The Glory of the Godfather
Chapter 416: UEFA Cup Final
The shock effect caused by Ibiza's victory in La Liga is still continuing.
On May 13, a lot of media around the world were talking about something on this day. Some fans of Ibiza bought Ibiza to win the championship before the start of the season. At that time, the odds were as high as 1 to 6000. The fans who had bet 50 euros at the time are now at the harvest time. Although this fan vowed to buy Ibiza to win the championship, he was optimistic about Ibiza. However, it is clear that everyone is more willing to believe that this is a The lucky guy...
"This may be the happiest fan on this planet."-"Aspen" exclaimed.
Birmingham, Villa Base.
The only lights on the entire training base are the club chairman’s office and the guard’s office.
Aston Villa Club Chairman Randy Lerner stood in front of the window. He looked outside. It was pitch black outside, just like his heavy heart now.
On the desk behind him, several newspapers were placed in a mess. The front page of the top newspaper was written in bold black: Vera is dead!
Aston Villa suffered an unprecedented ten-game losing streak in the league, which caused great anger and dissatisfaction with the media and fans. During this time, Birmingham was full of high-level clubs, team coach Martin O'Neal, and players. Our criticism.
Among them, as the owner of the club, Randy Lerner is the first to bear the brunt, especially under the rhythm of the guy who claims to be three generations of Aston Villa fans with the name of Wien Kells, the media Gradually, they all pointed the finger at him, and the Birmingham Evening News bluntly questioned: An American, who knows how to play football?
Randy Lerner felt very panicked. When he bought Aston Villa from Ellis, who was scolded by fans and mocked as a "scrooge", the fans welcomed him, and he followed Changed Aston Villa’s youth training style of buying less and selling less, and began to sign in. When it brought Aston Villa to Ashley Young, Milner and other local English stars, the fans even helped him. Applaud and applaud.
At the beginning...
The memories of old love seem to be in my ears, but now it is such a bleak sight.
Okay, I'm finally relieved!
After finally making up his mind to accept F&P’s £96.5 million offer, Randy Lerner was first upset, as if his big baby had been robbed, and then he was relieved, watching Aston Villa lose every day. Losing, watching the value of the team continue to depreciate, his heart is cold, letting go before Aston Villa has fallen to the bottom.
……
When the driver left the training base with Randy Lerner, the car had just left the gate of the training base. Under the dim street light, among the bushes, a dozen reporters suddenly emerged. They carried long guns and short cannons, instantly surrounding the vehicle. .
The cameras, cameras, and microphones held by them all stretched out toward the rear window.
"Mr. Lerner, what do you want to say about the current situation of Aston Villa?"
"Mr. Lerner, the famous fan Wien Kels criticized that you should be responsible for the status quo of the team. What do you think?"
"Mr. Lerner, will the team fire Martin O'Neal?"
"Mr. Lerner, your window was smashed..."
"Mr. Lerner..."
The reporters stared at the Yankees. They were eager to photograph the embarrassed appearance of the rich American man. However, they were surprised to find that Randy Lerner, who had been hiding from reporters a few days ago, did not raise the window this time. He just looked at everyone, and for the microphone that was about to reach his mouth, this person even said coldly, "My mouth is not a goal."
"I refuse to accept those criticisms."
"I brought a lot of stars to Vera."
"When I accepted the team, we were still struggling to relegation."
"Now, we are regular customers of the top six."
"I know many people are dissatisfied, but I still have to say that no one knows what happened. Our luck was terrible. The players were injured, the team's condition plummeted, and the team lost ten games in a row. I really doubt mine. The team is cursed."
"Well, now is the time to end this unfortunate day."
Randy Lerner Randy Lerner rolled down the window and motioned to the driver to drive. He looked at the reporter who was still eager and said, "I love Aston Villa, yes, I love Villa."
responded to him with a flashing masterpiece and... a boo.
"That's great." "The Guardian" reporter James said sarcastically, "This season is over, of course the unfortunate days of this season are over, huh~"
"Anyway, I am not optimistic about Villa's situation next season. Unless there is a big change, this is a team that is used to losing." Someone agreed.
Reporters all subconsciously think that Randy Lerner’s words refer to the end of the season, but they didn’t think too much. Aston Villa’s ownership transfer negotiations were conducted in a very concealed manner and the confidentiality was very good. No news was received by the media.
