green winger

Chapter 357 European Leagues

After the penultimate round, people's discussion of modern wingers has become one of the hottest topics in England today, and the [-]-day rest period during this period also gave the players enough time to adjust.Most of the players have nothing to do in the Champions League, and now that the league champions have belonged, they began to plan their short vacations in an orderly manner. After all, for the upcoming World Cup schedule, the players have very little broadcast time.

When the season is really over, the training from the national team will quickly gather the players, so at this time it becomes the only chance for most people to relax.

At the same time, most of the major leagues in Europe have come to an end. In the past, La Liga, dominated by the double giants of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​​​has undergone major changes this season. The Bat Corps Valencia won the championship one round ahead of schedule and won the La Liga championship. Real Madrid will compete with Deportivo, which is only one point lower than itself, for the runner-up. As for Barcelona, ​​unless Deportivo lose to Real Madrid in the final round and they themselves beat their opponent Zaragoza, they will miss the chance Champions League next season.

Of course, it is conceivable how low the probability of this situation will be, not to mention that Barcelona's performance this season has been astonishing with 18 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses so far. A very unreliable thing.I have to say that this situation in La Liga is something that many people did not expect before. The strength of Super Deportivo in recent years is obvious to all, so people think that Real Madrid, Deportivo and Barcelona will take the top three places in La Liga. In the entire 90s, the sudden rise of Valencia, which only won the Spanish King's Cup in 1999, caused countless gamblers to lose their money, and also brought the name of Rafael Benitez into people's vision middle.

In the summer of 2001, Valencia changed a lot after the second final of the Champions League. The meritorious coach Cooper and the team captain Mendieta left the Apennines. The team invited Bennett from Tenerife. Si, a coach who was not well-known at the time, also introduced a group of not-so-famous but very practical players, such as Mista and Curro Torres.Before the start of the season, no one could have imagined that Benitez's team could finally win the La Liga championship, but they did, and won the championship one round ahead of schedule by 6 points. Valencia ended a 30-year wait , Benitez and his disciples made club history.

Valencia has always been a club with complicated relationships, and the struggle for power at the top of the club has never stopped.The former chairman, Roig, was a bold reformer who had brought in world stars such as Ortega and Romario. The vice chairman, Otti, was a conservative, and he had always been cautious in making investment decisions.When the former coach Cooper couldn't bear the protests of the fans and was determined to leave Valencia, the current chairman Cortes decided to start anew.He first invited Aragones, but the old coach refused, so the club chose Benitez. At that time, Benitez was Bosque's deputy in the Real Madrid youth team. He was young and eager to learn. Experience, and more importantly, his annual salary is not high, which is more in line with Valencia's frugal policy.

At the beginning of taking office, Benitez had two promises, one was to play offensive football, and the other was to win at least one trophy.But what is ironic is that Benitez was disqualified by the competition committee because Benitez mistakenly used four foreign players in the Copa del Rey, which made him ridiculed and abused by the fans. How can a coach who doesn't even understand the rules of the cup say he wants to win at least one trophy?

Then Benitez revolutionaryly put forward the theory that a home win and an away draw are the league champions, but this theory was ruthlessly satirized by the media. It is considered that this theory is the root cause of the team's predicament.So Otti, who had become the official chairman at that time, held a meeting attended by the three captains of Valencia in mid-December, which was almost a precursor to the replacement of the coach.

But everything that followed was beyond people's expectations. Benitez made great strides in the new year, and even allowed Valencia to win the championship one round ahead of schedule. The results of 20 wins, 12 draws and 5 losses seem to just confirm his theory. Correctness, so this former rookie coach, Bosque's deputy became a veritable champion coach.

And the Bundesliga, where Kenny had worked hard, finally decided the winner in the last round of the match on May 5. Bayern, Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen, who have the possibility of contending for the championship, won the final match. They defeated their opponents in all rounds, so the final championship was won by the Hornet Dortmund, while Bayern and Leverkusen ranked second and third. Dortmund, which was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on October 4, 2000, played gold dollar football in these two seasons. After Sammer started coaching Dortmund in 10, the club spent 31 million marks to buy Rosicky, Kohler , Amoruso, among which Amoruso's transfer fee of 2001 million euros was the highest record for a German club transfer fee at that time.

