long live football

On June 2006, 6, the third round of Group B of the World Cup in Germany, the match between England and Sweden, which had won the first two games and had already qualified ahead of schedule, will be held at the Cologne-Cologne World Cup Stadium.

It is said to be Cologne-Cologne World Cup Stadium, but it is actually the Rhein Energy Stadium, the home of the Bundesliga Cologne team. It just changed its name to the former during the World Cup. FIFA has the right to rename all stadiums during the World Cup. The name of the stadium in each city was changed to the same as the stadium, which is convenient for fans of national teams to find, and at the same time put an end to all kinds of soft advertisements brought about by the original name of the stadium, just like the Allianz Arena is now temporarily renamed as Munich-Munich World Cup Stadium.

Karl and Mourinho sat in the England fans gathering area, and not far from them was the wives of the England national team.

Victoria Beckham caught Carl's figure sharply. She waved her arms to greet him and asked him enthusiastically, "Did you come with Anthea? Where is she? I haven't seen her in two months." Saw her."

The other members of the wives, Walcott's girlfriend Melanie, Lampard's fiancée Alan, Owen's wife Louise, Rooney's girlfriend Colleen and others all looked at Carl with great interest because of Victoria's words. .

Carl turned his head towards the seat, shrugged regretfully and said, "No, Anthea is in Los Angeles. I came with my friends."

The wives looked over, and Lampard's fiancée Alan exclaimed a little: "It's Jose Mourinho!" Lampard is a general under Mourinho, so it's no wonder she was a little excited.

Mourinho, who was watched, didn't realize that he had become the focus. He was bored playing with a soda bottle on his seat.

"Greetings for Anthea for me." Victoria waved Carl away: "And don't let her forget the two movie premiere tickets she promised me."

"Yes, ma'am." Carl gave a meticulous military salute, nodded to the wives amidst their laughter, and then returned to his seat.

"Are you willing to come back from the flowers, Lord Bee?" Mourinho looked ahead, as if he had eyes on his side, and asked when Carl had just approached.

"I'm not interested in them, let alone the flowers are all owned." Carl raised his eyebrows and looked at his friend: "You can see what I'm doing from such a long distance, Jose, I found you Has talent for a tabloid reporter."

"As long as they are willing to offer me an annual salary of 500 million pounds, it's okay for me to jump ship to the "Sun newspaper." Mourinho shrugged and said with a curled mouth, and then he took out his mobile phone from his pocket and started pressing buttons.

Isn't this really showing off his annual salary which is almost ten times his own?Carl felt that the other party's language skills and verbal skills had become more and more proficient in the battle of wits with British tabloid reporters in the past two years.

He glanced sideways at Mourinho's mobile phone screen and saw that the other party was sending Chelsea players in the England national team, such as John Terry, Wayne Bridge, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole Er and others sent blessing text messages.

Carl suddenly remembered that he hadn't wished Beckham and them good luck in the game, so he took out his mobile phone and started to repeat the same actions as Mourinho.

……

Mourinho came to see the England-Sweden game, half of it was a vacation and entertainment, and the other half was to inspect the players.

And Karl has been thinking about supplementing the team lineup.

Starting from next season, 1860 Munich will compete in the European arena.The battle of the Champions League is much more brutal than the domestic league. There are all the elite teams in the mainstream European leagues. If the Lions want to go one step further, instead of being crushed by opponents as a scoring machine, the club must Increase investment in the transfer market this summer.

The backcourt is where fresh blood is most needed.The team's current defense is barely able to cope with the domestic league and cup competitions. In the future, there will be more and more fronts and more and more fierce competitions. Karl can't put all the pressure on intercepting opponents on Koch—no matter how amazing the goalkeeper is, Even if the first 99 goals can be saved, the 100th shot missed will always be remembered.

For the teams that can participate in the Champions League, the frontcourt players are not toys to watch. If the defense cannot provide the greatest help to the goalkeeper, at least they should not keep leaking the ball like a sieve and drag the goalkeeper back.

