Chapter 702: Quarter-Final Rivals
Chapter 702 Quarter-final opponent
When the manager who got Rong Guang's signature returned home, he couldn't wait to show off Rong Guang's signature to his family and friends.Of course, he also told them the news that Rong Guang had bought a house from him.
Then, naturally, the news reached the ears of reporters.
For a big star like Rong Guang, reporters are interested in his every move. If someone can provide some news clues related to Rong Guang, they will be paid.
So the next day, news of the glorious purchase of a house in Munich appeared in the Munich media.
"...There is news that makes Bayern Munich fans happy. According to people familiar with the matter, Rong has bought a villa in the southern suburbs of Munich... This means that Rong will soon end his history of renting a house and move into a new house... Buying a house in Munich means that Rong intends to settle in Munich for a long time. It seems that he really wants to play for Bayern Munich for a long time... Bayern Munich fans can rest assured..."
Hoeness put down the newspaper. Rong Guang's agent Deborah was looking around the house. He knew about it a long time ago, not through the media. He has his own eyeliner, so that he can understand and grasp what the Bayern Munich players are doing and thinking.
Now it seems that the matter of Rongguang buying a house should be confirmed.
This is indeed good news for him.
Rongguang bought a house in Munich, which means that he will not leave in the next few years.
In fact, Hoeness would occasionally mention the matter of settling in Munich to Rongguang before, but Rongguang never agreed.This time, I don't know why Rongguang decided to buy a house so quickly.
But this reason is not Hoeness's concern, as long as Rongguang is sure to settle in Munich, that's fine.
As long as Rongguang can continue to play for Bayern Munich, Hoeness believes that Bayern Munich will definitely return to the top, not this season, but also in the not-too-distant future.
He is very happy to see that Rongguang plans to stay in Bayern Munich for a long time - before, he was always worried that Rongguang's agent, whether it is the current Deborah or the new agent he replaced in the future, would encourage Rongguang to leave Bayern Munich. After all, Hoeness is very clear about the appeal of the Bundesliga in the entire European football world.The teams in the Bundesliga all pursue a fiscal health policy. The wages of players cannot rise indefinitely, and there is a salary cap.Although Bayern Munich is not short of money, they can't say how much they want to pay their players.
Take into account the financial health of the entire team.
Therefore, the salaries of Bundesliga players are generally not high.
The salary is not high, and the attraction to players is very low.It is completely unable to compete with the Premier League and La Liga.
Especially in La Liga, there is a so-called "Beckham Act". Foreign players who come to La Liga to play in La Liga only need to pay more than 20.00% personal income tax. Compared with the Bundesliga's 40.00% five-person income tax, it is simply too attractive.So in recent years, everyone likes to play in La Liga.
Professional football, to put it bluntly, is a job.Since it is a job, it is natural to talk about money.Whichever side makes more money, of course, go to whichever side, there is nothing to argue about.
With Rongguang's current level and prestige, if he wants to go to La Liga or the Premier League, he is guaranteed to have a lot of wealthy teams waving checks to loot him, especially those clubs with Middle Eastern petrodollar injections. They are not short of money at all.
It's hard to say whether Bayern Munich will be able to retain their glory by then.
Although Rongguang re-signed a contract with Bayern Munich, the contract is not indefinite.
Hoeness has always been worried about this issue, especially now that Magath's Bayern Munich is increasingly dependent on Rongguang, which makes Hoeness a little insecure-if one day, Rongguang is gone, what will Bayern Munich do?
Now that Rongguang has bought a house in Munich, he feels relieved.This shows that Rongguang did not leave so easily - based on his understanding of Rongguang, he spent several million euros to buy a house and left after playing for a season or two?Isn't this a waste of money?
How could Rong Guang do such a wasteful thing with such a money-obsessed personality?
The new contract signed last season and this house are double insurance for Rongguang to stay in Bayern Munich for a long time.
Hoeness began to look forward to the revival of Bayern Munich.
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Regarding the matter of Rongguang buying a house, everyone in the Bayern Munich team also discussed it. Everyone said that Rongguang must invite them to visit when he moves.
"At that time, we will have a garden party in the yard! Outdoor barbecue, many beautiful girls in bikinis, super awesome!" Lucas looked forward to it excitedly.
But Rong Guang's expression was a little awkward: "There is no garden, Lucas."
"How is it possible? I saw the photos in the newspaper, there is a big yard there..."
"Uh, that yard will be a football field in the future..." Rong Guang explained.
Not only Lucas, but the other teammates stared at Rong Guang with wide-eyed eyes, their faces filled with disbelief.
The lively locker room suddenly fell silent at this moment.
After a long time, Lucas covered his face and said, "How much you love training, Rong..."
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After Bayern Munich defeated Werder Bremen at home, Bayern Munich has led Werder Bremen by as much as nine points, and the advantage is obvious.
In the next No.20 six rounds, Bayern Munich beat Frankfurt 1-0 in an away game.
