Chapter 474 Explosion
Compared with Leiden Oriental's easy win over Monaco at home, Arsenal, who also sits at home, seems a little embarrassed. Cooper's defensive counterattack tactics were fully played in this game. Cruise, Van der Mead, and Martins, Inter Milan relied on the goals of these three people to lead Arsenal 3-0 in the first half, and made Arsenal's offense seem helpless in the second half. After the home defeat, Arsenal seemed irrelevant on his face, and invisibly made various media automatically remove Arsenal from the team that won the league in their hearts...
In this case, Arsenal then ushered in a away game to challenge Manchester United. Many people thought that Arsenal would be in trouble in this game, but Arsenal quickly emerged from the shadow of home defeat and tied Manchester United 0-0 away. Although Leiden Oriental, who was easily defeated Leicester City by 2-0 at home, jumped to the top of the list, did not allow the team to lose a row.
In the seventh round of the league one week later, relying on Henry's outstanding performance, Arsenal defeated Newcastle three-to-two at home, and continued to score with Manchester United with a two-point advantage, second only to Leiden East. Chelsea also won two consecutive victories during this period, climbing to fourth place in the standings with 14 points. Leiden East ranked first with six wins and one draw, and Manchester United ranked second and third with two points.
After the start of this season, the high winning rate of the Premier League team was surprised by everyone. Obviously, in the absence of major competitions this summer, the performance of the strong team was not affected at the beginning. At the same time, the strong dialogue only included Leiden East's match against Chelsea, and Manchester United played against Liverpool and Arsenal at home. When the season was halfway through, who could maintain a higher winning rate to the end.
After the seventh round of the Premier League, the second round of the European Champions League group stage began to rekindle the battle. This time, it was Arsenal and Leiden Oriental who took the lead in the Premier League. Arsenal will challenge Moscow Locomotive away, and Leiden Oriental will also challenge Coruña away.
In the first round of the group C game, La Coruna defeated Athens Aek with one goal away, and ranked first in the group with three-pointers. Iruetta also attaches great importance to this home court. He does not expect that if Leiden East has not qualified before the last round, Leden East will let them go, because Leiden East has turned against each other. They deprived of how many people of their qualifications to qualify in advance, especially Valencia, who is simply the biggest victim of Leiden East...
I won the first game, but I have to win this home game, otherwise I will at least get a draw, at least, and I cannot lose this game.
Iruetta is much more experienced than Deschamp. He knows where his team's advantages lies. Although Makai left, Tristan, Pandiani, Luke, and Belleron... The existence of these offensive players and La Coruna's smooth attack is the capital for La Coruna to gain a foothold in Europe and La Liga.
So in this game, Iruetta did not put too much effort into defense, but fully utilized the characteristics of his team's fierce offensive. He held high the banner of offense throughout the game and launched a counterattack between midfield and Leiden East. This style of play made this game the game with the most goals in this round of the Champions League. The final score of three to three made fans both regret and also exclaimed.
Two minutes into the game, La Coruña's blitz was the first to work. Pandiani, who replaced Tristan, took a long shot from the penalty area, broke the goal of Leiden East, but soon Leiden East recovered the score. Ronaldo shook the opponent's defender and sent the ball into the far corner. Before the end of the first half, Figo's free kick overcame the score for Leiden East. After the start of the second half, Super Laco's crazy attack finally broke through Leiden East's goal.
Long Miao passed Luke, and Luke pushed the shot from a small angle to equalize the score. Then Xiao Ming replaced Ronaldo and Pirlo. These two young players who came on the bench quickly scored again through a wonderful cooperation. Pirlo made a long pass to Ronaldo in the penalty area. Ronaldo leaned against the opponent's defender and forced a breakthrough, then scored the ball into the goal. Leiden East overtook again. Before the end of the game, Tristan, who was also a substitute, headed the ball in the penalty area and tied the score again...
Xiao Ming was also deeply impressed by La Coruña's tenacity in offense. No wonder he was able to complete an almost impossible task. He defeated AC Milan, which had a super defense line, and was 4-0 in a four-point away game. Although it was related to AC Milan underestimating the opponent, he was able to do this and also take into account the defense at the same time, so that AC Milan's front-court attack line did not score. It can also show how excellent this team is.
When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Xiao Ming also breathed a sigh of relief. Although the fans of this back and forth attack were very enjoyable, the game was constantly frightening for the head coaches on the sidelines. It was a good result to draw. It was better than to have a tide on the court, and to play with the opponent so much that they were so popular but lost the game - one point is also one point, and sometimes it can also play a big role.
