Chapter 466: Mourinho's provocation
Mancini called Balotelli the next day, in which the Italian manager comforted his former disciple and expressed his intention to invite Balotelli to play at Manchester City, and he also said that Balotelli can now know more about Manchester City so that he can make a decision as soon as possible. Rainbow Literature Network, with you all the way!
Balotelli was delighted with the call from his former mentor and said he would consider Mancini's suggestion. In fact, as far as Balotelli himself is concerned, he was already ready to go to Manchester City to meet his mentor when he received a call from Mancini, but his agent Raiola advised Balotelli not to make such a hasty decision.
After the match against Newcastle, all eyes of the media were on Manchester City's next game.
On matchday 3 of the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester City will challenge the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid away!
This match was definitely the most high-profile match of the group stage of the Champions League.
There is no doubt that the biggest gimmick of this game is the collision between Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo!
The media interviewed the two parties separately, and it seemed that they were unwilling to lose their momentum in front of this opponent, and both of them were quite proud and arrogant in their words.
"I've been waiting for this fight for a long time, it's my first time against Yang Fan and my goal is to beat him, and the excitement of a victory like this is unmatched at any other time. Cristiano Ronaldo said in an interview with the media.
The Portuguese star's remarks were reported by the media and immediately caused a lot of discussion.
"This doesn't sound friendly at all, you really can't imagine that the two of them are former teammates, and it is said that the two have a good relationship in private, during the warm-up match between the Chinese team and the Portuguese team, Ronaldo also drove Yang Fan out to dinner...... However, I was not surprised at all to think that this was coming out of Cristiano Ronaldo's mouth...... Ronaldo on the pitch is aggressive, he's conceited and he thinks he's the best. ”
Yang Fan also responded quickly to Cristiano Ronaldo's words, expressing confidence that he would take a win from the Bernabeu with his teammates.
This also caused an uproar, and the media even said that Yang Fan was more proud than Cristiano Ronaldo, because Real Madrid's strength is stronger than Manchester City's, because the two teams excluded Cristiano Ronaldo and Yang Fan respectively, and in the case of other player configurations, Real Madrid is obviously higher than Manchester City, so Yang Fan said that he wanted to win at the Bernabeu, which in the eyes of many people, is more arrogant than Cristiano Ronaldo said to defeat Yang Fan.
The two parties spoke separately, and the media also followed the hype and excitement.
“…… Compared with Cristiano Ronaldo's obsession with individual wins and losses, Yang Fan's goal is to lead the team to victory!"
"Judging from Yang Fan's generosity and decency and the self-confidence shown in his words, Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be too small, he is obsessed with individual wins and losses, but ignores the collective ......," said a media analysis.
The English media, the French media, the German media and other media with a more neutral position also said that Cristiano Ronaldo and Yang Fan do seem to value themselves too much and ignore the collective. Therefore, the rhetoric is more critical of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Of course, the Spanish media, especially the Madrid media, cheered for Cristiano Ronaldo, saying that Cristiano Ronaldo's words were not incorrect, and that this was a strong self-confidence of a top goalscorer.
Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo's confrontation made the media very happy, and now they have a topic to hype, Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo are two of the three best stars in today's football, and the collision between them is a big selling point in itself.
However, before the media continued to hype, another hot topic immediately stole all the limelight, and it was Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho who followed closely to provoke the end of the battle.
He was interviewed by the Spanish newspaper Marca. When it comes to the upcoming match with Manchester City, it is said that it involves the two super players Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo. He first expressed his confidence in the win over Manchester City, and then the conversation shifted......
Mourinho said: "In my opinion, Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world at the moment, of course Yang Fan is one of them, but he is a little bit worse than Ronaldo. In the past, he would have been the number one in the world in any other era, but he was born in the same era as Ronaldo, which is unfortunate. ”
This passage from the interview was highlighted in bold by the newspaper editor. That means for self-explanatory.
Sure enough, after the English media reprinted the interview, it caused a great response.
What is the reaction of Manchester City fans is naturally boiling, Yang Fan is the flag player of Manchester City, the captain of this team, and the hero and prince in the hearts of Manchester City fans, Mourinho's words obviously angered Manchester City players, on the website of the "Times" that reprinted this article, the comments at the back of this interview were almost one-sided and scolded Mourinho, and even some Chelsea fans who regard Mourinho as their godfather said that Mourinho's words were too much and should not be.
The media hyped it up even more, and they were more unanimous in their view that Mourinho lacked enough respect for his opponents.
“…… It's hard for me to believe it's a famous manager...... He actually has this assessment of the best players in football today. A well-known commentator in the English media "The Guardian" commented on Mourinho's words.
“…… In fact, the topic of who is better Cristiano Ronaldo or Yang Fan has long existed, fans who like Yang Fan naturally think that Yang Fan is excellent, and those who like Cristiano Ronaldo have different opinions, but, objectively speaking, Yang Fan's performance is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, and the data speaks, and Yang Fan's goals are the most favorable evidence...... In the presence of such a chain of evidence, Mourinho actually said that Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo were sad in the same era, which is really inappropriate, at least this should not come from the mouth of a championship coach. ”
"Mourinho is playing psychological warfare again, but this time, he will find himself poking a hornet's nest. "This time, even the pro-Real Madrid newspaper As, is not on Mourinho's side.
The English media is full of crusades, and even many media in the Spanish media stand on the opposite side of Mourinho, thinking that Mourinho's statement is really true.
At this time, the Catalan media also angrily denounced Mourinho, the reason for their anger was that Mourinho actually ignored Messi, in the eyes of the Catalan media, Messi is the best, whether it is Yang Fan or Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi is not as good as Messi, "World Sports" even said that the real fact is that the era with Messi is the sadness of Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo
The words of "World Sports" also caused great controversy, and now it is good, Manchester City fans and Real Madrid fans or Yang Fan and Cristiano Ronaldo fans are scolding each other while actually forming a united front against Messi to some extent.
Messi must feel that he has suffered an unwarranted disaster, and he is not so arrogant, this is just what the media said, but it was placed on him, which made the shy and introverted Argentine star very depressed and angry.
The media hype is boiling, but the momentum has weakened a bit, not to say that the media has cooled down, but because the game is approaching, for the fans, the hype is meaningless, and ultimately it has to come down to the game itself.
In fact, the hype of those media is not at all because they are on Yang Fan's side, or on Cristiano Ronaldo's side, or on Messi's side...... They're just doing it because it's eye-catching. There is a greater interest.
Of course, it is the response of the person concerned that is most concerned.
In the words of the "Manchester Evening News", Yang Fan, who was "named" by Mourinho, jumped like thunder. Before leaving for Madrid from Manchester, he was interviewed by the Manchester Evening News at the airport, Yang Fan had a gloomy face, "I have nothing to say? ”
The City captain brutally refused to answer questions about Mourinho's remarks, but even if he didn't. The media still found the hype topic they needed from Yang Fan's expression and attitude.
"Yang Fan expressed strong dissatisfaction with Mourinho's remarks!"
"Yang Fan thinks Mourinho is not worth mentioning!"
Etcetera.
The "Guardian" took the last sentence of Yang Fan's sentences, and their headline was: Yang Fan said that he wanted to hit back at Mourinho with a goal Yang Fan didn't say that he wasn't playing tricks, it didn't mean that he was a man of action, and he wanted to respond with goals.
At this time, the media also selectively forgot the favor of Mourinho for Yang Fan that they had reported and hyped before, as well as the fact that Mourinho tried to introduce Yang Fan several times, and their purpose was to create contradictions and gimmicks as much as possible.
Let's put it this way, fueled by the media. The two sides are officially married.
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