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Volume 11, 2004 Chapter 622: The Curse of the South Locker Room

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    The Glen League Cup, standardly called the Football League Cup, is a competition between all 92 clubs of the English Football League Cup, regardless of level.  This cup was established by the Football League in 2001. The purpose was to allow each club to have a knockout-based competition outside the league to challenge the FA Cup controlled by the Football Association of England, because at that time the FA Cup was very popular among fans.  The status in my heart is much higher than the league.

    However, after the 20-team League One in 1992, the status of the League Cup plummeted. Now, it has only become a shortcut for some mid- and lower-level Super League teams to enter European competitions. Of course, it is also  A breakthrough for a team like Newcastle, which has a long history and certain strength but lacks honors, to win the championship.

    Middlesbrough is also such a team. Founded in 1876, they are even worse than Newcastle. Newcastle has won four top league championships and six FA Cup championships, although that was a long time ago.  , but Middlesbrough has never won a national championship. The most glorious moment in their club's history was only the two runners-up in the League Cup and the FA Cup in 1992 and 1997, but that season  It is bittersweet for Meade: With Italian forward Ravanelli and Brazilian midfielder Juninho, they were relegated in the league. This time, it is their third time entering the League Cup final.

    But for them, their luck doesn't seem to be very good this time - in the locker room allocation before the game, they were assigned to the famous south locker room - because Newcastle is just a little further north than Middlesbrough.  , the allocation of locker rooms can be based on geographical location.  Teams that are closer to the south enter the south locker room, and teams that are closer to the north enter the north locker room.

    When Pei Wei first heard this statement, he thought it was quite interesting. He didn't know these things, but when he saw the distribution results, all the Newcastle fans were happy, and the newspapers also openly reported it.  When this illusory thing was studied as a major matter, he became interested in the so-called "Southern Locker Room Curse".

    ¡°You won¡¯t know if you don¡¯t check, but you will be shocked if you check, so far.  Seventeen finals of various types were held in that stadium.  Fourteen of them were won by teams from the North Locker Room, two of the other three were won by Arsenal, and the remaining one was an insignificant second-division promotion play-off, but there is an interesting point.  yes.  Before these victories, the Millennium Stadium specially invited a Feng Shui master from China to advise them, and finally changed the placement of several facilities.  Local Welsh artist Vicari was asked to paint a seven-foot-long mural of a phoenix, galloping horse and sun for the south dressing room to block the curse. Sure enough, Stoke City and Arsenal won one after another.

    However, in the subsequent Community Shield final, Arsenal, who used the South Stand, still lost to Manchester United

    When setting off to the stadium, the team bus was filled with a joyful atmosphere. Every player firmly believed that he could win the final victory. The reason was simple - the curse was on the opponent's side, while his own side represented luck.

    Even assistant coach Kufuor couldn't help but say: "Fortunately we are further north than Middlesbrough, otherwise it would be bad to be drawn to the south locker room. But there are basically no professional teams further north than us.  Right? We are close to the sea"

    Pei Wei laughed: "It doesn't matter even if I get drawn into the South Changing Room Don't forget that I am Chinese. The best Feng Shui masters are all in China. If there is a magic spell, I can also invite a famous Feng Shui master.  The master came to help us break the curse Don't forget that the curse was broken because of a Feng Shui master."

    After hearing this, the players looked a little strange - yes.  Although these Feng Shui masters sound awesome, our boss is Chinese and is so rich. Are we still worried about not being able to hire a good Feng Shui master?  Even if you get drawn into the south locker room, what's there to be afraid of?

    : I have never heard that the boss knows any magicians, and he also knows that the boss is a person who least believes in superstition - it is hard to imagine that an extremely confident guy would place his hopes on the so-called "gods"  of.

    The cheerful atmosphere continued until entering the locker room - of course the locker room that represents luck and championship. After entering the locker room, the players seemed to be in such high spirits that they were even talking messily while changing clothes.  What.

    Pei Wei saw that Mourinho's expression was a little ugly, and he immediately knew that Mourinho was very dissatisfied - of course he was dissatisfied with the players' performance of being so underestimating the enemy - according to Pei Wei's reaction to Mourinho  To the extent of his understanding, he even thought that after seeing this scene, Mourinho would not think it would be better to just go to the south locker room, right?  After all, various means can be used to stimulate the fighting spirit of the players.?Not like now

    I have the next game in mind.

