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Chapter 206 Auston captures England...

Thinking of Prince William's duties, Karl finally found a connection between him and himself-football.

But finding the connection doesn’t mean finding the reason. Karl still can’t figure out why Prince William invited him to the horse racing festival, and the letter directly pointed out that he should go directly to the royal box at that time.

This is an opportunity to step into London's high society, an olive branch that many people dream of.

...It's just that the arrival is a little weird.

Or is Prince William a fan of Munich 1860?

This is also impossible.Because everyone in England knows that Prince William is deeply attached to Aston Villa. The prince has fallen in love with this Premier League team since Eton College, and even dreamed of becoming a professional player. Aston Villa also favors the prince. They were very pleased. They even sent scouts to investigate Prince William and issued a formal invitation. Of course, because of identity issues, no matter how close Prince William and Aston Villa are, they are destined not to be one.

In any case, the invitation letter handwritten by Prince William will not imply a bad thing. Thinking this way, Karl looked at the opening day of the horse racing festival, which happened to be the day after the second match with Real Madrid, the Champions League match After the end, I flew directly from Madrid to London, which was very timely in terms of time.

So Karl called Kensington Palace according to the phone number on the envelope, saying that he was honored to receive the invitation and would be happy to attend the appointment.

……

The whole of Manchester is almost occupied by Karl.

This is the most personal feeling of Ronaldo in a week.

In the past, football stars endorsed luxury goods, most of which were sub-lines of the brand. There has never been such an in-depth and extensive cooperation between football players and first-line luxury brands, so it is certain that it will cause a sensation in European and even world football.

It’s just that Ronaldo didn’t expect that this was a shock at the social level, not only fans and players paid attention to it: TV, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, billboards, everything people saw and talked about was all shot by Carl for Tom Ford 2008 spring and summer series promotional film.

Going out to buy newspapers in the morning, Ronaldo accidentally caught a glimpse of Karl on the cover of a magazine when the stall owner was giving change, and then turned his head to the side to see that it was also Karl, so he stopped and counted carefully in front of the booth. There are a total of 17 Carls in the new issue, and this is just the cover and does not include the inner issue.

Ronaldo went shopping in London after the weekend game. Along the way, he felt that his friends were greeting him from a distance. Although he knew it was impossible, when he stepped on the accelerator and approached, he found that they were all large billboards... Carl on the top Wearing different styles of formal clothes, with stern expressions or smiling faces, the postures are very common or even casual, but the aura exuded from them is very different from the models on other billboards, which is more...more attractive to people to stop and watch force.

Ronaldo even developed signs of being hit by a car on the support under a certain billboard on the road entering downtown London.

When passing by the Tom Ford London flagship store on Sloane Street, Ronaldo stared at the posters on the entire wall in the floor-to-ceiling windows, and walked out an hour later. several bags.

...Believe him, his intention was just to go in and have a look, and he couldn't help swiping his card to shop. It's all the fault of those shopping guides. Their tongues must have practiced how to tie cherry stems in knots, and they are simply too persuasive.

Taking the trophy to the open-air restaurant for afternoon tea, Ronaldo felt both enjoyment and troublesome eyes from all around him, looking uprightly or furtively. Since he became the most popular star in the Premier League, every time he went out he would meet In the same situation, although most of the fans are very reserved and courteous and would not approach him to ask him for autographs and group photos, it is inevitable to be surrounded and discussed. Ronaldo becomes used to it after a lot of times. Enron scored a goal amidst the boos of the fans, how could he be afraid that this restaurant will only be stared at by dozens of pairs?

It's just that the topic of the young ladies at the next table is a little different from the past.

"Cristiano Ronaldo! God, I didn't expect to meet a Premier League star just for a cup of coffee! If John knew what he would miss if he didn't come out shopping with us, he would definitely go crazy..."

"He is much more handsome than he looks on TV. He has really good muscles, and the shirt is stretched tight."

