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Chapter 118 Historical Level Body
When Wang Lie walked into the gym on the basement floor, Sonny Dean had already left. He saw Vincenzo Vitale, a thin old man, the physical trainer who had come down to wait for him.

If you only look at his appearance, it would be hard to believe that this person is the physical trainer who helped Wang Lie build the strongest body.

This little old man is a talented person that many wealthy clubs want to invite to be their physical trainer.

At that time, Sofo United hoped that Wang Lie could use his personal connections to persuade Vitale to join the team and become the physical coach of Sofo United.

But Vitale rejected all these invitations, including this one from Sofia.

Wang Lie's personal connections were no use in this matter.

He only works as a private trainer, and not just anyone can hire him.

If it weren't for Wang Lie's relationship, it would have been difficult for Dean on his own to invite this famous fitness coach to coach him.

Now Dean receives training from Vitale every day in the gym at Wang Lie's home.

Their first meeting was in a professional sports clinic, where Vitale took Dean through a very detailed lower limb muscle strength examination and produced the most detailed report.

The report showed that the strength of Dean's left and right feet was seriously unbalanced, and his left ankle did show signs of injury. This was the result of him using his left foot to compensate for his right foot for a long time.

He really needs to improve the strength of his right ankle to reduce the burden on his left foot.

According to the report, Vitale outlined a very detailed training plan for Dean, which even included advice on diet and daily routine.

He also promised Dean that as long as he strictly followed his training plan, his physical condition would be greatly improved in a year at most.

In fact, this sounded like a "blank check" a year later, but for some reason, Dean did not make a sarcastic remark about Vitale's words at the time, but nodded and did it.

When Wang Lie saw Vitale, he asked him, "How is Dean?"

"It's good. His training was effective today. He himself also reported improvements, which I think is a good thing," said Vincenzo Vitale.

Wang Lie nodded: "That's good. But sometimes you have to stimulate him a little. He is lazy by nature, and is good at making excuses for himself. His words are always full of yin and yang..."

Vitale laughed. "Ha! This is a bit strange to me. You told me that he was a rebellious kid who hadn't grown up yet, but from my contact with him in the past two days, he is not as rebellious as you said. He cooperated very well with the training plan and arrangement I made for him. No matter what request I made, he was very good at it."

Wang Lie was stunned for a moment when he heard Vitale's words, then frowned and asked, "Really?"

"Of course, how could I lie to you? I haven't had any contact with him before, but after spending the past few days with him, I don't think he is rebellious. He is a pretty normal young man." Vitale was talking, and suddenly reacted, pointing at Wang Lie and laughing:

"After all this time, he is only against you, right?"

Seeing Wang Lie's thoughtful expression, Vitale was a little surprised: "Could it be that I really got it right?"

Wang Lie said: "He does have a lot of opinions about me. It has been like this since the first day I joined Tyne."

Vitale was a little surprised: "Have you offended him before?"

Wang Lie shook his head: "No. Before, he and I were just ordinary opponents on the field, and we didn't have any special intersections. In the early years, I didn't have a deep impression of him..."

He didn't lie.

If Dean's value had not once risen to over 100 million and had not been hyped up in the media, he would not have had any impression of this English player.

After all, Tyne was not really a strong team, and it was difficult for it to cause any trouble to Sofia United, which was at its peak at the time.

Naturally, it would be impossible to leave a very deep impression on Wang Lie.

Vitale teased, "But that's normal. With your temper, you wouldn't know if you offended someone unintentionally. You forget about it in a blink of an eye, but the person you offended might remember you for a long time..."

Having worked with Wang Lie for many years, Vitale knew his personality and temper very well.

Of course he didn't think Wang Lie was a bastard who was causing trouble everywhere.

Most of the time, he is just a little ruthless and too persistent in insisting on what he believes is right, which invisibly causes harm to other people or makes people unhappy.

It's like a flame.