After calming down a little, Xiao Ming walked towards Iruetta and then extended his hand to him. Xiao Ming knew that this season was the last glory of La Coruna, and it would not be easy to encounter Super La Coruna in the European arena next season.
"Your team performed very well today." Xiao Ming said to Iruetta sincerely. Iruetta laughed and shook his head: "It's a pity that I didn't beat you in the end... Next time at your home court, you have to show mercy."
Xiao Ming laughed heartily, shook Iruetta's hand vigorously, then let go, and greeted the players who were leaving the field and walked towards the locker room.
"Okay, guys, the next two weeks are the national team's game time... You should take a day off in Spain, and then go to the national team to report. If you have national team tasks, you don't have national team tasks and go to London to make trouble. If you don't have national team games tasks, you will go back to London after two days. Alvin, you are responsible for team training during this period. I have to give myself more than a week off. After the national team members return to Leiden Oriental to report, I will meet with you again, and then prepare to beat Arsenal at home!"
The players cheered and thanked Xiao Ming for his understanding. There were still three days left before the national team reported to the national team. In addition to avoiding the fatigue of their journey back to London, Xiao Ming did this and gave them three days off by changing directions. It is rare to get a three-day holiday in the middle of the season.
The members of the coaching team had no objection to Xiao Ming's obvious lazy behavior. Xiao Ming was basically just acting on the training ground. His biggest role on the sidelines is to prevent the players from being lazy on the training ground. At the same time, Xiao Ming can also observe the players' status more directly. Now that most members of the first team have to participate in national team competitions, there are only two or three big cats left on the sidelines of the training ground. It doesn't matter whether Xiao Ming is on the sidelines of the training ground.
As long as Xiao Ming does not delay the club's affairs, other coaching staff members cannot control it. At this time, the club often has nothing to do. Major things that need Xiao Ming to deal with will not happen at this time, so Xiao Ming is lazy and can feel at ease.
"Okay, I'm all yours for these eight or nine days."
After the passion, Xiao Ming stroked Jessica's smooth and delicate skin with some nostalgia and said with a smile: "From today to October 10th, during this period, I will give you more than 100 pounds. You can go wherever you say you go..."
Jessica reached out to wrap her arms around Xiao Ming's neck, then tilted her head and thought carefully for a long time, and then said, "Just in Spain... There are many resorts here. I want to go shopping in Madrid first, and then go to Mallorca to enjoy the autumn sunshine."
Xiao Ming knew that Jessica was trying not to get tired because of running around, so he nodded: "Okay, go shopping in Madrid first, and then go to the beach on Mallorca to bask in the sun... But when you were in Madrid, you and I had to find a pair of sunglasses to wear to avoid being recognized."
"What's wrong with recognizing it? There won't be too many fans in Madrid and my fans, right? Even if you are recognised, there should be no trouble." Jessica said in confusion.
"Yes, in Madrid, I don't have many fans, but at least half of Madrid hate me very much... Although half of the fans will applaud me after they recognize me, because my team once defeated Real Madrid in the Champions League final, I can't guarantee that the other half of the fans will come up to beat me up after they recognize me..." Xiao Ming said very seriously.
Jessica was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "It seems that in Barcelona and Valencia, you can't be recognized on the streets."
"How much they hate me means how outstanding my team is," Xiao Ming said after shrugging his shoulders.
At 2 noon on October 2, Xiao Ming and Jessica, wearing sunglasses, walked out in a train station outside Madrid. Looking at the slightly deserted street in front of him, Xiao Ming looked at Jessica awkwardly. He proposed to take the train from La Coruna to Madrid like an ordinary tourist. But he took the wrong train and did arrive in Madrid, but it was not in the city of Madrid, but outside Madrid...
Jessica doesn't care much. When traveling, you always have to see all kinds of scenery to be interesting. Besides, you are not going in the wrong direction. You can get to the city center by adding a suburban train ticket. If you have ten days to visit, you don't care about the delayed time.
"Or we'll find a taxi to go to Madrid." Xiao Ming said to Jessica.
"Didn't you say you want to take the suburb train? Just like ordinary tourists, enjoy the life of ordinary people." Jessica asked Xiao Ming a little strangely.
"It's the peak time for work, and there will definitely be a lot of people on the trains in the suburbs. Do you have to stand all the way? I'm afraid you'll be tired." Xiao Ming said after a smile.
"I'm not afraid of being tired, are you afraid of being tired?" Jessica shook her head and looked at Xiao Ming.
Of course, Xiao Ming would not admit that he was afraid of being tired, and he really didn't care about standing for such a little distance: "Then let's take the bus. If you want to understand a city, you have to integrate into the most ordinary life in this city. This is tourism!"
Twenty minutes later.