Only "The Times" reporter Duncan Castull frowned, telling him instinctively that Randy Lerner's reaction today was a little strange...
……
Two days later, the "Times" broke the news that a buyer was buying Aston Villa Club, and there was internal news that the owner of Aston Villa Club and American billionaire Randy Lerner had accepted The other party’s offer, the latest news is that this acquisition worth at least 100 million pounds is close to completion.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately detonated the English football world. The pros and cons of foreign capital's large-scale entry and acquisition of Premier League teams have long caused great discussions in the English football world. Opponents believe that this has subverted the English football tradition and is football. Supporters think it’s a good thing to have capital to come in and become bigger and stronger. What’s interesting is that after the Manchester City club was acquired by the Arabs last year, the "Daily Mirror" once interviewed the fans and asked them about the club’s acquisition. Of course, many of them have been ridiculing about this. Six months later, the "Daily Mirror" asked about the views of the same group of fans. Some people refused to answer, some still opposed it, and some expressed it euphemistically. , If you want a buyer like the Abu Dhabi Consortium, they don’t mind if their home team is acquired...
Aston Villa’s fans are obviously the most concerned about this news. Unlike some media speculation that Aston Villa’s fans will strongly oppose the team’s sale again, the reaction of Aston Villa’s fans is relative. Reasonably, the fan leaders stand up and speak. They want to know what the club’s potential new owner is, what plans the other party has for Aston Villa, and of course, the most important thing is the other party's financial resources! Aston Villa fans do not want the new owner to be a debt acquisition like the new owner of Manchester United.
In fact, Aston Villa’s fans did not clearly oppose the club’s sale. This is mainly because Aston Villa was sold once three years ago, and then there is the current American owner, and now again The fans are used to being sold.
……
Since the media broke the news, Aston Villa Club did not continue to keep confidential.
On May 16, the Aston Villa Club held a press conference to publicly acknowledge that the club is indeed undergoing a transfer of ownership. The chairman of the club, Mr. Randy Lerner, will uphold the attitude of being responsible to the Aston Villa Club and its fans and serve the team. Looking for an ambitious and reliable new boss.
One day later, in the thirty-sixth round of La Liga, the new La Liga champion Ibiza was tied with a zero-zero away game by Sporting Gijon.
Four days later is the UEFA Cup final, so Fang Jue had a considerable rotation of the team in this game.
England, Aston Villa lost to Middlesbrough in the 37th round of the league match, and Aston Villa suffered an 11-game losing streak in the league.
And Aston Villa's league ranking also slipped to eighth.
"The Times" reporter Duncan Castor said in his own column, "After a terrible 11-game losing streak, Aston Villa was able to rank eighth in the league. From here we also It can be seen how outstanding Aston Villa's performance was before the 27th round of the league. Who would have thought that after the UEFA Cup home was bloodbathed by Ibiza, Aston Villa entered this way. Strange losing streak... Obviously, the acquisition of Aston Villa is about to complete three years, Randy Lerner is not stingy in the transfer market, he looks forward to the team can reach the European Champions Cup and bring income However, it is clear that Randy Lerner was disheartened by failing to hit the UEFA Champions League for three consecutive seasons. What's more, the current situation is that they will not even qualify for the UEFA Cup next season. ..."
It was this "Times" reporter who first broke the secrets of Aston Villa's acquisition, so now he has become an expert on Aston Villa-related issues, and his column in The Times has almost become The media reports that Aston Villa fans are most concerned about.
Two days later, Dunn Castor broke the news again: the organizing committee of the Premier League and the English Championship will call the mysterious buyer 105 million pounds to buy the Aston Villa club. The organizing committee believes The other party can't put out so much money to complete the collection. In short, this mysterious buyer has not passed the financial review of the Premier League Organizing Committee and the Football Association of England.
The news immediately caused a panic among Aston Villa fans.
However, soon, the always-savvy "Sun" finally recovered. The newspaper broke the news that Aston Villa’s mysterious buyer was an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands. The company’s name was F&P. Although the true background of this company has not yet been known, the "Sun" stated that there is no problem with the other party's funds.
