Chapter 443: The Choice between Football and Marriage

Luxembourg is experiencing a crisis of confidence!!

On September 11, the second round of the La Liga kicked off. Real Madrid played against newly promoted Celta at home, but lost 2:3 at home, which surprised the media.

In the first few games of La Liga, the three newly promoted teams in La Liga performed extremely strongly, drawing with Barcelona and making it difficult for Real Madrid. Now this newly promoted team has directly defeated Real Madrid. This performance is really puzzling. Is it the decline of the giants or the strength of the newly promoted teams? Many fans are waiting to see.

In this regard, the Real Madrid board of directors did not take any action, because a single game cannot explain anything, and accidents always happen on the football field.

However, in the following group match, Real Madrid traveled to France and lost cleanly to Lyon 3-0.

After returning to Madrid, on the 19th, Real Madrid played away against Espanyol, but they were overpowered by the opponent throughout the game and finally lost by a small score of 0 to 0! !

Real Madrid suffered three consecutive defeats!!

Moreover, the two opponents except Lyon were all not up to standard and even lost a game in front of their own home goal. This performance made the Spanish media exclaim: The Galacticos is about to fall.

In the face of Real Madrid's poor record, Spain's Royal Sports newspaper said: "Why is this happening? The team has so many big-name stars, and they are the best in the world in terms of both personal skills and value. Our lineup is no worse than Barcelona's, but the team has achieved this kind of results. Is it the team's problem or the coach's problem?"

Mundo Deportivo, which has always supported Barcelona, ​​mocked: "This season, Barcelona has lost another competitor. The league has just started, but the championship trophy is already flying towards us."

Real Madrid's top brass will certainly not be satisfied with this kind of performance. In their view, as the best performing team of the 20th century, Real Madrid should have acted like a king. Now there are so many big-name stars in the team, one mistake can be said to be an accident, but losing three games in a row is the problem of the head coach.

On the night of the loss to Espanyol, Luxemburg was called to Florentino's office and reprimanded by the club's top management, but the club did not consider changing coaches at this time.

Both the league and the Champions League have just begun, and changing coaches now is definitely not a wise choice.

It seems that this "rebuke" seems to have worked. In the following league, Real Madrid defeated Alaves 0:3 away, and defeated Mallorca 4:0. Then in the Madrid derby, they won 3:0 cleanly. During this period, facing the visiting Olimpiasco, Real Madrid also won 2:1 with difficulty.

This kind of performance made the club very satisfied and also made the usually picky Spanish media shut up.

Later, in an interview with the media, Luxemburgo said: "At the beginning of the season, the players had not found their form yet, and it was normal for the team to perform unstably. Now the team has been run-in, and all we need to do is to perform steadily. With Real Madrid's strength, it is easy to beat some small teams. This season, our goal is to make an impact on the league title and the Champions League title."

Four consecutive wins made Luxemburgo very proud, and he thought the glory of the team was coming. At this time, the atmosphere in the team was also very good, and Luxemburgo also stabilized his position as head coach.

The following game seemed to confirm his words. On October 20th, Real Madrid easily defeated the visiting Norwegian Premier League leader Rosenborg 4:1 at home.

It seems that everything is moving in the right direction.

However, Real Madrid's performance became increasingly unstable afterwards.

On October 24, Real Madrid lost 1:2 to Valencia at home.

On October 27, Real Madrid lost 3:1 to Deportivo La Coruna away.

On October 30, Real Madrid defeated Real Betis 0:2 away

Under this unstable situation, Real Madrid's league points gradually widened the gap with Barcelona, ​​and even the Champions League group stage was difficult, which made Luxemburgo's position as coach increasingly unstable.

Compared with the tense situation in Real Madrid, Wang Li's life is very leisurely. In addition to club training, he occasionally has the interest to go shopping in Madrid's shopping malls. During holidays, he also takes Angela to tour Spain.

However, there were of course troubles, at least for Wang Li, it was very troublesome, that is, going to London with Angela to visit her father, Earl Edward.

Angela urged their marriage more and more frequently.

Wang Li also loved Angela deeply and didn't want to make her anxious, so on October 27, when Real Madrid's teammates were fighting hard against Deportivo La Coruña away from home, Wang Li took Angela back to London.

Their purpose this time was to meet Earl Edward.

The two of them brought gifts and first went to Clerkenwell Road to visit Wang Hai and Ellis.

