Chapter 225: The state after getting off the list
When I walked out of the movie theater, it was close to midnight, and according to the previous arrangement, the two of them should now break up and go to rest, but the previous exchange was only halfway through, and the words were not clear, and the relationship was not completely smoothed out, who could go to sleep with peace of mind. But going to a 24-hour café together in the middle of the night is also a bit too eye-catching, especially the dress that Lin Yuner did in order to prevent being recognized by others, the return rate during this time period is still super high, and it is inevitable that there will be some accidents. So it was logical for the two to walk into a large nearby hotel together, open two rooms, and continue the unfinished communication before resting.
Although the Kimchi Kingdom has become more and more powerful in the last two or three decades, and now the Celestial Dynasty script is basically no longer used by their officials, festivals such as the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, which have become inherent traditions, can no longer be forcibly abandoned. The Lunar New Year is still one of the most important festivals in the region, and similar to the Celestial Empire, they also have a "Spring Festival" phenomenon at this time, when the normally overcrowded Seoul shows signs of a brief depression and people run back to their hometowns for the New Year. So two people can easily book a room, because more than ninety percent of them are not occupied, plus this hotel called Shilla belongs to South Korea's Samsung Group, the background is very hard, and the work of protecting the privacy of guests is not bad, and it can be regarded as a reduction "Lin Yuna opened with a mysterious man late at night. room" and other negative news may appear.
Since time was indeed a little short, after arriving at the living room of the Turin manager's room, the two of them went straight to the main topic, that is, to determine the relationship. Because the two parties were still in contact more on the Internet before, lacking contact in reality, and considering whether there was any problem of inadaptability in terms of living habits, Lin Yuner proposed the concept of a "probationary period for communication". In the next two or three months or even half a year or so, the two sides will have more face-to-face communication and contact, just like a normal couple who have just met each other, and see if there are any other problems that have not yet been experienced. In addition, it is necessary to test whether the two parties can maintain their relationship in a very difficult situation, these are things that are not easy to achieve!
Li Mudi, who has theoretically succeeded in getting off the single, stayed awake all night excitedly, but mentally did not feel tired at all, and it seemed that he was definitely energetic and dared to go up the mountain to fight tigers. After having a breakfast with his "unofficial girlfriend", which was praised when he came here for a state visit, he happily and energetically took a taxi and went straight to the airport.
Today is the first working day after the Spring Festival holiday in Kimchi Country, and there are obviously more pedestrians on the street, so it is not so safe for Lin Yun'er to go outside and show her face, and she has to rush home before the rush hour of the road, pack her luggage and prepare for the next day's trip to Italy. She had already joined the filming of the Kimchi Country costume drama "The King is in Love" in November last year, but because this drama is a 100% pre-production model of filming first and then broadcasting, the production cycle is very relaxed, so the vacation is much extra. During the Spring Festival this time, I took more than ten days off in one go, so I could take the opportunity to go to Europe to cultivate a new relationship.
When Li Mudi returned to Turin City after more than ten hours of flight again, it was already 18:30 on the evening of Monday, January 30, because he had already taken leave to miss the team's training today, so he could directly take the car driven by Forsina to pick up the airport and return to his apartment. However, he had already rested on the plane and still had to face the problem of jet lag, and after lying in bed and forcibly falling asleep, he called up the specific information of Empoli, the next opponent of the Torino team, and began to study the game strategy.
"The Blue Army" Empoli has performed remarkably in recent rounds of the league, starting from the 16th round of the draw away to Bologna, they have achieved a wave of 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, especially the home three wins stunned the entire Italian football world. However, after a 1-4 defeat at relegation rivals Crotone last weekend, the situation has become a little more delicate. At the bottom of the table, Pescara are still winless with five points at the bottom, Palermo and Crotone are also in the relegation zone with 11 and 13 points, and Empoli, who have 20 points from the surprise of the past two months (including the winter break), are fourth from bottom, and it seems that the advantage of relegation is still obvious.
