Chinese champion

Chapter 99 Yellow Card
Although Tenerife is a typical fish belly team in La Liga, it still took a lot of brains for Aragones to deal with this fish belly.

It's not how strong Tenerife is, but in the seven days from the 14th to the 21st, Mallorca will play three consecutive games. After the away game against Feyenoord, they will go to Tenerife again. Playing a game at home and then returning to Mallorca to meet Feyenoord's challenge is definitely a big problem for the players' physical strength. How good the players will be in the second game against Feyenoord is yet to be seen.

After careful consideration, Aragones decided that the five absolute main players, Pei Wei, Luke, Nadal, Ibagaza and Campano, would not go to Tenerife with the team, but fly directly back to Mallorca to recuperate. He took the remaining seventeen players to Tenerife.

Therefore, on the day of the game, Pei Wei and others watched the live broadcast with Eto'o in the ward.

The result of the game disappointed them. Most of the main players did not play. The weakened Mallorca was completely unable to deal with the home team's iron barrel in the away game.

Mallorca only scored one point in this round, making them continue to rank fifth, and the gap with the No.4 Deportivo team widened to three points. Tristan's hat-trick made Deportivo win in the away game The victory over Osasuna, and in another important game, Real Madrid and Barcelona drew 1:1, which can be said to be a loser. The gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid is still as much as 10 points. It was in vain again, and Real Madrid's draw allowed second-placed Valencia to catch up to just one point behind them.

On the other hand, the outbreak of Zhu Jun made Sevilla complete a big reversal when they were behind by two goals at home. He first assisted Baptista to score a goal, and then started his personal performance. After taking a corner kick, he stabbed and scored in the chaos in the penalty area, and then dribbled the ball past the opponent's three opponents in a counterattack opportunity, and finally succeeded in facing the goalkeeper with a small angle. He scored twice in the game, which is the first time he has scored two goals in La Liga.

This victory also allowed Sevilla to climb to eighth place and is likely to enter the UEFA Cup next season.

After knowing the news, Pei Wei called Zhu Jun as usual to express his congratulations, and Zhu Jun said: "Your boy is taking a break for this game, you have to fight for your strength in the UEFA Cup and wipe out Feyenoord. If you lose to the team that Little Japan is in, I will not punish you when you come back!"

Pei Wei laughed loudly: "Don't worry, I won't lose to that guy. Besides, we scored two away goals. The chances are great. If I lose to him, I'll run naked from Mallorca to your Seychelles." Vilia!"

"Isn't it?" Zhu Jun was a little dazed: "Boss, you really have a personality, I want to see how you came to our Seville if you lost! Hehe, if you lose, then I will immediately notify the news media and let them come to cover this explosive news!"

Pei Wei said with certainty: "You won't have this chance to see it."

After talking nonsense with Zhu Jun, Pei Wei hung up the phone happily.

But in the pre-match press conference the next day, Pei Wei had a different tone when facing the reporters.

"A two-to-two tie in an away game has a great advantage?" Pei Wei began to speak after hearing a reporter's words that after a draw in an away game and two away goals, he should be able to advance easily at home. : "I don't think so. You know, our opponent PSV Eindhoven, which we eliminated in the last round, also drew with us [-]-[-] at home, and the result? We defeated them in the away game and entered the quarterfinals. This is not an advantage, it's just an opportunity. Whether we can qualify depends on our own strength and performance on the field. The away draw can only mean that we have a certain advantage, not that we will be sure to qualify. Anything can happen on the football field, the opponent is also very strong, we cannot underestimate any opponent, no matter what, we must play our momentum and style to repay the fans who have loyally supported us.”

Aragones next to him can only lament that Pei Wei is a natural news person, and he has only participated in a few press conferences, and his speeches are so sophisticated. What is even more surprising is his confidence and innate The strong appeal of coming, this young man has a bright future.

"In the first game, your performance completely overwhelmed Ono..."

The reporter was interrupted by Pei Wei just after speaking: "I'm sorry, personal statistics will always be ranked second on the football field, even if I score three goals and the team still loses , then I will also feel that my three goals are worthless. We didn’t win the last game, it was just a draw. For me, I would rather I perform worse than Ono and we win.”

"What do you think of the penalty kick in the last game? Many people think that penalty kick doesn't exist at all, what do you think?" The person who asked this question was obviously a Japanese reporter, who might not be taller than others when he stood up You can see it.

The reporters fell silent. Faced with this obviously provocative question, Pei Wei smiled: "Are there many people? I'm sorry, at least I haven't heard anyone say such a thing. I'm not a referee, but referees on the court. He is the final decider. He awarded a penalty, which means he has a reason. Here I want to ask this reporter, if you think there is a problem with that penalty, why don't you ask the referee of UEFA What about the committee? They are all authoritative, and I believe they will give you a satisfactory answer."

