Chapter Eighty-Five: The Great War of the Century (I)

The Champions League final between Fiorentina and Real Madrid, which was dubbed the battle of the century, is definitely deserved, one is the hegemon of world football in recent seasons, the purple lily who has won all the honors, and the other is Real Madrid, which has the best stars in the world, the star-studded Real Madrid, the duel between these two teams has also attracted the attention of fans around the world.

In this World Cup year, a heavyweight Champions League final will undoubtedly be the best appetizer before the World Cup starts.

The players from both sides walked into the stadium, and the stands immediately resounded with cheers from the fans, purple and white, and there were many neutral fans, who were simply here to appreciate the unique charm of football.

In the family area of the Fiorentina players, there is a girl who has attracted a lot of attention from the cameras, and this girl is Park Ji-yeon, who is no stranger to people.

Although Digan has never made it clear about his relationship with this Korean girl, from Park Ji-yeon coming to the scene several times to watch Digan play, it is obvious that the relationship between the two is very unusual.

Standing among the hot girl Victoria and many European beauties, Park Ji-yeon looks very delicate and a little unnatural, although the people next to her are very kind to her, but the awkward feeling in her heart has not disappeared from the beginning.

Park Ji-yeon has now entered the entertainment industry, according to their Korean sayings, that is, she has already debuted, a debut girl idol, it is obviously very inappropriate to have an affair with a man so early, but in South Korea, Park Ji-yeon seems to have become a national hero.

To use some media habitual sayings: can make Digan, a superstar, a South Korean son-in-law, Park Ji-yeon simply a heroine among women.

It's not like that!

Park Ji-yeon, who has grown up, is no longer the girl who went to China alone to watch the game in order to see Di Gan, she has become more stable, perhaps because she has matured a lot in the entertainment industry.

Park Ji-yeon is very disdainful of using Di Gan's fame to hype herself, and if she wants to succeed, she still prefers to use her own efforts.

And for her relationship with Digan, the girl is nervous and has some expectations at the same time, she came to see Digan several times, and she was expecting Digan to confess to her, but every time she was disappointed, often after watching the game, eating together, and then Digan arranged for someone to send her back.

At this moment, Park Ji-yeon was lying on the railing, looking at the high-spirited Digan, with obsession in her eyes, as a rare rich and handsome man in football, Digan's popularity among female fans has always been very high.

And Park Ji-yeon's cute appearance also murdered countless films in an instant, and after the game, she appeared on the covers of many non-entertainment magazines.

Standing on the court, Di Gan easily found Park Ji-yeon in the stands, smiled and waved at her, Park Ji-yeon was nervous when she saw this, and also waved awkwardly, once again busy the reporters at the scene.

At the other end of the stands, in the family area of the Real Madrid players, Digan's ex-girlfriend Irina is sitting there, and she is watching the small movements between Digan and Park Ji-yeon.

This made Irina's heart full of jealousy, although she had just announced her marriage to Golden Mauro, but Irina's heart did not completely forget Degan, in her eyes, Deegan is still the best partner, but unfortunately the two of them are no longer possible.

Caroline was also in the stands, and Irina couldn't hide her eyes from whom, and with a snort, Caroline got up and stepped aside, as far away from the woman as possible.

Of course, these were pre-match hiccups and it didn't take long for people to get their attention back on the game.

As the game was about to start, Manuel Pellegrini shook hands with Prandelli and went straight back to the dugout to sit down, and there was no nervousness on his face.

Mourning is greater than heart death!

Manuel Pellegrini is now a true reflection of that mood!

The Chilean is still in the dugout at Real Madrid, but people are already looking forward to Mourinho's arrival at the Bernabeu, and as for Pellegrini, there is clearly no need to miss it.

Perhaps it was predestined from the beginning that Manuel Pellegrini was the kind of person who did not have a second year at Real Madrid and could never have a second year.

Compared with the rumored Mourinho who is about to enter Real Madrid, Pellegrini seems to be unknown, yes, Mourinho's coaching career is obviously much more brilliant, from Porto to Chelsea, Inter, he is successful, his personality and achievements complement each other, this arrogant character, seems to cater to the psychological needs of many fans, in this Internet era of the explosion of ideas, everyone has to show their personality, everyone can fantasize about their success, and when a football coach says "God, It's me", many people think that this coach is too fascinating, too bullish, it seems that they like him, they become the same person as him, become his follower, they are extremely correct and honorable, who will miss the Pellegrini who lost to the third division team in the Copa del Rey?

