24. Christmas does not collapse

"Hello everyone! Merry Christmas! ”

"Merry Christmas! This is Sky Sports and I'm Dean. ”

"I'm Frank, Ah Dean, I didn't expect us to meet again in such a short period of time, it's really sad!"

"I feel the same way about each other."

"But two of our big fans don't seem to think so?"

"You mean Mr. Cow and Miss Book Lovers?"

"Yes, the two of them never exchange letters in private, and they must shout to each other through our program, which has to be said to be a very interesting thing." Frank clapped his hands and laughed, "The two of you have been communicating with each other about our show for two weeks now, maybe they should have gotten to know each other a long time ago?" ”

"I think so too, let's see what Miss Miss's text message is today, 'Sir, if you ......' oh." Frank pursed his lips, "That's not very interesting news. ”

As he spoke, Frank held up the inscription and said very seriously and angrily: "This book lover miss, she is an Arsenal fan!! ”

"Wow." Dean looked at him with some sighs, or rather the inscription board in his hand, "I'll see what it is...... 'Sir, if you know, Arsenal have a number of unbeaten records, which is a historic record that neither team on either side of today's game has, not to mention that we also drew with Manchester United, please don't get carried away'. ”

"The quarrels between the two of them ranged from 'Juan's looks' to 'Thrandel's existence', and to my delight, they finally got into a serious game. The only problem is that the woman is actually an Arsenal fan, and to be honest, I really didn't expect an Arsenal fan to confess to the Red Devils manager in the Red Devils' column, which is simply terrifying. ”

"If it's Lord Ferguson, it's a bit ...... I'm looking forward to Mr. Niu's answer now! ”

"Before Mr. 'Niu' answers, let's take a look at today's game! The Reds players have arrived at Anfield and the cameras are looking for Juan DΓ­az to assist coach, will he play? Or stay on the sidelines as a teaching assistant to the lord? ”

"He's out! Looking at the way he looks in a formal suit today, he shouldn't be playing! This is the first time in history! ”

It was indeed an unprecedented first, after all, Juan seemed to be used to being the one standing on the sidelines of the court and ready to play.

Today, Juan's outfit is quite graceful and domineering, with a pure black blazer and a snow-white shirt, perhaps to reflect the festive atmosphere of Christmas, he wears a burgundy tie, but around a gray woolen scarf, only a small corner can be seen, which disappoints the media who are keen to guess what kind of flower his bow tie is.

Outside this dress, he wore a coat that was also black, very well-cut, and a pair of black brogues on his feet, delicate and elegant, but such a match was difficult for all the reporters.

-- Ever since Juan came into the limelight, all media reporters have been followed by a fashion editor, ready to analyze all the pieces on his body, which has become more popular than any street photoshoot. But it seems that Juan has discovered what they are doing, and the clothes that have been worn since then have become more and more difficult to guess.

For example, today's body, reporters are looking for thousands of things, and they finally found out that this body is a new series of items that Dolce & Gabbana is about to release.

Namely, will.

The reporter in the fashion section was stunned when he saw it, turned to the camera and said quickly: "According to our investigation, Juan DΓ­az is likely to have an unusually close relationship with the Spanish female designer Eugenia Albert, and Dolce & Gabbana's new collection was designed by her, and what we see now is likely to be the world's first ready-to-wear." ”

-- To be reasonable, in fact, every journalist has the potential to become an entertainer.

As soon as she said this, a hazy ambiguity was formed between Juan DΓ­az, a 21-year-old young man, and the female designer, who was nearly thirty-five years old, and everyone thought about it.

It's unclear what kind of waves the gossip reporters are out there, but the Sky Sports discussion continues.

"Based on our previous investigations, Dias has almost become a regular in the squad since the return of the Lord, and his ability is obvious to all, and it would have been nice to see him at Anfield today...... Mr. Niu's callback, 'You will never walk alone'? ”

"Is he trying to say that he and Miss Bibliophile will never walk alone?"

