"The defending champion and last season's runner-up are in the same group, plus last year's Champions League quarter-finals...the most outrageous grouping after the Champions League expansion has appeared!"
"We were given the most outrageous grouping - Dortmund coach Dirk expressed dissatisfaction."
"The best coach can't make up for Dick's injured mind. Dortmund's Champions League group situation this season is not good."
The next day, the media began to report on the draw ceremony of the Champions League. The group Dortmund was assigned to was really outrageous. There was a champion, a runner-up, a member of the top eight, and a Celta Vigo with unknown strength... so
A death group that was rarely seen even in the previous second stage of the group stage.
Apart from this group, the other groups are basically not outrageous. Although Arsenal is in the same group with Inter Milan, the other two teams in the group are Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Kyiv. The weather may be the biggest opponent.
, Real Madrid is in a group with Porto, Marseille, and Red Star Belgrade. Only the groups of Deportivo La Coruna, AEK Athens, PSV and Monaco are relatively complicated.
Next, everyone's attention began to focus on the upcoming European Super Cup finals, Dortmund vs. Porto, Dick vs. Mourinho, the Champions League winner vs. the UEFA Cup winner, the Double Champion vs. the Triple Crown...
If based on last season's strength, many people would have confidence in Dortmund. However, it is an indisputable fact that Dortmund's strength has declined this season. This is why people think that Dortmund is the worst defending champion - the strength has declined, but it is still divided.
For such a group, if they are not miserable, who is miserable?
"It's strange that you would come to the casino at this time...you know the casino is not open yet."
Charlotte yawned and said to Dick in front of her with some surprise.
Dick played with a chip in his hand, and then smiled slightly: "Maybe it's irresponsible for me to run out at this time, but...at a time like this, I need to relax. How about you play a few games with me?
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"No problem, who is afraid of whom?" Charlotte immediately became energetic.
"I watched the news yesterday, and it seemed like you were in a bad situation?" Charlotte asked while looking at the cards in her hand.
"Ah, the grouping is indeed a bit outrageous, but the game hasn't started yet, who can prove that we will definitely lose." Dick threw out a few stacks of chips and replied.
"Me and..." Charlotte also threw out a few stacks of chips: "You are going to play a game tonight, right?"
"Yes, at the Stade Louis II." Dick replied somewhat casually.
"Well, come on, I will go to watch the game, and Andre and Pierre will also go." Charlotte replied.
"Oh, is that so? Do you want me to give you some tickets? Tickets for the European Super Cup are more difficult to get." Dick replied.
"No, hehe, we got some tickets with good seats." Charlotte laughed.
While playing cards and chatting - soon, Dick lost all the 10,000 euros in chips...
"You are very careless today. Did you come here specifically to give me money?" Charlotte asked the croupier to put away the chips.
"Well, I was a bit careless. Although I came here to relax, I was still thinking about other things... Thank you for the reminder, and thank you for accompanying me to relax." Dick stood up with a smile: "Now I
I have to go, wait and see the news about me winning tonight... Oh, you want to watch it live, then just wait and see me holding the trophy."
Looking at Dick's leaving figure, Charlotte laughed.
"Have you ever seen such a confident person?" Charlotte asked the dealer, and then said to herself: "It seems that in his field, he has absolute confidence... Tonight,
"Many people will think that we are miserable... But what I want to tell you is that for Dortmund, nothing can stop us. We have changed a lot of players, but you are all selected by me personally, even if this group
No matter how difficult it is, we must work hard to qualify! Even if we have little hope of winning the Champions League again, we will work hard towards that glimmer of hope! Now, let us prove in the European Super Cup that the current Dortmund
Definitely not a weak team!”
After returning from the casino, the Dortmund team, which was in chaos, began to calm down - mainly because they discovered that the head coach was missing early in the morning, which made them afraid that something would happen. As soon as Dick came back at this time, he immediately let
They became quiet.
Dick didn't say any more nonsense, but after saying these few words, he waved his arms: "Let's go!"
After getting on the bus, Dick stopped talking nonsense and closed his eyes to rest. The previous few days in Dortmund were not in vain. Dortmund has practiced the play style and tactics of this game many times.
Now it's just a matter of seeing how they perform in the game.
After arriving in the locker room, Dick still didn't say anything encouraging. He simply waved his hand and asked the players to warm up and then come back to make final preparations.
The Dortmund players went out to warm up with doubts on their minds. They felt that Dick seemed a little weak today and was no longer as active as usual. Could it be that he was really frightened by the death group...