Well, this is the man who will never have a second year at the Bernabeu, and in 2009, Florentino successfully ran for the presidency to build the second generation of the Galactic Fleet and bought the booming Camuro and Kaka.

Immediately purged the Dutch gang and swept away the ugly football memories left by Calderon to the Real Madrid people, whether it was Capello, who won the championship, or the solid color Real Madrid Schuster, and Ramos, who led Real Madrid to chase Barcelona, are the representatives of utilitarian football in the hearts of Florentino and Real Madrid fans, and Florentino wants to recover the football memory of Bosque who was swept away by him.

As a result, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger became Real Madrid's first choice, but Arsenal would not let go, and Real Madrid did not have too many illusions.

Needless to say, Pellegrini is the man who most resembles Arsene Wenger in the football world, Pellegrini is synonymous with erudition, elegance and tacticianism like Wenger, he has a civil engineering certificate, so he is nicknamed "Engineer", he once led the middle of La Liga to the top four of the Champions League, he is known as the only tactician after Rafa Benitez.

Surrounded by Real Madrid stars, everyone thinks that Pellegrini will be like a fish in water, with such good cards as Camuro and Kaka, everyone is looking forward to overturning Barcelona and winning the Champions League.

However, when Florentino sold winger Arjen Robben instead of Ribery, a tactical clash between management and the manager was set.

What kind of player does Pellegrini need?

In 2009, when Pellegrini was about to leave the Love Song Stadium and go to Real Madrid, Pellegrini talked about his favorite formation in an interview, talked about how to complete his tactics in the game, and he put his own stamp on some tactical problems.

Unlike the current mainstream 4231, Pellegrini's tactics are more like the slow-paced Arsenal of 2003.

'I like to play with two centre-forwards up front, but there are also other attacking systems, one centre-forward moves to the wing, the other stays in the middle, there is no fixed position on the wing, all the specific areas on the wing, the attacker, the midfielder or the wing-back.

It can be seen that in Pellegrini's tactical system, wingers are important, and in Real Madrid's team at that time, only a decent Robben was sold.

So in the 09/10 season, Real Madrid's 442 squad is roughly as follows: Casillas, Garay, Albiol, Pepe, Ramos, Las. Diarra, Alonso, Granero, Kaka, Camaro, Higuain.

Obviously, this line-up is not at all according to Pellegrini's established tactics, such as the aging Raul and the informable Benzema.

After the Golden Mauro broke forward, Real Madrid's midfield did not have players to break through on the wing, and Pellegrini could only help Granero to organize and let the more speed advantage of Cakara side.

Unfortunately, Kaka was injured, so the only remaining Dutchman Van der Vaart and vice-captain Guti were reactivated, and when they were together, Real Madrid's game was gorgeous and smooth, although the tempo was slow, but Pellegrini had done his best according to the existing selection.

However, Real Madrid's 4-0 defeat to La Liga League in the Copa del Rey and the continued suppression of Barcelona in the league have become the most frequently mentioned games when many people criticize Pellegrini today.

Is the Copa del Rey really that important?

In Spanish football, the Copa del Rey is just chicken ribs to some extent, of course, the Copa del Rey is indeed an honor, but its weight is much worse than La Liga and the Champions League, Real Madrid has not won the Champions League for only ten years, so many people are in a hurry, Real Madrid has not won the Copa del Rey for nearly 20 years, no one mentions.

As for the league, Pellegrini has indeed tried his best, Pellegrini led Real Madrid to a club-record 96 points, but in the end still lost to Barcelona with 99 points, this is something that can't be helped, in Spanish football, Barcelona is too rebellious.

Manuel Pellegrini is well aware that this Champions League final is likely to be his swan song at the Bernabeu, and in the course of a year, his experience at Real Madrid has two faces, one is his record and the support of the fans, and the other is the indifference of the hierarchy.

