long live football

On December 12, 19 Munich ushered in the third round of the German Cup.

This is the last battle before the winter break. After this game, German football will usher in a [-]-day holiday.

Coupled with Christmas approaching, in this round of competition, the state of each Bundesliga team is very different: some are out of their minds, and their thoughts are all on gathering with their girlfriends and family members and on vacation; Victory is the perfect end to a half-season schedule.

Unfortunately, Cottbus and their opponents 1860 Munich belong to the former and the latter, so the former East German team was abused by a strong opponent 5:0 at their own home ground, not at all. Strange.

Portillo and Dzeko scored twice in the game respectively. Although Irving played the whole game and created four shots for himself, he only had one shot on target and scored a goal. It’s not that Owen’s condition has regressed, but that Cottbus is located in eastern Germany, close to Poland, and the winter is even colder than Munich. In the second half of the game, there was snowflakes in the sky. Owen only came to the Bundesliga this season. Playing on the rainy English stadium, or the sunny Madrid stadium, has not fully adapted to the snowy German turf.

However, Karl believes that after this season's training, Irving's performance will definitely be much better by this time next year.

The half-season ended perfectly, and every player’s face was filled with joy. They even opened a bottle of champagne on the bus on the way back to Munich, singing ghostly and howling, while drinking—it’s drinking, it’s better to talk about it. It is more appropriate for Cheng to deliberately pour alcohol on his teammates.

Carl waited until they were done celebrating and stepped out as the one (his usual role) to throw cold water on the excitement.

Standing on the bus, which was moving steadily, Karl announced his last and only requirement for the players during the winter break: to maintain weight.

There is a popular saying in the Premier League called "Don't be afraid of the difficult start of the season, but be afraid of the Christmas crash", which means that there is no winter break in British football. The Christmas schedule makes all the teams feel horrible. They have to overdraw the physical strength of the players and deal with all kinds of opponents. If the team suffers a big defeat or the main players are injured If there is a serious injury that must be suspended, it will greatly affect the team's performance in the second half of the season. Forgot to say, it may also cause the team's performance to plummet from then on, completely ruining the efforts of the first half of the season.

In fact, this sentence is also applicable in the Bundesliga: For many Bundesliga players, the winter break is more wonderful than the summer break.

Although the holidays are longer in summer, most teams give their players a dozen or 20 days off before regrouping them for training. Players must always pay attention to the transfer window in summer and worry about their future.Winter is different, most of the important players will not be bought and sold in the winter transfer window, and unless the club is rich and generous to take the players to Spain, Dubai and other places with a pleasant climate for training, otherwise they will not be assembled in advance, because Winters in most parts of Germany are simply too cold.

For many Bundesliga players, their main activities during the winter break including Christmas and New Years are holiday parties and party holidays. "Kicker" once conducted a data survey, and there are more German players who choose to go to warm coastal cities for vacation in winter than in summer.

Nourishing life, corrupt enjoyment, if you are not careful, players will return to the club with excess weight.

All Carl has to do is to sound the alarm for them: control yourself and don't gain weight during the holidays, or else... ahem.

In the dressing room of Munich 1860, there has not been that kind of lawless player for the time being. Everyone listened to the words of the head coach. They stroked their abdominal muscles with infinite melancholy, begging it not to change after the holiday. into a lump of fat.

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After the last game before Christmas, the players of 1860 Munich were not in a hurry to go home. They gathered in the largest department store in downtown Munich to choose their formal clothes, not for the club's Christmas dinner (team The dinner party does not require player clothing), but to attend the annual sports event in Germany-the "Athlete of the Year" award ceremony.

"Athlete of the Year" is the most solemn and authoritative sports award in Germany. It is voted by 1500 journalists, sponsored by the German Sports News Agency, and organized by German TV. Since its inception in 1947, this year is the 60th session. Three heavyweight awards will be given out: Male Athlete of the Year, Female Athlete of the Year, and Team of the Year.