For the frontcourt, as long as you don't sell people, you don't need to continue to buy people.Yekas, Portillo, Dzeko, and Leporte are all in their prime, and they have been in good condition, and there are no injuries. The four of them are enough to support the team's offensive line.

However, to play in the Champions League, you don’t just need to be young and aggressive. A fledgling team that hasn’t played in European competitions doesn’t want to go too far. Experience is extremely important in the European arena.At this time, Munich 1860 is in great need of a well-known, experienced veteran who is willing to play as a substitute. They can not only help the team go further in the Champions League, but also help train players, but such people are rare. Please, the opportunity will only come when the giants clean the locker room.

Perhaps the only thing that does not need to be adjusted is the midfield. The thickness of the Munich 1860 midfield is very gratifying, and the players are extremely talented. As long as there are a lot of official games, it is only a matter of time before they become star-studded.

When the England and Sweden starting lineups were played on the big screen in the stadium, Karl pointed to Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the warm-up area and asked Mourinho: "What do you think of him?"

Since the "Phonegate" incident broke out, many Serie A clubs involved have panicked. The board of directors of Juventus has resigned collectively, and a group of senior executives have been replaced to try to persuade the superstars in the team not to leave, but Ibrahimovic's The agent has already preached "Ibrahimovic is not happy in Turin, he wants to leave" all over the world.

Mourinho looked at Ibrahimovic and studied it with his chin in his hand.

"Don't the English tabloids keep saying that your team is not good enough to play football? Ibrahimovic has fancy skills at his feet, which complements Chelsea's frontcourt. He is tall and won't drag the team down. Even better, he himself wants to Leaving Turin, Juventus' asking price is destined not to be ridiculously high."

"Well, he's not my type." Mourinho pondered for a long time, and finally judged: "I already have Drogba in the same position, and Ibrahimovic's personality is definitely not compatible with me."

After thinking about it from Mourinho's standpoint, Carl nodded and agreed: "That's true. In terms of character, he is indeed not suitable for Chelsea."

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is more egoistic and pays attention to personal honor. In comparison, Chelsea under Mourinho has been playing team football, and the madman doesn't like the voices contradicting him in the locker room. If there is a boss in the room who insists on wrestling with Mourinho, there will only be two outcomes: either the boss is driven away by Mourinho, and the power of the locker room collapses; or Mourinho is driven away, and the boss dominates the ball team; there will be no third ending.

Mourinho glanced at Carl: "I thought you wanted to buy him?"

"Ibrahimovic? No, I can't spend the entire season's transfer budget on him." Carl shrugged and shook his head and said, "And just like you, he is not my type. Instead of buying someone who has been famous for a long time and has a bad temper Stars, I like to find some young players who have not yet fully grown up, so that it will be easier to integrate into the team's tactical system."

"...Are you going to go on the road of pedophilia forever?" Mourinho stared at Carl with strange eyes: "You already have 5 underage players in your team! If you buy another Two, I assure you, the British tabloids will start calling it that too, they're already leaning towards it now - I've seen The Sun write sourly about young geniuses so many times Players have special preferences."

"I always thought they called me 'Wenger Second'." Carl didn't care, paused, and said seriously: "Speaking of a serious matter, I need you to use your experience to help me observe a few players, But let’s say it first, don’t grab it.”

Mourinho pretended to be angry: "Am I such a despicable person?"

Carl pretended to appease: "If you don't grab it, I will eat, play and live during the World Cup, but if you want to pry into my corner..." He deliberately dragged out his voice.

Mourinho was very curious about what the other party used to threaten him: "If I pry your corner, how will you retaliate against me?"

Carl said calmly: "It's not that bad, just tell the Sun about the color of someone's underwear and the style of the brand. I bet it will definitely surprise people."

Mourinho's eyes widened in horror: "You, you are too dirty!" He made a severe accusation: "You peeped at me changing clothes!"

"You think I'll take a peek at your chubby middle-aged body?" Carl rolled his eyes in disbelief, and said cruelly, "You should ask yourself, who threw underwear into the laundry basket for a week? Refuse to wash."

"I'm not fat." Mourinho automatically ignored Carl's last words, focusing on the former: "I'm in good shape." His voice was very confident.

