We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 114: He Tianqi, the public enemy of Europe, and the three South American men come to help

On the one hand, the competition on the French team's flanks is too fierce.

Is Pires strong?
He was still pushed to the right by Zidane.

In terms of forwards, Henry and Trezeguet started.

In terms of the selection of substitute players, the French team chose to stockpile forwards who can play in the middle or on the wing, rather than wingers.

For example, Gove, Mallet, Wiltord and so on.

There are two substitutes on the wing, the one on the left is the "French Beckham" Rothen.

On the right is Saha, the owner of Manchester United's No. 9 jersey and Manchester United's true successor to Beckham's threat on the field.

As soon as the list came out, He Tianqi started to curse: "What do the French plan to do with these old guys? I admit that the French team's starting lineup is almost impeccable."

"But football needs young people. There are always some things on the field that only young people can do. For example, relying on speed to tear open the opponent's defense, or daring to fight and fight to break through dense defense."

"In this regard, the players selected by the French team are far inferior to Ribery."

"Roten has a golden left foot, but can he pass the ball better than Zidane?"

"Saha is indeed fast enough, but can his breakthrough be sharper than Ribery's?"

"The French team had so many substitutes but was unwilling to give Ribery a chance. This was their biggest mistake in this tournament."

"They may make it to the knockout stage, but when they meet Greece, Portugal and Italy, who are well-trained in defence, it's time for them to go home!"

He Tianqi turned into a troll and cursed the French team.

French coach Santini said bluntly: "Just because they won the UEFA Cup, they are so arrogant. This French team has won various championships, both players and coaches."

"If you want to tell us what to do, He Tianqi should first try to win a Serie A or Champions League title or coach an Italian team!"

Many French fans laughed at He Tianqi for this.

This incident had a huge impact on Ribery.

Because he himself doesn't think he is a national team level player now.

Of course he is looking forward to it, but if he loses, he won't think there will be any problem.

However, He Tianqi's reaction told Ribery that in some people's minds he had already reached the level of an excellent international player!
A scholar dies for a confidant.

With a head coach like this, what else can Ribery ask for?
He decisively rejected his agent's idea of ​​a transfer this season.

Among them, there is an invitation from the wealthy Chelsea.

He also received invitations from his hometown giants Lyon, Marseille, Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain.

There are also invitations from traditional giants Inter Milan and Liverpool.

Even if he is willing, Real Madrid and Bayern are also negotiable!

The agent bluntly stated that Ribery was bewitched by He Tianqi and missed the best opportunity to join a wealthy club.

But Ribery said that when he and Palermo reach the next peak, these giants will still pursue him, but the treatment will be different.

If Ribery goes there now, he will be treated as a lottery ticket. He will start as a substitute and be given some chances. If he can perform well, he will be promoted to a regular player. If not, the next player will be in line.

Who cares if your career ends because of this?

Because essentially, he has not yet been tested in the top leagues, and people have every reason to give up on him.

But if he and Palermo can stay in Serie A for another two or three years, achieve results, and maintain a strong performance, then all clubs will have to offer him a core salary.

There are tilts in tactics, team configuration, salary and other aspects.

With this kind of treatment, it is basically impossible for players to fail unless they suffer serious injuries.

Right, Hazard.

"In life, it seems that there are many opportunities. But only after you have fought hard will you know that there are only one or two opportunities that can really change your destiny. Only those one or two opportunities are worth risking everything." Ribery said to his agent, "The boss said that my one or two opportunities have not come yet."

The Eastern European giant Vidic is also saying the same thing to his agent.

Although several teams from Serie A, Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga have made offers to him.

But He Tianqi told Vidic that he would grow into a world-class central defender. Instead of muddling through in other teams similar to Palermo, it would be better to wait for a chance to compete and become the world's number one central defender.

Manchester United, Bayern, Real Madrid!
Such an opportunity will come soon, but only if Vidic keeps growing.

And only He Tianqi can give this kind of growth.

