Alice noticed that after talking to Betty on the phone, Leon was sitting on the couch in a daze. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Is something wrong?" asked Alice worriedly.

"Oh, no. Leon came back to his senses, "It's nothing, it's worrying you." Then he frowned again in thought, a little distracted.

"Is there really nothing?" Alice hugged Leon, "Honey, I want you to understand that no matter what we can do together, you are not alone. ”

Looking at Alice's worried eyes, Leon was moved in his heart, and he smiled, "It's really nothing, in fact, Betty called to tell me good news." ”

"What's the good news?"

"There's a big club that wants me to coach. Leon said.

"Big club?"

"Yes, a great club owned by a respectable old man. Li Ang said with some emotion that in Serie A, he is not a fan of a certain team, but, relatively speaking, he prefers AC Milan, which is influenced by the glory of the Milan dynasty during the Three Musketeers, but this does not prevent him from respecting AC Milan's rival Inter Milan, which is largely due to his respect for the old man named Massimo Moratti.

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Receiving Betty's call, Li Ang was stunned, he is now a famous young coach in La Liga, and he is mentally prepared for the possibility of receiving an invitation from a big club, but he didn't expect that the first real invitation outside of Spain was Inter Milan from Moratti.

This surprised Leon, but also a little proud and excited, no manager will refuse the invitation of such a giant team, this has nothing to do with the loyalty of the current coaching club, this shows the mainstream football in Europe, shows the attitude of those giants in Europe towards Leon, he began to win the attention and appreciation of those giants, as well as a certain recognition.

Betty's call was to inform Inter Milan that he was interested in Leon and tried to invite Leon to coach, of course, the two sides were only in preliminary contact, Inter Milan's general manager Oriari and Leon's agent Miss Betty had a phone call, and there was no further contact, but, with the style of a giant club like Inter Milan, there will definitely be no child's play on the issue of coach selection, and this initial contact has already shown Inter Milan's appreciation and sincerity for Leon.

Betty asked Leon about his attitude, but Leon didn't make any decision for a while, to be exact, his mind was a little messy right now, and he needed to think quietly about the invitation. Therefore, he asked Miss Betty to continue the initial contact with Inter Milan first, depending on the situation, after all, he is still the head coach of Sporting Gijón and there is still some time before the end of the season.

Seeing that Leon had been thinking, Alice teased that she was thinking about a certain beauty.

"Not a beauty. Leon shook his head, "It's an old man." ”

"Old man?"

"A respectable old man. Leon nodded.

His mind was full of stories about Inter Milan owner Moratti, an old man with some pathos and a respectable old man.

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When it comes to Inter Milan, you have to mention their boss Massimo Moratti!

Some people say that Moratti and Inter Milan are like a fairy tale, but unfortunately, at the moment, fairy tales are not beautiful......

The beginning of a fairytale love story originates from crazy love at first sight.

In 2003, Arsenal challenged Inter Milan at the Meazza Stadium, and Thierry Henry led the Gunners to a 5-1 victory. After the game, Henry dedicated the goal to Moratti, who was the president of the opponent: "I wish the president of Inter all the best, I can't believe that a billionaire of this age is riding a bicycle to watch the game. I was really moved to see his obsession with football."

Moratti has a fascinating story to tell about his bike. In the 60s of the last century, Moratti's father, Angelo, the president of Salas Oil, was the president of Inter at that time, and he led the Nerazzurri to become the hegemon through a frenzied expansion. In March 1964, Inter reached the semi-finals of their first Champions League appearance, facing Borussia Dortmund in Meazza. The 18-year-old is still in school and wants to rush to Mea to check the ball. On that day, buses to Meacha were crowded all over the city. Moratti begged his father to arrange a car for him: "You have 32 private cars, most of them parked in the garage". My father replied coldly, "When I was your age, my father didn't even buy me textbooks!"

So, Moratti rode his bicycle through most of Milan and showed up on the pitch on time. Years later, he recalled, "Am I crazy? I can't help it, I have to go to class, but I really want to watch the game!"

