Chinese champion

Chapter 153 Pre-match interview
Mallorca's performance in the Super Cup did not attract many people's attention. Although Pei Wei scored the most beautiful goal in the game, except for the Chinese sports media who wrote a lot about this game, other The European media only slightly mentioned the process of this game.

The reason for this situation is that there are too many news in the European transfer market this summer, so much that the number of people cannot be overwhelmed.

The first explosive news is that Florentino continued his strategy of "one superstar a year". The idol in the hearts of thousands of women, the leader of the world's fashion, and the guarantee of box office revenue David Beckham left Manchester United, where he had been in the youth team, and became the sixth superstar of Real Madrid.

While people were still discussing how many shirts Beckham would help Real Madrid sell, another name appeared, and this name immediately replaced Beckham as the most frequently appearing figure in sports newspapers. He was the Premier League. The new president of Chelsea Club, Abramovich, known as the "Russian Czar".

Glenn Johnson, Vinnie Bridge, Graeme, Joe Cole, Juan Veron, Adrian Mutu, Damien Duff, Hernán Crespo, Claude Makelele... Chelsea has become the team with the most frequent players in and out of the European market. The transfer expenditure of [-] million pounds has made Chelsea the most "spending money" club in Europe this summer.

When the summer transfer market was closed, the major European giants secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At least before the start of the winter break, they were not afraid that their main force would be spotted by that "Russian lunatic".

But all of this has nothing to do with Mallorca. Chelsea's tentacles can't reach so far for the time being, and Mallorca's transfer has also been completed. As for who Chelsea bought, in Alemani's words It means: "God, I can't guess the mind of the rich."

Since the UEFA Super Cup match happened to be in conflict with the first round of La Liga, Mallorca's first game was postponed to September 9. In other games in the first round of La Liga, the newly joined David Beckham In the 7rd minute of the game, he used his best free kick to score his first goal to join the "Galacticos", helping Real Madrid beat Real Betis 3:2 at home, and Barcelona also played in their new stadium. Under the leadership of No. 1 Ronaldinho, they beat Bilbao 10-1 in the away game, making a good start for the new season.

On September 9, the second round of La Liga began. Mallorca played against Zaragoza at home. In this is actually Mallorca's first league game of the season, Mallorca easily defeated by two goals. Zaragoza, Ibagaza and Eto'o each scored a goal, Pei Wei contributed two assists.

In the make-up match on the [-]th, Mallorca's away opponent was Manzano and Ismail's former owner Racing Santander. Perhaps to prove something, Racing Santander played in this game. They performed very tenaciously. When Pei Wei helped Mallorca take the lead twice, they just took advantage of the home court and attacked twice to equalize the score.

But Mallorca's attack before the end of the game proved their offensive strength. Wang Xiaomin ran all the way after stealing the ball in the backcourt, and passed the ball near the baseline. Delgado's header bounced off the post. Ismail, who has been working hard in the game, appeared on the spot where the ball fell, and his supplementary shot helped Mallorca get a three-pointer.

Ismail didn't celebrate after scoring the goal, and his teammates who knew his mood didn't do anything to celebrate. They just walked back to their own half with him silently. The Santander fans, who were booing him, fell silent.

Since in the second round, several teams that won the first round, such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​were drawn by their opponents, the Mallorca team historically took the first place in the La Liga standings. The situation made the ball critics exclaim: "La Liga's fifth championship team has appeared!"

Some people also speculated that Mallorca's opponents in the first two rounds were not strong, maybe in the next round, they will give up their top position in the standings.

No matter what the outside world thinks, Mallorca is still calm inside. In the half month before the start of the third round, Mallorca played two consecutive games in the third round of the Champions League qualifiers (the first two With a bye), they swept the Czech Republic's Slavia Prague with a total score of 5:0 in two rounds and advanced to the Champions League group stage.

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Entering the Champions League group stage made Chairman Alemani very happy, because even if Mallorca were eliminated in the group stage, Mallorca would still get a bonus of 500 million euros for participating in the Champions League group stage, which means Mallorca's finances have been balanced this year.

But Manzano couldn't be happier. The result of the draw for the group stage came out yesterday. Mallorca was placed in Group F. The other three teams were AC Milan from Italy, Ajax from the Netherlands and Belgian first division team Anderlecht.

Not to mention AC Milan, they just played against each other in the Super Cup half a month ago. Although the loss was a bit wronged, Manzano knew that the current Mallorca is still far away from AC Milan. And Ajax has always been a veteran European team. Although they have grown as big as before in recent years, their lean camels are bigger than horses. Their strength is still not to be insulted. As for Anderlecht, although their reputation is slightly worse, they However, they eliminated Dortmund, a veteran Bundesliga powerhouse, and entered the group stage in the third qualifying round. They may become the big dark horse in this group.

