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After the third round of the Bundesliga in 05-06, 1860 Munich finally won a victory and advanced 3 places in the standings.

The game against Nuremberg was full of ups and downs. Although the Lions had the home court advantage, they did not take advantage of the field. The goal was repeatedly broken, and the final score was even more thrilling: 4:3.If it weren't for Portillo's goal in stoppage time, Nuremberg would have taken a point from the Allianz Arena.

Nuremberg, Bayern Munich and Munich 1860 are all Bavarian teams, and the game between them can also be called "Bavarian Derby".

In the past many years, because of the sluggishness of Munich 1860, the match between the stronger Nuremberg and Bayern was regarded as one of the mid-year football events in Bavaria. Since last season, because of the resurgence of the Lions, So this match between Nuremberg and Munich 1860 has also attracted a lot of attention.

After the game, there were quite a few media and fans who researched and commented on the game.

The best player of the game was awarded to Portillo of Munich 1860. He not only scored twice in this game as the core of the frontcourt, but also repeatedly created fast attacks, which restrained many Nuremberg defenders. The Lions relieved a lot of pressure at halftime.

"Bild" spent a lot of time after the game to introduce Portillo to German fans again, and broke a big news, that is-Real Madrid is observing Portillo's performance in Germany!

"Bild" was triumphant, thinking that it had made a big news, but in fact, this topic did not cause much discussion among German fans, because everyone felt that no matter how much Real Madrid observed Portillo, they would never Bought back the former golden boy.

One is because Real Madrid currently has Raul, Ronaldo, Robinho, and Cassano in the forward line, and Zenane and Guti in the midfield are not weak in attacking power.The second is because Portillo has an unforgettable and painful memory with the Bernabeu. Is it rejuvenated?), even if Real Madrid wants to buy Portillo back, Portillo may not agree.

So whether this news is among the fans of Munich 1860 or in the team, everyone forgets it after seeing it. Even Portillo himself did not take this news to heart.

In the fiercely competitive list of the worst player in the game, the Nuremberg defense team and Munich 1860 Lenz will fight hard. One of them is completely led by the nose when defending, and the whole game is like sleepwalking. , Created dozens of shooting opportunities for the Lions.The other is that he has repeatedly failed the trust of his teammates and put all the balls that were easy to save into the net, making people almost suspect that he is an undercover agent.

In the end, it was because the Lions goalkeeper Lenz's individual combat effectiveness was too strong, and he swept the Nuremberg defense team and won this award.

Lenz was heavily criticized after the game.

Slow response, poor sense of position, low ability to predict, and poor ability to respond quickly after a failed save.

Of the three goals conceded by Munich 1860, at least two and a half were put in because of Lenz's fault.

Karl will not fail to see the problems that are so easily seen by the media.However, Dr. Renbok said that if Hoffman's abdominal strain is completely healed, he will have to wait for more than a month.

In other words, until Hoffman returns, Munich 1860 will have to use Lenz as the main force.

The fans lamented on the local forum: I have already watched a game against Nuremberg with climaxes, and my heart almost stopped beating. If I keep scoring crazy goals and being fed like crazy in the future, I will not dare to go to the scene to watch the game!

How does 1860 Munich solve the goalkeeper crisis?

"Kicker" gave the answer that is most likely to come true: "Just like Karl Oston did in the game against Nuremberg, he used continuous attacks to harass the opponent's defense and divert the pressure of his own goalkeeper. This This move is very dangerous, because only when the offensive power of Munich 1860 is stronger than the opponent, can they easily win the victory. What if the opponent's offense is stronger than them? The Lions will then fall into a very dangerous situation. In addition, if they encounter Not even a team that is good at defending and counterattacking..."

The reporter of "Süddeutsche Zeitung" interviewed Karl specifically for this purpose and asked him: "Do you agree with the view that 'the best defense is offense'?"

The young coach of 1860 Munich smiled and said nothing.

The female reporter who fell into shyness for a while failed to get more information from him.

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At the beginning of September, the world football ushered in the national team match day.

The national team competition day refers to the official national team competition days such as the World Cup, Intercontinental Cup, qualifiers, friendly matches, etc., except for the three usual competition months of June, July and August (World Cup Olympics, etc.), usually on September and October. , There will also be national team match days in mid-February and March. FIFA stipulates that when the national team summons players from the country on the match day, the club must unconditionally release the players back to the country to participate in the match.

The national match day arrangement is different every year, which is adjusted according to the leagues of each country. Because most national league matches are played on weekends, the national team match days are generally arranged in the middle of the week.

Usually at this time, the head coaches of many clubs in Europe start to feel headaches. The more main international players in the team, the more headaches. Even if the international players who are called up immediately finish playing the national team games, they will return to the club before the start of the new round of the league. , Because of jet lag and physical problems, it is also difficult to play a full game in the league. At this time, the team with a vacant main force is easily attacked by opponents in the League Cup.

But for most small and medium teams, there is no such trouble, because they may not be able to find a single international player in the entire team.

Munich 1860 is not too worried now. They currently only have Shao Jiayi and Yekas as teammates of the Chinese national team and the Greek national team respectively. too much impact.

However, it may not be so after a few years. The Lions have a large number of national youth team players-Lars Bender, Sven Bender, Ozil, Yanker, Dante Santos, Dennis O Ge, Timo Gebhardt is the main player of different echelons below the German U21 team, and Edin Dzeko is a player of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national youth team, plus Yekas and Shao Jiayi, although I don’t know how many years to wait Several of them will be officially called up by the national team, but even if they go halfway, Karl will have a headache then.

