Chapter 358 You Have to Look into My Eyes!

"Wir halten fest und treu zusammen~"

"Ball-heil-hurra borussia~"

"Vor keinem gegner wir verzagen~"

"..."

During the half-time break, many Germans bought sandwiches and beer in the circular passage outside the stadium to use as their afternoon tea.

Under the stimulation of alcohol, the fans' shouts became louder and louder, and the atmosphere in the Westfalen Stadium became more and more intense.

To prevent possible injuries, the club provides fans with beer in plastic cups, which can easily shake out when jumping.

Alcohol flying in the sky can not only boost the home atmosphere, but also promote beer sales, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Dortmund lived up to the fans' expectations and found a very good offensive opportunity in the 70th minute. Weidenfeller's long foot in the penalty area accurately found Reus in the front, who cooperated with Pulisic and Shinji Kagawa respectively, and finally took the ball to the bottom line of Chelsea's right side.

"Reus, one-on-one with Ivanovic at the baseline, Reus, dribbling the ball closer and closer"

"Hey, Ivanovic was very cautious. He kept a sufficient distance from Reus because he knew that if he didn't stop Reus, the ball would enter Chelsea's penalty area."

"Reus, Reus is not in a hurry, pass it to Dembele, Dembele, take a long shot directly from the outside!"

"Beautiful! Courtois saved the ball, wait!"

Although Dembele's long shot had no angle, it was powerful enough. Courtois was not sure he could catch the ball and could only push it out with both hands.

Logically speaking, the goalkeeper should have pushed the ball to the ground, but as luck would have it, Courtois controlled the ball well, and the ball flew directly out and successfully landed at Shinji Kagawa's feet.

Shinji Kagawa raised his leg and shot the ball in one go.

"Torrrrrrrr!!!!!"

"The ball goes in! Shinji Kagawa, a long shot from outside the penalty area, Dortmund equalized the score, Shinji Kagawa made a great contribution!"

"Oh my god, this..."

He Wei sighed, Shinji Kagawa ran to a position that no one expected, and a long shot directly opened the door of Courtois' defense.

Shinji Kagawa, who scored the goal, slid on his knees with excitement, and head coach Tuchel outside the field also raised one hand excitedly.

You know, Dortmund has one more goal difference than Chelsea. If this game ends in a 1:1 draw, Dortmund will become the first in Group G with the advantage of goal difference.

That is the knockout seeded team!

"What's this?"

Terry looked confused and spread his hands to Courtois: "Why don't you throw it to the ground? Marcos and I can clear it."

"I can't handle it, eh, fuck!"

Courtois felt a little uncomfortable. This ball was mainly due to a mistake and he really had to take the blame.

Hazard ran over to communicate with Kanter, signaling Kanter to pay attention to the position at the top of the arc.

Mourinho started to make substitutions, preparing to replace Pogba with Fabregas. At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the south stand of Westfalen.

"Shit, look!"

Hazard patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder, and Jiang Yuan also looked in that direction. The stands at the far end were all yellow, and there was even red light and smoke caused by flares. It looked very shocking.

"Dortmund~"

"lalalalaaa!"

"Dortmund~"

“Hahahahahahahaha!”

Because of Shinji Kagawa's goal, Dortmund surpassed Chelsea and ranked first in Group G.

1:1 is a draw, yes, but as He Wei said in the first half, in this game, a draw is a victory for Dortmund!

"Replace Paul"

Mourinho turned around and said hello to Brown, who did not rush to synchronize the message with the fourth official. Instead, he put his notebook on the seat beside him and walked up to remind him: "If it's a draw, we are not a seeded team."

"..."

Mourinho took a deep breath. Because of the 4:1 victory over Monaco, he always felt that Chelsea's goal difference in the group stage was invincible. He almost forgot that Dortmund had defeated Monaco 5:0 before.

Now the truth is very clear. If Chelsea wants to become the seeded team in Group G, it must win, not draw!

At this time, Mourinho made a very unexpected decision, which was to keep Pogba on the field and replace Kennedy with Fabregas.

After Fabregas came on the court, he shouted and gestured, taking advantage of the opportunity to restore the formation after the corner kick. Jiang Yuan came to the right and Hazard went to the left.

