magic coach

After Jiang Mu stopped the contract renewal negotiations with Recoba, the atmosphere at the Pinettina base suddenly became tense, because the previous contract renewal negotiations for Recoba were coming to an end, and the world's first annual salary of 700 million euros had already been privately disclosed. The rumors spread, some players were jealous, some were angry, some were happy for Recoba, and some were planning to take the opportunity to raise their wages too.Jiang Mu stopped Recoba's contract renewal negotiations, which made most players very happy, because their annual salary will not reach Recoba's figure, and most players are envious of Recoba's annual salary. .However, Jiang Mu's actions are equivalent to cutting off Recoba's financial resources and smearing Recoba's face. The players are also very worried about whether the team leader will conflict with the new head coach.

However, the scene that the players were worried about did not happen. Recoba still came to the training base on time, and completed the training tasks assigned by Jiang Mu on time with quality and quantity. It seemed that nothing happened. The news came out again. Photos of Recoba’s agent Casal meeting with the new Real Madrid chairman Florentino also frequently appeared in the newspapers, but this time Inter Milan was very calm, including Moratti. Inside, no one made a statement about this, and it seemed that Recoba was allowed to leave.

This kind of time lasted for two days. On the fourth day Jiang Mu came to Milan City, it was also the day before Inter Milan played against Parma at home. After training in the afternoon, Jiang Mu led the players to Milan City. In the Pinetina base, but Jiang Mu thinks that the team has too few rest rooms, only 17, and only 3 single rooms, and the Pinetina base is far away from Meazza, Jiang Mu decided to let the players stay in Milan. Resting in the hotel, preparing for the match against Parma the next day, Moratti also expressed his support.

After settling down the players at the Hilton Hotel near San Babila Square, Jiang Mu came to Recoba's room.

"Coach, you... sit down." Recoba was surprised by Jiang Mu's visit. After Jiang Mu stopped his contract renewal negotiations, the two of them hadn't spoken a word yet.

"No need, Alvaro, come with me to the headquarters to attend the press conference." Jiang Mu waved his hand and said.

"At the press conference... ah, yes."

Those who can attend the press conference with the head coach are generally the most important players of the team, or those who have a close relationship with the coach. Recoba feels that he is not good in any aspect now, and he did not expect that Jiang Mu would take him to participate. At the press conference, I was a little at a loss for a while.

The Hilton Hotel where the team is stationed is not far from the Inter Milan headquarters at No. 24 Durini Street. Jiang Mu and Recoba walked there without driving.

"Alvaro, do you know what the fans call you in my hometown?"

Seeing that Recoba was behind him, Jiang Mu slowed down and walked side by side with Recoba, letting the two bodyguards walk in front.

"What?" Recoba was a little curious.

"Chinese boy."

"Why?" Recoba is even more strange, because this nickname is not like Ronaldo's alien, which is universal all over the world.

"Because you have similar hair and looks to us."

"So that's the case." Recoba said lightly.

"Alvaro, what do you think of tomorrow's game against Parma?" Jiang Mu changed the topic from personal to the team.

"Parma is a strong team, now ranked fourth, and we will definitely have trouble playing at home." Recoba said truthfully.

"Yes, they are well organized. It is not easy to defeat them, but we must win. Your performance tomorrow will be very important." Jiang Mu said.

"My performance, you mean I start?" Recoba was a little surprised, because after Vieri returned from injury, he was no longer Tardelli's first choice. The starting time was about the same as that of the substitute. Jiang Mu Let him start the first game, he is very happy.

"Well, although the first 11 players have not been finalized, there are basically no doubts about a few of them, and you are one of them." Jiang Mu patted Recoba's shoulder, with a strong sense of entrustment.

"Thank you coach, I will definitely do my best." Recoba said.

"Well, I believe you, the transfer should not affect a professional player like you." Jiang Mu said meaningfully.

"...Coach, actually I don't want to leave Inter Milan, nor do I want such a high salary..."

Jiang Mu interrupted Recoba's words, "I understand, don't worry, if you want to leave, I wish you well, if you want to stay, I welcome, I will be in charge of the club's transfer power in the future, what ideas can you give me?" Have your agent Casal come and talk to me."

"Yes, I will." Recoba nodded repeatedly.

While Jiang Mu and Recoba were talking, they walked to the headquarters of Inter Milan without knowing it.

