green knight

Chapter 1: Prejudice

What makes Conti breathe a sigh of relief is that after this round of the Coppa Italia, the next round of the cup will have to wait until mid-January.And the opponent also came out, it was AC Milan of the Rossoneri.

The Champions League and Coppa Italia are still one to two months away, and Conte is now putting all his thoughts on the league.After all, he told the players, club executives and the media that Juventus will defend the league title this season. If the league results are poor, it would be a blatant slap in the face.

In the current situation in the league, Inter Milan has a tendency to lose the chain. They have not won the last two rounds.However, AC Milan and Naples are still clinging on tightly. Due to the tense situation in the European war, Juventus did not take a decisive lead in the league.

In the afternoon of December NO.15, Serie A entered the No.17 round.Juventus' opponent in this round is Atlanta, a somewhat unsolvable opponent.They have defeated Lazio this season, defeated Inter Milan and drawn with AC Milan.But it has also lost to Palermo, Siena, Pescara and other teams in the bottom of the standings and even the relegation zone.
It seems that Li Zihan called them "toothache, hard to beat" is quite reasonable.Facing the strong team, they showed a headache of combat effectiveness, but facing the weak team, they gave them three points to avoid relegation.
In this game, Atlanta did not show their "strong team killer" status, facing the old woman who played with all the main players in the Juventus Arena.They were beaten so helplessly that Inter Milan’s supporters cursed them as dogs raised by Juventus—Atalanta played the opponent one to three at Inter Milan’s home stadium San Siro, according to international practice , the home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.
At the beginning of the game, Pogba hit the goal with a kick of gravity and made a fantastic start for Juventus.Then Li Zihan rushed forward after receiving the ball in the middle, disrupting the opponent's defense line, and then sent a passable through ball.Vucinic catches the ball and hits the goal, two to zero.Juventus confused Atalanta in the first half, they did not organize a decent offense at all, they were completely passive defense.

In the next 10 minutes, Juventus's offense became more and more fierce, and Atlanta simply stayed in the backcourt after receiving the signal from the head coach.This makes Juventus very uncomfortable. Atalanta with 11 people has only one striker playing in the frontcourt, and the remaining ten people are all in the backcourt. Even if there are five people in the penalty area and even the goalkeeper, there are six.
However, this effect is also obvious. Although Juventus is still attacking, they did not score until the end of the first half.

The relieved Atlanta players were scolded bloody by the head coach when they entered the locker room. The head coach said that he would carry out the defensive counterattack to the end in the second half.

After Li Zihan was replaced in the second half, Matri, who came off the bench, did nothing and had no bright spots.This made the commentators shout that although Matri is the big brother in Serie A, he is indeed a little worse than the rookie Li.The only thing Li lacks is that he doesn't have as much experience as him.

After watching his midfield partner Pogba score, Vidal, who was unwilling to be lonely, made an unexpected cold shot from the penalty area line and scored.

The final score was fixed at three to zero, and the Atlanta players walked into the locker room in frustration.

Although Li Zihan did not score directly in this game, he also had an assist.The field performance is also very good.

Many media stopped badmouthing Li Zihan when they reported on the next day. Maybe it was because this guy played naked and hurt their faces.They all said that Li Zihan has gradually matured, regardless of the lack of goals in this game.But he still has a good performance, which is a mature and stable performance.

Of course, there is only one exception.That is Sanchez, who likes Black Li Zihan very much, and he insists on his firm position.As long as Li Zihan doesn't score a goal, he means that Li Zihan is "at the end of his strength" and is about to reveal his "prototype".If Li Zihan scores a goal, he will use statistics to show that Li Zihan's personal ability is gradually declining
The time has entered mid-December, and the winter transfer period is about to enter. Now the media reporters are all reporting all kinds of so-called "first-hand information" like chicken blood.

The world seemed to suddenly become lively.

Today, some media said that the head coach of the giants Real Madrid, Mourinho and the goalkeeper Iker Casillas are not in harmony, and they want to sell the poor San Cassie during the winter transfer period.Then tomorrow someone in the media said that the entire Real Madrid club team supported their teammate Iker Casillas and wanted to drive the unpopular Portuguese Mourinho out of the Bernabeu.

Then the media broke out that Fernando Torres had an unsatisfactory life at Chelsea.The old club Atletico Madrid wants to bring the former golden boy and captain back to the Calderon Stadium, and the supporters of the "Bed Sheets" have already begun to celebrate the return of the former "Prince Calderon".

