In the next few days, it was discussed that he would follow the Liaozu players when he was usually fine. When the Milan winter training team asked Li Tie for training, they would follow the discussion.

It's all commonplace, there's people joining every day, people leaving every day until the transfer window closes.

Some for a piece of paper, some for a letter of recommendation from Zaccheroni.

Many people here envy those Chinese players, after all, they have a "formation".

Now that the winter training team has added an Eastern face, it's no longer unusual.

Li Tie was as calm as ever in defense and as flexible as ever in attack.

Both the frontcourt and backcourt players have the opportunity to show themselves accordingly, and when Li Tie and the two form a link, it is a new scenery on the winter training field.

Another weekend, Zaccheroni traveled to Bologna with his team.

Apart from Torino, Milan and Genoa, Bologna are the best team in Serie A.

After a series of successes, Bologna faced bankruptcy in the 92-93 season. Thankfully, local entrepreneur Gazoni took over the team, which allowed the team to survive.

After solving the existential crisis, Bologna brought in the only coach in Italian football with the title of professor. Under the tutelage of Ulivieri, Bologna completed the triple jump and returned to Serie A in the 96-97 season.

After Ulivieri's successful retirement last season, new coach Mazzoni led the team to the title of International Totoben and qualified for the UEFA Cup this season. It can be said that with the wind of the Serie A Small World Cup, Bologna is almost glorious again!

Soon after the start of the game, Milan established themselves in the attack.

Bierhoff, in particular, has already scored 13 goals this season and is still aiming for the top scorer.

His strong body and superb header skills are the key to his survival, and Boban has also hoisted the ball into the box again and again to help his teammates complete the goals.

Bologna, which has a "veteran club", is a team seeking stability in Serie A, with a more conservative style of play and style, with defensive counterattacks in the game, and there are not many offensive combinations in the frontcourt, and it is one of the clubs with fewer goals in Serie A.

Such a club has a big contrast between home and away, and playing at home is the key to ensuring the team's results, so in today's game, Milan encountered no small obstacles.

In the 4th minute, Bierhoff took the ball in the middle of the penalty area, and when he broke away from the opposing defender and wanted to force a shot, he was blocked by other defenders who came in time by the opponent.

Soon Bologna also played with color, Ciglino and Anderson hit the wall in the middle in succession, the latter sent a through ball, although the ball was a little fast, but Siglino still caught up and pushed it, and the ball was blocked out of bounds by the palm of Ouchulian.

"Don't let them come easily!"

Ou Chuliang is still very worried about his teammates' defense, the opponent's ordinary counterattack can cause a shot, and he doesn't dare to guarantee that he will not make a mistake if he has such a number of times.

In the 18th minute, Milan sent a long ball from the backfield and went directly to Weah in front, Weah easily unloaded the ball and sprinted along the wing with the opponent's full-back. But after only a few meters, he stepped on the ball and stopped, and with a gentle push with his left foot, he chose to pass the ball back to his teammates behind him.

Albertini seemed a little unwilling to give up the attack this time, and met the ball with a kick and forced the ball into the Bologna penalty area. However, the home team's defenders were prepared, and with a flick of the header, the ball was pushed back.

Bobanca headed in front of the box and was brought down by the Bologna to win a free-kick in front.

The free-kick is about 26 metres from goal and is flanked to the right in the middle. Boban himself stood in front of goal, he was the first penalty taker from set-pieces, and as long as he was on the pitch, Milan had no one to grab him.

Boban observed for a long time in front of the human wall, and the opponent's goalkeeper arranged the human wall without any dead ends, and there was almost no gap.

After the whistle, Boban took a deep breath and began to run. With a sharp twist of his ankle, he kicked a curling ball in front of everyone. The ball arced very strongly, and in the blink of an eye, it went around the head of the wall and spun towards the far post.

Bologna goalkeeper Antonioli tried his best to stretch his body, but he couldn't stop the ball from going into the net.

Swish!

Milan took a 1-0 lead away from home.

"Yo! It's beautiful! ”

"It's a good time to see Boban score such a wonderful free kick!"

"One more, another one, another !!"

The fans were rejoicing, but Zaccheroni on the sidelines was smiling wryly.

Baresi, who was dressed in disguise in the stands, also saw the clues, and said to his friends on the side while celebrating: "... Weah is old, and he really can't move... Everyone knows that defending against Oliver is equivalent to defending the whole of Milan, and Milan needs fresh blood in attack... You can't just rely on Boban's set-pieces to score, it's a fluke, the players are in shape..."

In the second half, the home side made the first substitutions, with Oscar replacing Pacino, a midfielder and a striker.

