ball magic

Chapter 188

Figo's transfer has not yet settled, and Inter Milan has already started the warm-up match.

Unlike the future giants who will not let go of any opportunity to promote themselves, even Manchester United, which is the best at commercial promotion and marketing in the future, has the largest fan base in the world, and has learned from other teams, has not started to take advantage of the summer. , so most of the warm-up matches in the summer were to find some opponents by themselves and play them locally.

Inter Milan is no exception. In the past, they usually only invited small nearby teams as opponents in their summer warm-up matches, allowing the players to find their feelings.But this season is a little different. The chairman is particularly ambitious and full of blood—no, the chicken blood is about to rush to his head!

To what extent is the chicken blood?

Before the end of last season, Moratti asked the old Robson early, look, look, can these three opponents do it?

The old Robson saw that the three teams were: Deportivo, Arsenal and Bayern Munich.

Old Robson was so moved that his face turned black, and he rejected it without hesitation!

"The idea is good, but this summer is not suitable." At that time, in order to show that he was reasonable, the old Robson explained to the disappointed chairman: "This year is the World Cup year, and many of our players have played in the World Cup. It’s time to return to the team, but time may dilute the physical fatigue, but may not be able to take away the grief in the heart.”

The old man didn't know that his words came true, Ronaldo who got a strange disease in a daze, and Brazil who lost the game who knows why.

He is actually just preparing for most of the players. After all, there are 32 teams participating in this World Cup, but there is only one winner who can win the trophy.

Moratti followed the old Robson's advice, and finally chose three small teams as warm-up opponents, and presented the ticket revenue to these three opponents in a very style.

As a result, when the first warm-up match started, Inter Milan received super-standard treatment from the media. The TV station asked to broadcast it, and the media asked to enter the venue for interviews.

No matter how late Moratti is, he knows that these media are all aimed at Rafael and Ronaldo.

Their "Archangel" and "Alien" are both global topic figures in the summer, but they are both tainted with tragedy in the field of football.

Moratti hesitated for a long time, but still did not sell the broadcasting rights to the outside world, but paid more attention to Figo's transfer-the new season is about to start, and there is not much time left for them. It is really impossible to buy Figo. To buy Seedorf for old Robson.

The Barcelona management was also devastated by Vega, and it was disgusting enough.If it is Barcelona in the future, facing such a method, it will definitely say: Isn't it just a salary increase?Why find someone to lift, raise salary!

But even if Barcelona is not as indebted as Real Madrid, it is not rich and powerful, so their choice is... to sell.

In order to express their anger, when they couldn't buy Mendieta and had no other candidates, they sold a transfer record that broke Ronaldo's previous transfer record last year-5000 million US dollars!Installments are not supported!

Moratti was as happy as a fool, and took out the check without saying a word!

This obviously once again allowed Inter Milan to grab the attention of fans around the world, and it also gave the "uncrowned king" a chance to hype.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" even posted a big ear cup and a group of stars from Inter Milan on the front page headline. Where's the headline?

[The queen's scepter, point to Europe again! 】

Figo, who completed the physical examination, signed the contract and appeared at the headquarters, was officially accompanied by his agent and came to the locker room with Moratti.

Figo was very calm on the surface, but very disturbed in his heart.

He doesn't know how the locker room treats him. Although he has a good relationship with Ronaldo and is in harmony with the old Robson when they worked together before, it is not enough to integrate into a brand new locker room...

After a few minutes, he realized that his worries were superfluous. As soon as Inter Milan's new No. 7 entered the dressing room, "Rabbit Tooth" greeted him with a smile, and Figo hugged him with a smile.

Then again?

Standing in front of him were Raphael and Bergomi who extended their hands to him successively.

When he held Rafael's hand, he saw the Argentine who was a few centimeters taller than him looked at him and said, "I'm glad you joined us."

The Portuguese, who heard some rumors about Rafael in the Barcelona locker room, smiled, and then he was enthusiastically patted by Bergomi on the shoulder, and then introduced him to other teammates one by one.

Figo no longer felt anxious, he greeted every teammate with a smile, but he spent a lot of time doing his homework, at least he had to know who his teammates were and where they played—especially the new players this season.

Although Inter Milan's heavy signings this season are only him and Vieri, other teammates also need to know.

Rafael watched Figo finally sit down in front of No. 7 cabinet. The Portuguese will become his teammate for one or several seasons in the future.

Moratti was also very happy to see that everything was going well.After I was happy, I went to watch the fun happily.

The so-called excitement is of course Juventus' trouble.

This summer is not easy for Juventus. Although they are also recruiting and getting involved in the transfer of Inter Milan, they wish they could add more trouble to them, but a trouble still hangs over the city of Turin like a cloud. above -

On July 7, when the World Cup was not over, Roma coach Zeman said in an interview with the media: "Football should get rid of the control of drugs. Our football environment is full of all kinds of drugs."

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted great attention from the global media. Doesn't this mean that Serie A is not clean and there may be a doping scandal?

In the follow-up interview, Zeman openly pointed the finger at Juventus.

The Italian Football Association ignored it at first, but under the pressure of more and more public opinion, the Italian Olympic Committee, which was preparing for the Olympic bid, stepped forward first, saying that it would entrust a lawyer to investigate.

