Chapter 417 Champion Declaration
For Aston Villa, Randy Lerner lowered his asking price.
However, the asking price of 110 million pounds is still too high in the eyes of Fang Jue and Papa.
Of course, in Randy Lerner's view, his current asking price is quite sincere. You must know that just two years ago, the Icelandic rich man bought the West Ham United Club wholly, and the purchase price was as high as 86 million pounds. Aston Villa is still stronger than West Ham United. In terms of historical status, Aston Villa has won the European Champions Cup, and its background is thicker than West Ham United. He asked for 110 million Pound sterling, very reasonable.
In fact, both parties are very clear that the negotiations have progressed to the current level, and the possibility of successfully reaching an acquisition/transfer agreement is already very high.
As the saying goes, good-looking people are blessed with double blessings.
In addition to the good news from Aston Villa, there is another good news, that is, in a La Liga focus match later, Barcelona was strongly blocked by the Bat Corps at the Mestalla Stadium In the first half, Barcelona relied on the goals of Messi and Eto'o to lead Valencia 2-0. Maybe the lead in the first half was too smooth. In the second half, Guardiola put Messi and Xavi early. Replaced, he has to stay for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final at home against Chelsea in the middle of next week.
However, excessive relaxation and self-confidence cost Guardiola and Barcelona. In the second half, David Silva and David Villa scored successively to help Valencia chase two goals in a row to equalize the score and freeze the score. At two to two!
At the press conference after the game, Guardiola refused to admit that he underestimated the enemy. He praised Valencia for playing well and emphasized that Barcelona's players were exhausted. However, Guardiola refused to admit defeat. Chances of winning the league.
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However, the media may not see it that way:
The three points that Barcelona almost got turned into one point. In this case, with five rounds left in the league, Barcelona fell behind Ibiza by as much as 11 points again.
After the game, the "Daily Sports Daily" directly lamented that "the suspense of the La Liga championship has almost disappeared." '
"Marca" pokes Barcelona's heart more directly: there is no suspense! We can now say that the champion belongs to Ibiza!
"Radio Searle" made a blunt prediction based on the schedule: Ibiza will win the league championship after the 35th round of the league. As long as they win the next two rounds of the league, then, regardless of Barcelona No matter how well you played, it couldn't stop Ibiza from winning the championship!
Regarding the statement of "Radio Serre", Fang Jue unexpectedly did not express his usual modesty when he was interviewed by Spanish national television. This young and handsome talented coach issued a confident championship declaration: Yes, again Win two games and we are champions, I hope so. "
"The mayor (of Ibiza) told me that the island is already preparing for a grand parade to win the championship. He asked me if I had the confidence to win the championship. I looked at him in surprise and asked him, is there anyone else who can stop us from winning the championship? ?!
Fang Jue's tough and confident statement attracted media coverage. Although many people may be very upset, no one said he was arrogant, because the achievements he led the team and the current championship situation, He is qualified to say such confident words, this is not bragging, this is telling the truth!
"Why didn't Fang Jue say that a few rounds ago, why is he saying that now?" "L'Equipe" reporter David Copperfield asked in his column, "This is a very clever, even somewhat Tricky genius coach who knows his team can't lose three of the remaining five rounds and he's got it right now."
The translation of this sentence is to pretend to be a comparison, to pretend to be the most confident comparison!
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On April 30, in the semi-final of the UEFA Cup, Ibiza played at home against Bundesliga powerhouse Hamburg.
The first half of the game is over, and now we are entering the intermission.
The score on the electronic scoreboard of the Ibiza Athletic Stadium is: Ibiza 0:1 Hamburg!
Just nine minutes into the first half, veteran Ibiza midfielder Makelele was sent off with a red card when Makelele raised his arm and hit Hamburg midfielder Jarolim in the fight. On the face, the latter fell to the ground in pain. The referee thought that Makelele had deliberately elbowed and directly showed a red card.
Fang Jue was furious on the sidelines. In his opinion, a yellow card is enough, because Makelele accidentally hit Yarolim in the face, and it was not a very bad intentional elbow.
This red card was completely an accident, which disrupted Fang Jue's tactical deployment of the team. Ibiza played passively throughout the first half of the game, and was blocked by Hamburg's Croatian striker Olić in the first half. A few minutes later, he succeeded in grabbing a point in front of the goal and rewritten the score to one to zero.
"Guys, you've done a pretty good job," said Hamburg coach Martin Jol, looking at his players.
