Chapter 253 The Boiling City of Newcastle [6700 Words Two-in-One Chapter]
Michael Owen has been a little annoyed lately!
Since scoring a hat-trick in England's match against Israel on September 8 last year, he finally got his wish and once again enjoyed the cheers of all England!
Two years of dormant belief have passed, and everything seems to be moving in a good direction...
Fans initially believed that Michael Owen, who finally broke out, would become the gospel and banner of Newcastle!
However, things don't seem to be going the way everyone hoped -
No matter how invincible Michael Owen was in the England team, his performance in Newcastle was extremely and extremely unstable...a far cry from the national team!
It’s like two different people playing football!
After 28 rounds of the Premier League, the lightning striker who has high hopes from Newcastle fans has only scored 8 goals, 3 of which were penalty kicks!
Even in the last six rounds of competition, Michael Owen has suffered a goal drought for more than 6 consecutive hours!
Newcastle's acting head coach Alan Shearer pinned all hopes of saving the Magpies on Owen, but the "national team killer"'s performance at St. James Park was actually not as good as the 22-year-old James Milner...
Some fans suspect that Irving is deliberately slacking off in order to ensure that he has enough energy to win honors in the national team... and this view has become more and more intense among fans. In the last two Newcastle games, when Irving got the ball You can even hear the boos directed at you from the stands at St. James Park...
Owen felt that he had simply suffered an eternal injustice!
Because whether he is in the national team or in the club, he goes all out in every game!
As a professional player who receives a salary from Newcastle every week, how could Irving be passive in his work?
To preserve your energy and perform in the national team?
This is simply nonsense. If you don't perform well at the club, you may not even have a chance to be selected for the national team! Owen clearly knows what kind of person Crazy Lee, the popular coach of the Three Lions, is!
His usual performance is not good, but even if the Queen of Great Britain intercedes, he will not be able to enter the England national team!
But why is it that he is always able to find scoring form in the national team as soon as possible, but why can't he score a goal in Newcastle even if he works hard?
Owen feels that in addition to the stronger teammates in the national team, the most important thing is that the coaching level of Allardyce and Shearer is too low compared to Crazy Li, and they cannot formulate the most appropriate tactics to give full play to each player like Crazy Li. Features…
It would be great if Crazy Lee could come to Newcastle to coach!
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afternoon!
Newcastle's Riggbottom training base!
boom!
During the group confrontation, Michael Owen received a pass from Alan Smith, shook off the defending Barbaroa, and hit the goal post with a powerful shot...
Farke, not going in again?
The team's poor record and his own poor performance made the good-tempered Irving a little anxious!
at this time……
"Hey, Michael, come here..." Standing on the sidelines, acting head coach Alan Shearer answered a phone call and suddenly waved to stop the team's training: "That's it for today's training... Michael, come out with me. A trip..."
Five minutes later, Shearer drove Irving in his beloved Porsche and quickly left the Rigbotton training ground!
In the car!
Owen was a little curious: "Hey, Alan, where are we going? In three days we have to go to White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham. The opponent is not weak. If we stop training..."
"It seems to be about the sale of the club. Maybe we can meet the new owner of the club this time..." Shearer held the steering wheel with both hands, a little absent-minded: "It is estimated that starting from tomorrow, Newcastle will change its regime..."
"So fast?"
Irving is incredible that the club was able to find a buyer and complete the sale in such a short period of time!
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St. James Park Stadium is located in the most prosperous central urban area of Newcastle and is one of the iconic buildings in the entire city! Like many modern stadiums, it is dominated by a steel structure main frame. Viewed from a distance, the white brackets of the stadium and the columns supporting the roof of the stands shine silver in the sun, like a palace of the gods!
Shearer parked his 56-year-old Porsche CAYENNE in the square parking space on the west side of the stadium. Then he and Irving walked to the glass hall and took the elevator to the club chairman's office on the third floor!
Dong dong dong~~~~
"Please come in!" Chairman Martin Brighton's voice came from the office!
After Shearer and Owen entered the room, they found the figure of Martin Brighton... But when they saw the two people next to Brighton, Shearer and Owen were shocked...
How could it be...
"Newcastle God" Sir John Hall and the famous England coach Madman Lee? ?
Why... why are they here?
Could it be...
Irving and Shearer had an ecstatic thought flashing through their minds at the same time...
At the desk, Martin Brydon had obviously expected such expressions on the faces of Owen and Shearer!
To be honest, Brighton himself never expected that these two people would jointly acquire Newcastle!
Because no matter from which angle you look at it, there is no possibility for these two people to get together!
John Hall, the steel tycoon who saved the Magpies in Newcastle's most dangerous time in 1992, and Kevin Keegan achieved the great revival of Newcastle, and is more important than God in the hearts of Newcastle fans...
