long live football

"Kicker" is a football magazine widely known all over the world. It is published twice a week. Although the fixed circulation of each issue is only more than 20 copies, the official website has millions of hits per month. , many of the news it reported have great influence among the fans.

When the latest issue of "Kicker" was released, Lakers official website reporter Tru Dale took it to interview the Lakers head coach Phil who led different teams to win 9 NBA championships and has the nickname "Zen Master". Jackson: "Karl Oston, the head coach of the German Bundesliga club 1860 Munich, claimed that he was inspired by you and is learning to integrate the triangle attack into football games, and he also said that he should use this attack. What do you think about the fact that ideas thrive in football?"

"I also have a copy of the magazine in your hand. I feel very honored to see that interview." Jackson said: "I agree with many of Auston's views, such as the one he said that basketball and football have something in common. , and he emphasized running in football games, and when I coached the Lakers, I also emphasized the fluidity of the game, that is, how the players on the field cooperate to get offensive opportunities, how to arrange defense, etc. "

The head coach of the Lakers also said with appreciation: "Although I am not a professional football fan, I have also watched his games and materials recently. In my opinion, Oston is a player who is very good at managing himself. The youth of the team, yes, he is very young, but his team rarely breaks out infighting or other scandals, 1860 Munich is full of vitality, and the prospects seem to be very good. I think Oston must have an excellent relationship with the players To communicate and to give them confidence, which is the most important thing for managers."

When Trudell asked whether Jackson was interested in establishing communication with Karl Oston, Jackson said with great interest: "Yes, yes, I believe that if we meet, we will have a very good chat. I welcome He comes to Los Angeles, or if I have the opportunity to go to Munich in the future."

Karl was also surprised by the friendly attitude conveyed by Phil Jackson. He immediately sent his voice again through the media to pay his respects to the man who is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches in the NBA.

"Bild" ridiculed this exchange as "cross-border cooperation". Many football fans in Europe began to be interested in Phil Jackson, and Karl gradually became famous in the United States-maybe this evaluation is not accurate. , because Karl already has a certain reputation in North America, although he mostly appeared in entertainment news before.

……

"Phil Jackson, to be honest, I have been interested in him for a long time." When Carl answered the phone, Mourinho's first sentence was this.

"Old man Jose." Carl said lazily, "I didn't expect you to have such a strong taste."

"I'm not interested in his people!" If this was a face-to-face conversation, Mourinho would definitely roll his eyes at Carl: "I have read all his books, and John Wooden (the famous American basketball coach) ), you are right in saying that there are indeed many similarities between basketball and football, and their books have given me a lot of inspiration..."

"Maybe I can be your referrer if you go to the United States in the future. Jackson's agent contacted Jorge and gave me his private email address. I wrote him two letters to ask some questions. Question." Carl joked, "But I'm surprised that you also like to read books written by basketball coaches."

"I think team management also belongs to the category of business studies, not just basketball, I have also read the autobiographical novel of Colin Powell (the first black secretary of state in the United States), and analyzed the management models of Microsoft and Apple... Do you still think that when you hear this? Surprised?"

Carl said dryly in a flat voice without any ups and downs: "God, Jesus Christ, I am so surprised, really, you are really extraordinary, incredible, I admire your knowledge and knowledge from the bottom of my heart... "

"Thank you for the compliment!" Mourinho interrupted him: "Although I only heard a strong sense of irony from it, I will accept all these beautiful words."

"So that's what you're calling for? Talk about Phil Jackson for a while and brag to me about how many books you've read?"

"No, actually there is something serious." Mourinho suddenly lowered his voice and said very seriously: "Your nude photos have been published on the website of The Sun." After a pause, he continued Deliberately explained: "It's not the sneak photos of those changing clothes a while ago, but completely naked, and poses many...imaginative poses for the camera, making people wonder if the person being photographed is doing this For a living..."

"What?!" Carl lost his voice: "Why don't I know such a big thing? I need to call Jorge and tell him about it."

"You don't need to call, because the photo has been taken down, and it was posted in less than 2 hours. The official reason is that the authenticity of the photo is open to question. I think those people on the website may have known about the photo from the beginning. There is a problem, so I just put it on the Internet instead of publishing it in the newspaper. I tell you this just to make you mentally prepare, after all, even if the photo is really fake, this is still a disturbance—"Mu Rinho coughed suddenly, and asked in a strange tone: "Those photos, are they fake?"

"Of course it's fake! How could I have photographed those things!" Carl breathed a sigh of relief: "Jorge must have notified the media after he found out, and he hasn't notified me yet, which annoys me. What a caring agent."

Mourinho's tone was even weirder: "Well, I've never seen Jorge so caring... It's not like his style to do good deeds without leaving a name."

"what do you mean?"

"Either he has plans for you, or other plans."

