Chapter 159 Silver Fox Lippi

Chapter 159 Silver Fox Lippi

At the moment, no one wants to pay attention to the big lawsuit between Digan and AC Milan. Anyway, it is a bad debt that cannot be cleared. AC Milan is now fighting fiercely. On the one hand, there are veterans of the former court and on the other, the royal relatives. No one would bow down to anyone, Lao Bei not only did not help to reconcile the conflict between Galliani and Barbara's papa, but also waved the flag and shouted to satisfy the evil fun, and would jump out from time to time to show his presence , Attracting hatred points proves that he is still here, but he has no time to pay attention to the team and is busy picking up girls.

It seemed that AC Milan's Gongdou game could not be played for a while, and people's attention was immediately shifted to the World Cup.

Can Digan play?

At this moment, even the people who talked all over the world don't know anymore. They are easy to predict, but once the matter involves Digan, it will be troublesome. Who knows that Digan, a man full of shit and glutinous rice At what time, what kind of madness.

However, most people's point of view is that Degan's injury is not enough to allow him to appear in the finals. Maniche's notoriety in La Liga is not unfounded. How many talented players have been abandoned under his black feet. , People don't believe that Degan's luck is full and he can escape.

Those who watch the excitement and don't think it's a big deal can of course make sarcastic remarks, but some people can't, this person is Yinhu Lipi.

Of course, people are not unfamiliar with Lippi, and Digan, who came through time, is even more familiar. In Digan's previous life, the old comrade Lippi led Guangzhou Evergrande to win the AFC Champions League. The old fox in China But it was really booming for a while.

Lippi's coaching career started with the Sampdoria youth team, but compared with the current glory, he was insulted by his opponent and ridiculed by people in the first game he coached. Until now, Lippi still remembers the former Sampdoria Doria's first-team coach Bernardini commented on him sarcastically: "Lippi is so handsome, I am afraid it will be difficult to become a good coach. It would be good if he can lose a little less next time."

But Lippi didn't care too much about these things. He was already used to all this when he was controversial when he was young. The philosopher Eleanor Roosevelt once said: "No one can hurt you unless you agree." Of course, this It requires a state, a great sense of inner security and self-awareness. Obviously, Lippi seems to be about to sublimate to that state of thought? The state.

In the Sampdoria youth team at that time, Marco Lanna, Maurizio Ganz, Enrico Chiesa and Gambaro came out later. I am afraid that there are no fans who watch Serie A. Knowing them, a youth team coach wants to turn those uncarved "stones" like them into the "beautiful jade" of the first team in the future. This requires patient waiting and waiting for their transformation. At this time, Sampdoli The Asian first team has come and gone through the hands of several coaches, from Ulivieri to Berserini, and later Boskov, Lippi continued to wait helplessly until finally he beliefs changed.

In 1985, Lippi returned to his native Tuscany, where he really started at the lowest level. He started with Pontedella in the fourth division of Italy, and then moved to Siena, Pease and so on. Toyese, Calarese, Cesena, Lucchese, this wandering has never stopped.

But it is this kind of wandering that makes Lippi's super ability to turn decay into magic.

In Italy, there is a famous saying: If you can go to Naples in your life, you will die without regret.

Lippi came to this southern coastal city with this belief. At that time, the situation of the Naples club was very bad. Maradona was suspended for taking drugs. His departure also announced the end of the glorious era of Naples.

The team has also exhausted all its capital, its financial resources are exhausted, and even the players' salaries cannot be paid. The team is on the verge of relegation. Banks and creditors have also issued ultimatums. The Italian Football Association also threatened Naples. Just go to play in the second division, so the team has only one option left, and that is to sell stars to maintain the normal operation of the team.

That summer, Zola and Kripa went to Palma, Galli went to Turin, and Careca returned to Brazil. The only old players in the past were Franzini and Cladini. Almost only Ferrara was alone. The team relied on loans from other teams, promotion from the youth team, and some players bought at low prices from lower leagues to barely piece together a lineup capable of playing games. , the whole team is like a grass-roots team, and the "head teacher" who leads this team is Lippi who has just emerged.