Dean ...... I feel like we've been tricked. ”

"Look!" Frank was thrilled, "This guy named 'Cow' is a Liverpool fan! He used their slogans to confess to Miss Sydney and Arsenal that Liverpool and Arsenal would keep the same course, what do they want to do with Manchester United?! ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ A sentence suddenly came to mind. Dean spoke with some difficulty. If two people quarrel because of their different beliefs, it is actually very simple to want them to unite the front, and that is to find a common enemy. ”

Arsenal naturally needless to say, if the lord has two bullets one of the bullets to give to their manager, Liverpool and Manchester United can be said to be bitter enemies for many years, the lord's "hair dryer" often blows at Liverpool, and many famous taunts are also from the confrontation between the two teams, the Premier League double red will not be called in vain.

"......" Frank felt for the first time that what Dean said was very reasonable, and as a Red Devils column, he actually let a pair of sworn enemies tie the knot, which made him very helpless, and the Red Devils time has since been a little more cautious in reading audience letters, but they will also let everyone chat as much as they want on the Internet bulletin board, and it turned out to be several couples.

This is not to be mentioned for the time being, the camera has swept to the players' tunnel, the players are ready, the camera swept by, Frank said with a strong spirit: "Today, most of the main forces on both sides are out, and it seems that they are still very concerned about the 'Christmas crash', but Juan did not appear in the starting eleven, it seems that the last game made the lord care a lot." ”

"You mean the game against Real Madrid?"

"Of course, Juan was almost equalized by Real Madrid after he got off the field, but fortunately everyone is quite reliable, otherwise it would be dangerous."

Sky Sports' commentators tried to offset the embarrassment of their sworn rivals, and Juan stood in the coach's seat to try to offset his own embarrassment.

The lord was greeting the referee at this time, and before he went, he signaled Juan to prepare well, Juan was stunned, thinking that he had prepared all the logistics as usual, but when it started, Mr. Smith almost got into a fight with him.

"No, no, no! I'll do that! Mr. Smith waved his hand and smiled, "You sit with the boys." ”

However, when Juan was about to sit down, the players looked at him with a kind of horror, and Juan was helpless about this.

What did he do, he just did a more detailed check of the team's physical flexibility and ball skills after everyone gathered, the kind without any malice.

Juan had to stand outside the bench to prevent the players from being overly nervous and driving himself to death, but it was a good thing to see a Spaniard waving at him as soon as he turned his head, and at the same time he noticed, the crowd on the pitch also noticed.

"Wow, look who we saw? Igor Casillas, did he come to watch the game? ”

"Maybe it's to see my friends, just like their Raul often goes to Monaco to see Morientes." When he said this, the two commentators showed indifferent expressions on their faces, and for the two people mentioned later, in fact, the words of the media were very difficult to hear, but no one could say that they really had any relationship, right?

Cassie sat in the family seat and looked at Juan with a smile, frowning, and was actually so depressed that he couldn't do it. On Christmas morning he won another kiss from the young man, but the young man seemed unaware of it, still thinking that it was just a buddy closeness.

- Please, who's so close that you can kiss your lips?

The thought of someone just licking their lips calmly after kissing Juan and then raising an eyebrow at him and saying "Merry Christmas" made him feel helpless.

"Why didn't you bring your scarf out?" As soon as Cassie looked up, there was Juan in front of him with a very unhappy expression, he took off the gray wool scarf around his neck, and wrapped it around him without saying anything, Cassie was stunned and was about to refuse, Juan had already been called away by Mr. Smith, he touched the scarf around his neck, and smiled calmly at the eyes that looked in all directions.

Anyway, for now, only he knows his feelings for Juan in the world, so he sits here with confidence.

"Fans and friends, this is Thisis Anfield!" As soon as the on-site commentary shouted, the more than 40,000 fans at the scene began to cheer excitedly, and even issued an unceremonious boo for Manchester United, their love for Manchester United can be traced back to a long time ago, and the scene even mixed with some ridicule and sarcasm of Manchester United in the team song of "You Never Walk Alone".

"The fans are gone, because Manchester United are playing so!"

"Who wants to see Roy Keane's face after Christmas?"

"We lose every week, and you're nothing special!"

…… Wait, this song came from the stands of the Red Army die-hard KOP? Is it really okay to taunt yourself like this before the game??

