Chapter 412 Champion Declaration
For Aston Villa, Randylna lowered the asking price.
However, the asking price of 110 million pounds is still relatively high in Fang Jue and Papa's opinion.
Of course, in Randylna's opinion, his current asking price is already quite sincere. You should know that just two years ago, Iceland's rich man acquired West Ham United Club with a full acquisition price of up to 86 million pounds. Aston Villa is still stronger than West Ham United. In terms of his historical status, Aston Villa once won the European Champions League championship and his background is more profound than West Ham United. His offer price of 110 million pounds is very reasonable.
Both parties are actually very clear that the negotiations have advanced to the current level, and the possibility of successfully reaching an acquisition/transfer agreement is already very high. All that remains is to continue bargaining in the acquisition amount, and the room for bargaining is actually not that big.
As the saying goes, a handsome man can bring good fortune.
In addition to the good news on Aston Villa, there is also good news, that is, in a La Liga focus game that was held later, Barcelona was strongly blocked by the Bats at the Mestalia Stadium. In the first half, Barcelona relied on Messi and Etoo's goals to lead Valencia 2-0. Perhaps the lead in the first half was too smooth. In the second half, Guardiola replaced Messi and Xavi very early, and he wanted to retain his strength for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals next week.
However, excessive relaxation and confidence cost Guardiola and Barcelona. In the second half, David Silva and David Villa scored goals one after another, helping Valencia tie the score with two goals in a row, freeing the score to two-2!
At the post-match press conference, Guardiola refused to admit that he underestimated the opponent. He praised Valencia for playing well and emphasized that Barcelona's players were already very tired. However, Guardiola refused to admit that he failed. He still insisted that Barcelona still had a chance to win the league championship.
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However, the media probably don't think so:
Barcelona almost got a three-pointer, so Barcelona fell behind Ibiza again by 11 points with five rounds of games left in the league.
After the game, the Daily Sports News directly lamented that "the suspense of the La Liga championship competition has almost disappeared."
"Marca" is more directly impressed by Barcelona: There is no suspense! We can now say that the champion is Ibiza's!
"Sel Radio" is bluntly predicting the schedule: Ibiza will win the league championship after the 35th round of the league. As long as they win all the next two rounds of the league, no matter how outstanding Barcelona plays, it will not be able to stop Ibiza from winning the championship!
Regarding the statement of "Sel Radio", Fang Jue unexpectedly did not express his usual modesty attitude when interviewed by Spanish National Television. The young and handsome genius coach made a confident championship statement: Yes, if we win two more games, we will be the champion, I hope so."
"Mr. Mayor (Ibiza) told me that the island was already preparing for a grand parade to win the championship. He asked me if I had the confidence to win the championship. I looked at him in surprise and asked him, is there anyone else who can stop us from winning the championship?!
Fang Jue's tough and confident statements have attracted media reports. Although many people may be very unhappy, no one said he was arrogant because the achievements he has led the team and the current championship competition, he is qualified to say such confident words. This is not bragging, this is the truth!
"Why didn't Fang Jue say that before a few rounds of games, why did he say that now?" David Copperfield, a reporter from Team News, asked in his column, "This is a very smart and even a bit cunning genius coach. He knows that his team cannot lose three games in the remaining five rounds, and he is sure to win now."
This is translated as: pretending to compare, you need to pretend to be the most confident comparison!
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On April 30, in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, Ibiza hosted the Bundesliga powerhouse Hamburg at home.
The first half has ended and now it is time to get off.
The score on the electronic scoreboard of the Athletic Stadium in Ibiza is: Ibiza 0:1 Hamburg!
Just nine minutes into the first half, Ibiza's midfield veteran Marklele was sent off with a red card. At that time, Marklele raised her arm while fighting and hit Hamburg midfielder Alorim. The latter fell to the ground in pain. The referee believed that Marklele was deliberately elbowing and showed the red card directly.
Fang Jue was furious on the sidelines. In his opinion, a yellow card was enough because Marklele accidentally hit Yarolim in the face, not that kind of very bad intentional elbow strike.
This red card was a complete accident, disrupting Fang Jue's tactical deployment to the team. Ibiza played passively throughout the first half and was defeated by Hamburg's Croatian striker Olic in front of the goal for more than 30 minutes in the first half, rewriting the score to one-to-zero.