Moreover, this award is not limited to a single sport, but every sport in football, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, rowing, and figure skating is likely to win the trophy.

But in fact, it is not 1860 Munich that won the "German Team of the Year" award this year, but the German men's football national team. "Male Sportsman of the Year" won't be anyone from the Lions either, but Miloslav Josef Klose, who won the Golden Boot at this year's World Cup.

Because this year is the World Cup year, and the German team won the third place at home.

In the voting, 1860 Munich and the German national team were in a tight battle. Many reporters tended to vote for the Lions because they played beautiful football; they had a healthy financial operation and were on the brink of bankruptcy three years ago. On the premise that there is no huge investment injection, it is now profitable on the books, setting an example for all German teams; there are also last year's Bundesliga champions and this year's Bundesliga champions. More inspirational miracles and so on - but there is also a custom in the German sports world, that is, every World Cup year, if the German team performs well, the award for the best team of the year must be awarded to the German national team .

Therefore, Munich 1860 can only regretfully miss the highest award in German sports.

Perhaps there is a compensatory psychology, the organizer invited all the coaches and players of Munich 1860 to participate in the award ceremony held in the famous spa resort Baden-Baden, and promised to give them the best team runner-up award of the year. A minutes-long documentary showing the whole process of the Lions winning the Bundesliga championship last season was played on the screen (the previous runner-up winners did not have this honor).

Karl had no intention of attending this awards ceremony, but many young and immature players under his command wanted to open their eyes, so Karl gave the invitation letter to Orr and asked him to bring the players to participate.Anyway, the chairman of the club will replace the head coach of the team to participate in the ceremony. For the German Football Association, it is a matter of honor rather than loss of face.

As for Karl himself, he flew to London on the day of the ceremony to attend the premiere of "RealDream."

……

Karl didn't walk the red carpet.

Anthea wanted him to do that, and volunteered to be his female companion.

But Karl said: "I'm a football coach, not a singer or actor. It's useless to have so much exposure."

"But you left the red carpet at the premiere of "Casino Royale"!" Anthea frowned: "Besides, you are more famous in London than I am now, so you don't have to be afraid of criticism from others."

""Casino Royale" is a request from Aston Martin. I am the spokesperson and I have to fulfill the contract." Carl slowed down his tone: "Today's protagonist is "RealDream", isn't it? If I walk the red carpet with you, the reporter will It disturbed us so much that we would not even be able to sit down and watch a movie in peace."

Anthea struggled for a while, and reluctantly agreed.

So Karl wrapped himself up tightly, lined up at the entrance of the general audience, and cast his eyes on the most lively places from time to time.

Anthea wore a red evening dress, like a flaming rose blooming in the cold winter, shining brightly.

She hugged her brother closely with her arms, and Allen's figure has indeed returned to his peak period. Whether it's because of makeup or not, he does look radiant, and every wave of his hand can trigger crazy screams from fans on both sides.

When he saw the Beckhams, Karl accidentally stared at them for a few more seconds: he didn't know that David and Victoria had also accepted the invitation.Normally, he would communicate with David a lot about work and life, but he hadn't reached the point of asking about the other party's itinerary.

The sensitive Beckham soon found someone staring at him not far away. He first cast a unconscious glance there, and after turning his head for a few seconds, he immediately opened his mouth wide and raised his eyebrows and looked over again: the man in the dress The dark woolen coat, hat and scarf, the low-key and mysterious man is his boss who suddenly disappeared from Munich?

Carl smiled and waved to Beckham, then pulled the scarf to cover half of his chin.

The strange behavior of "Glamorous" attracted the attention of the media. They followed their sights and found nothing except a bunch of spectators of uneven heights queuing up to enter the arena.

Beckham quickly turned his head around and acted nonchalantly: If his boss doesn't want to be discovered, then he should not destroy the other party's plan.