'We've got the starting line-up,' Frank laughed, 'We've got Howard in goal, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Silvestre and O'Shea in right to left, Ronaldo, Phil Neville, Keane and Ryan Giggs in front of right-to-left, Paul Scholes up front and Ruud van Nisroy up front. Looking at this lineup, the lord is ready to use 120,000 points of energy to win this game. ”

"After all, the Christmas crash is not a fun thing." Dean shrugged, "At the same time, we can also see that Liverpool's goalkeeper is Dudek, the defenders are Babbel, Highgham, Traore and Hyypia, the midfielders McAllister, Gerrard and Borg, and the forwards are Owen, Fuller and Diormed. ”

"Liverpool and Manchester United have played together, when have they not played against each other?" Frank laughed at his partner, "But Liverpool haven't been very stable this season." ”

"Why?" Dean calmly looked at the situation on the field, now the two teams are already lining up to play the team song, he sped up and said: "Michael Owen, their leading scorer is about to transfer to Real Madrid after the season, I really can't figure it out, isn't what happened to Figo enough for him to understand, going there will only be a share of sitting on the bench!" ”

"It's mainly about business interests." Dean patted his partner on the shoulder to signal him to calm down, they are the Red Devils commentators, and they should be happy that the Liverpool general is gone, "The Reds handed over the captain's armband to the 23-year-old Gerrard this season, and there is no lack of intention to force him to stay. I still remember when Gerrard was rumored to be a transfer, the angry fans almost went to his house and set fire to his shirt, which seemed very irrational. ”

"Red Devils fans can't be so irrational!" Frank immediately added this proudly, and his partner gave him an unspeakable gaze.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ It's true? ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Let's continue to watch the game. Frank silently looked away. The players of both teams have already taken their positions, and Liverpool serve in the center circle. ”

Liverpool have a very magical quality, they are a resilient team and they rarely give up when it comes to the game or anything else. This is a very good quality indeed.

And their captain is an own goal assist expert, and he has also assisted opponents to break their own goals in the previous league, which makes the Red Devils fans who come over have a lot to talk about.

'Steven Gerrard got the ball into the Liverpool goal and he's a great partner for the other teams!' The United fans sang loudly and gloated, and if Gerrard had assisted Manchester United in this game, it would have really driven them crazy!

However, Gerald seemed to be used to it, and his expression did not change in the slightest.

The Christmas holiday is a luxury for the players, generally speaking, after getting a few days of rest, both the mental and physical condition of the players will enter a burnout period, and the players on the scene obviously did not escape from the Christmas atmosphere, and they all seemed to sleepwalk -

However, the Manchester United players looked at the sidelines, shivered in the cold wind, and immediately sobered up.

The Lord and Juan stood on the edge of the court one after the other, looking in the direction of the court, one with a calm face, while the other was simply expressionless.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ My God, how could there be two such horrible people standing on the sidelines of Manchester United. Frank complained loudly, "Their faces are colder than the December weather!" ”

"Isn't GΓ©rard Hollier the one to complain?" Dean looked at him helplessly and smiled, "The Red Army coach's face on the sidelines at this moment is also not good-looking, but he alone can't match the weight of our double here!" Obviously, the Manchester United players also rejoiced early, knowing that if they lose, they will face the most terrible punishment in the future! ”

"What is the most terrible punishment?" Frank blinked a little surprised, and there was something he didn't know but his little friend knew??

Dean shook his head honestly: "I don't know, but I can't think of anything more terrible for the United players than facing the wrath of Dias and Sir Alex Ferguson." ”

Liverpool finished fifth in the league last season, and they won a League Cup title in the whole league round, and they didn't let their team fall into the embarrassment of not having a title all year, but this season, their situation seems to be worse.

β€œGoooal! Scholes! Frank jumped in almost surprise, "Scholes scored the first goal for Manchester United after Christmas!" It is clear that he has completely stepped out of the shadow of the 217-hour goal drought at the beginning of the season and is ready to continue the attack for Manchester United with his hot form! ”

The atmosphere was immediately enthusiastic, the whole Anfield booed everywhere, and the Reds did their best to suppress the singing of the Manchester United fans in the stands on Anfield Road, "You Will Never Go Alone" was a little too sad at the moment, so soon the Anfield fans chose another way to encourage themselves.