"Now we are leading 1-0, but this is not enough. They have one less player now. What we have to do in this game is to continue to score goals and strive for a big win."
"Remember, our goal is to make the second round of the game a formality." Martin Jol said excitedly. Before the game, he was still distressed. The distress was in the two-line battle between the league and the UEFA Cup. How to choose among them, the UEFA Cup has entered the semi-finals, and the final is in sight. In the league, the Hamburg team currently ranks fifth in the Bundesliga with 54 points. It seems that the ranking is very bad, but look at the Hamburg team. Team points bar:
Stuttgart and Hamburg have the same points, ranking fourth with 54 points, Bayern Munich also ranks third with 54 points, Hertha Berlin ranks second with 55 points, Wolfsburg ranks first in the league with 57 points, Therefore, despite the fact that Hamburg is ranked fifth, but it is very close to the previous points. With five rounds of matches left in the league, they are three points behind Wolfsburg, who are at the top of the list. They already have the hope of winning the championship. To put it another way, it is also very promising to reach the top three in the league and compete for a seat in the European Champions Cup next season.
In fact, Martin Jol is already inclined to give up the UEFA Cup selectively in his heart. If he loses the away game against Ibiza, he can instead concentrate on the league championship.
I didn't expect the referee to be so helpful, and he sent Makelele off immediately. Martin Jol saw the away game win, even a big win, and achieved the league and the UEFA Cup at the same time - even won the double crown hopes and possibilities.
Therefore, during the fifteen minutes of the intermission, Martin Jol was in a very happy mood.
Bundesliga champion, UEFA Cup champion, double crown, this is the rhythm to take off, he has a feeling that he is going to be the protagonist.
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In the locker room of the home team, Fang Jue was also making final arrangements.
Compared with Martin Jol, who was still struggling with the choice between the league and the UEFA Cup, Fang Jue has no such troubles. The leading edge in the league allows him to work hard in the UEFA Cup.
"The first 15 minutes of the game in the second half are critical. Although it is impossible to judge whether the Hamburg team will counterattack conservatively or press forward to attack, I emphasize one point. No matter what, I don't want to see another goal, even at the expense of offense. , we must also defend well, and we must not concede the ball again. If we let the Hamburgers lead by two goals, we will be very passive."
Fang Jue looked serious, "In fifteen minutes, we will speed up."
"Mata and Reus, I need you guys to be more active on the flanks, tearing their sides apart."
"Robert (Lewandowski), the second half of the game you think is to play for your teammates, Marco (Royce), Juan (Mata) and Basti (Deisler) have to work hard to find shooting opportunities .”
The defenders in the Bundesliga are all tall and big, and Alba and Mata on the Ibiza side are at a disadvantage physically. Therefore, Lewandowski, who is strong against the opponent, needs to bear more burdens in this game. The role of the bridgehead.
"White (Clement), your task is very heavy, and the team needs you to work harder." Fang Jue said, after Makelele was sent off with a red card, Fang Jue replaced Korosa with Clement In Si, the team only has Clement as a midfielder on the field, and his defensive task is very heavy.
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The second half begins.
Hamburg took advantage of their first kick-off, launched an attack on Ibiza, and continued to exert pressure to occupy the initiative on the field.
Fang Jue curled his lips. He really didn't see that the Hamburg team was really not satisfied with leading 1-0, but wanted to score goals. How despised the leaders of La Liga.
Yes, although the team has one less player to fight, Fang Jue still has confidence in his team, and Ibiza with ten players is not something that the Hamburg team can underestimate.
The Hamburg team's offensive routine is very simple. They frequently use crosses from the side to find the center. Olić is good at seizing opportunities in front of the goal. In addition, the Cameroon center of the Hamburg team, Shubo Moting, is 191cm tall, and his header ability is naturally good.
However, Fang Jue is not worried about the team's air defense. Ibiza's two central defenders Hummels and Koscielny are both tall and have excellent header ability. In addition, Dutch defender Boulah Luz is also good at header. The ball, so, don't look at the Hamburg team attacking with a high ball from the side and playing lively, but there is no goal that can really threaten Ibiza.
"If it were me, I would focus on the middle lane." Fang Jue said to his assistant Ceballos, "We only have Clement in the middle lane, and this may be a breakthrough."
Ceballos thought about it.
"Why didn't Joel do that?"