Vidic agrees.

……

After the French team, the Spanish team also announced its European Cup roster.

Raul, Morientes, Torres, Luque, Puyol, Marchena, Elguera, Salgado, Bravo, Juanito...

Arteta was successfully eliminated!
He Tianqi was furious about this: "On the one hand, I admire the courage of the Spanish coach Seth. He was able to give up the highly popular Mista and Reyes and instead choose a central defender Juanito, which shows that he is very pragmatic."

"But on the other hand, he clearly underestimated the quality of Arteta."

"Arteta can play the positions of Raul, Vicente, Etxeberria, Haraha and Xavi, and he is no worse than any of them."

"As the best player of the UEFA Cup, the assist king, and a super player who scored more than 20 goals and made more than 20 assists for the team in a single season!"

"I don't know why the Spanish team rejected him! Is it because he is too good?"

He Tianqi started to rant wildly.

Compared to French fans who took Ribery's failure to be selected for granted, Spanish fans really did not understand why Arteta was not selected.

Arteta is truly the brightest star in Spain this year.

In terms of statistics, with the help of He Tianqi and the transfer of Modric, he achieved a terrifying number of 20+20, which can be called the Italian Henry and the Spanish gun king.

In terms of hard honors, he won the UEFA Cup Best Player and the Italian Cup Best Team. He is one level higher than Ribery's Italian Cup Best Player and is more like the core of the team than the Frenchman.

In the classic tournament, he was named the man of the match in the match against Barcelona, ​​which was as memorable as Ronaldinho's.

The media finally summarized two reasons why Arteta was not selected.

The first point is that the Spanish team's tactical structure is to fly on both wings.

In terms of speed and impact, Arteta is indeed not as good as wingers such as Vicente, Etxeberria and Joaquin.

He is best suited to the attacking midfielder position.

But that position belongs to Raul.

Moreover, this is already the product of Raul's compromise, and it is impossible for Raul to continue to compromise.

The competition for the two defensive midfielder positions is fierce.

Baraja, Xavi, Albelda, Alonso, Valerón and many more.

Arteta plays in a relatively forward position in Palermo, so he is indeed at a disadvantage in competing for such a backward position.

The second point is that Arteta plays football in Italy, so his voice among Spanish fans is still a little smaller.

The only ones who support him are the Barcelona fans.

But Barcelona has already tried very hard to get Xavi into the national team, so how could they possibly send Xavi's competitor Arteta in?

Having lost the support of the Barcelona base, it is normal for Arteta, an "outsider", to be eliminated.

Also failed.

Ribery was more determined to choose He Tianqi.

Arteta, on his part, is even more determined to join Barcelona.

Because if he was a Barcelona player, his name would definitely be on the list in this European Cup.

Different attribution and different logical thinking will lead to different results for the same thing.

Ribery: You guys don’t know what’s good, only the boss understands me.

Arteta: It’s a pity that I’m not from Barcelona, ​​boss, don’t blame me.

Spain coach Jose Saiz said: "This is an unusual Spanish team, a perfect combination of old and new players. We will achieve good results and give the world football a surprise."

However, He Tianqi commented on this: "As I said, it would be difficult for any national team without Palermo players to qualify."

"Even the French team will only make it to the first round of the knockout stage at best."

My goodness, as soon as this vicious curse came out, Spanish fans who supported Arteta also started to criticize He Tianqi.

Can you say something auspicious?
What's wrong with not taking your Palermo players?
……

But soon, Palermo's biggest setback came.

On May 29th, after they defeated league rivals Triestina, the Italian national team also announced a 23-man squad.

All Palermo players watched the live broadcast in the locker room.

And then... fell into an endless depression.

Lost!

All the Italian players from Palermo were not selected!

Not even one of them was called up to the national team.

On the front line, the Italian team called up six players: Vieri, Totti, Piero, Di Vaio, Cassano and Corradi.

Vieri is not in good form, but he, Totti and Piero are too famous, so there is nothing to say about their selection.

