"Roman" Daria Zhukova walked into the living room and came to Abramovich, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV.
"Why aren't you going to eat?"
she asked with a smile as she sat down next to Abramovich.
Abramovich chuckled, "Don't worry, let's finish watching the game first."
"Hehe, let me see you, when did you get so absorbed in watching a football match that you don't even need to eat?"
"That's natural," Abramovich chuckled.
"When we lost at Chelsea yesterday, the reporters attacked us in every possible way, and even said they were placing their hopes on Manchester United and Manchester City.
But look, Manchester City is withering now."
After saying that, the Russian laughed loudly.
Daria Zhukova shook her head and smiled bitterly, "What does your loss have to do with you?"
"Hey, three to two, didn't Manchester City win?"
"You don't understand this?"
Abramovich pointed at the TV with a smile.
"This is a two-legged game.
In the first leg, Manchester City lost 0-1 away from home, and now it's 3-2."
"Even so, the total score is still three to three."
Zhukova still didn't understand.
"Sporting Lisbon has two away goals, counting half a ball, so now it's 3 to 3.5.
Unless Manchester City scores another goal, they will lose."
Zhukova listened and still didn't know clearly, but she didn't ask any more questions.
Just then, the game ended.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game.
At this time, BBC's ace commentator John Mortensen expressed his regret for Manchester City's elimination.
"We just got news from another stadium.
In Bilbao, Spain, although Manchester United chased a goal, they ended up losing to Athletic Bilbao with a score of 1 to 2."
"In two rounds, Manchester United lost 3-5 and were eliminated."
"As a result, Manchester United and Manchester City, which everyone had high hopes for, failed to reverse the situation in the end, and both left the Europa League.
In addition, Chelsea and Arsenal were eliminated from the Champions League before, and Birmingham and Fulham were eliminated.
When the team is eliminated from the Europa League, the Premier League team will be completely wiped out in the European competition.”
John Mortensen pronounced this regrettable news in a tone full of sadness.
It is not that the Premier League has never been wiped out, but it has not been like this for a long, long time.
It has just entered March and the Premier League teams have no chance to compete in the European competition. too early "However, we still have one hope, and that is Southampton from the Championship."
"After the live broadcast of this game, our BBC Channel 1 will continue to broadcast the next Europa League game, Southampton's away game against Valencia."
"This is the only hope left for the whole of English football" "It's ironic that the hope that even the Premier League teams were unable to fulfill has now fallen on a Championship team."
"But no matter what, we all hope that Southampton can represent English football and continue to extend this hope.
At the very least, I hope they can win back even a little bit of dignity for English football and the league."
As John Mortensen's voice ended, the live broadcast of this game also came to an end and began to enter the commercial break.
But the subtitles came out, and five minutes later it was live broadcast of the next Southampton game.
"Hmm, Southampton" Abramovich sneered and shook his head.
"Both Manchester United and Manchester City lost, Southampton can win" Among the three games, Valencia is the strongest and Southampton is in the worst situation.
Both Manchester teams have lost like this.
It would be strange if Southampton could win.
"If Southampton can beat Valencia away from home and advance, I will turn around and eat football for dinner."
Abramovich stood up, pointed at the TV, and shouted fiercely.
He just doesn't believe in this evil.
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"Welcome, Mr.
Yang Huan, welcome to the Mestalla Stadium" In the presidential stand of Valencia's Mestalla Stadium, Valencia's president, Manuel Llorente, stretched out his hand towards Yang Huan from a distance and greeted him, looking very warm and hospitable.
He had led the team to Southampton before and walked away from St.
Mary's Stadium with a score of one to one.
"Thank you, Mr.
Llorente" Yang Huan also reached out and shook his hand.
"Hello, beautiful Miss Zhuang" Manuel Llorente also shook hands with Zhuang Ziqing who accompanied Yang Huan to the away game.
The chairman of Valencia is similar to the Bat Legion's style in La Liga, and is a bit out of place.
He is taller, with a square head and a round face, Mediterranean style, and slightly fat, but he gives the impression that he is a ruthless character.
"Mr.
Yang Huan, the last time we went to St.
Mary's Stadium, you caused us a lot of trouble, but this time, at our Mestalla Stadium, you Saints can't expect to escape unscathed."
Manuel Llorente said with a chuckle.
He seemed to be joking, but actually he was provoking.
Yang Huan smiled faintly and said, "Mr.
Llorente, we are not going to retreat until we kill you Valencia."
Llorente curled his lips and said with a smile: "It depends on whether you have the ability."
Yang Huan smiled and said nothing more.
A glance at the stands of the stadium showed that Southampton fans were arranged to go to relatively peripheral corners, but there were quite a few of them.
There are more than 50,000 seats in the Mestalla Stadium, and Southampton fans occupy about one-third.
And the Saints fans are all wearing the new season jerseys, which looks very unified.
