Before Christmas, the Inter Milan football club held a Christmas dinner at a French restaurant in downtown Milan.
The players brought their wives, children, and girlfriends to attend in their best attire.
After the start of the new season, Inter Milan started low and rose to become the leader of Serie A. Both the club's executives and the players were very excited. This was the most enjoyable Christmas dinner that Inter Milan had enjoyed in the past few seasons.
At this Christmas dinner, Alice also made a public appearance as Li Ang's girlfriend. Seeing the manager's girlfriend, who was like a beautiful princess in a fairy tale, the players present whistled and hooted.
And for the first time, the Inter Milan players learned that Carlos was Li Ang's brother-in-law. After the players were surprised, they made a ruckus and fought with Carlos. No one said that Li Ang was biased in his use of people. Carlos's performance on the field was obvious to all. In addition, everyone admired Carlos. This kid was always the first to arrive at the training ground and the last to leave the training ground. Obviously, this hardworking young man used such hard work and fighting attitude to weaken his identity as Li Ang's brother-in-law to the greatest extent. He wanted to tell everyone that he won the main position by relying on his own efforts.
After the Christmas dinner, the team was officially disbanded and the players began to enjoy about a week of Christmas vacation.
*****
Li Ang did not stay in Milan for Christmas. He took Alice back to China the next day.
In the summer, because he had just been appointed as the manager of Inter Milan, there were too many things to be done. Li Ang did not return to China. He had not been home for a year and a half.
Now that Inter Milan was on the right track according to his plan, Li Ang also took a few days off to go home and see his parents.
Of course, the most important reason was that he wanted to bring Alice home to meet his parents. He and Alice had known each other for two years, and after New Year's Day, Li Ang would be thirty years old. His family had been urging him to get married, and Li Ang had also begun to consider his marriage.
On the night of the team's Christmas dinner, Li Ang returned to the apartment and took out the diamond ring that he had prepared. He got down on one knee and proposed to Alice.
The beautiful girl was pleasantly surprised, and tears of joy flowed out of her eyes. Both of them loved each other and treated their feelings with sincerity. Li Ang's proposal was naturally successful.
Then there was this trip back to China. Since they had decided to get married, Li Ang naturally wanted to bring Alice back to meet his parents. Love was a matter between two people, but marriage was not only a matter between two people. It also needed the approval and blessings of their parents.
The plane was about to land at the Capital International Airport. Li Ang held Alice's hand. He could feel Alice's nervousness.
After accepting Li Ang's proposal, Alice was surrounded by happiness and joy. She also knew the great significance of accompanying Li Ang back to China. She had been a little nervous. She did not know if Li Ang's parents would accept and like her.
The happiest thing for two people's marriage was to get the blessings and approval of their elders.
Alice could not imagine what would happen if Li Ang's parents did not agree to them being together.
"Don't worry, Alice. My parents are very gentle. They will definitely like you." Li Ang said to Alice, "You are so beautiful and so kind. No one will dislike you."
Hearing Li Ang's words, Alice's nervousness was relieved.
*****
Li Ang did not stay in Beijing. He directly changed planes at the Capital International Airport and flew to his hometown.
After more than two hours of flight, the tired two people finally arrived at Li Ang's hometown.
Li Ang's cousin, Li Xiao, drove a business car to pick them up. When he saw the legendary beautiful sister-in-law, Li Xiao was stunned and secretly gave Li Ang a thumbs up. Li Ang raised his eyebrows proudly. His proudest thing was not the championship trophy on the football field, but being able to find such a beautiful, kind girl like Alice who loved him deeply.
Before arriving at the house, Li Ang's mobile phone rang. It was a landline from Beijing.
Li Ang had always been unwilling to pay attention to strange calls. He directly hung up the phone.
However, a minute later, the phone rang again.
Li Ang frowned. He returned to China this time mainly to discuss his marriage with Alice with his family. He also wanted to relax and relax. He really did not want to be interviewed by any media or disturbed by anyone.
"Let's answer it." Alice persuaded.
Li Ang answered the phone.
"Hello, is this Mr. Li Ang?" There was a middle-aged man's voice on the other end of the phone.
"Hello, I am. And you are?"
"I took the liberty to call. Please forgive me." The middle-aged man seemed very polite. "I am Chen Zhiran, President Jie's assistant."
President Jie?!
Which one was this?
Then, Li Ang's expression became strange. He remembered who this person was. The full-time vice president of the China Football Association, Jie Yalong. Well, this was also the president, President Jie.
