101. The most boring champion and the most unexpected candidate

"Hello, TV viewers across the country, this is Gary Lineker, and welcome to 'Match Day' on March 23rd. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The BBC's ace host is still on the TV screens of millions of homes across the UK this weekend.

"Haha, you read that right, it's still me, it's still 'Match Day,'" Lineker smiled, "Although this week is the national team break and the Premier League is temporarily suspended, the program team has decided to produce this special episode. ”

"The theme of the show is...... Is there still a suspense about this season's Premier League title? As the camera turned, he began to introduce the guest across from him, "Jim Begrin, Gary Neville, what do you guys think?" ”

Neville spread his hands: "As of 30 rounds of the league, Manchester United have gained 79 points with one game less, 18 points ahead of Manchester City, who also have one game less, and with Manchester United's current situation, we have won the League Cup with a record number of goals, the Champions League round of 16 has swept Porto 11-0 over two legs, and the FA Cup has beaten Chelsea 5-2 to reach the semi-finals, I don't think Manchester United will lose seven games in the last nine rounds of the league......"

Liverpool legend Evergreen also maintained this opinion: "Although I don't want to see Manchester United lift the trophy for the 20th league title in their history, the facts are in front of us, this Manchester United team is stronger than ever: the old and spicy manager, the attacking trident with Mr. Golden Ball as the core, the backline that is gradually regaining form, the goalkeeper who is more and more stable and always impressive, and the bench lineup with good strength, coupled with scientific and reasonable rotation tactics, good injury management, I don't know who else can stop them from winning the championship......"

"Hahaha," Lineker burst into laughter, "just look at United's opponents in the last eight rounds: Sunderland, Manchester City, Stoke, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Chelsea, Swansea, West Bromwich Albion, plus West Ham United in the second round...... These nine opponents, both strong teams competing for Champions League qualification and desperate Saburo fighting for relegation, don't you think anyone can slow down Ferguson's pace of winning the title? Like their city rivals? ”

"Oh, Gary, it's awkward to call you that," Neville, who has the same name as him, laughed and shook his head, "You must have forgotten the score of the first round." ”

Lineker shrugged: "Of course I won't forget, that 10-0 almost got Mancini out of class on the spot, so ...... What about Arsene Wenger's Arsenal? ”

Beglin shook his head repeatedly: "Although Arsene Wenger's Arsenal have always had a tradition of turning into a point maniac at the end of the league, Sir Alex Ferguson will be very happy if he can kick his old rivals out of the Champions League." ”

"So...... Benitez's Chelsea? ”

"Oh, first of all, Chelsea is not the Spanish coach, Chelsea only belongs to that Russian tycoon; Secondly, When did the Spaniards beat our boss? Neville was clearly dismissive of Benitez, who had been in charge of Liverpool for a long time and had not only won a Champions League trophy for the Reds, but also gave fans hope of competing for the league title for a while, but it fell short.

"Well," Lineker said of the examples, "you all think there is no suspense about the league championship anymore?" ”

"Nope." Although the two guests belong to two different camps, they are surprisingly unanimous in their answer to this question.

Lineker: "Nine rounds ahead, there is no suspense about the league title, and the league's top scorer and league player are probably not controversial, isn't it?" ”

Neville and Berglin looked at each other and nodded in unison: "That's right." ”

The host let out a lament: "This is really the most boring Premier League in history!" ”

Neville made a different voice: "What about the next one?" ”

He's right, when Goodall and Robin van Persie finish their run-in with their team-mates and Manchester United add a little reinforcement or two, the Reds' place in the Premier League ...... Who else can shake?

Unless...... The manager was replaced by a waste, or the entire United team was killed on a single flight.

While Lineker and the two guests were still analysing whether Manchester United's league title would be uncertain, Qin Goode had already arrived alone in Oman, which is located in the West Asian region.

In Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, the national football team will play the home team in the sixth match of the Asian top 10 of the World Cup.

With this victory, the Chinese team will enter the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with 18 points, while Oman will be eliminated from the tournament.

In fact, even if he misses this game, there is not much loss for the Chinese team, at most, let those teammates once again remember their irreplaceable importance to this national team.

But instead of staying in Manchester, he ended up on the front lines.

The reasons are a little more complicated:

The first is that it is a dedicated national team week, and there are 10 days before and after that for him to travel back and forth.

The second is because this game is played away from home in West Asia, and the distance to and from home is much less.

The third is because this is the first official match of the national team in 2013, and he wants to tell the national team, which has not assembled for more than four months, who is the real soul of this team.

Fourth...... He was told that the new manager had been selected and that he would most likely come to watch the game live, and that he should not be absent as the heart of the team.

So here he comes.

Then, on March 26, he led his teammates to divide the Omani national team, which the players themselves did not know, to the capital of Oman.

4-0, although this score is not good for the home team, but it is not particularly miserable.

After all, this Chinese team has the best football player in the world in 2012.

Think about the poor Japanese team, the Chinese team at that time was really full of firepower, Oman, you have to be content.

"Thank you all for your support of our coaching team and my personal work during this time."

Back in the hotel, Fu Bo, the acting coach of the national team, thanked Qin Gude and other players from the bottom of his heart, and then he changed his words and confirmed the news to them for the first time.

'This is our last appearance as a coach in the national team and a new head coach has been confirmed and he will bring a whole new team of coaches.

Goalkeeper coach Ou Chuliang pointed in the direction of the door of the conference room: "He has come." ”

A staff member opened the door, and the first to come in was the leader of the national team in the World Preliminaries and the vice president of the Football Association.

The senior official of the Football Association looked at the coaches and players with a smile on his face: "Lads, after a period of global selection, the new head coach of the national team has been officially finalized, he is a world-renowned champion coach, under his guidance, the national team will surely make significant progress and breakthroughs." ”

As he spoke, a tall, silver-haired old man walked in quickly.

Qin Goode, who didn't hear the wind at all, couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

The old man took out the still burning cigar from his lips, slowly glanced at the people in the conference room, and then opened his mouth.

He used Chinese that he had just learned.

"Hello, I'm ...... Marcello Romeo Lippi, please take care of it. (To be continued.) )