Carl racked his brains and thought: "My life has been peaceful recently, the only thing I can think of is having some intersection with him... Ah, I'm going to London to sign an advertising contract in half a month."

"Durex? Jissbon?"

"...to disappoint you, it's just chocolate."

Mourinho sighed: "I'm so sorry."

Carl looked at the time: "Hang up, buddy, I still have to ask Jorge what's going on." Mourinho's reminder reminded Carl that, with Mendes' character, he It's really not like a living Lei Feng who does good deeds without leaving his name.

……

Jorge Mendes answered the phone very quickly: "Carl."

"The Sun's website—"

"I knew you were going to ask about this." Mendes said in a relaxed tone without waiting for Carl to finish, "Someone maliciously posted those photos on a sticker section of the website, and the editor of the website not only did not They were deleted, and they were officially pinned to the top. After I knew about this incident, I thought the photos were real at first, until I realized that one of the photos had a familiar head portrait—the photos you were secretly photographed at the Oktoberfest a while ago In , someone obviously took screenshots of some of the headshots, and then used computer software to install them on the naked men who did not know where. I communicated with the newspaper, and now the "Sun" has agreed to take down the photos first, and put those The photo is for technical appraisal, and if it is confirmed that it was forged with image processing software, they will post a clarification statement."

Carl frowned: "I hope I won't be harassed by too many reporters tomorrow."

"I'll urge them again in a while, and try to get the statement done tomorrow, so you won't have any troubles." Mendes comforted: "This is just a spoof photo incident, you don't have to take it to heart."

"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing first?"

Mendes said righteously: "I have to rely on you to earn me money, so maintaining your image is my obligation, there is no need to boast about these things."

"You want to be an unsung hero?"

"Of course not." Mendes said with a smile: "The technical appraisal results of The Sun haven't come out yet, I was going to wait until this matter is over to tell you." He seemed to suddenly remember something, Asked: "By the way, Carl, the Thorntons advertisement has been negotiated and only the signing is left. I will help you book a flight ticket half a month in advance."

"Understood, I will arrange the team's affairs, and then rush over. Have you forgotten? The premiere of "Become Famous" is also in time for those few days, and they just sent me an invitation letter."

"Yes, I haven't forgotten. Who are you going to invite to the premiere? Can I have the honor to know her name in advance?"

Carl hesitated: "Beckham?"

"You know what I want to hear is a woman's name, give me a female star, otherwise I won't talk about it."

Carl said what he had planned for a long time: "Maybe I have to tell you something in advance, I am not interested in women..."

The silence on the other end of the phone was really long enough.

Come here, about ten minutes later?Carl thought that the other party had hung up the phone for a long time, so Mendes asked in a very tangled voice: "Then do you have a regular boyfriend now?"

"No."

"A date?"

Carl frowned at the straightforward words: "No."

"not even one?"

Carl said impatiently: "I believe that even if you dig three feet, you can't find anyone who has slept with me within two years, regardless of gender."

"Oh, wow, God." Mendes murmured a few times silently, and then heaved a sigh of relief: "So you're asexual? I'm much more relieved."

"...I'm not asexual."

"Before you become like a normal man, you are asexual." Mendes is not sure why he is overjoyed: "If you plan to relapse in the future, remember to say hello to me, I need to prepare."

……

"Who were you on the phone with just now?"

"And Jorge, we were talking about something at work. Did you get through to my cell?"

Ronaldo frowned: "I called many times and the line was busy."

Carl said apologetically: "There are some important things that prolong the call, sorry, why did you call me?"

Ronaldo bit his lower lip: "Maybe you didn't pay attention to the news on the Internet. Today, the "Sun" published some on the Internet-"

"I think I probably know what you're going to say." Carl didn't know whether to thank his friend for caring about him, or lament "Everyone knows! And I'm the last one!" He took a deep breath and tried his best to speak calmly Say, "You saw some nude photos on the website, and they featured me."

"You know?!" Ronaldo asked in shock: "Then why does your tone sound so calm?"

"Because I just learned that those photos have been removed, and the "Sun" may publish a clarification statement tomorrow." Carl pointed out: "Just now I talked with Jorge on the phone mainly about this."

"Jorge has always been efficient in solving such things." Ronaldo shrugged and said, "I originally called to comfort you. As soon as I saw those photos, I knew it was not you."

"How did you know that?"

"Because the person in the photo is too fit, both arms and thighs are muscular, and the skin is tanned to a healthy and shiny light brown. Unlike you, you are too thin at first glance, and you are as white as a piece of cream. Maybe only the blind and the malicious think it's you, if they've seen—" Ronaldo's words cut off, replaced by a series of coughs.

Carl has already captured enough information, he believes that Ronaldo has seen the things he particularly wants to burn: "Cris—" His voice is low and dangerous.

Ronaldo innocently asked: "What?"

