i am a football star

Chapter 51 The Story of Magath and the Titanic
On March 2008, 3, a plane landed at Hamburg International Airport in Germany, and the Bordeaux team got off the plane.

Bordeaux did not come to Germany one day earlier. The distance between France and Germany is not too far. In fact, playing a game in Hamburg is similar to an away game in China.

Many German journalists came to the airport. The German football team attaches great importance to the European competition, and the football media, a derivative industry of football, are also affected.

Liu Ting also answered a few words casually: "Our whole team has the confidence to defeat the opponent and advance to the next round."

"Not winning at home? That's because we rotated at home, preparing for the game against Lyon a few days ago."

"Hamburg is a great team, but that's just the past. The current Hamburg is not the one that could only dominate Europe in the past. There is a saying in China that a hero does not mention his courage in the past."

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Hamburg is indeed not comparable to Bordeaux in terms of European results. Hamburg has entered the finals of the three major European cups, won the Cup Winners Cup twice, won the Champions Cup twice, and failed to win the UEFA Cup final. Hamburg has entered the finals of the three major cups five times. Bordeaux only reached the UEFA Cup final once led by Zidane.

Winning the European Champions Cup that year should be the brightest moment for Hamburg, and the hero who helped Hamburg defeat Juventus in the Champions League final is still active in football. That is the head coach Magath who was fired by Bayern halfway through last season.

In fact, Magath led the team with good results at Bayern. He won the Bundesliga and German Cup double championships for two consecutive years.

After Magath was fired, the players were still unwilling to let him go. The old Frankfurt player he had coached came out and stabbed him again. The former Frankfurt Norwegian striker Fjotoft said in an interview: If Magath was on the Titanic back then, everyone would have been saved.

The reporter asked: Can Magath save the Titanic in any way?
Fyotoft: I don't know if Magath could have saved the Titanic, but if he was on board, all the passengers would have been able to swim back to Southampton alive, back, back to... (Southampton was the port of departure of the Titanic)
Magath not only lost his head coach position but was also beaten in various ways, so he was full of resentment towards Bayern.

If there is no accident, Magath will lead Wolfsburg to win the Bundesliga championship next year. In the second half of next year, Wolfsburg will play against Bayern Munich at home. In the second half, Wolfsburg has already led Bayern 5:1. In the 89th minute, Magath used the last substitution, replacing the goalkeeper! ! !During this substitution, Magath's mysterious and profound contemptuous smile made all Bayern fans hate it.He used this method to retaliate and humiliate Bayern, which shows how much he hates Bayern.

It is said that the Golden Yuan era of Chinese football started, and the first thing Magath said after he went to China to coach and saw the stadium was: The stadiums of the Chinese Super League teams have runways, I like it so much.

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At noon, Bordeaux went to Hamburg's home stadium to adapt to the venue. Hamburg's home stadium, Nordbank Arena, is indeed one of the five-star stadiums in Europe. The pitch, seats, and locker rooms are all top-notch.

However, Hamburg also has a unique record. Hamburg is the only team in Germany that has never been relegated from the Bundesliga since the establishment of the Bundesliga. In the past few years, Hamburg has successfully relegated for several years. It may be this belief that they have never been relegated.

It is the only top league team with a history, never been relegated, and it is still in a big city like Hamburg. Even if Hamburg does not perform well, there will be many fans in Hamburg. Moreover, the fanaticism and loyalty of German fans are not comparable to that of French fans.

In the evening, game time came, and the whole Bordeaux team came to the Northern Bank Arena again.

Blanco still made some rotations, starting with 442, with Liu Ting and Bellion as the forwards, who mainly played defensive counterattacks, and veteran midfielder Micoud also rested this time.This lineup reflects Blanco's ambivalence. He hopes to advance but is worried about being dragged down by the impact on the league. He has a certain rotation but does not completely rotate and give up.

The performance of the Hamburg team in the past two years is not bad, mainly due to the introduction of the Dutch golden boy Van der Vaart in 05, and the lineup formed with Van der Vaart as the core.Van der Vaart is the winner of the first European Golden Boy Award, and his strength cannot be ignored.The European Golden Boy Award is known as Mr. Footballer for Young Players. It has been held for 5 times. In fact, Van der Vaart has the lowest achievement so far in the first session. Look at the winners of the first 5 awards, Van der Vaart, Rooney, Messi, Fabregas, Aguero, each of them will have very high achievements. Van der Vaart was also very promising back then, but injuries and his own choices affected his career.

