'The players worked hard, but because of a misjudgment by the referee, their efforts were in vain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"I'm sure the referee, Mr. Piernaro, will watch the video after the game and he will see that he made a mistake!"

'I know there's been a lot of bad talk around Adriano lately, but, I would say, it's a good guy, he's great, he did so hard in the game today!

"Today's game was 3-0!

At the post-match press conference between Inter Milan and Lecce, Leon fired at the referee again.

The final score was 2-0, with Figo opening the scoring for Inter Milan and Inter captain Zanetti sealing the win in the second half.

The reason why Leon angrily criticized the referee after the game was that in the injury time of the game, substitute Aguero passed, Adriano scored with a header, just when Adriano ran excitedly to celebrate, and Leon also raised his arms and cheered, the referee Pienaro's whistle sounded, he thought that Adriano was offside and the goal was invalid.

Leon looked extremely angry on the sidelines, the team has been 2-0, and the victory is in hand, but, compared to the victory, he also attaches great importance to Adriano's ability to break the goal drought, although he now has a [skill set], in which the [100 steps through the Yang] specific skill card can help Adriano score, however, he still hopes that the player can break the shackles himself!

The goal, which was important for Adriano to recover and pierce the window paper that pierced the goal, was blown off by the referee, and he was quite angry.

Slow-motion replays proved justified Leon's anger, with Adriano being in line with Lecce defender Ledesma in the moment of Aguero's pass, and there was no offside.

The goal was blown away by the referee, and Adriano looked extremely frustrated, how precious a goal is for a striker who is in a goal drought!

After the press conference, the entire Inter Milan team returned to their hotel by bus, and the players watched through the bus's on-board TV as their manager fired at the referee at the press conference to get Adriano justice.

There was a round of applause and whistles in the bus, and the players applauded for their manager, and the players were very happy to have such a tough manager to stand up for the players.

Adriano, who was originally a little depressed, looked at the TV, and a warm current inexplicably surged in his heart.

It turns out that the manager has such a high opinion of me, the manager is so optimistic about me, and he still stands up for me...... The Brazilian took one look at Leon and saw the head coach give him a thumbs up. This Brazilian young man, who was about to turn twenty-four, had a sore nose.

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Three days later, the second leg of the quarter-finals of the 2005/20006 Coppa Italia season.

Inter Milan beat Lazio 1-0 at the Estadio Meazza to reach the semi-finals of this season's Coppa Italia with an aggregate score of 2-1.

Adriano continued to get a chance to start the game, however, he was unable to find the back of the net.

Adriano had 11 shots on goal throughout the game, hitting the woodwork as many as eight times, but he couldn't score a single goal, and Lazio's 41-year-old Italian goalkeeper Balota played a brilliant game today, saving left and right, at least preventing Adriano from scoring four inevitable goals.

After the game, the Italian media also exclaimed that the 41-year-old Balota performed as if he was twenty years younger in this game.

While praising Balotta, some Italian media also sarcastically ridiculed Adriano, saying that the Brazilian striker could not even pass the hurdle of a forty-one-year-old guy.

At the same time, Torino Sport once again expressed concern about Inter's hiring, criticizing Leon for his blind trust in Adriano......

Li Ang's response to this was: Lao Tzu is the head coach of Inter Milan, which player do I use and need the approval of your "Torino Sports Newspaper"?!

On February 5, 2006, in the 23rd round of Serie A, Inter Milan narrowly defeated Chievo 2-1 at home.

Adriano, who continued to get a chance to start the game, was poor and wasted a number of scoring chances, and Inter Milan could have been held to a draw by Chievo had it not been for McCann's late kick that broke the Chievo goalkeeper's finger pass.

After the game, even Di Gennaro, a reporter from Milan Sport, who has always been pro-Inter Milan, expressed his puzzlement at Leon's stubborn trust in Adriano, and he thought that when Adriano was not in good shape, he should put Adriano on the bench to 'calm down', which is not a good way.

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On the second day of the match, Pinenati.

Adriano looked listless in training, and Banderas, the assistant coach in charge of the team's training, also shook his head.

He also didn't quite understand why, with Leon's tough character, he could continue to tolerate Adriano.

After the training, Leon gathered the whole team and finished the training, and said, "Adriano stays, the others can go." ”

Everyone is not surprised that the head coach left Adriano to talk, the head coach has been giving Adriano a chance in these games, but Adriano has not scored, and today's training state is like sleepwalking.

"Follow me!"

Adriano was ready to be criticized, but Leon just said this and walked away.

Adriano can only follow the manager all the way.

At the door of Leon's head coach's office in Pinenati, Leon opened the [Mind Master] designated intermediate skill card in his consciousness.

Coming to his desk, Leon opened his laptop and found a saved video.

"Your mother has something to say to you. Leon patted Adriano on the shoulder.

Adriano sat down with some confusion and clicked on the video.

Then a middle-aged woman appears in the video, "Dear Ribery......"

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"Mom!" Adriano's eyes immediately reddened.

Leon glanced at Adriano, turned to leave the office, and closed the door.

In the video, Adriano's current Rossilda stands in front of a tombstone, cleaning up the weeds in front of the tombstone.

Adriano's tears welled up all at once, it was the grave of his father Almir.

