Chapter 358
Chapter 358
"We successfully defended the title like this?" When the Juventus game ended, the assistant coach Cardinic couldn't help but ask.
"Of course Don't you think you're dreaming?" Li Yi teased.
"To be honest, I really thought I was dreaming, God defending the league championship, all of this seems to come too easily, and completing the defense is an honor that I have never thought of before." In fact, it is not only Cardinic, but the whole Cagliari has a feeling of unreality.
The championship, this is the glory that the Cagliari people have only touched once in the past 80 years, and it has been more than 30 years since now, but in the past two years, they have not only won the championship, but now they have completed the defense.
What makes Cagliari even more like a dream is that they won the championship six rounds in advance. What is the concept of six rounds in advance?That means that Cagliari has left all the teams far behind, including the giants that they once looked up to.
Compared to Cagliari's reaction, Li Yi was much calmer. Maybe he was born with a big heart, or maybe his eyes were set on the Champions League and the future.
On the second day after Cagliari finished defending their title, Cagliari launched a fundraiser under the official website with the title "Establish a Bronze Statue for Cagliari's Greatest Head Coach Bruce Lee".
The initiator was none other than one of Li Yi's former friends, Mark Inzo, who had great reputation among Cagliari fans.
Rescue the team that was almost relegated to the third division, and lead the team to the first division with an incredible winning streak.
However, under the circumstances that everyone was not optimistic about, not only successfully avoided relegation, but also directly rushed to the top of Serie A, which made the whole of Italy fall apart, and also allowed Cagliari to win the championship again after 34 years.
And in this season, under the leadership of Bruce Lee, Cagliari created the club's most brilliant achievements in 85 years, defending the league title, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League and the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.
Going out of honor, Li Yi has brought huge wealth to Cagliari, that is every player in the team, these are all in Inzo's fundraising.
Cagliari TV quickly launched a survey on this. Among the 80.00 Cagliari fans questioned, 11.00% of the players felt that a bronze statue should be erected for Li Yi, and [-]% of the fans expressed their wish to build a bronze statue when Li Yi led the team to win three consecutive league championships and establish a dynasty. The remaining [-]% of the fans chose to give up.
But at the same time, [-]% of the fans said that if they really want to erect a bronze statue for Li Yi, then they are willing to contribute a little of their own.
The general trend was irreversible. Under such circumstances, Cagliari's former achievements also stood up to express their support for Li Yi. After all, Li Yi brought Cagliari unprecedented brilliance.
Although the media still didn't like Li Yi, they also knew that they couldn't change anything. Perhaps if Li Yi was in a wealthy team, it wouldn't be a big deal to lead the team to the championship.
But Li Yi led Cagliari, which had always been a mid-to-lower team. In the decades before Li Yi, Cagliari had been in the mid-to-lower reaches and even the secondary leagues.
This will undoubtedly make Li Yi even more great, not to mention that since Li Yi took office, not only did he not spend much money in the transfer market, but he also made a lot of money for the club. Now the players in the Cagliari team are a huge fortune.
According to the data given by the German transfer market, the current value of the Cagliari team is close to [-] million euros, and they have not lost to the rich teams.
In this case, the media naturally wanted to ask the person involved, but unfortunately, they were destined not to get an answer. Li Yi ignored the media at all, and even the media who were close to Li Yi did not get an interview opportunity.
"Although the league title has been defended, the season is not over yet. Cagliari still has the Champions League and the Coppa Italia to compete for." Li Yi used this as an excuse to refuse all media interviews.
However, those who know Li Yi can definitely feel that this guy is in a good mood recently. Obviously, Li Yi is still very happy that the fans have erected a bronze statue for him.
But at the same time, Li Yi was actually a little worried, that is, after the end of the season, no matter what happened in the end, it was impossible for Li Yi to stay in Cagliari, so when the fans heard the news, would love turn into hatred.
Fans are emotional, but they have nothing to do with rationality. Fans are fanatical and selfless. Their love and devotion to the team does not bring any utilitarianism.
Fans are a contradiction, but fans are the most indispensable part of football.
Therefore, since it is decided to leave after the end of the season, then don't say anything about things like the bronze statue, and let the fans decide for themselves.
At the same time, Li Yi also thought that maybe the Cagliari fans wanted to keep Li Yi in this way. After all, Cagliari really didn't have much for Li Yi. On the contrary, what Li Yi brought to Cagliari has far exceeded what Cagliari gave Li Yi.
Besides, erecting a bronze statue is not something that happens overnight. For Cagliari now, they have more important things to do, that is, to welcome the No.30 three rounds of the league, and the result of this round of the league will determine whether Cagliari can tie AC Milan's 58 unbeaten games.
It was precisely because this game was about tying the unbeaten record of 58 games, the Cagliari players seemed a little nervous, even though Li Yi had expected to send all the veterans in the team.
But veterans are also human beings. Although they have rich experience, they can face 58 unbeaten games. Even veterans are inevitably excited, and this is directly reflected on the court.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score on the field was fixed at 1:0, and this stadium is called the Bent Gordy Stadium, which is Chievo's home stadium.
This score also brought the entire Italian into a climax, because they saw the hope of defeating Cagliari. You know, Cagliari has not fallen behind at halftime for a long time.
"Guys, if you are still like the first half, then we can only stop at 57 games." After returning to the locker room, Li Yi said.
"Don't think about 58 unbeaten games, you just need to remember one thing, this is just a league, an ordinary league, and what we have to do is to beat the opponent." With Li Yi's reputation in the team, his words are still very useful.
This was directly reflected in the second half of the game. In the first 3 minutes of the second half, Cagliari tore apart Chievo's defense. Zola stood up again and stabilized the morale of Cagliari.
With Zola's goal, the balance of victory and defeat finally returned to normal, and began to slowly tilt towards Cagliari. Finally, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score on the field was fixed at 1:2, and Cagliari completed the overtake.
(End of this chapter)