Chapter 421 UEFA Cup Final
The shock effect of Ibiza's La Liga title continues.
On May 13th, on this day, many media around the world are talking about an incident. Some Ibiza fans bought Ibiza to win the championship before the start of the season. At that time, the odds were as high as 6,000 to 1. The fans who bet fifty euros at that time are now at the time of the big harvest. Although the fan vowed that he bought Ibiza to win the championship at that time because he was optimistic about Ibiza, but, obviously, everyone is more willing to believe that this is a Lucky guy with no edge...
"This may be the happiest fan on the planet." - "Aspen" sighed.
Birmingham, Villa base.
The only lights in the entire training base are the club chairman's office and the security office.
Randy Lerner, chairman of Aston Villa Club, stood in front of the window. He looked outside. It was dark outside, just like his heavy heart now.
On the desk behind him, several newspapers were placed in a mess, and the front page of the top newspaper was written in bold black letters: Vera is dead!
Aston Villa suffered an unprecedented ten-game losing streak in the league, which caused great anger and dissatisfaction among the media and fans. During this period, Birmingham was full of complaints against the club's senior management, the team's head coach Martin O'Neill, and the players. their 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 named Wayne Kells who claims to be a century-old Aston Villa fan of three generations of grandparents and grandchildren, the media Gradually, all the spearheads were pointed at him, and the "Birmingham Evening News" even asked bluntly: An American, who knows Maozi's football?
Randy Lerner felt extremely suffocated. When he bought Aston Villa from Ellis, who was abused by fans and ridiculed as a 'stinger', the fans welcomed him, and he then Changed Aston Villa's youth training style of buying less and selling less, and began to sign up aggressively. When Aston Villa brought Ashley Young, Milner and other English local stars, the fans even more for him. Applause.
At first...
The loving memories of the past seem to be in the ear, but now it is such a bleak scene.
Well, it's finally a relief!
After finally making up his mind to accept the £96.5 million offer from F&P, Randy Lerner was irritated at first, as if the big baby had been snatched away, and then he was relieved, watching Aston Villa lose every day and then After losing the game, seeing the value of the team continue to depreciate, his heart felt cold, and it was good to let go before Aston Villa fell to the bottom.
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When the driver drove Randy Lerner away from the training base, the car had just left the gate of the training base. Under the dim street lights, a dozen reporters suddenly appeared in the bushes. They carried long guns and short cannons, and instantly surrounded the vehicle. .
The cameras, cameras, and microphones all stretched out to the rear window.
"Mr. Lerner, what do you want to say about the current situation at Aston Villa?"
"Mr. Lerner, the famous fan Wayne Kells criticized that you should be responsible for the current situation of the team. What do you think?"
"Mr. Lerner, will the team fire Martin O'Neill?"
"Mr. Lerner, the windows of your house were smashed..."
"Mr. Lerner..."
The reporters stared at the Yankee, they were eager to take pictures of the embarrassment of the American rich man, but they were surprised to find that Randy Lerner, who had been avoiding reporters for the past few days, did not roll up the window this time. He just looked at everyone like that, and he even said coldly to the microphone that was about to reach his mouth, "My mouth is not a goal."
"I reject those criticisms."
"I brought a lot of stars to Villa."
"When I took over the team, we were still struggling with relegation."
"Right now, we're regulars in the top six."
"I know a lot of people are not happy, but, I still have to say, no one knows what happened, our luck is terrible, players are injured, the team's form is plummeting, losing 10 games in a row, I really doubt my The team is cursed."
"Well, it's time to put an end to this unlucky day."
Randy Lerner Randy Lerner rolled down the window and signaled the driver to drive. He looked at the reporter who was still unsatisfied and said, "I love Aston Villa, yes, I love Villa."
He was greeted with flashes of flashing lights and... boos.
"That's really good." The "Guardian" reporter James said sarcastically, "This season has just passed, and the unlucky days of this season are of course over, huh~"
"Anyway, I am not optimistic about Villa's situation next season, unless there is a major change of blood, this is a team that is used to losing." Someone agreed.
The reporters subconsciously thought that Randy Lerner's words meant that the season was coming to an end, but they didn't think too much about it. Aston Villa's ownership transfer negotiations were carried out very covertly and with good secrecy. No media received the message.
Only "Times" reporter Duncan Castiel frowned, intuitively telling him that Randy Lerner's reaction today was a bit strange...
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Two days later, the "Times" broke the news that a buyer was buying the Aston Villa Club, and there was internal information that the owner of the Aston Villa Club, the rich American Randy Lerner, had accepted the offer. 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 English football. The pros and cons of foreign capital entering and acquiring Premier League teams on a large scale has long caused a big discussion in English football. However, supporters believe that it is a good thing to have capital coming in, and it can become bigger and stronger. Interestingly, after the Manchester City club was acquired by the Arabs last year, the "Daily Mirror" once interviewed the fans and asked them about the acquisition of the club. Of course, many (his team) have ridiculed this. Half a year later, the "Daily Mirror" asked the same group of fans about their views. Some refused to answer, some still opposed it, and some were Then he euphemistically stated that if they wanted a buyer like the Abu Dhabi consortium, they would not mind their home team being acquired...
