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The Chinese team defeated its old rival Uzbekistan and reached the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup as the group leader, which also made Chinese fans very excited, and the domestic media was also full of praise. Please search (product # book ¥ net) to see the most complete!

And the day after the match with Uzbekistan, the head coach of the Chinese team, Gao Hongbo, also gave the players a day off, so that the players can rest and rest, everyone can stay in the hotel to rest, if you want to go shopping, you can go to the bar to drink, as long as you don't get drunk, this is okay.

Since the Chinese team arrived in Qatar, it has been engaged in closed training and games, and the players have not had the opportunity to go out.

Gao Hongbo didn't want to make the players too nervous, so he took a precious day out to decompress the players, they could go shopping and buy some travel souvenirs for their families and themselves.

This day of holiday is the happiest for the national football players, and it is also a reward for their hard training and competition.

Gao Hongbo is not worried that the players will become slack because of a day of relaxation, everyone is a professional player, know when to do something, Gao Hongbo has always believed that the players of the Chinese team are not too bad, although compared to Japan, South Korea's players may be there a gap, but the gap is not big, as long as it is played normally, there is a place for the Chinese team in Asian football, but the Chinese team lacks resilience, lacks backbone, lacks continuity, and lacks strategic vision. And now, with Yang Fan in the Chinese team and this leader player, the mental outlook and fighting quality of the whole team are unprecedentedly high, this is a good opportunity, and his purpose is to lead this young Chinese team to achieve good results.

The players have taken a break to rest, Gao Hongbo has not rested, as the head coach, this time is his busiest time, he has to think about the upcoming quarter-final with Jordan.

After getting up in the morning, Gao Hongbo washed up briefly and came to the cafeteria of the hotel where he stayed. He likes to think about problems during meals, and when his teeth chew food, the whole person relaxes, and at this time, his thinking is the clearest.

When Gao Hongbo finished selecting a round of food and sat back in his seat with a plate, he was surprised to find that in a corner of the restaurant, someone was already sitting there, answering the phone while eating.

It's Yang Fan.

Dressed in a simple sports shirt, big pants, sneakers on his feet, a very simple outfit, the only thing that catches the eye is that the Nike sneakers on his feet have the logo of Yang, which is Nike's tailor-made sneakers for Yang Fan, which shows that this person is different.

Gao Hongbo glanced at Yang Fan, and didn't go up to say hello for the first time, after all, Yang Fan seemed to be on the phone.

I didn't expect to see Yang Fan in the restaurant, Gao Hongbo was surprised, because there were no other Chinese players in the restaurant, as you can imagine, in the case of today's holiday, most of the players are still sleeping lazy, that is, someone has gotten up, and it is estimated that they have already gone out to go shopping in the shopping area.

Yang Fan appeared in the restaurant, and he went to exercise as usual in the morning, which made Gao Hongbo very pleased, no wonder this person can succeed, talent is one thing, this hard work is not the strength to say, God rewards hard work!

At this time, Yang Fan had just hung up the phone of Manchester City Club CEO Gary Cook when he received a call from Italy, and then he heard laughter and shouts on the other end of the phone.

"Haha, Captain, I'm Mario, I'm reporting to you!"

Yang Fan was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, who is this guy? Then he reacted, Mario, Mario, Mario-Balotelli?!

"Mario...... Balotelli?" Yang Fan asked.

"That's right, it's me, Captain!" Balotelli grinned, "Mario reports to you." ”

"Haha, welcome, Mario. Yang Fan also immediately welcomed Balotelli's self-cooking, "Where are you now?"

"On the plane, I'm heading to Manchester. ”

"On the plane?" Yang Fan was stunned, "On the plane, you still call?"

"The plane hasn't taken off yet. ”

"That's not good for using a phone, right? Yang Fan said.

"It's okay, I dodged the flight attendants, they don't know. Balotelli said proudly.

Yang Fan covered his face, what are you talking about, let alone the flight attendant, it is estimated that the entire cabin heard the sound of you calling.

