Chapter 504 Stuttgart

In the top 32 knockout of the League Cup, Newcastle United's opponent is Stuttgart, a quasi-tycoon from Germany!

Newcastle United's results this year can only ensure that the team will not fall into the next level of the league. There are few seasons that can participate in European games, and the results of European games have always been bad. The team's understanding of European games can be imagined.

The last time Newcastle United participated in the European game was in 2003. In 2002, Newcastle United won the fourth place in the league and had the opportunity to compete for the Champions League level. However, in the end, they fell into the League Cup and their results were not good. They came down in the top 16. Now they can officially participate. Add this game, which was once the first competition in Europe.

The first season in Europe has now been reduced to a second-level European competition due to the reorganization of the UEFA Champions League.

Because of this, in Mourinho's first season of coaching Porto, he led the team to win the Portuguese League championship, the Portuguese Cup championship and the UEFA Cup three trophies, which were called the 'Little Triple Crown' by the media and fans. The next year, Porto team won the Portuguese League championship, the Portuguese Cup. The champion and the European Champions Cup are regarded as the real 'three crowns' by the world.

That is to say, the championship of the League Cup is an honor, but it is much worse than the Champions Cup.

The important reason is that the teams participating in the UEFA Cup are the second-level teams in the national leagues, and the first-level teams have gone to participate in the Champions League. Of course, there are also the first-level teams competing to join the UEFA Cup.

Stuttgart is such a team.

They ranked third in the group stage of the Champions League. The first two in the group were promoted to the Champions League knockout stage, and the last two were directly eliminated to the top 32 of the League Cup. Newcastle United naturally met Stuttgart.

Newcastle United knows very little about the German team. In fact, many players in the team have no experience of participating in European competitions, which is very unfavorable for the team to play in the UEFA Cup. Head coach Sones is also worried about this. If they meet an English team of the same strength, Newcastle United will not have There is pressure, but the German team is different, because the club knows too little about the style of the German team.

In the team, Donjak is the player who knows the most about the German team, because he has played in the Bundesliga and played against Stuttgart.

Before the game, when everyone got together, Don Jack discussed the tough style of German football and Stuttgart with his teammates.

"... They are like a tight machine. All the players are parts in the machine. There is no difference between the parts, only the difference between important and unimportant, but none of the other party is indispensable. German teams have always been like this. Their style is rigorous. Even if they are famous players, they rarely carry the ball by themselves. They are more cooperative, but it is not difficult, because their skills are just average. No, it should be said that their creativity is poor, and the cooperation is straightforward..." In Jack Don's impression, the evaluation of Stuttgart is not very high.

However, his expression made his teammates at a loss.

The main reason is what he said is that everyone knows that the German style is rigorous, which is known all over the world, but when it comes to the specifics on the court, no one can understand it clearly.

Jack Don is also very annoyed, because he has to experience the specific situation on the court. He feels that his language expression ability is really poor, and it is difficult to tell the difference between the German team and the English team.

That feeling... It's different...

It's just different. He has said a lot about how different it is, but he himself feels that those are general and can't be expressed in details.

This is also true.

It is difficult to express the feelings of professional players on the football field in words. What to do at that time depends entirely on personal experience, rather than a clear sentence or two, which is also one of the important reasons for European experience. The current Newcastle United lineup is not bad, at least not worse than Stuttgart, but when it comes to the experience in Europe, the team is still much worse. No wonder coach Sones is worried about this.

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Stuttgart's recent situation is not very good. Their performance in the league is poor. Repeated draws have made their points lag behind. It is difficult to compete with Bayern Munich for the league championship. In addition, the Champions League was eliminated, and the fans finally broke out of dissatisfaction. The board of directors fired the champion coach Trapatoni, temporarily It was decided to launch Allen, the head of the youth team. Fei became their new head teacher.

"Liar!" This is from Stuttgart fans to Allen. The name of Fei.

No one knows that Allen has never been a head coach. How did Fei become the coach of Stuttgart? Maybe only the person involved knows this, but Allen. Fei officially took over Stuttgart in early February. The whole Stuttgart was in chaos, and their players played against Allen. Fei doesn't trust him very much. I'm afraid this is also in Germany. Rigorous Germans will not discriminate against a person just because of their first impression. If it's in England, Allen. Fei's handsome position will definitely not be so stable.

Now Stuttgart is really a soft persimmon.

Newcastle United is worried about the game against Stuttgart, while Stuttgart coach Allen. Febisones has a headache!

