June 12, 2004, Lisbon, in a suite at the Four Seasons Hotel Lisbon.
What was shown on the TV was the match between the host country Portugal and Greece at the Dragon Stadium in Porto.
"Wow, it's in!"
In the 6th minute of the game, the Greek team kicked a long shot into the lower left corner of the Portuguese team's goal, 1-0.
"Are you in?" George Li pulled up his pants and came out of the bathroom in the suite. There was still the sound of toilet flushing in the bathroom.
The Greeks relentlessly pursued the ball up front, forcing the Portuguese to hastily play the ball. Portuguese right back Paulo Ferreira made a mistake. In his own backcourt, he actually kicked the ball directly to his opponent Karagonis. After the Greek stole the ball, he took a few steps forward, 25 meters away from the goal, and shot a low shot with his right foot.
The ball ran quickly against the turf and went straight into the lower left net.
Chris Casper held the egg tart in his mouth and gestured "woo woo woo", which probably meant to tell George Li that he had indeed entered.
George Li shook his hand and picked up the paper towel on the table to wipe his hands. It seemed that he had not dried his hands after washing them in the toilet just now. He took the time to come out and watch the Greek goal.
There are various Portuguese delicacies on the table, such as seafood stew in copper pots, Belém egg tarts, Bacalhau salt cod, grilled sardines, large white rice, Mirandela sausage, stuffed squid, etc., as well as beer and Portuguese green wine.
"The Greeks fought Portugal from the beginning, and Scolari made a mistake." Jordi Cruyff picked up a glass of green wine and took a sip, frowning, as if he didn't quite taste it.
"Stab it!"
George Li opened a can of beer and handed it to Cruyff.
"I just said, if you want to have an opening ceremony or an Age of Discovery, don't make it all blue, it's unlucky..."
George Li opened a can of beer for himself, took a big sip, and continued.
"Hiccup!" There was a hiccup first, "Just like what I said, Rehagar will definitely not defend. Only by taking the initiative to attack and catching Portugal by surprise can we tear a piece of flesh off the host."
"The Greeks were too fierce in the frontcourt. Except for Figo, the rest of Portugal couldn't hold the ball at all. Rui Costa couldn't perform well, and I didn't see Pauleta at all." Pa finally swallowed his egg tart, picked up a glass of green wine and took a sip, "It's okay, it's not too bad. Can't you get used to it, Jordi?"
"Wow, here we go again!"
On TV, the Portuguese defender made another mistake. The Greek forward got the ball and shot hard, but he didn't hit it well. The ball flew close to the near post and flew out of the baseline.
"Huh!" The three of them let out a long breath together.
Casper spoke first and said: "It seems that Portugal is not used to the Greeks' frontcourt pressing."
Cruyff saw the way through, turned to George Li and said.
"Today Greece did not play 451, nor did it play 541. Instead, they played two forwards and forced to play 442. It is clear that they want to fight you."
"Don't think Greece is a weak team. Although they lost the first two games in the preliminaries, they won the next six games without conceding a single goal."
George Lee seems really bullish on Greece.
"You don't really think that Greece can win the championship, do you? At the party that day, you and Ryan joked about buying 100 pounds of Greece to win the European Cup."
Casper thought of the conversation between George Lee and Giggs at Beckham's party that day. George Lee joked that he wanted to buy 100 pounds of Wales to win the European Cup. When Giggs said that Wales did not enter the European Cup this year, George Lee said, then I would buy 100 pounds of Greece to win the European Cup.
"Judging from these ten minutes, it is possible for Greece to qualify from the group and forget about winning the championship." Although Cruyff was also optimistic about Greece, he still felt that Greece could not go too far.
"I'm talking nonsense, Jordi." Li George said, "There are Portugal and Spain in this group, and Russia is not too weak. Greece is so likely to qualify."
Cruyff watched the TV carefully and pondered for a while.
"I originally thought that taking a look at Deco's performance today, as the core midfielder of this year's Champions League champion, he should start." Cruyff was very optimistic about Deco.
