ball magic

The winter break is fleeting, the players have to return to work, and the fans will also usher in the first game after the new year.

The fans of Inter Milan are the happiest, because they have another cup to take!

Yes, the game hasn't started yet, but they already have that trophy in their pocket.

Of course they'll take that Toyota Cup like it's theirs.

But before that, they still have a little bit of trouble——

They will play Lazio on January 1, and then they will fly from Milan to Tokyo for more than 6 hours.

And then we will play Boca Juniors on January 1th. You must know that this is the champion of the Copa Libertadores this year!

After the game ended, the players had to fly back to Italy non-stop to challenge Perugia away.

Three games, two away games, two strong opponents, all in one week.

With such a schedule, even the god of death would be ashamed to watch it!

Toshack of course not!

Before the arrival of the winter break, he complained, "Players are human beings, not gods, and they should have time to rest."

At that time, Moratti applied to the Italian Football Association on behalf of the club, hoping to postpone their match with Perugia.

Usually, this is easy to achieve, after all, this is also a credit to Italian football.

However, Perugia does not want to postpone, the reason is simple, they want these 3 points, why give up?

After the lawsuit reached the winter break, no matter how much the Italian Football Association delayed it, there was no time to delay it, so they finally decided to postpone the game.

Just to appease Perugia's "weak, pitiful, and helpless" style of painting, the game was only postponed for 2 days.

So when the players returned to the team, they heard the good news.

Toshack was relieved to get an important and valuable 2-day break.

But there is still a boulder in his heart——

After the players returned to the team, the atmosphere in the locker room was obviously not right.

Although he didn't hear any "information" or read any news in the newspapers, he just knew something was wrong.

He has also been in the locker room of a wealthy family, this problem cannot be hidden from his eyes and ears!

What makes him feel more subtle is that the so-called atmosphere is wrong. It is not that there is any problem between Rafael and Figo, Raphael and Vieri, or even Raphael and Owen, but that there is something wrong with the Argentines. question.

He can be sure of this!

It was this that made him feel quite speechless.

Because he understands the infighting among giants, usually Rafael, Figo, Owen, and Vieri have problems, and everyone is fighting for the top card. This is the mainstream script.

Not so with these Argentines.

After they returned to the team, Toshack first noticed that Raphael was in a bad mood.

The reason is also very simple, he has witnessed the puberty of this bear boy, and he has also witnessed his hatred of the world and hatred of the world.

So of course he knew what "Raphael was unhappy" looked like.

But why is he unhappy?

Is it because Veronica accepted Colin's marriage proposal?

Was there a small conflict with Hughes?

Was there a small misunderstanding with Aimar?

Or is it because Louis is disobedient?

But soon he found that Redondo was the same, and then he found that Simeone's rogue-faced guy had turned into a bandit face...

So at this moment, an idea popped into Toshack's mind——

Ruined!

Argentines, infighting!

Toshack knows this happens a lot with the Argentine national team.

In terms of internal strife, France, Argentina, and the Netherlands are all qualified to fight for the second place. Let me ask who dares to claim the first rank.

But in the history of Inter Milan, these Argentines haven't made any troubles, have they?

It's just a winter break now, are these Argentines fighting among themselves, do they want to compete with Rafael for the top card of the national team?

Toshack desperately needs to figure out what's going on!

Luckily he has Juan.

A cute war correspondent who infiltrated the barbecue gang.

But after listening to him rambling a lot, Juan put on a dumbfounding expression.

This made Lao Tuo annoyed: "What kind of expressions do you have? Shouldn't I be worried about them? Don't say that there is nothing wrong between them. I'm not blind."

"But there is indeed no problem between them," Juan said with a wry smile, "but you are right, they are indeed unhappy."

Toshack was puzzled: "After a winter break, they all came back happily. If they didn't have internal conflicts, why did this happen?"

Juan said bluntly: "It's because of something wrong with Argentina. I mean this country."

Toshack: "Huh?"

What's wrong with this country?Why should my players bother?

Seeing his expression, Juan knew that he really didn't understand, so he could only continue to explain.

"You must not follow international news. Argentina has had 5 presidents in two weeks, maybe 6th. Argentina also owes a lot of money to the International Monetary Fund and is now heavily indebted, which is not good anyway, the fact It's very bad."

Toshack was speechless.

If he wanted to say something now, he would just say—

Why do his players always have to be involved in such crap?

Juan added: "And our opponent in the Toyota Cup is Boca Juniors. Now the Argentines hope that Boca Juniors will beat Inter Milan. I think it may also affect their mood."