"The clothes on him look familiar. Are they from Tom Ford's spring and summer collection?"

"It's a poster style! It's the one on the cover of "Glamour" this month! It's also the one on the big poster outside the flagship store!"

"It's a completely different feeling from Auston. I can't tell which I like better. Perhaps, Ronaldo?"

"I love Auston, he's my dream girl."

"Me too. But Jenny, isn't your dream girl Charlie the former high school football captain?"

"Charlie? He's so childish and scruffy. I used to be too young to like him. Now my tastes have matured."

"Do you want to go to Munich for vacation this year? Or August or September, the Oktoberfest is also very interesting, or we can also see Austen and his players participating in the celebration..."

The voices of several young ladies were not loud, but Ronaldo couldn't bear his ears.

Inexplicably, he was a little upset, he stood up and left before he finished his coffee, he didn't know whether he hated himself being beaten down by Karl, or hated that they were infatuated with his friends one after another.

After returning home in Manchester, Ronaldo found a new message on his mobile phone as soon as he got out of the shower, from his sister Katie: "Chris, I know you and Auston are friends, I want to take a photo with him, hear that? Let's have dinner together!"

Ronaldo curled his lips and threw the phone on the sofa.

He turned on the TV, picked up his notebook, and watched TV while surfing the Internet.

Sure enough, as he thought, not only London and Manchester, but the whole of England seemed to be occupied by Karl.

Carl Oston's Facebook and Twitter never posted private life information in the BBC TV news, but the number of fans continued to skyrocket, and he would soon be the top football player.

The Tom Ford flagship stores located on Sloane Street in Knightsbridge, London, and Madison Avenue, New York, were almost overwhelmed on the day of the new release, with the highest sales in one day, even exceeding the January sales in the off-season.

People in the fashion industry are scrambling to get an interview and at the same time, they have @各路top male model, jokingly calling "the wolf is coming", "the job grabber is here", "fortunately, he is only a part-time endorser".

Football shouts that there can be more cross-border cooperation like this, Versace Givenchy Dior Burberry Armani Chanel we all accept, without Auston, you still have Mourinho/Beckham/Cudicini/Neville/ Figo/Ljungberg/Shevchenko/Trapattoni/Inzaghi/Maldini... There are all kinds of handsome men, blond and black hair, and all muscular and fit, and thin Compared with the male model with ribs, it has a different flavor.

Even the famous BBC host Clark laughed and said in a TV program: "The last football player who could attract the attention of the whole people was David Beckham ten years ago." It is a fashion brand that has just been established for a few years, and I thought it was the latest 007 or Harry Potter movie that was about to be released!"

Although he knows that Karl is very popular, Ronaldo still feels a little uncomfortable with this state of national topic. It’s not because of jealousy or anything. It’s just that Karl in magazines and posters makes him feel a little strange, so distant, and even a little unapproachable. a feeling of.

After hesitating for a while, Ronaldo still made a phone call and found a very legitimate reason for himself: "Come on for the second match with Real Madrid!"

"... There are still more than ten hours before that game, are you sure you read the calendar correctly?"

"Can't I cheer you up in advance?"

"Of course, but." Carl looked at the time: "Call me at this hour, I will only think that you feel empty, lonely and cold, and then want to find someone to chat with."

"..." was half the truth!But, uh, Carl with a poisonous mouth is the familiar smell.

The subtle silence on the other end of the phone made Carl feel tacit, but he didn't reveal it: "Do you have time to participate in this year's Cheltenham Horse Racing Festival, on the 13th?"

Ronaldo calculated Manchester United's match day: "It was the third day after the match against Rome. The team should have no training. The boss will probably go to the horse race and give the team a holiday."

"Then I'll see you at Cheltenham for dinner then."

Ronaldo suddenly became reserved: "I'm not sure if I have a date that day, maybe I have a date and I won't have time to go to Cheltenham."

"You have a new girlfriend?"

"No."

"Then let's have dinner together."

