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Chapter 407 Gray Leicester City, a letter from Manchester City

One goal away, Bayern will be able to overtake Ajax on goal difference and qualify first in the group.

The collapse near the end of the game is unacceptable to Ten Hag.

He is thinking about a problem.

It is a question that all the coaches who played against Bayern Munich are thinking about.

Is it now time to attack, or defend?
Look at the tragedies that Bayern has caused over the years, do you still dare to attack when the score is behind?
But Ajax's offense is stronger than its defense, and its defense is even more difficult to defend.

Ten Hag was caught in a dilemma, thought for a while, and immediately danced on the sidelines, asking the players to strengthen the passing and running, and wait for the opportunity.

This is nothing more than wanting to control possession of the ball and avoid falling into the opponent's control, thereby threatening the goal.

But now it is the 86th minute of the game, and the players' physical fitness is also in crisis.

In this case, having a large number of ball possessions will increase the risk of passing errors.

You are Ajax, not Barcelona.

In just 2 minutes of the game, Ajax's organizational structure began to appear messy, a large number of passes, and began to lean towards the goalkeeper.

Bayern took advantage of the situation to press up, Lewandowski pressed into the penalty area, and Rossi, Muller, and Koeman in the frontcourt would mark the defense separately.

But there is always a central defender who is unmarked. Once the goalkeeper passes the ball, the three of Rossi cut off the passing route respectively, and then Lewandowski retreats to double-team, forming a diamond-shaped encirclement to surround the ball holder.

If Ajax, who is still physically fit in the first half, can also use interspersed running positions and short passes to break the high pressure.

As for now, they are severely exhausted and have been firmly controlled by the Bundesliga giants.

Blind's return pass was predicted by Rossi in advance, and he immediately rushed towards the goalkeeper.

Under the pressure of Rossi's powerful momentum, Onana kicked the ball forward with a big foot and handed over the ball.

After Hummels controlled the ball in midfield, Ajax retreated.

The fans who could no longer see the hope of equalizing started to get up and walk back.

There is no shame in being behind.

The shame is that the players have lost their fighting spirit and played in a mess.

After Hummels pushed halfway, he kicked the ball to the penalty area to find a high point for Lewandowski.

De Ligt strode forward and headed the ball outside the penalty area.

But after the periphery was controlled by the Bayern players, Kimmich stopped the ball with his chest and took a long shot.

But the ball hit De Jong, and after refraction, it miraculously leaked into the small penalty area.

Rossi suddenly came out.

[Missed, Bayern has a chance! 】

[Rosie makes a follow-up shot! 】

[The ball is scored, the ball is scored! 】

However, the commentator's voice suddenly calmed down.

Because the assistant referee at the far end raised the flag, indicating that Rossi was in an offside position at the moment Kimmich shot.

But the slow-motion playback showed that it was De Ligt's outstretched arm, dragging behind.

It's a good shot.

It can also be seen from this point that Rossi's running position is accurate to the slightest.

Finally, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Ajax finally qualified with the first place in the group by virtue of the advantage of goal difference.

Bayern came in second.

After losing and winning, the Ajax players couldn't be happy. They forced smiles and hugged their teammates to celebrate.

Such a performance, how can it be worthy of the first place in the group.

Even some fans couldn't stand it, and they got up and left the stadium without waiting for the players to come over to thank them.

Heynckes stood up, gave high-fives and hugs to the players who struggled to the last moment one by one, and expressed praise and thanks.

The old coach seldom writes sorrow on his face, even though they will face No.1 in other teams next.

Before that, they will go to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the upcoming Club World Cup.

The pressure of the tight schedule before the winter break made the Bayern players physically and mentally exhausted.

In order to avoid fatigue, Heynckes had already applied to the club to fly directly to the United Arab Emirates after finishing the UEFA Champions League group stage in the Netherlands to rest early and prepare for the game.

After a night's rest in Amsterdam, Rossi was woken up by her mobile phone.

