long live football

Neither Munich 1860 nor Nuremberg had the idea of ​​putting a bus in front of their home. From the very beginning of the game, the two teams played offensive football in a very tacit understanding.

Only one and a half minutes into the game, Irving received a long pass from his teammate Beckham and shot an angry shot from the right side of the penalty area. Although the football was saved by goalkeeper Schaefer, it still shocked the players from all over Nuremberg. In a cold sweat.

Five minutes later, former Bundesliga striker Wang Mingtar, the main core of Nuremberg, fought back in his own way. He received a header from teammate Sayenko from the front of the penalty area and volleyed with his right foot to the right of the goal. Flying over the heads of a group of Munich 5 players, it is a pity that the angle is not good and finally misses the post.

After just a few minutes of fighting, everyone can see that the Munich 1860 coach and the Nuremberg coach have the same idea, and they both want to make a quick decision and establish their team's leading position as soon as possible.

In the next few minutes, the two teams came and went again, contributing a few shots respectively. Although they failed to jump over the goal line, the 74220 fans in the stadium still cheered. Isn't football what fans like to watch most?

In the 17th minute, after a close scrimmage near the middle circle, Hummels won the ball with a clever interception and then quickly passed to team-mate David Beckham.

Beckham didn't play any fancy breakthroughs at all. He just waited and watched the situation of the audience, then suddenly raised his foot and shot from a long distance, sending the ball directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt!

Most of the Nuremberg players were concentrated near the midfield. At this time, seeing Beckham pass the ball suddenly, and there was a posture of sending the ball directly to his own penalty area, he was shocked, and none of them cared about the opponent. After fighting, they turned around and rushed back to the penalty area to defend.

But no matter how fast people run, can they be as fast as a flying football?As early as when Hummels passed the ball to Beckham, Owen, Dzeko and others had already accelerated towards the penalty area of ​​Nuremberg. Beckham's pass was so accurate that it happened to run into the penalty area when Dzeko When it was at the front, it fell from mid-air.

Dzeko received the ball and stopped the ball. Just when he was about to turn around and shoot, three Nuremberg defenders surrounded Dzeko in front of him and behind him.

Dzeko was in a stalemate with the three Nuremberg defenders. He could neither shoot nor pass the ball easily, because the situation he faced was very sensitive. The opponent was watching the football at his feet. As long as he tried to lift the ball and pass it outside, Nine times out of ten, the Nuremberg defender will take the initiative to steal the ball.

Various thoughts were spinning rapidly in his mind. When Dzeko was anxious, he suddenly caught a blue figure on the right side from the corner of his eye. With a quick glance, Dzeko found that it was his teammate Owen.

There is a Nuremberg defender Reinhardt between Dzeko and Owen. The opponent is growing into a big character at the moment, watching Dzeko closely to prevent him from breaking through from the right.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina center suddenly had a flash of inspiration!The upper body suddenly tilted to the left!

This is to break through from the left?The three Nuremberg defenders were first surprised and then happy, and the defensive center of gravity immediately shifted to the left!

But Dzeko just slid his right foot over the football to the side, and then gently pushed the outer instep to the front right!

The football rolls against the ground between the legs of Nuremberg defender Reinhardt...!

Fake action!Dzeko's real purpose is to pass the ball!

And it's not a pick-and-roll pass, it's a ground ball!

Nuremberg defender Reinhardt yelled "No!" in his heart, and immediately closed his legs, trying to prevent the pass from passing in his direction.

But the football has passed through his crotch!

Owen accelerated at the same time, chasing after the football rolling route!

"Owen! Owen! He caught up with the football and broke through the penalty area!"

"Wolff made a head-on tackle, Nuremberg's last chance before Owen broke into the penalty area - no success! Just before Wolff finally slipped the tackle, Owen ducked the ball! The block in front of him was over Come less and less!"

While rushing forward with the ball at high speed, Owen stretched his body as much as possible, ready to shoot at every possible time.

Seeing that the goal was getting closer and closer to him, he chose a suitable angle for fear of nights and dreams, and shot with his foot!

The football rushed towards the goal with full strength!

Nuremberg's 27-year-old goalkeeper Schaefer flew out!

The football penetrated the penalty area, grazed Schaefer's head, rolled over the goal line... and got into the net!

"The goal was scored! Wonderful!"

"What a dangerous scene! The football flew into the goal with Schaefer's hair! It was only a few centimeters away, and it was about to hit Schaefer's face! This is no matter for Munich 1860 or Schaefer. It’s all quite a thrilling scene!”

"1:0! 1860 Munich takes the lead!"

