Chapter 12 American Gold Rush

On the passenger plane flying to the United States, the two brothers Kaka and Degan sat side by side. Their positions were separated by two rows with other teammates, and the distance between the two rows was like a diaphragm in the team.

"Rod! You were so impulsive that day!" Kaka's tone also couldn't tell whether it was complaining or something. He said in a plain tone, as if he were talking about a very ordinary thing.

Digan closed his eyes and smiled and said, "Hey! Rikado! I should have said this! At least I was not seen when I did it."

When Kaka heard the words, he suddenly felt depressed: "Bad boy! Who the hell am I doing!?"

Degan smiled and said, "What's wrong? Do you want me to say thank you?"

Kaka is completely helpless for his younger brother, just like Digan simplified his name to "Kaka" because he couldn't pronounce the sound of "Ricado" when he was a child. Kaka learned to compromise with Digan as a younger brother.

When he arrived in Italy, Kaka knew that "Kaka" actually meant shit in Italian. A handsome man, the prince of the stadium actually had such a disgusting name, which really shocked a group of people.

"Who cares about you, thank you!" Kaka paused for a moment and then said, "Rod! This American tour is very important to you. Do it well!"

Of course, Degan is very clear that the warm-up before the start of the season is a critical moment for the head coach to inspect the team's status. Whether he can win a position for himself in the new season depends on this period.

Digan is absolutely confident in his strength, but this kind of thing is definitely not enough. Sometimes he also pays attention to interpersonal relationships on the football field.

Especially for a head coach, who is his disciple and who is his supporter within the team, he can see clearly. When arranging the appearance time, it is inevitable to take care of his own people.

In the AC Milan team, Maldini, Costacuta and Ambrosini are all Milan's own people, old ministers, Pirlo, Gattuso, Sedorf, newly joined Jankulovski, and Kaka, these are all direct forces of Ancelotti. After he took office, he pulled them up, and inside Star, Dida, Kafu, Shevchenko, these are all powerful and must be arranged.

It is not easy for a prick like Digan to occupy a place in Ancelotti's heart. What's more, Digan once contradicted Ancelotti because of tactical problems. It is not difficult to imagine that Ancelotti will send endless shoes to Degan in the new season.

Will Degan be worried?

Of course not. He is not this kind of personality. If Milan can't provide him with a platform to succeed, then it's very simple. Just leave.

With the strength of Degan, it is absolutely not difficult to find a new job, but even if he really wants to leave here one day, Degan will not be a loser. Even if he wants to leave, he will conquer this place first.

"Don't worry, Rikado! I have confidence in my strength."

Kaka was stunned. He wanted to tell Digan how complicated AC Milan was. It was definitely not a harmonious big family as Galliani claimed. The faction struggle in AC Milan was everywhere, but because the power of the elders was too strong, he suppressed the small factions in the team.

Degan had never been to the United States in his previous life, so it is difficult to understand why so many people flocked to such a noisy country. Fortunately, Degan didn't have to work here. The whole team got off the plane. Except for some reporters, there were no fans to pick him up.

In the United States, football is not a hot sport. Americans with almost arrogance have chosen to ignore all the sports they are not good at.

The real popular sports in the United States are ice hockey, rugby, baseball, basketball, and football are just a niche sport.

But in this way, he played a quiet game, made money from the Yankees, and then went home. In fact, Degan did not like this kind of money-making behavior at all.

A team's pre-season preparation is very important, and it is even related to the direction of the whole season. For example, Juventus, after losing to Atlanta in the league championship competition last season, they spent the whole summer in Turin's training base to practice innate skills, but Milan's two teams are busy moving around. After making money, AC Milan came to the United States, and Inter Milan went to Qatar. Do camel-riding Qataris really know what football is?

However, it's not bad to be able to compete with the three super strong teams of Barcelona, Chelsea and Lyon. After Barcelona introduced Deco, Jiuli and other powerful players last season, they suddenly became extremely young, and the Dream Team set sail again.

After getting coach Mourinho, Chelsea also won the Premier League championship in one fell swoop, breaking Arsenal and Manchester United's monopoly on the championship.

As for Lyon, although Ligue 1 is slightly inferior to the other four major European leagues in terms of strength and competitiveness, Lyon is a real Ligue 1 hegemon.

Although Degan also played against Juventus and Milan last season, he couldn't help but be excited to play against super strong teams such as Barcelona and Chelsea.

The matchground is arranged in Los Angeles, and the four teams will have a single cycle. AC Milan's first match is against Barcelona, the hegemon of La Liga last season.

In today's Barcelona, Ronaldinho is the well-deserved king. After transferring to Barcelona for 28 million euros in the summer of 2003, the Brazilian quickly conquered the city with their magical football skills. Last season, he led Barcelona with his unparalleled performance. Cerona regained the league championship.

However, what Degan cares more about is Messi, who has just emerged. If he faced some setbacks at the beginning of his career, Messi's football career is simply an inspirational drama with ups and downs.

At the age of five, Messi began to play for the Grandori Club, and his coach was his father. At the age of seven, this little guy was highly praised by the Newell Old Boys.

But Messi was diagnosed with a development hormone deficiency at the age of 11, which would hinder his bone growth. The family's financial conditions could not afford the cost of Messi's treatment. Because of his talent, he was taken to Camp Nou in 2000 and his family moved to Europe.

Until later, Lexach still regarded this as the proudest gamble in his life: "This is the proudest gamble in my life. When I saw him, he was shorter than his peers, but he was the best of a group of children, so I told myself, It's him, that's right.

