Chapter 19: Traditional Program Infighting, Wonderful Beginning (Real Events Ask for Monthly Tickets)
In the next few days, this became a common tool of the media.
The main reason for this is that the European Championship schedule is completely heating up, the heat has been rising, and they need to attract attention in this way.
A lot of media outlets have also gone deep into some of the team's training bases during this time, interviewing the players and trying to dig up some news.
In an interview with Belgium's second goalkeeper Mignolet by a reporter from the Paris Evening News, there are questions about Mignolet's dreams and goals for the Belgian team.
At the time, Mignolet replied like this: "I want to contribute to this team through my hard work, and if one day I can reach the level of the first goalkeeper in the national team, I will be very happy." ”
As a result, in a report published by the Paris evening newspaper that night, his words became like this: "I aspire to replace Thibaut Courtois as the starting goalkeeper of the Belgian team. ”
Probably the meaning has not changed, but the aggressiveness and proportionality of the words have all been maliciously adjusted.
But the other protagonist in the discourse is Courtois, a Belgian who likes to find trouble.
Originally, the team's performance in the last two group games was okay, Courtois had no intention of causing any trouble, and was ready to play after the European Championship.
But as soon as this kind of media report came out, Courtois, who felt that he was at the center of public opinion, actually publicly replied the next day.
'I've never heard of anyone replacing Casillas in Spain, and Mignolet lacks respect for me and lacks humility to be a top goalkeeper.
You know, at this stage when you are about to enter the knockout round, everything itself is very sensitive.
The media outside are staring, just to see if they can find news of infighting in some teams.
As soon as Courtois's reply came out, the entire public opinion was completely fried.
All of a sudden, comments about 'infighting again in Belgium' quickly appeared on the headlines of major media outlets and spread to various countries.
The words Belgium and infighting, as if they could never be separated, are once again tightly glued together, causing the attention of the outside world to soar.
Countless people are waiting to see their jokes, and want to dig up more news of infighting, and even want to see news of a big fight in the dressing room like the 'Dutch three'.
This led to Belgium's head coach, Mr. Wilmots, angrily calling a team meeting that night.
"At such an important moment, in such an urgent schedule, I have been telling everyone, don't cause trouble, don't cause trouble."
Wilmots looked tired and angry, "Why do you just not know where you stand?" ”
"Is the European Championship a normal cup competition? Do you think you're still playing domestic cup competitions at the club?! ”
"If some people are still shameless, they will not be proud of being in the center of public opinion, and they will make such irrational remarks when they are provoked! Give someone someone a handle! ”
"I can tell you, if you don't want to play, I agree that we can abstain at any time, it's nothing for me to be infamy!"
"But at least you think about the fans outside, and think about the teammates who still want to win honors! Isn't that a bit selfish to do that? ”
After he said these words, Mignolet, one of the main figures in this infighting, quickly stood up and admitted his mistake.
"The media reported that it was different from what I said, Nainggolan and Alderweireld could testify for me, they were next to me at the time."
Mignolet looked very dignified, got up and said: "But I did make a mistake, I shouldn't have given that interview and gave them a chance, for which I apologize to everyone, and I apologize to Mr. Wilmots." ”
"I hope everyone will take me as a warning."
With that last sentence, Mignolet sat down in his seat, without any temper.
This made Chen Yufeng have a good impression of this player and recognized him from the heart.
The same is true for the rest of the team, who have a better impression of Mignolet, and the incident itself has little to do with him, just the media hype and Courtois's fire.
Isn't it good that people can still stand up and apologize?
Wilmots, who was standing at the front of the conference room, set his eyes on Courtois, hoping that Courtois would also get up and say a few words to end the farce.
As long as the two get back together, a media conference will be held at this time, and this matter can be rounded back, and those media will be beaten.
But what everyone didn't expect was that Courtois, who was at the center of everyone's attention at this time, tilted his head and looked very unhappy, as if he didn't have any intention of getting up and talking.
There was some disappointment in everyone's hearts, and many even began to hate Courtois.
Whether it was his early friendship with De Bruyne, or this incident, it seemed too stupid to admit his mistake.
"Don't you feel compelled to say a word, Mr. Courtois?" Wilmots was so angry that he used honorifics in a weird way.
"What do I have to say?" Courtois sat down in a chair with his hands spread out and said lightly: "Didn't I contribute to the team? Do I have to apologize to everyone like Mignolet? ”
Come on......
Chen Yufeng's heart suddenly twitched, and the traditional show was finally staged.
In the group stage, each group is a big scuffle, and the media's single attention will not be too high, and there will be no hype.
