Fame with a ball

As the time approached mid-February, the media in Madrid and Turin couldn't help getting excited.

The upcoming strong match between Juventus and Real Madrid has aroused great attention in European football. Before the match, reporters from "Marca" and "Torino Sport" came to Turin and Madrid respectively to interview The head coaches of both teams.

Capello has never been good at dealing with the media, and he hates dealing with reporters.So when interviewed by reporters, his words were very few, and he was single and rigid. He was nothing more than wishing Real Madrid good luck. Ignore the question of comparing them together.

The whole world knows that Capello doesn't like Mourinho, not only because of the competitive relationship with professional opponents, but also because Capello is a very serious and old-fashioned person. No one likes it.

And what about Mourinho?His answer was very interesting.

When Filip Gabriel, a reporter from "Torino Sport", found Mourinho, he was being interviewed by a reporter from "Aspen" for a new round of league victory, and the press conference was drawing to a close , but when Gabriel was named and asked questions, and after he reported his identity, Mourinho smiled and looked at him with a somewhat surprised expression, and agreed to his request to ask a few more questions.

Gabriel asked Mourinho: "In three days, it will be the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Will Real Madrid choose a new formation and a new starting lineup for Juventus?"

Mourinho smiled and said: "This is a team secret, so I can't tell you too much, but I can simply say that in order to play this game, I did make a small adjustment to the team."

"Which adjustment is it about?"

"Aiming at defense." Mourinho spread his hands and said: "When the opposing team has an excellent offensive player, we always have to do defensive exercises on him, don't we?"

Gabriel asked excitedly: "Who caught your attention? Pepe? Vucinic?"

"Of course it is Lin Zhigao." Mourinho's expression was normal: "I think he is the most difficult striker in Juventus. Are there others?"

Gabriel stammered, "Yes, but Coach Capello didn't say that Lin Zhigao would definitely start..."

"Oh, come on. Don't play psychological warfare with me, this can't fool me." Mourinho waved his hand: "Capello will not let Lin Zhigao play, I'm sure he will appear in the starting lineup , otherwise, where would he find a striker who is more capable of scoring? Before Lin Zhigao transferred to Juventus, you had 24 first-team players in Juventus, 18 of whom could score goals, but there was a lack of an absolute Now that Lin is here, will Capello let the team return to the previous state of no leader?"

As a reporter from Turin, Gabriel was deeply shocked... He imagined that Mourinho would do a lot of homework for Juventus, but he did not expect that Mourinho would do a lot of homework for Juventus. Every player in Juventus has studied it, and even has such a high evaluation of Lin.

"It seems that you appreciate Lin from Juventus?" Gabriel was not the one who asked this time. He himself was immersed in the emotion of "It's over, Real Madrid knows so much about Juventus, how should we play?" This question was raised by a reporter from France.

"No." Mourinho suddenly showed a naughty smile: "It should be said like this-I like him very much."

Reporters from all over the world were in an uproar: Mourinho openly expressed his love for a young player?No, is it an expression of appreciation for the other party?And that player is the opponent who is about to play!What is he trying to do?Is it playing psychological warfare in order to disturb the morale of the army, or is it trying to poach Lin Zhigao from Juventus?

"You are also psychological warfare!" Gabriel finally came to his senses at this time, and perfectly played the role of a loyal Juventini: "Actually, you don't know Lin at all, you just want to praise him and want him to be accepted by you." Let your admiration go to your head!"

Mourinho said aggrievedly: "No, no, you want me! Of course I like Lin. To be honest, I have watched him play a lot!"

Gabriel said with certainty, "I watched it a few days before the match."

"Actually on the ground, I watched him play against Barcelona, ​​and I also looked for the tapes of his previous games in the Premier League. I bet I know this player absolutely, even more than you - don't rush to play. Cut me off, you journalists look at players differently than the head coach looks at players."

Mourinho shrugged, and then said: "In my opinion, Lin is young, talented, talented, and working hard. He will not complain to the media about the unfairness of the coach after sitting on the bench for half a season. It’s okay to play as a substitute. I heard that he moved you to become the main force with the attitude of practicing more every day? And he also has good living habits, no hair dyeing, no tattoos, no, he doesn’t even smoke, and there are no scandals—God, I almost doubt that another good man in football is about to come out. If I were Fabio Capello, I think I would point directly at the players he told the youth team - look, your role model is here!"

Gabriel racked his brains and couldn't think of any questions, so he could only end the interview with mixed feelings.

When he walked out of the press conference hall, seeing the colleagues around him whispering and whispering, he could almost think of the headlines on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper - Mourinho bluntly said that he was interested in Lin Zhigao!

This really made him feel both proud and worried.