On that very day, Moratti witnessed the glory of the "Great International Era" and his love for the Nerazzurri could no longer be extricated. In the midst of the celebratory crowd of the tsunami, he made a lifelong vow: one day, to create a big international era of his own.

In 1968, the "Great International Era" ended, and Angelo, whose health deteriorated, sold Inter in the same year, and the Moratti family bid farewell to Inter Milan for nearly 30 years.

During this time, Moratti's dreams were hit and Inter were in a bleak situation. Juventus and AC Milan have dominated one after another, and the glory of the "Grand International" has almost been forgotten. By 1994, Inter were teetering on the edge of the relegation zone, with a huge banner at the Meazza Stadium saying "The Moratti family comes back to save Inter...... Seeing this scene, Moratti, who was deeply sad and sad about the current situation of Inter Milan, remembered the vow he made when he was 18 years old, his heart was like a knife, and he couldn't wait any longer! So he ignored the opposition of his family and the advice of his friends, and shouted out his heart: "It's time to do something for the Inter we all love." ”

In 1995, Moratti bought Inter and the Moratti family returned. On his first day as president of Inter, Moratti solemnly vowed: "Let's create a new era of great internationals, with our hearts, souls, sense of responsibility and sacrifice!"

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To start a relationship, all it takes is a little impulse. But if you want to complete a love, you need patience and perseverance. Moratti may have been a poor manager, but he did it.

Moratti is the son of a wealthy man, but he is not the first heir to the Salas company founded by his father. He wasn't really rich – when he came to Inter, he was ranked 118th on the list of Italy's richest people. According to financial magazine estimates, Moratti's net worth was only about 2 billion euros in his most prosperous time.

But people who love are crazy. For Moratti, it was easy in the years since. Occasionally, he would ride his bicycle from Via Billini through most of Milan to the Meazza Stadium, as he had done in the past, and the old man would dance in the box as if no one was around for a victory.

Like a loving father who is always willing to buy the best toys for his children at any cost, Moratti's way of doting on Inter is to keep devoting himself to it, as if there is no end to it.

From the day he took over Inter, Moratti began to burn money: in 1996 he invested 3.99 million euros, in 1997 he invested 37.5 million euros, in 1998 it reached 68.5 million euros, in 1999 it was 32.5 million euros, and in 2000 it reached a record 133 million euros! Since then, it has never been ambiguous, it seems that money is just a tool to serve Inter in his eyes, and the Italian media was surprised: "Moratti loves Inter as much as his money." ”

Moratti dotes on Inter's players like a father does on his son, and the most famous story is that he paid a whopping 42.8 million euros to bring in Ronaldo, traded 1 million barrels of oil for Vieri, and retained Recoba with $7 million, the world's first annual salary...... Moratti treats these stars as his own children, and he also loves them as much as a regular football fan.

Moratti spent 42.8 million euros to bring him from Barcelona to the Meazza Stadium with dreams of dominating Serie A and even Europe. Moratti took care of Ronaldo like a father. Even if he was unable to play for a long time due to a serious injury, even if he resolutely decided to switch to Real Madrid, even if Ronaldo joined the sworn rival AC Milan in later history, Dad has always explained to his children, "He is not a traitor, I allowed him to leave." ”

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Moratti's doting on his stars goes beyond a boss's concern for his employees, and this doting also creates tensions and infighting in the dressing room, with coaches being the scapegoats when stars and coaches can't coexist. Inter Milan under Moratti has changed 19 managers in 18 years, including famous coaches such as Lippi and Cooper. Moratti's butcher's knife is always swung at the coach, because Ronaldo fired Cooper, and the Italian media joked: "When the team does not perform well in Meazza, the first thing Massimo thinks of is the manager." ”

Regarding the squid who always fires the coach because of the star, Li Ang, as the head coach, is a little headache and alert, he doesn't know if he goes to Inter Milan, he will become one of the long list of names, of course, he has enough confidence in himself.