Then in the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, Magath replaced all the main players in rotation, even the goalkeeper.This set of starting lineups is completely different from the starting lineups when the two sides played against each other in the first round.
Rong Guang didn't even start the game.
This disappointed those fans and reporters, because they hoped that Rongguang could catch up with Ruud van Nistelrooy's record in this game.
Rong Guang came off the bench at No. 70 minutes.
He didn't score a goal.
Bayern Munich beat Roma 2:1 at home. Totti scored a face-saving goal for Roma. Finally, the opponent shaved his head in two rounds.
In terms of excitement, this game is far inferior to the previous round-for Bayern Munich fans, this is the case because there are few goals.
But for Roma fans, this is not the case.
Because before this game, Roma has two goals, one is to try to score a goal at Bayern Munich's home court, and the other is not to let Bayern Munich's goals in the two rounds reach double digits.
For this reason, they defended and counterattacked in the away game. For the first time, Spalletti gave up the wolf pack tactics and switched to defensive counterattack.
You must know that after losing the last round, he insisted that he would not give up the pack of wolves tactics.
Although the entire Roma team had no hope of advancing, they did not give up.
They stubbornly blocked Bayern Munich away.
In the end, only two goals were scored by Bayern Munich, and Rongguang was not allowed to score.
In this way, Bayern Munich eliminated Roma with a total score of 9:1 and advanced to the quarter-finals.
After the game, when a reporter asked Rong Guang whether it was a pity that he could not tie Ruud van Nistelrooy's record in this game, Rong Guang replied indifferently: "No, it will be a matter of time (to tie the record) anyway."
Magath also said after the game that he doesn't care about Rongguang's personal record now, he cares more about the team's results.
"We're in the quarter-finals, but that's just one step. After the first meeting and the game, I don't like people listing us as the favourites. Bayern Munich is not the favourite. To win the title, we have to give a lot..."
The next day, the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals was announced.
Bayern Munich's opponent in the quarter-finals is English giants Liverpool.
Under the leadership of Benitez, Liverpool was very close to the Champions League two years ago, but in the end Kaka was the lore.
Now they have been trying their best for two seasons, and they are bound to win the championship this season.
But encountering Bayern Munich, which is in the limelight, may not be a good omen.
But what the media are most interested in is not the outcome of these two teams, but the match between the two.
Rong Guang and Ma Kai.
Now Bayern Munich's leading star is undoubtedly the glory, but before the glory came, this position belonged to Ma Kai.
Dutch striker Roy Mackay was also the European Golden Boot back then. With such a halo, he came to Bayern Munich. He has been Bayern Munich's top scorer for two consecutive seasons, scoring more than [-] goals in the league.
Apart from not bringing enough championships to the team, everything is fine, and there is nothing to criticize about his individual performance.
So when Ballack was booed at the Olympic Stadium, all McKay got was cheers.
But when the glory came, everything changed.
Magath once tried to put the two of them together and let them coexist on the pitch.As a result, such an attempt failed due to Ma Kai's lack of cooperation.
Then Ma Kai was sidelined by Magath.
However, Rongguang adapted to Bayern Munich so quickly that Ma Kai didn't expect it. After Rongguang scored consecutive goals, Ma Kai, who was sitting on the bench, was quickly forgotten by people.The cheers that were once given to him are now given glory, and they are even greater than what he has received.
In the end, Bayern Munich no longer needed Ma Kai. Ma Kai also realized that staying in the team would not do him any good personally, so he applied for a transfer.
And just like that, he arrived at...Liverpool.
However, Ma Kai in Liverpool is no longer the team's top scorer. Liverpool's popular fried chicken is Spanish golden boy Fernando Torres.
But maybe he has experienced the competition with Glory in Bayern Munich, so this time in Liverpool, Ma Kai's performance is much more low-key, and he did not ask for the same treatment as Torres.
He made green leaves for Torres very low-key.So in Liverpool, he is still the main center forward who starts every game, but the requirement for him is no longer to score goals.
As soon as the lottery results come out, everyone is looking forward to the direct dialogue between Rong Guang and Ma Kai on the court when the two teams meet, to see what kind of sparks they can create.
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In the league weekend, Bayern Munich defeated Schalke 2 0-04 at home. Rongguang scored a goal in the game, so that his league goals reached [-], and he currently ranks first in the league scorer list.
At the same time, Werder Bremen was tied 0:0 by Cottbus in the away game, and the point difference with Bayern Munich was further widened.
Although they are still second, it has become very difficult to get the first place.
If nothing else, I am afraid that it is impossible for Bayern Munich to lose the league championship at the last moment.
The match between Werder Bremen and Cottbus was called the "little Chinese derby" by the Chinese media, because Cottbus also had a Chinese player -- Shao Yijia.
However, in this "Little China Derby", the performance of the two Chinese players was very average.Shao Yijia was replaced at the 607th minute. Although Gao Lin played the whole game, he failed to score a goal.
After this round of the league, Bayern Munich will usher in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. They will play at home first and then away.
(End of this chapter)