……

The goal created by the players using wonderful cooperation is very exciting, but in the whole process of the team's attack just now, what attracted Karl's attention more was the performance of the Nuremberg players.

Nuremberg, which has many frontcourt players, is ambitious in this game, playing the same offensive football as Munich 1860, and the level of quick counterattack is also in place. What is even more rare is that after conceding a goal, Nuremberg did not switch to defense at all It is not a sign of a counterattack, but continues to increase the offensive, as if to carry out the offensive tactics to the end.

There are not many teams in the league who dare to play against Munich 1860, and there are even fewer teams who insist on clinging to each other when the score is behind. Much fighting spirit.

Originally, he wanted to retreat the line of defense to consolidate his lead, but now, let's fight hard and try to make Nuremberg die well.

Thinking of this, Carl raised his arms, and first gestured towards the court with a push gesture that everyone could understand, and then gestured for the other two gestures that no one could understand.

"The coach of Nuremberg is not afraid of death and stepped up his attack. Now Munich 1860 is also keeping up with him?" The commentator was a little surprised: "Usually the teams of both sides in the final will be more utilitarian when choosing tactics. The team that plays beautiful offensive football on weekdays will try their best to restrain themselves in order to finally win on the day of the final. But this German Cup final is indeed a bit different from the beginning to the present. The fans who watched the live broadcast today Friends are blessed."

As the head coach of Munich 1860, Karl would be noticed even if he just stood outside the field and yawned, let alone making so many gestures towards the field.

After he stopped moving, commentators, fans, and reporters from various countries were speculating about his intentions and what changes he would make to the team.

Most of the fans watched the game closely for seven or eight minutes, saying that they didn’t see anything: 8 Munich still played the same formation at the beginning, and the core players in the midfield and backcourt did not change, and even the players played against each other. The route of coordination between them is still the same.

... If you have to say a difference, it seems that the transfer between players is faster?

The reason for this feeling is that the fans in the stadium found that they turned their heads from side to side faster than before when watching the game.

The layman watches the fun, and the layman watches the doorway.

After almost one minute of observation, many football reporters judged that: Munich 1 has sped up.

……

Bundestag Speaker Norbert Lammert is a fan. He usually goes to the stadium every week to watch the game. After the female chancellor Merkel cultivated a new hobby of watching football games, he often invited the other party to his Watch the game together in the VIP box.

Lamert doesn't care whether Merkel is a real fan or a fake fan. What he cares about is that he and the other party have a common topic and chat privately for a while every week, that's enough.

As an old fan for decades, Lammert, who really knows football, saw the intention of the opponent not long after he acted as the coach of Munich 1860: "Auston wanted to speed up the team, and kept the ball from The pass from the backcourt to the frontcourt forced the Nuremberg players to keep returning to the defense, thus exhausting them physically."

Since he couldn't respond to his sincere emotion, Lammert turned his head to look at Merkel in some puzzlement, only to find that the Prime Minister was staring straight at the stadium with a look of ecstasy.

Lammert followed her gaze, but found that the point of sight did not seem to be on the court, but on the sidelines of the court.

So Mr. Speaker had an epiphany, and he cast a meaningful look at the third person in the box, the chairman of the Football Association Zwanziger.

Zwanziger coughed: "I wonder if Your Excellency the Prime Minister is interested in presenting awards to the winning team with me after the game is over?"

Merkel came back to her senses, she smiled and said: "The award presentation is the work of the chairman of the Football Association, so it's not good for me to intervene."

"It is a great honor for any team to be presented by the Prime Minister in person." Zwanziger said righteously: "I think any player will be honored to accept it."

Merkel couldn't refuse, so she had to agree.

……

Towards the end of the first half, the Nuremberg coach realized that something was wrong in the game, but he couldn't say it out loud.

It wasn't until halftime that three consecutive players reported to him that "the whole body was sore and painful, and my legs seemed to be cramping when running. I don't know if I can last the whole game." Then he suddenly realized: No wonder the first half of the Munich team. 1860 has been passing the ball forward, but there are not many threatening shots made by really trying their best. They are often passed into the half-court and then returned. It turns out that Auston's real purpose is to consume space. The physical strength of the Nuremberg players!

It is not terrible for both sides to speed up together in the game. The physical consumption is for both sides. What is terrible is that Munich 1860 first speeded up unilaterally, creating many false attacks that made the Nuremberg players run back to defend in fear, and then hoarded them in the midfield. A large number of players, when Nuremberg was trying to counterattack, waited for the Nuremberg players to rush forward as soon as they left the midfield, forcing the Nuremberg players to either give up the attack, or quickly pass the ball back to their teammates to increase unnecessary running.