However, after all, that is a matter of the future. Maybe in a few years, 1860 Munich will have enough money to put a lot of stars on the bench?And if there are several international players in the first team, it will be a qualitative improvement to the club's reputation.

On September 9, the headline of the sports section of the "Munich Daily": "Portuguese players wear black gauze to mourn the death of Ronaldinho's father." Carl was stunned the first moment he saw the headline of the newspaper. He roughly scanned the content: "On September 8, Dinis Aveiro, the father of Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo, died in hospital in London due to severe liver and kidney disease... On the 9th, Portugal at the Dynamo football stadium in Moscow In the battle against Russia, all the Portuguese players wore black veils, and Ronaldo was also in the starting lineup...Ronaldo worked very hard in the game, but he still failed to score a goal for his father in heaven...Dinis A Vero's body will be flown back to Portugal for burial..."

Carl took out his mobile phone and checked the time. At 8:05 in the morning, there was an hour's time difference between Munich and Lisbon, Portugal.

After being silent for a while, he still pressed the call button, and after three beeps, a choked voice answered the call.

……

Hasler knocked on the door: "Carl, I brought you what you asked for."

"Trouble you." Carl thanked him, and took the clothes bag: "If I don't have some work to do, I will go back to the apartment to pick it up myself."

"Don't be so polite, I'm idle at home anyway." In order to ensure that the players will be more energetic in the next round of the league, Karl gave the team two days off yesterday, and the players went home to rest. Hasler and others The assistant coaches were of course also idle: "But I'm curious, why do you want me to go home and help you get a black suit?"

"Going to a funeral." Carl closed his notebook, stood up, closed the door and curtains, and began to change his clothes.

Hasler blinked, the answer was something he hadn't expected at all.

Carl unbuttoned his suit while pointing to the desk: "After the players return to the team tomorrow, train them according to the content in my notebook. I should have returned when the game the day after tomorrow, but just in case, there are There is a detailed starting list and tactics, you can discuss with other coaches to see if there are any deficiencies.”

Hassler was very curious: "What kind of funeral will take a whole day, and you may not be able to come back the day after tomorrow?" In fact, what Hassler wanted to ask was "Who passed away?" But it seemed too abrupt to ask like that, and Hassler could only insinuate.

Carl didn't continue to satisfy Hassler's curiosity, he grabbed the car keys and walked towards the door, and made a phone call gesture when passing by Hassler: "I'm catching a plane, and keep in touch with me if you have any questions. "

It wasn't until the footsteps had gone away that Hassler approached Carl's desk to observe. He had already spotted the newspaper with the wide open page.

Looking at the headlines, Hasler frowned: "Ronaldo's father? But what does this have to do with Karl?" He was very confused.

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Munich is about a 2-hour flight from Lisbon, thank God today's flight was not delayed, Karl finally arrived at Lisbon Airport at noon.

Ronaldo, dressed in black, was already waiting at the exit.

His expression was exhausted, his complexion was gloomy, and his eyes were somewhat dazed and dull.

Carl has never experienced the pain of losing his father. In his previous life, he was an adopted orphan. In this life, his father, Laurie, is in good health. When he saw Ronaldo, he couldn't say those polite words like "I understand your grief very well". Just walked up to give each other a hug.

Ronaldo hugged him back, and the two got into the car.

"When is the funeral?"

"Three o'clock in the afternoon." Ronaldo started the car: "Actually, you don't have to rush here." Carl is one of the few friends of Ronaldo who came to the funeral. Ronaldo did not invite any Manchester United teammates because he knew that others had no obligation Having jettisoned an important game to fly to Portugal to mourn his father (Ronaldo had to miss the Manchester derby because of the funeral), he invited only a few Lisbon native friends.

Carl asked back: "You really treat me as a friend without notifying me of such an important matter?"

"You are the head coach of 1860 Munich." Ronaldo said dryly, "You have a whole team to manage, and games..."

Carl said lightly, "That won't be more important than your father's funeral."

Ronaldo's eyes were sour, and he looked up at the road ahead.

'I've grown up and I can't cry like I used to. Ronaldo told himself, "At least there should be less crying at my father's funeral. He always wanted me to be the strongest man. I will show him that and let him know that this family can rely on me to go on." '

Carl pretended not to see the red eye circles of the other party.

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Ronaldo's entire family is Catholic, so it was a Catholic funeral.

In front of the cemetery, the priest stepped aside after saying the last prayer, and Ronaldo stood in front of the crowd to say his last farewell to his father.

His voice was sobbing, but there was no obvious crying, but it could be heard that he was trying to endure: "When I heard the news of my father Aveiro's death, my brain went blank, I couldn't think, and the whole world was at a loss until Even now, I still feel that he is so close to me, as if he never left."

There was a faint sobbing voice from below, it was Ronaldo's mother Dolores.

"Without him, I wouldn't have been able to be a footballer and be as successful as I am today. My dad, who made me who I am, is gone... My whole family feels so empty and we still have Lost with the loss of a loved one... But, we have to look forward, life is so short, it is impossible to always be immersed in the past... My brothers and sisters and I will carry this family on our backs..."

Surrounded by grief, Carl lowered his eyes, and suddenly felt a little empathy.

The coffin began to be buried, and Karl walked with the crowd and placed a flower in front of the grave.

Ronaldo has been standing still since the farewell speech. Carl walked over to stand beside him and raised his right hand. He wanted to hug him at first, but in the end he just patted him on the shoulder.

Ronaldo suddenly covered his face, put his forehead on Karl's right shoulder, and wept bitterly.