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Chapter 464 A Right Leg Worth 10 Billion Pounds!

Li Rui sat on everyone's shoulders, his right fist was still raised high, he was enjoying this feeling to the fullest, greedily breathing the air on the new Wembley Stadium, and enjoying the crazy cheers from the fans , if possible, he hopes that this moment will be forever...

Beckham didn't come around, he stood aside and looked at Li Rui who was being set up by his teammates. There were tears in the corners of Lao Bei's eyes, he panted heavily, and then sat down on the slippery and muddy turf , regardless of his own image, just sat there looking at Li Rui, the eyes of the two met, and they both smiled... This is the smile of heroes cherishing each other, it is a happy smile!
The smiles of the two were also captured by the camera lens, which has also become an extremely classic shot.

The entire stadium was in a carnival, and all England fans stood up, applauding vigorously.

There are still about 2 minutes of stoppage time. However, the Croatians have no desire to continue to attack after the score is equalized. They have already qualified ahead of time. In this game, they taught the proud Englishman a good lesson. They almost excluded England from the 2008 Euro Cup. If Li Rui hadn't stood up at this time, they would have made England suffer. So, now, for this 3:3 draw, the Croatians can be proud The head accepts!

As for the English?

Now, everyone is still immersed in the joy of the rest of their lives, and they have no intention of continuing to attack.

The stoppage time has not been made up——

"Beep! Beep! Beep—"

"God bless England!! The game is over--" The voice of the commentator was drowned out by louder cheers, and the England fans burst into loud cheers, as if they had won the European championship.

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As soon as the whistle sounded for the end of the game, England players and coaches who were waiting on the sidelines swarmed into the stadium.This feeling of escaping from death is too exciting, but I believe no one is willing to try again.

The Croatian players also lined up to applaud the Croatian fans who came to the away game. The Croatian fans responded with warm applause. Today, the performance of the Croatian players is definitely worthy of the pride of their fans. They made the proud and arrogant English suffer a lot. , Croatia players can be proud to leave the new Wembley Stadium!
The game is over, and the Croatian head coach Bilic seems very calm. In fact, for Croatia, this game is really nothing special. They have already qualified ahead of time, so no matter what the score is, it is acceptable. I am happy to win , was tied at the last moment, and it's no big deal.

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Bilic walked towards McLaren with a smile. After the game, the coaches of the two sides shook hands, which is also inherent etiquette.

McLaren greeted him with a livid face.

Neither of them said a word, and it was not proper to shake hands. They just touched their fingertips and separated immediately.It's not that Bilic is not polite, but that McLaren seems reluctant to shake hands, which is a bit strange. You know, Bilic said good things for McLaren before the game.

Click!
The moment when Bilic and McClaren shook hands, everyone felt incomprehensible. At the last moment, the Croatian coach Bilic, who was equalized by England, was smiling, while the England coach McClaren, who escaped from death, Then his face was livid, and those who didn't know thought England had been eliminated.

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"God, look at his expression, I don't know whether to congratulate England or feel sad for England." A reporter muttered.

"Okay, hurry up to interview, as long as he is the head coach of England for a day, he will be a big shot." The reporter bit the word 'big shot' very hard.

When the two reporters caught up, McLaren was surrounded by reporters.Of course, in fact, the number of reporters around McLaren is not the largest. Most of the reporters rushed to Li Rui. The reporters surrounding McLaren were unable to squeeze in to interview Li Rui and had to retreat. And the next best thing.

"Congratulations to your team for entering Euro 2008. Mr McLaren!"

"Thank you."

"Is there anything you want to say?"

"I never thought that we might miss Euro 2008. Croatia played very well in today's game. Of course, we got the right to qualify in the end. This is a wonderful game." McLaren said. So far, the performance of the England coach is not bad.

"Can you talk about Li Rui's goal? It seems that you don't agree with him taking the free kick."

