Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1 is coming to an end

"Look at Hu's performance in the game, it's really enviable! He kicked off the ball from the center circle and scored directly. He made history! There is no doubt that he is already the number one forward in football in the world, right? He is just like Caesar back then... …”

"Friend, please don't use Caesar to compare with Ci Hu. How are they the same? Apart from his stiff muscles, what else is worth mentioning about Caesar? Can his shooting conversion efficiency be compared with Hu's? Hu Yinian He has scored more than 100 goals. Has Caesar ever done so? Hu has scored in forty consecutive league games. What about Caesar? Hu has scored more than 20 goals in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. What about Caesar? Oh, by the way, Hu has scored twice. For the first time in a game, he kicked off the ball and scored from the center circle. Has Caesar ever accomplished such a miracle even once?"

"Caesar fans, please don't put gold on your face. Look at Hu's performance, and look at your Caesar's performance. Do you know that they are not in the same world?"

"Caesar started the match between Italy and Nigeria, his 198th match for the Italian national team, setting a European record for international appearances. But he did not play in such a monumental match. He showed a convincing performance in the game. He started the game and was replaced after 68 minutes. Only one shot hit the goal frame. The 38-year-old Caesar couldn't move in the game. He can't jump either. I don't know what role he has if he stays on the court... Some people said before the game that Caesar is Italy's spiritual leader and he must play. Now it seems that he is more like Italy's 'counterweight'. His heavy footsteps also slowed down the team's offensive progress, allowing Nigeria's defenders to calmly organize the defense... I know that Italy is in short supply of scorers, but it is not possible for a 38-year-old veteran to continue to serve as a defender. Starting first, right?”

""Corriere dello Sport" conducted a fan poll after Italy's 0:0 draw with Nigeria. The content of the poll was 'Do you think Caviglia should remove Caesar from the starting lineup'. This poll has a total of More than 36,000 people participated, and the final result was that more than 60% of Italian fans believed that Caesar should not continue to start... Even though they knew that Italy did not have the kind of forward who was good at scoring, everyone felt that he should not be allowed to start. Caesar started... Of course, this is just the result of a media poll and does not represent the thoughts of all Italian fans... But it is indeed very representative, that is... In the past, he was omnipotent and led the Italian national team to win the World Cup. Should Serius Caesar accept the fact that he is irretrievably old, should he take the initiative to give up his position to young people and give himself a decent farewell?"

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"What a bullshit decent farewell! What nonsense!"

Alberta threw the phone on the bed angrily, and then he lay down alone to sulk.

From the club to the national team, there are many voices surrounding the "Great Emperor". People use him as traffic, and everyone wants to come up and rub in, consume his traffic, but still have to step on it.

But in response to similar voices, Caesar did not respond, but remained silent.

This is somewhat inconsistent with Caesar's "personality\

,"But that's what he did.

In the past season, he has been subjected to a lot of online violence, but he rarely speaks out, which is not like him at all.

If those things happened ten years ago... No, it doesn't need to be ten years ago, it happened four years ago. With Caesar's temper, it would not be the current situation at all.

Four years ago at the World Cup in the United States and Canada, the defending champion failed to make it to the quarter-finals, losing to Belgium in a penalty shootout.

And in the penalty shootout, Italy only scored one...

The key is not the penalty shootout, the key is before the penalty shootout, or even before overtime, in the 82nd minute of the game.

At that time, the Italian team organized an attack. Caesar dribbled the ball into the penalty area and then fell to the ground.

He thought it should be a penalty kick, but the referee didn't think so.

Although through VAR slow-motion multi-angle replay, everyone can clearly see that Caesar was indeed a flop.

But Caesar himself obviously didn’t think so. In a fit of emotion, he got up from the ground, rushed to the referee, roared at him, pointed at the opponent, and said something dirty...

Then the captain of the Italian national team was shown the second yellow card of the game and ejected for being rude to the referee.

Italy, which lost its backbone, was almost attacked by Belgium before the end of the game and was not even qualified to play overtime. After finally surviving overtime, they were defeated in the penalty shootout. The defending champion was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Caesar's diving and impulsiveness after the game made him the focus of media reports after the game and became a hot topic among fans.

The Italian media criticized him for completely losing his reason and brains as a leader, thus ruining the team's possibility of victory.

The Belgian media and fans edited out the footage of him flopping and repeatedly "whipped him".

How did Caesar respond?

He posted about all his achievements and accolades and made comments saying his critics were just jealous of him.

As for the Italian media that criticized him...Caesar announced that he would no longer accept interviews from the three most criticized media.

He blocked them personally!

This caused an uproar in Italy, which values ​​so-called "press freedom," and even in Europe.

But Caesar persisted and has not reconciled with the three media outlets until now.

It is worth mentioning that one of the three media outlets blocked by Caesar was Corriere dello Sport.

This all happened just four years ago.

In fact, until a year ago, everyone could still see Caesar quarreling with the media from time to time - ever since he announced the ban on three media outlets, he seemed to have become a public enemy of the media.

The media is keen to attack him by reporting scandals about him. Some are true, some are exaggerated and specious, and some are simply rumors.

As for those who criticize him, whether they are true or false, Caesar insists on the principle that I will not forgive any of them.

The two sides have been fighting like this for three years.

Until 202, Caesar's physical functions declined and he could no longer perform well enough. He seemed to have given up on the storm of public opinion caused by the media and stopped fighting back.

He remained calm despite being ridiculed and humiliated by the media and public opinion.

At first, Albertazzi couldn't quite understand Caesar's calmness. He still preferred the arrogant and domineering "dictator."

Later, he communicated with Caesar privately and learned the reason why Caesar remained calm - he wanted to concentrate on playing the last World Cup in his career.

So before the World Cup, he didn't want to be like those annoying flies.

But this silence seems to be interpreted as cowardice by others, and now he has even voted to cancel the starting position of Caesar's national team...

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Just as Albertazzi was lying on the bed sulking for his idol, the door to the room was opened.

He quickly stood up and saw Caesar coming back.

He originally wanted to ask Caesar why the coach kept him, but after seeing Caesar's expression, Albertazzi wisely chose to shut up.

Because even a fool can see that the expression on Caesar's face is terrifying.

Obviously what he had just discussed with the head coach was not pleasant.

Albertazzi thought of the vote he had just seen, and a bad thought flashed in his mind - couldn't it? It can not be!

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During the group confrontation training on the second day, Albertazzi's guesses and doubts were answered:

There was a small commotion on the training ground when Kaiser donned the yellow vest, the team's symbol of being a substitute.

Everyone knows that Caesar will be on the bench in the next game.

Someone secretly cast their eyes on head coach Caviglia, who showed no expression, except for the assistant coach's whistle to remind everyone to focus on training.

After being held to a draw by Nigeria, the whole team felt tremendous pressure.

But at this moment, they had the most concrete experience of "huge pressure".

In the past season, regardless of his performance with the Turin Bulls, Serius Caesar's position in the Italian national team is unassailable.

The last time he played as a substitute for the Italian national team was ten years ago in 2020. At that time, in a national team friendly match, Caesar was injured and was unable to start.

Over the next ten years, he started all 101 national team games.

But now, in the 102nd consecutive national team game, he is about to be taken out of the starting lineup.

This may be a sign that perhaps the Caesar era of Italian football is finally coming to an end...

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