Chapter 416 The Champion's Footsteps (Big Chapter)

Aston Villa's American owner Randy Lerner has finally decided to start formal talks with a suitor for the club.

Yes, this is a formal negotiation.

Whether it was Randy Lerner's asking price of 150 million pounds before or the recent price of 140 million pounds, this cannot be regarded as a real negotiation. Take the bait and earn a fortune.

Bank debt collection, Aston Villa's six-game losing streak in the league, 10 points behind fourth-placed Arsenal, and almost no hope of reaching the top four in the league. Under such circumstances, Randy Lerner finally couldn't hold on, and he was a little discouraged Yes, seriously considering selling the club.

Of course, deciding to start formal negotiations to sell the team does not mean that the negotiations will go smoothly. Obviously, the Yankees still want to make a lot of money.

Randy Lerner asked for £125 million. Although there is still a suspicion that the Lions have opened their mouths, Aston Villa cited various materials, confidential data and market analysis reports to support their price. It is reasonable. From the perspective of negotiation behavior, this is a signal that the negotiation has really started.

It is impossible for Fang Jue and Papa to accept the price of 125 million pounds. This price is obviously too high.

The rest is a matter of haggling.

For the negotiation, Fang Jue handed it over to Papa and the negotiation team, and he put all his energy into the La Liga and UEFA Cup matches.

In La Liga, after the 30th round of the league, Ibiza has accumulated 80 points, ranking first in the league, 11 points ahead of the second-placed Barcelona. Not only that, Ibiza is still the only unbeaten team in the five major leagues so far The team, and Ibiza, which has just experienced the devil's schedule, can be said to have a very promising prospect of winning.

In the UEFA Cup, Ibiza has reached the quarter-finals. In the first round of the quarter-finals, it drew 0-0 with Dynamo Kyiv at home, and it is very hopeful to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.

Objectively speaking, Fang Jue held a meeting with the club's top management and considered giving up the UEFA Cup and focusing on the league. However, he did not expect the team to reach the quarter-finals all the way, and it was only one step away from the semi-finals. In the end, Fang Jue decided to continue to fight on two fronts until the situation of winning the league championship was very good. However, he had already indicated to the club's senior management that once the situation in the league championship was not good, he would decisively give up the UEFA Cup. In his heart, La Liga The league title is unmatched by the UEFA Cup winner.

...

On April 16, in the second leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, Ibiza played as a guest in Kyiv, Ukraine.

In the end, after 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Ibiza drew Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 in the away game with Aubameyang's goal after coming off the bench after returning from injury, and eliminated Kiev with this precious away goal The Dynamo team successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.

So far, this season's UEFA Cup semi-finals have all been produced, namely Ibiza, Shakhtar Donetsk, Werder Bremen and Hamburg.

Ibiza's opponent in the semi-final is Hamburg, and the other semi-final is Shakhtar Donetsk against Werder Bremen.

Two Bundesliga teams reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, which made the German media very proud. The German media even couldn't wait to shout out the slogan that they hoped that the two German teams could meet in the UEFA Cup final.

The Spanish media also cheered for Ibiza to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, more precisely, cheered for Ibiza and Barcelona.

Just one day before, the quarter-finals of the 2008/2009 UEFA Champions League ended. On the basis of a 4-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the first leg, Barcelona played a 1-1 away game with the Bundesliga South Kings in the second leg. Five to one easily advanced to the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup.

The other three teams in the Champions League semi-finals this season are Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal. Yes, the other three teams are from the Premier League. This is the third consecutive season. , In the 2006/2007 season, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool defeated AC Milan, but they did not expect to achieve a great season for the beautiful young Kaka. Last season, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United defeated Barcelona, ​​and finally Barcelona was defeated by Manchester United in the semi-final , The final has become a Premier League civil war. Now, a year later, Barcelona is once again facing the Premier League.

...

Three days later, Ibiza welcomed Mallorca at home in the league.

This is the last game of the 31st round of the league. In the previous game, Barcelona beat Getafe 1-0 away. It was not easy for the Catalan giants to win. exhausted.

