The 228th qualifier begins

In the farce of Liverpool, it collapsed. The Reds have officially announced that construction of a new stadium at Stanley Park has been postponed again and is not expected to open until the 2012/13 season. They dragged on and on, and the Liverpool government got a little impatient and wanted to "reconsider whether the 999-year tenure of the Stanley Park land should be handed over to the Reds". Predictably, DIC will definitely make a comeback. Sure enough, after Abu Dhabi's oil capital bought Manchester City, the Dubai people couldn't hold their breath and once again applied for an improved takeover, up to 500 million pounds. This is the first time Dubaii have challenged the American boss, the question is, how long can Hicks and Gillette, who currently have no money to build a stadium or spare money to buy people, hold on?

If one day, the Premier League giants have become the playthings of oil capital, what an absurd scene will it present? This is not a matter of imagination, strictly speaking, Abu's capital accumulation is also the process of skyrocketing oil wealth, and his acquisition of Stamford Bridge has changed the blueprint for the Premier League; But disappointed by Robinho, Abu knew he had met a true martial arts master. There is no way to compete with a country in his personal wealth, so when Al-Fahim offered the Brazilian winger a transfer fee of 32 million pounds and a weekly salary of 160,000 yuan, Abu was not dying.

Scolari was furious and publicly stated that he hoped to get enough money in the winter transfer market, but Abu could only smile bitterly.

In the battle for credit, Abu won in style, disrupting market prices and stealing people from Ferguson (Robben). After the two league titles, it was only because of internal conflicts at Stamford Bridge that Credit Capital turned around last season - the Red Devils won the double. But with the entry of Abu Dhabi investors, and the possible arrival of Dubaiites later. The contest between credit capital and oil is more uneven, more precisely. It is possible that the future will only be competition within the oil capital.

The two emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are in delicate rivalry. Abu Dhabi is expensive though the capital. In recent years, neither tourism nor investment has been compared to Dubai.

Therefore, Al-Fahim's stay in Manchester City this time has made the royal family of Abu Dhabi applaud. Dubai's Al Maktoum family immediately offered to buy Liverpool again, raising the purchase price to £500 million. It is inevitable that oil capital will enter the Premier League in a trending trend.

On September 2, Al-Fahim announced the acquisition of Manchester City Club on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority of the United Arab Emirates, and immediately said that he would introduce Cristiano Ronaldo at a sky-high price of 135 million pounds in the winter transfer, which attracted global attention.

After 20 days. The acquisition of Manchester City was officially completed on 23 September, with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority set to take over the city from former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for £200 million. Surprisingly, the chairman of Manchester City FC is not Al-Fahim, who has previously clamored for building a "golden fleet" with money, but Al Fahim, who is the president of Mubadala Investment Company in the Abu Dhabi Group. Mubarak.

Unlike Fahim's arrogance, Mubarak said he would not irrationally invest in players as soon as he took office, and he unveiled the club's 10-year plan for the future. The Nahyan family, who are in charge of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, also immediately issued an open letter to Manchester City fans, saying that they have a long-term intention to build a real Manchester City dynasty.

In Sunday's 6-0 win over Portsmouth, Mubarak from the Abu Dhabi Group stood in the VIP seat at the City Stadium. More than 47,000 spectators at the City Stadium looked suspiciously at the Arab boss who made his first appearance in the stands, and Fahim, who had threatened to bring them Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Cesc Fabregas, suddenly disappeared from the world and was replaced by the elegant and low-key Mubarak in the position of the club's new president.

Manchester City fans were taken aback. When Fahim came to Manchester City, people were wildly waving coins with Fahim's face, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Kaka...... Names popped out of Fahim's mouth. The City people saw hope for the team's rise, and they really thought that their team would be even more star-studded than Real Madrid's "Galaxy Battleship". But. When Mubarak appeared in the stands, when he received the Manchester City shirt with the number 10 printed on it from Thaksin's hands. Everyone realized that Yiqiē was just a trick for the Abu Dhabi people, and Fahim was just a transitional figure, and his appearance was just to attract everyone's attention.