He stretched out his hand to touch it, but the palm was soft and dense, and then there was a humming sound.

"Luo, stop making trouble, last night was crazy enough!"

Pixie made a lazy sound, turned around quickly, and fell asleep again.

Rossi continued to grope forward, found the phone, looked at the display screen, and was a little surprised.

Jamie Vardy.

Why did he call so early in the morning?

"Hey Jamie, are you here to congratulate me on being second in the group?"

On the other end of the phone, Vardy said seriously: "Luo, haven't you read the news? Something big happened!"

Rossi was startled, wondering what could surprise Vardy so much.

Could it be that Leicester City has made another big move?
After winning the championship in Leicester City, the meritorious coach Ranieri was dismissed due to poor grades in less than a year.

In the next few seasons, Leicester City could only play in the middle of the Premier League, and the champion members of the team were also poached.

Now there are only a few people left by Vardy.

It's not that Vardy is not good enough, but that he is not young, and he is often injured. No one can guarantee how long he can use it after buying it.

Seeing that Rossi did not answer for a long time, Vardy said in horror: "The chairman had an accident. His private helicopter crashed outside the stadium, and no one survived!"

"what?"

Startled, Rosie sat up in bed.

No survivors?

After hanging up the phone, Rossi hurriedly turned on the phone and found that the screen was full of reports on the helicopter crash of the chairman of Leicester City.

At present, it has been confirmed that all five people on the helicopter, including Lian Vichai, were killed.

A memorial service will be held at the King Power Stadium next Monday.

Rossi's impression of this chairman is that under his gentle appearance, there is a decisive temperament.

When dealing with the "recruitment of prostitutes" incident that caused a sensation in football, he was fired together with the head coach to quickly quell all negative news.

For the players, it is all about encouragement and gratitude, never blaming anyone.

It is a pity that such a respected chairman passed away like this.

At noon, Rossi found Heynckes in the restaurant and asked him for a day off to attend the chairman's memorial ceremony.

However, the Club World Cup will be held at 07:30 on Wednesday night. As one of the main players, Rossi's exhaustion will affect his competitive state.

Assistant coach Sagnol disagreed.

Heynckes readily agreed and gave Rossi a vacation, so he didn't have to go to the UAE with the team.

After attending the mourning, fly directly to the UAE and return to the team.

Rossi, who was granted leave, took Pixie back to London at noon.

Soon, Rossi showed up at London's Heathrow Airport.

Assistant Pixie took them back to their villa in London.

The villa, which has not been lived in for a long time, is cleaned spotlessly, thanks to the assistant Sati.

Sadie also took out a letter from the briefcase and handed it to Rossi.

"This is a letter from a fan."

Rossi took it curiously.

There should be very few people writing letters these days, and most of them should be elderly people.

But from the crooked font on the letter, it is not difficult to see that the person who wrote it was not an old man with shaking hands, but more like a childish child.

Rosie glanced at the postmark. It was from Manchester.

Pixie is also very curious. It is not uncommon for fans to write letters to their idols.

But why is this one so special that Sati has to keep it personally.

And sent it to Rossi in person.

Sadie took another blue ribbon from her bag, with a medal on the other end.

Rossi took it and saw that it was a runner-up medal in the UEFA Champions League.

The year is 2017.

Isn't this the Champions League final last summer?

The runner-up was Bayern Munich, which Rossi had just joined.

At that time, the whole team received a runner-up medal, but Rossi did not have a medal.

Because he gave the runner-up medal to a crying child at the scene.

Thinking of this, Rossi hurriedly opened the letter and quickly browsed it.

"Ro, what's the matter?"

Seeing Rossi's brows gradually furrowed, Pixie was a little worried.

After a long time, Rossi carefully folded the letter and put it back in the envelope
"Before we go to Leicester, I'm afraid we have to go to Manchester first."

"By the way, ask Omar to see if he is free and let him go with us!"

(End of this chapter)