Chapter 429 Nike Fourth Generation, DF-9
"A good signing, Manchester United has the hope of advancing to the Champions League semi-finals. Mancini's Inter Milan declines very seriously, and they may not be Manchester United's opponents."
After observing silence for Chelsea and Liverpool, the English media focused on Manchester United and Arsenal. Premier League vs. Serie A, this is the main theme of the Champions League quarterfinals. Should the Premier League become the winner, or should Serie A become stronger?
The Times wrote: "Although Inter Milan reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season, they have never made convincing performances from the group stage to the knockout stage. The defense performance is quite poor. Compared with another team in Milan City, this team is simply not worth mentioning... Manchester United's Trident can beat them."
From the tone of the Times, we can see that they are completely disdainful of Inter Milan because Inter Milan has never achieved a veritable record.
However, one person thinks that Inter Milan is not as unbearable as the media said, because most of the players of this team followed Mourinho to win the 2010 Champions League championship.
Of course, even if it is not the team that won the championship, the team is still quite star-Tordo, Zanetti, Cordoba, Samuel, Stankovic, Kili Gonzalez, Veron, Cambiaso, Matrazi, Adriano, Recoba Martins, Cesar, Pizarro, Cruz...
Judging from the player composition, this Inter Milan has the stars that are no less than any team!
In Dong Fangzhuo's view, what this team lacks is not a player, but a suitable head coach. That head coach can only be Mourinho, who claims to be the first and second in the first place. As long as Mourinho leaves Chelsea, he will go to Inter Milan...
The Times also analyzed Arsenal's prospects, "Although he has passed the Real Madrid level, Arsenal will face the stronger Juventus, and Vieira is about to face the savior. Whether Arsenal can advance depends on whether Henry can shine again..."
At the same time, Manchester United's odds for winning the Champions League have also changed, with 10 losses of 10. Although the odds have changed, the team has also shrunk to 8 teams. Manchester United is still ranked 7th among the eight teams, and is still not optimistic, closely below Villarreal, and even Arsenal is more optimistic...
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On the second day after returning to Manchester, Dong Fangzhuo was invited to Nike's specialty store in Manchester, where he made a detailed customization of foot molds.
Customized foot model. At the beginning of the time, Dong Fangzhuo thought that Nike only specially created a pair of his own sneakers for him, and he didn't know that there were more powerful moves in the future.
After difficult negotiations between Mendes and Nike, Mendes won a global contract for Dong Fangzhuo.
Nike decided to create a battle boot for Dong Fangzhuo called DF-9, the fourth generation of Assassin!
Assassin's Battle Boots, long-standing.
In 1996, Nike became partners with the Brazilian national team and set out to create a pair of football shoes that match the level of this most prestigious national team in the football world.
As a young forward in the team at that time, Ronaldo was selected as the design inspiration for this sneaker. On the court, he always wandered patiently and waited for the right opportunity. Once the opportunity came, he would rush to the football and complete a fatal blow. When the possibility of a goal appeared in front of him, Ronaldo was like two of them before. In short, he was an assassin.
In order to design a sneaker that matches Ronaldo's explosive style, Nike turned its attention to the runway. Early concepts included studs similar to running shoes on the bottom of the Nike Tiempo series of soccer shoes, aiming to highlight the goal of greatly reducing weight for soccer shoes.
Faced with this challenge, the design team abandoned the inherent tradition of using kangaroo leather and replaced it with a new synthetic material, which is the kng-100. The second major breakthrough was to compress the thickness of the sole from the 3mm commonly used in the industry at that time to a revolutionary 1.75mm.
On June 16, 1998, Ronaldo scored a wonderful volley in the debut of the Assassin series football shoes. In the past two decades, thousands of goals were scored by the Assassin series, including random scores in the amateur five-a-side game, and winning penalty that determines the title of the championship. At the same time, the Assassin series shoes are constantly evolving to meet the needs of athletes of all eras, and continue to make breakthroughs in both technological innovation and design aesthetics.
By 2006, the assassin had grown to the third generation.
Then, Dong Fangzhuo's df-9 suddenly jumped out and became the fourth generation.
As soon as the news came out, the global football world was crazy!
No one had ever thought that one day Nike would find a Chinese to endorse the fourth-generation assassin boots.
df-9 actually has two meanings, df, which is Dong Fangzhuo's name, and 9 is his jersey number. Another meaning, df is like China's Dongfeng series missiles, which are extremely powerful. Nike obviously spent a lot of effort to give such a realistic name.
In the history of football, there seem to be no more than five football shoes that can name them after themselves?
Dong Fangzhuo knew exactly what this meant. Just like Ronaldo later had his own Cr7 Assassin boots, he now got his own DF-9 Assassin boots, which is a huge honor. Most players can't do it in their entire lives, but he got it at the age of 21...
"Dongfeng Missile, haha, it's awesome. Xiao Dong is now the most popular player in Nike. Dongfeng Express..." Chinese fans were also ecstatic.
"Nike has a unique vision. When Xiao Dong was so young, he signed this contract with Xiao Dong."
"A model of the perfect combination of Dong Fangzhuo's industry and business."
"Special edition of Assassin—superfly4,e?es."
"It is said that Nike will give him £5 million a year to sponsor it starting this year. Oh my god, £5 million..."
"This is nothing. In addition to Nike, Mendes also found nearly 30 contracts for him. The domestic Seven Wolves and Golden Throat Torture are the tip of the iceberg of the business. The merchants appearing on the list are terrible. Brands such as Shenma KFC, Castrol, Armani, Abbott, Emirates Airlines, Toyota, Egyptian Steel, Yagge Watches, Qingyang Shampoo are also seeking to let C Ronaldo serve as the spokesperson. Now domestic mobile phone manufacturers are going crazy."
Chapter completed!