Indeed, Arabs are spending a lot of money, and what is it to the wealthy Abu Dhabi royal family to own a club? Mubarak himself said: "There are few places in the world like us, today announcing the creation of an airline, bam! Two years later, it had 21 aircraft and 37 routes. ”

However, Manchester City is not an airline, nor is it an extravagant hotel. $8 billion could buy a luxury airliner or decorate the ceiling of the Emirates Palace with Swarovski crystals, but it couldn't buy even a shred of the club's long-standing football culture.

Culture is precipitated over time, and the Nahyan family, who have been rich for half a century, know this very well. What's more, how can a consortium with overseas investments of more than $100 billion have no scruples about throwing money as Fahim said?

Therefore, many people were surprised by Kadun Al Mubarak's unexpected appointment as the club's new president, and had to sigh at Mansour Nahyan's tricks: Where did the arrogant Fahim go? Where did the round-faced president of Hydra Investments go?

After Fahim announced the acquisition, he wanted to smash the Premier League with oil and buy C. Ronaldo for hundreds of millions of pounds? Packing to buy Gerrard and Torres?

This madness was constantly brought to the table by Fahim, making it clear to fans around the world that Manchester City had fallen into the hands of the richest. However, the madness stops here! Fahim's arrogance prevented Abou from even appearing in the stands for Manchester City's Chelsea game, and his first deal had already caused a stir by snatching Robinho from Chelsea. Then, his task is accomplished, and in Nahyan's mind, the flamboyant Fahim is by no means his trump card, and Mubarak is his hole card.

Mubarak wears a sky blue tie and has an elegant temperament. From the appearance and conversation, all reveal a good educational background. Mansour decided to bring his composure and sanity to Manchester City, with the loyal Mubarak being the best option. The Times veteran correspondent James Murphy "If things get bad," Dirk said. That would have a very bad impact on Abu Dhabi, so they would weigh it again and again before making every heavy decision. I'm surprised if the new Manchester City president doesn't succeed. ”

It is easy to see that the change of position from Fahim to Mubarak was orchestrated by the Nahyan family, who, after attracting the world's attention, wanted Abu Dhabi to start avoiding negative comments such as "sugar daddy" and "ticket player" in the British media circle. And Mubarak's arrival in power will not disappoint Manchester City, as he has brought with him the Nahyan family's 10-year plan for the club's development.

Manchester City have swept the Premier League with a strong attack, while Jonker, who is far away in Portugal, is making the final preparations for his first World Cup qualifier.

"Hey, Jonker, I'm kind of looking forward to the Manchester derby now!" Nani said to his good friend and partner Jonk at the end of training.

Jonk nodded. In the Manchester derby in recent seasons, Manchester United did not have an advantage, and it can be said that it was a draw with Manchester City, however, Jonker believes that with the strength of Manchester City, Manchester United will have a better chance of winning against Manchester City, which is not surprising, Manchester City has strengthened. Manchester United will also pay more attention to this derby, showing the determination and will to fight for the Champions Cup, but the chances of winning will increase a lot.

"Well, Robinho is a very good opponent indeed!" Jonker carefully recalls the previous meeting between Manchester United and Real Madrid in the Champions League. Robinho is indeed one of Real Madrid's most dangerous players, with the Brazilian's pace and breathtaking skill at his feet to be reckoned with.

"Still. Manchester City only have Robinho, we have us and Cristiano on our side. Jonk said proudly. He doesn't want to say anything about what he himself is the world's No. 1 striker, but. Jonk dares to say that with his offensive combo with Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo, it is definitely the most powerful attack combo on the planet.

Nani grinned when he heard this, "Haha! That's right, I feel like I'm getting more out of my body right now! He also proudly posed a pose to show off his muscles.

And Jonk is the kind of shooter who is fast, not bad, explosive, has good skills at his feet, and passes the ball well, and this kind of partnership between him and Nani can be said to be the most lethal.

"I heard that the Brazilian has an annual salary of £6 million at Manchester City...... "Nani looked around at no one and suddenly whispered to Jonker.

Jonk coughed and rolled his eyes.

The relationship between the player and the club can also be seen as the relationship between the employee and the company where he works, and it is not impossible for the player to discuss the salary, but no, it always depends on the occasion, right?