Cassano's talent is obvious to the naked eye. He is the future of Italy's forward line, there is nothing much to say.

Di Vaio and Corradi, one has Juventus' platform, and the other is the fulcrum center forward that Italy needs most.

But…who of these two is better than Tony?

He Tianqi directly criticized the post-match press conference: "Corradi is certainly a good choice, but Tony can obviously do more in terms of the fulcrum role."

"Toni has scored thirty goals in Serie B this year. He has provided more than ten assists."

"He also had goals, assists and a clear tactical impact in the Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup."

"He is the best central striker in Italy at this stage. I can't think of any reason not to take him!"

In the midfield, Italy chose a combination of Pirlo, Gattuso, Perrotta and Camoranesi. The substitutes were Zanetti and Fiore.

In this regard, it is normal that Chiellini was not selected. His talent on the offensive end has not yet been developed, and He Tianqi has not yet trained to that point.

In He Tianqi's tactics, if the defensive midfielders can complete the attacking power, it means that the lineup is complete and they can start sweeping across Europe.

Therefore, as purely defensive players, Gattuso and Zanetti were enough to overwhelm Chiellini.

But He Tianqi still insisted: "Chiellini's talent has not been seen by more people. He deserves a plane ticket to Portugal."

In terms of the defense, He Tianqi was the one who really started to criticize.

Although Italy's starting defense is Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Nesta, Panucci, the substitutes are famous players such as Materazzi, Favalli, Ferrari.

But He Tianqi said: "Grosso is a super winger at the same level as Zambrotta."

"Zaccardo is unique in limiting the opponent's explosive players!"

"I wouldn't be so angry even if Barzagli was selected as a substitute."

"In short, not taking them is the biggest mistake of the Italian national team, no doubt about it! This is a bigger waste than Maldini rejecting this European Cup!"

"We even won the UEFA Cup, but not a single player was included in the squad for the European Cup. I am absolutely sure that this is a loss for the Italian team, not for us in Palermo!"

At this point, the troll He has basically offended all the Western European football powers that can be offended.

Italy coach Trapattoni even said that he would never use players from Palermo because their head coach is a madman!

And the players trained by a madman might also go crazy, thus destroying the atmosphere in the Italian team's locker room.

Considering that Lippi has clearly rejected the Italian Football Association, if Trapattoni achieves a decent result in this tournament, he will most likely renew his contract with the Italian Football Association.

Then his words seemed to carry a lot of weight.

This means that almost all Italian players have to be aware that they are isolated from the national team before joining Palermo.

He Tianqi is therefore called the "crazy coach".

The players couldn't play for the national team, but he lost his composure even more than the players!
It's just baffling.

But He Tianqi was not satisfied with this, and he did not let go of Eastern Europe either.

Because the Croatian team did not call up Modric and Eduardo.

He Tianqi commented on this: "I built the most deadly offensive weapon for Croatia, but they turned a blind eye to it!"

"They worshipped Porso, the main striker of Monaco, the runner-up of the Champions League, as a god, but ignored Eduardo, the main striker of the UEFA Cup champion."

"They are clearly a striker pairing at the level of a European final. A smart person would want both, but a fool would choose between the two."

"Similarly, Modric is undoubtedly the best midfielder in Croatia at the moment, bar none."

"Some bad reviews have affected people's correct understanding of him. You know nothing about his abilities!"

"Croatia made a wrong decision and they will not be able to advance in the European Championships. Just like Spain and Italy."

Good guy!
After this barrage of criticism, He Tianqi almost became the public enemy of the whole of Europe!
Modric even called He Tianqi personally and asked him to speak less.

Originally, he and Eduardo had a good reputation in the country, and many people spoke up for them after they were not elected this time.

But with all your criticism, boss, they are almost becoming Croatian traitors.

Aren't you making it difficult for us to join the national team?