Toshack wanted to roll his eyes.

Your country's economy is finished, and you are looking forward to this?It is indeed a wonderful country that has undergone military changes because of football!

"What the hell logic is this! Inter Milan fans are also looking forward to us getting this trophy to achieve three consecutive championships! But I trust them, they will not affect the game because of these."

Although Toshack said so swearingly, he did have confidence in his disciples.

But the problem is there, is he going to pretend he doesn't know, or is he going to express his concern?

And, he wants to greet the government of Argentina again!

What the hell have you guys done to make the players and the people worry about you?

After scolding in his heart, Toshack still made a decision. He said to Juan, "Go out now and call Rafa in."

Juan: "..."

Isn't this the same as telling Rafael that he was an informant?

When Lao Tuo saw his expression, he just waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, he knew earlier, and he wouldn't blame you."

Of course Juan knew that Rafa would not be angry because of this kind of thing, and it would not affect their relationship, but the problem was that he would feel embarrassed too!

So he pushed back hard.

"I can go out, but I won't call Rafa in. I'm leaving."

After he said the "ruthless words", he really left!

Toshack: "..."

To be honest, he is a little relieved now.

Because in his eyes, Juan's greatest strength and greatest weakness are his character.

The reason why he thinks so is because Juan is too Buddha.

Compared with those players with great personality, born hungry for honor and ambitious, he obviously lacks character and lacks clear goals.

This is actually not a good thing for athletes, because in competitive sports, the pursuit is not victory, isn't it just winning?

To win the game, to win the victory, you must first win the competition with your teammates and be able to play the game.

Under such pressure, some people will give up, some people will shrink back, and some people will doubt themselves, but Juan has passed this stage with great ease.

Even if he is surrounded by stars like Rafael, Ronaldo, Figo, and Vieri.

Even if his competitors are Djorkaeff, Winter, Simeone, Almeida and Redondo.

But what he did was to follow the outstanding teammates around him, train seriously, and not let every day go to waste.

After spending thousands of days and nights like this, he ushered in a transformation, and he became an important player.

But Toshack's expectation of him is not just to become an important player, he should become a star, even a superstar.

The current Juan has such potential!

So Toshack feels that the character that once helped him has now become his further enemy...

He loved Juan and had always wanted to talk to him, but now he didn't feel the need to.

His worries may have been resolved by others.

Juan did what he said, he didn't call Raphael in.

So Toshack waited for another ten minutes before going to the training ground and calling Rafael to the locker room.

However, he did not talk about Boca Juniors, but asked directly: "I think you are in a bad mood recently. Juan said it is because of the situation in your country. What can I do? What can the club do?"

Raphael guessed the reason before entering the locker room.

But he didn't expect Toshack to go straight to the point so directly.

But thinking that the old man played as a striker when he was young, he quickly accepted this, and even gave Lao Tuo a smile back.

"You can't do anything, neither the club nor us, that's why we're depressed. Because we can only be depressed."

Toshack is not surprised by this, because if he knows what he can do, his apprentice must have done it, and those "full of loyal" Argentines have also done it.

Since you can't do anything, let's have a heart-to-heart talk with the kid in front of you.

So he praised: "Rafa, you have become more mature."

Raphael: "..."

Toshack laughed after seeing his expression, and then said: "No rebuttal, unless you want to hear me give a few examples."

Do you think Raphael?

Of course he doesn't want to!

Seeing his face change in a second, Toshack also laughed hahaha, he feels much more carefree now. ⒊[-]

Then he said to Raphael, "I saw the news that Pablo was going to London. What did you do? Did you have fun? What are you doing up?"

Of course Raphael left immediately. If he didn't leave, would he still wait for the old man to gossip about his private life?

And Toshack looked at his back and laughed several times.

After "talking" with Rafael, Toshack found that the Argentine still had that style of painting for the next two days.

But his mentality is different now than it was then.

After all, as the head coach, which one is not a good player who pretends to be deaf and dumb?

By January 1, he received a text from Raphael.

The content of the text message is very simple, that is, he invited some Lazio players to a dinner party, he will not go to places that he should not go, and he will not let his teammates drink more. I hope he will approve.

This didn't take up training time, but Lao Tuo was very happy that the disciple asked for his opinion, so of course he approved it.

On January 1, at 6:7 p.m., Inter Milan ushered in the first game after the winter break.

Their opponent is also their old enemy Lazio.

Because there are many Argentine internationals on both sides, many fans dubbed the game between the two teams the "Argentine Derby vs Italy".