bigabreads Chapter 439 Reaching the Hotel
Chapter 439 Reaching the Hotel
Chapter 439 Reaching the Hotel
Gwangju is no longer a stranger to the Spanish national team. In the first game of the group stage, they defeated Slovenia here and achieved their first World Cup start in more than 50 years. Spain booked the room for this game before leaving , The sentence left by the team leader is "We will come back!" Sure enough, Spain is back.
The Spanish national team, which had not been favored before the game, seemed to have great ambitions hidden, and the Xinyang Park Hotel, which is very close to the stadium, felt more lucky and kind to the Spaniards.
But it was even more so for the Italians, who thought they had nothing to fear after beating hosts South Korea.
At 21:11 on the 30st, the Italian team flew from Ulsan to Gwangju. They did not go to the hotel to stay, but went directly to the field to adapt to the field. Since the game was held at noon the next day, the main player Zoff specially chose the hot noon Let the players adapt to any possible weather conditions, and after the training, the players can also concentrate on watching the England-Brazil game they all focus on.
At 12:10, the training of the Italian team began. Nesta, who has not yet recovered from his injury, is still doing simple physical training. He will definitely not be able to play tomorrow, and the usual bright smile will not be seen on his face.The other players are divided into two groups for confrontation. Materazzi is likely to replace Nesta. After Cannavaro accumulated yellow cards and was suspended, Zoff hopes to use two strong defenders to restrain the Spanish high center. The idea was finally realized.
Around 3:[-] p.m., the team finished training and returned to the hotel. Nesta walked in the first place dejectedly, next to Piero who was also unable to play. The face of this zebra prince was clouded. Coach Zoff made it clear that Vieri and Inzaghi's tactical arrangement will start tomorrow's game.Kenny and the others behind them were smiling. For them, they were in a good mood at the moment, but the Italians soon became unhappy. They were surprised to find that they had actually stayed in the same hotel as the Spaniards. !
How can this be?What is the leader doing?What is the person in charge of the Xinyang Park Hotel doing?And what is the Korean Football Association doing?Is there no such problem found in all three aspects?Although there is no clear rule that two teams cannot stay in the same hotel, at least they can avoid it!But now?The team leader didn't report to the organizer?
When Kenny and others cast their gazes at the team leader, they found that Mr. Ranuzzi was angrily questioning the person in charge of the hotel, but the person in charge of the hotel looked indifferent. Seeing this scene, the players were naturally in their hearts. Countless, this may be the revenge of the Koreans!Ridiculously childish.
While the Italian players were still crowded in the hotel lobby, the Spanish players came out of the elevator. Obviously they had received the news that the Italian had left, and now they needed to go to tomorrow's venue for adaptation training.When the players from the two sides met unexpectedly in the hotel, the faces of Kenny and others looked ugly, while the Spaniard was at a loss, but obviously they did not intend to stay here for a long time. After stopping to lead the team and see After a brief greeting with the players they knew, they boarded the bus.
"Hey Lloris, have you noticed? Raul's complexion is not very good, and the frequency of walking is also a bit wrong!!" Watching the Spanish players leave, Totti leaned over and pressed Kenny's shoulder Said lightly, Totti's words quickly aroused the unanimous approval of the Italian players. It can be seen that everyone attaches great importance to whether Raul can play tomorrow. Indeed, even if he was selected by Kenny in this year's Champions League He led Leeds United to win the championship, but Raul has always been the banner of the Bernabeu. Even the arrival of Figo and Zidane has not been able to affect his performance and reputation.
Kenny also nodded when he heard the words. Although he has fully integrated into the world football now, he no longer regards these players as unmatched superstars, and is not afraid of Raul's strength, but if Raul can't be in tomorrow's game It is obviously very good news for Italy.Thinking of this, Kenny tried to recall the memories of his previous life, did Raul go up or not?It seems that I really forgot
Just as the Italian players were immersed in their imaginations, the arrangements for the hotel soon came to an end. Italy would not leave, and they would live on the same floor as the Spanish players.
