Chapter 47 Demi's farewell match(1/2)
Now no matter how Capello decides to "punish" Beckham, the news about Beckham at Nottingham Forest Club is over.
Beckham is still from Real Madrid, and the Forests are not qualified to point fingers at how another club treats Beckham.
Donn decided not to talk about Beckham on any occasion anymore. He didn't want everyone to focus too much on a player who had not joined yet. That would be the greatest disrespect for these players now.
He didn't expect that before Beckham came, he had already established an enemy in the locker room.
So he tried to downplay the influence of Beckham joining next season within the team, so that the players would focus all their attention on the current game this season.
During Christmas, despite facing a very intensive schedule, Nottingham Forest still achieved good results. Except for December 11 and 16, they drew with Aston Villa and Liverpool in two consecutive league rounds, and won several other games.
Especially in the last game at the end of the year, he defeated Arsenal 1-0 at home, avenging the revenge of losing to them away from home in the first half of the season.
Currently, Forests has 47 points, ranking third in the league. On top of them are Manchester United of Ferguson and Chelsea of Mourinho, one with fifty-seven points and the other with fifty-one points.
Manchester United's rise this season has broken Mourinho's wishful thinking. After three seasons of silence, Ferguson plans to re-direct the Premier League.
After experiencing the baptism of the World Cup, Cristiano, who used to only know how to show off his fancy footwork on the wing; Ronaldo has also matured a lot, and he and Rooney have formed the backbone of Manchester United and are the core figure of Ferguson's future plan.
Another opponent, Chelsea coach Mourinho, is unwilling to be robbed of his throne by Manchester United, but he also has to deal with the relationship between the club chairman and the locker room at the same time, which makes the famous Portuguese coach a little exhausted.
Don't have a smooth league strategy. This season he doesn't want to waste his energy to compete for any league championship with Manchester United or Chelsea. He knows how much he has. Now that he can return to the third place in the league, he is very satisfied.
Thanks to George and Wood's return, Albertini returned to the bench. But even if it wasn't for Wood, he wouldn't be able to survive this intensive Christmas schedule. His body is no longer as good as before.
He now put all his energy into teaching Wood how to master the rhythm of the game and let the team follow his wishes.
It can be seen that Wood is very interested in this. This kid is a person who likes to dominate everything and hates letting others dominate himself.
Having such thoughts means he is suitable for being the core.
Donn was busy with Beckham's affairs during that time, and the whole club seemed to be busy with this matter. Albertini didn't care, not because he hated Beckham and didn't want David to join the team. But because he had his own affairs.
Just a few days after Christmas, he received a call from Galliani to himself.
Since he left AC Milan, the general manager of the Milan club has only called himself once, which is the second time. What he said is still the same thing.
When Albertini announced his retirement last season, Galliani called.
He conveyed the greetings of Chairman Berlusconi, and then said that before he retired, AC Milan would hold a grand farewell ceremony for him to end his career brilliantly.
The good old man Albertini naturally expressed his gratitude to the Milan club for the care, without mentioning the treatment of the team when he was expelled from Milanello by Galliani.
At that time, Galliani patted her chest and promised that Albertini's farewell match would be a football event. Albertini had to leave everything to him for arrangements with confidence.
Half a year passed in a blink of an eye, and Galliani called to fulfill his promise.
"Dimi, I promise you that it will be a football feast. It's time to fulfill this promise." Italian bald Galliani said on the phone, "Do you remember Athens on May 28, 1994?"
Galliani said this. Albertini remembered it.
It was the final of the European Champions League season 1993 to 1994. At that time, he was still a main player in the Acmilan area. He defeated Barcelona, known as the "Dream Team" 4-0 with his teammates. He won a brilliant championship.
"Of course I remember." Albertini said.
"We will reappear for you that day." Galliani smiled, "Barcelona is your opponent in the farewell match. How does it feel?"
Albertini was not as excited as Galliani thought. He was even a little surprised when he heard the name - he originally thought AC Milan would invite Nottingham Forest.
After all, Forest is the team he has played for the longest time except AC Milan, and he has achieved second career glory in this team.
Before Albertini answered, Galliani continued: "The Barcelona veterans were against AC Milan veterans in the first half. We invited most of the people who participated in that final.
It's a footballer's night, Marco (Van Basten), Luther (Gulit), Frank (Rijkaard)... All the stars you can think of will come because of your call, and I'm sending an invitation letter in your name.
As I said—it was a feast.”
"Not bad." Albertini said. "Is the time determined?"
"January 10th."
Albertini thought about it and there was no league that day, so he could indeed participate. "I have no problem, but Mr. Galliani, can I invite one more person to participate? Just be an audience."
"No problem. Anyone can do it." Galliani agreed in a good mood. But soon he regretted it because Albertini wanted to invite it was not someone else.
It was Tony who criticized AC Milan for looking down on people who were too stingy half a season ago; Don.
"No, Mr. Galliani?" Albertini asked after hearing no response from the other end of the phone.
"Ah, no...no problem. As I said before, you can invite anyone you want. After all, this is your farewell race, you are the master of that day, dear Demi."
During the training the next day, Albertini told Donn about this. Of course, he didn't say that AC Milan didn't consider the Forest team at all at the beginning.
Donne was so happy that he accepted the invitation and did not express any questions about AC Milan's invitation to Barcelona, not Nottingham Forest.
On the one hand, this is in line with the "future" he knows, although the game was one year late. On the other hand, Tang En also wanted to take this opportunity to attend that "game". It is not common for so many footballers to gather together.
Seeing that Don En was so happy and looking forward, Albertini didn't say anything else.
