green star

Chapter 435 Pseudo-strong team England
The entire Old Trafford stadium has completely boiled.

In the live broadcast of the Old Trafford Stadium, the DJs on the scene are also working hard to exaggerate the atmosphere. They are shouting: "Long live! We are the champions! Long live! Manchester United!!"

The fans also shouted along with him, so imposing.Queen's "We Are the Champions" played in the background.

After the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the Leeds United players began to leave the field. Old Trafford Stadium will become a stage for Manchester United to celebrate. They don't want to watch Manchester United celebrate.

That's not a good feeling, Leeds United and Manchester United are sworn enemies!Everyone understands.

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Li Rui still walked to the sidelines and hugged Leeds United coach Eddie Gray. He was grateful to this "rogue coach" from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for Eddie Gray's trust in Li Rui, although Li Rui might have succeeded , However, will not become such an influential star so soon.

In addition, Leeds United assistant coach Gustavo Poyet helped Li Rui a lot to play in Europe, and he was also Li Rui's benefactor.

After all Leeds United left the field, the somewhat disreputable gentleman from the English Football Association began to prepare to award the league championship trophy to Manchester United.

Although this is Li Rui's second league championship trophy in his career, Li Rui is still very excited. The hard work of a season has paid off, and the sweat is not in vain. Just for this moment, it is worth it!
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When Manchester United captain Gary Neville held up the 2006-2007 season Premier League championship trophy, fireworks flew, cheers were like thunder, and the whole stadium fell into a carnival.

Afterwards, Li Rui and his teammates wore the red team flag of Manchester United, sang and danced and ran around the stadium, expressing their joy of winning the championship and receiving the cheers of the fans.

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The 2006-2007 season of the English Premier League has come to an end. Manchester United won the championship with a 3-point advantage and successfully defended the title. Chelsea was runner-up for two consecutive seasons. Arsenal won No.3, and Liverpool only confirmed No.4 in the last round. Qualified for next season's European Champions Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur finally won No.5. He will participate in the UEFA Cup next season with No.6 Leeds United. Competitor Bolton conceded a goal and lost points at the last moment. In the end, Leeds United was lucky to keep the No.1 position and enter the UEFA Cup next season.

After the final game, most teams disbanded and went on holiday. 2007 was a good year for players playing in the European League. It was neither a World Cup year nor a European Cup year, because there was no In the international competition, their bodies and minds, which have been exhausted for a season, can finally relax completely.
Especially for players from the Premier League, even if they are not rich teams, they have to fight in the league, FA Cup and League Cup, not to mention playing in the fourth line. Therefore, this summer is definitely a good time to rest.

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However, the players of Chelsea and Manchester United are not allowed to take a holiday yet. They still have an FA Cup final and a Champions League final to play. Although they cannot rest, no one complains.

The league title, FA Cup title, and Champions League title, these three trophies were all produced in the duel between Manchester United and Chelsea. The English media also seemed very excited. The London media rarely sang praises for Chelsea, thinking that Chelsea will replace Arsenal, Manchester United's new opponent and sworn enemy.I believe that this must be what the Russian boss of Chelsea wants to see the most, and it also strengthens Abramovich's determination to let Chelsea beat Manchester United to win the Champions League. He knows that this is the most recognized, accepted and respected by the English football world. good chance.

Of course, it is not known whether Arsenal coach Wenger is unhappy.After all, in the past, when mentioning the giants in London, the first thing that popped up in people's minds was Arsenal, the arsenal. Now, with the rise of Chelsea, there will still be a lot of pressure on Arsenal.

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Now, the whole of England, no, it should be said that the whole of Europe is talking about Manchester United and Chelsea, talking about the upcoming European Cup final.However, for the two teams, before that, they have another game, and that is the FA Cup game! !

In recent years, due to the renovation of Wembley Stadium, the FA Cup matches have been played at the Millennium Stadium. Now, Wembley Stadium has been renovated, and this year's FA Cup matches will also be played again Back to Wembley Stadium, back to the football temple in the heart of the Englishman, maybe it is precisely because this final is the first game of the FA Cup return to Wembley Stadium, even Gary Neville and Stanley in the Manchester United team A veteran like Coles is excited.

Li Rui is not from England, or he is not from England, so he cannot understand the special feelings of the British for Wembley Stadium. However, this does not hinder Li Rui's desire and pursuit of the championship.

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"Honey, that matter, I want to stop for a while." After dinner, Li Rui said suddenly when he was chatting with Jessica, who had a big belly.