Although, at the beginning of the season, some people laughed at the strength of this team, but in the middle of the season, all the faces of ridicule were replaced by surprised expressions. Not only did the team not fall into the quagmire of relegation, but it became a favorable contender for the UEFA Cup .

Lippi arranged a 352 defensive counterattack formation "tailored" for the team. Two people are left in the frontcourt to participate in the attack, one in the backcourt acts as a trailing central defender, and the others adopt man-to-man tactics. The players use active running and fierce fighting to make up for their lack of personal ability. Every player is dedicated and conscientious on the field. Unite like a tribe defending the territory, defending the reputation of the city of Naples, the players sometimes do not get paid periodically, but no one complains about it, Lippi's mediation is credited, Of course, this kind of thing is not unfamiliar to him at all. Don't forget that in Sampdoria and Pistoisse, he also made his teammates who could not get paid feel at ease to fight. This is the charm of a leader. And those bumpy and adventurous experiences have created such an extraordinary coach and his personality.

In this seemingly "unattractive" team, there are actually hidden golden phoenixes, and Ferrara is one of them. Lippi turned this fledgling and even frizzy star of hope into a mature, steady, A defense leader who can play his own role, goalkeeper Takriatra has also honed into an excellent goalkeeper who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Pagliuca.

In the 93/94 season against Sampdoria, Lippi sent a player named Fabio Cannavaro to play. A few years later, he became the core of the Italian national team's defense. Fonseca, who was frustrated in Cagliari before, and Corini and Busso, who were frustrated in Sampdoria, all regained their confidence here. Di Canio also experienced the first time here. The coach trusts and the joy of playing football with peace of mind.

Although Maradona's departure made Naples fans sad, at least in that season, this kind of sadness was only emotional, because Lippi's performance in Naples should be described as a miracle, at least on the field In fact, Lippi's team has never given fans the idea of ​​"if Maradona was there". After the season, people are talking about the amazing coach Lippi and his incredible Naples team.

In the 1993/1994 season, Lippi led the Naples team to qualify for the UEFA Cup, which ushered in a turning point in his coaching career. For a club in economic crisis, a run to the UEFA Cup was a bigger draw than Maradona's motivation to win.

However, Lippi did not lead the team to participate in the battle, because there is another larger empire that needs him to save, and that is Juventus, which has not had a championship for 8 years.

When an elegant boy becomes a brave warrior, when the "ugly duckling" grows into a beautiful "white swan", those who admire it will come uninvited. In the summer of 1994, the giants swarmed in, and Lippi got the chance to show himself on a bigger stage, first Inter Milan, but Lippi seemed to have a deep affection for Naples at that time, and he only wanted Naples to get out of it as soon as possible. At a low point, he worked hard, felt good, and was willing to stay here. Seeing this situation, the Inter Milan Club gave up their plan to hire Lippi. However, the economic situation of the Naples club is very bad, and it is difficult to provide enough support for Lippi. Therefore, Lippi is also very conflicted.

Just when Lippi was hesitating, he received a call from Juventus club general manager Moggi. However, Lippi was not too happy about it, because he understood that "once you enter a wealthy family, it is as deep as the sea". Reasonably, coaching Juventus, Italy's No. 1 football club, is not an easy task. There are many big-name players in the team, all of whom are well-known, but he is just an unknown coach. Big names are convinced is still unknown.

But when Moggi unreservedly told Lippi the difficulties of Juventus and everyone's strong desire for the championship, and repeatedly expressed the club's sincerity, Lippi's worries disappeared, and he made up his mind to join the Bianconeri. Arms, go all out to play for Juventus. On the occasion of the defeat, Lippi, who was ordered to be in danger, took his assistant coach Ventrone and captain Ferrara in Naples and boarded the flight to Turin.

Since then, every Sunday in Serie A, fans can see a silver-haired gentleman with gold-rimmed glasses and a cigar in his mouth sitting on the sidelines of the Juventus team. The title of Silver Fox started from then on.