Then the Spanish media said that Torres still has a contract with Chelsea, and with Atletico Madrid's current financial situation, they can only sell players to return funds to buy Torres back.And Atletico Madrid's current center forward, "Tiger" Falcao, who is also one of the best centers in La Liga, has become a favorite. "Aspen" revealed that Mourinho wanted to dig this talented Colombian into the camp of his rivals in the same city.

The "World Sports Daily" revealed that Barcelona is currently spending huge sums of money to buy Naples striker Cavani.To deal with rivals Real Madrid wanting to acquire Falcao, an offer has been officially placed in the office of the Naples club.

Of course, Juventus will inevitably be "molested" by the media. "Manchester Evening News" reported an interview with Ferguson.Sir Alex Ferguson's words were full of praise for Pogba: "Yes, Paul is a young player with great potential. His departure makes me very sad. The Red Devils have lost a future midfielder and captain. ... last year I tried to keep him at Old Trafford, but he was determined to do it his way."

When the media asked whether to bring Pogba back, Ferguson smiled: "We will not give up. We are determined to win a talented player like Paul. Yes, I know he still has a contract with Juventus So what? We'll make a good offer."

When everyone thought that Ferguson was bragging about not paying taxes, Juventus general manager Giuseppe Marotta was embarrassed by the email in front of him.

This email is from Manchester, England. Ferguson didn’t just say nothing this time. He really offered to buy Pogba. The offer was 500 million pounds that Marotta found hard to refuse.
After a little thought, Marotta still decided to ask the head coach Conte for his opinion.Although Conte does not have direct transfer power, his opinion is still very important.After all, the club's top management still supports this head coach with Juventus "blood".

"500 million pounds? Paul Pogba?" Conte sneered when he heard what Marotta was saying on the other end of the phone: "Don't say 500 million pounds, even if it's 3000 million pounds, you are determined not to sell it!! You just reply to Manchester United , Pogba is our non-sale product, the real non-sale product and not the non-sale product for the price increase. He is our future midfield core and valuable asset!!"

Marotta was still a little hesitant: "But Antonio, that's 500 million pounds. I received a personal dispatch from Mr. Chairman, and I'm looking for two forwards for the team. We have already found them, but you know we don't have many. Money, to be precise, our club has always been a club that considers the balance of payments. To buy people first, you have to sell people to get money back.”

"Forward? Yes, it was needed before, but it is not so urgent now. We have Mirko Vucinic who can support us with an umbrella, and then wait for Lee and Sebastian Giovinko to grow up. And Now Fabio Quagliarella, Matri and Giacherini are good substitutes, and besides, we still have Anelka who hasn't played much." Conte said confidently to Marotta .

He forgot that at the beginning of the season, he was also anxious about the striker issue
"But now we have no shortage of midfielders, we have Vidal, Marchisio, Isla and Jaccherini who is a cameo."

Conte knows who Marotta is, he's a good businessman, but he's not good enough for football.Knowing that Marotta was interested in the 500 million yuan, Conte dismissed the other party's "wishful thinking" deal with one sentence.

"Think about Giuseppe, who is he, Sir Alex Ferguson? The player he is so optimistic about and hopes for is only worth 2000 to 2000 million? If Pirlo was in your hands more than ten years ago, would you Won’t you sell it for [-] million?”

Sure enough, after hearing what Conte said, Marotta's eyes lit up: "I think I understand, Antonio."

Conte breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Marotta, a cunning businessman, would sell his players in order to break even and pay off the debt.

The Pogba incident sounded a wake-up call to Conte, and he hurriedly said again: "By the way, the last contract you signed for Li contained a penalty clause? Re-sign a contract with Li during this winter transfer." Make a contract, pay a higher salary. Cancel the liquidated damages, and try to sign a longer term. Giuseppe, Li, and Paul are our future wealth and pillars!!"

Marotta said that there was no problem, and hung up the phone perfunctorily.

rise salary?God, I still have to buy someone during the winter break or next summer. Where did the salary budget come from to raise the wages of the yellow monkey? I'm still thinking about selling players.
Obviously, as a traditional Italian, Juventus club manager Marotta is also a bit biased towards Li Zihan.Even now Li Zihan is temporarily ranked second in the Serie A scorer list, the first is Cavani.