Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 182 Internal strife in traditional programs, a wonderful beginning (real events, please vote for me)
  In the following days, this became a common tactic used by the media.

The main reason is that the European Cup schedule has completely entered a fever pitch and the heat has been rising. They need to attract attention in this way.

During this period, many media also went deep into the training bases of some teams, interviewed players, and tried to dig out some news.

In an interview with Belgium's second goalkeeper Mignolet by a reporter from Paris Evening News, he asked Mignolet about his dreams and goals for the Belgian team.

At that time, Mignolet's reply was this: "I am eager to contribute to this team through my hard training. If one day, I can reach the level of the first goalkeeper of the national team, I will be very happy." happy."

As a result, in the report issued by Paris Soir that night, his words became this: "I am eager to replace Courtois as the starting goalkeeper of the Belgian team."

Probably the meaning has not changed, but the aggressiveness and propriety of the words have all been maliciously adjusted.

But the other protagonist in the conversation is Courtois, a Belgian who likes to make trouble.

Originally, the team's performance in the last two group matches was okay. Courtois had no intention of causing any trouble and planned to finish the European Cup.

But as soon as the media reports came out, Courtois, who felt that he was at the center of public opinion, actually responded publicly the next day.

"I have never heard of anyone trying to replace Casillas in Spain. Mignolet lacks respect for me and lacks the humility to be a top goalkeeper."

You know, at this stage when we are about to enter the knockout rounds, everything is very sensitive.

The outside media are all watching, wanting to see if they can find any news of internal strife in some teams.

As soon as Courtois' reply came out, the entire public opinion exploded.

For a time, comments about "Belgium is experiencing internal strife again" quickly appeared on the headlines of major media and spread to various countries.

The two words Belgium and internal strife seem to be inseparable forever. They are once again closely linked together, attracting soaring attention from the outside world.

Countless people are waiting to see their jokes and hope to dig out more news about the internal strife. They even want to see news about the "Dutch Three" fighting in the locker room.

This caused the Belgian head coach, Mr. Wilmots, to be so angry that he called a team meeting that night.

"At such an important moment and with such an urgent schedule, I have been telling everyone, don't cause trouble, don't cause trouble."

Wilmots looked tired and angry, "Why can't I always figure out where I stand?"

"Is the European Cup an ordinary cup competition? Do you think you are still playing domestic cup competitions in your club?!"

"If some people still have any sense of shame, they will not be proud of being at the center of public opinion. They will make such irrational remarks when provoked! Give others an excuse!"

"I can tell you that if you don't want to play, I agree that we can abstain at any time. It doesn't matter if I take the blame!"

"But at least think about the fans outside and your teammates who still want to win honors! Isn't it a little too selfish to do this?"

After he said these words, Mignolet, one of the main figures in the internal strife, quickly stood up and admitted his mistake.

"What the media reported is different from what I said. Nainggolan and Alderweireld can vouch for me. They were next to me at the time."

Mignolet seemed very magnanimous and stood up and said: "But I did make a mistake. I should not have accepted that interview and given them a chance. I apologize to everyone and Mr. Wilmots for this."

"I hope everyone will take me as a warning."

After saying the last words, Mignolet sat in his seat without any temper.

This made Chen Yufeng have a good impression of this player and recognized him from the bottom of his heart.

The same goes for other team members, who all have a better impression of Mignolet. In fact, this matter has nothing to do with him. It is just the media's hype and Courtois' antagonism.

Isn't it already great that people can still stand up and apologize?
  Wilmots, who was standing in front of the conference room, set his sights on Courtois, hoping that Courtois would also stand up and say a few words to end this farce.

As long as the two get back together and hold a media conference at this time, the matter can be reconciled and the media can get rid of them.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Courtois, who was at the center of everyone's attention at this time, tilted his head and looked very unhappy. He seemed to have no intention of getting up and talking.

Everyone felt a little disappointed, and many people even began to hate Courtois.

Whether it is his early friendship with De Bruyne or this incident, this seems too stupid and he is unwilling to admit his mistakes.

"Mr. Courtois, don't you think you should say a few words?" Wilmots was so angry that he used the honorific in a weird way.

"What do I have to say?" Courtois sat on a chair with his hands spread out and said calmly: "Have I not contributed to the team? Do I still have to apologize to everyone like Mignolet?"

Got it...

Chen Yufeng's heart suddenly twitched, the traditional program was finally staged.

During the group stage, each group will be a chaotic situation, and the media will not pay too much attention and will not hype anything.