According to the schedule, when Mallorca finished their away game with Bilbao on the 13th, they will fly to Belgium immediately to challenge their first opponent in the Champions League, Anderlecht.

Two consecutive away games in four days will put Mallorca under a great test of physical strength. After much deliberation, Manzano decided to let some of the main players rest and use only half of the main lineup to deal with the players in the league. opponent.

In the match against Bilbao, Pei Wei, Eto'o, Ismail and Nadal all stood on the sidelines. Garcia replaced Pei Wei as the attacking midfielder. As a result, Mallorca fell behind three times. Tied three times, and finally drew with the opponent 3:3, slipping from the top of the standings to No.2. The first position was occupied by Real Madrid, which slaughtered Valladolid 7:2 in this round.

On the training field, Pei Wei's performance did not weaken due to sitting on the bench, and he still showed an excellent competitive state, which also made Manzano very happy. It seems that Pei Wei is looking forward to it Performance in the Champions League!
And Pei Wei knew in his heart that he was excited not only for his first Champions League match, but also because of his opponent Anderlecht.

Anderlecht!Wu Qi's team!The first Chinese I met in the European arena!And one of my best friends!

Is there anything more exciting to Pei Wei than this?

Because the training camp before the start of the season was too intense, Pei Wei didn't have time to pay attention to the information of the teams of other Chinese players. He didn't realize until he knew the opponents in the group stage that he met in the Champions League. The first Chinese who arrived was not Zhang Qi, but Wu Qi!

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"You bastard!" Pei Wei yelled immediately after dialing Wu Qi's phone number: "You can play the Champions Cup and you didn't even tell me! If you didn't see Anderlecht and I really don’t know that we are in a group, okay you, you haven’t said anything in China for so long, what do you mean!”

"Damn! I didn't mention you, but you even mentioned me! As a friend, you don't even know about my situation in Belgium. You only said that you will meet Zhang Qi in the Champions League, and you don't even know about my situation." Don't ask, besides, we were only No.2 in the competition last year, and we have to play three qualifying rounds, who knows if we can pass the preliminaries, I don't want to make fun of myself!" Wu Qi immediately retorted.

"This..." Pei Wei calmed down for a moment, and he immediately realized his mistake: "I'm sorry, I really didn't care about your situation in Belgium. You must know that there are few reports on this aspect. Can you forgive me?"

"Hmph!" Wu Qi was angrily silent on the other end of the phone.

"Qiqi, Archie, Xiaoqi, don't be like this, it's okay if I was wrong, otherwise, I will deliberately not score your goals during the game..."

Pei Wei spoke soft words "poorly".

"Stop it!" Wu Qi was terrified: "You are so nasty! I'm getting goosebumps, I lied to you, how can I get angry so easily, besides, I have something wrong...Damn, I still Need you to release water? Tell you, even if you shoot in the game, I promise not to let you score!"

"You said it, don't cry if you lose, treat the winner, I will treat you to dinner after the game!"

"That's not going to work!" Wu Qi said with a strange voice, "How can I say that I am also the host, of course I invited the dinner! It's better for you to lose."

"Don't stop, you always treat guests, so it's my turn to treat guests. Besides, I'm ashamed to treat you even after you lose the game. Let me treat you!"

"I'll treat……"

"I'll treat……"

The boring verbal battle between the two lasted for almost half an hour, and finally Pei Wei was defeated because it was his phone bill that was consumed.

The match aroused great repercussions in China, and the media began to rave about the topic of "Two Chinese Players' Dialogue at the Champions Cup". The best player in the youth VS the best goalkeeper in the world youth" can most arouse the enthusiasm of the fans. He wrote in the article: "Three years ago, there were many talented players in the world championship team that made us so excited, but in the In the final championship, it is undoubtedly Pei Wei and Wu Qi who played the biggest role. Pei Wei is the organizer and absolute core of the offense, while Wu Qi is the pinnacle of the defense. Pei Wei directly participated in the goal. Three-quarters of the total goals scored by the youth team, and although Wu Qi failed to concede in only two of the seven games, and even conceded every game after entering the rematch stage, he averaged the key points per game. He has made three saves, which is an astonishing number. Three years later, Pei Wei's skills have become more mature, and he has become the absolute core of Mallorca. Although he has not scored as many goals as in his youth, he is undoubtedly in terms of organization and assists. He has surpassed himself before, and Wu Qi's two years of honing in the League have also made his goal-line skills more and more perfect. He has maintained a record of more than 1000 minutes without conceding a goal in the League, and ranked third in the Champions League qualifiers. In the round against Borussia Dortmund, he saved at least five must-go goals in the two games, and in the final penalty shootout, he even saved consecutive penalty kicks from Rosicky and Jan Koller. Te made a head start by qualifying, and it is conceivable what kind of sparks will be produced when the sword of the national youth meets the shield of the national youth!"

