Old Maldini is quite satisfied with this group, where Italy is located. The opponents in this group are generally weak. Although Cameroon claims to be an African lion, they have achieved great success in the World Cup-to tell the truth, except for one time in Italy in 9 years by relying on Uncle Mira’s magical performance, at other times, this African team is playing soy sauce. Even Russia, which has fallen to the second-and third-rate level in Europe, can score five goals in the World Cup. Its strength can be imagined.
Not to mention Austria, although this team won the first place in the European World Cup qualifiers and successfully advanced to the French World Cup finals, it does not mean how strong Austria is. They can get the first place in the group more because their opponents are generally not good at the qualifiers, and the second place in the group directly advanced to the World Cup finals. Scotland is already one of the strongest teams in that group. Sweden, the third-place winner of the World Cup in the United States, has failed to meet brolin in recent years. After a serious injury, his state has plummeted. It is no longer the "Palma variable" that was injured all the time. Dahlin’s goal efficiency has also fallen sharply to a third-rate striker after leaving Menxing. Austria’s promotion is largely due to the advantage of the group.
If we put it in a group with Italy and England, Austria will not be beaten to pieces …
In the opinion of Old Maldini, the only thing that can cause some trouble for Italy is to have Chile, a strong combination of zamorano and Salas. However, Chile’s overall strength is not very strong, and there is still great hope that Italian players can play normally and score three points in the game.
Traditionally, every World Cup has a so-called death group, and the French World Cup is no exception. After the lottery ceremony, Spanish coach Clemente became the most depressed one among the first-class coaches, because he was divided into a group with the Spanish and African eagle Nigeria, the magical goalkeeper chilavert leading the South American powerhouse Paraguay, and Bulgaria, which has two dying superstars, Stoichkov and Balakov.
After the grouping ceremony, the 1997 World Player of the Year award ceremony will follow. FIFA will select the final winner from the three candidates of Lei Dongduo, Inzaghi and Ronaldo according to the votes of the coaches and captains of national teams.
Although Ronaldo has won the European Footballer of the Year before, it is reasonable to say that his chances of winning this time are the greatest, but there is no guarantee that he will win the present honor. After all, the selection methods of these two awards are very different, and the results will naturally be quite different.
This time, the award ceremony of World Player of the Year was presided over by Havelange’s cronies, FIFA’s secret director and Joseph Blatter.
"The winner of the World Footballer of the Year is …" After reading this, Blatter deliberately had a meal that seemed to be intended to keep everyone’s appetite. "Playing for Serie A Florence club Ronaldo!"
After hearing the news from Blatter himself, the whole venue was boiling because it meant that alien Ronaldo became the third player to win the title of Mr. Double after Van Basten (1992) and Roberto Baggio (1993)!
(Note that there should also be a george weah, but due to the rise of Florence in this world, the Via European Golden Globe Award was taken away by Batty.)
The title of Mr. Double marks that Ronaldo is no longer a good first-class striker but a top star on the road to superstar!
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Of course, if Ronaldo wants to be a real superstar, it is far from enough to get Mr. Double once. Ronaldo will have to show more stable performance in the future to convince fans that after all, superstars rely on their long-term stability and outstanding performance in the stadium to play some top competitions.
If the alien can’t do this, then he will become a shooting star in international football like the former Belanov and now george weah.
Just as the world soccer players are talking about the great event that Ronaldo won the double prize, Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, Spain, has a negligible role that is worrying about his future livelihood.
"I’m sorry you’re fired, and you’re no longer a member of the Barcelona club from today." With the cold name of Fan Jiaer, the middle-aged man walked out of the Barcelona coach’s office silently, returned to his room, packed his things, bundled them into a package and walked out of the place where he had worked for a year and a half.
"So fired …" Mourinho muttered as he walked towards the gate with his bag.
From being a mere translator around Robson, to being the right-hand man around the famous coach, to being pushed out by the new coach Fan Jiaer, and now being fired by Barcelona Club, Mourinho has tasted all kinds of ups and downs in just five years.
Mourinho couldn’t figure out that he just kept saying around Fan Jiaer that he should pay more attention to defense and divide more training to build a complete defensive body. How did this Dutch coach get so angry that he went to the top of the club and made a scene, saying, "If you want me to stay in Barcelona, you must get rid of this assistant coach from Portugal."
Of course, the young Portuguese didn’t know that whenever Fan Jiaer saw Mourinho running to wake him up and pay attention to the team’s defense, the Dutch coach always realized that Mourinho was satirizing his ugly affair of being beaten by Florence in the European Super Cup final.
It’s a pity that Mourinho didn’t think of this. He just thinks that the team’s defense is very weak now, so he will wake up as an assistant coach. Fan Jiaer hopes that the head coach can strengthen a team’s defense ability and improve its ability to guard against opponents’ quick counterattack. It can’t happen again. Like the European Super Cup, people can make a single knife with one counterattack.
No matter how strong the attack is, if the defense is not strong, it is no different from building a castle on the sand surface. Mourinho has always thought so.
Although Fan Jiaer is an excellent head coach, the biggest obstacle preventing him from becoming a top coach is his too tough and inflexible personality, and Mourinho is also the kind of person who will stick to his guns without being told. The Portuguese has violated the taboo of this hard-line Dutch coach.
So Mourinho was fired.
Maybe I should consider finding a small club there as soon as I return to my hometown, and integrating the experience and theoretical knowledge I have learned from Robson and Fan Jiaer over the years, and then making a name for myself, and then moving to a stronger club to coach. So there will always be a future step by step, carrying luggage, Mourinho thought.
