Chapter 13: Before the Tournament
and Jupese. Bonetto's broker contract was quickly negotiated, as Descartes' agent, Bonnetto will take a 9% pre-tax income on his salary and business endorsement income, which is a high commission share even in Italy, although Bonetto is optimistic about Descartes, but again, as a businessman, he thinks first of all about his own interests.
However, this does not mean that Descartes was exploited, because compared to other small brokerage companies, Bonetto's brokerage has resources and contacts that they cannot imagine, even if the commission rate is as high as 9%, but Bonetto definitely brings back much more business income for him than he paid, in fact, it is a win-win decision.
However, before leaving, Mr. Javier solemnly asked Mr. Bonnetto for one thing: to use his connections to help Descartes return to the national team.
Xavier understands very well that although his son's mouth is still very hard, he must be very regretful in his heart, entering the national team and becoming a national hero is his dream since he was a child, watching Italy enter the European Cup, and he has no chance to play for the country, which is a heavy blow and torment for him.
Of course, Bonetto will not refuse such a thing, after the signing, Descartes has become his cash cow, if he can return to the national team and perform well, both for Descartes and for him, it is a good thing, he naturally has to do everything in his power to achieve this good thing.
And the reason why Bonetto is so sure about this is because of his relationship with another person.
That man is also a football agent, although he doesn't have many players under his command. But in Italy, his reputation is not much worse than that of Bonetto, and in private, the two of them are still excellent friends.
The man's name was Blancini, and he used to be a boxer's agent, but then he turned into a football agent, and only two players under his command could be called superstars, one named Ronaldo and the other Albertini.
Albertini is currently the only person within the Football Association who supports Donadoni to continue as the head coach of the national team.
Bonetto believes. With Blancini's mediation. There will be room for resolution in the end, not to mention that the Football Association has already released a signal of goodwill to Descartes, and it has not been able to work out before, mainly because the atmosphere within the national team was too tense at that time. Donadoni was once suspicious because of the precarious right to qualify for the European Championship. It is suspected that there are players within the national team who want to get rid of him. So he didn't trust anyone, and even Prince Zebra Piero and others were purged by him.
At that time, the national team was indeed not a suitable environment for Descartes.
Most importantly. Descartes had another concern. It's not that he can't let go of his face to apologize, with his age, even if he comes out to apologize, everyone will say at most "young and ignorant", just laugh at a few words, no one will really regard this incident as a big deal.
But what he worries about is that even if he puts down his face and apologizes, he can still be a bench player who doesn't play a minute when he returns to the national team, so what's the point?
He apologized in order to return to the national team to play for his country, instead of going to the European Cup or the World Cup for a tour, and flying back without even a drop of sweat, such a national team is not where Descartes wants to stay at all.
So after receiving Mr. Bonetto's exciting response, Descartes turned the corner and asked him to test Donadoni's attitude: After returning to the national team, will there be a chance to play?
Unfortunately, Descartes asked the right person and the wrong time.
As of November 1, 2007, 11 rounds of European Championship qualifiers have been played, Italy is still not sure to qualify for the group, they are currently second in the group with 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, behind the 8-win, 1-draw and 2-loss French team, behind them, the Scots, who also won 7 but only 1 draw and 3 defeats, and on November 18, Italy will face a crucial "do-or-die battle" in Glasgow - at least a draw is needed to ensure that they can qualify together with the French.
In the face of such a "desperate situation", Donadoni will definitely not believe that Descartes has been kicked out of the national team by himself, so far in the qualifiers, the main strikers in his hands have always been Udinese Di Natale and Toney, and even players like Piero and Cassano and Inzaghi cannot get playing time under him, Descartes? Let's wait.
So Donadoni did not hesitate to refuse the opportunity to play for Descartes, which also represents his rejection of Descartes' efforts to return to the national team.
So Descartes could only return to London with a depressed mood, and here, like the Italian national team, he also had to face a "life-and-death battle" - with Manchester United, and Cristiano. Ronaldo's Battle of the Covenant.