"Which thing?" Jessica asked, she was completely immersed in the joy of being a mother now, and some of the usual work was completely handed over to her manager Ma Ke. She thought Li Rui was talking about work things.

"It's the matter of becoming an English citizen. Let's stop and wait for a while, okay?"

Jessica looked at her husband suspiciously. She thought that Li Rui was about to change her mind. Li Rui shook his head and said it was not what she thought. After a long silence, Li Rui said, "I hope to stand in the final of the Champions Cup. When I was on the court, I was still a pure Chinese."

"Oh, dear, I don't quite understand. Even if you change your nationality, you are still Chinese, and your bloodline cannot be changed." Jessica knew that her husband had suffered a lot of criticism at home, which made the West Thinking of her is difficult to understand.

"No, honey, you don't understand. Yes, blood can't be changed, but some things will change." Li Rui lowered his head and kissed his wife's forehead lightly, and at the same time, a bitterness welled up. heart.

"Okay, let's do as you say." Although Jessica couldn't understand this kind of oriental thinking, she still respected Li Rui's decision on such issues.

"Thank you dear."

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"Hey hey, Wayne—"

"Hey--Michael--don't run away."

In the past two days, Li Rui has become the one that his teammates can't hide from. When everyone sees him, they find an excuse to avoid him before he can speak. The little fat man's excuse is the most outrageous. There are always some days in a month that are uncomfortable.

Li Rui looked at the teammates who ran away bitterly, these guys are too stingy, isn't it just a few tickets?As for being so scared.

How many tickets are there?

If everyone heard Li Rui complaining like this, they would probably hang him up and beat him up. You know, the whole team has already been scooped up by Li Rui with various excuses for no less than [-] tickets to the Champions League final in Athens. .

To know the tickets for the Champions League final, Manchester United players were allotted 5 tickets, and Li Rui basically got 2 tickets from each of them.

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Of course, Li Rui is not a scalper. He collects tickets to invite relatives and friends to watch the game. He knows that it is not easy to travel abroad from China, and the cost is not low, so Li Rui pays for it by himself.

Including round-trip air tickets, accommodation in Athens, meals, and even travel expenses, in short, Li Rui plans to pay for all expenses by himself.

He did this not to show off, but to let everyone come to watch the game live and share his joy.

Not only the relatives and friends in China, but also the friends from the time in Frankfurt, including Rolf Domen, the interim head coach of Frankfurt in the 2003-2004 season, who made Li Rui appear in the Bundesliga. Take care of your big brother, Brazilian defender Henin Christian Maicon Chris.

When Li Rui was a rookie, Chris helped Li Rui a lot. Until now, Li Rui has not forgotten the help of the Brazilian big brother.

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Chris, who has already transferred from Frankfurt to Club Cologne, called Li Rui and thanked him for sending the tickets to the Champions League final.

And Rolf Domen also happily sent an email to Li Rui, saying that he will definitely go to Athens to watch the game. Rolf Domen, who is now the manager of the Hamburg team, has always been Li Rui's number one choice for himself. The head coach is very happy. Seeing that Li Rui is now a superstar player of a wealthy club, Rolf Domen also feels honored. He can't forget that he brought this big Chinese boy to Frankfurt to change clothes. When Li Rui was in the office, Li Rui looked nervous. A few years later, the young boy at the time was already a top star, and he was about to appear on the stage of the Champions Cup final, which also made Rolf. The door sighed.

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"Teacher Qiu, can you get us a signed poster of Li Rui?"

"Teacher Qiu, last time my dad went to Shanghai for a meeting, he bought me an authentic Manchester United No. 10 jersey. Li Rui is back in the summer, can you ask him to sign it?"

"You said, in the Champions League final, can Manchester United beat Chelsea?"

"It goes without saying that with Li Rui here, Manchester United will definitely win."

"I'm a Chelsea fan. What I hope is that Chelsea win the championship and Li Rui scores a goal."

This is after the school team of Longcheng Middle School finished training, a group of students wandered around the head coach of the school team, Qiu Zuolin, never leaving Li Rui and the upcoming Champions Cup final in Athens a week later.

Although Qiu Zuolin was still angry in his heart about Li Rui wanting to join England as a nationality, Qiu Zuolin couldn't hide his joy when he heard the admiration and pride for Li Rui from these children. This was cultivated by him. Yes, even in his dreams, Qiu Zuolin never thought that he would cultivate a world-class star.

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After Li Rui became famous, Qiu Zuolin also became famous. According to domestic media reports, Qiu Zuolin was Li Rui's first teacher, and after the fact that Qiu Zuolin cultivated Li Rui's solid basic skills was exposed, Qiu Zuolin has also been famous all the time. Noisy.