"You guys, you're doing pretty good." Hamburg head coach Martin Yoll said to his players.
"Now we are leading one to zero, but that's not enough. They are one less person now. All we have to do in this game is to continue scoring goals and win the big score."
"Remember, our goal is to make the second leg a formality." Martin Yoll said excitedly. Before the game, he was still worried. The trouble was how to choose between the two-line battles between the league and the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup has entered the semi-finals and is watching the finals. In the league, Hamburg currently ranks fifth in the Bundesliga with 54 points. It seems that the ranking is very bad, but let's take a look at the points of the team in front of Hamburg:
Stuttgart, like Hamburg, ranks fourth with 54 points, Bayern Munich also ranks third with 54 points, Hertha Berlin ranks second with 55 points, Wolfsburg ranks first in the league with 57 points, so although Hamburg ranks fifth, it is very close to the previous points. With five rounds of games in the league, they are three points behind Wolfsburg, which is the top three. They already have hope of winning the championship. Taking a step back, it is also very promising to enter the top three in the league and compete for a seat in the European Champions League next season.
In fact, Martin Yoll has already tended to give up the League Cup in his heart. If he loses the away game with Ibiza, he can focus on the league championship.
Unexpectedly, the referee helped so he sent off Marklele from here. Martinyol saw the hope and possibility of winning away games, even winning by a big score, achieving the hope and possibility of going forward in the league and the UEFA Cup and even winning the double championship.
So, during the fifteen minutes of the halftime break, Martin Yoll was in a very happy mood and very excited.
Bundesliga champion, UEFA Cup champion, double champion, this is the rhythm of taking off, he feels like he wants to be the protagonist himself.
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In the home team's locker room, Fang Jue was also making final arrangements.
Compared with Martin Yoll, who was still struggling with the choice between the league and the UEFA Cup, Fang Jue did not have such troubles. The leading advantage in the league allowed him to fight desperately in the League Cup.
"The fifteen minutes of the second half are very important. Although it is impossible to tell whether Hamburg will fight back conservatively or push out the attack, I emphasize one thing, no matter what, I don't want to see the goal conceding again. Even if the offense is sacrificed, we must do a good job of defense and not conceding again. If the Hamburger leads two goals, we will be very passive."
Fang Jue's expression was serious, "In fifteen minutes, we will speed up."
"Mata and Reus, I need you to be more active on the sidelines and tear their two sides in turn."
"Robert (Lewandowski), what you think in the second half is to make goals for your teammates. Marco (Reus), Juan (Mata) and Basti (Desler) should work hard to find a shot."
The Bundesliga defenders are all tall and strong, while Alba, Mata and others in Ibiza are in a physical disadvantage, so for Lewandowski, who has strong ability to fight, they need to assume more role as a bridgehead in this game.
"White (Clement), your task is very heavy, and the team needs you to work harder." Fang Jue said. After Marklele was sent off by a red card, Fang Jue replaced Corosas with Clement. There was only Clement on the team, and his defensive task was very heavy.
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The second half begins.
Hamburg took advantage of their kick-off first to attack Ibiza and continued to put pressure on it to take the initiative on the field.
Fang Jue curled his lips, he really didn't realize that Hamburg was really not satisfied with leading one to zero, and he wanted to score a goal. This is how much he looked down on the leader of the La Liga.
Yes, although the team has one less player to fight, Fang Jue is still confident in his team, and Ibiza with ten people is not something that Hamburg can underestimate.
Hamburg's offensive routine is very simple. They frequently use crosses from the wing to find the middle, and Olic is good at seizing opportunities in front of the goal. In addition, Hamburg's Cameroon center Schubomotin is 191 in height, so his heading ability is naturally good.
However, Fang Jue was not worried about the team's air defense. Ibiza's two central defenders Hummels and Koscheerny were both tall and heading. In addition, Dutch defender Bolaruz is also good at heading. So, although Hamburg's high ball attacks were launched from the wing, it was not able to truly threaten Ibiza's goal.
"If it were me, I would specialize in the middle lane." Fang Jue said to his assistant Sebalos, "We only have Clement in the middle lane, which may be a breakthrough."
Sebalos thoughtful.
"Why didn't Yoll do that?"
"This is the difference between an ordinary coach and a talented coach." Fang Jue said with a smile, "Ordinary coaches will only use the fixed tactics they have formulated for the team to conquer the world, and will not formulate better plans on the spot."
