Regarding the fact that my wife's best friend is the hot golden retriever from the league next door, I have always been very helpless. You should book a ticket to fly to the United States for that golden retriever. Don't bother my wife anymore, really!

——The Autobiography of Philip Inzaghi

Italy has reached the finals of the European Cup twice in a row, and this time it finally won the cup. Everyone from the head coach to the players is very happy, and of course the Italian fans are even more happy.

For the country of Italy, football occupies a very important place in their lives, because this time they won the European Cup, and the whole of Italy fell into celebration.

Maria also returned to Italy from Portugal. She mixed in the parade and watched the floats carrying members of the national team approaching. Seeing her husband riding on the railing excitedly, she also smiled happily.As an Italian, she is naturally happy that her motherland can win the championship, and as a wife, she is also willing to see her husband's ambitions, especially this man has been struggling with injuries for several months.

The atmosphere of winning the championship in Italy has been maintained until the start of the new season of Serie A. Those fans who do not support clubs who are crazy about winning the championship for the national team began to support their favorite clubs with a clear-cut banner.

As a player, Inzaghi has also begun to devote himself to regular training and competitions. In addition to fulfilling his responsibilities and obligations as a professional player, he likes to stay at home with his youngest daughter Valentina more often.As a father, he always does not want to make mistakes in every growth and change of his daughter, and he is very pleasantly surprised to find that his daughter has grown her first tooth, can turn over, and can talk.

Maria is also a bit busy, because she used to spend more time in Milan for her husband and daughter, and remotely controlled the company's business through the Internet. Now that her daughter is older, the family has hired a nanny, and her husband has been working hard to be a babysitter. The good brother Balotelli is here, so she can occasionally go to the company in Rome to sit in charge.

Before the new year in [-], Maria was tormented by the affairs of her two girlfriends.

The first girlfriend that gave Maria a headache was Mia. Maria did not expect that Mia, who grew up in the United States, would have such a great interest in football. Asked her about the feasibility of buying a Serie A football club, with a special emphasis on the fact that Mia wanted to buy AC Milan.

In the past two years, Mia had asked Maria to do a feasibility report on purchasing a Serie A club, but the report was never completed when Maria was pregnant.But Maria did do some homework, and she said to Mia with some hesitation: "If it is other clubs, there should be no problem with the financial resources of the Genovia royal family. In the Premier League and Ligue [-], there are royal families from the Middle East or local tyrants from Russia. , even American speculators bought the team. Serie A has less in this regard, but there is no clear rejection regulation. It's just that AC Milan is a special team. Its current shareholder is Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusco Ni, I don't know whether the Prime Minister is willing to sell the shares under his name, after all, this club used to be an important tool for him to gain fame."

Maria expressed her concerns. In fact, she had the idea of ​​owning a club of her own.After all, as Baggio's younger sister, she has seen how her brother was sold by Fiorentina back then, and then how he was moved by Juventus, Milan, and Inter Milan, and finally had to retire in a small club.Although Milan now shows that she attaches great importance to her husband, Maria is very prepared for danger in times of peace. Who knows if her husband will be sold as her husband grows older and his competitive status declines, especially since she has been making arrangements for those things. Ex-stars get things from the major leagues, and they feel deeply about this kind of thing.It's just that she can't completely control a club with her current financial resources. After all, not only the acquisition costs money, but also the subsequent operation. Maria is not so arrogant. She asks herself that if she wants to do this, she may have to work harder For several years.

After hearing Maria's words, Mia sighed helplessly: "Politics! It's politics again!" She was also very helpless. She wanted to buy Milan not only because of the fan atmosphere of Milan, but also to promote Genovia , at this point she thinks the same as Berlusconi.

Although she knew that there was no suitable opportunity to acquire Milan for the time being, Mia still solemnly asked Maria to help her pay attention to Milan's trends. As long as she had the opportunity, she would still find a way to acquire Milan. Anyway, she had plenty of money and didn't care about the acquisition cost.

Maria also seriously agreed to Mia's request, and she was even thinking about whether she could take a ride with Mia if Mia had to buy Milan.It's just that there is really no right time now, so she can only observe silently first. Once there is a chance, she doesn't mind turning AC Milan into Royal AC Milan.

It is impossible to solve Mia's problem in the short term, but the matter of another person gave Maria some headaches.

