Chapter 8 that year eighteen
Scoring 7 goals and conceding 4 goals in 3 games, 5 points. Compared to teams that have won all three games, this is not a good result, but if it is included in the entire history of Chinese football, it is definitely a big book.
Brazil team, they scored two goals, what kind of generation is this in China? The media can't find a suitable word to describe this Chinese team.
At the press conference after the game, Chinese reporters were all proud and proud. The result of this draw was automatically ignored. In their minds, there was only the first half of the 2-0.
After the game, Mr. Yang and Vermall had a Northeastern meal together, which comforted their injured hearts. Mr. Yang recalled the whole game while eating. There was a virtual in his mind that if there was no reminder from Wan Cheng Ruolan that night, how would he play? Mr. Yang's original plan was to line up a 910 to fight a despicable defensive counterattack, and he could steal one.
There are two possible consequences of such tactics. One possibility is that the Brazilian team let go of the offense, scored a goal, and the Chinese team lost the game. This kind of scene often occurs in past history. If you want to maintain a draw, you can't even defend the draw. The second possibility is that the Brazilian team cannot defeat it for a long time, and the two sides will play 0 to 0. There are fewer goals and will be eliminated.
Some people may say that there is still a possibility of winning the game?
Mr. Yang was very clear that this was basically impossible. Judging from the second half, as long as the Brazilian team played the game seriously, the Chinese team's chances of winning would be almost 0 - the gap in strength is something the coach could not make up. In addition to being the right time, the Chinese team's goals were also lucky.
At the post-match summary meeting, Mr. Yang told the team his thoughts. The Chinese team members instantly woke up from the exaggerated atmosphere created by the media. It turned out that there were so many things hidden behind this. The young players had a new understanding of football games.
However, it is gratifying that if the China-Pakistan showdown at the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup is compared to a battle between a child and an adult, then this game should be a battle between a sharp young man and an experienced middle-aged man. The Chinese team has made great progress in the past five or six years.
After this game, the head coaches of the club where the Chinese players are located have begun to re-reach their respective players. Some clubs are even preparing to seize this opportunity to promote some transfers, and the value of Chinese players has finally been recognized by the market.
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In Milan, Italy in August, it was another sunny weather. Massimo Morati wore a sports T-shirt and shorts and rode a bicycle to the club. During the Olympics, Italy was not very excited. Except for some events that could win gold medals, the Italians watched the star-stripes and red flags scrambled there. Obviously, the gold medal belonging to Olympic football is not within the scope of the Italians caring about.
However, as the chairman of a club, Morati is of course more concerned about the progress of Olympic football than ordinary people. The only thing that is unhappy is that there is only one Inter Milan player and goalkeeper in this Italian national Olympic team, Viviano.
Alas, has Inter Milan been an international column? Moratti sighed helplessly. Since the phone door in 2006, Inter Milan monopolized the Italian League One championship, but the Champions League game cannot even reach the quarter-finals. Now, the strong return of Juventus and AC Milan has made the ownership of the league championship a suspense again.
"Father, when will I see the glory of the Great International era again?" Morati thought while riding a bicycle.
The current situation of Inter Milan can be seen from the second half of last season. The old players have lost their ambitions and have won the league championship even if they have made a bad return. The long-term "foreign war layman" has left the team without any confidence from top to bottom. Young players are even more anxious. They have won several championships in the U18 league, but apart from Martins, they have not trained any good players. Where did Martins go in the end? Newcastle. The price is not bad. Isn't the coach who bought him the Chinese team head coach who competed with the Italian Olympic team today? What's the name? I can't remember it.
I heard from Blanca (Inter Milan technical consultant) that this Chinese coach is very good at using young people and cultivating young people. I don’t know if it is true. Mancini, when can you also play the role of our youth training system?
Originally, Morati could watch the game at home, but this afternoon there happened to be a very important meeting held at the club. The topic of the meeting was about the team's financial report.
Come all the way to the conference room. This private conference room is usually used to entertain important guests, and it was occasionally used to make important negotiations. For example, Ronaldo's signing. Morati does not like luxurious and complex decorative styles like some rich people. The huge room is arranged very simply. A round table is surrounded by exquisite antique sofas, and a cup of afternoon tea on the table is emitting fragrance.