Fabregas stood in Hazard's original position.

"Chelsea made a substitution in the 74th minute. Although it was a substitution for a substitute player, the formation in the frontcourt had completely changed."

【no?????】

[Dreaming back to the 15-16 season, brothers, don’t use the knife of time to kill me! ]

[The above poster is also crazy. It's been less than half a year and you're already experiencing the effects of the knife of time???]

[wk, I feel like this does make sense, Chelsea can play like this in the future]

[Indeed, we can give Fabregas more opportunities. Just because he was in poor form last season doesn’t mean he will be in bad form this season.]

[You're overthinking. Unless Fabregas explodes as a substitute, Mourinho won't give him a chance to start again. The main reason for this formation now is that Falcao is not there. When Falcao recovers from his injury, do you think Fabregas will still have a chance to play? ]

[Falcao just twisted his ankle. He will be well within a month. Chelsea will not always play like this. Fabregas is not as strong as Hazard as a central midfielder.]

[What you said, Fabregas at least has more experience than Hazard]

Not only the fans of CCTV5, but even the home team fans at the Westfalen Stadium were stunned.

Take a look at the time displayed at the top of the stadium, it is indeed December 2016!

There is no need to worry about that. No matter how Chelsea substitutes, Dortmund just needs to keep defending in the following period and keep the score at 1:1 until the end.

Considering the knockout stage, coach Tuchel directly arranged a 5-defender system, and it seems that he is ready to defend to the death.

"15 minutes!"

"15 minutes!"

"If you don't have the strength, just use hand gestures!"

Mourinho shouted outside the court, signaling the players to pay attention to the time. The Portuguese meant that they must fully strengthen their offense in the remaining 15 minutes.

Chelsea now has two substitutions available for the last-minute counterattack.

Hand gestures when you are physically weak?

Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up. He had been running around for the first 75 minutes and was now almost exhausted. So he looked at the bench, clenched his fists, and rubbed them in front of his chest.

"Get back here!"

Mourinho shouted angrily.

Now is the time for Chelsea to counterattack, how could Jiang Yuan be replaced?
Just hold on a little longer!

"well"

Jiang Yuan shook his legs. Chelsea had a total of 6 games in June. If nothing unexpected happened, he would start in 7 of them. It can only be said that the English FA is really stupid. Together with UEFA, the two bad guys have joined forces to treat the players like animals.

"go there!"

After Pogba got the ball, he told Kante to go to the left, while he ran to the right and began to look for cooperation with Jiang Yuan.

The reason why Kante followed Pogba's side was to create a safe passing opportunity for his French fellow countryman. This was something Mourinho emphasized many times during training because Pogba was prone to illness.

But since Pogba made it clear that he didn't need any support, Kante had nothing to say and could only run towards Shinji Kagawa.

"Pogba made a short pass directly to Jiang Yuan, Fabregas came over to meet him, but Jiang Yuan did not choose to pass the ball"

"Jiang Yuan chose to come alone, and the players from both teams were moving towards Chelsea's right wing."

"Dortmund is in a real headache right now. Originally they only needed to guard Jiang Yuan, but because Hazard was moved to the left, Dortmund now has to bear pressure on both sides of the defense."

"Jiang Yuan, go to the baseline and pass the ball to Ivanovic behind you."

"Ivanovic, long pass, 45 degrees directly to the front!"

"Hazard ran up to stop the ball and Ibrahimovic helped him get into position. He did a great job!"

Seeing Hazard successfully protect the ball beside him, Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up and he quickly stretched out his hand and ran to the baseline.

"Watch the river! Watch the river! The bottom line! The bottom line!"

Tuchel shouted anxiously. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Hazard really liked to take the initiative to cooperate with Jiang Yuan. Now Jiang Yuan was waving at the bottom of the right side, undoubtedly wanting Hazard to make a long pass.

Paslak reacted quickly and rushed over the moment he saw Jiang Yuan going down the bottom.

For some reason, Hazard didn't pass the ball in a hurry after seeing Jiang Yuan waving.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan made a very strange move. He stepped on the ground with his right foot and pushed back, forming an inverted triangle and running towards the middle.