Crazy Lee, the most popular football coach in the English football world in the past year, has become a new idol worshipped by the British Isles because he led the Three Lions to advance to the 2008 European Cup one round ahead of schedule in desperate situations...
One is a wise and retired old man who is over 60 years old!
The other is a new coach who reigns in England with a mysterious halo! !
Before this, there seemed to be no sign that these two incompatible people would get together! However, it was these two people who joined forces to obtain the ownership of Newcastle from the "devil" Mick Ashley at a price of 120 million pounds!
Is it really as Sir Hall said, because both of them are full of love for Newcastle?
Martin Bryan can't understand the mystery!
However, it is obviously not suitable to think about these questions at this moment!
The purpose of letting Shearer and Owen come today is to say hello to the two big guys in the team first, and by the way, to test the players' views on this matter!
"Alan, Michael, I think I will introduce these two guests you are very familiar with in a different way..." Martin Brighton smiled: "Sir John Hall, Mr. Li Tongfan, the two of them will soon become the new bosses of Newcastle. I think you are very satisfied with this news, right?"
"..."
Owen and Shearer seemed to have been shocked and lost their ability to speak!
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On the way back!
After a long silence, Owen couldn't help it: "Alan, Mr. Foolish will officially coach the team tomorrow, will you stay?"
Just now in Martin Brighton's office, everything has been made clear-
Sir John Hall and Crazy Lee will jointly take over Newcastle... and in order to avoid the team losing points and being relegated in the next game, Crazy Lee will serve as the head coach of Newcastle as the head coach of the national team!
In this way, Alan Shearer's acting coach position will have to be removed!
But Crazy Lee also made a good suggestion: "Alan, I hope you can be my assistant coach...well, you see, I'm not as omnipotent as the media said, stay and help me!! Even if it's for Newcastle..."
Li Tongfan said it very sincerely!
And Alan Shearer suggested that he needed to consider it for a day!
Owen's only worry is here, in case Shearer chooses to leave...You know, if Shearer can stay, it will be the best news for Newcastle and Li Tongfan!
Crazy Lee partnered with Alan Shearer?
The invincible "God on the football field" and the super shooter who was once unstoppable at St. James' Park, this is definitely an unbeatable combination!
Shearer did not answer Owen's question!
The Beatles' classic song "YESTIEDAY" was playing softly in the car, as if telling the two people about the beauty of yesterday on the green field that has passed away...
The melody is passionate and the voice is frivolous!
"Stay, Alan, you belong to this city, Mr. Glutton also needs you..." Owen, who has long been a fan of Mad Lee, couldn't help but act as a lobbyist and reached out to turn off the music: "I have a very strange premonition that Mr. Glutton really loves Newcastle, and he wants to bring Newcastle to glory with all his heart..."
Creaky~~~~
Alan Shearer unexpectedly parked the Porsche on the side of the road, and then suddenly laughed while holding the steering wheel...
"Haha, Michael, hahahaha..." Shearer slapped the seat of the car with one hand and covered his stomach with the other hand, laughing until tears came out: "Haha, Michael, do you think I really don't want to stay? Ha~~ I was just joking, I wanted to see if there would be a nervous expression on Mad Lee's face that was always confident. Love... This is so funny!! Hahahaha, I didn't expect you to be the first one to get nervous, haha..."
Michael Owen's face was full of black lines...
"To be honest, I'm so damn happy. Even a wooden person like me can't help but want to make a joke..." Alan Shearer finally stopped laughing, wiped away the tears from his eyes, and calmed down: "Sir Hall is back, Madman Lee fell from the sky... Newcastle is finally going to rise!! When I heard Mr. Martin Brighton say the first sentence, I was so excited that I almost fainted... Michael, tell me, this is not a dream, right?"
Newcastle's legendary striker Shearer, who has always shown a mature and steady face, was as happy as a child who finally got his favorite toy at this moment!
Owen can fully understand his feelings!
At that time, Shearer, as the captain of the England national team and the top scorer in the Premier League, rejected the invitation of the Red Devils godfather Ferguson and resolutely came to his hometown team Newcastle, which moved countless fans... Since then, this English superstar who could have had a more brilliant career has bid farewell to the giants and honors, and conscientiously led his hometown soldiers to fight for the Magpies until he quietly retired at St. James Park...
Shearer's love for Newcastle is deeper than any of the most die-hard fans!
Recreating the glory of Newcastle is the lifelong dream of this man named Alan Shearer!
Therefore, Crazy Li's invitation is like the most beautiful gift in the world to Shearer. How could he choose to give up in the face of such an opportunity?
He took out his mobile phone from his pocket and called the number on the business card that Crazy Li left for him...
