Chapter 288: Rushing to Hong Kong

"At 20:45 local time on the 23rd in Greece, the final of the 52nd European Champions Cup was played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, and AC Milan defeated Liverpool 2-1, avenging the 'one-arrow revenge' that was reversed by the opponent in the final two years ago and won the European Champions Cup."

"This is the 7th Champions League in AC Milan's history, and AC Milan fans celebrated in Athens after the game......"

"In the game, Liverpool were very active and always looking for opportunities, but in the end it was AC Milan who played more calmly. Perhaps having learned the lesson of two years ago, they didn't give Liverpool a chance in the game, and with two goals from Inzaghi, they scored twice in 90 minutes, and Liverpool only pulled one back in the last minute, but there was no time......

'After the game, Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez lamented his team's ability to take chances, but also said they were strong opponents and thought 'we lost to a great team with top players.' ”

'Statistically, Liverpool had 17 shots on goal in this game, well ahead of AC Milan's seven, but most of the shots were wide except for Kuyt's goal.

'Benitez regretted that 'we tried to keep the ball and press as hard as we could, but you need to take your chances when it mattered.' ”

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As the TV broadcasts a report about the Champions League final, the commentator keeps talking about the pre-match and post-match events, and a young handsome young man is sitting on the sofa, it is none other than the genius of Atletico Madrid Club Torres, who is reading the words of Benitez in the report, "We lost to a great team with top players......??" ”

Suddenly, Torres turned his head to look at the middle-aged man next to him, "Martin, do you think I'm a top player?" ”

"Of course. Fernando, you're good enough. Martin laughed.

"So if I'm in this Liverpool team, can I help the team win AC Milan?"

Martin thought for a moment, held his chin and said, "If you were here, there should be a chance." I don't think it's going to be at least 1 goal from 17 shots, you're much more efficient than them. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Liverpool's forward line. Apart from Steven Gerrard, I don't see any other players in this squad. Martin commented.

Gerrard was the most active player in Liverpool throughout the game, but his team-mates continued to waste opportunities and the Reds captain had little to do, the only thing he could do was to lead the team's performance, but this alone could not win the game.

Listened to Martin's words. Torres was silent for a moment and said, "I thought about it, Martin, and I think even if I was in the team, the games you see would be like this. There's only one Gerrard, only, I'm not going to be much better on the pitch than the guy who scored the goal. Because standing in front of you will not have a chance at all. It's not that they're poor, it's that the team as a whole is weaker than AC Milan. It's not that they're wasting their chances, it's that chances are not good in the first place, and they have no choice but to gamble on luck to shoot. ”

Benitez said Liverpool were losing to a good team with top players, look at Manchester City. What top players do they have? Anelka? He's said he's leaving, and even if he is, he's not top-notch, but they played pretty well in the second leg against AC Milan, so I'll take a closer look. They lost to AC Milan simply because there were too many injuries. ”

"I remember that after Manchester City were eliminated, their manager, Wan Sheng, just said one sentence after the game, 'We will win it back next time!' Yes, that's what he said, he didn't say anything like that the opponent was strong, I hope my coach is the same, just lose and win back, what is the point of saying that the opponent has top players, saying that the opponent is strong? ”

Martin listened patiently, a smile on his face, "Fernando, it seems that you have already figured out which team to join." ”

Torres nodded, "I'm going to join a team that is even more hungry for victory!" ”

"I see."

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Three days after the Champions League final, when fans were still immersed in reporting that AC Milan had become the European champion, the media suddenly broke the news of Torres's transfer - Torres's transfer negotiations have progressed to the stage of negotiating a personal contract, and the negotiation object is Manchester City FC.

According to the newspaper As, an official of Atletico Madrid admitted that "Fernando's agent is already in contract talks with Manchester City." ”

When asked about Liverpool, the official said, "Fernando prefers Manchester City over Liverpool, and Atletico Madrid is more interested in following the player's opinion. ”

Perhaps the information that the official wants to reveal is the latter, that is, Atletico Madrid, which will consider the opinions of the player himself more when transferring, but the media and fans are concerned about the former, Torres, who chose Manchester City.

