In a crisp 3:0, the British media changed from "singing down" Coventry to "popularizing" Coventry.

Daily Mail: The old lieutenant scored a goal, and those who questioned his age were self-defeating! As Jasmine Steel, a SKY TV commentator, points out: Legends never grow old!

The Guardian: Coventry are in form for the new season. There is no doubt that they will be serious contenders for the Premier League title this season.

The Sun seems deliberately avoiding the topic of Coventry. In the coverage of this game, they gave their space to Arsenal: Thierry Henry could not save the weak Arsenal. If Arsenal wants to restore the pseudo-giants status of the four madmen, they must change owners.

In the next round of the league, Coventry City will take on underdogs Watford away. In this game, Liu Yun set the goal of scoring all three points for the little brothers.

He even said to his younger brothers: "If we can't even win Watford, we won't go back to Ricoh Stadium." Let's all go home and pick up the children. ”

On this day, his son-in-law Qu Bai called: "Dad, congratulations." You won against Arsenal. ”

Liu Yun was modest in front of his son-in-law: "Arsenal is already recognized as a difficult relegation household in the Premier League. Winning them doesn't mean much. ”

Qu Bai said on the other end of the phone: "Look at what you mean, I can't hold back and want to play against our Manchester United." It's a pity, Dad, we have to wait for the nineteenth round to take a picture. ”

Liu Yun praised his son-in-law: "Your goal in the opening game is very beautiful. There were four people in the box. ”

Qu Bai sighed: "I watched you score against Shakhtar Donetsk's entire team at Old Trafford in the European Championship four years ago - no matter how wonderful the goal, Manchester United fans will say so. ”

Hanging up the phone of his son-in-law, the round little cola entered Liu Yun's room with a football in his arms.

As Little Coke grew up, Liu Yun found that this cute guy with a bloody face was quite interested in football. Walk around with a soccer ball all day long. Sleep with the ball in your arms.

Xiao Kele said to Liu Yun: "Baba, you should be the goalkeeper." ”

Liu Yun found two books and made a simple goal in the room.

Little Coke swayed back and forth with one of his short legs: "Ha, eat me a ball." ”

Liu Yun deliberately fell to the ground again: "Ah, the player Xiao Coke is so powerful!" ”

Little Cola imitated his father and made a machine-gun fire celebration: "Oh haha, Little Cola has scored!" Little Cola won the 2023 Women's World Cup! ”

The Chinese women's football team participated in the Women's World Cup in Australia in April this year.

Sonorous roses bloom on the Australian continent!

In this World Cup, the number of participating teams has expanded from 16 to 32. The competition is fiercer, and the competition is more brutal.

In the group stage, the Chinese women's football team defeated Ivory Coast 6:0, defeated the old enemy United States team 3:0, and swept Turkey 4:1. Finished in the top 16 as the group leader.

In the quarterfinals, the Chinese women's football team met the traditional powerhouse Sweden. A neat 2:0 to advance to the quarterfinals. In this game, the 23-year-old "No. 1 beauty of the Chinese women's football team" Xiong Xi blasted a shocking long-range shot 40 meters away from the goal. Afterwards, it was named one of the top 10 wonderful goals in the history of the Women's World Cup!

Four years ago, Xiong Xi's father asked her to retire and go to college for the sake of his daughter's future - at that time, Xiong Xi's salary subsidy in the provincial team was only 2,000 yuan. It was Liu Yun who contacted Xiong Xi's father through various channels and gave the father and daughter considerable financial support. With Liu Yun's encouragement and funding, Xiong Xi was able to stay on the field.

Today, the 23-year-old Xiong Xi has become the top scorer and number one star in the world's No. 1 women's football league, Major League Soccer. She is the number one main force of the Chinese women's football team.

In three group games and one quarterfinals, Xiong Xi's goals reached 6, becoming the most powerful contender for the Golden Boot award in this Women's World Cup.

In the quarter-finals, the girls met the world's No. 1 German women's football team. It was a tough game and an exciting game for the country. In 90 minutes of regular time, the Chinese women's football team fell behind three times and equalized three times. The 90 minutes of regular time arrived, and the score was tied 3:3.

Germany made three substitutions at a time in stoppage time to prepare for extra time. The sonorous roses from the East did not give the German team a chance to play extra time.

In the last second of stoppage time, Xiong Xi hit another world wave at the edge of the penalty area, blasting the door of the German women's football team. The Chinese women's football team 4:3 Germany advanced to the semifinals.

