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From time to time, a seductive aroma wafts from the vicinity of Ronaldo's villa.

The aroma of roasted beef and mutton, the spicy aroma of spices such as chili, cumin, and black pepper, and the aroma of charcoal after the oil drips onto the grill are all the most arousing tastes in people's stomachs. .

The outside of the villa was filled with the sound of the reporters swallowing their saliva.

They are eager to stuff their stomachs, but there is not even an ice cream truck around this rich area, and the nearest fish and chip shop is miles away, and the reporters swallow everything but saliva Not into the stomach.

Someone started to feel annoyed: "They are having a barbecue party inside, and we're just waiting outside! Every time Auston comes to Ronald's house, he spends the night, and I think today is no exception. We are destined to not get any news! "

Another reporter said while rubbing his belly: "How many hours can Auston and Ronaldo eat barbecue? My stomach can't take it anymore. I really want to go to the city and have a Brazilian barbecue." "

Someone next to him interjected: "I'm so hungry that I have stomach cramps!"

The three reporters felt sorry for each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, gritted their teeth, started the car and drove to the city: "Whatever, don't guard! The smell of barbecue is really tormenting, let's go eat!"

Someone led and someone followed. In less than 10 minutes, the seven or eight media vehicles guarding outside Ronaldo's villa were gone.

The monitoring on the gate and the wall faithfully transmitted the images to the computer of the owner of the villa. Ronaldo closed his notebook and stretched: "The reporters are gone."

Carl stood up with a smile, and turned off the floor fan that he found out from the storage room two hours ago and was shaking his head in front of the barbecue grill. He turned and asked Ronaldo: "The ribs and beef on the shelf can still hold a whole lot." The whole plate, do you want some?"

Ronaldo's gaze was glued to the plate of barbecue for a few seconds, but he still shook his head, reached out and grabbed an apple and began to gnaw it.

Karl didn't let him continue, but started eating quickly with a knife and fork.Barbecue is more harmful than beneficial to athletes. Eating too much is not good for health, and the other is easy to gain weight and affect speed. Therefore, nutritionists and team doctors of most teams will advise players to stay away from high-calorie foods such as pizza and barbecue. As the head coach, Karl naturally understands what is best for the players. Besides, Ronaldo also ate a plate at the beginning, and now eating some vegetables and fruits just happens to achieve a balanced nutrition.

As for why Karl and Ronaldo have a buffet barbecue today?Was it because the two were having a good coffee on the streets of London, suddenly a bunch of microphones and cameras popped up, not only interrupting the date, but also clinging to the two of them like a swarm of flies, following them all the way from the street cafe To the center of London, followed from the city center to the suburbs, and then followed all the way to Manchester...

Karl originally made a series of perfect plans for today's itinerary, but they were destroyed less than halfway through, and he was naturally unhappy. In order to pass this unhappiness on to the culprits, he proposed to use Ronaldo's house in the yard. He was worried that the smell would not come out, so he deliberately found a fan to blow on the grill, and finally blown all the reporters away as he wished.

The reason why the media are so persistent is also very simple: Although Karl expressed his determination not to leave Munich 1860 during the interview, these reporters always felt that he would definitely have a secret meeting with the FA officials or Prince William, so in order to be the first When the photos of the secret meeting were taken in time, they followed Carl in an airtight way. Ronaldo is usually a topical figure who is often followed by the media.

Ronaldo was very happy to see Carl's displeasure with the reporters. He is the most popular star in the Premier League and suffers from the paparazzi at ordinary times. I also feel that all the anger I have received from the media in the past has been expelled.

Carl put away the barbecue grill, dragged it back to the storage room together with the floor fan, and came out with a roll of posters in his hand after a while: "What did you put in the innermost cabinet in the storage room? It looks like Portrait or poster?"

Ronaldo turned his head and took a look, his face suddenly changed: "Well, don't touch that thing! Give it to me quickly!" He stood up and wanted to grab it with Karl.

Carl frowned: "Could it be a playboy girl's full fruit poster?" If it is a poster that can be seen normally, why roll it up and hide it in a corner of the storage room for fear of being discovered?

"Me! How! What! Can! Can! Will! Yes! That! Kind! East! West!" Ronaldo said with gritted teeth, his face seemed to be dyed with a thin layer of blush: "Hurry up and give me my things. I!"

Carl raised his eyebrows, pushed Ronaldo's chest with one hand, and shook the poster away with the other.

But in the next second, it became silent.

Because the person on the poster...is himself.

The poster is one of the many promotional photos that Carl took for Tom Ford, and it is also the one that every flagship store reported to the headquarters. Once it is pasted outside the store, passers-by will secretly tear it up.

