On the afternoon of February 14, Trapani held a pre-match press conference at the Pacheco training base, the team has achieved good results recently, although the work of the head coach is still very hard, but Hugo is happy from the bottom of his heart, and he is smiling when he enters the press conference, and the reporters are no stranger in these rounds.

"Mr. Coleny, looks like you're in a good mood! Are you confident about the game against Roma?! ”

"I'm happy because I'm happy to meet everyone! As for the game against Roma, I think we have the ability to cause them problems! ”

"You lost three goals in the first leg at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome and you played badly in that game, does coming back to Barbera mean you want revenge?!"

"We all can't wait to play this game! Yes, we are thirsty for revenge! ”

"Roma are currently second in the league and do you think they have a chance of winning the league?!"

"Of course, I think Mr. Capello is very good in charge and his Roma is very good, and I think it's entirely possible for them to win the title at the end of the season! Of course, Milan is also outstanding! ”

"Which team do you want to win the league title?!"

"Can I say Trapani?!" Hugo laughed, and the reporters below laughed, this is a joke, Trapani wants to create a miracle in Kaiserslautern this season is a fantasy.

"It is said that the Russians are going to take Rome, what do you think about this?!" Domenico, a journalist for Neue Sport, asked a question that was not about the game, Hugo was the owner of Trapani, and this question could certainly be listened to for his opinion.

Domenico was talking about the recent media rumours of a Russian takeover of Roma, which is now in serious financial troubles under the Sensi family, and according to credible sources, they have not been able to pay their salaries since June last year, and only recently have they paid their players back salaries.

Many teams in the league are financially unhealthy and full of deficits, and with the economic downturn in the past two years, many teams have gone bankrupt and owed a lot of debts to the banks, and many teams are running completely different from Trapani.

Hugo did not rely on bank loans to run Trapani, but constantly increased capital to fill the financial problems, while many other team owners increased their capital partly and partly through bank loans.

And bank loans are the vast majority of the proportion, they are not like Hugo like Moratti to devote themselves to the team, in other words, Moratti also wanted to increase the capital some time ago, and took the initiative to give Inter Milan a blood transfusion, but the shareholders' meeting could not pass, you increase the capital, we are not happy to increase the capital, there is a voice of opposition.

Don't the Sensi family have any money?! Of course, there is money, although now their assets are shrinking, and their own business is struggling, but there is definitely money, but they can't fill the bottomless pit of Rome without reservation.

Last summer, it was not easy for Sensi to find a bank with a guarantee, the loan accumulated more and more, and Rome went on like this, and it was not ruled out that one day it would go bankrupt under the leadership of Sensi, in this case, there was an endless stream of news about Sensi's family wanting to sell the team, which is also true, Hugo had communication with Sensi Lao.

At that time, Sensi hoped that Hugo could find a buyer, and Sensi actually hoped that the Colini family, which is now relatively financially strong, would take over Rome, or that Hugo would find an American investor to take over Rome.

Hugo looked for a while, it is almost impossible for the Colleni family to take over, the Colleni family is nominally separated from Hugo, but in fact, at the critical moment, they must still be on Trapani's side, Hugo hopes that even if the Colini family wants to invest in the football industry, they should also send the money to Trapani, of course he will not encourage his family to take over Rome, Sensi owes a lot of money.

As for the American investors, in fact, Hugo did not know many American sports businessmen at all, and as for Google's two good partners, they were not interested in football.

Later, a Russian tycoon wanted to buy Roma, which caused a strong reaction in Italian football, and the Russian Abramovic entered Chelsea, and then started Jinyuan football, which made a storm in the transfer market, which was very rampant.

Italian football has never had a foreign-controlled professional football club, the Italians themselves are relatively exclusive, and there are deep-seated reasons in it, for some strong teams to maintain the existing state is the best, think the top three in the north background strength is very strong, if there is really a rich foreigner, there is a lot of capital investment, it will undoubtedly bring them a lot of trouble.