In the semifinals, the Chinese women's football team set a record for the largest score in the Women's World Cup, sweeping the Italian team 12:0. Broke the old record of 11:0 Argentina for Germany in '07.

In the final, the opponent of the Chinese team was the opponent of the group stage - the old enemy United States team.

The 99 World Cup is the closest Chinese women's football team has come to the championship - the Chinese women's football team led by Sun Wen, Zhao Lihong, and Liu Ailing unfortunately lost to the United States team in the final penalty shootout and was the runner-up.

There is a saying in Huaguo that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years.

At this time, 99 years have passed, and 24 years have passed.

Twenty-four years is not too late for a woman to take revenge!

Xiong Xi once again played a hat trick in the final, and the Huaguo women's football team won the Women's World Cup championship trophy in Sydney 3:1 the United States women's football team!

The 23-year-old Xiong Xi scored 13 goals in 7 games, winning the Golden Boot Award and the Best Player awards.

Sun Wen, the head coach of the Huaguo women's football team, also won the best coach award.

The sonorous roses have accomplished a feat that the men's football team will not be able to accomplish in the next 100 years - winning the World Cup.

The Women's World Cup final coincided with a crucial time for Coventry to win the league. Liu Yun was unable to go to the finals to cheer for the women's football girls.

However, he was at home, watching live TV with Little Cola and Isabella.

Since that game, Xiao Cola has been the self-proclaimed "main striker of the Chinese women's football team", holding a football all day long, and letting people guard the goal when they see people.

In stark contrast to the women's football team is the Chinese men's football team.

The "superstars" of the men's football team failed in the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 Qatar World Cup without any suspense two years ago. They didn't even make it to the top 12 qualifiers in Asia.

In 2023, the men's football team has come up with a resounding slogan: two years to prepare for the next World Cup qualifiers.

The slogan is all too familiar.

In 2003, they announced that they would spend three years preparing for the 06 World Cup qualifiers.

07 years to prepare for 10 World Cup qualifiers.

11 years to prepare for 14 World Cup qualifiers.

15 years of preparation for 18 World Cup qualifiers.

The Chinese men's football team always prepares for the game 3 years in advance. Then in the third year - he was eliminated and missed the World Cup.

The victory of the Women's World Cup has set off a "women's football fever" in China.

Liu Yun's luck has always been good. Handong Rose, a women's football club that was just formed a year ago, immediately caught up with the "women's football fever" this year. Handong Rose received a large amount of sponsorship. Originally, Liu Yun was ready to enter the women's football league with a discount on money. Who knows, in one year, the Handong Rose Club turned a profit.

"Liu, little Coke, the meal is ready, come down and eat!" Isabella shouted downstairs.

Liu Yun picked up her little daughter and came to the restaurant.

Halfway through the meal, the phone rang.

It was the phone call from Wang Qingqing, the head coach of the Handong Roses: "Hey, boss. There's something important to discuss with you! ”

Liu Yun asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The king celebrated, "That's right. Didn't Major Soccer League adjust its schedule this year? It's the transfer period for the major leagues. Xiong Xi's contract with the Houston Crashes expires. She never renewed her visa. Yesterday, Xiong Xi's father contacted me and said that his daughter hopes to join our Handong Rose Women's Football Team. Xiong Xi is now the number one women's football superstar in the world. She gave up the olive branches thrown by the giants in the seven women's football leagues and returned to China to play for our Handong Roses, which can be regarded as a condescension. I think we should give her a good salary. The specific amount of money depends on the boss. ”

Liu Yun asked: "What is the maximum salary of the seven women's football leagues now?" ”

This asked Wang Qingqing: "Wait a minute, I'll hang up the phone first, and the dog will spend a while." ”

Two minutes later, Wang Qing called again: "It's Christina, the striker of the Bayern Munich women's football team. The annual salary is 1.9 million euros. ”

"1.9 million euros? Maximum salary? You're not mistaken, right? Liu Yun was shocked. Compared with the 60 million euros men's football maximum salary that Neymar got after going to Manchester United, 1.9 million euros is really not worth mentioning.

Wang celebrated: "I have checked it several times, and it will not be wrong." ”

Liu Yun said: "Xiong Xi is the world's number one women's football player - equivalent to Messi and Ronaldo in the men's football field. If she wants to join Handong Rose, we should offer her a higher salary than 1.9 million euros. 2 million euros, converted into RMB, 20 million. ”

In the past two years, after six depreciations, the renminbi's exchange rate with the euro has dropped from 1:8 to 1:10.

