Chapter 435: Charge the Boss
Los Angeles International Airport
When the plane landed, the players and coaches of the European giants Inter Milan were still a little worried, although the CAA company arranged and organized people to pick up the plane, they were still a little afraid of being given a cold reception. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
As we all know, the United States is a soccer desert, the most popular sports here are football, baseball and basketball, football is not even the fourth sport, and there are not many fans here except for the top three superstars who have been on the Golden Ball list.
But when they walked out of the cabin, all their worries disappeared, and the "fans" who came to pick them up far exceeded the sum of the previous four visits, and also exceeded their imagination.
Thousands of fans wearing jerseys, holding flowers and holding posters were waiting for the arrival of the Inter Milan players.
Mourinho was also a little puzzled and said to assistant coach Boas: "How can there be so many fans to pick up the airport?"
Boas was also a little dazed, and said: "It may be that Nike has organized people." ”
The players of Inter Milan are a little excited, and they all feel very faced, as if AC Milan does not have so many fans, and it seems that after winning several league titles in a row, their popularity and fame have spread far to the North American continent.
However, when it came closer, the stars of Inter Milan were disappointed, and it turned out that most of the Chinese fans who came to pick up the airport were Chinese fans with black hair, black eyes and yellow skin, most of them wore Inter Milan jerseys, and some wore Porto jerseys, accounting for almost three-quarters of the pick-up people.
"It turned out to be the one who picked up this kid. ”
"Why are so many people picking up that kid?"
"Los Angeles is the city with the largest number of Chinese in the United States. ”
"That is, it has a bit of a status among the Chinese. ”
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The players of Inter Milan whispered, with jealousy, disdain and dissatisfaction, but they could only watch Gao Xiaodong become the focus of fans and reporters.
Gao Xiaodong is also very excited, this is the territory of the American imperialists, he is not a basketball superstar Yao Ming, he has just become famous, he has such a grand courtesy, he can't control it if he is not excited.
Balotelli and Gao Xiaodong were surrounded by fans together, watching Gao Xiaodong hurriedly pick up flowers and gifts, like a bear breaking a stick, taking this and losing that, but no one paid attention to him, Balotelli shouted: "What about my gift, I am taller than the little winter melon, and I am more handsome than him." ”
No one understood Balotelli's Italian, but there were still a few fans who couldn't touch Gao Xiaodong, so they simply gave flowers to the big black man.
If Gao Xiaodong is the center of fan popularity, then the sub-center is Mourinho.
Although he is a manager, Mourinho is not a traditional manager, he and Pep Guardiola belong to the new generation of coaches, they are not completely behind the scenes, and they also have a huge popularity and fame among fans and the public.
Compared with Gao Xiaodong, who was in a hurry, Mourinho was much more elegant, he did not hurry to accept the fans' gifts, handed them to Boas, and could also say thank you to the fans and sign a name.
In addition to Gao Xiaodong and Mourinho, the most popular among fans is Materazzi.
After the 06 World Cup was overheaded by Zizukin, the defensive obscene Materazzi seemed to be opened to fame, and even the North American continent knew his name.
After simply answering a few questions from reporters, Mourinho led a huge team of 70 people to get on the CAA bus and rush to the Four Seasons Hotel.
From Italy to the United States, nearly 12 hours of flight made everyone a little tired, but the sculpture of Marilyn Monroe at the door of the hotel made many people interested, the old heart of Toldo was the first to rush over to take a photo with him, and Balotelli excitedly pressed his hands on Marilyn, Monroe's chest, and shouted to Gao Xiaodong: "It's so big, much bigger than Betty." ”
Gao Xiaodong was speechless.
When the room was divided, Balotelli wanted to live with Gao Xiaodong, but Boas did not allow it, and assigned Quaresma and Gao Xiaodong to the same room.
Quaresma, like Gao Xiaodong, performed bravely in Porto, and then came to Inter Milan at a high price, and then Quaresma fell into the circle of giants, playing 13 games in half a season at Inter Milan, but did not score a goal, did not have an assist, his famous stunt outside the instep pass no one can understand, his fancy pass does not work in front of Italy's iron-blooded defenders, and finally can only be loaned to Chelsea during the winter break.
