Chapter 126: It's not easy to sit in this position
Joel Chukuma Obi, the Nigerian midfielder who was bought by Inter Milan at the age of 14, joined Torino last summer for 2.2 million euros, but he was mainly a right winger and winger at the Angelo Moratti Sports Center (to be renamed Suning Sports Training Center at the end of 2016), and after arriving at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, he appeared more in the middle according to Ventura's request.
This gentleman became famous as a young man, and was the cousin of Mikel (full name John Mikel Obi), who caused Manchester United and Chelsea to tear up the X war, and joined Inter Milan U15 in 2005 with Thornton, Destro and Caldirola, known as the "Blue and Black Four Tigers". However, as he grew older, his widely regarded talent did not seem to be fully realized, but was gradually stifled by too many injuries. Although Mancini, Mourinho, Stramaccioni and other previous Inter coaches have promoted him to the first team to participate in training, but he has never been given a chance to stand firm, and the six months of being loaned to Parma in the 13-14 season were also very unsuccessful, and he was finally swept away by the team that completely lost patience.
Joey Obi's injury propensity is rated 13 by the FM system, which is the type of player who is prone to frequent injuries, and with the old knee injury left over from his youth, Li Mudi would have been included in the list of subjects to be examined. But after seeing the physical test report submitted by Greco, I made up my mind in an instant to sell it.
Weighing 76 kilograms is not overweight for a player who is only 177 centimeters tall, after all, the midfielder has always been known for his courage to fight, but this figure is a full 5 kilograms higher than at the end of last season - a month and a half to be exact, which is the result of too low professionalism. If this situation is acceptable to the new coach of the team for the time being, then the index of his body fat content is absolutely unbearable. 15% for men and 22% for women, which is the proportion of fat content in the healthiest state given by American nutrition experts, and for male football players, 10%-13% should be considered a relatively ideal ratio. Although some people have been using Ronaldo's 7% and Jordan's peak less than 5% to promote the hard work of those superstars, but generally speaking, too little fat is not a good thing, because the fat in the body can play a certain shockproof role on the internal organs, and can also help the body better intake nutrients.
However, Joey Obi's test result turned out to be 16%, and most of them were concentrated in the lower back and abdomen, which will seriously affect his explosiveness and speed, and will also cause unimaginable pressure on his body, especially the knee joints, during intense exercise. Considering his injury history, Li Mudi felt that something big would happen sooner or later if he kept him in his hands, so it was better to deal with it as soon as possible.
Fortunately, another African player in the team did not discredit their continent, and Afriyie Acquah, an active Ghana international who can play as both a midfielder and a central midfielder, has done a very good job in personal management, according to the evaluation of the medical team, as long as you have some physical energy, you can participate in official matches immediately, and her professional quality value of up to 15 plays a decisive role here.
Compared with the good and bad of the African brothers, the two Brazilian players in the Torino first team are the objects that need to be paid attention to, and just when the team manager intends to temporarily skip the test sheets of several local players in the middle and turn directly to those two, there is a loud noise from outside the training ground. Li Mudi frowned again, raised his head and shifted his gaze to the place where the noise was made. At this time, assistant coach Samfield, who was leading the players to do relaxation exercises after the physical examination, walked over with today's training plan in his hand, and asked next to the boss with an unusually indifferent expression and pure English without the slightest tone: "Do you need to send someone over to take a look?" β
Li Mudi didn't turn around, his eyes were still looking in the direction of the gate of the training base, and at the same time he responded: "No need, it's useless for any of us to go, it's the fans who are protesting against me, the head coach who came unexpectedly, they won't care if you go, if I show up in person...... It is estimated that if you are not disabled, even if the security guard of our club is powerful, hehe. I believe that Valentino and even Mr. President have rushed over to deal with it now, and should be able to calm down quickly. As soon as the words fell, the protest over there gradually faded down, and finally disappeared completely.
"Judging from my research on Torino fans in the past few days, the likelihood of you being disabled is not as great as being killed directly." Just when the Torino coach was a little proud of his self-deprecation and accurate prediction just now, the "ice lump" next to him spoke out again.
As soon as he heard this, Xiao Li twisted his face to his left side, his eyes were wide open, and he looked up and down at this partner who had only been in contact for about ten days, but had gradually cultivated some tacit understanding. Is this a British joke? It seems that he still doesn't know enough about the people of the corrupt country, and he has to cram up for British dramas when he returns to the apartment at night, he secretly thought in his heart.
While the two of them were there to communicate about the afternoon's training, the Cairro father and son and the director Antonio Comey walked in from outside the base gate, and finally stood in front of Li Mudi, and Sumfield greeted them before leaving. Valentino Cairo, who was a little anxious, was the first to speak: "It's the extreme fan organization Granata again!" There were more people than before, a hundred and seventy or eighty, and I was scared of the numbers. "His face does look a little white, and it seems that the radical fans have made a lot of noise this time.
Antonio Comey took over: "Turin fans are the most fanatical and radical in the world (some people should be unconvinced), and this group. The group is one of the most troublesome of them to form a fan organization, which has been in shape for thirty or forty years, named after the Granata Tower, the home stadium of the Turin era. They are the only team in the whole of Italy that can compete with the Vikings, the extreme fan group of Juventus, and they have laid each other down many times, you must know that the Vikings are the existence of the extraordinary master rank who can dissolve the lion's den, the largest fan team in Milan! β
After introducing his current opponent to Li Mudi, the new Ding, the director once again cautiously warned: "In the past few days, you and Valentino have been soliciting staff everywhere and are not at home, so I don't know how many times they have come here to block the door. The banners that oppose you taking over Turin and scold the blindness of the club's top management are pediatrics, making all kinds of high-decibel noise, and the vehicles surrounding the club staff can only be regarded as a warm-up, and then it is estimated that the means will be gradually used, what tiger chairs, chili water, ......" The latter items are all Italian torture that Li Mudi understands and translates in the language of the Celestial Empire, in short, it is a very bad action.
