Four Hundred and Thirtieth Chapters Charge the Boss
Los Angeles International Airport
When the plane landed, the players and coaches of the European giants Inter Milan were still a little worried. Although AA company arranged and organized people to pick them up, they were still a little afraid of being coldly received. ?
As we all know, the United States is a football desert. The most popular sports here are rugby, baseball, and basketball. Football is not even considered the fourth sport. Except for the top three superstars who have been on the Golden Globe list, everyone else is here. Not many fans.
But when they walked out of the cabin, all their worries disappeared, and the "fans" who came to pick up the plane far exceeded the sum of the previous four visits, and also exceeded their imagination.
There are thousands of fans wearing jerseys, holding flowers and holding posters waiting for the arrival of Inter Milan players.
Mourinho was also a little puzzled and asked assistant coach Boas: "Why are there so many fans picking up the plane?"
Boas was also a little dazed, and said, "Maybe Nike has organized people."
The players of Inter Milan were a little excited, and they all felt that they had a lot of face. It seemed that Milan didn't have so many fans here. It seemed that after winning a few league championships, their popularity and fame had spread far and wide to the North American continent.
However, upon closer inspection, the Inter Milan stars were all disappointed. It turned out that most of the Chinese fans who came to pick up the plane were black-headed, black-eyed and yellow-skinned Chinese fans. Most of them wore Inter Milan jerseys, and some wore Porto jerseys. Accounted for three-quarters of the number of pick-ups.
"So it was the kid who picked him up."
"Why are there so many people picking up that kid?"
"Los Angeles is the city with the largest Chinese population in the United States."
"It means having some status among the Chinese."
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The Inter Milan players discussed in low voices, jealous, disdainful, and dissatisfied, but they could only watch Gao Xiaodong become the focus of fans and reporters.
Gao Xiaodong was also very excited. This is the territory of the US Emperor. He is not the basketball superstar Yao Ming. He has just become famous, and he has such a grand courtesy. He can't control his excitement.
Balotelli and Gao Xiaodong were surrounded by fans, watching Gao Xiaodong frantically picking up flowers and gifts, like a bear breaking a stick, catching one and throwing that away, but no one paid attention to him, Balotelli yelled Said: "As for my gift, I am taller than the little wax gourd,
Also more handsome than him. "
No one understood Balotelli's Italian, but there were still a few fans who couldn't touch Gao Xiaodong, so they simply gave flowers to the big black man.
If Gao Xiaodong is the center of fans' welcome, then Mourinho is the secondary center.
Although he is a head coach, the head coach Mourinho is different from the traditional head coach. He and Guardiola belong to the new generation of coaches. They are not completely behind the scenes. popularity and fame.
Compared with Gao Xiaodong who was in a hurry, Mourinho was much more elegant. He took the gifts from the fans in a leisurely manner, handed them to Boas casually, and even said thank you to the fans and signed autographs.
In addition to Gao Xiaodong and Mourinho, Materazzi is the most popular among fans.
After being overtaken by Qi Zujin in the World Cup in 2006, Materazzi, who was a wretched defender, seemed to have been consecrated, and his reputation became so loud that even people in the North American continent knew his name.
After simply answering a few questions from the reporter, Mourinho led a huge team of 70 people on the bus of AA company and rushed to the Four Seasons Hotel where he was staying.
From Italy to the United States, the nearly 12-hour flight made everyone a little tired, but the sculpture of Marilyn Monroe at the entrance of the hotel made many people interested. The old-hearted Toldo was the first to rush to meet him They took a group photo, but Balotelli pressed his hands excitedly on the chest of Marilyn and Monroe, and shouted to Gao Xiaodong: "It's so big, it's bigger than Betty's."
Gao Xiaodong was speechless.
When dividing the room, Balotelli wanted to live with Gao Xiaodong, but Boas didn't allow it, so he allocated Quaresma and Gao Xiaodong to the same room.
Quaresma, like Gao Xiaodong, performed bravely in Porto, then came to Inter Milan at a high price, and then Quaresma fell into a strange circle of giants. In half a season in Inter Milan, he played 13 games, but failed to score a goal. No assists, no one can understand his famous stunt outside the instep pass, his fancy brilliance didn't work in front of the iron-blooded Italian defenders, and he could only be loaned to Chelsea during the winter break.