Even CCTV was alarmed. Under the strong demands of the fans and audience, they temporarily purchased the rights to broadcast all the games of this group. The Champions League games will be broadcast live on CCTV-5 to fans all over the country for the first time!
Pei Wei had just arrived in Brussels, the city where Anderlecht is located, with the team. Wang Jianxiang, a reporter from CCTV-5 who came to interview on the spot and one of the ace commentators of the sports channel, immediately gave Pei Wei a live interview as he got off the team bus. interview.

Pei Wei also accepted his interview very cooperatively. When he was still in China, when the Olympic team was eliminated in the Asian qualifiers in 96, Wang Jianxiang, who was in charge of on-site commentary, shed tears. Since then, Pei Wei I fell in love with his commentary. Although many people have various criticisms of Wang Jianxiang's commentary style, Pei Wei still believes that Wang Jianxiang is the best commentator of CCTV-5.

When Wang Jianxiang asked him how he felt about tomorrow's game, Pei Wei said excitedly: "I have only one feeling now, and that is excitement! I have been teammates with Wu Qi since the day I thought of him, I admire his goalkeeping skills, but I have never played against him in an official game, this is a good opportunity, I am looking forward to tomorrow's game!"

"Then if you break Wu Qi's goal in the game, will you celebrate?" Wang Jianxiang then asked.

"Of course I will celebrate!" Pei Wei said with a smile: "But I will treat him to dinner after the game to make up for the damage I caused him."

"Maybe you already know that tomorrow's game will be broadcast live in China. According to our estimate, there will be at least 1000 million fans in China watching the live broadcast of this game. What do you think? And what do you think about tomorrow's game? Do you have any predictions about the outcome?"

"Tomorrow's game time is 06:30 in the afternoon, right? If it is changed to BJ's time, it will be around three o'clock in the morning, right?" Pei Wei asked Wang Jianxiang. Don’t most of the leaders of Chinese companies have to face the crisis of mental illness of their employees? It’s a sin!”

"Hehe!" Wang Jianxiang also laughed. He didn't expect that Pei Wei didn't even have the airs of a star, and even made a joke to the audience in front of the camera. This is much better than some so-called "stars" in China.

After the joke, Pei Wei said seriously: "I don't like to predict the score before the game, because I think football is played by feet, not by words, but if I have any hope for tomorrow's game, I will Hope Wu Qi does well, but we win the game."

Wang Jianxiang couldn't help but be infected by Pei Wei's self-confidence. He turned to the camera and said, "Pei Wei is a very cheerful and confident young man. It seems that he didn't feel nervous before the start of the game. Tomorrow's game must be very exciting. Okay. , we will not disturb Pei Wei's rest anymore, let us look forward to tomorrow's game together! Goodbye! I wish you a good performance tomorrow!"

"Goodbye!" Pei Wei and Wang Jianxiang shook hands and said goodbye, and walked to the hotel where they were staying.

Immediately afterwards, the CCTV-5 interview team also interviewed Wu Qi. When Wu Qi learned that Pei Wei was very confident in tomorrow's game, he waved his fist: "When he was in the Hubei youth team, he always pulled I practice shooting so I know his shooting habits like the back of my hand! I won't let him score in tomorrow's game and it will be our Anderlecht team!"

"It seems that both sides have high confidence in winning. We can expect that tomorrow's game will be a contest of sparks hitting the earth. It doesn't matter who wins and who loses. The key is that the two Chinese players can play well in the game." What a performance, this will be a milestone game for Chinese football, because this is the first time in history that two Chinese players represent different teams in the European Champions Cup!" After the interview with Wu Qi , Wang Jianxiang said to the audience in front of the TV.

Before the start of the game, Manzano made some adjustments to the team's lineup. Garcia replaced Delgado as the main striker. This is of course because of Garcia's outstanding performance in the last game (one goal once assists, good form), and because Delgado has started every game this season, it is a heavy burden for a veteran who is nearly 1.9 years old, and more importantly, Anderlecht The two main central defenders, Hungary international Roland Juhz and Belgium international Vincent Campany, are both giant defenders with a height of more than [-] meters. Delgado's header advantage is not so obvious, and Garcia can pass him. Foot skills to deal with these two somewhat clumsy defenders.

Manzano's vision is that Eto'o is at the top, and Garcia hides behind him to become a shadow striker. Pei Wei is in charge of organizing. He and Garcia can take turns to attack. Mallorca has three attackers in the frontcourt. Can form a complete offensive trident.

In fact, Mallorca's lineup has become a 4-3-2-1 Christmas tree. This formation is very popular in Europe now. As for the effect, you have to find out in the game.

(End of this chapter)