To say that Jonk has no idea about Robinho's annual salary of 6 million pounds, it is impossible, Jonker's status in international football is much higher than Robinho's, and the salary of Brazilians is higher than him, Jonk naturally has some opinions, however, Jonk also knows that this is the reason why Manchester City can recruit Robinho, and Manchester United's rich background is not measured by the salary, and he will naturally not be stiff with the team because of salary.

Of course, when it is time to talk about contract renewal, it is reasonable to ask for a salary increase appropriately.

However, if you put pressure on the club with Nani, it will be wrong, this is suspected of 'rebellion', and it is estimated that the old man will definitely be furious.

The training camp in Lisbon was very relaxed, early the next morning, the weather was very good, and the sunshine was very good, which made Jonke, who was already helpless about the rainy weather in Portugal, very happy.

Jonk raised his hand, twisted his buttocks, and looked out the window at the blue sky with white clouds, which made people feel good.

"For the World Cup - good morning!!"

He shouted that today's match against Malta is the first step in Portugal's 2010 World Cup journey in South Africa!

Nani was woken up by his shout, and muttered a few words, and the quilt was covered more tightly, but Jonk still heard a muffled sound. He touched his buttocks, making sure it wasn't his own fart, since it wasn't his own fart, then the one who farted was obvious, and turned his head to look at Nani who was sleeping with his head covered, and Jonk still decided not to disturb the guy's breath of fresh air.

Now wait for the start of the national team competition!

"Haha. Thirty-nine minutes! Thirty-nine minutes! The goal finally came! However, I'm afraid no one would have thought of it. It was Malta who scored! Moody's long-range shot netted the !! It's amazing. They scored! They scored the goal of the European champions! Everyone in Malta is at their best and their fans must erect statues for them!! ”

Malta coach Rodrigo was on his knees on the sidelines like crazy, almost in tears.

"That's terrible! No, it's a shame! We were actually led by Malta's goal! Lineker looked at the stunned Portuguese players on the pitch and almost burst into anger.

That's right, the Portuguese players were stunned in place, they couldn't believe the score in front of them, 0:1! Is it true that they are actually a goal behind Malta with a Malta that they have never looked into?

The camera focuses on the sidelines. Queiroz, the successor to the European champion's coach, stood on the sidelines, with his hands in his pockets, looking at the pitch with a stern expression, and then walked to the player without looking back, he didn't want to look any further, and walked back to the road with a black face. The TV camera followed him all the time, and anyone could see how ugly the expression on his face was.

"I bet Mr. Quiroz has a murderous heart." The commentator on French television, which broadcasts the match domestically in Malta, quipped.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Jonker lifted his jersey all at once. Covered his head, he felt that he had no face to see people, the half of this game was simply too embarrassing. He was pinned off by a defensive line made up of amateur players, and of course, Jonker's own footing was not good. Once, in the face of an empty goal, he actually kicked it off.

The other players did not cover their heads, but. They all went back to the locker room dejectedly, and everyone knew. What awaits them is a storm of furious scolding.

However, to their surprise, Queiroz only said three words.

Which three sentences?

Queiroz said coldly to Jonker, "If my striker is something that Malta's backline can defend, shouldn't I consider playing on my own?" ”

Quiroz stopped the red-faced Jonker from saying what he was about to say, and looked around at his players, all of whom were swept by his eyes, and all bowed their heads, and no one dared to look at him.

"If, in the second half, my backline is scored by Maltese again, you will be the most famous team in the history of Portugal, even more famous than winning the European championship!"

"Score for me! Goal! Score more goals! If you don't satisfy me, the fans who are watching you shit play in front of the TV, you can go out and jump into the ocean! ! Let's play! ”

Everyone ran out of the locker room, as if there was a big wolf dog chasing them behind them, everyone held their breath, if they couldn't win Malta by a big score, they really didn't have the face to go back to Portugal.

"It was arguably the darkest day for Portuguese football, with the European champions trailing Malta at half-time and tomorrow's headlines already booked by the Portuguese." The French commentator is still talking endlessly, of course they are happy to see the sworn enemy Portugal make a fool of themselves, you know, Portugal won the European Cup, which makes the French people feel so tired and unhappy.

However, just as he was still gushing about 'praising Portugal', he had to shut up.

