Mister Legend

Chapter 81 Fanboy?

Turin, a city that can be ranked among the top ten most famous football meccas in the world, should be very familiar to anyone related to football, because here is one of the two most successful football teams in Italy - Juventus.Compared with AC Milan's brilliant seven Champions League trophies, the old lady has only "poor" two championships, but she is the first in football history to achieve the three major cups (Champions League, Europa League and European Cup Winners' Cup). ) "Grand Slam" club, not to mention that its 31 domestic top league titles are only behind Real Madrid, ranking second in the five major European leagues, while AC Milan has only 15 league titles. (PS: In reality, this season, that is, the 16-[-] season, Juventus achieved five consecutive league championships, tying Real Madrid's record.)
It can be said that in the past 30 to [-] years, Juventus has been a business card and symbol of this city, and even this traditional football power.

However, looking back at history, people will be surprised to find that the old lady should have had a rival here that is even more evenly matched than the current Madrid duo, and that is the Torino Football Club (Torino Football Club).The team named after this city actually once ruled the Apennine Peninsula, and even created a dynasty in the 40s.At that time, 11 of the [-] starting players of the Italian national team came from that team. The fans and the media called it "GRANDE TORO", and this "Team of God" pushed Turin to the top. To the heyday, creating the "Great Turin Era" (il Grande Torino).

Just when they swept the whole of Italy and won the "five consecutive championships" of Serie A (1942-1943, 1945-1949, five seasons of championships, 43-45 seasons, because of World War II, they failed to hold a nationwide competition. game), just when they wanted to get rid of their rivals in the same city who had won five consecutive championships before, and continued to fight bravely towards the sixth consecutive league championship trophy, the worst disaster in football history happened-the Superga air crash: On May 1949, 5, when returning home from the Latin Cup match with Benfica in Portugal, the plane carrying the team crashed into the Superga Mountain near the airport, causing this perhaps the greatest football team in football history. This team was completely annihilated, and since then there has been no more Team of Gods in the world.

(PS again: The author believes that this air disaster can surpass Manchester United’s Munich air disaster and become the most costly disaster. There are two reasons. The first is direct loss: the former is that all 31 people on board were killed, including 18 players and 2 coaches , 2 club officials, 1 team doctor, 3 reporters, and 5 crew members; and the latter, 44 of the 21 people survived, and the dead included Duncan Edwards, who died after the rescue was invalid. A total of 8 players , 3 club officials, 8 team reporters and 4 other personnel. The second is the follow-up impact: Although Manchester United once sank after the air crash, they also won the runner-up of the FA Cup. The rise of a group of outstanding players such as Best and Dennis Law began to revive, and in the tenth year after the air crash, they defeated Benfica and won the team's first European Champions Cup; Not so good luck, the team fell into a trough, and it was not until 27 years later in the 1975-76 season that it won the league championship for the seventh time. Of course, this is more like a flashback, and since then Torino has been reduced to the second or third A first-rate team, occasionally making a difference, but most of the time was wasted in the middle and lower reaches of Serie A or even in the second division. As for the Italian national team, which originally had the Turin Gods as its team, it was even worse. In 1950 and In the two World Cups in 1954, they failed to qualify for the group stage, and in 1958 they fell directly in the qualifiers.)
The current chairman of the Turin team, Urbano Cairo, took over the team in the autumn of 2005 after the team lost its promotion from Serie B to Serie A due to bankruptcy. He was promoted successfully in one year, but returned to Serie B again after several consecutive years of countdown in the league. During this period, he was criticized by fans many times and had plans to sell the team.Fortunately, he hired the well-known Italian football coach Giampiero Ventura in 2011, which made the Turin team return to the first division, and also won the No. 7, thus obtaining the qualification for the European war after 20 years of absence.

Such a team with a glorious history and now able to fight for the mid-range in Serie A sent someone to contact them. This is really a [-]-inch big pie that suddenly fell from the sky!
The moment the club chairman's son reported his identity, Li Mudi felt his heartbeat more than doubled, and he almost fainted from bleeding from his orifices.This is really not a low self-esteem. After all, based on his current results in Castilla for most of the season, under normal circumstances, being able to take over a mid-to-upper team in Serie B in the summer is considered a gamble by the other party. Nath's full support behind the scenes.But now suddenly a down-and-out century-old team appeared in front of him, isn't it worth getting excited for a while?
In the next few minutes, Li Mudi listened to the other party talking about his background, and at the same time called up the FM system in his mind, and began to check the specific information of the Torino team.

This season, this team failed to continue its previous glory. With ten rounds left in the league, it only ranked No.8 in Serie A with a record of 9 wins, 11 draws and 13 losses. Strong teams such as Juventus, Inter Milan, Roma and Naples can be said to have announced their goodbyes to European qualifications in advance.Although the results are not bad, it is indeed time to make some changes.In reality, Ventura, who has been coaching here for five seasons, will also leave after the end of the season and take over the coach of the Italian national team from Conte.In other words, this summer will be the best time to enter Turin.