"Mr. Rice Tong, I have decided to stay. It is a lifelong honor for me to be your assistant coach... and I hope to lead Newcastle to the pinnacle of glory with you!"
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After making the call, Hiller opened the car door and walked to the roadside, taking a deep breath of the suburban air!
The mood has never been so good!
Michael Owen came to Shearer and asked suspiciously: "Hey, Alan, you didn't really cry just now, did you? You actually laughed so much that you shed so many tears..."
Hiller raised his head in disdain!
But only he knows that he did cry just now! Since Irving was by his side, Shearer had no choice but to cover it up with a burst of laughter!
I have been a man for most of my life, and now I am about to realize my dream. Happiness comes so suddenly, so what's the harm in crying?
In the distant horizon, the fiery red sunset is about to sink below the horizon!
However, after this unbearable long night, the vibrant sunrise will appear over Newcastle, right?
# # #
early morning!
The weather is rare, and wisps of golden morning light shine into the room from the transparent glass windows!
A villa restaurant outside Manchester! !
The godfather of the Red Devils, Ferguson, was sitting in front of the dining table having breakfast in his pajamas!
Mrs. Ferguson took out the latest Manchester Post from the mailbox at the door and handed it over!
This is a habit that the Godfather of the Red Devils has developed over the years - carefully reading the "Manchester Post" which is dedicated to commenting on the latest developments of Premier League teams during breakfast time, so that he can understand the latest news of each Premier League team at the first time!
Sudden……
puff!
Ferguson squirted the milk he just drank into his mouth onto the newspaper!
"Oh, God!! Dear, what happened?" Mrs. Ferguson was shocked. She followed Ferguson's gaze and saw the front page of the newspaper, which was wet with milk, printed with a high-spirited Chinese profile picture. And behind him the Newcastle United crest shines...
Mrs. Ferguson knew this Chinese man and even admired him a little!
Because this Chinese man is engaged in the same profession as Ferguson, and is said to be doing a very good job! Countless times in private, Ferguson praised the Chinese man named Ding Tong as his most suitable successor at Manchester United...
So what happened?
…
The same thing happened in many places in England!
In a certain mansion in London, Mourinho was even worse - the crazy uncle sprayed milk from his mouth directly on the luxury laptop he just bought. You must know that this non-waterproof luxury laptop is better than Ferguson's newspaper. Much more valuable...
In the living room of another villa, Wenger, who got up early in the morning, was listening to the radio while carefully pruning his carefully planted potted Cattleya orchids... Suddenly, because of an incredible news on the radio, Wenger was The scissors trembled, and the stamens of the Cattleya orchid, which was regarded as a treasure by the professor yesterday, fell to the ground...
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Of course, the most intense reaction occurred in Newcastle, a major coastal city in the UK! In this city that was still shrouded in the shadow of "Devil Mick Ashley" and the team's relegation the day before, interesting scenes happened one after another -
While the husband was brushing his teeth while listening to the radio, he suddenly ran out of the bathroom screaming, with toothpaste foam still standing by his mouth, but he hugged his inexplicable wife like crazy and kissed her deeply...
My teenage son suddenly rushed to the door of his sleeping father's bedroom early in the morning and started kicking and knocking on it. After his father opened the door angrily, he jumped up excitedly and put his father's neck to his ear and screamed. : "Oh oh oh oh, dad, God has come, Newcastle is saved..."
The usually stingy and serious boss suddenly burst out laughing and ran out of the office, swung his hips in circles in the company hall and announced to the stunned employees: "Wahaha, God has come to St. James Park Stadium, and everyone has a paid day off today." , I’m going to the stadium to meet the new coach..."
The slowly busing taxis on the street suddenly sounded their trombones excitedly at the same time, as if to vent the excitement in their owners' hearts... because the traffic radio had just urgently broadcast a piece of news that made all Newcastle fans ecstatic...
Half an hour later, every commercial electronic advertising screen in this core city on the coast of England, which was transformed from a coal industry city into England's most popular tourist city in the 20th century, switched to the same place at the same time——
On the screen, the press conference hall of St. James Park Stadium is so familiar to every Newcastle person, and the smiling Chinese face that has always been in the center of the camera makes everyone standing in front of the advertising electronic screen. Even a magpie fan couldn't help but hold his breath...
On the screen——
The fat reporter from the Newcastle Post was the first to pass the microphone in his hand to the smiling Chinese man with an excited look on his face: "Mr. Fan Tong, why did you choose Newcastle after rejecting the invitations of Inter Milan and other giants?"
"...Because I love Newcastle more deeply. You know, I have been a loyal Newcastle fan since I was very young...and now Newcastle needs me more than Inter Milan!" The sullen man lied without changing his face or heartbeat!
However, in order to announce the acquisition in the future, such a "white lie" is necessary!
