Fame with a ball

After participating in the draw ceremony held in Morocco, dozens of teams chartered flights back home.Unlike other teams taking civil aviation flights, Juventus players take their own planes - Fiat Group presented Juventus with a small passenger plane this summer, with the captain and flight attendants randomly assigned , Dedicated to the team's various competitions in continental Europe.

Since then, the Bianconeri no longer have to spend so much time on the way back and forth in order to catch a flight.The staff of the club also don’t need to rush to book tickets many days in advance every time there is an away game to be played. As long as Juventus has an away game and the weather is good, they can take this plane at any time The small airliner with the Juventus team logo printed on its body travels back and forth to any country or city in the European continent.

Even though there are many European giants, there are many rich and powerful owners among the owners of these clubs, but it is the first case in Europe that they are willing to allocate a small passenger plane to the team just so that the team can start playing games at any time. Even a man as wealthy as Chelsea owner Abramovich occasionally agrees to let the team sit on his private jet.

When the official homepage of Juventus announced to the public that the club had a small airliner with its own team logo printed on it and only served the team, the entire European continent was shaken.The media and fans were shocked by the generosity of the Fiat Group... No, it's not generosity, it's spending money like water!Simply do not take money as money!

How much is a small airliner that can accommodate a team on a long-haul flight with a professional pilot on board?Zhao Benshan bought a 17-seat second-hand airliner from Canada and spent 2 million yuan.The second-hand airliners eliminated by Boeing, the ones with more than a few dozen seats, cannot be bought without tens of millions of dollars.

No wonder even the acting chairman of Manchester City, Mubarak Jr., the son of the former Egyptian president, and Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea, claimed in interviews with reporters that even they would not be so generous to upgrade the team's hardware .

The Fiat Group directly equipped Juventus with a special plane, but it caused panic among some people in the football world. Many people worried that this was a sign that the Fiat Group would spend money, just like the rich people in the United Arab Emirates. Manchester City, Russian tycoon Abramovich built Chelsea, the re-emergence of Manchester City and Chelsea has aroused widespread concern in world football, people worry that money football will control the original pure competitive football.

Italian football is already chaotic enough. If Juventus suddenly becomes rich again, how will AC Milan, Inter Milan and other teams that are in debt crisis deal with this situation?Will Serie A set off a new round of vicious competition?How will this affect European football?

Fortunately, the Fiat Group quickly made a public response to this matter.Their spokesperson held a press conference, saying that the Fiat Group will not suddenly invest in Juventus beyond the normal level. Worried that Juventus will destroy the existing balance of Italian football with the support of Fiat Group.

And when the reporter of "Gazzetta dello Sport" asked, if the Fiat Group didn't want to make Juventus a money football, then why should it equip the players with a plane worth tens of millions of euros?Is this kind of treatment too luxurious?

Fiat Group's answer to this is: "If we invest hundreds of millions of euros in the operation of the club at once, you can certainly suspect that this is a malicious competition that breaks the rules of football. However, investing money to upgrade the team's hardware equipment ? This is only because Juventus will face a more brutal third-line battle this season. Only by providing them with a more comfortable travel environment and saving more time for them to train can the players return better results to the club and satisfy the fans Our expectations are nothing more than that."

After hearing this, the reporters still had doubts in their hearts.But the last sentence of the spokesperson completely defeated them: "What I forgot to say is that the small airliner presented to the team by the group is produced by the Fiat group, so the cost is not as outrageous as the outside world guessed." .”

Could airplanes be self-produced and sold... Many fans who knew the truth immediately knelt down.

Although the world knows that the Fiat Group is one of the top ten automobile companies in the world and almost monopolizes the industrial production in the entire Apennines region, few people know that the Fiat Group actually produces aircraft. Since World War II, the Fiat Group has produced fighter jets for Italy. , but because they are all for military use, they seem to have little reputation in the eyes of ordinary people.But in the Apennines, the Italian aviation industry is equivalent to the Fiat Aviation Department.

Although Fiat Aviation was sold to the Carlyle Group of the United States in 03, the sale was only a commercial company. The industrial bases and even many scientific research sites within the group were still retained, and even continued to be developed and produced.It's just that the current Fiat Group has devoted all its focus to the production and sales of the automobile industry. It is only scientific research-production for the aviation industry, and then lost the sales rights to the Italian government or other companies.

