"Brother Za, are you still used to coming to China?" Zhuo Yang hugged his assistant coach Siriako Sforza again.
Although I haven't seen each other for more than three years, Zhuo Yang and 38-year-old Sforza are indeed old acquaintances. When he was still in Category C, Zhuo Yang's first world-class star in professional football was the first world-class star that Zhuo Yang encountered in professional football.
'Red Devils' Kesslautern's captain Sforza. That was the first strong opponent encountered by the six swordsmen in the quarterfinals of the German FA Cup. Later, after Zhuo Yang led Madibor to the Bundesliga, he
He has dealt with Sforza and Kaiserslautern.
Sforza is a magical person. Not only has he played for ten years in Kaiser, he has experienced and participated in the "Red Devils Myth", but he has also traveled to top-tier teams such as Bayern and Inter Milan in his career, and has also achieved outstanding results.
What's more legendary is that in the three seasons of 202-05, Sforza was ordered to be in a critical moment in the league, and as a player and interim head coach, he led the old and broken Kaiserslautern to the safe ashore.
After the end of the 04-05 season, Sforza, who once again led Kaiserslautern to relegate in danger, bid farewell to his player career at the age of 35 and chose to retire to be a full-time head coach. The coach who has been putting out the fire for three years
His experience made him feel good, and his long-term wars and long-term wars forced him to make such a decision.
But the chaotic Kaiserslautern Club did not recognize Sforza, who was in danger three times, and did not value his coaching ability. The senior management was only willing to give him a youth team assistant coach or echelon team
The coach's work contract. Sforza, who was neglected, turned around and left Kaiser in anger, returned to his hometown of Switzerland, and became the head coach of FC Lucerne of Ruijia.
A season later, Sforza led FC Lucerne to return to the SUX. This year, Kaiserslautern finally failed to escape the misfortune of "nothing can happen to three". In the 2005-06 season, they ranked third from the bottom in the Bundesliga.
, and then went to the Bundesliga. And that season, Kaiserslautern, two coaches, Henk and Wolfgang, were both dismissed from the middle of the "Zhuo Yang's Curse". Without Sforza's magical redemption, Kai
Zeslautern is still wasting his time in the German Second Division this year.
Sforza's excellent coaching performance was also spotted by Swiss giant Zurich Grasshoppers. He immediately became Zurich's new coach in the summer of 2006 and led this prominent family to win the championship of the Swiss Super League this season.
However, due to the poor performance in the league and the Champions League next year, the main reason is that there are serious differences with Zurich's senior executives in coaching and management ideas. Sforza resigned as head coach of Zurich Grasshoppers at the beginning of this year and immediately became the head coach of the Swiss U21 national team.
But because he failed to turn the tide in the European Youth Championship, Sforza failed to get the Swiss U21 to the Beijing Olympic football match. This summer, he left again and left.
In fact, after receiving the news that the Chinese national team selected the coach, Sforza had an idea, and like Rijkaard, he keenly realized the key role Zhuo Yang would play in it. But he was preparing.
When they set off for Milan to talk to Zhuo Yang in detail, Sforza hesitated.
Although he had a little friendship with Zhuo Yang back then, he had not contacted him again for more than three years. Zhuo Yang is no longer the same as before. Does he still remember that past? And although Sforza is very confident in his coaching ability, he is very confident in his coaching ability.
, but his resume is really a bit thin and a little bit unprofitable. Can Zhuo Yang be favored?
After hesitation, when Sforza came to Milan in a silence, he saw Zhuo Yang's exclusive interview with Rijkaard in the newspaper. With a sigh, Sforza stayed in Milan and thought alone for two days, still
I still visited Zhuo Yang.
Zhuo Yang was very happy to see Sforza. He was very impressed by this magical brother. Not only was Sforza the first world-class star he met in his career, but he also recognized his coaching ability very much. If Sforza
Zaneng arrives first, and Zhuo Yang will definitely be willing to support him as the head coach of the national team.
When Sforza tactfully expressed his hope that Zhuo Yang would introduce him to Rijkald's coaching staff, Zhuo Yang was even more incompetent. Even if he admired Rijkald, whether he could fit the national team or not was still alive.
An unknown number, Zhuo Yang needs to have a "spare tire" in his hand. Moreover, it is a bit unpleasant to say that "sand is mixed" but having someone he introduced in the coaching team is also a preparatory plan.
Rijkaard is indeed very good. He readily agreed to Sforza's joining. After the two of them discussed in detail, Sforza officially became a member of the coaching team. He will be responsible for collecting, sorting, analyzing information and assisting Jie Shuai in tactics.
Planning and physical fitness reserves are also under his control.
"I really like my new job and China," Sforza said to Zhuo Yang.
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"Brother Guaizi, you are very energetic." Zhuo Yang and Atilio Lombardo greeted each other again.
Rijcard is indeed very good. After accepting Sforza, he took the initiative to ask Zhuo Yang to help him find an assistant coach who can train the defense line. Rijcard has coached for many years, so how can he not have many defenses on hand
Coach candidate? This is clearly a move to get closer to Zhuo Yang, and it is also a sign to Zhuo Yang that he will not create a private kingdom in the coaching team.
It’s better to obey your orders than respect! Zhuo Yang agreed, but he didn’t have any connections in this regard, so he went to ask Robert Baggio, who was an official in the Coach Affairs Department of the Italian Football Association. So, Brother Baggio recommended Lombardo to him.
When it comes to the popularity of China in the entire coaching team, except for head coach Rijkaard, Lombard is the one who is the main right-hand striker at the peak of the 'Small World Cup' period, and is iconic
Lombardo has attracted a lot of fans among the older generation of Chinese fans.
Lombardo, 43 years old this year, used to be a football player, "Kaitson Meteor", abbreviated as "Kaitson". He played for Sapp, Juventus, Lazio and other Serie A giants. He also drifted in the Crystal Palace of the Premier League for two years, one of which followed him.
Crystal Palace went to the English League and became teammates with General Fan Zhiyi and Sun Zhihai.
Guaizi had coaching experience during his time at Crystal Palace. In the 1997-98 season, the management of Crystal Palace Club experienced a "civil strife". When the team was in trouble with internal and external affairs, Lombardo, who was still a player, was ordered to be appointed and reluctantly agreed to be the team's player.
Coach. However, the team's performance did not improve much. After the season, Crystal Palace was relegated and Lombardo also stepped down from the position of part-time coach.
In 2002, Lombardo, 36, officially retired and immediately became the head coach of Sampdoria U19, but was fired a year later because of poor performance. In the following years, Lombardo coached several low-level young players.
The team, from one year to several months, had no spiritual record. He also realized that he was not a good match for being a head coach. So Guaizi Ge was at ease to become an assistant coach.
Before being recommended by Baggio, Lombardo had just left the Leniano coaching staff in Serie B and was preparing to accept the invitation of his old friend and old teammate Fosto Salzano to join the Italian U19 coaching staff. But obviously, he went to China.
It would be a more interesting experience, Rijkald is more appealing than Salsano, and Baggio has a greater face.
In Italian football, Lombardo had had several dealings with Zhuo Yang before. He had a good personal relationship with Maldini and other people. He had talked with Zhuo Yang at several parties, and Zhuo Yang had called him Guiller Brother very early on.
Chapter completed!