Chapter 66 A match that went down in history
On the day he sent his wife and children to the airport, Wang Lie did not go home after training, but lived directly in Northumberland Football City inside.
It wasn't because he didn't want to go back to that empty, deserted mansion.
Although he had just experienced a month of lively time, he suddenly returned to the big villa where no children would jump up to welcome him with laughter, and no wife would smile in the kitchen and tell him that dinner would be served soon. , it will indeed make it difficult for him to adapt for a while.
But as a Chinese professional player, he must learn to adapt to this loneliness and loneliness.
Everything is much better now.
In the past, looking at the five major European leagues, he was the only Chinese player. Every time he returned to the national team to play, and returned to the club after the game, he was the only one who traveled thousands of kilometers.
Isn’t that a kind of loneliness?
Of course the situation has changed now.
More and more Chinese players are active in European football.
In the past, as long as you could play in Europe, you had a high chance of being selected for a national team.
Now it is not necessarily the case. If your performance is not good enough and you just play in a European team, it is not enough to be selected for the national team.
Isn’t the best example Wang Lie himself?
Because Helden was kept on the bench for half the season at Soft United, he was not even called up by the national team for the World Cup preliminaries... This would have been unimaginable fifteen years ago!
The only reason why Wang Lie lives in Northumberland Football City today is because tomorrow is the twenty-fifth round of the home league against Brighton and White Mountain.
The day before the away game, the team will arrive in the away city in advance and stay at the hotel.
You don’t have to go through so much trouble when playing home games. You can just stay in the football city built by the club with huge investment. Anyway, the accommodation here is comparable to a five-star luxury hotel.
And whether it is training facilities, physical therapy recovery equipment, or catering, it is much more professional and convenient than a hotel, and you will not be disturbed by other guests, media, and fans just because you stay in the hotel.
All Tyne players who have entered the squad for tomorrow's game spent the night in the Sports City today.
After dinner today, everyone gathered in the entertainment center, but not to watch the table tennis battle between Wang Lie and Dean.
Watch the game instead.
Watch the second "Double Red Club" this season.
Will professional players watch other teams’ games like ordinary fans?
Of course.
Although they will not watch all games, they will also watch important games and key games as long as conditions permit.
The contest between Scorsese and Soford United, two of England's most successful football teams, is "the big game, the crucial game".
And for the Tyne players, this game has something to do with them.
After the last round of the league, Scorsese lost to Tyne and Soft United won against Leicester Fortress, so Soft United rose to third place with 46 points. The three-year-old Scotsman ranked fourth with 45 points.
As long as there is a winner in this game, no matter who wins or loses, it can at least let the Tyne players know how far they are from qualifying for the Champions League...
Yes, although Wang Lie did not directly say that the "bigger stage" is the Champions League, since defeating the Scorsese, the Tyne locker room has obviously become more interested in the topic of the Champions League.
If there were a hot topic list in the Tyne locker room, then this week, #UEFA Champions League# would definitely remain high on the list, and its popularity would continue to rise.
Even though no one organized it, after dinner, everyone came to the entertainment center in the training base in twos and threes to watch the live broadcast of the "Double Reds Meeting" on a projection screen.
“Who are you optimistic about?”
Before the live broadcast of the game started, everyone chatted while waiting.
Guessing the score and the outcome are the main contents of everyone’s chat.
"I hope Soft United win!"
"Why?"
"Because the Scorsese have a little less points..."
"Only one less Points!”
“One point less is still a point! Let me tell you, it is likely that this point will determine our fate in the end!”
After the last round of the league, with the three points gained from defeating Scorsese 3:2 at home, plus the fact that the top two teams Sedham and Witton Hill did not win, Tyne's league ranking Suddenly it rose two places.
Now ranked tenth with thirty points.
It is still five points away from qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, which is seventh in the league.
It is still six points away from qualifying for the Europa League in sixth place in the league.
We are still fifteen points away from qualifying for the Champions League, fourth in the league.
After three hard-fought league games, they only narrowed the point difference from sixteen points to fifteen points.
That sounds pretty discouraging.
But now no Tyne player will jump out to pour cold water on everyone and sing the opposite.
On the contrary, just like the conversation just now, they began to seriously calculate the distance between themselves and the Champions League next season.
Whether it can bring you one point closer, or it can save your opponent from one point... In short, you have to weigh every penny and every detail.