Just when Mourinho was thinking about going back to his hometown in Portugal to find a head coach to support his family, a male voice came into his ear. "Excuse me, are you Mr. Jose Mourinho?"
Hearing someone calling himself, Mourinho looked up and was immediately startled by the identity of the newcomer. "Mr. Corleone? How did you end up here? "
"Haha, I didn’t expect coach Mourinho to recognize me." Seeing Mourinho’s surprised expression, Zhuang Ge looked very heart-warming. "So I don’t have to introduce myself. I came to Barcelona to do something."
"Hehe, it’s not easy for Mr. Corleone, the president of Florence, to remain anonymous." Although he was in a bad mood just because he was fired, Mourinho still smiled and said to Zhuang Ge, "I wonder what brings you here from afar? President Nunez’s office is on the top floor of this building, and you can see it at a glance. "
"That coach Mourinho, why don’t you do me a favor and be a temporary tour guide, so that I won’t have to ask for directions later?" Zhuang Ge said while thinking that it was you who came here this time anyway, so as to save you a trip later.
"Chairman Corleone, please stop calling me coach." Mourinho smiled wryly and held up the parcel in his hand and showed it to Zhuang Ge. Then he said, "I was fired from the club half an hour ago, and now I am unemployed, and I am no longer an assistant coach in Barcelona."
"Huh?" When I heard Mourinho say this, Zhuang Ge suddenly widened his eyes and asked again in an uncertain tone, "Coach Mourinho, you said you were just fired by Barcelona?"
What’s going on! History is all messed up! I remember Mourinho left together when Fan Jiaer stepped down as Barcelona coach. How come the Dutch talent has been on duty here for half a year?
I noticed Zhuang Ge’s questioning eyes, so Mourinho could tell the other party the reason why he was fired from Barcelona. After all, it was not very honorable, so the Portuguese briefly talked about the cause and effect of the incident without giving too much detailed explanation.
"Generally speaking, that guy in Fan Jiaer thought that you were trusted by Mr. Robson, and he didn’t value you. Later, when you paid attention to defense with him several times, he asked the floor to fire you?"
"Well, that’s probably right."
"Mr. Mourinho, since you are no longer working in Barcelona …" Speaking of this, Zhuang Ge stared at the Portuguese with a serious look. "Are you interested in working as a coach in Florence?"
"… what?"
"I said, do you want to come to Florence to be coach Capello’s assistant coach?" Zhuang Ge said with a smile. He found that he liked to see Mourinho surprised. "Coach Capello and I both think you have this ability."
"Alas …" Mourinho hesitated and sighed, then made a decision. "Well, I promise you that you will be my new boss from today!"
"Welcome to plug!" Zhuang Ge extended his hand to congratulate Mourinho on his arrival.
"It’s my greatest honor to work in Florence, boss!"
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"That boss, what exactly do you want to discuss with President Nunez when you come to Barcelona this time?" Although he hasn’t signed a formal contract, Mourinho has taken himself as a Florence employee and asked, "Although I haven’t been here long, there are still some contacts who may be able to send a show."
"Well, I don’t think it’s necessary for me to visit President Nunez now." Although I was very happy about Mourinho’s initiative, Zhuang Ge had to decline the kindness of the other party and smiled awkwardly.
Mourinho was puzzled by Zhuang Ge’s words and thought, didn’t you just tell me that you wanted to talk to Barcelona President about something? Why not now?
"The man who came here just wanted to say hello to Nunez and dig you up to Florence." Zhuang Ge scratched his head and said, "There is no need to meet President Nunez because the purpose of my trip has been achieved."
"…" Mourinho now really feels that what he just did should be called a trap.
Although he didn’t say anything on the surface, Mourinho was very touched by it in his heart. He didn’t expect that Mr. President would value himself so much. He took himself to Florence and rushed to Barcelona from Italy.
How can people feel if they are not vegetation? Although Mourinho was called a utilitarian by many fans in Zhuang Ge’s previous life, he is also a man of temperament and will naturally be moved by Zhuang Ge’s move.
At the same time, Zhuang Ge is also excited about Mourinho, a top head coach, at no cost. In Zhuang Ge’s view, there are only a few managers such as Ferguson, Ancelotti and Guardiola who can compete with Mourinho at the club level when he crosses that point.
Suo Zhuangge will decide to get rid of Mourinho before he becomes famous. After two years of training, Mourinho will pick up Capello to avoid the dilemma of Florence coach position after Capello leaves office.
What’s more, Mourinho is still very young and still has a lot to build around Florence and Capello. During this period, Mourinho can get a face lift, which will give him a new understanding of the art of defense and let him know that the so-called reinforced concrete defense is not just putting a bus in front of the goal.
In this way, Mourinho agreed to Zhuang Ge’s invitation, signed a work contract and formally joined the Florence coaching staff. Deputy Capello was responsible for assisting the team coach in handling all the training matters of the team. At the same time, it is more important for him to learn all the learnable knowledge and experience around Capello and turn them into his own things.
Capello was not dissatisfied that his boss arranged an assistant coach for him. After all, Zhuang Ge had greeted Mourinho before recruiting him, and Capello nodded in agreement at that time. Capello did welcome Mourinho’s arrival. He appreciated a real coach with rich theoretical knowledge like Mourinho, and he had one more coach who could discuss team tactics together in peacetime.
