Chapter 138: Heavy Duty

In the 49th minute, Viana and Rudzak switched positions and dribbled the ball on the left wing, facing Horensten's defense, he used delicate small techniques to get rid of Horensten, and then decisively cut inside, 30 meters from the goal, the ball went straight to the far corner, fortunately Gossau's goalkeeper Ceccarelli was tall and long-armed, and his reaction was quick, he flew to lift the long-range shot over the crossbar. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Viana then took a corner that landed well and almost set up PSV Eindhoven's 1.92m striker Toivonen to head the ball just wide of the left-hand post thanks to Salihovic's interference.

Seeing Viana so active, Xiao Yang's brow furrowed, and he immediately walked to the sideline to let Antunovic recover and strengthen the protection of the front of the penalty area.

The situation on the pitch was always one after the other, and after Antunovic retreated, Struman and Rodriguez in the middle of PSV Eindhoven began to take turns again, and the situation on the pitch gradually returned to parity.

Stevens watched the situation on the pitch with a frown, Viana did have a surprise effect when he came on the field, but after Antunovic recovered, Gosau regained his footing. PSV Eindhoven failed to take advantage of Viana's unfamiliarity with him when they first came on the pitch, and it will be difficult to score in positional battles. He looked around his bench and could he find another player like Viana who could change the situation by coming on the pitch? But he didn't find anything after looking around, the best players in his hands were basically already on the field, most of the players sitting on the bench were young players around 20 years old, their skills were not mature, and their experience was also very immature, and it was purely irresponsible for them to send them on the field in such a game, so he dismissed the idea of substitution, and could only hope that these players on the field suddenly broke out.

In the 55th minute, there was an emergency on the field, Lima was knocked down by Eindhoven midfielder Struman from the side back during a breakthrough with the ball, Struman received a yellow card, but Lima was lying on the ground and couldn't get up, after the team doctor's examination, he confirmed that Lima had an ankle sprain and could not continue the game, and Xiao Yang had to replace Lima with Ivanovic.

In fact, Lima's state in this game was average, in the first eight rounds of the league, he almost started every game, and his physical condition has not been too good, Xiao Yang originally wanted to arrange him to rest this game, but he himself strongly asked to play, he wanted to help the team win the Super Cup, Xiao Yang had to arrange him to start. Strumman's foul just now was a tactical foul, the action was not very big, and he should not have been injured when Lima was in good physical condition, but this time he fell to the ground and unfortunately sprained his right ankle.

This passive substitution of the Gosau team made Stevens feel refreshed, although the replaced Ivanovic is not unknown, and his strength is not under Lima, but Xiao Yang's hand is now missing a substitution.

Although it was a temporary play, Ivanovic quickly got into the groove after coming on, and his wide range of runs up front and his precise movement left Struman and Rodriguez frustrated, both of whom felt that the new one was more difficult to defend against than Lima.

It's not that Lima is easy to defend, it's just that Lima wasn't in good shape today and didn't run much, so it's easier for them to keep up with Lima. And Ivanovic is very physical, and his wide range of interspersed runs makes Struman and Rodriguez, who have already declined in physical fitness, feel a little unable to keep up.

Seeing that Ivanovic played well as soon as he came on the field, Stevens' heart was full of bitterness, Xiao Yang's cards were too good, and Lima still had Ivanovic. Stevens looked at the bench of the Gossau team again, and everyone sitting on it made him drool, Silva used to be the main central defender of the Dutch league champion team AZ Alkmaar, but in the Gosau team can only sit on the bench, as well as Tobinski, Esposito and others, if they were in Eindhoven, they would definitely be regarded as the main players, but now they are sitting on the bench of the Gosho team willingly.

Stevens shook his head, this is really incomparable, people are more than people, and they are angry. He already had a premonition that he might not be able to win this game, but after all, he is also a world-renowned manager, and he does not want to lose even if he loses.

Stevens stood up, walked to the sidelines and replaced Strumman with 19-year-old young centre-forward Valentine. Valentin is a key target for Stevens, he is 1.94 meters tall, but he has the speed that is unusual for this height, although his other skills are average and inexperienced, but his speed and impact make him sometimes a surprise soldier for the PSV Eindhoven team. As a result, Stevens replaced him, hoping to use his impact to surprisingly win and turn the tide on the court.

Xiao Yang laughed, he was familiar with Valentine's information, although he had great potential, but he was still very immature and not enough to be the one to change the situation of the game, especially in such a high-level competition.