After all, Carl just sighed: "It's okay." He didn't want to fight with the other party, but immediately felt a little unwilling, so he said coldly: "Sorry, I don't think the figure of a bodybuilder is so beautiful. This is just right. Or are you just implying that I don't have enough muscle?"

"What's wrong with having more muscles?" Ronaldo felt quite proud: "I have obvious 6-pack abs, and many female fans are crazy about me."

"Crazy about your thick neck?" Carl just couldn't help but want revenge: "Your head is small, and you have a diamond-shaped face - protruding zygomatic arches, high cheekbones, sunken temples, narrow forehead and pointed chin, Coupled with your neck, whenever there is a frontal photo of you in the newspaper, I can't bear to look directly."

"A thick neck means I have a strong body." Ronaldo blushed and was angry because his self-esteem was hurt: "And people with thick necks have very developed sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles. People who manage trapezius muscles The action of pulling the head back, the sternocleidomastoid makes the head tilt forward or turn from side to side, my heading skills are so good because they are very strong, everyone has 18 in the neck Muscles, do you know how hard they are to train?"

"...you Googled it and read it from Wikipedia?"

Ronaldo closed the notebook calmly.

"Don't cover it up, I heard the sound of the mouse."

"Nonsense! I didn't move the mouse, I just turned off the computer!"

"Thank you for your confession," Carl said with a smile.

Ronaldo was furious, and his anger could travel thousands of kilometers from Manchester to Munich.

Clearly feeling the mood swings on the other end of the phone, Carl felt that he should give the other party some appropriate comfort: "Let's stop criticizing each other's figure, actually I have some good news for you, I will go to London in half a month , probably on the 27th, are you free that day?"

"What?" Ronaldo said angrily.

"Apologizing to you for a meal at the best restaurant in London? For the inappropriate remarks just now."

Ronaldo thought for a long time before he said slowly: "I can probably spare... half a day." He tried his best to make it sound like he was very reluctant.

……

As the three newly promoted polo teams in the Bundesliga in the 05-06 season, 1860 Munich, Cologne and Duisburg had different fates.

Munich 1860 had the most nourishing life. After the ninth round of the league, they still ranked fourth in the Bundesliga. The 20 points were more than three times that of the last place in the league, Nuremberg.

The worst mess is undoubtedly Duisburg. In the past 9 rounds of the league, this team has only won 1 game, and there are 3 draws and 5 losses. The points are only a pitiful 6 points, and they are firmly occupied The second-to-last position in the standings - Duisburg's current points are the same as the last place Nuremberg, but Duisburg's goal difference is -6, and Nuremberg is -9, so it is not regarded as the bottom one. .

Cologne's performance is far lower than that of Munich 1860, but it is also a little better than Duisburg. They are now ranked 13th in the standings, and they don't have to worry about relegation for the time being.

In the short period of ten days from October 10th to 16th, 26 Munich encountered Duisburg twice, once in the league and once in the second round of the German Cup.

Duisburg was fed up with 1860 Munich when they were still in the Bundesliga 1860. The Duisburg boss prayed at the end of last season "Don't let the Lions get promoted" but that didn't stop Munich 1860 returns to the pace of the Bundesliga.And when they were both Bundesliga teams, the coach of Duisburg has been paying close attention to the record of Munich 1860. When he saw the opponent's performance so well, he compared his own team. It got to the point where he started to worry as soon as he saw the words "Karl Austen" and "Munich [-]" in the newspapers.

And the cheating German Football Association actually made them meet Munich 1860 in the German Cup...

Two games on the 10th, this is like a devil's schedule for Duisburg, and it is worse than they draw Bayern Munich-Bayern is so strong, if you lose, you lose, no one can blame Duis Fort.But Munich 1860 was a Bundesliga team like them last season!They still have a feud with each other!Fans and the media will inevitably compare them together after the game. It is conceivable that Duisburg will definitely not get a good evaluation.

However, things are impermanent, and Duisburg can only bite the bullet and fight against it besides blaming bad luck.And they lost both games, which is not too unexpected ending.

Duisburg was eliminated from the German Cup, but 1860 Munich will continue to compete in the third round of the game in December. From this round onwards, they must concentrate on it, because after the end of the third round, Germany will be decided. Cup top 12, after the fourth round to decide the top 8, even a team like Bayern Munich will definitely take it seriously, after all, there are only four teams left, who would not want a German Cup champion?

For the German Cup, Karl has no plans for the time being. His first priority this season is to strive for the top ten rankings in the league (the guarantee the club made to the fans before the start of the season). It is most appropriate to plan other events after the season is halfway through and the situation is still good.

On the afternoon of the 26th, Karl boarded a passenger plane to London, where he was going to sign an advertising contract and attend the premiere of "Become Famous". Not only him, but Beckham and Raul had made guest appearances in movies Celebrities will also be present.