Although Italian team leader Ranuzzi and coach Zoff were unwilling to move away from this hotel, which is very close to the stadium and with good conditions after the negotiation, although I came later, this is not the fault of the Italian side, but the fault of the Korean Football Association. The problem, so the Italians are unwilling to pay for it. Looking at the players who are already tired after training in the scorching sun, Zoff does not want to give the Italian players an uncomfortable feeling psychologically.
He wants to express his strength.
So the Italian players stayed here, strangely living in the same hotel with their tomorrow's opponent Spain, on different floors.
After a short break and a shower, Zoff gathered the players into his room again, and began to talk seriously about the players in Spain one by one. In his words, Zoff bluntly stated that although Raul may not play , but requires the disciples under his command to be prepared and not to relax in any way.
When he said this, he gave Kenny and Totti a hard look. The meaning in his eyes was self-evident. Kenny was extremely helpless many times. Is this a big pot from heaven?
For the Italians, they are undoubtedly most worried about Raul, the ace killer of the Real Madrid team will bring a lot of trouble to their penalty area, but Camacho has some elite soldiers who can become the team's hero Raul is by no means alone.
Spain's victory against Ireland undoubtedly belonged to Real Madrid's young goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who quickly recovered from his poor performance in the Champions League final to become Spain's new star. A rising goalkeeper, being able to stabilize the main force in the Spanish national team this time is enough to illustrate his state in this World Cup.
In addition to Casillas, the Spanish team still has two heroes to look forward to. They are Puyol and Elguera. Although they neither took a penalty nor saved a penalty, a Real Madrid man and The cooperation of a Barcelona native in the defense is so tacit and reassuring.Since his debut, Puyol has been regarded by Barcelona fans as a key figure in reviving the team's glory, and his performance in the past two years has also been called great.If you want to judge the greatest football team in the history of Catalonia, Puyol will undoubtedly become the main right back.
Of course, it is not only well received in Catalonia. People clearly remember that in the second round of the European Champions Cup semi-final Real Madrid's home game against Barcelona, whenever Puyol took the ball, the audience at the Bernabéu Stadium They all maintained a respectful silence, rather than boos at other times. It can be seen that throughout Spain, fans like this brave defender very much.
His performance in this World Cup is also very good, except for that unlucky own goal, in the game against the Irish, Duff did nothing on his side in the first half, and finally had to switch sides.As for Elguera, all Spaniards know that he is a very smart player on the court, and there is even a saying: If I were the head coach, I would let 11 Elguera play.
When playing in Real Madrid, whether as a central defender or a defensive midfielder, Elguera is always reassuring. The Spanish media believes that an interesting thing is that the color of the Spanish team's uniform is not yet known.If it is wearing a white jersey, which is the same color as Real Madrid, then Elguera will definitely play well; and if it is a red jersey, which is a kind of Barcelona jersey color, Elguera will definitely play well. Will definitely try to play well to silence Korean fans who might laugh at him.Although such a statement is far-fetched, it can be seen that the Spaniard has confidence in El Guerra.
In any case, what is certain is that all Spanish fans, whether it is Real Madrid or Barcelona, are expecting the two of them to have a wonderful performance to freeze the crazy attack of the Italians.
For such a situation, Kenny scratched his head helplessly in a dignified atmosphere. It seemed that Elguera and Iker Casillas had something to do with him. After his poor performance in the Champions League final, he heard that Erguera Gera was put up for sale at one time! ! !As for tomorrow's game, it seems that the enemies will be extremely jealous when they meet.
On the other side of the training field, the injuries of the Spanish players could not help but give Camacho a headache. Except for the most important Raul, Albelda was unable to appear due to some mysterious injuries. Belleron and Terry Stan's injury didn't heal well either.Although Raul finally trained with the team after 4 days of absence, he was basically able to keep up with the rhythm of the team, but the doctor still had doubts about his playing.
Therefore, his basic main players are: Casillas, Puyol, Hierro, Nadal, Romero, Mendieta, Elguera, Baraja, Luis Enrique, Belleron and Morientes.If Raul does not play, Belleron will serve as a striker.Nadal, the Mallorca veteran, will partner Hierro again, and the two veterans will certainly try not to make this match their last.
(End of this chapter)