Morati turned on the TV. It was noon in Italy and it was just the evening in China. It was 12:30 Italian time and 19:30 Beijing time.
Beijing Workers Stadium.
The competition begins.
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The Italian coach is Casilazzi. In 1998, the Chelsea striker collided with the goalkeeper of West Ham. He needed more than 10 surgeries to recover from his knees. In the end, Casilazzi was forced to retire. The slightly tragic Italian, with a national Olympic team that had no desires, became Yang's opponent today.
"Xiao Meng, how about it? Is China fun?" Before the game, Mr. Yang made a call to Montlivo, his former player in Newcastle, without any moral integrity.
Like Vermullen, three black lines appeared on his head. Before the game, he kept praying that he would never touch the team led by his boss. Obviously, the prayer failed.
"The boss...is pretty good."
"Don't play too hard. There will be Premier League games next~ Hahahaha, I'll treat you to dinner after the kick." Mr. Yang smiled unpredictably. If there was really a "phone door", he would definitely be arrested for bribing the opponent's players.
Montlivo has become Newcastle's midfield engine for several seasons under Mr. Yang. His combination with Hamsik is fast and slow to mobilize the opponent's defense, which makes many teams frightened.
Montelivo still has a deeper relationship with Mr. Yang. In the winter of the third year in England, Montelivo had a sprained knee injury for 3 months. Originally, Mr. Yang could use the winter transfer window to buy a substitute player, but Mr. Yang told him to let him recover with peace of mind. Newcastle's core will not change, and the team was waiting for him to come back. "I'm waiting for you to come back too." Mr. Yang smiled handsomely when he said this.
Thinking of this, Montelivo asked a question that he had wanted to ask very early: "Boss, where will you coach after the Olympics?"
"As this, I haven't thought about it yet. I want to take a break for a while."
"Will you go back to England?"
"This... I'm afraid it will take until winter to make a decision."
Is it winter? Montlivo put down the phone. So should I transfer in the summer? Or wait?
In addition to Montelivo, the core players of this Italian Olympic team also include Giuseppe Rossi of Villarreal and Juventus young player Giovanko, known as the "atomic ant".
It is precisely because of the existence of these players that head coach Casillazi specially tailored a 4321 Christmas tree style for the Italian team. Giovanko Rossi was the No. 9 half to help the striker, Montelivo was the center organization as the core of the game, and two midfielders were paired with dirty work next to him.
As soon as the game started, the two sides tried for several rounds and entered a stalemate. Italy's desire to attack was not strong, and it seemed to be waiting for the second half to exert force. After understanding its own strength, the Chinese team was even more careful about this kind of knockout match. There is a world of difference between the group stage and the knockout match. If a mistake is absolutely a matter of eternal regret.
In this game, Mr. Yang specially arranged for Zhao Xuri to restrict himself from Montlivo.
"Harrow, Xiao Meng." Zhao Xuri practiced English well during his time in Belgium. He greeted him after he came on the court. Zhao Xuri is no longer at Valleheim. In the summer of 2007, Zhao Xuri transferred to England's Wigan team and played under Juwell. His defensive physical strength and long-range shooting characteristics have made him an indispensable player in Wigan. At this time, Zhao Xuri could really be called "China's Gerald" as Mr. Yang imagined.
Of course, Montlivo knew this guy in front of him. He always saw this guy when there were Wigan Athletics and Newcastle competitions. It is said that he was shameless to go to Mr. Yang's house for free.
Montlivo did not speak and responded to Zhao Xuri's greeting with his feet.
The ball was under his feet, running steadily horizontally, and suddenly turned around!
Pass the ball!
Bang! A thigh stretched out on the ball's route and the ball bounced out.
"No way. Xiao Meng. The boss asked me to take good care of you."
Montlivo looked at the sidelines, and Master Yang gave a thumbs up in the direction of him. Obviously, this praise was given to Zhao Xuri beside him.
He has become the boss's enemy. This Chinese team is very powerful.
"Don't underestimate the enemy, we are very awesome." Mr. Yang's half-joking tone echoed in Montelivo's mind. He should indeed take it seriously. In the last game, Zhao Xuri faced Diego and Ronaldinho.