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At the beginning of the movie, there is a piece of music. Accompanied by the brisk tune, a house gradually appears in front of all audiences from far to near, from the whole to the corner.Through several close-up shots, the picture tells people: this house belongs to a couple who have been married for many years and have no children, but they jointly run a company.

The male and female protagonists wake up at the same time with their backs facing each other, make their own breakfasts, and blame each other for forgetting that today is their wedding anniversary. Excited to say that they want a divorce, but conflicts arose over the division of company shares and other properties, and finally agreed that the two parties would bring a divorce lawyer to meet at the company.

Harvey, that is, the hero went to a law firm before going to work. He directly found a beautiful lawyer, and after telling his request for a divorce, he flirted with the other party in the office.It turned out that the lawyer was his lover.

When Harvey stayed in the law firm until almost noon, and rushed to the company with his lover to prepare for divorce negotiations, there were several policemen waiting for him—the police told Harvey that his wife Mia was murdered in a building. in the apartment.

Upon hearing the news of his wife's death, Harvey froze at first.When the police said that some information was searched from Mia's mobile phone, and it was suspected that she was killed during a private meeting with her lover, Harvey became angry again. He hated his wife's betrayal.

At the end of a busy day, Harvey went home to sleep. He was lying on the bed alone, looking at the empty other half. He was a little sad, but his reason immediately surfaced: Mia betrayed me, she deserved to be killed.

But when Harvey woke up the next day, he was shocked to find Mia lying beside him!

After a few minutes of panic and panic, Harvey found himself repeating yesterday's life, the calendar, TV, his wife's reaction...all told him that he ushered in a miraculous time travel back!

Harvey, who felt that everything was so unreal, repeated the cold contact with his wife, the quarrel, and when Mia filed for divorce, he did not respond except to nod.Mia left the house, and Harvey continued to be in a daze at home. He wanted to figure out what was going on. He had now confirmed that this was not a dream, but how did the time travel back happen?What is the reason for this?

Then the police came to Harvey and informed Harvey of Mia's death for the second time.And the evidence obtained this time is clearer than last time. A camera on the street captured Mia and her lover hugging and kissing, and then walked into the same room. The lover left an hour later, and Mia died in the in the room.

The more Harvey watched, the angrier he grew, and he went through the day with malicious glee, burning everything that belonged to Mia in the room.

On the third day, after Harvey opened his eyes, he found that Mia was still lying beside him, and today was his wedding anniversary—it turned out that time was repeating itself, and he was living the same day again.

On the fourth day, the fifth day... Harvey's voice seemed to have become a program, restarting at regular intervals every day, and it was equally terrifying.

He enjoyed Mia's death at first, and decided to avenge her cheating while Mia was alive: he filed for divorce before Mia; After hearing the news of his death, he wonderfully thought that the company would belong to him in the future.

However, after repeating Mia's death several times, Harvey realized that he was not happy, he was in pain, and his love for Mia had not disappeared. Mia's betrayal made him jealous. The thrill of revenge is a testament to jealousy and love.

Harvey decided to change Mia's death. He didn't want to hear about her death anymore. It was an extreme torture.

Harvey then spent the next few days trying to tell Mia not to go on a date because her lover was going to kill her.But the wife is very sensitive, she either denies or admits that she has a lover, or has a bigger quarrel with Harvey, and the wife also suspects that Harvey is following her, or asks someone to investigate her.

Harvey tried to call the police again, but the police also didn't believe that he could predict the death of people.Even after the murder, the police suspected that Harvey was playing hard to get, directed and acted out a murder, and used the police to remove the suspicion.

Every day, without exception, Mia died.

Harvey tried to follow Mia to save her again, but his stalking was discovered, his lover beat him up, and his wife escaped the fate of dying during the day, but was killed again in the evening.

In the end, Harvey found that if he wanted to save his wife's life, he had to make his wife believe his words, and to make her believe his words, he had to make her fall in love with him again.

