Mister Legend

Chapter 483 Schedule Confirmation
Regardless of whether there are joys or sorrows in this quadrennial football feast, the moment the whistle blew at the end of the final, it has become a thing of the past.

While recalling the joy, pain or other deep feelings brought to them by this World Cup in Russia, the fans naturally began to look forward to the next big global football party held in Qatar in 2022; and the focus of the media, They focused more on the new world champions, almost trying to dig out every private information about them; but the focus of other players and coaches turned back to the leagues of various countries very early on. , because that is the foundation of their livelihood.

Affected by the World Cup, most European countries have postponed the schedule of the new season by a week to ten days compared with last year in a more humane way, giving players who have not had much rest a slight respite.But there are exceptions. The Premier League, which has more heavy game tasks than other countries, has not found a more suitable schedule. It still maintains the same time as last year when the first round of the league started. They pose a great risk of injury.

However, in early June, the Football Association announced that it would implement the winter break system for the first time in history in the 2019-20 season. I believe this will create an ideal adjustment space for clubs and players, but in the new season, They still have to suffer an extremely intensive schedule.

And Serie A is one of the other five major leagues that have not postponed the start. According to the decision at the meeting held by the Football Association and the league in June, the 2018-19 Serie A season will kick off on the Sunday of August 8. , will end on May 19 next year.In addition, the winter break is still set two weeks after the New Year's Day holiday, and a mid-week round will be arranged in September, December and April next year. The overall plan is almost the same as last season.

It's just that for some unknown reason, the specific matchup table has not been released for a long time, which has attracted the suspicion of many conspiracy theorists.In fact, almost all Serie A clubs want to know how their league opponents are distributed as soon as possible, so that they can formulate a response plan.In the end, it was not until the afternoon of July 7 that the long-awaited schedule was announced through a live sports program, and it immediately attracted the attention of the entire Apennine Peninsula, and media rushed to report and analyze it. The phenomenon.

As the third seed to win the championship in the eyes of the outside world, the opponents encountered by the Red Bulls in the 38 league rounds of the new season showed a state of alternating strength and weakness, and did not appear to be connected with multiple strong teams within a period of time as in the previous two seasons. The hell schedule of the match, which is more beneficial for the team to adjust the state.

Not to mention the rest of the games, just look at the two Turin Derbys that have become particularly eye-catching due to the joining of Ronaldo. They were arranged by the Football Association in the No.17 and 36 rounds.Especially the second match is almost the final stage of the season, and the result is likely to have a huge impact on the final ownership of the league championship. It seems that the Turin team will become the biggest challenger for the league's seven consecutive championships in the new season. It has become the consensus of the entire Italian football world. For Li Mudi and his team, this is not only a kind of affirmation, but also brings a lot of pressure.

Now that the focus has returned to the league, let us first take a look at the major competitors of the Turin team, what new developments worth paying attention to have happened between this summer and mid-July.

On June 6, the day of Li Moody's engagement ceremony, UEFA officially announced the results of the investigation of the Financial Fair Play Act of many clubs that were in the "high pressure monitoring period".Among them, Roma, Zenit, Monaco and other teams have fully met the requirements after their own adjustments and were able to get rid of the review.Inter Milan, Fenerbahce, Trabzonspor and other teams partially meet the requirements, so they will face a series of penalties.

The punitive measures for the Nerazzurri are also freshly released. They can only have 22 registration qualifications in the European League in the new season. As far as Inter Milan is concerned, it is not a small blow.In addition, the high-pressure monitoring period against them will be extended for one season, which means that in the upcoming 2018-19 season, Inter Milan will not be able to spend a lot of money in the transfer market.

Last summer, although with the Su Ning Group taking over, the club's financial situation began to develop in a good direction, but limited by the big hole left by the predecessor, Inter Milan has not been very good at recruiting. The small gap in strength and the participation in the Champions League have passed.This time, they have been "marked" again by UEFA. Presumably their club management is also a headache.