Moratti is certainly not a shrewd boss, but he also deserves the weight of greatness. In March 2005, Burdisso's daughter Angelina was diagnosed with leukemia, Burdisso had no intention of playing football, and only wanted to return to China to take care of his daughter, so he said to Moratti: "I want to go back to my daughter, so I have to give up Inter Milan, give up the World Cup, give up the high salary here." You can use that money to buy another good defender. But Moratti said: "You do what you have to do, Inter will help you, we are waiting for you." ”

He loves Inter Milan in his own way, even if this doting makes this place once become a "star black hole" and "coach's grave" in the ridicule of the outside world, this old man did all this just for the dream Champions League Big Ear Cup.

As his brother Gianmarco described: "Massimo was not a shrewd businessman, he was more of an idealist." "In the face of difficult realities, it is natural to suffer from idealists like Moratti.

He invested at any cost, hoping to recreate the "Great International Era" in his own hands, but every year the huge investment is always lost in the sea, swallowing up the hope that people weave year after year. As a result, the Nerazzuri (a nickname for Inter fans) began to divide: some sympathized with his plight and believed that all his mistakes were due only to the doting of the team, while the other group clearly saw him as the biggest obstacle to the development of the team.

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Moratti's brother Gianmarco often complained: "Massimo, you spend too much money for Inter. If you don't relent, be careful that I close your bank account. Massimo always replied: "That money will never be worth the love I have for the team, I did it for Inter." Isn't that my father's ideal?" he said, "Sooner or later, Inter will be at the top again. Because it is predestined by God. ”

It's a pity that knowing that now, Moratti's Inter Milan is always some distance away from the peak and is always injured.

According to statistics from Milan Sports Daily, until now in 2005, Moratti has been in charge of Inter for 10 years, and Inter Milan's net investment in transfers alone has reached 500 million euros. Coupled with a huge salary change fee, the team has suffered a serious deficit. Inter had a net deficit of 950 million euros in 10 years, and Moratti took 750 million euros out of his private pocket to balance the deficit, leaving the Nerazzurri with only 200 million euros in debt. For a man who was only 2 billion when he was richest, what is 750 million in 10 years? Even if Chelsea's Abramio has far more assets than Moratti, who can be crazier than an old Italian man?

But the reality is cruel: in the first ten years of Moratti's tenure at Inter, there was not a single top championship trophy; a large number of sky-high stars such as Pantsev, Bergkamp, Skiraci, Paulo Sousa, Ince sank when they came to Inter, making Inter Milan scolded as a "black hole"; Ronaldo, Vieri, Recoba and others continued to appear negative rumors in the team, making the whole world criticize Moratti as "a good fan is not a good chairman"; in May 2002, Inter lost miserably at the "match point" of winning the championship, and the whole world ridiculed Moratti What's the first thing he's going to do after he wins? Turn off the PlayStation and go to bed. ”

Spending money frantically for Inter Milan only got disappointed, heartache, abuse, and ridicule. Even the Inter fans who called for his return in 1995 betrayed him: in 2004, tens of thousands of Inter fans marched on Via Durini, chanting "Moratti, please stop persecuting Inter". That scene was a naked mockery of Moratti's love and sacrifice. The sight of him closing his eyes and holding back tears tore the chests of many people.

In world football, Moratti was once full of ridicule and doubts, many people regarded him as a willful and incompetent "wronged boss", and some people thought that he was just using money to build his own football manager game in the real world, and he was sarcastic.

If you change to team owners like Berlusconi and De Laurentiis, they will laugh it off. Moratti, on the other hand, has always been bound by his deep love. Just like in January 2004, when he resigned as president of Inter, not only because of the team's poor results, but also because of the banners of those fans who said ", Moratti, stop harming Inter". Those doubts that pierced his heart deeply made him choose to stand behind the scenes now.

Now, when his handpicked Mancini can't lead Inter Milan back to the top, Moratti can't bear it anymore, and Inter's call to Leon is a signal.

It was late at night, Leon kissed the sleeping Alice, got out of bed, walked out of the garden, lit a cigarette, and watched the night sky be starry.

There is a kind of love, called Moratti's love.

There is no doubt that this old man's love for Inter Milan has such a boss.