Chapter 392: Overwhelming Criticism

Gao Xiaodong didn't know until the next day that in the post-match press conference, the always refined Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger lost his composure and attacked him by name.

Wenger first criticized Porto's conservative tactics in front of Ferreira. He said: "When a team comes to London just for o:o, it is difficult for you to play a beautiful game."

Then he attacked Gao Xiaodong, "I know we are in an era of utilitarian football, but once sports encourage those teams to do things that go against the original intention of sports, then this sport will soon be over. In this game In addition to that long pass, what else did that Chinese player do? He has been kicking, pulling, flopping, and feigning injuries."

In the end, Wenger also called on the Football Association to punish Gao Xiaodong, "Such players must be punished. Once these wretched guys succeed, they will become more wretched, instead of becoming more civilized and more rule-abiding."

Ferreira also refuted Wenger. He said that all Porto's actions were within the scope of the rules, and Gao Xiaodong did not do anything that Wenger said. Many actions that Arsenal players did to Gao Xiaodong would make ordinary players Injured, if Gao Xiaodong was not physically strong, he might have been kicked off the field long ago. Gao Xiaodong is a great new star. A great coach like Wenger should not attack Gao Xiaodong like this. This will ruin a very promising young man.

Ferreira and Mourinho are not heavyweights, and his words are light-hearted. His words were easily ignored by the media. The next day, the major media began to overwhelm Wenger's remarks attacking Gao Xiaodong.

"Gao Xiaodong is hurting football!"

"The Chinese ruined a semi-final match!"

"Utility makes football boring!"

"The game was nothing but that goal."

"Is this a football game or a rugby game? Utilities spoil football."

"Gao Xiaodong, a habitual offender who kicked and dived on the court, has never received a yellow card. This is really a shame for the referee."

"A player like Gao Xiaodong must be punished."

Regardless of the reasons and ulterior motives, in short, after the first round of the semi-finals, the media from countries other than Portugal suddenly began to collectively criticize utilitarian football, and Gao Xiaodong is a typical representative. Of course, hug I didn't forget to bring a criticism of Mourinho who has come to Serie A.

The Portuguese media refuted this, and the sports section of "Portuguese Chinese News" devoted all its space to Gao Xiaodong's defense.

The front pages of "Record" and "Competition" are full of pictures of Gao Xiaodong being violated. Even Anna, a reporter from "Izvestia", who has always been at odds with Porto, publicly supported Gao Xiaodong, saying that Gao Xiaodong suffered no more injuries in the game than There are fewer Arsenals, and Arsenal's actions against Gao Xiaodong are even greater. Portuguese TV even made highlights of Arsenal players' foul actions against Gao Xiaodong and released them for fans to see.

However, the influence of the Portuguese media in world football is too small. Except for Portuguese fans, almost no fans will pay attention to what the Portuguese media writes.

At this time, the influence of traditional media on fans is far greater than that of the Internet. With the criticism of Gao Xiaodong by traditional media, there is also a wave of black Gao Xiaodong on the Internet.

Major online portals and forums in Europe have begun to criticize Gao Xiaodong for playing football dirty and ugly. He will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He is a combination of typical Eastern pragmatism and European Machiavellianism. Law enforcement must be strictly enforced against such players, otherwise the European The football environment will get worse.

Almost overnight, Gao Xiaodong changed from a super star to a super villain. The fans forgot the wonderful goal Gao Xiaodong brought them, and also the surprise that Gao Xiaodong brought them, and they all followed suit and criticized Gao Xiaodong. little winter.

The coffee table in Gao Xiaodong's house was covered with newspapers, and the monkeys, Xiao Le, Chen Qiang, and Zhang Liang sitting around the coffee table all had stern and angry expressions on their faces.

"It's because someone wants Hei Xiaodong." Monkey said angrily.

"Many people have long thought of Hei Xiaodong. A native of China, who has made such a big name in the advantageous project of the Europeans, and has risen so fast, it is a strange thing not to be envied by others." Chen Qiang said.

Zhang Liang has the skills of a media person, and said: "There must be many people who don't like Xiaodong, and many people don't want Porto to enter the final. Xiaodong's style of play is also hated by others. Now is not the time to look for reasons. We must fight back quickly. , and it is a heavyweight counterattack, otherwise Xiaodong and Porto will suffer a lot in the second round. Under the influence of public opinion, the referee will target Xiaodong and Porto, with yellow cards, red cards, penalties and so on, there will be no less."

Xiao Le said with righteous indignation: "How to fight back, we are all very light-hearted. It is useless for us to find navy troops on the Internet. The people are raging like mountains and seas."

The monkey said: "No matter how small the counterattack is, you have to counterattack. You can't just watch other people being so black."

Gao Xiaodong didn't expect the situation to become so bad all of a sudden, he said angrily, "Wenger is such a nasty old man, if he can't afford to lose, he will attack him personally, damn, come to the Dragon Stadium and want to fuck him hard... ..."

Before Gao Xiaodong finished speaking, the phone rang. Gao Xiaodong saw that it was Mendez's call. Gao Xiaodong was overjoyed and quickly connected the phone.

"You read today's news." Mendes' voice was still tepid.

Gao Xiaodong said angrily: "Look, the paralyzed Wenger blackmailed me."

Mendes said: "You can't say that Wenger blackmailed you. You are opponents, and he is right. That's why I hope you play the front midfielder. If you play the midfielder and do dirty work, you will definitely give people a handle."

Gao Xiaodong said anxiously: "Then what should we do now?"

Mendes said indifferently: "Fight back, can my people fight back or not fight back? You hold a press conference now to fight back against Wenger, and I will leave it to me later."

Mendez hung up the phone.

Mendes didn't talk much, but gave people the feeling that everything was under control. Gao Xiaodong's heart sank, and he said to everyone in surprise: "It's okay, Mendes is going to make a move."

Everyone knew about Mendes' energy, and when they heard that Mendes was going to make a move, they were half relieved.

Zhang Liang said: "Then what should we do now?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "Hold a press conference and fight back."

Zhang Liang said: "Okay, I'll invite familiar reporters and media right now."

Monkey said: "I'll help Xiaodong fight back first on Facebook and Twitter."

Chen Qiang said: "I'll also contact Chinese celebrities and domestic media. It seems that the Japanese and Korean media are also taking the opportunity to blackmail Xiaodong."

Gao Xiaodong said: "Okay, everyone act now, at the critical moment, we can't let the villain get his way."

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