Chapter 436 The autumn wind sweeps the leaves (middle)
The cold wind from the northern foothills of the Alps blew away Liverpool's pretense of being a strong team. It allowed the German football world to clearly see that the Liverpool of today is not the Liverpool of the past, and Tübingen is stronger than before. Although
The ambition is still there. Although KOF is still crazy, it is no longer the top of Europe in terms of absolute strength.
Although the Tübingen youth, who suddenly emerged as a new force, was shocked by Anfield in the away game and lost for a short time, they quickly regained their form after returning to the home court. A crisp 4:0 made all doubts disappear.
Immediately after the game, Mr. Kimbers received a congratulatory call from "Old Bay", but this time he was not representing himself, but the German Football Association.
In Germany, one of the five major leagues, no team has entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League. This is too embarrassing. Fortunately, Tübingen Youth finally defeated Liverpool and entered the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, which saved a little face. However,
The debate behind the scenes of the German Football Association about whether to allow foreign aid has become more and more intense, because Tuebingen Youth, the only remaining team with great achievements, is a team open to foreign aid!
The day after the game ended, UEFA conducted the draw for the next stage of the UEFA Cup. As a result, Tübingen Youth's opponent was Porto of the Portuguese Super League.
Fortunately, this is not a desperate opponent, at least not as strong as Liverpool and Lazio. The championship opponents will be between Celtic and Boavista. Although these teams are also established strong teams in Europe.
, but not intimidating yet.
In two consecutive games, the Tubingen youth won one 8:0 and the other 4:0. The competitive state of the Tubingen people is frightening.
The following league process also confirmed this: On Sunday, Tübingen Youth faced the capital team Union Berlin at the Lion Stadium. Although Union Berlin was a bit close to the relegation zone, they still did not dare to defeat the promising Tübingen team.
They were regarded as the object of scoring points, and the final result of the game also confirmed their wisdom: in the first half alone, the home team completed three consecutive hits. In the second half, Union Berlin replaced the main players. Although the Tubingen youth was a little unsatisfied, they still
Politely replaced with a substitute.
There was a fierce confrontation between the substitutes of both sides, and the final score was fixed at 4:1.
Although it was a big defeat, Union Berlin was quite satisfied, after all, they scored one more goal than Liverpool.
After this battle, the German Bundesliga League ushered in a half-month offseason. This is the preparation period for the national teams. Next year, the European Cup, which is said to have a higher level of competition than the World Cup, will be ushered in. Therefore, each national team
We must use the breaks in the league to prepare for games. At the same time, it also gives teams that are constantly playing double or even triple matches a week a chance to breathe.
The national team also used this opportunity to reconvene overseas corps for training. This training is mainly for warm-up and joint training. The most recent competition will not be until the East Asian Championships at the end of the year, which means that the training in the second half of the year will have tactical drills.
Purpose. The first half of the year, including the first few warm-up matches and friendly matches, is for the new coaching staff to observe the players and hone tactics.
Therefore, Bai Guanghai and Luo Tongliang, who were selected for the national team for the first time, had to give up their plans to take a vacation, and boarded the flight back to China tired but excited.
Qu Bo's old injury was not yet very clear, and his technical characteristics were clear to the national team assistant coach Shen Xiangfu, so he was not summoned to return to China. Similarly, Wang Ai's technical characteristics are also well known, and coach Tang Pengju came to see During the game, Wang Ai was notified that he was not included in the current national football training roster and told him not to have any ideas.
Wang Ai laughed; What can I think? I will have to take leave this time if I go back. I have missed a lot of classes at the University of Tübingen, and I am afraid that I will not be able to graduate by then.
The Football Association and the coaching staff all understand this. Even Li Tie and Sun Jihai, who are both in the overseas corps, have no complaints about returning to China. On the contrary, ordinary fans will have discussions, but Wang Ai gave up after a phone interview. Doubts from the outside world.
If you are not convinced, you should go and get a doctorate. With this halo, Wang Ai is a lot more free. He used these half months to make up for his classes and rested well. Of course, the National Youth and National Youth also organized separate After a small training camp, Wang Ai would not go back as usual.
Ten days later, Bai and Luo returned to the club, and it was obvious that they were very relaxed. Wang Ai did not ask about their performance during the national team training, and it was obvious from their expressions that Ali Han must be very satisfied.
The league restarted, and Tübingen played an away game, ranking behind Tübingen, Cologne, and Freiburg with 46 points. Mainz, who had the same points as Frankfurt, also played well in the first half and came on the bench in the second half. Tubingen Root Youth finally won again with a score of 3:1.
After this battle, the Tubingen youth returned to the club and rested for two days before setting off for Porto, Portugal, for the UEFA Cup semi-finals.
The current Porto team is a powerful team in the Portuguese Football League and is rising in Portugal. So far, like Tübingen Youth, it has played in three fronts in the domestic league, cup and UEFA Cup, and has basically booked the championship in the league. , the cup competition is also going forward, even in the UEFA Cup, the limelight is not weaker than that of Tübingen Youth.
Although Tübingen is in the Bundesliga 2, the Portuguese Super League is not much better than the Bundesliga 2.
What caught Wang Ai's attention the most about this team was not the players but the head coach. His name was Jose Mourinho.
There are many big-name football coaches in Europe, including Ferguson, Van Gaal, Benitez, Scolari, Hitzfeld, Hiddink, Del Bosque, Wenger and others. The one Wang Ai admires the most is this one just now. Up-and-coming guy.
Because in Wang Ai's view, from the perspective of modern football, Mourinho is the head coach most adapted to commercial football. What is the primary element of commercial football? Commercial value! In the modern media system, the commercial value is about Equal to recognition. Mourinho is highly recognizable both in his personal style and in his leadership style. Even if his team leadership performance is not taken into account, in terms of personal characteristics and commercial value, he is different from a lot of traditional Coach's.
Mourinho is a very amateur football player. When he was 24 years old, he had no football left and had to change his career to become a coach. And for a person with such a low performance in football, if he wants to successfully become a head coach,
It is also very difficult. If you don’t believe it, look at Zidane’s first coaching position as assistant coach of Real Madrid. Mourinho’s first coaching position was assistant coach of Amadora Football Club, and this club
It's just a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Portuguese Serie A, at least three league levels behind Real Madrid.
Moreover, his position as an assistant coach is actually very weak, because he did not obtain the position based on his football skills, fame or understanding, but on his language talent, or in other words, he was a translator. Later, he went to Spain with the head coach, and the head coach
After he left, he followed Van Gaal again. From 1990 when he was 28 years old to 2000 when he was 38 years old, he worked odd jobs for ten years and earned a small salary and was involved in the football circle.
Originally, he should have been unknown to the majority, but in 2000, with the recommendation of Van Gaal and his strong self-recommendation, he got his first head coaching position.
