Chapter 416 UEFA Cup Final(1/2)
The shocking effect caused by Ibiza's victory in La Liga continues.
On May 13, many media around the world were reporting something that Ibiza fans bought Ibiza before the start of the season. The odds were as high as 6,000 yuan. The fan who bet 50 euros at the time is now at a good harvest. Although the fan swore that he bought Ibiza to win the championship at that time was optimistic about Ibiza, it was obvious that everyone would rather believe that this was a lucky guy...
"This may be the happiest fan on this planet," said Ashes.
Birmingham, Villa Base.
The only lights on the entire training base are the club chairman's office and the guard's office.
Aston Villa Club Chairman Randy Lerner stood in front of the window and looked outside. It was dark outside, just like his heavy mood now.
On the desk behind him, several newspapers were placed in a mess. The front page of the top newspaper was written in large black bold: Vera is dead!
Aston Villa suffered an unprecedented ten-game losing streak in the league, which aroused great anger and dissatisfaction between the media and fans. During this period, Birmingham was filled with criticisms of the club's senior management, the team's head coach Martin O'Neal, and the players.
As the club's owner, Randy Lerner was the first to be the brunt, especially under the rhythm of the guy who claimed to be his grandparents and grandchildren, the name of the Aston Villa fan, who had been named Wien Kells, the media gradually pointed the finger at him. The Birmingham Evening News even bluntly questioned: An American, who knows football that Russians knows?
Randylna felt extremely panicked. When he bought Aston Villa from Ellis, who was scolded by fans and ridiculed as a "miscuous", the fans welcomed him. He then changed Aston Villa's youth training style of buying less and selling less, and began to sign ups and bring Aston Villa one after another. When he brought Aston Villa local stars such as Ashley Young and Milner to Aston Villa, the fans even applauded and cheered him.
At the beginning...
The memories of love in the past seem to be right in my ears, but now it is such a desolate scene.
Well, finally, I'm relieved!
After finally making up his mind to accept the £96.5 million offer from & company, Randylner was first irritated, as if the big baby was snatched away, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. He watched Aston Villa lose and then lose every day. Seeing the team's value depreciated, his heart was very cold. While Aston Villa had not yet fallen to the bottom, it would be better to let go.
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When the driver carried Randylna away from the training base, the car had just left the gate of the training base. Under the dim street lights, more than a dozen reporters suddenly emerged from the bushes. They carried long spears and short cannons and instantly surrounded the vehicle.
The camera, camera and microphone are all connected to the rear window.
"Mr. Lerner, what do you have to say about Aston Villa's current situation?"
"Mr. Lerner, famous fan Wien Kells criticized you for being responsible for the current situation of the team. What do you think?"
"Mr. Lerner, will the team fire Martin O'Neal?"
"Mr. Lerner, your window was smashed..."
"Mr. Lerner..."
The reporters stared at the Americans, they were eager to take pictures of the American rich man's miserable appearance, but they were surprised to find that Randy Lerner, who had been hiding from the reporter a few days ago, did not roll up the car window this time, and he just looked at everyone, and to the microphone that was about to reach to his mouth, the man even said coldly, "My mouth is not a goal."
“I refuse to accept those criticisms.”
"I brought a lot of stars to Villa."
“When I accepted the team, we were still struggling to relegate.”
"Now, we are regular visitors to the top six."
"I know a lot of people are not satisfied, but I still have to say that no one knows what happened. Our luck is terrible. The players are injured, the team has plummeted and lost ten consecutive games. I really suspect that my team is cursed."
"Well, it's time to end this unlucky day."
Randylena rolled down the window and signaled the driver to drive. He looked at the reporter who was still unsatisfied and said, "I love Aston Villa, yes, I love Villa."
Responding to him was the flash work, and... a boo.
"It's so good." The Guardian reporter James said sarcastically, "This season has passed so much, and the unlucky days of this season are of course over, haha~"
"Anyway, I'm not optimistic about Villa's situation next season, unless it's a major change, this is a team that is used to losing." Someone agreed.
The reporters subconsciously believed that Randylna's words meant that the season was about to end, but they didn't think too much about it. Aston Villa's ownership transfer negotiations were very concealed and confidential. So far, no media has received news.
Only Times reporter Duncan Castour frowned, and intuition told him that Randy Lerna's reaction was a bit strange today...