Ok?
Suddenly, Modric found the highlight!
The boss is so high-profile in criticizing the national teams. Is his real purpose to make his players miss the national team? In this way, he can ensure the players' fighting power in the club?
This……

Is it so gloomy?
Probably not?
But based on Modric's understanding of his boss, it is possible that this grandson would do such a thing!
He Tianqi: ???

Modric: Don't get me wrong, I mean your strategy is just like what is recorded in the Art of War, it's amazing!

In fact, He Tianqi certainly wouldn't do that.

The reason why he wanted to make the matter known to the world was, on the one hand, to increase the value of the players in the team so that they would be worth more when they were sold in the future.

These days, fame is productivity.

As long as you are famous, even if you are a spinning piece of shit, there will always be clubs coming to lick you.

If you score a goal occasionally, someone may even dare to call you a whistle.

Anthony: Why do you want to add rotation? What is your purpose?
On the other hand, He Tianqi did consider these players.

Selection for the national team has never been just a matter of ability.

Innovating is a problem that all national teams have to face. Players’ strength and fame are often mismatched. When they are young, they have the strength but cannot enter the national team.

When he reached middle age, his reputation reached its peak, but he could no longer provide more for the national team. Instead, he squeezed out new and powerful players.

Therefore, the selection of new generation players always causes a stir.

If Modric, Ribery and Arteta push this matter themselves, they will become the target of public criticism and will most likely become victims.

But since He Tianqi fired on their behalf, they were less affected.

Most of the hatred was directed at He Tianqi.

When the next opportunity comes, these controversial players will get more chances and naturally join the national team.

By doing this much, the head coach He Tianqi can be said to have done his best for the players of Palermo.

As a coach, he is very demanding of his players.

His tactics limit the players' self-expression to a certain extent.

But at the same time, he will also consider the development of every player under his command.

The more you ask, the more you are given.

Be fair and feel at ease.

……

On June 12, Palermo defeated Bari 5-0, ending the game perfectly.

The whole season, they won the championship without losing in 42 league games!
Especially in the four league games after the Europa League, everyone thought they would lose.

As a result, these young men who did not make it into the national team kicked their opponents to death one by one.

The average number of goals scored per game is more than four!
But unfortunately, no one pays attention to such competitions anymore.

The world's focus has shifted to Portugal.

At the same time as this game ended, the 2004 European Cup in Portugal officially kicked off!

Similarly, He Tianqi's work on the new season also officially began.

His biggest task in this transfer window is to keep the players in the team.

Judging from the player status in the system, his task is almost completed.

Ribery and Vidic, two cornerstone players, both rejected external interference and rejected many teams.

Similarly, players Toni and Zaccardo also rejected invitations from Serie A teams.

Although players such as Grosso, Barzagli, Chiellini and Eduardo have performed well, not many people are willing to buy them in the transfer market, and their buyers are still observing.

Finally, players like Modric, Toure, Ashley Young, Valencia and Handanovic were really ignored.

The first thing He Tianqi dealt with was Foster's problem.

He loaned the goalkeeper from Stoke City last season as a backup.

And Foster did his job well, making a third of the appearances in Serie B.

He also had some great performances in the Italian Cup and the UEFA Cup.

Especially in the Italian Cup final, he saved Piero's penalty and helped the team defeat Juventus, which was a highlight moment.

After repeated negotiations with Stoke City, Palermo finally won the goalkeeper for 3 million euros.

This was a failed deal for He Tianqi because according to his "monetary system" Foster was worth at most one million euros.

But there is no way, because Palermo has become richer and richer in the past two years.

A substitute goalkeeper for three million can be bought at will.

If you raise it for two or three years, there will be no problem selling it for more than 10 million euros.

Didn’t you see that Ciciniano, whose potential was not as strong as Foster’s, was sold for 7 million euros?
Palermo is now gilding the lily pad for its players. As long as they join the team, whether they play football or not, they will be guaranteed to win some championships and their value will increase.

After all, judging from his resume in the future, isn’t he better than Kane?

