Chapter 429: Nike IV, DF-9
"Good signing, Manchester United have a chance of qualifying for the last four of the Champions League. Roberto Mancini's Inter Milan have been in a serious dip and they may not be a match for Manchester United. ”
After a moment of silence for Chelsea and Liverpool, the English media focused on Manchester United and Arsenal, Premier League vs Serie A, which was the main theme of the Champions League quarter-finals. Will the Premier League emerge as the winner, or will Serie A be stronger?
The Times wrote: "Although Inter Milan have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season, they have never put up a convincing performance from the group stage to the knockout stage, and the defensive performance is quite poor, which is simply not worth mentioning compared to another team in Milan City...... Manchester United's trident can blow them up. ”
From the tone of the Times, it is clear that they are completely dismissive of Inter Milan. Because Inter Milan have never played a record worthy of the name.
However, there is one person who feels that this Inter Milan team is not as unbearable as the media says, because most of the players in this team followed Mourinho to win the Champions League in 2010.
Of course, even if it wasn't the team that won the championship, the team was quite star-studded right now – Toldo, Zanetti, Córdoba, Samuel, Stankovic, Kili Gonzalez, Veron, Cambiasso, Materazzi, Adriano, Recoba Martins, Cesar, Pizarro, Cruz......
From the perspective of player composition, this Inter Milan team is no less starry than any team!
In Dong Fangzhuo's view, what this team lacks is not a player, but a suitable manager, and that head coach can only be the self-proclaimed God first and him second, as long as Mourinho leaves Chelsea, then he will go to Inter Milan......
"The Times" also analyzed Arsenal's prospects, "Although it has passed the hurdle of Real Madrid, Arsenal will face the stronger Juventus, and Vieira is also about to face the savior, whether Arsenal can advance depends on whether Henry can shine again......"
At the same time, Manchester United's odds to win the Champions League have also changed, 1 to 10, although the odds have changed, but the team has also shrunk to 8, Manchester United is still ranked 7th out of eight teams, still not favored, closely below Villarreal, even Arsenal is more favored......
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On the second day back in Manchester, Dong was invited to Nike's boutique in Manchester, where he did a detailed custom foot model.
At the beginning of the period, Dong Fangzhuo thought that Nike was just creating a pair of sneakers for him, and he didn't know that there would be more powerful actions in the future.
After difficult negotiations between Mendes and Nike, Mendes secured a contract for Dong Fangzhuo that caused a sensation around the world.
Nike decided to create a combat boot called DF-9 for Dong Fangzhuo, the fourth generation of assassins!
Assassin combat boots, famous for a long time.
In 1996, Nike partnered with the Brazilian national team and set out to create a pair of football boots that would match the level of the most prestigious national team in the game.
As one of the team's young strikers at the time, Ronaldo was chosen as the inspiration for the shoe. On the pitch, he is always patient and waits for the right opportunity. When the opportunity comes, he will rush to the football and deliver the fatal blow. When the possibility of scoring came into view, Ronaldo was the same as before. In short, he was an Assassin.
In order to design a sneaker that matched Ronaldo's explosive style of play, Nike set its sights on the runway. Early concepts included running studds on the bottom of Nike Tiempo boots, with the aim of dramatically reducing the weight of the boots.
Faced with this challenge, the design team abandoned the inherent tradition of using kangaroo leather and replaced it with a new synthetic material: the KNG-100. The second major breakthrough was the reduction of the thickness of the sole from 3 mm, which was common in the industry at the time, to a revolutionary 1.75 mm.
On 16 June 1998, Ronaldo scored a spectacular volley on his debut in the Assassin's football boots. In the nearly two decades since, thousands of goals have been scored by the Assassin Boots, including random scoring in amateur futsal matches and the winning penalty that decided the winner of a major tournament. At the same time, the Assassin series of sneakers has evolved to meet the needs of athletes of all eras, and has continued to break new ground in terms of technological innovation and design aesthetics.
By 2006, the Assassins had reached their third generation.
Then, Dong Fangzhuo's DF-9 suddenly jumped out and became the fourth generation.
As soon as the news came out, the global football world went crazy!
No one would have thought that one day Nike would find a Chinese to endorse the fourth-generation assassin combat boots.
DF-9, in fact, has two meanings, DF, is Dong Fangzhuo's name, and 9 is his jersey number. Another meaning is that DF is like China's Dongfeng series of missiles, which are extremely powerful, and Nike has obviously put a lot of thought into choosing such a realistic name.
In the history of football, it seems that there are no more than five football boots that can be named after themselves?
Dong Fangzhuo knows what this means, just like Ronaldo later had his own CR7 assassin boots, he now gets his own DF-9 assassin boots first, which is a huge honor. Most players can't do it in their lifetime, but he got it at the age of 21......
"Dongfeng missile, haha, awesome, Xiao Dong is now Nike's most popular player. Dongfeng Express ...... "Chinese fans are equally ecstatic.
"Nike has a unique vision, and signed this contract with Xiao Dong when he was so young."
"Dong Fangzhuo + Assassin = a model of the perfect combination of career and business."
"Special Edition Assassin - Superfly IV., Nike DF9 Mercurial Campeões."
Nike is said to be giving him £5 million a year starting this year. Oh my God, £5 million ......"
"It's nothing, in addition to Nike, Mendes also found nearly 30 contracts for him, the domestic seven wolves and the golden throat are the tip of the iceberg of business, the merchants who appear in the list are too terrible, Shenma KFC, Castrol, Armani, Abbott, Emirates, Toyota, Egyptian Steel, Jager Watch, Qingyang Shampoo and other brands are also seeking to let Ronaldo as a spokesperson, and now domestic mobile phone manufacturers are going crazy."
For a time, Dong Fangzhuo became the biggest darling of advertisers, and I have to say that after signing with Mendez, Dong Fangzhuo's world has changed......