Therefore, the eyes of the whole of Spain are now on the game between Ibiza and Mallorca. Compared with Barcelona, ​​which beat Bayern Munich 4-0 in the first round and the second round was relatively easy, Ibiza and Kyiv The second round of Dynamo's game was even more difficult. The two sides fought fiercely. Ibiza's bench is far less thick than Barcelona. Visa.

Even Pep Guardiola was sitting in front of the TV, watching the game.

With fewer and fewer rounds remaining in the league, Barcelona are now looking forward to having blockers on the line for each round of the league.

The first half of this game has been uneventful. As the media expected, Ibiza looked very tired, but Mallorca did not seem to be able to act as a blocker. At the end of the first half, the field The score is zero to zero.

During the half-time break, the commentators were saying that the most likely game would be zero-to-zero. Ibiza only scored one point, which is good news for the number one chaser Barcelona.

Guardiola frowned and shook his head. Now every point Ibiza gets means that Barcelona has to catch up with one point. Of course he hopes that Ibiza will lose.

The dull scene suddenly changed. Just five minutes into the second half, the visiting team Mallorca scored.

The 22-year-old young midfielder Jurado of Mallorca suddenly hit Ibiza by surprise with a long shot. The goalkeeper Bravo missed the ball and the football went into the net. Mallorca scored 1-0 in the away game against Ibiza!

Guardiola waved his fist excitedly. He touched his mouth, and his mouth seemed to be opened. I really love this mouth.

Guardiola saw the hope of Ibiza losing.

And as the game time passed, the light of hope in Guardiola's eyes became brighter and brighter.

...

Eighty-one minutes into the game, the score is still zero to one, and the home team Ibiza is behind.

At this time, Fang Jue made the second substitution of the game. Mata, who was in poor form today, was replaced, and the Danish veteran Thomason was replaced.

Just three minutes later, this substitution had a miraculous effect.

Royce, who had returned from injury, made a pass from the right. Thomason stepped forward, and the experienced Danish veteran grabbed the shot before defender Nunez.

One to one, Ibiza equalized the score.

Guardiola cursed depressingly, and then sighed helplessly. As things had come to an end, he could only accept the result of Ibiza being tied. He said to himself, this is a relatively good result.

Then the whole Ibiza team has been working hard for another goal.

Then, the Polish center Lewandowski, who had performed in the previous game today and was average, started his explosive performance.

He first received a pass from Deisler and scored a header for Ibiza to overtake the score to 2-1.

Immediately afterwards, in the first minute of stoppage time, Lewandowski used a long shot from outside the penalty area to blast away the goal guarded by Mallorca's Spanish goalkeeper Moya!

Three to one!

Lewandowski scored twice to seal victory for Ibiza.

"Robert Lewandowski! Robert Lewandowski! The Polish striker opened the door for Ibiza, he scored twice in five minutes, 3-1, Ibiza will be After winning the game, they continue to maintain an 11-point lead over Barcelona, ​​and there are still seven rounds in the league, and this newly promoted polo team is moving forward to make history!" Dolores, the commentator, shouted.

"Objectively speaking, Guardiola did a good job, but compared to Fang Jue..."

Hey, Guardiola turned off the TV, his face was livid, compared to being criticized for doing a bad job, you did a good job, you tried your best, but you are still not as good as someone, and it hurts more...

...

Fang Jue also watched a game in front of the TV that night.

This comes two-and-a-half hours after the La Liga fixture in Ibiza, with Aston Villa hosting West Ham United.

In the end, Aston Villa lost to the Hammers 1-2 at home in this game.

Counting this game, Aston Villa has lost seven games in a row in the Premier League.

The seven-match losing streak has literally dragged Aston Villa from third place in the league to sixth place in the league. There are currently five rounds left in the Premier League, and Aston Villa is 11 points behind fourth place Arsenal , How difficult it is to complete the goal of grabbing four.

Fang Jue was also sighing, he couldn't wait to save Aston Villa from the dire rule of the Yankees.

The next day, Papa told Fang Jue that Randy Lerner had reduced the price by 5 million pounds and was willing to trade at a price of 120 million pounds.

