Chapter 240 Italian Super Cup in China
Unlike before when Inter Milan played games at their home stadium, the players had channels to get a large number of tickets.
This Super Cup is held in China, which is not the home stadium of either Inter Milan or Roma, so their tickets are all given by the organizers, and the number is naturally not large. After all, the organizers spend money to hire people, so they naturally have to make back the money by selling tickets and peripheral merchandise. If they give too many favor tickets, how can they make money?
However, precisely because the game is not held in Italy, there will not be the situation where the players' families bring their whole family to the stadium to cheer for the players as in local games.
Therefore, most of the players had no place to use the tickets. Lin Feng asked within the team and got dozens of tickets from them.
In addition to the six tickets given to Liu Xiang, there were a lot more. Thinking that Chongming Island is not far from the urban area of SH, although I may not have time to visit the children in the Chongming Island Football School this time, I might as well invite them to come and watch the game!
Thinking of this, Lin Feng picked up his phone and called Xu Genbao, inviting him to bring the students from the football school to watch the game.
Xu Genbao was very happy when he received Lin Feng's call. The news that two Serie A giants were coming to Shanghai to play the Super Cup had already spread, and it was impossible for him not to know about such a big thing.
"Xiao Lin, you are so thoughtful. These tickets really help me a lot. The kids have been clamoring to go to the game, but they can't buy tickets. There are so many people who want to watch you play. I used my connections but couldn't get tickets on the day of the ticket sale."
It can be seen that Xu Genbao was really a little surprised by this surprise that came out of nowhere.
Since the establishment of the club last year, Xu Genbao has become a busy man.
In addition to continuing to be responsible for youth training at the base, he also has to follow up on the East Asian team's games. He needs to care about and deal with the players' mental state, injuries and even mental state.
Although he was very busy, Xu Genbao felt extremely fulfilled.
He was extremely intoxicated and enjoyed the process of watching a group of outstanding students, whom he had spent many years of hard work to train, sweating on the field and gradually showing their football talents.
Although the East Asian team's current record is a bit poor, in the China League Two, the average age of the East Asian team is less than 17 years old, making it the youngest team among all participating teams.
The East Asian team, whose players are young, thin, have poor physical confrontation ability and lack competition experience, suffered a lot in the China League Two.
In the first six rounds of the China League Two, Shanghai Dongya had difficulty winning a single game. Except for a 1:1 draw with Ningbo Zhongbao at home, they lost all other games.
Lin Feng chatted with Xu Genbao on the phone for a while, asking about the situation of these young players and the team's recent status.
"Take it slow. The current competition is just for them to accumulate competition experience and let them feel the atmosphere of the professional arena. It is better to pursue results after they grow up. Otherwise, if you put too much pressure on them from the beginning, it is likely to crush them!"
Being able to play in the game is a good thing, the results are not important.
"Yes, I think so too. When the East Asian team lost consecutively in the previous rounds, a reporter interviewed me and asked me what I thought about the team's losses. I told them that the results are not the most important thing. The purpose of participating in the competition is to train the team. It takes ten years to sharpen a sword. It's still early now. With the team's current state, I am ready to lose for two years."
At this point, Xu Genbao couldn't help but raise his lips, unable to conceal the pride in his heart:
"But these kids were really competitive and didn't make me wait two years. We won the seventh league game, and we beat Suzhou 5:2. Haha, that night, the reporters didn't ask me the same questions as before!"
From the tone of the voice on the other end of the phone, Lin Feng heard the old man's pride in his disciples.
Lin Feng, who is familiar with the future of the East Asian team, was not surprised at all by this result.
Although Wu Lei and Zhang Linpeng are not in the team because they are studying abroad, this East Asian team still has many international-level players including Yan Junling, Cao Yunding, Jiang Zhipeng, Lv Wenjun, Wang Shenchao, and Cai Huikang.
Although they may be a little immature now and not as strong as they will be in the future, the talent of this group of people is there, and they will learn and grow quickly from the competition.
Lin Feng clearly remembered that it took the East Asian team only two years to complete the promotion to the China League One, which means that by this time next year, they will have been dominating the China League Two.