The Japanese reporter was tongue-tied and sat down resentfully. There was a burst of warm applause among the Chinese journalists at the scene. Pei Wei looked up and saw that the one who took the lead in applauding the most was Xiao Jun and who else?

Pei Wei smiled slightly, and gave Xiao Jun a grateful look.

Aragones said in time: "Okay, reporters, the time for today's press conference is up, and we still have to go to training, so I bid farewell to everyone, and we will see you after the game."

After saying this, Aragones hurriedly ran out of the press conference with Pei Wei.

"God, fortunately our only opponents in these two games this season are Japanese, otherwise those reporters would have to tear down the center of our press conference."

"Haha, coach, if we made it to the final, I think the Chinese reporters would be more enthusiastic, but the headache at that time should be the headache of the person in charge of the De Cuyp Stadium (the venue for the UEFA Cup final this season)." Pei Wei smiled speak.

"The final? I hope it will be like this."

The second round of the game went unexpectedly smoothly. Just 3 minutes into the game, Pei Wei's sharp pass penetrated Feyenoord's defense. Obviously, the Feyenoord players paid too much attention to him. He ignored the defense of others, so that Ibagaza had no one to take care of him after receiving Pei Wei's through pass. He easily used his own speed to enter the penalty area and faced Zotpier. On his attack, he launched a ground ball, and the ball rolled into the net through the post.

This conceded goal made Feyenoord's players at a loss. They didn't know whether to continue to stare at Pei Wei or strengthen their offense. Just when they were in a panic, Mallorca made a comeback. Pano played a two-for-one cooperation. After throwing away Feyenoord's two defensive midfielders, he decisively took a long shot from the front of the penalty area. Into the net! 2:0!

This goal was only 6 minutes away from the previous goal.

Conceding two goals in the opening 9 minutes, Feyenoord's players seemed to be stunned. It was not until the roar of coach Van Marwijk on the sidelines that they recovered a little bit of morale and started to attack. .

However, Mallorca, with two goals in hand, is full of confidence in defense. The configuration of double central defenders and double defensive midfielders firmly controls the firepower of the opponent's two forwards and two midfielders. Dove, Feyenoord, whose morale has been hit hard, does not yet have the strength to break Mallorca's defense.

Before the end of the first half, Mallorca once again organized a counterattack. After receiving Nino's clearance ball, Ibagaza broke through to the bottom line and made a cross. :3!Mallorca take the lead at home!
At the end of the first half, the fans of Mallorca were all happy and crazy. They actually beat an old European team without temper at home. This situation was unprecedented even in the Mallorca team in the Cooper era. Appeared!
The more than a thousand die-hard Feyenoord fans who came with the team were downcast. At this point, they no longer had much hope for Feyenoord's promotion.

During the intermission, Mallorca's lounge was full of joy. Indeed, this first half can almost be said to be the best first half played by Mallorca since the beginning of the season.

Even Aragones is optimistic that Mallorca's entry to the UEFA Cup semi-finals is a certainty. He didn't give much explanation for the strategy in the second half, but asked the players to concentrate on it. .

So when entering the field after the break, the Mallorca players did not notice the spark of anger in the eyes of the Feyenoord players!

While the Mallorca players were still discussing whether their opponents would be Valencia or Inter Milan in the next round, the Feyenoord team, which knew the shame and was brave, had already launched a powerful attack!
The continuous short pass penetration of the midfielder, after attracting Mallorca's defensive force, Shinji Ono cleverly distributed the ball to the right side, assisting the forward full-back to pass a low ball, Thomasson leaned in Nino, be the first to hit the net with a shovel!

No. 408 minutes, Feyenoord regained a point.

But this conceded goal did not attract the attention of the Mallorca players, after all, there is still a two-goal lead at hand.

But Pei Wei and his offensive players felt the difference between the opponent and the first half of the game. Feyenoord's defenders were like red-eyed bulls, all defending with all their lives!
The game was deadlocked.

The deadlock was broken again in the No. 701 minute. The pincer attack of Baowei and Boswaite forced Pei Wei to pass back, but the ball was intercepted by Warndren, who was on the back, and then drove forward!

Van Hoydenk headed back with great effort, followed by Van Persie and shot a stunning long-range shot without stopping the ball. The ball went straight into the net, and Roa didn't even have time to make a save!
3:2!Feyenoord evened the score by one goal!
The Mallorca fans who were still rejoicing just now fell silent, but the cheers of more than 1000 Feyenoord fans reached the sky!

Losing two goals in a row made Mallorca's players wake up, but their momentum has been completely suppressed by the opponent.

"There's one more! As long as we get one more, we'll be promoted!"

This is all the thoughts of the Feyenoord players!

Mallorca intends to fight back, but the originally evenly matched opponent seems to suddenly become extremely powerful, and the distracted attention is not so easy to concentrate. Mallorca wants to fight back, but they are now unable to fight back.