"The Sun" even reported in more detail that the purchase price of 100.5 million pounds mentioned by "The Times" is not true. The actual purchase price is about 97 million pounds. The specific purchase plan is to be on May 31. Previously, F&P will pay £69 million to Aston Villa’s American owner Randy Lerner. The funds will be deposited into a special escrow account. Subsequently, F&P will also pay the closing date of the acquisition agreement. Before the date, the Aston Villa's bank overdraft of approximately 28 million pounds was paid off, totalling 97 million pounds.
……
The acquisition of Aston Villa was handed over to Papa by Fang Jue, and Papa arranged the top financial team to take charge.
Fang Jue is now fully focused on the UEFA Cup final with Shakhtar Donetsk.
This will be the last UEFA Cup, and it will be transformed into the "Europa League" next season.
"This is the UEFA Cup final of the 2008/2009 season. This is the Sukuru Sarakoglu Stadium in Istanbul. Ibiza is the first time to participate in the European War and reach the European War final for the first time. Shakhtar Tsk is also the first Ukrainian team to enter the final of the European Championship. Because the side of the final is the Ibiza team who just created the'Ibiza miracle' in La Liga, so this UEFA Cup final match It has attracted the attention of fans all over the world."
"Perhaps UEFA should send a letter of thanks to the Ibiza club. The news we got is that Ibiza won the La Liga championship, and yes, this UEFA Cup final may set unprecedented ratings."
"Sukuru Sarakoglu Stadium is full and the players on both sides are warming up. Mr. Fang Jue, the head coach of Ibiza, is now attracting attention. As the youngest champion coach of the five major European leagues, he used three championship trophies. He won praise and recognition for himself. Of course, many female fans just came to see his handsome face..."
The TV in the VIP box of Sarakoglu Stadium is playing the English live commentary of Sky Sports.
Li Zihua was in a good mood. He looked up at the TV for a while, then he got up and looked at the players who were warming up. He was very ambitious. This is his team, which belongs to one of his top clubs. Up!
On the night before coming to Istanbul, Li Zihua had already met with Fang Jue and Fang Jue. After the season, Fang Jue will resign and leave, and the CH Company of the Li Zihua family will buy the pair at least at a market price or at a relatively premium. Shares in the hands of husband and wife.
Fang Jue had promised to sell the shares to Li Zihua before, but now Papa is also willing to sell the shares in his hands. This surprised the fat man. Of course, neither of these two men are the losers. They are sold as Miss Papa. With the exchange of shares to him, Li Zihua agreed to some of Fang Jue's requirements.
Club Chairman Rebeto was playing on his cell phone. He glanced at the proud fat man, shook his head and said nothing.
Ms. Natasha, director of club sports, looked at the fat man with expectant eyes. After Miss Papa leaves Ibiza, Ms. Natasha will become the general manager of Ibiza.
……
At the beginning of the game, Ibiza showed a strong desire to attack. Their first attack was very threatening. Lewandowski flew a header, Alba made a pass from the bottom, and Aubameyang was in the middle of the game. Netsk Shakhtar player Lewandowski snatched it close and a shot was slightly wide.
Yes, Shakhtar Donetsk also has a Lewandowski, who is also Polish.
However, this Lewandowski has nothing to do with Lewandowski of Ibiza. Lewandowski is a common name in Poland.
Shakhtar Donetsk coach Lucescu stared at the field. He was observing the opponent's tactics: as soon as he came up, he attacked. Is this going to attack?
If this is the case, Lucescu is welcome. Shakhtar Donetsk also has two brushes to fight back. Fernandinho, William and Luis Adriano on the striker, this mid-forward The axis of the field is still very threatening.
However, Lucescu soon realized that he was too happy too early, because Ibiza quickly returned to defense after finishing the attack, and they put on a tight defensive formation in the second half of their own. Waiting for Shakhtar Donetsk to attack.
Fang Jue sat on the coach’s bench, holding a bottle of mineral water in his hand, staring quietly at the court. Ibiza’s tactic in this game was a defensive counterattack. He waited for Shakhtar Donetsk to attack.
Ibiza and Shakhtar Donetsk, who is more eager for this UEFA Cup champion?
Fang Jue felt it was a worker in the Donetsk Mine.
He has led Ibiza to the La Liga championship. This season has been a great one. If he can win the UEFA Cup again, it will be a good thing. However, not being able to win will not compromise his reputation as a genius champion coach. .
At the very least, Fang felt that he was relatively calm.
The Shakhtar Donetsk side seems to be different. Their head coach Lucescu said in an interview with Ukrainian media that he will lead Shakhtar Donetsk to make history and become the first to get The Ukrainian team of the European Championship.