At the same time, Stevens' substitution meant that he completely overturned the defensive style of play that opened the game. The old man is going to work hard, Xiao Yang said in his heart.

Sure enough, with Valentine on the field, the Eindhoven team pressed up and launched a crazy siege on the Gossau team. By this time, they had completely abandoned the midfield defense, and their backfield was full of flaws at a glance, but because their momentum was too strong, the Gosau team had to temporarily revert to the defense.

Xiao Yang immediately replaced Kautinho with Silva, and sent Branislavic to temporarily return to the central midfield position. He believes that as long as he withstands Eindhoven's counterattack during this period of time, and when the physical energy of the Eindhoven players is almost exhausted, then it will be the opportunity for the Gosho team to expand the score.

PSV Eindhoven's attack was strong, but they didn't have much of a real impact under Gosau's layered defence. The immature Valentin was completely underdog by the experienced Silva's close defence, and his speed advantage could not be used at all in such positional battles, so he did not have any impressive performances.

It was Viana's brilliant skill that came in such a positional battle, and his breakthrough created two chances for PSV Eindhoven and two fouls on Antunovic who also received a yellow card for him. However, it may have been PSV Eindhoven's bad luck today, as they have dominated the pitch during this period without scoring.

In the 79th minute, the PSV Eindhoven players, who had been attacking for nearly 20 minutes, finally showed a hint of fatigue, and the Gosau team immediately seized the opportunity and played a counterattack. At that time, Viana was once again in the front court with the ball, Antunovic stepped forward to defend him, Viana made a feint and pushed the ball from the right side of Antunovic, and then ran over from the other side of Antunovic, trying to share the ball with a person, but Antunovic was not fooled, he turned to the right side, separating his body between Viana and the ball, Viana ran in the direction of the ball, but just hit Antunovic's back and fell to the ground, Viana shouted: "Foul!" Foul! But referee Briclet saw very clearly that Antunovic's defense was clean, he did not make any superfluous moves, and completely relied on pre-judgment to cut off the connection between Viana and the ball, and Viana hit Antunovic himself, so he signaled the game to continue.

Ivanovic, who was not far from Antunovic, took the opportunity to control the ball, at this time Avandzini and Horensten both arrows, at the same time at high speed into the front, Ivanovic did not stick to the ball too much, he directly got up with his right foot to send a precise long pass over the top, passed the ball to Avanzini on the left wing. The ball was a comfortable pass, there was a forward momentum after the ball landed, Avandzini didn't have to slow down at all, and there were no defenders in front of him now, he just had to follow the ball with all his heart.

After Avandzini dribbled the ball at high speed, Eindhoven's right-back Thor had just run back to his backfield, several meters away from him, Avandzini took a look at the situation in the penalty area, and then took a good time to cross with his left foot, Eggman in the penalty area jumped high again, and went up to meet the incoming ball, the ball was pushed to Eindhoven's goal by him, Eindhoven's goalkeeper Cassio flew to save, but his hand was still dozens of centimeters away from the ball, and it was impossible to touch the ball before the ball went into the goal, He stared at the ball with desperate eyes, and just when he thought he was going to pick it up from the net again, he heard a "dang" sound, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the court, and at this moment, Cassio felt that the sound was the most beautiful sound in the world, and it saved himself.

The power of Egerman's header is very great, the ball pops directly out of the big penalty area, just when Eindhoven's Argentine central defender Otamendi is about to rush out of the penalty area to clear it, a figure wearing the blue jersey of the Gosau team appeared in front of the ball, directly picked up his right foot, volleyed on the ball, the ball appeared in front of Otamendi with the sound of the wind in an instant, he subconsciously covered his face, but the ball did not hit his face, but wiped his head and flew over, Then he drilled headlong into the Eindhoven goal.

Cassio was still lying on the ground and didn't have time to get up, he didn't expect his mood to fluctuate so much in a few seconds, first he thought that Egerman's header was going to be scored, and he was in a bad mood at that time; But Eggman's header hit the crossbar and saved him, and he was almost about to praise God; But just a second later, Ivanovic's long-range shot made his heart cold again. He covered his chest and was about to moan, God, it's okay not to play like you?

