Chapter 18: Make a bet

When Dick said that Hill has a pair of "eyes that can find out who is a top manager", almost all the reporters chuckled, even Musampa shook his head with a smile - everyone knows what kind of virtue Hill is, when Atletico Madrid brought in Portuguese superstar Futre, Hill didn't even know the Portuguese star who had just helped Porto win the Champions Cup, and the practice of changing managers and bringing in players in his tenure is enough to prove that Hill is a half-layman in football, A slightly more savvy chairman wouldn't treat his club like that, and Dick's sycophant was too obvious.

However, Dick's next words immediately exploded like a bomb, leaving everyone stunned.

"Barcelona is a bunch of fools with no vision" - you must know that there are still a lot of people attacking Barcelona, after all, it is one of the only two top teams in Spain, the so-called big tree, which top giants do not have a large group of fans or media who are tirelessly trying to hack them? However, Dick's words are not just an attack, but a direct professional denial of the existence of a top giants - this kind of attack is not something that anyone can do......

"This guy is a mad dog."

For a while, many reporters thought in their hearts, just because Barcelona swept him away, he attacked Barcelona like this without any scruples, didn't he put himself in opposition to all the supporters who supported Barcelona?

"Mr. Dick, may I think that you have just made an unwarranted attack on Barcelona?"

Rodriguez blushed and shouted loudly, basically the reporters who work for Le Monde Sport and Daily Sport are Catalans and Barcelona fans, and it would be hell if he wasn't excited.

β€œNONONO。” Dick shook his head a few times in a row and said a few "nos" before saying, "This is not an attack without reason." ”

"Then what is your reason?" Rodriguez asked with a sneer, he didn't even say "you" now, he just said "you", obviously quite dissatisfied with Dick.

Dick didn't care about that - a small reporter was dissatisfied with himself, was it a big deal? I'm afraid of you: "The reason is simple, because they think a top manager is a liar and don't even give him a chance. With such a style, what other vision does Barcelona have? Don't look at their first two seasons as champions, it's because they missed me, they won't be able to win a championship this season, and Barcelona, the strongest Barcelona after the so-called dream team, will begin to collapse this season and fall into a period of darkness! ”

Dick's escalation made all the Catalan reporters angry, and the local reporters in Madrid shook their heads again and again - this guy is really a man who must report that Barcelona will go downhill like this......

Rodriguez was furious at this time, but sneered: "Mr. Dick, according to what you say, Barcelona can't even win a championship this season?" Can't even win the Copa del Rey? ”

"Yes, not just this season, but at least the next two or three seasons, they haven't won a single title...... Because they missed me, do you believe it? Dick smiled and looked at all the reporters.

"Who believes who is stupid!" Almost all journalists think so.

"Who will believe you?" Rodriguez exclaimed: "Empty words, who knows if you will be in public at the end of the season? Think you can become famous by saying two big words? You're thinking too simply! ”

Rodriguez's shout is a reminder to most reporters, yes, in order to be famous these years, there will be many shameless people who use various sensational methods to attract attention, this is not without examples, such as the Italian Gauci is like this, who knows if Dick said this on purpose, after saying it, let the reporters hype, if nothing else, I'm afraid he will become famous immediately...... We can't afford to be fooled by him!

"If you don't believe me, we can make a bet." Dick grinned and said, "If Barcelona wins any official competition at the end of the season, then I'll run around the downtown of Madrid naked!" ”

"Damn, I really don't even want to lose my face for the sake of being famous...... "All the reporters had such a thought flashing in their minds.

Then they heard Dick continue: "If Barcelona really won't win any official tournaments at the end of the season, then the journalist who was willing to bet with me will have to eat the microphone in his hand - it's a bargain, it's much easier than running naked...... Attention, I'm talking about the winner of the official competition, not the Catalan Cup, but if you narrow it down to this season, it's one of the La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey this season. Of course, if Barcelona only finished third in the Champions League group stage to play in the UEFA Cup and win the UEFA Cup, then Barcelona will win the title. ”

Hearing Dick's words, all the reporters immediately began to think about it - they keenly felt that this was indeed a big news, whether Dick was a fledgling rookie or not, he was also a professional coach anyway, a professional coach made a bet with people that after losing, he would have to run naked around the downtown area of Madrid, this news was sensational enough, plus the object of the bet was that Barcelona could not win any championships this season - Barcelona dominated Spanish football again in the first two seasons, Winning the league title for two consecutive years and beating Real Madrid in the derby of the century is another peak after the Dream Team period, with many top players from Rivaldo, Figo, Kluivert, Pep Guardiola and the Dutch gang, which is a well-known presence in the whole of Europe, it is really unbelievable that such a team at the top of the game will suddenly achieve nothing this season.