"Mr.
Yang Huan, you Southampton have always advocated offensive football, so this time it should be the same."
"Of course" Yang Huan nodded without hesitation, "We at Southampton only play one kind of football, and that is offensive football."
After hearing this, Manuel Llorente laughed, as if this was good news for him.
"I like you and your football, but tonight, we must beat you so that you can't attack."
Yang Huan also laughed, "Then we have to see if you Valencia have such ability."
"Okay, let's see" When Yang Huan and Manuel Llorente were going head-to-head in the stands, Charlene Lahiri sat in front of the microphone in the media area, taking a deep breath and exhaling heavily.
This is the first time she has sat in the commentator's position.
Her mind is in a mess now and she doesn't know what to say at all.
When unexpected events occur during the game, what should she say?
Roger Moses just called her again and told her to speak casually, without scruples or pressure, and just say whatever comes to mind.
This must be comforting her If the commentator can say whatever he wants, then anyone can do it.
Charlene Lahiri closed her eyes and adjusted her emotions.
"Charlene, the players are about to appear, get ready."
Not far away, a staff member was reminding him, and then he saw him raising his hand and starting to count the seconds. three two one Just die, it's just once Charlene Lahiri opened her eyes, took a deep breath, and leaned toward the microphone.
"Hello, everyone, my name is Charlene Lahiri.
I am currently at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain.
I will give you live commentary in a moment for Southampton's away game against Valencia. " "There are still a few minutes before the start of the game.
We can see that players from both sides have already appeared in the tunnel and are ready to play."
"I also got the starting lineups for both sides here."
"Southampton's starting lineup has made some adjustments.
The goalkeeper is Neuer, the defense is David Alaba, Gary Cahill, Varane and Carvajal.
The three players in the midfield have not changed.
They are still Stroman, Toni Kroos and Vidal, while the front three is Neymar, Ibrahimovic and James Rodriguez.”
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"Except for Southampton's main center back Javi Martinez, who is suspended due to a red card, Southampton also uses all its main players in other positions.
Before the game, Bielsa also said that Southampton will definitely try to win the opponent away from home."
"Before the game, there was some controversy about Southampton's starting lineup.
It mainly focused on whether the team should attack or defend when playing away games."
"Judging from the starting lineup, Bielsa chose Toni Kroos instead of Matic.
It can be seen that although Southampton is playing away from home, they still adopt an offensive football strategy.
This is Southampton's consistent style."
"Let's hope that Southampton can bring us a wonderful feast of attacking football and successfully advance to the next round."
Just when Charlene Lahiri was explaining Southampton's starting lineup, a burst of cheers was heard.
The players from both teams slowly walked out of the court under the leadership of the referee.
"We saw players from both sides entering the stadium."
"I don't know if you heard it, but when I was there, I heard the thunderous drums and cheers created by the Southampton fans, which completely overwhelmed the Valencia fans."
"As I said just now, this is Southampton's best result in the European competition in its more than 100-year history, so Saints fans are very, very satisfied, but they also hope that the team can do a good job and achieve something. as" "More than 10,000 Saints fans came to the away game, which shows the support of Saints fans for Southampton.
Players from both teams quickly completed the formalities of taking photos, shaking hands and guessing sides, and then returned to their own half to wait for kick-off.
"Just now, Manchester United and Manchester City were eliminated from the Europa League."
"Today, in the two major European competitions, the Champions League and the Europa League, Southampton is the only remaining English team."
"Let's pray for Southampton" As soon as Charlene Lahiri's words ended, the referee immediately blew the whistle to start the game.
As soon as the whistle sounded, Southampton kicked the ball from Ibrahimovic to Neymar.
The Brazilian immediately passed the ball back and rushed forward quickly.
The ball fell to Toni Kroos, and after an adjustment, it was distributed to the right, and Carvajal advanced.
Southampton immediately launched a wave of rapid offensive.
"Southampton aggressively attacked after the start, but Valencia refused to give an inch."
"Stroman moved in a wide area, beautiful.
James Rodriguez got the ball on the right, facing Mathieu, trying to break through, but the ball was intercepted."
"Albelda, a long pass with a turn, Valencia's quick counterattack" When Charlene Lahiri said this, she was already a little nervous.
"Feguli received the ball on the right, Valencia counterattacked very quickly, and David Alaba was chasing back."
"The Passion of Fegory" The ball was picked up high from the right, crossed an arc, and then fell to the top of the penalty area.
At this time, Southampton's two central defenders Varane and Gary Cahill made errors in judgment when chasing back.
"Danger, leakage" Charlene Lahiri screamed in surprise.
At this time, Valencia's forward Soldado passed through the two defenses like a ghost and rushed into the penalty area.
Neuer did not expect that the two central defenders would make such low-level mistakes.
He decisively made the move to abandon the goal immediately.
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