The league system of European football is like a pyramid.
The wealthy clubs are at the top of the pyramid, and below are the mid-range teams in the five major leagues, the wealthy and powerful teams in the second-tier leagues such as the Dutch and Portuguese Super Leagues, and further down are the lower-tier teams in the five major leagues.
This is a competitive system where the big fish eats the small fish and the small fish eats the millet.
The newly promoted teams of Serie B are actually inferior players in the entire pyramid system. Even with the once-prominent golden brand of Naples, they still lack competitiveness.
At this time, Naples is like a start-up company. Players who want to join must be on tenterhooks, fearing that the owner of the company will run away with his sister-in-law and there will be no place to get their salary.
But at this moment, suddenly, the CEO of a top company in the industry parachuted in and threatened to build it into one of the most competitive corporate teams in the industry within three years. This immediately triggered a fierce controversy.
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The Italian media took the lead in attacking.
In Italy, the media's ass is either sitting on the position of the three heroes in the north, or sitting on the position of the city of Rome. As for Naples further south, they are just mud-legged, country bumpkins and barbarians who they look down upon at all.
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Suddenly one day, this barbarian said, I also want to live in the biggest house, eat the best food, and sleep with the most beautiful women... How can these gentlemen believe it? How can they give up?
The beauties have let you sleep, so why should we sleep?
In addition to buttocks, there is another very important reason: Italian media has been suffering from traffic for a long time.
Watching their colleagues in the UK and Spain hyping up all kinds of traffic, they were having a lot of fun, and sales were rising steadily. The Italian media had long been salivating, looking forward to a traffic star coming.
Well now, first came a wave of Calciopoli. Although it was a heavy blow to the foundation of Italian football, for the media, this wave of traffic was a leverage. Another double champion of La Liga and the Champions League came. This is simply astonishing.
ah!
The key is that Juventus, the northern giant of Italy, was the first to extend an olive branch to this double-champion comrade. Houses, food, and women were all offered with both hands, but this comrade was unmoved and resolutely chose the south.
of savages.
What a great spirit this is!
For the traffic of our Italian media industry, this comrade from China also worked hard!
As a result, all major Italian media outlets rushed to the media, and there was a rhythm of saying, "I'll be sorry if I don't blast you to death."
But now the capabilities of the Italian media are not really strong. At least there is still a big gap in strength with the Spanish media, let alone the British media, the ancestor of the paparazzi.
The main reason is that they are too stereotyped.
However, it is understandable that they have never played this set before, so they will take their time and I believe they will soon upgrade and evolve their skills.
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When learning that Gao Shen signed with Naples, Juventus general manager Blanco expressed regret in an interview with Turin Sports News.
"Yes, we have had contact with Gao Shen. I think he is a head coach who can bring great changes to the team, but it is a pity that we and him failed to reach an agreement on some details, which makes me
Very sorry.”
But Blanc also said very gracefully that he was very much looking forward to seeing Gao Shen coach in Naples.
As for Gao Shen, Napoli's goal is to win the Serie B championship, Blanco said it is a good thing to have this wish.
"Wishes are always good, but he has just come to Italy and may not understand the football here. Serie B is not as easy to deal with as he imagined."
Juventus sporting director Alessio Seco was even more direct.
As a former press officer, he revealed through his media reporter friends that the biggest difference between Juventus and Gao Shen was the team's transfer rights. Gao Shen actually wanted to get involved in the team's transfer and player contracts.
This is something Juventus will never allow.
Secco believes that coaching Napoli was a very stupid decision.
"I can't believe that a head coach who just led Real Madrid to win the La Liga and Champions League double would choose to coach a newly promoted Serie B team. I won't use words like self-destruction to describe him, but I
Can't understand this behavior."
"Perhaps it's because Naples gives more money!"
There is actually another hidden meaning behind Seko's words, which is that Gao Shen's double-championship achievement is not worthy of the name.
As for Gao Shen's call to compete for the Serie B championship and lead the team into Serie A, Secco even scoffed.
"This is not something a normal person would say. I think he is going crazy now. He originally wanted to coach a giant like Juventus, but in the end he could only coach a newly promoted team like Naples. He can't bear it."
"I think no one will believe what he said, right?"
As soon as Secco's remarks broke out, they immediately aroused huge repercussions in Italy.
It turns out that Gao Shen actually had contact with Juventus.
Did he really choose Naples after suffering a setback at Juventus?
In response, Naples president De Laurentiis accepted an interview with the media at noon that day and publicly criticized Secco for being untrue.
"The fact is that the first time we met Gao was in China. At that time, he had no real contact with Juventus. I don't know where Seco got the first-hand information about what he said, but
He clearly made a mistake."