The club's plane is equal to the team's plane. The team's plane has long been regarded as private property by the Bianconeri players-they will not admit how proud they are when they show off to the players of other teams How proud!

When the Juventus players boarded the plane and saw John Elchin sitting in the best position in the airport and greeting them with a smile, everyone was very surprised: the draw ceremony has passed, this The first flight of the plane has already been carried out, why is Mr. Elchin appearing here at this moment?

"Could it be that you flew here specially after watching the lottery ceremony last night?" Capello asked John respectfully.

"No, I came to Monaco yesterday for business. I thought we would return to China at the same time today, so I came here to grab a seat. By the way, congratulations." John smiled slightly: "The result of the lottery is good."

Capello smiled confidently: "I am very confident in this year's Champions League group stage."

"It sounds like you have a very perfect plan." John invited Capello to sit next to him, and then smiled: "Why don't you tell me, I also want to know how the team will perform this season How wonderful."

What does the attention of the BOSS mean?This means that as long as you can provide him with a plan that satisfies him and is very interested, then you have enough reasons to take money out of his pocket and buy any player you want...

Capello's spirit was shocked, and he immediately started talking.

Fabio Capello, who has been distracted by the big boss, will certainly not find that his proud son has been sleeping in the seat with a tired look since the moment he got on the plane, and he seems to be talking to him cordially. Although the big boss seems to be concentrating on listening to him, as long as you observe carefully for a while, you will find that the eyes of the boss will move to a certain point every once in a while...

The 2013-14 Serie A season kicked off on August 8.

In the first round, Juventus failed to play at home and they had to challenge Bari away.

Lin Zhigao, the name of the Bari club sounds very unfamiliar, because they were promoted from Serie B to Serie A this season. In the Serie B last season, Bari achieved a good result of No.2. The Serie B No. 1 is Torino.

Bari is a very tenacious team. They often win the championship and runner-up in Serie B, and when the Bari club is ranked in the previous Serie A results, it is very high, and it is counted in the entire southern region of Italy.

The first game of the new season was played at their home court again. Barry Club, from the head coach to the players to the fans, was all in high spirits. They were not afraid of the powerful Juventus at all. Slogans were chanted in the stadium, hoping that the team could "beat Juventus! Get a good start for the new season!"

Barry wants a good start, don't Juventus?

Of course Capello wants to, and his desire is even more urgent than Barry's head coach Ventura.

Because after a whole season of polishing and training, Capello has determined that Juventus today has the strength to make him redisplay his ambitions.

Three fronts?I'm ready.A win-win situation at home and abroad?I am equally ready.A perfect season?Of course, it needs an equally perfect opening match to set it off!

It's just because of the away game and the tough style of the Bari players, Capello can't order the team to attack wildly from the beginning, he needs to start the game more safely and cautiously, and wait until the Bari players are exhausted after the situation drags on. Time, when one after another let down their vigilance, they quickly launched a counterattack like a giant python!

"GOOOOOOOAL! After a long period of defensive tactics, Lin finally relied on Verratti's assists to open Barry's goal with a lob! This goal not only represents Barry's head coach Ventura's tactics Complete failure means that Juventus finally showed their sharp teeth and began to tear the opponent's defense line to fight back!"

Throughout the first half of the game, the Bari players relied on the tactics of the head coach and the cheers of the home fans, aggressively invading Juventus' defense again and again.

Under Capello's signal, the Bianconeri retreated into the front line to defend. Even Lin Zhigao was arranged not to advance rashly in the half-court, just in case there was a loophole and Barry scored ahead of him. When the time came, Juventus The momentum was defeated, and if Barry launched an onslaught with a goal, the Bianconeri may not be able to fall today.

But fortunately, the comprehensive defensive tactics are very effective for Barry.

Maybe Barry's head coach and players were too excited to be promoted to Serie A, or maybe they didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, thinking that they could beat the Serie A overlord Juventus with a blind attack. This young Serie A team is in the top five. In the 10-minute game, they tried their best to sway their energy and sweat as if they would not be thunder=tired, and the fans cheered wave after wave, but they still failed to break through Buffon's ten fingers.

