Chapter 413: The Battle for the World Championship
The next day, the Sunday Telegraph published a photo of Ibiza head coach Fang Jue celebrating with both fists and swinging to the sky. The background of the photo was the excited Ibiza players running past him...
"Nothing can stop them from moving forward!"
The Sunday Telegraph highly praised the victory. With the goals of Reus and Modric, Ibiza won two-to-one home wins with one player missing for more than 80 minutes of the game. Although Hamburg scored one more away goal, he was able to win the game under such a difficult situation. Ibiza media and fans can proudly say, "Nothing can stop Ibiza from moving forward"!
May 1st, International Labor Day.
Fang Jue entered the system to draw, and the prize was very appropriate, and it was an "energy potion".
Two days later, in the 34th round of the La Liga, Ibiza played away against Numancia, who is also a newly promoted team. The situations of the two teams can be said to be a world of difference. Ibiza has 7 wins and 6 draws and remains unbeaten, ranking first in the list and the championship is in sight. Numancia has 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, ranking last in the league, and is the top favorite for relegation in the league.
In the end, Ibiza scored twice with Lewandowski's braking goal, defeating Numancia 2-1 at home and successfully scored three points.
Ibiza's condition in this game can only be said to be average. When fighting on both sides, the players were relatively tired. However, the Poles' outstanding condition ensured that Ibiza won a 2-0 lead early and finally won the game without any danger.
However, the focus of this round was at the Bernabeu Stadium. Real Madrid lost to their arch rival Barcelona at home: 6. Higuain took the lead for Real Madrid first, but Henry quickly equalized for Barcelona. Puyol scored a header to score for Barcelona to overtake the score. Messi's goal allowed Barcelona to enter the second half with a 3:1 away game; Sergio Ramos' goal once narrowed the score, but after that, Henry, Messi and Pique's goals finally locked the score at: 6.
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the booed at the Bernabeu Stadium and the stands were full of waving white handkerchiefs.
"Marca" used an extremely sad title after the game: Real Madrid is dead!
In Barcelona, World Sports praised the team with a "well-deserved perfect victory".
However, the Spanish Efe Club commented in a relatively simple manner: the winner of this round of the league is Fang Jue and his team.
Yes, so what if Barcelona slaughtered Real Madrid six to two? After Ibiza won this round, he continued to maintain his eleven-point lead over Barcelona, which means it is difficult for Barcelona to turn the tables as hard as climbing the sky.
In fact, at this time, when there are still four rounds of league games, it is no real meaning to calculate the difference of 11 points and calculate whether Barcelona can still turn around, because Barcelona only has the possibility of winning the championship in Theory Mountain.
If Barcelona wants to win the championship, one condition must be met: Ibiza will lose all four games in the remaining four league rounds!
This is simply impossible.
The most straightforward statement is: In the next round of the league and the 35th round of the league, Ibiza only needs one draw to win the La Liga championship trophy three rounds in advance!
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The next morning, Fang Jue paid attention to the situation in the Premier League, but it was still bad news. Aston Villa lost 0-1 to Hull City at home in the 35th round of the Premier League. Including this game, Aston Villa has lost nine consecutive games in the league.
Losing this game, Aston Villa ranked sixth in the league, and is already eight points behind Everton, who is ranked fifth. With three rounds of games left in the league, Aston Villa has almost been confirmed to miss fifth and has lost the qualification for the UEFA Cup next season.
The Times of England even used the title "Who knows what happened to Aston Villa?" to express their confusion and surprise. After losing to La Liga super dark horse Ibiza in the first leg of the UEFA Cup 16th-quarter final, Aston Villa has been losing in the Premier League, losing nine consecutive games in a row, and losing nine consecutive games in the Premier League. What does this mean? In the words of famous commentator commentator Andy Gray, "Now when other teams play Aston Villa, they are no longer looking at the sixth-placed team in the league with great compassion."
