Chapter 540: Engagement
Since the beginning of this season, Inter Milan's schedule has indeed been very tight, because they do not want to affect the preparation for the second half of the season, Inter Milan rejected the plan to postpone the next game before Christmas, and decided to continue to play in the two league games before Christmas.
In the 17th round, Inter Milan's opponent was Lazio, one of their sufferers, and last year's Inter Milan's results against Lazio were not particularly good, and the 17th round of matches was played on December 21, and they played the final of the Club World Cup in Japan on December 17......
In the face of such a situation, Dick was not afraid at all, after a night of rest in Japan, the whole Inter Milan team flew back to Milan on the 18th, had a day off on the 19th, and concentrated on the 20th.
Everyone felt that Inter Milan had gone too far, but under Dick's tactical arrangement, the Inter players played an excellent game, relying on goals from Materazzi and Sneijder, Inter Milan beat Lazio by two goals away, increasing their winning streak to nine, and only two games away from their own 11 consecutive wins......
You must know that Inter Milan has beaten all the strong teams before, and the next opponents are not very strong opponents, how many games can they increase their winning streak? It's a really scary topic......
Two days later, the tired Inter Milan won again, although it was only a small victory, but the little blue and black Atalanta is also one of the bitter masters of Inter Milan, and being able to beat Atalanta in such a tired situation is enough to be a victory!
"Everyone has worked hard, take a good rest this winter break...... There are still many records waiting for us to break! ”
Dick said with satisfaction before disbanding the team.
Although the pressure on Inter Milan in the league has been reduced a lot this season, the three cup competitions are also a big burden, Inter Milan have won three titles in this half season, qualified for the Champions League group stage, and still maintained a four-point advantage over Roma in the league with one less round...... Such a result is indeed very good.
In the Coppa Italia, they also beat Messina 5-0 over two legs to reach the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, and next up against Empoli, another underdog, there is little suspense about reaching the last four.
The first half of the season went so smoothly, and Dick was full of more confidence in the second half of the season, although football games are easy to change, but if the position in the league is solid, then Inter Milan can focus more on the Champions League, other teams always have to be distracted in the league, and compared with Inter Milan, who are fully committed, they will naturally be at a certain disadvantage at the beginning.
There are no must-win games, but they can use various means to bring more probability of victory to the team, the Champions League quarter-final matchup has come out, as the second group in this group, Inter Milan met the first place in Group D, Valencia, which is also quite a difficult opponent, although their results have dropped a bit in the past two years, but they have also come out with some pretty good newcomers, such as Villa and Silva, who are quite good players.
This is one of the reasons why Dick refused to postpone the 17th round of the league, too many postponed games will definitely have a big impact on the preparation of the second half of the season, so even if the main players of Inter Milan were quite tired at that time, he relied on the rotation of players to let the players win these two games.
You must know that after the New Year, the Coppa Italia competition will occupy the interval of the league, and the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia will not be played until February 1, and on February 22, the Champions Cup knockout round will begin, if it is only postponed for one round of the league, then the make-up match will be played on February 8, and Inter Milan can still have a midweek before the start of the Champions Cup knockout round, and if the two rounds of the league are postponed, then on February 15, That is, there will be such a make-up match a week before the start of the Champions Cup, and there will be a league on February 18, and there will be two matches in a row before the start of the Champions Cup, which is not a good result.
As for pushing it back, it is even more unnecessary, because after that, the game will only get more and more intensive, and even if there is a gap, it will be a rare break before the big war.
After the disbandment of the team, Dick can also have a good Christmas, this time the Serie A winter break is relatively long, the next round of the league will not start until January 14, so Dick is also very generous to the players, he gave more than ten days of rest, the players can wait until January 5 to concentrate, he will also have more rest.
In the first half of the season, neither the players nor Dick had any time to rest, and the World Cup had just passed, which made Inter Milan more injured since the beginning of the season, and the backline, which was almost full-time in the first two seasons, has changed a lot this season, Cannavaro Cordoba is injured, Materazzi is in excellent shape, but I don't know how long it can last, fortunately, Chiellini is now gradually growing, and his performance is still good in some appearances, Although he is often exposed, even Bonucci has also got some opportunities to play, and his combination with Chiellini is very callable, so Dick has to sigh No wonder these two guys worked together so well in Juventus later, there is still a reason - Chiellini is fierce, Bonucci is steady, and these two people are really good together.
