Mister Legend

Chapter 426 Women's Football and Chatting

After finishing the post-match press conference, Li Mudi returned to the hotel after receiving congratulations, and held a rare summary meeting with all the staff before the break to discuss why this game encountered such a difficult situation. A simple analysis was performed.

This is not a criticism meeting, because he himself has quite a few problems with his tactical arrangements and the degree of importance he attaches to this opponent. The 4-1 lead in the first round made everyone relax, which is relatively easy to understand. So the Turin coach didn't mean to turn over the bill.But in order to avoid such a situation that makes people so nervous that their hearts will fall off in the future, everyone must do a deep introspection.

After the meeting, however, there were joyful expressions on everyone's faces, as the team coach received a call from the club's president, Urbano Cairo, who had previously promised he would A bonus was issued to the members of the Torino team, and the money has just been transferred to everyone's account.So even though they lost the game and only eliminated their opponents with a relatively slight advantage, the players are still in a very happy mood at this time. It can be detected through the FM system that their morale has almost reached its peak. Competitions can have a big positive effect.

Li Mudi, who is used to going to bed early and getting up early, because he just experienced this extremely exciting battle, coupled with the reason for sleeping, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time after lying down, so he got up helplessly, turned on his laptop, and began to check some news to wait The arrival of drowsiness.

He received countless @ on Weibo, Ins, Facebook and other social accounts, except for a very few Salzburg Red Bull fans who came to provoke because they refused to admit defeat, they all sent blessings.After roughly browsing the messages sent by Ronaldo, Kaka, Beckham and other friends who are willing to interact in this way, I watched the highlight highlights of the other three games, and got a general idea of ​​the other teams that advanced After his performance, he temporarily turned his attention to Tianchao football.

What Li Mudi is most concerned about is naturally the results of his hometown team Beijiang Volcano Mingquan, which he is a shareholder of, during this period. Due to the intensive schedule of the Turin team and a lot of preparation work, he only checked it every weekend. Let's take a look at the results of the Tianjia League. At this time, I have time to understand the detailed situation.

After the three new foreign players missed the first two rounds of the league and used the time to adjust their state to an ideal level, they were finally able to represent their new club in the third round on the 31st of last month.As a result, in the next three league games, Director Duan led the newly promoted horse to a good record of 1 win and 2 draws. The team currently has 6 points and is ranked in the middle of the Tianjia League consisting of [-] teams. position, basically achieved the goals set by the club in the pre-season.

For this result, Li Mudi is quite satisfied. Considering that he can't bring too much pressure to Director Duan and the team, he didn't show up to express anything in person, but sent an email to his agent Guinness, let the later The reporter's subordinates in the Tianchao branch helped to get some sponsorship contracts that are still under negotiation as soon as possible.With these additional benefits, the players' logistical support can be better improved, which is extremely beneficial to the continuation of the team's good state.

After dealing with the affairs of domestic clubs, the Turin coach was suddenly attracted by a piece of news. The No.19 Women's Asian Cup in Jordan has just produced a schedule for the semi-finals. The sonorous roses of China and the defending champion The Japanese team met on a narrow road.

Women's football is a wonderful thing in the Chinese sports world. Although she has brought many surprises and glory to the people, her status in everyone's minds is far inferior to that of the almost hopeless men's football.Eight Asian Cup champions (including a wave of seven consecutive championships), three Asian Games champions, an Olympic runner-up and a World Cup runner-up can be said to have outstanding achievements. Considering the influence of football in the world, they are no better than the great Chinese How inferior is the women's volleyball team.

But since the establishment of the team 35 years ago, except for the golden generation such as Sun Min, Liu Ailing, Gao Hong, the rest of the women's football girls have not received due respect and affirmation.Compared with male athletes whose playing skills are extremely poor, they have no reputation, no endorsements, and they may not even have the most basic living security after retirement. The footballers sweat more, and the unfairness of the domestic sports world is fully reflected here.

