The strongest blade in football

Chapter 109 For the sake of the Golden Globes
With Standard Liege's away victory, the remaining three games of the Europa League ended at the same time.

In the La Liga civil war, Valencia drew 2-2 at home with Atletico Madrid.

Fulham defeated last year's Bundesliga champion Wolfsburg 2-1.

After falling behind at half-time, Benfica reversed Liverpool in the second half and won 2-1.

Basically no team has killed the game, and every team is likely to advance to the semi-finals after the mid-week game next week.

For Standard Liege, this is very disturbing.

Because there is still a play-off game to be played on the weekend, and we will play 7 games in 3 days, everyone's physical fitness will be greatly affected, and it is not bad to recover 80%.

When the fish and the bear's paw are not available at the same time, the league has undoubtedly become a victim. After all, there are not many opportunities for Standard Liege.

The Europa League quarter-finals are more important.

In the play-offs of the championship group on the weekend, Boloni simply carried out a rotation, and the team lost without any surprise. They lost 1-2 at home to Ghent, who had just played against each other.

Wang Nuo played for more than 20 minutes in the second half and did not help the team reverse the defeat.

Anderlecht, which has already been out of the Europa League, beat Sulter 6-0 at home. After this round of competition, the standard Liege league champion can almost be said to be completely dead.

Among the three fronts, both the Belgian Cup and the league have fallen to pieces, and only the Europa League has become the last hope.

The results of this season are somewhat unreasonable for the league defending champion Standard Liege.

Although it hasn't been long since Boloni renewed his contract, many media are still not optimistic about his future.

You must know that two years ago, Standard Liege star Michel Predholm led the team to win the League Championship, but he did not stay and was also forced to leave!
The media speculated a lot, and there were all kinds of theories.

The Romanian has never revealed his thoughts or opinions to the media, and has been silent in several press conferences.

Someone broke the news that he and the club have already reached some agreement, and each has found a next home.

Neither Boloni nor the club gave any response to such a statement, leaving everyone with an unknown mystery.

Including the players of Standard Liege, they don't know whether their boss will still be there next season.

The only thing that can be foreseen is that if the Europa League can be won and the honor that has never been achieved in the history of the club, it is estimated that the coach will stay.

But these did not affect anything, the players were concentrating on preparing for the second round against Hamburg.

Everyone is tired, but they all want to go further.

After training one day, the team restaurant could not provide lunch due to special circumstances. Boloni announced for the first time that everyone was free to arrange meals, and then kept Wang Nuo in private.

Wang Nuo was a little puzzled at first, but later he realized that it was the coach who wanted to invite him to dinner.

Boloni asked Wang Nuo for advice and eventually took him to a Chinese dumpling shop that had only been open for two months.

Boloni has always been very kind to Wang Nuo. He is a very friendly coach. Although he occasionally shows a fierce side, everyone knows that he has a soft heart.

This was a very private treat, and Boloni didn't even bring his assistant coach Preto and fitness coach Goblet who had been following him around.

The taste of this restaurant is very authentic, and more importantly, this restaurant can make dumplings that meet Wang Nuo's unique dietary standards according to Wang Nuo's requirements.

Therefore, Wang Nuo will come every now and then.

It didn't take long for dumplings with three flavors to be served.

Wang Nuo and Boloni chatted while eating steaming dumplings. He also had a long conversation with coach Boloni for the first time.

Wang Nuo was very curious about why the coach suddenly wanted to treat guests, and he only called him in private.

When he asked about the reason for the coach's treat, Boloni told Wang Nuo bluntly that he was leaving soon.

The team's new coach has been identified, it is the Italian Dominique D'Onofrio, who once coached Standard Liege, but was forced to step down because of the poor record.

This time he made a comeback because he is the brother of the club chairman and the former technical director of the team.

And Boloni's task is to lead the team to finish the remaining games of the Europa League.

Wang Nuo was dumbfounded.

Boloni said that Standard Liege gave him a considerable liquidated damages and signed a short-term agreement directly linked to the Europa League record.

Wahda Club in Abu Dhabi.

Because his daughter East went to work in the UAE, Boloni decided to stay away from mainstream football for a while and stay with his family.

These are undoubtedly secrets, and Wang Nuo was surprised why the boss told him this, while taking advantage of Boloni's high interest, he acted as an excellent listener.

Under his repeated questioning, Boloni told Wang Nuo many things about the past without reservation.

Boloni said his father died of a stroke when he was 15 years old while watching him from the stands.