After Pacino came up, Bologna intensified their attack on the flanks. Anyway, Milan played a formation of three central defenders, and the way of crossing from the wing could not have been more suitable.

The three centre-backs crowded in the box did struggle to juggle the flanks, and the home team's change of style quickly put Milan on the back foot.

"Mazzoni's guy is very cunning, he just likes our centre-back and won't retreat to the back line." Zaccheroni has some headaches, Mazzoni is not the first opponent coach to do so, and he won't be the last. 343 is not just a parallel position, if there is a player who drags back and can change to a central defender at any time, he can change the formation to 433 at any time. In this way, it is much easier for the two outside defenders to pull the side and become full-backs, and then defend the opponent.

Rather than almost every time you could get the opposition full-back to cross with their feet, as is the case now, and then rely on a header from the likes of Maldini or a strike from Acchulian to clear the ball out of the box.

That would be dangerous, but any mistake or mismatch between the defender and goalkeeper could have given the home side a goal to equalise.

In the 78th minute, Ambrosini had to pull the home team's forward defender down in order to make up for the hole behind his team-mate. For this, he received his fourth yellow card of the season.

"Another yellow card..."Zaccheroni patted the top of his shiny brain, "which means he won't be able to play in the next game..."

When a starter is no longer available, the manager doesn't feel a lot of headaches. Either it means that he is not important, or that no one is important in his position...

Luckily, with 10 minutes remaining, Milan doubled their lead again with set-pieces in front.

This time it was a corner from the left, and Bierhoff headed in a corner from Boban at the back post and headed the ball in the opposite direction of Antonioli.

In the end, Milan won 2-0 away from home to win their fourth consecutive New Year's game.

In his post-match press conference, Zaccheroni didn't give much praise for the victory.

'We played well, the opponent played well, but we were a little bit luckier, so we won.'

"What do you mean by lucky, Mr. Alberto?" The reporter asked deeply.

"Of course it's a goal." "Both of our goals came from set-pieces, and although I usually push the players to take control of set-pieces in training, it's not our main attacking tool. ”

'If we attack the way the team has set out, we don't need set-pieces to get past the opposition, set-pieces are just the icing on the cake.

"There are rumours that AC Milan are going to bring in Moroccan striker Thierry Henry, is Mr. Alberto waiting for him to arrive?" The reporter asked again.

"No, we already have a strong centre-forward like Oliver, and Thierry Henry's position will overlap with him."

"At the moment, Milan can't just rely on Boban to pass the ball to Oliver, they need to have other attacking points and breakthroughs..."

"Word has it that you're interested in the Chinese team that trains in Milan, right? Rumor has it that you'd like to bring in a striker from that team? ”

"No, I've never said that, and I haven't said anything like that." Zaccheroni flatly denied: "It is indeed a good team that can be in the upper middle of Serie B. However, they also have a domestic league to play next season, so they will not sell their main striker. ”

"So that's the case..."The reporters in the audience muttered, according to the news they received before, they thought that Milan would select a striker from the Liaozu team to supplement the team this season. But looking at Zaccheroni's performance today, it doesn't look like a lie at all.

Could it be that we got the message wrong?

Looking at the whispering reporters in the audience, Zaccheroni also wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Without Galliani's nod, he wouldn't dare to say that he was interested in any Chinese player, which might backfire.

It's true that he is a Chinese striker, but he is not a member of the Liaozu team. In this way, it is not considered to be lying to the media!

As soon as he returned to the dressing room, Zaccheroni received a phone call. When I heard it, it was Galliani calling.

"The team has been playing well lately, come to my office tomorrow...", Galliani only said one sentence and hung up the phone.

Looking at the "drops... Drip.. Tick", Zaccheroni's heart suddenly became hot.

These days, he has a lot of stuff on his mind, and what he wants most now is to put these scattered plans together and recreate a complete blueprint.

......

After 18 rounds of the league, Milan has 10 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, and Lazio has the same points, but because of the goal difference, it ranks third, and Fiorentina with 12 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses is only one win away in points.

When there was only one game left in the gap, the fans finally saw the hope of winning the championship.

Whether it's Fiorentina or Lazio, both have European games to play.

They have already made it out of the European group stage and into the knockout rounds, and the intensity of a week of double matches can be exhausting for the players.

Multi-line combat is the most test of whether a team has the potential of a giant, if the two sides do not grasp well, maybe the bamboo basket will be empty.

And then, it was Milan's chance!

For a while, fans began to expect the team to play against Fiorentina, the top of the table, calculate the schedule, and play another game to challenge the leader in Rome.