After simply going through the team information in his mind, Li Mudi quickly focused on the conversation.Although this Valentino Cairo is not very old, he is really amiable in his words and deeds, which means he is a bit familiar, and he is talking about introducing himself to strangers just now. How hard he works and how much he loves football... Li Modi's brain hurts, so he finally found a chance to interject and asked, "I don't know why you are looking for me this time? You know I'm going back to Madrid in the afternoon to prepare for the trial the day after tomorrow."

Upon hearing the other party's tactful reminder, the little handsome boy realized that the two of them had been sitting down for a while, but they hadn't talked about anything serious, so he was embarrassed for a while.He quickly took a sip of the cold coffee, cleared his throat, and then officially entered the right track.

"I said I was a fan of yours, and that wasn't a lie. Last year you coached Real Madrid's reserve team and scored ten goals in one game with ten different academy players. The momentary sensation, the impression is still very deep, right?"

This is the first milestone event in Li Moody's coaching career, and it will naturally be kept in memory forever, so he nodded naturally, expressing that of course he still remembers it.

Valentino Cairo continued to ask with a smile: "Actually, I really didn't notice you for the first time because of that game. About three or four years ago, my cousin followed the Ling U15 team came to Madrid to participate in a friendly match, and I came here to cheer together when I had nothing to do, and you were the head coach of Real Madrid U15 in that game, do you remember this?"

U15 friendly match?Because of the time travel, Li Mudi didn't pay much attention to the previous identity arranged by the system, and some details even need to be reminded by the FM system to remember.However, the game that Valentino mentioned was still very impressive. It was the U15 coach who was unwell at the time, and Li Mudi took the place of the other side to temporarily command a game, but because it was the first time in his resume as a head coach role, so it is still very special.After thinking about it, he nodded again and responded, "Remember, that should have been four years ago."

"Haha, it was that game that made me remember you right away." Seeing the puzzled expression on the other side, the handsome guy quickly explained: "Thirteen and fourteen-year-old children rely on their personal ability , running and kicking all over the field, even with teamwork is very simple. But you are very different. I still remember that at about 15 minutes into the game, you took advantage of a dead ball and called two young players. The players came to the side and gave them some pointers. Afterwards, Real Madrid's style of play became more targeted. Although there were still a few simple routines, they were big moves that hit our vital points every time, and the game lost balance in an instant. Yes. After the intermission, you seemed to be completely reborn. You firmly suppressed our boys in the backcourt and gave you a big beating. After 10 and 13 minutes of the game, the score turned out to be 1-[-]. The coach and I have been comforting a few crying little ones on the way back to Italy, so cruel!"

Hearing this, Li Modi also felt very funny. He was indeed too rigid at the time, thinking that the game was to win, and he would win as many as he could, and he would never give up.However, the competition for teenagers is different from the official competition for adults after all. The former does not pay much attention to the final result, but focuses on cultivating children's interest in football.Thinking of this, he quickly apologized: "I was really too young and ignorant at that time, and what I did was really wrong. Didn't any of your young players doubt life because of that game and give up football?"

Valentino Cairo burst into laughter immediately, and responded after laughing enough: "Only a few of the young players who played at that time are still playing in the reserve team, and most of them are still playing in the reserve team. People have not continued to develop in the direction of career. Of course, there are reasons such as talent and family, but no one can tell what role that game played, so it cannot be ruled out that you alone caused the accident of the future superstar The possibility of premature death. Hmm... In this way, you owe Turin Club a lot!" After speaking, he looked at Li Modi who was a little bit dumbfounded.

He boldly guessed that the son of the club chairman took the initiative to chat with him, which may have something to do with that position.So at this time, this kid seems to be playing tricks again, is he expressing some meaning?Thinking of this, the smile on Li Mudi's face gradually subsided, and his expression became a little serious.

After thinking about it for a while, I felt that I really didn't have that kind of ingenuity, and I couldn't play with those twists and turns, but I was worried that it would be too rash to directly ask the other party's real intention, leaving a superficial and unrefined impression. , I really don't know what to do for a while.

Here I have to praise this third-generation Italian rich man—his grandfather was very rich, and he was very good at dealing with people. Seeing that the other party suddenly lost his intention to continue talking, and combined with the content of the previous conversation, he probably guessed it was What's the situation, he smiled and said: "What I said before is undoubtedly [-]% true. This time I invite you to talk to me in detail under this inappropriate situation. The first reason is to express my appreciation and respect for you. I like it, and secondly, I think it’s time for the Turin team to make a complete transformation, and you are the best leader in my opinion!"

(End of this chapter)