Deschamps stopped at the door of this elegant and dignified building and stayed for a while.
This is the first time he has set foot in this place in more than two months.
Since the 0-5 away defeat to Naples, after the game, sports director Seco criticized him in the media, he completely broke up with Seco. Since then, he has never set foot in the Juventus headquarters.
office.
Today is the first time in more than two months.
If Jean Claude Blanc hadn't called repeatedly to invite him, he still wouldn't have come.
"Come in, Didier, they are already waiting." Blanco greeted at the door.
This French compatriot gave Deschamps enough face and went out to greet him in person.
Deschamps nodded and walked into the office building.
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Today, the core management of Juventus gathered in the headquarters office for a meeting with only one purpose, which is to further clarify the club's goals for this season and the next strategy, and also to initially formulate the team's preparations and transfers for the winter break.
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Yes, many fans mistakenly believe that the transfer is carried out during the transfer period, but in fact it is not.
Many transfers were finalized early, some even half a year in advance.
Especially the transfer of some stars, which is even more protracted, and many involve the handover of commercial sponsorship contracts.
Deschamps is a club legend, and when the club was in crisis, he decisively extended a helping hand and came to Turin to coach. This friendship made him admired and respected by many people in the club.
Of course, this does not include sporting director Alessio Secco.
Although he always reiterates his support for Deschamps in front of the media and expresses that the club is very grateful to Deschamps, in fact, everyone knows that there is a huge gap between him, Blanco and Deschamps.
conflicts and differences.
Those who attended the meeting were all Juventus bosses, and Chairman Gillette, who is usually not very practical about management, was also among them.
As the team's general manager, Blanco took the lead in reporting on the club's operations this season.
After all, it has fallen into Serie B. Stadium attendance, match day revenue and other aspects of income have all dropped sharply. But on the other hand, in order to preserve its strength to the maximum extent, the club has lost many of its staffing and personnel during the Serie A period.
The institutions have been retained, which requires expenditure.
The reduction in expenses is not much, but the revenue has dropped sharply, which has also caused Juventus' operations to face pressure.
To a certain extent, the club's more than 80 million euros in the transfer market are making up for this.
Of course, everyone knows that this is drinking poison to quench thirst.
The most important priority for Juventus now is to return to Serie A as soon as possible, return to the ranks of the giants, make up for the lost income as soon as possible, and even increase it further.
More importantly, the Fiat consortium behind Juventus has been too busy taking care of itself in recent years, and it is basically impossible to bring more support to the team. The team can only rely on its own efforts.
Blanco was first an editor of L'Equipe and knew a lot about football. Later he participated in the business management of large-scale sports events such as the Winter Olympics, Dakar Rally, Tour de France, French Open, etc. He is very knowledgeable in business operations.
One hand.
Recently, he has been actively working on Juventus' new stadium project, but this is still a secret limited to the core leadership and is not planned to be discussed yet.
Although he worked at L'Equipe, Blanco was not an expert in football, so sports director Alessio Secco took charge of the team's sports affairs, and he also spoke after Blanco.
Secco summarized the team's achievements since the Calciopoli incident, which he believed were acceptable, but he was not satisfied with the team's performance and believed that Juventus' strength had not been truly demonstrated.
"We could have been more dominant and convincing in Serie B than we are now."
Although he did not name anyone, Secco undoubtedly pointed the finger at Deschamps.
Anyone can see that Juventus has serious internal conflicts.
Secco is one of the remnants left after the Telephone scandal, and there are even reports that he will learn from the Big Three of the Telephone scandal because they have always had a close working relationship.
Blanco represents the wishes of the Fiat Group. Together with Deschamps, he represents the emerging power of Juventus.
Neither side has broken down yet, but the contradiction is already obvious.
Blanc and Deschamps are not surprised by Seco's current criticism.
At the end of Secco's speech, he said that the team did not plan to make any signings during the winter break because the technical department assessed that the team's current lineup is enough to cope with the Serie B league.
There will be no signings, but Seko requires the team to perform better and more convincingly.
"I hope everyone can understand that we are Juventus, and falling into Serie B is only temporary. Our goal has never been promotion, but the championship. We want to return to Serie A as champions!"
Even in the new season, Juventus will be deducted nine points.
Now, Naples is at the top of the list, and Juventus is two points behind Naples. But if these nine points are included, it is a full 11 points behind, and Juventus's league ranking will fall directly to fourth.
