Mister Legend

Chapter 194

Two days later in the morning, Valentino Cairo came to the team's training ground alone, and found Li Moody who was watching the players play the "monkey game".Seeing the helplessness on the other side's face, the Turin coach guessed that Joe Hart's transfer matter should be in vain before opening his mouth, and the facts once again proved his strong analytical ability.Although the top management of the club agreed to increase the salary limit of the core players in the team from the original 300 million to 350 million, of course it is before tax. After paying the tax, it will be about 190 million euros, but the agent of the England national team directly said that "Impossible", it announced that the position of the goalkeeper of the Turin team will undergo major changes next season.

After complaining a few times, the club prince then brought another piece of inside news to Li Modi, about the latter's contract.According to the originally signed contract with various unfair treaties for Party B, after the tenth round of the league draw with Inter Milan in the away game, which led to Frank De Boer's dismissal, Li Moody successfully transitioned to the second stage of work, The weekly salary has also increased from 0.75 euros after tax to 1 euros.And after successive victories against Cagliari and complete victories against Crotone, most of the club's senior management have recognized the coaching ability of the Chinese, Pantalio Longo even It is suggested to prepare for the formalities and contracts immediately, so as not to be poached by a veteran team with an unsatisfactory record in the second half of the season.However, the intention to renew the contract, which was only one meeting away from the formalities, was temporarily shelved after the team lost 0 to 2 to the second rival Sampdoria. After being reversed by Juventus two days ago , and many people suggested that the renewal time be postponed indefinitely, the leader of which is the club director Antonio Comey.

Comey joined the Turin Club in 2011. He was born in 1976 and the football director Page, who had resigned in fear of guilt, both came from Puglia in southern Italy. The two are also alumni of the same university.Comey was only a middle-level cadre of a sports promotion company before joining, and had no real connection with the club's management. However, he joined the management of the Turin Club under the recommendation of his seniors, and became one of the most senior executives a year later. young director.Of course, in terms of work ability, he is definitely the strongest among the top management. However, Comey and Page were indeed natural allies before. If there is no close personal relationship, it is difficult to make people believe in his promotion. will be so smooth.

According to the information viewed through the FM system, the likes (or respects) between Comey and Page are both at the full value of 100, which is naturally "full of love".So the former blatantly opposed Li Moody's early contract renewal, it's hard not to make people wonder whether he was taking revenge for his friend being forced to leave, but the starting point he chose was so reasonable that others really couldn't criticize him. What a masterful method.However, the Turin coach, who is not urgent for the new contract, said: It doesn't matter, anyway, he is not short of money.As for the respect that the club should have given in the eyes of others (mainly Guinness), it is no more valuable than a penny when the team's performance is not satisfactory, so a head coach still needs to have achievements and honors, so that even in the There are obstacles here, but there are still other teams scrambling to ask him to coach, which is exactly "where no leaves are left, but leaves are free".

In this way, after persuading Valentino Cairo not to make any small moves for the time being, so as not to make the situation worse, Li Moody put all his energy into adjusting the state of the players and studying Naples.

The Naples Football Club, nicknamed the White Dolphin, is naturally located in Naples (Napoli in Italian, also translated as Napoli), the capital of Campania (Campania), which is located in southern Italy and borders Puglia. It is the third largest city in Italy after Milan and Rome, and can also be ranked among the top fifteen in Europe.In addition, the ancient city of Pompeii (Pompeii), known as one of the world's top ten ancient tomb treasures, is located less than ten kilometers southeast of Naples. This ancient city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It is definitely a tourist attraction not to be missed by tourists from all over the world.

The earliest predecessor of the club was an amateur team formed by a group of British employees of a cruise company and some locals in 1904. After experiencing the separation and reunion between the British and Italians, it was established on August 1926, 8. A professional football club called the Naples Football Federation was officially established, which is also the date of the club's founding in general history books.In the first 23 years of its formal establishment, there were only two Coppa Italia championships in their honor book (60 and 1962, the former was a miracle created by the team in the second division, and so far the only one. The record of a non-A team winning the championship), it can be said to be a third-rate team on the Apennine Peninsula.

But all of this became history on June 1984, 6, because Naples used a transfer fee of US$30 million, which set a record in Italian football, to bring the most capable player in football history from Barcelona on that day— — Diego Maradona!You must know that the White Dolphin was still burdened with a large amount of debt at that time, but the then chairman of the club still resisted all opinions and obtained this huge sum of money through venture financing. In terms of courage, it is really difficult for anyone to match it .

And the reality of the future proved how valuable this money is. In the previous two seasons, Naples, which was still fighting hard to relegation, won the eighth place in the league in the first year of joining the king, and even more so in the following year. After a lapse of five years, he won the third place in the league again, which is also the highest ranking in the club's history.But who knew that a year later, that is, in the 1986-87 season, the dream of the league championship that Naples people have been pursuing for generations was so easily realized, which made Maradona become the city and even the city overnight. God of the whole region.

Before the start of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, the God of Naples brought his believers a round of league championships (1990), two runner-ups (1988, 1989), and an Italian Cup (1987), An Italian Super Cup (1990) and a UEFA Cup (1989) made almost all Italians devote themselves to his "personal religion". In the semi-finals of the World Cup in 90, the venue for the match between Italy and Argentina happened to be at the Sao Paulo Stadium. As a result, almost all the Italian fans present at the time supported the team led by Maradona. Exchange, this has to be said to be a miracle.

However, apart from the champion of the century, this team has nothing to write about before the new century. The first scorer in their team history is the midfielder who has only played here for five and a half seasons. Radona (115 goals, the king was found to be thirsty card in 1991. He was banned for [-] months, so the actual time he played in Italy was more than five and a half seasons) you can watch Come out, Naples does not have the background of a wealthy family, not even a second superstar who can become the banner of the club.Although stars such as Zoff, Giannini, Ferrara and Cannavaro all left their footprints here in the early stages of their careers, it is a pity that they all achieved great fame after joining other giants. It doesn't matter.