*****
Li Ang frowned. He really did not want to have anything to do with the Chinese Football Association, especially President Jie Yalong. He was the head of the Chinese Football Association who knew nothing about football but boasted that he knew it very well. He was also the head of the Chinese Football Association who had a strong desire for power.
Jie Yalong became the head of the Chinese Football Association in February this year. From then until his departure in 2009, more than a dozen coaches were fired for various reasons. Ma Liangxing said that he was sick and did not care. Domanski stood up for the appointment on the grounds of family. Jia Xiuquan was fired for abiding by professional ethics, and so on. All of these revealed only one message, which was that Xie Yalong wanted to create a Chinese Football Association where he had the right to speak and could do whatever he wanted. He could also find a scapegoat anytime and anywhere. The price China paid for this was the decline of the national men's and women's football teams. China, once a strong team in Asia, had completely become a third-rate player. This was not unrelated to Xie Yalong's stupid policy.
Among them, the most painful thing for the Chinese was that Xie Yalong had single-handedly ruined the "Super Platinum Generation" in the Netherlands FIFA World Youth Championship. In March 2005, Klaus Chen coached the "Star of 08" and led the team to participate in the Netherlands FIFA World Youth Championship. The national youth team's performance in the FIFA World Youth Championship was remarkable. Not only was the game smooth and beautiful, even the final results could be said to be a breakthrough. However, because the Chinese Football Association's top management (in fact, Xie Yalong) felt that the old German man was stubborn and difficult to discipline, they finally dismissed Klaus Chen on the grounds that he was old and muddle-headed. This was a big blow to the "Star of 08" who aimed to build an Olympic team. Although Du Yi took over after a few changes, in terms of the stability and style of the team, Xie Yalong's dismissal of Klaus Chen was definitely a stupid and wrong decision. The way this matter was handled showed Xie Yalong's excessive superstition of power.
Xie Yalong was an out-and-out literary youth when he was a student, but track and field changed this person who dreamed of creating word games. Therefore, the literary complex in Xie Yalong's bones had to be displayed in a different way. Therefore, the national players under him could repeatedly hear Xie Yalong's eloquent poetry. The most sensational effect of the Dragon King's poetry was after the national football team lost the Asian Cup. On July 18, 2007, after the China national team led by Zhu Guanghu was defeated by Uzbekistan 0-3 and did not qualify for the Asian Cup quarter-finals, Xie Yalong recited the poem that the anti-Japanese hero, Mao Zedong, wrote before he was executed: "I wish I could die in the War of Resistance, leaving behind the shame of today; My country is already in such a state, why should I cherish my life?"
An anti-Japanese poem was used by Xie Yalong as a slogan to reprimand the team's lackluster performance. After being criticized by the media, Xie Yalong did not stop and continued to recite poetry many times. For a person who did not even know his own role and liked to show off his mediocre literary talent, it was impossible to expect him to lead China's football to progress. It would be a blessing if he did not regress.
Later, he even ordered the banning of CCTV. The Chinese Football Association had a habit of banning the media for a long time, but it was the first time that they banned a powerful media like CCTV. The cause of the incident was that a guest on CCTV's "Football Night" gave Xie Yalong a failing grade in the program. Such a nonsensical reason for banning caused public anger and the Chinese Football Association had to lift the ban. But the whole thing showed the stupidity of the Chinese Football Association.
*****
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese Olympic team played on their home ground. This was the political achievement of Xie Yalong's tenure. Therefore, Xie Yalong attached great importance to the Olympic strategy. After determining that the Olympics was the key, Xie Yalong did not hesitate to sacrifice the league to support the Chinese Olympic team on the road to No. 08. The great North-South division plan that was ridiculed by the media and fans was one of them. After deciding to gamble on the Olympics, Xie Yalong proposed the North-South division of the league to avoid conflicts of interest with the club. Although it was eventually rejected by the leaders, Xie Yalong's nature of not understanding football was exposed. His bureaucratic style of pursuing political achievements was also reflected.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese Women's Football team suffered a crushing defeat. At the China Women's Football Team's 2008 Olympics summary meeting, the players all wrote a written summary report as required. Some of the players could not bear the fate of being eliminated and cried on the spot. The scene was very touching.
But in this atmosphere, the last speaker, Xie Yalong, the vice president of the China Football Association, broke the situation and accused the China Women's Football team of being a typical team with "no fighting spirit and no ability." He used the Brazilian team as an example to educate the Chinese players. "The Brazilian team has such good skills and so many big names, but they go to the hotel gym to train their strength at 11 o 'clock at night. When did you train?"
The more he spoke, the angrier Xie Yalong was, the more he came up with a professional term — the "psoas muscle." He pointed out that the most important muscle group in the China Women's Football team was the "psoas muscle," but the girls did not know where the muscle he was talking about was.