However, third-from-bottom Crotone are currently one game in hand and will host Juventus in the 18th round of play-off on 9 February next week, even if no one is optimistic about the home side picking up points. But even after excluding this game, from the perspective of the schedule of the two teams Empoli and Crotone in the second half of the season, the latter is more advantageous, and most of the home games are against weaker teams, and the probability of scoring points is much higher than the former who have a strong home opponent and have to go to the opponent's turf when playing a weak team. So even with a seven-point advantage at present, the relegation situation of the Blue Coats cannot be said to be very optimistic, and they need to do their best in every opponent, and the relegation team is sometimes not easier to deal with than the strong team!
Early the next morning, the Torino manager, who had been squinting in bed for three or four hours, arrived early in the club's cafeteria, and after breakfast, he entered the video analysis room and began to analyze how Marttusillo had recently laid out his tactics through the information sent back by the scouts. His side had a brilliant defensive run with a 2-0 clean sheet at home to Cagliari, Palermo and Udinese in two of their previous three home games, which presented a problem for Torino's attacking line.
Although Belotti is still the top scorer with 19 goals, at least four goals ahead of the likes of Dzeko, Higuain and Icardi, it should be noted that he has failed to score in two consecutive games, and has only six shots on target by Bologna and Atalanta, completely losing the momentum that shocked the entire European continent. And without this number one siege sledgehammer, the attack power of the Torino team has obviously dropped to the level of a team in the middle of the league, and Li Mudi has to make more plans in terms of how to mobilize the killer instinct of Red Beibei, and strive to let him recover the lost magic power as soon as possible.
It was only at the beginning of the day's training that the team doctor brought bad news to the Torino manager, right wing-back Zampacosta, who sprained his ankle in the match against Bologna, still has not recovered from the injury, and can only be in time for the league game against Pesca on the 12th at the earliest. The Spanish veteran Arbeloa, who strained his hip muscles early in the season and underwent surgery, is now able to do some simple activities, but the recovery effect is still behind the previously estimated timetable, and it is estimated that the return time will be around early to mid-April. Coupled with Akwa, who are still competing in the Africa Cup of Nations, the team will also face the disadvantage of personnel disruption this weekend.
However, after the winter break, Empoli also made some changes to the squad, and the team's midfield core Saponara was loaned to Fiorentina, and the Purple Lilies paid him a loan fee of 1.5 million and had a mandatory buyout clause of 8 million euros in the summer of 2018. In addition, Gilardino, who was once Italy's number one striker and has lost his main position in the team, also terminated his contract with Empoli in early January, and then joined Pescara on a free transfer, but the embarrassment of not scoring a goal in the first half of the season has shown that he really can't gain a foothold in Serie A. After joining the new club, he suffered a serious knee injury without playing, and if there was no miracle, the veteran, who had scored a total of 188 goals in Serie A, would never have achieved his goal of scoring the hundredth goal.
Leaving aside the aging Gilardino and the departure of Saponara will definitely hurt Empoli's attack, with Morocco international Omar El Kaddouri, who has spent two seasons in Torino, just on loan from Napoli, and is clearly unable to replace the former's previous position, and it is estimated that he has not even figured out the tactics in the game. As long as he can score a goal, then with the opponent's current offensive power, he can only watch the Torino team retreat.
Therefore, during this day's training, the coaching staff temporarily adjusted the program, and increased the proportion of offensive routine drills and individual shooting exercises a lot. Attacking training is always happier than boring defense, and the team's head coach was smiling all the way today, making the atmosphere in the training ground very lively, and the laughter from time to time surprised the reporters who were watching outside to see if they could get any information, and they didn't know what was going on inside.
