Chapter 29 Invitation to Renew
Li Mudi hurriedly stopped, clicked on the inbox of his mobile phone, and found that most of the text messages were sent from unfamiliar numbers, and clicked on a few at random, and saw that the text messages were all named as reporters from certain media at the end, and the content was roughly the same, all asking about Mbappe's evaluation.
Li Mudi frowned, thinking about two things: First, how did my mobile phone number get to these reporters? Who betrayed me? If you change the number, can you still get such a beautiful one? Second, what happened to Mbappe?
Just as Xiao Li was about to return to the room to check the news on the Internet, the mobile phone rang again, and it was Qi Zu who called. After picking it up, without waiting for the other party to speak, Li Mudi preemptively said: "What happened to Mbappe?" Good multimedia reporters asked me what I thought of him. ”
"......" was obviously caught off guard by Qi Zu, and he didn't react for a while, and then responded after a while: "You didn't watch the live broadcast of the game last night?" Mbappe came on and did greatly, contributing an assist. ”
This is really good news, especially after Castilla has just attracted public attention, like adding fuel to the fire, and the topic of youth training has been stirred up to a new level, no wonder so many reporters come to contact them in the middle of the night.
After digesting the amazing performance of Mbappe's debut a little, Li Mudi still couldn't hold back his curiosity, turned around and walked to the room, ready to take a good look at the news of last night's game on the Internet, and talked to Zizu as he walked.
"I was a little tired from training and away games, so I spent the whole day sleeping yesterday, resting early in the evening, and forgetting about the game in the morning. Yes, Rafa can be regarded as enlightened, and finally remembered Mbappe on the bench. This kid is also competitive, and he has an assist on his first-team debut. ”
Zizou's tone was not as happy as his friend's, "Yes, he only played 12 minutes in the last minute to assist Ronaldo's goal, which is indeed a stunning debut, but unfortunately it was too late." ”
Li Mudi, who was already sitting at the desk and pressed the computer boot button, immediately reacted, "What's too late?" Yesterday was an away challenge against Sevilla, this opponent is not easy to deal with, didn't win? ”
"Lost, 2-3, the advantage on the field is quite obvious, but the ability to grasp the opportunity in front of the goal is too poor...... "I can hear that this defeat made Qi Zu a little frustrated.
Li Mudi comforted his friend a few words, and checked the focus of last night's 11th round of La Liga on the computer. Real Madrid, who played away from home, had 54.6 per cent possession and had 10 of their 28 shots on goal, and in the 22nd minute, Sergio Ramos opened the scoring and the home side scored three goals in a row with only five shots in the game, and Mbappe assisted the goal scored by J Ronaldo, who also came off the bench, in the 93rd minute.
There are so many shooting opportunities, but the efficiency is completely destroyed by the opponent, and the forward line composed of Ronaldo, Bale and Isco is absolutely to blame, but the on-the-spot deployment of coach Benitez is really weird. Isco and Ronaldo were in poor form in this game, the former did not have a shot on goal in 63 minutes of playing time, although he assisted the first goal, but the rest of the time did not play much, and it should be a better choice to replace J Ronaldo who was in very good condition earlier; As for the latter, although he is one of the only two quasi-ball kings today, but the wave of five in one and the impatience, even if he can't be replaced, can he not be allowed to play alone outside the penalty area. Although this was Real Madrid's first league defeat this season, it dealt a serious blow to the team's morale, and they were temporarily pulled three points away by arch-rivals Barcelona in the standings. And Li Mudi vividly remembers that the national derby in two weeks will be an even more haunting nightmare......
My thoughts were interrupted by the voice on the other end of the phone, "As soon as you answered the phone, you asked me about Mbappe, which confused me, I have something else to do with you." Mr. Perez, please come to his office tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. ”
Oh? Galeries Lafayette please! Li Mudi had never been treated like this, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Good or bad? ”
Qi Zu said with a smile in his words, "Good thing. After the game last night, Mr. Chairman talked to me for a while, and I should want to renew your contract. ”
“……”
Unable to get the expected response, Qi Zu was a little confused. "What's wrong? What are your thoughts on the renewal thing? ”
After thinking for a while, Li Mudi responded, "When will you come back?" I'll look for you at night. ”
"Yesterday we lost the game, and everyone was not in a good mood, so we flew back to Madrid overnight. I had just slept at home for a short time when I was woken up by the children who were going to school, ready to go back to sleep for a while. ”
"Don't sleep yet, wait for me to come over and have breakfast together." Without waiting for the other party to reply, Li Mudi hung up the phone and immediately closed the computer. While calling Solari to inform him that he was missing training in the morning, he walked out of the apartment and took a taxi to Qizu's house.
Zizou's home in Madrid is very close to Real Madrid's base, after all, all five men in the family have to travel there for long periods of time. In less than ten minutes, Li Mudi sat down at the table of Qi Zu's house and ate Veronica's fried bacon.