When the reporter asked this question, McLaren's face immediately changed. His change of face immediately became the favorite of photographers. I believe that in tomorrow's newspapers, apart from the headlines about England qualifying, Mr. McLaren The face will also arouse the interest of many people.

"The team had arrangements before the game. David was the team's free throw shooter after he came on the field. Of course, the important thing is that we equalized the score." McLaren said with a dry laugh.

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The reporter wanted to ask questions, but McLaren avoided the interview by saying that he wanted to celebrate with the players.

At this time, the reporters noticed that none of the English players came up to hug McLaren to celebrate the team's qualifying, and even Gerrard, the core of the team hand-picked by McLaren, did not come over.

"He is really a good coach." A reporter sneered.

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David Beckham, with the rest of the players, thanks the England fans in the stands.He is no stranger to this feeling of narrow escape. He had experienced it in the 2002 World Cup qualifier against Greece, and that time, Beckham was the savior of England!

This time, England's savior is Li Rui. Seeing Li Rui surrounded by reporters, Beckham smiled. However, he was not jealous. At this time, only England had the right to qualify. Happiness and joy, that's the most important thing.

Beckham was suddenly hugged behind, it was Rooney.

The voice rang in my ears: "David! We have appeared! Haha.!"

Beckham looked back at the happy little fat man and said, "Ah, that's right. The European Cup, here we come."

The reporters also came over to interview Beckham and Rooney. They wanted to interview every English player. Any word these players said would become a vivid live report in the next day's newspaper.

Rooney also scored England's second goal in today's game. Beckham also performed very actively in the game, especially when Beckham gave up the free kick to Li Rui. What happened in the end, I believe the fans will be very interested.

"It's nothing special. I think Li Rui is more sure of the ball than I am, so I let him take the penalty. I've seen him play and his free kicks are great. That's how it is." This is Beckham Responses to reporters' questions.

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Li Rui was still surrounded by reporters, and these reporters even wanted to take him home in pieces.

"Congratulations on the crucial goal. Lee!"

"Thank you."

"We noticed that you didn't play until 80 minutes into the game. Isn't it too late? It seems that Mr. McLaren didn't intend to send you on the field." A reporter asked slyly.

"No! No!! No!!!" Li Rui said three nos in a row, then he looked at the eager eyes of those reporters looking at him, smiled, and said, "I want to thank the head coach, it is not easy to play You know, I've only played less than 45 minutes for England in total and it's hard to make the decision to play me. Of course, I've always thought that England should be one of the best teams in the world. I'm very happy Can I prove this idea with my actions, playing 10 minutes? I think I should be able to score, and David told me, I can, and the goal was scored!!"

The reporters all looked at Li Rui in surprise. This young man is acting so arrogant at this time. Of course, Li Rui has the right to be so arrogant at this moment, and the fans are also happy to see a player with such character, but, Li Rui Rui made no secret of his cynicism towards the head coach McLaren, which made the reporters a little unexpected. The reporter just wanted to provoke a moment, and even this reporter did not expect Li Rui's response to be so explosive!The journalists at the scene were going to get wet all of a sudden...

Of course, the reporters like to see such an arrogant player. Once he is arrogant, the reporters will be able to play, and the fans will also be happy to watch. It is best for everyone to climax together.

"Can you tell me that David gave you free throws?"

"It's nothing. David told me that the ball is more suitable for me to take the penalty. I could see that he was serious. Then, I stood at the penalty spot and the ball scored. It's that simple." Li Rui didn't know either. His answer is actually similar to what Beckham said to reporters.

"The goal at the last moment saved England. We noticed that some fans in the stands called you the savior of England. What do you think of this title?" A reporter asked, referring to the words shouted by Chinese fans.

"The savior? Do you want to hear the truth? That is, I have to say, this title is so fucking good! Haha!" Li Rui laughed loudly, and he couldn't help but swear, he is having a good time now, he I know that at this time, no matter how arrogant I say, these reporters will treat themselves as Lafayette, and spare no effort to praise themselves, and there will be no bad words. Of course, as long as he behaves a little bit in the future If it is not good, the media will send him into the [-]th level of hell again. This is what the reporters are good at. Since this is the case, Li Rui will not care so much. What he has to do now is to enjoy the compliments, praises and praises from the reporters. Tout, enjoy yourself as 'England's savior', enjoy the thrill.