Because Maria's company has several shareholders besides herself, such as Buffett, Pirlo and Guti, especially Guti, who shoulders the important task of fooling Spain and La Liga balloon stars to the United States, so Maria will contact this person every once in a while to see what's going on with him.In the past, Guti would travel to Milan at least once a month, and everyone knows the reason.It's just that now Redondo left Milan and went to live in Madrid, so Guti didn't bother to go to Milan, and his contact with Maria was more on online video.

The contact this time was before the New Year, and Maria planned to wish Guti a happy New Year in addition to the company's business.But seeing the listless golden retriever on the screen, Maria raised her eyebrows: "Are you busy recently?"

La Liga is not as inhumane as the Premier League. Players also have a winter break during Christmas and New Years. During this time, players will hurry up to recuperate. Why does Guti make himself so tired?What is he doing?Could it be sneaking around?A picture emerged in Maria's mind: a golden wolf was sneakily hiding outside the farmhouse and peeping, ready to touch in and steal chickens at any time.Wait, why is this picture so familiar?Maria remembered, isn't this how Guti sneaked out of Redondo every time to peep?Could it be Redondo?

Although she didn't understand what was going on between Guti and Redondo, Maria still asked tentatively: "Mr. Redondo has been living in Madrid recently, how is he doing?"

Sure enough, as soon as Redondo was mentioned, Guti's expression became grinning. He was angry for a while, a little helpless for a while, and finally a little confused and sad. "He decided to retire."

retired?Redondo is retiring?

Maria was a little strange. She remembered that when Redondo left Milan, he did not say that he would retire, and judging from the situation in his last few games, he had also recovered from his injuries. "Why?" she asked.

"Why?" Guti's voice became a bit sharp as if his tail had been stepped on, "Because the team he wants to join the most doesn't want him back! Because none of the teams in La Liga want him. !” He almost shouted these words, then lowered his head in pain and covered his face with his hands.

Maria understood why Guti was in such pain, not only because of Redondo, but also because the team that rejected Redondo was the team he loved so much.

Seeing her friend in pain through the small video window, Maria thought for a while, and an idea came to her mind. "Jose, can you convince Mr. Redondo to go to America?"

"Go to the United States?" Guti raised his head suddenly, his eyes blinked. He had only one thought in his mind before, which was to get Redondo back to Real Madrid. Flashed the light but told him frankly that the club would not agree.Guti refused to listen to Raul's dissuasion, and went to the club's chairman Florentino, but in addition to being fined for taking pictures of the table, he only got a cold rejection.

Later, he saw an article written by a reporter from the newspaper. The reporter explained the current situation that the former Bernabéu prince is currently facing without the ball to play, and even mentioned what Redondo himself said. If no team signs with him this month, he will retire. At the end of the article, the reporter shouted out heartbrokenly-why there are so many teams in La Liga that none of them will accept Redondo!

Guti's mood was greatly affected by this report. He almost wanted to go to Redondo to beg him not to retire, but he didn't know how to persuade Redondo. After all, no team in La Liga accepted Redondo. Many plans.There are only La Liga teams in his head, and he completely forgets that he is still fooling his predecessors to go to the United States, but Redondo is going to the United States?

"Is this appropriate?" Guti asked Maria hesitantly. His head had already begun to consider the feasibility of Redondo going to the United States, but he still needed his friends to help him firm up this idea.

"There are many players in the major leagues from Europe, many of whom are Redondo's peers or even predecessors. I don't think he will feel uncomfortable among these people. In addition, although football is currently only ranked fifth for the United States The atmosphere is not bad, I thought of Redondo’s age, he wants to feel the joy that football brings him, right?” Maria has already quickly evaluated the feasibility of Redondo’s going to the American Major League The more she thought about it, the more she felt that going to the United States with Redondo's status should be a win-win situation. He can enjoy the joy of football to his heart's content, and the major leagues will also increase their prestige and attractiveness because they get another superstar.Well, we must find a way to persuade Redondo to go to the United States, and also to the club in which she has a stake.Maria is a businessman, she will not pass up the opportunity to make money.

"Then..." Guti seemed a little nervous, "Then can you come to Spain?" Although Redondo said that he could go to his house for dinner, he didn't have the guts to face it alone. Redondo's, he doesn't know if Raul can persuade Redondo, after all, Redondo's pride lets him play in the United States, which is far away from the mainstream European league. He doesn't know if Redondo will throw him away go out.Guti felt that it would depend on the strength of his friends at this time, and he pinned all his hopes on Maria.So Guti looked at Maria with the eyes of a puppy looking at the bones, blinking and blinking with longing.

