Chapter 290: Illness and Copyright
After sending a congratulatory message to Mbappe's private mobile phone, Li Mudi went directly back to the bedroom to lie down and rest, at this time it was already past 11 o'clock in the night, long past his normal sleeping time. But because I had just watched three wonderful games, and the results were all in line with my expectations, I was inevitably a little excited, and I didn't fall asleep until I tossed and turned in bed for more than an hour.
When he opened his eyes again at 5:10 a.m., he felt that his body had not returned to a good state, but that the symptoms of fire had further aggravated. The throat was so dry that it was very uncomfortable to swallow, the boil above the mouth was a little bigger, and it hurt a little bit, and the gums near the lower molars on the right side were also swollen, causing a lot of interference to eating. When you wash your face, you can see a lot of blood in your eyes and your eyelids seem to be swollen when you look in the mirror, which together looks a little scary.
Li Mudi picked up the medicine he bought at the pharmacy before, and found that it was only an antibiotic for the boils on his face, and it didn't seem to have the function of removing the fire, so did he have to go to the hospital again? However, the team's training during this period is very important, and Benassi and Baseli's positional transformation plan has only just begun, and if he is not around, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will go wrong. And the weekend league will send some rotation players to play, tactical coordination also needs to focus on drills, not to personally guide is really not at ease, this to go to the hospital at least half a day of waste, some can not afford to delay.
In the end, he decided to adjust himself, first went online and learned that his symptoms should be real fire through the omnipotent Baidu, and then adopted the advice of netizens: drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables, and try to maintain the regularity of lifestyle habits - although it seems to be all nonsense.
In this way, the Torino coach came to the club's cafeteria early with a sick body, asked the chef to help him change the recipes for the next few days to vegan, and for the next ten days, he lived a life of herbivores, and three meals a day were all kinds of green food. At the beginning, I was really uncomfortable, but after forming a habit, I accepted it, and it also made the weight that had been slightly overweight drop a little, which was unintentional.
At the same time, the team's training is also progressing step by step, in addition to tactical training for the next opponent Genoa, several players who may switch positions next season are also quietly underway. Silvestri has been the biggest contributor to the boost in assists early on, and his improvement has indirectly stimulated the original main player Zampacosta, who has clearly worked harder in recent training, and the coaching staff is very satisfied with the positive effects of the intra-team competition.
At noon on Friday, Valentino Cairo came to the cafeteria to have lunch with the manager, bringing good news. After many efforts, Genoa finally spat on the transfer proposal of young player Pellegri, but they were also very optimistic about the talented center forward, so the Torino team must be prepared for heavy bleeding if they want to poach. 20 million euros plus 20% of the future transfer amount, this is the condition given by the griffin army, and the essence of the black store is undoubtedly exposed.
As mentioned earlier, there is a very fierce rivalry between the two teams, Torino and Sampdoria, and the latter is a sworn enemy in the same city as Genoa, according to the logic of "the enemy of the enemy is the friend", the relationship between the red bull and the griffin should be relatively good, but in fact this is not the case.
The confrontation between Torino and Samp is only reflected in the competitive aspect, in fact, the relationship between the two clubs at the top is relatively harmonious, because they are both comrades in the trenches in the football world.
Those who are familiar with Italian football will have heard the term "Holy League", which describes the relationship between AC Milan and Juventus after the early 90s of the last century, the relationship between the two clubs suddenly became very close, and even took the same pace on many issues, they took the resources of most of the country's best players, and won almost all the league titles before the outbreak of "Phonegate" (during which only the two Roma won the crown once). In order to show the super-dominance of the two most successful clubs in the history of Italian football during this period, the outside world dubbed them the "Holy League".
And this league is not only the two giants, but also followed by many younger brothers, Lazio, Genoa, Bologna, Parma, Verona and dozens of other clubs are their followers, not to mention the role of their pawns.
In order to fight against the huge force that dominated almost the entire football scene in the Apennine Peninsula at the time, the rest of the clubs naturally joined forces, hoping to win some space by joining forces. The bosses of this gang are Inter Milan and Roma, and they are followed by the sworn enemies of the members of the Holy League. It was at that time that the upper echelons of Torino and Sampdoria decided to abandon their previous total hostility and only form important opponents on the football pitch, and to remain consistent in the general direction.
So the Turin team and Genoa are essentially a real antagonistic relationship. Of course, they are all the younger brothers of their respective teams, and they originally had no deep hatred, so there was no need for any entanglement. However, a match in 2009 further deepened the rift between the two teams.
It was the penultimate round of Serie A that year, when the Griffons, who had played so well to secure a fifth-place place in the League Cup next season, travelled to the Stadio Olimpico in Turin to take on the Red Bulls, who were struggling to fight relegation. What was originally considered a tacit game by the outside world was completely ruined by Diego Milito's stunner in the 89th minute. With relegation rivals Bologna picking up a point at Chievo's home stadium, the losing Torino side will be level on points with the former and drop to the bottom three due to the win-loss relationship. If Bologna win in the next round, then the Red Bulls are relegated.
This angered the home team's fans and players, and some people on the Torino bench even cursed the Genoa players, accusing them of being too faceless (of course, this kind of expecting the other party to release water to save themselves is really too humiliating, and Li Mudi feels ashamed as a junior of this kind of person). And Mota, who was still playing for Genoa at the time, ran to the home team's bench like a brain convulsive and signaled them to shut up, which was completely pierced. Torino midfielder Diana was the first to burst off the bench and began to attack Motta, and the anger instantly spread throughout the stadium and beyond, with players, coaches, on-site staff and even fans in the stands joining the team, and the scene was spectacular.