    And now Mourinho doesn¡¯t know what to say. After all, the morale of the players is really high now. If he says something casually, it may cause confusion among the players, which would not be good.

    "Well, everyone, be quiet." Pei Wei coughed dryly, drawing everyone's attention to himself. He could see that Mourinho didn't seem to have any good way to deal with this situation, but he  But there is a way to make the players more vigilant: "Before the game starts, I will tell you a story, a story about a stupid ancient general."

    The players' attention was attracted by him, and Mourinho glanced at him unconsciously. Pei Wei ignored this and continued talking to himself: "In ancient China, there was a general. Every time he  When he set out to fight, he would pray to God and ask God to give him the strength to destroy the heretics. He specially raised a witch in his army and asked the witch to dance for blessings before each expedition. At first, because of his  The army had strict discipline and was not afraid of death, so it won several battles. However, the general thought it was the witch's blessings, so he rewarded the witch heavily, but did not reward his soldiers The final result can be imagined.  In the end, he failed and died in the chaos. When he died, he was wondering, why didn't God protect him this time? "Do you know the answer?"

    "That goes without saying." Ibrahimovic replied with a smile: "He was able to win the battle because of the bravery of his soldiers, not because of the prayers of the witches Instead, he thought it was the witches' contribution and ignored the soldiers, so naturally he would  Failed."

    "Yes, in the final analysis, you still have to rely on your own strength to win Do you think this general is stupid?"

    Looking at Pei Wei¡¯s serious expression, Nie Fei hid in the corner and said nothing. He knew that his boss was going to play tricks again, and the other foreigners responded stupidly: "Stupid!"

    Pei Wei had a smile on his lips, and Mourinho next to him also had a smile on his face - he already knew what Pei Wei was going to say next.

    Sure enough, Pei Wei immediately said leisurely: "Sodon't you think your behavior today is equally stupid?"

    The players were all stunned and looked at each other, wondering why the boss suddenly said such a sentence. Pei Wei did not give them time to think and immediately continued: "This general is superstitious about witches and the power of prayer, and what you just said  Performance is the power of the so-called "South Locker Room Curse"Have you forgotten that it is the general's strategy, the adequacy of supplies, and the bravery of the soldiers that determine the outcome of the battlefield, and it is the coach who determines the outcome of the game?  Tactics, adequate preparation and your performance on the court. Gentlemen, judging from your performance just now, you are not worthy of being a professional player. Professional players will not be superstitious about the so-called luck. Only their strength is the basis.  The most advantageous weapon in professional football.¡±

    There was a trace of shame on the players' faces. Finally, captain Shearer spoke: "Boss, you are right We are too obsessed with the so-called curse, but we have forgotten our skills, bravery and  Winning is our most important weapon to win We will never be like this again, and we will do our best to win in this game and in future games.¡±

    "Is this a common understanding among you?" Pei Wei looked at all the players with squinting eyes.

    The players responded in unison: "Yes, this is our common understanding!"

    "Very good." Pei Wei said with satisfaction, and then he took a step back: "Now, let our head coach explain the tactics of this game to everyone Jose, I'm sorry if I don't say this.  Maybe they don¡¯t even have the intention to listen to the tactical arrangements.¡±

    He whispered the last few words to Mourinho. Mourinho showed an extremely happy smile and replied in a low voice: "It's okay, boss, I'm used to your actions in the locker room."  ¡­I¡¯m really not used to not having you in the first half of the season.¡±

    After saying this, Mourinho wiped away the smile on his face and took a step forward: "In today's game, we have only one tone, and that is offense!"

    "Middlesbrough's offense is quite unique. The two wingers, Mendieta and Zenden, are both excellent players. Although the attacking midfielder Juninho is older, his skills are quite outstanding, and the two wingers are very good.  The forwards Maccarone and Yobu are both powerful forwards, but their defense is as poor as ever, so in this game, we have to use an upright attack to solve them!  , use constant attacks to destroy the opponent's defense! "

    ???He paused for a moment, and then?: "I don't care how many goals the opponent scores today, anyway, we will score at least one more than them!"
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