When he was still in the Netherlands, many people were optimistic about Van der Vaart. The godfather of Barcelona, ​​Cruyff, praised Van der Vaart many times.

Although Van der Vaart's performance in Hamburg is remarkable, this is definitely a decline in his career. His career failure to meet expectations has a lot to do with this transfer to Hamburg.Van der Vaart's transfer to Hamburg has a lot to do with his TV host's fiancée. It is said that the non-stop pillow wind from his fiancée brought him to Hamburg. The Hamburg club spent a lot of money to persuade his fiancée. At the same time, a big city like Hamburg is also beneficial to his fiancée's career.

Men, you can't listen to your wife in everything, sometimes you still have to make decisions yourself.

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When the game time came, the two teams led the caddies into the field. When the two teams shook hands, Liu Ting saw an impressive person, Ivica Olic.

Olić is not the kind of player with outstanding talent, but the kind of person who relies on hard work to help the team. He is even considered clumsy with the ball, ugly in dribbling, and has no star quality.The highlight of his career was the 09/10 season, when he led Bayern to the Champions League final that year.

In the quarter-finals against Manchester United, in the first round, Bayern’s goal at home was Olić’s goal at the last moment to help Bayern beat Manchester United 2:1. In the second round, Olić also scored an away goal in the away game against Manchester United. The two teams scored 4:4 in two rounds. Piero completed it against Monaco in the semi-finals of the 97/98 season.

"The game between the two sides has already started. Bordeaux has changed to a 442 formation this time. The two forwards are Liu Ting and Berlion. Cavinaghi did not start. The midfielder is also Diarra, Wendell, Fernando and Alonso. Must win?" Liu Jianhong can only say that, he can't say that Bordeaux may have to give up the Europa League, which will affect the ratings.

At the beginning of the game, the Hamburg team attacked aggressively under the leadership of Van der Vaart.

"Van der Vaart!! Picking a pass!! Olic!! Shot!! Oh, it's too dangerous. If Lame hadn't reacted bravely just now, Bordeaux might have been scored. Bordeaux's defense is not good in the first place, and now they are still part of the rotation." Liu Jianhong exclaimed.

Bordeaux's defense was not good enough, and they conceded the ball a few times at the beginning of the game. Now the main central defender partners on the field are all substitutes. The main player, Pranus, is still injured.Liu Ting is also aware of this problem and must score quickly, otherwise Hamburg may score the first goal and be overwhelmed by the opponent in a short while.

Olic's shot ignited the audience, more than 5 people cheered and cheered, and the team flag of Hamburg was also pulled up, with two overlapping diamonds in the middle of the blue background.Looking at such a crude team flag, Liu Ting thought, why don't you just put the hamburger on the team flag?Anyway, the hamburger is named after the German city of Hamburg, which has more local characteristics than yours.

Amidst the cheers from the audience, Hamburg became more and more courageous, but there was more and more space behind him. Liu Ting knew that the opportunity was coming.

"Van der Vaart!! A kick in person!! Lame caught the ball and threw the ball!! Counterattack!! Giulieti caught the ball and passed it to Liu Ting. Liu Ting ran with the ball and accelerated. Hamburg's half was too open. There were only three defensive players. This was a good opportunity, and Berlion was also quickly following up."

"Atoba came to defend Liu Ting, Liu Ting turned to the right!! Buckle back!! Easily got rid of Atoba, to the left side of the penalty area, Reinhardt came over, beautiful!! Another Marseille roundabout!! Passed Reinhardt, cut inside the penalty area, on the other side, Mattison, who was following Belion, had to give up Belion and come over to Liu Ting; just listen to take another step, hit the goal ahead of time!! The ball went in!!! Great goal!!! The ball went in!! Now every goal in Bordeaux is an away goal, and now even if Hamburg equalizes, they will still be eliminated by away goals, and they will have to score at least two goals in Bordeaux without scoring in order to advance, and Bordeaux has the upper hand.” Liu Jianhong also shouted happily, this goal greatly increased Bordeaux’s hope of advancing.

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