Chapter 81 Funeral

Chapter 81 Funeral

After playing the league match against Inter Milan, with a record of 18 consecutive victories in the league, the whole Fiorentina team rushed to Orchinovi, which is Prandelli's hometown, where Mrs. Caffia's funeral will be held. .

In the morning, Degan led the Fiorentina team and appeared together in a black suit in a local church. In the church, Degan saw Prandelli with a sad face.

Seeing that all his disciples had arrived, Prandelli was also very relieved, not for anything else, but because his hard work over the years was not in vain, at least he still has a certain weight in the hearts of the players.

"Rods! I am very pleased that you can come today!"

Digan gave Prandelli a comforting hug. Looking at the coffin of Mrs. Carffia parked in front, he couldn't help feeling sour. After joining Florence, he also met Mrs. Prandelli. , Kafeiya gave him the impression that she was a strong and optimistic woman. Even though she was sick at the time, she never gave up her enthusiasm for life.

The love between Prandelli and his wife, even Digan, who has no interest, is envious. In Italian football full of prodigal sons and prostitutes, like the Prandelli couple, they have lived together for twenty-five years. Not often.

"Coach! You shouldn't have hidden it from us!"

Prandelli gave a wry smile, and sighed again: "Caffia likes to be quiet. Besides, the team is at a critical moment, and I don't want to be distracted by my affairs."

Although Fiorentina was not the first team he coached, his affection for Fiorentina is definitely the deepest. In three years, this club has completely imprinted his brand, and with Fiorentina step by step towards prosperity , this team has also become Prandelli's emotional sustenance.

"I know the result of the game, Rhodes! You guys did a really good job, I'm so proud of you!"

When Degan saw Prandelli's face finally revealed?

?? smiled, and felt very comforted: "I think a victory will be the best gift to send off Mrs. Kafeiya."

Prandelli nodded, and suddenly said: "Rod! You have done a great job, and everyone has seen it. Now this team will be able to go very smoothly even without me!"

Digan was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Prandelli to say such a sentence, he was surprised: "Coach! You~~~~~~"

Prandelli's eyes were filled with deep sadness: "Rod! It was Kaffia who encouraged me to take up the coaching position back then. Now that she is gone, I don't feel any joy in life. I~~~ ~~~~~~"

Prandelli didn't finish his sentence, and Digan didn't know how to comfort him. The two just stood there in silence, waiting for the funeral to begin.

Digan couldn't help but sigh in his heart at this moment, the love that moved the heavens and the earth, imprinted the brand of love and righteousness on the body of this 50-year-old outstanding coach of the Mesozoic generation in Italy, and gave him a different understanding and perception of football. Every time I think of this story about love, life and death, and football, it will make countless female fans sigh, marrying a real man like Prandelli.

Prandelli, who was born in Brescia, a city in northern Italy, started his professional career at the age of 17 in the third division club Cremonese. It was then that he met a girl named Manuela Carffia , she was 15 years old that year. Love at first sight made the two young people fall in love, and Prandelli's skills grew up with love. Four years later, he was favored by the "Youth Army" Atlanta team and started his journey in Serie A.

Only one year in the Atlanta team, but Prandelli grew rapidly and also attracted the attention of the top giants Juventus. In the summer of 1979, he joined the "Bianconeri". From 1979 to 1985, he won 3 times with the team Champion of Serie A, also successively wrote his name on honors such as Coppa Italia, European Cup Winners Cup, European Super Cup and European Champions Cup, and legendary superstars such as Platini, Paolo Rossi and Tardelli Together they supported the great Juventus era.

Proud of horseshoe disease in the spring breeze, the 25-year-old Prandelli married Kaffia in 1982. He once said: "Being able to grow up with her is a more precious experience than my professional football career."

Despite Prandelli's grand slam feats in the league, he was never called up to the national team. In 1990, at the age of 33, he announced his retirement, and then took up the coach of the Atlanta youth team, staying for seven years. Except for briefly leading the first team as a caretaker coach in the 1993/1994 season, he spent the rest of the time dealing with young people, which also allowed him to accumulate rich experience in promoting young players.

The young Prandelli finally won the post of coach of the Lecce team in the summer of 1997. However, his debut season was a bit bitter for him. He won 6 games but lost 20 games throughout the season, and finally finished second to last. status was downgraded.

Fortunately, Lecce's failure record did not let Prandelli flinch, and he soon led another small town team Verona to make a comeback a year later.

After completing the promotion task, Prandelli even led the team, which aimed at relegation, to the 9th place in the league in the 1999/2000 season. Then he chose to go to Venice to start a new business. In the 2000/2001 season, he led the Venice team to the Serie A, and thus gained the reputation of "upgrading professional households".

Relying on his achievements in Verona and Venice, Prandelli finally got his first full-fledged invitation in his 12 years of teaching, becoming one of the "Seven Sisters" of Serie A, the veteran team Parma coach.

Although the Yellow and Black Legion had just released top superstars such as Buffon and Thuram at that time, the arrival of young talents such as Adriano, Mutu and Marchionne just played Prandelli's good Take advantage of young people.

In just two years, the Parma youth army has shown strong combat effectiveness, and the combination of Ade and Mutu is even more majestic. The 47-year-old Prandelli is only one step away from the famous coach.

Verona, Venice, Brescia, and Parma, four cities have been changed in five years. This is part of Prandelli's life as a head coach, but it is all of Kaffia's wife.

She wholeheartedly supports her husband's career, brings a pair of children, and uses the tenderness of a wife and mother to give the family the greatest spiritual support.