In modern football, it was very urgent and necessary to train the "psoas muscle." Fighting, ball control, passing, shooting, kicking … all of these required the strong "psoas muscle" as a solid backing. Football players from all over the world not only persevered in their daily training by putting their hands on their waists to train their psoas muscles, but they also did not dare to slack off in official matches. They took precious time out of their busy schedules to strengthen their psoas muscles.
From a professional point of view, Xie Yalong was right. He, who used to be in charge of the Track and Field Center, was definitely an expert in this area. However, the girls did not know what this unique term meant. Many girls heard the iliopsoas muscle as the "psoas muscle." Or, they heard the "iliopsoas muscle," but felt that it was not as smooth as the "psoas muscle." When the reporters from the women's football team asked about the summary meeting, they said the "psoas muscle."
Not to mention the girls, at least 95% of the football reporters had never heard of the "iliopsoas muscle." When this term was put in front of their eyes, 99% of the reporters would not accurately pronounce the "iliopsoas." So, in a state of confusion, the "psoas muscle" appeared openly on the major media and the Internet, causing a frenzy of public opinion.
*****
Xie Yalong did not know where he heard that women's football was masculinized. How could it be masculinized? Xie Yalong slapped his thigh. Find a men's team coach. So, there was the matter of Pei Encai being the China Women's Football Team manager.
People all over the world knew that "a mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless one is male and the other is female." Back then, the Liverpool team set up two managers. As a result, the team became worse and worse and became a joke. But Xie Yalong wanted to get a head coach and a head coach for the China Men's Football Team. He did not believe that a mountain could not accommodate two male tigers. He believed that Duy and Folardo could unite like brothers. The result? The two coaches fought openly and covertly, and the players were at a loss.
Not long after Duy was replaced, the China Olympic team welcomed the Australian team in a warm-up game. In the first half, the China Olympic team was at a complete disadvantage. Because both sides were Olympic teams, the players wanted to avoid injuries, so the game was not fierce. In the 80th minute of the second half, Zhao Xuri received the ball in the penalty area and pushed the shot to break the goal. The China Olympic team also won a small victory with this goal. However, the fans' complaints about Xie Yalong did not change because the team dominated or won. Throughout the game, there were no less than ten calls for Xie Yalong to be dismissed. In an interview after the game, Xie Yalong shamelessly said that the fans' calls for dismissal were a whip to his work.
In short, Xie Yalong was a pit, a huge pit. Li Ang did not want to have anything to do with the China Football Association, let alone with Xie Yalong's China Football Association.
Xie Yalong's call had only one main intention. He wanted to hire Li Ang to be the chief technical consultant of the China Men's National Football Team.
Li Ang was confused. He knew that the current head coach of the China Men's Football Team was Zhu Guanghu. Since there was a head coach, why did they need a chief technical consultant? Not to mention that he was now the head coach of Inter Milan and could not take on two jobs. What was the chief technical consultant position for? When the time came, would his words be more effective, or would Zhu Guanghu's words be more effective?
Li Ang was not a fool. He understood after a little thought. The purpose of the Chinese Football Association was to get him to be a public servant who did not know how to speak. They wanted his reputation. Jie Yalong, who had a strong desire for power, must have understood Li Ang's tough character. It was impossible for him to invite Li Ang to coach. However, in view of Li Ang's current prestige and the cheers of the fans, they had to put on an act and come up with the position of chief technical consultant to fool the fans.
Li Ang sneered. He was too lazy to participate in this mess and would not allow the Chinese Football Association to fool him.
Therefore, Li Ang directly declined the invitation to know more about the chairman and said that he was now the head coach of Inter Milan. It was not suitable for him to take on two jobs and he did not have the energy to do so.
Then, the other party politely said that it was a pity that they had disturbed him.
*****
F * ck, Li Ang cursed after hanging up the phone. It was obvious that the other party was also going through the formalities. It was conceivable that if the fans made a fuss again, Chairman Jie would have something to say. It was not that they did not invite Li Ang, but that Li Ang was too busy with work and could not leave, so he refused and so on …
Hmph, it was completely the bureaucratic method used in competitive sports. It would be strange if China's football could be good in the hands of such a person.
Then, seeing Alice's worried expression, Li Ang smiled and said that it was nothing. It was just a boring call from a boring person.
After this incident, he could temporarily get rid of the China Football Association's mess and would not have any interactions in the short term.
Li Ang took Alice into his arms. He had brought his lover back to discuss their marriage. It was a joyous occasion. Those messy things had nothing to do with him, so why should he worry about it?
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