Because of Quaresma's poor performance, Mourinho's subsequent plans to introduce Portuguese players to establish a Portuguese team at Inter Milan all fell through, which is also an important reason why Mourinho was unable to achieve better results in the Champions League.
After coming back from Chelsea on loan, both Moratti and Blanca wanted to sell Quaresma and let Quaresma add to Gao Xiaodong's transfer, but Quaresma refused to leave. Prove yourself, after all, has failed once in Barcelona, Quaresma does not want to fail again.
Mourinho also took into account the feelings of his compatriots, and did not force Quaresma to let him stay first.
Quares was also excluded by the Argentine gang last season. He wanted to prove himself in Inter Milan, but he was isolated and helpless. The arrival of Gao Xiaodong gave him hope.
During the break, Quaresma said to Gao Xiaodong in Portuguese: "You have been in Inter Milan for three days, how do you feel?"
Gao Xiaodong was lying on the bed suffering from jet lag, and said: "It's okay, I don't understand the language, in fact, it's no different from a blind and deaf person."
Quaresma said: "Isn't there a translator for you?"
Gao Xiaodong said: "What you want to know will never be known from the translator."
Quaresma gave a thumbs up and said: "That's right, no matter how ugly it is, the hypocritical Italian translator can package it into a nice translation for you."
Seeing that the enthusiasm is not high, Quaresma said: "Have you discovered that the Inter Milan team is actually divided into gangs."
Gao Xiaodong had heard from Mourinho and Mendes a long time ago, but he still pretended not to understand and said, "They all come from all over the world, how can there be any gangs?"
"Yes, the gang problem is very serious, and Coach Jose feels a headache."
Quaresma followed up the situation of Inter Milan's gangs, and denounced the isolation and rejection of him by the Argentine gang, and believed that this was the root cause of his failure to gain a foothold in Inter Milan.
Although the South American players returned today, Gao Xiaodong also felt the huge power of the South American gang, but Gao Xiaodong did not think that Quaresma's failure to play in the game was squeezed out by the South American gang. The South American gang in Porto is also very strong. Quares Isn't the horse flourishing in Porto? Of course, Gao Xiaodong definitely wouldn't say that.
Quaresma said: "Although you are from China, you are from the third world of Inter Milan, but you are also from Porto, we are our own people, if Alves comes again, there will be coach Jose, Boas assistant coach, enter With the support of Figo from the management, we will have the right to speak in the locker room."
Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "I don't think the gang is the most important thing. As long as you keep scoring goals and assists, the coach can't put you on the bench."
Quaresma said angrily: "You run forward and your teammates don't pass the ball to you, you attack and don't cover you, you are double-teamed, and your teammates watch the fun. It is strange to play well."
Gao Xiaodong asked in surprise, "Does the coach not care?"
Quaresma said: "These guys are all old players in their thirties, so there is no way for the coach to catch them.
"Okay, I'm new here, you are the big brother, you have to take care of me." Gao Xiaodong put a high hat on Quaresma.
"It's natural. When you came, the assistant coach Boas told me to let me take care of you. In fact, I would take care of you even if the coach didn't say it. We are from the same club, and you are just like my little brother. "
The assistant coach Boas did say to let Quaresma take care of Gao Xiaodong, but Quaresma only said half of what he said. Boas also told Quaresma that Gao Xiaodong is the player Mourinho relies on most. Quaresma assisted Gao Xiaodong well.
Quaresma also came from Porto. He was as famous as Luo back then, and he was proud and arrogant. Naturally, he didn't want to be willing to assist Gao Xiaodong. He felt that Gao Xiaodong was young, and hoped that Gao Xiaodong could help him lay a foundation in Inter Milan.
"Thank you, big brother. I'll treat you to a drink later."
Gao Xiaodong heard what Quaresma meant, sneered secretly, and thought, you can't even be a substitute, and you still want to be the boss in front of me, just wait, the boss is a dead ghost. 8