Chapter 114: A New Chapter (I)
In the morning, before the match against Real Madrid, the newly arrived Belgian tall completed his first training session with the team, and Thomas Meunier had his first meeting with Edward, while also clarifying the fact that his position would be moved back and forth. At first, the Belgian guy thought he would play as a center forward, because he had always had a dream of being a striker and adding a height of 190cm, sure I was playing as a defender?
Most of the world's top full-backs are between 170 and 185 in height, and Dortmund in the Bundesliga has reached a height of 184 for full-back Piszczek, which is unimaginably tall.
In fact, big guys tend to have big hearts, and when Edward said: "I don't have that much time for you to prepare, you'll have to play this afternoon", Meunier accepted the offer to play at right wing-back without thinking.
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When Ronaldo walked into the stadium with McVeigh in his arms in his arms, the 40,000 spectators stood up and gave them a round of applause, of course, a large part of this applause was dedicated to the team's anti-cancer fighter McVeigh. The little guy cutely blindfolded himself, he obviously hadn't adapted to the noisy environment of the scene, Ronaldo adjusted the position of his arm to make the little guy sit more comfortably, and shook it twice, causing a burst of exclamations from McVeigh.
McVeigh actually doesn't like to be hugged by others, because in the eyes of a child, it is a child who is held in his arms, and he is old enough to walk on his own. He carried a baby bottle in his hand, picked it up and drank two sips, this kind of baby bottle is not a baby bottle, but a small kettle for children, there is a straw, you can drink the water in it very easily, very pleasing to children.
In June 2010, Ronaldo had his own mini Ronaldo, Ronaldo loves his son very much, and it is easy to understand and feel the pain and struggle of McVeigh's father. Cristiano Ronaldo is indeed an out-and-out warm man on and off the field, and he said he wanted to cover all the medical expenses of McVeigh's children as soon as he heard the news, and accepted Portsmouth's offer to let him be his own caddy and try a few kicks at Faton Park.
"You're Cristiano. Ronaldo? The little boy asked as he blinked his eyes and looked at the man in his arms.
"Well, yes" Ronaldo nodded and said with a smile.
"Cristiano. Ronaldo, can you join Portsmouth? I can give you all my pocket money, and my mother gave me a lot. McVeigh poked his little head out of the arms of the Real Madrid star and stared at Ronaldo very seriously.
Ronaldo rubbed his broken hair, which had been cut short, and thought for a while, "I'm a member of Real Madrid now, but I can join your team for half an hour, McVeigh, how about it?" ”
The little guy got out of Ronaldo's arms, he was a little happy, wanted to run on the field, and looked at so many people at home with some fear, and walked back and held the hand of his idol.
"Cassie, Cassie, come here" Ronaldo greeted Casillas, who was warming up not far away, and then he squatted down, squatting to the same height as the little guy, and said: "I'll pass you the ball in a while, can you shoot the goal?" ”
The Spanish doorkeeper put on his big gloves and touched McVeigh's small fist, a large and a small one, in stark contrast.
Today's protagonist is not Hydward; It's not Mourinho who came from afar to drive the bus more and more expensive, and it's not the players on the field, but McVeigh, who is constantly doing passing training with Ronaldo.
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Sky Sports also sent a professional commentary team to this warm-up game, and old friend Glero has a new partner, former Manchester United Real Madrid star Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area. Ruud van Nistelrooy began the final leg of his storied career on a free transfer to La Liga Malaga last year, revealing his retirement plans last year, exactly like Saul Campbell, who still plays for Portsmouth.
Before the game started, the two were talking about interesting facts about the Premier League in the commentary booth. When it comes to Portsmouth, you have to mention past manager Harry. Redknapp, Ruud van Nistelrooy has also communicated with him. In 2001, Harry became the team's director of football, in 2002 he became the manager and led the team to promotion to the Premier League, and in '03 he led the team to relegation, but in '04 he was in contact with the then president of the club, Milan. Mandaritch resigned due to conflict.
Ray then made a dramatic move to Southampton and ended a 27-year top-flight career, with Harry returning to Pompeo in '05 and relegation on the final matchday of the season. Mandridge sold the club to Russian Sasha Mark Gaida in the same year, after which Sasha began to invest heavily in the club, and Ray was able to bring in Campbell with a high salary; Defoe; Players such as Glen Johnson and Crouch, but what fans don't know is that the transfer fees for these deals were facilitated in the form of loans, with bank debts guaranteed in Sasha's name amounting to £4.3 million.
When the days of the FA Cup in '08 were over, Ray switched to Tottenham Hotspur, and the new boss Tonya Adams exclaimed: "The money has been spent" on his first day in charge. Sasha's wallet was empty due to the financial crisis of '08, so he began to seek to sell the club, but whoever bought it had to take on the club's high debt.
But the fans of the Pompeii army would never have imagined what kind of four bosses were waiting for them.
In 09, the UAE businessman Fahim officially became the owner, and Fahim, who has always shown himself as a local tyrant, once drove the world's only Versace Lamborghini Bat at Faton Park Stadium, but after the deal was completed, fans found that he had no money at all, and the so-called cash injection of 50 million pounds in a few months and the rapid signing of stars and so on were all deceptive nonsense, and the three directors and players of the entire first-team club were all owed wages. A few days later, the situation deteriorated to the point of no return, and Pompeii fans joked that they had found the only poor man in Abu Dhabi.
Fahim soon handed over the club to Saudi Arabian businessman Al-Farach, but no one had ever seen the Saudi saudi, not even the most senior figures in Arab football, from the time the stake was sold to the time the deal was completed, but Faraji still passed the official Premier League test. When fans began muttering about who he really was, one of the people claiming to be Farach's younger brother said that his brother had no interest in football at all and revealed that they were about to leave.
Still the original recipe, the familiar taste, the player was once again owed wages, the club's debt reached £60 million, and it was banned from transfers. At the time, Grant's Portsmouth were bottom of the Premier League, but no one was keenly aware of the club's pathology.
Faraji was pointed out that he was only a puppet of the Hong Kong-based Nepalese businessman Qian Li, in order to recover the £17 million that Sasha had borrowed from him at high interest at Fayton Park, and Qian Li had blatantly taken control of the club for 10 years, and then had the club file for bankruptcy protection to recover his loan through control of the club. Fans hated the Hong Kong businessman, and although he often wore his jersey to watch the game, everyone knew that his sole purpose was to recoup the money he had lent to the club and get his hands on the TV broadcast.
Portsmouth, who were penalised nine points in 2010, were almost relegated from the FA Cup by virtue of a rabble-free crowd, but the only thing that pleased the fans was that they performed well in the FA Cup and reached the final again.
After Grant stepped down, Steve took charge of the team, and in 2011, the team also brought in a new owner, Antonov, the head of the global sports investment company, one of the top 100 richest businessmen in Russia, who helped the team get out of financial trusteeship in the early days of his tenure. But the rest of the story is known to all fans, and all the optimism is shattered by the sudden news, Antonov is prosecuted by the Bank of Lithuania and has a Europe-wide arrest warrant, and manager Stephen has fled to the Forest team, and it is at this juncture that Hydward appears in the seaside city.
Glero and Ruud van Nistelrooy spoke eloquently, but on the pitch Mike Wai seemed to be preparing to take a penalty, and Casillas stood in the doorway, putting on a vicious look.