The first game of the second half was won, and the newspaper "Milan Sport" also published an article praising the team.

"Solid wins give fans another glimpse of the title."

"Overall, Milan didn't have a great first half, but they did have the upper hand in the league compared to the other seeded teams."

"Among the same seeded teams, Milan only lost to Fiorentina and Parma in the first half of the league, but won against Inter Milan, Juventus, Lazio and Roma, even Fiorentina, who are currently at the top of the table, he did not do better than Milan!"

"Every spring is the most fierce day in the competition for the title, whether Milan can continue the momentum of four consecutive wins, whether they can hold on to the end, is what Milan fans are most looking forward to in the new year."

At eight o'clock the next morning, Zaccheroni showed up at Galliani's office on time in a suit and tie.

Unlike the previous two times, this time he was full of confidence. Because he wasn't alone, Baresi had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Sit down, Alberto." Galliani pointed casually.

Zaccheroni straightened his shirt and sat down in his chair.

"Alberto, you did surprise me, I didn't expect you to move Franco."

"No, Mr. Galliani, I am not a lobbyist for Mr. Alberto, I am simply objectively stating a fact. As a former Milan person, I can't just watch people who belong in Milan run to the other side! ”

It was a bit of a transgression for Baresi, but no one doubted his loyalty to Milan.

What's more, China is thousands of miles away from here, and those Chinese players have no business dealings with Baresi, so naturally there is no interest involved.

After thinking about all this, Galliani also had to seriously consider whether these two people really paved the way for Milan in the professional field.

"Let's talk about the ugly words first, Milan doesn't have that much money!" As soon as Galliani spoke, the first thing to mention was still money, "The club is short of funds right now, and there are already many players in the summer, but their performance is not in line with their value. Except, of course, O's, I mean, no one but him and Oliver is worth the price they paid in the first place, no one! ”

"So this winter, the club's budget is not as rich as you think!"

"But Mr. Chairman, didn't you say..."

"It's okay Mr. President, that's not the point." Baresi interrupted Zaccheroni's speech, knowing that there was no point in mentioning buying Henry's 1000W at this time. Milan can spend 1000W for Henry, it doesn't mean that Milan can spend so much for other players.

"The point is that these two Chinese players do have the ability to improve the team, and their abilities complement the current Milan."

"That's right, Mr. President, that's it." Baresi got to the point, and Zaccheroni nodded immediately.

"And what about the price?" Zaccheroni's fingers flicked a few times on the table, "I know you want to buy two people, I don't care if you buy a few, what I want to ask is, is there a discount for buying more?" Why should I buy so much if there is no discount for buying two? ”

Zaccheroni and Baresi looked at each other, and their hearts almost jumped out of their throats.

Zaccheroni only told Baresi about the discussion, because Baresi valued Li Tie and he needed Baresi's support.

This is Wang Bang, throwing this out at a critical moment will definitely have an unexpected effect.

But the premise is that you can't come up on the surface, which will make it seem that this player is very incompetent, and it is the handling of other clubs.

Now the problem is that Galliani didn't know that the discussion was from another club in China, and he thought that both players were Liaozu.

"Of course there is a discount for two!" Baresi nodded, "We have already agreed with the Chinese Football Association. ”

Galliani doesn't know much about China, and his knowledge of Chinese football is limited to some of the relevance of Liaozu and Ou Chuliang reported in sports newspapers in the past two days. At that time, Napoli wanted to buy Ou Chuliang and needed to negotiate with the Chinese Football Association, which has been rumored as a joke in the European football community, and they even made Jianlibao "the Praetorian Guard of the Chinese king"!

So Galliani naturally thinks that the negotiations between the two Chinese players will also go through the Chinese Football Association.

"Okay, let me remind you again, the club doesn't have any money!"

"No problem! Mr. President. Baresi smiled and said, "Next, let the midfielder's agent come in and talk to us in detail!" ”

"Broker? What kind of Chinese players still have agents? Galliani was a little surprised.

"That's right, I've called him, and he's at the door!" Zaccheroni nodded.

"Alright, let him in." Galliani nodded, then muttered, "I hope it's a hillbilly..."

"Hello, Mr. Galliani, we meet again."

The door was divided to the left and right, and a large round nose first caught Galliani's view.

"Fack, how could this guy?" Seeing Raiola's face, Galliani cursed in his heart.

"Mr. Mino, we meet again." Out of politeness, Galliani still stood up and stretched out his hand to Raio, "Please sit down, Mr. Mino, I believe in your vision, the players you value will not be bad!" ”