Chapter 352: I Ate the Ball!
"Roman"
Daria O. Zhukova walked into the living room and came to Abramovich, who was sitting on the sand watching TV.
"Why don't you go to dinner yet?" She sat down next to Abramovich and asked with a smile.
Abramovich laughed, "Don't worry, let's watch the game first"
"Hee-hee, I look at you, when did you watch the ball game so fascinated by it, you don't have to eat"
"That's nature," Abramovich laughed.
"When we lost to Chelsea yesterday, the reporters were all going out of their way to attack us, and they were hoping for Manchester United and Manchester City, and you see, Manchester City are withering now, right?"
After saying that, the Russians laughed.
Daria O Zhukova shook her head and smiled bitterly, what does it have to do with you when people lose?
"Hey, three to two, didn't Manchester City win?"
"You don't understand that, do you?" Abramovich smiled and pointed to the TV.
'It's a two-legged game, in the first leg, Manchester City lost 0-1 away and now it's 3-2.
"Even if it were, it would be three to three." Zhukova still doesn't understand.
"Sporting Lisbon have two away goals, half a half, so it's 3-3.5 now and unless City score another goal, they're lost"
Zhukova listened, still not very clear, but did not ask any more.
Just then, the game ended.
The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
At this time, EC ace commentator John Mortensen also expressed his regret for Manchester City's elimination.
'We just got news from another stadium, in Bilbao, Spain, Manchester United chased a goal, but in the end they lost 1-2 away to Athletic Bilbao.
"In the two legs, Manchester United lost 3-5 and were eliminated"
"As a result, Manchester United and Manchester City, who everyone had high hopes for, failed to turn the situation around in the end, and both left the Europa League, plus Chelsea and Arsenal were eliminated from the Champions League, Birmingham, Fulham and other teams were eliminated from the Europa League, and the English team was wiped out in the European competition."
John Mortenson, in a tone full of sorrow, pronounced the verdict of this regrettable news.
It's not like the English League hasn't been wiped out, but it's been a long, long time since it was now, and it's only just March, and the teams in the English League are out of Europe.
It's too early
'However, we have one more hope, and that is Southampton from the Championship'
"After this match is live, we will continue to broadcast the next Europa League match on EC TV Channel 1, Southampton away to Valencia"
"This is the only remaining hope for the whole of English football"
"Ironically, hopes that no English team could fulfill, now fall to a Championship team."
"But no matter what, we hope that Southampton can represent English football, and continue to extend this hope, at the very least, I hope that they can win back even a little bit of dignity for English football and the league."
With the end of John O Mortson's voice, the live broadcast of this game also came to an end and began to enter the advertising period.
But the subtitles came out, and five minutes later it was the next Southampton game live.
"Huh, Southampton?"
Abramovich shook his head with a sneer.
"Manchester United and Manchester City have both lost, can Southampton win?"
Of the three games, Valencia are the strongest, while Southampton are the worst.
With both of Manchester losing like this, it's no wonder Southampton can win
"If they win away at Southampton against Valencia and qualify, I'll go back and eat football for dinner."
Abramovich stood up, pointed to the TV, and shouted fiercely.
He didn't believe in it
"Welcome, Mr. Yang Huan, welcome to the Mestalla Stadium"
In the chairman's stand of the Valencia Mestalla Stadium, the president of Valencia, Manuel Llorente, stretched out his hand to Yang Huan from a distance and greeted him, looking very hospitable.
He had led the team to Southampton and had a 1-1 score from St Mary's Stadium.
"Thank you, Mr. Llorente"
Yang Huan also stretched out his hand and shook it with him.
"Hello, beautiful Miss Zhuang" Manuel O Llorente also shook hands with Zhuang Ziqing, who accompanied Yang Huan to the away game.
Valencia's president is similar to the style of the Bat Legion in La Liga, and it is a bit out of place.
He is relatively tall, with a square head and a round face, Mediterranean, and slightly fat, but the whole person feels like a ruthless character.
"Mr. Yang Huan, the last time you went to St. Mary's Stadium, you caused us a lot of trouble, but this time, in our Mestalla Stadium, you saints don't expect to be able to get out of the way."
Manuel O Llorente said with a smile.
It's a bit like he's joking, but it's actually a provocation.
Yang Huan smiled faintly, "Mr. Llorente, before we get rid of you Valencia, we are not ready to leave with our whole body."
Llorente pursed his lips and smiled, "Then it depends on whether you have the ability or not."
Yang Huan smiled and didn't say anything more.
Glancing at the stands of the stadium, Southampton fans were sent to the more marginal corners, but there were quite a few of them.
With more than 50,000 seats, Southampton fans make up about a third of the seats.