Sebalus ignored a shameless product.
"What if burgers do this?" he asked.
"Don't worry, we have Clement."
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Trosovsky tried to pass the ball directly to Olic, but his intention to pass was predicted by Clement, but the pass was cut off by Clement!
Ibiza launches a counterattack!
Clement passed the ball to Deisler, but Deisler did not choose to dribble the ball himself, but made a long pass directly forward!
In the frontcourt, Lewandowski withstood Hamburg defender Demer, and he jumped high and headed the ball...
The football flew toward the slanted rear, and the Mata was plugging in at high speed!
Hamburg was determined to score another goal, and they were very much in the face. At this time, the entire Hamburg team only had two backs, center backs, Ma Tyson and Grafgard.
Hamburg goalkeeper Rost was so angry that he jumped up and shouted for help: When Hamburg was pressing, he didn't feel that he was still aware of it. He was so panicked that our backcourt was so empty?
"I'll go." Matison greeted him, signaling Grafgard to stay behind to make the last line of defense.
Ma Tyson chose tactical fouls very decisively. Anyway, Grafgard was behind him, at most he had yellow cards, not red cards.
He chose to slide the shovel.
However, the Dutch defender underestimated Mata's agility and skill. Before Mata's sliding tackle touched the football, Mata's ball was stabbed away. Then the young Ibiza star jumped up lightly and avoided Mata's flying tackle.
"pretty!"
"Breakthrough!"
Mata drove the ball straight in, and Lewandowski was running. He raised his arm and signaled that Mata could pass the ball.
Mata, who had already dribbled the ball into the penalty area, looked at the situation in the penalty area and chose to sweep the football.
"Ibiza counterattack...Mata is very fast! Beautiful, Matison was broken through Mata, he passed the ball! Lewandowski, shot! Saved...replace shot!!" Dolores spoke very fast, like a machine gun, and the audience's heart was lifted.
Lewandowski withstood Grafgard and shot in front of the goal. However, Hamburg goalkeeper Rost made a beautiful save. He stretched out his legs and blocked the football. Before the Hamburger cleared the football, Reus rushed up cleverly and shot the football into the net with a shovel!
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The cheers of the Athletic Stadium in Ibiza were resounding, and Fang Jue applauded hard, his tactics were correct.
Martin Joel's face was not very good-looking. He was still thinking about expanding the score and striving to secure the right to qualify in the first round, but he didn't expect that Ibiza would equalize the score now.
Thinking of Ibiza's sharp counterattack, Martin Joel was also very impressed. He finally woke up at this time. He realized that even if he was sent off one person early, Ibiza was still not something that Hamburg could eat in one bite. This is the leader of the La Liga.
Martin Yoll decided to be timid, and the score was also good at one-to-one. He got a draw and got an away goal, yes, it's not bad.
With the order from Martin Yoll, Hamburg began to shrink its defense.
Ibiza became more and more courageous as he fought, and began to frequently attack Hamburg's goal, and their offensive began.
After a long period of hardship, Fang Jue chose to give it a try, and he replaced Alba with Modric.
Ibiza changed its formation into a 351 formation and continued to put pressure on it.
This substitution and gambling-style offense has achieved results. In the 86th minute of the game, Ibiza got a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt. Desler took the free kick into the penalty area. Lewandowski headed the ball and the football bounced on his back. Hamburg defender Demer failed to clear the ball thoroughly. Modric rushed up and kicked the ball suddenly, slid the ball from the goalkeeper's left hand to the net.
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"Two to one! Two to one! Luka Modric! Luka Modric! Fang Jue's substitution and adjustments received a miraculous effect. Modric scored a goal and Ibiza overtook the score. This is really unexpected. Ibiza lost one person in nearly 80 minutes, but they now overtook the score!"
On the sidelines, he raised his fists and swung his fists into the sky. People on the coach's seat and bench behind him rushed out and cheered.
Modric, who completed the shot, was squeezed to the ground. At this time, the Croatian star got up from the ground. He opened his arms and ran excitedly to the side of the field. Behind him were Lewandowski, Mata, Desler and others shouting and running wildly. More Ibiza players gathered from all directions. The live broadcast scene had a high-altitude shot. This scene was really spectacular, and the entire stadium seemed to have an earthquake.
Chapter completed!