Similarly, He Tianqi sent veteran center Filippo to Turin for 3 million euros.

The main point is that you never pay for it yourself!
Buying Filippo at this price can only mean that the people of Turin are really anxious.

They failed to be promoted this season and must be promoted to Serie A next season, otherwise the fans will be restless.

Of course, there is no problem in buying a combat force with three million euros.

As long as Filippo can play well for a season and help Torino get promoted, Torino will be worth everything.

In addition, Torino also completed a deal with Juventus.

The team loaned former Palermo player DiDonato from Juventus at a high price, and the intention of promotion to Serie A is very clear.

In this way, Torino has a bit of the feeling of Palermo B team.

Quagliarella, Filippo and DiDonato have also reshaped the offensive line.

Palermo midfielder Brienza was favored by Serie A relegation team Reggina and completed the transfer for 7 million euros.

This player is 25 years old now, and he may not have much potential, but he can still be considered combat-ready.

Palermo has played a lot of games this season, all players have had ample playing time, and have also experienced the baptism of European competitions.

As long as it is produced by Palermo, there will always be someone who wants it. It all depends on whether He Tianqi is willing to sell it.

In addition, Palermo's backup central defender Bilica was taken away by Juventus for 6 million euros.

This player does not have any particularly outstanding abilities, and it is said that the reason why Juventus wanted to buy him was because of Lippi's choice.

This is also Lippi's first signing after staying in Juventus.

He Tianqi then learned that Bilica had had a conflict with Baggio a few years ago and had threatened to break Baggio's legs on the court.

This even prompted the intervention of judicial authorities at the time.

Eventually, Bilic's reputation was ruined and they were relegated to a lower league.

But unexpectedly, Lippi, Baggio's arch-enemy, sympathized with Bilic and summoned him from Palermo.

Lippi is a person who rarely gets angry and looks quite elegant.

But this does not prove that he has a good temper. His methods are often more sinister and cruel, like stabbing people with a soft knife.

Just like when you go to have an antique appraised, he won't scold you or criticize you, but he will repeatedly emphasize that your thing is new, completely new, and undisputedly new.

The knife stabbed at the heart.

……

After selling off several players, Palermo also recruited some new players, but most of them were players who had no fame at all.

And it is concentrated in Latin America.

Palermo offered 3 million euros for River Plate's backup defensive midfielder Mascherano.

The player started playing for River Plate's first team last year and performed well, winning the Argentine Autumn League Championship with the team.

He had received an invitation from Ajax four years ago, but the then 16-year-old was unable to go because FIFA strictly prohibited cross-regional transfers of players under the age of 18.

Now he is 20 years old and has met the transfer conditions, but those clubs did not continue to extend olive branches.

Because in these four years, his performance did not meet the expectations of teams such as Ajax.

Many scouts have lowered their ratings of his potential.

The most important reason is that he stopped growing in these four years and is only 1.74 meters tall.

As a brave, purely defensive midfielder, his height of 1.74 meters is a natural disadvantage.

It doesn't mean that you can't play well with this height. There is still Kante in the future.

But as a black shop, there is no reason for major European clubs to train a player with obvious shortcomings.

They still have many defensive new stars around 1.85 meters tall who can be trained, so why should they stick to Mascherano?
In the end, after bargaining between the two sides, Palermo took Mascherano away for 4 million euros.

Next season, Marco will compete with Chiellini for the defensive midfielder position.

He Tianqi will hand over some games that require pure defensive engineering to Mascherano.

Chiellini, on the other hand, will have to make more attempts on the offensive end next season.

It is not even ruled out that both of them will appear at the same time.

……

In Argentina, He Tianqi also completed a deal.

He bought a sixteen-year-old kid from Rosario Zhongyang Football Club.

The opponent is a Rosario youth player who has not yet reached the level to play for the first team.

He is not short, about 1.8 meters tall.

But he was so skinny that he seemed like he would fall down if the wind blew.