A few days later, Italian media began to report on the news of Albertini's farewell match, telling fans which stars will be present and what kind of scene will be.
Then he began to look back on Albertini's career and tried his best to evaluate how important Albertini is to AC Milan...
Since it is so important, what did you do? Why didn’t you stay there at that time? Last season, Albertini regained his strength in the Forest team, eliminated Inter Milan and several strong teams, and led a group of kids to the finals of the Champions League.
Many Italian media sighed for a while - this is the Dmitrio and Albertini who were abandoned by AC Milan because of their age?
Time always passes quickly. The agreed day comes in a blink of an eye.
Albertini left Nottingham that morning and returned to Milan. On the one hand, he prepared for the evening farewell match, and on the other hand, he met his old friends. In addition, the players' union and the Italian Football Association both had to host a banquet.
The former is to thank him for working in the Players' Union for his many years and seeing off Albertini's retirement. The latter is to discuss his development direction after his retirement.
Before going abroad, Albertini was the chairman of the Players' Union. Although he resigned from this position after going abroad, his long-term position in the Players' Union allowed him to accumulate a deep foundation in Italian football, make friends and have a good reputation.
The Football Association hopes that by hiring Albertini to serve in the Football Association, they can better cooperate with the players. Let Albertini become a bridge for smooth communication between the two sides.
Tang En once persuaded Albertini to stay in the Forest team after retirement, starting as an assistant coach. On the one hand, it is to help Tang En, and on the other hand, it accumulates coaching experience.
But Albertini rejected the proposal because he wanted his children to grow up in Italy. No matter how much the UK said it was just an inn, he was still an Italian.
Don't always couldn't convince the reason of "family". He could only say goodbye to Albertini by himself.
Albertini returned to Milan in advance, and greeted him with flowers and laughter from his friends. It really didn't look like a farewell match. It was more like a gathering of old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.
Don En took a plane to Milan after one day of training in the afternoon. He had no other arrangements there, just to watch the farewell match in San Siro's VIP box as a VIP invited by Albertini.
Shania is not in Milan. It is in Paris. Otherwise, Tang En could take time to see Shania.
After dinner, Donne went to San Siro alone and quietly. Except for sending a text message to Albertini after arriving in Milan, he did not make any contact. Albertini wanted to bring Donne with him, but he refused.
The old guy Galliani said very well. Today belongs to Albertini, and he is the master of tonight.
Tang En didn't want to let himself appear in the cameras of the reporters.
Due to the recent incident in Beckham, he has been exposed for a long time.
Tang En was wearing sunglasses at night and mixed among the fans entering the court, intending to "hide in the city".
But he miscalculated.
Galliani's bald head was very conspicuous under the light at the entrance. When he saw Tang En walking over, he had already reached out his hand in advance and smiled enthusiastically: "Mr. Tang En, why don't you notify us since you are here? If you hadn't seen you by chance in the surveillance video, you would have really let you in like this.
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Because of Albertini's affairs, Donn had no good feelings for this bald man. But today he is the master and he is the guest. The necessary etiquette must be obtained.
"Hello, Mr. Galliani. I really don't know that you can speak fluent English.
"Galliani said in English, which surprised Donn, but soon his face returned to calm, "I know very well that in order to prepare for Demi's farewell match, your club must have done a lot of preparations and will definitely be very busy tonight.
So it was inconvenient to disturb me. So I came by myself." Tang En stretched out his hand and the two of them shook.
"You are the VIP invited by Demi. If we don't have good hospitality, Demi won't be happy. He is the master of Demi here tonight." Galliani pointed to the San Siro Stadium behind him.
Since the host insisted on serving Tang En, Tang En did not refuse and followed Galliani to another passage, which was completely impossible for ordinary fans to take.
"This place leads directly to the private room and will not be disturbed by the media at all. We all know that Mr. Tang En is so annoyed by the media recently, right?" Galliani led the way and chatted with Tang En.
"By the way, I forgot to congratulate you. The successful signing of Beckham will definitely greatly enhance your club's global influence, right?"
Galliani quietly mocked Nottingham Forest just a "country team".
This kind of implicit sound is like Tang En, who likes to treat everyone except his own people as imaginary enemies without any reason. How could a guy with extremely dark mentality not hear it? He smiled and said, "Where is it."
We are a small team and have no background. Even if we buy eleven Beckhams, we cannot compare with a wealthy family like AC Milan. I can memorize the glorious history of AC Milan..."
"It's really surprising. Could it be that Mr. Tang En is also a fan of AC Milan?" Galliani asked with a slight smile.
"No, I'm used to knowing all the detailed information of each opponent." Tang En stopped and said seriously, "That way, you can easily defeat them if you meet on the court." He finally fought back.
The word "easy" stimulated Galiani. His brows thrust for a moment, and there was something unfriendly in his eyes when he looked at Tang En. Tang En did not dodge. He looked at Galiani.
This embarrassing situation lasted only for a few seconds, and the two of them laughed at the same time.
"I understand why the Forests have achieved such excellent results under your leadership. Mr. Tang En, you are an excellent landlord coach."
"Haha, thank you for the praise."
"But I wonder if Mr. Tang En is interested in changing the environment in the future?"
Galliani's question made Tang En alert, and he smiled and said, "Who can tell the future exactly? But to be honest... I don't like being controlled by others."
This is equivalent to rejection. Everyone knows whose AC Milan is, it is not Sachi, not Capello, not Ancelotti's AC Milan, and even Galliani's AC Milan. It is just Berlusconi's AC Milan.
To be continued...