After glancing at Ronaldo's flushed face, Carl rerolled the poster with a smile, turned around and walked back into the house: "I'll put it back where it was for you."

Ronaldo sighed for the rest of his life, and he let out a long breath.

It’s fine if you don’t ask how you got here. If you ask him, it’s hard to answer. You can’t just tell Carl that you passed by the Tom Ford flagship store one night and saw the poster. Let's go home... If you really answer like that, wouldn't that fellow Carl be self-satisfied and narcissistic?

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Not two days after the Munich 1860 game against Real Madrid, the last round of the UEFA Champions League, Inter Milan's match against Liverpool also came to an end with a score of 0:1.

The Champions League quarter-finals are all out: 1860 Munich, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Barcelona, ​​Fenerbahce, Schalke 04, Liverpool.

The Premier League has the strongest momentum this year, occupying four places in one breath, followed by Germany, which occupies two places in the quarter-finals, and only Barcelona in La Liga, and Fenerbahçe is a team from the Turkish Super League.Since Platini became the president of UEFA, he has been supporting clubs from the small and medium leagues to appear more in the European arena. Only from this UEFA Champions League, his various policies have not had much effect.

UEFA then conducted the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals.

In terms of reputation, Fenerbahçe is considered the weakest of the top eight, but the strength of this Turkish Super League team is not bad. Fenerbahce not only remained unbeaten at home in the previous Champions League games, but also separated at home. Having defeated Sevilla and Inter Milan once, although Chelsea's strength is stronger than Fenerbahce's, it does not rule out the possibility of an upset in this duel.

As for the matchup with the least suspense, it is Barcelona vs. Schalke 04. Although the Bundesliga powerhouses are quite strong, the gap with the Catalan giants is still clearly there, unless Barcelona plays themselves to death. Otherwise, it will be the red and blue army that will advance.

Manchester United faced Liverpool and wanted to rehearse the English national derby on the European stage.

Munich 1860 drew Arsenal, which is not a good draw for either the Lions or the Gunners.

Of the four Premier League teams, except for Chelsea, who were a little bit luckier, Liverpool and Manchester United staged the Premier League civil war ahead of schedule, while Arsenal drew the extremely difficult opponent Munich 1860. No wonder after the draw ceremony, some media and fans thought darkly: It has long been an open secret that Platini is displeased with the great power of the Premier League. The draw this time is his sneaky trick, right?

Karl didn't know how Wenger was feeling. Anyway, after he knew the result of the draw, he had a headache for quite a while.

After sending his assistants to collect Arsenal player information and game videos, Karl rubbed his brows, and then devoted himself to another arduous job-arranging troops for the Munich Derby.

It turns out that the Bundesliga's most attention-grabbing events are the national derby, the Ruhr area derby and the north-south derby. However, in the past two years, the Munich derby has attracted more and more attention, and gradually suppressed the momentum of the previous derby. Important games are more likely to have a long-term impact on the team. Winning to stimulate morale may bring N consecutive victories, but if you accidentally lose, it may also keep the team's points unchanged for a long time. Hong seemed to be overtaken by his opponents. Karl's top priority was to keep the team's leading position in the league. In any case, he couldn't make mistakes and drag other competitions back.

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It is no exaggeration to say that the derby between Bayern Munich and Munich 1860 has attracted worldwide attention.

The degree of attention to this Munich Derby has reached a new peak in the history of the Bundesliga. Among the 209 member countries of FIFA, 198 countries and regions will broadcast the game, and the German media started more than a week ago. In order to build momentum, and asserted that this game will surely create a new Bundesliga broadcast ratings record.

On the online shopping website Ebay, the purchase price of an ordinary Munich Derby ticket has been raised five to eight times as high, but there are still very few fans willing to sell their tickets.

German football commentators are now keen to predict the starting lineup and victory of the two teams for the Munich Derby. They point out Jiangshan and scold Fang Qiu one by one, as if they were roundworms in the stomachs of Karl and Klinsmann in their previous lives. Similar articles appear every day Many articles were published in newspapers and magazines, and even the hosts of TV shows came to join in the fun.

The sudden super pressure made Bayern coach Klinsmann a little overwhelmed. When he was interviewed by reporters the day before the game, he smiled wryly and said: "Just this week, I have at least a few hundred more gray hairs."

The external pressure from the media and fans is actually okay. Klinsmann, who once served as the head coach of the German national team, can still bear it. The most difficult thing for him is the starting list. There are many big names in the Bayern team. Klinsmann has only been in office for two or three months, and he has not completely conquered the locker room. Seven or eight days ago, someone expressed to him that he wanted to start the derby. The more savvy player directly said in an interview that he "looks forward to being able to enter the starting list". There are only 11 players in the starting lineup of a game, and those who are in the same position can't be on the other side. Those who are finally pressed by him on the bench Players, don't you have any dissatisfaction in your heart?

