Chapter 200: Opinions Differ
The European football circle attaches great importance to the development and cultivation of fans of the Celestial Empire, and as the domestic economy is still growing at a high speed in the past ten years, the purchasing power there has also made a qualitative leap. Although the football industry of the Celestial Empire has been a little deformed since the beginning of its development, after all, it is rich and willful, and the Chinese people who dare to buy all over the world are now really willing to invest a lot of money and attention in football-related products. Even when fakes and A goods are still flooding the entire market, a large number of fans have gradually accepted the concept of buying genuine goods, which makes the sales of jerseys, souvenirs and other peripherals of many European giants rise sharply every year. Even if it is far less profitable than the European continent, where the fan culture has matured, after all, the demographic potential of the Celestial Empire is there, and only the blind will not see the huge benefits that may exist.
Many people know that in the early spring of 1989, in order to open the market of the Celestial Empire, David Stern, the then president of the NBA, personally came to the door to find the head of CCTV, waited outside the gate for more than an hour before he had the opportunity to meet the leader in charge, and opened the door to the world's most populous country with free broadcast rights and even other unknown conditions, and finally created the miracle that the NBA, which could only be ranked at the bottom of the four major sports leagues in the United States, grew into the world's most profitable event in the future. At present, the NBA can receive one billion dollars in broadcast fees from the world every year (and it will be as high as three billion in the future after signing a new broadcast agreement), but it is still free for CCTV in the Celestial Empire, which shows how desperately foreign sports circles want to open up the domestic market.
This is also why after Li Mudi made a bad speech to the fourth official in the Turin derby, the Italian Football Federation did not impose a post-match ban on him, only fined 5,000 euros. Because every week the Torino team's games will be broadcast live on CCTV Sports Channel, and the number of viewers is not less than 60 million, that is the golden finger that the Italian side can reap huge advertising costs, unless it encounters inevitable circumstances, the Torino coach must not be absent. Since you can't be partial to Coach Celestial Empire and his team on the playing field, you should also try to take care of them off the field, so that you can "be good to him and good to me"!
Therefore, under the guidance of the idea that the general direction should still take care of the feelings of the fans of the Celestial Empire, the "Corriere della Sera" and "La Repubblica" published the next morning and other important media still expressed positive affirmation of Li Mudi, who suffered three consecutive defeats, believing that the state of the Torino team has rebounded significantly in the second half of the game with Napoli, and the coach has played a vital role in the adjustment of the midfield.
However, the media, which has always regarded the Torino coach as the main competitor and a thorn in the side, is not so polite, and the "Milan Sports Newspaper" has put a number of articles on the second page, analyzing the problems that Li Mudi is currently encountering from all aspects, believing that he is still in a predicament and does not seem to have found a solution to the problem. Roma Sport, on the other hand, focused on the fact that the Torino coach's new contract was far away, believing that Li Mudi had lost the trust of the club's top management while his results were dismal, and if he could not prove himself in the shortest possible time, he would likely be looking for a home.
Napoli's local sports newspaper, after reviewing the process of the big win in the form of words, mentioned an incident that outsiders do not know: in the summer, the Italian midfielder Giaccherini, who plays for Sunderland in the English Premier League, was listed for sale at the beginning of the transfer market window because he did not adapt to the foreign environment and failed to impress the latter with his performance when he was on loan at Bologna last season.
The value of 1.5 million euros is definitely worth the price for an experienced and very hard-working right midfielder who has just turned 31, and although Li Mudi does not have a place in Giaccherini's plans, he still agreed to the marketing department to make this transfer under the persuasion of Valentino Cairo's "good all-round skills and excellent professional attitude can bring more options to the team". However, just when the player and the club had reached an agreement, Napoli also submitted an offer to the black cat Sunderland, and Giaccherini and his agent Baccareggie immediately reversed the agreement with Torino and joined the White Dolphins at the speed of light, causing strong dissatisfaction among the Cairo father and son. The newspaper was naturally very proud of the story, as if he were another Napoli victory over Turin.
But now it seems that the midfielder, who has already made 29 appearances for his country but lost the chance to play for his country again under Ventura, seems to have made an unwise choice. After joining the White Dolphins, due to the team's tactical play, he could not play the right winger that suited him best, and could only play the role of left and right winger or even shadow striker as a substitute for Insigne. As of the match against Torino, Giaccherini has only played 10 times in all 23 official matches played by Napoli, and all of them have been substitutes, and the cumulative time is only 136 minutes, which is purely a soy sauce presence. If he had joined the Red Bulls five months ago, I believe that Li Mudi, who prefers rotation, will definitely give him more opportunities to show himself, but unfortunately......
Torino Sport, which has always been the mouthpiece of the local team, does not analyze the game too much, but focuses on the upcoming winter transfer window, and it is almost a well-known fact that there will be a considerable change in the Torino team's squad. Because just before the start of the game, the agent of Paraguayan winger Juan Iturbe, who is on loan from Roma, complained about his dissatisfaction with Li Doudi and the club in an interview with Sky Sports, saying that Iturbe did not get any opportunities to play in the Red Bulls in this half season, and this trip to Turin is simply too bad.
Italian transfer expert Di Marzio then speculated that the Paraguayan would be sent back to Roma in the winter, while Iturbe, who had fallen out of favour under Spalletti, could be loaned to Genoa, who has been known for helping players from big clubs regain form, and Suso and Niang have found form here, which may be the last chance for the Red Wolves, who spent 24.5 million euros to bring in the player in 2014, for a certain value.
