Mister Legend

Chapter 489 From Three Legs to Standing Alone

Le Tenglong was born in Moscow on January 2001, 1. His mother is from China and his father is from Vietnam. However, since he was born in Russia, he can freely choose the nationality of three countries after his 6th birthday.Just because China does not recognize dual nationality, and considering Vietnam's economic conditions and international status, he either becomes a Chinese-Russian, or returns to an identity that matches his own skin color.

In the previous limited reports, his mother, like Hou Yongyong's mother, very much hoped that her son could wear the jersey of the Tianchao Men's National Youth Team, and submitted materials to relevant domestic parties many times.Unfortunately, due to various reasons, this wish has not been realized.However, Li Tenglong's luck is better than Hou Yongyong's. One is that he is younger, and the other is that Russia and Russia have a close relationship and frequent exchanges. Therefore, with the help of many people in the football circle, it seems that there is still a glimmer of hope.

At the end of July, he was finally recruited into the National Youth U17 team and participated in a Friendship Cup, which is considered to have initially entered the Chinese football circle.Only a few months later, when he turns 18 and can choose his nationality, there will still be various variables.

Li Tenglong, who is 1.8 meters tall, serves as a center forward, and can also play as a shadow forward and midfielder, joined the youth training camp of the Central Army when he was six years old, and gradually upgraded to the current U18 team. The main force of the echelon.Judging from the various ability data given in the FM system, his breakthrough ability and shooting skills are still very impressive. Coupled with mental attributes such as anticipation, imagination, and overall perspective above the average, he still has a chance to grow into a A top Asian player.

In May of this year, China's domestic media once broke that AC Milan intends to bring him to Milanello, and also claimed conclusively that it was a certainty.As a result, half a year later, Li Tenglong was still fighting in the field with the Central Army Youth Team, and he did not show any signs of changing Mingting.

After inquiring carefully, Li Mudi found out the truth.The Rossoneri were indeed interested in this young player who had not yet decided on his nationality, but no matter which country he chose for his household registration, he had to be regarded as a non-European player.

It is better to stay in the youth team. Once promoted to the adult team, it will occupy a non-European quota. This situation is not good for whether it is used by itself (unlikely) or sold to other teams. information.Even if Li Tenglong finally chose the Russian ID card that can accept dual citizenship, because he missed the best age group, it became very difficult for him to obtain Italian citizenship, which basically put him in the mainstream European league. Chances are reduced to the lowest level.

Therefore, after a period of overall consideration, the Rossoneri gave up the opportunity to introduce this young player. Even though the owner of the club at the time was also from the Chinese dynasty, he could not let the sports department do something that was not in the interests of the team.

And considering that China does not accept dual nationality, once Li Tenglong returns to the embrace of his mother's motherland as he wishes, then his future seems to be limited to the Tianchao League. Maybe it won't take two or three years. It is to be assimilated into an ordinary person, wasting the original good foundation.

It's just that if he finally compromises with reality and chooses to join the fighting nation, maybe the future development path will be slightly better, but the prospects for yellow-skinned Russians don't seem to be very optimistic.The most important thing is that this will not help the future development of Tianchao Football in the slightest, which makes Li Moody and other people who care about Tianchao Football feel very sad.

So one day in mid-September 2018, the Turin coach, Li Tenglong and his mother took advantage of the opportunity of the Central Army youth team to rest in Italy for a night after the game, and found an inconspicuous coffee shop near the hotel , chatted together for a long time.At present, Li Moody is still unable to help his little compatriots solve any decent troubles. He can only give proper guidance on the daily training of the players themselves, but as long as his plan to acquire an English football club can be implemented in a short time , it will be different, just hope it's not too late...

Returning to the journey of the Red Bulls, the Turin soldiers, who gained a lot of confidence and further improved their morale in the first show in the Champions League, made persistent efforts in the league four days later and beat the newly promoted Empoli 5-0 at home. .And taking advantage of this round of Juventus being tied by Inter Milan and Naples overturning and losing to Sassuolo, with a record of 15 victories and [-] points, they alone occupied the top spot in the Serie A standings. The biggest focus of domestic football.

