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Volume Six 1999 Volume Six Chapter 289 Milu Arrives

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    In 1944, his playing career was not brilliant. Although he once played for the famous Yugoslav club Partizan Belgrade and was once selected for the Yugoslav national team, at that time he was known more because he had a famous brother.  Milovic was the top scorer in the first Champions League in 1955.

    But after retiring, his reputation began to be much greater than that of his brother. At least at this time, Bola is known to more people.

    In 1986, he left the European continent and came across the ocean to North America as the head coach of the Mexican national team, leading the Mexican team to the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time.  If Mexico's own strength is not bad, and the value of hosting the World Cup in their country in 1986 has not yet been reflected, then four years later, he led the Costa Rica team, which was almost composed of amateur players, into the 10th World Cup in 1990.  The top six are enough to make people marvel. From taking office to leading the team to the World Cup, he only had seven months!  But he did something that other coaches might not be able to do in seven years. Since then, Milu has been nicknamed "Legendary Coach".

    Next, in 1994, he led the US team to the top 16, and in 1998, the US team reached the top 16

    Judging from this resume, Xu is sure that Milu is the person he is looking for - with less than half a year until the start of the Olympic qualifying competition, he needs a coach who can quickly enter the role. The Olympic team has no shortage of good players.  But it can be said that there are many factions, the National Youth Team led by Tang Pengju, Qiangbao under the leadership of Chu Guanghu, plus Nie Fei and Sun Chenghai, two transcendent figures who have become the main players in the national team He needs someone who can stabilize the national team.  A coach who can win the morale of the military, and Milu meets these two points.

    It only took him seven months to bring the Costa Rica team, which was almost composed of amateur players, to the top 16 of the World Cup. He trained the Nigeria team, which was full of talented players but lacked discipline, into a team with the discipline of a European team - only  However, the loose temperament of those Africans broke out again after qualifying from the group, otherwise Nigeria could have gone one step further.

    So after the Football Association staff met with Milu, Xu quickly made a decision and signed the contract with Milu. Of course, the salary was also very generous, 300,000 US dollars a year, the same as Benitez.

    Milu is also very interested in coaching the Chinese team. He has carefully observed the Chinese team in the World Cup, because at that time the Chinese team was likely to become the opponent of the Nigerian team he led in the top 16. At that time, there were  He greatly admired several teams, including Nie Fei, Sun Chenghai and Li Gang who were about to become his disciples.

    And as a head coach, he has coached clubs in Europe and South America, as well as national teams in Central and North America and Africa. Asian teams are the only ones he has not coached. He also hopes to fill this gap in his coaching career.  .

    On January 12, Milu arrived in Beijing and was preparing to sign the final contract with the Chinese Football Association.

    No one knew this news in advance, and Milu also refused to send someone to pick him up at the airport from the Chinese Football Association - as an old man who has traveled all over the world, he can travel around the world with a backpack, so he has to be picked up at the airport.  When we arrived at our destination, Namilu had been abducted many times by human traffickers.

    He has played football in Europe on five continents in the world. He once served as the head coach of Udinese in Serie A, coached a club in Argentina in South America, served as the head coach of the national teams of Mexico and Costa Rica in Central and North America, and stayed in Nigeria in Africa.  Two years later - the Gypsy on the football field will finally set foot on the only Asian continent he has never set foot on.

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    "Is Milu here?" At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu, who was waiting around in the office but could not find Milu, became a little anxious and asked the secretary next to him.

    The secretary shook his head and said no.

    Xu was a little anxious. The plane should be arriving at 1 o'clock. It would take two hours to climb over from Beijing Airport. Why hasn't this Milu arrived yet?

    "Is there something wrong on the road?" Although it was a cold day, with heavy snow falling in the sky, Xu's forehead began to sweat. It was snowy and the road was slippery. It was a time when the chance of a car accident was relatively high. Milu  Could it be that there was a car accident on the way here?

    "Don't worry, I'll check at the door again." Seeing Xu's anxiety, the secretary comforted him and walked out after seeing Xu nod.

    Xu walked back and forth in the office, shaking his head and smiling bitterly. He heard Pei Wei say a few days ago that Milu was a bit "monster". He was indeed a monster. He was more than two hours late for the first meeting. Didn't he say that  Are Europeans very punctual?