However, at the end of the first half, there were already three Nuremberg players who could hardly hold on anymore. How many Nuremberg players ran to exhaustion after the second half resumed?

The answer is five.

10 minutes after the game resumed in the second half, five Nuremberg players showed signs of physical collapse. These five players were all central and backcourt players.

The Nuremberg coach began to make substitutions in desperation, and he used up two substitutions in one go.

Then, for the sake of the only remaining substitution, he asked the Nuremberg players to reduce their penetration and try to stay in their own half to brush up the ball possession rate. Although the offensive strength will decrease, it can also reduce a lot of useless defenses. Force Munich 1860 to slow down.

Nuremberg used up two substitutions and fell behind by one point. Their momentum is no longer there.

At this time, even if Karl really slows down the pace of the game and allows the players to take a breather before attacking, the chances of winning are great.

But Karl didn't make such a choice. He encouraged his players to go faster and faster.

When Özil couldn't straighten up when he was running, and was standing in the midfield panting desperately, Karl signaled to the opponent: speed up!One more goal, one more goal and I'll replace you!

The purpose of Munich 1860 is to win this game. Since we only pursue this one result, then don't wait for it to be done slowly, but to take down the opponent in one go when the opponent retreats, and completely destroy the morale of the opponent!

……

The speed of Munich 1860 is getting faster and faster, and it is getting faster and faster, reaching a level that makes others worry: can such crazy football really hold up?

Almost every three or four minutes, 4 Munich will attack Nuremberg's defense.

This is not a tide-like attack, it is as turbulent as a thousand-meter waterfall pouring down!

The Nuremberg players tried to resist at the beginning, but because half of them had no strength, the other half listened to the coach and didn't want to fight head-on with the Lions, so they just retreated step by step, defending within the half court and taking advantage of the numerical advantage Resisted.

It is not easy for them. In fact, it is even more difficult for the Lions players. After all, they are the first to speed up, and they are the ones who are constantly attacking and running.

Are the players of Munich 1860 so much stronger than the players of Nuremberg?

This is not the case.

Lions players are generally stronger than Nuremberg players in terms of physical strength, but not to an outrageous level. The reason why they can keep pushing their opponents to the corner without collapsing themselves is because they saved up money when playing with their opponents in the first half. Another reason for gaining some physical strength is because of the belief in support.

The boss said, hold on for a while, score another goal, and after the absolute advantage is confirmed, the most tired of them can go off to rest!

In the 56th minute, Hummels sent the ball into the center circle from the backcourt.

As soon as Shao Jia got the ball, he turned around and ran the ball into the Nuremberg half.

Nuremberg defender Nicol pounced on him.

Shao Jia raised his foot and sent the ball to the right, under Beckham's feet.

Nicole flinched, and a look of annoyance appeared on his exhausted face.

Beckham crosses to Portillo.

Portillo has superb skills at his feet. When facing one-on-one confrontation, no Nuremberg player can guarantee that he can steal the ball from his feet, not even two-on-one.

As the team's leading striker, Portillo is naturally the focus of Nuremberg's attention. As long as he gets the ball, he can immediately attract the ideas of at least half of Nuremberg's players.

Sure enough, before breaking through to the front of the penalty area, Portillo has already encountered heavy siege and was almost intercepted.

There was no hope of breaking through and shooting by himself, Portillo was not angry, he just lifted his right foot lightly, and suddenly passed the ball!

The football flew over half of Nuremberg's defense and flew to the edge of the penalty area!

Beckham started at high speed the moment the football vacated, and rushed into the penalty area like a rocket!

As soon as the Nuremberg defenders turned around, they saw Beckham raise his right foot towards the football!

"Beckham - directly raised his foot and volleyed vigorously! A shot that is not fancy, but has enough angle and strength!"

"TOOOOOOOOR! After a dazzling half-time attack, 1860 Munich scored another point and took a two-goal lead!"

……

Seeing the score changes on the scoreboard, most of the 1860 Munich players relaxed immediately, and some players soon showed signs of exhaustion because they no longer kept their minds up.

Karl immediately applied to the fourth official for a substitution, and replaced two players in one go.

However, compared to the forced and helpless substitution of the Nuremberg coach, he was much more relaxed when he made the substitution this time.

Our team is behind by two goals, only one substitution is left, the opponent is ahead by two goals, and the players on the field have just been replenished with fresh blood... No matter how you count, Nuremberg is on the weak side.

Under the blow of reality, the morale of Nuremberg plummeted.

However, the game isn't over yet.

