Football giants

Chapter 351 I ate the ball!

"Roman!"

Darya Zhukova walked into the living room and came to Abramovich who was sitting on the sofa watching TV.

"Why don't you go to eat?" She sat down next to Abramovich and asked with a smile.

Abramovich laughed, "Don't worry, let's talk after watching the game!"

"Hee hee, let me see you, when did you become so fascinated by watching a football game, you don't even need to eat!"

"That's natural!" Abramovich laughed.

"Yesterday when Chelsea lost the game, the reporters attacked us with all their means, and even said they were pinning their hopes on Manchester United and Manchester City. As a result, you see, Manchester City is now wilting?"

After speaking, the Russian burst out laughing.

Darya Zhukova shook her head and smiled wryly, what does the loss have to do with you?
"Hey, three to two, didn't Manchester City win?"

"You don't understand that, do you?" Abramovich pointed at the TV with a smile.

"It was a two-legged game. In the first leg, Manchester City lost [-]-[-] away. Now it is [-]-[-]."

"Even so, the total score is three to three." Zhukova still didn't understand.

"Sporting Lisbon has two away goals, counting half goals, so now it is [-] to [-], unless Manchester City scores another goal, otherwise, they will lose!"

Zhukova listened, still not very clear, but didn't ask any more questions.

Just then, the game ended.

The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

At this time, BBC ace commentator John Mortensen expressed his regret for Manchester City's tragic elimination.

"We just got news from another stadium. In Bilbao, Spain, although Manchester United chased a ball, they finally lost to Athletic Bilbao away with a score of [-] to [-]."

"In the two rounds, Manchester United lost [-]-[-] and were eliminated!"

"As a result, Manchester United and Manchester City, which everyone had placed high hopes on, failed to reverse the situation in the end, and both left the Europa League. In addition, Chelsea and Arsenal were eliminated from the Champions League, Birmingham, Fulham and other teams were eliminated from the Europa League. The Premier League teams were wiped out in the European competition!"

John Mortensen pronounced the regrettable news in a tone full of sadness.

It is not that the Premier League has never been completely wiped out, but it has been a long time since it has been like this. It has just entered March, and the teams in the Premier League have missed the European arena.

too early!
"However, we still have one hope, and that is Southampton from the Championship!"

"After the live broadcast of this game is over, our BBC TV Channel [-] will continue to broadcast the next Europa League match. Southampton will challenge the bat team Valencia away!"

"This is the last hope for the whole of English football!"

"It's ironic that the hope that even the Premier League team could not achieve has now fallen on a Championship team."

"But no matter what, we all hope that Southampton can represent English football and continue to extend this hope. At the very least, I hope they can win back even a little bit of dignity for English football and the league!"

With the end of John Mortensen's voice, the live broadcast of this game also came to an end, and the commercial time began.

But the subtitles came out, and the next Southampton game was broadcast 5 minutes later.

"Huh, Southampton?"

Abramovich sneered and shook his head.

"Manchester United and Manchester City have lost, can Southampton win?"

Among the three games, Valencia's strength is the strongest, and Southampton's situation is the worst.

The Manchester duo have lost like this, it's no wonder Southampton can win!
"If Southampton can beat Valencia away to advance, I will eat football for dinner later!"

Abramovich stood up, pointed at the TV, and shouted fiercely.

He just doesn't believe in this evil!
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"Welcome, Mr. Yang Huan, welcome to the Mestalla Stadium!"

In the chairman's stand of Valencia's Mestalla Stadium, the chairman of Valencia, Manuel Llorente, stretched out his hand towards Yang Huan from a distance, and greeted him, looking very hospitable.

He led the team to Southampton before, and with a score of [-] to [-] from St. Mary's Stadium, it can be said that he retreated unscathed.

"Thank you, Mr. Llorente!"

Yang Huan also stretched out his hand and held it together with him.

"Hello, beautiful Miss Zhuang!" Manuel Llorente also shook hands with Zhuang Ziqing who accompanied Yang Huan to the away game.

The chairman of Valencia is similar to the style of the Bat Corps in La Liga, and he is a bit out of place.

He is taller, with a square head and round face, Mediterranean, slightly fat, but the whole person feels like a ruthless character.

"Mr. Yang Huan, last time you went to St. Mary's Stadium, you caused us a lot of trouble, but this time, in our Mestalla Stadium, don't expect you saints to be able to escape unscathed!"

Manuel Llorente said with a smile.

He seemed to be joking, but he was actually provocative.

Yang Huan smiled faintly, "Mr. Llorente, we are not going to retreat until we kill you Valencia!"

Llorente curled his lips and said with a smile: "That depends on whether you have the ability!"

Yang Huan smiled and said nothing more.

Glancing at the stands of the stadium, the Southampton fans were arranged to go to the more fringe corners, but there were a lot of them.

The Mestalla Stadium has a total of more than 5 seats, and Southampton fans occupy about one-third.

And the Saints fans are all wearing the jerseys of the new season, which looks very overall.

