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Baton Costacurta covered his face with his hands and cried silently for a long time, tears oozing out along the edges of his palms.

The crying of teenagers and young people can be heartbreaking, but the silent tears of old men are truly sad. The old man's tears come from the heart and from the soul.

Zhuoyang's words made Costacurta finally face the darkness in his heart that he had never dared to face. He finally bravely faced the most secret emotions and vanity in his heart. However, this is a bloody revelation and a cruel reality.

Maldini never said a word to comfort his old brother, and just stayed with Costacurta silently. After a long time, Baton finally stopped crying. He took the tissue box handed over by Maldini and wiped his red and swollen eyes.

Costacurta covered his nose with a tissue and blew out two tubes of stuffy nose.

"Baton, have you thought about it?" Maldini saw that he calmed down and then spoke.

Costacurta nodded. "I have thought about it. I will leave the Round Table after retirement. I'm sorry, Paul."

"Baton, you are different from Gang, Tiger, and Carlo. You are the founder of the Round Table, and they are not. Have you thought about it?"

Costacurta lowered his head solemnly and nodded two more times. "Think about it."

"You will embarrass Franco and the handcuffs by doing this, baton, have you thought about it?" Baresi and Tassotti have been retired for many years, but still hold a large say in the Roundtable.

Costacurta lowered his head and hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly. Although it is slight, it seems determined. "Think about it!"

Maldini was silent again.

How could Maldini not be clear about what the baton could finally understand? He had already painfully faced his own heart many years ago. The Cavaliers know in their hearts that the Paladins of the Round Table, which came into being in extraordinary times, have actually completed their historical mission. After AC Milan ended the turbulent trough era and returned to the ranks of contending for hegemony, the Round Table is no longer needed.

As the baton said, other clubs do not have a round table, but they are also trying their best to maintain internal unity and team honor. In this regard, they are no worse than Milan.

In a professional club, the long-term existence of the Round Table seems strange. There are dedicated and professional personnel in charge of every task in the club, and every aspect is taken care of. The functional departments are all concerned about the players' daily necessities, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and eating and drinking. However, the roundtable is not part of the functional departments, but does the work of these departments.

The Knights of the Round Table have always relied on the huge prestige and influence generated by being a group. It is undeniable that there are quite positive factors in it, and they have also done a lot of practical things for the club and players. But whether the members of the Roundtable are more selfless or obsessed with this kind of influence is a question that tests the heart.

In fact, Maldini has been thinking about this issue since the 'Albertini incident' six years ago. When he cleared away the many fogs he had set for himself and saw the essence of the problem clearly, the round table's selfish and selfish behaviors that dominated the discourse under the banner of 'unity and glory' emerged one by one in his mind. In front of you.

From that day on, Maldini knew that the Knights of the Round Table would one day disappear into the long river of history, sooner or later. The horse team even had a rough idea of ​​the time.

The core of the Round Table are the four founding elders, and everyone looks up to them.

If the four elders are gone, the Round Table will also be gone. It may continue in other forms, but that is not the Knights of the Round Table in the original sense.

Maldini had decided a few years ago that when the day came for him to retire, it would be the time for him to leave the Round Table. Maldini believes that as the four founders of the Round Table begin to leave, the Round Table has entered a countdown.

He always thought it would start with himself, but he didn't expect that his old friends, the batons, would be the first to take this step.

"Baton, as long as you think about it, I will support you no matter what decision you make." There is no need to say more, just click between old friends.

Costacurta, who had returned to his normal state, picked up the wine glass at hand, raised his head and drank the Barolo he had collected for ten years in one gulp. Martini filled it up for him again. After the rose-colored liquid calmed down in the goblet, it looked like a huge crimson gem.

"I've thought about it, Paul. In a few days, I will officially announce this decision at the round table. Of course, I will find a suitable reason so that Franco and the handcuffs will not look bad. My decision is only a personal one. , and don’t want to influence their thoughts.”

"Paul, Zhuoyang is amazing. It's really not easy to have such insight at such a young age. He lives a much more understanding life than me. However, I still don't like him."

"There are things I haven't said to you explicitly. I dislike Zhuoyang very much. He and Ji Taozi don't get along with each other, but I like Ji Taozi. Me, Handcuffs, and MIX, the three of us don't like Zhuoyang, but we like Taozi. "

"I know you didn't like Zhuo Yang at first, but things have changed recently. I don't know why you did this, and I don't want to argue with you."

"Zhuoyang is very good. He is much stronger than Taozi. I admire many things about him. But we still don't like him. These have nothing to do with stereotypes."

"Because Zhuoyang obviously won't play for Milan forever, but Ji Taozi can."

Maldini was silent again.

Costacurta's words illustrate another major flaw of the Round Table: forcing loyalty to kidnap others. The four veterans have always played for AC Milan, and the same is true for MIX Ambrosini. However, many other members of the round table have transferred and left Milan one after another, and many of them proposed to leave themselves. If the members of the Round Table are like this, why should they use this to demand Zhuo Yang, who is not Italian? Besides, this is all just conjecture.

Nesta is right. The Roundtable should not exclude those young players who seem unlikely to stay forever. Instead, it should strive to create conditions and atmosphere for figures like Zhuoyang and Kaká who can lead the times to stay here as long as possible. .

Guys, you are putting the cart before the horse! The horse team thought: This is not a kind of pride and prejudice.

This is the biggest shortcoming and criticism of the Knights of the Round Table, but except for Maldini, others were intoxicated and did not see it clearly.

Many clubs in world football actually have player organizations similar to the Milan Roundtable, which are called "team committees" and are composed of senior, respected and influential players in the team. The difference between the team committee and the round table is that there are no retired players in it. More importantly, the team committee will not only be composed of domestic players, but will be fully represented regardless of nationality.

The composition of the roundtable is limited to Italians, which is the biggest problem.

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