Although separated by the screen, as a mother, Maria still couldn't resist her friend's eyes. "How old are you? Why do you look younger than Valentina?" Maria felt that she was more mature than Guti when she thought of her daughter's disgusting little eyes sometimes.

Although she disliked Guti, Maria still agreed to go to Spain to help him persuade Redondo, after all, this deal can be regarded as a big deal.

Maria told Inzaghi about it. She was a little sorry that she was going to fly to Spain during the holiday, and she had agreed to spend the holiday with her family.

After listening to Maria's account of the incident, Inzaghi thought about it very much. He had long known his wife's workaholic nature and was used to it.And he has been teammates with Redondo, and he doesn't want the star to retire in such a lonely way.

After thinking about it, Inzaghi made another suggestion: "How about we go on a short trip to Spain? A world for two?" Balotelli returned to his adoptive parents' house during the holidays, and they can put their daughter in their parents' house.It's been a long time since the two of them went on vacation together.

Maria is also a little tempted. It is a good suggestion to be able to work and have a world together. "Okay, I'll call Jose and ask him to recommend a suitable place for us to go. This trip to Spain is to help him, so I think I can let him bleed a little and take care of our board and lodging in Spain." Maria decided to cheat her best friend unceremoniously, save as much as she could, she is an excellent housewife.

Inzaghi laughed. It sucks to ask another man to pay, but why not take advantage of it?He had a treacherous smile and seemed to match Maria very well.

The unscrupulous couple made a plan, and this trip to Spain was named as the Redondo Persuasion Project and the Keng Guti Project.

So when they got out of Madrid's airport, they saw Guti whimpering: "I knew that you couple must have no good intentions. I booked a hotel for you, and then I will treat you to watch the best flamenco in the evening." .”

"We are here to help you, otherwise we would have played with Valentina at home at this time." Inzaghi complained unceremoniously, he and Guti just didn't match up.

Guti stuck out his tongue at him, and then looked at Maria: "It would be great if you brought Valentina here, I am her godfather. I promise, if you bring Valentina here by yourself , I will definitely be able to arrange your itinerary."

Inzaghi can't see this guy Guti poaching in front of him, godfather?He is also Valentina's own father!

Maria laughed. These two men are sometimes very childish. "Come on, take us to the hotel."

After resting in the hotel for a while, under the leadership of Guti, we went around the city of Madrid. In the evening, we went to see the best flamenco in Guti's mouth. The Inzaghi couple returned to the hotel to get well rest.

The next day, Maria and Inzaghi met Guti who was driving in the car at the appointed time, and at the same time saw another unexpected person.

"Raul Gonzalez Blanco, of course I think you may be more accustomed to calling me Raul." Real Madrid's captain and banner smiled and extended their hands to the guests from Italy.

"Philip Inzaghi, you can call me Pipo." Inzaghi raised his eyebrows and shook hands with Raul. They had met in the game before, but it was the first time that they got along so close.However, compared to friends, he still felt that the status of opponents was more suitable for them.

"Okay, I feel terrified when I see you laughing." Guti interrupted Raul and Inzaghi's striker. "Get in the car."

Raul looked helplessly at the deputy team who always liked to make trouble for him, and shook his head.

Maria also laughed. She thought it was no wonder that Guti was always so unreliable, because someone always cleaned up the mess for him.

The four got into the car, Guti skillfully started the car, and Raul, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and said to Maria who was sitting in the back seat: "I heard Jose mention it, thank you very much, Maria, I hope today we Can convince Fernando."

"Fernando?" Maria glanced at Guti. It turned out that not everyone called Redondo the same as Guti.

Guti stared straight ahead at the road ahead, and no one noticed that his hand holding the steering wheel shook slightly.

Raul took over the topic: "Fernando, the Fernandos of Real Madrid can be described in plural. The Fernandos of Real Madrid..." His voice became weaker and weaker, as if he still had something to say.

The atmosphere in the car was a little heavy. The four people in the car were either professional football players or people engaged in careers related to football. They all knew the cruelty of professional sports.

Inzaghi changed the subject: "Where does Fernando live, isn't he in downtown Madrid?" He noticed that the direction of the car seemed to be going out of the city.

Raul replied: "It's to Dolepin. Fernando settled in Dolepin when he returned to Spain." very familiar."

It is said that Redondo hated Guti very much, but he returned to Spain and lived in Guti's hometown. Why did this become more and more chaotic?