Pellegrini has accepted his future fate calmly, and what makes him indignant is that he believes that the fans support him, and the fans support him at 80%, but there is an inexplicable campaign to denigrate him, that is, some media biased remarks, but if you look at Pellegrini's coaching results, the criticism of the media is obviously unfounded.

Manuel Pellegrini's Real Madrid failed to win the league title despite a series of records, and the Chilean engineer believes it was because Barcelona were so good.

"We met a great Barça, they have a good coach like Pep Guardiola, and they also have a squad that forms the basis of the Spanish national team, in Real Madrid you have a group of good players, but the club is not willing to develop a blueprint, Real Madrid has a lot of areas to improve, no matter what, not leading Real Madrid to the title, I still feel a huge regret, I am sure that if I am given more time, then after correcting some mistakes within the club and personally, I can lead Real Madrid to a great season. ”

However, Pellegrini obviously did not get such a chance, and the Champions League final will be his last stage, and what an irony it would be to win the title!

Although Florentino kept saying that Pellegrini did a very good job, and the Chileans showed them what is called the aristocratic temperament of Real Madrid, and said that in Real Madrid, as long as it is related to the team, they have to listen to Pellegrini, but it is clear that those are fake.

From the day he knew he might leave Real Madrid, Chilean Manuel Pellegrini was completely disappointed with Florentino, and he also expressed his dissatisfaction with Real Madrid in an interview.

"Last summer I came here with hope and glory to coach Real Madrid, but unfortunately I didn't get the results I wanted, and from the beginning of the season I had a lot of disagreements with the team, there were always differences of opinion in the club, at the beginning of the season I asked to keep Sneijder and Robben, I knew they were very important to the team, but no one allowed me to give my opinion on technical and tactical issues, as Bosque said, Real Madrid never gave their manager the respect they deserved. Not to mention the manager's rights off the pitch and on the pitch. ”

Pellegrini was also very unhappy with Mourinho's approach before he left office: "I haven't spoken to Mr. President since August, I can't say whether he is good or bad, because I don't know, he respects his chairmanship, he has a big picture, it's just that I'm not suitable, but I'm still here, and some people are starting to welcome their new manager, which is really hurtful, not at all reasonable." ”

According to media reports, Florentino's dissatisfaction with Pellegrini is, first of all, the Chilean's rotation system, but this is also something that cannot be helped, after all, the team fights on the third line and the physical distribution must be reasonable.

However, Florentino is keen to see Pellegrini only rotate Kaka and Camuro away from the Bernabeu.

According to Florentino: "I can't explain to our fans that they spent so much money to go to the Bernabeu to see a Kaka or Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench. ”

For this reason, Florentino demanded that Pellegrini must send Kaka and Camuro at the same time in the Bernabeu game, and asked the Chileans to think about the Real Madrid fans in the stands at the Bernabeu, although it is important to win the opponent, but to win the championship and lose the audience is not the purpose of Real Madrid.

Florentino also told Pellegrini that Real Madrid signed Kaka and Camuro together because the world wanted to see them play side by side, and for this, the club paid a huge price, and it would be completely self-destructive to artificially separate the two people to play.

In fact, not only Florentino is dissatisfied, to this day, Real Madrid fans are also full of doubts about Pellegrini, everyone knows that compared to Barcelona's more and more perfect game process and results, Real Madrid has never won in terms of technique and tactics, completely relying on the individual ability of the star, according to the opinion of some fans, that is, Pellegrini has done a lot for Villarreal, for Real Madrid, he has done, or can do too little.

Of course, there are some things that don't need to be brought up again and again, and Pellegrini now just wants to be like a veteran about to leave the army, standing on his last shift at the Bernabeu, that's all.

At the start of the game, Fiorentina took the lead in attack, and Prandelli's tactics were still to play fast in the opening stages, and after a few passes, the ball reached Beckham's feet.

Back at the Bernabeu, Beckham also enjoyed the applause of the home fans, after all, the heartthrob also left a lot behind in the stadium, including the league trophy when he left.

Beckham looked ahead, and by this time Garay, who was guarding the left side of Real Madrid, had already pounced, and Beckham made a long pass directly to the edge of the penalty area.