However, it seems that this fine did not interfere too much with the Nerazzurri's lineup adjustment plan. After using 2400 million euros plus Santon and youth team player Zaniolo to win Nainggolan, they paid another 2070 million. The price of the euro signed the 20-year-old striker Lautaro Martinez from the Argentine Athletic team, and Italy's new international striker Politano also joined from Sassuolo on loan plus a buyout clause.Coupled with the former Juventus midfielder/left back Asamoah and the Dutch central defender De Vrij who signed as free agents, Inter Milan has at least improved its strength by at least one level while retaining most of the main players from last season. The media considers him the number one seed to challenge the old woman's hegemony.

Compared with the comfort of the Nerazzurri, the life of their rivals in the same city is very difficult. Although the settlement agreement has been submitted consecutively, AC Milan still failed to escape the heavy penalty from UEFA.

On June 6, official news from UEFA stated that the Rossoneri will be banned from participating in the new European season.This also means that they have struggled hard and finally won the last European League seat, and they will have to give up to Atlanta, which is behind it. This cup is really a bit big. (PS: It’s just that everyone didn’t expect that the penalty was revoked a month later, which caused quite a bit of controversy.)
According to UEFA's official statement at the time, the club that suffered the penalty will be disqualified from the European competition once during the next two seasons.That is to say, for AC Milan, which has already qualified for the European League in the 2018-19 season, if it can enter the European competition again in the 2019-20 season, then theoretically it will be able to keep that qualification.Just a one-year ban is not acceptable to this veteran club. For this reason, they are likely to lose at least 5000 million euros in revenue, which makes "Brother Li" and the management of the conservative financial crisis feel worse.

Previously, in order to avoid this worst situation, the news that "Brother Li" would sell the club's equity had caused a lot of trouble in the city, but now it seems that it is all nonsense with thunderous noise and little rain, not only did not solve even one problem. A small problem also seriously delayed the team's signing work.As of the end of July, apart from the risk of buying out Kalinic and Borini, who should not be in Gattuso's plan, due to mandatory clauses, they only signed the old goalkeeper for free Reina and Croatian full-back Ivan Strinic just made all Rosenelli feel very anxious.

Although the Rossoneri still did not give up hope of appealing, and were still trying to persuade UEFA to take back the punishment through various means, but at the time it seemed that the possibility of success was really unlikely.And once they determine that they will miss the European war in the new season, it will bring a huge blow to the club's already very worrying financial situation, and it is very likely that they will have to sell the current players in the team.From this point of view, AC Milan's competitiveness in the next two seasons will become seriously insufficient, let alone the championship, and it is considered that Gattuso's coaching ability is excellent if he can maintain the mid-range ranking.

Among the rest of the teams, Lazio, Fiorentina and Naples, who have just changed coaches, have not shown signs of making any major moves in the transfer market for the time being. Instead, Gasperini, who had previously intended to leave Atlanta, received the club's increased investment. After the guarantee, a series of adjustment operations were carried out.Many young talents such as Inter Milan's youth training center back Betra, midfielder Carraro, Roma center Tuminero, Aston Villa goalkeeper Greene have joined Sons of Poseidon, making it very likely that they will accidentally qualify for the European competition Atlanta, seeing bright prospects for development, is a potential rival that should not be underestimated.

Juventus and Roma, who ranked first and tied for third in the Serie A odds rankings for the new season, were also very active after the transfer window opened.The situation of the former has been introduced before, so let’s not mention it for the time being. After the latter narrowly escaped UEFA’s financial fairness penalty, it also made a lot of adjustments to the team’s lineup.Although Nainggolan was sold for non-technical reasons, the Red Wolves did not choose to be conservative like last season, but increased their investment in the transfer market.

They first made a decisive move while other clubs continued to wait and see, and bought the widely optimistic Kluivert Jr. from Ajax for a fee of less than 1600 million euros. Noisily introduced new players in goalkeeper, central defender, central midfielder and center forward, and finally snatched the Argentine midfielder Pastore from the Turin team, becoming the most popular player in the transfer market in July Active Serie A team.

