The Inter coach Mancini hurriedly flew back to Milan from Manchester the next afternoon.
He had taken a leave to appear in court in the United Kingdom for a contract lawsuit with his forr agent.
Although he didn’t have ti to watch the live broadcast in the UK, he first learned from his phone that Inter had won 3-2 against Napoli away — this result truly surprised him!
He initially thought that there was a 90% chance that Inter would lose at the São Paulo stadium, known as a hellish venue.
Before Mancini signed the coaching contract with Inter, the KPI indicators discussed with the board mainly focused on finishing in the top three of the season to secure a Champions League spot for the next season.
Neither the board nor Mancini himself ntioned the Coppa Italia, which was considered an insignificant trophy.
This dostic cup was abandoned from the start.
However, now that they’ve won and reached the semifinals, Mancini considers it a nice bonus.
Compared to whether they can eventually win the Coppa Italia.
Mancini is more concerned about how the team managed to win at Napoli’s ho ground!
Because the ho ga wasn’t under his command.
Mancini pondered for a while and decided not to call assistant coach Mr. Herrera.
Instead, he had Chiwo co to the head coach’s office at the training base to report on the match proceedings.
This small eting was not as formal as the big etings after each match day.
The two lay on the sofa, chatting casually.
"I just arrived at the training base and heard that you canceled today’s morning training?" Mancini said.
"Yes, Mr. Mancini, the players had two gas in a week and are very exhausted, plus they won the match — and that was at Napoli’s São Paulo stadium with our substitute players defeating their main squad, sothing we hadn’t accomplished in four years. I thought it was necessary to reward the players with a day off."
Chiwo paused for a mont and added, "Assistant coach Mr. Herrera also agreed with my suggestion."
Mancini ran his fingers through his half-gray hair and lit a cigarette.
The head coach’s office filled with smoke.
"Well, Christian! You now, apart from not smoking, are becoming more and more like a head coach of Inter!"
"Hahaha! I didn’t have ti to ask your permission, boss."
Actually, Mancini knew many things.
Although he wasn’t in Naples yesterday, he even knew about the incident where Mr. Herrera humiliated Santon in front of everyone in the locker room during halfti.
This matter made Mancini quite angry!
Not for anything else, but because Santon was personally requested by from Ossorio to bring back from Newcastle.
If you say he can’t adapt to the pace of Serie A matches, isn’t that slapping my face?
So I misjudged the person, eh?
Mancini was growing to dislike Mr. Herrera more and more!
So he bypassed him and directly called Chiwo to the office to report to him.
Chiwo took out a USB stick and connected it to Mancini’s computer.
After returning ho last night, he spent three hours overnight making a video analysis of the match.
"Boss, let be clear here, the reason we were able to win this ga was completely because of Tang Long alone!"
Mancini took a deep draw of his cigarette and exhaled slowly, asking with great interest, "Go on, why?"
The two sat in front of the computer screen.
Chiwo kept clicking the mouse, starting to analyze the match progress minute by minute.
In the first half, Mancini’s expression remained calm.
Even witnessing certain scenes, such as when Santon was outplayed by Callejon, he showed regret on his face, taking several puffs of his cigarette.
But moving to the second half, his expression changed!
Ever since Tang Long’s first touch in the second half.
The cigarette between Mancini’s fingers remained untouched.
Until it burned to ashes.
...
Bonazzoli has been very happy recently!
His career has advanced significantly!
He finally signed a professional player contract with Inter~
After signing, he rushed back to the dormitory at the base and ran into Tang Long’s room.
With a thud, he knelt in front of Tang Long, hugging his leg, crying incessantly!
"Boohoo... I succeeded, I finally succeeded! Thank you, Tang, thank you for letting sign a professional player contract, from now on I’m just like you, we’re both bona fide first team players! I’ve now beco the pride of my whole family!"
Tang Long turned off the Icardi run highlights he was watching and helped up Bonazzoli.
"Brother, why thank , it’s your own good performance!"
Bonazzoli sniffled heavily, looking at Tang Long as if he were a benefactor.
"No, no, don’t be modest, I know it well, without your support on the offensive end, I could never have scored in Serie A and the Coppa Italia!"
The Italy U-21 National Team’s main forward was right.
Thanks to those two goals, his attention within Inter also skyrocketed!
Under Chiwo’s strong push, both Ossorio and Mancini agreed to accept Bonazzoli as a formal mber of the Inter first team.
His na was removed from the youth team list and officially included in the first team roster.
anwhile, his salary leaped from 50,000 euros to the sa post-tax 400,000 euros as Tang Long, within a five-year contract.
Bonazzoli had waited too long for this day!
At 17, during the Mazzari reign, he was occasionally promoted from the youth team to first team training.
After Mazzari left, Inter ushered in the Mancini era.
Mancini also saw the potential in this Italian U-21 main striker and kept him in the squad.
For a local star like Bonazzoli, wanting to establish himself and not disappoint the coaching staff’s trust, the only way was to score goals!
Because he was a forward!
However, against his wishes, before winter last year, he played as a substitute for 6 or 7 matches, averaging ten-odd minutes each ga for Inter.
Let alone scoring, sotis he barely touched the ball and even less managed to shoot, score!
Of course, part of it was due to Bonazzoli’s lack of ability.
But more so was the distrust from teammates!
During his limited playing ti, the help he received from midfield teammates was very limited.
Especially from Gualin.
When Icardi was present, restrained by the Argentine striker’s status, Gualin would at least curtail his long-shot urges and pass him the ball appropriately.
Once Bonazzoli replaced Icardi — which usually indicated it was garbage ti in a match — Gualin’s long-range shots would go off constantly, never even noticing this 17-year-old kid.
Forget being the Italy U-21 main player.
In an Inter-level team, nearly everyone was the absolute main player of their respective senior national teams, what was a U-21 main player even worth?
Bonazzoli was extrely disheartened at one point and even considered leaving Inter on loan to struggle in Serie B.
Until the arrival of Tang Long, everything changed!
This forward could indeed score goals!
Bonazzoli’s first Serie A goal was assisted by Tang Long!
His first Coppa Italia goal also ca from Tang Long’s penultimate pass!
"Tang, my first professional contract also owes to you, for this, I couldn’t sleep all night, tossing and turning in bed! After a whole night of intense ntal struggle, I made a grand decision!"
"What decision?" Hearing how serious he made it sound, Tang Long was imdiately curious.
"That Gualin," Bonazzoli stood up, wiped his tears away, with a righteous expression, "I can see, he always targets you! Should I go beat him up, though he’s bigger than , I’m not afraid of him, just say the word and I’ll climb over the wall tonight and give him a beating!"
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