Chapter 401: When the Wild Horses Are Completely Unleashed, the Demon Descends (and the Monthly Pass)
Barry didn't think that his friend Owen Hargreaves was in the stands, before this friendly match, Hargreaves had just played for Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen second-team, and Bayern Munich won 4-1, he performed well in the game, and now he is almost equivalent to the core of Bayern's second team.
It's just that waiting for the call of the first team seems to be a bit far away. There is a huge gap between the second and first teams, and sometimes Hargreaves doesn't know if he is right or wrong to stay at Bayern Munich.
Friends in England at this age have basically taken the lead, and he himself even got an olive branch from Manchester United, although he only heard about it......
With nothing to do, Hargreaves did not return to Munich with the team, but stayed here to watch the game, of course, he also wanted to see his friend Gareth Barry play, but he didn't say anything.
Every wandering child has only himself who knows the pain and expectation in his heart......
His eyes fell on the pitch and saw Barry's familiar figure, walking briskly onto Bayer Arena. With another glance, he also saw Zheng Zhi's figure. Just a year ago, he played at the Olympic Stadium in Munich with Zheng Zhi.
Why can he do it but not himself? How he envied Zheng Zhi.
And not far from him, many young fans also cheered happily.
"Zheng,"
"Zheng,"
"That's Zheng,"
"After the game, I'm going to ask him for an autograph, he's my idol."
"Forget it, Toney, are you targeting Bayern Munich?"
"Yes, but it doesn't stop me from liking Zheng!" The green face was full of admiration for Zheng Zhi.
"Christophe, are you really not going to go to Bayern Munich with me for a tryout? I think you can too, we work together, like Zheng and Michael in Leverkusen. ”
"No, I'm not going to Bayern Munich, I'm going to Bayer Leverkusen, I'm going to see Zheng every day, I'm going to ask him how to play." The other kid rejected the offer, and it seemed that both of them were young fans of Zheng Zhi.
"However, Bayern Munich is the best stage, not anywhere else, including Bayer Leverkusen. Christophe, if you think about it again, this matter cannot be chosen casually, it is related to our future in the future. ”
"No, no, no, whatever I say I'll go to Bayer Leverkusen, and I'm sure you can play at Bayer Leverkusen too."
"But you might take a detour? Platforms will limit your development. And, isn't it good for us to work together? Why do you have to separate? ”
"Needless to say, I've already decided and I won't change it."
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Despite being only nine years old, this guy named Tony is obviously much more cautious in his thinking than a child named Christophe, and a year older is a year older, and he thinks differently.
The Englishman Hargreaves has been smiling bitterly, listening to the two teenagers chatting about Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, and his heart is even more emotional. Subconsciously thought of the conversation between my parents and myself when I was a child.
"Son, where do you choose to go?"
"Bayern Munich!"
"Kid, Bayern Munich is a great club, but you're alone outside, you're going to pay more than in the UK, do you really think about it?"
"Yes, my coach said that going to Bayern can see the bigger world, and staying in England, I may only be an ordinary player."
"But at Bayern, I could maybe be a superstar!"
Then, his parents didn't say anything more......
When the memories don't come up, the corners of Hargreaves's mouth hooked up an arc, yes, that's how I chose it in the first place, what am I worried about now, what am I complaining about?
I'm not a superstar yet!
The choice of youth made his heart feel much more comfortable......
The face that was green and slowly acne-prone became confident again.
Beep –
The whistle blew.
Aston Villa took the lead in kicking off, Dion Dablin made Lucio suffer a big loss, although he was only 1.83 meters tall, but he used to be a Manchester United player, and the inaccuracy was placed here, Dablin's position was quite beautiful, and Lucio was actually knocked out of a way by him from the right side and rushed over.
However, the referee blew for a foul on Dablin.
"Walter?"
Dablin looked surprised and didn't understand, this kind of collision can be considered a foul? It's not a problem in the Championship or the Premier League, and I instantly feel that the Bundesliga team is a bit of a sissy.