And, most importantly, Li Rui didn't feel any embarrassment at all. He deserved this honor. He believed that he was indeed the savior of England! !

And at this time, in the stands, a man who hid himself deep in his windbreaker saw the scene of Li Rui being surrounded by reporters, watched from a distance, and presumably laughed at all the compliments from the reporters.The man suddenly laughed, then stood up, turned up his collar, and walked towards the exit of the stadium...

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On November 2007, 11, in London, in the early morning, a thin mist filled the air, and there was a smell of anxiety in the air.

This is, another traffic jam, many cars lined up in a long queue, horns, shouts and police sirens formed a symphony, all this shows that it is normal, a busy day in this bustling metropolis, It started again.

Looking at the traffic ahead that hadn't moved for a long time, someone boredly picked up the "Times" that had been left on the passenger seat, and habitually flipped to the sports page. It was too busy to read in the morning.

Although almost all England fans watched last night's game at the new Wembley Stadium or in front of the TV, this does not prevent people from wanting to read what those guys in the newspaper are saying What, look for the aftertaste of the climax from this typeface...

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Of course, "The Times" did not forget to criticize McLaren. Although his team won the right to qualify for the 2008 European Cup, everyone can see that this game, this rare draw, is really against McLaren. Nothing to do with it, The Times listed McLaren's three major crimes in this race -

90. Put Li Rui on the bench - in fact, if Li Rui starts, England fans will enjoy a wonderful game at the new Wembley Stadium instead of [-] minutes of fear and almost a heart attack...

2. Abandoning Beckham - For this game that cannot be lost, McLaren still did not send Beckham to start.McLaren asked Wright-Phillips to deliver the ball to Crouch, which was confusing.In fact, Beckham's starting lineup was the key to ensuring that the England team did not lose. However, it was not until they were [-] goals behind that McLaren thought of replacing Beckham...

2. Conservative—Where did McLaren come for victory? This is clearly for a draw.After 2-[-], he waved to the players from the sidelines, signaling them to hang back.McLaren's biggest problem is that he shouldn't be England's manager...

Of course, in addition to criticizing McLaren, there are more praises for Li Rui's goal and England's qualifying.

The headline on the front page of The Times read: All England should buy Li Rui a drink! !

The ever-serious "Times" couldn't hide its excitement when the dream of qualifying came true. The column commentator of "The Times" said——

The British have a habit of drinking a drink before the game. When the big guys are watching the game with drunken eyes, when we watch the score of 2:3, I think many people are already desperate. At this time, the boy came on the field .Well, I admit, I also liked this kid before, why?I don't want to say that it's because he is an Asian star, although in fact it is similar, but when Li Rui scored a free kick and brought our England back to life and really entered the European Cup, I want to say, but he Damn it, whoever he is, as long as he can help England qualify, he is the hero of England, I will buy him a drink, and watching the sea of ​​celebrations in the new Wembley Stadium, I think, the whole of England should Invite Li Rui to have a drink.This England team has let us down but, at the moment, I say, forget about the pain and let's revel in the joy.

Not only the "Times", almost all the media in England, the front page is about England coming back to life, lucky to enter the 2008 European Cup, almost all the media are talking about a person's name! !

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"Daily Telegraph": There is no tragedy with Li Rui.

The Daily Telegraph commented thusly—

Before the game, who would have thought that this game would be so difficult, it almost became England's last game in the European Cup in 2008, but in fact, it was only a European Cup qualifier when the score was 2:3 , when the time passed, we almost thought that this game between England and Croatia would be a tragedy for England, just when our hopes were dying like autumn flowers, a savior came, and he was 22 years old One hundred and one day young Li Rui.He's the biggest takeaway from a race that we should actually be disappointed with, and indeed, today's match against Croatia, and so many races before it, would have been enough to get McLaren out of class.Li Rui, who was abandoned by McLaren, became the savior of England, but can this save McLaren?