In the summer of 2004, after going bankrupt and ordered to be relegated, Naples ushered in a new lease of life when film mogul Aurelio De Laurentiis (nephew of the late famous director Dino De Laurentiis) took over. The club rose rapidly after that.After returning to Serie A in the 2007-08 season, he successively introduced many world-class players such as Hamsik, Cavani and Higuain, and finally became a strong team in European football, although it is still far from winning the championship. With such a sigh of relief, he already has the confidence to occupy the top three in the league for a long time.

The team's current coach is the 57-year-old Maurizio Sarri, who may be the most inspirational coach among the powerful Serie A coaches.Sarri was born in a cycling family in Naples. He did not show any extraordinary talent in the fields of cycling and football since he was a child. He became an employee of a bank at the age of 21. At the same time, he also started as an amateur. Start learning coaching.

Since 2000, Sarri resolutely quit his job and devoted himself to football.In the next ten years, he led different teams to compete in almost all leagues in Italy, and finally led Empoli back to Serie A in 2012, and in the following seasons, his results were stable in the middle of Serie A. , Sarri's coaching ability has been widely recognized by Italian football, and it has also allowed him to win the poaching of the White Dolphins.Last season, Sarri, who was used by Naples as the transitional coach, only signed a contract with the club for one year. However, after leading the team to the second place in the league, the club's top management immediately offered him a new four-year contract, which played a role in stability. The positive effect of military spirit.

During the transfer period this summer, although Naples lost the "magic striker" who scored 42 goals in 38 games for the team last season, they used the sky-high transfer fees recovered to buy Milik, Many powerful stars such as Zielinski and Tonelli, from the paper mountain, the overall strength has not declined but has risen.However, with Milik's serious injury, the team's offensive ability has been unanimously questioned by the outside world. Fortunately, Mertens' transformation was very successful, which prevented them from collapsing in the middle of the season.

Although Naples is already eight points behind the leader Juventus, and their unbeaten record at home since last season has also been destroyed by the Roma team, but their average score of 2.46 points at the San Paolo Stadium The score rate is too terrifying, and there has only been one defeat against Turin at home in the last 25 years. This is definitely an extremely severe test for the Red Bulls playing away games.But fortunately, it is not without historical records that are beneficial to the Turin team. "Turin Sports Daily" dug up a piece of news before the start of the game: since Naples officially established the team for more than 90 years, the worst loss came from them. The opponent of this round of the league, on April 1928, 4, the Red Bulls, who were at their peak in team history, beat the White Dolphins 3-11 on the way to the league championship, and firmly engraved their opponents in the shame of history. column.

However, these are the old calendars of the past. What is more valuable is the confrontation between the two sides in the last three seasons. The record of 5 wins and 1 loss in the six confrontations also shows that the strength of the home team is much higher.

But whether it is the past record or the big changes brought about by different levels of lineup updates this season, Li Mudi never thought that the team would fall behind by three goals in only 22 minutes of the start of the game, and was still defeated. The same player on the other side scored a hat-trick and the Torino boss felt at that moment that he was in a dream.

Considering the gap between the opponent's super offensive ability and his own defensive strength, Li Mudi still didn't dare to put on a confrontational posture rashly, but just wanted to use his good defensive counterattack as much as possible to prevent the opponent from attacking with all his strength.Of course, Rajajic's accidental injury during training is also one of the important reasons why he had to put himself on the weak side.Torino's starting lineup for this game is still 4-3-3, except for the regular main goalkeeper Joe Hart, central defenders Castan and Rossettini, left back Barreca, midfielder Akuwa In addition to central midfielders Benassi and Baselli, left winger Iago Falk and center forward Belotti, Li Moody put Bruno Perez in the right wing position, and the right back used Zampacosta .The defensive ability of this lineup is better than when Rajajic played, but Perez has no organizational skills. He can only choose crosses and cuts in the offense, and because his left foot is not good, so the inside cut The effect is also very general.

But such a lineup with the strongest defensive strength that the team can field at present, was penetrated three times in just over 20 minutes. This seriously hit the confidence of all Turin people, especially the continuous foul The teenager Barreca, who made two major mistakes, was already sitting on the ground with a pale face, not knowing what to do.

Naturally, Sarri will not take it lightly in this game. Since Juventus has already defeated Roma, if he wants to continue to maintain the hope of winning the championship, he must score as many points as possible in the remaining games, especially There can be no mistakes at home.So the home team naturally played with all the main players. Only Senegalese central defender Kalidou Koulibaly was unable to play due to injury. The rest of the core players like Hamsik, Reina, Insigne, Callejon and Mertens were All started.

The home team launched a fierce offensive from the first minute of the game, firmly suppressing the Turin players within their own half.In the second minute, Naples got a free kick in a good position. Algeria left back Faouzi Ghoulam's left-footed shot went slightly wide of the post; The teammates outflanking the center failed to touch and missed this opportunity; in the 1th minute, the home team got another free kick in the frontcourt, Romanian central defender Vlad Chiriches scored after receiving a pass from his teammate Succeeded, but unfortunately was sentenced to offside first.The Turin team was in danger, and Li Modi was so anxious that he kept loudly reminding the players to pay attention and not to miss people again.

However, in the face of the opponent's offensive wave after wave, the defensive players of the visiting team are obviously unable to do everything well. Even if they have given up attacking and chose to retreat with all members, they still failed to protect their own city. In the next 9 minutes, he was pressed on the ground by the opponent and rubbed hard, causing him to lose half his life.

(End of this chapter)