Mutu, who was waiting there, leaped high and got ahead of the opposition defenders before heading the ball to the left side of the box, where Deegan cut in at high speed and prepared to go over.

In this game, it was his old enemy Pei Pei who was responsible for keeping an eye on Degan, and the Shaolin warrior monk also had enough strength, howling and rushing over, and the two of them jumped almost at the same time, and then collided together.

Deegan felt that his internal organs were about to be displaced, and Pepe was also uncomfortable, he was at best a little Shaolin monk, and Deegan was a big monster from outer space, and Pepe was obviously going to suffer a greater loss in the duel between the two.

No one could reach the football, but Fiorentina's attack was not over, Modric, who had moved in place, got the ball, and then made a gesture to the bottom, but suddenly turned the arch of his foot and cut inside.

Ramos, who was guarding this area, was unable to react and was pulled away by Modric, and when he was almost stuck in position, Modric directly kicked the ball straight into the box.

Degan stood up with both hands and feet, and saw that Pepe, who was still lying on the ground, wanted to stretch out his foot to intercept, Degan directly made a juggling-like action, caught the ball in the heel of his right foot and the surface of his left foot, and threw it directly upward, and in the exclamation of the people, Degan flew directly over Pepe's body.

Casillas chose to abandon the door at this time, looking at his teeth and claws, if the average striker might really be frightened by his momentum, but Deegan is obviously not an ordinary person.

A very calm push into the near corner of the goal, Casillas was completely misjudged and let the ball slip directly past his feet and into the back of the net.

1:0!

Look at the time, it's less than two minutes!

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!”

A familiar roar rang out during the broadcast on local Florentine television, and the Fiorentina fans at the scene reacted with jubilation.

People didn't expect that Fiorentina was already ahead at the start of the game.

However, at the moment, the Fiorentina fans couldn't help but feel a little conflicted when they celebrated, they were happy that the team had taken the lead, and on the other hand, they were worried about the future of the team.

Deegan has already made up his mind to leave, this time no one can let him stay, without Degan, who will attack the city for Florence in the future, who will lead the purple lily to create greater glory?

After scoring the goal, Digan rushed directly to the stands, where the Fiorentina fans gathered, looking at the fans who were still cheering for him, Digan's eyes couldn't help but be a little sour, holding back tears, waving to the Fiorentina fans, and the fans responded with even more cheers.

Park Ji-yeon is also cheering for Degan's goal at the moment, she knows that there are many cameras aimed at her, but she doesn't care at all, what idol image or anything like that, it's not the most important thing now.

Pellegrini watched Degan score, his eyes couldn't stop envious, he was not envious of Prandley having Degan as a super striker, but envying Prandley for having a team he was looking forward to, which he could not hope for at Real Madrid.

The Real Madrid fans were furious after a period of shock, and they came here with great anticipation to see their beloved team lift the trophy for the tenth time.

But what is this now?

Just over a minute into the opening game, the team fell behind by one goal, when did the Galactic Battleship degenerate into a small sampan soaked in water?

Suddenly, the Bernabeu booed, the white handkerchief waved blinded people's eyes, and the slogans that had been prepared long ago were also lit up one by one Pellegrini! I don't care about you!

Seeing this, Pellegrini felt bitter in his heart, he was still saying that the fans supported him, but now he was slapped hard by the fans.

I don't care about you!

It's really time to fuck off!

At the same time, in the VIP seats at the Bernabeu Stadium, Delawala's heart was full of bitterness, and he was pleasantly surprised by his team's lead, and when Digan scored Casillas, he seemed to be back to the time when he was full of dreams about football.

But Digan is leaving, and this is his last game for Fiorentina!

Why did Deegan leave?

It's not like he's been forced away step by step!

Florentino's face was gloomy, gritted his teeth fiercely, and said to Baldano beside him: "Go contact Mendes, I agreed to any conditions he has, I just want that damn Chilean to get out of here!" ”

Florentino looked at the pitch with a gloomy face, and said secretly in his heart: I didn't come back here to see this ugly Real Madrid!

Florentino, who entered the palace for the second time, has created what he thinks is the strongest squad for Real Madrid, and it is time for the team to report his results, but such a performance is obviously difficult to satisfy Florentino.

Pellegrini's fate is also basically sealed!