338 Cradle of Genius
After the match against Manchester City, Xiao Yu took John Terry, manager Jose Mourinho and the club's press officer south to London.
During the national team game, a hearing was held about Terry's absence from the urine test.
Unlike Xiao Yu's previous life, when Ferdinand's urine test dragged on for half a year, both the FA and the Red Rebels planned to fight quickly.
Before the hearing, Xiao Yu specially interviewed the media, saying that the club believes in Terry's innocence, he really did not mean to avoid the urine test, this is just a coincidence of oolong, he also knows the impartiality of the uksport agency, he also hates doping, but it should not harm the innocent.
In order to help Terry, Xiao Yu frequently used his connections to defend Terry in the media and Internet fields, and listed a series of evidence, and many Red Rebels fans also took the initiative to help Terry find evidence to prove Terry's innocence.
At the hearing, Terry was the first to show his mistake when he was a little dizzy due to a fever and did not return to the dressing room, which led to him not knowing anything about the drug test, and he was allowed to leave the training base for fear that the cold would spread through the club.
After receiving treatment in a hospital near his home, he fell asleep in a groggy state, and this was also confirmed by the attending doctor and nurse of the hospital, who were specially invited by the Red Rebels to London to testify.
At the same time, Xiao Yu also asked Vodafone to help, and collected all the communication records of Terry during that time, proving that Terry's mobile phone was always on during that time, and he did not dial out, nor did he contact anyone, which also matched the testimony of the doctors and nurses, hoping to prove Terry's innocence.
After more than two hours of hearings, the evidence listed by the Red Rebels showed that Terry did not intend to evade the drug test, but his absence from the drug test was already a fact, and because of his status as an international player, this matter had a great impact on the outside world, so the hearing had to consider the subsequent impact of this matter.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter also personally inquired into this matter, hoping that the FA can make an example and put an end to doping on the football field, plus the outside media are closely watching this matter, so they must give an attitude.
If the penalty is light, who will cooperate with the drug test in the future? Wouldn't that ignore the laws of England?
Xiao Yu had a conversation with Parios before the hearing, and Xiao Yu made it clear that a long-term suspension is unacceptable, especially a two-year global suspension, and Terry did not intend to evade drug testing at all, and he did not need to be punished so severely.
"Could it be that Blatter's concerns, defending the authority of English law and drug testing, all the burden should be borne by my players?"
Xiao Yu's cross-examination left Parios speechless, but it didn't change anything.
After several hours of negotiation, the hearing finally gave a verdict, that is, John? Terry was negligent and absent from the drug test, although not intentionally, but still gave a considerable penalty, a three-month suspension and a fine of £50,000, which applies to all competitions in the United Kingdom, excluding European competitions.
The last one was fought for by Xiao Yu and the FA, Xiao Yu was also angry about this matter, threatening that if he did not retreat, he would appeal endlessly, and the FA would also lose face at that time.
Due to the good relationship with Xiao Yu and the Red Rebels, the FA finally relented and reduced the suspension period from the original 5 months to 3 months, and the scope of the suspension was also narrowed to England games, and the fine was increased, but Xiao Yu did not pay attention to money.
As a result, John Terry will not be able to play in the Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup for the next three months, as well as the England national team, but will be able to represent the team in the UEFA Cup.
This is already the best punishment that the Red Rebels can get, and Ferdinand in the previous life even suspended for 8 months for this, but because the Red Rebels collected more complete and stronger evidence this time, even the outside media had to support Terry, believing that he was suspended for an innocent negligence.
But that's the way it is in English football!
However, after the punishment was introduced, the Red Rebels held a press conference as soon as possible, announcing that they would not appeal the FA's punishment and accept the punishment, and also said that Terry is still an important member of the team, and the team will look forward to his return.
When Mourinho faced the media's question about the impact of John Terry's absence, he looked distressed, he thought his players should not be punished, but this is football, he can only accept it, and he also believes that the players can work together to continue the pressure on the first team in the three months since the loss of Terry.
…………………… John Terry's three-month absence will still have a big impact on the tactics of the Red Rebels, and Mourinho will have to consider a replacement for John Terry in the next three months, with Nemanja Vidic at the best of all.
Chiellini has done well since switching to central defender, but he is still very young, inconsistent performances are a disadvantage of young players, and central defenders are a crucial position, and Mourinho will not rush to Chiellini.
The other person is Kolo? Toure, but the player is more likely to be used by Jose Mourinho at right wing-back, despite McCann's good performance, a complete replacement for Colo? Toure, but the team is fighting on multiple fronts, and it is not enough to have only one McConn.
The best candidate is still Vidic, although the Serbian central defender is a little frizzy, but on the whole, it is still very suitable to fill the gap in Terry, and the more troublesome thing is that Curtis's role should be replaced with before, let Vidic grab up, and Curtis retreats to organize the defense.