"Let's pretend to be forced, pretend as if we have a point!"

――Liverpool fans, you guys are so happy to be black-||||

Liverpool are clearly not doing well this season, with all the other cup competitions running out of hope, they can only go all out to push for the league table, and if they win against Manchester United today, they can surpass Chelsea to become third in the league, and if they draw, they will still be third in the league if Chelsea lose.

If they lose, they'll have to fight for fourth......

To be reasonable, the Red Devils are still very happy to hear this news :)

Seeing that the momentum of the Red Devils was very strong, and the goal was only a matter of minutes, Frank and Dean began to chat again, as football commentators, the two of them always sang and harmonized, on the one hand, they partnered to explain the scene of the game, avoiding the scene of only having time to shout the player's name during the football game - one mouth is not enough, and on the other hand, using gags to popularize the historical events or interesting highlights of the two teams, which made their commentary a little more interesting than others.

If they understand Oriental culture, they will know that there is a traditional language program in the East that is very similar to their commentary style, that is, cross talk......

"As far as we know, when you think of Liverpool, you think of two clubs – Liverpool and Everton – when it comes to football culture, and the icons of music culture belong to the Beatles."

At the mention of this, the fans of the Red Devils began to gloat, although this is already some old meme, but it does not mean that they will not be in a good mood every time they hear it, and more importantly, some rookie fans do not know! This kind of thing must be known by more fans and friends!

Anyway, when they see that Liverpool is not happy, they are happy to death!

"Liverpool FC and the Beatles are both symbols of Liverpool's city, but they almost never appear together in the public eye, and Anfield never sings a song based on a Beatles song, why is that?"

"Naturally, the Beatles are Everton fans......" Dean added very pointedly.

"That's right! The entire Beatles are die-hard Everton fans, and lead singer Paul was born in a family of Everton fans, and has been exposed to the purest team culture since he was a child! ”

"It's worth mentioning that the songs that Old Trafford sang for Juan several times were based on classic songs by the Beatles, hehehe......"

The two commentators laughed maliciously, but soon coughed lightly and pretended to be serious: "Let's continue to see the situation on the field, the situation on the scene is very good, the players are attacking very actively, the lord is sitting back in the coach's seat, only Dias stands alone near the sideline, it seems that the lord really wants to train Dias to become his heir?" ”

"I think it's very likely! However, Dias's experience is too young, we have also done a survey on 'Would you like Juan Dias to replace Alex Ferguson as the manager of Manchester United', according to our statistics on the streets of Manchester, although most of the female fans voted yes, but still 65% of the fans said that they would prefer to see the Lord stand on the sidelines and lead the Red Devils forward. ”

After all, Dias is only 21 years old, semi-retired, and has only been receiving his coaching certificate for less than half a season, and although he has done a good job on the sidelines for the Red Devils, he has not had any practical experience, which is very worrying. After all, no club in history has ever dared to hand over its own qiΔ“ to a rookie, right? ”

"Yes, and even now there are fans who call the club and say that if the lord retires and Dias becomes the manager, he will send death threats to the club, and he will send Dias a blade personally, and he will use his death to defend the sanctity of the Red Devils' managerial position...... My God, things have risen to the height of life? ”

"Actually, Dias has a good appearance on and off the field, and I personally think he is very suitable for the Red Devils......"

'It's probably going to be left to the top management at Manchester United and maybe we need to give Dias some time for him to grow.'

"Yes, yes, maybe Dias can also choose to go out to exercise for a few years first, and the lord can take a few more years now, and when he has enough experience and resume, he will come back and take us!"

"Makes sense!"

"By the way, speaking of Everton, is their top spot coming to Manchester United next season?"

"Oh, you mean Wayne Rooney! I think it's very likely ......"

The two commentators were having a good time discussing it, and they didn't know how uncomfortable Juan was near the sideline.

On the day of the Christmas dinner, he had actually talked to the lord about his whereabouts.

The lord was very calm about this: "I already knew that you would stay for a short time, and the players from the Iberian Peninsula would come to the Premier League and would have to go back in less than three years." ”

After all, whether it is the climate or the style of play, the gap between the two sides is too big, and many players who come there are not adaptable, and there are many who pack up and go home in a season.

