i am a football star

Chapter 75 Double Crown King

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Bordeaux's coaching staff immediately rushed into the stadium to celebrate, and all the Bordeaux fans cheered.

"Double Kings...We Are Double Kings!! Double Kings...We Are Double Kings!!!"

The players and coaches of the loser Rangers went back to the locker room in dismay, while the winner Bordeaux celebrated wildly, and soon the Bordeaux players lifted the head coach Blanco to celebrate.

Liu Jianhong said: "Congratulations to Bordeaux. They won the UEFA Cup this season. They defeated Leverkusen, Hamburg, Zenit St. Petersburg, and Bayern Munich all the way. Especially when they faced Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, many people thought it was impossible for them to pass the test. But Liu Ting showed off his power at home and bid farewell to Kahn's team with a hat-trick."

"Bordeaux are the real German nemesis this season, beating three German teams in the UEFA Cup."

"Liu Ting also became the top scorer in the UEFA Cup. In the group stage, he missed two games due to injury and only scored 4 goals. You must know that Luca Toni scored 4 goals in one game in the group stage. However, Liu Ting caught up after entering the knockout round and has now become the player with the most goals in the UEFA Cup."

"Liu Ting has scored in every knockout round since the knockout round. Liu Ting scored a crucial away goal against Leverkusen to help the team eliminate the opponent. Liu Ting also scored an away goal against Hamburg. Liu Ting scored the team's first goal against Zenit St. Petersburg at home. Liu Ting even staged a hat-trick against Bayern, and now he scored twice in the final..."

While Liu Jianhong was talking about the achievements of Bordeaux and Liu Ting, the awards were also prepared on the spot.

The runner-up Glasgow Rangers went up to collect the medal and left with an upset face. Their head coach said in an interview that they should have won a penalty at the beginning of the second half, but no one except the Scots cared about this issue.

The whole Bordeaux team was on the podium, and UEFA President Michel Platini presented the award in person.

Platini is still in a good mood to present this award. The French team won the UEFA Cup, and he, a Frenchman, is also happy.

Platini shook hands one by one to hang up gold medals. When he arrived at Liu Ting, Liu Ting also bowed his head and asked him to hang up gold medals, shaking hands in thanks.

"Nice job, boy."

The award presenters left, and it was time to take photos in Bordeaux, and many reporters were waiting by the side.

The Europa League trophy looks like a quilt with a wide mouth and a narrow bottom.

First, captain Diarra toasted and took pictures, followed by Liu Ting toasted and took pictures, everyone came one by one.

Zhang Qiming, Lin Yigang and others also got together to take two photos. Liu Ting asked Wagner to arrange to take two photos and post them on the Internet for publicity.

After the photo was taken, there was an interview. Liu Ting, the most famous star in the team, was naturally the first to be taken care of. A young coach like Blanco who has achieved good results in the first year of coaching is also very popular, but now is the championship moment, even the fringe people of the team are interviewed by reporters.

Liu Ting said: "I am very happy to help Bordeaux win the double crown. This is a great season for Bordeaux, and it is also a great season for French football. This is the first UEFA Cup championship for a French team."

"We'll wait until summer to talk about the summer. I haven't decided where I'm going yet. I'm very grateful to those teams that value me, but I have to think carefully about going to that team."

This is also big news. Although everyone knows that Liu Ting is likely to leave in summer, this is the first time he has publicly stated that he will leave Bordeaux.

As Liu Tingzheng was speaking, a reporter with an Asian face came out and asked, "Mr. Liu, what do you think of the fact that Mr. Park Ji-sung, the number one star in Asia, became the first Asian to participate in the Champions League final?"

As soon as I heard the English, I knew it was a Korean, and it was obvious that I had a sense of presence while running.

For the Champions League final next week, Manchester United's Park Ji-sung is likely to enter the 18-man squad.

The 18-man roster consists of 11 starters and 7 substitutes, all players who may play.

In fact, Liu Ting knew that Park Ji-sung was not included in this big list at all, so it was impossible to play in the Champions League final. Park Ji-sung was included in the 09-man roster and started in the 11 and 18 finals, but Manchester United lost the championship.

Although Park Ji-sung will not be on the 18-man roster, he is also on the 25-man roster.

The role of the 25-man list is actually a rough selection. The 18 players are selected from the 25-man list. Once they win the championship, all of the 25-man list can get gold medals.

In fact, every coach already has 18 candidates in his mind. The remaining 25 players on the 7 list are usually reserved for those players who have contributed to the team but cannot play in the finals.