Lin Feng is looking forward to the future performance of these people, especially at a time when the football world is experiencing a crackdown on organized crime. When the league environment becomes cleaner in the future, their stage will only be broader.
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On the afternoon of August 8, Inter Milan’s bus set off on time and headed towards the competition venue - the Shanghai 28-seat Stadium.
Although the Italian Super Cup was held abroad more than a decade ago, four Super Cups have been successfully held abroad so far.
But for Inter Milan, this is their first time to participate in the Super Cup abroad.
Therefore, the team members all felt particularly fresh about this unfamiliar experience. They couldn't help but look out the window along the way. Everything around them was new to them.
Especially when the team bus arrived near the stadium, they saw an unforgettable scene - the area near the stadium was filled with Inter Milan fans wearing blue and black jerseys. Their number was so large that it seemed like an ocean, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Goulon!
Some people couldn't help swallowing their saliva:
"Is this the value of a population of billion? Can the stadium really accommodate so many people?"
"Of course we can't accommodate them. Most of these people didn't buy tickets. Many of them even came from all over the country. You may have no idea about the size of China. Let me give you an example. If we were still playing in Milan, some of these people might have come from Kazan, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, and Istanbul!"
Lin Feng's answer shocked everyone even more. This distance was already an international long-distance call in Europe.
They didn't buy tickets, but they traveled all the way here just to take a look at them outside the stadium?
The fans here are so crazy!
When Inter Milan thought about so many Chinese fans coming all the way to cheer for them, they immediately became excited and determined not to let these fans down. They had to beat Roma in this game!
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When Inter Milan's bus entered the stadium, Roma's bus arrived almost at the same time.
Although Roma also has role models like Wolf King Totti, overall their number of fans is still far less than Inter Milan.
After all, there are no Chinese players in their team, and more than half of the fans who came to the scene to support Inter Milan came for Lin Feng!
During the pre-match warm-up, Lin Feng simply practiced a few shots in front of the goal and won the applause of the audience. The applause and cheers were so loud that even the training of the players on both sides was affected.
"Lin, you are so popular in your country. I feel like even if Pele and Maradona came, they wouldn't be as popular as you!"
Torres said with envy.
After all, Toni is only a 22-year-old young man, and she is more interested in showing off and being in the spotlight.
Lin Feng discovered a little trick of this guy. Sometimes after scoring a goal, he would deliberately stroke his blonde hair towards the camera so that the camera could capture his handsome face.
But I didn't dare to bring the camera too close, because his face full of freckles would ruin this beauty.
This boy is so good at showing off! In fact, Torres envied Lin Feng very much. Although Lin Feng didn't have his long flowing golden hair, he didn't have freckles either!
In addition, Lin Feng's appearance was more handsome than his, and his strength was so strong, which made Torres very happy.
He just likes to play with handsome guys who are good at playing basketball, and it’s definitely not because he needs to rely on them to give him assists or anything like that!
So not long after Torres joined the team, the two became familiar with each other.
In the team, the two are relatively close in age, both are young people, and it is easy for them to play together with other young people.
Hearing Torres' words at this time, Lin Feng said indifferently:
"One day when you wear the Spanish jersey and become a hero of the Spanish team, you will be treated like this!"
And such a day will not be too far away, Lin Feng said silently in his heart.
The 2008 European Cup was when Torres became famous.
In fact, the fans did not only favor Lin Feng. Figo, Zanetti and even goalkeeper Cesar also received warm applause and cheers from the fans when they had outstanding performances in training.
There were actually people cheering from the Roma team, but there were too few Giallorossi fans present, and their cheers were drowned out by the noise of Inter Milan fans, making it seem as if the only voices at the scene were cheering for Inter Milan.
This kind of cold reception deeply irritated the Roma team, making everyone in the team even more resentful and hating Inter Milan even more!
Just wait, I’ll kill you in the competition later!
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"CCTV, CCTV!"
"Dear viewers, you are now watching the live broadcast of the 2006 Italian Super Cup match between Inter Milan and Roma!"
"I am the commentator Han Qiaosheng!"
"I'm Zhang Lu!"
