Chapter 390: The Rise of Podolsky
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Ferguson really knows a little bit about the woman Bruce Barbara. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Three years ago, this woman was not qualified to enter Ferguson's sight, because as a godfather-level boss who has been invincible in the Premier League for many years, Ferguson can look at the managers who have the strength to wrestle with him such as Mourinho, Moyes and Arsene Wenger, as well as those players who are extremely talented and can instantly change the game by themselves, and there are only a few football reporters looking at the British Isles! Moreover, almost all of these few people are football experts who have played in the Premier League and turned to work as journalists after retiring, because only such people really understand football, and the reports they make are really to look at and evaluate the game from the perspective of a football person, and it is worth his lofty Ferguson to take a look at their articles!
But Bruce Barbara, known as the "Premier League nightmare", is obviously regarded as a reporter who does not understand football but does football reports that makes Ferguson look at him differently, of course, although Ferguson is a man, but the reason has nothing to do with Barbara's appearance that can be called a country and a city!
The only reason is that this woman has something to say!
It seems to be the simplest requirement for a journalist, but it has become a terrifying requirement for the media industry, which has long been impetuous and has lost its professional code in the context of strong commercialization...... Therefore, a woman who has never been involved in football before can do this, which is why Ferguson has always looked the other way for Barbara!
While the woman's words have been filled with an inexplicable sense of disgust for the Premier League for three years, on many occasions even Ferguson has had to admit that Barbara was right in some of her criticisms of the Premier League...... And today, Ferguson is curious to know about the match that just ended, and wonders what kind of surprise Barbara will bring to himself?
After carefully reading Barbara's article, Ferguson was a little disappointed!
Because Barbara didn't make any catches his eye in his column, even worse than Paul Giessen of The Sun and Steven Adam of The Observer...... What makes Ferguson feel strange is that Barbara's article today is full of resentment, completely devoid of the sharp and sharp style of her previous words, but like a wronged child scolding...... Thinking of the feud between the madman Lee and Barbara reported by the media before because of the sentence "Are you a virgin or not", a strange thought suddenly rose in Ferguson's heart: Could it be that there is some story between the madman Lee and Barbara?
But just then, I happened to see the last sentence in Barbara's column, which suddenly caught Ferguson's attention - "...... If Manchester United's strong centre-forward Bulgarian Berbatov were on the pitch, Newcastle would have lost badly......"
When I read the article for the first time, this sentence didn't attract much attention from Ferguson, after all, this kind of childish and ridiculous afterthought prediction mixed with Barbara's entire essay full of disdain and rebuke for the madman Lee seems to be completely unnourishing...... But this inadvertently second sight seemed to ignite the little fire in Ferguson's mind, like lightning in his mind, and Ferguson suddenly felt as if he had discovered something...... After thinking for two or three seconds, the godfather of the Red Devils turned on the TV and began to watch the broadcast of the game recorded by the Manchester United coaching staff, and he wanted to confirm whether his thoughts were correct by recreating the game............ On this night, Ferguson was not alone, and it was not only Ferguson who had trouble sleeping!
In the players' quarters at Newcastle's Rigberton training base, Podolski was also unable to find sleep...... Although 32 hours have passed, the German striker's brain is still in a state of extreme euphoria!
Because, he finally scored!
“…… gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!! Podolsky!! He scored, a direct free-kick from 40 yards out!! It's incredible......"
“…… Oh, God!! The quality of Prince Porti's shot far surpassed Ronaldo's signature elevator ball before!! The speed stats came out, 240 km/h, unbelievable...... Look at slow motion...... Whoa, the football doesn't spin at all in the run...... The power of the shot was so great that Van der Draw didn't react at all, and the ball rubbed lightly on Vidic's shoulder, only hanging in the dead corner! ”
"Ball in, in, in, in, - in the second half, Newcastle, who finally resolutely played against Manchester United, relied on a free kick from German striker Podolski, who had been in a slump before, to overtake the score 2:1! It's ironic that the United fans booed Newcastle in the first half for being conservative, and now Newcastle have finally come out as they wanted, while Old Trafford has fallen...... What a tragedy!! ”
“…… Now, who else dares to say that Prince Porti is a parallel import? Such a great goal is a testament to the greatness of the German striker! Crazy Lee insisted on starting Podolski under the pressure of any other coach that would surely collapse, and now it has finally paid off, Michael Owen and Ronaldo are getting older, and Podolski is the Magpies' hope for the future forward......"
