The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 261 I'm waiting for you in the final!

Many people just know that the headquarters of UEFA is in Nyon, Switzerland, but they don’t know that the specific location is not in the urban area of ​​Nyon, but in the south of Nyon, next to the main road leading to Cran and Cerigny, located in Geneva lakeside.

Because it is a suburb, the land is sparsely populated, and the people who live here are either luxurious villas or some famous lakeside holiday houses. UEFA owns a large amount of real estate here, except for the one next to Lake Geneva. The two-storey headquarters, just across the Geneva Avenue from the headquarters, is a public stadium with relatively simple facilities.

Surrounding this public stadium, there are 3 standard football fields and 2 smaller size football fields.

Not only that, but the headquarters is facing Lake Geneva, and between the back of the house and Avenue de Geneva, there is a large lawn, about the size of a football field. It can be seen that the UEFA headquarters here is a standard landlord.

It was the first time for Mourinho to come to the UEFA headquarters. When he listened to Jorge Mendes introduce these properties of UEFA, the Portuguese sneered because he knew very well , where did all this UEFA come from.

"The Chinese have a saying that the wool comes from the sheep!" Mourinho said lightly.

After hearing this, Mendes glanced at Mourinho, obviously wanting to say something, but he didn't say it in the end, but he still saw some changes in Mourinho, and just kept it in his heart.

The UEFA Headquarters is a two-storey building facing the lake. It is a long and narrow square shape along the lakeside. The exterior walls are all designed with transparent glass curtain walls. This is to allow everyone in the office to appreciate Geneva. Beautiful scenery of the lake.

Not only that, but there is a small pier by the lake in front of the house, and even a few small arc breakwaters have been specially built, and in the middle of the breakwater and the pier, there are several small boats docked. Needless to say, they are all from UEFA. of private property.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see the scenery on Lake Geneva at a glance, and occasionally you can see some yachts coming and going.

The staff has long been here to greet and receive the visitors who came to the scene. These people are all guests who came to participate in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals draw. The team's club officials or the head coach, and among them, Mourinho noticed Peter Kenyon as soon as he entered the door.

The appearance of Peter Kenyon means that Ye Qiu is not here. This makes many people know that the Chinese are angry with UEFA. No one is willing to bow their heads and give in easily. The reason is not difficult at all. Guess.

There are a lot of dark horses in this year's Champions League quarter-finals. European giants such as AC Milan, Real Madrid, and Arsenal have reached the quarter-finals. The others are powerful teams such as Deportivo, Lyon, and Chelsea. Among them, Chelsea The limelight has completely changed those giants.

Porto's Jose Mourinho and Monaco's Didier Deschamps are the two young marshals who have risen rapidly in Europe in the past two years. It was Mourinho, because he beat Ye Qiu in the two UEFA awards, which made his popularity and influence soar.

"Hello, Mr. Kenyon!" Mendes smiled and greeted Peter Kenyon beside him.

This made Mourinho unable to pretend that he couldn't see it, so he nodded lightly, which was considered polite.

"Hello, Mr. Mendez!" Peter Kenyon replied, looking at Mourinho, "I didn't expect that Mr. Mourinho would come to this lottery ceremony in person despite his busy schedule."

Peter Kenyon said it in a joking tone, but to Mourinho's ears, it always sounded a bit uncomfortable. Because he hated Wujiwu, he didn't like Ye Qiu, so he naturally took the Chelsea's Peter Kenyon was included in the list of dislikes, a bad impression that had never been met.

And people are usually the same. When you have a bad impression of a person, what he said will make you involuntarily have some bad associations, and you can’t help thinking about the bad, which can easily lead to some misunderstandings. .

Mourinho didn't answer, or even give any reaction. Peter Kenyon didn't expect his casual sentence to receive such a cold response. He was a little embarrassed and very annoyed. This Portuguese is too arrogant. order?
As everyone knows, it's not entirely Mourinho's arrogance, but the result of a mistake.

"Hey, Mr. Kenyon, are you here alone?" Mendes didn't understand why Mourinho was so cold, and immediately smiled awkwardly to help Kenyon resolve the embarrassment.

"Yes, Ye Qiu is very busy, and he has rich experience in the Champions League, so he doesn't care what opponent he draws, so I can only come here alone!" Peter Kenyon's tone this time obviously meant something else, but he said After that, he apologized and left.

To Mourinho, this sentence seems to be satirizing and ridiculing that he has no Champions League experience, so he attaches great importance to his opponents, and he specially came to participate in the draw ceremony nervously. Both Costa and Mendes felt that this kind of occasion should go to the venue of UEFA.

"Don't look, he obviously doesn't take us seriously!" Jorge Mendes saw Mourinho staring at Peter Kenyon viciously, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously feeling that Mourinho Ao Shi took his taboo against Ye Qiu on Peter Kenyon.

Speaking of which, the relationship between people is indeed complicated enough, especially for Mourinho, who looks arrogant on the surface, but for Mendes, who has seen his ups and downs in the past few years with his own eyes. In the eyes of people who have experienced all kinds of things, they are very inferior and fragile. In their hearts, their emotions towards a person are often very complicated, and it is difficult for outsiders to understand.