"What do you think?" Fang Jue asked.

"Wait." Papa's tone was firm, "I feel that Aston Villa will continue to lose. This team has lost their fighting spirit."

"You make up your mind."

This week's La Liga is a double match a week. In the middle of the week, the exhausted Ibiza failed to continue to win this time. They were tied 0-0 by Osasuna in the away game.

On another field, Barcelona beat Sevilla 4-0.

In this case, Barcelona took the opportunity to narrow the gap with Ibiza, and they are now 9 points behind Ibiza.

However, Guardiola did not have much joy. Ibiza was only one round late, but the impact was very different, because the league lost another round, and now there are six rounds left in the league. Barcelona is behind Ibiza. If Barcelona wants to make a comeback, they must hope that Ibiza will lose at least three games in the remaining six league rounds. No, to be precise, considering that Barcelona is at a disadvantage in the comparison of the relationship between the two sides, Barcelona must In the event of a comeback, in the remaining six rounds of the league, Ibiza is allowed two wins, one draw and three losses at most. Judging from Ibiza's performance this season, this is almost impossible. lose it.

Four days later, in the thirty-third round of La Liga, Ibiza beat Deportivo 1-0 at home with Lewandowski's goal.

Perhaps he wanted to compete with Forlan and Eto'o for the La Liga Golden Boot, which stimulated Lewandowski's fighting spirit. When the team fell into a period of fatigue, the Pole's state became better and better. This goal It was also Lewandowski's 22nd goal in La Liga this season.

However, Lewandowski still needs to continue to work hard on the La Liga scorer list. Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan currently ranks first with 26 goals, and Barcelona's Eto'o ranks second with 25 goals. The condition of these two people is also just right.

...

"Watching the distraught Aston Villa players walk out of the pitch, I have a question mark in my heart. Such a team, a team that has lost morale, wants to bring them out of the trough and build a team. Fighting victorious team, how much effort does it take? I don't know, although I have full confidence in myself, but, I am still scratching my head... Yes, Aston Villa lost again, they are in Lost away to Bolton 0-1, this is already the eighth consecutive defeat of the former European champions in the Premier League..."

"For Aston Villa, the biggest blow is that after losing this game, they are already 14 points behind Arsenal. Lara missed the top four ahead of time... I am very puzzled. Two months ago, a team that was ranked third in the league has fallen to this level two months later. This made me realize the cruelty of the Premier League for the first time. My mind is full of question marks...Of course, there is no fear. How can the most outstanding me be missing in such a fierce Premier League? Although this is a bit boastful, I just think so. Who can have the best at my age? Possibly leading a newly promoted polo team towards the La Liga title? Only me!"

Fang Jue checked this diary carefully, modified some wording, nodded in satisfaction, and then seriously copied it in another diary. Well, if that’s the case, he still made a few mistakes accidentally. A word, crossed out and rewritten.

In the thirty-fourth round of the Premier League, Aston Villa lost 0-1 to Bolton, and the team suffered an unprecedented and tragic eight-game losing streak. .

Aston Villa missed the top four in the Premier League four rounds ahead of schedule. It was not Aston Villa fans or Aston Villa players who were hit the hardest, but the club's American owner Randy Lerner.

The team completely missed the UEFA Champions League next season, which made Randy Lerner's last persistence and last hole card come to naught.

This time, Randy Lerner finally gave up the "unrealistic" idea of ​​"making a lot of money", and based on Aston Villa's market value as a benchmark, he took the initiative to lower the price significantly for the first time.

PS: Thank you very much for the rewards of [Boring War], [Star City Writer Pig], [sj Bolan Fairy Tale], I chatted with 'Boring War' for a long time this morning, thank you brother for your suggestions and pointers. Warmly welcome the penguins who add books: 78697817.

Thank you very much for the rewards of [Boring War], [Star City Writing Pig], [sj Bolan Fairy Tale], I chatted with 'Boring War' for a long time this morning, and thank my brother for his suggestions and pointers. Warmly welcome the penguins who add books: 78697817.