Then in the 55th minute, Barry's players finally showed a tired look on their faces. Their footsteps slowed down, their offense was no longer so fierce, and even their morale began to decline because they did not score a goal.

Juventus' counterattack suddenly launched at this time!

Pepe first used his exquisite technique on the left to evade the opponent's pass. After receiving the penalty, Verratti feinted a shot. After running for tens of meters with the ball, he suddenly passed it to Lin Zhigao. Lin Zhigao adjusted to the pass. Take a look at your posture, and then score directly!

The score on the field suddenly became 1:0, with Juventus leading.

After scoring the goal, Lin Zhigao didn’t have much excitement on his face. After seeing that his shot was effective, he turned around and ran to the sidelines, then waved his arms and called the name of the team’s assistant coach: “Ferrari Monsieur! Monsieur Ferrari!"

Alec Ferrari, the gray-haired Juventus assistant coach in a tracksuit, came to the sidelines: "What's the matter, Lin?"

"Have you forgotten? I told you before the game." Lin Zhigao gestured: "How is the situation?"

"Ah, you asked that." Ferrari said with a look of regret: "You are a bit too late, Lin. The information just received is Ibrahimovic, in the 4th minute of the game."

Lin Zhigao patted his forehead in frustration, then returned to the field dejectedly.

Verratti ran towards him suspiciously, then looked at his face and asked: "Lin, Barry's morale has been defeated by us, and it will be a matter of time before we win this game, why do you look so unhappy? "

Lin Zhigao twitched the corner of his mouth, showed a forced smile, and said, "I originally wanted to score the first goal in the league..."

A look of realization appeared on Verratti's face, and he patted Lin Zhigao on the shoulder: "If we can't score the first goal in the league, then let's try to score the last goal. By the way, who is it?" So lucky to get this honor earlier than you?"

Lin Zhi shrugged his shoulders: "Ibrahimovic from AC Milan."

"It's not unusual for him." Verratti frowned and said, "I always think that if you want to compete for the Golden Boot this season, he will be your biggest opponent."

Lin Zhigao was startled: "How do you know what I'm thinking?"

Verratti laughed loudly: "Everyone in the locker room knows what you're planning. Ha, Lin, do you think your transparent little heart can hide it from us?"

Lin Zhigao turned around silently: "I wanted to announce it as a surprise..."

……

Playing at home, they still failed to take the lead. On the contrary, they were conceded by their opponents. The morale of the Barry players suddenly collapsed.

The situation on the field changed immediately. The Bari players retracted their defense, and the Juventus players became aggressive. In the second half, after Lin Zhigao scored a goal, the tactics of the two teams completely reversed from the first half. indivual.

Barry coach Ventura scratched his hair on the sidelines, lamenting that the team's general situation is over.

Capello walked around the coach leisurely, and then asked the assistant coach: "What did Lin just tell you?"

"He asked me to pay attention to the games of other teams before the game. He wanted to score his first league goal this season, but Ibrahimovic preempted him." Ferrari also said with regret: "The team's The tactics dragged him down, and the kid didn't dare to resist you."

"The first league goal does not mean anything, the victory of the game is everything." Capello said deadpan.

Ferrari glanced at Capello, turned around and sighed.

Juventus' attacking trident - Lin Zhigao, Verratti, Iaquinta, occasionally joined by a Vucinic - never fails to disappoint their fans when fully unleashed.

In the 60th minute of the game, Iaquinta received a pass from Lin Zhigao. If he hadn't been bumped by Barry's 190-high defender Massilo, he would have scored with a header.

In the 67th minute, Barry's players shrunk even more to the back line, and half of Juventus' players were pressed in Barry's half.

Lin Zhigao took the ball and faced the opponent's defense, he made a breakthrough towards the penalty area from the side.

Barry defender Belmont stepped forward to defend him nervously, Lin Zhigao pulled the ball to the baseline, and then immediately kicked back, passing Belmont with ease.

More defenders rushed towards him, and Lin Zhigao poked the ball to Verratti with his toe.

