Chapter 517: The Worst in History
In contrast to Jose Mourinho, the professor has always followed a relaxed and enjoyable way of training, trying to relax the players.
The mentality of Arsenal's players recovered quickly, probably because they already had two titles in their hands, so it was not necessarily so uncomfortable to lose one, and the FA Cup still can't be compared to the league championship after all.
On the training ground, everyone's enthusiasm for preparation was very high, but there were some small accidents.
"Liu, will you ...... Nervous? In training, Debusch abruptly stopped and asked the question.
A twenty-nine-year-old guy who actually talks to himself about nervousness? Didn't you say that you played more balls than you had ever eaten salt? "You're nervous too?"
"Yes...... When I think of the Champions League final now, my heart is pounding, I can't calm down, and then I feel like my legs are weak...... "Debusch told Liu Hao his thoughts truthfully.
There is no way, although he is so old, he has not participated in any major finals in these years, and now in the face of such a big event, it is strange that he is not nervous. A player like Mesut Ozil, who has experienced a World Cup final, probably doesn't feel that way.
"You're suffering from pre-game syndrome, you have to be treated, but there's nothing I can do about it, because of how I feel...... It's pretty much the same. Liu Hao rolled his eyes and expressed the distress in his heart. It's said that they are all in their thirties, and they still can't calmly face the future finals, which is indeed a bit embarrassing to say.
"That's how you feel, too?" Debusch looked at Liu Hao in surprise, with a hint of joy on his face. It turns out that Xindao is not only alone in having such thoughts, but also in sympathy.
People are like that, if only they have problems. And if others don't, then he will feel very lost. But when there are other people who have the same problems as him, he has a sense of mental balance, and it is clear that Debusch is doing that now.
The problem that the two of them encountered, of course, was not a small problem! The players couldn't kick the ball when they got on the pitch because they were nervous, and their feet fell to the ground. So how do you play the game......
"Uh-huh, uh-huh, I see." Liu Hao volunteered. Reported their state of mind to the professor, who kept nodding his head and privately wondering what to do with the matter. It's normal for players to be nervous before a game, it's all about letting them relax.
Nervousness, fear, lack of confidence, gains and losses. These are all things that players often show in the final. If you don't have a big heart, you won't be in shape to kick the ball. Now, the professor has a big problem in front of him.
Before the game even started, he felt that his players had wilted a lot.
He still clearly remembers the 2006 Champions League final, when he was reversed by Barcelona with a 1-0 lead, and he still has blood in his heart when he thinks of that scene.
It can't happen again, absolutely not......
If you win the Champions League runners-up again. It was worse than dying, and he would rather die. I don't want to accept such an outcome.
You have to give the players some confidence to come back, whether it's attacking or defending......
He thinks so, but just mental counseling, this thing still doesn't seem to be enough, it's just words, how can it be without action.
However, at this time, I can't find the team to warm up, so why pull the youth team out and abuse it again? However, even the youth team is on vacation, and there are not many people left in the team......
The professor was worried.
At this time, it is best to find a team to play against Arsenal and find more confidence, even if it is a team that can't be cooked.
Confidence is a thing, no matter what the opponent is, as long as you play a big score, confidence and self-confidence will increase.
It's no wonder that at this time, there won't be a whole team playing against Arsenal at all.
"Oops...... Steve, can you find a team to warm up in Germany? "The professor finally had the best place to turn to assistant coach Boulder.
It would have been nice to be in Germany two days early and have a warm-up game.
"This ......" Boulder is obviously also very difficult, at this time, where do you ask him to find a team to come out, the German league ended earlier, the players are now enjoying the sun with beautiful women in their arms at the resort, who is still waiting for Arsenal to arrive at the training ground? Such a task obviously can't be completed, so his face is quite embarrassed.
However, Liu Hao, who was standing next to him and had not yet left, had sparkling eyes, feeling that this was the best opportunity given by God...... Who says there isn't a team? Isn't the Chinese team just in front of you?
It would be fantastic to be able to give the Chinese team this match......
At that time, Liu Hao's idea was actually very simple, first, to be able to find a warm-up opponent for Arsenal, and second, to be able to find a strong opponent for the Chinese team, which is the best of both worlds, and it is of great benefit to both sides, Arsenal can find form, and the Chinese team can also learn and improve in the face of strong opponents.
"Look, Arthur...... How is the Chinese team? Liu Hao smiled and proposed to build yƬ.
"Team China?" The professor was immediately happy and made no secret of his excitement, "yes, how did I forget about the Chinese team!" Isn't this a ready-made opponent? Oh my God, haven't I been confused lately, how did I forget Peilan's team, Liu, your mention is good, very good, quite good, I'll give Peilan a call, maybe it can be done! ā
The professor took out his cell phone and dialed Perrin.
It looks like this can happen nine times out of ten.
However, after a while, the professor's face changed, and he was obviously not very happy.
"Why don't you kick it?" The professor asked anxiously on the phone.