Sure enough, Yang Fan heard the voice of the flight attendant on the other end of the phone, "This gentleman, the plane is about to take off, please turn off your mobile phone." ”

"Wait a minute, I'm talking to the captain. Balotelli said.

"Mario, hang up like that, listen to them, and when I get back to Manchester, I'll treat you to dinner. Yang Fan hurriedly said, he was afraid that the kid on the other end of the phone would have a conflict with the flight attendant because of this matter, it had long been rumored that this kid had a bad personality, and Yang Fan understood it this time.

"Ah, well, Captain, I'll listen to you. ”

Seeing Balotelli hang up the phone, Yang Fan also smiled, this kid still respects his captain, not bad, not bad.

On the other end of the phone, Balotelli, who hung up the phone, was also recognized by the flight attendant, and someone exclaimed, "Mario, is it really you?"

Someone came over and asked, "Mario, are you really going to Manchester?"

Although Manchester City has not officially announced the news, the news of Balotelli's possible transfer to Manchester City has long been flying.

According to the media, Balotelli was already infinitely close to Manchester a week ago.

Balotelli's status in Inter Milan has changed from being a non-sale 2 years ago to a gap of only 500,000 annual salary from the transfer now: Manchester City is willing to give an annual salary of 2.5 million, but Balotelli's agent, the famous vampire Raiola, wants to get 3 million or more, which is of course only a small meaning for Manchester City, which is not bad for money.

However, what is more surprising than the hundreds of thousands of annual salaries is that the media is also demonizing Balotelli, criticizing him in various ways, and some people digging up the old accounts of Italy's exit from the Italian group in last year's World Cup, thinking that Balotelli ruined Italy, and this young man should be responsible for the elimination of the Italian Cup. The reason: Balotelli was not able to save the team at the crucial moment.

This is indeed a bit too far-fetched, after all, it is irresponsible to put the responsibility of a team's exit on a young man.

So, what is it that makes Balotelli suddenly the target of public criticism, so that the Milan media can't wait to demonize him, and even want to get rid of him at all costs?

The answer given by Sport is high-sounding: Inter Milan need to get 35 million euros from Balotelli's transfer income in order to buy Mascherano and Kuyt (Fran) to strengthen the team's midfield and attack. As far as Benitez himself is concerned, this is what he expects most, as far as the rest of Inter's players are concerned, the atmosphere in the Inter dressing room will be much better if they are sent away, as far as Moratti is concerned, there will be one less inherent uneasiness in Inter's quest for the title, and even in the case of Manchester City, Mancini paid a sum of money for the player he once single-handedly promoted, which is a happy scene for all.

However, why did a 35 million euro deal, a deal that can benefit everyone, make the Italian media pay so much attention to it, repeatedly seize the 500,000 euro "small price difference" to bombard indiscriminately, and make it public in the headlines?

In fact, there is a detail. On June 24 last year, Italy lost to Slovakia in the group stage. Several major Italian media outlets, such as Milan Sport, Roma Sport, and Turin Sport, vied with each other to criticize. Five days later, on June 29, the front page of these Italian media carried the headline "Balotelli shooting", in fact, the Inter teenager was just holding a toy gun that any urchin under the age of 20 had played, and did not even shoot plastic bullets at anyone.

But because such a thing is commonplace anywhere, the Inter striker filled the pages of major media almost every day for the next month. His family history was listed again, Prandelli expressed his willingness to let Balotelli be selected for the national team, Balotelli once wore a Milan shirt, Balotelli and Manchester City had a connection, Manchester City offered Balotelli, Inter announced that Balotelli was not for sale, Moratti said that Balotelli could be sold, Manchester City representatives had arrived at Inter, and then there was Balotelli's transfer soap opera, at the last moment of summer, Balotelli was surprisingly not able to transfer away, but, the Italian asserted at that time that Balotelli's departure was a matter of time, no, the winter transfer window opened, The big headline in Sport: The deal that didn't finish in the summer is time to say goodbye, Balotelli.

