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

Chapter 266: He Tianqi digs his own grave, the Italian team's dance of decline
Sky Sports: "After rescue, Italy's legendary coach Camignani regained consciousness and is temporarily out of danger. But his body does not support him to continue coaching at a high intensity, and the Italian Football Association is discussing countermeasures."

Gazzetta dello Sport: "The fans have too high expectations on Camignani. The poor performance of the Italian team this term is not caused by him. The aging of the team lineup is beyond anyone's control!"

Corriere dello Sport: "Italy is facing a serious talent shortage crisis! The new generation of stars is dying out, and they are completely outclassed by England, France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands!"

Bild: "Santos is innocent! Camignani is already the best head coach in Italian history! It is a miracle that he can lead this old, weak and disabled team to South Africa with the first place in the qualifiers!"

Turin Sports Daily: "The consequences of the Calciopoli crisis in Serie A are becoming more apparent! He Tianqi is the biggest sinner in Italian football in the past 100 years!"

Following Camignani's "fainting of the century", the world football community has launched extensive discussions about the Italian team.

After two rounds of competition, they were at the bottom of their group.

Even if you win the last round, you still have to rely on the other group and there is no guarantee of advancement.

This sudden downturn was unacceptable to fans of Italy, the 2006 World Cup champions and the 2008 European Championship semi-finalists.

But looking at their roster, it seems reasonable.

Buffon, Toni, Pirlo, Di Natale, Iaquinta, Gattuso, Camoranesi, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Grosso, Barzagli, Chiellini... these main players are all over 30 years old.

The older ones are about thirty-three or thirty-four years old.

Among the Mesozoic generation of Chiellini, De Rossi, Marchisio, Gilardino, Quagliarella and others, except Chiellini, the others are basically a level weaker than their national team predecessors in the same position.

The new generation only has two talents, Bonucci and Balotelli.

The aging of the lineup is horrible.

And all this is closely related to the decline of Serie A.

It can be said that you reap what you sow.

Therefore, some resentful people in Italy took the opportunity to attack He Tianqi and put everything on his head.

But anyone with common sense knows that this is caused by the decline of Italy's overall environment.

What's more, even this aging Italian team was built by He Tianqi for Italy between 2002 and 2006.

You have enjoyed the fruits of other people's labor for four years for nothing, and now you turn around and curse at them?
WTF?

France Football: "At this point, only He Tianqi can save the Italian team!"

Marca: "Taking over the Italian team is not a wise choice. I suggest He Tianqi not to be kidnapped by the fans!"

Daily Sports: "He Tianqi's status as the world's number one head coach is still declining! He has done nothing in Villa in the past season. Whether he takes over the Italian team or not, he will become a joke!"

If he takes over the Italian team, this lineup might lead to their elimination in the group stage.

Even though He Tianqi only led one scene, he must take the blame.

The media that know the truth but pretend to be ignorant and do bad things are always the majority.

If he doesn't take over... he's just a coward, how can he still talk about being the best in the world? By then, He Tianqi's prestige in Italy will also plummet.

Mundo Deportivo: "What goes around, what goes around comes around! He Tianqi's rise to fame in the club was due to Camignani's heart attack, and his fall from grace is also due to this reason!"

For a time, all parties were paying attention to He Tianqi's movements.

And as a private plane took off, everything was settled.

Southwest Metropolis Daily: "The wind is whistling and the Yi River is cold. He Tianqi will never come back once he leaves! How tragic and magnificent!"

The Times: "He is on his way to South Africa on a private jet and may coach the Italian team again!"

AS: "He Tianqi has joined the game, and this World Cup is the end of this legend!"

"Kicker": "In the 2006 World Cup, He Tianqi ended the era of the gods. In the 2010 World Cup, He Tianqi ended his own era!"

In the end, He Tianqi "died for the sake of justice" and rushed to South Africa.

After all, Camignani had threatened to commit suicide.

This old Biden.

……

"He, there's nothing I can do about it. I was really dizzy at the time." Camignani explained to He Tianqi on the hospital bed, "If the team is eliminated in such a dismal way, the salary I agreed with the Chinese men's football team at the beginning may not be achieved."

"Help me once. After this job is done, I will sign a big contract with them, and I won't have to bother you again in the future!"

He Tianqi rolled his eyes.

It seems that old Kami still has evil intentions towards our national football team.