He Tianqi initially offered a price of 500,000 euros, and Rosario said with embarrassment, "This child is the hope of Argentina's future."

He Tianqi increased the price to one million euros. Rosario happily signed the contract and said, "Italy is the second home of Argentines. The child's father is of Italian descent. It is his lifelong dream to play for an Italian team!"
In this way, the young player named Angel Fabian Di Maria joined Palermo and flew to Sicily on the same flight as his national youth team predecessor Mascherano.

After landing in Sicily, they met a young player from Brazil.

This is a player of Juventus, a famous Brazilian football club.

This summer, he received invitations from two teams.

One team is the new Champions League champion, Porto!

The other team is the new UEFA Cup champion, Palermo!

The former offered 2.5 million euros and the latter offered 2 million euros.

The player's teammates at Juventus are going crazy with jealousy.

He was picked by two of Europe's most prominent clubs this year.

This means that no matter what, he can play in the Champions League next season!
What an honor!

Moreover, both clubs are known for developing young players.

Porto is a well-known black shop in Europe and a springboard for many talented players to land in the top five leagues.

Palermo entered the Serie A directly, which is the best springboard at this stage.

What finally impressed the player was that the Palermo coach explained his plans for the player to him in a Starbucks store in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.

Yes, He Tianqi went there in person.

His sincerity touched the other party.

Moreover, Porto's meritorious head coach Mourinho announced his joining Chelsea in a high-profile manner.

The most attractive part of Porto has left.

But Palermo's appeal remains, and He Tianqi rejected some coaching invitations from top clubs and stayed in Sicily.

Eventually, the player accepted Palermo's challenge.

In this way, three South American teenagers met on the streets of Sicily.

They all carried Palermo's player equipment bags, and their identities were self-evident.

The three shook hands with each other. Di Maria and Mascherano already knew each other.

The Brazilian player introduced himself: "Hello, I am Thiago Emiliano da Silva de Sasso..."

Mascherano interrupted: "Thiago Silva, right? We played against each other in the national youth team game."

Thiago Silva laughed: "Mascherano, you are giving our strikers a headache."

Mascherano: "Tevez also said he hated meeting you."

"Hahaha!"

The three of them laughed.

Beep beep!

An Audi car parked on the side of the road started.

The car window rolled down, and Valencia hooked his finger at the three people: "Welcome to Palermo! I am your guide, Antonio Valencia."

"I believe you all know my name. I am the man who left Buffon helpless, brought the ball into Juventus's goal, and defeated the whole of Italy!"

Di, Ma and Xi nodded repeatedly. Of course they knew the fastest man in Palermo.

Although Valencia has a low presence in Palermo, he has become famous in Ecuador.

The scene of him dribbling the ball into the net went viral throughout South America, triggering countless teenagers to imitate it.

Just like Ronaldo's pendulum dribbling past a few years ago, it brought a new round of disaster to goalkeepers in South America.

If you can’t use the pendulum to get past the goalkeeper, it means you don’t have the skills.

If you can't get the football into the goal, it means you don't have speed.

Valencia, as a substitute, is on par with the alien Ronaldo!
"I will protect you in Palermo from now on!" Valencia took on the responsibility and proclaimed himself the Archbishop of the South American sect. "Let's work together to make the South American team bigger and stronger!"

In this way, his status in the locker room will be second only to the leader of the Eastern European sect, the head of the Knights of the Apocalypse, and the Croatian high priest - Modric.

The South American trio thought they had followed the right person and found a reliable leader.

He said that life in Palermo would definitely be good in the future.

They don't even think about why Valencia still has to work for the team even though it's vacation time.

Are you overflowing with responsibility?

of course not.

It was all because of a phone call from He Tianqi that the young man came over and worked like a slave for him.

Otherwise, who knows how many games he will have to play next season.

The competition within the team is getting more and more intense.

Why should I let you start if I don't manage the relationship?
Valencia learned all these from the famous best-selling book "The Connection".

(End of this chapter)