Mourinho's arrogance is disguised, but he actually has a low self-esteem in his heart.

But it should be noted that the inferiority complex here is not a derogatory term, but only describes a person's mentality.

Many people also say that Ye Qiu has low self-esteem, because he comes from a football country and has been looked down upon by others since he came to Europe, so he has a low self-esteem mentality in his bones, but what he shows is tenacious and unyielding arrogance.

The same is true for Mourinho. From Mendes' point of view, he actually has a lot of similarities with Ye Qiu, but what's interesting is that the two seem to be incompatible, and as long as Ye Qiu is mentioned in front of Mourinho , The Portuguese face will definitely let you deeply understand what is called a knife-like look.

But except for those who know Mourinho very well, what no one knows is that Mourinho watched dozens of times when Chelsea slaughtered Manchester United 3-0 at home before the two-round knockout match against Manchester United, and He has always paid attention to Chelsea in the past, but his reason and excuse is to care about his old player Deco.

I don't understand, I really don't understand!
In the end, Mendes smiled wryly in his heart and shook his head, if he didn't understand it, he didn't understand it, just let nature take its course!

After everyone waited in the hall for a while, the lottery ceremony started on time at 12:[-].

Among the eight teams that reached the top 8, Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid, and AC Milan are recognized as the four strongest teams among all teams. The only two unbeaten teams in Europe in the past half a year, many people have listed them as the favorite team to win the Champions League this season.

Real Madrid's strength has declined a lot this season, especially the transfer of Makelele, which has caused serious problems for Real Madrid's midfielder. Coupled with the decline in strength caused by the departure of Hierro in the defense, the midfield superstars These have become Real Madrid's most serious problems at present.

But there is a good saying, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, no matter how bad Real Madrid is, it is still one of the strongest teams in Europe.

As for AC Milan, Ancelotti's team has greatly improved the speed and efficiency of the midfield after getting Kaka this season. The Brazilian has also become the hottest top star in today's football.

The final result of the draw was very surprising, because Chelsea drew Arsenal, Real Madrid drew Monaco, the two teams gathered in the upper half, Porto met Lyon, AC Milan drew Deportivo, they divided In the lower half.

As soon as the lottery result came out, everyone in the venue immediately started talking, and Peter Kenyon's face became even more ugly, because no one would have thought that the two Premier League teams, which were hailed as the most promising to win the championship, would actually There will be an early duel.

It's strange to say that Chelsea have met Arsenal twice this season, both of which were draws, which shows the strength of these two teams.

"Tell me, the result of the draw like this is not for Chelsea, who will believe it?" Mendes said a little funny.

Among the four strongest teams, three are arranged in the upper half, and Chelsea and Arsenal have been arranged in advance, and Real Madrid has become a line of defense in the semi-finals. This means it is already obvious. The teams that limit Chelsea are all arranged in the upper half.

Not to mention, if Lyon, Monaco, Porto and other teams are allowed to play against Chelsea, it is purely courting death, and even Ancelotti can't do anything about it, because Ancelotti's performance against Ye Qiu is not ideal, and Serie A The team has always been more afraid of the Premier League team.

"If the strength is strong enough, it will be useless for anyone to target!" Mourinho replied coldly.

Mendes really wanted to refute that you took advantage, of course he said that, but he didn't say it in the end, because this draw is the most beneficial to Porto, Lyon is only better than Monaco among all the teams, the weaker team, as for Deportivo, the remaining prestige of Super Deporti is still there.

Therefore, for Porto, it is not very difficult to enter the semi-finals, the key is to cross the semi-finals.

Mendes would also think in his heart, it can't be so evil, right?

Ye Qiu also won the UEFA Cup in the first year, entered the semi-finals in the second year, and won the Champions League in the third year. Could it be that UEFA also wants to stop Porto at the feet of AC Milan?

Just when Mendes was thinking, he saw Mourinho standing up suddenly and walking towards Peter Kenyon not far away.

The Portuguese stood in front of Peter Kenyon, still looking indifferent, "Go back and tell Ye Qiu that I'm waiting for him in the final!"

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"I'm waiting for you in the final!"

In Ye Qiu's office at Harrington's training base, Peter Kenyon, who had rushed back to London from Nyon, Switzerland, was repeating Mourinho's words. Lifelike, don't forget to add oil and vinegar.

There is a good saying, three people become tigers, originally there was not so much hatred in Mourinho's tone, but because Peter Kenyon didn't like Mourinho, he naturally substituted some emotions , it became a tone as deep as the sea.

Of course, Peter Kenyon didn't do it on purpose either. He didn't bother to do such small tricks. He just made such a move inadvertently, not his personal conscious behavior.

"At that time, why didn't you slap him directly, then spit at him, and then asked him pretendingly, like me, get out of here, and wait until you make it to the finals!" Roland heard Peter Kay After Nien's words, he deliberately followed Ye Qiu's rebuttal.

Everyone in the office couldn't help laughing, especially Fatty Luo, who found it funny no matter how he looked at it.

