green shooter

Chapter 168
Relaxing holidays tend to make people relax. Although they still insist on a certain degree of training at home, Zhu Hantao still feels that it is not possible, after all, there is no professional venue and training facilities.

After only staying at home for two days, Zhu Hantao packed his bags and returned to the Pinettina base in the small town of Appiano Gentile.

Continuing to stay at home is causing trouble for parents. They are already busy with things in the store, so Zhu Hantao will not be at home to cause trouble for them.

The old man at the gate of the club's training base wanted to give Zhu Hantao the key to open and lock the door himself, because no one else would come over except him these days anyway.

Zhu Hantao hesitated for a moment, but still refused. Although theoretically there should be nothing wrong, but in case, such a large training base is not afraid of [-], just in case.

He just wanted to play football training with peace of mind, pretending not to see the uncle's unhappy expression, and expressed his refusal.

The main reason is that apart from playing football, Zhu Hantao doesn't have any other entertainment activities. Like other protagonists, he can go out to meet girls and travel, and some even come to some sidelines for investment.

But Zhu Hantao’s mind is all about football, and he never thought about other things. Some people say that you are reborn, why don’t you buy penalties? Professional players should pay attention, otherwise you, a top star, will be picked up to bet on football since childhood.

On the New Year's Eve, Zhu Hantao took a special car to Milan and experienced the Milan New Year's Eve Music Festival in the square in front of the Milan Cathedral. Although he didn't know much about music, what he pictured was a lively atmosphere.

On the night of December 2008, 12, Zhu Hantao, like every ordinary young man here, waved his hands to the music, and cheered with everyone when the countdown counted down to 31 o'clock.

There was not only music and singing, but also acrobatic performances. Accompanied by the brilliant light show, the atmosphere gradually reached its climax.

It is definitely impossible to wear sunglasses at night, but Zhu Hantao thought that the light is so dim at night, and there are so many people at the scene, no one will recognize him.

Unexpectedly, when the New Year's Eve bell rang and everyone at the scene cheered for the arrival of the new year, someone beside Zhu Hantao recognized him.

Michele happens to be a die-hard Inter Milan fan. Their family is Nerazzurri. Since he was three years old, his grandfather took him to Mea to watch Inter Milan's games. Today is the New Year's Eve. This handsome guy brought his new girlfriend Rosa to the New Year's Eve.

Originally, the New Year's Eve was already very high. Unexpectedly, with a casual glance, he found that there was an Asian man who was coming alone for the New Year's Eve, which made him take a few more glances.

As Neila, as a fan of Zhu Hantao, even though the night light is not enough to see clearly, he can still see that this person is likely to be Zhu Hantao.

"Hello, are you Zhu Hantao?" Michele asked casually, but he wasn't too sure.

How could Zhu Hantao have thought that someone would recognize him, and he pronounced his name very well, so it must be his fans.

If the situation was different, he wouldn't mind signing autographs for the other party, but with so many people present, it would be difficult to deal with if any disturbances were caused, so he quickly denied, "I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense!" A set of denials followed.

At this moment, Michele's girlfriend also noticed Zhu Hantao, and excitedly stomped on the spot, "Zhu! You are Zhu! Sign us!"

That's right, I wasn't sure at first, but when Zhu Hantao talked to them face to face, they confirmed Zhu Hantao's identity. He was so scared that Zhu Hantao looked around, and he was relieved when he saw that no one else noticed them.

Fortunately, there were so many people in the square, the loud music on the stereo and the noisy speeches of so many people drowned out Rosa's cry just now.

"Don't get excited," Zhu Hantao quickly waved his hands to calm them down, "Are you fans of Inter Milan? I can sign your autographs, but don't let others find out."

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Michele stretched out his hand and made an ok gesture, "I never expected that I would meet you tonight. I am your loyal fan. Oh, I am so happy!"

But Zhu Hantao didn't bring a signature pen, either. Rosa found a black fountain pen from the small bag she carried with her, and asked Zhu Hantao to sign their names on their clothes.

"It's a pity. If I knew I would have come here tonight wearing your No. 17 jersey." Michele said regretfully watching Zhu Hantao sign his name on his jacket.

