Chinese champion

Chapter 204 Who's Home
"That side won too!" Just after the game ended, Ferrando said to Manzano.

He was talking about Valencia. In the 807th minute, Aimar's penalty made Valencia comeback in the same away game. They defeated Villarreal 3:2 and still ranked second with a two-point advantage. One, Mallorca ranked second with 78 points.

"Well." Manzano responded lightly, without saying anything. Indeed, it doesn't matter to pay attention to Valencia's points at this point in the game. The situation is very clear. In the last round of the game, If Valencia wins, Mallorca will only be No.2. If Valencia draws and Mallorca wins, then it is necessary to calculate the relationship between each other. In this regard, Mallorca They still have an advantage. The two games against Valencia have one win and one draw, a draw at home and an away win. This shows that if Mallorca wants to win the championship, they must count on Valencia to at least draw with their opponents. Of course, The premise is that Mallorca wants to win this last opponent.

In the final round, the two teams that have a chance to win the championship are playing away games, and their opponents happen to be two teams that are aiming to relegation. Valencia's opponent is Albacete, Mallorca's The opponent is Celta.

There are three places for relegation in La Liga this season. Except for Murcia and Valladolid who have been relegated a few rounds in advance, Celta and Albacete have not yet escaped the danger of relegation. Among them, Celta has 38 points. Albacete has 36 points, and the last place for relegation will be between these two teams, while Albacete is more dangerous. Even if they can beat Valencia, as long as Celta draws with Mallorca , In the case of a tie, they do not have an advantage in the outcome of each other, so they can only count on Mallorca to beat Celta to succeed in relegation when they are fighting for a victory over Valencia.

Most of the outside world think that Valencia is the champion, because their opponent Albacete was promoted last season, and their strength is indeed relatively poor. Although it is an away game, it should be no problem for Valencia to get the three points. On the other hand, Mallorca , their opponent Celta Vigo is an old strong team in La Liga. A few years ago, it was a strong contender for the Champions League qualification. There are many reasons for the sinking of this season. Their team still has a group of first-class stars such as Juanfran, Lucin, Mostovoy, Gustavo Lopez and Jardel. I believe they will go all out in this game related to relegation , as long as Celta scores first, Albacete on another field will obviously be seriously affected, and I am afraid that it will no longer be able to pose a threat to Valencia.

While the outside world expressed their own comments one after another, Manzano sneered at these comments that Valencia's opponents were weaker than Mallorca's opponents. In his opinion, it is true that Celta Vigo is stronger than Al Bassett is stronger, but in this situation, Manzano would rather face Celta than Albacete. The reason is very simple. From the very beginning of the league, Albacete positioned itself in relegation In this game of relegation without victory, they are more able to treat the game with a calm mind and a fighting spirit to go all out. On the other hand, Celta Vigo, their strength is no longer that In 98, the Celta team that had bloodbathed Real Madrid 5:1, the No.5 in the first two years was just the last flashback. After Karpin left, the midfielder lost a tough iron man. Stovoy is getting old, Lucin is useless, and it is natural to be reduced to relegation now, but they have not positioned themselves accurately. To deal with such a team, Manzano has sufficient confidence.

When interviewed by reporters before the game, Manzano said: "I believe the last round of the game must be very exciting, Albacete is a very good team, they should stay in the ranks of the first division, I hope After this round of competition, we became the champions and Albacete successfully avoided relegation. I believe this should be the best result!"

Unsurprisingly, Manzano's words angered the entire Celta team. Of course, what he meant was that Celta was inferior to Albacete and should play in the second division for a year. Celta's Coach Fernandez said angrily: "Manzano is just an arrogant guy. He doesn't know how to respect his opponent before the game. Our players will win. We will completely defeat Marlowe at the Valedes Stadium. Kaka's dream of winning the championship, the championship is not something that a civilian team like them can obtain!"

Compared with the war of words between Mallorca and Celta Vigo, the battle between Valencia and Albacete is much quieter. Benitez just said lightly: "We don't need to consider other people's games. , the fate is all in our hands, Albacete is very good, but it is a pity that they met us."

Albacete's bald coach Ferrando is even more low-key: "We are unfortunate to meet the best team in the league, but we will not disarm like this. Anyone who wants to step over us will take Use all your strength."

Now the public opinion is all on Valencia's side. Manzano's big words before the game have completely angered Celta. They will definitely fight for their dignity, while Albacete has no fight. Timidity, one can tell at a glance which is better.

