After the post-match press conference, Li Mudi returned to the hotel after receiving a congratulation, and held a rare summary meeting attended by the whole team before the break, and gave a brief analysis of why the match was in such a difficult situation.

This is not a criticism meeting, because he himself has a lot of problems in terms of tactical arrangement and the importance of this opponent, and the 4-1 lead in the first leg has relaxed everyone, and it is relatively easy to understand, so the Torino coach has no intention of turning the score. But in order to avoid this kind of situation that can make people nervous to the point of falling out in the future, everyone should do a deep introspection.

However, after the meeting, there was a cheerful look on everyone's faces, as the manager received a call from the club's president, Urbano Cairo, who had promised to give a bonus to the members of the Torino squad after advancing to the semi-finals, and the money had just been credited to everyone's accounts. So although they lost and only eliminated their opponents by a relatively narrow margin, the players were still in a very happy mood at this time, and it can be detected through the FM system that their morale has almost risen to the peak, which will have a great positive effect on the later games.

Li Mudi, who is accustomed to going to bed early and getting up early, because he has just experienced this extremely exciting battle, coupled with the reason of recognizing the bed, he has not been able to fall asleep for a long time after lying down, so he reluctantly got up and opened his laptop and began to check some news to wait for the arrival of sleepiness.

He received countless @ on Weibo, Ins, Facebook and other social accounts, except for a very few Red Bull Salzburg fans who came to provoke because they did not admit defeat, they all sent their blessings. After roughly browsing the messages sent by Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Xiaobei and other friends who are willing to interact in this way, and then watching the highlights of the other three games, and getting a general understanding of the performance of the other promoted teams, I temporarily turned my attention to the football world of the Celestial Empire.

Li Mudi is naturally most concerned about the results of his hometown team of the Northern Xinjiang Volcano Mingquan during this period, due to the intensive schedule of the Torino team and a lot of preparations, he just checked the results of the Tianjia League every weekend, and there was time to understand the detailed situation at this time.

After missing the first two rounds of the league and using that time to adjust their form to an ideal level, the three new foreign players were finally able to play for their new clubs in the third round on the 31st of last month. As a result, in the next three league games, Coach Duan led the promoted team to a good record of 1 win and 2 draws, and the team currently has 6 points and ranks in the middle of the Tianjia League composed of 16 teams, basically achieving the goal set by the club before the season.

Li Mudi was still quite satisfied with this result, considering that he could not put too much pressure on Coach Duan and the team, he did not show up in person to say anything, but sent an email to his agent Gines, asking the latter to help him get a few sponsorship contracts that are still being negotiated as soon as possible under the subordinates of the Celestial Empire Branch. With these additional benefits, the players' logistics can be better improved, which is extremely beneficial for the continuation of the team's good form.

After dealing with the affairs of the domestic club, the Torino coach was suddenly caught by the news that the 19th Women's Asian Cup in Jordan had just been scheduled for the semi-finals, and the sonorous roses of the Celestial Empire met the defending champions Japan in a narrow way.

Women's football, this is a great wonder in the sports world of the Celestial Empire, although she has brought many surprises and glory to the people, but in everyone's minds, the status is far inferior to the almost hopeless men's football team. Eight Asian Cup champions (including a wave of seven consecutive championships), three Asian Games champions, one Olympic runner-up and one World Cup runner-up, it can be said that they are outstanding achievements, and considering the influence of football in the world, they are not much inferior to the great Celestial Empire women's volleyball team.

However, since the establishment of the team 35 years ago, except for the golden generation such as Sun Wen, Liu Ailing, and Gao Hong, the rest of the women's football girls have not received due respect and affirmation. Compared with the male athletes who play football at an extremely poor level, they have no fame, no endorsement, and even the most basic living security after retirement, and they get a meager salary every month, but they keep more sweat on the training ground than the men's football team, and the unfairness of the domestic sports world is vividly reflected here.

In this Asian Cup, the women's football team was placed in the weaker Group A, but the girls also lived up to expectations, winning all three games to advance to the semi-finals by winning all three games and winning the group, and also qualified for next year's World Cup in France. If this kind of news is put on the men's football team, I believe that the domestic gongs and drums and firecrackers have already sounded, but this news about women's football can only occupy a tofu block in the newspaper, or some fans use it to squeeze the men's football team, and the influence effect is almost negligible.

As an employee in the football industry, Li Mudi doesn't want everyone to take for granted the achievements of the women's football players with their hard work, we already owe them too much, and if this continues, I don't know if there will be any "silly girls" willing to devote themselves to this sport. At that time, it will really become that there are eleven people who can play football out of a population of 1.4 billion, which is too poignant and helpless.

Although he has little power to change this unfair situation, he can do what he can, and after posting a message on Weibo in support of the women's football team to raise their profile, Li Mudi began to consider the possibility of recommending several high-performing players to European clubs.

Striker Li Ying, born in 1993, and midfielder Wang Shuang, born in 1995, have both shown impressive technical skills in the three group games, and are considered first-class in the whole of Asia, and there is still a chance to compete for a place in the rotation among mid-table teams in the women's league such as England or Germany. Just in time to meet Mr Arsene Wenger tomorrow, Arsenal have a women's football club, and you can ask the old-timer about the difficulty of running female players to play in Europe.

As for why Li Mudi knew in advance that he would meet the professor, the reason is naturally very simple, after the final four lists of the Champions League and Europa League are decided, the draw ceremony for the semi-finals will start immediately. On the afternoon of Friday, April 13 local time, UEFA will hold its last chance to operate in Europe this season at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland - a joke, out of respect, the managers of each remaining team will be on the scene as witnesses.