……

Gabriel's sense of news has never been wrong. When he woke up the next day, European sports newspapers were overwhelmingly reporting that Lin Zhigao was about to transfer to Real Madrid next season...

Seeing those tabloids swearing that Real Madrid decided to make an offer to Juventus to buy Lin Zhigao at the end of the season because of Mourinho's proposal, Gabriel could only smile wryly: His colleagues are too talkative. It can be pulled, and the imagination is too rich.

However, unlike those small newspapers, the larger sports newspapers, such as "World Sports News", "World Football", "Kicker" and other newspapers, are fairly fair in their reports, but only use key words to describe Mourinho's praise and interest in Lin Zhigao were ignored, and the transfer scandal was brushed aside.

As a Juventus fan and the main writer of "Turin Sports News", Gabriel's news is quite optimistic, and he pointed out that although Mourinho praised Lin Zhigao again and again, but this It is very likely that Real Madrid is playing a psychological battle. Juventus must be more vigilant to prevent the arrogance of the enemy's boast, which is not good for the game.

Gabriel probably didn't expect that his thoughts coincided with Juventus coach Fabio Capello.

When Lin Zhigao came to Capello's office, the iron-blooded coach was flipping through several newspapers with a serious face.

"Boss, what do you want me to do?" Lin Zhigao stood in front of the desk a little nervously, worried that Capello called him to scold him, because since Capello came to Juventus, according to Teammates said that none of the players who were called into his office to talk walked out with a smile... Lin Zhigao began to recall whether he had worked hard enough in training recently, and whether he had done anything wrong. Immediately admit your mistake.

Because countless examples prove that when you are caught in the braid by Capello, it is much better to admit your mistakes quickly than to cheat.

Capello raised his head, glanced at Lin Zhigao expressionlessly, and asked, "Have you read the newspaper?"

"Today's paper? Read it, sir."

In fact, Lin Zhigao didn’t just watch it. He was teased by his teammates just now in the locker room. But don’t wait for Mourinho to come to New Alpi, and run away with the opponent, but he will not follow Capello in the following Say it.

"Then what do you think?"

"Thought?" Lin Zhigao was a little puzzled: "What kind of idea?"

Capello picked up a newspaper: "So many newspapers are saying that Mourinho praised you, and even the news that Real Madrid wants to buy you, you have no idea at all?"

"Ah, so you're talking about this, boss." Lin Zhigao scratched his head shyly: "I don't think I'm as good as the newspapers said. Mourinho is really angry."

Suddenly, Capello felt a powerless feeling of hitting the cotton with his fist.

The scene he originally imagined was: he called Lin Zhigao to ask him what he thought, and Lin Zhigao said complacently that he was very happy to be praised by Mourinho, and then Capello poured cold water on him to wake him up completely. Then Lin Zhigao began to regret his arrogance, and admired Capello's wise decision.

But why didn't things go the way he had scripted?

After a pause, Capello regained his train of thought: "I called you here to tell you that no matter how much Mourinho praises you in front of the media, it is all his acting. You are complacent, then underestimate the enemy, and then you are defeated by them in the game."

Lin Zhigao waited for a long time, unable to wait for Capello's next words, and then said: "Oh."

"Only?" Capello widened his eyes a little: "Can't you see that this is Real Madrid playing psychological warfare!"

"I know." Lin Zhigao pointed to the newspaper on Capello's desk, shrugged and said, "Isn't it written in the "Turin Sport"?"

"..." Capello began to wonder now whether it was necessary for him to call Lin Zhigao to come over and give a lecture. "Are you sure you're really not proud of these compliments?"

"Boss, you must have never seen how reporters from my country write about me." Lin Zhigao waved his hands and made a particularly big circle: "If I take everything the reporters say seriously, then I will It definitely doesn't exist in this world!"

Capello didn't quite understand what he meant: "Why?"

"Because I am sure that I will inflate myself into a cowhide balloon and fly into the sky!"

"..." Capello was speechless again, and this time he began to suspect that he and Lin Zhigao's brain waves were not on the same circuit.So he waved his hand, wanting to settle the conversation quickly: "Okay, I get it, let's go."

Lin Zhigao blinked: "Boss, you called me just to say this?"

"Otherwise what else do you think?"

Lin Zhigao breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said: "No, no, I didn't think anything! I'll continue training now, see you, boss."

After Lin Zhigao went out, Capello felt that it would be better to call Lin Zhigao less to give lectures in the future, because when the two of them are together, it is easy for them to talk to each other.

……

On February 2, all Real Madrid flew to Turin from Madrid and stayed at the Turin Hotel to prepare for the Champions League match two days later.

It is said that because the team chose to travel on this day, Mourinho once caused dissatisfaction among some players in the team-February 2, that is Valentine's Day!Those players who have wives and girlfriends can't spend a wonderful holiday with their lovers, but need to rush to a foreign country to wait for the game, how aggrieved it is.