Guti is naturally very familiar with the way back to his hometown. He drove for more than an hour to the small town of Dolepin, a satellite city of Madrid.When he was hesitating which way to go to Redondo, Raul spoke.

Raul said: "I called Fernando before I came. He should be at the football field at this time. He has been training with an amateur team organized by Argentine immigrants recently."

"Huh!" Guti snorted softly, and it turned out that Redondo was the most inclined to Raul, and he would answer anything Raul asked.But he didn't say anything, instead he turned the steering wheel and drove straight to the football field that Raul mentioned.

Guti parked the car near the football field, and then the four got out of the car. Guti and Raul both put on sunglasses, especially Guti also put on a hat to cover his blond hair. This is his hometown after all. , too many acquaintances.

The four of them walked towards the football field, and before they got there, they heard cheers from time to time.When they walked in, they saw a lot of spectators standing outside the stadium. Everyone looked at the stadium excitedly. It turned out that a football match was going on on the stadium.

A few people took a closer look at the field, most of them didn't know each other, and judging from their skills, the level of the people on the field was indeed very amateurish.But there are exceptions, such as the man who likes to hold his head high when he dribbles.He looked ahead with a calm demeanor and elegant movements, with a feeling of strolling in the garden, without any embarrassment of playing football with amateur players, as if this game was completely the same as the Bernabeu or San Siro game.

Inzaghi and the others are all experts. After watching for a while, they can see that the team with Redondo is obviously superior, and they can also see that Redondo is in good condition, which is more determined They must persuade Redondo to go to the United States during their trip.

When the game was over, Raul squeezed over to find Redondo.

Redondo didn't expect Raul to come, but he wasn't surprised. He wasn't surprised until he followed Raul and saw Guti who was bowing his head, and Inzaghi and his wife. Not obvious.

"Hi Pippo, hello Maria." Redondo greeted his Milan teammates calmly. As for Maria, he once went to the Champions League final with the Maria brothers and sisters, which can be regarded as some friendship. "How is your brother?" For the man who bid farewell to Serie A with him, Redondo was a little curious about how he spent his retirement life. After all, he is likely to start his own retirement life.

"Robert is very good. The Football Association hopes that he can take office, but he is still hesitating." In fact, Maria is a little helpless about this. The Football Association has indeed contacted Baggio, hoping that he can take charge of youth training, but after seeing After Baggio wrote a thick plan with a length of more than [-] pages, the Football Association decisively retreated.

A few people only stood on the sidelines for a while and then moved to a nearby coffee shop. After all, there are fans who come to get Redondo’s autograph. If they find the captain, vice-team, and Serie A stars of Real Madrid, they will definitely go crazy of.

"Should you not come to play in Duolehong?" Redondo said directly after taking a seat in the coffee shop.When he saw the group of four, he felt strange. He knew that Guti and Maria had a good relationship, but what kind of arrangement would it be if adding Raul?Wouldn't it be Raul who came to be a lobbyist to persuade Inzaghi to transfer, or was it that Inzaghi came to poach Milan?

Guti glanced at Maria, and blinked his eyes twice, meaning to ask Maria to quickly explain her purpose.

Maria glanced at the captain of Real Madrid, who was lowering his head and fiddling with a coffee spoon, and seemed to have no intention of speaking.

Sly fox!Maria made an evaluation of the captain of Real Madrid in her heart, and then she looked at Redondo. "Fernando, what do you think of Major League Soccer?"

Redondo was taken aback: "I don't know much about it. I only know that in the United States, football is not the most popular sport there, but the football atmosphere is good." His eyes were not focused, maybe Maria's question just reminded him His only trip to the World Cup was the World Cup held in the United States.

Maria and Guti looked at each other. From Redondo's evaluation, it seems that he has a good impression of the American major leagues. This is the premise for them to persuade Redondo.

Maria simply cut to the chase: "Fernando, what do you think about playing in the major leagues?"

"The big league?" Redondo has already realized the purpose of these four people coming to see him today. After all, he knows that Guti has been messing with Maria to fool people in the big league. In his words, it is similar to "trafficking people." "Same, in this way, wouldn't he just become that ignorant and trafficked person?Thinking of this, Lei Dongdo raised his eyebrows and looked at the four people.

Raul was still studying the coffee spoon and didn't look up at all. Guti looked at him and immediately lowered his head not daring to look at him. Inzaghi smiled at him, and Maria looked directly at him, as if waiting for his answer.