Duan Xuan's roar sounded frantically: "Ivanovic shoots, the ball goes in!!!!!!!!!!! Let's take a look at the slow motion, Ivanovic cut in front of the field after transferring the ball, and appeared in front of the ball in time after Egerman's header hit the crossbar and bounced back into the pitch, at this time there was not a single defender around him, he calmly got up, volleyed, and hit a world wave, not to mention that Cassio was still lying on the ground and did not get up, even if he stood in front of the goal. This shot is comparable to the 'flying fairy' played by Zidane when he was in Real Madrid, it is really wonderful! And this goal also extended the score to 2:0 for the Gosho team, and in the current situation, this score has almost declared the victory of the Gosho team. ā€

Stevens looked very bad, he walked to the sidelines, used up the last substitution in his hand, he replaced right-back Thor with 17-year-old striker Vermelen, Vermelen is fast, but experience and technology are not mature enough, in fact, it is not the best choice in this situation, but who makes Stevens have no one available now? Even if he was allowed to go up and disturb the formation of the Gosau team, it would be good.

Xiao Yang reacted immediately, replacing Horensten with Cabanas and adding a physical defensive player to the midfield, effectively curbing PSV Eindhoven's attack.

The Eindhoven team is now unable to organize the offensive in the midfield, and there are only ten minutes left to allow them to organize again, they simply played a long pass and rushed, and they also increased their long-range shots outside the penalty area, but such a simple attack is exactly what the Gosho team is not afraid of, therefore, Eindhoven's offensive is only thunder and rain.

As the minutes passed, the singing of the Gosau fans in the stands became louder and louder, and the referee Brickray gave five minutes of stoppage time, which is now almost running out, and Brickre has been frequently raising his wrist to look at his watch, and the players and coaches on the Gossau bench are standing on the sidelines with excitement, waiting for Brickre to blow the whistle for the end of the game.

It stands to reason that the players in the Gosho team should not be so excited to have already experienced the Champions League victory, but the UEFA Super Cup means something different to them, it is a trophy they have lost and the only European trophy they have not won, so they are desperate.

As Viana's long-range shot was saved by Cicarelly, Bricre finally blew the whistle for the end of the game, and as soon as the whistle fell, the substitutes and coaches outside the field immediately rushed into the stadium and hugged each other with the Gossau players on the field to celebrate the hard-won UEFA Super Cup trophy; And the Gossau fans in the stands also gave the most enthusiastic cheers to celebrate their team standing on the top of Europe!

Duan Xuan's voice sounded again, but he didn't yell loudly this time, but was full of emotion: "The referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the Gosho team won the game 2:0 and also won the championship of this year's European Super Cup, which also means that they are the best team in Europe this year." We can see that the players in the Gosau team are very excited, yes, how can they not be excited? It was their first UEFA Super Cup title. Last year they had a chance to win the title, but due to repeated misjudgments by the referee, they lost; This year they finally proved themselves in this competition, and they are the kings of Europe! Now let's salute the champions! ā€

Stevens stood on the sidelines for a while, then walked towards Xiao Yang with a smile and stretched out his right hand to him, Xiao Yang hurriedly stepped forward and held his hand. Stevens smiled and said to Xiao Yang: "Congratulations, your team is playing better and winning the UEFA Super Cup is well deserved." ā€

Xiao Yang said: "Thank you! In fact, your team is doing very well, but my team is a little bit luckier. ā€

Stevens shook his head: "No, your team is indeed stronger, I have to admit that. Alas, perhaps I am already old, and the world in the future belongs to you young people. ā€

Xiao Yang hurriedly comforted: "How can you be considered old? You're not even 60 years old, and Manchester United's Mr. Alex Ferguson is now in his 70s, so why don't you do a good job? In my opinion, you can do at least another ten years? ā€

Stevens laughed, "You think I can do it for ten years?" Well, hopefully as you say. ā€

Just when the two were chatting happily, the game supervisor came over and reminded Xiao Yang that he was going to take the Gosho team into the locker room to get ready to come out to receive the award, and Xiao Yang apologized to Stevens and led the players into the locker room.

Entering the locker room, Lima took out another bottle of champagne, opened it and strafed the others, but none of them were spared, and the whole locker room was filled with joy.

After the fun, everyone took a shower, changed into specially prepared commemorative T-shirts, and walked out of the locker room to participate in the award ceremony.

On the makeshift podium, UEFA President Michel Platini presented the championship medals to all members of the Gosho team, and when he hung the medals on Xiao Yang, Platini smiled and said to him: "Lin, congratulations, you have won all the European championships you can get!" I can also give you another award! ā€

Xiao Yang smiled and said: "Thank you, Mr. Platini, I hope you can work as president of UEFA for a few more years, so that you can present us with awards every year!" ā€

Platini laughed: "Hahaha, if you have the ability to win the championship every year, I don't mind giving you an award every year." ā€

In the end, Platini will present the UEFA Super Cup trophy to Gossau captain Avandzini, who pulled past Xiao Yang as usual and lifted the trophy high with him.