The relationship between everyone is very close, so I don't care about the convention of "eating without talking, sleeping without speaking", and chatting while eating.
Hearing Qi Zu ask again about his attitude towards contract renewal, Li Mudi naturally had no reservations about his friend, and all his dissatisfaction with the various restrictions faced by the reserve coach was raised, and finally said: "Castilla can be said to be an excellent choice for a foreign rookie coach like me. Backed by a strong parent team, there are many excellent seedlings, and the strength of the league they participate in is not strong, and they can easily achieve ideal results, so it can be said that all kinds of conditions cannot be better. ”
Qi Zu, who was still very much in agreement, heard the last paragraph, his face was a little unnatural, what does it mean to easily achieve the ideal results? Last season, I only finished fifth, so you mean you're much better than me?
Li Mudi, who was still talking endlessly, found that no one was taking a stubble, glanced over here, and found that his friend had a fierce look in his eyes, and immediately stopped the previous topic, thought about it, and looked back to make up for it: "This season, the players are a year older and have matured a lot, if you are still coaching, you will definitely succeed." ”
Finally coping with this paragraph, Li Mudi continued to elaborate: "It stands to reason that I should be content, but you know, I will not be willing to be a marionette. I've been here for seven or eight years and I've been exposed to enough things that I need to be at this stage where I am now is an opportunity to prove myself. But the head coach of Castile couldn't help me achieve this goal, no matter how good I did, no one would really recognize it, because there was still a position above - the head coach of the first team, everything I did was in his shadow, and half of the credit and results were shared by him, not to mention that no one could look at the results of the reserve team at all. ”
Qi Zu nodded solemnly and responded, "Yes, I have also been in that position, I completely understand. ”
Li Mudi also said seriously: "We are the same kind of people, so we have become good friends. My ambition is your ambition, otherwise how would you have taken over Castile without a coaching license, and how would you have run to the first team at the call of Galeries Lafayette and be that special assistant, you are waiting for that opportunity. ”
"You know me best in this world!" As soon as these words came out, the two of them suddenly had goosebumps, and Qi Zu even wondered if he was possessed by something to say such disgusting words.
After joking for a while, Qi Zu returned to the original topic: "Mr. President, I should have seen that in the two games of the weekend, the young men you cultivated performed particularly well, and wanted to reward you." I remember that your contract was only for one year, and it was only a third of the way through that you offered to renew it, which shows how optimistic he is about you. ”
"Yes, I also have great respect for Mr. Perez. But you have to know that the game of Castilla is good to say, the first team does not have a place for Mbappe under the command of Rafa. When Benzema returns from injury, he will likely be relegated to the reserves, which means that there will be no more opportunities to perform like this in the future. When this limelight passes, everyone will slowly forget about the youth training and me. No team would hire me as a head coach in the first place, and if I was caught up in a new contract, the liquidated damages would rise, and I would be even less likely to succeed in making the move. ”
Qi Zu felt that this made sense, and said: "That's true, even if you can lead the team to the second division and attract the attention of other small teams, you may have to give up in the face of a lot of liquidated damages." ”
After a pause, he continued to ask, "Are there any other teams contacting you?" Or is it just a temptation? ”
Li Mudi shook his head helplessly, "It's only November, I'm a head coach with only twelve games of experience, even if the results are quite outstanding, but who would take a fancy to me so rashly?" ”
Qi Zu also sighed, and then comforted: "Don't worry, as long as you bring out good results, gold will always shine." After a pause, he continued: "Then what are you going to do tomorrow?" Do you want to reject this renewal? I think it's good to wait until the end of the season to see how it goes, and if there is no better option, then renew your contract for another year to play in La Liga, strive for better results, and let more teams see your strength. ”
"See the move." Li Mudi replied easily: "Anyway, I haven't found a home yet, if everything goes well, I don't mind raising my salary, as long as the conditions for leaving the team are suitable." ”
"Okay, just make up your own mind, I support it."
After breakfast, Li Mudi praised Veronica's craftsmanship and got up to leave. Qi Zu sent him to the door, ready to go back to bed to catch up on sleep.
After Li Mudi said hello, he walked out of the door, but suddenly turned around and asked his friend, "Will you go with you tomorrow?" ”
Qi Zu was stunned for a moment, and then responded: "Although Mr. Perez said that I would accompany you, since you have decided, I will not participate, and it is better for the two of you to talk alone." ”
Li Mudi looked at Qi Zu's eyes and said flatly: "If you are free, I suggest that you are also on the scene at that time, maybe there will be a surprise!" Then he turned and left.
Qi Zu leaned against the door frame, looking at the back of this friend who had known him for many years, his brows furrowed slightly, thinking about what his so-called surprise would be, could it be another metaphysical masterpiece......