Montlivo looked back at Zhao Xuri with a relaxed expression, and a strong fighting spirit ignited in his heart.
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The TV was still on, and Inter Milan's financial meeting began in the afternoon tea fragrance. However, compared to the relaxed atmosphere, the topics of the meeting were very serious.
The participants included Pirelli's chairman, Tronchetti Provilla of Morati, Morati's son Angelo Morati, Inter Milan's technical director Blanca, and Athletic Director Ogliari. In terms of personnel composition, the first one is to invest money, while the second two are to spend money. The only abnormal thing is that head coach Mancini was not invited to participate.
Isn't the head coach involved?
"I didn't call him Mancini. I've called him on the phone. I've got a transfer fee of 20 million euros this summer. The goal of the season is the European champion." Morati's voice was a little low, and it was obvious that she was not in a good mood.
Everyone present knew very well what the reason why Chairman Mo was in a bad mood. Last year's league championship did not satisfy the chairman. The best gift to commemorate Inter Milan's 100th birthday was the Champions League, not a league champion who had won the slightest victory. The pain of being defeated by Villarreal and Valencia in the Champions League made the chairman angry until now. It can be imagined that if he could not qualify for the group stage of the Champions League in the first half of the year, it would be a foregone conclusion that Mancini would be dismissed.
There is another reason why Morati is in a bad mood. That is, the neighbor next door signed the championship coach Mourinho. This result made Morati regret it. Morati had contacted Mourinho before, but the Portuguese instead made a series of requests to him: transfer fees, the absolute management rights of the team, and even players who need to be cleared. Just when Morati was still hesitating, Berlusconi, who had been secretly mocked by him as a "sweet neighbor's parent", turned out to be generous and decisive.
How can this not make Morati grit her teeth?
"Massimo, relax. We all understand your mood very much, but the issue we are going to discuss today is even more serious. We are poorer than ever." Friend Providera brought the topic to the right track.
People all over the world know that Inter Milan has a generous chairman, but few people know that this generosity is also facing a dilemma under the hurricane of the financial crisis. After decades of investment of more than 1 billion euros, Morati used his private property to build the team. Now this unhealthy operation has finally reached the brink of unsustainable, with the club's deficit being nearly 200 million. Even though his elder brother, Gianmako Morati, who has always supported his elder brother, kindly reminded him that if he continues to do so, the entire Morati family will be in trouble.
What supports Morati's continued investment?
After school, 18-year-old Moratti wanted to go to Mea to check the ball. His father, who owns 56 cars, refused to send him a car, so he rode his bicycle across most of Milan to the stadium.
The blue and black scarf, the howling stadium's shouts, and the infinite glory of the "Inter Milan era" were integrated into the depths of his soul at that moment.
"I want to build a big international era of my own!" This is what the 18-year-old Morati told his friend Provilla.
"Just as long as one Champions League trophy, I only need one Champions League trophy. As long as I get that trophy, I can let it go." Morati seemed to be talking to herself, and as if she was responding to the words of an old friend just now.
Provera sighed. His old friend was still as persistent as he was when he was young.
"Father, we should be dormant for a season, and then choose the best head coach this season and save the money for the next summer." Angelo also tried to persuade his father, but his tone was obviously "perfunctory". The purpose of this meeting was to hope that his father could tighten his money and spend less money. But even when he was not rich, he still had to use 20 million yuan with Mancini for transfers. Where did his father prepare to get the money? He knew his father's personality well that his father could not change it for Inter Milan.
The "phone door" is a liquidation of the Agnelli family by the Morati family, and he slapped his neighbor next door twice. However, after that, Inter Milan, who was buying at the bottom of the Juventus Supermarket, was only unstoppable in the league. Morati, like before, still thought it was a coach's problem. Mancini was not good, and Mourinho could not expect anything else. Who else?
Perhaps to divert attention, Morati's eyes fell on the TV, and a close-up of a Chinese man appeared on the screen. With the man's fingers, the screen cut into the field, and a Chinese player with braids cut into the Italian team's penalty area from the left.
Shoot!
Rub the arc ball at the far corner.
The ball has entered!
Everyone present had their eyes widened. The picture seemed familiar? Where have you seen it?
Chapter completed!