In the end, the game was interrupted for ten minutes before it could be resumed, and the 2-3 scoreline was not rewritten, and the Torino team had to accept a dangerous situation of falling into the relegation zone. The punishment imposed by the Football Association's disciplinary tribunal after the game also announced the ruin of the Red Bulls' relegation in advance, and the seven main players were banned for violence on the field, so that they could only use one remnant to face the mighty Roma team away. As a result, they lost 2-3 again in the final round, and saw Bologna, who easily won 3-1 at home to Catania, and were relegated to the second division again, only to be killed three years later.
Because of this past, the two clubs also formed a big feud, and the post-match war of words between the two coaches Gasperini and Novellino became a classic confrontation. However, time is really the strongest medicine to dilute or defuse hatred, after a few years, because the results of the two teams are completely staggered, there is no obvious competition, coupled with the intentional reconciliation of the two high-level leaders, so the relationship has slowly returned to a normal state.
And Li Mudi wanted to use the influence of Mr. Chairman to persuade the other party to make certain concessions on price. After lunch, instead of strolling outside as usual, he dragged Valentino straight to the office building to seek help from the latter's father.
After emphasizing how high the potential of this goal is, and looking at the face of the team's coach bringing hundreds of millions of sponsorship fees to the club, Urbano Cairo reluctantly agreed to give it a try, but because he couldn't accept that a 16-year-old player was worth so much, he set the reserve price at 10 million, and once it exceeded this price, he had to give it up unconditionally. However, Li Mudi did not want to miss the striker who had the potential to grow into a world-class star, and when he was about to argue, he was quietly stopped by Valentino.
The head of the marketing department suggested that the exchange of youth team players could be added to the deal, and the rest of the players could be left to the other party to choose, except for some of the team's key development targets. Thanks to the introduction of young men with high potential in the winter window, the Turin Under-20s are now firmly at the top of the Youth League table and will be looking to win the competition again. As a result, many young players in the team have also received widespread attention from Italian football, and some teams have naturally started to poach their brains, and some of them have made trades, which should be able to make Genoa reduce their transfer fee requirements.
This suggestion is still very reliable, and it was unanimously approved by the other two people, and finally it was a happy ending.
It's the weekend. The marketing department has held several talks with Genoa, and the current transfer price has reached 12.5 million plus 15% of the future transfer amount, in addition to two young players with good potential on the Torino side. This is still above the ceiling set by the club president, so the fight has to continue, but the manager wants to be able to complete the deal within three or four days, which puts a lot of pressure on the negotiators.
The first two games on Saturday kept the suspense of runners-up in the league alive, with Roma continuing their recent run of momentum with a 5-3 win over Chievo thanks to a brilliant performance of the front trident, with two wingers Mohamed Salah and El Shaarawy scoring twice and Dzeko also netting a goal. This is the 28th league goal scored by the Bosnian center forward this season, just two goals away from Belotti, who has already suffered a four-round goal drought, and the suspense of the top scorer is still not small before the end of the final round of matches.
In the later game, Napoli, who were chasing after the Red Wolves, won 4-1 at home to Fiorentina, and Mertens, who scored two goals, also scored a total of 27 goals, still maintaining the hope of counterattack. The White Dolphins, on the other hand, are still one point behind Roma ahead of them, and due to the schedule of the final game, the chances of the former fighting for second place in the league have become very low, and they may already be able to consider participating in the Champions League play-offs.
With the exception of Pesca and Palermo, the bottom-of-the-table teams that have already confirmed relegation, the other seven Serie A matches will be played on Sunday, with six of them kicking off at 15pm local time, including Juve's home match against Crotone and Torino's away game against Genoa.
Traditionally, Torino matches will appear in the live broadcast of the two broadcasters of the Celestial Empire, but on Saturday, Laughing Sports suddenly issued an apology to the fans because they could no longer broadcast the remaining two rounds of Serie A.
When he learned of this situation, Li Mudi was also very surprised, because there are few such situations before the end of the season, but after dialing the phone of Zheng Xiaoyang, the "Heavenly Empire Football Know-it-all", he figured out what was wrong.
Because of the attempt to build the most influential live broadcast platform of the Celestial Empire, Xiaoshi Sports has spent a huge amount of money in recent years to grab the exclusive live broadcast rights of hundreds of world sports on the mainland network.
However, such a large investment has also put the company's capital chain under great pressure, and at the end of December last year, it was reported that they owed $30 million in Premier League broadcast royalties, but fortunately, they made up the payment in time to escape the punishment of being cut off. However, after half a year, Xiaoshi has obviously fallen into a deeper quagmire, and this time they were deprived of the live broadcast signal of Serie A, because they were unable to make up for the arrears.
Seeing that the once beautiful Internet giant has now ended up in such a miserable situation, Li Mudi's heart is still very uncomfortable. At the previous press conference, the reporter of Xiaojing Sports stood up and lended a helping hand several times when he encountered difficulties from the Western media, and no matter what the final result was, the friendship between compatriots who took care of each other is unforgettable. Although he has no ability to help them at this time, the Turin coach still sincerely hopes that every conscientious enterprise of the Celestial Empire can gradually become bigger and stronger, and make a name for the descendants of Yan and Huang in the world.