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Two days later, the Times broke the news that a buyer was acquiring the Aston Villa Club, and there were internal reports that the owner of the Aston Villa Club, the American rich man Landilner, has accepted the other party's offer. The latest news is that the acquisition, worth at least 100 million pounds, is close to completion.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately triggered the English football world. The pros and cons of foreign capital entering a large scale and the pros and cons of acquiring Premier League teams have long caused great discussions in English football. Opponents believe that this subverts England's football tradition and is a regression of football. Supporters believe that having capital in is a good thing to come in and can make it bigger and stronger. Interestingly, after Manchester City club was acquired by the Arabs last year, the Daily Mirror interviewed fans and asked about their opinions on the acquisition of the club. Of course, many (his team) kept mocking this. Half a year later, the Daily Mirror asked the same group of fans about the views of the same group of fans. Some people refused to answer, some people still objected, while some people tactfully stated that if they wanted buyers like the Abu Dhabi Consortium, they would not mind their home team being acquired...
Aston Villa fans are obviously the ones who pay the most attention to this news. It is different from the speculations that Aston Villa fans will strongly oppose the team being sold again. Aston Villa fans' reaction is relatively rational. The fan leaders stand up and say that they want to know what the club's potential new club is, what plans the other party has for Aston Villa. Of course, the most important thing is the other party's financial resources! Aston Villa fans do not want their new club to be a debt acquisition like the new boss of Manchester United.
In fact, Aston Villa fans did not clearly oppose the club being sold, mainly because Aston Villa was sold once three years ago, and then the current American boss was now sold again, and fans are used to it.
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Since it has been revealed by the media, Aston Villa Club has not continued to keep it confidential.
On May 16, Aston Villa Club held a press conference to publicly admit that the club is indeed undergoing ownership transfers. Club Chairman Mr. Randylna will uphold the attitude of being responsible to Aston Villa Club and fans to find an ambitious and reliable new boss for the team.
One day later, in the 36th round of the La Liga, the new La Liga champion Ibiza was tied by Sporting Gijon away from home.
Four days later, the UEFA Cup finals were the ones, so Fang Jue rotated the team in a considerable range in this game.
In the England side, Aston Villa lost 0-1 to Middlesbrough in the 37th round of the league, and Aston Villa suffered 11 consecutive league losses.
Aston Villa's league ranking also fell to eighth place.
Times reporter Duncan Castour said in his column, "After suffering a eleven consecutive defeats, Aston Villa can still rank eighth in the league. From this we can also see how outstanding Aston Villa's performance was before the 27th round of the league. Who could have thought that after being beaten by Ibiza at home in the League Cup, Aston Villa entered such a strange period of losing streak... Obviously, the acquisition of Aston Villa is about to last for three years, and Randilna is not stingy in the transfer market. He looks forward to the team's ability to enter the European Champions League and bring back revenue. However, it is obvious that the failure to compete in the European Champions League for three consecutive seasons has made Randilna feel disheartened, not to mention that the current situation is that they will not even have the qualification to participate in the League Cup next season..."
It was this Times reporter who was the first to reveal the secret of Aston Villa's acquisition, so now he has become an expert on Aston Villa's related issues. His column in the Times has almost become the media report that Aston Villa fans are most concerned about.
Two days later, Dunn Castour broke the news again: the organizing committee of the Premier League and the Championship will ask the mysterious buyer to acquire Aston Villa Club by 105 million pounds. The organizing committee believes that the other party can't afford so much money to complete the collection. In short, this mysterious buyer has not passed the financial review of the Premier League Organizing Committee and the FA.
The news immediately caused a panic among Aston Villa fans.
However, soon, the Sun, which has always been powerful, finally won a game back. The newspaper revealed that Aston Villa's mysterious buyer was an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands. The company's name is & Company. Although the company has not yet been known about the real background of the company, the Sun said that the other party's funds were not a problem.
The Sun even has a more detailed report that the acquisition price mentioned by the Times is not true, and the actual acquisition price is about 97 million pounds. The specific acquisition plan is that before May 31, the & Company will pay 69 million pounds to Aston Villa's US boss Randy Lerner, which will be deposited into a special custody account. Subsequently, the & Company will pay off the approximately 8 million pounds overdrafted by Aston Villa in the bank before the agreed deadline for the acquisition, totaling 97 million pounds.
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Fang Jue left Papa with full authority to deal with the acquisition of Aston Villa, Papa arranged the top financial team to be responsible.
Fang Jue's entire attention is now on the UEFA Cup final with the Donetsk miners.
This will be the last UEFA Cup, and will be transformed into the "Europa League" next season.
"This is the final of the UEFA Cup in 2008/009. This is the Sukuru Sarakoru Stadium in Istanbul. Ibiza is the first time to participate in the European game and enter the European game final. The Donetsk miners are also the first time to enter the Ukrainian team that has entered the European game final. Because one side of the final is the Ibiza team, which just created the "Miracle of Ibiza" in the La Liga, this UEFA Cup final has attracted much attention from fans around the world."
