Chapter 685: Self-Inflicted Trouble
Rossi’s idea was not to take office himself, but to bring some dirty water to Hugo. According to his idea, Hugo would not resign, so he could attack Hugo’s lingering position.
De Laurentiis obviously wanted Hugo to get out. To be honest, Ivanlino’s decision to avoid him and invite Hugo annoyed him. He regarded Naples as his own forbidden fruit. He had no big hatred with Hugo, but he just didn’t like him. This reason was sufficient.
Now Hugo really wants to resign, Rossi is a little confused, feeling that it was all for nothing. Hugo’s ally Zamparini didn’t say anything at the beginning of the incident. After Berlusconi stated that Gianluigi Colini would resign from the organizing committee for personal reasons, Zamparini began to speak.
“I see Gigi was forced to resign! Alas, this football world is really!” He sympathized at first, and when the reporter asked him who was suitable to succeed the chairman of the organizing committee, Zamparini recommended Rossi.
"If we talk about the successor, there is no one more suitable than Mr. Rossi! He and Gigi work well together. In the early stage, he has been helping Gigi to handle the work of the organizing committee. I think no one is more suitable than him. I will support him to be the chairman of the organizing committee!"
Rossi said that Alberto Ricci is suitable. De Laurentiis, an ambitious man, can't stand Rossi's timid appearance, but he can only recommend Rossi. Can he recommend himself? He will definitely not be recognized.
Rossi became the acting chairman soon after Hugo resigned. It is only a matter of time before he officially becomes the chairman. Even if he does not become the official chairman and has been presiding over the work as the vice chairman, he will still not be able to escape if problems arise in the future. Rossi is not stupid. He knows the difficulty of this matter. Hugo's starting point is right. Now he is really in a dilemma.
You can't live without doing evil. Not everyone can be the chairman of the organizing committee. The previous chairman of the Football Association or the chairman of the organizing committee of the first two European Cups held in Italy all have deep foundations. It is the first time that someone like Rossi who does not have a particularly big background has come to power.
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Hugo was also relaxed. On December 20, the day before his birthday, Hugo led his wife and son Angelo to the Pacheco training base accompanied by Peter Kenyon and others. This was his first appearance here in the past two months.
Bielsa's team has indeed stabilized a lot in the second season. Now the league has played 16 rounds, Trapani has won an amazing 14 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and easily got 43 points. In 16 rounds, they scored 40 goals and lost 18 goals. The offensive ability is the first in Serie A, and the defensive ability is naturally a little worse. The top three teams have not lost more goals than them.
Pochettino is right, defense is a problem, but with super offensive power, Trapani's problem is easily overlooked.
Mourinho has nothing to say now. After 16 rounds, they are the only team that has defeated Trapani. After defeating Trapani, they have also entered the fast lane, but Trapani has always been on the fast lane. They have 12 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, with 39 points, 4 points behind Trapani.
The two teams are far ahead in the first legion of the league. Mourinho still has hope, but now he really dare not say anything nonsense. The state of Trapani looks abnormal.
They are not without injuries, but their offensive substitute lineup is too strong. Bielsa has trained properly. Players with different characteristics can be combined by him. The offense is fully released. The offensive players can almost find their own state and position. Toni has scored 11 goals in the league, Messi contributed 9, Kaka contributed 7, and Henry contributed 9. The score is very balanced and there are too many vitality points.
If this continues, the season may score more than 100 goals, which is really terrifying.
After every game, the Italian media will have a question, who will stop the hot Trapani and Inter Milan? !
Trapani has also completed 6 rounds of the Champions League group stage. They have won six consecutive games, got 18 points, ranked first in the group, and scored 10 goals.
Two teams that are currently in the limelight in European football are Trapani and Barcelona. Trapani shocked everyone with its fast-paced pressing and dripping offensive speed, while Barcelona opened the eyes of the world with its super control ability and small-scale passing and cutting.
The draw for the Champions League round of 16 has also come out. Trapani drew Villarreal, which is also a good draw. Villarreal is not the dark horse when Riquelme was there in those years. It has the potential and strength to be a dark horse. Trapani is very likely to pass smoothly.
Everything went smoothly, so Trapani's training ground was naturally much easier. Bielsa's training has hardly changed. It has been like this for many years. He seems to understand the meaning of practice makes perfect.
The training is mainly ball training, but aerobic training is also not less. In general, his training volume is large. Trapani's style of play is destined that their overall running may not be more than the opponent, but the physical energy consumed is definitely greater than the opponent, so their players have a lot of average sprint distance.
Today's training is open training, and fans can come to the scene to watch the team training, so when Hugo and his team appeared, the fans burst into whistles and cheers, and some fans shouted Hugo's name, "Gigi, you are the best!"
Most of these fans are residents of Trapani and Palermo. They live close to each other and like to hang out here when they are free, chasing the players' autographs. Those who are good at business even sell their autographed jerseys, which is a good business.
They naturally love Hugo, so when Hugo resigned, these fans cheered with support today.
Hugo and his son smiled and waved to everyone to express their gratitude and greetings.
Miku, who was staying at the stadium, saw Hugo and his friends and came over from the training ground to hug Hugo.
"Why did you think of coming here today? You are a rare guest now!" Miku teased Hugo.
"Joao, can I say that you are complaining that I don't care enough about the team?!" Hugo laughed.
"Then I dare not, you are the boss! It's appropriate for you to come anytime!" Miku said in surprise.
The two looked at each other and laughed.
"Joao, how do you feel?! The work of the technical director is not bad?!" Hugo asked with concern.
"Not bad, the work is not that complicated, nor that hard, everything is good! I feel I have adapted well!" Miku said with a smile.
"That's good! I tell you, do a good job! Now is just the first step, the next step, I hope you can take on a more important position and join the board of directors! You can do more for us, you know football, although you still need to learn about management, but I am optimistic about you!" Hugo expressed his feelings.
Miku knew it well, but he was a little complaining that Hugo was not good at speaking. It was not the first time that Hugo said this to him. Hugo had high expectations for him, because Miku was a famous player in Trapani, a real famous player, not the half-baked Lombardo. Miku spent many years of his glorious years here, and he was one of Hugo's own people in his mind.
It is great to have someone from our own team to control the team. Seli is too old to be able to do so. Antonio Perotti is too young. Peter Kenyon is not one of our own after all. He is a professional manager and his loyalty is not trustworthy. Hugo hopes that Miku or Tony can grow into the manager of the club one day. Of course, this depends on their own intentions. Miku now has this direction, so Hugo naturally places his hopes on him.
Miku felt that it was inappropriate for Hugo to say this in the presence of Kenyon. He complained in his heart and turned the topic to Kenyon, "Then I have to learn more from Peter. I hope I can be a good helper to Peter!"
Hugo then realized that what he said might make Kenyon a little uncomfortable, and then he said: "Yes, you and Peter, Leo and others will definitely lead the team to a better future!"