LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 686 Italian Football Showdown (Subscription Request)
Chapter 686 Italian Football Showdown (Subscription Request)
It was very lively after the Italian players entered the base.
Even Buffon's parents called Kevin Huang to express their gratitude.
These two people have always been resentful of Buffon for not being able to complete high school. Italian high school is a five-year system.
On June 6, Huang Kaiwen was stopped by reporters at the entrance of the residence.
"Kevin, Raiola said you were discriminating against Balotelli, what do you think?"
"I'm sad that Balotelli didn't make the national team. Do you think he's not good enough?"
"Is Italy's forward line a little short of height, Kevin?"
"Will Italy play without a striker this time?"
Tassotti was about to call security when Kevin Huang waved his hand and started chatting with the reporters with a smile.
"I never think I am a racist person, because I have a good relationship with Ashley Cole and Drogba and we are always in touch. Seedorf also often calls me. I just gave Las Diarra a birthday present a few months ago. If Balotelli thinks I am discriminating against black people, he might as well look for the reason from himself, why others can do it but he can't."
Huang Kaiwen said with a smile.
"Raiola said a lot of things, do you think they make sense?"
the reporter asked.
Huang Kaiwen shook his head and said, "I don't know what he said, but it doesn't matter. Mario Balotelli is very talented, but his career planning is a mess because his agent is incompetent. Yes, Raiola is not a good agent. Mr. Moratti just talked to him about the agent problem not long ago. Serie A pays more and more money to agents, but I think this part of the income is still reasonable. Some outstanding agents can help players become better versions of themselves, and the commission is the reward they deserve.
But this does not include Mr. Raiola, who seems to only like money. His remarks against me this time are more about Zlatan firing him. He lost a lot of money when Zlatan moved to PSG. I seriously advise every Serie A player that Raiola is not your best choice. He will only choose the club that pays the most, regardless of whether the team is suitable for your style. Choosing an agent is as important as choosing a life partner. "
“What about the explanation for the height of the national team?”
the reporter asked.
"There's nothing much to say." Huang Kaiwen said with a smile: "I also want Vieri, but Italy doesn't have very tall strikers right now. I don't think Giovinco or Insigne are any worse."
Huang Kevin left after saying this.
These reporters don't have any brains.
There aren't any tall enough forwards in Italy right now. There are some, but they may not be qualified.
With Immobile alone, the 23-man roster is short of a key striker.
But even Gilardino is no longer useful now. Belotti is still a young man playing in the second division. If Inzaghi was not unreliable, Huang Kevin would have wanted to add him to the roster.
As for Aquilani and Montolivo, Huang Kevin simply looked down upon them, as the shortcomings of these two midfielders were too obvious.
The combination of Pirlo and De Rossi is almost the same.
Along the way, many staff members greeted Kevin Huang.
Huang Kevin did not ask for salary this time, so the Italian Football Association included the salary budget originally prepared for Huang Kevin into the expenses of this World Cup.
The Italian national team finally got to experience what it was like to be rich.
Even drinking water was airlifted to the base from Europe.
In recent days, trucks have frequently delivered supplies and various training-related equipment to the Italian base, and the Italian base has also strengthened security.
no way.
The Sun is too strong.
There are also some media outlets that have no bottom line like them.
There are drivers and cars coming and going, and if you are not careful, the nude photos of the Italian internationals will be on the front page tomorrow.
Seeing Kevin Huang, Tassotti immediately came up to him and said, "We need to take a photo this afternoon. This is a common practice."
"Okay, anything else, Mauro?"
Huang Kevin asked.
Tassotti nodded and said: "Carlo has also come to Brazil, he is ready to help us deal with Capello."
Huang Kevin stopped, looked at Tassotti in shock and asked, "Is Mr. Ancelotti going to attack Mr. Capello?"
"No, no, no, it's just that he will provide us with some help."
Tassotti said.
Huang Kaiwen breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "By the way, do the international players have any objections to the lineup?"
"There is no problem. Everyone is in a good mood. The main captain Buffon, several vice-captains Totti, De Rossi and Barzagli have united the locker room very well."
Tassotti said.
"That's good."
Huang Kaiwen said with a smile: "I don't want to see any problems in the Italian locker room during the World Cup. If anyone doesn't want to play for the national team, they can pack up and leave immediately."
The two of them entered the office building together.
The players also live in the hotel. Opposite the hotel is the base. The stadium is original and so is the office building.
The weather in Rio is hotter than in Florence, which is a challenge for some Italian internationals as intense exercise in hot weather consumes more energy.
Every national team coaching staff faces this problem.
