Descartes has been on a smug run lately, as he has just eliminated Roma in the Champions League and helped Arsenal advance to the last eight of the Champions League. Kim also agreed to his "cautious and low-key" relationship, in other words, to carry out an underground affair with An Jieli behind the reporter's back, which made him feel very different now.

Of course, this does not mean that Moriel is willing to become her mistress, Moriel actually has her own considerations, Descartes's attitude towards Ann Jieli is very resolute, she is afraid that if the attitude is blindly tough, she will lose Descartes, so she chose to retreat as advance, what about the underground relationship, Ann Jieli is far away in Italy, and only meets with Descartes a few times a year, she doesn't believe that with her youth and beauty, with the advantage of being close to the water, she can't dig this corner?

As the saying goes, there is no corner that cannot be dug down, just look at whether the hoe dances well or not.

Being able to avoid the reporter and continue the relationship with Moriel, Descartes felt that the matter was both guilty and full of excitement, and at this time, the man's bad roots took root again in his heart, and this kind of stealing pleasure even made him a little addicted.

However, what makes Descartes happiest is not that he "succeeded" in solving his emotional problems, but that Lippi filled in the name of the starting striker Descartes in the new national team list.

On 28 March, Italy will face their group stage rivals Montenegro in the European qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and on 15 October 08, they beat Montenegro 2-1 at home, this time it was their turn to visit Podgorica.

This time Lippi filled Descartes on the list of starting lineups, which was definitely a surprise to Descartes, because to be honest, Italy is a country with quite seniority, just like the coaches who came out of the Corviziano base, no matter how brilliant the results of Ancelotti, Del Neri and others are in the future, and how good they lead the team, they can only be juniors in front of Lippi, Sacchi and others, and they will never be disrespectful to these seniors in the media, as you can see, in the sports news of Italy, only Sacchi, Lippi and others pointed out the shortcomings, all the shortcomings of Ancelotti and others, but you will never see Ancelotti or Derneri and others complain that Lippi is old and outdated.

Mourinho was besieged in Italy in the first place, but mainly because of his big mouth, but because he did not fully realize it.

Mourinho is such a sharp person, he will never tolerate anyone to make any accusations against himself or the team he leads, so whenever an old coach comes out to comment on Inter Milan's merits, Mourinho never responds without pretense.

Many people think that Mourinho was besieged in Italy because Italians are xenophobic, conservative, and unwilling to accept progressive ideas, but what they didn't expect is that this is mainly because Mourinho touched the Italian tradition and destroyed the entire Italian football atmosphere, whether this atmosphere is good or bad, he is like the Chinese Confucianism, which has been passed down for thousands of years and cannot be disturbed by outsiders.

It's the same with the Italian national team, Donadoni and Piero had a lot of trouble at the beginning, and even once excluded Prince Zebra from the national team, but once Piero returned, he was still the main striker in the 08 European Cup, whether it was Di Michele or Di Natale, he couldn't shake his starting position, which actually shows that the power of tradition is strong, as long as it's Italian, you don't dare to challenge it.

Although Descartes has made a name for himself in Europe, he is also facing the same problem, his age and seniority are hard injuries, in the past, despite some physical reasons, but Lippi has never given him the honor of starting.

Only this time, Lippi seems to have made up his mind, in order to make Descartes the starting striker position, he did not even recruit Toney and Piero, two veterans of the national team, it seems that he has been bent on supporting Descartes to the position.

In fact, this idea has only just sprung up in Lippi's heart.

It is undeniable that Lippi has always had an appreciative attitude towards Descartes, who was represented in his "Piper" World Cup at the beginning, and although Descartes only played a minute in the '06 World Cup, this World Cup journey has already expressed Lippi's attitude towards him.

The more important reason is also the previous Champions Cup match with Roma.

In fact, Lippi went to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome not primarily to observe Descartes, but to visit the Roman prince Totti.

Totti had a happy experience with Lippi, the Prince of Rome and the former Juventus coach worked together to bring the Italian team to the 06 World Cup final, although the final Totti did not perform well, but he still contributed to Italy's promotion to the road, but since then, Totti has announced his retirement from the national team, has never let go of his return, Donadoni recruited him, Lippi also wants to recall him, in order to confirm whether his decision is correct, Lippi thought of going to the Olympic Stadium to observe Totti's state.

Who would have expected that Lippi witnessed the rout of Rome in that game, and also saw Totti's helpless expression and powerless performance, but it was Descartes in the Arsenal team who attracted all his attention, because Descartes has been playing in England, Lippi can not keep abreast of his latest developments, at this time he sincerely sighed, it turned out that unconsciously, the little guy he was optimistic about at the beginning has grown into Arsenal's optimus pillar.

This unexpected discovery made Lippi happy, in fact, the reason why he went to observe Totti was because the Italian forward line has been troubled lately, Tony is getting old, and he is no longer the second tank of the Apennines (who is the first?). You guess! Piero is even more old and still expects him to come out to the rescue a year later on Italy's trip to South Africa? That's obviously unrealistic.

And now several forwards in the squad, Gilardino, Di Natale, Rossi, Iaquinta, Pazzini, these people have been proven to be the main force in the middle and lower teams, the more they perform in the big games, the more they are destined to be a group of second-rate players at the national team level.

What Lippi needs is a world-class striker who can really help the Italian team destroy the city at the World Cup in South Africa!

Once upon a time, there were never three positions for the Italians to worry about: the striker, the back, and the goalkeeper. From Rivera to Rossi, from Baggio to Vieri, Italy's forward line has never lacked world-class players, and although the Italians are known for their reinforced concrete defense in world football, their forward line is something that no team dares to take lightly.