"We are so lucky." Rosa said with a smile to Zhu Hantao, while quietly twisting the soft flesh on her boyfriend's waist with her hands, thinking that if you dare to date me in a jersey, you will be dead.

When such an unexpected situation happened, Zhu Hantao could only sign for them, thanked them for their support, then gave them a warm hug, and then hurriedly evacuated while no one else noticed him.

……

Two days later, Inter Milan players returned to the team one after another. The team resumed normal training again, and the Pinettina base returned to its usual busyness.

Mourinho is very dissatisfied with some players in the team who can't play football after returning from a holiday. Some people can even see that they are fat with the naked eye in just a few days. It is really undisciplined.

The first round of the league after the end of the winter break will start in a week, and the players must be brought back to the state of the game as soon as possible.Magic Bird also couldn't help sighing, the task is very heavy.

Also, without Zhu Hantao's influence, Adriano would have transferred to Flamingo on a free transfer in early May and returned to Brazil again.After that, his career began to decline further, and he successfully transformed into a striker who waited for death.

But this season, due to Zhu Hantao's existence, the Brazilian's already limited playing time was squeezed out. Although he himself knew very well that his performance in the game was far behind Zhu Hantao, Adriano was still very unhappy.

In this winter window, Adriano sought to leave the team through his agent. Not surprisingly, it was Flamingo. Sao Paulo, who had loaned Adriano for a period of time last season, had no interest in him at all. It can be seen that even if he scored a penalty in Brazil, his performance did not satisfy them.

In the end, having no choice, Adriano and Inter Milan terminated the contract amicably, joined Flamingo on a free transfer, and returned to his native Brazil.

The departure of the Brazilian is actually good news for Inter Milan. The other strikers in the team who had few opportunities to play before are full of motivation.

Balotelli, Cruz, and Crespo were all full of desire to perform in the first team training after the winter break, and wanted the head coach to look at them more.

Make Mourinho and his coaching staff laugh out loud, and there's a bonus too.

The media reporters who are free and looking for troubles are particularly concerned about Adriano's departure. They look for club chairman Moratti, team coach Mourinho, and other players in the team. They try their best to interview and find conflicts to make up news.

Zhu Hantao is not surprised by the departure of the Brazilian. He hardly got any chance to play in the first half of the season. As the former king of Meazza, he will definitely not feel comfortable. However, his strength and attitude are definitely not worthy of starting at Inter Milan. Leaving the team is his best choice.

And Zhu Hantao is quite happy. Compared with Adriano, the relationship between Bashen and himself is obviously better. With the Brazilian gone, Balotelli will definitely have more chances to play, and I don’t know if Quaresma’s situation will improve.

The fans who haven't watched the game for more than ten days are already a little impatient, especially when they are at home during the holidays. It would have been nice to watch the game, but it is a pity that the players have to go home for Christmas.

After the holiday, in the anticipation of thousands of fans, the Serie A league rekindled. On January 2009, 1, Inter Milan, which temporarily ranked first in the standings, ushered in their first opponent of the new year, Cagliari, at their home stadium San Siro.

Mourinho's Inter Milan hopes to get off to a good start in the first game of the new year. They had won 6 consecutive victories at home against Cagliari.

As Brazilian right-back Maicon, who received a yellow card again in the last round of the league, was suspended for one game, captain Zanetti rarely returned to his old position.

Chivu came back to play as a midfielder, and Figo replaced Stankovic, who had a sprained left knee, as the midfielder. This is also his first league start since September 9 last year.

Cagliari's opponents in this game, Diego Lopez and Bianco, are also suspended.

The weather in Milan in January is very cold. Fortunately, the temperature in Milan today is not below zero. Meazza is not too severely frozen, otherwise it will seriously affect the running and passing of players on the field.

"Audience friends, it's been a long time. Today we bring you the first round of Serie A after Inter Milan's winter break, the home game against Cagliari."

"Hey, it feels like I haven't watched the game for a long time. The domestic Serie A fans must have been waiting for a long time."

"Okay, the game is about to start, let me first introduce the starting lineups of the two sides for this game.

First of all, the head coach of Inter Milan, Mourinho, is forming a 4-3-1-2 formation today, goalkeeper Cesar, right back Zanetti, center back Cordoba and Samuel partner, left back Maxwell.