Although 1860 Munich, which has just changed two players, its offensive intensity will not be as strong as before, it can still maintain a strong offensive.

In addition, the opponent Nuremberg is at a disadvantage at this time, which opponent can really hold back in the final?

At least Munich 1860 couldn't help it.

In the 61st minute, Portillo made another victory for the team.

In the 69th minute, Dzeko's tentative header also hit the goal by mistake, flying into the goal from the dead corner of the beam and the column...

By the time the referee blew the whistle to end the game, 1860 Munich had already led by four goals, while their opponent Nuremberg had not scored a goal from beginning to end.

……

The award ceremony after the game was held in a noisy manner for a long time before it ended.

Originally, the process that could have ended only with the chairman of the Football Association Zwanziger handing over a trophy to the captain of Munich 1860 and a few words of encouragement was forced to double under the interference of the German chancellor, the speaker of the Bundestag, and the mayor of Berlin. It was the last few heavyweights who all went to the podium to express their congratulations to Munich 1860 for winning the championship.

Merkel had a cordial conversation with the Lions coach, and then left because of official duties, and Speaker Lammert followed her.

The Lions players were so excited that they wanted to hand over the trophy to the head coach to be held by him, and then toss the boss high to celebrate with the stars, but the German Chancellor just walked away, and the mayor of Berlin, K Lou Si Woweilait came out and pulled the team coach to talk for a long time.

The players waited and waited and waited, waiting with anger in their hearts, staring at Wovilet, wishing that this was still the scene of celebration after winning the league championship. Watching Woweilet pour it all over his head!

When the mayor of Berlin left the stadium, it was already deserted. Karl looked at the time, and then said to the players gathered at the side: "The flight booked by the club will take off in one and a half hours, everyone hurry up and change clothes. Pack your things in the room, we have to go to the airport immediately."

The last thought in the players' minds of "immediately rush to the boss and lift him up to scare him to scream!" was also dispelled. They wrinkled their faces and walked towards the locker room embarrassingly.

Carl walked behind the players, looking thoughtful.

Beckham walked side by side with him: "I didn't even know the mayor of Berlin had so much to say with you. Is he a fan of yours?"

"No." Karl shook his head: "We're just chatting." He wouldn't tell Beckham that he had been seduced by Wovillette all the time. ", and intentionally or unintentionally mentioned that he wants to participate in the next German Chancellor election. If he succeeds by chance, he will definitely promote the legalization of same-sex marriage in Germany... and so on.Those words would scare Beckham to death.

"We chatted for more than 20 minutes and kept holding hands?" Beckham said with a strange face: "With all due respect, he is gay, you know that, right?"

"I know." Carl replied to his friend, but accidentally said too much: "But you don't have to worry, politicians are not my type, I don't like the type of Vovilet."

Beckham was stunned.But the question he blurts out has nothing to do with the real point: "So what kind do you like?"

"True, pure and alive."

Beckham studied these words for a long time, and found that they can be used to describe both women and men. Therefore, a strange feeling rose in his heart: he seemed to have discovered something serious. s things.

……

While Munich 1860 was officially crowned as the "Little Triple Crown", the 0607 season was completely over.

The club gave the team a long holiday, and the official registration time for the new season is early July, which is a little earlier than in previous years, because the team has a China trip planned for this summer, and the players will first gather in Munich for a two-year After weeks of physical training, they chartered a flight to Asia together.

End of June, London.

Since the British BBC TV charity program "Sport.Relief" ("Sport.Relief") successfully invited David Beckham and Karl Alston to co-shoot a gay public service advertisement, the whole UK has been paying attention The movements of these two football celebrities.

After the German football announced that it has entered the summer break, there will be tabloid reporters staying outside the BBC from time to time, and female fans who are eager to see their idols. The number of people who come to hang out here is 30-40 people every day, but the number is this morning. The number suddenly increased to 300 people—because the "Sun" broke the news that Auston and Beckham had arrived in London last night, and it is very likely that they will come to the TV station today for filming.

How popular are Beckham and Auston?The ever-increasing number of fans and reporters outside the TV station may indirectly reveal some truths: there are already people waiting here before 6 o'clock in the morning, 7 people at 200 o'clock, 8 people at 300 o'clock, and more than 9 people at 500 o'clock... …most of them are fans, and the rest are undercover reporters sent by other media outlets.

Every man who tried to enter the TV station through the square was carefully scrutinized by the crowd. When it was almost 10 o'clock, the fans hadn't found the target person. Just when they wondered if the "Sun" had put false news, there was finally a relative of the fan's TV station. Handed out a message saying: "Beckham and Alston are already filming commercials, what? You didn't see their shadows in the square? Oh, of course, they drove directly into the parking lot, and then the staff from the parking lot The internal passage came to the studio, if you had paid attention to the vehicles in the first place, you might have stopped them."

