Chapter 141: Set a small goal first
"Hiss......" There was a sound of many people in the room when they were surprised at the same time, and Li Mudi would actually hit the new Lazio coach in the face in public, which was greatly unexpected by almost all the reporters below, except for a few Celestial Empire reporters who did not know about football, and did not know what kind of existence the Serbs were back then.
Before the Italian reporter could react and question, the Torino coach immediately changed to a smile and said: "Haha, I'm joking, how can people in the football world not know one of the most famous free-kick masters in the world." Seeing that many reporters still looked suspicious, they had to explain further: "At least I have read the interview published by Roma Sport before, and Mr. Sinissa said that I will probably not finish this season, do you think I am not impressed by him?" β
This remark with a strong mocking tone instantly alleviated the embarrassment just now, after all, that interview is still very famous, generally speaking, people in a circle rarely evaluate others so bluntly, and it is even naked. Bare. Cursing each other naked after class is indeed a bit excessive. Even the media, which has always looked down on the Celestial Empire, will not say anything to refute at this time, it is a personal feud between the two head coaches, and they are waiting to catch the big news next to them.
At this time, the reporter of the "24-hour Sun", who had just asked Li Mudi to comment on the new coaches, spoke again: "Since you are very familiar, then express your views or comments on Miha." β
Just when everyone's eyes were focused on the Torino manager, expecting his big mouth to be powerful again, the guy smiled slyly, shook his head and said: "I can't say anything about him at the moment, because I'm not a kid who likes to fight, I'm looking forward to seeing if there is any change in Mr. Sinissa's evaluation of me after the direct conversation between Turin and Lazio, or after the league is over." Only then will I tell him what I think of him, it is useless to say anything before that, football still depends on games and results. β
I'm X, you still don't like to fight? Who is the guy who just glanced at it with a big mouth and said this and that? It's almost like Frank DeBoer is about to end class, and he's still pretending to be a good person here! Italian reporters have once again turned on the mode of complaining in their hearts, but people with good things have begun to check the rounds of matches where the two teams meet, the ninth and twenty-eighth rounds, Torino first home and away, these two games will be very exciting, the situation on the field is very unclear, but the coach outside the field is definitely a big hot spot that can attract more people's attention.
After that, the press conference continued for a few minutes, and as there would be an interview with the home coach Montella in the future, there were not many opportunities for reporters to ask questions. The final question was put in the hands of the reporter of the newspaper Courier, and his question was: "Coach Li, at your press conference in Turin, you did not give a direct answer to what our goal for the new season was, and at that time it was said that you had not yet been close to the level of Italian football. So after this opening match and a first-hand understanding of what Serie A is like, can you still give the team and your goals? β
This kind of question is definitely a clichΓ© at the press conference, and it is not nutritious at all, but it is not the best strategy to blindly avoid it, after all, if you don't say that you are ugly, you will definitely be asked all the time. So Li Mudi couldn't hide from it, but he said nonsense: "I've always found the goal something uninteresting, because as the competition schedule progresses, it is always adjusting and changing, and the goal that is said now is not necessarily the goal in two months." But if you want to get an answer from me, I can only say that the team's long-term goal is relegation, first get enough about 37 points, in the past ten years in Serie A if you can get this point, you can almost be sure that the relegation will be successful, as for the rest, we don't have any ideas, after all, the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time. β
It's nonsense again, this kind of rotten street answer is embarrassed to come up with a coping person? It's so shameless. So the unwilling reporter asked again: "What about short-term goals and medium-term goals?" β
The Turin coach, who was about to stand up and leave, was a little helpless when he heard that this guy was not finished, but it was not good to pretend that he didn't hear it, so he started to play again and said in a serious manner: "There are no medium-term goals, and as for the short-term, there can be barely a few." A goal, a point, a win, that's Torino's top three goals at the moment, and of course, the first one we have done. β
As soon as the Celestial Empire reporters in the audience heard this, they all sprayed instantly, isn't this Nima the slogan shouted by the Celestial Empire national football team in the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup? How unreliable it is to let him use it here!
Li Mudi didn't wait for his compatriots to react violently, smiled and got up to leave the rostrum, and said before leaving: "I have other expectations, but they are too far away, let's set a small goal now, just have a winning streak." Well, thank you, and goodbye! Then he walked out of the media reception room through the door on one side of the room in three steps and went straight to the parking lot under the guidance of the staff. On the way, he reflected on his performance just now and felt that he could still get a passing grade. Although it is inevitable to offend some small-minded colleagues when evaluating the head coaches of those teams, the gags and gibberish that followed did not leave any leverage for the reporters. I still lack experience in this area, and I seem to have to poke out a few baskets at every press conference, and it seems that I still need Genes to come and train it.