"Manchester United has a lot of games this month. If I have rare free time, I don't know whether I would like to go to the horse race or rest at home."

"Let's have dinner together."

"……All right."

……

German football is never short of miracles.

First, Kaiserslautern, who had just returned to the Bundesliga under the leadership of Otto the Great, created a fairy tale of a newly promoted team winning the championship.

After that, Karl and Munich 1860 completely replicated this brilliance and won the Bundesliga championship for two consecutive seasons.

Now, there is another Hoffenheim.

The magic of Hoffenheim is that, as a club established for more than 100 years, it is a village team with only more than 3000 villagers. At the bottom of the eight-level league system, there were thousands of clubs similar to Hoffenheim at that time—but in the following ten years, they received continuous capital injections from the German IT super-rich Dietmar Hopp, and they were promoted to the sixth level. He has played in the Bundesliga Bundesliga and has maintained his position as the leader of the Bundesliga Bundesliga. It is very likely that he will be promoted to the Bundesliga next season, complete the miracle of being promoted to the top seven levels in a row, and mix from the bottom of the professional league to the top.

Rather than calling it a miracle, perhaps it is more appropriate to change it to "a doomed future", because Hoffenheim is really strong this season, reaching the quarter-finals in the German Cup and winning the Bundesliga at the end of the season It's not a difficult task for an upgrade quota.

That's right, Hoffenheim is indeed one of the quarter-finals of the German Cup this season, and they will soon be in the quarter-finals of the German Cup.

Hoffenheim's opponent is 1860 Munich.

On February 2, the 28 Munich team took the bus to find the home of their quarter-final opponents.

The resident population of Hoffenheim Village is only 3252, and the village’s home court can only accommodate more than 5000 fans. Therefore, when encountering important events, they have to ask their neighbors Mannheim to borrow the one with 2 seats. stadium.

Although the Mannheim stadium is a little shabby, the atmosphere of today's game is top-notch. Not only is the stadium full - it is so rare that the Bundesliga leaders will come to the town to play, and fans from nearby towns come to watch the stars! ——Even from more than half an hour before the game, there were various cheering and singing sounds, and the stands were full of banners.

Among the various banners, the big white cardboard held by Hoffenheim fans is the most interesting, with a sentence stuck on it with black tape: "Our whole village is here!"

This is the most common slogan played by Hoffenheim fans in the stands, because German football is too big and Hoffenheim is too small (so small that you can't find traces of Hoffenheim on most German maps. ), they yearned for the future to continue to upgrade and go on, so they showed their support for the village team by showing their support for the village team.

But when Hoffenheim play other teams, other fans often laugh when they see this slogan.

The 1860 Munich fans who came from afar couldn't help laughing. After laughing, they developed admiration for the Hoffenheim team and the Hoffenheim village.

A village team whose entire village population can’t fill its own home field is about to enter the Bundesliga. This is really admirable.

Singing sounded on the court, and the players of the two teams came out holding the hands of the little caddy.

Karl and Hoffenheim coach Rangnick shook hands before returning to their respective benches.

Carl is not worried about this game: Although the popularity is increasing, and it is getting more and more attention from German sports programs and fans, but the current Hoffenheim does not yet have the strength to overturn 1860 Munich.

The development of the game was exactly as Karl thought, and it became a unique occasion for Munich 1860.

Although there was no main force, the scene of Munich 1860 was still almost perfect: Hummels and Dante strangled Huo Cun's offense in a row, Lars and Sven hit the wall many times in a row, Lewandorf Ski's solo ride for thousands of miles, Dzeko's dive to the top, and finally even Mertesacker rushed into the opponent's goal, playing an addiction to cooperate with the offense.

Karl made a substitution at the beginning of the second half, and used up all three substitutions in the 80th minute.