With such questions, Dortmund's players have some worries. Now Dick is the backbone of Dortmund. If even he loses confidence, how can he play the next game?
After they completed the warm-up with this mood, they returned to the locker room and saw a completely different Dick...
"Have you all finished warming up? Very good, now you are ready to go out and get this trophy... You must live up to your expectations today. I promised a beautiful woman that I must hold this trophy in front of her! I rarely do anything for others.
Whatever you promised me in front of me, you must not embarrass me!"
Dick's words made all the Dortmund players open their eyes in surprise: "What? There is a beautiful woman who wants to watch Dick hold the trophy? Did Dick disappear early in the morning and he went to have a tryst with the beautiful woman?"
Dortmund's players are all young. For these young and energetic young people, they seem to be able to understand what Dick is saying now - it doesn't matter when you lose face, but losing face in front of a beautiful woman? That would be too cheating!
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the entire locker room began to become heated.
"No problem, boss, we will definitely help you win this championship! No matter what, we can't let you lose face in front of beautiful women!"
"Yes, we will definitely help you do it! But when the time comes, we must bring the beautiful woman out to show the brothers, and see what a beautiful woman who can make you fascinated, the boss, looks like!"
The emotions of the Dortmund players were all aroused at this moment. Under the leadership of captain Vaughns, they immediately rushed out of the locker room and prepared for the game!
"The players from both sides are ready to play! We saw Dortmund's head coach Dick and Porto's head coach Mourinho on the sidelines! Now the two head coaches are shaking hands, although in the selection of the best coach, Mourinho was in
Dick finished second after that, but this game seemed to be a good opportunity for him to prove himself... It is said that when Dick was kicked out of the Barcelona youth team, Mourinho was Barcelona's assistant coach. Now the two sides are here
When they met under such circumstances, Dick didn't seem to have any grudges. After all, it was not Mourinho who drove him away but Cruyff... The two sides still seemed very friendly..."
"Now the playing lists of both sides have come out! Dortmund sent out a four-three-three formation, with goalkeeper Weidenfeller, defenders Alves, Dede, Warnes and Metzelder, and midfielders Kyle and Klin.
There is also Borowski, and the forward partners are Olic, Arshavin and Mario Gomez! Porto sent a 442 formation, with goalkeeper Baia and defenders from right to left.
It's Paulo Ferreira, Jorge Costa, Ricardo Carvalho and Ricardo Costa! The midfielder Aranichev, Costinha and Maniche serve as the three defensive midfielders, Deco
Up front, the forward partners are Del Rey and McCarthy! From the lineup point of view, these are the main lineups of both sides. Only Porto's original main left back Valente was unable to play due to injury. His replacement was Ricardo Cos.
Tower, whether he can withstand the impact of Arshavin and Alves will be the biggest question!"
In the voice of the commentator, players from both sides began to enter the stadium and then prepared for the start of the game.
Charlotte, Andre and Pierre were in one of the boxes at the Stade Louis II. In addition to the three of them, there was also Prince Albert in the box - this prince was also a fan...
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"Dortmund's strength has indeed dropped a lot this year...Sister, did Dick really tell you to wait and see him win the trophy?" Andre asked with some worry.
"Yeah, he seems to be very confident...I don't know where he gets his confidence from. Is it difficult for opponents to deal with?" Charlotte asked.
"It's not that it's difficult to deal with... but Dortmund's strength has dropped a lot compared to last season. The entire frontcourt has been replaced. There must be problems with coordination. Porto are all old people from last season and are skilled in coordination.
To a certain extent, Porto has the upper hand, and Mourinho is also a very good coach, otherwise Porto would not have such a radical change." Andre said after thinking for a while.
"Dick is the best, he will not lose!" Pierre shouted with some dissatisfaction.
"Yes, Dick is definitely the best... But a head coach also needs to have a strong team... I really wonder why he doesn't go to other clubs. It would be great if he could come to Monaco.
..." Andre said after sighing.
"Monaco? He probably won't come to Ligue 1. It seems that France's influence is the smallest among the five major leagues." Prince Albert suddenly said: "With Dick's current reputation, coming to Ligue 1 will only be a drag.
he."
"Uncle, in fact, our royal family can acquire Monaco..." Pierre said: "If this is the case, if Dick is invited to coach through my sister, then we can see Monaco win the Champions League!"
Albert looked helplessly at Pierre, who was like a child, without answering.
While they were chatting, the European Super Cup match officially kicked off!