"That's because you chose a good coat." Carl glanced at him: "Your belly is exposed."

Mourinho lowered his head subconsciously, and immediately realized that he had been deceived—his tailored shirt and casual suit covered his figure very well, no matter whether he took a frontal shot from the side or from the back, as long as he didn't want to die, he would button the suit Fasten it, and no one will notice that little secret.

A well-tailored suit jacket and a must-have coat in autumn and winter are sharp tools to modify the figure. Mourinho has always shown this image to others at Chelsea, and only Carl will expose the truth in front of him.

Accidentally deceived, Mourinho's mouth curled down, his face sullen.After rolling his eyes a few times, he tilted his head and looked at his friend carefully, wanting to pick out one or two mistakes and take revenge.

But he looked left and right, up and down, and after a long while, he could only hold back a dry sentence: "Aren't you hot with so many clothes on?"

……

The referee blows the opening whistle and the game begins.

Compared with the Swedish team, the expressions of the English players are more serious-although the Three Lions' lineup for the World Cup is known as the strongest in history, with superstars gathered in the team, and the strength of the midfield is second only to Brazil, but the England national team For the Swedish national team, it has been 38 years without victory.

The game had just started, and the stadium was noisy and lively. Most people were still joking with their friends, and hadn't fully immersed themselves in the tense atmosphere on the stadium.

Misfortune happened in an instant.

At 1 minute and 40 seconds, after Michael Owen passed the ball from the left to his teammate, he wanted to make a turn and move forward to continue to respond, but in the process of deflecting the direction, his left leg supporting the body's center of gravity suddenly became weak, and his body suddenly became unbalanced.

Owen, who was trying to save him, put his whole body weight on his right leg, but suddenly, Owen's right leg couldn't adjust enough, and the arch of his foot touched the ground first, so that his right leg couldn't support the weight of his whole body, and Owen was completely twisted under his right knee. The situation fell to the ground.

The tens of thousands of fans in the Cologne Stadium couldn't help but let out their first exclamation after the opening!

But the game continued on the field, because Irving had passed the ball to the other side of the field before, so the players from the England and Sweden teams were engrossed in chasing the football and did not notice the tragedy that happened on the other side of the lawn.

After falling to the ground, Owen tried to get up from the ground.

But his entire right leg was crushed under him, and it looked like it was broken.

The entire stadium was extremely silent, and all the fans held their breath, watching the situation on Irving's side.

Some even forget to pay attention to the game.

The referee also learned of Owen's fall to the ground under the prompt of the line referee, but at this time the struggle between England and Sweden has reached a fierce stage. They are competing for football in the penalty area, and shots may happen at any time. The referee easily The time-out whistle cannot be blown.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, Owen turned over with difficulty and lay down on the turf.He raised his head and glanced at the restricted area in Sweden, then gritted his teeth, struggled to put his arms on the ground, moved his left leg, dragged his painful right leg, and crawled out step by step.

The situation on the field is very favorable to the England team. Irving cannot suspend the game because of his own reasons. He has to crawl outside the field to receive treatment from the team doctor.

Exclamations and gasps kept ringing in the stadium, and the eyes of tens of thousands of people were fixed on Owen, watching the England star finally struggled to climb outside the touchline.

The England team doctors quickly stepped forward and began to examine him.

On the court, Rooney passed the ball, and Lampard volleyed with his right foot from the middle of the penalty area, and the football went slightly wide of the crossbar.

The referee blew his whistle at the right time to signal the timeout of the game.

The England internationals let up and finally realized they had an important team-mate injured.With expressions of shock or disbelief on their faces, they looked at Irving who was receiving treatment outside the court.

England coach Eriksson, with a look of panic on his face, looked around the pitch and yelled at the bench to tell his players to warm up.

Carl and Mourinho looked at each other, and neither of them expected such a change in the game.

Unconsciously looking towards the stands where the England wives were sitting, Karl saw Owen's wife Louise standing up with a pale face, and looking forward motionlessly at the side of the court.Beside her, Victoria held her shoulders tightly in case she fell over.

Finally, the England team doctor carried Owen off the field on a stretcher and shook his head solemnly at Eriksson.