But in the second phase of Pi, Italy is suffering from the lack of strikers, Inzaghi, Piero, Toni have aged successively, and in the Italian domestic first division, there is no fresh blood coming out, there are not many personnel for Lippi to choose from, he can only pull out the tall among the short, and recruit Di Natale, Iaquinta and others into the formation, Lippi only hopes that these people can suddenly open their minds and give him a surprise.

The surprise finally came, but it was not these "middle-aged and elderly celebrities" who were dominating in Italy, but Descartes who was far away in England.

At this time, Lippi felt deeply fortunate that he had promoted Descartes with his discernment, this little guy who was far away from his sight, turned out to have the strength to surpass all Italian domestic players, which was really a complete surprise.

So after that Champions League game, Lippi came up with the idea of rebuilding the Italian offensive line with Descartes as the core of the striker, and once this idea appeared in his mind, it was like taking root deeper and deeper, so he finally made the decision not to recruit veterans such as Piero and Toney, but determined to start from scratch and rebuild a new Italian striker in the new era.

So in this list, in addition to Descartes' appearance in the starting list, there is also the appearance of another naturalized player.

Yes, you guessed right, there was a loud bang in the sky, and the god Ba appeared brightly!

If you want to talk about Balotelli, he is probably the brightest star of the new generation of Italian football in recent times, except for Descartes, and at Mourinho's Inter Milan, Balotelli is setting a series of records.

On 4 November 2008, at the age of 18 years and 85 days, Balotelli scored his first Champions League goal against Cypriot side Anthosis, replacing the record of 18 years and 145 days held by Martins, making him the youngest player to score in the Champions League.

In 2009, with Adriano abandoned, Balotelli became the name of Eto'o and Diego. Inter's third striker after Milito, but he has been outstanding, he is more physical than Eto'o, better than Diego. Milito is more impactful, and if it weren't for Mourinho's dislike of his lazy approach to training, he would have replaced one of the first two as Inter's striker.

At the beginning of February, in the derby match with rivals AC Milan, Balotelli scored twice with an overhead kick to help Inter beat Milan 4-0, which made him instantly famous and has become a representative of Italy's new generation of players.

Such a player, Lippi will definitely not ignore, but in the past, he will hesitate Balotelli's qualifications, after all, this guy has only been getting an Italian passport for less than a year, if he is rashly promoted to the national team, what will those veterans in the team think?

But when Lippi intends to recast the national team's forward line with Descartes at its core, his concerns disappear, because he has made up his mind to purge a group of veterans, and what he needs is to be aggressive, not conservative and conformist.

So when the starting list for the game against Montenegro came out, all the Italian media were shocked, 19-year-old Descartes, 18-year-old Balotelli, will this be the future of the Italian national team?

Speaking of Balotelli, Descartes and he are actually old acquaintances, when Descartes was still in the Pavia Junior Team, they and the Inter Junior Team played at least twice a year, and Balotelli was the main striker of the Inter Junior Team at that time, this guy tried to challenge Descartes again and again, but was always touched in disgrace, in the invincible Inter Milan in the Junior Team, the only bitter master was Pavia, every time they played with the Pavia Junior Team, Descartes was always the saddest pass for Inter, In addition to the coach of the first Inter junior team, Paul. In addition to Miriavaka using trash talk on the pitch to slap Descartes, Inter Milan had a shameful record of 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats against Pavia during Descartes' three-year junior career, the only team they had the underdog against in the under-14 category.

So over the years, Balotelli has always had a grudge against Descartes, which can be seen from their first meeting with the national team.

"Hey, Deska, we're meeting again." Balotelli is carrying a white kappa bag, looking like a crazy handsome and cool hanging, and his maverick surname is also revealed from the kappa bag, you know, Inter's sponsor is Nike, if the club knows that he carries a kappa bag to the national team to report, he will not end well when he returns to Inter.

Then his words were even more arrogant: "I heard that you became a starter, which is good, but the first time I was selected for the national team, it was a starter, and it seems that I am still a little better than you." ”

Balotelli didn't expect that he could become a starter this time, more or less stained with Descartes's light, if it weren't for Lippi in order to rebuild the national team's striker, where would he be qualified to become a starting striker as soon as he was selected?

However, after three years of being an opponent, Descartes still knows Balotelli's surname very well, this guy is actually a good friend in addition to talking and doing things without thinking, at least he is honest enough, what to say, and will not play small tricks behind his back.

Therefore, Descartes did not care at all about Balotelli's provocation, and continued to do what he was doing, and at the same time replied without hesitation: "You are a defeated man, and I will say such things when I win." ”

Balotelli laughed twice, and then said as if he had been prepared: "Okay, why don't we make a bet, against the Montenegrin team, whoever can score first will have the final say, okay?" I didn't take advantage of you this time, you started this time. ”

If Descartes didn't play until the second half, then Balotelli would be embarrassed to say such things, after all, he still prides himself on being a "fair" person, but now that the two have been given the opportunity to start at the same time, then of course they have to take the opportunity to have a good fight.

Balotelli's words aroused Descartes' interest, he thought for a few seconds, and happily agreed: "Okay, don't say that I bullied you as a rookie to the national team, I won't deliberately not pass you the ball for the sake of the bet, but you can't ruin the game for the sake of the bet, we have to focus on the victory, do you understand?" ”

"No problem!" Balotelli happily agreed, he had waited for a long time for this opportunity, and he was overwhelmed with excitement at the thought that Descartes, whom he had never defeated, was going to stand in front of him and respectfully call himself big brother.

This time, see if I'm not the boss? (To be continued.) )