Aston Villa fans are obviously the most concerned about this news. Unlike some media speculation that Aston Villa fans will strongly oppose the team being sold again, the reaction of Aston Villa fans is relatively Reasonable, the fan leaders stepped forward to speak, they wanted to know what the potential new owner of the club was like, what plans the other party had for Aston Villa, and of course, the most important point was the financial resources of the other party! Aston Villa fans don't want the new owner to be a debt buyout like the new owner of Manchester United.
In fact, Aston Villa fans did not have a clear-cut objection to the sale of the club. This is mainly because Aston Villa was sold once three years ago, and then there is the current American owner. Being sold, fans are used to it.
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Now that it has been revealed by the media, Aston Villa Club did not continue to keep it secret.
On May 16th, Aston Villa Club held a press conference to publicly admit that the club is indeed undergoing ownership transfer. Mr. Randy Lerner, the chairman of the club, will uphold the attitude of being responsible for Aston Villa Club and the fans, and serve the team Looking for an ambitious, reliable new boss.
One day later, in the thirty-sixth round of La Liga, the new La Liga champion Ibiza was tied 0-0 by Sporting Gijon.
Four days later is the final of the UEFA Cup, so Fang Jue made a considerable rotation of the team in this game.
In England, Aston Villa lost 0-1 away to Middlesbrough in the thirty-seventh round of the league. Aston Villa suffered an 11-game losing streak in the league.
Aston Villa's league ranking also slipped to eighth.
"The Times" reporter Duncan Castur said in his column, "Having suffered a tragic 11-game losing streak, Aston Villa can still rank eighth in the league. It can be seen how outstanding Aston Villa's performance was before the twenty-seventh round of the league. Who would have thought that after being bloodbathed by Ibiza at home in the UEFA Cup, Aston Villa would enter such a stage? The weird losing streak...Obviously, the acquisition of Aston Villa will be three years old. Randy Lerner is not stingy in the transfer market. However, it is clear that Randy Lerner was disheartened by failing to hit the European Champions Cup for three consecutive seasons, not to mention that 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 news about 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 Castell broke the news again: the organizing committee of the Premier League and the British Championship will call a mysterious buyer to acquire Aston Villa Club for 105 million pounds. The other party could not spend so much money to complete the payment. In short, this mysterious buyer failed to pass 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 "Sun", which has always been powerful, finally made a comeback. The newspaper broke the news that the mysterious buyer of Aston Villa was an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands. The company's name was F&P. Although the real background of this company has not been known yet, "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" was not true, and the actual purchase price was around 97 million pounds. Previously, F&P would pay 69 million pounds to Randy Lerner, the American owner of the Aston Villa Club, and the funds would be deposited into a special escrow account. Pay off Aston Villa's approximately £28 million overdraft in the bank before the date, totaling £97 million.
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For the acquisition of Aston Villa, Fang Jue gave Papa full authority to handle it, and Papa arranged for the top financial team to take charge.
Fang Jue is now fully focused on the UEFA Cup final against Shakhtar Donetsk.
This will be the last UEFA Cup, which will be transformed into the "Europa League" next season.
"This is the UEFA Cup final of the 2008/2009 season. This is the Sukulu Sarakoglu Stadium in Istanbul. Ibiza is participating in a European war for the first time and reaching the final of a European war for the first time. Miners Tsk is also the first Ukrainian team to enter the final of the European war. Because the team in the final is the Ibiza team that has 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.”
"Maybe UEFA should send a letter of thanks to the Ibiza club. The news we got is that Ibiza won the La Liga title. Yes, this UEFA Cup final may set an unprecedented record in ratings."
"The Sukuru Saracoglu stadium is full of seats. Players from both sides are warming up. Ibiza's head coach, Mr. Fang Jue, is now attracting attention. As the youngest champion coach in the five major European leagues, he won three championship trophies. He has won praise and recognition for himself, and of course, many female fans just came to see his handsome face..."
The TV in the VIP box at the Salacoglu Stadium is playing live commentary from Sky Sports in English.
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 full of ambitions. This is his team, a top club completely belonging to him. up!
The night before coming to Istanbul, Li Zihua had already had an interview with Fang Jue and his wife. After the season, Fang Jue will resign and leave, and the CH company of Li Zihua's family will at least buy the couple according to the market price or at a relatively premium price. 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, which surprised the fat man. Of course, neither of these two couples is the one who suffers. In the exchange of shares to him, Li Zihua agreed to some requests made by Fang Jue.
Club chairman Leiberto was playing with his mobile phone. He glanced at the complacent fat man, shook his head and said nothing.
Ms. Natasha, the sports director of the club, looked at the fat man expectantly. After Miss Papa leaves Ibiza, Ms. Natasha will become the general manager of Ibiza.
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At the beginning of the game, Ibiza showed a strong desire to attack. Their first attack was very threatening. Netsk Shakhtar player Lewandowski's close press, a shot slightly missed.
Yes, Shakhtar Donetsk also has a Lewandowski, also Polish.