In this year's Asian Cup, the women's football team was assigned to the weaker Group A. As a result, the girls also lived up to expectations. They won all three games and advanced to the semi-finals as the group leader. At the same time, they also qualified for the World Cup in France next year.If this kind of news was placed on the men's football team, I believe that the country would have been full of gongs, drums and firecrackers, but this news about women's football can only occupy a piece of tofu in the newspaper, or some fans use it to The influence effect of running on the men's football team is almost negligible.

As an employee in the football industry, Li Modi does not want everyone to take the hard work of female footballers for granted. We have owed them too much. If this continues, I don’t know if there will be any "silly girls" willing Get involved in this sport.By that time, it will be too sad and helpless if the population of 14 billion cannot make up eleven people who can play football.

Although he has no ability to change this unfair situation, he can do what he can. After posting a message on Weibo in support of women's football and raising their attention, Li Mudi began to consider whether there is a chance to The possibility of several high-performing players being recommended to European clubs.

Forward Li Ying, born in 1993, and midfielder Wang Shuang, born in 1995, both showed an impressive technical level in the three group matches, and they are considered top-notch in the whole of Asia. To England or Germany In this way, the mid-range teams in the women's league still have the opportunity to compete for a rotation position.It just so happens that I have the opportunity to meet Mr. Wenger tomorrow. Arsenal has a women's football club. You can ask this old man about the difficulty of operating female players to play in Europe.

As for why Li Mudi knew in advance that he would meet the professor, the reason is naturally very simple. After the final semi-finals of the Champions League and Europa League have been determined, the draw ceremony for the semi-finals will begin immediately.On the afternoon of Friday, April 4, local time, UEFA will hold the last opportunity to operate in secret in the European War this season at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland-just kidding, out of respect, each team still retains All coaches will be there as witnesses.

So when the Red Bulls took the plane back to Italy the next morning, their head coach traveled alone. Fortunately, the three countries of Italy, Austria and Switzerland border each other, and the distances are very close, so they don’t have to endure the long-distance journey.

Naturally, the team coach will not be alone in the draw ceremony. In the restaurant of the UEFA headquarters, the club director Antonio Comey and his assistants, who arrived earlier, are already communicating with relevant personnel from other clubs. up.After saying hello, Li Modi didn't bother to pick up some self-service food that was displayed at the luncheon—I'm still not hungry after breakfast, but walked over with a smile after scanning the entire venue with my eyes. In one corner, his good friend Qi Zu was talking in a low voice with Butragueno, the manager of Real Madrid's public relations department.

The three of them are naturally familiar and can't be more familiar. After a simple exchange of pleasantries, they directly enter the topic of chatting, which is who they hope to meet in the semi-finals.The old fox Butragueno is worthy of being a person who can get a master's degree in sports management from UCLA and has become a role model for retired players in the sports world. He answered this sensitive question in a tight-fitting manner, even if the two people around him are his own people, He also did not give a clear answer, but in the end he said the prediction that Lafayette gave in private communication with him yesterday: Bayern Munich!

When the top four seats were determined, the Real Madrid chairman believed that UEFA would create a big trouble for the Galacticos after Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, the two barriers that prevented the team from achieving three consecutive championships, failed.Although the Roma team reversed Barcelona in an upset, their overall strength is still not favored by the outside world. Even though Liverpool's performance in this year's European war has made everyone feel crazy, it is just that they still lack experience in key games in recent years. So old-fashioned The Bundesliga giant is naturally the most suitable opponent to stop Real Madrid.

Of course, this is all a joke. The news about UEFA not wanting three consecutive championships is nonsense. At least on the surface, they dare not violate the principle of fairness and justice on the surface.However, Li Mudi believes that, aside from the Red Wolves, Bayern, which is still slightly lacking in vigor and vitality, will be better dealt with compared to the Red Army, which has recently exploded.After all, Real Madrid has won all of the last five official confrontations with this old opponent, which is very rare for a strong dialogue at this level.