This game has been hyped by the media as early as the end of the last round of the league, Ronaldo is now in the middle of Manchester United, and he has scored 4 goals in a total of 11 league games by Ferguson, but he has scored 7 goals in 4 Champions League games, which can be called the hottest player in the same period, compared with him, Adebayo, Kanu and others, who are currently at the top of the Premier League scorer list, have either not opened their goal accounts in the Champions League, or they are not even eligible to participate in the Champions League.
In the face of Ronaldo, who is in such a hot state, the media is naturally one-sidedly supportive, whether it is from the perspective of seniority or physical fitness, Ronaldo has an absolute advantage, not to mention Manchester United is still the defending champion this season, although Arsenal has not lost in the league so far this season, but they are still 2 points behind Manchester United, right?
And the reason for the media hype, of course, is not because of Ronaldo's Manchester United and Descartes' Arsenal who can win in this round of the league, the two teams have played each other no less than 50 times, what's the point of hyping these again? Their real hype is that the Premier League duo have a woman together and have made a bet for her.
As I said before, on the night of the Double Ninth Festival, at the top of the Forbidden City, two peerless masters, for a beloved woman, drew their swords against each other. This kind of story is not only loved by Chinese martial arts fans, but also by British uncles and aunts.
So the media not only hyped up the bits and pieces of the two protagonists, but also set their eyes on the other party involved in this matter, the daughter of the famous Mr. Bean - Zhenma. Atkinson.
The only thing that made Descartes fortunate was that Gemma had traveled to Dubai a few days before the race to "work", perhaps to escape the frenzy - according to her agency, he was going to shoot a set of promotional photos for the Dubai government, so he needed to spend about a week in Dubai.
A discerning person can see it at a glance. Where is this going to do what "work". It's clear that I'm going to avoid the limelight.
Fortunately, the secrecy of Zhenma and Descartes was in place before, and the two lived together for a period of time without being caught by the media, so the reporters did not dare to write directly that their pair of "adulterers and adulteresses" had openly come together, and they could only be evil YY at most. After the dog man and woman dumped Ronaldo. Experienced such a joy of fish and water. What kind of sweet love experience he enjoyed, and Ronaldo, who was alone, felt sorry for himself in the dim room, and how to get out of the trough with the help of his teammates. Fight bravely to regain your beloved......
People are naturally curious about the private lives of celebrities, and they are eager to know the filth hidden behind these glamorous celebrities, so they take the trouble to read all kinds of news about the three of them, and express their opinions loudly in public.
Some people think that Ronaldo is a victim and was betrayed by those two dog men and women; Some people think that Descartes and Zhenma are like Cinderella and the Frog Prince, they got rid of the entanglement of evil forces, and finally came together happily. In short, all sorts of rhetoric is filling the streets, and no matter where you go in England before November 3rd, it's a topic that people are talking about.
Of course, at this time, the other players who are teammates of the two will not be idle, first of all, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson stood up to express his support for his disciple:
"Cristiano Ronaldo is in good shape at the moment, I don't see anything stopping him from continuing to score, Descartes is certainly not bad, but I believe Manchester United will not lose to Arsenal, it looks like he is destined to lose this bet."
Lord Ferguson spoke, and Wenger naturally couldn't sit still, so he immediately refuted the lord's words: "We have players at the top of the scorer list (Adebayo currently leads the league scorers list with 7 goals), and we have players at the top of the assist list (Xiaofa is currently tied for first place in the assists list with 5 assists), and we have not tasted defeat in the league so far, I really can't think of a reason for us to lose this game." Descartes? Of course, he will definitely get a chance in this game, it is a fight for him to make a name for himself, and I believe that his future achievements will definitely not be lower than Cristiano Ronaldo. ”
The bosses of both teams are so supportive of their own players, so of course, the rest of the team-mates should not show weakness, and their captain Gary Neville first stood up to express his attitude: "We will definitely give our full support to our team-mates, this game we will give our all to turn Old Trafford into the graveyard of the Arsenal people, after this game, their unbeaten season dreams will be completely shattered." ”
In the face of Gary Neville's provocation, Xiaofa, who has always been silent, did not stand up to refute, but another Frenchman, Garra, couldn't help but jump out: "They are shitting!" Arsenal are at their best right now and together we will definitely take the three points from Old Trafford! ”
As the level of the quarrel gradually escalated, Ferdinand, Adebayor, Rooney, Hleb and other players who were worthy of weight came on the stage, each cheering for their teammates and the team. ”
If these two families are arguing back and forth, of course, they are not the most lively, and the media reporters, who have always liked to stir up trouble, will soon involve other people who have nothing to do with the matter.
