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Chapter 586 The Tinker
Chapter 586 The Tinker
With the world wave of the Swiss international "Seferovich", Bayern lost the game in Frankfurt. This is the first time Bayern Munich has lost this season. Although this loss will not affect Bayern's leading position in the league standings, it has sounded the alarm for Bayern.
Looking at the players on the field, Sammer began to worry that for a giant like Bayern, the FIFA virus is fatal.
In the past two weeks, Bayern's international players have all returned to the national team to play, and Li Qiao even flew tens of thousands of kilometers, which can be said to be physically and mentally exhausted.
It's nothing to lose in this game, but the upcoming quarter-finals of the Champions League is absolutely impossible for Summer to lose, and this opponent is also very difficult, that is the "fox" from the Premier League-Leicester City.
After losing in Frankfurt, Bayern did not return to Munich, but took a rest in Frankfurt for a day, and then flew directly from Frankfurt to "Leicester City". The plane has been booked and it is a charter flight.
At the dinner party on the night of the loss, the players were not in a good mood. As a member of Bayern, everyone is used to abusing opponents like chopping melons and vegetables. They scored four or five goals in a game, so a loss made everyone feel very upset.
Summer noticed this atmosphere, but he didn't say anything, but smiled at Li Qiao, "Congratulations, Li Qiao, I think your national team has basically locked up the quota to go to Russia. You know, even if we are the defending champions, we are still far away from going to Russia."
As soon as the words came out, other teammates also expressed their congratulations to Li Qiao. You must know that in the Bayern team, Costa's Brazil is not having a good time in South America, and Lewandowski's Poland is basically unlikely to participate in the Russian World Cup.
"That's it, I'll treat everyone to dinner another day",
"OK",
"Preferably after we beat Leicester," Muller said.
"Okay, let's have a drink for Li Qiao," Vidal suggested.
Everyone said something, and I said something, and the haze of losing the game was quickly left behind. Summer raised his glass and smiled slightly.
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"Our goal is to avoid relegation," Ranieri said.
Last season, the Italian Tinker said this sentence to ascend to the throne of the league champion. As the defending champion, Ranieri still said this sentence when answering the media this season.
"Get 47 points, ensure relegation, and then I will think about other things",
There are two adjectives for these words in China. The nice version is called "saving character", and the ugly version is called "pretentious". But at this moment, no one thinks that Ranieri is pretending, why?It's very simple, people have good grades.
In the football world, as long as you have good grades, everything you say is right.
"Then what is your goal in the Champions League this season?"
Ranieri smiled, shaking his snow-white eyebrows, and said: "The group qualifying, I will think more only after the group qualifying."
"But you have entered the top 8 now," the reporter asked.
"Yes, so glad, my goal has been achieved",
It's scary, this feeling seems familiar. Last season, Leicester City finally won the championship with this tone. So this season in the Champions League?Is the miracle going to be upgraded?
Leicester City’s odds of winning the championship in mainstream European gaming companies are 1 to 15. It can be said that this odds is not high. You must know that Leicester City’s odds of winning the Premier League last year were 1 to 5000. That is to say, in Europe, many people began to believe that Leicester City can really win the Champions League.
The BBC reporter finally asked: "Can you tell me, Champions League champion, have you ever thought about it, yes`or`no".
But Ranieri did not answer the question, he just smiled kindly.
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Time goes back more than 9 months ago, after the celebration dinner after Leicester City won the championship, the owner of Leicester City and Ranieri had a meeting.
"Claudio, you made history," the Thai boss patted Ranieri on the shoulder and said excitedly.
Ranieri half turned and bowed to express his thanks, but without much emotion.
"Do you know that at the beginning of the season, you specifically added to the contract that if you win the league championship, you want a bonus of 500 million pounds. I thought you were joking. Now it seems that you are an ambitious person."
Ranieri was still as calm as ever, but he bowed his body slightly to express his gratitude to the boss.
"What's the matter? Claudio, are you drunk? Do you want me to send you back by helicopter?"
"No, I still have to get together with the staff",
The Thai walked up to Ranieri, tiptoed and patted Ranieri, "I will invest more money next season, you can rest assured."
At this point Ranieri said, "Boss, you just said that I made history"?
"yes",
"you are wrong",
"What"?The Thai boss looked surprised.
