Chapter 368 European Cup at the turn of the century

The day after the establishment of Longteng Football Culture Company, the European Cup kicked off, but the opening ceremony was not held in the Netherlands, but in Brussels, Belgium.

In the last life, Jiang Mu did not go to the scene to watch the opening ceremony of the European Cup. At that time, their family's income was very average, and they had no spare money to go abroad to watch the opening ceremony. Jiang Mu watched the live broadcast in front of his TV. Now God has given him another chance to start again. Naturally, Jiang Mu will not give up going to experience it on the scene. A chance to have a grand occasion.

Belgium borders the Netherlands. You can drive to Brussels to watch the opening ceremony in four hours. You can also take the IC train, which is cheaper, but Jiang Mu doesn't have that leisure. An hour before the opening ceremony starts, he flew directly to Brussels to King's Stadium to watch 2 The opening ceremony of the European Cup in 2019.

In the eyes of outsiders, the European Cup is mysterious. In Jiang Mu's eyes, everything is almost transparent. What he has to do is to feel the atmosphere of the scene and make up for the regrets of the previous life.

The predecessor of the King's Stadium is the Hessel Stadium in Brussels, where the famous Hassel tragedy took place. It may be to wash away and be alert to the tragedy of that year. In the opening ceremony, which was only 11 minutes long, the host Belgium, showed that the theme of this cup was "Football Without Borders".

After 179 actors performed the story of adult men and children discovering football together, Swedish pop star E-TYPE sang the theme song of Euro 2000 - "Champion 2000", and then the teams entered in turn. At 8:45 p.m., the first match between Belgium and Sweden began.

Belgium and Sweden can only be regarded as the quasi-strong teams in Europe. The strength of the two goals is also between them. However, the Belgians have a home advantage, and their desire to win is obviously higher than that of Sweden. The final result is determined by a subtle advantage. In the end, Belgium is also in the home. He defeated the Viking Sweden 2:1 and won a popular victory.

Jiang Mu bought all the winning and losing lottery in the group stage, but in order to avoid suspicion, his bets were not big. Belgium won and he earned a small amount of pocket money. Although it was far from the lottery money he lost in the Champions League finals, if history no longer makes mistakes like the Champions League, Jiang Mu will make money after a few games. Come back and earn more.

After watching the match between Belgium and Sweden, Jiang Mu then took a car to Anam Stadium to watch the group matches of Turkey and Italy. Before the game, Jiang Mu contacted Gattuso, who did not appear on the list in this game. The two watched the game together in the stands and exchanged views on the game. At the same time, Jiang Mu also asked Gattuso about his plans for the next season, which is also an important factor for Jiang Mu to watch the European Cup in addition to inspecting the players. He needs to ask the players' thoughts through this event to avoid being passive in the transfer.

Gattuso has performed well in the position of the back waist, but in Italy, where there are many talents, he can only sit on the bench now. In fact, it would not be easy to enter the European Cup list. If Alkmaert hadn't magically won the Champions League championship, he would not have been able to get into the list at all.

It is also because defensive players are not as eye-catching as strikers and midfielders. Gattuso has not received too many invitations. Although several Serie A teams intend to introduce Gattuso, their bids are not high. Gattuso, who has always liked stability, still tends to stay in Al. Kemal, but the premise is that Jiang Mu will not leave, and the club will give him a little salary increase.

Jiang Mu believes that Gattuso's requirements are reasonable. Europe is not the Celestial Empire. Players will not sacrifice their own interests for the club, nor will the club force the players to contribute to the collective. There is a contractual relationship between the club and the players. Jiang Mu talked with Gattuso about the club's salary increase and contract renewal plan, let He played the European Cup with peace of mind, and then left Amner Stadium and rushed to Bruges to watch the match between the World Cup champion France and the former European Cup champion Denmark. By the way, he saw the French player Ismail who missed the European Cup due to injury, Drogba, who grew up in France, and Danish striker Tomasson.

The World Cup champion French team easily won the former European Cup champion Denmark 3:0. Jiang Mu's conversation with Ismail and Drogba was also very smooth. Ismail had no plan to leave. Although Drogba received a lot of invitations, he was loyal to Jiang Mu. Jiang Mu did not leave, and he did not move for the time being. The plan. But Jiang Mu could not see Tomasson, because Tomasson was the main striker of Denmark and was busy preparing for the war with France, and Jiang Mu did not deliberately disturb him.

Jiang Mu was like a performance. After watching the match between the French team and Denmark, he immediately flew back to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to watch the battle between the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.

When Jiang Mu appeared in the stands, he attracted the enthusiastic attention of the fans. He also once grabbed the scenes of the protagonists on the court, and the warm applause made the commentators think that the players were on the stage.

