Chapter 255 Marseille with a lot of problems
The match between Alkmaar and Ajax can be called a derby in a broad sense. The city where the two teams are located is only more than 40 kilometers apart, and the two teams are very similar to their jerseys. Before Jiang Mu joined Alkmaar, Ajax did not pay attention to this little brother not far away, because he was in two In the league at the same level, there are not many opportunities for the two sides to play against each other.
With the arrival of Jiang Mu, Alkmaar is like a dragon jumping out of the abyss. He flew to the sky and won the double championship of the Dutch Cup and the Dutch Cup as a promoted horse. The competition between the two teams has suddenly increased. The competition between the two sides has not only attracted a large number of fans, but also attracted the pursuit of the media. The two teams The confrontation has gradually become one of the most important games in the Dutch League.
However, Alkmaar continues to be strong this season, not only in the Dutch League, but also in the Champions League, with the best record in the Dutch League in recent years. After Ajax's stars have left one after another, not only their strength is getting worse and worse, but their state is also getting worse and more and more depressed. They don't even have the qualification to compete in the Dutch League. Now it's not that Ajax doesn't take Alkmaar to play. Now it's Alkmaar doesn't pay attention to Ajax at all. They still have three days after playing the Champions League. Ajax's game, but Jiang Mu actually gave the team a half-day vacation.
Next year is the Centennial celebration of Ajax. Jiang Mu's method made Ajax from the chairman to the fans. Before the game, he rubbed his fists and rubbed his palms. He wanted to give Alkmamar a look.
But Ajax also knows that their anger can only boost their morale. They no longer have the strength to compete with Alkmaar. They packed up and bought the Debor brothers and Litmanning in Barcelona. Van der Sar went far away to Apennine and threw himself into the arms of the old woman. After Blind retired, not only for 95 years. All the golden generation left, and even Olson's team was left with Ávilaz, Glenshar, Zivo, Mahras and other young miscellaneous troops.
The course of the game also proved this. Alkmaar, who played in the double match in a week, still had the upper hand at home. These young players became more calm after experiencing the test of the Champions League. They slowly put pressure on Ajax when they lost a goal in the first half, as if they were winning.
The leading Ajax was worried about gains and losses. In the second half, he made a mistake that caused Ronaldinho's single goal. Then Drogba's violent long-range shot went down to the next city. Alkmaar overtook the score. Although Ajax fought back desperately in the end, he was right in the right place and not all of them. Under the circumstances, Ajax was powerless and could only accept the fate of 1:2 defeat.
In the next 15th round of away to challenge Vidis, Alkmaar continued to work hard and did not give Vidis the third place in the league. He easily won 2:0 and continued to advance, leading the Dutch standings with an advantage of 10 points.
Although the Dutch league schedule is not more than half, the Dutch media believe that the ownership of the championship has lost the suspense. Alkmaar will definitely win the championship as easily as last season. What can be a little suspenseful is whether there is a team to break Alkmaar's unbeaten golden body for a season and a half.
However, now, whether it is Jiang Mu, the players of Alkmaar, or the officials of Alkmaar Club, they don't care about the victory or defeat in the league. The Champions League has won a row, and the prize money has poured into their pockets. In the qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League alone, they have made a lot of money. With 7.4 million euros, they reached the top 16 group stage. They got another 3 million and won Chelsea and earned another 800,000. Up to now, Alkmaar has earned 11.2 million euros. In this way, even if the club owner Dirk no longer invest during the winter break, Alkmaer has the funds to attract.
11.2 million euros is only a penny for the giants, but for a small club like Alkmaar, it is a lot of money. The Alkmaar people who are in urgent need of money desperately want to win every game of the Champions League, but they don't care about domestic leagues and cups.
Alkmaar's second group match was at home against Marseille, which lost the first game. Although Alkmaar is stronger than Marseille in terms of field, morale, physical fitness and unity, morale will change. The venue can be adapted. What Alkmaar can rely on is their accumulation in summer training. The physical energy and the spirit of unity.
For the two normal teams, physical fitness and the spirit of unity are not the key factors that determine the game, but what Marseille now lacks most is unity. In the last game, they lost so easily at home and have little resistance, because there is a problem in their locker room, and Marseille's head coach Kobe It still couldn't be suppressed. As a result, Marseille, who had elite soldiers and good generals, staged a farce without resistance.