Fang Jue couldn't help but gritted his teeth. Huazi. It was really miserable. He felt sad and could not help but shivered. The Dragon Ball of the [Unfortunate Card] was so terrifying... Now he had a [Unfortunate Card] left, and this kind of harmful thing was gone.
Of course, the good news is not without it. Aston Villa lost again, and Randylna lowered the asking price again. He is now offering a price of 105 million pounds.
Fang Jue calculated that if Aston Villa loses one game, the Americans will reduce 5 million pounds. Yes, there are three rounds in the Premier League. Anyway, Aston Villa has basically missed the European game, and he is relegated to the worry-free... It won’t be broken or established.
Of course, just thinking about it, Fang Jue will never use bad luck cards. He has his pride, conscience, bottom line and... kindness.
Fang Jue prayed for Aston Villa...
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On the morning of May 6, when I was having breakfast, Fang Jue picked up the newspaper and saw overwhelming reports, all around Barcelona's away game to the second leg of the European Champions League semi-finals between the away game and Chelsea.
In this game, Chelsea played against Barcelona at home Stamford Bridge. In the first leg, both sides played 0-0 at the Camp Nou Stadium at Barcelona. Although they were starring against both sides and scored a wonderful long shot, Barcelona also advanced to the final of the European Champions League this season with the advantage of away goals.
But this is not the focus of this game. The referee Hening used his strong performance to become the protagonist of the game. His many controversial punishments caused serious dissatisfaction among the players on both sides, led to chaos in the game, and affected the results of the game. Is Abidal's red card unjustly in Barcelona? The main referee Hening missed several penalty kicks from Chelsea? Both sides believed that they were treated unfairly by the referee, and there were different opinions.
England exploded, bombarding the referees and making a fuss for Chelsea. The media in Catalonia also said that they believed that Abidal's red card was wronged.
Even Fang Jue led the entire Ibiza team to Hamburg, and was surrounded by reporters at Hamburg airport, asking him to express his views on the game.
"I didn't watch this game." Fang Jue shook his head, "It's not convenient for me to express my opinions on things I don't understand."
Fang Jue is not stupid, so he won’t get into this muddy water.
Whoever is right or wrong, whoever suffers the loss, will benefit. As long as it does not affect his interests, it is up to him.
Did Ferguson come out and speak?
Did Wenger make a statement?
Did Ancelotti speak?
Did Benitez say anything?
Did Heathfield say something?
These German journalists thought he was a young man and could not control his big mouth, so they came to ask him so that he would not be so stupid and random.
Also, nothing he said is right now, and he talked to Chelsea. Please, he is coaching in Spain and Barcelona. Please, he will coach in the Premier League soon.
Shut up, it's best.
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On May 7, Hamburg, the stadium, which can accommodate more than 50,000 fans, became a sea of cheers and celebrations for the Ibiza people.
After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Ibiza, who lacked Marklele and Lewandowski, relied on the goal of the team captain Desler, stubbornly tied Hamburg on the away game, and finally successfully advanced to the final of this season's UEFA Cup with a total score of 3-2 in two rounds.
Fang Jue praised the team captain Desler at the post-match press conference. He also praised Reus' performance, yes, and Hummels, which made the Germans who were a little depressed because the Hamburg team was eliminated in a much better mood.
This Chinese coach can be a human being.
In another semi-final, the Ukrainian giants Donetsk miners won three-to-two away in the second leg in the unfavorable situation of losing zero to one at home in the first leg, and finally scored three to three in the two leg. However, they advanced to the final with the advantage of having more away goals.
In this case, the UEFA Cup final of the 008/009 season will be between Ibiza from La Liga and Donetsk miners from the Ukrainian Football Super League.