In fact, this is also the reason why Balotelli is fleeing Italy, after last summer's World Cup Italy exited, the poor lad became a scapegoat to divert attention, compared to Brazil's "Reims Sport" is still criticizing Dunga from time to time, and the newspapers of the United Kingdom are still reporting on the scandals about the England team, several major Spanish media have put the video of Spain's victory on the front page, and the criticism of Italy has been over since June 29. Lippi has no news, Cannavaro has disappeared, and the president of the Italian Football Federation, Abette, has come out and said a word: consider letting Baggio out of the mountain. The grief of all Italian fans over the World Cup exit was quickly shifted to the question of whether and how Balotelli could not go after just five days. This discussion, one summer, then another autumn, and now it's winter, this Italian bad boy, this time it's really leaving, and those people's purpose has been achieved.

As for whether Balotelli is the hope of Italian football at all, no one wants to give an answer.

Balotelli is not only an outlier for Inter Milan, he is an outlier for the whole of Italian football, and indeed for Italy as a country. For a teenager who is less than 20 years old and has not been deeply involved in the world, everything he does may not have much practical significance, but it is the nature of a young man, but it is precisely what he did that caught up with the most depressed era of Italian football, just like the 2006 phonegate incident, Italian football needs a shot of strength, and the national team won the World Cup to make everyone forget the pain; 4 years later, Italy is out of the game, and the media also needs an object of criticism, as smart as Cassano, married, on vacation, and silent; but Balotelli has been infinitely exaggerated and amplified by the media because of some actions done out of the nature of young people, and his behavior is out of place, with a strange personality, eventually became an outlier in Italian football and made headlines in the transfer market.

Balotelli loves Milan, wants to go to Napoli and wants to be successful with Inter Milan, his roots are in Italy. But step by step, the media and reality sent him to the unfamiliar city of Manchester. Didn't Benitez know Balotelli's potential?

'Balotelli is a very important part of the team and I am confident that we will be successful together. Rafael Benitez said this on June 9 when he became Inter Milan manager, at a time when Italy were confidently embarking on their World Cup defence campaign, and at this time, Balotelli had nothing to do with the front page headlines.

After Italy's exit from the World Cup, when Benitez was interviewed again, he had already begun to refuse to talk about Balotelli.

And in December, there was a definite conclusion within Inter Milan that Balotelli was gone.

No, finally, the deal for Balotelli to move to Manchester was about to be done, and the Italians began to exclaim as if a treasure had been poached by the English, without mentioning that it was the result of the hype they had been hauling all along.

Not to mention the story of Balotelli on the plane, here in Qatar, in the restaurant of the hotel where the Chinese team stayed, Gao Hongbo came to say hello when he saw Yang Fan hanging up the phone.

"Yang Fan! It's so early. ”

"Good morning, High Finger. Yang Fan looked up and saw Gao Hongbo, and also responded.

"Went for a morning run?"

"Well, I went to the gym for a while. Yang Fan nodded.

"It's a holiday today, why don't you go out for a walk?"

"Didn't go out...... I haven't just recovered from my injury, and my condition is not fully guaranteed, so I can't stop exercising. Yang Fan said.

Gao Hongbo was choked by this, and said in his heart, you have easily scored a hat trick in the game with Uzbekistan, this is still called a bad state, how can you call other people to live. Not to mention that Yang Fan scored two goals when he came on as a substitute in the game against Qatar, almost single-handedly helping the Chinese team draw with Qatar under extremely difficult circumstances.

However, Gao Hongbo also saw that Yang Fan's words were really not hypocritical, he really felt that his state was not good, and he needed to improve.

What a strict guy with himself. Gao Hongbo sighed, however, he is very happy, as a coach, of course, he is happy to have such a player, Yang Fan's importance to the Chinese team is undoubted, the better Yang Fan's state, the better the good news for the Chinese team. What's more, with such a strict self-disciplined captain, Gao Hongbo can also save a lot of worry......