Chapter 208: Departure for Vienna
After the game, many media reporters, surnamed Ming, stood in the players' tunnel, waiting to interview the stars who returned to the locker room, although after just a game, most of the players felt very tired, but in the face of the reporter's microphone, there were still many players who stopped and talked about their views on the game.
"Mr. Strocker is a very talented coach and I really agree with that, so even when he asked the team to hold on to a point before the game, I was determined to follow his tactics." Southampton's midfielder A-Svensson looked a little disappointed and looked unhappy with the scoreline, "We were almost on the verge of success, but in the end we were converted by a free-kick and I feel sad that we didn't get a league point. β
And in the final stage of this game, the outstanding performance of Wright. Phillips also said: "The opposition defended so well, we had few chances, this kind of game is a headache, but I believe I can perform better, I hope to use my performance to conquer the eyes of the fans, maybe I should learn from the number 21 of the opponent, he has played very well at Wolverhampton before, I hope I can achieve that kind of success." β
Compared to Southampton's loss, the Chelsea players who won were much more cheerful, and Brigitte said with a smile: "The team has won again, I don't know how many times, maybe I should thank Mr. President, it was his pounds that gave me a lot of great team-mates. β
Wang Li rolled his eyes helplessly when he heard Bridget's words, he knew that this kid must be thinking about the prize money after the game, he turned his head and smiled at the reporters, and said: "The game was very difficult, but in the end, we still won, I just hope that this victory can be maintained forever without stopping, of course, I will also play every game for this goal." With that, he pulled Bridget towards the locker room.
Of course, Wang Li does not want the victory to be stopped, it not only means a defeat, but also means the suspension of the winning bonus, after each game, a large amount of money can be shared, Wang Li will of course look forward to it.
In this way, Mr. Abramovich's bonus strategy has indeed greatly strengthened the players' desire to win. Perhaps, in many cases, the simplest method is the most useful, which seems to be the same as the 'back to basics' in martial arts?.
2-0, that's the final scoreline, maybe Southampton don't need to be too disappointed, compared to Chelsea's first three opponents, they were lucky enough, but obviously, Paul. Mr. Strocker doesn't think so, for a manager with big dreams, failure is always a failure and he doesn't look for any other way to console himself.
'Chelsea are a strong team, they are much better than us on all three fronts, so before the game I only had one point at Stamford Bridge. In the first half, our players did a good job and they managed to keep the goal, but in the end, it was a free-kick combination that was lost, and we have to admit that Chelsea's no.21 was really good, and we lost to him defensively, so congratulations to Chelsea on getting a real quality player. β
Paul. Stroke's post-match summary was very sincere, and his remarks were applauded by all the reporters, even Mourinho, who has always been 'arrogant', had to admit that the other party's Scottish coach does have the strength to become his opponent, if the opponent has a team with the same strength as Chelsea, he dare not say that he will definitely be able to gain an advantage in the game.
As for victory?
As a championship coach, Mourinho will not have the naΓ―ve idea of 'must win', even if he usually opens and closes his mouth in front of reporters, it is just an act to boost the morale of his team.
'We got a win, yes, a fluke. The opposition are very defensive, it is difficult for us to break down their dense defence, and I think with that quality, Birmingham will be able to do well this season and hopefully they can be successful. To everyone's surprise, in front of the reporters in the stadium, Mourinho also very modestly complimented the Birmingham team.
"Jose Mourinho, sir, you have a pass and a shot at the young man of this game. What does the king think? "Obviously, the statements of both managers are very reasonable, but it is not the news that journalists want to get, they want to know the news of the people who are in the spotlight of the fans.
Mourinho smiled slightly, he knew the mentality of these journalists very well, and for the 'madman', playing psychological warfare 'communication' with these reporters is sometimes his fun: "Alan . King? I'm happy with his performance, you see, one pass and one shot? What more could I ask for? β
With that, Mourinho walked out of the press conference, leaving a group of stunned reporters.