And the fans of the Saints are wearing the jerseys of the new season, which looks very whole.
"Mr. Yang Huan, you Southampton have always advocated offensive football, this time it should be the same, right?"
"Of course" Yang Huan nodded without hesitation, "We only play one kind of football in Southampton, and that is offensive football."
When Manuel Lorrente heard this, he laughed, as if this was good news for him.
"I like you and I like your football, but tonight we have to play so that you can't play"
Yang Huan also smiled, "Then we have to see if you Valencia have this ability."
"Okay, let's see"
When Yang Huan and Manuel O Llorente were facing each other in the stands, in the media area, Charlene Lahri sat in front of the microphone, took a deep breath, and exhaled heavily.
This is the first time she has sat in the position of a commentator, and her mind is a mess now, and she doesn't know what to say at all.
Roger Moses just called her again and told her to say casually, don't have scruples, don't be pressured, and say whatever comes to mind.
It must have been comforting her
If the narrator can say it casually, wouldn't everyone be able to do it?
Charlene Lahri closed her eyes and adjusted her feelings.
"Charlene, the players are coming, get ready"
Not far away, a staff member was reminding, and then I saw him raise his hand and start counting the seconds.
Die and die, just once, anyway
Charlene Lahri opened her eyes, took a deep breath, and leaned over to the microphone.
"Hello everyone, I'm Charlene Lahri, I'm at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain, I'll be here to give you the live commentary later, Southampton away against Valencia"
"It's a few minutes before the start of the game and we can see that players from both sides are already in the tunnel and ready to play"
"I've got the names of both sides here, too."
"Southampton's squad has been changed a bit, the goalkeeper is Manuel Neuer, the backline is David Hrabba, Gary Cahill, Varane and Carvajal, the midfield three have not changed, it is still Stroman, Toni O Kroos and Vidal, and the front three are Neymar, Ibrahimovic and James Rodriguez"
"Southampton, except for the main central defender Xavi Martinez who is suspended because of a red card, the other positions are also playing as much as possible, and Bielsa also said before the game that Southampton will definitely try to win the opponent away"
"There was a bit of controversy about the Southampton squad before the game, mainly focused on the team's away game, whether they were going to attack or defend"
"From the perspective of the lineup, Bielsa chose Toni Kroos instead of Matic, which shows that although Southampton is playing away, they still adopt the strategy of attacking football, which is also Southampton's consistent style"
"Let's hope Southampton can give us a great attacking football feast and advance to the next round"
Just as Charlene Lahri was explaining Southampton's lineup, a cheer was heard.
The players of both teams, led by the referee, slowly walked out of the court.
"We saw that players from both sides came in"
"I don't know if you heard it, but when I was there, I heard the thunderous drums and cheers of the Southampton fans, which completely overwhelmed the Valencia fans."
"As I said, it's the best result in Europe in Southampton's history for more than 100 years, so the Saints fans are very, very satisfied, but they also want the team to be bigger than one game and make a difference."
"More than 10,000 Saints fans came to the away stadium to show the support of Saints fans for Southampton
The players of both teams quickly walked through the group photo, handshake and side guess, and returned to their own half of the court to wait for kick-off.
'Just now, Manchester United and Manchester City were knocked out of the Europa League.
'In the Champions League and Europa League, Southampton are the only remaining English team in Europe.
"Let's pray for Southampton together"
As soon as Charlene Lahri's words ended, the referee immediately blew the whistle for the start of the game.
As soon as the whistle blew, Southampton was kicked off by Ibrahimovic to Neymar.
The Brazilian immediately passed the ball back and raced forward.
The ball fell to the feet of Toni Kroos, adjusted and distributed to the right, and Carvajal cut forward.
Southampton immediately launched a wave of rapid offensive.
"Southampton started aggressively, but Valencia didn't give an inch"
'Stroman moved widely, beautiful, James Rodriguez got the ball on the right and faced Mathieu, tried to break through, the ball was broken.
"Albelda, a long pass that turns, Valencia's quick counter-attack"
Charlene Lahri was already a little nervous when she said this.
"Feghouli on the right receives the ball, Valencia's counterattack is very fast, David River Laba is chasing back"
"Crossing of Feggooli"
The ball was picked up high from the right side, crossed an arc, and fell to the top of the penalty area.
At this time, Southampton's two central defenders, Raphael Varane and Gary Cahill, made a mistake in judgment when they were chasing back.
"Dangerous, leaky"
Charlene Lahri screamed in surprise.
At this time, Valencia's striker Soldado passed through the defensive zone of the two like a ghost and rushed into the big penalty area.
Neuer also did not expect that the two central defenders would make such low-level mistakes
He decisively made the first move to abandon the door.
But in the end, it was still too late
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