!!!

With a "pop", Hazard made a straight pass to Jiang Yuan. The latter ran over, wrapped the ball with the inside of his left foot, and then shot directly into the near corner.

“TTTTTTTT—OOOOOOOOOO—RRRRRRRRRR!!!”

"The ball is in! The ball is in! It's a left-foot shot from Jiang Yuan. It's a perfect angle. Goalkeeper Weidenfeller made a save, but it didn't work!"

"This was the 79th minute of the game, four minutes after Mourinho made the tactical adjustment."

"1:2, Chelsea takes the lead again in the away game against Westfalen!"

wohoo!

As soon as the goal was confirmed, Jiang Yuan turned and ran to the left, and at the same time met Hazard and Ibrahimovic halfway, and finally the three of them came out of the field together.

It’s Tai Chi again. After a whole season of training last season, although Hazard’s Tai Chi is not as good as Zouma’s, he has reached the level of perfection.

"Verfluchte Scheie!"

"Verpiss dich!!"

The home team fans in the stands turned red and started to curse the celebrating Chelsea players. They also threw empty beer cups at them, and some even started throwing things before they finished their beer.

"Oh shit!"

I don’t know who was so accurate, the plastic cup hit Jiang Yuan directly in the face, and the beer inside splashed out and just went into Jiang Yuan’s mouth.

Tsk tsk.

Jiang Yuan licked the wheat juice around the corners of his mouth twice. He didn’t expect that Germans would also drink ice-cold beer in winter.

Hmm... the concentration is quite high!

After Chelsea scored the second goal of the game, Dortmund's coaching staff began to get anxious. Every goal in a football match is very important, because of Jiang Yuan's left-foot shot, Dortmund had to switch from defense to offense.

It's a pity that Dortmund's switch from defense to offense did not make any progress. Courtois immediately adjusted his state after a mistake at the beginning of the second half to ensure that Chelsea did not lose the second goal.

“Beep, beep—!”

"Well, the game is over. Dortmund, playing at home, lost to Chelsea 1:2, suffering their first defeat in the last three league rounds."

"After this game, Chelsea will participate in the knockout draw as the seeded team in Group G, while Dortmund will participate in the knockout draw as a non-seeded team. The opponents of the two teams... Hey, what's going on?"

He Wei exclaimed, and in the camera, Tuchel and Mourinho's hands were tightly entangled.

"Ouch, it looks like they were shaking hands, but something unpleasant must have happened during the handshake."

Just as He Wei said, the head coach and the coach just shook hands after the game. Originally, the two of them could have left the field after shaking hands, but for some reason, they suddenly started to compete with each other.

"Look into my eyes, look into my eyes!"

Tuchel held Mourinho tightly with his right hand, while pointing at his eyes with the index and middle fingers of his left hand.

In German culture, you must look into the other person's eyes when shaking hands. Failure to do so would be a great disrespect to the other person. Obviously, Mourinho did not look into Tuchel's eyes when shaking hands just now, which led to the German coach's rage.

"Hey hey, what's wrong what's wrong!"

The players from both teams reacted quickly and rushed over to pull the two teams apart.

"Fuck you shit!"

Mourinho rubbed his injured right hand, and after that he did not forget to give Tuchelbi a middle finger. The latter wanted to rush over again, but was stopped by Reus and Weidenfeller.

"hey easy easy, come on!"

Seven or eight Chelsea players surrounded Mourinho tightly, because everyone could see that Mourinho was really angry.

"wowww!"

"Come on! Wohoo!"

The fans in the stands started to make a noise. Although Tuchel and Mourinho separated, they continued to curse at each other. The referee Wells came over and showed each of them a red card.

“Oh~!!”

Amid the fans' cheers, Terry and Cahill pushed Mourinho back to the player tunnel. The Portuguese was still angry and shouted at Tuchel: "Caralho!"

"Vai tomar no cú!" "Vagina de sua mae!"

In just 5 seconds, Tuchel's reproductive organs were beaten up by Mourinho, and even his mother was not spared.

"What did you say?"

Tuchel suddenly got rid of Reus and rushed directly towards Mourinho. Jiang Yuan saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly accelerated to stop Tuchel.