"Maybe UEFA should send a thank-you letter to Ibiza, and the news we have received is that Ibiza won the La Liga championship, yes, this League Cup final ratings may set an unprecedented record."
"Sulkuru Sarakoru Stadium is full, and players from both sides are warming up. Ibiza's head coach Mr. Fang Jue is now attracting much attention. As the youngest champion coach in the five major European leagues, he has won praise and recognition for himself with three championship trophys. Of course, many female fans are purely looking at his handsome face..."
The TV in the VIP box at Sarakoglu Stadium is playing live English commentary of Sky Sports.
Li Zihua was in a good mood. He looked up at the TV for a while, then he stood up and looked at the field, looking at the players who were warming up, with ambition in his heart. This is his team, and it belongs entirely to his top club!
On the night before coming to Istanbul, Li Zihua had already had an interview with Fang Jue and his wife. After the season, Fang Jue would resign and leave, and the Li Zihua family's company will acquire the shares in the couple at least at a market price or at a relatively premium.
Fang Jue had previously promised to sell the shares to Li Zihua, but now Papa is willing to sell the shares, which surprised the fat man. Of course, neither of the couple is at a loss. In exchange for Miss Papa selling shares to him, Li Zihua agreed to some of the requests made by Fang Jue.
Club chairman Rebeto was playing with his cell phone. He glanced at the smug fat man, shook his head and said nothing.
Club sports director Ms. Natasha looked at the fat man with anticipation. After Miss Papa left Ibiza, Ms. Natasha will become the general manager of Ibiza.
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At the beginning of the game, Ibiza showed a strong attack on Yu Wang. Their first attack was very threatening. Lewandowski headed the ball and Alba made a cross from the bottom. Aubameyang shot slightly out of the shot under the close press of Donetsk miner player Lewandowski.
Yes, the Donetsk miner also has a Lewandowski, who is also a Polish.
However, this Lewandowski has nothing to do with Lewandowski in Ibiza, who is a big surname in Poland.
Donetsk Miners head coach Lucescu stared at the field, observing his opponent's tactics: attack as soon as he comes, is he going to take the initiative to attack?
If this is the case, Lucescu is welcome, and Donetsk miners have two tricks to counterattack, including Fernandinho, William and Luis Adriano on the front line. The axis of the midfield and frontcourt is still very threatening.
However, Lucescu soon realized that he was too happy because after the attack ended, Ibiza quickly returned to defense. They set up a tight defensive formation in the second half, waiting for the Donetsk miners to attack.
Fang Jue sat in the coach's seat, holding a mineral water bottle in his hand, staring quietly at the field. In this game, Ibiza's tactic was to counterattack, and he was just waiting for the Donetsk miners to attack.
Ibiza or Donetsk miners, who is more eager for this UEFA Cup championship?
Fang Jue felt that he was a Donetsk miner.
He has led Ibiza to the La Liga championship, and this season is already great. If he can win the UEFA Cup again, it will be a good thing, but not being able to win it will not harm his reputation as a talented champion coach.
At least, Fang felt relatively calm.
The Donetsk miners seem to be different. Their head coach Lucesku said in an interview with Ukrainian media that he would lead Donetsk miners to create history and become the first Ukrainian team to win the European championship.
Not to mention whether Lucesku was talking casually to the Ukrainian domestic media or really thinking so, Fang Jue believed it.
Besides, in the finals, are there any tactics that are more stable than defensive counterattacks?
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Soon, Fang Jue felt relieved. The Donetsk miners were not conservative in playing. When they saw Ibiza shrinking their defense line, they immediately pressed up.
However, facing Ibiza's tough defense, the Donetsk miners worked very hard, and it was difficult for them to have offensive passes of more than three goals.
This time, Judson wanted to pass the ball to William, but Clement made a accurate prediction. He robbed it in advance, successfully intercepted the pass, and then quickly took the ball to find Modric in front.
"Counterattack! Ibiza's counterattack opportunity!"
The excited shouts of Ibiza fans suddenly sounded in the stands.
Ibiza showed everyone what counterattack speed is. Modric passed directly to Desler. Captain Ibiza dribbled the ball and advanced at high speed. He dunked over Lewandowski, then pushed horizontally. Mata, who followed up, swept the ball to the left, Alba made a cross from the bottom, and Lewandowski jumped high from the middle and headed the ball. The football was saved by Donetsk miner goalkeeper Piatov. Aubameyang's follow-up shot was blocked by the defender on the goal line with his body.
To be continued...