Do the media buy it?

of course not!

What is the result of asking a lawyer to investigate?

Zeman is still going on, and when he was interviewed on August 8, he specifically pointed the finger at Del Piero, Vialli, Zidane and others.This made the Olympic Committee unable to sit still, and the lawyer of the Olympic Committee's anti-doping department immediately met with Zeman, and the matter further fermented.

Different from the various accusations made by the Italian media against Zeman, in fact, the use of illegal drugs has long been known in the Italian football circle, but Zeman pierced this window paper and directly pointed the finger at Juventus Si, he has not come up with conclusive evidence, so he will naturally be retaliated against.

No club will take the initiative to admit this kind of thing, and no player wants to bear the crime. Del Piero is wronged, let alone Villa and Zidane.

But Moratti is also very clear that Zeman will shut up soon. He has to accept the pressure from within the Italian football world, the accusations from Piero and other players and fans, and of course the Olympic Organizing Committee will find him trouble.

Originally Moratti also wanted to do something, but Facchetti and others stopped him.Without evidence in hand, what if someone came out and said that Inter Milan was not clean?Isn't it in the same camp as Juventus, can't you tell?

Figo came to a new team, put on a new jersey, and had to face new challenges, such as the first training session.

He has to use performance to prove that he deserves everything he gets!

Figo also has to watch the dressing room, Ronaldo is clearly not out of the shadow of the World Cup final, even the happy Brazilian is not too soon.The locker room was not very lively, and he also found that Raphael really said very little, so little that even Simeone talked to him, most of them just squeezed out a few words perfunctorily.

Yes, Figo is very interested in Raphael, very interested.

After Ronaldo left, even if Rivaldo came to Barcelona, ​​he was still the most important player in Barcelona. For this reason, it was also reported that there was a conflict between him and Rivaldo, but it was not, they were just purely competitive.

Therefore, Figo also considered his position in Milan. After discussing with the old Robson, he became clear about his position-Raphael's deputy.

To put it clearly, it is the sub-core.

If Figo was a few years younger, he would definitely not agree to this plan, but he was born in 72. As the leader of Portugal's golden generation, he is 26 years old this year, has a wife and a child.

More importantly, he also experienced failure!

People play the World Cup, what about Portugal?Portugal failed to pass the qualifiers for this World Cup, so they can only watch others chasing honor at home.Besides the club, although Barcelona won the league championship, who won the Champions League trophy?Barcelona's sworn enemy, Real Madrid!

Vega asked him this way, "Inter Milan has great ambitions, a top lineup, and real money. Luis, you are at your peak now, but how many more years can you play?"

Figo packed his bags like this.

Honor, money, if he can't be firmly grasped during the limited peak period, when he retires, what is left?

Now that he knows the tactical positioning given by the head coach and accepted the fact that he moved to Inter Milan, Figo showed his pragmatic side. He has to observe Rafael. In addition to understanding his football, he also has to understand him. character.

This is like the tourbillon in the top watch, no matter how fine and ingenious it is, it still needs a little lubricant. This lubricant is placed in football, which is the tacit understanding between each other.

Of course Raphael noticed Figo's gaze, but he was thinking about something else.

When the first training session started and just finished warming up, Raphael picked up a ball before the assistant coaches divided into groups, walked up to the "provocateur", and asked very considerately: "Single out?"

Figo: "..."

Does this kid think they are in the NBA?Still singled out?They singled out each other to explode, what's the point!

But this made Ronaldo excited immediately!

The Brazilian immediately whistled and looked at them constantly, and finally made a difficult choice: "It's no fun to bet on winning or losing. I think we can guess the score. Rafa 7:3."

Figo: "..."

He is very sure that if Ronaldo dared to say such a thing 1 day ago, he would never appear in the Pinettina training base!

Belgomi also rested his chin on one hand, looked at Figo, then at Raphael, and finally said regretfully to Figo: "Louis, I like you very much, but you understand."

He then looked at Ronaldo who had "borrowed" books and pens from Mourinho and said, "I think it's 8:2."

Figo exploded!

I didn't come here to humiliate you!

8:2?You guys are too tm too much!

Seeing Figo's instantly angry eyes, Raphael shrugged and comforted him with some sympathy: "If you want to adapt here, you have to adapt to their IQ first."

Facts have proved that IQ was attacked. Almost everyone, including Ronaldo, booed Rafael, and some people wanted to change the bet amount in protest.

Raphael turned to look at them, and what greeted him was a bunch of middle fingers.

Figo is balanced!

Raphael clasped his arms, and waited for them to finish placing their bets noisily, before giving Mourinho a wink.

Mourinho acted according to his eyes, took back the books, and saw Rafael hand the ball to Figo.

Figo is naturally not polite, of course he has to fight for his breath, not to mention that he is also a master of masters!

This confrontation lasted only a few seconds, and Mourinho almost burst out laughing!

He looked at Ronaldo and the others who were stunned, and found that everyone had already reacted, and they all denounced Raphael for blatantly releasing water!

Mourinho showed two dimples, and the meal expenses for the team's first dinner this season have been settled.

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