In the 2017 Champions League final, Zidane let his son enter the 25-man list of Real Madrid, and finally got a gold medal.

That is to say, if Manchester United wins the championship, Park Ji-sung will also have a gold medal, while Dong Fangzhuo, who is also in Manchester United, did not enter the 25-man list and does not even have a gold medal.

Liu Ting said: "Manchester United has not announced the final 18-man roster. I don't think Park Ji-sung will enter the final 18-man roster, but I still have to congratulate him. He may win the gold medal without playing."

The South Korean reporter obviously had a bad face. Liu Ting was mocking Park Ji-sung for the possibility of getting a gold medal. Although everyone in Korea was talking about Park Ji-sung's appearance in the final, no one knew whether Park Ji-sung would be on the list. Park Ji-sung's position in Manchester United was not irreplaceable.

The South Korean reporter had no choice but to change the topic: "Then who do you think will win the Champions League final this year?"

Liu Ting said: "No matter who wins the championship, congratulations to them for winning the opportunity to compete with Bordeaux for the UEFA Super Cup next year."

The European Super Cup is a match between the champions of the Champions League and the UEFA Cup at the beginning of next season, but the champion of the Champions League has always been stronger, and most of the time it is the champion of the Champions League who wins. Liu Ting said this now, obviously thinking that Bordeaux will win the Super Cup next year.

Reporters took pictures one after another, which is another topic.

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That night, the entire Bordeaux team and the Bordeaux fans present celebrated in the stadium until late before returning to the hotel.

Although in principle Bordeaux still has the last league game, but Bordeaux has already won the championship ahead of time and the last game is irrelevant, so everyone drank a lot of wine, and Liu Ting also went back to the hotel drunk.

He didn't get up until noon the next day, but Liu Ting saw that the coaching staff were all frowning, so he asked, "Laurent, what's the matter? Are you unhappy that you won the championship?"

"Liu, there was a conflict last night." Assistant coach Gasset said.

"What conflict?"

"Glasgow Rangers fans clash with Bordeaux fans, someone gets injured."

Liu Ting was also taken aback, and asked, "Then what's going on now?"

"One of our fans was stabbed and seriously injured, but after being rescued in the hospital, his life is not in danger. There are more than a dozen injured. The Manchester police arrested 6 Rangers fans who led the disturbance. Many local shops in Manchester were smashed."

"This is in Europe, are we in Africa now? How could such a thing happen?"

Through Gasset's explanation, Liu Tingcai knew that after Bordeaux won the championship last night, he celebrated with the fans who entered the stadium until late at the city stadium.

The rioting Rangers fans smashed many public facilities, and rushed into roadside shops and smashed them. The Bordeaux fans who were unlucky to meet them were chased and fled. One fan who failed to escape quickly was stabbed several times.

Liu Ting felt that this was like a fairy tale, but he had to accept this fact.

In Europe, where fans have always been fanatical, it is easy to cause trouble, but now it is generally in remote areas such as Eastern Europe. This kind of thing will not happen in Western Europe, which thinks it is rich and civilized.

The major European leagues have their own characteristics. The Germans are fanatical, but they don’t make trouble casually;

There were many football hooligans in the UK in the early years, but since the 80s, the British government has vigorously cracked down, and most of the English football hooligans have disappeared. However, due to the characteristics of the British government, Scotland belongs to the UK but has great autonomy. Scotland has escaped this blow and many football hooligans remain.

Glasgow Rangers is the club with the most football hooligans, often causing trouble.

The Celtics, the mortal enemies of the Rangers, have Irish elements. The Rangers' team song sings about the slaughter of the British when they conquered the Irish.

In Glasgow, Rangers fans killed Celtic fans more than once. The two teams are in the same city, and there is a subway station sandwiched between the two teams’ home stadiums, but Celtic fans only dare to sit past the stop and walk back to the Celtic home stadium, because wearing a Celtic jersey and getting off at the subway station in the middle is life-threatening.

A father once took his 15-year-old son to Celtic Park to watch a game, and got off at the subway station in the middle. The father went to buy a pack of cigarettes and came back to find that his son had been wiped on the neck.

The Rangers fan who was caught killing said he deserved to be killed for wearing a Celtic jersey.

Listening to these things, Liu Ting couldn't even believe that this happened in a Western European country known as a civilized country.

Many people say that the Glasgow Derby is the most popular Derby in Europe, but its influence in Scotland is too small.

Regardless, the Rangers fans made it a summer to remember for Manchester.

Football is modern warfare, and it's so fucking true.

(End of this chapter)