The fans were annoyed and discouraged, but they left the TV station without getting angry.Almost everyone chose to continue waiting, and while squatting in the square, they called their relatives and friends: "Hey, come to the BBC! Beckham and Alston are filming commercials on TV!"

Around 11 o’clock, a group of tall young people suddenly appeared on the square, attracting everyone’s attention—the uniform of tight T-shirts and jeans not only highlighted their sunny and lively youthful atmosphere, but also made them strong and fit. The figure of each young man is fully presented. Each young man wears a ball cap and sunglasses on the bridge of his nose that can cover half of his face. From a distance, he looks like he is full of stars and full of aura.

"Who are these people?"

"A fan like us?"

"How can the fans have that kind of temperament! Look at them walking towards the TV station without squinting. They are probably actors or models from the BBC?"

"How come I don't recall these people appearing in recent BBC programs and TV dramas?"

"They all look handsome."

"Better in shape!"

"Why do you look familiar from the back? Let me think..."

The fans, who had been scorched by the scorching sun all morning, basically squatted in the shade. No one thought much about seeing such a group of young people with extraordinary aura appearing in front of the TV station, and no one stepped forward to take a closer look. The ultimate goal is only Beckham and Oston, seeing so many people suddenly, I just thought it was a newcomer from the film and television industry or something.

At the same time, among the young people who kept on going:

"So nervous, so nervous, we won't be recognized, right?"

"Keep your head down and walk forward, don't look back - we are wearing hats and sunglasses, and we are wearing the same clothes. As long as those fans don't get close and look at us, they will definitely think that we are TV actors or something!"

"I'm almost at the gate, oops, I saw the security guard! How do we get in?"

"You said we were TV models?"

"But we have no documents!"

"Let's just say we're here to shoot commercials!"

"Is this okay?"

"The BBC headquarters is so big, how can a security guard know all the filming plans of the TV station? Anyway, we are not unknown, as long as he knows one of us, he will definitely put us all in with confidence!"

A group of people bravely walked into the lobby of the TV station headquarters.

Because the square outside was crowded with fans waiting to watch Beckham and Alston, the TV station was already on guard against someone sneaking in to meet their idols. As long as a person without a work pass appeared in the hall, the security guards would be immediately aroused. vigilance.

A security guard in a blue uniform came over waving a baton: "What are you guys here for?"

Reaching out to take off his hat and sunglasses, Koch smiled at the security guard in front of him: "We are here to shoot commercials."

The security guard froze for a moment, and shook the baton in his hand: "You, you are—" Then he turned his eyes and saw the teammates around Koch who had taken off their disguise, and was even more surprised and speechless: "You, you..."

Koch casually clipped the sunglasses on the T-shirt: "You know that our head coach, Carl Alston and Beckham, are shooting commercials on TV? We are with them."

The boss gave the security guards the task of intercepting the fans in the square and preventing them from getting into the TV station, but the objects of interception did not include celebrities—especially the stars of 1860 Munich.

Come to think of it, the head coach and captain of 1860 Munich have taken commercials here, so it's not surprising that other players appear together, right?Therefore, the security did not have any doubts at all. After recognizing Koch's face, he relaxed all vigilance, not only let them go, but also showed them the way: "I heard that the location for today's commercial shooting is No. 1 Photography The studio, that is the biggest studio in the TV station! It’s on the 7th floor, turn right after the elevator goes up, hurry up and go there.”

The stars of Munich 1860 showed a bright smile to this respectable and lovely security guard, and walked triumphantly towards the elevator.

The 7th floor arrived in no time. The Lions players got out of the elevator and followed the signs to find the entrance of Studio 1. As soon as they walked in, they were attracted by the scenery set up inside and the lively appearance of people coming and going.

"Why are there so many people..."

"It's so noisy, it's completely different from what I imagined."

"Why are there still TV shows? Where is the advertising area?"

"Where is the boss? Why can't I see it?"

Just when the Lions players were standing at the entrance of the studio and couldn't figure out the direction, Russ suddenly found that his younger brother was inexplicably excited.

"Sven, what did you see?" Lars asked his younger brother who was flushed and excited.

Unexpectedly, Sven didn't pay attention to his brother at all, but took out a notepad and a pen from his pocket, then ran forward suddenly, and stopped in front of a young man wearing a black shirt with an arrogant face: "The idol asks for an autograph."

Lars glanced in that direction and found that the young man was none other than Cristiano Ronaldo.