Pei Wei also felt the change in his opponent. Although it was still difficult for him to take the ball off the opponent, if one failed, there were two, and if two failed, there were three. Pei Wei felt that he had been submerged in the opponent's crowd tactics.

Aragones realized that he had made a mistake. Before the end of the game, he could not lightly say that his team had won. Fortunately, it has not reached the point of no return.

He made a substitution, replacing forward Robert and midfielder Marcos with two full-backs, ready to stick to the end.

The presence of Finidi and Curtis increased Mallorca's defensive power on the wing, and Ibagaza and Campano also returned to the position of the midfielder to help Panovic defend the opponent's two midfielders. Leaving Luke at the front, Pei Wei responded in the middle, and Mallorca set up the iron barrel formation.

Mallorca, having stabilized their mentality, began to defend. Fortunately, the tenacious defensive spirit left over from the Cooper era still retained a lot, and Feyenoord had nothing to do with them for a while.

Feyenoord fans booed everywhere, but Mallorca fans took advantage of the home court, and the loud cheers sounded, suppressing the boos of Feyenoord fans.

With 5 minutes left in the game, Van Persie, after receiving a pass from Baowei, passed Ibagaza and Curtis in a row, broke through to the bottom line, and then suddenly turned and rushed into the penalty area!

"Not good!" Pei Wei, who had returned to the penalty area to help defend, was taken aback. If Van Persie broke into the penalty area, then the team's defense would probably fall into a situation where he lost sight of the other. A flying shovel!
Van Persie was shoveled out of the baseline by him with the ball, the referee sounded a sharp whistle, a free kick!
Pei Wei got up silently. This result was within his expectation. Although the free kick here was better than the corner kick, it was still better than the result of van Persie breaking into the penalty area.

But what he didn't expect was that the referee ran over quickly after blowing the whistle, reached into his pocket, and took out a yellow card in front of his eyes!
yellow card?

for me?
Pei Wei was a little confused for a moment.

I got a yellow card in this game, and I also got a yellow card in the last game when I undressed to celebrate. The UEFA Cup stipulates that those who accumulate two yellow cards are automatically suspended for one game...

and many more!

Automatic suspension?

Doesn't that mean that even if the team enters the next round, he won't be able to play in the next game?
Only then did Pei Wei wake up, and what caught his eyes were a few teammates explaining something to the referee.

Pei Wei weakly pulled back his teammates: "Forget it, I did foul this ball, let's defend this ball and enter the next round!"

Pei Wei was filled with remorse. He didn't regret his action just now. For Van Persie's dangerous breakthrough just now, even if he did it again, he would still shovel it without hesitation.

What he regrets is why he took off his clothes to celebrate after scoring a goal in the last game!

But at that time, after scoring that crucial goal, he really had a pressure to vent in his heart. This impulse forced him to celebrate wildly to relieve his pressure!
It seems that UEFA can only be blamed for setting this unkind rule. No wonder many players would rather take the risk of getting a card and take off their clothes to celebrate.

The Mallorca players were highly concentrated. Van Persie took this free kick, but unfortunately he was too close to the goalkeeper and was caught by Roa.

Roa hugged the ball tightly and waved his arms to let his teammates press on it.

After seeing the Feyenoord players running back, he threw the ball to Nino.

Mallorca's defenders were on their feet, waiting for the end of the game.

Another minute passed, and when the Feyenoord players pressed up, Nadal immediately kicked the ball out.

Although the ball fell to the feet of Feyenoord players, Mallorca's iron barrel formation left Feyenoord with no choice but to rely on long-range shots to threaten Mallorca's goal, and how could Roa let the opponent So easy to score with a long shot!

Finally, after Feyenoord's fourth long-range shot went wide of the goal, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. Mallorca narrowly beat Feyenoord 3:2 at home, winning [-]-[-] in two rounds. The score eliminated the last Dutch team in European competition (Ajax was eliminated from the European competition after finishing fourth in the Champions League group stage) and broke into the semi-finals!

At the same time, the results of other games came out. Inter Milan was tied 1-1 by Valencia at home. In the second minute of the away game, Ventola scored a goal, and then they started a full-time goal. Their defense, their goalkeeper Toldo is like a god, Valencia's more than [-] shots in the audience can't touch Toldo. In the end, Inter Milan relied on the performance of "San Toldo" to narrowly beat their opponents in the away game. Entering the semi-finals, their opponent is Mallorca, who also narrowly defeated and advanced.

The other two qualifying teams are Serie A giants AC Milan and Bundesliga powerhouse Borussia Dortmund.

Originally, Pei Wei was looking forward to the meeting with Inter Milan in the European arena, but the yellow card... What kind of mood is Pei Wei at this time?

(End of this chapter)