Fortunately, Gianni Nanni is very experienced in dealing with this. He has always been the team doctor of the Italian national team. If the Yellow King had not called him over during the last European Cup, he would still have appeared in the Italian national team.
"Kevin, we have developed a new type of drink that can help the players better replenish the nutrients their bodies need."
Gianni Nanni came over and said.
"Great, any questions?"
Huang Kevin asked.
“The problem is it doesn’t taste very good.”
Nanni said.
"It's okay. I'm not the one drinking it anyway."
Huang Kaiwen smiled and said, "It can't be like drinking urine."
Nanny shrugged and said, "I think urine might taste better than this."
"Then let's find a way to improve its taste."
Huang Kevin said with a helpless smile.
Even if the Yellow Ball King has a high status, he cannot force the players to eat shit.
When he arrived at the office, Huang Kevin started watching the news.
The World Cup has been very popular recently. Owen revealed that he had been invited to the Chinese Super League, McManaman said that Brazil would definitely win the championship, and Dunga said that there were too many foreign players in the Chinese Super League and they were useless.
These retired old guys always find something to talk about.
Huang Kevin doesn’t know whether Irving has been invited by the Chinese Super League, but he has definitely been invited by a game company to shoot a commercial with the Dragon Slaying Sword.
After just a few glances, Huang Kaiwen saw that Pele reminded the Brazilian team to pay attention to Italy.
Huang Kaiwen smiled and shook his head.
Italy is in the group of death, so it doesn't have the time to pay attention to Brazil.
In the same group are England, Uruguay and Costa Rica, and these three teams are not weak.
I took the final makeup photos in the afternoon.
During the training on the second morning, many media took photos, but it became a closed training in the afternoon.
The Italian national team has been under great pressure to fine-tune its tactics in recent times.
After thinking about it, Huang Kaiwen decided to build two systems, 541 and 352, based on Juventus' three defenders.
There are too many things that the players cannot easily accept.
Both sets are mainly three-backs, with the exception of the wing-back positions.
"Pay attention to your running and get forward more often!"
Huang Kaiwen shouted from the sidelines.
Inzaghi and Gattuso stood on the sidelines with their arms folded.
"This time our task is not easy," Gattuso said.
"Do you think your opponent is too strong? What a coward," Inzaghi complained.
Gattuso sneered and said: "Last time Italy was eliminated by Paraguay and Slovakia. We couldn't even beat New Zealand."
"Not this time."
Huang Kevin said.
This time Italy's style of play will be very practical.
He doesn't care whether the game is good or not. If he wants to qualify from the group of death, he still needs to have a solid defense.
"Francisco, change into the free man's vest."
Huang Kaiwen shouted from the sidelines.
Cassano immediately pointed at himself.
Huang Kaiwen laughed and scolded: "Get lost, you are still far from it."
Cassano played well at Manchester United, but you can't trust him too much and you have to keep an eye on him. After Moyes became the head coach, his performance immediately declined a lot. There are rumors that Manchester United is going to sell him to Chelsea to replace Bale who is about to leave the team.
It can also be seen that Cassano did play well.
At the end of the evening training, Huang Kevin called Totti.
"What's wrong, coach?"
Totti joked.
"You probably won't start against England, so be mentally prepared. I plan to use more running to deal with the British," said Huang Kaiwen.
Totti is good in everything except his temper.
Don’t let yourself be photographed with a gloomy face, or the reporters will write some messy reports.
"Ah, it's okay. I never thought about playing as a starter."
Totti smiled and said: "If you hadn't called me, I would definitely not have come to play in the World Cup."
"It's good to come out and take a look."
Huang Kevin patted Totti on the shoulder and said, "You should feel much better now, so don't embarrass yourself anymore."
6 month 10 day.
Security caught a few paparazzi who were about to jump over the wall to take pictures.
Huang Kaiwen even found a familiar face, but this was not the time to talk about friendship.
"Detain them for 10 hours and call the police, saying they lost something."
Huang Kevin said.
"Isn't this a little too much?"
Tassotti asked. He didn't expect Huang Kevin to handle it this way.
"If we detain them privately, wouldn't that be against the law? Let them wait for the police to come and explain themselves."
Huang Kevin said.
With the big battle with England approaching, Kevin Huang doesn't want to avoid any mistakes.
Later, reporters interviewed Sir Alex Ferguson who was in retirement at home.
Sir Alex Ferguson said: "I don't want to pour cold water on England, but judging from Kevin's coaching style, he is a natural big-game coach. He knows very well how to handle a national team and how to deal with emergencies. Kevin's coaching style is very pragmatic, which is something I value very much. If England doesn't want to lose, it's better to strengthen its wing defense."