Because, just a slogan-like declaration, the sullen man easily won the hearts of all Newcastle people at this moment! The proud cheers from the fans gathered in front of countless electronic advertising screens in the city are the best proof!
The interview on the electronic screen is still going on!
It can be clearly seen that the press conference hall of St. James Park Stadium, which has been deserted for half a year since the 07-08 season, is now crowded with reporters from major media like a festival feast!
The Sun reporter got the opportunity to ask the second question: "Mr. Fantong, we all know that you have a contract with the England national team. Will the FA agree to your choice to coach Newcastle Club at this time?"
This question hit the nail on the head and grabbed the hearts of thousands of Newcastle people!
But soon, the answer given by Crazy Li made them breathe a sigh of relief, because the man smiled and replied: "Before signing the contract with the FA, there were relevant clauses specifically stating the possibility of my coaching the club team during the contract period. There is no problem in this regard..."
Ulla~~
Cheers again!
More and more fans gathered in front of the major electronic advertising screens in Newcastle City. People couldn't help but smile on their faces, and opened their eyes and paid close attention to the press conference on the big screen!
"...Mr. Fantong, how long did you sign the coaching contract with Newcastle this time? Did you choose to leave after playing the role of a temporary firefighter and leading the team to relegation, or..."
Yes! !
After the reporter asked this question, the hearts of all Newcastle fans were hanging again!
Fortunately, the answer of the Chinese man on the screen saved their hearts again: "No, I love Newcastle, I will stay here forever and use all my strength to lead this team to glory!"
Boom~~~
The port city is boiling!
Ninety percent of the population of this city are loyal Newcastle fans, and each of them deeply understands what it means when Newcastle has a magical coach like Crazy Lee!
The legend of undefeated!
The bandaged god of war! !
The God on the football field! ! !
This magical Chinese has never failed in the official competition since his debut. Just like the nickname given to him by the media, he is God, the symbol of victory and honor on the command seat on the green field!
The miraculous performance of coaching the Three Lions has brought Crazy Lee's reputation in England to the highest peak!
No head coach of any national team has ever been so admired by the arrogant English gentlemen, and Newcastle people are no exception! !
In the past eight months, a total of more than 240 days, Real Madrid fans have been complaining to the whole of Europe about the pain and reluctance of losing Mad Lee...
And today, such a coach that no one dared to hope for actually came to St. James Park like a dream. Could it be that the fans' prayers to the cross of Jesus Christ day and night finally made God begin to favor Newcastle, a team with deep suffering?
Think about the happiness of Real Madrid fans in the 2006-07 season, and you can understand that Newcastle's happiness is not without reason!
March 15, 2008, was a dream day for Newcastle fans!
Because after experiencing the endless darkness in the first half of the season, they finally saw a ray of light in the sky!
# # #
Soon, the news that Mad Lee coached Newcastle was like a cold wave from the Siberian wilderness, attacking the English and even European football world——
《Incredible decision, Mad Lee took over Allardyce's coaching baton! ! 》
《Newcastle welcomes the God on the football field, the Magpies may open up a new dynasty》
《The disaster of the Premier League team, who has the strength to resist the middle finger of the bandaged god of war? 》
《The Magpies in the relegation zone welcome the savior, no one is more suitable for the Newcastle coaching position than Crazy Lee! ! 》
《Chairmen of clubs in the five major leagues, are you ready to resist Newcastle's conquest of the iron hoof? 》
《Jointly serving the national team and the club, the Dark Emperor is expanding his territory step by step! ! ! 》
……
The media's exclamation is no different from "The Wolf is Coming"!
European football has indeed made people panic because of these big mouths!
But for Newcastle's new coach Li Tongfan, there is no time to pay attention to these at all!
Because two days later, on March 17, the team will go to the White Hart Lane Stadium in London to challenge the Premier League powerhouse Tottenham Hotspur, and what lies in front of Lao Li is indeed a mess - there are 24 players in the Newcastle first team, 6 players are injured, 3 players are clamoring for a transfer, and the others... are all in poor condition!
Moreover, this time I only announced that I will coach Newcastle as the head coach. After all the acquisition procedures are completed in more than a month, the fact that I hold shares in the club will be exposed. I wonder what kind of reaction the conservative and traditional English gentlemen will have? ——
It is probably because I wrote the transition chapter until midnight yesterday. Today I have a headache like a needle!
Although the brothers voted for more than 40 votes and 12,000, Xiaodao really couldn't hold on. I was nervous again. I failed the brothers' kindness. I'm sorry!
This chapter is basically 7,000 words, which is a small climax. Two chapters are combined into one, so it's a bit late. Brothers, forgive me!
Finally, I beg for the support of monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!
Finally, thank you Magic Baby, you know uh!