Jiang Yuan was not afraid that the two would have a feud, mainly because Tuchel was over 1 meters tall, and if they really fought, Mourinho would definitely suffer.

In order to save Mourinho's face, Jiang Yuan, who was closest to him, had to come up to help.

"Thomas, it's not necessary, okay?"

Tuchel is really tall and weighs more than 80KG. Of course, since Tuchel has retired a long time ago, Jiang Yuan doesn't have to spend much effort to stop him.

"It's done, ok?"

Jiang Yuan walked to the side only after Royce came over to take over.

I have to say that Mourinho and Tuchel are really talented. They actually fought over a handshake. However, considering the ups and downs of the game, their behavior is understandable.

Even though Mourinho and Tuchel were shouting their own words during the game, it is possible that they had already cursed each other dozens of times in their hearts.

……

"Fuck!"

Mourinho sat on the physiotherapy bed and Terry sat next to him, not knowing what to say. Cahill, who was the last one to come in, closed the door to prevent Mourinho from suddenly rushing out to cause trouble for Tuchel.

"Jose, it's time to wrap up"

Terry whispered a reminder and Mourinho glanced at the players in the locker room.

"Well, to sum up, yes... our overall performance in today's game was pretty good. Eden and Jiang both scored goals."

"but!"

Mourinho looked at Hazard and Jiang Yuan in front of him and said, "You guys are so accurate in shooting, why didn't you kick Thomas in the head? That bastard, I really...fuck!"

"..."

Jiang Yuan and Hazard looked at each other.

Hmm...the coach's request is very difficult!
After the game, ESPN reporters expressed their desire to interview the head coaches of both teams, but neither Mourinho nor Tuchel accepted the reporters' interview requests. For Chelsea's New Year greetings, Courtois and Jiang Yuan were pushed out.

The reporter first asked Courtois about the goal conceded in the second half. There was actually not much to say. Courtois directly admitted that it was an unnecessary mistake. He should have tried to smash the ball down to the ground instead of sending it to Dembele.

Today's reporter was also direct, not giving the two a chance to think, and the second question was about the conflict after the game: "Is Jose okay now?"

Jiang Yuan didn't know how to answer, so he looked at Courtois. Courtois didn't know what to say either, and both of them were stunned.

"Hello?"

The reporter reminded him, and Jiang Yuan, who had come to his senses, could only try to fool around: "The conflict was resolved immediately, so it shouldn't be a big problem. The details depend on what the doctor says."

"Well, you got the first red card of the Champions League this season, from the head coach. What do you want to say about this?"

Jiang Yuan and Courtois looked at each other and both laughed. Courtois put his head towards the microphone and said, "Well, I hope this is the last red card."

"Haha, I also hope this is your last red card, because the next step is the knockout stage. The opponents in the knockout stage will definitely be stronger than those in the group stage. You have obtained the seeded team in Group G, so you will face the unseeded teams in other groups in the first round of the knockout stage."

"Atletico Madrid, Leverkusen, Porto, Sevilla... Among these unseeded teams, which one do you prefer to play against?"

"..."

Jiang Yuan lowered his head in thought and gave a more official answer.

"Being able to enter the Champions League knockout stage shows that none of these teams are weak. It doesn't matter who we play against. The draw is decided by God, and we are only responsible for the game."

……

UEFA Knockout Stage Preparation:

Seeded teams: Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Real Mardrid, Juventus, Barcelona, ​​Leipzig, Chelsea, Benfica
Unseeded teams: Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Dortmund, Leverkusen, Naples, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Arsenal
UEFA's independent committee: Tuchel was suspended for one game and fined 35,000 euros, Mourinho was suspended for one game and fined 15,000 euros. However, these penalties are not final and both punished persons have the right to appeal.

Sky Sports: Both Tuchel and Mourinho have appealed for a suspension, but according to information revealed by relevant insiders, the possibility of their success is very low.

The draw ceremony for this season's Champions League will be held at 2 a.m. this Friday at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

According to the rules, the seeded teams in the group stage will play away first and then at home in the two rounds of the knockout stage, while the unseeded teams will play at home first and then away. Teams from the same group and the same football association will not meet in the round of 1.