Wang Lie did not participate in everyone's discussion. With his current status, if he said anything, he might directly kill the topic.
So most of the time he has to restrain his expressive desire to express his opinions.
He just observed silently in the crowd.
Then before the game was about to start, he noticed that Sonny Dean also sneaked in and sat silently at the back while everyone was having a heated discussion.
Wang Lie still didn't speak, he just withdrew his gaze and looked at the projection screen.
There happened to be a picture of players from both sides gathering in the channel.
His national team teammates, Chi Zhen is among them.
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Chi Zhen stood in the tunnel of the Liverpool Stadium, and the songs of the home fans floated in from outside.
This was the moment before the game when he was waiting to appear, but he was distracted.
He thought about what happened when the national team coach He Guiding came to see him a few days ago.
On the surface, Director He came to understand his situation.
But Director He has always paid attention to him, and he is in a wealthy team with high exposure like Scorsese. Is there anything else that needs to be understood in person?
Chi Zhen knew that this was because he lost.
He tried his best to show that he had gotten over the failure in front of Director He.
After all, three days had passed since the game, and it was time for him to come out.
But in fact, until now, he still thinks about the game a week ago from time to time.
I remember the look Brother Wang looked at him before he scored.
Even though so many days have passed, even though Brother Wang is not around, sometimes, when he thinks of Brother Wang's eyes, he still feels chills on his back.
He knows that Brother Wang can always do things that ordinary people can't do, that's why he is so popular and loved by people.
But the 38-year-old Wang Ge can still help the team complete a great comeback with a hat trick... This is really beyond Chi Zhen's self-perception.
At least Chi Zhen believed that it was absolutely impossible for him to achieve this at the age of thirty-eight.
At the age of 38, he scored a hat trick against a wealthy team in the Premier League?
Perhaps he was watching the game live at home at that time...
He actually didn’t understand that he was in such good shape and the team had a great start. We were already leading by two goals, so why did the game turn into Brother Wang's personal show in the end?
For a week, he had been trying to figure out the answer to this question, but to no avail.
He Guiding came and failed to solve his doubts.
He simply comforted Chi Zhen and then said some words of encouragement.
Chi Zhen did not ask what Director He and Brother Wang talked about.
He didn't dare to ask, and he was too embarrassed to ask.
And without asking, he can guess some clues.
Based on Brother Wang's performance in that game, as long as nothing unexpected happens - such as injury or something - Director He will definitely call Brother Wang back to the national team.
If it was before, recall it.
In the past, Brother Wang was also in the national team, but he could only play as a substitute or as a support for himself.
This is the tactical requirement of Director He.
Director He has been doing this for almost a year.
Many disputes in the national team began when Director He put Brother Wang on the bench.
To be honest, when Director He did this at first, Chi Zhen did not support it. He was even a little afraid of returning to the national team to play in the game - because he had a headache when he thought about facing Brother Wang who was "squeezed" onto the bench by him, and when he thought about Brother Wang's fans scolding him on the Internet.
Later... As he experienced more and performed well enough in the national team, he gained more confidence and gradually stopped caring so much. But there may be another important reason, that is, as Heldon coached Soft United, Wang was unable to play in Soft United, and his performance in the national team was also unsatisfactory. Wang’s extreme foundation I am not so angry anymore...
But now the situation is different from before.
With five goals and one assist in the last three games, Wang Ge will definitely not accept the substitute arrangement if he returns to the national team - not to mention how many games will follow. , Brother Wang definitely can’t stop here.
And because of the direct dialogue with Brother Wang, both in terms of match results and personal performance, I lost everything... The tactical position of the national team is naturally not as stable as before - why this time? The guidance did not ensure him a tactical position in the national team.
Director He said that even though he has returned to China, he will still pay attention to this game. Even if the game kicks off at midnight in China, he will still watch the live broadcast.
He told himself this specifically so that he could cheer up and perform better in this game, right?
In fact, without any guidance, he will perform better in this game, at least better than when he faced Brother Wang!
And it’s not just him, it’s the whole team.
Before this game, Soft United had been mocking them for a week.
From club officials, to celebrities, to ordinary fans, everyone is laughing at the fact that the Scorsese people can't even win the "mercenary" Tyne.
Especially Soft United also relied on this defeat of the Scorsese people to surpass them in the league standings.
