Schumacher was a bit emotional. He sat down to compose himself.
Moratti, who was beside him, was clearly familiar with Desler's situation. Knowing that Chen Yu didn't follow soccer closely, he took the initiative to explain.
"At the U-17 World Cup, he won the Silver Ball Award. He has a flair and finesse that you don't see in traditional German soccer."
"Let's put it this way: if you didn't know his nationality, you'd think he was Brazilian just from watching him play." Moratti thought for a moment before summing it up in a single sentence.
Berlusconi, sitting nearby, nodded in agreement and commented, "That kid is really something."
Clearly, these two bigwigs of Serie A had their eyes on the German prodigy for a while.
"That's why I find it such a shame," Schumacher said with a long sigh.
It was a ruptured cruciate ligament—the nightmare of countless athletes.