Newcastle United is inexperienced in Europe, and Stuttgart is even worse. In terms of lineup and other aspects, Stuttgart has no disadvantages, but now when it comes to a team with Don Jack in Europe, which coach can not have a headache?

Look at Newcastle United!

This season's league match with Chelsea, and even now it is three points ahead of Chelsea in the league. Needless to think about it, the League Cup will definitely be a major goal of Newcastle United. When it meets such a team, Stuttgart has only blood. Fight for a journey.

And the newly appointed coach Allen. Fei also hopes to win the game and add a little leverage to his appointment... His handsome position is said to be stable, but in fact it is only temporary. After picking up the whip, Allen at the press conference. The first thing Fei said was, "I'm a football coach, not a charlatan."

Now, Stuttgart fans, and even some club executives, are more inclined to see him as a "charlatan". Huth, chairman of the board of supervisors, stressed more than once that "fee is just a temporary solution."

In such a chaotic situation, it is by no means a good thing to meet Newcastle United.

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Although Newcastle United knows the situation in Stuttgart, Sones is also worried.

In fact, Soness's trouble is not just about the game against Stuttgart. What he is worried about is that the game will affect the status of the players, which in turn will affect the performance of the league.

Up to now this season, Newcastle United's only and biggest goal is to win the league championship, but in the past few rounds of the league, it has told everyone that Newcastle United's current situation is not very good, and the team's injuries are too troubled. In addition, in the second half of the game, the players frequently appear frequently caused physical problems. Question, it is very difficult to get a good result in the league, and now I have to participate in the League Cup again.

There is no doubt that the League Cup champion is not as important as the Premier League championship!

The League Cup is just a European event, and that's all. Although the championship is still very attractive, it also represents a lot of income, if you miss the league championship, Newcastle United will really outweigh the gains.

The team is already in crisis. If you participate in one more event and play more games, the players must be in a worse state. Soness is even considering giving up the League Cup, but he quickly abandoned this idea. After all, the League Cup is actually very important, which represents a lot of income and fame for Newcastle United in Europe. The influence is very important if... It's just that if you win the League Cup, it will be a great honor for Newcastle United.

"Our current goal remains the same. Playing a good league is the most important thing!"

After the training that day, Sones recruited several main players of the team and said, "But you can't give up the League Cup. I hope you should pay attention to your health in the game. Even if you lose the game, it doesn't matter. Our focus is still in the league!"

That's what explains the struggle in Sones's heart!

The league is the most important... You can't give up the League Cup, but you can choose both, and Sones feels that the team is incapable...

In a word, it is contradictory.

But there is nothing we can do. Newcastle United must participate in the UEFA Cup and strive for the championship. This contradiction is actually similar to the chaos of Stuttgart's change of coach. If you want to win, you don't want to lose. There is no such a good thing in the world.

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After a "difficult to understand" discussion, everyone generally understands what Sones means, but in fact, no one cares about it. Be careful not to get hurt. Everyone knows, and all the players are trying to go further in the League Cup. It must be a great championship, although it is not as good as the Premier League championship. Military, but everyone wants to fight for honor.

Jack Don is even more so. He didn't pay attention to Sones's words at all!

In fact, what Sones said may be useful to other players, but it is useless to him. Now Don Jack is almost omnipotent. He participates in every game and plays the whole game. He will be the best player in more than half of the games. For him, there is actually no difference in Europe. What you can do is to strive for victory, and the rest needs to be considered by the club and the coach.

On February 10, Newcastle United flew to Stuttgart, Germany.

The game was held the next night. After arriving in Stuttgart the previous afternoon, the assistant coach arranged for everyone to rest. It was not until the morning of the 11th that the players went to the training.

It's called training. Generally speaking, it's just about restoring physical fitness and doing some warm-up exercises.

However, by this time, the atmosphere of the competition has enveloped the whole of Stuttgart. Many European journalists came near the Newcastle United training ground, more of whom were German local reporters. Obviously, these reporters wanted to do some information collection work for Stuttgart before the game.

The English media naturally dare not lag behind. They have collected very detailed information about Stuttgart. According to them, the current Stuttgart is a "super soft persimmon". The results in the Bundesliga are a mess, and there is no look of a rich family at all. The same is true in the European War. Their bishop Practice Aaron. Fei is a chicken rib-like existence.

Maybe there is some truth in what they said.

The odds of Eurobooking Company prove this. In this game, Newcastle United's odds of losing are only 1.37, throwing away the 25% tax rate, and there is almost no profit for Newcastle United to lose.