Midfielders Muntari, Cambiasso, and Qiwu are behind, and Figo appears in the midfielder's position.

The forwards are naturally Zhu Hantao and Ibrahimovic. "

"After adapting in the first half of the season, the striker combination of Zhu Hantao and Ibrahimovic should be the most threatening offensive combination for Inter Milan."

“然后客队卡利亚里也是一个4-3-1-2，门将22号马凯蒂。

The right back is No. 14 Pisano, the center back is No. 21 Canini and No. 13 Astori, and the left back is No. 31 Agostini.

中场23号菲尼、5号孔蒂还有8号比翁迪尼居后，7号科苏打前腰，双箭头27号耶达和9号阿夸弗雷斯卡。”

"Hey, Cagliari's main central defender is suspended and unable to play. The two central defenders who started this game are both very young players. Canini is 23 years old, and Astori has just turned 22."

"Let's see if this young defense can stop the attacks of Zhu Hantao and Ibrahimovic."

In the opening 4 minutes, Inter Milan left back Maxwell made a personal breakthrough on the left rib, and then the Brazilian volleyed with his left foot 25 meters in front of the goal, which was confiscated by Cagliari goalkeeper Machetti.

After 1 minute, Muntari made a long pass from the right with his left foot. Ibrahimovic dexterously unloaded the ball on the left side of the penalty area and chose to knock back in the middle. Chivu stepped forward and volleyed with his left foot over the bar.

After the opening, the dominant Inter Milan had the absolute upper hand on the field without any suspense, playing around the goal of the visiting team Cagliari.

The two central defenders that Cagliari started today can clearly see their lack of strength. Astori, who was born in Milan's youth training, was still playing in the third division last season. Cannini was only a backup central defender in the Cagliari team last season.

Today, due to the suspension of the main central defenders Diego Lopez and Bianco, the two of them were kicked out and put on the shelf to start the game together. Facing the strong attack line of Inter Milan, they looked shaky.

Figo made a low pass from the right rib. Ibrahimovic got the ball from the front of the penalty area and adjusted his left foot to shoot. Unfortunately, this shot 27 meters away from the goal passed the crossbar and went out of the bottom line.

I also know that this kick was a bit sloppy. Ibrahimovic first gave Figo a thumbs up for the pass, and then apologized to Zhu Hantao who ran in place and was ready to respond. It may be a more reasonable choice for him to pass the ball.

"Haha" Zhu Hantao smiled and didn't care. It's normal. Everyone wants to kick himself, let alone a strong striker like Ibrahimovic. It's just bad luck that he didn't make it.

Cagliari's possession of the ball, the Italian midfielder Kosu received a pass from his teammate and moved forward with the ball. Muntari was accidentally injured while defending him and had to leave the field to receive treatment from the team doctor. Inter Milan's coaching staff hurriedly called Jimenez to the sidelines to start warming up.

"Oh? Muntari seems to be injured. Mourinho asked Jimenez to warm up and get ready to play."

"There was no physical contact this time. Oh, the replay from this angle can be seen clearly. Muntari was pushed a bit. It shouldn't be a serious injury. I guess it was a hard injury. It was quite painful at the time, but there was nothing serious."

The home team had to play one less player on the field, and Muntari finally limped back to the field until a chance of a dead ball after 2 minutes.

"It's not a big problem for Muntari to return to the court. It seems that the injury is not serious as Director Zhang said, and he can continue to persevere."

"Hey, since Muntari is fine, Jimenez who hurriedly started warming up just now can only sit back in his seat."

In the 13th minute of the game, Zhu Hantao tried his best to pass Astori's left foot into the penalty area. Ibrahimovic's right foot shot from the left side of the penalty area was confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper Machetti.

Oh, it's a bit regretful that Ibrahimovic failed to score such a good opportunity, but I still want to express my gratitude to Zhu Hantao who sent the second pass for him.

"Cagliari's central defender is really not good today. Zhu Hantao can take advantage of the physical confrontation."

"Yes, this is also a young player, and his strength is indeed relatively average. Zhu Hantao should have an absolute advantage over him."

(End of this chapter)