When it’s cold, you light a fire to keep yourself warm, but because you want to be warmer, you get too close and get burned. Is this the flame’s fault?
Or maybe the flame just wants to give out as much light and heat as possible, to give warmth to people and dispel the cold and darkness. But the flame doesn't know that being too enthusiastic can also hurt others.

His inner subjective consciousness is not bad.

Otherwise, he would not have cooperated with Wang Lie for so many years, and flew to Newcastle to serve his teammates just because of a phone call from him - if Wang Lie was really a morally corrupt villain, they would not have been able to cooperate for so long and still maintain a good personal relationship until now.

In rare cases, Wang Lie did have malicious intent, but that was always because someone provoked him first, forcing him to fight back.

Of course, Wang Lie’s definition of “angering him” is rather broad. Racial discrimination definitely falls into the category of “angering him,” and so does insulting him and his family.

When defending him during the game, if the moves were dirty, Wang Lie would also think that he had "provoked him"...

If you successfully defend against him during the game but are verbally harsh with him after the game, Wang Lie will think that you are actively provoking him.

Then tell the world:
Look, everyone saw it, he was the first to make the move!
No matter what happened next, Wang Lie felt that he was acting in "self-defense."

The list of victims in this regard is very long…

So although Wang Lie had achieved great success, his reputation was hard to describe, with mixed reviews. When his performance declined, he was immediately attacked and criticized mercilessly by others, as well as all kinds of gloating.

After all, not everyone likes his offensive qualities.

I think many people still accept the idea of ​​"forgive others when you can", and don't like people who are too strong and arrogant.

After hearing what Vitale said, Wang Lie shrugged but did not refute.

He knows what kind of personality he has, but he never thinks it is a bad one.

Vitale looked at Wang Lie, shook his head and said, "You really surprised me. I didn't expect that you can still maintain such a physical condition at the age of 38... To be honest, even if I have trained you, it is hard to believe..."

Wang Lie wanted to perfect this setting, so he asked him: "From your professional point of view, is there no one who can maintain such athletic ability after the age of 38?"

Vitale shook his head. "I won't say there is absolutely no chance, but it is definitely a very small probability. In some sports, 38 is not considered too old, but in football, it is definitely considered old. Especially for forwards, because as you age, your explosiveness and flexibility will decline first, and your speed and agility will be greatly affected. In football, explosiveness and agility are crucial..."

“So my current situation is incredible?”

"Incredible." Vitale nodded.

"Then...will he be caught and put on the dissection table for research?"

Vitale was amused by Wang Lie's imaginative words: "Of course not! A small probability does not mean zero. At least you have proved that such a thing can exist. I can only say that maybe your twenty years of training, regular work and rest, and scientific diet have made your body function decline slower than that of ordinary people, and recover faster - didn't you feel a period of time in the second half of last year when your body function declined?"

Wang Lie explained: "The main reason was that I didn't play enough games at the time and lost my rhythm, so I didn't perform well in the game. But actually my physical function was fine and didn't decline much."

Of course he was lying, because he couldn't tell Vitale that he was cheating, so he could only blame all his poor performance on the fact that he had played too few games.

Anyway, he did play fewer games at that time, and there were not enough games to prove whether his physical function declined or he lost his game rhythm.

Whatever he says is what he says.

According to what he said to the outside world, it was not that his function declined, but that he played too few games and failed to adapt to the rhythm of the game, so he performed poorly in the game. As long as he can play games continuously and stably, with his strength, his performance will come naturally.

So in the final analysis, the culprit is Sven Helden who didn't let him play!
Because Wang Lie's performance in recent months proved it, Vitale easily believed Wang Lie's words and did not raise any questions.

Just as he said, the probability of a situation like Wang Lie happening is extremely low, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen at all.

For example, Wang Lie has been in his professional career for so many years, and except for an injury when he was eighteen or nineteen years old, he has not suffered any major injuries until now, including his left knee which had surgery and has not had any problems since then.