The physical strength of the main players of Munich 1860 has been preserved to the maximum extent. The coach of Hoffenheim also started to change players when Karl was in the rotation, and made the best effort, but the strength gap between the two sides is really a bit big, so there is no need to say anything else , Just look at the smoothness of the two teams' offense, the degree of energy consumption of the players in the second half, and their respective ball possession rates (72% for the Lions and 28% for Huo Village), a bystander can guess the final result. Who is the winner.

In the end, Hoffenheim relied on forward Demba Ba's excellent performance to get back a goal at the end of the game. Although it could not change the final outcome, it was also a reward for the efforts of Huo Cun's players throughout the game.

The score finally ended at 4:1.

Munich 1860 eliminated Hoffenheim and reached the semi-finals of the German Cup.

Even after the game is over, the sound of the Hoffenheim team anthem is still echoing in the stadium-losing to Munich 1860, which is currently the most popular in German football, Huo Village fans do not feel ashamed. Tenacious, glorious to lose.The quarter-finals of the German Cup can satisfy Hoffenheim's not-so-great hearts, and they sing more to pray for the future of the team. In three months, Hoffenheim will be promoted to the Bundesliga is not it?

……

Hoffenheim's players and coaches were also very calm after losing up and down, and even had a positive attitude.

Head coach Rangnick first made an appointment with Carl: "We will definitely be promoted this year, and see you in the Bundesliga next season!" Then he asked with a smile, "Can we take a photo together?" So the two stood in the mixed zone and took seven or eight consecutive photos. photo.

Then the Hoffenheim players gathered around and asked to take a photo with the Munich 1860 players to sign and change their jerseys.

Almost every player of the Lions team was treated warmly. Beckham, the "heartbeat" was even surrounded by several players. Take it and send it out.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Karl turned around after saying goodbye to Rangnick, he saw Hoffenheim striker Ibisevic standing behind him shirtless and holding a dark blue jersey.

Carl gestured with his eyes: "?"

Ibisevic smiled expectantly: "Mr. Oston, I like you very much! I wonder if I can..." Waved his hand: "Change your jersey?"

Carl nodded and smiled: "I'd be happy to accept your jersey, but I don't seem to have any similar sportswear..." He wore formal clothes during team training. What would he exchange for this young rookie in front of him?

Ibisevic smiled shyly, and pointed to Karl's chest: "Is this scarf okay? I want a souvenir from you."

"Of course." After being slightly stunned, Karl reacted quickly, untied the scarf and handed it to the other party, and took the jersey with the other hand: "I appreciate your performance in the game, Mr. Ibisevic, you will be a promising player." players."

"Thank you, I will always remember this sentence." Holding a black cashmere scarf, Ibisevic smiled contentedly. After fulfilling his wish, he turned and walked away happily.

Putting the sweaty Ibisevic jersey on his arm, Karl thought that the first thing he would do after going back was to wash the jersey, and he really wanted to go back to the locker room.

Just one step away, another shirtless man stood in front of him.

Another striker for Hoffenheim, the African guy Demba Ba.

The big dark-skinned player smiled with gleaming teeth: "Mr. Alston, can I take a photo with you?"

Carl stopped in his tracks and glanced sideways: Yep, a bunch of shirtless ones.

"Mr. Alston, I like you very much! Can I..."

"I love watching 1860 Munich! You are my idol, Mr. Alston!"

"I've always dreamed of playing for you, but now I'm playing against you first. This is really dramatic..."

"Mr. Alston, please accept my jersey, it will become very valuable in the future, because I will be the best star!"

What else can Carl say?Can only smile and nod.

After Hoffenheim formed a team to swipe Karl, the Lions coach was dumbfounded with seven or eight jerseys in his hands—his tie, square scarf, pen, and even a pair of cufflinks were all taken back by these guys. Souvenirs too.

On the trip back to Munich, the Lions players were very irritable: "Bandits! The Hoffenheim players are a bunch of robbers!"

After finishing speaking, he strolled over to Carl's side again: "Boss, let's have a scarf with your name embroidered on it, shall we?"

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