Some professional football schools also want to lure him with a high salary, and some schools even offer an annual salary of one million yuan. This is not because football schools are rich and stupid. It's not the usual loudness. They don't have to worry about their solidarity if they name it. The fee can even go up to a big level. It will definitely not lose money. On the contrary, it will make a lot of money.

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There was even a rich man who offered 200 RMB a year to play, and asked Qiu Zuolin to personally teach the rich man’s football-loving son. When the rich man spoke, he was quite awesome. To raise my son to Li Rui's level, the 200 million is just little Cass. '

Qiu Zuolin almost kicked the football into the rich man's face at that time, he held back, and scared the rich man and his precious son away with just one sentence, "If your son can guarantee ten years of uninterrupted Yes, train every day, run at least 3 kilometers in the morning, I promise you."

Rich looked at Qiu Zuolin with a strange look, "Ala, please help my son become a star player, not suffer. Do you like to teach or not? Well, Ala understands. Goodbye, goodbye."

For this awesome guy, Qiu Zuolin was really speechless. Everyone has seen Li Rui's fame after his success, as well as his huge salary and advertising revenue, but who knows how much Li Rui paid!
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Seeing that it was getting late, Qiu Zuolin disbanded the school team, and he returned home by himself. His wife Lin Hanzhen was cooking dinner. Qiu Zuolin greeted him and went into the study by himself.

The most eye-catching thing is the row of trophies on the bookcase, and there is a big photo there. This is a group photo, and you can see a group of big boys kissing the trophies with happy and sunny smiles. Qiu Zuolin is standing on the side and almost smiles crookedly. Mouth, this is a photo taken when Li Rui's school team won the National Middle School Football Championship.

Li Rui in the photo has a youthful face, and his body is much thinner than now.

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At this moment, the doorbell rang. Lin Han, who was making dinner, was busy and had no time, so he called, "Old Qiu, go and open the door. See who's here?"

"Understood, let's go." Qiu Zuolin responded, put the photo away, walked to the yard, and opened the door.

It was Lao Min, the postman of the post office. He and Qiu Zuolin were old friends. He greeted Qiu Zuolin with a smile, "Old Qiu, your express mail came from abroad."

"Overseas?" Qiu Zuolin asked.

"That's right." Lao Min looked at the express mail in his hand, "It's from Manchester, no need to guess, it's from your big star student, Lao Qiu, you're so lucky, this student is amazing, Did I send you something nice?"

"Can there be something good, that kid is very lazy, and he won't call for two or three months." Qiu Zuolin took Lao Min's carbon fountain pen and said with a smile while signing to receive the express, but he was actually quite proud in his heart.

Lao Min chatted with Qiu Zuolin for a while, refused Qiu Zuolin to stay after dinner, and then left.

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"Who is it?" Lin Han asked in the kitchen.

"Old Min, the courier, you can do your work, hurry up, I'm hungry."

"It'll be fine if you're hungry."

Qiu Zuolin didn't say that it was the express mail from Li Rui. If he had said so, Lin Han would probably turn off the gas, throw the half-cooked vegetables in the pot and run to see what they were. As for Li Rui, Qiu Zuolin knew what he was doing. His wife felt as pained as Li Rui was his own son.

Qiu Zuolin unpacked the outer package, and a red envelope appeared in front of his eyes. It was written in English, which Qiu Zuolin didn't know. However, on the back of the envelope, Qiu Zuolin saw a sentence in Chinese. Without looking at it, he knew it was written by Li Rui. It says, 'Champions Cup Final Ticket'.

"This kid, why do you think I don't know English?" Qiu Zuolin said. In fact, he really doesn't know English. He speaks English well, but he can't write. He can speak English because Qiu Zuolin played football back then. At that time, there were foreign aids in the team, and those who learned from foreign aid belonged to Ye Luzi, who could only speak, but did not know the English alphabet. In the words of his wife Lin Han, it is estimated that he could not recognize all 26 letters.

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Opening the envelope, he took out two beautifully crafted tickets. Qiu Zuolin already knew that these were tickets for the Champions Cup final.His hands were trembling slightly. Once upon a time, he would have thought that he could go to the scene to watch the final of the Champions Cup, but now, what he held in his hand was the ticket for the final of the Champions Cup. This was not a dream.Moreover, his students are in a team that is about to compete for the highest honor in European football, and they are the core of the team's offense.

