When Su Dong saw Maicon again, the Brazilian right back had lost his former high spirits and was replaced by a heavy air of twilight. It was obvious that he had been severely beaten by Gareth Bale.
In fact, when it comes to age, Maicon is less than thirty years old and should have been in his prime. Unfortunately, he faced the incredible Gareth Bale. Not only was he young, but also extremely fast.
Sometimes, what fans see is a disastrous defeat, or a poor performance of a certain player, but many things behind it are often not determined by the player, or in other words, the player's performance is not the decisive factor.
Just like when Maicon was beaten by Gareth Bale, the entire Inter Milan was actually behind it, from the management to the coaching staff to the players. If he really had to take the blame for the failure, Maicon didn't really have to bear the primary responsibility.
Why do you say that?
First of all, Inter Milan has declined rapidly after playing a peak season. Not only Maicon, Sneijder, Diego Milito and Eto'o are also like this, but the team is also a group of people in their thirties.
veteran.
Anyone who knows a little bit about football knows that the most reasonable configuration of a team is the old, middle and young people. Too many veterans will cause a huge problem.
Since Moratti's large-scale renewal of Sneijder and others, Inter Milan has basically established a lineup with veterans as the core. The relationship has been taken care of, but the team's competitiveness has been lost. No one can stop the veterans.
The decline after the peak.
There is also a tactical level.
Mancini used to adopt a defensive tactic, which is no problem for a team with too many veterans.
I squat in the pit, organize the defense, let you come up to attack, and then I hit you to counterattack. Inter Milan relied on this style of play to achieve good results last season, but now the head coach has changed from Mancini to Pele.
Nitus, the problem has changed.
From Valencia to Liverpool to Inter Milan, Benitez's tactics are basically the same, which is four-two-three-one high-position pressing and oppression. This set of tactics has helped him achieve success, and it is also the reason why Inter Milan chose him.
Why?
Because Inter Milan is aging too seriously, if it continues to defend, it will no longer be able to defend. But if it attacks, it will advance too slowly and cannot open up the situation. If it continues to adopt Mancini's squatting tactics, the defense may be better, but
When the offense cannot be started, the veterans will be overwhelmed and will be scored sooner or later.
The rival AC Milan in the same city also encountered the same problem that year. Ancelotti adopted two tactics, one was Pirlo's pass, and the other was Kaká. That's why Kaká behaved like this in AC Milan.
important.
But Inter Milan doesn't have Pirlo or Kaká, only Sneijder.
So, Benitez came to Inter Milan with his high-position pressing.
The concept is also very wise. Since I can't stay in the pit and the offense can't advance, well, I will just push the defense line out, shorten the advancement distance when switching from defense to offense, and bring out the role of Sneijder. Is this okay?
Is this set useful?
It's actually really useful.
Needless to say, Serie A, Benitez's results in the early days of coaching were quite good. Although there were a few goals, there were also records such as a 4-0 victory over Bari, and the performance was relatively stable.
In the Champions League group stage, the first leg drew 2-2 away with Twente of the Netherlands, which was not unacceptable. The second leg beat Werder Bremen 4-0 at home, which can be described as a great success.
Even in the first game against Tottenham Hotspur, Inter Milan led 4-0 in the first half.
In other words, as of the end of the first half of the third round of the Champions League group stage against Tottenham Hotspur at home, Benitez’s tactics were a great success. It cannot be said to be invincible or invincible, but at least it allowed
Inter Milan showed good competitiveness and gave its veterans a new lease of life.
But the problem is that the unlucky Benitez and the unlucky Inter Milan just started to improve, but they were unlucky to encounter Redknapp and his Tottenham Hotspur.
Redknapp is a cunning old fox. Even in the Premier League, many people compare him with Ferguson.
Tottenham defended well and had two sharp knives on the counterattack, Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon.
Both players have one thing in common, which is extremely fast, especially Gareth Bale.
After Redknapp suffered a 0-4 defeat in the first half, he really had no choice but to lose. At the same time, he also saw through Benitez's tactical Achilles' heel, which is that when your lineup is old, the front of the overall formation
Pressure, once the midfielder and frontcourt are unable to put enough pressure on the opponent and are directly beaten by the opponent, sharp knives like Gareth Barry and Aaron Lennon will become very deadly.
Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur decisively changed their tactics in the second half, hitting each goal accurately and scoring three goals in a row.
In the second round between the two sides, Tottenham Hotspur continued to adopt this style of play, and Inter Milan returned home with a disastrous away defeat.
By now, everyone knows that Inter Milan is at its Achilles' heel.
Benitez's tactics were completely seen through, and Maicon was completely beaten to the point of losing his confidence and reputation in the game against Gareth Bale.
