Chapter 90: Inzaghi's Brother
After everything was arranged, Zhuang Mingge saw that today's matter had been resolved, and it was not early, so he pulled Karin and prepared to go home to solve the dinner problem for the two.
The door of the office building where Zhuang Mingge is located is directly facing the training ground of the first team of Florence, and the reason for this design is that Zhuang Mingge hopes that when he enters and exits this training base, he can see the scene of his idols in his previous life training.
"Boss, please wait a minute!"
Zhuang Mingge looked back and found that it was Philipp Inzaghi, who had just finished training, who had just finished training. For this idol in his previous life, Zhuang Mingge likes it very much.
"Yo, Pippo, do you have something to do?" Zhuang Mingge asked with a kind face.
"That...... Owner, I have a younger brother who is also a professional footballer and is now 18 years old...... He's in the same position as me, he's a striker, and he's doing a good job...... Do you think you can ......" In the face of this boss who advocated the introduction of himself, Inzaghi, who has always been cheerful, said these words, his handsome and fair face turned red rarely, and his words became intermittent.
After Zhuang Mingge heard Inzaghi's words, he immediately thought of the "little Inzaghi" from his memory.
That's right! How could I have forgotten him!
In fact, it is understandable that Zhuang Mingge can't think of it, after all, in 2012, when he crossed over, Inzaghi Jr. had already retired for many years, and without the vigorous publicity of the media, who could remember this Simone Inzaghi who only had two or three years of glory?
"What club does your brother play at now?"
'He's in Piacenza right now, and he's in a ...... situation As if it weren't good, Piacenza had put him up for sale. When Inzaghi said this, he was a little afraid to look at Zhuang Mingge's face, after all, in his opinion, his younger brother couldn't play in a second division team like Piacenza, but he recommended him to his boss.
"Well, I'll go and talk to Giancarlo (Antonioni) about it, and as long as I can get into his eyes, your brother can come to Florence." Zhuang Mingge patted Inzaghi's shoulder amusefully, signaling him to take it easy, "Your boss and I are not some kind of flood beast, so there is no need to be so afraid." ”
"But my brother can't even get a foothold in the second division...... Inzaghi is still a little worried that his brother won't pass the exam.
"You can't be a star if you can't play in the second division? Who dictates this? Zhuang Mingge listened to the music, but he didn't expect Inzaghi to feel so guilty for his way of "going through the back door", "Pippo, you have to remember that there is an old Chinese saying, called 'Princes will be like Xiangning', I hope you can convey this sentence to your younger brother and tell him that only those who work hard can have hope." ”
"Well, I see, boss."
Philippe Inzaghi left happily, having done his best to give his brother a promising future.
And this time to recommend little Inzaghi to Zhuang Mingge, it was the idea that Effenberg gave him during small talk.
Because many people in the first team have met with the Inzaghi brothers on summer vacation, played a few small-scale friendly matches, and have a certain understanding of his brother's level, plus Inzaghi is very popular in the team, they also agreed to this "back door" Jihua.
As for whether his younger brother can pass the general manager's review...... Inzaghi said he couldn't do anything about it.
Zhuang Mingge here called Antonioni directly and asked him to send someone to deal with the transfer of Inzaghi Jr. The so-called "audit" was just an attack of Zhuang Mingge's bad taste at that time to scare Inzaghi.
In Zhuang Mingge's impression, Inzaghi Jr. was indeed not valued by the team when he first debuted, and he relied on his own hard work in the lower leagues to get on the stage of Serie A.
As the younger brother of Philippe Inzaghi, Simeone has received a lot of attention from fans, and Inzaghi Jr. has proved that he can do just as well as his brother.
In his first season in Serie A, Inzaghi scored 15 goals in 30 league games as the leading scorer for his parent club Piacenza and caught the attention of many teams with his outstanding performances, and finally at the end of the 1998-99 season, Kragnotti, who was waving a chequebook, preemptively signed the Italian star.
At that time, Lazio was star-studded under the relentless recruitment of Cragnotti, with Chilean striker Marcelo Salas and Sampdoria legend Roberto Mancini in the attack. As a result, Inzaghi was only able to come on as a substitute in his first season at Lazio, but he still managed to score seven league goals in his limited playing time and became the second player to score four goals in a single game against Marseille in the Champions League (the first being Basten).
However, the competition within the Lazio squad was too fierce in the following seasons, and the sluggish Inzaghi Jr. gradually stopped moving forward after getting a good contract, gradually becoming a bench player in the team, and eventually disappearing from the crowd.
Regardless of whether Inzaghi Jr. can impress Antonioni, Zhuang Mingge will choose to bring him to Fiorentina, after all, Inzaghi Jr.'s talent Zhuang Mingge is still very clear, if he didn't stop improving later, he would have been able to be selected for the Italian national team.
And, if bringing in this little Inzaghi who doesn't cost Fiorentina much can boost the big Inzaghi's sense of belonging to Fiorentina, then the deal is earned.
This can be seen in many European giants, such as Kaka's younger brother Digan who has been playing for AC Milan's youth team for a long time for this reason, and after the age limit is over, the Milanese have also contacted him to the team that can play him on loan.
"Let's wait until Inzaghi Jr. arrives, Fiorentina still lacks a reliable striker in the youth team." Zhuang Mingge thought like this, "If you exceed the level of the youth team too much, it is also a good way to loan him out for training." ”
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The next day, Zhuang did not leave for the Netherlands, as Fiorentina will face the second leg of the Cup Winners' Cup against Dinamo Zagreb.
Before the start of the game, Zhuang Mingge also met the manager Babić who rushed from Zagreb to sign a purchase contract with Antonioni, and the other party obviously also saw Zhuang Mingge and stepped forward to greet Zhuang Mingge warmly.
After the start of the game, Dinamo Zagreb, who lost 0-4 in the first leg, obviously had no intention of turning the tables at the Frankie Stadium, and Fiorentina coach Ranieri was embarrassed to bully the opponent again, and after taking a 2-0 lead, he replaced all the bench players such as Jonte and Gianni Keda.
In the following time, in the harmonious atmosphere of "friendship first, game second" between the two teams, the score of 2-0 was maintained until the end of the game.
The day after the match, Zhuang Mingge and Karin boarded a flight to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, where they were going to visit a person who had been deliberately "forgotten" by the Dutch football community.
PS: Here we have to complain, Allegri, you go to die! Not even Zuihou let Inzaghi start in an inconsequential match!! What kind of hatred do you have with Pippo!!