We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 66: Pink Eagles refused to become supermarkets after reaching the top, Juventus lost the Champions League again after a disappointing defeat

In the fifth minute of stoppage time, as the referee blew the whistle three times, He Tianqi led the team into the stadium.

In the stands, colorful fans began to celebrate.

Only the black and white jersey stood there.

The second place is the biggest loser, Juventus is very familiar with this sentence.

Various frantic calls came from the microphone:

"Champions! We are the champions!"

“Palermo is the champion!”

"Grandpa, did you see that? We won the championship!"

"Three defeats in the Italian Cup finals have finally brought us to this summit meeting! Palermo! Palermo!"

The entire stadium became a pink ocean!
……

Soon, the podium was set up.

The entire Juventus team went on stage to receive their second place medal in a depressed mood, with extremely low morale, which was in stark contrast to the Palermo players who went on stage to receive the award later.

When taking the championship family photo, Modric took out a new jersey and helped his teammates put it on He Tianqi.

Then let He Tianqi lift the Italian Cup.

For a while, people couldn't tell whether He Tianqi was a player or a head coach because he was younger than most of the people on the team.

"Three, two, one...we are the champions!"

With a click, a classic photo came out.

That night, the photo spread throughout Europe.

Bild: "Palermo is the dark horse! Defeating Juventus to win the Italian Cup!"

"France Football": "Hit the nemesis! Juventus lost to the same person in the Italian Cup final for two consecutive years!"

Sky Sports: "He Tianqi has defeated Juventus as a referee and head coach!"

"Gazzetta dello Sport": "The two Roma players are discharged from the hospital, and Juventus is in the factory! The Pink Eagles won their 'Champions League'!"

Kicker: "Who says set-piece tactics are not tactics? He Tianqi slaughtered Lippi 4-0 and was crowned the master of tactics!"

Too much news, too much praise.

The Palermo fans enjoyed the game very much.

Overnight, everyone saw this pink eagle hovering over the Apennine Peninsula.

The media tried to interview Juventus players, but most of them refused.

Juventus then announced that they would temporarily refuse all interviews as they wanted to make final preparations for the Champions League final seven days later.

After absorbing two days of short and quick news, some of the fans who were attracted by the result of this game became long-distance fans of Palermo, hoping to get more in-depth reports.

This is how fans are formed, from not knowing your club at all, to being attracted by your record and then paying a little more attention to you, and then developing feelings for you as they watch more. The more they understand, the deeper their feelings become, until they become die-hard fans.

The special reports launched by "Barbara's Column" satisfy this group of "embryo fans".

The report is titled "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily - Pope He Tianqi".

Barbara: "Congratulations, you have won a great trophy. In just one year, you have gone from a failed youth player to a successful head coach. What contributed to your transformation?"

He Tianqi said bluntly: "Of course it was Juventus. It was them who did not give me a professional contract, it was them who pushed me to the forefront of public opinion, and it was them who made us the Italian Cup champions."

Barbara: "So you hate Juve?"

He Tianqi: "How could that be? I've been playing football for Juventus since I was a kid, and I have a good relationship with most of the people there. I've won many trophies for Juventus' youth academy, and there is a special bond between us."

Barbara became alert: "So you have plans to return to Juventus to coach?" He Tianqi shook his head: "Of course not, at least not in the near future. I have many ideas that have not yet been realized, and those cannot be tried in mature big clubs."

"Any rising head coach should not easily leave his original place. Because you can't prove your value in a big club."

(Alonso: Got it, I will stay at Leverkusen!)

Barbara: "Does this sound a lot like Lippi's Inter Milan journey?"

He Tianqi: "At least he did not give a convincing performance at Inter Milan."

Barbara: "Is it possible for you to leave Palermo?"

He Tianqi: "Of course it's possible, but that would be after I have led Palermo to win all the trophies that can be won."

Barbara then asked a very sensitive question: "How do you see the players on the team? Like how many of them will you still see next season?"

"I heard that many clubs are investigating them, including some top clubs."

"Lazio and Inter Milan are very interested in the new Inzaghi, for example."

"And DiDonato, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Roma and Lazio all want him."

"Especially Ribery, the best player of the Coppa Italia, who also won the Coppa Italia Golden Boot with six goals. No Serie A team would reject this dribbler!"

He Tianqi nodded: "For a head coach, the end of a season means his new job has begun."

"I have always attached great importance to the retention of the squad and the recruitment of new players."

"I am confident that I can keep most of them, because we all know that this pink eagle can fly higher. Will you give up in advance when you see the next trophy? No way!"

This interview gave Palermo fans confidence.

It also sends a signal.

Palermo refuses to become a supermarket, they have grander goals.

Later, the Palermo Post broke the news that Zamparini announced that all players' salaries would double next season after paying the huge bonuses to the players.

In addition, salaries may be further increased at any time next season based on the players' performance.

Finally, they will also expand their lineup in the transfer market to cope with the multi-line operations next season!

This news has a huge impact on Serie B.

Because that means that Palermo's salary level will go directly from Serie C to the top level of Serie B.

So in theory, teams below Serie A cannot poach Palermo's players.

……

May 22nd, Europa League final.

Porto defeated Celtic 3-2 and became the champion of the Europa League this season.

Mourinho led the team to a mini-treble, having won the Portuguese Super League and the Portuguese Cup earlier.

The saying "Apocalypse in the East, Magic in the West" spread from China to Europe.

Although in terms of the value of the honor, the two are far apart.

But what is Porto's foundation?
What is Palermo's background?
Therefore, people who are knowledgeable about the subject agree with this statement.

May 27th, the Champions League final.

AC Milan and Juventus failed to score in both regular time and overtime.

In the end, AC Milan won the game on penalties and reached the top of Europe.

Juventus's treble ambitions were completely shattered and the fans were extremely disappointed.

(End of this chapter)