In the European Champions League, Barcelona eliminated Chelsea and reached the finals. In the League Cup, Ibiza also eliminated Hamburg and reached the finals. Both Spanish teams entered the European finals, which also made the Spanish media very excited. Compared with Barcelona, the 2006 Champions League champion, which reached the finals again after three years, Ibiza, the newly promoted team in La Liga, played La Liga for the first time in 54 years. The team that played European games for the first time reached the League Cup finals, which brought the audience a surprise and impact.
Even the official website of UEFA also congratulated Ibiza, who has entered the UEFA Cup final. For UEFA leader Platini, who is trying to promote the development of small national leagues and small clubs, a miraculous team like Ibiza is what he is happy to see in the League Cup.
However, soon the attention of both the Spanish media and other European countries shifted from the fact that Ibiza reached the UEFA Cup final, because another big thing was even more eye-catching.
Two days later, in the 35th round of the La Liga, Ibiza faced Santander at home. In this game, Ibiza only needed to draw to win the La Liga championship in three rounds in advance!
The club has played in the Spanish top league for the first time in 55 years, winning the La Liga championship with a newly promoted team. This is a plot that I dare not write in the novel. It is about to happen in reality and before my eyes.
The whole of Spain, Europe, no, to be precise, the global football world, fans and media around the world are paying attention to this game.
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"On May 10, a tourist island in the Kingdom of Spain will likely create the most incredible great miracle in Spanish football history. Currently, the leader of La Liga Ibiza will usher in a key game to win the championship, and we will wait and see." The FIFA official website also paid attention to this game.
"A full fifty-five years of waiting will have a result today." Ibiza fan leader Queroz said in response to the reporter's microphone, and then Bermandi beside him laughed, "Come on, we have been waiting for fifty-four years and can finally play in La Liga instead of thinking about winning the championship."
"So, you didn't expect the team to win the championship?"
"Of course I didn't expect it." Blanco interjected, "It's you, do you dare to think about it?"
The reporter smiled and shook his head. The first time in history, he played in La Liga and won the championship? Even a lunatic didn't dare to think so.
"What does it feel now?" asked the reporter.
"It's great!" Queroz shouted, "it's even more nervous than my first time."
Then, a group of Ibiza fans laughed in the face of the camera.
The Spanish Football Association officially announced that they have transported the league championship trophy to Ibiza in advance, and will be transported to the Athletic Stadium in Ibiza on the match day.
The whole world is talking about Ibiza's possible victory after the end of this round, but Ibiza's rival, Athletic Santander, seems not willing to be a stepping stone to be a background and an anecdote.
You know, if Ibiza really wins this game, their Santander Athletics will be part of this great miracle: a not-so-looking background board.
What's more, with four rounds of La Liga, Santander leads Sporting Gijon, 5 points ahead of Sporting Gijon, the third-to-last, which does not ensure that they succeed in relegation. Sporting Santander also has reasons for having to fight in this game.
Santander Athletics head coach Mandia expressed their determination and will to fight Ibiza in this game at the pre-match press conference.
"Ibiza wants to win this game? They have to ask us first." Mandia's expression was serious. "We are going to fight for relegation, the team fighting for survival are fearless. Sorry, Ibiza's celebration is delayed."
Fang Jue listened to Mandia's words, with a polite smile on his face, but he sneered in his heart.
To be honest, Fang Jue was really unhappy when Mandia said this.
However, he didn't really care too much, but was a little happy because he liked honest people with straightforward personality. If it were some old foxes, they would compliment me if they didn't do it well, congratulate Ibiza on winning the championship. Then he said hello that it was almost impossible for them to score points today, so they were not under pressure. Anyway, there were three rounds of leagues in the future. If they wanted to score points, they could fight hard in future games, rather than fighting with the powerful Ibiza. Such words made Fang Jue and Ibiza lose their vigilance, and then suddenly used a move to steal peaches, tsk... that would be dangerous.
There are many examples of people who are so proud that they are in a mess.
Now, Mandia's aggressive statement is equivalent to reminding Fang Jue and Ibiza that you must be careful, we will not succumb to your tyranny!
Chapter completed!