Golden Greenery

"Zhuoyang, I will not be the head coach of Milan next season."

Carlo Ancelotti's words immediately stunned Zhuo Yang. "Carlo, this..."

"That's it, the club and I..." An Pang slowly told Zhuo Yang the whole story. Ancelotti's contract with AC Milan will expire in May 2009, that is, on the 31st of this month. Negotiations for contract renewal originally started at the beginning of the season. Although the negotiations did not go very smoothly, they were still being negotiated. And both parties have a strong desire to continue cooperation.

The biggest disagreement in the negotiations is not years and salary, but Ancelotti's request for greater authority in tactics and personnel arrangements. For superstars like Ronaldinho who can bring huge commercial benefits, Ancelotti has the right to make decisions based on his status. Whether he plays or not, or what position he plays.

After coaching Milan for eight years, Ancelotti suffered from interference. Many times he had to obey the tactical instructions of Berlusconi or Galliani, arranging personnel and formations according to their requirements. If they win, some people will say that it is the wisdom of the leader. If they lose, it will be all the fault of Ancelotti.

Taking the 06-07 season as an example, Ancelotti believed from his professional perspective that Zhuoyang, who was new to the industry, was not suitable to fight at the winger position because the Serie A defensive model was unfamiliar to him and Zhuoyang would need some time. to adapt. If Zhuoyang is placed in the back of the midfield and allows him to temporarily avoid the tough and difficult Serie A defenders and the chain area defense system, it will be more conducive to Zhuoyang scoring more goals, and it will also help Zhuoyang adapt to Serie A as soon as possible.

But Berlusconi didn't listen to him. He bought Zhuoyang just to build momentum. He believed that only by putting the Bundesliga murderer on the front line to show off can the momentum have the greatest effect. But after one season, it turned out that Ancelotti was right. Zhuoyang only scored 13 goals in the league and had countless red and yellow cards. That season, AC Milan finally fell outside the top four and lost the qualification to participate in the 2007-08 Champions League. The unsatisfactory results had a lot to do with this incident.

But no one thought it was Berlusconi's fault. Zhuo Yang, who is worth 78 million, was not used well. It can only be Ancelotti's fault. And it's not just this case, similar things almost followed his eight-year coaching career in Milan.

Now that AC Milan has made great achievements in reviving its vitality, Ancelotti has many suitors. Ancelotti, who has hardened his wings, does not want to repeat the same mistakes again, and let himself suffer from the aggrieved and cowardly attitude to improve his authority and authority in the competition. An inevitable move.

But it is AC Milan's glorious tradition that Lao Bei pointed fingers, so the two sides have endless skin. When Barbara was here, it was okay to say that she tried to compromise the demands of both parties as much as possible, but after Pierre took over, he stopped talking to An Pang about this at all, and he didn't even get a penny increase in salary. It's strange that Ancelotti can accept this.

Pierre was actually avenging his personal vendetta. He hated Ancelotti for publicly supporting Barbara as the club's successor. He also hated Maldini and Zhuo Yang. These three people were Milanello's three main supporters of Barbara. flag. Maldini was retiring, and Pierre successfully retaliated against him before retiring. Zhuoyang is the backbone of the team, and Pierre can only keep his hatred in his heart. If he can't get along with Zhuo Yang, he can't get along with money. If he can't get along with money, he can't get along with himself. At least that's still the case now.

But Ancelotti is not the mainstay. In AC Milan's football philosophy, the head coach is not actually too important, and there are too many good coaches in Italy, and they can be picked up at any time. Not only Pierre, but almost everyone in the top management believes that AC Milan made Ancelotti successful, not the other way around. If Milan can make you Ancelotti, it can make you pig Celotti and dog Celotti. They all overlooked one thing. Ancelotti was already a famous coach who coached Juventus before coming to Milan. Perhaps they did not ignore it, but believed that Juventus and Parma also made Ancelotti successful.

Therefore, Pierre's true intention is to drive Ancelotti away, which is a symbolic change for him to control the club.

And not all players support Anfa's retention. Ronaldinho and Seedorf have different ideas in their hearts, and perhaps Ambrosini is included. This was something Ancelotti told Zhuo Yang implicitly during his conversation.

Zhuo Yang knew that Ronaldinho had a problem with An Pang, but he couldn't interfere with Ronaldinho's thoughts since each person had a different temper and a different temper. Ronaldinho believes that uninterrupted games are the best option for players like him to maintain their condition and extend their career life, rather than relying on training, but Ancelotti attaches great importance to performance in training and the Milan experiment Data given by the room. Ronaldinho has now become a substitute under An Pang, which is contrary to his original intention of moving to Milan.

Seedorf's dissatisfaction is also because he became a substitute. He does not think that Zhuo Yang's arrival is the biggest reason for this phenomenon, because facts show that Seedorf and Zhuo Yang can coexist well on the court. He is also very I like to partner with Zhuo Yang on the court. Seedorf believes that Ancelotti did not handle the sharing of game opportunities fairly.

Various factors combined, the differences between the two parties were irreconcilable, and Ancelotti was very angry that Pierre treated his old brother Maldini coldly, so he categorically terminated the contract renewal negotiations and clearly implemented the final contract. After one month of contract, he walked away.

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Zhuoyang was speechless for a long time, and the change of coach caught him off guard. Although Zhuoyang's status in the locker room and on the court will not be affected no matter who serves as Milan's coach next season, he is still not used to coaching changes. At this time, Zhuo Yang had not yet realized that the club did not seek his opinion at all on such a major matter.

"Then...do you know who will be the head coach?"

"As far as I know, it should be Leonardo."

Zhuo Yang suddenly realized that Leonardo, who seemed very low-key on the surface, was finally going to take the stage.

The 40-year-old Brazilian Leonardo Nasmondo de Alayo is a meritorious veteran of the Brazilian national team. He has traveled to many places including AC Milan in his career and is a player in the post-Milan dynasty period. The main midfielder of the team. In the summer of 2003, Leonardo retired here a year after returning to Milan, and then entered the club's athletics department and was responsible for scouting in South America.

Including Kaka, Pato and earlier Cafu, Serginho and others, Leonardo was involved in the transfer of all Brazilian players to AC Milan, and he was a hero of Milan. He has a very close relationship with Galliani. It was under Galliani's instruction that year that Leonardo established and clarified the Milan Brazilian Gang to compete and offset the strength of the Knights of the Round Table within the team.

But now the Milan Brazilian Gang has become an international gang in the hands of Zhuo Yang, and they are colluding with the Knights of the Round Table, making the team almost monolithic, which Leonardo did not expect at all.

In the view of people like Galliani and Leonardo, the essence of subordinate management is to weigh and balance, to use one thing to control another. Only with differentiation can management people do their best, and they can be in control and save money. Many things. Just like the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who liked to mobilize eunuchs to fight against ministers, these things are all tactics.

Leonardo is an educated and smart man. He took the time to obtain a coaching certificate a few years ago and also temporarily coached the Milan youth team with good results. Now that Pierre's fortunes are changing, Leonardo will make a comeback. Ancelotti felt that his wings were stiff and no longer listened to greetings. Milan's senior management did not want to tolerate his problems, so with the support of Pierre and Gadu, Leonardo stepped forward to take on the important task.

As for whether his coaching ability and shallow coaching experience can support him as the boss of a wealthy club, didn't Pierre say: If you can make Ancelotti successful, you can make Celotti successful.

Therefore, it is natural that Leonardo can be successful.