This change also led to the team's subsequent training, Mourinho always magnified Curtis and Vidic's mistakes, and stopped them in training at every turn, and reprimanded them.
Everyone knows that being reprimanded by Mourinho is a sign of reuse, and the players have long been accustomed to Mourinho's reprimand, so Curtis and Vidic have shown more and more dedication on the training pitch, especially Vidic, who is eager to take advantage of Terry's absence to prove his quality.
After returning from the national team, Mourinho made more adjustments to the players, especially the main players, and then there was a week of double matches, in order to make the main players recover better, in the second leg of the first round of the League Cup, Mourinho sent a large number of substitutes.
Ismael plays as a striker, Ribery plays as a left winger, and Leo on the right? Messi, Cesc Fabregas as the team's central midfielder, behind him Mourinho specially arranged two midfielders Yaya? Toure and De Rossi assisted and protected him.
From left to right, the back line is Philippe? Lahm, Terry, Chiellini and McConn, goalkeeper Almunia.
Since the first leg has been won by a large score, and the team has entered the second round, the outside world also understands Mourinho's move to use young players significantly, especially the strength of the Apol team is not strong, and the Red Rebels are playing at home.
But it's the '87 players who are really surprised.
Ismael, Messi, and Cesc Fabregas were all born in 87, of which Messi is the youngest, he is already the youngest starter in the team's history, and there is John on the bench. Obi? Mikel.
These young players have all played for the first team, but they have basically come off the bench, most of the games have been in the reserves, and they have performed very well, especially Ismael and Messi, Cesc Fabregas has also been excellent, and Mourinho has put him in charge of the team's midfield and tandem attack.
While everyone was amazed by the Red Rebels' massive use of young players, it was even more surprising to see how strong the players were in the game.
Cesc Fabregas is very strong in the midfield scheduling, organization and back row insertion, and his several passes are very characteristic, especially in the first half, a scalpel-like through stopper, tearing apart the opponent's defense, assisting Messi to score a single goal against offside, which is even more brilliant, and he himself also had a beautiful long-range shot in the second half, but unfortunately failed to score.
Messi scored twice in this game and provided an assist for Ismael to score, and was the best player of the game, while Ismael also showed a very sharp threat up front, stopping the ball and turning to hit the goal very violently, if it wasn't for the opposition goalkeeper's quick reaction, he could have scored a hat-trick.
4:0, the Red Rebels won at home against the Cyprus Arp team with the outstanding performance of this group of young players, Messi scored twice, Ribery and Ismael scored a goal, which also shocked Europe again for the youth talents of the Red Rebels.
It was only a trivial League Cup game, but the Red Rebels' youngsters showed amazing talent, whether it was Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Franck Ribery, Ismael and other attacking talents, and then John who replaced De Rossi? Obi? Mikel has also shown great ability.
And that's not counting players like Curtis, who have already played in the first team.
Someone counted that among the 26 players in the Red Rebels' first team this season, excluding Redondo, who is in a semi-retired state, 9 of the 25 players came from the academy, not including Cech, the Toure brothers and Ronaldo, who came to the team at a young age.
It's the cradle of young talent, the West Point of European football!
However, there was calm within the team in response to the outside praise, and Mourinho refused to comment on a single player after the game, insisting that the victory was a team victory and not the credit of a single player.
After returning to the training base, Mourinho praised the outstanding performance of the young players, but also criticized some of the mistakes they made in the game, the most obvious is that the concentration begins to lose after the big lead, Mourinho does not like his team like this.
Of course, the players are still young and there are opportunities to make mistakes, but they also need to be tempered and hammered, and Mourinho undoubtedly wants to make it clear to the players that their future is undoubtedly bright, but only with the right attitude can they get a place in the team.
After the first round of the League Cup, the Red Rebels went to challenge Fulham away, which is also a hard bone, and the performance has been up and down this season.
In this game, Fulham even forced the Red Rebels to be very embarrassed at home, especially their strategy of launching a strong attack from the beginning, like three axes, which made the Red Rebels dizzy for a while and scored first.
But in the second half, after halftime, the Red Rebels who reacted showed a very tenacious victory**, first Beckham helped Palacio counterattack with a long diagonal pass and equalized, and then Kaka and Beckham a strong combination in the middle and overtook with a long-range shot.
In the 87th minute, the Red Rebels' offensive was still unabated, Xiao Xiao Luo took the ball on the left side of a very beautiful continuous acceleration to break through the opponent's three players, and pushed the shot in the penalty area, 1:3!
After the win over Fulham, Manchester United won 0-1 at Leeds United with a 2-1 defeat at Arsenal and a 3rd place in the league.
But soon, the Red Rebels ushered in the third round of the away match against Manchester United!
(To be continued)