Chapter 447 I'm Talking About Myself

On December 8, the last round of the European Champions League group stage kicked off, and Real Madrid went to Greece to challenge Olympiacos away.

Olympiacos is the best football club in Greece, and they have been the champion of the Greek League every year since 1997. However, since the European Cup was changed to the Champions League, the team has not won a single victory, which is an embarrassing record.

For Real Madrid, this game is just a waste. Although their performance in the group stage is not as good as Lyon, the team has already secured second place in the group. Therefore, before Luxemburgo was sacked, Sacchi and Butragueno drew up the team's roster. However, most of the 18 players on the roster are unfamiliar faces.

Casillas, Elguera, Salgado, Carlos, Pablo, Beckham, Zidane, Ronaldo, Guti and other players all stayed in Madrid and concentrated on preparing for this Sunday's league. Among the players who went on the expedition, only Robinho and Ramos could be considered main players, and the rest were either bench players or second-team players.

This is the first time that Real Madrid has encountered such a situation since Florentino became the president of Real Madrid.

However, on Monday morning, Real Madrid interim coach Carlo added the name of 'Alan Wang' to the list before leading the team on a plane to Greece.

Influenced by the fact that Wang Li was not allowed to play in the last home game, Carlo learned his lesson this time. Although this game is a Champions League group match against a Greek team away from home, it is just a useless game, but it can allow the team's black-haired boy to recover his game form, so it will be natural to let him play next time.

For this match, Real Madrid's top management did not assign any hard tasks. Their only requirement was: no matter whether the team wins or loses, Real Madrid must play with its own courage and style and must not follow Luxemburg's old path of defensive counterattack and ugly football.

In the locker room before the game, Carlo mobilized the players' enthusiasm. Although most of the main players stayed in Madrid, this was his first Champions League game leading the team, and Real Madrid also attached great importance to it.

"This game is very important to the club. We have a basic requirement, which is to give our all on the field to prove that we can get off to a good start."

"Real Madrid has a great history and a good image in Europe. All European matches are extremely important to us and we will never give up any of them."

At this time, Wang Li was like a bystander and didn't say a word.

In fact, in the current team, he is only familiar with a few Real Madrid first-team players such as Ramos and Robinho, and does not know the others at all. On the plane coming here, these second-team players all watched him like the "national treasure giant panda", which made him very embarrassed.

"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have come!" Wang Li said to himself.

Real Madrid played this game very low-key. All media knew that Real Madrid only sent a second-tier team to participate in the game. They had little interest in this useless game.

So at the press conference, most of the low-level media were local Greek media, while there were very few Spanish media. Those big newspapers sent people just to go through the motions.

Faced with this situation, Carlo was very happy because he no longer had to face the embarrassment of these hateful media.

Olympiacos is not well-known in the world of football, but the team has a top star who supports the team, that is the 33-year-old Rivaldo.

Before the start of this season, Rivaldo transferred from Cruzeiro to Olimpiacos on a free transfer. The player was the World Footballer of the Year in 1999 and helped Barcelona win countless honors. In 2002, he helped Brazil win the World Cup.

"Rivaldo!! Rivaldo!! Rivaldo!!"

When Real Madrid players and Olympiacos players walked out of the player tunnel together, the most popular one was obviously Rivaldo. Almost all the local fans in the stands were shouting his name.

"Alan, you're not welcome, haha."

Seeing this scene, Robinho was not jealous of his Brazilian big brother, but instead mocked Wang Li. In the last game, Wang Li did not play but received the whole audience's attention, which made him very jealous.

Wang Li smiled bitterly and waved his hands without saying anything, but was thinking about the game that would be held soon.

At this time, after welcoming Rivaldo, the fans began to boo Real Madrid players and continued to cheer for their own team. In their opinion, this game might be won because Real Madrid's team was almost entirely made up of unfamiliar faces.

Although Olympiacos has no chance of qualifying from the group stage, fans still hope to win this game. They have not won a single game since the Champions League was reorganized.

The first victory was against Real Madrid, could it be better than that?

As for Real Madrid not using their main players? That has been ignored by them.

It was not until this time that the on-site commentator began to introduce the rosters of the two teams. However, he just wanted to glance over the Real Madrid roster. In his opinion, Real Madrid would send its second-tier team to participate in the game, and it would be impossible for any big-name stars to come.

"Real Madrid's starting lineup: goalkeeper is No. 13 Lopez, defenders are No. 21 Diogo, No. 22 Pavon, No. 4 Ramos and No. 15 Bravo, midfielders are No. 35 Balboa, No. 8 Baptista, No. 16 Gravesen, No. 28 De La Red, and forwards are No. 10 Robinho and Alan Wang. Eh? Alan Wang???"

At the end, the commentator suddenly made this sound. After a long while, he asked in confusion: "Alan Wang??? Mr. 200 million euros in the summer???"

