The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 54 Ou Qing starts the game

Villas-Boas joined Mourinho's team at the age of 24 and has been responsible for collecting opponent intelligence and conducting data analysis.

He has also experienced great success with Porto and Chelsea over the years with Mourinho.

However, after the madman was dismissed from Chelsea, he wanted to leave Mourinho's team to develop his "great ambition".

But unfortunately, after searching around, no team was willing to take him, and finally returned to Mourinho in despair.

What is very speechless is that this young man who has been cared for by Mourinho and grew up beside him will soon become a fanatical admirer of Guardiola, and at the same time completely deny Mourinho's conservative tactics.

And if Mourinho hadn't expressed support for Villas-Boas regardless of past suspicions, Porto would have been skeptical about hiring such a young man with no qualifications to coach the team.

The previous betrayal of tactical concepts was just the beginning.

After Villas-Boas achieved certain results in Porto, he expressed dissatisfaction with the titles of "Madman II" and "Mourinho II" from the outside world.

Not only did he deny the mentor-apprentice relationship between Mourinho and himself, he also insisted that his football philosophy was not the same as Mourinho's, and the two were not from the same place.

When Mourinho dissuaded Villas-Boas from joining Chelsea, the kid even openly mocked the Magic Bird for not wanting him to land in a wealthy club out of jealousy.

This is very funny. Even if you don't consider that Villas-Boas's career started with the help of Mourinho, respecting the predecessors should be the most basic morality of a person.

Then comparing the results achieved by the two, he couldn't beat the madman at all.

Ignorant people are often arrogant, and Villas-Boas's character is destined to never achieve the success that Mourinho did.

After experiencing two consecutive sackings in the Premier League, everyone has seen clearly the true face of this second-rate head coach with a terrible personality and even worse coaching ability.

However, Villas-Boas himself still attributes his failure to the club, the players, and even the fans. He is the only one in the world who has no problem, everyone is going against him.

At the same time, he also attracted a lot of fans with his good looks and arrogant style, so much so that even when his performance in leading the team was as bad as shit, there were many little fairies to help him. This can be regarded as a curiosity in football.

If such an idiot with questionable character can still find a job, it only shows that most football bosses have no brains.

A simple summary is that he thinks highly of himself but does not have the corresponding abilities, and Boas has never seen himself clearly.

After receiving the task, Boas was not happy at all. He felt that asking him to do such a simple thing was completely overqualified.

My dissatisfaction with Mourinho has increased a bit.

In addition to training every day, Leo repeatedly studies and watches Vieira's videos to learn the French iron waist's technical movements and playing methods.

He actually doesn't know much about Vieira's performance at Arsenal.

After careful analysis frame by frame, I finally understood why the French midfielder's performance after leaving the Premier League was not as good as before.

On the one hand, he is accustomed to the standards of the Premier League. After coming to Serie A, Vieira's vicious fouls have been restricted to a certain extent.

There is also the issue of age. The physical condition of French people in their thirties is definitely not as good as it was at their peak.

Vieira has contributed his best self to Arsenal. In addition to his outstanding defense, he has excellent passing and control and excellent skills.

On the court, he also has willpower and leadership that ordinary players don't have.

There are so many things worth learning from Leo.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the day to gather for the Italian under-19 youth team.

Except for Balotelli, the other teammates are basically the opponents that Leo encountered when he was in the Inter Milan youth team.

For example, Andre Poli from the Sampdoria youth team, Bonaventura from the Atlanta youth team, Paloschi and Damian from AC Milan and other young players are very familiar to Leo.

Just one year later, Leo has already made a name for himself in the Premier League, but most of these young people can still only play in youth team games.

Most of the Italian youth teams are made up of "white Italians". Balotelli and Okaka are the only two black men. The yellow-skinned Leo is unique and unprecedented.

Fortunately, he didn't encounter any more racial discrimination, but other people couldn't say they were enthusiastic about him.    It may also be that Leo's results in the Premier League last season put pressure on others.

Anyway, they are just temporary teammates for a few games. As long as they can cooperate in the game without holding back, it is enough. Leo is not prepared to be a "social butterfly" and have a good relationship with everyone.

"Leo, there's something wrong with the way that guy looks at you."

Looking in the direction where Balotelli raised his chin, Leo noticed Raggio Garibaldi from Genoa's youth training staring at him fiercely.

???

After thinking for a moment, Leo quickly understood that if he hadn't been selected, that kid would have had a chance to play.

But now that he is here, he naturally has no choice but to stand aside.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the other party is hostile to Leo.

But on the football field, strength speaks for itself. If you want a starting position, you can only rely on your own performance to get it. Nothing else will matter.

Head coach Francisco Rocca was pleasantly surprised to find that Leo was not only excellent offensively, but his defensive abilities also exceeded his expectations.

The main lineup of the Italian U19 youth team was quickly released after a few days of running-in.

The three forwards Balotelli, Pawlowski and Okaka compete for two starting spots, and the other forward players are much inferior to them.

Left midfielder Forestieri, right midfielder Mazarani, and Leo partnered with Andre Poli in the center.

It must be mentioned here that after Leo left and Bashen was promoted to the first team, Inter Milan's youth team lost its dominance in the youth league.

Last season it was the Sampdoria youth team led by Andrea Poli that won the double championship of the Youth Italian Cup and the Youth League.

Italy's midfield and frontcourt are still somewhat strong, but the defense is a little less interesting. Except for right back Matteo Darmian, the small players in other positions are very average.

Can the deficiencies in defensive players' abilities be made up for by relying on Italy's traditional chain defense tactics?

After understanding the strength of his teammates, Leo suddenly had some doubts. Can such a group of people really win the championship?
  The U19 European Youth Championship held in the Czech Republic officially started on July 7. A total of eight participating teams were divided into two groups.

Italy's first opponent in the group stage is the weakest Greece U19.

However, not long after the game started, the Italian youth team's defense made a mistake, and the Greek team took the lead 1-0.

Before the end of the first half, Leo made a direct pass, and Balotelli volleyed unreasonably with the defender to equalize the score.

It may not be particularly obvious in normal training, but the difference in strength will be clear at a glance in the real competition field.

Leo was obviously a step above his teammates, so much so that some couldn't keep up with him at all.

In addition, Leo did not have enough time to get along with the others, and there was not enough trust between his teammates. There was absolutely no tacit understanding between these people on the court.

Fortunately, Leo and Balotelli helped the team equalize the score in time with their absolute personal ability.

Francesco, the head coach of the Italian youth team, had nothing to hesitate and officially established Leo as the frontcourt organizer at halftime.

"Leave the offense to Leo to organize, and the others will try to cooperate, especially the players in the frontcourt to move more flexibly!"

After the start of the second half, the Italian U19 offensive was obviously much more intense than before.

In the 65th minute, Leo overturned the ball and got rid of Papadopoulos' defense and passed the ball directly into the penalty area. Pawlowski pushed the ball into the net from close range!

Two to one!

In the end, the Italian youth team reversed Greece and won 2-1 in the first group match, ushering in a good start!

Three days later, in the second round of the group stage, Leo and the others will face the England U19 youth team, one of the favorites to win the championship!
  (End of this chapter)