strictlysupreme Chapter 476 Champions League quarter-finals
Chapter 476 Champions League quarter-finals
Chapter 476 Champions League Quarterfinals
There is a Hollywood movie called "When Happiness Knocks", and now Klopp feels this way. After the winter break, Bayern Munich ushered in a two-game losing streak inexplicably. As a result, Dortmund went from being two points behind to leading by four points.
Not only that, Bayern Munich's main central defender Boateng was also injured, which caused "Guardiola" a headache, but what made the Spaniard even more troublesome was his own situation in the club. His relationship with Manchester City has been exposed, which made Bayern executives very dissatisfied.
The so-called people are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead. Now Bayern Munich feels a little bit like this. Since the head coach is leaving soon, everyone's thinking is also a little unstable.
But all this is so cool for Dortmund. After waiting for half a season, although Dortmund's own results are very good, the hateful thing is that Bayern Munich has never made a mistake. Now it's good, Bayern made a mistake! !
After playing the first two rounds of the winter break, Klopp will soon face the Champions League quarter-finals against Manchester City in the Premier League.
Regarding this opponent, the outside world's opinion is that Dortmund has drawn a bad lottery, but Klopp is secretly happy, because Manchester City is regarded as a paper tiger in Europe. It seems to be very powerful, but in fact it is not strong.
But because Manchester City has just settled "Guardiola", there are more topics about Manchester City in Europe immediately, not only because of Gua Shuai's resume, but more importantly, it is said that Manchester City's annual salary for "Guardiola" is the highest salary in football, which is higher than Messi.
Of course, this is just a rumor, neither Manchester City nor "Guardiola" himself has anything to say, but judging from Manchester City's local tyrant style in recent years, this is still very possible.
Dortmund and Manchester City's UEFA Champions League round of [-] was first home and then away. The first round was held at the Signal Iduna Park Stadium. It is foreseeable that when Manchester City stays in Dortmund, the news topic will be fried.
*****
On the plane, "Pellegrini" was full of gloom. In fact, he was the one who suffered the most in recent weeks. In all fairness, "Pellegrini" is a very good head coach. He is known as the Chilean engineer. The team he coaches has clear tactics and diverse styles of play.
But maybe it’s because he is kind and bullied. “Pellegrini” is always difficult to become the world’s top coach. It was like this when he was in Real Madrid, that is, he was a housekeeper.
It's the same this time, although the results of leading the team are not bad, but the club executives flirt with "Guardiola" every day, which makes his position in the club very embarrassing.
Although there is no official announcement, everyone knows that in Manchester City, "Pellegrini" has no future, and the Chilean has to find a job again in the summer, although he may not worry about not having a job.
Of course, Pellegrini knows in his heart that the best revenge for the club and "Guardiola" is to lead the team to win the Champions League this season.
Pellegrini looked at the scenery outside the window and thought: "Football is cruel. To change your destiny, you can only rely on your grades. I must not be the shadow of others. I will become the best head coach in Europe like Guardiola, Mourinho, Klopp, Ancelotti, and Guus Hiddink."
After coming to Dortmund, Pellegrini was very high-profile, and he took the initiative to hold a press conference.
"I heard you're leaving after this season"?
This sentence is very tricky to ask, which means that Curve asked the question he wanted to ask.
"There is a termination clause in my contract, that is to say, as long as the club compensates me with full salary, then I can leave at any time, so the decision is not in my hands. I can't answer this question for you."
"Do you think the club is ruthless"?
Pellegrini laughed, "Professional football is inherently ruthless. This is not a charity industry. Just like you, if one day you can't work, your boss will fire you for the same reason."
I don’t know why, after Pellegrini said this, everyone felt a little sympathetic to him. After all, he did a good job. It is indeed unreasonable to drive people away without making mistakes. Fortunately, the football coach still has a large amount of liquidated damages to pay.
"Will you give it your all on the road"?
"I will strive for an away goal, which is very important, especially against a team like "Dortmund", they will not give us too many opportunities."
"If you had a choice, would you want to poach someone from Dortmund?"
"No", Pellegrini answered firmly. What he dislikes the most is doing these little tricks before the game.
*****
As the knockout round approached, Klopp was a little nervous, and he stayed at the training base as an otaku, and even sent his assistant to the office for meals.