So Soft United fans even launched a topic activity on the Internet: "Quickly say 'Thank you Scossians'!"
Every time this topic is spread and discussed on the Internet, it is to put the Scossians' The scars were ripped open and displayed for the world to see.
In fact, when they just lost to Tyne, the Scorsese team may not be so unhappy, but after a whole week of humiliation by Soft United, the Scorsese players are now full of anger.
And their game with Tyne is over again. No matter how angry they are, there is nothing they can do against Tyne. But it doesn't matter, they can vent all their anger on their current opponent.
In the locker room just now, Scorsese head coach Joseppe Gil did not actually do any impassioned pre-war mobilization. He just posted some of the pictures he intercepted from the Internet for Soft United fans, celebrities and Manchester media. He read his messages and comments to his players.
The effect is surprisingly good.
Especially after the comments from fans and netizens, the Scorsese players were so angry that the fans had almost no bottom line and their eyes were red.
I wish I could go out and kill Soft United right now.
Chi Zhen’s feelings may be deeper, because he will add the attacks on him from those Soft United fans to the frustration of losing to Brother Wang, as well as the attacks and ridicules from Brother Wang’s extreme fans. ...
At this moment, he was like a room with closed doors and windows and filled with flammable gas.
Only one Mars is missing.
The chief referee walked out of the lounge with two assistant referees, walked through the passage, and came to the front of the team.
"Gentlemen, are you ready? We are about to appear."
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It was quiet in the entertainment center of Northumberland Football City...< br>
To say it's quiet is actually wrong.
Because the cheers, noises and exclamations of the commentators at the game echoed through the sound equipment in the entertainment center.
So the room is not quiet at all, it is even a little noisy.
The Tyne players who were just watching the game in front of the projection screen were all silent.
The voice of the commentator Connor Cowley was full of incredible shock and a little bit of gloating:
"Chi!! Chi!! This is his second goal in this game!! Although the game is almost over, Chi is still trying his best to find the opportunity to score! He did it! His score For the second time, it helped the team lead Soft United by eight goals with less than five minutes left in the game!”
Chi Zhen in the picture did not celebrate, but plunged into Soft United! In the goal, pick up the football, turn around and run towards the center circle!
He seems to think the score is not scary enough!
Fortunately, his teammates hugged him tightly and dragged him into the celebration as if they were forcing him. He didn't really run to the center circle and put the football down...
The real-time score and time of the game were displayed in the upper left corner of the game broadcast screen.
Scorsese 8:0 Soft United
2nd 41:27
The forty-one minutes of the second half is the eighty-sixth minute of the game.
Conor Cowley was still exclaiming: "Ladies and gentlemen! Who would have thought that the second 'double red meeting' of this season could be played like this? This represents the highest level of football in this country. It's a duel! But in front of the Scorsese people, Soft United is like an amateur team... No! I'm afraid even if the amateur team faces the Scorsese people, they won't lose worse than Soft United!
"8:0 is not only the Scorsese's biggest victory over Soft United, but also Soft United's biggest defeat in England's top league, and even Soft United's biggest defeat since its establishment in 1902. ! Even if their predecessors are included, it was the most disastrous failure! This game will be forever recorded in the history of both clubs and English football!
"Unbelievable, unbelievable... From the very beginning of this game, the Scorsese people stepped on the accelerator unilaterally! Within three minutes from 21 to 24 minutes, they scored three goals and scored 3: 0 lead... In the second half, Sof United seemed to have completely surrendered. They watched the football fly into their own goal again and again, and remained indifferent!
"I don't even know how to explain this! game. Neither the Scorsese nor Soft United behaved normally. This is not a normal game that can be referenced..."
What else did he say? The Tyne players in front of the projection no longer cared.
They finally recovered from the initial shock, Recovering from a daze.
Someone murmured: "Is this really the Scossman we defeated last week? ”
Someone answered him: "Yes, even the starting lineup has not changed..."
"We actually beat them? It's incredible!"
They turned to look at Wang Lie.
Some people think Wang Lie is because Wang Lie is the biggest contributor to their ability to defeat the Scoss people. Rather than saying that Tyne defeated the Scossians, it would be better to say that Wang Lie defeated the Scossians.
Some people saw Wang Lie and thought of what Wang Lie had said many times:
"You are very strong."