Since the results of the first half of the season were not bad, Dick was much easier during the winter break, and Dick, who had no relatives with Charlotte, spent Christmas with the Monaco royal family - for Europeans, Christmas is a good opportunity for the whole family to get together, and no matter what is going on, Christmas must be together.
Dick had never spent Christmas with his family before, he used to only celebrate the Spring Festival when he was in China, and he was single most of the time after coming to Europe, and it was impossible for him to go to other people's homes to disturb others at this time, although Marriner had invited him many times before and he had refused, and this time, attending the Christmas dinner of the Monaco royal family was also a new experience for Dick.
Dick bought a lot of gifts to send to the royal family of Monaco, which he spent a day before Christmas to pick - the royal family of Monaco is also one of the richest in the world, so what he buys is not about value, but about heart, for a person like him, spending a day to pick a gift, is already a very sincere thing.
The Monaco royal family was pleased with Dick's gift – a classical pipe for Albert II, a crystal charm for Princess Caroline, Princess Stephanie for two of Milan's latest fashions, and Dick for André and Pierre's signed jerseys and footballs for the entire Inter Milan team.
The Monaco royal family accepted Dick with enthusiasm, in fact, when Charlotte was going to be with Dick, they already thought that Dick was a member of the Monaco royal family, although Dick didn't want to get involved, but in this regard, the Monaco royal family was not so domineering, Charlotte's surname was to follow her father's surname Casiracci, not Louis surnamed Monaco royal family, if Charlotte married Dick, she had to add a Dick to her name......
"Honey, when are you and Di going to get married?"
When Charlotte heard her mother's question, Dick immediately showed her attitude.
"If you don't have much of an opinion...... I think I can get engaged this summer, and then I'll be taking the highest accolade in European clubs as an embellishment for the engagement ceremony. Dick said politely.
The members of the Monegasque royal family laughed when Dick said this, they naturally knew Dick's profession, and it was really his style to be able to make such a promise, especially in such a situation, if there were a few trophies on the engagement site, it would really show the difference.
After a day of discussion, the engagement ceremony was decided, and the Monaco royal family had a lot of money and enough manpower to take over the entire engagement ceremony, in Albert's words, "Dick, you don't have to worry about anything, just come alone in the summer", and Dick really didn't have much time to care about this kind of thing before the end of the season, so he nodded and agreed - he didn't know what the European engagement would be, so it was naturally better for the experienced royal family to handle it.
After confirming this matter, Dick can be regarded as in a good mood, although he is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old now, and it seems that he is getting married a little early, but he is now successful in his career anyway, and it is no problem to get married early, besides, Charlotte is also twenty years old, and she is no longer the little Lori she used to be, and Dick has no guilt.
The relationship between the two people has been accumulated for a long time, and they have a full understanding of each other's personalities, Charlotte will not interfere with Dick's work, and Dick will not interfere with Charlotte's work either, you must know that Charlotte also has her own career, contributing to fashion magazines is her job, and she will not be too boring after marrying Dick.
When the news that Inter Milan coach Dick and Monaco's latest generation of eldest princess Charlotte are about to get engaged in the summer came out, the whole Europe was sensational again, although the news that Dick and Charlotte are together seems to be no secret, but being together and getting engaged are two completely different concepts, which also means that the next generation of Monaco royal family will have Chinese blood - you must know that Albert II is now childless, The next heir to the Monaco royal family is likely to be Prince André or Prince Pierre, and if neither prince has children, and Charlotte and Dick have children, that child is also the heir to the Monegasque royal family!
If there is a king of Chinese descent in a European royal family...... Although this is only a possibility, it is also terrifying to many traditional Europeans......
Dick naturally didn't care about these discussions, and besides, if the probability of all three men in the Monaco royal family not having children was too small, and he didn't think about letting his children inherit the throne of Monaco - this is not realistic, is it.
On January 4, Dick returned to Milan from Monaco to prepare for the next half of the season.