Chapter 781: The Storm Is All in the Second Half
'The second goal also had something to do with my on-the-spot command, and when I was down I shouldn't have asked the team to shrink as a whole, but I should have shown the absolute confidence that we desperately wanted to equalise! Ferguson's voice changed: "So I hope you don't bring the feeling of falling behind by two goals at half-time into the dressing room, football is a 90-minute battle, and now it's only 45 minutes, it doesn't mean we don't have a chance to equalize, as long as we have enough patience, then victory will still beckon us!" ”
“…… Don't forget, the 2004-2005 Champions League final! Our most hated Liverpool were able to go three goals down at half-time and fight back in the second half to level the score at 3-3 in just eleven minutes! The final penalty kick won the game, and a little closer to us came in the 2006-2007 Champions League final, when Valencia were just two goals behind for the first 80 minutes of the game. What was the final score? I'm sure everyone here knows, right? 4:2! It took them 12 minutes to score four goals in a row and kill the game completely! Why can't we? We are the great Red Devils!! ”
Ferguson's ability to mobilize the emotions of his players is indeed very powerful, and his preconceived apology made the players realize that the first-half deficit had nothing to do with him, and then turned into a brilliant demagogue, using past results to mobilize the fighting spirit hidden in the hearts of the players.
As his tone intensified, the fighting spirit of Cristiano Ronaldo, the absolute core of the team, gradually returned, and the fireworks in his eyes became more and more vigorous, like a warrior with full energy.
And the same is true for the other Manchester United players, Ferguson is right, a game is a 90-minute battle, the whole game has the last 45 minutes, Liverpool and Valencia can complete the reversal, why can't Manchester United?
The scrappy Cristiano Ronaldo and his friend Wayne Rooney high-fived each other.
"Smack!"
The Chelsea players who returned to the main dressing room were generally in a good mood because, if they remember correctly, it was the most straightforward time since the two teams met, and it was normal for them to show a happy side by two goals at half-time.
But it was a different story in Mourinho's eyes – a two-goal lead at half-time made them get carried away.
Indeed, apart from the more rational attitude of Iroh and Modric, who has been with the team for a season, the rest of the players are more or less proud, which is not a good sign.
And this is not the first time this has happened, it happened in the FA Cup final half a month ago.
Mourinho clapped his palms, and after the players gathered from his own tidying, he said in a flat tone: "I want to ask everyone here, is the game over?" ”
Several players who were more carried away were stunned when they heard this, obviously they didn't expect that Manchester United's two-goal lead in the Champions League final at half time was not appreciated by the manager, but instead got a question, and all the more proud players were a little dissatisfied.
However, it was Airo and Luka Modric who realised that manager Jose Mourinho was going to go berserk.
'I found that a lot of the players here didn't learn the lessons of the FA Cup final half a month ago, so what's the excuse to relax halfway through the game? Truly! A two-goal lead is a cause for joy, but it should not be taken lightly, otherwise the tragedy of the 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 Champions League finals at AC Milan will happen to us again! ”
Mourinho said loudly to the players without mercy.
Immediately, Mikel, Carvalho, and Kalu all subconsciously lowered their heads, obviously being said by Mourinho, and they were indeed a little carried away.
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Meanwhile, in a VIP box at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Florentino and a few of his aides were frowning, as was Jorge Mendes, who was two goals behind at half-time, meaning Chelsea would have a good chance of defending their Champions League title this season.
According to Mendes's words from Cristiano Ronaldo more than half a month ago, if Manchester United fails to win the Champions League final this season, then Florentino, who is very likely to return to Real Madrid, will not be able to get Manchester United's star Cristiano Ronaldo, which means that his position as president in four days will be very likely to be threatened.
A Kaka and French hopeful Karima can't get him a complete victory, so should he start a plan to bring in a personality like Ibrahimovic?
However, Florentino did not want to bring in the Swedish star who had said bad things about him behind his back.
Seemingly...... Liverpool's Spanish duo Xavi Alonso and Arbeloa can only be bought first......
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In another VIP room, the two people sitting in the middle discussed the wonderful game throughout the first half and talked happily.
Sitting on the left is a young Oriental man who looks like he is in his early twenties, dressed more luxuriously, and on the right is a middle-aged Westerner, dressed a little strangely, with a beard and an expensive Armani suit, which looks very unusual, but has a rare sense of affinity.