Kevin Huang watched the interview from inside the hotel.
At this time, there was a noise in the room.
"Room Service!"
Huang Kevin opened the door with some surprise, and a tall girl immediately rushed in.
Before Huang Kevin could react, the other party closed the door. He then shouted in surprise, "Oh my God, I found the right place."
"Do we know each other?"
Huang Kevin asked.
The other party spoke directly and quickly: "My name is Camila Morraux, an actress, model, and also your fan! I played in the eye shadow movie "My Own River" directed by James Franco. This time I am shooting a commercial in Brazil, and I happened to hear that the Italian national team is also in Rio, so I came to see if I can run into you..."
"Okay, Ms. Moreau, autograph or photo?"
Huang Kevin interrupted the other party directly, otherwise she might have even introduced her family situation.
"group photo!"
Camila Moreau said.
"it is good!"
Huang Kevin nodded and said.
The other party immediately took out his mobile phone, turned it to selfie mode, and took a photo with Huang Kaiwen.
Click, click.
"Is it okay?"
Huang Kevin asked.
Camila Morrone looked down at the photo and said unsatisfactorily: "It's not a good photo. Let's take it again."
After several times, Huang Kaiwen simply said, "Forget it, can you stay here and stop taking photos?"
Camila Morrone stuck out her tongue.
"are you American?"
Huang Kevin asked.
"Born in Argentina, grew up in the United States, my parents are both models."
Morrow said.
Huang Kevin nodded. No wonder he was so tall, he inherited it from his parents.
However, when looking at each other, Kevin Huang felt that her figure was not a typical model figure.
She is quite a bit bigger than the model.
“So you came to Brazil to work?”
Huang Kevin asked.
"Well, but I told my agent to go back first. I'm not very busy at work and I want to stay and watch the World Cup." Moro leaned on Huang Kevin's arm very naturally and said.
"Are your parents famous?"
Huang Kevin asked.
"It's fine, how did you know?"
"Of course, otherwise young models wouldn't have so much time and money to stay in Brazil to watch the game," Huang Kevin complained.
A ticket for the opening game costs more than $300, and that's the original price for an average seat. It's normal to pay ten times the price if you buy a second-hand ticket. There are too many stupid fans with a lot of money.
Tickets for matches like Italy and England now cost more than 2000 euros each, and that’s for the group stages.
Not to mention other aspects of consumption.
There are not so many safe and cheap hotels for you to stay in Brazil. Either stay away from the slums or don't be afraid of hearing gunshots outside the hotel.
If you have money you won't have such worries.
As long as you have money, you can have fun all over the world.
The next day when Huang Kevin got up, the girl was still sleeping.
Huang Kevin left a note and went to the base.
When Huang Kevin came back, she was still there.
As the opening match approaches, the heat of the World Cup is rising.
Camilla Morrone's existence also made it into the newspapers, with The Sun almost recreating her experience.
Many Brazilian girls lamented that they had missed a good opportunity.
On June 6, the opening match between Brazil and Croatia finally kicked off.
The Brazilian Football Association invited Kevin Huang to attend the opening ceremony in Sao Paulo, but Kevin Huang refused.
The Italian national team's game is not in Sao Paulo, and going to Sao Paulo at this time will seriously affect his rest.
In this game, Neymar scored twice, Marcelo scored an own goal, and Oscar added the icing on the cake in the last minute. Brazil scored 4 goals and defeated Croatia 3:1.
The most shocking thing on the second match day was the Netherlands' 5:1 massacre of Spain.
The two teams in the European Cup final met again, but the result was one-sided.
Two years ago, Spain put a lot of pressure on the Dutch team, but this time they were completely defeated by the Netherlands.
A day later, it was finally time for the Italian national team’s first match.
Amazon Arena Press Room.
Capello was already sitting there when Huang Kevin arrived.
He smiled and nodded at Kevin Huang.
As Kevin Huang and Buffon took their seats, reporters began to ask questions frantically.
"Fabio, how do you feel about playing against Kevin? England lost to the Netherlands in the last European Championship."
an Italian journalist asked.
"What does losing to the Netherlands have to do with Italy having a national team?"
Capello asked back with a dark face.
"But England has only won twice in the last 11 matches against Italy. Do you think you can break this embarrassing situation?"
The reporter emphasized.
Capello pushed his glasses with his middle finger and said: "I don't want to say what will happen, but I have confidence in the England national team because I have coached this team for a long time."
"Gerrard has never beaten Kevin. This should be the tenth year since Istanbul. Can you tell me how you feel?"
the Italian reporter asked in English.