Juan kept his head down and didn't speak, he didn't even know how to explain these things to the lord, but the lord just drank the wine in the glass and let out a breath.

"Go ahead, young people need to be trained, and you will never grow up if you always stay by the side of old people." He patted Juan's head, it was just a kind elder's most favorite junior and the most earnest teaching. "I can hold out for another ten years, and I can leave you for a long time...... Just hope that in the future, you don't forget here. ”

Juan's eyes were so hot that he couldn't say anything, and finally he could only nod his head heavily.

As soon as Christmas passed, the lord let him continue to stand on the edge of the pitch and command the whole field, as if he didn't care at all that this game was like for the Premier League double red club, and Juan could only bury his gratitude to the lord deep in his heart, and then stared at the watch on the pitch with bated breath.

Juan's coaching style is already very similar to that of Lord Ferguson, and both of them don't like to attract attention from the sidelines, but the most frustrating thing is that both of them are the most attention-grabbing people, more to the cameras than most of the players on the field.

Especially when you don't do anything on the pitch or score goals.

After the goal just now, the lord was very happy to clench his fists on the side of the court and jumped up with a smile, and he was very excited to hug Juan at once, and Juan clapped his hands very calmly, and the combination of the old naughty boy and the little old man made people laugh in comparison.

Only now, the lord went back to sitting, and Juan could only continue to stand on the edge of the court, and the cold wind was blowing and making him feel bad.

However, when the second goal was scored, all the United fans behind them quickly rose to their feet and cheered, and the heat wave came down in waves, Juan looked at Cristiano and Dean who were running and celebrating on the field, and finally chose to sit back in the dugout - even if the whole dugout was now full of demons, everyone was happy as if they had killed Arsenal and become the league champions.

In the first game after Christmas, Liverpool swallowed two eggs of Manchester United with hatred at home, and Ferguson, who won the game, directly pulled Juan to attend the press conference.

"Ask one by one! Otherwise, don't ask! Don't ask Juan DΓ­az any weird questions! ”

…… Sir, you take such care of your calves, does your lady know?

But everyone is very face-saving, since they don't ask Juan weird questions, then ask the lord, so one by one all strange questions to the lord went up, the lord is also simply, his Scottish style spoken English made the whole hall listen to it fascinated, as if they don't know where they are, Juan is next to the translation sentence by sentence to add, the whole person is really like a translator,

Finally, a reporter raised his hand: "Dias! I'm a Sky Sports journalist, did you know that in the run-up to Christmas, you also promoted the birth of a couple? This qiΔ“ is all thanks to you! ”

"Oh-oh-" The audience began to applaud, after all, they were happy to see the birth of a couple.

Juan seemed pleasantly surprised by the gift, as it was the first couple he had facilitated. Frank said in the studio that their reporters had brought a camera, so it was just live.

"That's good, congratulations to the two couples, although I don't know what I did." Juan's face was calm.

"It's actually happening that at the beginning the girl texted us and praised you for your beauty, and then the guy pointed out his mistake, and then the two of them got into a fight with our show, and now they got in touch with one of our shows and confirmed the relationship fifteen minutes before the end of the game."

The Sky Sports reporter was quick to report the plot of the story to Juan, who thought about the timing and the second goal seemed to happen just in time.

Seeing that he didn't react, the reporter at the scene couldn't help but add: "You don't have anything you want to express?" ”

"When they get married, I'll give them a gift to show their gratitude." Juan couldn't laugh or cry, although he didn't know the whole thing, but after all, he was also unconsciously involved, "I wish the two of them a hundred years of happiness." ”

"But there's one interesting thing, I don't know whether to sue you or not." The Sky Sports reporter still didn't sit down, and that's actually the point he was going to make.

"Please." Juan nodded calmly.

"Although the woman is obsessed with your face, she is an Arsenal fan......" Before he finished speaking, the audience burst into laughter, and even the lord's expression became very crying and laughing for a moment.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Arsenal and Manchester United have been mortal enemies in the past two years, and Juan can attract each other with his appearance, which has to be said to be a very powerful thing.