However, their days of playing the leading role did not last long. Three days later, in the double match of the week, the Torino team faced a strong enemy Inter Milan away.As a result, after 10 and 1 minutes of hard work, the two sides drew 1-[-] for the opening game.After two consecutive rounds of draws with teams from Turin, the home team has spent the difficult schedule at the beginning of the season, laying a good foundation for the subsequent efforts; while the visiting team is enjoying a round of leaders After enjoying the glory, the score difference was quickly wiped out by the rivals in the same city, and had to fall into the dogfight of chasing each other again.

Although Li Mudi's team ushered in the first defeat of the new season in the eighth round of the league, losing away to the Roma team, which was sometimes in a downturn and sometimes exploded, but because Juventus and Inter Milan could not maintain the winning streak. , In addition, the Turin team also won all the planned opponents in the league in the next more than a month, so when the time entered the beginning of November, the Serie A championship situation has already shown The situation is clearer.

After the eleventh round, the Turin duo had a record of 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and the goal difference was exactly the same. In the end, the defending champion took the top position in the standings by virtue of the slight advantage of scoring more goals , Inter Milan followed closely behind with 8 wins and 3 draws.Afterwards, Naples and Roma, who ranked fourth and fifth respectively, were far behind. The two teams shared 23 points. gap.

The Italian media has begun to advocate the new situation of its three-legged confrontation. Many people believe that the obvious improvement of Torino and Inter Milan compared with last season will bring tremendous pressure to the winner of the seven consecutive league titles, thus forcing out the strongest team in history. support Juventus.It can be seen from this tone that although everyone hopes that Serie A will become better and better, most people still believe that the final champion must belong to the Bianconeri.

And the reason why this kind of argument has a big market in the Apennine Peninsula is naturally its legitimate reason.Before the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, the three championship teams are facing a two-line battle in the domestic league and the European competition. It is relatively easy to compare their overall strength gap from their respective overall records of.

Let’s take a look at Juventus, the overlord of Serie A. After the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo, who has the DNA of the Champions League, the Bianconeri has become the number one player in the Champions League this season. He is the ultimate killer who is most optimistic about ending the Real Madrid dynasty. .Due to the strong draw (or godfather's care), the old woman who was assigned to a weaker group naturally would not waste this opportunity to win the game. After four rounds, she won two rounds ahead of schedule with a complete victory. After that, as long as you get one more point, you can secure the first place.

Considering the opponent's strength, in fact, Allegri can already consider dispatching most of the substitute players in the Champions League, which will naturally be of great benefit to their league preparations before the winter break.

In stark contrast to them is the city rival Torino. After beating CSKA at home, the Red Bulls played away at the Schalke Stadium in the second round of the group stage. There were as many as 120 fans of the home team. Under the interference of + decibels, it was difficult to achieve a draw, and got a good situation of 4 points in two games.

However, in the third and fourth rounds of back-to-back matches with the newly formed enemy-Atletico Madrid, perhaps because of the distraction of the league, the Turin team failed to show the strength expected by the outside world. The negative result allowed them to only get 5 points after four rounds, watching Atletico Madrid dominate the group, and they can only be tied for second in the group with Schalke 04.

Considering that they will go to Moscow in the ice and snow for the last round in early December, they must win the home game against the German Shakhtars on November 11, otherwise the hope of advancing to the knockout round will be somewhat slim.Even if one is not careful, maybe even the chance to defend the European League title may be lost.

In the case of fighting on two fronts at the same time, Juventus can achieve excellent results on both sides, while Turin can only show a situation of abandoning the car to protect the coach. It can clearly prove that the strength of the two teams has not yet reached the same level one level above.