The song "We Are the Champions" sounded again over the stadium, and the Gossau fans in the stands also set off fireworks at the right time, and the whole stadium was plunged into a joyful atmosphere.

At the press conference after the game, a reporter asked: "Mr. Xiao Yang, congratulations on winning the UEFA Super Cup." Now that you've won every European championship you can get, what's your next goal? ā€

Xiao Yang thought for a while and said, "The next championship we can win is the World Club Cup, right?" It's something we've never won before, so that's what I'm going to do next. ā€

After the Super Cup, Caktas led Gossau back to Switzerland, while Xiao Yang stayed in Monaco for the UEFA Champions League group stage draw here on 1 September.

Originally, with the current position of the Swiss League, Gosau should have participated in the qualifying round of the Champions League, but since Gosau are the defending champions of this season's UEFA Champions League, they can directly participate in the group stage and are automatically seeded.

On the evening of September 1, the draw venue for the group stage of the Champions League was attended by the presidents and managers of the 32 teams participating in this season's UEFA Champions League.

Xiao Yang still sits in the corner in a low-key manner, but no matter how low-key he is now, it doesn't matter, and now he is unknown to everyone in Europe, so people keep coming to greet him.

Dinamo Zagreb reached the group stage of the Champions League this season, and Baqi came to Xiao Yang with his head coach and said to Xiao Yang with a smile: "Lin, congratulations on winning the Super Cup." ā€

Xiao Yang hurriedly stood up and said, "Thank you, Robert." Congratulations on reaching the group stage of the Champions League. ā€

Ba Qi jokingly said: "You have a big shelf now, and you don't take the initiative to look for me when you come here." ā€

Xiao Yang said: "Where, where, I'm just not used to too lively occasions. ā€

"Come, let me introduce you to our head coach. As he spoke, he pulled a middle-aged man next to him who looked less than 40 years old and said, "This is our head coach Jurdy. Maldinovic, 38 years old, is a great manager. Under his leadership, the momentum of the Dynamo team has been good. ā€

Xiao Yang stretched out his right hand to Martinovich: "Hello, Mr. Martinovic! I know you as a great manager. ā€

Martinovich smiled heartily: "You just call me Jurdy, if you want to be outstanding, I can't compare to you, I have already won countless honors that countless people can't get in a lifetime at such a young age." ā€

Xiao Yang said: "Maybe I'm just luckier than others." ā€

Ba Qi saw that someone was walking towards Xiao Yang again, he stopped the two of them and said, "Juerdi, let's go over there and have a look, there are still a few friends over there." The two of you will be in touch more in the future. ā€

After the departure of the two Barchis, the president of the Zurich team, Canepa, and the head coach Char Landers also came over. Although there is a competitive relationship between the Zurich team and the Gossau team in Switzerland, the relationship between Xiao Yang and Charlanders has always been good. And Canepa also admired Xiao Yang very much after participating in the voting on the share of broadcast fees with Xiao Yang last time.

Now, Gossau and Zurich share the responsibility of picking up points for the Swiss team in Europe, and of course the two will have to come over and have a chat with Xiao Yang.

The two congratulated Xiao Yang on Gosau's victory in the UEFA Super Cup, and Xiao Yang also congratulated the Zurich team on reaching the group stage, and after some encouragement, the two left.

After that, many coaches who Xiao Yang knew and didn't know came to greet Xiao Yang, including Bayern Munich coach Ramos, Manchester City coach Mancini, AC Milan's new head coach Dole, Inter Milan's new head coach Stramacioni, and of course, Manchester United's old man Ferguson.

Ferguson walked over to Xiao Yang and said, "Boy, you did a good job in this UEFA Super Cup, and you lived up to my expectations of you." ā€

Xiao Yang smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, old sir. Few people call him "boy" now, but Ferguson calls him like this, he has no temper at all, with Ferguson's age and qualifications, plus his care and support for Xiao Yang all the time, Ferguson is qualified to call him so.

Ferguson said: "Your Gosau team is getting better day by day, but Manchester United are getting worse and worse at the moment. Even though I was making more and more money, I couldn't buy the players I wanted. I'm getting older day by day, it seems that I'm really old, and it's time to retire, but unfortunately I don't have a successor, and I really don't want Manchester United to decline after me. Speaking of this, he looked at Xiao Yang regretfully.