Plus, Harvey finds himself wanting Mia

And he finds himself wanting her to fall in love with him again, because he loves her so much.

Then every day, Harvey changed himself. He took the initiative to make breakfast for two in the morning, talked kindly to Mia, begged when the other party asked for a divorce, broke up with his lawyer and lover, and confessed his infidelity to Mia. , asked Mia to go to the best restaurant in the city center to eat, to make up for his mistake of forgetting that today is the wedding anniversary... Mia's attitude changed a little bit, and the eyes she looked at Harvey gradually returned to the warmth of the past.

Harvey took Mia to revisit the whole process of their relationship, from dating to marriage and dating, and made himself more and more like the sincere, kind and handsome Harvey when he pursued her.

Finally, after countless wedding anniversaries, Harvey loved his wife Mia like never before, and Mia also admitted in the evening that she forgave him and wanted to continue living with him, and even confessed that she had a lover.Harvey, of course, immediately forgave her for having a lover, and offered to meet her lover with her and ask for a breakup.

When Mia confessed to her lover, the lover took out a gun and waved it, and said excitedly, "I've seen that you don't have me in your heart!".Mia dodges the lover's knife, and Harvey takes the initiative to confront the opponent, and is shot in the chest by the lover...Seeing that the lover has killed someone, the lover runs away in panic.

Harvey's body was bleeding so much that he felt like he was going to die. Before he closed his eyes, he felt Mia's tears, so he said to his wife, "I love you."

Harvey thought he was really going to die, because the pain from the knife was so severe.But after an unknown amount of time passed, he felt his eyeballs moving again.

He is still alive.Harvey opened his eyes, thinking that he was going to have a repeat day, he decided to kill his lover before he could do anything today, but when he opened his eyes, he saw himself in the ward with all kinds of wounds stuck on his body. Planting pipes, his wife stayed by his bedside.

The time also passed one day after the wedding anniversary, and Harvey's endless cycle of days finally passed.

He excitedly held his wife's hand, and Mia was awakened, watching Harvey crying: "I love you too."

……

When the movie ended and the lights came on in the hall, there was warm applause from every seat.

The audience applauded Alan Cranstone--the script is wonderful, the pace is fast, the plot is not bad, the plot is funny, warm, suspenseful and tear-jerking, low-cost and predictable high-grossing, it is simply used to be the directorial debut of a Hollywood superstar It couldn't be more appropriate.

Although he won applause from all the halls, Alan Cranstone didn't have much joy on his face. He was upright and self-possessed, even looking a little pale.

And Karl finally understood why Anthea said "the movie made Allen worse".

The screenplay is alien, no doubt about it.But many of the scenes, such as the hero Harvey reliving the plot of their love process in order to reunite with his wife, many of them happened between Carl and Allen.

Every time such a scene is shot and every time he watches such a scene, Allen is undoubtedly revisiting his past love.

And no matter how beautiful the movie is or how happy it is, it is still illusory.

In reality, Allen absolutely cannot restore the old days like in the movie.

If you can think about it, you will have a bright future, if you can't think about it, you will walk into a dead end.

Allen once walked into a dead end, so, now?

The audience shouted Allen's name, asking him to come on stage again and say something about filming.

Allen held the microphone in his hand and said only one sentence: "For most people, tomorrow's life is a repetition of today. There are no accidents or surprises. It seems that every day is the same. But the misery is still happiness. , depends on your attitude and dedication."

Hearing this sentence, Karl was touched, and he couldn't help looking at the stage.

It happened that Allen also lowered his eyes, and had a brief eye contact with him.

Alan's expression was still calm, but Karl knew that something had changed—the former Alan Cranstone could never say such a thing, and could not make such a movie.

It turns out that when Carl was trying to move forward, Alan didn't stay still, or at least, he was transforming now.

At the end of the hilarious premiere, Allen hailed a car to take Anthea back to the hotel, and Karl talked with the Beckhams at the entrance of the exhibition hall.