From a secular point of view, the two are more like two generations, but they have found common ground because of this Champions League final.
It turned out that this young man was a young rich Chinese who went to Bern, Switzerland yesterday, so why was he at the Olympic Stadium in Rome?
In fact, the whole process is still more complicated, yesterday arrived at the address provided by Soler, but he found that the owner was not at home, after asking the surrounding neighbors to learn that this low-key rich man has been in Rome, waiting for the Champions League final, so the young Chinese rich man had to turn around again to Rome, and then after many contacts, finally contacted me, there is now......
"Young man, I'd love to know what you want to do with your outright acquisition of Valencia's shares?" The middle-aged man with a bearded face suddenly changed his voice and said: "If you want to be a simple major shareholder, your sixty percent of the shares are enough, you must know that without sufficient reasons, I cannot completely hand over Valencia to a Chinese, even if there has been a Chinese who has made outstanding contributions to this club in the past." ”
"Mr. John, I'm not going around in circles with you, I bought all the shares in Valencia for the simple reason that I want the whole club to have only one voice." The young rich man said lightly in fluent American English.
"But as I said earlier, a 60 percent stake can make you the majority shareholder of the team, or you can make the whole club have your voice...... I'm just an ordinary fan who doesn't have any actual shares or right to speak. ”
"Okay...... Then I'll get straight to the point. The young rich man thought for a moment, and said: "Maybe you won't believe it, but it really exists, buying Valencia, just for a promise." ”
The young rich man didn't give John room to think, and told a little story.
"About ten years ago, a Chinese prefecture-level city can be regarded as a rich second-generation junior high school student, he plays football very well but has a very arrogant personality, often looks like the king of heaven Lao Tzu and I am the first, until the second year of junior high school, he met a transfer student whose talent is countless times stronger than him, no matter how hard he tries, he can't surpass it...... Maybe they didn't know each other, they became best friends and best partners, and became the first in the country at that age, until the first year of high school, when the rich second generation suffered a very strict injury and had to say goodbye to football under the pressure of their parents......"
After half a ring, John came back to his senses and asked, "May I ask who is the Chinese player who made you pay hundreds of millions of euros?" ”
Although John Tong Guò has just learned that the protagonist should be a young rich Chinese man sitting next to him, but the shopping mall is like a battlefield, who can know that he is telling the truth? If you are telling a lie, what is the point?
On the other hand, the huge purchase of Valencia is just to let good friends come to Valencia to play, and that level may not be much better......
Besides, Valencia is one of the biggest clubs in Spain, and handing over the ownership of the club to a Chinese is naturally not a good choice, and it may ruin all the glory of Valencia in the past.
The young rich man chuckled, "Actually, he was at the Olympic Stadium in Rome." ”
"Huh? Also here? Why don't you call him over to watch the game? John wondered.
"I would have liked to call him over to watch the Champions League final, but ......," the young rich man smiled wryly, "but he still has the second half of the game to play." ”
"The second half of the game?" A figure suddenly appeared in John's mind, exclaiming, "Could it be ......?"
At this time, the game signal cut into the players' tunnel, and the players on both sides walked to the stadium one after another, and the fans on the scene broke out into a tsunami-like cheer at this moment.
At this time, more than 70,000 fans in the stadium cheered for the players of both sides who appeared on the pitch, hoping that they could continue to dedicate the wonderful 45 minutes in the second half.
"Well, the players from both sides have stepped into the stadium and the exciting second half of the 45-minute game is about to begin." Lineker said at the moment of the signal: "Chelsea led Manchester United by two goals in the first half, so Manchester United will definitely play up and invest more in attack at the start of the second half, and as long as Chelsea defend solidly and counter-attack properly, it is not impossible to completely kill the game......
Commentator Phil said: "That's right, now the initiative on the field is completely biased towards Chelsea, who have a two-goal lead, their defensive ability is very strong, and the counterattack after defense is also excellent, as long as Ai can seize even one chance, then the victory in the final is basically in the hands of Qi Rexi!" ”
"Let's witness the birth of the first defending Champions League champion since the Champions League was restructured!"
"The storm is in the second half!"