Fame with a ball

Chapter 179

Until three days after the Champions League final, recalling the scene of that day, Lin Zhigao still felt like a dream.

After winning the Big Ears Cup, all Juventus players fell into a state of carnival. Together they lifted Buffon and threw them into the sky, and collectively pressed Pirlo under him. Luo Wai, even the assistant coaches did not escape their cruel hands, and the celebration reception held afterwards made everyone drunk. Fortunately, the club was considerate and exempted everyone from the next day's training, so that the celebration party continued until the second day. In the early morning of the second day.

When the Juventus players returned to Turin with the Big Ears Cup in their hands, it caused a sensation in the city. The Juventus parade was blocked in the city center by bad traffic several times, because more than 10 fans took to the streets, Trying to get a glimpse of the style of the Big Ear Cup.

Defending the Serie A championship for three consecutive years has made Juventus unmatched in the Apennines. Compared with the current poor state of AC Milan and Inter Milan (no matter in terms of financial situation or team lineup), Juventus is now It is the number one overlord of Serie A, and no one will object to it.Adding one more Champions League champion may not be able to make the Bianconeri more arrogance in Italy, but on the European continent, it will definitely make all fans realize that the Juventus that swept Europa back then has returned!

The acquisition of the club's highest honor made all Juventus players feel a little smug. The two most important championship trophies this season-the Serie A champion and the Champions League champion have already been obtained. Counting the Italian Super Cup champion won at the beginning of the season, they have tied Breaking the record of last season's Triple Crown, if they can defeat their opponents in the Superstar's Coppa Italia final a few days later, then Juventus will be the quadruple champion!One more championship per season, ha!

Juventus' excellent performance this season has made many of the main players in the team favored by the head coach of the country's national team. Not to mention the permanent semi-Juventus lineup of the Italian team, even Pogba, Bendtner, and LeBron. Hirschsteiner has been called up by the French, Danish and Swiss teams respectively.Satisfied with this season and looking forward to the World Cup in Brazil, many of Juventus' main players are distracted during training. They either gather together to chat excitedly and discuss, or daydream about winning the World Cup.

then……

Then, without any accident, they were taught a lesson by Capello.

The iron-blooded coach who has already won two Champions League gold medals curled up a sarcastic smile: "Very proud? Satisfied? A Champions League championship makes you feel like you can sleep in the room of honor? Very good, who would I think I have won enough championships, so I will sign up for me now. I will definitely not let him start in the Coppa Italia final a week later, and next season, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup will have nothing to do with him. It doesn’t matter! What I need is the kind of player who can bravely challenge Barcelona’s six crowns next season, not the kind of boastful person who rests on past glory and is self-satisfied!”

The Juventus main players lowered their heads in shame, and quickly put away their smug little tails. Capello's words hit them hard, and made some people realize clearly: Capello's words revealed The mystery of this hints that Juventus will make big moves next season, such as challenging Barcelona's record of six championships or something.If the club really has such ambitions, the high-level executives will definitely have large-scale buying and selling activities this summer, and Juventus is currently the only Italian team with strong momentum and flourishing. Luo and Lin continued to stay in the team, next season's championship will definitely be indispensable, the only difference is how many won!If the head coach hates it because of some small thing at this critical moment and decides to sell... God, that would be such a tragedy!

Having said that, what is the six crowns?

At present, the only team that has won the honor of "Six Crowns" is Barcelona. In 2009, they successively won the Spanish Cup, Spanish League One, European Champions Cup, Spanish Super Cup and European Super Cup. , and the champion of six events including the World Club Cup, becoming an unprecedented six-time champion in the history of world football.

The Grand Slam of Italian domestic championships is nothing more than three championships of the league, cup, and Super Cup, and this season's Champions League championship gave Juventus the qualifications to participate in the European Super Cup in August and the World Club Cup in December—— This is the closest year for Juventus to the honor of the six crowns, because in today's football there is no club that can defend the Champions League, and Capello dare not say that during his contract period with Juventus, He can help the Bianconeri win another big ear cup, so whether he can achieve the great cause of the six crowns, the best hope is this year!

There is no head coach who does not want to go down in history like Guardiola. Capello is a mortal, and he also has desires. 2014 is Juventus, and it is the year with the greatest possibility of Capello reaching the top of the world. How can you fight?

