Chapter 502: 24 Hours Before the Game [First Update]
Countdown to the UEFA Cup final.
The last day before the game.
The famous tourist city Istanbul has been like a bottle of excess sardines in the past few days. Hundreds of thousands of fans from both sides have gathered to dress this famous Turkish city into a holy land of red and black!
According to statistics from the Turkish Tourism Department, the number of fans who came to Istanbul for this heavyweight UEFA Cup final has far exceeded the number of people who came to the UEFA Champions League final in the 2004-05 season!
morning.
At ten o'clock exactly, more than 300 reporters gathered at the five-star Hotel Distan where AC Milan was staying. The Rossoneri held the last press conference before the game here. Ancelotti brought young players Nicolas Gigi and David Beckham appeared in the press conference hall.
It has long been destined that the 2008-09 season will be another season belonging to Crazy Lee. Any topic related to Crazy Lee will attract the attention of hundreds of millions of eyes and hundreds of millions of pairs of people passing by. Nicholas Gigi, David Baker Ham, one of these two people is the super rookie king who was promoted by Crazy Li from an unknown reserve team, and the other is the old emperor who was promoted to the top of world football by Crazy Li Dingli. Whether it is a personal relationship or cooperation with Crazy Li, they have , all have an inexplicable and complicated relationship!
After AC Milan arrived in Istanbul, countless media outlets and reporters wanted to conduct special interviews with the old man and the young man. They wanted to know how the two would behave after meeting their 'mentor' Madman Li on the battlefield. The mentality to finish the game...
Today, Ancelotti brought two people to the press conference at the same time, obviously to satisfy the curiosity of the fans and the media. In terms of treating the media, Fatty An is obviously more interested in the media than the mysterious madman Li. of joy.
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Among the noisy crowd of reporters, a Chinese girl with crystal clear ice and snow stood out. On her chest was a CCTV work permit.
The girl's name is Zhao Weina.
Zhao Weina is a new intern reporter who joined the CCTV Sports Channel. She came to Turkey to report on the UEFA Cup. This is the first time for this delicate Jiangnan girl who graduated from the Central Sports University to undertake the task of reporting abroad. This task makes the 22-year-old The girl was so excited that she couldn't sleep for several nights!
Three years ago, when Zhao Weina was still a sophomore, Chinese football, which was originally a backwater and calm, suddenly turned out to be a 'unparalleled hero'——
When the young man who looked about the same age as himself stood in front of Real Madrid's head coach, at first, everyone thought it was another April Fool's Day farce. Zhao Weina and many of her classmates also Angrily denounced Chinese media reports as distorted and irresponsible...
However, when this seemingly absurd news was later spread by many authoritative European media, and when the official Chinese website of Real Madrid published a special announcement to confirm it, the whole of China was boiling!
Zhao Weina clearly remembers that when she finally confirmed that the young figure who appeared in front of the head coach of Real Madrid, the giant of the century, was really a Chinese about her own age, her heart suddenly beat at an unprecedented rhythm. beat!
At that time, almost 1.2 billion Chinese people were talking about the news that a young man named Li Tongfan was in charge of Real Madrid. Even CCTV's News Broadcast made an exception and devoted nearly one minute to reporting the news. , Zhao Weina, like many young fans, fell in love with this peer almost instantly...
After a period of ecstasy, many people began to calmly reflect on the fact that they were so young, had no coaching experience, and did not have any impressive results... All the realities seemed to indicate that this young man named Li Tongfan would face Unimaginable difficulties, and the Real Madrid locker room is known as a "contradiction concentration camp." Can those superstars who dominate football be willing to obey his command?
At that time, countless Chinese, even if they were not fans, were worried about crazy Li day and night, fearing that this young man who created the miracle of Chinese football would become the biggest joke in Chinese football and the biggest joke in world football...
Zhao Weina is one of the many fans who worry about Li Tongfan day and night. Like most people around her, this sophomore girl is like caring about her lover, always paying attention to any news about Li Tongfan on the Internet!
In the next year, the whole world got to know this guy called Crazy Li, and the fans in China’s admiration for Li Tongfan simply reached an unreachable peak. Looking up, among the Chinese stars around the world, there is no one more No one can block the light of Crazy Li!
At this time, Zhao Weina, a junior at the Institute of Physical Education, quietly set out to become a football reporter as her career plan. She vowed to use her reports to spread all the information about Crazy Li to the country...
Everything after that went in the direction that Zhao Weina expected. After graduation, she used the strength of her family to join CCTV Sports Channel, the most authoritative sports reporting group in the country, and the first task she received was to interview the madman Li Shu. The UEFA Cup final played by the team was the opportunity he had been waiting for!