Gerard's face looked uglier than if he had eaten a fly.
The key point is that what the reporter said was absolutely correct. He lost to Huang Kaiwen many times and didn't even get a draw.
Gerrard said: "I believe my teammates have the ability to beat all opponents, so I am not worried about the situation of the game."
"Kevin, what do you think?"
the reporter asked.
Huang Kaiwen said with a smile: "England is a very strong opponent. I have made a lot of preparations to face them. As for the result of the game, we will see after the game."
"So which two teams do you think will qualify from this group?"
"England and Italy."
Kevin Huang said with certainty.
Capello and Gerrard both looked much better.
After quickly ending the press conference, Huang Kevin went to the locker room to remind the players to pay attention to the on-field discipline.
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"The game is about to start, and this is also the most anticipated matchup in the first round."
"Yes, Italy and England are old rivals in football. The battles between the two teams have left many exciting scenes. Now the two teams' head coaches are the master and apprentice duo of Capellu and Kevin Huang, so there is still a lot to watch."
"Yes, Kevin Huang has proven himself in the European Cup two years ago, and he also led the Netherlands to successfully beat Capello's England, so we are all looking forward to this master-disciple match."
"Let's take a look at both sides' starters."
England 433 double midfielder:
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart,
Defenders: Baines, Gary Cahill, Jagielka, Glen Johnson,
Midfielders: Henderson, Rooney, Gerrard,
Forwards: Sterling, Sturridge, Welbeck.
Italy 532 three defenders and double defensive midfielder:
Goalkeeper: Buffon,
Defenders: De Sciglio, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Damian,
Midfielders: De Rossi, Insigne, Marchisio,
Forwards: Cassano, Immobile.
"Italy's starting lineup was a bit surprising to us, especially since Kevin Huang specifically invited Totti to return, and Pirlo was not able to appear in the starting lineup, which no one expected."
"I think Kevin Huang may have thought that he should focus on defense first, but using three defenders still gave us some surprises. We need to see how this lineup performs in the game."
After shaking hands with Capello, Huang Kaiwen returned to the technical area and waved to the field.
Marchisio immediately ran to the sidelines.
"We actually have three defenders, and the two wingers will also move forward to participate in the attack, but what I require of you is a larger range of movement. You need to put pressure on Gerrard. He can't bear too much pressure, you know."
Huang Kevin said.
Marchisio asked with a sly smile: "Let him pass it back to our people?"
Huang Kaiwen gave a thumbs up.
"When does it begin?"
Marchisio asked.
"Just pretend in the first half. In the second half, he will be more physically demanding, so let's teach him a lesson." Huang Kevin patted Marchisio on the shoulder and said.
"Ok!"
Marchisio ran straight back.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.
England, which kicked off first, also intended to control the ball. After Spain and Barcelona achieved good results, many football coaches added passing and controlling the ball to their tactics.
However, the technical level of England's three midfielders can only be said to be quite average.
Even though Italy's three-man midfield is mainly defensive, they are not inferior in terms of technology.
Seeing the Italian players pressing forward, Huang Kaiwen immediately shouted: "Come back, don't go too deep, and don't fight with Rooney physically, and be more decisive."
Rooney is now gradually moving towards a midfield organizer.
But his technical ability is far inferior to his physical talent.
Even in his prime, Rooney was not very agile with the ball. When he was dribbling past opponents in positional battles, he often stumbled but never lost the ball.
Mobile warfare simply relies on impact force and the body to charge forward.
No wonder he declined so quickly.
After all, he started playing in the Premier League at the age of 16.
"Both sides were very careful today and were testing each other."
"That's for sure. Huang Kaiwen has counterattacks ingrained in his mind, whether he plays football or coaches. Capello is an Italian coach and a former AC Milan coach. He understands the Italian football style better. If we rush forward rashly at this time, the Italian team will seize the opportunity."
"Capello's performance today was not as stunning as before. I think many fans are disappointed."
England passed the ball to the left at this time. Sturridge suddenly made a triangle pass back and Sterling followed up with a fierce shot.
Buffon didn't even expect the shot to come so quickly, and he was a little late when he rushed out.
It was obvious that the ball was moving faster than him.
Many Italian fans couldn't help but exclaim.
Fortunately, the ball hit the side net.
Only then did Huang Kevin breathe a sigh of relief.
"Hey, cheer up! Don't lose the game for no reason. Why didn't anyone block the shot?"
Huang Kaiwen shouted from the sidelines.
He almost got caught off guard by a long shot right after the game started. Your name is Buffon, not Joe Hart.
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(End of this chapter)