So when the Red Bulls' army flew back to Italy the next morning, their head coach was traveling alone, knowing that the three countries bordered each other and were close to each other, so they didn't have to endure the pain of a long journey.

The draw was not the only one who attended the draw ceremony, as the club's director, Antonio Comey, and his assistants, who had arrived first, were already interacting with other club counterparts in the UEFA headquarters cafeteria. After saying hello, Li Mudi didn't bother to pick up some of the buffet-style food that had been laid out at the luncheon - he was not hungry after eating breakfast late, but after scanning the whole venue with his eyes, he smiled and walked to a corner, where his good friend Zizou was whispering something with Real Madrid's public relations manager, Butragueno.

The three of them are naturally familiar and can't be more familiar, and after a simple greeting, they go directly to the main topic of the chat, that is, who they hope to meet in the semifinals. The old fox Putragueno is worthy of being able to get a master's degree in sports management from UCLA and become a role model for retired players in the sports world, and the answer to this sensitive question is called a drop of water, even if the two people around him are their own people, they did not give a clear answer, and finally said the prediction that Lafayette gave in a private communication with him yesterday: Bayern Munich!

When the semi-finals were confirmed, the Real Madrid president thought UEFA would cause big problems for the Galacticos after Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, the two hurdles that prevented the team from winning three consecutive titles, failed. Although the Roma team upset and reversed Barcelona, the overall strength is still not favored by the outside world, although Liverpool's performance in this year's European competition makes everyone feel very crazy, but in recent years, the experience in the key games of the competition is still a little lacking, so the old and spicy Bundesliga giant is naturally the most suitable opponent to stop Real Madrid.

Of course, this is all a joke, and the news that UEFA does not want a triple title is nonsense, at least on the surface, they do not dare to violate the principle of fairness and justice in the open. However, Li Mudi believes that in addition to the Red Wolves, Bayern, which is still a little lacking in vigor and vitality, will be better to deal with compared to the Red Army, which has been in explosive form recently. After all, Real Madrid have won all of their last five official meetings with this old rival, which is very rare for a strong conversation at this level.

After meeting Juventus in the quarter-finals, the Bundesliga giants are Cristiano Ronaldo's second favourite in European competition, and since he landed at the Bernabeu in the summer of 2009, he has scored nine goals and provided one assist in his previous six games against Bayern Munich, while helping his team win five of those duels (only in regulation time, one of which was a two-legged aggregate draw and Real Madrid eventually lost on penalties). With the superstar in charge, the game is destined to be tough, but Real Madrid will still have the upper hand in winning.

Zizou agrees with his friend, and he hopes to meet Roma naturally, but if he can't, Bayern is better. In addition to being more familiar with this team, it is also a bit of a headache for Liverpool's recent form, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City is not playing badly, and has been abused by the Reds, and Real Madrid, which is similar to the Premier League leader's tactics, will indeed be a little uncertain.

And when Putraguno asked the Torino boss who he hoped to draw in the semi-finals of the Europa League, the latter replied very calmly: "Marseille, of course!" I'm not stupid to want to play against Atletico Madrid or Arsenal. It is estimated that Rudy Garcia (Marseille coach) is also praying in his heart to draw us, after all, according to the strength, no matter which of the two teams they meet, they are sure to lose, and only the red bull is a relatively soft persimmon. ”

"Haha, you're still the same, so straightforward."

While the three of them were hiding in the corner and chatting happily, the participants of several other clubs also rushed to the restaurant one after another, and Li Mudi, who had been looking at the entrance with his spare eyes while talking, finally waited for his main target - Arsenal passing coach Mr. Wenger. Among the head coaches of the eight teams, in addition to Bayern coach Heynckes, the professor is the oldest, so he is also very warmly welcomed, whether they have met before or not, anyway, those juniors have come forward to say hello, and Qi Zu and Li Mudi, two good friends, will naturally be no exception.

However, under his deliberate control, the Torino boss became the last greeting to stand in front of Wenger. It was also the first time the two had met, but the level of mutual understanding between the two sides was very deep. The professor is the idol of Li Mudi, who is obsessed with the idea of developing young players and the formation of certain tactical ideas, which are greatly influenced by the former. As for the current coach from the "football wilderness" in the mouth of the European media, Wenger is the first well-known senior in the industry to stand up for the opponent, and he has repeatedly expressed to the outside world that he is optimistic about the future development of the Torino coach, which can be called one of Li Mudi's Bole.

Previously, the two did not have the opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation due to work reasons, but the exchange of young players and tactical discussions on the phone and webmail has been going on at a high frequency in the past year. Forgive Torino coach Gao Pan, these two coaches with a 34-year-old age difference can be called a pair of old friends, so this first meeting is naturally different from the courtesy greetings of others just now, but a very familiar conversation.

However, due to the limited time and the inconvenience of talking in front of everyone, the two just wished each other good luck, and then agreed to find a place to talk in detail after the lottery ceremony, and then broke up.

However, there is only one team that symbolizes good luck, or a big package, and Arsenal and Torino are either half sea and half flame, or they meet directly to give Atletico Madrid a big gift, and there is no possibility of both returning satisfied.

At 13:47, it took less than two minutes of procedural time for the UEFA League semifinals to be officially released. Lady Luck kissed Li Mudi on the cheek again, and the red bull not only drew the most hopeful opponent Marseille team, but also had the advantage of the schedule before the host because the opponent was the first to be drawn, which really made many people lament: The sky is unfair!

Arsenal, on the other hand, suffered the worst possible result in theory, playing Atletico Madrid home and away, and the professor's face seemed to turn a little ugly when he saw the paper sign with the latter's name drawn immediately after his own team.