i want to be king

Chapter 845 Maicon's Tragedy

When Sudong saw Maicon again, the Brazilian right-back had lost his former high spirits and was replaced by a heavy slumber, obviously hit hard by Gareth Bale.

In fact, when it comes to age, Maicon is not yet 30 years old, and he should have been in his prime. Unfortunately, he met Gareth Bell, who is against the sky. Not only is he young, but the key is that he is also extremely fast.

Sometimes, what the fans see is a disastrous defeat, or the poor performance of a certain player, but many things behind it are often beyond the player's ability to decide, or in other words, the player's performance is not the decisive factor.

It's as if Maicon was blown up by Gareth Bale, and behind it is actually the entire Inter Milan, from the management to the coaching staff to the players' failures. If you really want to take the blame, Maicon really doesn't have to take the primary responsibility.

Why do you say that?
First of all, Inter Milan has fallen rapidly after playing a peak season, not only Maicon, Sneijder, Diego Milito and Eto'o, but also a group of veterans in their 30s.

Anyone who knows a little bit about football knows that the most reasonable configuration for a team is old, middle-aged and young. There are too many veterans, and the problem is very big.

Since Moratti renewed the contract with Sneijder and others on a large scale, Inter Milan has basically established a lineup with veterans as the core. The relationship is taken care of, but the competitiveness of the team is lost. No one can stop the decline of the veterans after their peak.

There is also a tactical level.

Mancini used to adopt a defensive tactic. For a team with too many veterans, this is no problem.

I squat down, organize the defense, let you attack, and I will 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 Benitez. The problem has changed.

From Valencia to Liverpool to Inter Milan, Benitez's tactics are basically in the same line, that is, [-], [-], [-], [-] 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’s aging is too serious, if they continue to defend, they can’t defend anymore, but if they attack, they advance too slowly and cannot open the situation. If they continue to adopt Mancini’s squatting tactics, the defense may be better.

The rival AC Milan in the same city also encountered the same problem. Ancelotti adopted two tactics, one was Pirlo's pass, and the other was Kaka. That's why Kaka was so important in AC Milan.

But Inter Milan does not have Pirlo, nor Kaka, only Sneijder.

So, Benitez came to Inter Milan with his high position pressing.

The concept is also very wise. Since I can't squat in the hole and can't advance the offense, well, I can just push the defense line out, shorten the advancing distance when switching from defense to offense, and play the role of Sneijder. Is this okay?
Does this set work?

In fact, it is really useful.

Needless to say in the Serie A league, Benitez's performance in the early stage of coaching is still good. Although he scored a little less, he still has a record of [-]-[-] victory over Barry, and his performance is relatively stable.

In the UEFA Champions League group stage, the [-]-[-] away draw with Twente in the Netherlands in the first leg is not unacceptable. The [-]-[-] victory over Werder Bremen at home in the second leg can be described as a great success.

Even in the first game against Tottenham Hotspur, Inter Milan was leading [-]-[-] 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 have achieved great success. It cannot be said that he is invincible or invincible, but at least it allowed Inter Milan to show a good competitiveness and revive the veterans.

But the problem is that the unlucky Benitez and the unlucky Inter Milan had just started to improve when they had the unlucky encounter with 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, with two sharp knives on the counter, Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon.

The one thing both players have in common is incredible speed, especially Gareth Bale.

After Redknapp's [-]-[-] defeat in the first half, there was really no way to lose. At the same time, he also saw through Benitez's tactical death spot, that is, when you have an old lineup, the overall formation presses forward.

So, in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur decisively changed their tactical play, hitting one goal at a time, scoring three goals in a row.

In the second round of the two sides, Tottenham Hotspur continued to adopt this style of play, and Inter Milan suffered a disastrous away defeat.

At this point, everyone knows that Inter Milan's Achilles' heel.

Benitez's tactical style of play was also completely seen through, and Maicon was completely defeated in the game against Gareth Bale, and his reputation was discredited.