This is what Manzano wanted. Celta Vigo, who was dazzled by anger, had basically lost his calm judgment, and Albacete's head coach, Ferrando, was by no means an idler. There is not even a single star player, and a team whose strength can only play in the second division can still have hope of relegation in the last round of the game. His weakness before the game is completely a strategy. Valencia should be careful.

The day when the game started, that is, May 5, came soon. Since both teams were likely to win the league championship, the Spanish Football Association copied another championship trophy and sent it to Celta—it seems that the Spanish Football Association also Thinking that Valencia is more likely to win the championship, sending the authentic trophy to Albacete also made Mallorca very unconvinced.

For the principle of fair competition, the last round of La Liga will be held at the same time, at 5:23 pm local time on May 4rd in Spain, which is 11:[-] pm BJ time. I believe that countless Chinese fans will spend another sleepless night. night.

On the way to the stadium, Manzano kept smiling. Before such an important game, he always used his smile to infect the players and let them not be too nervous!

Although this is not a clever trick, it is undeniable that this trick has always worked.

However, today seems to be a bit ineffective. Manzano can clearly see that the players on the bus are very stiff, and the usually lively atmosphere has become very dull today!
It's no wonder that among Mallorca's players, except for Nadal, no player has won any league championship. Although they won the King's Cup and UEFA Cup in the first two seasons, the league championship Honor is what they desire even more, especially at this critical moment!

How to do it?Manzano rubbed his chin and thought hard, how can we make the atmosphere of the players more enthusiastic?

Heavy rewards?Just kidding, Chairman Alemani came to the team's residence yesterday. He announced that if they can win the league championship, every player in the team will receive a bonus of 20 euros, and the bonus of the main players will reach [-] euros. A staggering [-]!The rewards given to players by some giants are nothing more than that. For Alemani, who has always been stingy, it is simply an anomaly that he can make such a high bonus.

After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't come up with any good solution. What should be said has been said long ago. Now this situation is beyond the coach's ability to solve. The only way is for the players to stabilize their emotions.

He suddenly became envious of the head coaches of those wealthy clubs. It seemed that their subordinates were people who had experienced great storms. Before such a crucial game, they could better control their emotions without requiring the coach to work hard.

This is the gap between small and medium clubs and giants.

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Xiao Jun came to Valedes Stadium. It was not the first time that he went to the scene to interview Pei Wei. Now Xiao Jun is no longer that unknown reporter, but the leading football player in China!And since 96, he has been paying close attention to Pei Wei, and he has a nickname in the circle: "Pei Wei's spokesperson"!He can always get any first-hand information related to Pei Wei first, and in terms of standpoint, he has always been on Pei Wei's side. It can be said that among the domestic sports reporters, he has become the first to interview Pei Wei. Wei's authority figure!Every game that Pei Wei participated in, he reported on the spot for the first time. Even in the days when Pei Wei was blocked, readers of the Sports Weekly could still see the news related to Pei Wei in the first time. Everything, this is the result of Xiao Jun's hard work.

But today, his purpose of coming here is different from that of the past. He did not come here as a reporter, but as a guest commentator for the CCTV Sports Channel broadcasting the game. Wang Jianxiang, the ace commentator of the sports channel!
For China Central Television Sports Channel, which is an authority on sports reporting in China, this is the first time that the entire studio has been moved to the scene to broadcast a European league game!However, although this incident was unexpected, it was also expected. It was the first time since the beginning of the world that a Chinese could help a team from the top five European leagues to win the final league championship!
Wang Jianxiang was a little embarrassed when he saw Xiao Jun. Some time ago, due to the pressure of the Chinese Football Association, they blocked the match of Pei Wei and others. During that time, Xiao Jun has always been a loyal supporter of these overseas players. It made Wang Jianxiang feel a little guilty!
But that was only a moment. Wang Jianxiang held Xiao Jun's hand cordially: "Reporter Xiao, I have admired you for a long time. It is really an honor to be able to cooperate with you today!"

Xiao Jun smiled: "Where is it, your commentary has always been my favorite to listen to, and today I want you to guide me on my mistakes!"

Wang Jianxiang laughed loudly: "No problem, I believe you can do better than me, after all, you are already very familiar with this team!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, Wang Jianxiang turned around and said, "Come on, I'll take you to the studio to familiarize yourself first, the live broadcast will start in a few minutes!"