Not to mention whether Lucescu faced the Ukrainian domestic media casually or really thought so, Fang Jue believed it.
Besides, in the finals, is there a more secure tactic than defensive counterattack?
……
Soon, Fang Jue was relieved. Shakhtar Donetsk was not playing conservatively. Seeing Ibiza retract the line of defense, they immediately pressed on.
However, in the face of Ibiza's tough defense, Shakhtar Donetsk played very hard, and it is difficult for them to have more than three offensive passes.
This time, Judson wanted to pass the ball to William, but Clement's prediction was accurate. He grabbed the ball early, successfully intercepted the pass, and then quickly went out to find Modric in front.
"Fight back! Ibiza's chance to fight back!"
The Ibiza fans shouted excitedly in the stands.
Ibiza showed everyone what is called counterattack speed. Modric passed directly to Deisler. Captain Ibiza drove the ball forward at high speed. He beautifully dunked Lewandowski and then pushed laterally. , Mata, who followed up, swept the football to the left, Alba crossed from the bottom, Lewandowski jumped from the middle and high to head the goal, the football was defeated by Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Pyatov With a flutter, Aubameyang's follow-up shot was blocked by the defender on the goal line.
Ibiza’s players are all raising their hands, they signaled the Shakhtar Donetsk player to handball.
However, Merkel, the referee on duty in this game, did not say anything. He signaled that it was a corner kick.
Mata took the corner kick. Shakhtar Donetsk’s defense was not lacking in height. The defender cleared the football and then drove out with a big foot to survive the dangerous situation in front of the goal.
"Let's see what happened in the penalty area." commentator Dolores said.
The slow-motion playback shows that when Aubameyang made a supplementary shot, the football hit the upper arm of Shakhtar Donetsk defender Srna, but the player’s arm was close to the body. The penalty standard for handball is not uniform in different leagues. This kind of blocking may be whistled for handball in some games. This depends mainly on the referee. However, in a game like the UEFA Cup final, the referee is unlikely to award a penalty kick.
However, Fang Jue didn’t care so much. In his opinion, this was a penalty that the referee obliterated Ibiza. He protested loudly from the sidelines, which attracted a severe warning from the fourth official, and he returned sadly. Back to the coaching bench.
……
More than ten minutes later, Ibiza pressed back again, but this time their pass was cut off and Shakhtar Donetsk instead hit Ibiza with a counterattack.
The Brazilian player William drove Alba beautifully, and then he continued to dribble while observing the running position of his teammates. At this moment, he suddenly came under pressure.
William reacted quickly, and he wanted to pass the football out in advance, but it was too late.
"Clement!"
"The ball is intercepted!"
William was intercepted, which immediately put Shakhtar Donetsk in a dangerous situation. They just wanted to fight Ibiza's counterattack~www.wuxiaspot.com~. It can be said that they were all over. At this time, Ibiza counterattacked. The backcourt is very empty.
Clemente, who broke the ball, did not let the football stay at his feet for another second, so he passed the football to Mata who had already been inserted.
Facing Lewandowski who hurried up to intercept him, Mata directly attacked the opponent with speed.
Lewandowski was shocked and was about to get started, but he saw Mata get out of his defensive range with an acceleration. He stretched out to pull the jersey with his right hand and only caught the air.
Mata hit the wall with Modric who came to catch the ball with the ball, and then he made a gesture to pass to Alba at the bottom, but buckled the football back, and then took an arc.
In the penalty area, Lewandowski carried Srna, he stretched his foot to rub the football, and the football flew to the back point.
Aubameyang appeared in the camera, and no one was defending him.
"Aubameyang! Chance!"
Fang Jue clenched his fists tightly and stared at the goal. Aubameyang, a guy who can score a very wonderful goal, will be wasted when facing some very easy opportunities to score. For the time when Aubameyang shot was blocked by Srner, if Aubameyang's shooting level was higher and the football was suppressed, Srner would not be given a chance to block it.
This time, Aubameyang did not live up to his teammates’ wonderful pass and everyone’s expectations. He stopped the ball with his left foot and blocked Chiglinski’s counter-grab with his body behind him. The right foot followed decisively to kick the football. He sprang up and flew into the net from above the left hand of Shakhtar Donetsk's goalkeeper Pyatov!
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