Eriksson walked up to the fourth official and requested a substitution.

One minute later, Crouch replaced Irving.

The game starts again.

But the mood of many people in the stands is different after all.

Karl heard not far behind, a female fan was crying and praying to God.

Recalling the moment when Irving was injured just now, Carl murmured: "When Owen fell just now, it seemed that his entire right calf was twisted. Whether the reason for his injury this time is the recurrence of an old injury or the slippery turf, the injury should be the same. Not optimistic, the lightest is a cruciate ligament strain..."

In severe cases, it may even be a torn cruciate ligament in the right knee.However, Karl did not say this guess directly, because he only said that he had a cruciate ligament strain, and he had already been glared at by several England male fans beside him.

Mourinho was more sensible than Karl, he said softly: "Owen's World Cup journey is over."

……

At the end of the first half, England led by one goal, scored by midfielder Joe Cole.

However, although in the stands of England fans, there is not much celebration in this red area. First, because England has already qualified ahead of schedule since the end of the last game. Whether the game against Sweden wins or loses has little effect on the ending. Second, it is because almost everyone is concerned about Owen's injury.

Karl noticed Louise scurry out of her seat in the fifth minute and returned to the stands towards the end of the first half.

Although she returned to the group of wives again, Louise still seemed a little restless.Victoria and others have been sitting by her side to comfort her, but that didn't help. Although Louise tried her best to calm her expression, her eye circles still turned red from time to time.

It can be inferred from her expression that Owen's injury is definitely not optimistic.

impermanence of life.Carl was so emotional, his thoughts were messy and complicated, and he didn't put much focus on today's game.

Then suddenly, a seemingly absurd and uninhibited thought crossed his mind: for Michael Owen, is he capable of doing something?

As soon as this idea came up, he was dismissed.

He, Karl Alston, was nothing more than the manager of a Bundesliga team.Neither the super rich nor the magical ability to turn back time, the fact that he can do is too little, too little.

'But there's nothing wrong with caring about your friends. 'Thinking about it, Karl explained it to Mourinho, then stood up and walked off the stands to the medical room at the Cologne Stadium.

A large number of reporters and fans surrounded the medical room, wanting to inquire about the news of Irving's injury, but the security guards of the stadium tightly sealed the gate, preventing anyone from entering or exiting.

Had this been at the Allianz Arena, Karl might have been able to go into the infirmary, but this was at Cologne and he didn't know any of the stadium security or doctors.

After looking at the door of the medical room through the crowd, Karl turned and prepared to leave.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw all the players of the England national team and the head coach Eriksson in a hurry.

Security began to separate reporters and fans, allowing the England national team to go to the medical room first.

Beckham stopped beside Carl and nodded to him: "Why are you here?"

"See if I can help," Carl said. "But security guards the gate to keep outsiders in and out, so I'm going back."

Beckham hesitated, and took Carl's hand: "Come with me."

The captain of the England national team took Carl into the stadium medical room.

Owen was lying on a treatment bed with a pale face, his right leg was wrapped in several layers of gauze, and there were crude medical equipment beside him.

When the England team doctor saw Eriksson coming in, he went up to him as if he saw a savior, and said: "The initial diagnosis is a torn cruciate ligament! We must find a hospital to diagnose and treat him. The medical facilities in the stadium It's too shabby!"

Hearing the team doctor's words, everyone in the room changed their expressions.

Owen himself was quite calm (maybe he already knew the result of his diagnosis), but layers of sweat continued to ooze from his forehead.

Eriksson sat down on a chair, took a few breaths, and said, "Then send him to the hospital quickly!"

"But we haven't made an appointment with any hospital yet, and the earliest we can send Owen for diagnosis will have to wait until tomorrow morning." The team doctor's expression was gloomy, and his words were very difficult: "Tonight, we can only treat him. Treat conservatively and hope the injury doesn't get worse."

The air in the medical room was frozen, and there was a sense of despair floating faintly.

Just when everyone fell into a sad silence, a voice suddenly said: "Such a serious injury, we must not wait until tomorrow for treatment!"