At this time, Dortmund's success seems to have proved the feasibility of gold dollar football, while Leverkusen's revenge failure on the other side has brought it to the brink of disintegration. The coach Top Müller bought his direct disciple Turkish tank Basturk by name, signed Sebetzen from Wolfsburg, Hamburg penalty goalkeeper Bout, and Bulgarian striker Berbato The team formed the most prosperous lineup in the history of the team: Bout, Sebetzen, Zivkovic, Lucio, Schneider, Ballack, Basturk, Berbato Fu, Neuville, Kirsten.

The team was unstoppable in the Bundesliga, German Cup and European Champions Cup before. The league had 14 wins and 10 draws in the first 4 rounds, creating the best start for the club. The German Cup has also scored again since 1993 and the defending champion Schalke 04. In the Berlin final, the European Champions Cup also successfully broke through the groups of Barcelona, ​​Lyon, and Fenerbahce, and beat Arsenal and Juventus in the second stage of the group stage, and joined hands with Deportivo as the first place in the group qualify.

But Leverkusen was weak in stamina. They once led Bayern Munich by 7 points and beat Dortmund 4-0. Under the excellent situation, they once again destroyed their future. In the last 2 and 3 rounds, they were defeated by Werder Bremen and Nuremberg. In the end, Dortmund abruptly snatched the Bundesliga salad plate, which was originally in the bag, with a 1-point advantage, and then in the Berlin decisive battle in the German Cup, Schalke 04 did not leave chicken soup for Leverkusen, although Bell Batov made a head start, but Schalke finally made the German Cup once again engraved with the names of blue-collar workers in the Ruhr area.Coupled with being eliminated by Kenny's Leeds United in the Champions League knockout round, Leverkusen, which has lost all four players this season, finally went to collapse. Theo has made contact with Bayern Munich.

Neither of them denied such news, so it is generally believed that the former Bundesliga overlord has used the old trick again, that is, reinforcement starts from this league.
As for Ligue [-], which ends on the same day as the Bundesliga, the Eredivisie and Serie A, there is no suspense in the top two leagues. The Ligue [-] champion was won by Lyon again, and the Eredivisie champion was a round ahead of Ajax. gain.However, Serie A has seen a change of dynasty. Inter Milan, who had a good game, unexpectedly lost to Lazio, whose strength was greatly reduced in the last round, so they could only watch Juventus reach the top of the list with a two-point advantage, which is even more exasperating. Even Roma won in the last round, so Inter Milan, which was at the top of the list, not only lost the championship in the last round, but also gave up the second place in the league to Roma.

At this time, the coach of Inter Milan was Benitez's predecessor in Valencia, Hector Cooper. After losing the championship at the end of the season, the Inter Milan fans at this time threw the blame on two people, one of them It is him.Milan Weekly wrote: Cooper's football is like a grand rugby on the scene. For creative players in the midfield, Cooper is undoubtedly a disaster coach. In Cooper's dictionary, the midfield and backcourt are only It is enough to be responsible for grinding meat and attacking with big feet to the wingers and forwards.

And the other one is Ronaldo. It is well known that this powerful Serie A striker has obvious weaknesses in the long-term schedule of the league. The illness caused his lack of appearances, which also greatly affected the league results of the Inter Milan club, which is extremely dependent on him. Therefore, people think that the team should introduce more strikers, otherwise Ronaldo will swallow the bitter fruit again once he is injured.

But they also don't think about it. Keane, who is currently playing for Leeds United, didn't have much chance to play in Inter Milan. Under such circumstances, how can a strong striker stay in the team, so many calm people have this view scoffed.

So until the start of the Champions League, the competition for several major European leagues has come to an end. Now, apart from the upcoming World Cup, the most eye-catching thing is the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Leeds United.And taking advantage of this period of time, Kenny did not relax at all. Apart from some charity activities arranged by his personal assistant and agent, he spent most of his time training hard in systematic actual combat.

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