Lying on the bed, Podolski was still basking in the joy and excitement of scoring a goal in the battle at Old Trafford a day earlier, and the roar of the commentator Sester, full of passion and excitement, echoed in his mind again, refusing to go away over and over again!
That goal was so important for Podolski!
What a lifesaver!
Since he joined Newcastle, the English media has not stopped criticizing and sarcastically mocking him, and the style of play in the Premier League has indeed made him feel very uncomfortable...... Podolski was skeptical of his decision to join Newcastle at one point, and perhaps he would have been in a much better position to join his famous team, Cologne, than he had been with the Magpies...... The only thing that is worthy of Prince Porti's good fortune is that the madman Lee, who personally went to Bayern Munich to invite him to join Newcastle, fulfilled his original promise and has always stood firmly behind him to give the most powerful support, even when the media criticism and ridicule are the harshest, he can get stable playing time!
And just a few days ago, when the whole club was preparing for Manchester United, head coach Li Tongfan would talk to him after training almost every day, always keeping his mouth shut about the state, and the content of the conversation was always strange, and once even talked about the weather in Germany...... And it wasn't until the day before the game that the boss Li Tongfan talked about the content of the game - "...... Lucas, first of all, I would like to congratulate you, you have managed to impress Alan Shearer with your performance in training over the past few days, and the assistant coach has included you in the starting line-up for the game...... Secondly, I need you to remember, forget all other unnecessary things, and even allow you to forget my tactical requirements, play according to your habits, play according to your heart......"
In the later matches, the pressure on his heart was finally consumed by Lee Tongfan's constant chit-chatter these days, and Podolski finally let go of the game, coupled with the desire to win when facing heavyweight opponents...... Therefore, it was only from the beginning of the game that the ball passed Gary Neville, and only then did he score a powerful free kick in the second half and deliver a near-perfect answer...... At this moment, although the game has long been over, and although Newcastle have returned from Manchester, Podolski is still very excited to sleep in the bed of the players' dormitory at the Rigberton training base...... Because through this battle, he can clearly feel that he has gained a lot of things, and his teammates treat him much more amiably than before, and the first ray of light in his career that he has been waiting for for more than 160 days has finally come...... Thinking of this, Podolsky couldn't wait to jump up from bed and sing a song!
However, looking at the German compatriot who was several years younger than himself who fell asleep in the opposite bed, Podolsky held back!
Like Podolski, the lad named Thomas Müller was poached from Bayern Munich by Lee Tong-fan...... However, unlike Podolski, Muller was in Bayern's second-tier team at the time!
At that time, Hoffenheim, a promoted player in the Bundesliga, also invited Muller, and here he had to admit that the attraction of the madman Lee to young players was fatal...... In this way, Newcastle paid only 500,000 euros in compensation to get such a promising future star!
Of course, all this was only known after Podolski arrived in Newcastle!
To be able to meet a compatriot of his own in a foreign country was a big surprise for Podolsky. The two did not know each other in England and did not choose to buy a property here like many of their other team-mates, so they lived together in the young players' accommodation at the Rigberton training base in Newcastle...... At this moment, looking at Muller, who was exhausted and asleep after a hard day of training, Podolski, who was in a good mood, thought to himself: when can he join this compatriot for a coach like Newcastle and the madman Lee, and conquer the city on the green field, what a happy thing it will be............ Far away in Manchester.
In the dimly lit bedroom, Ferguson minimized the sound of the television so as not to disturb his sleeping wife, and watched the video of the game intently...... At this time, the video was just over Podolski's goal in the second half!
Ferguson's guess became clearer and clearer, and as the game progressed on video, he slowly understood what kind of tactics the madman Lee used to consume Manchester United's vital strength and win the game...... On the TV screen, the fourth goal of the game arrived!
(To be continued)