football's number one madman

Chapter 167 Pocket Opponent

Work overtime until 8:[-], late, late...
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On December 12, Lee Polo met the long-lost Alan Barnett.

"Looks like you've gotten used to this warm country, buddy!"

Little Barnett warmly gave him a close kiss.

Li Poluo greeted him to sit on the sofa, and poured a cup of black tea:
"Although the process was a bit tortuous, the result is not bad."

Old Barnett has almost handed over all of Lee Polo's business to this son, but this "second generation" has been busy with the operation of local players in England, and rarely makes a special trip to Valencia to visit his players.

During the three weeks when Lee Polo "decentralized" the reserve team to play football, Allen made a few phone calls to comfort and encourage him, and also said that he could make representations to the club, but as Lee Polo quickly conquered Nuno · Santo, gaining a firm foothold in the first team, his follow-up measures will naturally come to nothing.

This time he made a special trip to Valencia to assist Lee Polo in accepting a series of exclusive interviews.

Strike while the iron is hot, and the same is true for building momentum.Taking advantage of the upsurge of Valencia's 4-0 massacre of Barcelona has not yet faded, many authoritative Spanish media also invited Li Polo for an exclusive interview. As an agent, Barnett Jr. must of course check and pack his players.

After screening and comparison, Allen finally accepted the interview application from BBC, Sky Sports and Marca for Lee Polo. The BBC is the most influential TV station in the UK, and Sky Sports is the largest sports TV media in Europe. Marca is the most influential sports newspaper in Spain - and one of the four major football newspapers in Europe.

Allen asked the club for a whole day's vacation for him, and also brought professional media public relations personnel to analyze and study the problems of the three media, and combined with Lee Polo's personality, he gave a reference answer. Feel free to let Lee Polo face the camera.

As a relatively traditional TV organization, the interview with the BBC was a bit of a step-by-step approach, and it focused on digging into the details of Lee Polo's playing in amateur teams.

Their focus is very obvious. There are only a handful of English and even British players who dare to enter the European continent and succeed. At present, Bell is a Welshman who can be named. As a media with a clear stand, the BBC certainly wants to contribute to the country's football career.

[Look, how good the football atmosphere in our British Empire is from top to bottom. Our youth training system and talent mining mechanism can almost guarantee that every talent will not be buried! 】

[After such an interview full of positive energy is released, not only the FA will become more friendly towards the BBC, but even the British government may give some preferential policies! 】

Although Sky Sports and Marca also focused on Lee Polo's debut as an amateur player, they paid more attention to his deeds in Valencia.

They focused their attention on the three powerful dialogues between Valencia vs. Sevilla, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. Through a series of dialogues and game shots, they initially shaped Li Polo's confident and even arrogant character.

At the end of the interview, they did not forget to ask the last sentence:
"What are your expectations for this season?"

Lee Polo was not at all polite:

"I am eager to win the championship. I won four Wimbledon titles last season. I may not be able to achieve this goal this season, but I am not happy to see myself go away empty-handed!"

Facing the camera, he showed his trademark sharp smile:

"When I was in England, I often heard that the current Spanish football is a three-horse hegemony. Now... I don't mind if it becomes a four-nation war here!"
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While the major media were still editing the interview, on December 12th, Lee Polo had already arrived at the northwestern border of Spain with the team.

The opponent in the 15th round of the league is the club with the youngest qualifications and the poorest finances in La Liga, Eibar.

As the champions of La Liga in the 2013-14 season, they were promoted to La Liga for the first time in 2014, but before their fans were happy, bad news came: the club needs to pay a deposit of 170 million euros to the Spanish Football Association to get La Liga qualification!
170 million euros is just the salary of Ronaldo and Messi for one month. It is indeed a huge sum of money for this "pocket" club-you know, the entire Eibar has a population of only 2.7!
Desperate, they could only send countless public distress letters to the world, and finally they finally gathered enough funds before the start of the new season.It is worth mentioning that Chinese fans have pledged a total of more than 19 euros in shares, becoming the second largest overseas shareholder group of the Eibar Club.

The Eibar Club, which successfully played in La Liga, also reciprocated. After the start of the new season, he made a special trip to China and accepted exclusive interviews with Hupu Sports and CCTV. His speech was full of gratitude-of course he must also want to win point sponsorship...

In addition to a short history, Eibar's youth training is also well-known. Superstars such as Harvey Alonso and David Silva have played for this team, and they are also one of the few signs of the team. figure.

Their stadium can only accommodate 5250 spectators, which is 400 more seats than Wimbledon's home court, which shows how embarrassing they are...

In the first season of promotion to La Liga, they ended up in the bottom three due to insufficient financial resources and should have been relegated.However, Elche, ranked 13th, was relegated by the Spanish Football Federation due to financial problems such as arrears of wages. Ebar was very lucky to keep his seat in La Liga.

Maybe it's because they survived a catastrophe that they will be blessed. This season, they have exploded with strong energy. As of the 14th round, they are ranked 9th in the standings!
You know, Sevilla, who played inextricably with Valencia, is only ranked 10th!
Such a result undoubtedly made Ebar's team more confident. They also put up an offensive formation without showing weakness when facing the leader of the standings, Valencia.
Amidst the cheers of [-] fans, they took the initiative to attack and caught Valencia by surprise!
Ebar even broke the deadlock first, giving the visiting team who was still obsessed with slaughtering Barcelona a blow!
During the intermission, Nuno Santo had a rare rage, and was obviously very dissatisfied with everyone's state, including Li Polo!

Because the goal was missed from under his nose!

For the head coach's criticism, Lee Polo rarely has any objections.

According to his current defensive awareness and ability, even if he didn't use [Hawkeye], he shouldn't let the opponent get a chance to shoot so easily!

After massacring Barcelona and becoming famous in the first battle, he did slack off.

Then he washed his face with icy cold water, so that every cell of himself was completely awake!

After only 8 minutes in the second half, Andre Gomez equalized the score with a world wave! 1:1!

The rest of the time was well into Valencia's half-time show.

In the 65th minute, Nuno replaced Paco, who was underperforming, and made Li Polo the striker again.

Lee Polo lived up to the trust of the head coach, and he perfectly played the role of a fulcrum.

First, Piatti, who came off the bench with an assist in the 72nd minute, overtook the score, and then 10 minutes later, he responded to DePaul's frontcourt free kick and scored with his own header!
3: 1!

Valencia, who drove low and went high, told Elva with the score:

As long as you play normally, you may be even stronger than Barcelona!
(End of this chapter)