In addition, because Manchester City and Torino have officially announced that Joe Hart cannot be bought out because of the inability to agree on the issue of annual salary, the Red Bulls' goalkeeper crisis next season has been put on the table, although the 19-year-old Serbian goalkeeper Vanja Milankovic-Savic, who was once the target of Manchester United, has been hired for 2.6 million euros in advance. But obviously the lad can't be expected to defend a Serie A team at this age, with the likes of Gianluigi Buffon and Casillas being rare after all, and Donnarumma just looking promising, not particularly impressive. So who will the Red Bulls choose to guard next season?
Di Marzio gave Empoli goalkeeper Lukas Skorupski the name. The ownership of the Polish goalkeeper is still in the hands of Roma, and Valentino Cairo did take an interest in him on the recommendation of the scout, but the Red Wolves, who almost regarded the Torino team as a "scrap yard (all the players who they couldn't use or needed to adjust their condition after a major injury were stuffed to the latter)" this time opened their mouths and asked for a transfer fee of up to 7 million euros, which is simply red. Bare. Naked robbery, you must know that they only spent 890,000 when they introduced the Poles, and the degree of blackness is the same as that of Porto.
Li Mudi, who was already unimpressed by the goalkeeper, hurriedly signaled Valentino to abandon the deal, and instead asked him to secretly contact former Palermo goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu, who had lost his main position at Paris Saint-Germain, and the goalkeeper who still had 17 international appearances in the Buffon era is definitely capable of becoming a starter in the middle and upper reaches of Serie A.
According to the FM system, Paris have completely abandoned the former Italian national team member who is not yet 30 years old and is still in the prime of his career, and La Liga's Osasuna are interested in signing him on loan for half a season after the winter transfer window opens. With Joe Hart leaving next summer, Torino don't need to compete with La Liga teams, but if they can contact the player and his agent in advance (which is illegal, but there are also a lot of unspoken rules in football, everyone is turning a blind eye, after all, it is not a forced poaching), there are a lot of variables when they put forward their purchase intentions in July, and maybe they can lower the price a bit. After all, people in Paris have so much money that they are about to grow hair, and it is estimated that they will not be too careful about these small money. It's just that at this time, Li Mudi and Valentino Cairo didn't expect that the other party would be so "not bad for money......
The name of Spanish winger Iyago Falke also appeared in the latest issue of the Spanish media "El Monde", counting the penalty at the Sao Paulo Stadium, Falke has scored six goals in 14 games for the team since joining the Red Bulls this season, and also has four assists, which is very eye-catching. With the Spanish winger no longer strong as before, he seems to be one of the best traditional wide attackers at the moment, which obviously gives the Torino player who is about to turn 27 more confidence.
Speaking to the media, he spoke for the first time about the national team, saying: "I'm very eager to get a call from Julen Lopetegui. Yes, I aspire to be part of the Spanish national team. There aren't many wingers in Spain who can score as many goals as I do, and although there are still a lot of wingers who have good quality and win a lot of things, I did show a lot of competitiveness in Italy. In the future, I will continue to give the best of myself to Turin, and if Julen Lopetegui calls me, it will be the best compliment to my work. ”
To be sure, Farke is the second-best player in the Torino squad for the new season, behind number one killer Belotti, something the club didn't expect when they spent €6 million on him. However, after Lopetegui took over the coaching, the Matadors' configuration in the front field was still dominated by skilled players, and did not leave much room for full-time wingers to play, and although Falke is a Spaniard, he was poached from La Masia by the Old Lady at a very young age (he was taken away from the Real Madrid academy by Barcelona at the age of 11, and the backbone is outstanding enough), and the technique and awareness are somewhat incompatible with the traditional Spanish style. This, coupled with his later experience with an English team, made his skill points even more deflected, which made it difficult for Falke to find a tacit understanding with the big names in the national team. Li Mudi can't help but suspect that the Torino winger may not be able to get the opportunity to play for his country in his lifetime.
No one expected that with about two weeks to go before the opening of the winter transfer window in January, so many transfer rumors and related information about the Torino team broke out at once, giving people the feeling that the club is really not satisfied with the team's recent results, hoping to reverse the current dangerous situation after a major adjustment.
However, Lee, who was at the centre of the storm, kept a good frame of mind, training his players in the training ground, and in order to make way for the Christmas holidays, the next round of league games was scheduled for midweek, and the first kick-off Atalanta home game against Empoli actually started on Tuesday night. Turin's match with Genoa takes place on Wednesday at 2 p.m., also for the convenience of Celestial fans, and the temperature at this time is not bad, which is more suitable for the players than at night.
And because this season's Italian Super Cup was arranged to Doha by the Italian Football Federation, which is "gone on the road of collecting money", last season's double champion Juventus and Coppa Italia runner-up AC Milan had to fly to Qatar the day before Christmas Eve, where they played a game that should have been played at the beginning of the season, so the two 18th round of Serie A matches of the Old Lady away against Crotone and the Rossoneri away to Bologna were postponed to February next year. It also gives the teams behind them a chance to close the gap on points.
However, Italy's current low temperature did bring a lot of trouble to the team's preparations, although the players had been thoroughly warmed up before training, but the outdoor environment with a maximum temperature of only seven or eight degrees Celsius still caused physical problems, and in Monday's regular monkey walk, Falke and Baseli both twisted their knees and ankles, making the coaching staff nervous. Fortunately, after the diagnosis of the team doctor, they were all very minor injuries, and they could basically recover within a week, so the two of them got the treatment of early rest, but they still had to wait until the game was over two days later to officially take a vacation.