He was also the Premier League's top scorer in the 9798 season, having spent more than a decade in England and played more games than many players have ever eaten.
The Kovacs brothers kept shaking their heads on either side.
"Rookie,"
"I'm blind to this body,"
"Hey, hit him, with your chest." Robert Kovacs shouted at Lucio in Slavic.
It's a pity that Lucio didn't understand......
Thankfully, the tempo then went under Bayer Leverkusen's control, with Ballack, Zheng Zhi and Emerson passing in a triangle that was nothing short of dazzling.
Barak – Zheng Zhi – Emerson – Zheng Zhi – Ballack – Emerson – Zheng Zhi ......
The ball fell too smoothly.
So much so that the Bayer Leverkusen fans in the stands screamed again and again.
"Whew~"
"This pass is so pleasing to the eye."
"The three of them work together quite well with their short passes."
The Aston Villa players could only be tired and busy grabbing the ball, but Zheng Zhi's passes were really coquettish, almost all of them were one-foot passes, and they didn't give them a chance to get close at all.
In fact, even Ballack was a little surprised, because the rhythm was brought up by Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi connected Ballack and Emerson through diligent running, tightly connecting the distance of the three people, and always maintained a small triangle formation.
Ballack originally wanted to pass two long passes, but every time he found that Zheng Zhi appeared beside him in time, he subconsciously passed the ball to him......
Emerson doesn't have that kind of idea, because he enjoys it, he likes this way of playing, whether it's passing or receiving, it's very comfortable, this style has a bit of a Brazilian flavor, it's not tiring to play at all, it's a lot of effort, he can even be lazy.
In the end, it was Zheng Zhi who slipped the ball into his 'Chinese countryman', and Beinrich received the ball on the right and crossed the middle, but Neuville's tackle was slightly deflected.
"It's too delicate, isn't it?"
"This Bayer Leverkusen team is a little different from last season's Bayer Leverkusen? Found out? ”
In the stands, two reporters from "Kicker" were exchanging.
"The presence of Ballack and Chinese Zheng has raised Leverkusen's midfield control to a notch, and he is too stable with the ball. If it's such a midfield combination in the new season, it feels like it's hard to have a team compete with them in midfield. ”
Aston Villa coach Gregory also looked confused. I didn't expect Bayer Leverkusen's midfield to be so strong. Naturally, I came here to play with the German team and look for the feeling of playing in Europe, but I didn't want to start the game, except for the opportunity of Dablin, the team fell behind in all aspects! Bayer Leverkusen's midfield dominance was terrible......
"This ......" Bayern's technical director was also mixed with the fans, and he was shocked to see these dazzling cooperation.
"Hopefully Beckenbauer and Hoeness haven't made the wrong decision."
He thought that these two guys had been refusing to bring them in this year, and he felt that something was wrong.
Hope...... Just occasionally?
That's all he can think.
It's just that, as time goes by, Bayer Leverkusen has been playing like this, anyone in the midfield triangle can easily create opportunities, Ze Roberto on the left side even omitted the breakthrough, he and Beinrich on the right can directly send the ball to Neuville and Kirsten as long as they run out of position, if it weren't for the two guys in the back who failed to seize the opportunity, the score would have changed a long time ago.
Link kept shaking his head off the court, but his feet were subconsciously swinging slightly.
Seeing my teammates play so relaxed, they want to go up and play.
Seeing that Aston Villa's midfield was out of edge, Zheng Zhi and Emerson raised the formation with their hearts, directly suppressing Aston Villa in the half, and the opponent almost only had defensive strength!
In the 25th minute, under strong pressure, Aston Villa's defense finally collapsed, although Southgate and the goalkeeper received high and low blocks, they still failed to prevent Zheng Zhi and Ballack from hitting the wall in a row, and the opponent's midfield was useless, and finally in front of the big penalty area, Zheng Zhi stuffed the ball to Emerson, who burst into the left side of the penalty area and easily pushed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.