……

The Champions League group stage is over and the knockout draw is about to begin, but the attention of global football fans is not at all on the Champions League knockout stage.

The reason is very simple. In the latest issue of the newspaper, France Football stated that the Golden Ball Award will be presented one day before the knockout draw.

Of course, the draw will continue. China Central Radio and Television also broadcast the content of the Champions League knockout draw. In the conference hall in Nyon, the coaches from the 16 Champions League knockout teams sat together.

I don’t know if the organizer intended to attract traffic, but Tuchel and Mourinho’s seats were actually next to each other!

“I’m not sitting here!”

“I’m not sitting here!”

The two of them spoke almost at the same time, looked at each other, turned around and walked back.

There were so many empty seats in the hall, there was no need for them to sit in the first two rows.

So a strange scene appeared in the CCTV camera. There were two empty seats connected together at the front of the hall. Mourinho sat in the leftmost seat in the last row, and Tuchel sat in a seat on the left and right side of the third row from the back.

Not many people were invited to the draw ceremony, which resulted in empty seats next to Mourinho and Tuchel.

The live broadcast room was in an uproar, and the CCTV commentator felt a little embarrassed, so he gave up explaining the scene.

"The draw ceremony is about to begin. The guest participating in this draw is the Dutch football star Gullit. The rules are..."

The CCTV commentator briefly introduced the rules of the draw to the fans, and the guests on the scene did not waste time either. Gust put his hand into the glass bowl.

Bayern VS Porto

Juventus VS Arsenal

Leicester City VS Paris Saint-Germain
Coming to the next glass bowl, Mourinho began to get nervous because Chelsea had been drawn before that, and the next unseeded team drawn would be Chelsea's opponent in the round of 1.

"ok, let's do it"

Gust faced the camera, smiled slightly, reached out and stirred the glass bowl twice, and finally took it out.

Unfold the white paper strip.

Atletico Madrid (SPA)

"..."

After learning the result of the draw, Mourinho, who was sitting in the corner, remained silent.

[Friendly reminder, your network is not stuck, it is the site that is stuck]

[wcnm stupid UEFA, they play Atletico Madrid in the round of 16, why don't you just die? ]

[Chelsea is strong this season, but you can’t do that…]

[Brothers, I understand. The draw result was arranged long ago. Here is the video. Here is the video! ]

[It's ok, why are you so nervous? Atletico Madrid is just showing off in La Liga. Won't they get beaten to a pulp when they meet Chelsea? ]

[Li Laoba: As long as Chelsea can confirm Jiang Yuan's sole core position, Chelsea will be invincible this season. Laoba said so, so Chelsea can easily beat Atletico Madrid, right?]

[The problem is that Chelsea now has three core players. Don’t you take Hazard and Pogba into consideration? ]

[Chelsea is really miserable. I think Mourinho is almost depressed...]

[Look at Tuchel, hahahaha! ]

The live director turned the camera to Tuchel on the other side. At this time, Tuchel was winking at Mourinho frantically, and the sarcasm on his face could not be more obvious.

Mourinho just glanced at Tuchel, then immediately avoided the German's gaze because he felt like a clown.

If Dortmund beat Chelsea, then now it would be Dortmund playing against Atletico Madrid.

If I had known this would happen, I would have surrendered immediately!

Mourinho is feeling a bit upset now, thinking of the winning goal scored by Jiang Yuan in the 79th minute...

If Jiang Yuan hadn't scored that goal, Chelsea wouldn't have had to play Atletico Madrid.

"OK, now the next"

Gusté drew Real Madrid among the seeded teams and then reached out to the unseeded teams.

Dortmund (GER)

The result is: Real Madrid VS Dortmund
"boom!"

There was a loud noise in the hall. The source of the sound was Mourinho. After seeing the word "Dortmund", the Portuguese rushed to the far right, which was the position behind Tuchel.

Clap clap clap!

Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa!
Mourinho was standing behind Tuchel and gave a warm applause to the German coach of Dortmund.

After finishing, Mourinho squatted down and whispered in Tuchel's ear: "Congratulations, Mr. Tomas"

Tuchel: …

Five minutes later, the draw results for the Champions League round of 5 were all announced.