    While Xu was walking back and forth, the secretary hurriedly opened the door and ran in: "SirChairman, find Mi

    "Found it?" Xu Yixi: "Where is he?"

    ?The secretary's expression looked very strange: "He actually arrived outside the compound an hour agobut hehe is"

    "Speak quickly, don't hesitate!" Xu said dissatisfied.

    "He is sweeping snow on the road in front of our Football Association! He has swept the entire street" The secretary smiled bitterly: "According to the cleaner, Milu took the initiative to help him sweep the snow. He thought it was him at first.  As for the liarit turned out that Milu really helped him sweep a street before leaving"

    "Snow sweeping" Xu was a little dumbfounded: "He didn't come to sign his contract worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but he helped a cleaner who didn't know him sweep the snow? Is this a football coach? Why do I sound so like Lei Feng?  ¡±

    "Who knows" The secretary also looked incredulous: "He has come in now and is sitting in the reception area Do you want to see him?"

    "Of course!" Xu said to his secretary: "Invite coach Milutinovic in Also, make a cup of hot tea and let him drive away the cold. Don't let him catch a cold by doing good things before he takes office.  , people all over the country will laugh if word spreads.¡±

    After the secretary went out, Xu shook his head and said to himself: "It's really inexplicable!"

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    Five minutes later, Xu met Milu.

    He has messy-looking hair, a thin face, and a harmless smile on his face - he looks like an ordinary old European man. Only his deep eyes look very bright, making this face full of life.

    "Hello, Mr. Milutinovic, I am Xu, chairman of the Chinese Football Association." Xu said in English, and then extended his hand to Milutin.

    "Hello, Chairman Xu." Milu also said in English, and shook Xu's hand: "Just call me Bola."

    "Bola, I think you have read the contract." Xu was not polite. He was not a polite person: "Do you have any objections to this contract?"

    "I think there is no objection." Milu laughed: "I have not coached a team that has participated in the Olympic Games. I am a person who likes to try new things and I am very confident to accept this challenge."

    "The Football Association will not impose any restrictions on you in terms of team formation. You have all the rights to select players. However, the Olympic team will participate in the Dunhill Cup Invitational Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in half a month, so  We will provide you with a list of teams. They are all the best players of the right age in the country. Of course, you will have the right to choose other players in the future, and this list will not be the last of the Olympic team.  list, because there are seven players of the right age currently playing in Europe and South America, and it is impossible for them to come back at this time." While asking Milu to sign the contract, Xu explained to Milu, and at the same time he also signed the contract on behalf of the Chinese Football Association.  The word.

    This list is actually the list of the Chinese team that participated in the Asian Games at the end of last year. They are all players of the Olympic age who are playing in domestic clubs. After all, Milu has just arrived, and his eyes are blank. Who are the players of the Olympic team?  I don't know, naturally it is impossible to form a team immediately.

    "I understand." Milu also knew this truth very well: "But there won't be any performance requirements for this invitational tournament, right?" He spread his hands, "Fifteen days are not enough time for me to familiarize myself with the player positions.  ¡±

    "Of course there will be no performance requirements, but the participating teams in this invitational tournament are basically the second- and third-tier Olympic teams in Asia, and their level is relatively low. Our biggest opponent will only be the Korean Olympic team.  I think it¡¯s OK to at least make it to the finals.¡±

    "That's not necessarily true. You have to know that football is round and anything can happen." Milu shrugged.

    Xu choked a little, and he murmured in his heart: Why is this person like this? He dare not make this promise?

    But what can we do now?  The contract has been signed, which means that Milu will definitely be the head coach of the Olympic team before the end of the Olympic qualifiers. Even if Xu tears up the contract now, the Chinese Football Association will compensate Milu for his annual salary of US$300,000.

    While thinking about Xu, he said to Milu: "Now that the National Olympic team has gathered in Kunming, Yunnan, our staff will take you to join the National Olympic team Do you have any assistants?"

    "I don't have an assistant." Milu stood up: "I think I only need a translator now, a translator who understands Yugoslav language and football, and that is enough."

    Watching Milu leave, he seemed to have a bad premonition. Is it really the right thing to hand over the Olympic team, which has such high expectations from fans across the country, to such a somewhat baffling person?  Confused, Xu dialed Pei Wei's phone again.
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