Capello cannot tolerate any arrogance in the team, because the arrogance of the players may cause Juventus to accidentally lose the Coppa Italia championship held at the end of May, so Capello revealed to the players rarely His words certainly aroused everyone's desire, and many people thought in the excitement and trembling: Juventus will also have a day to challenge the six-time champion!

……

The first step in the long march begins with creating a perfect closing ceremony for the league.

In the 38th round of Serie A, under the premise of having already won the league championship in advance, Juventus played against their opponent Atalanta at home.

The fans came to the game with smiles all over their faces, holding various slogans in their hands, some celebrating Juventus winning the Serie A championship, some celebrating the team winning the Champions League trophy, and most of the fans still held cameras , Signing pens, photo fans and other items, because Juventus officials promised before the game that when the last round of Serie A is over, the Italian Football Association will award Juventus the league championship trophy. A huge celebration will be held. There will not only be singing and dancing performances, but also interactions between stars and fans.

Just because of this last item, today's Nuevo Alpi Stadium is about to be overcrowded. Apart from the local fans in Turin, there are tens of thousands of fans from other cities who drive to Nueva Alpi just to participate in the end-of-season celebration.

It's a perfect game.

To be precise, the perfect exhibition match.

The Juventus players were very stress-free. They played football as beautifully as possible, not only to thank the loyal fans, but also to warm up for the Coppa Italia final to be held next week.

With a relaxed mind, but never underestimate the enemy, Juventus, who played at a normal level, played against the regular Atlanta, and played this team that came all the way from Lombardy without any temper.

"Verratti spread the ball to the right...Pepe's low pass...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! , It's perfect!"

"Breakthrough...breakthrough...Atalanta's defenders Brivio and Peluso's blockade can't have any impact on Lin. The process of his breaking into the Atlanta penalty area is as if he is opening the way to no one's penalty area..."

"GOAL! A clean push from the far corner! Juventus is temporarily ahead!"

"This is also Lin's 41st league goal this season!"

"God, if someone told me a season ago that someone could break the number of goals scored in a single season in Serie A again and again and push it to the horrible number of 40, I would definitely snort him, but at this moment, no fakes are allowed. The data really told me that this event that everyone thought was impossible has indeed happened! Moreover, the defensive strength of the entire Serie A league has not declined at all this year... Oh, I can’t continue to say If it continues, I will become crazy if I continue, let's continue to pay attention to the game."

"Atalanta striker Dennis' offense... the ball was cut off by Chiellini. To be honest, this offense is not very good, a bit too weak. The expression on Dennis' face is also very helpless, but there is no way, this is strength gap."

"Lin took the ball in midfield... He raised his foot... Whoa, he shot! He actually raised his foot and shot! There are still more than 40 meters away from the goal!"

"Unbelievable! This goal actually went in! Invincible midfield long shot!"

"An unremarkable long-range shot with no bright spots except for the long route, actually completed the last lore of Juventus against Atlanta in this game!"

"2:0! Juventus beat Atlanta easily!"

"Before the game, we had hoped that there would be a dragon-slaying warrior who would knock a black brick on Juventus to destroy their momentum, but until the end of the season, we still had no choice but to find that in the Apennines, no one could Stop Juventus!"

"Well, if the Bianconeri don't destroy the Great Wall... add this sentence before the one I just said."

"This is a typical exhibition game, which is extremely pleasing to the eye. Although Juventus' tactics have never been violent attacks, their perfect coordination, quick counterattacks, and sharp offenses still make their football full of beauty! Who said that utilitarian football is It’s not beautiful? It’s because they didn’t see this game! Of course, the performance of the Atlanta players is also remarkable. They didn’t let Juventus get more in the new Alpi. This is actually a victory... "

"I will once again announce that a new Serie A record-breaker has been born-Lin Zhigao! 42 Serie A goals in a single season, an unparalleled miracle!"

"In the century-old history of Italian football, this Chinese name will always be engraved. I think all Italian teenagers who grew up in this generation will never forget that such a genius played in the Apennines!"

"No one should be surprised if, in a few years' time, a Serie A rookie says to reporters, 'Hey, my idol is Lin, I decided to play after watching him'."

……

After the Serie A league is completely over, although there is still a Coppa Italia final to be played, for many fans and the media, the 13-14 season is almost over, and the topics they discuss with each other have all shifted from this season to the next season .