After finishing their work, the two turned around and walked towards each other.

Allen made a gesture of drinking, and Carl nodded.

The two took a taxi to an all-night bar and bought a bunch of different kinds of alcohol, which you drank one by one.

There was no conversation and no confession. The two men who were closest to each other were silent at the moment.

They are completely absorbed in their own thoughts, and each believes that the other is ignorant of their own moods and secrets.

When the first ray of morning light entered the bar through the glass, Alan's eyes were surprisingly bright among a group of sleepy drinkers and guys.

He stood up, stretched, put a wad of money on the bar, and turned to shake Carl's hand.

"Good luck."

"Good luck."

They parted at the door of the bar and walked in two opposite directions.

The morning light chased their bodies, leaving two vague shadows on the ground.

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The Christmas dinner is a project that many clubs have every year. The rich teams go to high-end restaurants, and the poor teams make do in their own canteens.

For more than ten years, Munich 1860 has reserved the Donisl restaurant on Marienplatz in the city center every Christmas, even when the financial constraints are the most. Moser's private estate.

Wildmoser uses his own restaurant as a place for club dinners, one is to save money, and the other is for publicity-Christmas dinners are a tradition of many Bundesliga teams, such as Bayern Munich next door to the Lions. The media in the city will stay in the old place and wait for the stars to make an appearance. On the second day, they will give the team a big page as usual.

After Orr came to power, he wanted to change a restaurant for the club, but he only runs a sausage factory and a meat processing company. He can't let the players have dinner in the factory, right?Going to other restaurants will cost twice as much as Donisl, who is willing to give discounts to the Lions. After careful calculation, 1860 Munich has also maintained the previous tradition in the past two years.

The decoration of the Donisl restaurant is pure Bavarian style, and it also sells traditional German dishes, such as roast pork knuckle, roast suckling pig, creamy mushroom soup, potato balls, white sausage, etc. Because Christmas is just around the corner, the restaurant is full of people on the upper and lower floors. They are all beautiful Christmas decorations. Under the glass-wrapped patio in the center, there is a huge Christmas tree with a height of five or six meters. Dozens of gifts tied with ribbons are placed under the tree.

The players on the team were much smarter than Karl imagined. They refused to put gifts under the tree in person because they were worried that they would be recognized. Instead, they asked the waiter in the restaurant to put gifts, large and small, under the tree.

When all the dozens of boxes were packed, everyone's eyes were shining with curiosity and impatience. They couldn't wait to know what their Christmas presents were. What a look on his face.

After a brief speech by the chairman and manager of the club, it was a gluttonous feast. When all the plates were swept away, countless pairs of eyes looked at Karl eagerly.

Carl tapped the champagne flute.

The restaurant immediately became quiet, the players looked excited, and the club executives were a little inexplicable.

Karl explained to the chairman and several shareholders why the players were abnormal, and the management became excited, so Karl nodded, and immediately several players cheered and ran to the Christmas tree.

When the gift was placed in front of every player and coach, they became hesitant: who should be the first to unpack it?Or do you open your own after seeing other people's gifts?

Young people can't sit still, and Sven Bender was the first to tear the wrapping paper.

Everyone watched his movements.

Full of anticipation, Sven took out a dozen... condom sets from the box.

Imported from Holland, various shapes, various tastes.There is also a message note attached: Don't be stuck with your brother all the time, he already has a girlfriend, you should also have sex.

Sven's face went from pink to red, from red to purple, and finally it was black.

The teammates around started talking, and they comforted Sven with "kindness": "Look at how harmonious our team is, and there are still people who care about your sex life."

"The best brand on the market, such a large box is surprisingly expensive!"

"Can the lion shape painted on the box really be made? Well, if you don't use it, you can take it back and keep it as a collection. If the pictures are real, they are also considered works of art..."

After laughing enough, some people can't help but start to worry: what if they get something more embarrassing than a condom?