I don't know what Perrin said to the professor on the phone, anyway, the professor's brows are getting tighter and tighter, and it doesn't look like he can resonate. Isn't it just a friendly game? Why didn't he agree?
"Oh, you can help me...... Doesn't the Chinese team just need a strong game to test their strength? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Old man, you can't die without help. You can help me play in Berlin, big deal. Our club offers you an appearance fee? The professor pleaded on the phone!
This is an eye-opener for Liu Hao, this year, playing games with the Chinese team is required? The sun is coming out in the west, why on earth would Perrin reject the professor's application? It shouldn't be possible...... He couldn't figure it out. He didn't want to interject, after all, it wasn't within his scope.
"I'm so angry, old man, if you say that. Have you forgotten that you still have twenty-three young people training with me? You don't think about them for consideration? At the end of the day, the professor was really angry. directly brought out the matter of the Chinese youth team to threaten Peilan, you can imagine how resolute Peilan's refusal is.
Hearing this, Liu Hao was taken aback, the matter of the national team. How can you get the youth team involved? The professor is really a child's temper.
But I didn't expect it. The reply received by the professor was still negative.
Eventually, the professor hung up angrily.
"Damn old man! Stubborn old man! The brain was kicked by a donkey! As soon as he shook his hand, the phone flew directly to the corner of the wall, almost shattering.
Arthur ...... How...... The manager didn't say yes? Liu Hao asked weakly, wanting to know what was going on.
"Well, the old immortal, what do you say is afraid that the Chinese team will lose too badly and have no confidence to participate in the Asian Cup. That's why they won't agree to me. It's crazy, isn't it just a friendly game? Did he really think he was playing in the Asian Cup? If even Arsenal don't dare to play. What races were they able to win? What kind of mentality is this? The more the professor talked, the more angry he became, then he grabbed the water cup on the table and took a sip of water, and continued to roar: "I threatened the youth team with it, but he was still indifferent!" Guess what he said? ā
"What did you say?" Steve asked cautiously beside him.
"Saying that it has nothing to do with him, and that he may have been out of class by the time the youth team could use it...... He couldn't think of such a distant future. I've known this guy for decades, and it's the first time I've known that this guy is so realistic! The professor said indignantly, then glanced up at Liu Hao, only to realize that he had said the wrong thing, "This, Liu, he is actually not wrong, for the benefit of the team, he can do this...... Maybe he will be out of class after leading the team to play the Asian Cup? There aren't many people who have lives as well as me......"
The professor is of course explaining why Perrin is so realistic, but if he is a professor himself, he may also consider the player's self-confidence.
Of course, Liu Hao also understands.
He is also Chinese and a member of the Chinese team. If the Chinese team is abused by Arsenal by more than ten to zero, it is really possible to lose confidence in the Asian Cup, and it is likely that they will not know how to play, which is entirely possible.
So at this moment, Liu Hao was glad that Pei Lan did not agree to the professor's request.
It's just that his euphoria lasted less than half a minute, and the mobile phone in the corner rang again.
The professor grabbed his hand angrily and looked at it, happy!
"The old guy called? Got a play? ā
"Well, thank you very much for your generosity, I will apply for a friendly match funding, thank you very much! Okay, that's it, we'll see you in Berlin on the 24th, and then you send all the main players out, and we'll have a friendly game! Thank you, old fellow! Ha ha! The professor hung up happily and laughed.
"Perrin agreed, thank God!"
"Promised?" This time it was Liu Hao's turn to be surprised, "Why did he agree again?" ā
"The old guy may have suddenly opened his mind, right? Like I said earlier, if you don't dare to play against the strongest team, the team will never improve, maybe he understands this? Anyway, we can prepare for that game......"
"This ......" Liu Hao shook his head in his heart, blaming himself for being cheap, although the professor was very reasonable, but the people in the national team don't necessarily think so, and there are Chinese fans in China, if they see the Chinese team losing miserably, it will definitely bring more pressure to the Chinese team. Playing in the Chinese national team, it's really hard to play!
However, Liu Hao can't change this fact, the matter of the Chinese team and Arsenal playing a friendly match has been on the agenda, and it will not change at all.
On the afternoon of the 23rd, the Arsenal first team gathered and flew to Berlin, Germany, the venue of the Champions League final, on the special plane of the team owner again.
Although the two teams in the final were England, the atmosphere in Germany is still strong. This place in Berlin. The most famous team is none other than Bayern Munich.
Local fans may think that Bayern Munich should finally appear at the final venue, after all, Bayern Munich are in the same number one odds to win the title this season as Real Madrid. But now it's two English teams who are in the final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. One of them was Arsenal who eliminated Bayern Munich......
Not only that, but they have also eliminated their arch-rival Dortmund before!
In the face of the country's foreign war, domestic contradictions can be put aside for the time being, so the Arsenal people are surprised to find that there are quite a few Germans who support Chelsea!
Damn Arsenal is back, who can stand it!