"Mirror": "Mr Ballon d'Or"'s free kick drove the whole of England crazy
Now, the selection of the European Ballon d'Or has not yet been announced, and the Manchester media and the Manchester United team are sparing no effort for Li Rui to compete for the European Ballon d'Or. Manchester United's results last season are also worthy of a European Golden Globe Sir, when Li Rui stood at the penalty spot, people all over England were staring at his feet. When the football hit the net, this guy made the whole of England go crazy. I have to say, if the European Ballon d’Or is If the England referendum is used to select, Li Rui's vote rate will be 100 million percent! ! !That's right!
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"Guardian": Manchester United's No. 10 free kick brought England from hell to heaven.

"The Croats came up and showed they weren't there to make up the numbers and England looked set for a tragedy that would bring tears to the English Channel. Our manager, Mr McLaren, clearly had problems with his striker selection, which is no longer the case. Once or twice, it's hard to imagine that he actually put the best striker in Europe on the bench, and he didn't do this once or twice. Of course, Mr. McLaren's mistakes are definitely more than this... It was the England fans who sent Li Rui. This young man is the attacker that any head coach dreams of, and his performance was perfect. Everyone saw it. In the 10 minutes after Li Rui came off the bench, It is the most threatening time in England. If our luck is better, the score will be 4:3. If our head coach is smarter, this game should not be so difficult. We have already It's time to celebrate the early qualifying... Li Rui said after the game, the moment he scored the free kick, he felt quite wonderful, and he knew that his goal would return England from hell to heaven."

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"Observer" special issue: England team back to life, Li Rui is God's angel.

"The most wonderful free kick, thank God for giving us Li Rui, this young man is an angel from God to England, his efforts set an example for his teammates, and also made other England attackers feel ashamed. If you say a few With England lost on a cold pitch in Moscow a few weeks ago, we've been struggling against Croatia and, obviously, the team seemed totally unprepared for a tough fight. We were beaten by the Croats and the laziness of the players before the game said it all. - Disgraceful England performance throughout qualifiers, McLaren's job? God only knows what he did What? Of course, the only good thing he did was to recruit Li Rui to the England team, but the worst thing this gentleman did was to put Li Rui on the bench..."

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The "Sun", which has always been at odds with Li Rui, also used a trans-style method to 'praise' Li Rui in a disguised form. The headline on the front page of the Sun newspaper was——

"We Almost Lost £10 Billion"

"Okay, we narrowly escaped death, but let's imagine what would have happened if there hadn't been a last-minute goal?
Of course, we were eliminated and did not make it to Euro 2008, so how much damage will this cause?
Take a look at the data from the Center for Economics and Business Research in England. If the England team is out, it will bring losses of up to 10 billion pounds to the FA. This figure exceeds the sum of profits from the 2006 World Cup and the 2004 European Cup.

Without the participation of the England team, the first thing that England's TV broadcasting agencies have to face is the sharp decline in the investment of advertisers. In addition, don't forget that if England is out, our fans will lose their enthusiasm for watching football. Then, England's gambling Companies will also be greatly affected in terms of revenue.

We already know that the FA have signed TV rights to ITV and Setanta for the period 2008-2012.The direct benefit of this signing to the FA is 4.25 million pounds.In addition, they can also receive sponsorship fees of 1 million pounds from other sponsors.

However, don't forget that there is a prerequisite for this huge profit of 5.25 pounds. They are linked to England's entry into the 2008 European Cup. If we do not enter the 2008 European Cup, this money will be greatly increased shrink……

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Li Rui looked at the "Sun" rarely. He put down the newspaper, and the first thing he said to Jessica was, "Honey, your husband's right leg is worth 10 billion pounds..."

(End of this chapter)