i am a football star

Chapter 72 The UEFA Cup Final ([-])

The reason why Liu Ting invited Zhang Qiming and the others to join was that the Mondial agency had no connections or influence in China, so it would be easier to find two people who were familiar with the situation in China. Lin Yigang and his girlfriend were going to graduate and return to China this year, and Liu Ting happened to know them.

The second is that Liu Ting believes that the soon-to-be management team cannot be all members of the Mondial management company, otherwise many things can only be learned from Wagner, and the relationship with Wagner is very good now, but he must be cautious. Zhang Qiming, Lin Yigang and Liu Ting are people who are in frequent contact.

There are many things about players being cheated by their agents. Figo's transfer from Barcelona to Real Madrid was caused by his agent signing a contract with Florentino in private.

In the coming summer, Robinho moved to the new local tycoon Manchester City. After arriving in Manchester City, the first sentence Robinho said was: I thought I transferred to Chelsea, but I didn't expect to become Manchester City.

Liu Ting will not be deceived by his agent as easily as those black players, but he has to make some preparations.

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If there were only a small number of Glasgow Rangers fans on the first day of coming to Manchester, the whole city was full of Glasgow people on the day of the game.

On the afternoon of May 5th, when the Bordeaux team set off for the Manchester City Stadium, there were fans wearing Glasgow Rangers jerseys everywhere on both sides of the road. The Bordeaux fans looked a little lonely.

The Manchester Stadium in this final can accommodate 48000 people. Both Bordeaux and Glasgow Rangers were allocated 13000 tickets, and the rest were given to neutral fans.

A British reporter was reporting on the side of the road: "For the UEFA Cup final, according to statistics, about 3 Bordeaux fans came to Manchester to support their team, but Glasgow Rangers fans reached as high as 18. This is definitely the largest population migration in a single game in football history. This is mainly due to the fact that Manchester is very close to Glasgow. Many Rangers fans only need to drive or take a bus. They can reach Manchester in about an hour, but the tickets allocated to Rangers are only 13000 Zhang, a large number of Rangers fans gathered outside, if not handled well, it may lead to conflict."

"I think the police in Manchester must be prepared. If the Rangers lose, the large-scale Rangers fans are likely to cause riots."

Liu Ting, who was sitting on the bus, didn't know what the reporter was talking about, but thought that the woman was pretty.

"What are you looking at? That beautiful woman?" Diarra immediately came over.

"How is it possible? I want to see if our fans are here?"

"Your eyeballs are about to fall out, why don't you say no?"

The two joked together, which relieved some of the tension in the car.

There were just a lot of fans on the way here, but there were crowds of fans at the gate of the city stadium. Fortunately, although there are more fans in Glasgow Rangers here, there are also many fans in Bordeaux. When Bordeaux arrived, they got a lot of cheers.

The whole Bordeaux team entered the stadium, and in this final Bordeaux drew lots to get the main locker room.

The game will start at 19:45, and the broadcast of Tongxun will start at 19:45. [-] minutes before the start, Liu Jianhong and Zhan Jun are listening to each other.

Liu Jianhong said: "Although it is not as good as the Champions League final, the UEFA Cup final can be counted as a lot of celebrities attended the scene."

Zhan Jun said: "Well, I just saw UEFA President Michel Platini, French Football Federation President Escale, Manchester United coach Ferguson, Manchester City chairman Thaksin, and many other French celebrities, such as Zidane, Barthez, Toulalang, Henry. In short, most of the members who won the World Cup in France in 98 came. They should come to support their former national team teammate and now Bordeaux coach Blanco."

Liu Jianhong said: "It is said that the chairman of Liverpool, Liu Zhenghua, who has never seen the end, is also here. He bought Liverpool last year and has not appeared much. I didn't expect to watch this game today. It is said that Wenger will also come. Now there are many rumors. It is said that he almost signed Liu Ting during the winter break half a year ago, and I seem to have seen Sun Jihai just now."

Zhan Jun said: "Liverpool is in turmoil now. Liu Zhenghua bought Liverpool and managed it well. Now that Benitez has been fired for several days, he has not announced who the head coach of the new season will be. This makes the fans panic, and people go to the club every day to make trouble."

Zhan Jun is a Red Army fan, so he naturally wants to say a few words about Liverpool.

The two were blowing water almost, and the time was almost up.

"The players from both sides have already played. Let's introduce the starting lineups of the two teams."

"Bordeaux is still 433, the goalkeeper Lame, the back four are Giulieti, Diawara, Planus and Charme, the three midfielders are Micoud, Diarra and Fernando, and the striker trident is Liu Ting, Kavinagi and Berlian."