In 2004, Prandelli got his first million-euro contract in his coaching career, taking over the leadership of the giants Roma. But only one month later, before he led the Roma team to play a game in the first division, Kaffia was diagnosed with breast cancer!

Family or career?

This will always be a problem for many men.

But for Prandelli, there is only one answer, and that is his wife.

The first place in this Italian man's life will always be the girl he met at the door of the hot chocolate shop.

Prandelli resolutely submitted his resignation to the team: "It is very difficult to make such a decision, but I am sure that this is the right choice in my life."

At the most capable age of a man, he chose to turn around and leave the glorious stage without hesitation, just for his beloved wife, and the whole of Italy was moved.

For the next year, Prandelli stayed by his wife's bedside to help her face the serious illness. He didn't return to the teaching world until his wife's condition improved. This time, the Fiorentina team who also had a glorious history accepted him.

In the 2005/2006 season, Fiorentina entered the top four of the league after many years, but missed the Champions League due to the "Telephone Gate" incident. After that, they won the fourth place in the league in the 2006/2007 season. Landry's first trip to the Champions League.

Contrary to the successive victories on the court, Kaffia's condition became more and more serious. Prandelli once pushed his wife in a wheelchair to the court together. Put it lightly in her hand.

But just like a flower will wither, Kafeiya's life has come to an end. At the last moment of her life, the Fiorentina team was about to challenge Inter Milan's seventeen-game winning streak in the league. This time, Prandelli chose to stay with his wife again.

In the match against Inter Milan, the entire Fiorentina team wore black veils collectively, and observed a minute of silence before the game to pay the most sincere respect for this heartfelt love.

Kaffia has been away for three days. During these three days, Prandelli lived in the memory of his dead wife. He often sat alone in the study room full of photos of his wife. Sitting and sitting, the eyes are red. The children tried to persuade their father to come out, but Prandelli preferred to make friends with his dead wife in his own world.

The funeral started, and after the mass, everyone came to the cemetery together, perhaps to commemorate this great love, the sky started to rain lightly, Kafeiya's friend, a well-known opera singer in the local area, In accordance with Kafeiya's last wish, at her funeral, she told about her past with Prandelli.

As the opera singer said: Because of love, we are so sad.

At the age of 18, he met her who was 15 years old. At that time, he had just become a professional player.

At 25, he married her. At that time, he had become the main force of the Serie A championship team.

After 19 years of marriage, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. At that time, he was a cutting-edge coach who showed his talents, leading the underdogs to create miracles for two consecutive years.

After another 3 years, in 2004, her condition deteriorated. At the age of 47, he just signed a contract with the giants Roma and got his first million annual salary in his life.

In order to take care of her, his wealthy career ended in less than two months. One week before the start of the new season, he chose to resign to guard her last time.

At the starting point of glory and brilliance, at the center of fame and brilliance, a man at his most capable age turned and left without hesitation for her.

All of Italy was moved.

He just said lightly: What I did was just what any man should do for his family.

After a year away from the hustle and bustle, with her support, he made a comeback.

In 2007, she left. He said: "Thank God, she was finally freed from her pain.

He said: In 25 years of marriage, we have only fought once. We use a tennis racket, with a net.

He also said: She is always by my side and all the money I earn goes to her, so I never have money in my pocket.

In his own way, he sent her off calmly and with dignity.

50 years old, in the golden age of a man, elegant and handsome, personable, modest and polite, the coach of a wealthy family, with an annual salary of 1.8 million euros. In the legend, he got promoted, got rich and died his wife, he took it all. If you stand on the stage of If You Are the One, you will definitely get a ticket to the Aegean Sea. What's more, this is a pizza country where models gather and admire football.

But Prandelli mourned his love with his late wife in his own way.

The funeral is over, and the Fiorentina team will immediately go to Milan to prepare for tomorrow's Champions League group match against AC Milan. Prandelli is not here. At this time, the head of the team is Degan, but Degan seems to be preoccupied at the moment .

"Rod! What are you thinking?" Assistant coach Antonelli sat beside Degan.

Degan hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "I feel that Cesare seems to be planning to leave Florence!"

Antonelli was startled, suppressing the astonishment in his heart, lowered his voice as much as possible, and said: "This~~~~~ How is this possible, Cesare is not a weak person, Mrs. Caffia passed away, even though he It's a big blow, but it's impossible for him to make such a decision!"

Digan smiled bitterly, and said: "Cesare is indeed not a fragile person, but his life is more delicate than all of us. The more he is like this, the more he likes to dig into corners. I am worried, Cesare It's hard for Ray to come out."

When Antonelli heard the words, he had to admit that what Degan said was very reasonable. He felt a headache. Although the club had appointed him as the team's acting head coach, he found that he was not capable of leading the youth team. Landry's imprint on this team is too deep.

Antonelli thought, and turned to look at Degan: "Rod! You must stand up at this time. Once Cesare makes a decision, you must become the new leader of the team. Florence is in a very good condition now. , we cannot fall short!"

Degan smiled wryly when he heard the words. It's not that he hadn't thought about it, but he found it really difficult. Even though he is a person who never admits defeat, he must admit that he doesn't have the ability to manage a team, and he has less Prandelli's spring weather is just his high-pressure policy, which is completely unable to maintain the stability of the locker room and the team's combat effectiveness.

"No! What this team needs most is not me, but Cesare. Only he can lead us to glory. I am just a participant in it, and I cannot be the decision maker!"

Speaking of this, Degan was also frustrated for a while, but there was no way to do it. He was only the leader of the team, not the team commander.