After two weeks of adjustment, Kobebis not only did not solve the problem, but also became more and more nervous about the locker room. Not long ago, the three core generals of Blanco, Dugari and Lavanelli were rumored to leave Marseille. If they left at the end of the season, it would be fine. There are many such rumors, almost every star With such rumors, Blanco, Dugari and Lavanelli are rumored to leave Marseille during the winter break. Blanco's destination is Inter Milan, Dugari wants to go to Bordeaux, and Lavanelli's transfer goal is Lazio, which makes the Maasai seriously doubt Lavanelli's professionalism. Did he try his best in the first Champions League group match?
The problem with the unity of a team is the most horrible, because you don't realize the importance of unity, but once you lose it, you can hardly do anything.
So whether this rumor is true or not, Marseille head coach Kobe and club president Makand have come out to refute the rumors in order to get through the two games before the winter break smoothly.
Makand, the president of the club, said: "In the past 14 days, we have been living in pain. We have lost in both Ligue 1 and the Champions League. There have been rumors about the team. It seems that all kinds of bad situations have come to Marseille. Core players such as Blanco, Dugari and Ravanelli have been rumored to leave during the winter break, and may go with me. We form competitive teams, such as Bordeaux and Lazio, but I can boldly tell the fans that you can rest assured that they will not leave, let alone go to our opponent's team during the winter break. We are not short of money, let alone do stupid things. Now we must calm down, because there is still a lot of work for us to do. Kobe needs a quiet environment to carry out his work. We are in a group of death. Small mistakes will cost us the most. Everyone must trust Kobe and his team members. They have led us to the top 16. I believe they will do better.
Kobe is very angry with such rumors from reporters. He said, "I'm thinking about suing those unscrupulous journalists. It's really annoying for them to fabricate news like this. I don't deny that we are in a difficult time now, but Blanco, Dugari and Lavanelli are me. At the core of us, they will not leave. Ten thousand steps back, even if they want to leave, it will not be the camp of our competitors. No club will do such a business, unless the club is poor and completely ignores the achievements and the feelings of the fans.
At present, Marseille's players have also chosen to share the same enemy instead of infighting. Soon the three players who were rumored to leave also stood up, saying that they would not leave Marseilles this season. Their goal now is to help the team advance to the quarterfinals in the Champions League and strive for a place in the Champions League.
Although a few fans who know the inside story do not believe these rumors, most of the fans still stand on the side of the club and the team, and more than 2,000 fans said they would go to the Netherlands to support Marseille.
No matter what the problem of the locker room is, it is basically solved, but the injury problem of the players still plagues Marseille. The team's organizer, De La Pena, has not recovered from injury. The iron gate Gala on the back line has just been trained with the ball. Whether it can be played in the game with Alkmaar or not needs to be decided by the team doctor. Another worrying thing is the captain Pirley. He has recently caught a cold and has been running a runny nose. This is not a big problem, but it is also annoying. At least it may affect his performance.
However, captain Pires still expressed his optimism about the team's game to Alkmaar. He said, "The team has a lot of problems now, but I believe that in front of the big game, everyone will unite, overcome difficulties and strive for victory. Some people say that the mourners will win. We are mourners now. We can't lose any more. There are only six games in the group stage. If we lose another game, our chances of qualifying will be very small. In this game against Alkmaar, we must ensure that we will not lose, which is also our bottom line.
The rear defense gate Gala also took the initiative to fight. When he was doing a charity event on a TV station, he said, "I feel that my body has returned to its best state in the past. I hope to help the team. Alkmaar's attack power is very strong. Think about Chelsea and you will know that we want to get points away from home, just We must stabilize the backcourt and then wait for the opportunity to score.
Alkmaar and Marseille are in Group D. Their game is behind. In the game that started online, the strong team began to return to their original appearance. Barcelona, who was tied by Hertha Berlin, raised the butcher's knife and defeated Sparta Prague 5:0. Defending champion Manchester United beat Valencia 3-0 at home. Real Madrid and Bayern also won big points over Dynamo Kiev and Rosenberg.
Seeing that the strong team is getting stronger and facing the challenge of Marseille, Alkmaar certainly does not dare to be careless. For them, there is ** as big as the group qualifying, that is money, because the annual salary of Alkmaar players is linked to winning. A Champions League victory is 800,000 euros, and the draw is also 40. Wan, and without losing a single point, Alkmaar's players' hearts are burning when they think of the colorful euro, and they can't wait to win all six group matches. In this way, even if they are eliminated in the top eight, they will make a lot of money. Under the reward, there must be a brave man, which is another reason why these young people have an extremely strong desire to fight and are full of resilience.