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"CCTV, CCTV, good evening everyone, now we are broadcasting live for you a game in the last round of this season's Spanish Serie A. The two sides are Vigo Celta and Real Mallorca team, let's invite our special guest, Xiao Jun, a senior reporter from Sports Weekly, to explain the two teams to us."

"Hello, everyone." Xiao Jun coughed. He was still a little nervous when facing the camera, and calmed down after saying a few words: "We believe everyone must be familiar with the Mallorca team. There are two players in their team. They are the midfielder Pei Wei and the left back Wang Xiaomin. They are the main players in the team, especially Pei Wei. He can be said to be the number one star in China and the soul of the Mallorca team. This game will be an excellent opportunity for Mallorca to win the championship. We interviewed Pei Wei before the game. He said that he will dedicate his full strength to Mallorca's victory. I believe they will show their strength in this game. Come with [-]% of your own strength."

Wang Jianxiang took over the topic: "We have already got the lineups of both sides. Mallorca is still the 4-3-2-1 they have been playing this season. This has become Mallorca's main lineup. Goalkeeper Bolano, Defender Wang Xiaomin, captain Nadal, Nino and Potenza, midfielders Ismail, Ibagaza, Campano, Pei Wei and Garcia, forward Eto'o, Celta ranked 4- 3-3 lineup, goalkeeper Caballero, four defenders Velasco, Sergio, Placente and Juanfran, midfielders Lucin, Lopez and Mostovoi, With Da Silva, Jardl and Frizzas up front, it was clear that Celta Vigo were ready to go all out and go for the win."

"I have always had a regret, why this game is not Mallorca's home game." Xiao Jun said suddenly.

"Why?" Wang Jianxiang asked strangely: "At this point in the game, there is no big difference between home and away, right?"

"It's a pity that we can't see how crazy the Mallorca fans are!" Xiao Jun said with a smile: "Every game, they will turn the San Moise Stadium into an away team hell and home team paradise Mallorca flags are flying all over the stadium, including the flags of China and Cameroon! Because the two most important players in Mallorca are from these two countries! This scene only started to appear in the previous rounds Yes, I'm afraid there will be very few chances to see it in the future!"

Wang Jianxiang was speechless. Indeed, in the previous rounds of La Liga, CCTV only broadcast the Real Madrid game related to Mallorca, and that game happened to be an away game!He had no choice but to comfort Xiao Jun, and at the same time comfort himself: "It's okay, I think we can still see this scene!"

Xiao Jun smiled wryly. After the end of this season, it will be very difficult for Mallorca to keep Pei Wei, and the scene like the last round of St. Moise Stadium with Chinese flags flying all over the sky may never be seen again. !
Wang Jianxiang looked at his watch and signaled the staff next to him to cut the screen to the scene of the game: "The game is about to start in 10 minutes, now let's go to the scene and prepare to watch the game!"

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As soon as the scene cut to the scene, Wang Jianxiang groaned: "God, my eyes didn't see the flowers, did I? Is this the Valedes Stadium or the San Moise Stadium? Why are there so many Mallorcas? fan?"

Xiao Jun next to him was also stunned. Indeed, the scene before his eyes was too crazy!
The Valedes Stadium, which can accommodate [-] fans, actually has Mallorca's red team flag flying on nearly half of the stands!And in the center of the north stand, the huge five-star red flag occupies an entire stand!
Thirteen thousand!

Like the away game against Real Madrid, another [-] Mallorca fans came to the Valedes Stadium to cheer for their beloved team!
Unlike the Bernabeu, which can accommodate 3000 fans, the Valedes Stadium, which can only accommodate [-] people, has almost become a stadium after more than [-] fanatical Mallorca fans poured in. Loka's home!

In the VIP seats in the south stand, Horacio, the chairman of Celta, looked at the opposite stand with a wry smile, and asked the team leader Gomez next to him: "God, why are there so many Mallorca fans? , Didn’t you say that they were only allocated 8000 tickets? Where did the extra [-] people buy tickets?”

Gomez also said with a wry smile: "I just found out yesterday that in addition to the 6000 package tickets and the 1000 tickets allocated to the Mallorca Club, the [-] tickets issued for this game just started selling. At that time, several big fan groups in Mallorca pretended to be our fans and bought more than [-] tickets! Fortunately, we found out quickly, but they still bought more than [-] tickets through other channels, so..." He continued Tanshou: "It's like this now."

"Why don't you die!" Horacio stared bitterly at the panicked assistant, turned his head to look at the stadium, and kept muttering: "Whose home field is this..."

(End of this chapter)