"Mr. Yang Huan, you Southampton have always advocated offensive football, this time it should be the same?"

"Of course!" Yang Huan nodded without hesitation, "We only play one kind of football in Southampton, and that is offensive football!"

After hearing this, Manuel Llorente laughed, as if this was good news for him.

"I like you, and I like your football, but tonight, we must play until you can't attack!"

Yang Huan also laughed, "Then we have to see if your Valencias have such abilities!"

"Okay, let's see!"

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When Yang Huan and Manuel Llorente faced each other in the stands, in the media area, Charlene Lahiri sat in front of the microphone, took a deep breath, and then exhaled heavily.

This is the first time for her to sit in the position of commentator. Now her mind is in a mess, and she doesn't know what to say at all. When those emergencies occur during the game, what should I say?
Roger Moses called her again just now and told her to speak casually without any scruples or pressure, and to say whatever comes to mind.

This must be comforting her!
If the commentator can say whatever he wants, wouldn't anyone be able to do it?
Charlene Lahiri closed her eyes and adjusted her emotions.

"Charlene, the players are about to play, get ready!"

Not far away, a staff member was reminding him, and then he raised his hand and started counting the seconds.

Three...two...one!

Die or die, anyway, just once!
Charlene Lahiri opened her eyes, took a deep breath, and approached the microphone.

"Audience friends, hello everyone, I'm Charlene Lahiri, I'm at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain, and I'll give you a live commentary for Southampton's away game against Valencia!"

"There are still a few minutes before the start of the game. We can see that players from both sides have already appeared in the player tunnel and are ready to play!"

"I also got the starting list of both sides here."

"Southampton's starting lineup has been adjusted a bit. The goalkeeper is Neuer. The defense is David Alaba, Gary Cahill, Varane and Carvajal. The three players in the midfield have not changed. They are still Strowman, Toni. Kroos and Vidal, while the front trident is Neymar, Ibrahimovic and James Rodriguez!"

"Except for Southampton's main central defender Harvey Martinez who was suspended due to a red card, the rest of the positions are also playing as their main players. Bielsa also said before the game that Southampton will definitely try to win the opponent away!"

"Before the game, there was still some controversy about Southampton's starting lineup, mainly focusing on the team's away game, whether to attack or defend!"

"Judging from the starting lineup, Bielsa chose Toni Kroos instead of Matic. It can be seen that although Southampton is playing away, they still adopt an offensive football strategy. This is also Southampton's consistent style!"

"Let's hope that Southampton can give us a feast of attacking football and progress to the next round!"

Just as Charlene Lahiri was explaining Southampton's starting lineup, a burst of cheers was heard.

Under the leadership of the referee, the players of the two teams walked out of the court slowly.

"We saw that players from both sides entered the field!"

"I don't know if you have heard it, but I was at the scene, but I heard the thunderous drums and cheers made by the Southampton fans, which completely overwhelmed the Valencia fans!"

"As I said just now, this is the best European result in Southampton's more than 100-year history, so Saints fans are very, very satisfied, but they also hope that the team can do a lot and make a difference!"

"More than 1 Saints fans came to the away game, which shows the support of Saints fans for Southampton!

The players of the two teams quickly went through the cutscenes such as taking photos, shaking hands and guessing sides, and returned to their own half to wait for the kick-off.

"Just now, both Manchester United and Manchester City were knocked out of the Europa League."

"Now in the two major European competitions of the Champions League and the Europa League, Southampton is the only remaining English team."

"Let's pray for Southampton together!"

As soon as Charlene Lahiri finished speaking, the referee immediately blew the whistle to start the game.

As soon as the whistle sounded, Southampton gave Neymar the kick-off from Ibrahimovic.

The Brazilian immediately passed the ball back and rushed forward quickly.

The ball fell to the feet of Toni Kroos. After an adjustment, it was assigned to the right, and Carvajal advanced.

Southampton immediately launched a wave of rapid offensive.

"Southampton aggressively attacked after the start, but Valencia also refused to concede an inch!"

"Stroman moved wide, beautiful, James Rodriguez got the ball on the right, facing Mathieu, trying to break through, the ball was intercepted."

"Albelda, a turn and long pass, Valencia's quick counterattack!"

When Charlene Lahiri said this, she was already a little nervous.

"Feguli on the right received the ball, Valencia's counterattack was very fast, and David Alaba was chasing back!"

"Feguli's biography!"

The ball was kicked high from the right, crossed an arc, and fell to the top of the penalty area.

At this time, Southampton's two central defenders Varane and Gary Cahill made a mistake in judgment when they were chasing back.

"Dangerous, leak!"

Charlene Lahiri screamed in surprise.

At this time, Valencia's striker Soldado passed through the defense zone of the two like a ghost and rushed into the penalty area.

Neuer did not expect that the two central defenders would make such a low-level mistake!
He decisively made the action of abandoning the door and attacking immediately.

But it's still too late!
(End of this chapter)