However, even if some players were dissatisfied, they did not dare to show it when they were interviewed by reporters. On the contrary, they had to applaud Mourinho's decision, saying: "I actually don't want to think about it at all." Valentine’s Day, really! For me, games are more important than holidays, I’d rather spend this day with a full day’s training, as long as Real Madrid can win!” to please the head coach.

Such high-sounding rhetoric was uttered by the players, but none of them actually believed it.Including the reporters, the players themselves, and the head coach, all know that this is just a statement, in order to show the team's great spirit of uniting as one and sacrificing individuals for victory, and then deceive the purely ignorant and crazy star-chasing fans.

So the reporters doubted Ronaldo's true intentions-yes, the first one in the Real Madrid team to say that he didn't want to celebrate Valentine's Day and just wanted to play games was Cristiano Ronaldo himself.

Ronaldo's nickname has spread almost all over the world, and there are almost no scandals around him.The reporters would rather believe that Pique and Kaka said these words, but they did not believe that this was Ronaldo's real thoughts.They very much suspected that Ronaldo was talking ironically to the reporter, because who didn't know that he had a supermodel girlfriend!With such a beautiful face and such a hot body, it is no wonder that Ronaldo would willingly abandon his girlfriend to play games!

In fact, they have wronged Ronaldo a bit this time, really.Although Ronaldo used to tell lies to the camera that he was very devoted, he didn't actually cheat, and he didn't change his girlfriend to be very hardworking, but this time, what he told the media was really true.

Because Ronaldo is almost driven crazy by his supermodel girlfriend. After a year or two of love, she often pretends to be "C Ronaldo's wife". It's okay to hang out with other female friends, but it seems that she is not satisfied with her status as a girlfriend recently. If she wants to formally enter the house and hold a wedding with Ronaldo, at least she needs to get a certificate.

This almost frightened Ronaldo, who has no plans to get married for the time being, and Ronaldo's mother, Maria, had a complete falling out with his girlfriend recently. She cried every day and hoped that her son could break up with this vixen—the reason was because of Elaine Na, that is, Ronaldo's girlfriend took another set of very sexy underwear photos, and spent a lot of money to buy all kinds of luxury goods. This made Maria, a poor and traditional-minded mother, very unbearable. Elena had a quarrel, and in the end, Ronaldo had to separate the two of them and let them live in two different villas, so that the matter could be temporarily calmed down.

It can be said that Ronaldo has been entangled in all kinds of emotional matters recently, and his head is entangled, but he is not good at breaking up immediately, so he has always appeared on time in the team like a wind-up alarm clock He retreated on time and never stayed on the training ground for an extra minute. Recently, he was almost soaked in the club, and he couldn't wait to stay.

Ronaldo's state almost scared his teammates - for example, Kaka and others who knew his character very well, they all asked what happened to Ronaldo and why he was so abnormal.But it's not easy for Ronaldo to tell his teammates "it's nothing, I just want to break up with my current girlfriend", that would make him too scumbag, so he didn't tell anyone about it, not even his parents.

But Mourinho was very satisfied with this. He didn't know that Ronaldo was stuck on the training ground because of emotional problems. He thought that Ronaldo was eager to go further in the Champions League, so he suddenly worked hard to give himself Extra training!

Before the start of the game, when the players from both sides came out and shook hands, Kaka found that his friend was a little distracted today, and his eyes were always wandering around, without a place to settle.

Kaka thought he was nervous, so he patted his friend on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Although the boss has been emphasizing to us that Juventus' No. 10 is not easy to deal with, but Cris, are you still worried about this? "

Ronaldo forced a smile: "I'm not worried about the game."

Kaka didn't believe Ronaldo's rhetoric at the time, but he soon believed it... because after the game started, Ronaldo told everyone with practical actions that what he suffered from was not pre-match anxiety, but fugue syndrome.

In the 10th minute of the game, Ronaldo almost shot an own goal at his own goal.

All the Real Madrid players had a false alarm, and Mourinho was extremely puzzled. He couldn't understand why Ronaldo was in such an abnormal state after the extra training in recent days.

So he got up from the coach's bench, stood on the side of the court, and shouted at Ronaldo: "Ronaldo, what's wrong with you! If you continue to sleepwalk, come down and sit on the bench!"

Running near the midfield, the confused and dull Ronaldo shuddered instantly and came to his senses, but it was not Mourinho's reprimand that changed him, because Ronaldo was actually a bit far away from Mourinho. I don't quite understand the words coming from near the coach's bench.

What really cheered Ronaldo up was a man who just ran past him with the ball, so fast that he couldn't catch his shadow like the wind!

Juventus' number 10!