Legendary Godfather

Sheffield is located in South Yorkshire, England, in the heart of the UK, adjacent to cities such as Leeds and Manchester. It is one of the eight largest cities in the UK outside London.

The architectural style here is very different from that in London, looking older and simpler.

It seems more lively here, with more fireworks than London.

Coming out of the train station, Tong Yi's face was filled with a faint smile.

Sheffield is 170 miles from London, and the drive only takes about one hour and fifty minutes. Therefore, Tong Yi did not feel tired.

Bruns, too, was in high spirits.

He has long been accustomed to the long journey, because almost every time he goes to away games, he takes buses and trains, and only rarely does he fly to places that are relatively far away.

Bruns looked at Tong Yi as if nothing was wrong and asked, "Where should we go next?"

Before Tong Yi had time to speak, a short, thin, bald, middle-aged man wearing a blue sports suit walked over with a smile on his face and gave Tong Yi a hug.

Bruns was shocked, what is going on?

The bald man said in a rather complaining tone, "David, you're finally here, I've been waiting for you here for two days!"

Tong Yi immediately said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Antonio, for keeping you waiting."

The bald man named Antonio joked, "If you come a little later, I will fly directly to Germany to find you."

Tong Yi apologized again and said, "I'm so sorry."

The bald man rolled his eyes at Tong Yi and said, "You are so boring, I'm just kidding you."

Tong Yi immediately said, "I don't dare to joke with you, otherwise the teacher will definitely have to deal with me after I go."

The bald man reached out to take Tong Yi's luggage and said, "That's why you are so boring. Sometimes I feel that you don't look like a young man at all, but more like a staid old man."

Tong Yi said, "Am I being steady?"

After saying that, Tong Yi immediately introduced Bruns to the bald man and said, "Come on, let me introduce you. This is my assistant coach Michael, Michael Bruns." Then he He looked at Bruns again and introduced, "Brens, this is our future physical coach Antonio, Antonio Pintus."

The two immediately shook hands and exchanged pleasantries.

Bruns has been sizing up Pintus, looking at his short and thin figure. He is full of doubts. Is this really a physical fitness coach? Is this the physical fitness coach that Tong Yi attaches great importance to? Will Tong Yi be deceived?

Tong Yi naturally saw Bruns' doubts, and he immediately introduced, "Michael, don't underestimate Antonio. He was once the fitness coach of the famous legendary giant Juventus and the famous Italian coach Trapattoni." Marcello Lippi and Marcello Lippi rely heavily on him and speak very highly of him.

A great physical trainer. "

Tong Yi really didn’t lie to Bruns. This Pintus is really a famous Italian physical fitness coach. He made his debut at ASD Serdimo Football Club in 1986. In 1991, he was invited by Italian gold medal coach Trapattoni to come to Juventus. Becoming Juventus's physical coach has also become Trapattoni's right-hand man.

In the 1993-1994 season, Trapattoni led the team with poor results and left the team. Lippi, who newly took over the team, also valued Pintus very much and asked Pintus to take charge of the team's physical training, which made great contributions to Juventus' restoration of glory.

These two famous coaches spoke very highly of Pintus, and even privately rated Pintus as the best physical coach in Italy.

After the 1997-98 season, Lippi left Juventus. Pintus also left Juventus, but he did not follow Lippi to Inter Milan. Instead, he was invited by Gianluca Vialli, the player he had previously coached, to become the physical coach of the Premier League Chelsea team.

In 1998, Gullit was forced to dismiss get out of class, and Vialli, who was still a Chelsea player, was appointed to take over Chelsea's coach. The first thing Vialli did after taking office was to take Pintus to Chelsea before Lippi could and made Pintus become Chelsea's fitness coach.

When Vialli was playing for Juventus, Pintus was his fitness coach. Vialli is very clear about Pintus' level and values ​​Pintus very much. Even the players and coaches who worked with Pintus spoke very highly of Pintus and recognized Pintus so much that those who later invited Pintus were all people who had worked with Pintus.

After Vialli resigned from Chelsea, Pintus was invited by Deschamps, who had worked with him at Juventus, to serve as a fitness coach at Monaco in Ligue 1.

Even in Tong Yi's memory, Zidane, who later worked with Pintus at Juventus, strongly requested the introduction of Pintus when he came to Real Madrid twice. Pintus also became Zidane's coach twice. A member of the team and serves as the physical coach of Real Madrid. When he served as the physical fitness coach of Real Madrid, he made a huge contribution, ensuring the physical fitness of Real Madrid players and minimizing the injuries of players within the team, laying a solid foundation for Real Madrid to achieve three consecutive Champions League titles.

This is truly an excellent physical trainer.

Bruns stared at the bald head in front of him with wide eyes, full of horror.

He really didn't expect that the bald man in front of him had such a glorious past.

It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance!

Bruns stretched out his hands to Pintus again, held Pintus' right hand tightly, and said sincerely, "Mr. Pintus, I am really happy to see you."