In the future, Messi is a giant holding a golden ball, but who would have thought that he almost ended his football career because of dwarfism. It was a man named Lexage who saved Messi and Barcelona's future.

At that time, Messi's dwarfism was not incurable, but it cost as much as 900 a month to inject growth hormone. The old man of the parent team Newell was obviously unwilling to pay for a child with an uncertain future. The riverbed, which once coveted Messi, also gave up the idea of poaching after learning of his stubborn illness.

Rexsackie spent a lot of time convincing the Barcelona club and promised Messi's family that he would not change his nationality. With the help of Rexage, Messi's family moved to Barcelona. At that time, the Barcelona sports director did not hesitate to sign a contract with Messi after watching his training and games, and arranged for the club to treat him. At this moment, Messi's superstar road was finally opened.

Club Barcelona has made great efforts to help Messi grow up. Medical experts have shown strong confidence in how Messi, who has become an adult, will grow again. Since Messi's parieus line has long been closed and the injection of growth hormone has no effect, club experts have specially formulated his legs for him. A series of exercises to help the growth of Messi's leg bones.

On November 16, 2003, Messi made his first appearance for Barcelona's first team in a friendly match with Porto. A year later, his La Liga debut came. At the age of 17 and 114 days, he represented Barcelona against the Spaniard in the league, becoming the third youngest player and club in Barcelona's history. The youngest player in the middle.

On May 1, 2005, Messi scored against Albaset. At the age of 17 years, 10 months and 7 days, he became the youngest person to score goals for Barcelona.

05/06 season was the year when Messi made his debut in Barcelona. He made his debut in Camp Nou in the Champions League against Udinese and received a standing ovation from fans. However, in March 2006, he strained his muscles in the match with Chelsea and withdrew from the season early.

In the 06/07 season, Messi became the main force of Barcelona's first team, scoring 14 goals in 26 games. During his time against Zaragoza in December, Messi suffered a metatarsal fracture and was forced to rest for three months. Messi gradually recovered after his comeback. On March 11, 2007, he scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid, becoming the first player to win a triple in the showdown of the century after Zamorano. On April 18, 2007, Messi copied Maradona's five goals in a row in the World Cup against Getafe in the King's Cup semi-final, and later against the Spaniard, his handball goal was regarded as a copy of Maradona's hand of God.

In the 08/09 season, Messi inherited the No. 10 jersey left by Ronaldinho, which was also his peak year in Barcelona. He scored 38 goals in various competitions, led the team to win the trophies of La Liga, the King's Cup and the Champions League, and became the top scorer of the Champions League with 9 goals.

With the outbreak of this year, Messi reached the top of the world and was elected European Footballer of the Year and World Footballer of the Year at the end of 2009.

In the 09/10 season, Messi made 35 appearances in La Liga and scored 34 goals, tied Ronaldo's single-season goal record in La Liga, helped the team win the La Liga championship, and became the Champions League top scorer again with 8 goals.

In the 10/11 season, in the away Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk, Messi scored the only goal in the game, which also surpassed Ronaldo's 47 goals in a single-season goal record while helping the team advance to the UEFA Champions League. In the La Liga against Osasuna, Messi scored his 50th goal this season, surpassing the La Liga record of 49 goals set by Real Madrid star Puskas in the 1959/1960 season.

In the final of the UEFA Champions League with Manchester United, in the 54th minute, Messi received a pass from Iniesta and scored with his left foot, regaining the lead for Barcelona and finally won the cup.

After Messi's flag, it naturally aroused the interest of countless powerful people in the world. Two clubs offered Messi 250 million euros, including Barcelona's sworn enemy Real Madrid.

Real Madrid has an idea about Messi in a day or two. Florentino once made it public and made it clear: "If Barcelona wants to sell Messi, please call me."

Before that, Old Buddha also said to Cristiano Ronaldo, "If I sell you today, I will buy Messi tomorrow." As for another club that once bought Messi, it is likely to be Chelsea, and the sponsor of the Blues is also Adidas. British media revealed that Chelsea also tried to sign an Argentine superstar this summer.

However, Messi, who is loyal to Barcelona, finally renewed his contract with Barcelona. After the renewal, his annual salary reached 16 million euros. The new contract expired in 2018, and the liquidated damages were raised to 250 million euros. Although this figure is a sky-high price, it still cannot be stopped. Stop the giants from flocking to Messi.

The future king of the stadium is just a fledgling rookie. Today, Barcelona belongs to Ronaldinho. If the Argentine boy wants to rise to power, he still needs to wait patiently.

After settling down in the hotel, some teammates have gone out for fun. If you don't try an American-style affair when you come to the United States, wouldn't it be too bad for yourself? Even if you don't think so, you hope to take this opportunity to indulge before the start of the season.

Of course, Degan doesn't have that intention. First of all, his relationship with his teammates is still a little cold. In addition, Degan is not interested in the so-called affair.

When she came to the United States this time, Belen did not follow her. She is now also a celebrity in Italy. Her relationship with Degan instantly made her popular. Especially after Degan's transfer to AC Milan, Belen became the head of Berlusconi's pay TV program.

Lying in the hotel** playing with his mobile phone boredly, Kaka also followed Pirlo and the others to the bar next to play, leaving Degan alone.

Suddenly, the phone rang and Digan was shocked and almost didn't catch it. He threw his mobile phone out, but when he saw the number shown on it clearly, he couldn't help but be stunned again.

Avell!