But at this time, everyone didn't know what the real reason for the Torino coach to be so happy, in fact, he couldn't wait to end today's training and rushed to the airport early. Lin Yun'er has already taken a flight from Kimchi Country to Italy in the morning, and will come to Li Mudi's side in the evening, which is enough to make Li Mudi feel like he is soaked in a honey pot, and he is excited and doesn't know how to express it. And today the players also gave him a long face, Belotti scored a total of seven goals in the 20-minute half-time practice match, and the state looks great, and the success rate of set-pieces and corners is also much higher than usual, it seems that everyone has collectively burst out of energy and is in good shape.
Unlike the happiness of other members of the coaching staff, Li Mudi's mind was completely out of the field after half past three in the afternoon, although his eyes were still looking at the players, but he had already begun to secretly think about how to spend a beautiful world with the beautiful woman in the past few days. After the team disbanded, he hurried to the parking lot and got into the new car, regretting for the first time in his heart that he had extended the training time. When the car drove out of the gate of the club's residence, he had to answer a few questions from local media reporters briefly, and then he was able to return to the apartment and start preparing for the evening.
Since it was already 7:45 p.m. Italian time when Yuna got off the plane, and the fatigue of the long-distance flight, today's date plan was only dinner. So the Torino coach called Valentino Cairo as soon as he entered the room, asking if there were any famous restaurants in the area.
Li Mudi still knows very little about Western food, and his usual breakfast and lunch are served in the team cafeteria, bacon, fried eggs, sandwiches, pizza and pasta, which are popular in the Celestial Empire, are his most common foods, and most of his dinners are solved by Chinese takeaway. That's not to say that he doesn't like local food, in fact, compared to Spanish cuisine and French cuisine, which is more famous all over the world, Italian cuisine is more in line with the taste of the Turin coach, because he was born in the northeast and prefers pasta and slightly heavier dishes, which are better done.
But Western food, especially in Turin, is too troublesome to eat. It's the birthplace of the famous "Slow Food Movement", which advocates sourcing the best ingredients locally, cooking food sustainably, handcrafting, and cooking with care and respect, and the pleasure of tasting it with true deliciousness, which means that a meal can't be finished in two hours. However, except for family gatherings, Li Mudi, who is accustomed to solving the problem of eating in fifteen to twenty minutes, really can't enjoy this kind of happiness, so he rarely takes the initiative to learn about this aspect of things in ordinary times, and now when he is in urgent need of information, he can only ask for help from the prince of Turin, who has a rich nightlife and knows how to enjoy life.
However, there is no good way to do it this time, Turin is a very famous gastronomic capital in Italy, and people from other cities and even other regions come to satisfy their appetites every day, so those well-known restaurants and some signature dishes need to be reserved, and this time is too late. The second-class reputation can still have a position, but it was directly excluded by the Turin coach, and the first time he invited his girlfriend to dinner, he must go to the best place. As a result, this accidentally leaked the matter of the relationship to the other party, which made Valentino shout again and again, "The iron tree also blooms", and rushed over to cheer for him as soon as possible. was so angry that Li Mudi asked him to get out of the phone and not to disturb the hard-won world of two.
Since Western food is no longer available, Chinese food can only be considered, and with the further acceleration of the migration of the Celestial Empire people to the world, Chinese food has also developed and grown throughout the earth. According to previous media statistics, Celestial cuisine has become the second most popular non-Western food in Italy, second only to Japanese cuisine. And all the large and medium-sized cities on the Apennine Peninsula have Chinese restaurants, and big cities like Rome, Milan and Turin naturally have dozens or even hundreds of shops, but all the good Chinese restaurants are concentrated in Milan, and Turin really feels a little bit unproductive.
Finally, after carefully recalling Lin's dietary preferences, Li Mudi had to choose Tobiko, a Japanese and Korean restaurant located near the Central Post Office, for which he also thought of a reason for himself: Yun'er was not fully prepared to go abroad this time, coupled with the fatigue of the journey and the late time There is no way to go farther, and in order to avoid the symptoms of adaptation to the soil and water when he just arrived abroad, it is also quite good to taste the taste of hometown food at the first meal.