On the other hand, Inter Milan, which is going to the European League, also performed well in the European competition. Although they failed to lock in the qualifying rights in advance like the old lady, but the undefeated record of 3 wins and 1 draw and the "help" of other teams in the group, It still allowed Spalletti's team to obtain a very favorable position, and it is almost unlikely that there will be a major reversal.

In this way, amidst the extensive discussions among fans in the media about the "future prospects of the top three", Serie A has ushered in the No.12 round of the schedule, and two of the highlights have become the focus of everyone this weekend: Juventus challenged Naples away, and Turin welcomed AC Milan at home.

Leaving aside the attention that the Zebras and White Dolphins have forged over the previous three seasons, let's take a look at the background of the matchup between the Red Bulls and the Rossoneri.

In mid-to-late July, due to failure to pay the due loan and interest on time, "Brother Li" had just sat on the chairmanship of AC Milan for a year before being replaced by Elliott Hedge Fund, who had long been eager to sell up.

Let’s objectively evaluate Li Yonghong’s performance over the past year after taking charge of this world’s traditional giants, although the reason he gave before that he bought the club’s equity because he loves Milan seems unreliable (some media analysts said it should It is a group of Chaoshan businessmen who want to carry out a super international reselling and profit from it), but just looking at the big spending of more than 2 million euros last summer, even if the effect is not satisfactory, at least it still shows support for the club in terms of competitive level desire to be promoted.

It’s just that for various reasons, this middle-aged man of Chinese origin, whose ancestral home is in Southern Guangdong Province and whose main business circle is in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau, has never been even a little bit popular with Milan fans.Coupled with the assistance of the original senior management in the club and UEFA, it finally allowed this wealthy club, which is nominally controlled by Chinese capital, to return to the hands of European and American capital. (PS: The reason for using the term nominally Chinese-funded is because the company used by Li and the businessmen behind him to acquire Milan was registered in Luxembourg, and most of the huge amount of funds did not come from domestic sources. enterprise, which is completely different from Su Ning Group’s acquisition of Inter Milan)
After being resigned, "Brother Li" was naturally 1 unwilling. He repeatedly bombarded the American Elliott in the media for deceiving him and designing him to be out of the game after losing a huge amount of money.As half of the same robe, Li Mudi also expressed his opinion that he did not want to see frequent changes in Milan's top management when he was interviewed by reporters later.And Turin chairman Urbano Cairo was even more outspoken. After learning that his old friend Fassone was fired by Elliott and he was not far from paying compensation, he directly bombarded the layman in public. The Yankees will destroy the centuries-old foundation of the Rossoneri, and the relationship between the two clubs will drop to a freezing point in an instant.

Moreover, during the transfer window of the two teams, there were rumors about the trading plans between Belotti, Locatri and Cutrone and other stars, which made their direct dialogue richer. Breaking point.

However, this much-anticipated game did not bring much surprise to everyone in terms of the result. Since it changed to the always stingy American club in the summer, AC Milan played successively with Benzema, Zaza, Immobile, etc. After the rumors of the stars came out, there was a situation of thunder and rain in the end, and there were no powerful new players to join.Instead, several players were poached before the transfer window closed, and their strength has weakened to a certain extent compared to last season.

As a result, Gattuso, who led the team with a very average record of 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses before, was not lucky in front of the Turin team, whose overall strength was a level higher than his own and who had the advantage of home court. Escaped this catastrophe and suffered a 0-4 fiasco.While handing over the third biggest defeat in the history of the two teams' confrontation in a century (in the 40s, the Turin God team had played against the Rossoneri in cups and leagues successively, and scored 5-0 and 6-2 once. win), and almost caused his coach to receive a notice of dismissal.

Fortunately, the team immediately scored three morale-boosting points against the Roma team, which is also a strong team. After ten days of adjustments on the national team match day, they won two consecutive victories in the European League and the subsequent league. , Alleviating the crisis of coaching change.

It’s just that when the schedule gradually moved forward for another month, people unexpectedly discovered that the situation on the standings seemed to be different from what the outside world expected before the start of the season. up.

(End of this chapter)