On March 30, 2008, in the 31st round of the Serie A League, Inter Milan was forced to a draw by Lazio 1: 1 in the away game. This season's winning record in the league ended.
After the game, the Inter Milan players were in low spirits. They still wanted to maintain their winning record and win the championship. Lazio's performance in this game was very tenacious. In addition, Inter Milan did not play well today. There were many opportunities that were not grasped.
The players thought that Li Ang would be furious, but this scene did not happen. Li Ang only briefly analyzed the game and pointed out that their ability to grasp opportunities was insufficient and they missed many good opportunities to score. When he said this, his tone was relatively calm and he did not get angry. He even had a smile on his face.
This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Although they did not know the reason, they could clearly see that the manager was in a good mood, which was the biggest blessing for them.
Among the players, only Carlos knew the reason. His sister was pregnant with a baby, and he was going to be promoted to an uncle.
This made Carlos very happy. He and his sister had depended on each other since childhood. His sister's happiness was what he looked forward to the most.
Of course, Carlos was also about to be officially promoted to a father. Lily's due date was next month. Carlos had bought a new big house in downtown Milan. The children's room had also been prepared long ago. They were just waiting for the child to be born.
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When Li Ang returned home, he heard Alice on the phone.
The call was to Shakira. As an important lyricist in Shakira's team, Alice's importance was beyond doubt.
For a long time, Alice had been very dedicated and worked very hard.
However, now that she was finally pregnant, Alice was' reporting the good news' to Shakira and asking for leave at the same time.
Alice was very nervous and looking forward to the love crystal in her belly. She planned to take a leave and concentrate on the pregnancy.
This was also what Li Ang was looking forward to. After all, Alice's health had always been poor. Although she was much better than before after Li Ang's treatment, she was pregnant, so she had to be extra careful. It was just that Li Ang didn't put forward this suggestion before. He respected Alice. If Alice insisted on continuing to work, Li Ang wouldn't object. He just told Alice to pay more attention to rest.
Now that Alice took the initiative to take a rest, the happiest person was Li Ang.
"It's been hard on you." Li Ang gently hugged his wife. He knew that the reason why Alice asked for leave was not only because she was very nervous about the fetus, but also because his work was very heavy. Alice didn't want him to be distracted.
"I can't help it. It's your fault for not being able to rest and accompany me." Alice pretended to complain. "A coach's job doesn't have maternity leave in the future."
"Uh, no." Li Ang was stunned and said with a bitter smile. He suddenly felt a lot of guilt in his heart.
"Don't worry. I'll take good care of you. Aren't mom and dad coming over soon?" Alice felt her husband's guilt and comforted him.
Li Ang's parents were very happy when they heard that their daughter-in-law was pregnant. They immediately arranged everything at home and booked the fastest flight to Milan to take care of Alice in a few days.
"Thank you, dear." Li Ang gently kissed his wife's cheek.
"It's my fault for finding a workaholic husband." Alice pouted and said.
Li Ang scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. He slightly hugged his wife. She curled her body in his arms and felt her husband's deep love. It was very comfortable. However, she didn't notice that Li Ang's face changed a little. There was a trace of determination in his eyes.
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The next morning, in the Pinenati training base, in the office of the club president, Moratti. The door was closed. Li Ang and Moratti had a secret meeting.
There was an argument in the room.
"No, I don't agree." Moratti said loudly.
He received a call from Li Ang, saying that he had something important to discuss with him. He didn't expect that the important thing Li Ang said was to terminate his contract with Inter Milan early. Moratti didn't expect this. He was shocked, and then extremely disappointed and angry.
Li Ang's contract with Inter Milan would expire in the summer of 2009 after the previous renewal. There was still a year before the expiration of the contract, and the two sides had already discussed the renewal of the contract. Now, Li Ang suddenly proposed to terminate the renewal of the contract and asked to terminate the contract a year early. In other words, he would leave his job as the head coach of Inter Milan after the end of the season. To Moratti, this was a bolt from the blue.
Although Li Ang explained his reasons, Moratti felt that there was no motivation in the Italian League. This Inter Milan team was unprecedentedly strong. Even without him as the head coach, they could continue to dominate. In the Serie A, no team could challenge Inter Milan's dominance. Even in the European arena, Inter Milan was one of the most powerful teams.
However, Moratti didn't accept this. He knew very well that Inter Milan's current dominance was directly related to the young Chinese in front of him. If possible, he hoped that Li Ang could continue to coach and complete the renewal of the contract. It would be best if he could continue to coach and establish a long and terrifying blue and black era.
"Did other teams invite you?" Moratti said a little angrily. "What did they offer? Tell me, I can give you whatever they can give you. "
"No, Inter Milan can give you better treatment!"
"Even if you want more transfer rights, I can give you that too!" Moratti looked at Li Ang and said anxiously. Now, although Li Ang had a lot of power in the transfer matters, he didn't control all the transfer rights. The club's manager, Blanco, and Oriali also had certain restrictions on Li Ang. He knew that Li Ang had always been chasing after the absolute transfer rights. At this time, Moratti was sincere in wanting to keep Li Ang.
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"No, no, Mr. President, you misunderstood." Li Ang knew that Moratti had misunderstood. He said, "It's not because of other teams."
Moratti's expression showed that he didn't believe him. If it wasn't because of the invitations from other powerhouses, he couldn't understand why Li Ang suddenly proposed to leave Inter Milan.
"Massimo." Li Ang looked at the team's boss with incomparable sincerity. "I've always had a good cooperation with you. I'm most grateful to have a boss like you who supports my work so much. And I know that this kind of support is so precious. It's difficult for me to get it from any other team."
"If I want to leave because of the reasons you said, I will definitely be honest with you and communicate with you immediately," Li Ang said seriously.
Hearing Li Ang's words, Moratti's anger subsided. He looked into Li Ang's eyes and saw that he was very sincere. He knew the character of this Chinese man. He was a very frank person. As Li Ang said, if he really wanted to leave because of those reasons, Li Ang would not hide it and would be honest with him.
Moreover, as Li Ang said, they had a good cooperation. Moratti had a certain level of confidence in this.
Since this was the case, Moratti was even more confused.
"Li, I really don't understand …" Moratti rubbed his temples. "If possible, I hope that when I retire, the person sitting in Inter Milan's manager's seat is still you. This is a great era."
Li Ang hesitated for a moment and said his reason, even though it sounded a little absurd for a world-class manager.
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