Negotiations at this stage almost mean that Torres will join Manchester City, because Torres is not the kind of world-class superstar, his salary contract will not be exaggerated, and Manchester City FC will certainly not be stingy with his personal salary package since they are willing to pay a transfer fee of nearly 30 million pounds for Torres.

So the transfer of both sides is basically finalized.

In this transfer, Liverpool became the one who was 'out', which was a blow to them, they had just lost the Champions League, and now they couldn't get the most wanted striker, so Benitez, as the manager, can only look for a new striker.

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Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, as well as Torres's personal negotiations, will take a while, and these tasks do not need to be cared about.

The only thing he did in the meantime was to call Torres to reassure the young star who was about to join Manchester City, and then he went on his own holiday.

After vacationing with Anita in the port of Portugal, the two went to Dalian together, and it was a little embarrassing to take his girlfriend to meet his parents, Gao Zai had Uncle Wan Baoming and Anita were familiar, and Wan Baoming did a lot of ideological work for his brother and sister-in-law, which made the whole family accept the fact that Wan Sheng found a foreign wife.

The two are not married yet, but in the eyes of Chinese families, taking a girlfriend to meet their parents is equivalent to finalizing the relationship and preparing to get married.

The whole family at Wansheng was delighted.

According to the Chinese's algorithm of age, Wansheng is already 31 years old (imaginary age), this age should be children running all over the ground, but Wansheng has not yet started a family, and his family is worried about him, and now it is okay, Wansheng finally brought his girlfriend home, which is equivalent to preparing to get married.

So the family began to ask questions such as 'when the two are going to get married' and 'do they have any plans to have children', Wan Sheng looked very embarrassed, the two have not reached this point in their relationship, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.

Anita's Chinese is also not very good, she has no idea what is being said.

Then Wan Sheng communicated with Anita in this regard, but Anita's reaction was, "Then we have to meet my family as soon as possible to decide." ”

"Your dad?"

Anita rolled her eyes, "That's my family." ”

"Haven't we seen your brother yet?"

"That's just my brother."

Wan Sheng accompanied the smiling face, a little bitter in his heart, in fact, if Anita was an ordinary girl, he would like to see his family and then finalize the matter, but Anita is the little princess of the Murdoch family, and her family is a little 'too good'.

In addition, it is always embarrassing to see your father-in-law.

But I didn't expect Anita to say, "I'm here to let you meet my mother." ”

"Your mother?"

Anita nodded, "I don't care what that woman thinks, I just want my mother to know that her daughter has found a good man." She glanced at Wan Sheng a little shyly.

Wan Sheng knew that Anita was referring to Murdoch's current wife, Chinese Dundewen.

This is a 'legendary woman', ambitious and adept at seizing opportunities, who was once a low-ranking employee at the Hong Kong branch of Murdoch's News Corporation, but she doesn't know when she set her sights on her boss, News Corp. Chairman and CEO Murdoch, a man 38 years older but who plays a pivotal role in the world's media.

Then in 1999, only 17 days after the divorce agreement between Murdoch and Anna came into effect, the 68-year-old Murdoch married 30-year-old Wendi Deng.

The young woman was not popular with the Murdoch family.

A young woman who is only 30 years old, married to a husband who is 38 years older, no matter how you look at it, she feels that she is a 'sugar daddy', not to mention, she also gave birth to two daughters to Murdoch, Murdoch himself publicly declared, "All my children have the opportunity to take my place, even Grace and Chloe, who, despite their young age, enjoy the same promise as the other brothers and sisters." ”

This commitment also makes Murdoch's 'battle for the legacy' particularly motivating.

Anita doesn't like Dundevan very much, after Murdoch and Dundevan got married, she rarely went to New York, and the few meetings with her father were all in London, and the two sides didn't have much intersection, Murdoch used to care about her very much, but now she doesn't have these concerns, in her life, the family cares most about her mother and brother.

Speaking of the complicated relationships in these families, Anita couldn't help crying, Wan Sheng looked at her distressedly, hugged her and promised, "Okay, we'll go when we have time." ”

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On June 10, Anita flew back to London, and on the same day, Wan Sheng also flew to Shanghai at Dalian Airport and then transferred to Hong Kong.

This is a 'trip to Hong Kong', or 'trip to Southeast Asia', that is worth looking forward to. (To be continued.) )