At the same time, Bruns was also very surprised and his mind was full of doubts.

How did Tong Yi, a Chinese, know this big boss? How did Tong Yi invite this big boss? What is the relationship between Tong Yi and this big boss?

According to what Tong Yi said, if Pintus is so good, how could he join Munich 1860?

It's not that Bruns looks down on their Munich 1860, but that their Munich 1860 is just a German second division team! A coach of Pintus's caliber is certainly not short of potential suitors. Why did he choose Munich 1860, a Bundesliga second team?

Of course, he also feels that if Pintus really joins Munich 1860, it will be their Munich 1860’s blessing.

Pintus looked at Bruns with a smile and said, "Mr. Bruns, I'm glad to see you too."

The two exchanged pleasantries again and exchanged business information.

After these two exchanges of greetings, the relationship between the two became closer and more harmonious.

Suddenly, Bruns turned to look at Tong Yi and asked jokingly, "David, how did you deceive Antonio?"

To be honest, Tong Yi was also very shocked when he learned that Pintus would become his physical coach.

He was very aware of Pintus' strength and energy, and he only extended a symbolic invitation to Pintus at that time. Unexpectedly, Pintus actually agreed.

This was beyond Tong Yi's expectation.

Of course, he knew that the reason why Pintus agreed to him was not because of the domineering aura exuding from him as a time traveler, but because of his teacher Frank.

Tong Yi's mentor Frank's tactical style was influenced by the famous Italian coach Arrigo Sacchi, and he has gone to Italy many times to study. In the process of studying, Frank met Pintus by chance. The two met very soon, and became close friends as soon as they went back and forth.

Tong Yi also met Pintus before, and Pintus admired Tong Yi very much.

Therefore, if Pintus was able to agree to his invitation this time, Frank must have done the work behind the scenes.

Tong Yi is really lucky to have such a teacher.

Tong Yi did not hide Bruns. He said directly, "Antonio is my teacher's best friend. It is naturally my teacher's credit that I was able to invite him."

Pintus did not deny this.

He said, "David, you really need to thank your teacher. Your teacher has put in a lot of effort for you."

Bruns nodded slightly, that’s it.

It seems that to be a good person is not only to have a good girlfriend, but also to have a good teacher.

To be honest, he was a little envious of Tong Yi.

How much merit did Tong Yi accumulate in his previous life, so he is so lucky in this life.

Tong Yi and Zheng

He nodded heavily and said, "Indeed, I should really express my gratitude to the teacher. He has really paid so much for me."

Pintus did not speak, but reached out and patted Tong Yi on the shoulder. He could understand Tong Yi's mood at this time.

After a while, Pintus said, "Quickly clear up your mood, we still have business to do."

Bruns turned to look at Pintus and asked, "What's the business?"

Bruns is really confused. Is this trip to Sheffield not just for their physical coach?

Before Pintus could speak, Tong Yi said first, "Of course it's a signing!"

Bruns immediately exclaimed, "Who is the signing?"

Bruns became even more confused. Are there any star players here in Sheffield? Is it worth it for them to put aside their domestic affairs and make a special trip? However, when he thought about it carefully, Sheffield United didn't seem to have any well-known players now? Does Tong Yi want to introduce a Chinese player?

Bruns heard that a Chinese player transferred to Sheffield United last year.

He stared at Tong Yi in surprise.

Tong Yi ignored Bruns, but looked at Pintus and asked, "Antonio, do you have any news here?"

Pintus immediately nodded and said, "Fortunately, I found him. But, do you really think so highly of him?"

To be honest, Pintus was actually a little skeptical.

He didn't know where Tong Yi learned that there was such an amateur player in Sheffield? He didn't know why Tong Yi was so optimistic about this amateur player? He didn't even know whether this amateur player was worthy of Tong Yi's efforts to mobilize so many people?

But Tong Yi found him for help, so he naturally wouldn't sit idly by.

Pintus was still working at Newcastle United when he received Tong Yi's invitation. After agreeing to Tong Yi's invitation, he immediately resigned from Newcastle United. He originally wanted to fly to Germany immediately to join Tong Yi, but Tong Yi asked him to go to Sheffield first to help find Tong Yi's favorite player.

Newcastle is not far from Sheffield, so Pintus agreed.

He stayed in Sheffield for three days and searched hard for three days, and finally found Tong Yi's favorite player.

Tong Yi was a little excited and immediately said, "Of course, I am very optimistic about him. He will be the future pillar of our team's forward line."

Bruns and Pintus were shocked. They didn't expect Tong Yi to be so optimistic about this player. This immediately aroused Bruns' interest, and he wanted to see the player immediately.

Pintus said, "Then I will take you to find him?"

Before Tong Yi could speak, Bruns said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Pintus looked at Tong Yi and saw that Tong Yi had the same idea, so he said, "Then come with me!"