The dissatisfaction in the team is still a trivial matter, and I am afraid of being dragged out to make a fuss-the starting list of important games has always been extremely concerned by the media fans, and it is especially easy to be picked on by others. There are people who like to think too much I always feel that players who can get the starting spot are liked by the head coach. Those who cannot start must be disliked by the head coach. The public opinion outside is crooked. If the two don't communicate and make up for it in time, there will be quarrels between them.

The neighbor next door was busy with a derby match, but the side of Munich 1860 was calm and quiet without any disturbance.

Karl and his players are used to the spotlight.

On March 3, hundreds of journalists gathered in the multipurpose hall of the Allianz Arena.

Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich held their own pre-match press conferences.

Klinsmann's complexion was not good, and he came and went in a hurry, which was in stark contrast to Karl who followed him on the stage leisurely and contentedly.

After announcing the starting lineup, Karl answered a few questions from the media and was about to announce the end of the press conference, but at this moment an interesting incident suddenly appeared.

A few fans wearing Munich 1860 jerseys rushed into the venue. They were all middle-aged men in their 40s and 1860s, with thick hair and strong bodies.If there are senior fans of [-] here, they can be recognized at a glance as diehard Lions. Although they are all working class, it is unambiguous to follow the team every season and spend money everywhere. They are also the ones who create a devilish atmosphere for their opponents, and they have become very famous figures in the fan community over time.

If Klinsmann is sitting on it at the moment, then the media present should worry about whether these Lions fans are going to attack the Bayern coach personally, but the person sitting on the rostrum is Karl, a fan of 1860 Munich It won't be detrimental to your coach, right?So none of the reporters spoke or moved, they just silently pointed their cameras at these fans, wanting to see what they were going to do.

I saw these fans standing sideways towards the rostrum, pushing up the sleeves of their jerseys one by one, exposing their strong upper arms. On the light brown skin trained by labor and sun exposure, the name of the head coach of Munich 1860 is So brightly lit up, the name is cursive, surrounded by a mighty lion with its teeth and claws, the whole pattern looks like a lion guarding the team coach.

This group of fans actually tattooed Auston's name on their bodies?Before the media were overwhelmed with surprise, the coach of the Lions team stood up from his seat, walked in front of these fans, shook hands one by one, whispered a few words, and then these fans left happily.

Carl, who watched the fans leave, did not continue to return to the stage to answer reporters' questions, but directly announced the end of the press conference, and then exited from the side door next to the rostrum. After the media stayed for a while, they rushed to catch up with the camera A few fans went.

Those big fans came out of the venue and were about to go to watch the stage. They were suddenly stopped by a group of reporters holding microphones and cameras. After being surprised, when they heard the purpose of the reporters, the leader immediately smiled: "Yes, we are I tattooed Mr. Alston's name on my body, and I just came here to let him see that we did not violate his intention!"

The media felt that there was gossip to dig out, and asked questions in a hurry.

The fans chattered: "I have been a fan of Munich 1860 since I learned to watch football at the age of five, and for 30 years now, Mr. Oston is the best head coach I have ever met! "

"These have been some of the best years I've ever watched football and we can't thank Mr. Alston enough!"

"His contribution to Munich 1860 is undeniable. We all wish we could erect a statue of him on Marienplatz!"

"This proposal has actually been made a long time ago, but it is a pity that the city hall did not approve it! We also thought about erecting a statue at the Allianz Arena, but unfortunately the stadium is not owned by one of our teams, and it is impossible for Bayern to agree."

"So some of us discussed it and wanted to have Mr. Alston's head tattooed on our bodies."

"It's a pity that when I asked Mr. Alston for advice, he said that he was not used to his face appearing on other people's bodies. It would make him feel very strange."

"So we asked a tattoo artist to design this pattern and tattooed his name on it!"

"Today I came here to let Mr. Alston take a look at this tattoo. He praised the pattern is very beautiful, and asked us if the tattoo hurts. To be honest, it hurts. After the tattoo is done, the whole arm will swell for a few days, but With his concern, no matter how much he hurts us, we will not regret it!"

After a few fans finished speaking with a smile on their faces, they saw that there was not much time left before the start of the game, so they bid farewell to the reporters and ran to the stands in a hurry.

Dozens of reporters looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally they all sighed with emotion: How many head coaches in Europe can match this popularity and prestige?

No wonder now that when some people call Munich 1860, they don't even call it the former nickname Lions, but directly call it "Auston Army"!