"Did they selectively ignore Podolsky and Ozil? The two of them are not from the German national team? No matter how you say it. Chelsea only have one German in Schurrle! Liu Hao rolled his eyes, turned around and asked loudly, "Mesute." Have you offended the German fans? Why are they all one-sided in favour of Chelsea? ā
"Then I have to ask you! You don't want to think about what you did in the semi-finals......" Ozil looked disdainful, obviously he Liu Hao did a lot of things in Germany that made the Germans very angry.
"What's wrong with me?" Liu Hao's face was innocent, "I didn't do anything wrong......"
"Ahem, you don't seem to have done anything wrong. But I think so. We'd better not go out these two days, it's too dangerous to go out......"
How could Liu Hao have done nothing wrong, he eliminated the two strongest teams in Germany in a row, and Liu Hao is the biggest hero, in the eyes of German fans, he is the biggest enemy, how can the Germans have a good impression of Liu Hao? I want to ban this guy from entering Germany......
"Well, I'll be sure to listen to you. I'm not going to wander outside, I'm going to follow you anyway. You are responsible for the responsibility of the first qiÄ, and you are responsible for the safety of the first qiÄ......"
Arsenal were not welcome, as soon as the team bus arrived at the hotel, a crowd of German fans surrounded the bus outside, and it looked like they still hadn't come out of the shadow of the team's defeat, and they were still unhappy that Arsenal had eliminated Bayern Munich.
Slogans of invective and curses were everywhere in the hands of fans, and Arsenal was buried at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
"Liu, there are fans who support you, look, there are a lot of Chinese fans over there!" Mesut Ozil was pleasantly surprised to find a fiery red in front of him, and it was indeed a group of enthusiastic Chinese fans.
"That's, where do we have no fans......" When he said this, Liu Hao actually didn't know the bottom of his heart, the last encounter with Bergkamp in Dortmund is still vivid, although it is better in Berlin, but it still feels quite unsteady.
That night, he didn't dare to actually run out of the hotel.
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The news of the warm-up between Arsenal and the Chinese team spread far and wide, and although it was not a regular warm-up game, it still attracted a large number of fans to watch the game.
The rules of the game are also different from before, according to the agreement between the professor and Perran, the team only plays for 45 minutes, one is to prevent the players from getting tired, the other is to avoid injury, and the third is to consider Perran's feelings and try to avoid a larger score.
Unexpectedly, the professor did not put Liu Hao in the starting lineup, but discharged the strongest formation except for Liu Hao.
All of Arsenal's main players were on the pitch, with the exception of injured captain Vermaelen.
Of course, the injured first-team players also came, with Vermaelen and Oxlade-Chamberlain following the team to the scene, and the professor pulled everyone to Berlin to witness the birth of the first European Champions Cup in the club's history.
Liu Hao finally sat on the bench and watched his teammates perform.
Of course, the result was quite tragic.
The biggest defeat in the history of the Chinese national team was made, and it was only half-time......
Liu Hao's ass had just been hot, and the first ball came.
The Chinese team was immediately pierced by Sanchez in less than three minutes into the game, and the Chinese team's defense was useless......
Sanchez just made a one-two with Giroud, and formed a one-on-one with Zeng Cheng.
After playing for a season, Sanchez may feel that this goal is the easiest, and even the breakthrough has saved half of the effort.
Inspired by the first goal, Sanchez scored four times in a row in the first 30 minutes! Of course, if he only completed the senior by himself, he would still be able to feel a little relieved in Liu Hao's heart, but there were also Giroud's brace and Wilshere's goal, and the score in the first 30 minutes was actually 7-0......
If it was a full-time game, then the score could still be swallowed with gritted teeth, the problem is that this is only the first 30 minutes. There is no greater tragedy than this.
I thought that playing half a game would reduce a lot of pain, but I didn't think that the concept of half time and full time is actually the same......
In the last fifteen minutes, even Brooklyn and Yaya, who came on as substitutes, scored, and the final score was locked at 11:0.
Oh, my God...... It's all my own mouth, if I hadn't mentioned this to the professor a few days ago, the tragedy wouldn't have happened! Liu Hao was quite depressed and didn't dare to look at his teammates in the national team.
The faces like dead fish, all of them are like dead parents, even old players like Zheng Zhi have not been able to digest this score.
Perhaps they themselves did not understand why the national team would play such an unnutritious game against Arsenal...... Isn't this pure heart looking for abuse? If you are not careful, you have created the history of Chinese football in this way, which is really ......
However, there are still people who have a good mentality.
Ling Zhenbang actually licked his face and ran to Arsenal's bench, what kind of rhythm is this?
walked in, Liu Hao realized that this guy was looking for a star to sign autographs......
This guy went straight to Ozil, and then did not hide his star-chasing attitude, just like the most ordinary fans, asking Ozil to sign an autograph, that pious attitude really made Liu Hao speechless, Liu Hao was by his side, but he only had Ozil in his eyes...... (To be continued......)