Bayern Munich VS Porto

Juventus VS Arsenal

Leicester City VS Paris Saint-Germain
Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid VS Dortmund
Manchester City VS Napoli
Barcelona VS Leverkusen
Benfica vs Sevilla
UEFA Championship
The familiar Champions League logo reappeared on the screen, and after an hour of thrilling draw, CCTV5 began to replay the sixth round of the group stage match between Dortmund and Chelsea.

The draw has been completed. It is now three o'clock in the morning Beijing time. The diehard fans of each team gathered in Dongqiudi to talk all night and expressed their views on the knockout stage.

First of all, none of the 16 teams is a weak team. Although they are divided into seeded teams and unseeded teams, the difference in strength among them is actually not that big.

Especially the three groups of Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, Leicester City and Paris, and Juventus and Arsenal, just looking at the performance of the teams this season, you have no way of predicting who will win.

There is also the issue of Real Madrid and Dortmund. As the defending champions, Real Madrid is definitely the more favored side, but some fans also said that Dortmund still has a great chance of winning.

Although Dortmund's form this season is not as good as last season, it can still hover between second and third in the league, and even defeated the dominant team Bayern in the league.

The Dongqiudi APP released its predictions for this season's Champions League champions two hours after the draw, with Chelsea surpassing Real Madrid and Salzburg to take first place with a 2% probability.

Of course, there is a lot of water in this probability. Rather than predicting the champion, it is not so much about asking the fans of the football club which team they hope will win the championship. Chelsea has a Chinese player, so Chelsea has the most fans.

32% of fans hope Chelsea will win the championship, including fans wearing the Real Madrid and Barcelona team logos. It can be said that Jiang Yuan’s influence in China is already very exaggerated.

Many Chinese fans have complicated feelings, as they want to see the home team win the title, but they also want to see a Chinese team win the Champions League for the first time in history.

But that's all in the future, because the Champions League knockout matches will not start until February next year, which is still a full three months away, and there is even a winter transfer window in between, so there is no need to rush.

Mourinho has not yet returned from Switzerland, and Jiang Yuan and Hazard are about to prepare to leave for France.

According to the arrangement of the France Football newspaper, the Golden Ball Award will be announced at 8 a.m. local time. As candidates, Jiang Yuan and Hazard were invited to attend the award ceremony in the evening.

“I feel like we are just running along.”

On the plane, Jiang Yuan held the back of his head with his hands and put his feet on the table. As the data company analyzed before, Ronaldo has the blessing of the Champions League and European Cup championships, and Jiang Yuan and Hazard have basically no competitive ability.

"You should still have a chance, I really have no chance"

Hazard was in a private room next to Jiang Yuan. Both doors were closed, but they could hear each other's words: "It doesn't matter. Let's just go over there and have some fun. We can save one day of training."

Because they have to attend the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the club gave Jiang Yuan and Hazard a privilege, which is that they don't have to attend 2 training sessions tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, in 4 days.

"anyway"

Azar opened the door. Jiang Yuan, who heard the noise, sat up and opened his own door: "What's wrong?"

"Who do you think will rank higher between you and Leo in the end?"

A reporter from The Sun asked the same question to Hazard before.

The data company analysis believes that Messi has a greater chance of winning than Jiang Yuan, but if we only look at the performance in 2016, Jiang Yuan is undoubtedly better than Messi.

In terms of league goals, Jiang Yuan is about to surpass Messi.

In terms of Champions League goals, Jiang Yuan far surpasses Messi.

So everyone wanted to know what Jiang Yuan himself thought of the data company's analysis, but at that time Jiang Yuan chose to evade this question.

Now there are only Jiang Yuan and Hazard in private.

"We should know the result once the plane lands."

Jiang Yuan pointed at the clock in front of him. It was already late at night.

As usual, France Football will announce the final winner of the Ballon d'Or and the top three vote-getters in the latest issue of the newspaper.

Keep the suspense secret first to attract all the guests, in case these stars know they won't win and don't come to the award ceremony.

The list is announced at 8 am and the award ceremony is held at 8 pm. Whether you are the winner or the loser, these 12 hours are extremely difficult.

……

(End of this chapter)