"AS has done a survey on inviting the Inter Milan manager, Li Ang, to coach Real Madrid. The results of the survey are surprising," a blonde sexy woman said to the camera.
This was the program "Sports Highlights" on Spanish National Channel 3.
The blonde woman waved the newspaper in her hand. "About 61% of the Real Madrid fans chose to support inviting Li Ang to coach, 23% of the fans expressed a wait-and-see attitude, and only 16% of the fans strongly opposed inviting Li Ang to coach!"
"This is a surprising result. There is no need to say more about the story between Manager Li Ang and Real Madrid. I didn't expect more than half of the Real Madrid fans to welcome him to coach! "
The blonde woman randomly interviewed a Real Madrid fan. "Do you support Li Ang to coach?"
"Of course." The fan nodded.
"Then you don't hate him?"
"Of course I hate him. But if he coaches Real Madrid and leads us to the championship, we will naturally like him."
"Why did you choose Li Ang?"
"He's a champion manager. He can win the championship," the fan said.
Yes, as the Real Madrid fan said, the Real Madrid fans still hated Li Ang. But if Li Ang coached Real Madrid and could bring the championship, they would naturally like him. Although he was still young, Li Ang was now worthy of the title of a champion manager. Needless to say, he won the treble at Sporting de Gijón. Now he was coaching Inter Milan. Although people had doubts about his first time coaching a powerhouse club, now Inter Milan was steadily moving toward the Serie A title. The Nerazzurri were getting closer and closer to their first Serie A title in 16 years. Li Ang was only one step away from creating the miracle of winning the championship again.
Which team's fans would not like such a manager who could bring the championship title?!
Now, Li Ang's fame was great, second only to Chelsea's crazy manager. Why? Mourinho won the UEFA Champions League title, while Li Ang won the UEFA Europa League title. That was the difference now.
Calderón was now in a good mood. Mijatovic did not take the usual path and suggested that he use Li Ang as a bargaining chip, which had a miraculous effect.
On Calderón's side, they finally began to make their move. They began to try to contact Li Ang's agent, Miss Betty.
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March 22, 2006. The first leg of the 20052006 Coppa Italia semi-final started at the Meazza Stadium.
Inter Milan bombarded Udinese throughout the entire game. In the end, they only relied on a goal from the substitute, Borriello, to beat Udinese with a score of 1-0.
After the match, Li Ang said sarcastically that Udinese had parked a bus in front of the stadium.
Udinese's manager, Cosmi, was furious. He said that if he had Ronaldo and Adriano, he would also dare to play offensive football. However, he did not.
Three days later, Inter Milan was forced into a 1: 1 draw with Parma in the 31st round of the Serie A.
Inter Milan was forced into a draw by Parma. For Juventus, this was a good opportunity to catch up with the points difference.
However, in the later game, Juventus did not seize the opportunity. They were forced into a 1: 1 draw with Roma at home.
Juventus's manager, Capello, was furious after the game because Camoranesi was tackled by De Rossi and left the field.
Roma's manager, Luciano Spalletti, was also furious. He attacked the referee for being biased towards the home team. The injury stoppage time in this game was six minutes long, and Juventus only equalized the score in the fifth minute of injury stoppage time through Ibrahimović!
"Fortunately, Juventus scored. Otherwise, who knows how long it would have taken." Spalletti angrily complained. He also received a punishment from the referees because of his words: a three-game suspension.
In this way, after the 31st round of the league tournament, Inter Milan still led Juventus by twelve points with seven rounds left in the league tournament.
And in this round of the league tournament, the Rossoneri's AC Milan defeated Fiorentina 3: 1 at home. While stabilizing their third place in the league tournament, they also narrowed the gap with Juventus, who was in second place, to two points!
"If this continues, Juventus may not even be able to keep second place in the league!" Turin Sport sharply criticized Juventus' recent performance.
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Li Ang received a call from his agent, Miss Betti. Calderón's campaign team contacted Betti and officially invited Li Ang to coach Real Madrid.
"Help me turn it down," Li Ang said bluntly.
"Why don't you think about it?" Betti said with some surprise. She thought that with Real Madrid's influence, Li Ang would definitely be tempted. "Li, I know you have a grudge with Real Madrid, but now they're inviting you back to coach. Isn't this the best result? I remember there's a saying in China called 'returning home in glory'. "
She thought that Li Ang still held a grudge against Real Madrid for kicking him out.
"No, it's not because of this." Li Ang shook his head. After all these years, his hatred for being kicked out by Real Madrid had faded. If it weren't for that incident, he might still be coaching Real Madrid's youth team and would not have his current achievements. Of course, it was only a little faded, but it did not mean that he had forgotten the humiliation.
"Then what's the reason?" Betti asked, puzzled. "Do you have a grudge with Calderón?"
"No, I don't." Li Ang said. However, Betti was right. He did not have a grudge with Calderón, but he did not want to get involved in Calderón's mess.
Li Ang was familiar with the story of Calderón after he was elected as Real Madrid's president. Calderón's personal ability was not good, but in the first two years after he was elected as Real Madrid's president, he was willing to trust Mijatović. He invited Capello and bought many powerful players and young people such as van Nistelrooy, which made Real Madrid's first league title defense since the 1990s. The first title was not easy, and in the second championship season, they beat Barcelona.
But at the same time, Real Madrid was unable to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, and the "Sixteen Champions League players" became a topic of ridicule for the fans.
In the third year, in order to set up his own banner, he was arrogant and messed around in the summer. For Cristiano Ronaldo, he ignored Schuster's opposition and did not buy anyone for other positions. He even sold Robinho at the last moment. Of course, whether it was right or wrong to sell Robinho was different.
However, Calderón's interference in the transfer market made Real Madrid's central axis too old. Van Nistelrooy, Cannavaro, Guti, and Robben's expected multiple injuries directly led to the collapse of the 20082009 season. He also stepped down because of the scandal.
There were bright spots during his tenure. It was okay when he was willing to listen to the manager, but the upper limit of the overall construction was not good. When he messed around, he lost too badly in the end.
In short, this was a president who did not understand football and sometimes liked to mess around.
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