"Porto is still very strong, Lyon can't stop him, and neither can AC Milan and Deportivo!" Ye Qiu was very calm, because he knew very well that AC Milan would fall at the feet of Deportivo, and Super La Coruna Coe will also fall at the feet of Porto.

Although AC Milan got Kaka this season, the strength of the midfielder has made a qualitative leap, but Ancelotti is still familiar with and adjusting the operation of the team, that is to say, the entire operation mechanism of AC Milan is not mature enough. Many places still need to be further adjusted, and the flaws of this team are also obvious, and they are still on the wing.

And you must know that from last year's control flow style of play to this year's addition of Kaka and adding some changes, the adjustment of AC Milan is an improvement, but it still needs further integration and formation. After all, improvement and reform cannot be achieved overnight.

One of the important reasons why Ye Qiu's Chelsea took shape in one summer is that the Chelsea team, especially the midfielders, are a group of very experienced stars. These stars are very knowledgeable and good at adapting to the new environment and new teammates. , the running-in was relatively quick, and Ye Qiu's division of labor was also done very meticulously.

If it is a group of younger rookies, after such a big change as Chelsea, don't expect to achieve results in one season.

Playing in the knockout rounds of the Champions League is different from playing in the league. The knockout rounds are more targeted. As long as you have obvious loopholes, you may be sniped by your opponent. The reason why Chelsea did not have a very effective way to take Arsenal is because Arsenal did not go too far. Obvious loopholes, the two teams are very balanced, no one can do anything about the other.

"You said, is UEFA really planning to get rid of us?" Ten Carter was a little worried on the side.

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, and Roland was the first to say, "Need to say? When we were at Ajax last year, rumors went crazy outside, saying that UEFA was going to get rid of us, but in the end, who Who did you kill?"

Many people are even speculating that it was because UEFA lost face last season because they couldn't get rid of Ye Qiu and Ajax, so they didn't want to award the two major coaching awards to Ye Qiu. No one knows, only conspiracy theories.

Ye Qiu has always firmly believed in one thing. Conspiracy theories can't be believed in everything in the world, but they can't be completely devoid of conspiracy theories either.

In the words of our ancestors, if there is no wind, where are the waves?
"No matter who we meet, as long as we are strong enough, we can still advance. If we are not strong enough, even if you advance, can you reach the final? Can you win the championship?" Ye Qiu said with a proud smile.

"I'm thinking now, let that arrogant Mourinho say such a cruel word in front of me, should I make a phone call and say a cruel word?" Ye Qiu laughed boredly.

Sure enough, everyone in the office almost fell down. How boring must a person be to do such a childish thing?

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On March 3, Chelsea defeated Bolton 13-2 in an away game and continued to maintain their unbeaten league record.

The last time the Blues conceded a goal happened to be in the last round of last season. Ranieri's team lost to West Ham United, so from now on, Chelsea's unbeaten record is a total of 28 games.

Arsenal also defeated Souness's Blackburn 2:0 in this game. The Gunners conceded a goal in the 37th round at home to Leeds United 2:3, but because of the 33rd round of the league in the Finally, so strictly speaking, their league unbeaten record is 2 games more than Chelsea, that is, 30 games.

The competition between the two Premier League teams is so fierce, which naturally attracts the attention of fans all over the world, but Manchester United can't do it. After Ferguson's team was eliminated from the Champions League, their morale was hit. Manchester City lost this city derby, and it seems that they have completely lost the possibility of competing for the championship.

Needless to say, the battle between Arsenal and Chelsea seems to be on the line.

A week later, in the 29th round of the Premier League, Chelsea played a 2:1 game against Fulham at home. As a result, a day later, Arsenal welcomed Bolton at home, and it was still 90:1 in 1 minutes. Wenger roared loudly on the sidelines. As a result, the Spanish rookie Reyes introduced during the winter break came off the bench at a critical moment and scored the winning goal for Arsenal.

The two teams are 2:1. This has been the same as scoring and conceding for two consecutive rounds. This also aroused jokes from England fans, thinking that if this continues, maybe the two teams will really make this undefeated The record remained until the end of the season.

After 29 rounds, we ushered in the first round of the Champions League knockout round in the middle of the week. Chelsea challenged Arsenal away.

The schedule is obviously beneficial to Chelsea, not only because they have one more day off than Arsenal, but also because Arsenal will usher in their rival Manchester United at the weekend. Dangerous, and relatively speaking, Chelsea's opponent is the Wolves, and the chances of winning are sure.

Ye Qiu is obviously not worried, because for him, playing Highbury away will be a very interesting thing. I believe that Wenger must be suffering from a headache at this moment, because if the main team is arranged to play Chelsea, then the weekend will be very interesting. Manchester United will become very dangerous, but if it is the other way around and the main players play Manchester United, they will definitely be swallowed by Chelsea in the middle of the week.

In the final analysis, the team's bench lineup is not big enough.

It seems that Ye Qiu, for the midweek game, even Davis, Ronaldinho and others took turns when they played Fulham, because Chelsea's bench is good enough.

League, or the Champions League, I believe Wenger should make a difficult choice!
(End of this chapter)