Juan tilted his head and thought for a moment and asked, "So, should I say, 'Well done the Red Devils?' ’”

"Maybe not." The Sky Sports reporter looked heavy, "First of all, I must guarantee that our show is called 'Red Devils Moment', which is specially prepared for the Red Devils, and I am sure that many Red Devils fans must have watched it, and of course, there are some other fans who may also watch it......"

The audience immediately booed, they wanted to listen to the follow-up development, and they didn't want to listen to this Sky Sports friend Wang Po selling melons and boasting!

Seeing that he was almost done, he from Sky Sports took a deep breath: "So the biggest problem arose...... The woman is an Arsenal fan, but the man is a Liverpool fan. ”

There was silence as everyone swallowed their saliva before turning to the coach's bench and raising their cameras. The expressions of the two managers were very exciting, and the most exciting one was probably Gerrard, who looked at Juan on the other side of the table with his mouth open, although the expression on that person's face did not change, but the aura around him seemed to have condensed?

Under the flickering of a magnesium lamp, Juan finally came back to his senses, he never thought that he actually facilitated a pair of mortal enemies to get together, I have to say that the world is really wonderful......

"Well, although I was surprised, I still wish the two newcomers friends." Under everyone's gaze, he took a deep breath and said dryly, "Okay, maybe they will have a lot of common language after marriage." ”

-- The fact that the Black United were going to be the pleasure of their lives.

Hearing Juan's voiceover, everyone present let out a low chuckle, and had a very kind attitude towards Juan and all of them.

He's not a bubbly and likable character, and he's not so stupid as to think he's the guy next door, he's not approachable at all, and even smiles are rare, and he can't help but be silenced when he stands there with a blank face.

But he has a heart.

He's as simple as glass, anyone can clearly see his feelings for the Red Devils, he won't be the most excited or happiest when he scores, but he will always watch the players run and celebrate on the pitch, and everyone can see the relaxed appearance of his body all at once.

He is deeply committed to the Red Devils and never has any selfishness. Mr Smith did his best to support him when he was in charge, gave it his all when he needed to play, and maintained and trained hard for the Red Devils when he became a manager.

Some of the Red Devils players would go to the Red Devils bar for a drink after training, and one of the things that the players often brought up when talking to their friends about the club was something inconsequential.

Juan DΓ­az, he's nervous again. Worried that he might go on a business trip, he did his best to ask for a qiΔ“ perfectly.

It can be said that it is precisely because of his pure feelings that he can win the hearts of 35% of the fans from the lord who has coached the Red Devils for 20 years with only half a season and only two months in charge.

――Although there are some female fans who look at their faces, most of them still value his real material.

Even now, when he learns of his own goal in the post-match press conference, he sees himself as part of the Red Devils and sincerely wishes the two newcomers well, so everyone starts applauding after laughing.

The lord couldn't help but smile and patted the shoulder of the young man next to him and said: Good boy, he is a talent!

It stands to reason that the player is going to follow the bus back, Juan thought about it and asked the lord to bring another person on the bus, and the whole United is still laughing at him for making trouble, even Anfield has acquaintances, but soon Cristiano remembers.

"Didn't Juan still have a scarf when he got off the bus before the race, why isn't it now?"

They didn't see Juan handing the scarf to Cassie in the tunnel at all, and throughout the game, the commentator only mentioned Real Madrid's goalkeeper a little at the beginning.

After all, everyone knows that Juan is from Casstilla, and Manchester United only fought with Real Madrid in the last game, and at this time La Liga is still in the winter break, so it is normal for Juan's friends in Real Madrid to come and see him......

But don't the players know? So when Casillas stepped on the car with Juan's scarf, everyone was confused.

"Uh, hello everyone......" Cassie was a little embarrassed, but was quickly pushed into his seat by Juan, who lowered his head and whispered, "Juan, is it really okay for me to sit here?" ”

This is the front of the whole bus, behind him is the whole Manchester United, the lord is talking to Mr. Smith in the other row in parallel, in front of the door of the bus, Cassie looks around and says a little scared.

"Guti sat here last time." Juan An said, relax, no problem!