However, this Lewandowski has nothing to do with Lewandowski in Ibiza. Lewandowski is a common surname in Poland.
Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Lucescu stared at the field. He was observing the opponent's tactics: attack as soon as he comes up, is this an active attack?
If this is the case, Lucescu is welcome. Shakhtar Donetsk also has two brushes for counterattacks. Fernandinho, Willian and Luis Adriano on the front line, this midfielder The axis of the field is still very threatening.
However, Lucescu soon realized that he was too happy, because Ibiza quickly returned to the defense after the end of the attack. They put up a tight defensive formation in their second half, Waiting for Shakhtar Donetsk to attack.
Fang Jue sat on the coach's bench, holding a bottle of mineral water in his hand, and stared quietly at the field. Ibiza's tactic in this game was defensive counterattack, and he waited for Shakhtar Donetsk to attack.
Ibiza or Shakhtar Donetsk, who is more eager for this UEFA Cup championship?
Fang Jue thought it was a Donetsk miner.
He has already led Ibiza to the La Liga championship. This season has been great. If he can win the UEFA Cup again, it will be a good thing. However, if he fails to win it, it will not damage his reputation as a talented champion coach. .
At the very least, Fang Jue himself was relatively calm.
Shakhtar Donetsk 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 win Ukrainian team of European champions.
Not to mention whether Lucescu said casually to the Ukrainian domestic media or really thought so, Fang Jue believed it.
Furthermore, in the final, is there a more secure tactic than defensive counterattack?
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Soon, Fang Jue was relieved. Shakhtar Donetsk did not play conservatively. Seeing Ibiza retract their defense, they immediately pressed forward.
However, facing Ibiza's tough defense, Shakhtar Donetsk played very hard, and it was 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 pass in advance, successfully intercepted the pass, and then quickly sent the ball to Modric in front.
"Counterattack! Counterattack opportunity in Ibiza!"
The excited shouts of Ibiza fans suddenly sounded in the stands.
Ibiza showed everyone what counterattack speed is. Modric directly crossed to Deisler. The Ibiza captain took the ball forward at high speed. He dunked Lewandowski beautifully and then pushed laterally. , follow-up Mata swept the football to the left, Alba made a pass from the bottom, Lewandowski jumped high from the middle and headed the goal, the football was caught by Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Pyatov After a pounce, Aubameyang's follow-up shot was blocked by the defender on the goal line with his body.
The Ibiza players are all raising their hands, and they signal that the Shakhtar Donetsk players have handballed.
However, Merkel, the referee on duty for this game, didn't say anything, he signaled that it was a corner kick.
Mata took a corner kick, Shakhtar Donetsk's defense line did not lack 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's going on in the penalty area," commentator Dolores said.
The slow-motion replay 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. Regarding the penalty standard for handball, the leagues of various countries are not uniform , This kind of blocking may be whistled for handball in some games. It mainly depends on the referee. However, in a game like the UEFA Cup final, the referee cannot award a penalty kick.
However, Fang Jue doesn't care about that much. In his opinion, this is the referee obliterating a penalty kick from Ibiza. He protested loudly on the sidelines, which attracted a stern warning from the fourth official, and he returned angrily. Go back to the coach's bench.
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Ten minutes later, Ibiza once again pressed for a counterattack, but this time their pass was cut off, and Shakhtar Donetsk hit Ibiza with a counterattack instead.
The Brazilian player William passed Alba beautifully, and then he continued to dribble the ball while observing the running positions of his teammates. At this moment, he suddenly felt a pressure on himself.
William reacted quickly and wanted to pass the football out ahead of time, but it was too late.
"Clement!"
"Back the ball!"
William was intercepted, which immediately put Shakhtar Donetsk in a dangerous situation. They just wanted to fight Ibiza's counterattack.
Clement, who broke the ball, did not let the football stay under his feet for a second, and passed the football to Mata who had already inserted it.
Facing Lewandowski who hurried up to intercept, Mata used his speed to directly force the opponent.
Lewandowski was shocked and was about to start, but saw Mata get out of his defensive range as soon as he accelerated. His right hand, which was stretched out to pull the jersey, only caught the air.
Mata dribbled the ball and played a collision with Modric who came over to respond, and then he made a gesture to pass to Alba who was going down, but he buckled the football back and then made an arc.
In the penalty area, Lewandowski held Srna, he stretched out his foot and rubbed the football, and the football flew to the back point.
Aubameyang appeared on camera, and there was no defense around him.
"Aubameyang! Chance!"
Fang Jue clenched his fists and stared at the goal. This guy Aubameyang can score very wonderful goals, but when faced with some very easy opportunities to score, he will waste them. Take the previous Speaking of the time when Aubameyang's shot was blocked by Srna with his body, if Aubameyang's shooting level was higher and the football was suppressed, Srna would never have been given the opportunity to block it.
This time, Aubameyang did not disappoint his teammate's wonderful pass and everyone's expectations. He stopped the ball with his left foot, and at the same time blocked Chiglinski's counterattack with his body, followed by a decisive kick with his right foot. Jumped up and flew into the net from above the left hand of Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Pyatov!
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