The ball went in.
1:0。
A mercury-like attack, Aditon Villa couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all.
"It's too strong."
"In front of Bayer Leverkusen, the English team is like a junior team, and their players are like junior high school students."
"At least for now, Worrall can rest easy. If you can maintain this level, you will have no problem with any team. ”
The backward Aston Villa tried to press out and play, but they were unable to use their empty strength, and they only had one move left, which was to make a long pass to find Dablin in front, and Barry, who had high hopes, could only bury his head in defense, and he didn't even know where the Bayer Leverkusen goal was......
In the 31st minute, Aditon Villa's goal was hit again, Zheng Zhi, who was originally with Ballack in the backfield, suddenly sent a long pass over the top, Ze Roberto directly volleyed in on the left side, and new signing Neuville directly volleyed in the penalty area, rewriting the score to 2:0.
Frightened, three minutes later, Zheng Zhi bent a bow and arrow to Barak in the middle, and Barak directly rewrote the score to 3:0.
"This is not an opponent at all."
"Slaughter Aston Villa today."
"How long has it been to score three, how many have to be scored in 90 minutes?"
However, just when everyone applauded Leverkusen, Aston Villa hit a long pass in front of the backfield, and Dablin got another chance to single out Lucio, but Lucio recklessly shoveled Dablin in the penalty area, Aston Villa got a penalty, Dablin made it in one fell swoop, and the score was rewritten to 3:1.
"Damn,"
"This foul shouldn't be."
"This kid lacks a calm mind to think, a big lead, he doesn't need to do that."
"The opponent only has a few chances, if it is a strong team, it is different. Basically, there is no chance to perform, just show your face, and make mistakes. ”
"But you're too nervous, right?"
"If there is a weakness in this team, it is probably the inconsistency of the new players."
Worrall, of course, was not satisfied, and ran to the sidelines to shout a few words, but instead of shouting at Lucio, he was dissatisfied with the Kovacs brothers.
"You two, why don't you come back from the side?"
Lucio certainly made a big mistake, but if it weren't for the Kovacs brothers, maybe Lucio wouldn't have needed to single out Dablin......
"This guy is too confident,"
"He always thought he could cut off the opponent's ball."
"I don't know how thick the sky is."
Robert Kovacs didn't listen to Worrall, it was obviously Lucio's fault, why should they be scolded?
"If that rookie has an IQ, he should know how to do it."
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Although Lucio didn't understand, he knew that he had made another mistake, and that he was wrong very amateurishly. Faced with the cold eyes of the Kovacs brothers, he could only murmur an apology to goalkeeper Marty Sek in Portuguese.
But Marty Seck's jaw had already twisted to the side, and he didn't want to listen to his 'bird language' at all.
Zheng Zhi came over and patted him on the back, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't understand what he said anyway.
At half-time, Lucio was substituted. Although it was only a friendly game, Worrall clearly cared about the win, perhaps to give the team a confidence boost, and Lucio was replaced by Novotny.
"The little guy went up."
"Link is up too."
"This should be the main lineup of Bayer Leverkusen in the new season, if Ballack and China Zheng can be well compatible."
The reporter of "Kicker" shouted.
"Let's see what level they can play!"
He's looking forward to it.
Bayern Munich's technical director is also expecting that all those who are concerned about Bayer Leverkusen's preparations are cheering up.
At this time, Aston Villa boss Gregory, who aims to prepare for the game, has not yet realised what will happen to Worrall's two changes, and he has also adjusted the back four to a back three, trying to strengthen the attack, which is simply pushing Aston Villa into the fire pit.
Worrall made only a minor adjustment. That is to swap Emerson's position and Ballack's position, so that Ballack is on top, and Zheng Zhi's position remains unchanged. "Michael, you take the ball and come back, let Zheng handle it."
Worrall's idea is very simple, with Ballack's big head in the forward midfield position, attracting defensive firepower at the same time, and making the ball to Zheng Zhi, so that it may be more effective with half the effort.