The entire England team was awakened. They all looked at the speaker and found that it was Karl Oston.

Eriksson looked at Carl and frowned suspiciously: "You are..." He suddenly remembered: "Carl Oston? But you are not from the national team!"

Beckham took a step forward: "I brought Carl in, and he is also Michael's friend."

Eriksson looked at Owen on the hospital bed. Owen endured the pain and nodded with a pale face.

"I can have Willie Rinburg ready the equipment right away, and Michael can receive treatment as soon as he arrives in Munich." Karl raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "There will be a flight from Cologne to Munich in half an hour, and you can ask the team doctor to accompany you Let's go." After a pause, he looked at Eriksson: "If you are willing to let Michael go to Munich for treatment."

"Willi Renbok?" Before Eriksson could speak, the England team doctor exclaimed: "That famous German sports medicine expert?"

"Dr. Renberg is the team doctor of Munich 1860. There is a 2000-square-meter private clinic in Munich, which has all the medical equipment you can imagine for sports injuries." Karl nodded towards the team doctor.

Eriksson hesitated left and right, and the team doctor persuaded him with surprise, the voice was so loud that everyone could hear: "If it can be sent to Renboke Clinic, it will be better than going to the hospital for treatment!"

"I'll go." Owen grabbed the quilt under him and tried his best to make a louder voice: "I want to receive treatment early."

"Leave the two team doctors, and the rest will go to Munich with Irving!" Eriksson finally made a decision, and then he ordered all the players to go back to the locker room with him, because now the intermission time has passed and there are three One-third, the England national team has to make some changes to the tactics in the second half.

Before leaving, Beckham gave Carl a big hug: "Irving is in your hands."

Carl patted him on the back: "Don't worry."

After the members of the England national team left, the medical room suddenly seemed much empty.

Owen glanced at Carl gratefully, and said in a weak voice, "Thank you."

Carl smiled at him. "I just do what I can."

Several team doctors were busy packing up stretchers and medical boxes, and the person who had just diagnosed Irving whispered to himself: "Willie Renbok... It would be great if the Bayern team doctor Dr. Wolfart was here... ...that is a miracle doctor..."

Carl keenly captured this sentence.

Wolfart?He naturally knows the name of the Bayern team doctor Wolfart, one of the best sports medicine experts in the world, an absolute authority in the field of leg injuries, he has been the team doctor of Bayern Munich since 1977, and the sports superstars he has treated can be listed A wall of honor.

After rubbing the phone for a while, Carl suddenly looked for the address book.

Ten seconds later, a significant call was connected.

"Hello." A slightly hoarse, but loud and energetic voice sounded.

Karl coughed and said in a polite and respectful tone: "Hello, Mr. Beckenbauer."

The author has something to say: There is a video clip about Irving’s injury in the "World Football" program. It is not long, more than a minute. If you are interested, you can click: Irving was injured in the 06 World Cup. In reality, Owen was indeed in England and Sweden. On the morning of the second day after being injured in the game, the local hospital in Germany was diagnosed with the disease.

Bayern's "miraculous doctor" Wolfart's name is known to everyone on Baidu. If you don't want to Baidu, the following is the list of stars he has treated: Football: Maradona, Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Rume Niger, Matthaus, Klinsmann, Kahn, Ballack, Klose, Ronaldo, Owen, Gerrard, Sagnol, Lizarazu, Ribery, Robben, Schwei Innsteg and more...

Athletics: Powell, Bolt, Gay, Abella, Bekele, Dibaba, David Moorcroft, Darley Thompson, Roger Black, Colin Jackson, Lars Riddle, Green, Christie, Radcliffe, Holmes...

Rugby/cricket: Will Greenwood, Max Rooker, Mark Coughlan, Darren Cove, Alex Tudor…

Basketball/Golf/Tennis: Jordan, Olazabal, Noah, Becker, Murray...

In reality, Willy Renbeck is indeed the Munich 1860 team doctor. Although he is not as famous as Wolfart, he is also a well-known local doctor in Munich. After Shao Jiayi left 1860, he returned to Germany many times for treatment, and he is also Li Na's doctor.