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The fourth round of the Premier League ended on August 28, and the fifth round did not start until September 11, with an interval of almost half a month, and the clubs of the Premier League did not play much in this more than half a month. However, this period of time is significant for the top four finishers in the league last season, as the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League will take place on September 9.
That said, this is not an idle time for some of the biggest names as they still have two games to play, the group stage of World Cup qualifying at the beginning of September.
In the upcoming 06 German World Cup European Qualifiers, the European zone is divided into eight groups, each with six teams, and a total of 13 qualifying places. Among them, the team that wins the group will naturally qualify directly, and if it is the second team in the group, it will have to play the play-offs with the second place in the other groups, with a total of eight teams competing for the remaining five qualifying places.
In this qualifying round, England were placed in Group 6, along with Poland, Austria, Northern Ireland, Wales and Azerbaijan. Judging by the strength, other teams are indeed far from England, so England hardly have to think about qualifying from the group stage.
According to FIFA's schedule, the first round of the group stage will be played on September 4, with England visiting Vienna and away to Austria, while on September 8 there will be a second round of group stage matches against Wroclaw and Poland away.
Although the schedule seems to be very dense, for England, the other teams in Group 6 can really be said to be vulnerable, except for Poland, there is no suspense in this kind of game, so manager Eriksen has no pressure at all.
Although just 12 years ago, England faced strong opponents in the qualifiers Netherlands and Norway, so that they failed to qualify for the World Cup, but now this England team is no longer what it used to be, and many world-class stars have made England a truly world-class powerhouse, and there is no need to worry about facing such a powerless opponent.
Although this statement is somewhat arrogant, it is true, as if you could not expect a country's men's soccer team to win a certain cup.
On August 30th, the national team coach Eriksen also announced the squad of players for Austria and Poland. Pennant, Emile. Husky, Alain. Smith, Wright. Controversial players such as Phillips are also on the squad for this game.
In fact, Mr Eriksen may have taken into account the fitness of these England stars to play on multiple fronts, so the names of 31 stars are included in the squad, in other words, the Swede seems to want to have a 'rotation' addiction in the national team.
Despite this, the media in England generally still support Eriksen's approach, the Premier League schedule is too dense, if it is a giant team, it is even more unimaginable, after entering October, the club will face a multi-front battle, in addition to the league, the European Champions Cup or the League Cup, League Cup, FA Cup and a series of games, will definitely make these stars tired, can participate in a 'no suspense' national team game, will definitely save a lot of physical strength.
Of course, in Wang Li's life, he will not care about all this. In these days, in addition to his usual training, Wang Li is living a happy two-person world with Angel.
The villa in the wealthy area that Abramovich chose for him is really good, at least no reporter can come here to do interviews, so in the ordinary life of the two, almost no one comes to bother.
Of course, sometimes embarrassment is unavoidable.
"Annie, you're so charming."
Wang Li, who had just returned home from the club, hugged Angela on the sofa in the living room, and his hands unconsciously touched everywhere, which made Angela think of the recent absurdity of the two, her eyes were delicate, and she lay on Wang Li weakly, letting him do it.
The touch of each other makes the lust of love more and more vigorous.........
The disheveled state of the clothes made the atmosphere of silver continue to spread..........
When the two gradually enter the state and are about to fall into the sea of desire again, the nanny Diana. Jones suddenly came out of the kitchen and saw the man and woman lying on the sofa, she was stunned before she reacted.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see anything." The mature Diana covered her mouth and chuckled, and went back to work.
At this time, only the somewhat awkward men and women were left in the room looking at each other. The girl, who had a slightly shy face, doubted her choice in her heart - 'Should I find a new babysitter?' β
As a footballer, especially if you want to be the best player, you can't always indulge in gentleness. On September 3rd, Wang Li took a small backpack and flew to Vienna, the capital of Austria, with his teammates from the national team, to participate in the first match of the qualifiers - Austria vs England!!
(To be continued)