There is a very eye-catching five-star logo of the Champions League on the ticket. Qiu Zuolin touched the five-star logo. Even if he does not know English, the logo of the Champions League is no stranger to Qiu Zuolin, but any fan is familiar with this logo.

Champions League final...

Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard, Platini, Raul, Zidane, where great names shine.

Of course Qiu Zuolin understood what Li Rui meant by sending the tickets. Of course, he was invited to watch the game, and there were two tickets. Needless to say, the other one was for his wife. This was actually to invite the old couple to go on a trip together. up.

However, Qiu Zuolin was a little hesitant. He had a big fight with Li Rui last time because he was preparing to apply for a British passport. Now the master and apprentice have not 'reconciled'. It is not really a quarrel, mainly Qiu Zuolin Supporting Li Rui's decision, Li Rui explained a few words, but it was useless. Later, Qiu Zuolin also said a few heavy words, which made Li Rui unacceptable. Li Rui could not care about domestic criticism, but his enlightenment coach also Having said that, Li Rui couldn't take it anymore, so he found an excuse and hung up the phone.

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"Old Qiu, what is the express mail?" Lin Han in the kitchen had already prepared dinner, and even if he came out to eat after calling Qiu Zuolin, Qiu Zuolin was so absorbed in thinking that he didn't hear it, so Lin Han came in to have a look, and saw that his wife was holding a bag What kind of card is in a daze.

"Ah, yes—it was sent by Xiao Rui—" Qiu Zuolin hadn't said the 'match ticket' before his wife took the ticket, and he knew that as long as he heard that it was sent by Li Rui Stuff, my wife is like that.

Lin Han looked at the ticket, she is a teacher, her English is not bad, she can still understand the few words of the Champions Cup final ticket, then she looked at the envelope and saw the words written by Li Rui on the back, knowing that this is Li Rui The tickets for the important game that she was about to attend, and seeing her wife's expression, Lin Han understood, she knew that his wife was hesitating whether to watch the game, Lin Han was very clear about Qiu Zuolin's thoughts, but she didn't I don't care, so many people in China are screaming to immigrate. Among other things, Lin Han knows that the son and daughter of Director Wen of the Municipal Education Bureau have already immigrated to the United States. Others can, why can't Xiao Rui?One did not steal and the other did not rob. If he became a British citizen, he would not be called Li Rui anymore?Or do you not admit that you, Qiu Zuolin, are his teacher?
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I heard that Qiu Zuolin had quarreled with Li Rui some time ago because of this matter, and Lin Han didn't give his wife a good face for several days.

"Are you planning to hide the tickets and not tell me?" Lin Han said with a straight face.

"No-no-how can it be." Although Qiu Zuolin is not a strict wife, but if Lin Han gets angry, Qiu Zuolin will still be a little scared.

"Okay, then it's decided. Go to Athens to watch the game. If you don't go, I will go by myself. Xiao Rui knows that he is filial to his wife and invites me to travel. Why don't you let me go?" Lin Han collected the two tickets OK, "Eat!"

Qiu Zuolin smiled wryly, you go by yourself?Have you ever been abroad?You are a Lu Chi, why don't you have me to accompany you.

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After dinner, Qiu Zuolin sat in the study smoking a cigarette, looking at the red envelope on the desk, the tickets in the envelope had naturally been put away by Lin Han.

Of course Qiu Zuolin knew that the national football team was hopeless, but he stubbornly believed that it was wrong for Li Rui to join the nationality of another country, so he quarreled.

Seeing that there seemed to be something else in the envelope, Qiu Zuolin shook his head while holding the envelope upside down. A piece of post-it note fell on the ground. Qiu Zuolin picked it up to look, and it read——

"Teacher, at the time of this game, I was still of Chinese nationality."

Qiu Zuolin was stunned, he realized the pain when the cigarette in his hand burned his fingers, he could feel a lot of helplessness and pain from his student's words—maybe, he was really like what his wife said, Didn't consider Xiaorui's feelings and future.

At this time, the phone in the living room rang, Lin Han answered the phone, and shouted, "Old Qiu, phone, Xiao Rui's father, he asked when you will go to apply for a visa together."

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At this time, in England, all the media are frantically reporting on the upcoming FA Cup final two days later. Although there is still a Champions Cup final, isn't the FA Cup final going to be played first?Besides, the English people have deep feelings for the FA Cup, which is different from the tasteless mentality of the Italians for the Coppa Italia and the Spaniards for the Copa del Rey. The FA Cup has a century-old history The England team still attaches great importance to the competition.