"This is the difference between ordinary coaches and talented coaches." Fang Jue said with a smile, "Ordinary coaches will only use their own fixed tactics for the team to win the world, and will not formulate better plans on the spot."
Ceballos ignored some shameless guy.
"What if Hamburg actually did that?" he asked.
"Don't worry, we have Clement."
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Trochevsky tried to pass the ball straight to Olic, but his intention to pass the ball was predicted by Clement, but the pass was blocked by Clement!
Ibiza strikes back!
Clement passed the ball to Deisler, but instead of dribbling the ball himself, Deisler made a long pass forward!
In the frontcourt, Lewandowski held Hamburg defender Demel, and he jumped high to head the ball...
The football flew diagonally backwards, and Mata was plugging in at high speed!
The Hamburg team wanted to score again, and they pressed very high. At this time, the entire Hamburg team had only central defenders Mattison and Grafgard in the backcourt.
The goalkeeper Rost of the Hamburg team was so angry that he jumped up and shouted for help: He didn't feel it when the Hamburg team pressed on just now, but now he reacted and panicked—why is our backcourt so empty?
"I'll go." Mathison went up to meet him, and he signaled Grafgard to stay behind as the last line of defense.
Mattison decisively chose a tactical foul. Anyway, there is Grafgard behind him, at most it will be a yellow card, not a red card.
He chooses the slider.
However, the Dutch defender underestimated Mata's dexterity and technique and the ball was poked away by Matheson's sliding tackle before it touched the ball, and the young Ibiza star leaped lightly out of the way flying shovel.
"pretty!"
"Breakthrough!"
Mata drove straight in with the ball, Lewandowski was running, and he raised his arm to indicate that Mata could pass the ball.
Mata, who had already dribbled into the penalty area, took a look at the situation in the penalty area and chose to sweep the football out.
"Counterattack from Ibiza... Mata is fast! Beautiful, Matheisen is broken - Mata, he passes! Lewandowski, shot! Saved...follow-up shot!!" Dolores Si's speech was extremely fast, like a machine gun, and the hearts of the audience were lifted.
Lewandowski caught Grafgard and stabbed in front of the goal. However, Hamburg goalkeeper Rost made a beautiful save. He stretched his leg to block and the football bounced. Si quickly rushed up and shot the football into the net with a shovel shot!
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"Gooooooooooooooooooooooool!"
Cheers resounded in the Ibiza Athletic Stadium, and Fang Jue applauded vigorously. His tactics were correct.
Martin Jol's expression was not very good. He was still thinking about expanding the score and securing the right to qualify in the first round, but he didn't expect to be equalized by Ibiza now.
Thinking of the sharpness of Ibiza's counterattack, Martin Jol is also very dizzy. He is finally sober at this time. He realizes that even if he is sent off early, Ibiza is still not enough for the Hamburg team. I ate it in one bite, this is the leader of La Liga.
Martin Jol decisively decided to give in, and the score of one to one was also good. A draw, and an away goal, um, not bad.
Following Martin Jol's order, the Hamburg team began to shrink their defense.
Ibiza became more and more courageous, and began to hit the Hamburg team's goal frequently, and their offensive started.
After being unable to attack for a long time, Fang Jue chose to give it a go. He replaced Alba with Modric.
Ibiza changed into a three-five formation and continued to exert pressure.
This substitution and gambling attack paid off. In the 86th minute of the game, Ibiza got a chance to set the ball in the front court. Deisler took a free kick into the penalty area and Lewandowski headed The ball scrambled for the top, and the football bounced off his back. Hamburg defender Demel didn't clear the siege completely. Modric rushed up and kicked the football.
"Gooooooooooooooool!"
"Two to one! Two to one! Luka Modric! Luka Modric! Fang Jue's substitutions and adjustments had a miraculous effect. Modric scored and Ibiza overtook the score. Unexpectedly, Ibiza lost one player for nearly 80 minutes, but now they have overtaken the score!"
On the sidelines, Fang Jue raised his fists and waved towards the sky. The dugout and bench behind him rushed out, pumping their fists and cheering.
After finishing the shot, Modric was squeezed to the ground. At this time, the Croatian star got up from the ground. He opened his arms and ran to the sidelines excitedly. Behind him were Lewandowski and Mata who were running wildly. As well as Deisler and others, more Ibiza players gathered from all directions. There was a high-altitude shot on the live broadcast. This scene was really spectacular, and the entire stadium seemed to have an earthquake.
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