It's really not that Comey is deliberately scaring people, the bloody case created by the Torino fans is definitely strong enough, and in the face of that unspeakable history, at least in Europe, except for Juventus fans, everyone else has to kneel.
Stories aside, let's take a look at the case since the beginning of the new millennium: in October 2002, after a Serie A derby in Turin, two teams of fans provoked each other outside the stadium and ended up in a group fight. Funnily enough, after the police arrived to stop them, the two groups joined forces to "street fight" with the police, and finally dozens of troublesome fans were arrested.
In February 2003, in the 22nd round of Serie A, after AC Milan led the home team 3-0 and killed the suspense in advance, Torino fans began to break through the protective net on a large scale in the 63rd minute and threw all kinds of debris into the stadium. The riot police stepped in to stop it, but to no avail, so they had to use tear gas to control the situation, and AC Milan goalkeeper Dida had to hide outside the stadium due to the shock of the fan riot and the tears caused by the smoke. In the end, the referee, who was also in tears, had to stop the farce game early, and after the game, Torino coach Ulevieri announced his dismissal.
In January 2010, Torino captain Di Michele and nine teammates celebrated the former's 34th birthday with his wife and children in a hotel, but were suddenly attacked by 25 masked men claiming to be Torino fans.
In September 2012, Pescara and Torino met as two promoted teams of the season, and in the afternoon before the game, Pescara fans clashed with a group of Torino fans near Piazza San Carlo. At this time, a group of Juventus fans happened to pass by, and this time they were on the side of the city's sworn enemies and beat up the visiting fans together. The brawl lasted for ten minutes and was brought under control by the police who arrived later. More than a dozen people were injured in the riots, including innocent bystanders, and several cars were damaged, and according to legend, a Turin fan drove towards the Pescara fan, but was fortunately stopped by the police.
After last season's Turin derby, Red Bulls fans belonging to the Granata group frantically threw stones at the Juventus bus, causing multiple windows to be smashed, and the Juventus players in the car were also frightened to varying degrees, and the police took away a number of radical fans suspected of violence against others.
In short, the position of manager of the Torino team is quite dangerous if it is not recognized by the fans, especially the extreme fan organizations.
However, this trouble is not difficult for Li Mudi to deal with for the time being, just after Comey told that it was the chairman who personally came forward to say that the club and the new manager of the team will definitely surprise them, and persuaded those fans to wait patiently for a while, Li Muddy first expressed his gratitude to Liam Neeson - no, Urbano Cairo, and then turned his gaze to Valentino and asked: "How are your negotiations with Real Madrid going?" β
"It's basically done, Mr. Gines has already done most of the work for me in Madrid, and the players have agreed to come and play for us, so now it's just a matter of final confirmation from the Real Madrid hierarchy."
"Okay, if you can put down the matter at hand for a while, go over there tonight, I'll contact Lafayette immediately, and we'll make an official announcement tomorrow." Hmph, I'd like to see if those fans will come to make trouble after those players join? The head coach of the team was not only frightened by the lack of outside protests, but aroused high morale and wanted to fight back directly.
After agreeing on the arrangements for these two days, the three senior executives immediately left, and Li Mudi, who stayed in place and thought about how to adjust the team's lineup after the new signings joined in the next few days, once again ushered in his first assistant. Samfield didn't say much this time, so he said: "Perez's agent has arrived, and he wants to discuss with you about the transfer of his players to Roma, and he is in a hurry." β
Well, I can't hide from what I should have come, and I have to be a real man again, I'm so tired! With this in mind, the Torino coach said "yes" to the assistant coach and walked towards the man in a casual suit on the edge of the training ground. The other party's eyes have been on this side since he hit just now, as soon as he saw the target moving towards him, he hurriedly showed a smiling face, took two steps at the right time, and after both of them stood still, he took out a beautiful business card from his pocket and handed it over, and at the same time introduced himself in Italian that he was not very proficient in: "Hello, Coach Li, my name is Bernardo Silva, and I am Bruno PΓ©rez's agent." β
Li Mudi felt very amused when he heard this name, and after glancing at the business card in his hand, he thought to himself: "It's really Bernardo Silva, exactly the same name as that genius boy in Monaco." At the same time, a friendly smile appeared on his face, and he responded: "Hello, Mr. Silva, I just heard Kevin say that you came to me to talk about Bruno?" β
"Yes, Coach Lee, Roma were interested in bringing in Bruno and are said to have submitted an offer to the Torino club, but it was put on hold due to the change of manager. Once you're in the team, I wanted to come over and talk about the deal, but who knows you're not in Turin because of your work. Because the preparations for the new season have begun, if the transfer cannot be confirmed as soon as possible, I am worried that it will affect the adaptation of the players, so I rushed over today without an appointment, and I hope Coach Li can understand. "It's the other party who wants to take the initiative to leave the team and join the giants, and the agent is still very low in his posture, but don't think that they will always be so good at talking, once their "peaceful way" has no effect, then all kinds of means will come, the so-called salute before the soldiers.