After arriving in Istanbul, Zhao Weina was disappointed that his idol Madman Li had always adopted a completely closed training for the team, so that countless reporters, including him, could only stop outside the big wall of the training ground every day. I couldn't get any useful information at all...
Today, AC Milan held its last press conference before the game. Gigi and Beckham were present at the press conference. Zhao Weina, who is familiar with every story of Crazy Li, suddenly felt that this was actually a very good opportunity!
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"Mr. Ancelotti, will David and Nicolas get the chance to start in tomorrow's game?"
The press conference started in the most normal way. Regarding the question raised by the reporter of "Gazzetta dello Sport", Ancelotti was not tone-deaf at all and gave an affirmative answer.
Fatty An's nod made the reporters excited. Previously, everyone was worried that Xiaobei or Jiji would not get a chance to play. In that case, the much-hyped 'battle of master and apprentice' would exist in name only...
Next, Ancelotti became a supporting role. The reporters shifted their questions to Gigi and Beckham. The first person to ask questions was Zhao Weina, a reporter from CCTV. With the rise of Madman Li, Chinese reporters were You can always get the respect of your peers on any occasion!
"...Gigi, first of all I want to congratulate you for defeating Inter Milan's Mario Balotelli and teammate Pato and being elected the best newcomer in Serie A this season. I would like to ask, facing such an important game, Which side do you hope will win the final victory?"
Zhao Weina’s question is very tricky.
After half a year of training in Serie A, the 18-year-old Gigi exudes a youthful and attractive atmosphere. His long and silky hair once again hangs down below his ears. He is a typical handsome English man. Some media call him It's not unreasonable to be 'George Best second' or 'Beckham' second...
Facing the difficulties from Chinese reporters, Jiji appeared very polite. After expressing his gratitude to Zhao Weina for his congratulations, a charming smile appeared on his face: "The final is very important to both sides. As a player of Mr. Fantung, I Of course I hope that Mr. can get all the championship trophies he needs, but when I appear on the court wearing a red and black jersey, I will do my best to help the team win. How to become a real professional footballer! Athletes, Mr. Rice Tong asked me a long time ago..."
Gigi's answer won applause from reporters at the scene.
Ancelotti looked at the high-spirited young man in front of him, still thinking about how to convince the boss to bring him to San Siro after the season. He scored 18 league goals and 9 assists in half a season, handing over such a performance at the age of 18. In the first half of Serie A, he is already performing at the level of a superstar...
While Beckham secretly gave a thumbs up to little Gigi, his eyes were in a trance. In this boy, he saw himself who had emerged many years ago, just as young, as handsome, and as talented as ever. Pampered all in one!
Amidst the applause, Zhao Weina asked Beckham the second question——
"David, we know that you encountered a little difficulty in Real Madrid during the winter transfer period this season. At that time, many Chinese fans hoped that you could join forces with Mr. Li Tongfan again. Why did you choose AC Milan instead of Newcastle in the end? Is it because Newcastle can't afford your high wages?"
The reporters around them all looked at Zhao Weina with different eyes. They asked two such pointed questions in a row. If it were anyone else, they would have been rejected by the press officer or the player himself, but...
However, who makes people be the compatriots of Crazy Li? Who makes Xiaobei and Jiji both "grateful" to Crazy Li?
Beckham showed no sign of impatience and said with a smile: "The transfer involves many factors, and commercial factors must be taken into consideration. However, Lee did not send an invitation at that time. That is because Newcastle's lineup can already satisfy Lee. In the plan for the entire season, Juan Mata and Andrei Arshavin are enough to support the two wings of the team... Moreover, for me, joining AC Milan is also a dream. Milan is a great club. It's an honor to play at San Siro..."
"What about the next game?"
"Like Gigi, I will go all out. This is the basic professional ethics of a professional football player!"
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AC Milan's last pre-match press conference was quickly reported, in which the two questions asked by Zhao Weina were infinitely magnified -
Italian media——
"Nicolas Gigi is willing to play his best for Milan and expresses his willingness to stay at San Siro permanently"
"Gigi is grateful to Crazy Li, but the atmosphere in Milan makes him nostalgic"
"Suspending the contract extension with Newcastle, Milan may have a chance to acquire young talents"
"Beckham insinuated that Newcastle have no money and Milan is greater than the Magpies"
"Gigi and Beckham are unanimously optimistic about Milan winning the championship!" 》
The English media reports are exactly the opposite -
"Gigi longs to return to St. James, Crazy Lee is the greatest mentor"
"Beckham regrets not joining Newcastle"
"Newcastle have better odds, says Beckham"
"Playing against Newcastle is a lot of pressure"