Due to some situations that occurred when commenting on the World Cup final, Mr. Huang Jianxiang, who was a regular commentator on Lin Feng's games, temporarily left the commentary stage.
But Han Qiaosheng and Zhang Lu are old partners and senior commentators, and they are very popular among fans. CCTV's commentary arrangement shows how much they value this game.
After introducing the starting lineups of the two teams, the two began their pre-match chat.
"Haha, it's another classic red vs. blue battle, but the two teams are no longer the two Milan giants, but Inter Milan and Roma. Teacher Han, who do you think will win this game?"
Han Qiaosheng pretended to be embarrassed and thought for a while, then he said:
"Both teams are very strong in Serie A and have made great signings this summer. Although Inter Milan has the advantage on paper, there is still a question mark about how the young center forward Torres will perform on the field. Although Crespo is well-known, his long-term benching and inability to play regularly at Chelsea have caused his form to decline and he is no longer as brave as he used to be.
On the other hand, Roma's Totti is still in great form, and the addition of Adriano, a former Inter Milan player, has made Roma's forward line even better. With Mancini, I feel that Roma's forward line may be even stronger."
"Oh? So you think Roma will win?"
Zhang Lu was very surprised. She didn't expect Han Qiaosheng to support Roma.
You have to know that 90% of the audience at the scene and in front of the TV are fans of Lin Feng and Inter Milan, and not many support Roma!
Hearing Zhang Lu's words, Han Qiaosheng shook his head: "No, no, no, I'm optimistic about Inter Milan!"
"what?"
Not only Zhang Lu, many fans in front of the TV were confused at this moment.
You old man, you spent so much time analyzing this, but in the end it was just a feint?
"Don't be so surprised! I only said that Roma has the advantage in the forward line, but Inter Milan has the advantage in the other two lines, especially in the midfield. Inter Milan has Lin Feng in the attacking midfielder position, and that's enough!"
After hearing Han Qiaosheng's words, everyone was speechless: My goodness, is Han Dazui going to become the new generation of Lin Chui?
Perhaps Han Qiaosheng's words were too confident, or perhaps his poisonous milk skills were too good.
After the game started, the first team to get into the game was not Inter Milan, but Roma!
Three minutes into the game, Aquilani made a straight pass from the left, Adriano acted as a turret, took the ball with his back and knocked it back to his teammate who was following up. Mancini Jr. broke into the penalty area from the left and shot from a small angle, but was blocked by Cesar's outstretched legs.
Roma's attack was very threatening, especially Ade's transition in the middle was very deadly.
If Mancini Jr. had not misjudged the shooting angle, and if Cesar had not been in good form today, Inter Milan would probably have fallen behind at the start.
There was applause at the scene. Although the attack was initiated by Roma, this high-level game had already made the fans fascinated!
The fast and smooth advancement, the skillful cooperation, the decisive shots and the goalkeeper's wonderful saves made them feel like they were eating fine bran after getting used to the coarse grains in the Chinese Super League!
It turns out that the competition between top teams is really exciting!
Although the tickets are expensive, the fans feel they got a good deal!
You can enjoy this kind of game without leaving home, saving thousands or tens of thousands of dollars on air tickets, which is definitely a good deal!
But there is actually another way to make more money, which is to watch the game for free.
"Damn, that's awesome!"
"The teamwork of the Roma team is amazing!"
"Inter's defense was also very solid. Materazzi kept a close eye on Adriano, leaving him no space to turn around. Grosso moved inwards in time, forcing Mancini to go outside and making him lose the shooting angle!"
"And the goalkeeper's positioning choice is also quite interesting!"
Seeing the young players discussing the game excitedly, Xu Genbao showed a satisfied smile on his face.
Sure enough, bringing them to watch the game in person was the right choice!
Even just watching the competition between masters can benefit children a lot!
But just watching is not enough, you have to fight with them personally to reach their level.
And this requires them to go abroad and train in high-level leagues abroad!
"Do you want to become a player as good as them one day?"
"If you want to, then train hard, play well, and try to attract the attention of European scouts so that you can go abroad as soon as possible!"
(End of this chapter)
