180 Extra: When Fran Retires (5)

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The image of Manchester United's easy victory did not come to fruition, but Casaro and Robben each scored a goal to give Groningen a 2-0 away win in the group stage. In the previous 0-0 test between Atletico Madrid and Milan, it turned out that Groningen became the top of Group F after the first round of matches.

Fans who watched the whole game could see that this result was not due to Jose Mourinho's Manchester United, but to Groningen, who broke into the group stage of the Champions League for the first time, far beyond people's imagination.

On the return to Groningen, the crowd at the airport was greeted by enthusiastic cheers from the local fans. Most people don't have much hope for the group stage, but that doesn't mean they don't want to win.

Then again, after Forlan became head coach, Carvajal was still his agent. Like Mendes and Mourinho, is Mourinho as frivolous in private as he has been in various interviews? Actually, no, but in the beginning, in order to create Mourinho's unusual character, Mendes wanted Mourinho to be very personal in many situations.

Obviously he succeeded, and whether you love the Portuguese or not, everybody knows he's one of the big champions.

Carvajal didn't need him to follow the same personality as Jose Mourinho, he did everything to grasp the key word 'young', the team atmosphere is young, the players are young, and the manager has a youthful demeanor from his coaching style to his behavior. A head coach like Fran, whose appearance is top-notch among a group of middle-aged and elderly people with big bellies, has naturally attracted the attention of many brands.

Of course, Fran didn't think that was the reason Carvajal had put a plain white suit with dark stripes of silver in front of him. Although there is no clear rule that the head coach must stay on the sidelines in a dark suit, but this color... Shu Fran himself felt that it was a bit exaggerated.

"Try it on, it really looks good." Carvajal went out of his way to make a recommendation, Fran felt that if it had been more than ten years ago, even ten years ago, he would have put it on and look at it, but at the age of forty and still dressed like this, he was afraid that he really didn't have a sister paper and was willing to believe that he was a straight man.

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Among the three opponents in the group stage, the one who regards Groningen the most is probably not Manchester United coached by Jose Mourinho, but Atletico Madrid, who has been beaten again and again by Forlan in disguise.

The head coach of Atletico Madrid is Fran's old rival Simeone, the Argentine who is barely stuck in the post-70s position, has become the manager of Atletico Madrid at the age of 41 and is undoubtedly the representative of a young coach. It's a pity that Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League final three times during this time, losing to Real Madrid twice, and losing to Juventus in the final last season at the hands of the Serie A giants. Atletico Madrid's Champions League title seems close but far away.

Forlan didn't like the style of play next door to the manager, and when he entered the coaching industry and moved to multiple clubs, there was no communication at all. But this will not prevent the two people from shouting and demonstrating in front of the media, and they are probably familiar strangers.

After hosting AC Milan, FC Groningen flew away to Madrid to face Atletico Madrid. As soon as the whole team came out of the airport, they were shocked by the scene of thousands of people picking up the airport. Ruscelles asked the young goalkeeper next to him with a blank face, "When did we develop so many fans in Madrid?" Aarau pushed his back and didn't want to answer him, and it was clear that it was not so much the FC as the FC Groningen fan himself.

Several fans waved Real Madrid shirts to try to attract Forlan's attention, and Forlan did not refuse to sign the white shirt that he was once most familiar with, but seeing the army of fans who rushed up in an instant, he only signed a few under the control of airport security and walked out with his young players.

The players from Groningen walked out, and Robben, who had played for Real Madrid, was also caught signing a group photo, which made Ibrahimovic, who had only played for Barcelona in La Liga for a short time, stand out. Casaro stood there watching it all and his eyes sparkled, and the occasional call or two from the crowd to him was quickly overwhelmed by the tide of voices on Fran. Ibrahimovic patted Casaro, and Casaro obediently followed him, but Ibrahimovic knew in his heart that no matter how Groningen performed this season, as long as Real Madrid wanted Casaro back, Forlan would no longer be able to keep him.

Some media desperately held the microphone in front of Fran and wanted to ask, 'Are you nervous about Groningen's away face against Atletico Madrid', maybe the reporter's voice was mixed in the noise so that Fran couldn't tell the difference, Fran'? Asking him to repeat it twice didn't seem like he heard his question clearly.

In the end, Fran didn't care about his question, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly at the camera, "Welcome to my home base, Madrid!" ”

Obviously for him, this is Atletico's home stadium, which is obviously his home stadium of Francisco Alvarez.

A group of coaches who followed the head coach sighed that my coach was blatantly pretending again. forced, but he blatantly pretended. Realistic and handsome.

Our own manager is open to Atletico Madrid, and we as players can't afford to hold back. The young players of Groningen agreed so, including a young goalkeeper who has been given a special buff by the author surnamed Ye.

You really don't know how surprised I was when I saw a goalkeeper named Stefan Van der Rey when I looked at the list of players from Groningen, you must know that the surname Van der Rey was made by me at the beginning.

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Group F of the Champions League Group of Death lived up to expectations, and really became the headline full of death and all kinds of upsets.

When FC Groningen won away at Manchester United, it was said that United had beaten the Eredivisie rookie lightly;

When FC FC drew at home to AC Milan, people said that FC FC was a passive match at home;

When FC FC won 3-0 away at Atletico Madrid, it was watched that FC Groningen, who had locked up the top spot in the group, finally came to an end.