Secco said that the team will return to the San Paolo Stadium in Naples at the weekend and he hopes it will be an avenging game.
"Even in the Coppa Italia, a 5-0 defeat is unacceptable to Juventus. We must perform better to wash away this shame."
Seko's words were echoed by Chairman Gillette.
As chairman elected by shareholders and fans, the owner of the supermarket chain is not satisfied with the team's results this season, mainly a 5-0 defeat to Napoli and subsequent lagging behind Napoli in Serie B.
"This is unacceptable to the fans!"
On weekdays, Gillette is more of a peacemaker between Blanco and Secco, but in this matter, his attitude is also very clear, that is, he stands on the side of the fans and demands that the team
We must regroup as soon as possible.
And all the pressure naturally falls on head coach Deschamps.
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"You know, at this stage, we can't compete with Naples. We don't have such conditions."
After the meeting, in the general manager's office, Deschamps openly expressed his true thoughts.
In other words, he was complaining.
"Those two people outside don't understand football at all. One just wants to please the fans, and the other just thinks..."
Halfway through Deschamps' words, when he saw Blanco raising his head, he immediately held back.
In fact, the general manager in front of him may not know much about football.
"Didier, I stand by your side on everything else, but you must be prepared for this weekend's battle. We must win, and lose again. The consequences will be disastrous." Blanc reminded seriously.
Unthinkable?
Does it mean... get out of class is over?
This is the first time Deschamps has faced such a crisis since taking charge of Juventus.
"Do you think we have the strength to compete with Naples?" Deschamps asked.
"Why not?" Blanco asked, and before Deschamps could answer, he continued: "We have Buffon, Nedved, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Trezeguet, Sarayeta.
, Billindry, Kovac..."
"Gianniceda, Paro, Zanetti and others are all main players of the top teams in Serie A. Chiellini, Marchisio, Marchionni, Bodinov and others
, they are all rookies with outstanding abilities. With such a lineup, do you think you don’t have the strength to compete with Naples?”
Deschamps was really speechless.
He really didn't know what to say.
He has no way to say that Naples, coached by Gao Shen, plays a very advanced tactic, and so far, he has not thought of an effective way to restrain it. He also has no way to say that although Naples' players are young, they are all very capable.
He couldn't even say that Juventus' players were famous, but together they might not be as good as Naples.
There are many things that I just understand but cannot explain clearly.
If Deschamps said some words, the consequences might be more serious than losing the game or even being dismissed from get out of class.
It was like just now, Gillette and Seco were asking him, why is it that Juventus has such a strong lineup but cannot play tactics like Naples?
It doesn't require a surge of offensive power, but at least it can be more dominant and aggressive. Isn't that difficult?
Deschamps couldn't answer because he couldn't say he didn't know how to do it.
In the eyes of many people, tactics means gathering players together and telling them how to play, how to cooperate, how to run, and how to pass?
Napoli presses and presses from a high position, Juventus can also press and press from a high position, what's wrong?
If your physical fitness is not good enough, then practice more!
Is the pass-and-cut technology not working?
Nonsense, even Napoli's central defenders can pass and cut accurately, and even launch long passes. Are you saying that Juventus players are not skilled?
Paul Cannavaro, when he was at Parma, he knew how to pass and control the ball, but didn't he also play well in Naples?
Others can do it, why can’t Juventus?
So is it the fault of the Juventus players or the fault of the head coach?
You see, no matter what happens, the head coach takes the blame in the end.
This is the logic of European football club operators.
Deschamps even felt that even Blanco, who had always supported him, felt that he should do everything possible to defeat Naples, win this victory, and counterattack in the standings (not counting the nine points deducted)
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That being the case, what else is there to say?
He really regretted why he had to be soft-hearted and accept this mess.
But no matter what, he is now the head coach of Juventus, and he has to finish whatever he has arranged with tears in his eyes.
"I'll try my best!"
After Deschamps left such a sentence, he turned around and left lonely.
Blanco stood behind him, watching him leave, with mixed feelings in his heart.
He can feel Deschamps' difficulties, but who doesn't have difficulties?
What Juventus has to do now is to maintain the reputation of a wealthy team as much as possible and return to the ranks of the wealthy as soon as possible.
Once this breath is gone, it won't come back for many years.
Without this tone, would Juventus still be Juventus?
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When Deschamps left No. 32 Via Ferraris, in the south of Italy, a long-awaited person came to the door of the Fort Volturno training center in Naples.