When the news of this press conference was transmitted to the outside world through various media channels, several people immediately couldn't sit still and launched a counterattack against Li Mudi. After a 3-1 win over Cagliari in the first round, the new Genoa head coach Juric said in an interview with the media: "My team is just going to be relegated? I think Lee must have been too nervous to speak incoherently. In my eyes. Genoa will definitely be in the top eight in the league, and they can even compete for European qualification, while Torino is the team that needs to fight to the death against the relegation opponent, and Lee's judgment ability is really poor! β
In addition, Inter coach Frank de Boer responded with a serious face: "Not optimistic about my future? The Celestial Empire is not qualified to judge me, the first round of the match between Inter and Torino will be in the 10th round of the league, hopefully by then he will still be in the position of Red Bull, and I will show him who is the strongest. β
As for Mihajlovich, he replied even more simply: "The ninth round of the league, everyone wait and see!" β
After returning to the hotel, Li Mudi did not take a break in a hurry, but called up the FM system to watch the whole process of the game again, and summarized his handling in which situations he can still improve, after all, he only has one season of coaching experience, and now he still can't compare with those old rivers and lakes in on-the-spot command and deployment, so he has to watch more and learn more. To that end, he has a plan to scrutinize the remaining nine matches in the first round of Serie A over the next two days, and then replace himself for the manager of the losing or underdog side to see if he can come up with a better way to deal with the opponent. That night, before going to bed, he logged on to Penguin's account again and started his first live webcast. This is an agreement reached with the other party before, after the weekly league, there will be a live broadcast of at least half an hour, and interactive Q&A with netizens in the Celestial Empire, and you can get five million soft girls from Mr. Ma in one season, which is already very high.
Tonight was Li Mudi's debut, so he still had to take care of himself beforehand. But it doesn't seem to be of much use, the foundation is there, unless you go for plastic surgery, you are just an ordinary person, and you don't have any appearance. Fortunately, the appearance is not enough to make up with hard work, when the camera is turned on, and when he sees that the number of viewers displayed at the bottom of the screen is in his early 300,000s, Li Mudi is still very happy, and feels that this method is really suitable for himself, and he doesn't feel the pressure of the audience at all, just like communicating with friends on WeChat, it is very easy, so he completely relaxed, and began to do his best to answer the questions raised by netizens.
But this thing is really a technical job, hundreds of thousands of people are constantly swiping the screen, and ordinary people really can't see what is written on it. In addition, from time to time, sunspots come up to make trouble, which provokes supporters to scold, so that Li Mudi really doesn't know what to do for a while. Fortunately, the Penguin equipped him with a live broadcast assistant in advance, and took those management matters over to deal with them, and the Torino coach just had to start according to the previous plan.
After a brief greeting to everyone, Li Mudi began to ask how many people watched the previous game, because the vast majority of netizens who could cheer him on were fans, so he replied that the proportion of those who watched it was really a lot, and then everyone began to discuss the performance of the Torino team in the game. After controlling several MD blacks, almost all of them were fans of the Torino coach, so their messages were still based on comfort and support, even if some netizens would say something radical, mentioning that Li Mudi's on-the-spot command and tactical arrangements had some various problems, but he was not angry, but discussed with them the gains and losses of various coping methods with a very peaceful mind. However, this kind of thing is that the public says that the public is reasonable, and there is no way to reach a unified understanding, so the situation is gradually starting to get out of control. Seeing this situation, the live broadcast assistant decisively signaled Li Mudi to end the live broadcast in time, and suggested to him afterwards that it is better to choose something that is not so professional for the live broadcast content in the future, otherwise it will easily cause unnecessary disputes. However, overall, this first live show can still be called a success, with a peak of 560,000 viewers, which is the best data for this year's Penguin website sports live broadcast, and I believe it will continue to increase in the future, which is a "win-win" situation for websites, fans, netizens and anchors.
After returning to Turin the next day, Li Mudi spent the whole day as an otaku in his apartment, focusing on several other games, and then focusing on Bologna, the opponent next weekend. This veteran team, founded in 1909 and has also won the Serie A championship seven times, should be more familiar to the majority of Celestial Empire fans. After going bankrupt in 1993, it was restructured and changed its name to the current Bologna Football Club 1909, where big names such as Signori, Di Vaio and one of the Celestial fan favourites Roberto Baggio played there.
Bologna, who just returned to Serie A last season, has had a season of ups and downs, and the process can be divided into three stages: three consecutive defeats at the beginning, 2 wins and 8 defeats in the first ten league games, only two civil wars for promoted horses, deep in the relegation zone and unable to extricate themselves, and the previous promotion hero coach Rossi was disgraced. Immediately, former Italian international and former Parma coach Donadoni took over the team's coaching. Not to mention, it is really a change of coach, in the following fifteen rounds of the league, the team unexpectedly achieved a record of 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses to grab 27 points, directly rose to the middle of the standings, and even once saw the dawn of competing for European tickets. It's a pity that in the last thirteen rounds, they returned to the ordinary again, with 1 win, 6 draws and 6 losses, and finally only scored 42 points, with a gap of 4 points and a thrilling relegation.
Although the results were not ideal, the club's hierarchy gave Donadoni full confidence to lead the team into the new season. Although Bologna invested nearly 20 million euros in the transfer market in this summer, almost all the new players are young people born in the 90s, the only exception is the Swiss international, Dizemari who previously played for Torino. The team's lack of attacking prowess has not been remedied, with just 33 goals scored in 38 Serie A games last season, the worst of all 20 teams, a full 50 fewer than top-placed Roma and 19 fewer than Torino. The reason for their relegation success is still due to their relatively solid defence, which has only conceded 45 goals throughout the season, ranking joint eighth in the league, and is a typical team with a weak defense and attack.
If he wants to get all three points at home in the first home game of the new season, Li Mudi will have to think more about the team's offensive end.