But He Tianqi had also heard of this matter.

In recent years, the Chinese national football team has been playing worse and worse, and people have given them all kinds of suggestions.

Many of the suggestions are very good, such as developing youth training, finding famous coaches and their teams to coach and introduce advanced experience, properly planning players, vigorously developing local leagues, etc.

They are all good methods that can work.

We will also try them one by one in China.

But more than a decade later, everyone will realize that these proposals are useless.

It’s not that these methods are bad, but that there is something wrong with people. Good methods will turn into bad ones.

Now, it is most likely the Chinese national football team’s biggest attempt at the “famous coach route”.

The salary they offered to Camignani was at the level of the world's top head coach.

It exceeds the official salaries of He Tianqi and Mourinho.

Anyway, the Chinese national football team's dirty money must be spent. Instead of giving it to other coaches who may not be friendly to the country, it is better to give it to Camignani, who has always wanted to retire in China.

At least he's not an ungrateful person.

Moreover, as Camignani is now the "No. 1 coach in Italy" who has surpassed Lippi, his joining will play a significant role in promoting the football exchanges between China and Italy.

On June 24th, the two matches of the final round of Group F's group stage kicked off at the same time.

Paraguay VS New Zealand.

Italy VS Slovakia.

He Tianqi coached the Italian team as a fire-fighting head coach.

His starting lineup was:
Gilardino, Luca Toni

Grosso, Chiellini, Pirlo, Gattuso, Zaccardo

Cannavaro, Bonucci, Barzagli

Buffon
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old!
Really old!
This lineup is almost the same as it was four years ago.

But the impact of the two wings was obviously much weaker.

But there are also good things.

That is, Luca Toni's condition is very good and is not weaker than before.

Chiellini as defensive midfielder and central defender are both pillars, much stronger than they were in the past, making up for Gattuso's decline.

In addition, although Pirlo looks old, he is actually becoming more and more like a master, and he can already be the core player without bodyguards.

Plus the stable Buffon and the newly emerging Bonucci.

It's no problem to beat Slovakia.

As long as they qualify from the group stage, He Tianqi will have accomplished his mission.

When both sides came out, the camera turned to the Slovak players and coaches, who generally looked unhappy.

When they played against Italy, it was Camignani who led the team, but why is it He Tianqi who led the team when it comes to us?

This is not fair!

The core of Slovakia's midfield is former Palermo midfield star Hamsik, who almost cried when he shook hands with his old friends from the Italian team.

After ninety minutes, the Slovak players fell to their knees.

Three to one!

The Italian team won this crucial battle.

Gilardino, Toni and Quagliarella, who came on as a substitute, scored.

Hamsik's world-class goal couldn't save the team.

On the other side, Paraguay drew 0-0 with New Zealand and have the same five points as Italy.

The two teams have the same record and goal difference, but Italy has conceded one more goal, so Paraguay is first in the group and Italy is second. This is also the most complicated group to qualify. Before this game, all four teams had the possibility of advancing.

If He Tianqi had not come, Paraguay and Slovakia should have advanced.

Hamsik: MMP!

……

After Italy narrowly qualified, France became the only football powerhouse to go home in the group stage.

In the subsequent quarter-final draw, Italy drew Japan.

He Tianqi said frankly: "We are lucky, this is a good draw!"

The Japanese team has an average height of shorter and is not strong in physical confrontation, so they adopt a technical approach.

The Italian team is tall and strong, so we have to knock them out even if we have to hit them.

The Japanese team leader was very dissatisfied with this: "We beat Denmark and Cameroon to win. We are not a pushover! The aging Italian team should not look at us with the same eyes as before."

"The Japanese team is no longer the same!"

In this game, He Tianqi continued to use the previous lineup, but rotated the left wing.

Zambrotta starts.

In the second minute, Zaccardo made a successful steal in the midfield and dribbled the ball directly forward on the right.

The defensive pioneer back then has now become a winger who is good at both offense and defense. He broke into the Japanese team's penalty area and made a horizontal pass.

Gilardino shot into the empty goal from the back post.

Italy leads by one to zero!

In the 17th minute, the Japanese team passed the ball outside the Italian team's penalty area and tried to launch an attack.

But Bonucci suddenly stole the ball and Pirlo then launched a counterattack with a long pass.

Toni headed the ball from the center circle to Gilardino, who dribbled forward and made a cross outside the penalty area.