"In fact, this kind of history was created in Kaiserslautern in Germany, and Nottingham Forest in England, so we Leicester City can't count as creating history."
The Thai boss "Weichai" looked displeased, thinking: "Westerners are really troublesome, and we Easterners don't say discouraged words at the celebration banquet."
"Hehe, I don't understand football, so I never interfere with your work," Vichai said.
Ranieri said seriously: "Boss, do you know what it means to make history?"
Vichai shook his head. His specialty is business. He really doesn't know much about football. Investing in the Premier League is also learning from the former Prime Minister of Thailand "Thaksin Shinawatra". After all, it is for other purposes.
"Win the Champions League for the first time"! !
After hearing what Ranieri said, Vichai was also surprised. Even though he was crazy in Thailand, the gentle white-haired old man in front of him was even crazier than him.
"This dream is a bit big," Weichai laughed.
Because he felt that Ranieri's next sentence was to ask him for money. Sure enough, Ranieri asked him for money, but it was not about increasing the team's transfer budget, but about his own treatment.
"Boss, what if I achieve it"?
Looking at Ranieri's firm eyes, Vichai was a little at a loss, "There are no outsiders here, so tell me how much it will cost."
Ranieri held out two fingers.
"200"?
"No, 2000 million"?Vichai almost exclaimed.
Ranieri smiled and replied word by word: "Write it into the contract."
This amount of money is drizzle for a big club, but for Vichai, it is a lot of money.
He opened a duty-free shop in Thailand, but not real estate in China. Although he is a rich man, he is not particularly rich.
Faced with Ranieri's request, Vichai didn't answer for a while, but he knew that he had no room for negotiation. Now Ranieri is lined up in Europe. If Leicester City doesn't want him, he can find a new job in the next second.
Ranieri looked at his boss, walked over and said with a smile: "Boss, there is always a price to pay for making history, and the price is actually not high."
Weichai chuckled: "Claudio, I like your character, well, I agree to your conditions, don't let me down."
Vichai turned around and poured a glass of champagne to Ranieri, and the two clinked glasses to conclude an agreement.
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Turning slightly sideways, Ranieri saw the Bayern players warming up at the "King Power Stadium", and inadvertently remembered the agreement reached with the boss at that time. If all goes well, there will be at most three opponents, and he may get the 2000 million pounds.
This money is more than the sum of his career salary. Ranieri loves football, but he also has to think about his life after retirement.
Turning his gaze, Ranieri saw Samer. At this time, Samer also saw Ranieri. In recent days, Samer had watched too many interviews with Ranieri. This old man is so low-key that people feel scary. The more he is like this, the harder it is to deal with.
Sammer avoided Ranieri's gaze and turned to look at the players of Leicester City. Vardy, Mahrez and others are warming up. These grassroots back then have now become super shooters that shocked Europe.
I remember that during the meeting before the game, Sammer asked his players who was the most difficult to deal with in Leicester City. Many people said it was Vardy, but Sammer thought it was Mahrez.
Of course, there are many first-class players in Leicester City, but these two are the most impressive to Summer.
Before the game, "Kicker" conducted a survey in Germany, and the result was that most Germans thought it would be good for Bayern to draw in this away trip.
Looking at Leicester City's home record in the Premier League last year, I think the German's investigation is still very pragmatic, and Sammer's own goal for the team is at least an away goal.
After warming up, the players turned around and ran back to the locker room. Vardy passed by the Bayern players, and Vardy only glanced at Li Qiao.
"Hello, Li Qiao"?
"Hello, Jamie",
Vardy glanced at Li Qiao, then smiled and ran back to the locker room.
"That guy is so arrogant," said Muller behind Joe Lee.
"No, maybe it's not arrogance, but attention," Li Qiao said.
When the players reappeared, they played behind the referee. At this time, the audience was full of cheers. As Leicester City, which participated in the Champions League for the first time, it was a miracle to reach the top 8, but now the fans of Leicester City have a great appetite. Since the Premier League champions can, why can't the Champions League not?
After picking sides, it was Bayern Munich who kicked off first in the first half. Muller and Lewandowski were preparing to kick off in the middle circle. Li Qiao was already standing on the sidewalk. The Premier League auditorium was very close to the stadium. Li Qiao heard louder boos and cheers than usual.
The referee checked his watch and the whistle sounded. The quarter-finals of the Champions League, the Premier League champion and the Bundesliga runner-up began.
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