"La Liga is my first choice." Redondo gave his answer, saying that it was La Liga. In fact, he just hoped that the La Liga team would call him again.

"But... But Florentino, hey!" Guti just snapped out a few sentences when he felt a pain in his foot, and he couldn't care less about the rest.

Raul retracted his "mistakenly stepped" foot as if nothing had happened, and continued to study the coffee spoon. Well, this spoon is good, and he will buy a set later.

Although Guti only spoke half of what he said, Redondo had already heard it clearly. He had already understood that the team would never open the door to him again. "Actually, I've been preparing to announce my retirement in a few days." He calmly threw out a big thunder.

"What!" Guti jumped up first.

"Sit down!" Redondo's deterrence was enough, Guti could only sit down aggrieved.

"Fernando, have you really decided?" Raul first gave Guti a calm look, and then looked at Redondo.

Redondo nodded.

Maria suddenly said: "Since you are already planning to retire, why do you have to train hard with an amateur team to keep fit? My brother Robert has also announced his retirement, and he has already taken his family to Argentina to hunt for Christmas. .You are not willing to retire like this! If you have the opportunity, you still want to return to the court."

Redondo did not speak, he did not acknowledge whether Maria was right.

Maria also said: "Actually, the major leagues in the United States are not that bad. As you said, although it is not a mainstream league, the attention is not low. You can see many of your old friends there. opponent."

"I can say very bluntly that at your age, it is a bit naive to talk about ideals and goals. Your career is only a few years away, so why don't you use the remaining few years for yourself? How about bringing more happiness to the fans who like you?"

Maria’s last words moved Redondo a little. At his age, it’s empty to talk about the Champions League, league title, and playing time. What he can get has already been obtained, and what he can’t get will never be obtained.Perhaps it would be a good choice to return to the essence of football and simply enjoy the happiness that football brings to him and the fans.

"I need to think about it." Although he was a little moved, Redondo still didn't say he was dead. He also needed to listen to his family's opinions on this kind of thing. After all, if he agreed, maybe their family would live on the other side of the ocean for a long time in the future .

"I'm waiting for your reply." Maria nodded. She felt that what she had to say was almost the same, and it was up to Redondo himself to decide.

A few people did not stop much, and got on the car again to return to Madrid.

"Will he agree?" Raul sat in the driver's seat first on the way back because he was afraid that Guti's mind would not drive the car into a ditch.But Guti didn't feel at ease, he asked with some worry.After all, in addition to his skills, Redondo is more famous for his "work". He even refused the call-up of the national team back then, let alone a few of them.

"Not necessarily, I think you may want to contact the airline and ask if they sell monthly tickets to and from the United States." Inzaghi mocked Guti casually. He is not less handsome than his wife. It's been a long time since his man dangled around.

"Why don't I introduce you to the big leagues too." Maria and her husband stood on the same front at this time.

The author has something to say: Raul looked at the front intently, the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, he was not worried about the couple's blatant poaching, because the fool was Guti.

Sure enough, Guti replied almost without thinking: "No, I will not go anywhere except Real Madrid. I must retire in Real Madrid."

Maria and Inzaghi spent a vacation in Spain that was enough for Guti to jump around with his wallet, but since Redondo finally agreed to play in the major leagues, he can only spend the money willingly.

After the New Year in [-], Redondo officially announced that he would go to the Major League Soccer to play, and his retirement plan would be postponed indefinitely.

——END OF TEXT PART——

I got Brother Dong to go to the big leagues to enjoy life, and sure enough, he became an outdated hero after finishing the last article.

After writing this chapter, I can finally say that AC Milan will become Royal AC Milan in the future. I think this is better than ABCD Milan.

The next chapter is about the Champions League. I must write about the first encounter between Luo Er and Kaka in the Champions League.

From [-] to [-], the writing of these few years will be almost finished. I estimate that I can start writing Luo Er on September [-]st.

I can already consider the issue of writing a long episode. In a few days, there will be a birthday episode for Master Jiu, and then I should write a special episode about mushrooms. There will be a reality that Master Jiu will wear. I need to think about the rest.

By the way, La Liga has Raul Guti's pair of wolf and fox, and Serie A has Jiu Ye Totti's pair of wolf and fox. Which of these two pairs has a better chance of winning.But no matter what, the two foxes are cunning and cunning, and neither the golden wolf nor the stupid Roman wolf can play against the two foxes.

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