Chapter 186: Moratti

The 1994 World Cup in the United States was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Cup, which was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. This is the first World Cup held in the United States, with a total of 24 teams participating. The Brazilian national football team won the championship and the Ballon d'Or was won by Romario (Brazil). The World Cup was a huge success, with a record total audience of nearly 3.6 million.

However, the world will be most remembered for Baggio's charming ponytail, and Maradona has reappeared. Robert Baggio's ponytail became a legend, and he saved the fate of Blue Italy again and again, and thus won the obsession of countless boys and girls. Maradona's reappearance thrilled thousands of fans, but he eventually left the greenfield with a long sigh (he was found to have taken illegal drugs in the group stage). Argentina also lost to Romania and failed to reach the last eight, after all, Batty is not Maradona. Only one South American team in the quarter-finals is Brazil, while the remaining seven are all European teams.

The classic match of the 15th World Cup was undoubtedly the final played at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles on July 17, 1994. Who will be the first team to win the trophy four times, Italy or Brazil, Brazil dominated, but Italy's defence was unusually strong. There was not a single goal for 120 minutes, which also made for a poor end to the whole tournament. The match had to be decided by exchanging penalties, which was the first time in the history of the World Cup that the winner was decided by exchanging penalties.

Baggio was the last to play, and although Brazil's Santos missed the ball, the Italian team had already kicked two away, so Baggio's penalty had to be scored, but the injured Baggio was too tired to do anything. As soon as the ball was out of the foot, he saw the blue sky, and the ball was still flying upwards and over the crossbar. Baggio stood dumbfounded, cheering from the brazions in the audience, but he could not hear anything, and did not move. Perhaps, from this time on, Baggio made people discover his "melancholy"

The green scenery of 1994 is nothing special, but the world intertwined with black and white is so touching and unforgettable.

In the United States, football is not the number one sport, and even the status of football is not as good as sports such as baseball and ice hockey, and the reason why the United States Football Association invited Wang Jie to watch the finals and closing ceremonies is mainly to use Wang Jie's fame to break the embarrassing position of football in the United States. When he was a scavenger in Italy in his previous life, in this football country, Wang Jie could not have known anything about football, although he was not obsessed, but he still liked this sport.

In addition to buying Manchester United in the early days of his life, Wang Jie also bought Ajax and PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie, Bremen and Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga, Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon in Ligue 1, Valencia and Atletico Madrid in La Liga, and as for Serie A, Wang Jie did not dare to get involved in a place full of fake whistles and gangster forces. After Huaxia football began to go professional this year, Wang Jie directly bought the Huhai Shenhua team through Hua Sanshao, and replaced the leadership team and coaching staff with teams in the Eredivisie and Serie A. Wang Jie of these clubs is all affiliated with his own woman's name.

Wang Jie's butterfly's influence on the world is gradually increasing, although he himself is extremely careful. In the field of football, Raul Gonzalez has now become the banner of Atletico Madrid, and has not transferred to Real Madrid, and now La Liga has become the four-nation war of Valencia, Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, because of Wang Jie, Valencia and Atletico Madrid have been much stronger than the same period in the original time and space. Moreover, at the end of the season every year, the clubs bought by Wang Jie will also hold a warm-up cup on a regular basis, which greatly strengthens the connection and communication between these clubs. On May 18 this year, the 39th UEFA Champions League final held at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, Ferguson led Manchester United to defeat the powerful AC Milan, which made the whole world a sensation, Manchester United in the Barty, Ronaldo, Redondo, Fan Zhiyi and other main players began to be world-renowned, and even Hao Haidong and Gao Feng are also famous. In addition, Jose Mourinho, a madman, is now working as Ferguson's assistant, and Ferguson is very happy with him and has raised him as an heir. As an added note, the current manager of Atletico Madrid is Vincent del Bosque.

Wang Jie was seated near the rostrum at the Rose Bowl Stadium, surrounded by mostly FIFA and UEFA officials.

"I don't know what's so good about football!" Drew Barrymore grumbled softly.

"You're wrong, young lady, football is the most passionate and glamorous sport in the world. A middle-aged uncle next to him retorted in strange English.

"Drew, football is the number one sport in the world, and European leaders talk about football when they get together, but it will take some time for it to be recognized by the public in the United States. "If Beckham hadn't left the LA Galaxy, football would still be half-dead in the United States.

"Director William is so right, football is the most men's sport. The middle-aged uncle said.

Wang Jie asked suspiciously, "Do you know me?"

"Who doesn't know the world's super director, I'm your fan, my name is Massimo Moratti, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

Wang Jie suddenly remembered who this person was, isn't this the famous Daddy Mo in the football world in later generations! Massimo Moratti was born in an oil family. His father, Angelo Moratti, built an oil refinery in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, in the fifties, buying crude oil from the Middle East and shipping it to the refinery for processing, mainly in Europe. Angelo Moratti has six children: the eldest son Gianmarco, the youngest son Massimo, three daughters Adriana, Betty, Jiaoya, and adopted son Nataliano. Massimo Moratti was born to be generous and friendly, he loved art and fashion, but he was always criticized for not knowing anything about business. As early as 1968, Angelo Moratti had taken advantage of Inter Milan's prosperity to put the club up for sale, leaving a family motto to his family: "The Moratti family will not show their heads again." Massimo, however, is a fan of football, especially since he has always wanted to buy Inter Milan back. In the 1993-1994 season of the Italian Serie A, Inter Milan ranked 14th and narrowly escaped relegation to the second division. "The fans of Inter Milan are suffering," said Massimo, "and So, in 1995, Massimo Moratti bought Inter Milan from Manuel Pellegrini, who ran the restaurant business.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Massimo Moratti. Wang Jie said with a smile.

"You're so polite, just call me Massimo, your achievements in European football are impressive to us professionals. Massimo Moratti replied with a smile.

Wang Jie acquired a number of football clubs and injected huge sums of money, improved the club's hardware conditions, and introduced many talents, which is not a secret in the football circle, because Wang Jie attached the club to the names of his women, and he was not married, so UEFA had no way to do this, but fortunately, Wang Jie abided by the rules of the game, and generally did not participate in the daily operation of the clubs, which made UEFA turn a blind eye.

Wang Jie chatted with Moratti sentence by sentence, discussing the form on the field from time to time.

Italy and Brazil were deadless for 90 minutes, and in the second half of extra time, Brazil fielded 18-year-old Ronaldo Luis Nazario da Lima, also known as Ronaldo. The fate of Da Luo in this life has completely changed, under the tutelage of Ferguson, he became famous in European football early, although Ferguson in order to protect him, let him play for not too much time, but in this year's Champions League final, Da Luo scored the winning goal, so that he resounded in Europe.

Ronaldo lived up to expectations, scoring the stunning goal three minutes before the game, beating three Italian defenders, and history was changed.

Massimo Moratti looked at Ronaldo, who was celebrating with his teammates, and said with pain and appreciation: "This goal is so beautiful, he is a genius!" and then he said: "I don't know if Director Willian can transfer Ronaldo to us Inter Milan, the price is negotiable." ”

"Ferguson will kill me. Wang Jie joked: "Ronaldo is his own son." ”

Massimo Moratti asked again: "What about Batistuta?"

"That's his second son. ”