So this matter is opposed by the whole country, Roma fans have been playing slogans at home recently, resolutely opposing the Sensi family to sell the club to Russian billionaires, and the Sensi family, as a local businessman, sometimes really have to succumb to this pressure, now there is a word to describe them, Rome is a hot potato, it is difficult to throw it away if you want to, and the old Sensi may not be able to give up the relationship with Rome for a while.

As a person in the football circle, how could Hugo not know what was going on behind the scenes?! I'm afraid the top three in the north are very opposed to the entry of foreign capital, but Hugo, hehe, of course it is to be supported!

Whatever is bad to the enemy, he will support, this is certain!

"In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with foreign investment entering Italian football! Look at Mr Ablasimovich, I think he's coming to Chelsea and the growth of Chelsea is very noticeable, which is a good thing for the team! It's an indisputable fact that they are quite competitive both domestically and internationally! ”

"But if foreign capital pours into Italian football, it goes against Italian tradition and it is not good for the development of our young players!" Speaking of this topic, reporters have more topics, and some reporters said it next.

"The current big teams don't necessarily seem to be patient in cultivating young people, why don't you think about it from another angle, if there is foreign capital entering, some teams have been strengthened, the league will be more exciting, more attractive to the outside world, which means that we are richer, we will continue to maintain the position of the world's number one league! We will also have more money to develop our own youth training and be able to develop more talents! There are non-EU quotas, and the Football Association always has the initiative! Hugo spoke eloquently on the rostrum.

"Mr. Colani, are you in favor of the Sensi family selling the club to the Russians?!" A reporter asked.

"It doesn't have to be the Russians, I think they can sell Rome to a responsible investor! It doesn't matter if it's a foreigner or it's Italian, it's a good thing for Roma fans, I really can't figure out how they could object?! Hugo shrugged his shoulders and agreed, in effect, in favor of Rome being bought by a more powerful family.

"Now that world football is changing with each passing day, it's time for our tradition to change, why can't Roma become the first team to be controlled by foreign capital, some people are worried that foreign capital is here to make money, but just rush to Italy's current football industry economy, where is the opportunity to make money if you don't invest money?!" Hugo spoke eloquently.

The reporters found a topic that was more exciting than the game, Hugo was the first person in Italian football to stand up and say that foreign capital was good, and he was a weighty person, how could he not attract everyone's attention.

Hugo talked a lot about foreign investment, and the press conference lasted for an hour, and Hugo did not refuse to ask questions from reporters.

Roma arrived in Trapani that night, and it was Sensi's eldest daughter, Rossela, who came to Trapani with the team. Sensi, she had dinner with the executives of Trapani, Sensi had heard Hugo's speech at the press conference, in fact, Hugo's speech to their Sensi family can be said to have relieved some of the pressure of public opinion, after all, there is a person who stands up to sympathize with them, and he is also a relatively influential person.

"Don't thank me! Rosella! I have a lot of respect for your father, your family has given a lot to Rome, to Italian football, and now it's time to quit! "The relationship at the top is good, and Hugo is blunt with Rosella.

Rosella is actually one of the members of the Sensi family who are most supportive of selling Roma, and the real hesitation in the family is the old Sensi, on the one hand, the old Sensi feels that Roma has not really gone to glory under him, after all, Rome has not been very good in European competitions, on the other hand, Sensi is very affected by the opposition of the fans, and he does not want to destroy the good relationship with the fans.

"Maybe we won't sell the team again anytime soon!" Rossella sighed in front of Hugo, playing football in Italy, if you want to fight with the three northern powers, you have to have strong economic strength, the Sensi family does not have such strength at all, Rosella does not want to let her family be affected because of Rome, Rome is now a heavy burden, so she is a little frustrated.

"Take your time, Rosella, there will always be a good time in these two years! Look, Italy's economy is sluggish, football will also be affected, maybe soon everyone's perception will be different! Hugo could only comfort.