Because of Quaresma's poor performance, Mourinho's plan to introduce Portuguese players to Inter Milan to build a Portuguese gang all failed, and it was also an important reason why Mourinho could not achieve better results in the Champions League.
After returning from Chelsea on loan, Moratti and Blanca both wanted to sell Quaresma and let Quaresma be the head of Gao Xiaodong's transfer, but Quaresma refused to leave, and he also wanted to prove himself at Inter Milan, after all, he had already failed once at Barcelona, and Quaresma did not want to fail again.
Mourinho also took into account the feelings of his compatriots and did not force Quaresma to let him stay first.
Quaresma was actually excluded by the Argentine gang last season, he wanted to prove himself at Inter Milan, but he was isolated, and the arrival of Gao Xiaodong gave him hope.
During the break, Quaresma said to Gao Xiaodong in Portuguese: "It's been three days since you came to Inter Milan, how do you feel?"
Gao Xiaodong was lying on the bed with jet lag, and said: "It's okay, the language barrier is actually no different from the blind and deaf." ”
Quaresma said, "Didn't you have a translator?"
Gao Xiaodong said: "What you want to know can never be known from a translator. ”
Quaresma gave a thumbs up and said, "That's a good thing, no matter how ugly it is, the hypocritical Italian translator can package it as a good translation for you." ”
Seeing that Gao Xiaodong was not highly motivated to speak, Quaresma said: "Have you noticed that the Inter Milan team is actually divided into gangs." ”
Gao Xiaodong had already heard Mourinho and Mendes say, but he still pretended not to understand: "It's all from all over the world, how can there be any gang?"
"Yes, the gang problem is very serious and Coach Jose has a headache. ”
Quaresma told Gao Xiaodong about the gang situation in Inter Milan, and denounced the isolation and rejection of the Argentine gang, and believed that this was the fundamental reason why he was not able to gain a foothold in Inter Milan.
Although after the return of the South American players today, Gao Xiaodong also felt the huge power of the South American gang, but Gao Xiaodong did not think that Quaresma's inability to play was the exclusion of the South American gang, Porto's South American gang is also very strong, Quaresma is not also prosperous in Porto, of course, Gao Xiaodong will definitely not say so.
Quaresma said: "Although you are Chinese, you are the third world of Inter Milan, but you are also from Porto, we are our own people, if Alves comes again, with the support of coach Jose, assistant coach Boas, and Figo who has entered the management, we will also have a say in the locker room." ”
Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "I don't think the most important thing is what gang is, as long as you keep scoring goals and assists, the coach can't put you on the bench." ”
Quaresma said indignantly: "Your teammates don't pass the ball to you when you run forward, you don't give you fills in the attack, you are trapped, your teammates are lively, and it's strange that you can play well." ”
Gao Xiaodong said in surprise: "Doesn't the coach care?"
Quaresma said: "These guys are all old players in their thirties, where will the coach grasp the handle.
"Well, I'm new here, you're big brother, you have to take care of me. Gao Xiaodong put a high hat on Quaresma.
"It's natural, when you came, Assistant Coach Boas told me, let me take care of you, in fact, the coach didn't say that I would take care of you, we come from the same club, you are like my little brother. ”
Coach Boas's assistant did say that he would let Quaresma take care of Gao Xiaodong, but Quaresma only said half of it, and Villasma also told Quaresma that Gao Xiaodong was Mourinho's most relied on player, and let Quaresma assist Gao Xiaodong well.
Quaresma also played from Porto, when he was as famous as Ronaldo, he was arrogant, naturally he didn't want to be willing to assist Gao Xiaodong, he felt that Gao Xiaodong was young, and hoped that Gao Xiaodong could assist him to take root in Inter Milan.
"Thank you, big brother, I'll ask you for a drink when I get back. ”
Gao Xiaodong heard what Quaresma meant, sneered secretly, and said in his heart, you can't even play a substitute, and you still want to be the boss in front of me, wait, the boss is a ghost for the dead.