sided with Nuno Santo, allowing Wolves to defeat Manchester City with a score of 5:4!

After hearing the news, Li Polo sent a message to his old coach:

"Dear Nuno, congratulations!"

Santo replied humbly:

"Thank you, but we still have room for improvement. We will definitely play better in the next game."

Li Polo smiled and replied to him:

"I'm looking forward to meeting you in the League Cup!"

"..."

He waited for a long time, but did not receive a reply from the other party. Instead, he waited for a prompt message:

[Negative sentiment from Nuno Santo, +69!]

Santo couldn't sleep in his hotel in Manchester!

He finally sent a message back to Li Polo:

"Go away, I don't want to meet you on the field!"

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Lipolo's wish did not come true. In the subsequent draw for the top 8 of the League Cup, Nuno Santo successfully avoided Chelsea and was placed in a group with the "Blue Fox" Leicester City.

As for Chelsea, they got the "cherry" Bournemouth.

If nothing else happens, this will become an inevitable tragedy!

In addition, Arsenal drew West Ham United, and Manchester United met Bristol--who are from the English Championship like Wolves.

The reason why two English Championship teams were squeezed into the top 8 was because Liverpool fell in the third round early, while Tottenham failed in the fourth round like Manchester City. They were beaten by West Ham United.

This Premier League is really not good enough! -

"The next round of the League Cup will be two months later on December 20, so we need to keep our sights on the present."

In the training session the next day, Conte said this:

"In the league at the weekend, our opponent will be...well, Bournemouth?"

He couldn't help but turn his head and look at his assistant.

Alessio smiled and spread his hands:

"You can think of it as a walkthrough."

Conte shrugged:

"Okay, Bournemouth, currently ranked 17th in the standings, would you like to analyze it?"

Seeing that his opponent was a loser in relegation, Conte suddenly lost interest, sat down directly, and handed over the work to his assistant.

Alessio coughed and opened the PPT:

"Bournemouth's overall strength is not very strong. They only won 2 games in the first 9 rounds, scoring 6 goals and losing 13 goals. According to our simulation, as long as they perform normally, even a heavily rotated lineup will not be able to win.

Can win easily."

After hearing his analysis, no one, including Conte, had any doubts.

This is a matter of course!

Several photos of players appeared on the screen one after another, and Alessio introduced them one by one:

“Here are a few key players to watch:

For example, Jermaine Defoe on the forward line is a veteran of the England national team and has very rich experience.

There is also Joshua King, who is 187cm tall and has a great advantage in fighting for high-altitude balls.

There is also Jordan Ibe (also translated as Abby), who debuted in the Liverpool youth academy. He is very fast, good at getting in from the back, and is also quite good at long-range shots..."

The assistant coach paused for a moment:

"In addition to these forwards, Bournemouth also has two players we are very familiar with, goalkeeper Begovic and center back Ake..."

Conte twisted his mouth:

"Hope they have a good time at Bournemouth."

These two players were sold by Chelsea in the summer of 2017 because they could not get a chance to play under Conte!

Ake and Begovic, who want to prove themselves against their old club again, will definitely be full of fighting spirit!

They will even be eager to punch holes in the idiot’s face!

(End of chapter)