And if you look at it from beginning to end, is it really just a player's problem?
In professional football, cooking is the original sin, and if you lose, you have to admit it.

But from a neutral and objective point of view, it was not Maicon who stood on the right back of Inter Milan at the time. Any right back in the world would have been killed by Gareth Bale, or even worse.

Sometimes fate is like this, and Maicon becomes such a tragic character.

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After receiving the award for the best team of the year, there was an important link on the scene, that is, eleven players stood in two rows and asked the media reporters on the scene to take pictures.

Su Dong is the tallest, standing on the far left side of the back row, which is also his usual habit, he doesn't like to stand in the C position.

Beside him is Maicon.

The Brazilian right back stood between Su Dong and Lucio, wearing a neat suit, but looked very lonely and depressed.

Messi, Ronnie and others in the front row squatted down. Su Dong leaned towards Maicon, holding the trophy in one hand and Maicon's shoulder in the other, and put on a smiling face towards the front camera.

Maicon was very surprised and looked at Su Dong in disbelief.

Once upon a time, he was the strongest right back in the world, especially after the World Cup in South Africa, his momentum was the same for a while.

At that time, he had many, many friends, many, many confidants, but as he was blown away by Gareth Bale, as his reputation plummeted, as his position as the world's number one right back was lost, and after rumors appeared that he had fallen from the peak, these people gradually left him.

Even many former teammates of the national team and club began to ignore him.

At this time, Su Dong took the initiative to hold his hand, which made him feel warm.

"Thank you." Mai Kong 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!"

With reddish eyes, Maikong nodded and stared ahead.

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After the best team of the year was awarded, the Fair Play Award was awarded to the Haiti U17 women's football team.

Their head coach was killed in the earthquake, but these little girls still participated in the World Youth Championship.

The best women's football coach was given to Ned, and the best men's football coach was given to Bayern's Heynckes.

In fact, this is still somewhat controversial, but the World Cup champion comes once every four years. Like Bayern last season, the legend of successfully defending the Triple Crown is unique in football history.

Heynckes deserves this honor.

It is worth mentioning that in his acceptance speech, Heynckes also mentioned Su Dong.

The FIFA President's Award was awarded to the Nobel Peace Prize winner, former South African Archbishop Tutu, because of his active support for the World Cup in South Africa and his dedication 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 [-], Su Dong has won the Puskas Award for two consecutive years.

He can contribute a batch of wonderful goals to world football every year. Some people even say that every goal of Su Dong is a classic and very exciting. If it is replaced by other players, it can be included in the top ten goals of his career. So much so that the media and fans are numb after watching too much, because goals should be like this.

However, because of this, the media and fans have stricter demands on Su Dong.

Miss World Football was awarded next, 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 women's football.

When it comes to the finale award, the FIFA Ballon d'Or, the lineup of award presenters is also the most important.

Not only was FIFA President Sepp Blatter present at the scene, French Football Magazine CEO Molinier, Heynckes who had just won the best men's football coach of the year, and UEFA President Michel Platini, four of them appeared on the podium at the same time.

Such a weight is undoubtedly unprecedented, and it can also be seen that FIFA attaches great importance to the first FIFA Ballon d'Or.

When seeing Heynckes as one of the award presenters, everyone already knew the answer, and immediately applauded, and the entire Zurich Opera House erupted in deafening applause.

Heynckes was holding 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, on which was the name of the winner of the first FIFA Ballon d'Or.

"Su Dong!!!!"

When Molinier yelled the name vigorously, there was another thunderous applause in the field.

Su Dong stood up from his seat, turned around and hugged his friends around him.

Ronnie, Messi, Harvey and Iniesta also sent their congratulations.

Long before this moment, everyone had already guessed that Su Dong was the number one favorite, whether in Bayern or in Manchester City, his performance was impeccable.

Both Harvey and Iniesta deserve a Ballon d'Or, but unfortunately, their competitor is Su Dong!

(End of this chapter)