Klopp looked at the Manchester City game data collected over and over again in the office. If a coach like "Pellegrini" really puts out his life's skills, it will still be difficult to deal with. The title of "Chilean Engineer" is not for nothing.
Klopp found that "Pellegrini"'s coaching philosophy is very similar to that of Borussia's "Favre" in the Bundesliga, with a balanced offense and defense, strong tactical execution, and almost no obvious disadvantages.
For such a team, a fast pace is not enough, it must be very fast, resulting in a sudden oppressive advantage, which may open a gap locally.
After formulating the tactics, Klopp began to practice.
He asked Li Qiao, Royce, and Aubameyang to play like Arsenal in their heyday.
"Do you know Bergkamp, Pires, Henry"?
"certainly",
As long as you watch football, there should not be many who don't know it.
"I ask you to play that feeling, smooth, every pass is tailor-made for your teammates, can you do it?"
The three dared not agree right away. After all, Arsenal had created the myth of being unbeaten in 49 Premier League games, and they had written their own marks in the history of football. They did not just imitate.
"Maybe, but it will take a while."
Klopp shook his head, "You have to give me that feeling against Manchester City."
"Damn, did you make a mistake?" the three thought.
Klopp is not a whimsical person either. He knows that the three people in front of him have great potential, and putting a little pressure on them will turn into motivation. If he said this to the three rookies, he would probably be really scared to the ground.
"I don't care, I'm the head coach, whatever I say, you can do whatever you want," said Klopp and left.
Although the three of them didn't say yes, players at this level are very conceited. Li Qiao asked, "Do you think it's reliable?"
Aubameyang first said: "Anyway, I think I am no worse than Henry."
"Then I'm even less likely to be worse than Pires," Royce rushed to say.
"Then what do you think I'm compared to Bergkamp"?
After finishing speaking, the three of them laughed. To outsiders, these words may be considered shameless and bragging, but only they know in their hearts that I am not bragging.
*****
In the last press conference before the game, Klopp finally came out of the nerd mode. As soon as he arrived at the press conference, Uncle Zha noticed something unusual, that is, there were more people here today, more than usual for the UEFA Champions League press conference.
Sure enough, many people came to pick things up, and the first question was about Bayern.
""Guardiola" is going to Manchester City soon, what do you think"?
Klopp spread his hands and said helplessly: "Bayern Munich didn't notify me, and where did you get the news."
"I heard that after Guashuai leaves, you will go to Bayern, and then "Pellegrini" will come to Dortmund",
"You have a rich imagination, you should not be a reporter, you should write novels."
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, "But you said you admire Bayern."
"Yes, half of the people in Germany appreciate Bayern. Do half of the people in Germany want to go to Bayern as the head coach?"
Klopp's tone is so tight today, the reporters are a little afraid to ask, because they are afraid that if they are not careful, Klopp will stand up and leave, because Klopp will really do this.
"What do you think of Pellegrini"?
"What I want to say is that if Manchester City replace Pellegrini, then Manchester City is a big fool."
Hahahaha, uncle scum is uncle scum, can't you bear it?
The reporters looked happy. What they said meant that "Guardiola" was not as good as "Pellegrini".
"In other words, do you think Pellegrini is better than "Guardiola""?
Klopp pointed to the reporter and said: "This is what you said, you must not scribble, otherwise I reserve all legal rights."
"So what's the home goal"?
"It's done in one game",
"That is, a big victory"?
"Of course, don't spend too much energy in the quarter-finals."
Damn, what a tone, Klopp really never let reporters have nothing to eat, and the British reporters who followed Manchester City couldn't hold back their face.
"Jurgen, do you think Manchester City is so bad"?
"Do you want to hear the truth? I hate your Premier League the most. Your Premier League is unfair competition. Every league has a budget. Only your Premier League can burn money at will. If we do the same in the Bundesliga, do you believe Dortmund can attract 20 billion euros in investment a year."
The British journalists are really boring themselves, and Klopp made them speechless. The Premier League has indeed been criticized by the whole of Europe. To put it bluntly, it is unfair competition. This Bayern Hoeness has long said.
"I just want to use my results to tell you British people that football is fun, football is for young people, and football is not corrupted by capital."
After finishing speaking, Klopp left, leaving the British to say sourly: "If you are poor, don't envy others who are rich."
(End of this chapter)