Some people looked at Wang Lie out of curiosity as to what he, the former Soft United legendary superstar, would say in the face of such a humiliating defeat...
Wang Lie could actually feel everyone's secretive gazes. There was no special expression on his face. It was neither shocked nor gloating like some people's faces.
His face was like water.
Based on his feelings for Soft United and his hatred for the Scos people, today's result was definitely beyond his expectation.
He did not expect that Soft United led by Helden could set so many shameful records in one game.
But he did not feel happy because of this, feeling that this game could finally bring Helden down.
He was just a little bit more angry at Heldon - a top club like Soft United was fucking led into this by you! Do you still dare to say that you are the most suitable helmsman for this team? !
The 35th round of the league, if you haven’t finished class by then, I will teach you a lesson in person! Mr. Sven Helden...
Thinking of this, Wang Lie stood up and turned around and left the entertainment center without saying hello to anyone. He didn't want to continue watching, even though the game was not over yet.
Everyone in the room noticed Wang Lie leaving, but no one called out to him. They just watched him leave.
Considering Wang Lie’s previous position as a Soft United legend, everyone understood that he just left without saying hello to everyone.
After Wang Lie left, the atmosphere of the discussion in the entertainment center became more heated, because some things were really difficult to say in front of Wang Lie...
"By the way, if Without Wang, would we be like Soft United last week? "
"That's impossible. Without Wang, we may lose, but we will definitely not lose by eight goals!"
"That's true. After all, we don't have any deep hatred against the Scouse people..."
"It seems that Soft United is not that good either... They lost to the Scouse people by eight goals and we won. One goal from Scos, rounded up, doesn’t mean we can win against Soft United by nine goals!”
“How can you think so!”
“Hahaha!” br>
The entertainment center is full of joy and laughter, and it lives up to its name.
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“What the hell?!”
Although he had watched the entire game, when the game ended, Cesar Varo still couldn’t help but face the screen The score played on the website made such an exclamation.
Sam McNeil, who was sitting next to him, was already speechless.
"...The game is over! The whole game is over! The Scorsese won this game at their home court in a way that the whole world did not expect! 8:0! This score will definitely be in the It was mentioned repeatedly after a long time... The Scorsese people seemed to vent all their anger on the loss to Tyne in the last round on Soft United. Heldon completely lost control of the team in the game... ”
Along with the voice of commentator Connor Cowley, a close-up of the face of Sven Helden, the head coach of Sofos United, appeared on the TV screen.
With a dark face, he briefly shook hands with Scorsese head coach Joseppe Gill and left the field.
When the two shook hands, the unabashedly bright smile on Gil's face formed a sharp contrast with his gloomy face, which had a particularly dramatic effect.
After all, everyone knows how Soft United mocked the Scorsese people in the past week.
Soft United star Nick Waters once directly tweeted to mock the Scouse for not even being able to win a relegation "mercenary".
As a result, Soft United now suffered a humiliating defeat with such a huge score against the Scorsese, who couldn't even beat the relegation "mercenaries". Does that mean that Soft United can't beat the relegation "mercenaries" either?
So there is nothing wrong with Scorsese head coach Joseppe Gil being so happy.
Before the game ended, Waters’ social media account had already been attacked by the carnival Scorsese fans and Wang Lie fans...
“Helden will be dismissed from get out of class. "?" Varro asked.
McNeill shook his head: "Probably not, it's just a game. No matter how badly you lose, it's just a game."
Varro breathed a sigh of relief: "I don't want him to get out of class either. This way, in the thirty-fifth round of the league, Wang will have someone to vent his anger on."
McNeil glanced at him.
Varro said: "I bet that the king will be so angry at this time that he will explode. I hope he can channel some of his anger into our game against Brighton and White Mountain tomorrow... If true We are going to the Champions League next season, so winning this game is very important to us!”
McNeil joked: “Is there any game that is not important?”
< br>“As long as we play against the team ahead of us, that’s important!”
After some of the Premier League games ended today, Shothrow, who was originally ranked seventh, defeated Hurlingham FC and surpassed Brighton White Mountain, which had one game less, to rank sixth.
So Brighton White Mountain is currently ranked seventh with 36 points.
Direct dialogue with them is often a game worth six points - defeating the opponent, Tyne can get three points less while allowing the opponent to get three fewer points, which will Greatly shorten the point difference between the two teams.
(End of this chapter)