The building known as the Palazzo Turini is located in the center of Milan, at the north end of Via Turini, and is also close to the Milan landmark anuele.

Durini Avenue is very short, at most 200 meters from south to north.Surrounded by a high-end shopping area, not only are there many brand-name stores, but Durini Street itself is a bit quiet, there are not many stores, except for clothing stores, there are also several small wine shops.

Palazzo Durini is an antique building built in 1645. It is a typical Baroque style, solemn, simple, clean and beautiful. However, there are many such buildings in Milan. strange.The strange thing is that there is no sign related to the club on the huge building.Not to mention blue and black banners and slogans, not even a small nameplate.If you are not a die-hard Inter Milan fan, maybe you will pass the door without knowing it.But when you walk inside, you can feel that what is hidden here is the most magnificent football club headquarters in Italy and even in Europe.Because a large part of the murals and carvings on the interior walls and ceilings were hand-painted by the master Rubens, they are invaluable.

Jiang Mu and Recoba came to the headquarters, the press officer Sabatini brought them to the press conference hall, journalists from various countries were discussing, they had been waiting in the hall for a long time, saw Jiang Mu and Recoba coming, The reporters stopped talking and turned their cameras on Jiang Mu and Recoba. From the reporter's point of view, the appearance of these two people was a news subject.

After Sabatini announced the start of the press conference, Jiang Mu briefly talked about tomorrow's opponent Parma, "This is a team with the strength to win the championship. Goalkeeper Buffon, defender Cannavaro, Thuram, Midfielder Almeida, Conceicao, Micoud, striker Milosevic, Amoruso and Divayo, this configuration is not worse than Inter Milan at all, and in fact, their ranking is indeed higher than ours Front, uh, of course, there are many more teams in front of us than in the back..."

Jiang Mu's fluent Italian self-mockery drew laughter from the reporters in the hall, making Recoba, who had been in Italy for many years, envious.

"Masaleni is an experienced coach who is good at fighting tough battles. The leader Udinese was pulled down by him. Roma and Capello should thank him. Masaleni's team is still 2:0 Winning AC Milan, of course, I have not forgotten, we were slaughtered by them 6:1 in the Coppa Italia, whether it is to avenge ourselves or to avenge the next door, we will beat them at San Siro..."

There was another burst of laughter in the press conference hall. Although Berlusconi, the chairman of AC Milan, controlled several media and TV stations, and Italian reporters often made things difficult for Inter Milan because of this, after Jiang Mu came to Inter Milan, with his wit and The extraordinary memory still won the favor of the reporter.

"I can't tell you the starting lineup yet, because even I don't know very well. We have a lot of good players who are in good form. It is difficult for me to make a choice because this choice is cruel, no matter for the players. It's brutal for me or for me. If possible, I would send all thirty players in the first team, they are too good. But... such a good team is ranked in the No. 11, it means that being good alone is not enough, you have to show your goodness on the court, and strictly abide by the tactical discipline, but the premise is that the tactics must be right, otherwise you will become incompetent and exhausted There are thousands of troops..."

After Jiang Mu finished his speech, it was Recoba, who was the representative of the players, who spoke. Recoba didn't have Jiang Mu's relaxed attitude. He still remembered the fiasco in the Italian Cup, and he was the leader of that game The starting striker, after the game, he was criticized by the head coach Tardelli as useless. In fact, the goal that saved Tardelli and Inter Milan was scored by Recoba, but at that time Recoba was Inter Milan. Milan's biggest star, Tardelli had no choice but to vent his anger on the Chinese boy.

"This is a battle of revenge. We have been waiting for this game for years. Our shame in the Coppa Italia must be washed away. We must beat our opponents in this game. Compared with a month ago, our The current state is much better, Vieri is back, Cordoba and Blanco are getting better and better, and the main thing is that we have changed a head coach who pays attention to defense. The new coach has a brilliant record. His tactics are very flexible and the team is extremely united. I believe that under the leadership of coach Jiang, we will definitely defeat Parma and reach the Champions League final. This is very important to us. A giant like Inter Milan will not enter the Champions League It's a disgrace..."

Before Recoba finished speaking, an Italian reporter suddenly stood up and interrupted Recoba's speech loudly, saying: "Do you really want Inter Milan to enter the Champions League? Maybe you will be Juventus next month." player?"