"Moreover, the salary in the contract we offered was not high, and it might even be lower than Juventus's intended contract, but Gao chose Naples without hesitation. Why? Because we gave him enough freedom and space."
"I make movies. I know the importance of directors. I will respect professional talents. Of course, as an investor, I will express my opinions, but I will not easily interfere with the director's decision and professionalism. But Secco obviously
no."
"Oh, by the way, what is his major? Press officer? Public relations? Sports? Or something that cannot be told to the outside world?"
"What? Tell me? No, no, no, I'm not that kind of person. I will never tell you how Secco became the sports director of Juventus. I won't tell you even to death."
De Laurentiis's round of bombardment immediately triggered a media outcry.
Damn, isn't this too fierce?
Could it be that there is some inside story here?
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When Gao Shen saw De Laurentiis's report, he and Lucas were in a hotel in Basel, Switzerland.
The news has quickly spread throughout the world through the Internet.
The league has not yet started, but Naples and Juventus have started a war. The new season of Serie B is getting hotter than the war.
"Our treacherous boss is quite defensive." Lucas said with a smile, almost jumping out and shouting: The German is mighty!
He has long disliked Juventus' Seco.
At this time, he did not hesitate to offend domestic giants like Juventus and stand up to defend Gao Shen. If nothing else, De Laurentiis did a very good job in this regard.
Gao Shen nodded slightly, this is the character of De Laurentiis.
But if he doesn't like you anymore in the future, he will scold you just like he scolded Seko.
Therefore, a boss with this kind of personality can share joys and sorrows, but not wealth and honor.
Of course, until Napoli achieves real success, his partnership with De Laurentiis will be unbreakable.
The premise is that he must lead the team and show satisfactory strength.
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The Swiss Super League can barely be considered a third-rate league in European football. As the strong teams in the Swiss Super League, Zurich and Auxerre are regulars in European competitions, but they have never been taken seriously and have little sense of presence.
There is no way, there are only ten teams in the Swiss Super League, and the number of fans is also limited, so the competitiveness will naturally not increase.
But last season, Basel, the runners-up in the Swiss Super League, performed well in the UEFA Cup, reaching the quarterfinals, but lost to Middlesbrough in the Premier League.
Of course, there is actually nothing to say about this, after all, the current UEFA Cup has little influence at all.
As the head coach of La Liga and the Champions League, when Gao Shen called Basel's general manager Bernhard Hessler, the latter was shocked and honored. He never expected that Gao Shen would suddenly visit.
Even when Gao Shen took Lucas and took a taxi to the Basel office, Hessler accompanied Basel chairman Kisela Orli and other senior officials of the club to greet him.
Like everyone else, everyone in Basel was surprised when they saw Gao Shen at first sight.
"I have long heard that Mr. Gao won the La Liga and Champions League double titles at a young age, but I didn't expect him to be so young!" Chairman Orli laughed.
He is actually only about fifty, but the interesting thing is that he is German.
In fact, he doesn’t have a lot of seniority, but he knows all the big shots. For example, he chatted with Beckenbauer once. In addition, the World Cup is now being held in Germany, and Beckenbauer even invited him to watch the World Cup in Germany.
I was coaching Real Madrid before, and I was dealing with people from the clouds of European football. Basel was a small team, and it always sounded unclear.
The conversation started well. Gao Shen didn't want to delay any more. His time was still precious, so he got into the topic directly.
"The main reason I came here this time is to get to know one of the players on your team." Gao Shen said with a smile.
Everyone was stunned.
If Gao Shen can come in person, then this person must be extraordinary and not an ordinary person.
But after hearing this, Hessler immediately shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"To tell you the truth, Mr. Gao, Mathias Delgado has signed to Turkey's Besktas. You are too late."
Gao Shen was stunned when he heard this.
Mathias Delgado is Basel's top scorer. He is Argentinian but has Italian nationality. He scored 18 goals and 11 assists in 33 Swiss Super League games last season. He is the best player in Europe.
Scored seven goals and two assists in twelve UEFA Cup games.
Such a report card was really inconspicuous in the era of President Luo and Coal Boss, but in 2006, it was simply going to the sky. The key is that this guy also has Italian nationality and is an EU player, so his worth is naturally higher.
What's even more frightening is that he is only twenty-two years old!
Judging from age, strength, and nationality, Delgado is a veritable star, so he is naturally the top star in the Basel team. Countless teams from the five major European leagues are looking for him.
Come.
After figuring this out, Gao Shen smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"You misunderstood, I'm not here for Matisse Delgado."