Lippi is indeed a gentleman, because it is difficult to see him yelling from the sidelines like Capello, grinning like Bercellini, using body language like Trapattoni, or using body language like Guizhou. Dolin squatted on the sidelines like that, and he couldn't read the joy of victory, the anxiety of being deadlocked, or the frustration of failure on Lippi's face. There is no nerve connection between them, he always has that kind of expression, to be precise, he looks confident, people can never figure out what he is thinking in his heart, it seems that he has found a way to defeat his opponent from the very beginning, and this This kind of tepid attitude made the opponent even more uneasy. His inability to figure it out was what made the opponent afraid.

Carefully observe the characteristics of each player under him, as well as their first reaction when encountering emergencies, and more precisely understand them. This is Lippi's brilliance as a coach. With all the potential, design a training plan that is suitable for each player that varies from person to person. The set in Naples was taken here, but Lippi was no longer following the rules and acting emotionally.

Lippi's coming to Juventus was an adventure for both sides. Juventus used the same "star policy" as Inter Milan. As far as the team is concerned, it is intolerable to not get involved in the league championship for 8 years.

Lippi is famous in Italy for his bold use of people. He started a 19-year-old kid named Del Piero from Padua and put the "heartbeat" Baggio on the bench. When Baggio became famous in the 1990 World Cup, Lippi was still at home waiting for work. Dare to touch the "Prince of Melancholy" when he first came to the road. I am afraid that no one else would dare to do so except Lippi, but no matter what your attitude towards him is, it is undeniable that replacing Baggio with Del Piero is not a bad choice. As a result, even if people can not recognize the fresh "air" and the surprises Del Piero brought to people, and the contribution Piero brought to the team when he first arrived at Juventus. Today, Del Piero has become the most outstanding "masterpiece" of Lippi's coaching career at the club.

After patient persuasion to the players and a series of adjustments to the team, Lippi started a glorious period in Serie A and Juventus. God almost returned all the championship trophies owed to Juventus, and thus began a Serie A management myth between Lippi and the Juventus Big Three.

After Lippi achieved great success at the club, in 2004, Lippi started a new and greater journey. He took over the coach of the Italian national team from Trapattoni. For Lippi , This is a brand new challenge, because the Italian European Cup at that time was out early, and Lippi is no stranger to face all this, because it is not the first time he has been ordered to be in danger when he was defeated.

In his club career, Lippi really has nothing to prove. He needs to go to a brand new stage to write a new legend. People say that Lippi's Italian team is very similar to the one in Bearzot in 1982. , Maybe this time, Lippi will really bring surprises to people. Lippi is a person who is good at creating miracles and brilliance. Players and rich experience in major competitions are their capital, but they have always missed the championship.

In the summer of 2006, the Italian national team led by Lippi defeated Ghana in the 2006 World Cup group stage, drew with the United States, and then defeated the Czech Republic coached by Brückner in the key battle to qualify as the first group. Consecutive victories over Australia, Ukraine and host Germany.

Finally marching to Berlin, waiting there will be Belgium, the biggest dark horse in this World Cup.

Faced with Belgium, Lippi didn't feel too much burden in his heart. He admitted that Belgium did a good job in this World Cup. Compared with Italy's smooth road to promotion, Belgium can reach this step. It is commendable, it can be called a miracle.

However, facing Portugal in the semi-finals, Maniche made a fierce tackle and sent Degan directly to the hospital. Belgium, which lacks Degan, is nothing to fear in Lippi's view.

But now that Digan is back, back to the Belgian training camp, this is going to be troublesome!

Of course, Lippi is not afraid of Degan. No matter in his playing days or his coaching career, he has encountered too many powerful enemies, and he can't count them all. But he can't figure out Degan.

Before that, Lippi had no experience in playing against a team led by Degan, but he knew about him well, but Degan gave people a different feeling every time he played, and he always made some crazy moves. matter.

Before the match against the French team, who would have thought that the weak Belgium could eliminate France led by Zidane, and before the match against the Brazil team, who would have thought that Degan could score three goals and leave the five-star Brazil in anger.

Moreover, they all took out three super teams in a row with one injured leg. If Lippi had watched Japanese cartoons, he would definitely regard Digan as a cockroach Xiaoqiang who likes to burn the universe. Can be resurrected with full blood.

"Qi Luo! What do you think of this matter!?" Lippi remained expressionless as always, unable to see what was going on in his mind.