Bundesliga Golden Boot winner Luca Toni scored a world-class goal, leaving the Japanese goalkeeper helpless.

Two to zero!
In the 36th minute, the Italian team got a corner kick opportunity.

Pirlo takes a corner kick.

Players such as Toni and Bonucci were closely monitored.

However, Chiellini jumped up and scored with a lion's head shake, showing his true qualities as a tough guy!

In the first half, Italy led 3-0.

In the second half, Tony used his strong physical strength to win a free kick in a good position.

After Pirlo took a free kick, Toni scored with a header, completing his second goal.

In the 63rd minute, He Tianqi started to make substitutions.

Iaquinta replaces Tony.

Italy's "new Tony" Balotelli replaced Gilardino to form a double tower lineup.

Less than ten minutes after Balotelli came on the pitch, he scored a goal with a solo shot, stunning everyone.

Let the Japanese feel the power of Italian genius.

In the 84th minute, Camoranesi, who came on as a substitute for Zaccardo, made an own goal with a cross.

The Italian team defeated the Japanese team 6-0.

Good luck!

This was a score that no one expected.

It was rare for the aging Italian team to achieve such a big score.

Even though they were first in their group in the World Cup qualifiers, most of the goals they scored were one to zero.

As a result, as soon as He Tianqi took over, the team underwent a qualitative change!

Of course, this is just what people think is a qualitative change.

In fact, this Italian team is really on the verge of collapse.

But who can blame them for being so lucky that they met an easy target?
Compared with European, American and African teams, Asian teams are weaker in overall strength.

What's more, He Tianqi used his height to bully the Japanese.

The whole country was suddenly filled with singing and dancing.

After all, although the Chinese men's football team failed to enter the World Cup finals, don't worry about how we are doing. As long as the Japanese team is not doing well, we are fine.

What's more, it was He Tianqi who led the team to kick the Japanese team back home.

In one word, cool!

But soon, the small peninsula next door also became boiling.

Because Italy's opponent in the quarter-finals is South Korea!
The Chinese coach led the Italian team against the Korean team.

Buff to the maximum!

Gazzetta dello Sport: "After eight years, we meet a black whistle team again! He Tianqi, beat them!"

Turin Sports Daily: "We are willing to spend a whole year not to criticize He Tianqi in exchange for Italy's victory over South Korea!"

Corriere dello Sport: "The battle of revenge is coming! We can't lose to the Koreans!"

Similarly, the Koreans also attach great importance to this game.

"Strike him while he's weak, defeat Italy, which is in dire straits!"

"We have had successful experience against Italy and we will beat them this time too!"

"The Italian team can't afford to lose. Let's see what excuses they can use if they lose again this time!"

"The South Korean team has a chance to redeem themselves from eight years of injustice! Defeat He Tianqi and leave Italy speechless!"

To a certain extent, this has relieved the firepower of the two strong teams that were unfortunately eliminated in the round of 16.

One is the "famous strong team" England.

This is why He Tianqi insisted on completing the team's player trade before the World Cup.

Because the value of English players always drops after the World Cup.

The Chinese team in Europe is not called that for nothing.

As for signings... Villa will not be able to sign English players this year. The Premier League team has formed a small team to sanction Villa.

Therefore, He Tianqi was unable to take advantage of the opportunity to sign English players after the World Cup.

As for other players, they either have no impact on the World Cup or their value will increase, so their recruitment can also be completed before the World Cup.

Another team that was unfortunately eliminated was the Portugal team led by Cristiano Ronaldo.

This year is the lowest point in Ronaldo's career.

The club was brutally suppressed by Barcelona.

Eliminated from the Champions League early.

The same is true for the World Cup.

Although his personal goal tally remains at a very high level, reaching 45 goals in a single season, it is obvious that he will not be able to continue to win the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year.

On July 7, the quarter-final match between Italy and South Korea began.

They are competing for the last spot in the semi-finals.

The top three are Spain, the Netherlands and Uruguay.

The favorites to win the championship before the game, Brazil, Germany and Argentina, all stopped in the quarterfinals.

But strangely, after Portugal was eliminated, Ronaldo dropped several places in the real-time ranking of the Golden Globe Awards and slipped out of the top ten.

After Argentina was eliminated, Messi's ranking did not change much.

Even in the last two days, it quietly rose one place.

(End of this chapter)