Generally speaking, it is best to meet British royal aristocrats for the first time in the afternoon, because British aristocrats have an old tradition of meeting guests in the afternoon. Although Wang Li is not an "outsider" because of Angela's relationship, it is still the first time he meets his future "father-in-law", so the two decided to go in the afternoon.

"What, you are going to meet Earl Edward?" Hearing the conversation between the two, Ellis's face showed some shock, but more of joy!

For Ellis, she was looking forward to Wang Li giving her a grandson. This London noblewoman had been looking forward to this day for a long, long time.

The purpose of meeting Earl Edward was undoubtedly to ask for his opinion on the marriage. If Earl Edward agreed, Wang Li and Angela could naturally start considering the date of the wedding.

Of course, even if Earl Edward disagreed, there is no such thing as "parents' wishes and matchmaker's words" in England. The two can still get married if they want to. It's just that the marriage is not perfect.

Seeing Wang Li and the other man nod, Ellis hugged Wang Li's head again with a look of surprise, and rubbed it between her breasts. She asked nervously, "Alan, you have to perform well! By the way, are the clothes ready? And what about the gifts? What gifts did you buy?"

Wang Li pushed Ellis away with some frustration, and then said, "Everything is ready, don't worry."

Ellis nodded, "That's good, you have to perform well this time. Oh! I'm so happy. It seems that I have to discuss your marriage with Wang Hai." As she said this, she also glanced at Angela.

Angela's face turned red when she was looked at like this. Although Britain is very open, marriage is still a bit embarrassing for a woman.

Since Earl Edward returned to London this year, he has been living in his manor in north London, which is his private manor. He has lived here since he and Mikay got married more than ten years ago.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Li and Angela drove here with gifts. After parking the car at the manor, the two walked slowly towards the villa in the middle of the manor.

At this time, Wang Li was very nervous.

After three lifetimes as a human being, this was his first time to meet his 'father-in-law'. As the saying goes, an ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law. In fact, for men, this step is more stressful.

Although it is called a manor, the villas inside are not luxurious, at least not as luxurious as Wang Li's villa at Stamford Bridge. In fact, although these members of the British royal family are somewhat extravagant in daily life, they do not have much property if they do not engage in business. The UK only allocates a part of the property every year to maintain the dignity of the royal family.

In the living room, Wang Li finally met Earl Edward, with whom he had known each other for a long time.

Earl Edward is not much different in height from Wang Li, but his face shows the tenacity of a soldier. It is said that he was once a British Marine and participated in the UN peacekeeping force in West Asia, and performed well. When he met Wang Li, Earl Edward also showed a kind smile on his face.

When they really met, Wang Li was no longer nervous. He just looked at this future 'father-in-law' carefully.

We have to admit that, although in Britain, the glory of the royal family has long become history, the royal power has become a shell, and the nobility is just a symbol in a sense, but in Earl Edward, one can still see an elegant temperament, which is rarely seen in Angela.

This is the temperament of traditional aristocrats formed under royal education.

Seeing Wang Li and Angela, Earl Edward smiled and nodded, hugged Angela, then turned to look at Wang Li, pointed at the sofa in the living room, and said, "You are here, sit anywhere."

As he spoke, he took the tray from the servant and gave each of them a cup of black tea. Then the servant brought a small two-layer porcelain plate with sandwiches, cakes and some English desserts on it. There was also a plate of flowers on the coffee table, as well as various knives and forks.

Wang Li bowed slightly and nodded, saying politely, "Thank you."

After everything was done, Earl Edward also sat on the side of the sofa and said, "I heard you were coming yesterday, and I didn't prepare anything. Your name is Alan, right? I've heard your name a lot this year."

"It's nothing."

"Um."

Earl Edward nodded and said, "Young man, you are very modest. I also like football and have watched many of your games. You really performed well."

"I thought you guys should have come a long time ago, but I didn't expect you to wait so long. Are you going to get married?"

Wang Li nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Earl, we are planning to get married."

At this time, Angela tightened her arms around Wang Li, and her two big eyes were fixed on Earl Edward's expression.

In fact, she was not sure whether her father would agree. She grew up in Queen Elizabeth's Buckingham Palace. When she was a child, Earl Edward had been serving in the army. They rarely met, and she didn't quite understand her father's thoughts.

After hearing Wang Li's words, Earl Edward nodded calmly, picked up the black tea in front of him and took a sip. After a long while, he looked at Wang Li with his eyes and said, "Young man, I just want to ask you a question."

Seeing Wang Li nodded, he continued: "If I say that you can get married, but you have to give up football, what will you do?"

Hearing this, Wang Li was stunned, then frowned and thought about it.

(To be continued)