At this moment, the Real Madrid fans who sat on the pitch were no longer the point, the nearly identical boos and cheers that Forlan received when he stepped onto the pitch were no longer the point, and Simeone's eyebrows at the beginning and the smiling at the end were no longer the point.

The point is that it was discovered that the Groningen team had exactly the same qualities as their manager, namely a penchant for playing against the wind and some people going crazy.

The point is that after three rounds of Group F, Groningen leads with 7 points with two wins and one draw, Manchester United follows with 4 points with one win, one draw and one loss, AC Milan ranks third with three draws and 3 points, and Atletico Madrid, which is often the favorite to win the Champions League in recent years, has only one draw and two losses and is at the bottom of the group.

Real Madrid fans who watched a big match of sworn enemies next door just wanted to sing a song, if this is not love, what else to rely on?

Clearly, Forlan has confirmed his reputation as an Atletico nemesis.

In Group F, Groningen and Manchester United were separated from the first and second places in the group to enter the next game, and the gimmick of the Group of Death was also hyped to the extreme. All of Europe is watching the follow-up draw for the round of 16 to see whether UEFA intends to keep Groningen as a dark horse and continue to rush forward, or if the last giant will try to keep Groningen out of the subsequent elimination circle.

Groningen, who finished at the top of the group, can face a number of strong opponents in the second place of the group, with Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich in the name, and European saints such as Sevilla.

The FC Groningen players and fans are masochistically dissatisfied, why can't they meet Barcelona or Real Madrid sooner? We're going to meet Barcelona and Real Madrid!

It's not that they think that their own Groningen can accurately defeat these two La Liga giants, the mentality of the small team is still maintained, and they don't think about the possibility of winning the Champions League at all, they just want to see the excitement.

In the end, Groningen's opponents in the draw were CSKA Moscow, last season's Eredivisie champions vs last season's Russian Premier League champions, and in a field of Real Madrid vs Paris, Borussia Dortmund vs Sevilla, Barcelona vs Manchester United, Manchester City vs Bayern Munich, Groningen vs CSKA Moscow This kind of game just looks at the name of the club, which obviously has a special meaning of 'rookie pecking at each other'.

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Fran didn't pay much attention to the topic of 'rookies pecking at each other', as he began to have an inexplicable high fever in the first three days of leading the team to Moscow.

At first, it was just the dizziness that started in the afternoon, which made Fran think that he had been studying tactics for too long the day before, which caused some lack of sleep, and Fran, who planned to go home and go to bed early, did not insist on riding a bicycle but let Robben, who was driving, give him a ride. When I returned home, I simply took a shower and lay down on the bed, thinking that 'one person is full and the whole family is not hungry', Fran turned over and wanted to set an alarm clock, but turned over and fell asleep instantly.

Fran woke up in the middle of the night, staring at the ceiling with his eyes open for a long time, not sure if he had fallen asleep or fainted. He struggled to get up from the bed for a long time, poured a glass of warm water to moisten his knife-like throat with a sweat, reached out and touched his forehead, and could only look for a thermometer dizzily.

Fran, who has been exercising, eating a healthy diet and paying attention to his body all year round, has not had this feeling of weakness due to cold and fever for a long time, and he has considered sending a message to his assistant coach for a long time to let him take down the team training during the day. Fran, who had done all this, relied on his good physical fitness, poured himself another glass of water and buried himself completely in the quilt.

At the Groningen training camp the next day, Ibrahimovic frowned and looked at his phone several times before making sure that the other end really hadn't replied to him. During the team's training, the assistant coach mentioned that Mr. Head Coach was sick and took leave today, and he instantly felt that the group of people who were originally alive and well became listless.

This makes Eevee have to worry too, you must know that people who don't get sick often will get sick very seriously, Fran usually looks beautiful alone, and when he is sick, he looks pitiful when no one takes care of him. Ibrahimovic, who hadn't received a reply for a long time, thought about going to Fran's house to see him after the team was disbanded, and the rental office was close anyway, so Robben casually asked, 'Zlatan, you're leaving so soon', and Ibrahim, who had just said 'I'll go to Fran's house to see', was instantly pounced on by Lascelles from behind.

Although Fran himself may not feel it, Eevee has a high tolerance for this Ruscelles, who is very similar to Fran when he was younger, and only needs to glare at him meaningfully and Russell will obediently stand aside. Arrau thought for a moment and said, "I can't get in if I can't get in at that time", who would have thought that Mr. Eevee would conjure up a string of keys to Fran's house in the blink of an eye.

Well, then go for it, the big guy is ready anyway.

As for entering Fran's house and scooping Fran's hot forehead out of the pile of quilts and sending him to the hospital, that's for later.

The author has something to say: long time no see, long time no see, long time no see

Ah, it's so uncomfortable to catch a cold, so Franlan has to catch a cold too...

Aarau is Arau, but he is called Aarau Vanderreh, and he is nothing in common with Wen next door except that he is also a Dutch goalkeeper.

If you haven't read the article next door, you think this kid is a plug-in goalkeeper who is difficult to break through the door!

While arranging the draw for the top 16, he secretly poked and thought, is this kind of operation the pleasure of the Football Federation? 166 Reading Network