Verratti lifted his foot and shot, the football hit the post and bounced back into the penalty area.

The football bounced onto Verratti's chest, and then he pushed it cleverly with his chest, and pushed it directly to Lin Zhigao.

The angle of the football flying was just right, Lin Zhigao didn't make any adjustments, just jumped up and aimed his right foot at the middle of the ball, and volleyed!

The black and white football fell into the net dangerously against the post!

"GOOOOOAL! Juventus 2:0 Bari! This is the goal that sealed the outcome of the game! Lin scored twice in this game! He started the season so well, maybe we can invest more in him How much do you expect?"

The Italian commentator looked at the data sheet at hand, and said: "The latest news, Ibrahimovic has scored 2 goals now, and it was less than 3 minutes after Lin scored twice. Now they are tied for the scorer Most of the strikers of other teams scored a goal. I have a feeling that the top scorer in Serie A this season will be between Ibrahimovic and Lin."

In front of the TV, many fans of Milito and Cavani waved their fists and yelled: "Do you look down on our favorite player?" But more people rolled their eyes at the commentator on the TV, He curled his lips and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense!"

The San Nicola stadium was silent, and the Bari fans who had drummed up their voices to cheer for the team from the beginning of the game were all silent.In the first five and 10 minutes, when the score was still 0:0, they could still yell wildly, and clamored "Juventus can't take the victory from San Nicola!".But now his side has been conceded 2 goals, and there are only less than 20 minutes left in the game. From this moment on, Barry is completely powerless.

The shaken Barry players could no longer organize a visible attack. Most of their players shrunk near the penalty area, but this also brought a positive effect-Juventus failed to bombard again Open their goal.

The game finally ended with a score of 2:0.

……

At the press conference after the game, Barry head coach Ventura casually answered one or two questions from the reporters, and then left early.

Representatives of the winners, Capello, Lin Zhigao, Buffon and Pepe sat on the stage waiting for questions from the reporters.

As a major contributor to the competition, Lin Zhigao will naturally not be let off by the reporters.

When a reporter asked him to comment on his performance in this game, Lin Zhigao thought for a while and said: "It was normal, but not perfect, because there is one regret."

The reporter of "Turin Sports News" asked at the right time: "What regret?"

Just as Lin Zhigao was about to answer, Verratti next to him suddenly moved his head and said into the microphone: "Lin wanted to score his first league goal in this game, but unfortunately he didn't succeed."

The reporters whispered to each other, and soon realized: "Na Lin, you and Ibrahimovic are really destined, he stole your first league goal, you are one step ahead of him to the top scorer list, now you guys No one owes anyone."

Lin Zhigao smiled, but did not speak.

The "Evening Post" reporter raised his hand: "Can you talk about your goals for this season, Lin?"

Lin Zhigao laughed: "Help the team win more championships?"

"You guys already won the Triple Crown last season. When you say more champions, do you mean the Quadruple Champions and above?"

Lin Zhigao glanced at Capello. Capello was sitting on his seat studying his fingers with a normal expression. He didn't respond to the reporter's question, and didn't even cast a glance.

But Lin Zhigao understood that Capello's expression and acquiesced in what kind of answer he could give, so he said: "If possible, we hope to make a breakthrough in the European arena. Of course, we cannot let down our vigilance in domestic competitions." .”

"Do you have any expectations for your own personal honor?" This time it was a Chinese reporter.

"I hope I can win the Serie A Golden Boot." Lin Zhigao hesitated for a while, but decided to answer what he thought.

The press conference hall suddenly exploded, and the "uncrowned kings" were so excited that they asked Lin Zhigao questions one after another.

Lin Zhigao was really overwhelmed. He didn't expect that the reporters would react so strongly to his words.Didn't he just look forward to his goal, and didn't say that he would definitely win the Golden Boot? Why are they all so excited?

"Mr. Capello! What do you think of Lin Zhigao's words?" When the reporters surrounded Lin Zhigao, a reporter found another way and approached Capello.

Capello still had that expressionless expression on his face. He stared at the reporter for a few seconds. After the reporters were almost getting hairy, Capello said slowly: "If you have a goal, then go to achieve it."

"Then you support Lin's decision?"

Capello was noncommittal.