Alkmaar's players selected for the Dutch team include Cron Kamp and Van Bommel, but they are not the protagonists. The purpose of getting them with them is to give them more experience, not relying on them to get results.

Jiang Mu doesn't care much about whether the players can play or not. Although before the game, Rije Cald and he asked him about the status and characteristics of Clone Camp and Van Bomel by phone, Jiang Mu also heard from Rijkard's words that he was still worried about the two young people. In this cup, the best knot between them As a result, you can appear for a while in irrelevant time.

Jiang Mu's main task is to communicate with Alkmaar's players. Whether he leaves or stays, he doesn't want Alkmaar to fall into big twists and turns, and he has also carefully trained Linna Zhou in the past two years, so that if he leaves one day, Lina Zhou will become his successor to Alkmaar. .

The match between the Netherlands and the Czech Republic was very difficult. The Netherlands had an advantage at home, but they always lost points. In the end, they narrowly defeated the Czech Republic 1-0 with De Boer's goal. After the game, some reporters interviewed Jiang Mu on the spot and asked Jiang Mu about Jiang Mu's views on the performance of the Netherlands. Jiang Mu believes that the Netherlands can create opportunities. It is very strong and needs to solve the problem of being close to the door. As the host, it is not a problem for the Dutch team to qualify, but if you want to win the championship, you still need to continue to improve.

Jiang Mu's kind reminder was misread by the media. Many Dutch media deliberately created contradictions and attracted attention, saying that Jiang Mu thought that the Netherlands had no hope of winning the championship in this way, and criticized the poor performance of the striker, which may be a cry for the loss of Robben and Kuite.

Rijekald implicitly expressed his dissatisfaction the next day. He thought that the Dutch striker performed very well, but he was too unlucky, otherwise the Czech team would have been solved long ago, and Rijekald also told reporters that he is still adjusting the state of the players, and the slow heat is to go further.

Rige Calder's words made Jiang Mu completely shut up. It doesn't matter whether the Netherlands wins the championship or not. He doesn't care. He is not the head coach of the Dutch team. Jiang Mu then shut his mouth three times. Whoever comes to interview no longer speaks. He just looks for time to exchange views with the players and waits for the opportunity to introduce Longteng Football Culture Company to himself. The disciples.

During the whole group stage, Jiang Mu gained a lot. Under his persuasion, most Alkmaar players firmly said that if there is a salary increase, they will continue to stay in Alkmaar. Only Tomasson, Kuyte, Klose, Suleiman and Enge have not yet made a statement. Ronaldinho, Lucio and other South American players also let Jiang Mu I'm not sure, but the only real main force is Tomasson, Kuit, Klose and Lucio. Although this number is also quite large, Jiang Mu is relieved that even if these people leave, he has a way to add the right candidate.

Under Jiang Mu's introduction, Drogba, Robben and Longteng Company reached a verbal agreement and became Feng Ke's players, giving Longteng Company financial support and stable income for sustainable development.

Of course, Jiang Mu also gained a lot in gambling. He easily earned back tens of thousands of euros lost in the Champions League, and still had a certain surplus. And the unpopular knockout match behind is a good opportunity for Jiang Mu to make a lot of money.

On June 21, the world-renowned group stage of Euro 2000 finally ended three rounds of group stage. The two old world strong teams, Britain and Germany, were out early, and Belgium, which won the first round, was also eliminated. In the end, there was no traditional European power team. In addition, 16 European strong teams unanimously hold high the banner of "offensive football" and pay attention to personal technology and overall cooperation, which also shows that the development direction of modern football in the 21st century is a combination of technology and strength. Reporters also pointed out that the UEFA Champions League match three weeks ago has foreshadowed this, and Jiang Mu's Alkmaar is a good example of the combination of strength and technology.

The first round of the group stage of this European Cup is a stormy "goal frenzy". A total of 24 goals were scored in 8 games, almost the total number of goals scored in the first round of the last two European Cup group matches (13 in 1992; 12 in 1996), with an average of 3 goals per game.

After the dazzling "goal frenzy", the group stage entered the "middle adjustment period". Compared with the first round of the group stage, only 14 goals were scored in the second round, with three games of 1-0 and one 0-0. Seeing the rise of "offensive football" **, "utilitarianism" rose again, and the fans were splashed with cold water.

After a dull "adjustment period", the third round of the game set off another "goal storm", scoring a total of 27 goals in 8 games. The three "European Latin" teams of Spain, Yugoslavia and Romania played their triumphant songs and joined hands to reach the quarter-finals, while the German team representing "holism" and the "ancescestor" of the long pass were out side by side. The "three Nordic Thieves" - Sweden, Denmark and Norway did nothing and were out. It fully proves that the power of European football has reached the end of the road, and a new change has begun.