"Of course, you can also try to shoot from a distance, if you have the chance." Worrall added.
Ballack was still a little depressed, he played the front midfield, and he had to do the ball back, so what is he?
However, since Worrall gave him the right to fire, he has no extra ideas, anyway, he doesn't like to organize attacks very much, and it is good to hand it over to Zheng Zhi, he can attack the goal with Kirsten and Neuville......
As a result, when the two Mustang were completely unleashed in midfield, the devil descended, and Aston Villa's midfield was completely paralyzed.
Barak ran in front of him in a wide area, so that he was at a loss, not only threading the needle, but also setting up a turret or bending a bow and arrow at any time.
The dispatch of midfielders Zheng Zhi and Emerson made the entire Leverkusen attack three-dimensional.
In the 55th minute, Ballack's header was returned to Zheng Zhi, and Zheng Zhi was plugged into Kirsten, who finally volleyed the goal.
4:1
In the 64th minute, Zheng Zhi, Emerson and Ballack played another exquisite combination, Aston Villa's players could not stop it, and finally let Ballack kick the goal outside the middle of the penalty area, and the score became 5:1.
The slaughter did not stop, in the 71st minute, Ballack's header was ferried, Zheng Zhi picked up the left side of the penalty area, and Ze Roberto suddenly fired a cold shot from the left side of the penalty area to rewrite the score to 6:1.
"God ......"
"It's incredible."
There were not many people who came to watch the game, and there were two or three thousand people, but everyone did not sit in the stands, and they were all stunned by this score.
Then Worrall was finally willing to bring on other newcomers, and the veteran LaMelo was also able to come on.
As a result, LaMelo had just touched the ball for the first time on the pitch and he opened the scoring, and Ze Roberto's set-piece from the left was delivered to his head with precision, 7-1.
If there is an England reporter on the scene at this time, it is estimated that he will be eager to play the score to Great Britain immediately......
At the end of the game, Bayern Munich's technical director collapsed in his chair and couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Impossible,"
"No way,"
'They have one more game to play Parma to test their true quality, Aston Villa are still too weak, this score is not normal at all, they are not playing seriously at all.
He could only find such a reason to comfort himself......
Worrall stood on the sidelines, high-fiveing each player one by one, and needless to say, he was so satisfied, all his worries seemed to be in the past, not at all.
In order to be able to enter the G14 alliance, he traveled all the way to Belgium to bow his head and bow his waist, trying to persuade every big boss to agree to Leverkusen to join the organization.
The G14 was only organized last year.
In 1998, Italian media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi's media partner company led the idea of organizing European giants like the American professional leagues to build a European Super League, which was driven not only by Berlusconi, but also by media moguls such as Murdoch and Kirsch. Later, this "dangerous" idea was quickly stifled by UEFA. However, UEFA had just extinguished the flames of resistance at one end, and there was a fire in the backyard at the other end.
The 14 European giants (Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester United, AC Milan, Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid) wanted to unify their voices and gain a higher voice in the negotiations with UEFA, so they held a secret meeting in Brussels, Belgium, and a new organization called "G14" was born.
In November of that year, the formal rules and regulations of the G14 organization were finalized. The primary goal of the organisation was to squeeze more profits from the Champions League. Although the group has repeatedly claimed that it has never considered the creation of a new league, the outside world has more than once associated the G14 with the creation of the "European Super League". UEFA also changed the format of the Champions League in 1999 to meet the G14 requirements (the group stage before the quarter-finals was changed from one round to two rounds, and the number of participating teams was expanded to 32 teams).
Joining this most awesome organization, it is natural to want to share the cake together.
The result was tragic, and the G14 alliance did not agree.
Go to the special ~
What's the big deal? If you don't join, you don't join.
Thinking of the team's 7:1, his mood became much more cheerful again.
Someday, when we meet, it doesn't matter who wins or whom......