At the end of the semi-final between Liverpool and Bayern Munich, Louis Van Gaal did not attend the post-match press conference and left Anfield with his team.
He could foresee himself being ruthlessly humiliated by Fleet Street and would rather be punished by the UEFA than humiliate himself.
In fact, that was indeed the case. Fleet Street was indeed prepared to hit Van Gaal when he was down. Unfortunately, Van Gaal did not show up. At most, the reporters would write one sentence in their evaluation: Van Gaal fled in defeat!
Comain had a quarrel with Fleet Street the day before, but since the game was won safely, the two sides naturally buried the hatchet.
In the post-match interview, Comain was calmer in the face of the reporters' questions.
"No, Liverpool has won the league title and is now in the Champions League final. My task is not over yet. Now is not the time to relax. I still need to maintain the team's motivation and the players' condition. Until the 23rd of next month, our demands for work will become higher. There is no difference between falling in the final and falling in the group stage. There is only one final game, and mistakes can be made in the group stage.
"The final opponent is Inter Milan, a team that deserves our attention. They are a championship-level team and have won many honors for many years. Mourinho is a great manager. As I said before, the Champions League final will be difficult. We must be prepared for any difficulties that may arise."
"Qin Xiong didn't score? Oh, that's not a problem. He played a good game today and contributed a lot to the team. He was one of the contributors to our victory. I'm happy for him. I won't ask him to score in every game. Of course, he will ask himself to do so, which is good. But he is still the top scorer in the Champions League. He has scored 14 goals, which is far ahead of the other players. He is the best player in the world. "
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After the match, Qin Xiong was besieged by reporters.
Everyone was making an issue of his post-match comments from the last game.
"You said that you would perform better in the next game, but you scored two goals in the last game and did not score a goal today. Does this mean that your performance is starting to decline? This is not a good sign. Liverpool's last Champions League game is the final. "
Qin Xiong was really helpless against these reporters.
Since the reporters wanted to use the topic of whether he had scored a goal to annoy him, he would go with the flow.
"Yes, my performance in this match did not meet expectations. In fact, it was even worse than the previous match. I am very regretful and also very remorseful. I will reflect on myself, so please give me some time to go home and write a reflection letter. I will seriously think about why I did not score in this match and how I can change this situation, okay? Thank you very much, thank you very much. "
After Qin Xiong finished speaking, he broke through the encirclement of reporters and went to the parking lot of the stadium.
The reporters stood in place and smiled helplessly at each other.
Obviously, they had been fooled by Qin Xiong.
Reflect?
He even had to write a self-reflection letter?
What kind of joke was this?!
.....
In fact, the reporters just wanted to get more news from Qin Xiong, that was all.
Everyone could see that even if he did not score, Qin Xiong's role in containing Bayern Munich was very obvious.
In addition, he created the opponent's own goal and had two direct assists.
In the game's rating, Qin Xiong was also the highest in the game, tied with Gerard.
But sometimes the media was like this, looking for something to talk about when there was nothing to talk about.
After the game, the Liverpool players celebrated at the pub they frequented in the city.
There were still three weeks to the Champions League final, and they had already won the league title. They could take a breather and relax for a while to relieve the mental pressure brought about by the intense and intense games since the end of February.
The party lasted until late at night. Qin Xiong returned home at two-thirty. Sylvia was already asleep. After he took a shower, he went to Qin Ye's room to look at his son, who was sleeping soundly, and then went back to the bedroom to lie down and rest.
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The next day, Comain gave the main players a day off.
In the evening, Qin Xiong was putting on his shoes in the living room. The BBC football program was playing on the TV, reviewing the Champions League semi-finals and looking forward to the Champions League final in three weeks.
"Mourinho's football is highly efficient football. The team is a precision machine in his hands. Every part has a specific function. Every action has a specific meaning. Everything is for the sake of victory, and he will do anything he can to achieve it.
It seems that you can criticize Mourinho's football for not being good to watch, for not being active, and for not having a high ball possession rate. But it is an irrefutable fact that it is difficult to beat him.
It is true that everyone wants to see beautiful and gorgeous football, but we have to know that only the winner's name will be recorded in the history of champions. Victory represents everything. Ten years later, twenty years later, people will look back today and not remember who played more beautifully in the game, who performed better. They will only remember who the winner was and who the champion was. And this is Mourinho's belief, Mourinho's philosophy.
Under a certain goal, efficiency becomes the only pursuit. So, Inter Milan under Mourinho's command has changed from flashy to steady and iron-blooded. This is the team's temperament that has been lost for 40 years. The Moratti family has lost their magic weapon for 40 years. From Herrera to Mourinho, from Facchetti to Milito, the new generation of Inter Milan has found the most precious spiritual treasure of the great international era.
On May 23rd, Mourinho will lead Inter Milan to a fierce battle against Comain's Liverpool at the Bernabéu. He will work hard to bring back the Champions League title that Inter Milan hopes for!
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Dressed in a suit and leather shoes, Qin Xiong stood in the living room and watched the program on the television carefully.
At this moment, he was in a trance. Looking at the white-haired Mourinho, his thoughts went back to six years ago, when he was still wearing the Ajax uniform. At that time, he had just heard and seen Mourinho. He was young, spirited, high-spirited, and aggressive. What else was there? Was he arrogant? Maybe.
Six years later, they would once again meet Mourinho's team in the Champions League final. This was like a reincarnation, but it made Qin Xiong look forward to it even more.
In fact, at the end of the seventh year of his career, Qin Xiong was no longer a nobody who had just made his debut. Mourinho and Comain had also experienced more mature charms after settling down.
Qin Xiong lowered his head and murmured to himself, "My era is destined to be entangled with you, isn't it?"
In an era, there were only a few top players and a handful of top managers. On the top stage of European football, familiar faces and different wars would be the main theme of an era.
Qin Xiong smiled after he finished speaking.
This was good. Anyway, for him, his goal would not change. He was about to prepare to fight for the fourth Champions League title in his personal career.
In an era of the football world, there were only a few people standing at the top of the pyramid!
To talk about the historical status of all the players below those few people in the future, well, it was all nonsense!
Therefore, Qin Xiong had to keep himself in the position of "a few people" or "one person"!
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