Although the hype of this matter will definitely make Dick famous, the reporters can't care about it - even if it makes him famous? Then we can't let go of such a big news!

Just like those sisters in China in later generations, aren't they all famous for being disgusting? Don't those journalists know that this kind of hype will make people famous? But so what? You can't just watch a good opportunity to leave without hype, what is this called? Win-win! The object of the hype has gained fame, and the journalist who has hyped it has benefited, as for whether it will disgust the readers...... So who cares? If you really believe that reporters are all carrying morality with iron shoulders and iron pens, then who really believes who is stupid series......

So immediately Rodriguez picked up: "Okay, bet on it!" At the end of the season, if Barcelona can't win any titles, then I'll eat this microphone in my hand! ”

He raised the microphone in his hand, which was not very large, and said proudly: "If Barcelona wins any official competition, then Mr. Dick will have to run around the downtown area of Madrid!" ”

"It's a deal." Dick laughed: "That's it, everyone here is the witness...... Mr. Rodriguez, you're taking advantage of it now! ”

With that, Dick pushed the table and stood up and announced, "This is the end of this press conference!" Then he left the scene of the press conference in high spirits, regardless of the excitement of the reporters who were preparing to make the matter bigger immediately - as I said before, the reporters who came to the scene could only be regarded as small shrimp in their respective newspapers, and now getting such a sensational news is also a matter of great benefit to themselves, at least in the newspaper society to get more reuse.

Money often unmakes the men who make it.

After returning to the newspaper, reporters from all walks of life immediately began to get busy, and for this sensational news, all the newspapers also felt the need to hype, and immediately began to increase their horsepower, to make this matter known to everyone in the shortest possible time!

In a La Liga match today, Atletico Madrid, who had just changed their manager, ended their three-game winless run by beating visiting Lleida 4-2 at home, and the number one star Torres scored a hat-trick. In the post-match press conference, the new manager of Atletico Madrid's second team, Chinese Ke Di, made a bet with a journalist from Barcelona that he believed that Barcelona would not win any titles this season, otherwise he would run around the downtown area of Madrid, and if Barcelona really did not win any titles, as he said, Vicente Rodriguez, a reporter for Le Monde Sport, would eat the microphone he was holding in front of the public. And then there's a close-up of the microphone.

Perhaps he was rather unhappy with his previous dismissal from La Masia's football school, and in his press conference he thought that Hill's appointment of him as manager of Atletico Madrid's second team was a discerning hero, and that Barcelona were fools without vision, and the rest of the bet stemmed from that. The 21-year-old Chinese manager may have had courage but seemed a little reckless, and Barcelona have had a good start to the season, now sitting top of the table and performing well in the Champions League. It seems that after the end of the season and before the start of the European Championships, we have something to look forward to......"

FC Barcelona were noncommittal about Dick's words and actions, with manager Louis van Gaal simply saying that Barcelona were aiming for a treble this season and that they would not make any changes to a gamble that would have nothing to do with them. Cruyff, the director of La Masia's football school, declined requests for an interview. ”

"Dick announced a day off after the game, and he hid in his apartment in the Atletico Madrid academy, it seems that the young manager has some regrets about his words and deeds, but now everyone knows about it, the only thing Dick can do is pray that Barcelona will not win the title, otherwise we can watch him run naked and then be taken away by the Madrid police for indecent crimes, He will be the first Spanish professional league manager to be jailed for betting on non-monetary events. ”

While the reporters were making a fuss about it, Dick disappeared from everyone's faceβ€”as if he were really scared......

So, what is Dick doing now?