In fact, he didn't need to explain.

Although Olippiacos is a Greek club, Wang Li's reputation in European football is definitely beyond national boundaries. Even people who don't follow English football have heard of the title of 'Mr. 200 million euros'. This title will definitely make fans go and see what this player who is several times or even dozens of times more valuable than gold looks like.

At the beginning, Greek fans were cheering for Rivaldo, and the stands were quite far away, so some fans were suspicious but not sure. However, after such a long time, they were sure that Real Madrid's No. 21 must be the '200 million euro man'!

"Alan Wang!! Oh my god, that's Alan Wang, the dance master of England!!"

"The world's number one football star! What are these media doing? I didn't know until now that he actually came to the Rizzopoli Stadium!!"

"Luckily I bought the tickets, it would be a shame if I missed it!!"

Suddenly, all the cheers from the stands disappeared, and a chaotic noise was heard instead, which made the Greek players confused. After a while, continuous shouts came from the stands: "Alan! Come on!!"

Many local Greek fans changed their tune and began to support Wang Li.

It was not until this time that the Olippiacos players noticed that the No. 21 player from Real Madrid on the opposite side was the world's No. 1 star who transferred to Real Madrid for 200 million a few months ago.

"I really want to ask him for an autograph." A Greek defender stared at Wang Li and said.

Not only did he think so, in fact, many Olympiacos players thought so at this time. You know, Wang Li's value alone is much higher than that of their entire team. This gap is absolutely hard to imagine.

"Play well!! This is a game!!"

Seeing this situation, the head coach of Olympiacos couldn't help but walk to the sidelines and shout to remind the players.

In fact, Olympiacos players were already excited without his reminder!

If facing an opponent of equal strength or slightly stronger than themselves, the players would not feel anything, and might even get bored after playing for a long time. However, facing an opponent like Wang Li, they would have a mentality of winning by taking shortcuts, and feel that they must exert all their strength and try to challenge the "authority".

This is a normal thought.

So, after the game started, the players of Olippiacos were like they were injected with chicken blood, and rushed towards Real Madrid with high momentum, which put the Real Madrid team of first and second lines at a disadvantage for a while.

Rivaldo is the commander of Olympiacos. Under his command and leadership, Olympiacos' offense was very smooth, and Rivaldo's own passes threatened Real Madrid's defense time and time again.

In the first few minutes of the game, Wang Li was standing in the front court. He put his hands on his hips and watched the game in the backcourt, looking quite helpless.

This Real Madrid team played really badly. He himself was playing as a center forward in the front, but he didn't receive a single pass for 5 minutes. The whole team was in a panic, and it was completely impossible to tell that they were a team worth many times more than their opponents.

At this time, the Real Madrid fans who followed the team to Greece were dissatisfied. They shouted: "Alan, score one! Alan, score one!!"

In the hearts of Real Madrid fans, Wang Li, as the '200 million euro man', should be a goal-scoring machine.

But, no one can catch the pass and no one can score a goal! !

Seeing this situation, the commentator was quite excited. He shouted sarcastically: "Our team has completely taken the upper hand. Although the opponent has a superstar, it seems to have no effect at all. Allen Wang performed so well last season that his value doubled, but now it seems that the half-season suspension has made him lose the feeling of playing football. Come on, Olympiacos!!"

I have to say that the loudspeakers at the Rizzopoli Stadium were very powerful. The shouts reached Wang Li's ears very clearly, which made his face turn dark.

In the past, he had also endured a lot of ridicule from the media. At that time, he was just an unknown player, but he was still very resistant in his heart.

But at least in the past year, almost all media have been praising him. He hasn't heard such harsh sarcasm for a long time, and when he hears it now, he still finds it harsh.

"Hey, pass the ball over here!!"

As soon as DeLared got the ball, Wang Li shouted at him. He had seen this player before, but was not familiar with him and didn't know his name.

Seeing Wang Li asking for the ball, DeLared passed it to him without thinking.

On the field now, among the 11 players in the team, only Wang Li is the most authoritative. Although Delared has never cooperated with Wang Li, his fame is there and he knows the team. The football level of this black-haired boy is definitely the highest.

Near the center circle, Wang Li received the pass.

This was his third touch of the ball in this game. The first two times were direct passes, but after two failures, he no longer trusted these unfamiliar teammates this time. Except for Robinho and Baptista, he really couldn't find anyone he could trust on the field.

Hierochris Stoltidis is a midfielder of Olympiacos. He is 30 years old this year. As a professional player, he has only joined Heracles Thessaloniki and Olympiacos in his career. He has never played in the domestic league at the age of 30. It can be said that his football talent is not very high.

Stoltidis himself knew this, so when he saw Real Madrid's '200 million euro man' get the ball, he did not confidently go for the ball directly, but wanted to slowly approach and stick to the player so that he could play a role.

