The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 91 The end of the winter break

After successfully winning the last game before the winter break, Inter Milan disbanded and began the Christmas vacation.

The next game will wait until January 10th, a full twenty days later. Leo and the others will rest for about two weeks and gather to resume training a week before the start of the game.

This is where Serie A is better than the Premier League, certainly for the players.

Fans definitely want to watch games during the holidays.

During Christmas, the most important holiday in Western countries, players can get the same holiday and family reunion as everyone else.

At the same time, in this cold winter, you can get ample rest time in the intense and intensive schedule.

In this way, they are doubly relaxed physically and mentally, which is beneficial to their subsequent state.

In short, Leo feels that Serie A is more humane than the torturous Premier League.

King Dong and Leo reunited in a foreign country, and after repeated attempts to stay, Leo finally stayed for a meal.

At the Rose Chinese Restaurant next to Piazza del Campo in the center of Siena, Leo fell silent looking at the sticky dishes burning in front of him.

"Brother Dong, I will treat you well next time you go to Milan!"

……

Ever since he left home to pursue his career in the Premier League last year, it seems that Leo hasn't been at home doing nothing like this for a while.

He also wanted to continue training at the base and was not afraid of troublesome Balotelli picking him up.

It’s really because all the staff at the base have gone home for the holidays, so there’s nothing he can do if he wants to go!
  As Christmas approaches day by day, the festive atmosphere on the streets is getting stronger and stronger, and fewer and fewer shops are still open.

Until Christmas Eve, there were almost no shops open on the streets of Milan.

Oh, not just shops, but all kinds of shops, restaurants, supermarkets and even post offices and banks are also closed.

Is holiday business good? No, Italians don't care at all.

Italy, which values ​​family and tradition, would rather make less money for a few days and go home to spend the holidays with family.

Leo's Chinese restaurant is still open, but not many people came to dine that day.

Li's Restaurant has been open in Milan for more than ten years and has already accumulated a large number of local regular customers.

But on Christmas Eve, Italians all gather at home. This is their tradition, and few people go out to dine.

Only a small number of tourists and Chinese will come to eat here today.

When business wasn't busy, Leo and his mother just chatted.

"Son, when is your driving license test?"

"The appointment was made the day after tomorrow. They had just started working for the first time."

"Are you sure? Do you want to find someone to give you a red envelope or something?"

"No, I've already found a good relationship."

"That's good. Dad had a hard time learning to drive at that time, but driving is okay, especially for the written test.

Finally, I thought of a way..."

Don't think that you don't need to find connections to give gifts abroad. These nonsense are the same everywhere.

Someone can help. Leo's driver's license test has been arranged by people from the brand.

When the time comes for him to take the exam, he can be sure to pass as long as he doesn't go too far.

"I just have some free time these days. After I finish the exam and get my driver's license, I will start shooting advertisements, posters and so on for them.

There may be other business activities to attend, which is troublesome just thinking about it. Fortunately, it only takes a few days. After that, you can return to the team and start training again. "

On January 3, Leo, who finally finished his trip, slumped in the passenger seat with a tired face.

"Mino, why do I feel more tired filming commercials than playing games?!"

"Haha, I seem to have heard you say this more than once.

After receiving the money, you have to do a good job. Stop complaining, otherwise I will sign less endorsement contracts for you in the future. "

“Well, that’s not necessary.

Stop talking, I just want to have a good rest now. "

Leo also said something similar when he went to receive the award before. He really felt that these off-field trivial matters were very troublesome.

These past few days I have been busy running around taking videos and photos for various endorsed brands. If they hadn't given me a lot of money, Leo would have really cursed me.     Making money is not shabby.

After two weeks, Inter Milan players have returned to the Pinetina training base.

For the first time in his life, Leo drove his own car to train.

"Mario, what do you think of my car?"

Leo said to Balotelli in the parking lot, pointing to the four-leaf clover version of his Juliet that Alfa Romeo provided to him as its spokesperson.

Bashen looked at Leo's Arrow, then at his Ferrari, and nodded in admiration against his will:

"Very handsome! Very cool!"

"Hahaha!"

Leo couldn't help laughing when he saw Balotelli telling lies.

"Actually, even if you say no, I won't not pass the ball to you. Don't be so nervous."

Then Ba Shen noticed Leo's somewhat haggard face.

"Boss, what did you do during the vacation?"

"what happened?"

"You look weak!"

"Oh, it's because I'm busy shooting commercials for the brands I endorse. I'm so exhausted from my schedule!"

"Yeah, I understand, no need to explain so much."

Leo:? ? ?
  I always feel like this brat has misunderstood something.

On the first day of gathering, Leo and his teammates conducted simple recovery training.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines with a frown.

“I told these guys to exercise moderation before the holiday, but I think they didn’t listen at all!
  Why have they been like this for two weeks? "

The winter transfer window is open, and several players in the Inter Milan team who were abandoned by the Madmen have begun to contact their next homes.

A week of training is not enough time for the Nerazzurri players to quickly return to their best condition.

The game will not wait for them. On January 2009, 1, in the 10th round of Serie A, Inter Milan faced Cagliari at home.

Mourinho's team will certainly hope to get off to a good start in the first game of the new year.

Inter Milan had won six consecutive games against Cagliari at home.

Due to the suspension of Brazilian right back Maicon, who scored twice in the last round of the league, Zanetti rarely returned to this old position.

Stankovic sprained his ankle in the previous training, and Chivu, who returned from injury, appeared in the midfielder position.

The weather in Milan is very cold today. After the sun sets, the temperature has already reached below zero.

Fortunately, the turf of the Meazza stadium is not too seriously frozen for the time being.

But it still seriously affected the performance of Inter Milan players.

The bad weather and poor field conditions made it difficult to play wonderful ground passing and receiving cooperation.

Leo didn't have to worry about injuries, but the sub-zero temperature still made his hands and feet stiff when playing football.

"Damn the weather!"

After Leo was intercepted by a Cagliari defender, he breathed hot air into his palms.

Not only Leo, but other teammates are also in poor condition.

Leo sent a long diagonal pass from the right, Ibrahimovic unloaded the ball from the left side of the penalty area and knocked back, and Muntari's left-footed volley from the penalty area flew into the stands.

A few minutes later, Leo made a direct pass from the frontcourt. Balotelli pushed the visiting team center back Astori to pass with his left foot. Ibrahimovic's powerful low shot in front of the goal was confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper Marchetti.

In the 21st minute, Muntari fell to the ground while defending Kosu, and the Inter Milan team doctor came in urgently.

Jimenez also took off his jacket and went to the sidelines to start warming up, but then Muntari, who was fine after a simple check, limped back to the court.

This damn weather, this damn game, Mourinho was completely speechless.

(End of this chapter)