"Yes, he not only has the skills that a Brazilian player should have, but also has an overall perspective that other Brazilian players do not have. Mourinho has succeeded in using him as the core of offense and defense."
"If the price is not too high, I think he is really suitable for our current needs." Cruyff Jr. is still thinking about the team's offensive playmaker.
"Jordi, I said that the starting combination of Alan, Edgar and Thomas next season is enough for us to cope with the Premier League next season. It is impossible for me to spend 20 million euros to buy a substitute."
Lee George once again rejected Cruyff's idea of buying the main midfielder.
"Hehe, let me tell you, Jordi." Casper put down his glass, "George has already told us that he will not buy American players, or that he will only buy players from certain countries. He has a special penchant for buying players..."
In fact, it is also a joke.
In the past, George Lee once told his wife, Vanessa Rose, who was still his girlfriend at the time, that when he became a coach in the future, he would buy an English club, use all British players to win the Premier League, and then win the Premier League. In the Champions League, he will not use any non-English players. He finds this very challenging.
Vanessa Rose also thought this was very interesting. She asked if the club could be a little more relaxed. Could the club not only use British players but also add a few Dutch players? She also took out paper and pen to write out her and The future ideal "dream team" between George Lee and George Lee.
In the end, the list of English players such as David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Michael Owen, etc. was mixed with the names of Johan Cruyff and Lee Winter. There is also a big defacement at the forward position, a solid black circle, and it is unknown whether it is a forward from England or the Netherlands. Anyway, the defaced name next to it is Solskjaer.
The reason is that Vanessa Rose's good friend Anne-Marie knew about their "great" plan, and proposed that when George Lee purchased the club, he should invest 1 pound to become a shareholder of the club, and as a shareholder, he proposed to add Nordic to this list. player, so her fellow player Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appears on this list.
This video happened to be recorded in a video recorder that belonged to Vanessa Li during her lifetime. George Li accidentally turned it over when looking through Vanessa's belongings after time travel, and later found this video in a notebook of the previous George Li. List.
Now George Li burned this piece of paper in front of Vanessa's grave, and wanted to help the two of them fulfill this dream, or in other words, the three of them, including the one who actually died in the car accident. "That One" George Lee
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"Du~du~, du~~~" The referee's whistle sounded two short and one long on the TV, and the game ended.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who was dubbed "Little Ronaldinho" by fans at the time, came on as a substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo in the second half.
In the 50th minute, the Greek team launched a counterattack after stealing in the midfield. After a series of operations such as rimming, advancing, and through balls, Cristiano Ronaldo tripped the Greek player Setaridis in the penalty area and the referee whistled a penalty kick. . The Greek team made a free throw and led 2-0.
In stoppage time, Cristiano Ronaldo received a corner kick from his teammate and scored with a header, making up for it and regaining a victory, but it was too late.
With Ronaldo's header, the host Portugal lost 1-2 in the opening game of the European Cup.
"It's finally over, damn, Greece really won." Chris Kasper was obviously surprised by Portugal's loss in this game.
"Do Peter and Alf live close to the stadium?" George Lee asked Jordi Cruyff.
"It's not far. They said before that it's only about ten minutes' walk from the Dragon Stadium."
Lee George and the others showed up in Lisbon and did not go to Porto to watch the opening game because the main purpose of their visit this time was to watch the game between France and England at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon tomorrow. Watching the opening game and the rest of the games in Porto are two other members of the coaching staff, Peter Schmeichel and Alfinger Haaland.
"Then send them a message and we'll meet in the chat room in an hour." George Li turned and walked out the door.
"George, wait for me." Casper chased after him, "Are you going to swim?"
"Yes, it's very hot."
"Together, together, can you tell me about the time you and Jordi went to the Netherlands a few days ago. He said that you not only bought Edgar Davids and the Feyenoord forward, but also bought a Defender. And, and, did you really go to the red light district..."