"Ahh What the hell! The French commentator, who was still talking endlessly, almost choked on his own surprised saliva like a sudden brake, he turned his head to see that the football was in the net, and saw that Jonker did not celebrate the goal at all, but rushed directly into the net, took the football out and ran towards the center circle.

It was a powerful long-range shot, and only 51 seconds into the second half, Portugal tied the score at 1:1!

Just as the slow-motion replay of the goal had been played, Portugal scored again when Nani latched on to Munitis' wide cross and volleyed into the net.

2:1!

Portugal came back from the start of the second half in three minutes.

That's not enough, though!

Inadequate!

The score of 0:1 at half-time is a huge shame, which makes the European champion depressed and unable to breathe, only non-stop goals, more goals, can wash away this shame!

The French commentator was also a little out of voice, he didn't know what to say, although he also knew that with the strength of Portugal, there was nothing strange about the goal, but the Portuguese goal was too fierce.

In the 53rd minute, Deco scored from a distance, 3:1!

In the 59th minute, Jonk took advantage of the opportunity of a corner kick and scored with a header to score the second goal of the game, 4:1!

'It was a free-kick opportunity and Jonk came to take the free-kick and he ran and shot - it hit the crossbar - it bounced back - the ball went in - it was a ...... An own goal and the Maltese defender smashing the ball into his own goal when he cleared the ball was unlucky. 5:1! The Portuguese kicked crazy......"

It's really crazy.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 9:1!

Jonker's goal in stoppage time to make the score 9-1 also scored his third goal of the game and scored a hat-trick.

Until the end of the game, Queiroz did not make a single substitution, and seemed to forget that three days later, Portugal had to take on Croatia away, and the Portuguese team, including their manager, were like hungry wolves gritting their teeth to tear Malta apart.

"Why don't I make a substitution? Why substitutions? The shame of them (0:1 in the first half) has to be washed away by themselves, which is also a tribute to the opponents of today's game! Queiroz said.

After the game, Jonk ran over excitedly, and he shouted at Queiroz: "You don't have to replace me this time, right?" ”

Queiroz pretended to be unhappy and glared at Jonker, "Three goals, is it a lot?" Not far away, on the Maltese bench, the Maltese players glared angrily.

Portugal's 9-1 win over Malta did not surprise many people, but Portugal's 1-0 half-time deficit to Malta still caused Portugal to suffer some criticism, and the Daily Mail bluntly accused that in the 15 minutes of the break, Portuguese fans felt only the shame of the European champions.

In response, Queiroz surprisingly did not defend the players, praising the Maltese crowd, praising the tiny nation for playing a great half-game and criticising the team's complacency in winning the European Championship

"Some players start to get complacent, it's dangerous, it takes them off the motivation to move forward, and the game against Malta (at half-time) is 0:1? This comes at the right time, and it will sober up the lads. ”

The Times said that if you want to rate Jonker, the first half of Jonker's table was miserable, and the second half of Jonker's table was significantly better than the first, although a hat-trick on a team like Malta is not too much news.

Three days later, Portugal played their second game of World Cup qualifying in South Africa, where they were held to a 1-1 draw away from Denmark by a goalless goalless game, but he was instrumental in Portugal's equaliser with a second-half penalty.

However, everyone can see that Jonker's state in the game is not good, and now Jonk can use Xuan Gong, but he doesn't do that, usually use Xuan Gong, Jonk always feels that there is a suspense of cheating, but Xuan Gong can accelerate the recovery of the body, Jonk knows that the doubts of the outside world now, it will not take long for them to disappear, and speaking with goals is always the most effective.

"He's so tired." Sky TV commentator Taibbi said that he then calculated the number of games Jonker had played in more than a year, excluding injuries, and finally came to the conclusion that the intensity of such games was much more powerful than Lineker's time.

In the European qualifiers for the World Cup in South Africa, the two games after the appearance of the Portuguese team, one win and one draw, especially the 1:1 draw with Denmark away, in general, still satisfied the Portuguese fans, of course, some fans who became arrogant because Portugal won the European championship and clamored to slaughter Denmark away from home.

After the national team break, the league continues, and because the Champions League group stage is about to start, both the schedule and the excitement of the competition have become more exciting and hot. (To be continued......)