Considering the original strength of the Roma team and the background of a quasi-rich family, it is not surprising that the Italian media ranked it and the Red Bulls as the third favorite to win the championship after Juventus and Inter Milan. .If Naples cannot make some big moves before the summer transfer window closes, most people now believe that the Serie A championship in the new season will be produced among the above four teams.

As for the Turin team led by the protagonist of this article, after the official announcement of multiple lineup adjustment plans at the end of May, they returned to silence. It was not until after the end of the World Cup that news about them was exposed again intensively. Come out and attract a certain amount of attention.

The first is the change in the staff group. The British assistant coach Kevin Summerfield, who has played for the team for two years, has returned to the British Isles at the end of May, taking over the veteran team that has just been relegated to League One. The coach of Sunderland challenged the role of head coach of a professional team for the first time in his life.

After bidding farewell to this good partner who helped him a lot, Li Mudi quickly found a replacement, and he was even more capable than the former.

Javi Prats (Javi Prats), born in 1976 in the small Spanish town of Castelfort, now lives in Mallorca, and is regarded as the neighbor of the Turin coach in a broad sense.Pratz, who played as a central midfielder in the player era, cannot be said to have no reputation at all, but he failed to impress others. He came from the Valencia youth training camp and left his home team when he became an adult. Played for a number of La Liga relegated teams and La Liga newly promoted teams.But in the end, he failed to make a name for himself. At the age of 28, he announced that he would hang up his boots early.

After enjoying a few years of leisurely life, he began to work as a staff member for young players in amateur teams in some places. He also joined the U19 youth team of Villarreal, training both offensively and defensively. Dabbled way played there for five seasons.However, due to the replacement of the team's head coach, he returned to the local small team to work part-time in 2013.

When Li Mudi used scouting tools at the end of last year, he accidentally found this super coach with full values ​​in personnel management, tactical knowledge, judging player ability, motivation and willpower. He was shocked for a while, so He immediately entrusted Guinness to come forward and pulled him into his private team.

However, due to Platz's low level of coaching qualification certificate and lack of experience in working in the first team, the Turin coach temporarily arranged him to the West Division B team Hu, which was owned by the former PBTV football commentator Tang Hui and Li Xiang. Miglia trained for half a season, and after obtaining the intercontinental C-level coaching qualification certificate, he happened to take over the assistant position left by Samfield in the new season.

After having such an excellent assistant, Li Mudi has more confidence in the team's performance in the new season, and if the running-in is quicker, he even feels that he can be eliminated from the boring training ground. Liberated, the dream of being a hands-off shopkeeper is likely to come true in the not-too-distant future.

In addition to the "upgrade" of the key position of assistant coach, the Red Bulls have also changed in the first-team coaching staff. The newcomer was quickly finalized.Rui Jorge, the main left-back of Portugal's golden generation, expired this summer after seven years of coaching the U21 National Youth Team of his country.Feeling that he is more suitable to be a special defensive coach, he decided to come to Italy, where the concept of defense is the most important, under the persuasion of Li Mudi, hoping to gain new experience.

Youth training and defense 20, personnel management and judgment ability 18, potential, offense, physical fitness and tactics 16, these extremely dazzling attributes will bring great help to the Red Bulls, especially in terms of improving the stability of the back line. New members are given high hopes.

In addition, the Turin team has also gained a lot from the scouting team. The former chief scout of Tottenham Paul Mitchell (in the FM system, judging the ability and potential of the players are both 18), the Spaniard Carlos Vega The addition of the former Chievo scout Fabio D'Amico (18 in both abilities) and the former Chievo scout (18 in judging ability and 19 in potential) has given the team an advantage in scouting intelligence. More reliable protection.

With the support of this strong team, Li Moody can finally devote all his energy to his long-planned plan to win the league title.

(End of this chapter)