"Ribeiro, I've come to see your dad today and talk to him. Rosilda stroked the tombstone and whispered, "I said to him, Ribeiro is very good, he played very well at Inter Milan, he has a good life, he is very happy! Let him rest assured in heaven, son, you are the pride of your father, he has always been proud of you!

Adriano cried like a child.

His memories went back to more than a year ago, at noon on a Wednesday, when Adriano, who was resting in his dormitory after his morning training session in Pinenati, received a transatlantic call from Brazil from his mother, Rosilda, who told him that his father, Almir, had died on Tuesday. It is reported that 44-year-old Almir died suddenly in his villa on Tuesday, when it happened that there was no one in the villa, and it was not until the next day that he was found by Rosilda, who had returned from an errand outside, and was rushed to the hospital for rescue, but he had already returned to the sky. The cause of Almir's death is still unknown, but doctors believe it may be related to a stubborn head disease, and in 1992, when Adriano was 10 years old, a gang fire in the slum of Veracruzeiro where they lived, and as a result, Almir was shot three times in the head, including a bullet that pressed on a nerve in the brain and never came out, and doctors believed that this bullet was the culprit.

Adriano was present when Almir was shot, and the father was about to escort his son to the stadium to play football, but he didn't expect to be surprised. Later, Adriano became a professional footballer and, after earning money, placed his family in a luxury villa in the Tijuca district of Rio Bahada, which Adriano bought specifically for his father's recuperation, but with the death of Almir, everything came to naught.

The video is not long, Adriano's mother Rossilda whispers to Almir in front of the tombstone of Adriano's father Almir, tells the story of her son, tells the deceased that the son is fine now, everything is fine, or the son who makes him extremely proud, so that he can rest assured.

Leon waited outside the office for about ten minutes, and finally, he pushed open the door and came in, and saw Adriano, whose eyes were red and still crying.

Leon came up and patted Adriano, who was a little emotionally broken, on the shoulder, "Ribery, I know you've been missing your dad, so ......"

"Thank you, coach, thank you. Adriano was silent, the tears continued to linger, then he glanced at his laptop, suddenly stood up, and bowed to Leon.

Leon breathed a sigh of relief, if Adriano continued to cry like this, there would be no way to continue the conversation.

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"Tell me about your dad. Leon brought a chair and sat across from Adriano, "I know he's a great dad, he loves you dearly, he's proud of you, he's proud of you." ”

"He's the best dad in the world. Adriano wiped away tears and talked about his father, his expression showing pride and remembrance, "We live in the slums of Veracruzero, and my father works hard every day, and he does his best to keep us from going hungry. ”

"The place where we lived was the biggest slum in Veracruzeiro, where there were frequent shootouts, and Dad even had to risk bullets flying over his head, going out to work, and every night, he would come back from work with bread, and that was when I was happiest, not only because I didn't have to go hungry, but also because Dad came back safely. ”

As he spoke, Adriano's tears welled up again.

Leon was also a little moved, he knew that Adriano, like many Brazilian players, was born in the Brazilian slums and lived in poverty since childhood, but he didn't expect them to grow up in such a poor and dangerous environment, slums, gangs, shootouts, drugs, pornography, this is the environment in which these Brazilian stars grew up.

"Dad was escorting me to play football that day, so I was shot in a gangster shootout. ”

"I saw my dad bleeding from his head and my tears were dripping down his arm. Since then, I have vowed to be the strongest person in the world to protect my family. Adriano said.

"You've done a great job, Ribeiro. Leon patted Adriano on the shoulder, "I'm sure your father left with a smile on his face because his son became a professional player and became one of the best strikers on the planet!"

"But Dad was still gone. Adriano covered his face, looking helpless.

Leon exhaled deeply, he has been thinking about how to talk to Adriano these days, after investigation, he understands where Adriano's current problems are, his father Almir is the biggest reliance in his life, in Adriano's heart, his father is a hero, a hero who has always guarded him, and it is also the driving force for him to move forward, Almir's death, for Adriano, it is like a spiritual pillar collapsed all of a sudden, gone.

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"Listen, Ribeiro. ”

"You are the pride of your father, your father has always watched over you in heaven and protected you, he is proud of you, proud of you!

The [Mind Master] Intermediate Specific Skill Card came into play at this time, and Leon's words were like hypnotists hypnotizing patients, like magic sounds, into Adriano's ears.

"Is that so?" said Adriano, looking up, blank and helpless.

"Yes. Leon nodded vigorously, "Your father has always had a dream, he dreamed of seeing his son wearing the Inter Milan jersey, winning the Serie A championship, lifting the European Champions Cup!

"He has always protected you in Heaven, he has always watched you, and he dreams of seeing this day!"

Adriano's eyes lit up.

"If I do that, will Daddy see it?"

"Yes!"

"Will he be proud of me, proud of me, applauded for me?"

"He's always been proud of you, proud of you! He applauds you, he cheers for you!"

At this time, Leon got up, and he took out a box from his desk drawer.

Opening the box, Leon took out something from inside.

"This is from your mother. Leon handed it to Adriano, "She said, this is what your father left you, you wear it, your father will always be with you, he will always be by your side, protect you, cheer for you, be proud of you, be proud of you!"

Adriano was stunned, and stared blankly at the thing in Leon's hand, which was a bullet head, pierced, and tied with a red rope.