That full head of white hair is a bit eye-catching. In the future, when Lippi led Guangzhou Evergrande to win the double crown and conquer Asia, some Chinese fans who adored him crazily said that every strand of Lippi's white hair is A great idea.

listen and see!

Turned Lippi's mythology into grandson monkeys, covered with life-saving monkey hair!

But this head full of whimsical ideas can't help Lippi now, he really can't figure out the beast like Degan.

Ferrara, who looks a lot like Uncle Benshan, is an assistant coach promoted by Lippi after he entered the Italian national team. When he heard Lippi's voice, he couldn't help frowning: "Coach! I can't understand it either. It stands to reason that Digan The current physical condition is definitely not able to play, maybe this is just the Belgian playing tricks!"

Lippi shook his head: "Probably not, it doesn't make sense for them to do so!"

Lippi scratched his hair as he spoke, but he didn't have a clue: "Chiro! If Degan can play, who do you think we should send to guard him?"

Mark Deegan!

This is a must. Regardless of whether Degan is injured or not, his threat is huge. Before the Brazilian team was too strong, no one was specially marked for Degan. In the end, Degan stabbed him three times. Let's hope that Italy is also the ghost of Degan's knife.

Lippi was also hesitating who should be sent to mark Degan. If Degan was just a pure striker, it would be easy to handle. Although Materazzi can't guarantee that Degan will be killed, at least he can let Degan play. It doesn't have much effect, but the problem is that Degan's range of activities is too large, almost covering the entire stadium.

Moreover, Degan can not only shoot by himself, but also pass the ball. It was only because of the poor shooting skills of other players in the Belgian team that Degan's assist ability was ignored by people.

In this way, Materazzi, who is a bit disadvantaged in speed, is not suitable. Cannavaro's speed is not a problem, but Cannavaro's height is a flaw when fighting against Digan.

If Nesta can play, Nesta may be able to carry this group of people. Nesta and Degan are teammates in AC Milan, so they naturally know the characteristics of Degan very well.

It's a pity that Nesta was injured. Nesta was injured just after the start of the World Cup, and now he can only be reduced to a spectator.

"Coach! I don't think we need to care so much about Degan! Even if he can play, his injury will definitely limit his performance, and his speed advantage will not be able to be brought into play."

Lippi woke up suddenly after hearing this, his eyes glistened, and he shook his head with a wry smile. If Ferrara hadn't reminded him, he probably still couldn't figure out what to do. This was the first time in his coaching career. Once in such a situation, there was no other way. The miracles that Digan performed before had a profound impact on him. He always felt that as long as Digan played, he would definitely cause trouble for Italy, but he forgot that Digan Gan is also an ordinary person, and he is also an ordinary person who is injured and has difficulty even running: "Thank you! Qi Luo! I don't seem to have any problems now!"

Except for one Digan, Belgium is not a big threat. Although Lippi will not underestimate the enemy, relying on the strength of the Italian team, it is still very easy to defeat Belgium.

Especially Belgium, where the main player is injured and morale will definitely be affected.

Putting Degan's question aside, Lippi planned the lineup for the final in his mind. Naturally, there was no doubt about the position of the goalkeeper. Ameria and Peruzzi could not threaten Buffon's position at all. Both Brotta and Grosso are excellent offensive and defensive types, and they are the best candidates to guard the two wings. The central defenders Materazzi and Cannavaro have shown enough tacit understanding in the previous airport games .

In the midfield, the Milan combination of Pirlo and Gattuso served as the defensive midfielder. Totti and Camoranesi should be more flexible, especially Camoranesi, but Lippi's love in Juventus He is good at playing on both sides. Although Totti has not adjusted to the best state since the start of the World Cup, for Italy, his presence can enrich the creative ability of the Italian midfielder.

Forward line, Lippi still favors Tony, Iaquinta, and Gilardino, although each has its own characteristics and is very strong, but Iaquinta's scoring ability is too poor, and Gilardino is young and not enough to fight against Italy As for Inzaghi, Lippe brought him to Germany with the heavy task of siege the city, and it was more of a comfort to the veteran.

Having determined the main lineup in my heart, Lippi has become more at ease, and everything will have to wait for tomorrow's final.