Xiao Ming put his arms around Jessica's waist with one hand and grabbed the ring with the other hand, shaking among a group of staff or the people dressed by parents who sent their children to school.
"How do you feel?" Jessica, who was in Xiao Ming's arms, raised her head and asked Xiao Ming with a smile.
"It feels good, I haven't felt this way for a long time..." Xiao Ming took a deep breath of the turbid air in the carriage like nostalgic. He did not lie. He really missed this feeling - it was already a very distant feeling, as if it was a hundred years ago. After rebirth, Xiao Ming did not need to catch a bus. Even when he was reborn, he was a club owner with a net worth of more than 500,000 pounds. Taking a taxi was a shameful thing. For most of his previous life, he took various luxury cars, or drove a luxury car alone in a constant stream of cities.
When was the last time I squeezed into the bus? Xiao Ming was confused. Was he working part-time and studying everywhere in college, or was he working as a small staff member on Wall Street, rushing out of his home and yawning to do a meager job?
It's really...it's a very distant thing...
"What are you thinking?" Jessica shook him and asked.
"I thought that when I was in London, I had to go to school and go to work. My father was working everywhere before opening a Chinese restaurant, but he still saved money to support me in school... But later, the Chinese restaurant opened and the business was getting better, but my father became seriously ill... So I stopped studying. While working in a Chinese restaurant, I rushed to the hospital to take care of my father. At that time, I had almost no time to rest. Every day I was in a Chinese restaurant and a hospital. Of course, I could only squeeze into the bus at that time... It was probably almost twenty years..."
Xiao Ming said leisurely that what he was talking about was the memories left in Xiao Ming's mind. Although Xiao Ming thought he had forgotten it, as long as he thought about it, Xiao Ming's experience since childhood will still come to his mind one by one.
"So actually, I am very grateful to Mr. Tony Wood. If he hadn't sold Leiden Oriental at that time, I might not have transferred Chinese restaurants. Then, until now, I am at most a middle-class person with an annual income of more than 100,000 pounds and no worries about food and clothing. How could I have such a colorful life?" Xiao Ming smiled and lie.
Jessica agreed deeply: "Yes, if I hadn't embarked on the path of actors, maybe I'm just an ordinary employee now, maybe I'd be spotted by a scout, maybe I won't, maybe I'm staring at the TV and envious of the lives of those actors..."
Xiao Ming and Jessica smiled at each other. Jessica wrinkled her nose and didn't think there was anything bad about the smell in the car.
After a while, Xiao Ming looked up and looked out the window. The car had stopped on the street and the city of Madrid had arrived.
Xiao Ming and Jessica were at the end of the car. While the driver was about to open the door and let the passengers who arrived at the station get off, there was a riot in the middle of the car.
"Hey, there is a suitcase here!" someone shouted loudly in Spanish: "Whose?"
Xiao Ming also knew some Spanish, so he understood the other party’s shouting, a suitcase that no one wanted? What?
Suddenly, an ominous premonition arose in Xiao Ming's heart. He vaguely remembered something that happened in Madrid, Spain in his previous life. A terrorist placed thirteen fierce bombs on several buses on the streets of Madrid. It exploded when the traffic was at its highest concentration. In the end, nearly 200 people died and more than 1,000 were injured...
But Xiao Ming remembers it very clearly that the terrorist attack occurred in the first half of 2004, because such terrorist attacks always cause stock market fluctuations. Xiao Ming, who relies on the stock market to make a living, naturally still remembers several famous terrorist attacks. Now, it is only the second half of 2003...
But who knows whether history will change? Who knows whether those guys will do such things in advance... Al Qaeda's terrorist activities against the Spanish government were because Spanish Prime Minister Asnal supported the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and sent an army of 1,300 Spanish soldiers to participate in the Iraqi occupation. This happened in the summer. Who knows when they would choose...
When Xiao Ming thought of this, his hair was standing up all over his body. His first reaction was to escape, but he and Jessica were now at the end of the carriage. Even if they wanted to run, they had to pass through the middle of the carriage. It was too late now. He could only pray that the suitcase was just an ordinary suitcase, not a bomb or something...
"Xiao? What's wrong?" Jessica raised her head and asked curiously.
Just as Xiao Ming was about to answer, screams rang out in the middle of the carriage: "God, what's this thing!"
Xiao Ming subconsciously reached out and hugged Jessica in his arms, then turned his back to the middle of the car - in fact, he wanted to fall down, but there were several passengers behind him...
At this moment, a huge explosion sounded in the middle of the car, and then Xiao Ming felt his back as if it was hit by an extremely huge hammer. His whole body was shocked, and then he fell forward.
Chapter completed!