When a media reporter interviewed Mourinho, who was in a state of anxiety at Chelsea, he specially asked him questions about this game, and the magic bird was happy when he heard this, which was a great opportunity to divert attention! The key is that it can not only divert the media's attention from themselves, but also provoke the other two opponents to compete for the championship.
So Uncle Bird said to reporters in a serious manner: "Both clubs have great histories, of course I believe it will be a good game, the important thing is that I am very optimistic about Arsenal's Descartes, we will not stop pursuing him, if we can't negotiate this deal this season, I think we will try to use the loan method to get him." ”
Good fellow, this is killing three birds with one stone! On the one hand, by praising Descartes, Manchester United, especially Ronaldo, was angry, and treated this game with 200% combat effectiveness; On the one hand, he relaunched the offensive against Descartes, which made the professor feel impetuous before the game; On the other hand, the news of the new players has been used to deflect criticism from Chelsea fans and ease his current precarious managerial crisis.
Uncle Bird's methods are really beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Compared to Mourinho's smile, Benitez is really much more honest, and he has only one opinion about the reporter's interview: "This is an opportunity for Liverpool, no matter which of the two sides wins, it will bring Liverpool one step closer to the pursuit, we should take advantage of this opportunity to go further in the standings." ”
Bei Bald, you don't have to shake off your little bit of caution so quickly, do you? Although everyone knows that the snipe and the clam compete and the fisherman profits, which is the truest portrayal of Liverpool's current mood, but to say it is too ungraceful!
If it is understandable that the coaches of these clubs have different thoughts and have their own ghosts to comment on this matter, then England coach McClaren also jumped out coldly and expressed his opinions on this matter, which really made reporters feel a little festive.
It turns out that in the current European Cup qualifiers, the England team is quite bad, they currently have 11 games, 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses and only 23 points, behind Croatia in the same group, only one position ahead of Russia, the domestic media criticism of McClaren is endless, in order to divert everyone's attention, McLaren also had to turn the topic to the current world's hottest game.
'I think the two teams should be a little bit more restrained in this game, Manchester United have five internationals (Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville, Hargreaves, Carrick, Rio Ferdinand) and they will face England on the 18th, if you get injured in this game it will be worth the loss, and the national team game is always much more important than this battle of hearts.
McLaren, who has been a good man and failed to be a coach, originally wanted to persuade Manchester United to pay attention to the protection of the international players in this game, but he did not want to do so, but instead attracted more fierce criticism for him.
"He himself brought the national team to the brink of going out, but complained that the club did not protect the team, what did he think in his head, did he get into the water?" This is a relatively polite media, unceremoniously simply scolded directly: "This stupid pig, even if you really let a pig lead the LinkedIn Glenn national team, you will not get the national team to the current situation, he actually has the face to point fingers at others, get rid of your own acres and three points of land first, Mr. McLaren!" ”
There are even more vicious people, directly published a cartoon, in the cartoon, the sad face of McLaren knelt in front of Lord Fro, pleading bitterly: "Sir, leave them (meaning Ferdinand and others) to me, my job is about to be saved!" ”
Originally, there was a craze for hyping the war between Ronaldo and Descartes, but somehow it suddenly turned into a trial meeting against McLaren, McLaren, the most declining coach in England's history, is really sad enough, originally wanted to change the topic, but did not want to attract more firepower, it seems that the angry media crooked building ability, much better than the author of this book.
And in these times when the media are arguing, November 3, this big day that has attracted the attention of the world, has finally come. (To be continued......)