Now that we have entered the knockout rounds, there are more and more reports of external irritation, and internal strife is being staged steadily.

"You are so unbelievable!"

Wilmots immediately increased his volume, pointed at Courtois and said: "You selfish and arrogant guy!"

"That's better than a good-for-nothing coach like you!"

What was unexpected was that Courtois openly slapped the table and started arguing with the head coach, "Besides being famous in Belgium, what else do you have?" At this time, even if he had taken the initiative to ask Wilmore before Mertens, who expressed his dissatisfaction, also showed shocked eyes.

In football, this is definitely not something a player can say to a head coach.

You can openly say that he is not good in all aspects in front of the media, but saying this in front of the entire team cannot be overstated. It is simply unreasonable.

"Courtois, that's enough!" Hazard immediately admonished from the side. Both of them are Chelsea teammates, and he hoped that his words would be useful.

"He insulted me first. It's really hard for me to give him a good look." Courtois spread his hands towards Hazard, then got up and walked away.

"What did you say?!" Wilmots walked down quickly and walked towards Courtois.

Along the way, Luka Cucurasco immediately stood up and pulled Wilmots back to avoid further escalation of the conflict.

Unexpectedly, Courtois completely lost his mind at this time, turned around and walked straight towards Wilmots, "Do you want to talk to me? Or do you want to try with me?!"

"okay!"

Chen Yufeng immediately rushed forward, waved to several teammates, and stepped forward to control Courtois.

"I tell you Courtois, you are nothing now, you are not a player at all! It is our misfortune that Belgium has players like you!" Wilmots was really angry and pointed at Kuhl Tuva spoke.

"It's our misfortune to have a coach like you! Don't use me if you can! Can you? Let Mignolet guard the team's gate!"

Courtois was pulled by Chen Yufeng and others, and he even wanted to break out of the encirclement several times to fight Wilmots, "Let me tell you, without me, you are nothing!"

He had completely lost his mind. In order to promote himself in the last sentence, he actually fired the map cannon.

"Bang!" A muffled sound suddenly sounded, and in the chaos, someone punched Courtois in the face.

The punch was so hard that it could be heard just by the sound. Courtois immediately covered his face and fell to the ground.

Everyone immediately controlled him tightly. Only Chen Yufeng suddenly looked at De Bruyne next to him, then lowered his head in relief, pretending not to see anything.

A real farce ended like this. Wilmots straightened his suit, turned and walked towards the door.

Courtois fell to the ground and seemed unlikely to get up for a while.

The other players looked at each other, and everyone's mood instantly hit rock bottom, and they became worried about the future of this team.

This won't be the last time there's drama, this is just one of the feuds.

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At night, Chen Yufeng returned from a night run and saw Wilmots sitting and smoking at the bottom of the hotel.

"Mr. Wilmots."

Chen Yufeng said hello, and he always respected those who respected him.

"Ah, Mr. Double Champion is still going to exercise so late." Mr. Wilmots forced a smile and continued: "Reduce the intensity, we will play Hungary soon."

"Yeah, I know how to do it in moderation."

Chen Yufeng nodded, then sat down next to Wilmots.

Wilmots was a little surprised, then quickly put out the cigarette butt and put an arm around Chen Yufeng's shoulder.

He hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but said: "Yufeng, you didn't grow up in their environment. I want to ask you, what is your opinion on this matter?"

"No idea."

Chen Yufeng was sitting here because he wanted to talk to Wilmots about this, "But I think if we are not decisive in this kind of thing, it will encourage some players to become arrogant."

"What..." Wilmots wanted to ask, but suddenly understood, and continued: "But this position is difficult. I have to consider my results, whether it is the trust of all parties in the domestic football association in me, and the fans. Support me."

"You know? Being a head coach is a very schizophrenic thing. There are many things that are very frustrating."

"I always have to consider problems from multiple aspects and find a balance between many things, but the outside world always thinks that I should do one thing well."

"Mignolet is not bad." Chen Yufeng said straightforwardly, no longer trying to hide anything: "I played against Liverpool several times last season, and I can feel it."

"What I want to tell Mr. Wilmots is that a united second-tier team is definitely better than a divided first-tier team."

"Leicester City is that kind of team and I see that very clearly."

Chen Yufeng likes to use Leicester City as an example. He loves this team.

And his words indeed caused Wilmots to fall into a deep silence.

"Believe in yourself, there are more players on your side than on Courtois' side, I can see that."

Chen Yufeng patted Wilmots on the shoulder and walked towards the room.

(End of this chapter)