And if you look at it from beginning to end, is this really just a problem for the players?
In professional football, dishonesty is the original sin, and you have to admit it if you lose.
But from a neutral and objective perspective, the person standing on the right back of Inter Milan at that time was not Maicon. If it had been any right back in the world, he would probably have been killed by Gareth Bale, and he might even have died.
The explosion was even worse.
Fate is sometimes like this, and Maicon became such a tragic character.
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After receiving the award for the best team of the year, there was an important part of the scene, that is, the eleven players stood in two rows and allowed the media reporters on the scene to take pictures.
Su Dong is the tallest and stands on the far left side of the back row. This is also his usual habit. He doesn't like to stand in the C position.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Next to him is Maicon.
The Brazilian right back stood between Su Dong and Lucio, wearing a crisp suit, but he looked very lonely and depressed.
Messi, Ronnie and others in the front row all squatted down. Su Dong leaned towards Maicon, holding the trophy with one hand and holding Maicon's shoulder with the other, and put on a smiling face for the camera in front.
Maicon was very surprised and looked at Su Dong in disbelief.
There was a time when he was the strongest right back in the world, especially after the World Cup in South Africa, his momentum was unparalleled.
At that time, he had many, many friends and many confidants, but as he was blown away by Gareth Bale, as his reputation plummeted, and as his position as the world's number one right back was no longer guaranteed, there was no doubt about him.
After the rumors of his fall from the peak emerged, these people gradually moved away from him.
Even many of his former national team and club teammates began to ignore him.
At this time, Su Dong took the initiative to take his hand, which made him feel warm.
"Thank you." Maicon said softly in a voice that only Su Dong could hear clearly.
Su Dong turned his head and grinned at him.
"Don't admit defeat! As long as you don't admit defeat, it will never be able to defeat you!"
Maicon's eyes were slightly red, he nodded and looked ahead.
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After awarding the best team of the year, the Fair Play Award was presented to the Haiti U17 women's football team.
Their head coach died in the earthquake, but these young girls still participated in the World Youth Championship.
The best women's football coach went to Ned, and the best men's football coach went to Bayern's Jupp Heynckes.
In fact, this is still somewhat controversial, but the World Cup championship comes once every four years, and the legend of successfully defending the Triple Crown like Bayern did last season is unique in the history of football.
Heynckes deserves this honor.
It is worth mentioning that Heynckes also mentioned Su Dong during his acceptance speech.
The FIFA President's Award was awarded to the Nobel Peace Prize winner, former South African Archbishop Tutu, for his active support of the World Cup in South Africa and his commitment to promoting football.
The Puskas Award, which is the best goal of the year, was still awarded to Su Dong.
Since the establishment of this award in 2009, Su Dong has won the Puskas Award for two consecutive years.
He contributes a number of wonderful goals to world football every year. Some people even say that every goal Su Dong scores is a classic and very exciting. If it were for other players, it would be recorded in their careers.
Among the top ten goals, the media and fans have become numb after watching them too much, because all goals should be like this.
However, because of this, the media and fans have become more demanding on Su Dong.
The Miss World Football award was then presented, and the winner was Marta from Brazil.
This is the fifth time that a Brazilian female football star has been elected as Miss World Football, and she can be called a legendary superstar in the world of women's football.
When it’s the turn of the final award, the FIFA Ballon d’Or, the lineup of presenters is also the most important.
Not only FIFA President Blatter was present, but also French Football Magazine CEO Molinier, Heynckes, who had just won the Men's Football Coach of the Year, and UEFA President Platini.
, four people appeared on the podium at the same time.
Such weight is undoubtedly unprecedented, and it can also be seen how seriously FIFA attaches importance to the first FIFA Ballon d'Or.
When they saw Heynckes serving as one of the award presenters, everyone already knew the answer and immediately applauded. The entire Zurich Opera House burst into deafening applause.
Heynckes held the trophy of the first FIFA Ballon d'Or, while Molinier opened the envelope containing the names of the winners, and finally took out a golden paper card from it, with the first FIFA Ballon d'Or award on it.
The names of the winners of the Ballon d'Or.
"Su Dong!!!!"
When Molinier shouted the name with all his strength, the audience burst into thunderous applause again.
Su Dong stood up from his seat, turned around and hugged his friends around him.
Ronnie, Messi, Xavi and Iniesta also sent their congratulations.
Even before this moment, everyone had already guessed that Su Dong was the number one favorite, and his performance was impeccable whether at Bayern or Manchester City.
Xavi and Iniesta both deserve a Ballon d'Or, but unfortunately, their competitor is Su Dong!