Wang Qing was a little surprised on the other end of the phone: "20 million annual salary? This is sensational in the Chinese women's football circle! Boss, are you sure? Not kidding, right? ”

Liu Yun replied, "No kidding. The top scorer in the World Cup should have his first annual salary! That's it. ”

Hanging up the phone, Xiao Cola said to Liu Yun: "Baba, I am the top scorer in the Women's World Cup." ”

"Yes, yes, yes! My daughter Little Coke is scoring a goal! 20 goals in seven games in the Women's World Cup! Liu Yun said perfunctorily.

Xiao Cola touched the cream on the side of his mouth: "It's obviously 29 balls." ”

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Coventry is now synonymous with inspiration, youth and dynamism in the Premier League.

It's such a club that broke out into a shocking scandal.

On this day, Liu Yun was training on the field, and Eda suddenly shouted to Liu Yun: "Old lieutenant, come here." ”

When Liu Yun left the game, Eda lowered his voice and said to him: "There are a few people in the FA who want to see you." ”

Liu Yun asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Eda said: "Our Billy is suspected of betting on the game against Arsenal. ”

What the? Liu Yun had a shocked look on his face.

In Edda's office sat two people.

"Hello, I'm Simba from the FA Fair Play Committee."

"Hello, I'm Mufasa from Sport England."

"You two came to me because you suspected Billy of gambling?" Liu Yun asked.

Simba said: "Do you remember the last round against Arsenal, Billy made a mistake in the sixth minute and gave Arsenal a corner? ”

Liu Yun nodded: "Remember." It was a mistake that shouldn't have been. What's wrong? Just because of this, you suspect Billy of gambling? No matter how perfect a player is, there will be mistakes, and that corner kick didn't affect the score! ”

Mufasha smiled at Liu Yun: "Old lieutenant, at a glance, you know that you don't have a bad habit of gambling!" In addition to betting on winning or losing, there are many other ways to gamble. ”

Liu Yun said: "I know there are other ways to gamble. For example, a fat goalkeeper at amateur team Sutton United won thousands of pounds against the bookmaker in six years using the method of 'gambling on pies'. Banned for life. ”

Mufasha said: "Do you know Southampton's money player Lundkwaan? ”

Liu Yun nodded: "I know, the former Norwegian international." ”

Mufasa said: "After Rendekwan retired, he revealed to the media that many Premier League players, including himself, had placed bets on the games he was involved in. However, instead of betting on winning or losing, they bet on the low odds of the first corner or throw-in to make some small money. Betting on a match win or loss is match-fixing, and they don't manipulate the game. ”

Simba said, "That's right. Betting on the first corner or free-kick is already an open secret among some professional players. We suspect that Billy bet on Arsenal to win the first corner against Arsenal. ”

Liu Yun said: "Doubt? Is there any evidence? ”

Mufasa nodded: "We, the England Sports Association, have the right to investigate the betting situation of all registered players in the three professional sports associations of football, basketball, and tennis. We found out that Billy's father, mother, grandfather and grandmother had invested €9 million on William Hill's ball board one day before the start of the game against Arsenal. They made a profit of 4 million euros! ”

Liu Yun said: "Billy's father, mother, grandfather, grandmother? As far as I know, an FA player doesn't have to fill in the names of their relatives when they register, so how do you know the names of their relatives? ”

Simba said, "Okay, old lieutenant. I confess to you. In fact, it was William Hill that found out that the payout for the first corner was abnormal, and they found a private detective. ”

Liu Yundao: "In other words, it was William Hill who reported Billy to your England Sports Association?" ”

Mufasha said: "That's right. Since we have received reports of players gambling, we must investigate. So what do you think of his undeserved return mistake. ”

Liu Yun's mind carefully recalled the details of the return pass error.

Billy has become a first-class goalkeeper through his Premier League grind last season.

It's unbelievable for a first-class goalkeeper to make such a low-level mistake.

Liu Yun shook his head: "I still don't believe it!" In the UK, it is legal to bet on football. However, players who bet on their own matches will be banned for life! His annual salary in Coventry has risen to €7 million. How could he have buried his career for a mere 4 million euros? ”

Mufasa smiled, "I'm sorry, we just came to you to investigate. Old Lieutenant, you're not an investigator - we are. ”

Liu Yun walked out of Edda's office, and as soon as he went out, he yelled at Mufasha: "I don't believe my children will gamble!" It's impossible! ””