"The formation of the Rangers is a 451. In fact, it should be a 4141. The goalkeeper is Alexander. The back four is Papache, Will, Cuellar and Broadford. The single midfielder of the five midfielders is Hendali. The four in front of him are Whittaker, Barry Ferguson, Thomson, Davis, and the single arrow is Dacheville."

Zhan Jun said: "Actually, from this lineup, we can see that Bordeaux still maintains its tradition and focuses on offense, while Rangers' formation is more conservative, but we can't say who is good and who is not. It depends on the on-the-spot adaptability of the coaches of both sides."

Liu Jianhong said: "The current head coach of Glasgow Rangers is a second-timer. When he coached Glasgow Rangers in the 90s, he led Rangers to complete the Scottish League for nine consecutive championships, tying the record of rival Celtic in the same city. Later, he came to the Premier League to coach Everton. After failing, he went back to Glasgow to coach in many places last year."

"Okay, the game starts, and the Rangers get the kick-off."

"Wanderers' first attack went nowhere and now the ball is back in Bordeaux's hands."

"Miku dribbled the ball, passed the midfield, passed it to Diarra, and hit the wall! Diarra and Kavinaji made a hit to the wall, Liu Ting! Diarra passed to Liu Ting on the wing, Liu Ting dribbled the ball, very fast, cut inside... hit the goal!! Wow!! hit the side net, and the side net shook."

In the 4th minute, Liu Tingnei cut and hit the goal on the side net.

"There was a lot of cheers at the scene just now. The goal seemed to have been scored, which attracted loud cheers from the Bordeaux fans, but the Rangers fans should be a false alarm."

"It seems that Liu Ting is in a good state today. This is a good thing. At present, he and Bayern's Luca Toni are tied for the top scorer list of the Europa League with 10 goals. If Liu Ting can score in the final, he can occupy the top spot."

"Wanderers' counterattack, Ferguson direct pass! Dacheville receives the ball from the side and crosses it!! Great goal! Pranus' clearance!! He cleared the ball before Ferguson went forward and hit the goal."

In the 7th minute, Rangers' counterattack created a threat and was cleared by Plannus.

At the beginning, the two teams tried several attacks. Knowing that Bordeaux has a strong offensive ability, the Rangers began to shrink appropriately and played a defensive counterattack.

"Cavinaghi took the ball, foul!! It was a foul, Bordeaux won a direct free kick 28 meters from the goal, unfortunately the position is not very good."

"That's right! Liu Ting will take the kick. The Rangers are also facing a big enemy. Liu Ting's free kick has been broken by Kahn's goal."

"The Wanderers lined up the wall, Liu Ting! Run! Hit the goal!! Hey..., this free kick bypassed the wall. Unfortunately, it was too straight and was easily caught by the Wanderers goalkeeper Alexander."

In the 12th minute, Cavinaghi earned a direct free kick for Bordeaux. Liu Ting took the penalty too squarely and was confiscated by the Rangers goalkeeper.

"Liu Ting advanced from the side, passed the Rangers' right back Broadford, and made a pass from the bottom!! Kavinaji! Header! Wow! It flew out of the baseline by rubbing the crossbar, and Kavinaji sighed with his head in his arms."

In the 18th minute, Liu Ting made a cross, and Kavinaji headed the ball slightly above the crossbar.

On the scene, Bordeaux has the advantage of attacking frequently, but Rangers' defense is also very solid, and Bordeaux can only slowly look for opportunities. Rangers are limited by the lack of ability to grasp the front line, and Bordeaux's goal is temporarily unharmed.

Zhan Jun said: "Now the scene is holding on for a while. Bordeaux's offensive looks fierce, but Rangers defends very steadily. Bordeaux can't find a good chance to score for the time being. Next, we have to see who is more patient."

Indeed, as Zhan Jun said, the stalemate continued for more than ten minutes in a row. Bordeaux did not create a good opportunity, and Rangers focused on defense.

Liu Jianhong said: "Actually, before the game between Rangers and Fiorentina in the semi-finals, everyone thought that Fiorentina was stronger, but Rangers relied on tight defense and both teams scored a goalless goal in two rounds. In the end, they eliminated Fiorentina in a penalty shootout. It can be seen that Rangers' defense is good."

"Giuletti made a cross! Diarra!! Shot... and was hugged by Alexander."

In the 31st minute, Diarra's shot went directly into Alexander's arms.

"Davis, breakthrough from the right!! Cross! Whittaker...header!! Over the bar."

In the 37th minute, Whittaker's header went over the bar.

Zhan Jun said: "If I remember correctly, Whittaker's header just now was the Rangers' first shot. The Rangers have been working on defense. They attacked the frontcourt and were cleared without a shot."

Soon the game was coming to the end of the first half.

(End of this chapter)