At this time in previous years, the European continent was full of fans lamenting "another boring summer without games is coming!", but this year because of the Brazil World Cup to be held, this greatly soothed the irritability of the fans. Start hoarding Coke potato chips and popcorn, and some people even started saving vacations a year ago, just to lie comfortably at home and watch TV during the World Cup.

The media are keen to discuss which team will carry out large-scale buying and selling activities this summer. A consensus is that all major deals will definitely start after the World Cup, because the World Cup is really a great opportunity to inspect players , Some players who can't play in the five major leagues rely on this opportunity to win the attention of the big giants!

On the Apennine Peninsula, Juventus is a club that is generally favored by the European media. Everyone thinks that after the World Cup, Juventus will start buying people like crazy, because now everyone knows that the Bianconeri will be the next season. It's time to start flexing your muscles!For a century-old wealthy family with ambition and strength, how can the bench not be thicker?

However, one point that is shared by the Italian media and fans is that until now, no one has reported that Lin Zhigao has renewed his contract with Juventus.

It is a common sense in continental Europe that if clubs want to start contract renewal negotiations with their core, they will definitely disclose the news to the media before the matter is reached. One is to stabilize the hearts of fans, and the other is to use the media and fans. To create motivation for the core players to stay, but the current situation of Juventus is that there is no news at all, which is really weird and surprising.

There are tens of thousands of messages on the Juventus official website. They have questioned the club's behavior: The Chinese team is qualified to participate in this World Cup. If you don't hurry up and sign Lin now, be careful when he is big in the World Cup. Run away after showing off, then we will chip in to hack your website!

Alexander, the person in charge of Juventus's official website, but they can only issue a notice saying that player renewal or transfer matters are club secrets.

"Turin Sports Daily" wailed early. Before the season was completely over, they used a special issue with 8 pages to incite Juventus fans: "We will lose Lin next season." what? "

……

On the eve of the Italian final, some media sneaked out of Lin Zhigao's villa and made an urgent interview with him while he was out throwing away trash.

The reporter who claimed to be working for the "World Sports Daily" did not talk nonsense. He simply put aside his own question: "Lin, will you stay at Juventus next season?"

Just when Lin Zhigao was thinking about how to answer him, John's bodyguards ran over and drove the reporter away.

Lin Zhigao made an apologetic expression to the reporter helplessly, but at the same time he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he didn't know how to answer the other party.

leave?This is not true.

Leave?This is also lying.

In fact, Marotta is willing to negotiate a new contract extension with Lin Zhigao recently, and it is said that the remuneration is very generous.

When Jiang Shupeng conveyed the meaning of Juventus general manager to Lin Zhigao, he said: You talk to him first, I want to think about it myself.

Lin Zhigao still has a one-year contract with Juventus.

For those stars who are not famous or are on the decline, it is a bit early to talk about contract renewal at this time, but for the stars of major clubs, or players who are being watched by the whole of Europe, it is necessary to negotiate a year in advance It's definitely not early, and it's even a little late.

Because the number of one year is too dangerous, when the club still has a contract with the player, they can sell the player to other clubs at a price of tens of millions of euros, but if the contract between the player and the club expires automatically... ...The players can pat their butts and find a next home without leaving a penny for the old club.

Whether it is from the stability of the team or from the perspective of the club's business, the sooner the contract renewal with Lin Zhigao can be finalized, the more profitable Juventus will be.

But now it is Lin Zhigao who hesitates.

This is not only because of the club's indiscretion in dealing with the issue of contract renewal before, and some things within the team broke his heart (Lin Zhigao's glass heart was broken a little bit), but more importantly, Lin Zhigao temporarily It's still uncertain where his future lies.

There is no doubt that he loves Juventus, the city of Turin and the fans.What's more, there is John here.

But what about the world outside?There are fewer and fewer domestic challenges in Italy, and there will always be a day when he will polish his passion for the Apennines.Moreover, Lin Zhigao is in the rising period of his life, he is only 21 years old, and he has not even reached his peak!La Liga, Ligue [-], Bundesliga... He hasn't even explored all of the Premier League.

The nostalgia for life in Turin and the desire for a higher realm of life have become two forces that often wrestle in Lin Zhigao's heart.

So, let Marotta wait there first... Who made him so stingy before?