It sounds equally incredible, but Wang Lie actually did it. He just stood in front of him, and he couldn't help but believe it.

Moreover, in his 21-year professional career, he has undergone the most stringent doping tests, so strict that it even seemed a bit "racially discriminatory."

But no problems with taking any illegal drugs were found.

Even those who wanted to find fault with Wang Lie couldn't find any fault with him, which shows how valuable his performance was...

People can only sigh that Wang Lie is gifted with talent and has a historical-level body, which enables him to maintain his excellent form throughout such a long career.

After Wang Lie talked with Vitale, he began his physical training.

He didn't need Vitale's guidance, he just practiced on his own. He had been training with Vitale for a long time and knew how to practice.

In the past, Vitale could live in his house and train with him.

Later, as Vitale became more and more famous, more and more people invited him to work, and it became impossible for the two of them to always be together.

So Wang Lie has become accustomed to training on his own.

In the past two years, he has basically not spent any money to hire Vitale to guide his training.

It’s just that the two of them still maintain a good personal relationship.

During the long period of cooperation, their relationship has gone beyond a simple employer-employee relationship and has become friends.

"Seeing you like this now, I feel relieved..." As Wang Lie started training, Vitale asked, "You are still the invincible warrior. You know what? I am looking forward to your match with Sofolian. There are still two rounds left, right?"

Wang Lie nodded: "Yes, after playing Porter FC and Southampton Anker, it's Sofia United."

"I'm going to ask a somewhat disappointing question... What if the point difference between the two teams hasn't narrowed before your match with Sofia United? What will you do?"

Wang Lie answered very straightforwardly and confidently: "It doesn't matter. We will still beat them. Then we can narrow the gap to four points and put pressure on them, waiting for them to make mistakes in the remaining three league games. This Sofia team can't bear this kind of pressure."

Obviously he had considered this situation and made a plan in his mind.

Vitale nodded: "Okay, I will go to watch the game in person. Good luck, Wang."

"Thank you."

Vitale said goodbye politely, leaving Wang Lie alone in the gym to continue training, trying to improve his physical functions.

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The match against Portel FC is not easy because Portel FC is currently ranked 18th in the league, which is third from the bottom and is right in the relegation zone.

With six rounds left in the league, every point is crucial for a relegation team like Portel FC.

So even though the relegation teams may seem weak, the closer they get to the end of the season, the harder they will be to deal with.

This is especially true when they are at home.

In the 33rd round of the league, Tyne will have to challenge Portal FC away.

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Danilo Lindsay, as the current second assistant coach of Sofia United, is responsible for another thing besides daily training, which is collecting and analyzing the opponent's game videos.

Sofia United's opponent in this round of the league is Waltham, but he did not collect and analyze the game videos of this opponent because he had already analyzed them before.

Their match against Waltham will be in a few hours. It is too late to collect and analyze the video of Waltham's match now...

Sofia United's opponent in the next league round is Witton Hill.

But the game videos Lindsay collected were still not of this team.

It's Sofia's next league opponent - Tyne.

In fact, ever since Wang Lie publicly announced that he would lead Tyne to the Champions League next season, Sofia head coach Sven Heldon assigned him the task of collecting Tyne's game videos.

He has now collected video footage of three games.

Although Heldon has never publicly stated that he regards Tyne as a direct competitor of Sofia United, his actual actions have proved that he cares about the performance of Tyne and Wang Lie.

Lindsay always felt that Helden was not only doing this to study Tyne, but also to keep an eye on Tyne's performance at all times.

For example, in this afternoon's game, Tyneside will challenge the relegation team Portal FC away. Heldon asked Lindsay to pay attention to this game, probably to see whether Tyneside will fail at the relegation team's home ground...

It's normal for Helden to think so.

Even Lindsay himself thinks that Tyne will face a tough battle away from home.