Moreover, this year's FA Cup final returned to Wembley Stadium after a lapse of 4 years, and the media was even more excited about it. For England fans, this stadium has accumulated too much emotion. Even when Owen represented Liverpool at Wembley Stadium, he was frank in an interview. The night before coming to Wembley Stadium, he was so excited that he almost lost sleep. His biggest dream when he was a child was Playing a game at Wembley, it doesn't even matter if you score or not.Being able to make Owen say such things shows how important Wembley Stadium is to English football.

Therefore, the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United is even more eye-catching.

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In addition, in the competition for the league title, Manchester United has already defeated Chelsea. Can the Red Devils make persistent efforts to advance towards the Triple Crown, or will Chelsea defeat Manchester United, win a championship, and regain one point in the competition for the three championships? Everyone will wait and see.

This also directly stimulated the interest of the media. Countless reporters flocked to the training grounds of the two teams, hoping to get the latest reports.

However, the reporters who went to the Carrington training base hit a snag, because Ferguson had announced that the Manchester United team would conduct closed training, and any media and reporters could only be allowed to interview when they were open for interviews.

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"It's not fair, we have freedom of speech." A reporter complained and shouted.

"You're welcome, we haven't banned you from speaking, and you haven't lost your freedom of speech." Ferguson retorted sharply.

"We have the right to interview." The reporter corrected himself.

"Sorry, but due to the needs of the team, I think my players need to enjoy the right to refuse interviews at this time."

After hearing Ferguson's blunt words, the reporters were completely desperate. They bickered with this old Scottish man, but they might not have any upper hand. Besides, if Ferguson was annoyed, the time for public interviews would be greatly reduced. It's better not to Rage the old guy.

This was a quick consensus among journalists.

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Coincidentally, the reporters who rushed to interview Chelsea's training also hit a snag, because, I don't know if it was a "twinkle heart", Mourinho chose the same approach as Ferguson, and Chelsea also conducted closed training.

Now, the two head coaches adopted closed training at the same time, which almost broke the elites of Fleet Street.

Naturally, Ferguson and Mourinho were not interested in caring about the grievances of the reporters. Besides, they would not pay attention to the fact that the reporters went to drink the Northwest Wind.

Now Ferguson and Mourinho have chosen closed training at the same time, because the media's attention and interference to the upcoming game has reached the point where it affects the normal training of the team. The two head coaches are also very decisive. Closed training has been implemented, so that the players can avoid the harassment of those annoying media as much as possible.

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On May 2007, 5, the FA Cup final match day between Manchester United and Chelsea.

The Manchester United bus was about to leave. Li Rui noticed that even Rooney, the chubby guy who was usually the most active in the team, had a dignified expression on his face. The dignifiedness might be a little too much, but to be precise, it should be excited, very excited.

Li Rui also learned that his teammates, especially the English players, attached great importance to Wembley Stadium, but he did not expect that the "heartless" fat man would be so serious about it.

Wembley Stadium is the holy land of English football. Every boy in England has always had a 'Wembley dream' since he was a child!
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For every teenager in England with a football dream, there is a dream from the first day they come into contact with football, and that dream is——
Play a game at Wembley Stadium! !
The original name of this stadium was "Empire Stadium", and the "Empire on which the sun never sets" was used to name the newly built stadium at that time, which shows the status of this stadium in the hearts of the English people.

Although, later, the name became Wembley Stadium, but the English people's admiration and love for this stadium is growing day by day! !

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"Who is that person?" Li Rui asked, pointing out the car window.

Rooney followed the direction of Li Rui's finger, and then looked at Li Rui with 'disdain', "That's Bobby Moore, you don't even know Bobby Moore, do you?"

Li Rui shook his head, he really didn't know.

Seeing Li Rui shaking his head, Rooney patted his head exaggeratedly, saying that he was the champion captain of the England team when they won the World Cup in 1966, when the final was held at Wembley Stadium.

Immediately afterwards, the little fat man began to educate Li Rui on literacy as if he were a dedicated tour guide.Talk about how the England team won the World Cup trophy 41 years ago.

Li Rui looked out of the window. It should be outside the main entrance of Wembley Stadium. The statue of Bobby Moore, the captain of the England national team, seems to be showing off to people. They won the World Cup in 1966. The glory of the champion.

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cut! !

Li Rui suddenly felt that England was a "European giant". This World Cup champion is really not convincing. Even the winning goal, whether it has crossed the goal line until now, is still an unsolved case.

England, it's really a pseudo-strong team, do you need your own help from outside?Li Rui suddenly thought evilly.

(End of this chapter)