After Juventus in the quarter-finals, the Bundesliga overlord is Ronaldo's second "favorite" opponent in the European arena. Since he landed at the Bernabeu in the summer of 2009, he has played against Bayern in the previous 6 games. Scored 9 goals and 1 assist in the game, and helped the team win 5 of the duels (only in the regular game time, one of which was a tie between the two sides in the total score of the two rounds, and Real Madrid finally lost on penalties), He is a veritable sufferer in football Hollywood.With this superstar in charge, although the game is destined to be very difficult, Real Madrid can still have a certain upper hand in winning.

Qi Zu also agrees with his friend's point of view. He hopes that the opponent he encounters will naturally be Rome, but if he can't do so, Bayern is better.In addition to being more familiar with this team, I also feel a little headache about Liverpool's recent state. Guardiola's Manchester City did not play badly. They were all abused by the Red Army. Real Madrid, which has similar tactics to the leaders of the Premier League, is indeed There will be some uncertainty.

And when Butragueno asked the Turin coach which opponent he hoped to draw in the semi-finals of the Europa League with a malicious face, the latter replied very frankly: "Of course it is Marseille! I am not stupid , will want to touch the two strong teams Atletico Madrid or Arsenal. It is estimated that Rudy Garcia (Marseille coach) is also praying in his heart that he can draw us. Either of the two teams is a sure-fire prospect, and only the Red Bulls are a relatively soft persimmon."

"Haha, you are still the same, so straightforward."

When the three of them hid in the corner and chatted happily, the participants from several other clubs rushed to the restaurant one after another. Li Modi, who had been staring at the entrance from the corner of his eye while talking, finally waited for his The main target person-Mr. Arsene Wenger, Arsenal's passing coach.Among the head coaches of the eight teams, apart from Bayern coach Heynckes, the professor has the oldest qualifications, so he is also very popular. Regardless of whether he has met before, anyway, those juniors They all went up to say hello, and Qi Zu and Li Mudi, good friends, were no exception.

However, under deliberate control, the Turin coach became the last greeter standing in front of Wenger.It was also the first time for the two to meet, but the mutual understanding between the two was very deep.The professor is Li Moody's idol. The latter's obsession with cultivating young players and the formation of certain tactical ideas are all greatly influenced by the former.As for the head coach of Chinese descent from the "football wild area" in front of the European media, Wenger is the first well-known senior in the industry to stand up for the opponent. He has also expressed to the outside world many times that he is optimistic about the future of the Turin coach. The development situation can be regarded as one of Li Moody's boles.

Due to work reasons, the two did not have the opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation, but the exchanges on the cultivation of young players and tactical discussions on the phone and online emails have always been at a low level in the past year. frequency is going on.Forgive Turin coach Gao Pan, these two coaches, who are 34 years apart in age, can be regarded as a pair of friends, so this first meeting is naturally different from the courtesy greetings of others just now, but very familiar Let's talk.

However, due to the limited time and the inconvenience of talking in full view, the two just wished each other good luck, and they agreed to find a place to talk in detail after the lottery ceremony was over, and then they broke up.

However, there is only one team that symbolizes good luck, or a big gift package. Arsenal and Torino are either half sea and half flames, or they meet directly and give Atletico Madrid a big gift. There is no possibility of both being satisfied.

At 13:47, in less than 2 minutes of program time, the Europa League semi-final matchup table was officially released.The goddess of luck kissed Li Moody's cheek again. Not only did the Red Bulls draw the most desired opponent, Marseille, but also because the opponent was drawn first, they had an advantage in the schedule. People lamented: Heaven is not fair!

Arsenal, on the other hand, encountered the worst result in theory. They played against Atletico Madrid first at home and then away. It's a bit ugly.

　Thanks to book friend Gu Yan for the two monthly tickets, thank you!
　　
　
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