However, this kind of close frontal defense did not have much effect on Wang Li. He just pushed the ball forward and used his speed to leave Stoltidis behind.

After that, he was faced with a very young face.

Mavgenedis is indeed a very young player. He is only 17 years old this year. At this age, he can be selected into the main list of Olympiacos. His talent and skills can be said to be very good.

It is worth mentioning that he is a loyal fan of Wang Li and has been training hard with Wang Li as his goal.

This time, he finally had the chance to face Wang Li head-on, so he looked a little nervous. He slowly retreated, trying to slow down Wang Li's dribbling speed with this defense.

He felt that he had succeeded because the 'idol' in front of him did slow down!

But in fact, they are almost at the penalty area. Behind Mavgenedis, there are two Olympiacos players. It is really difficult for Wang Li to rush over without slowing down. The human wall cannot stop his light steps, but it can stop the football from moving forward.

After slowing down, he looked for an opportunity and raised his eyes to look nearby. This action deceived the groom Genedis, who thought Wang Li was going to pass the ball, so he kicked it decisively.

The kick was very decisive. If it was an ordinary player, it would have been intercepted directly, but Wang Li had already expected it. He quickly pushed the ball to the left and dodged the groom Genedis.

However, it was not safe at this time, because Kapsis behind him also rushed forward. At this moment, Wang Li immediately performed the "shadowless kick". In front of the fans and the big screen of the stadium, Wang Li's feet were moving back and forth on the court. The speed had reached the extreme, and even the display of the big screen was a little intermittent.

There was a burst of surprised voices in the stadium. Amidst the surprised voices, Kapsis, who was facing Wang Li directly, was dazzled. In desperation, he could only choose to fall to the ground and tackle!

Wang Li immediately passed the ball to the left, dodged the kick with light steps, and rushed into the penalty area.

Then, he glanced around and kicked the ball to Robinho who came in to assist before the other defender could catch up.

"pretty!!"

Robinho had just run across the penalty area when he received the pass. He couldn't help but secretly praise himself in his heart and immediately rushed towards the goal with the ball.

Single Blade!!

Olympiacos goalkeeper Nikopolidis took decisive action!!

After taking two steps into the penalty area, before the goalkeeper arrived, Robinho shot the ball, which passed under Nicopolidis's right arm.

"Boom!"

With a sound, the football hit the crossbar and bounced out.

However, before Robinho had time to feel upset and the Olympiacos players had no time to wipe their sweat, Wang Li suddenly appeared in front of the ball and easily kicked it into the goal.

"The ball goes in"

The commentator who had just been laughing at Wang Li's lack of performance was a little dazed when he saw this wonderful goal. He seemed to be still immersed in Wang Li's dribbling. After a long while, he said intermittently: "Alan Wang scored the first goal for Real Madrid. Real Madrid is leading 1:0. The dribbling just now was really wonderful!"

"Alan's passing, oh my god!!"

"In the past, this '200 million euro man' was known as the dancing master on the football field in England. I never knew why, but now I know. Look! How many bicycle kicks did he do in those few seconds just now? I can't even count them."

"He seemed to easily dribble past Stoltidis, Mavgenidis and Kapsis, and then made a wonderful pass. From dribbling past the defense to passing the ball to the follow-up shot, the whole process of scoring the goal was very smooth. Oh my God, I can't believe it!!"

At this time, the Real Madrid fans in the stands had already gone crazy!!

Last season, many fans could call out Wang Li's name and knew that he had excellent skills, but he represented Chelsea. No matter how well he performed, they could only envy him.

But now, this English dancing prince has actually stood in the Real Madrid team and scored such a wonderful goal on behalf of Real Madrid, which makes Real Madrid fans feel like they are in a dream.

Before this game, many Real Madrid fans didn't want to come, as it was just an insignificant game. But now, they feel that the ticket price and travel expenses are totally worth it!!

"Alan Wang played for Real Madrid for the first time, and it was all worth it!!"

And now, the black-haired boy on the field scored such a smooth and wonderful goal. What could be more exciting than this?

"Alan!! Alan!! Alan!!"

Then, cheers suddenly rang out in the stands, and many Olympiacos fans also joined the team that shouted Wang Li's name - there are regional differences in love for the team, but love for the star has no national boundaries! !

They have every reason to cheer for Wang Li alone!!

"Oh my god, Alan you are so welcome!!"

Looking at the warm atmosphere in the stands, Robinho walked up to Wang Li with a jealous look on his face and gave him a bear hug with his hands clasped tightly, trying to vent some of his jealousy in this way.

"Didn't you just say that no one welcomed me?" Wang Li was very happy to be welcomed by the fans, and he immediately joked with a smile.

After hearing this, Robinho's face immediately turned black and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm talking about myself."

(To be continued)