After all, anyone who knows a little about penalties understands how difficult it is to beat relegation teams at this stage.

That's a relegation team!
A team fighting to avoid relegation is also fighting for survival - it is not an exaggeration at all, staying in the Premier League can help them survive better, so it is not wrong to say that avoiding relegation is fighting for survival.

The broadcasting revenue of the Premier League is very high. Currently, the broadcasting fees of the Premier League are among the highest in the world. Only the domestic broadcasting fees of the National Football League (NFL) and Indian cricket are higher than the Premier League. In the football world, the Premier League is the most expensive football league.

Fifty percent of the Premier League's broadcasting fees are distributed equally among the twenty Premier League teams, twenty-five percent is distributed based on the final league ranking, which is equivalent to a performance bonus, and the last twenty-five percent is the cost of broadcasting facilities.

According to this allocation rule, the higher the ranking of a team, the more broadcasting fees it can receive.

But in fact, even if you rank at the bottom, the share of the broadcasting fees you can get is very considerable.

Although compared to the league champions, there may be a huge difference.

But nowadays, even the bottom-ranked team in the Premier League can get a share of 1 million pounds in broadcasting fees. (Note )

This amount of money is higher than the season revenue of mid- and upper-level teams in other leagues.

This is why staying in the Premier League is so important for these English teams.

If a club is unfortunately relegated, it will be a devastating blow to its finances, and there are many examples of bankruptcy due to this.

Even if they do not go bankrupt, many relegated teams will fall into a vicious cycle of "financial crisis - selling players for subsidies - decline in team strength - decline in performance - inability to return to the Premier League - worsening financial crisis - continue selling players".

As a traditional mid-table Premier League team, Porter FC has never been relegated from the league since the establishment of the Premier League in the early 1990s.

Whether from the perspective of financial factors or club honor, Portel FC will fight a desperate battle to avoid relegation.

Under such circumstances, they will definitely not let Tyne have an easy time when playing against Tyne at home.

Most people, including Lindsay, think so.

Before the game, many English media analyzed that Tyne would have a tough battle at Portal FC's home ground and might even lose the game.

Although Tyne have been on a winning streak since losing to Clayton Athletic.

But for the team, the winning streak is both an honor and an accumulation of pressure.

With every win, the pressure on Tyne players increases, especially with the goal of qualifying for the Champions League. Every Tyne player can't help but think, "We must not lose! If we lose, we will say goodbye to the Champions League!"

But in this world, is there any football match where you can only win and never lose?
Will definitely lose.

The more pressure a team is under and the less they dare to lose, the more likely they are to lose.

So no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel that maybe it’s time for Tyne to lose…

As a result, eighty-one minutes into the game, Danilo Lindsay stared at the computer screen that was recording the game in amazement.

Just a minute ago, there was thunderous cheers in the Portel Stadium, the home ground of Portel FC, as the home team fans seemed to see hope for a Jedi counterattack.

But now the noise in this stadium is much quieter.

So Connor Cowley's cry stood out:

"Wang!! Wang Lie! This is his second goal in this game! Just one minute after Portal FC narrowed the gap to one goal, he scored a goal to shatter Portal FC's dream! 4:2! Tyne regained a two-goal lead away from home!"

Lindsay could never have imagined before the game that the highly motivated relegation team Portal FC would be completely defeated by Tyne in the game!
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注1：根据网上找的资料，现实中曼城赢得2021-2022赛季联赛冠军之后，从英超联盟获得了超过1.53亿英镑的收入。排名垫底的球队也有1.06亿英镑的收入。

So I made a little addition based on this. After all, it is already 2037... If I still copy the numbers in the data, I always feel that something is wrong.

As for whether the bottom-ranked Premier League team will still have an income of 2037 million pounds in 1.6, don't take it too seriously. After all, I'm not a time traveler. We can only wait and see in 2037.

(End of this chapter)