Now that it has entered the knockout round, there have been more reports from the outside world, and the infighting program has been staged steadily and ruthlessly.
"I can't believe it!"
Wilmots suddenly raised his voice, pointed at Courtois and said, "You arrogant guy! ”
"That's better than a good-for-nothing coach like you!"
Unexpectedly, Courtois openly slapped the table and tore up directly with the head coach, "What else do you have besides being a little famous in Belgium?" ”
At this time, even Mertens, who had taken the initiative to express his dissatisfaction to Wilmots before, showed a shocked look on the side.
This kind of thing in football is definitely not something that a player can say to a manager.
You can openly say in front of the media that he is not good in all aspects, but to say this in front of the whole team, this can't be exaggerated, it's simply unreasonable.
"Courtois, that's enough!" Eden Hazard was immediately admonished, both of whom were Chelsea team-mates, and he wanted his words to be effective.
"He insulted me first, and I really can't give him any good looks." Courtois stretched out his hands towards Hazard, then got up and walked away.
"What did you say?!" Wilmots walked briskly down and headed for Courtois.
Along the way, Lukakucarrascotten stood up and pulled Wilmots to avoid further escalation.
Who knew that Courtois also completely lost his mind at this time, turned around and walked straight towards Wilmots, "Do you want to talk to me?" Or do you want to try it with me?! ”
"That's it!"
Chen Yufeng immediately rushed forward, and waved a few teammates to step forward to control Courtois.
"I'm telling you Courtois, you're nothing now, you don't look like a player at all! It's a misfortune for Belgium to have players like you! Wilmots was really angry and pointed at Courtois.
"It's also our misfortune to have a coach like you! Don't use me if you have the ability! May I? Let Mignolet guard the door for the team! ”
Courtois was pulled by Chen Yufeng and others, and even wanted to break out of the encirclement several times to make a move with Wilmots, "Tell you, without me, you are nothing!" ”
He had completely lost his mind, and in order to elevate himself, the last sentence turned out to be a map cannon.
"Bang!" A muffled sound suddenly sounded, and in the confusion, I don't know who gave Courtois a punch in the face.
The punch was so heavy that it could be heard just by listening to the sound, and Courtois immediately covered his face and fell to the ground.
Everyone immediately controlled him, only Chen Yufeng looked at De Bruyne next to him sharply, and then lowered his head in relief, pretending not to see anything.
A real farce ended like this, and Wilmots straightened his suit and turned to walk out the door.
Courtois fell to the ground, and for a while it seemed that he would not get up.
The other players looked at each other, and everyone's mood instantly dropped to the bottom, worried about the future of the team.
This won't be the last farce, it's just a grudge.
…………
At night, Chen Yufeng came back from a night run and saw Wilmots sitting and smoking at the bottom of the hotel.
"Mr. Wilmots."
Chen Yufeng said hello, and he always respects people who respect him.
"Ah, Mr. Double Champion is still exercising so late." Mr. Wilmots squeezed out a smile and continued, "Reduce the intensity and hit Hungary immediately." ”
"Well, I'll do it in moderation."
Chen Yufeng nodded, and then sat down next to Wilmots.
Wilmots was a little surprised, then hurriedly extinguished the cigarette butt and put one hand around Chen Yufeng's shoulder.
He hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't help but say, "Yufeng, you didn't grow up in that environment, I want to ask you, what is your opinion on this matter?" ”
"I don't think so."
Chen Yufeng sat here, himself wanting to talk to Wilmots about this, "But I think that if this kind of thing is not decisive, it will encourage the arrogance of some players." ”
"What......" Wilmots wanted to ask, but suddenly understood, and continued: "But this position is difficult, I still have to think about the results, whether it is the trust of the domestic football association in all aspects, and the support of the fans for me." ”
"You know what? Being a head coach is a very schizophrenic thing, and there are many things that can be very embarrassing. ”
"I always have to think about things from multiple angles and find a balance between many things, but the outside world always thinks I should do one thing well."
"Mignolet is not bad." Chen Yufeng said bluntly and did not hide it anymore: "I played against Liverpool a few times last season, and I felt it. ”
"What I want to tell Mr. Wilmots is that a united, second-rate team is definitely better than a split first-rate team."
'Leicester are such a team, I see that very clearly.
Chen Yufeng likes to use Leicester City as an example, he loves this team.
And his words did make Wilmots fall into a deep silence.
'Believe in yourself, there are more players on your side than Courtois, I can see it.'
Chen Yufeng patted Wilmots on the shoulder, and then walked towards the room.
(End of chapter)