The death of his father had a great impact on him. He once gave up football. At that time, he was young and thought that his playing football had brought bad luck to his father, so he blamed himself very much.

But his mother persuaded him to continue playing football, and the family moved from Targu Mures to the capital Bucharest for Boloni.

There, Boloni became an integral member of Steaua Bucharest and reached the top of Europe!
Gradually, he became one of the best Romanian football players in history.

After retiring, Boloni coached the Romanian national team and also led many club teams, winning a series of trophies.

"As a footballer, I have almost no major shortcomings in my entire career." Boloni said.

"But when I lie in bed at night, I can't help thinking about the past. Football is a brutal game, but it's also one of the most fascinating in competitive sports."

"I have to admit that due to age, my brain is not as flexible as before. The latest tactics and concepts in the football world are emerging one after another, and I can't keep up with the times."

"I may not be able to go to the top league to coach and experience better scenery, but I like the feeling of being remembered by the fans, and I prefer to watch those talented boys grow up step by step!"

"If there is any regret, it is Cristiano. I failed to make him a superstar!"

Wang Nuo knows the story of Boloni and Ronaldo. The coach told him before. He seems to care about this and is proud of it.

Boloni continued: "I took him from the youth team to the first team, and I drove him from the No. 9 position to the wing. It's strange, isn't it? It's the opposite of you."

"At that time, he was very thin and very small. I remember that he only weighed more than 60 kilograms. It was too difficult for him to fight against defenders who weighed more than 100 kilograms."

"On the wing, his pace and great dribbling will make him more effective."

"I didn't know at the time that he would be one of the best ever, but I'm sure as long as there are no injuries, he will be a very good player!"

"Someone asked me about him in an interview, and I said he would surpass Figo and even Eusebio!"

"Those words got me in trouble because they were the two great gods in Portugal, comparing a young man with two great gods... However, Cristiano proved me right."

"It's a pity that I left Sporting Lisbon and he also went to Manchester United. I didn't witness his growth with my own eyes. Although he invited me to participate in the Golden Globe Awards, regrets are regrets."

Having said that, Boloni suddenly burst into an unconcealable smile.

"I didn't expect that things in the world would be so wonderful."

"In the second half of last year, I started following you because of the recommendations of Vittoante and Del Rio."

"I was surprised to find out, wow, the same height, the same way of playing, the same hard training attitude, it's really incredible."

"Later, you, like Cristiano, were brought to the first team by me. I watched you improve on the court like a rocket, even faster than he was back then!"

Wang Nuo's face was calm, and he ate the dumplings calmly, but he was already very complacent, hahaha, the boss even compared me with Ronaldo.

"I have a hunch that you may become the top player like him in the future. At that time, people will say, God, why is Boloni again, what magic does he have?"

Boloni was amused by himself when he said this. He seemed to think of something, thought about it for a few seconds, and then said: "I want to participate in the Golden Globe Awards ceremony again."

Wang Nuo smiled cooperatively, but found that Boloni was still staring at him, and he suddenly realized that the boss seemed to be serious.

No one has ever looked at Wang Nuo so highly.

Wang Nuo put away his smirk. He understood that this meal was equivalent to a breakup meal in advance to some extent, and he also understood how much the coach valued him.

"No problem, boss, I won the Golden Globe, not only will I invite you to the award ceremony, but I will also call you up to the stage and tell everyone below that Boloni is a good coach, and has always been!"

Boloni nodded happily, and just as he was about to continue telling the story, he noticed that Wang Nuo quickly ate the two remaining dumplings on the plate.

Then he wiped his mouth, and put the plate aside without further ado.

Looking at the three or four empty plates beside Wang Nuo, Boloni understood that the guy in front of him seemed to have another purpose.

So he tentatively asked, "I just said where is my hometown?"

Wang Nuo put another plate of dumplings in front of him, and was about to start it, but he was caught off guard and didn't react at all.

"what?"

"I just said where is my hometown?"

Wang Nuo scratched his head and said uncertainly: "Budapest? No, no, no, let me think about it again, a very tongue-twisting place, that's right, that's it."

Boloni's head was full of black lines, and he suddenly felt that Wang Nuo was not cute at all, "Let's go, we have eaten a lot."

"Please, one more plate!" Wang Nuo begged.

"You've had enough!"

"The last set, boss, what a waste!" Wang Nuo kept pleading, "For the sake of Cristiano and the Golden Globe, the last set!"

(End of this chapter)