My name is Colani

In the empty training ground, Ranieri met the real boss of the team, Hugo. This was not the first time the two met. They had met before, but they were not familiar with each other and had never greeted each other.

Ranieri tried to tell Hugo about his ideas, but Hugo was not interested. He said to Ranieri: "Mr. Ranieri, I will not interfere with your ideas. I just hope that the team can turn the tide as soon as possible. Alex said it well. We are not in a complete crisis now. The season has just begun. Our goal is still to achieve good results on all fronts! It's up to you next!"

Really don't plan to let me talk? ! Ranieri has been preparing for a long time. Since he and Giorgio finalized the agreement, Ranieri began to study the information sent to him seriously and stayed up late to watch Trapani's game videos. Of course, he didn't watch all of them. He is an old man who is very good at learning. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to play with the teams in several major leagues.

He specially selected some classic matches of Trapani to watch. These matches had both wins and losses. In particular, he watched the videos of the recent losing streak in the league, looking for problems and solutions, and prepared his words to deal with Hugo, making himself look like a candidate taking an exam.

Who knew Hugo didn't care about this? Ranieri was quite annoyed. Listening to Hugo's words, he said: "I think the team has a good foundation, and I believe I can change the current situation!"

Hugo smiled and took him around the training base in person. Giorgio whispered to Kuttner: "Jurgen Klinsmann didn't get such treatment, and Hugo didn't come in person! It can be seen that Gigi attaches great importance to Mr. Ranieri!"

Kuttner was a little relieved.

It was the first time for him and Ranieri to come to the Pacheco training base in Trapani. Needless to say, this base is quite powerful, with all facilities, the most advanced medical center, first-class training venues, and of course a first-class youth training base. In short, this is not comparable to the teams that Ranieri coached before, which made Ranieri very satisfied.

Hugo also took him to the construction site of the offshore giant. The stadium now has some foundations. It was originally expected that the construction would take more than three years, but now it has only been more than a year, but because of various problems during the construction process, the construction period of the stadium has actually been delayed.

The giant is Hugo's proud capital. Ranieri, the old man, really complimented the young Hugo, which made Hugo very satisfied.

The media's news was very fast. In fact, Trapani's selection of coaches this time was relatively fast. They only realized today that it was Claudio Ranieri.

It was not Lippi, who everyone was optimistic about. Although Lippi emphasized that he was retired, everyone didn't believe it.

The media gave their opinions on whether Ranieri was suitable or not. Most of them believed that Trapani's choice of Ranieri was actually a wise decision and that he was suitable to fix the mess.

The next morning, Trapani held a press conference for Ranieri to take the stage. Giorgio signed a formal contract with Ranieri on behalf of the club.

At the press conference, Ranieri spoke freely, of course not bragging. He said that he was very happy to receive Trapani's invitation to coach and thanked the club for its trust in him.

The invited reporters began to ask questions. Since Ranieri was a lovely old man, the reporters did not make things difficult for him too much. Of course, there were a few tricky questions, but the old-fashioned Ranieri easily pushed them away.

At noon, Ranieri invited the team's coaching staff to have a simple meal at the Colleni Hotel. This was really paid for by him. He accepted the team in a hurry this time. The coaching staff he invited was not in place, and Giorgio also strictly restricted the people he brought, allowing him to bring only two coaches. He had no choice but to use Barrias and others who had been in Trapani for many years.

This is where Ranieri is smart. This group of people not only stayed in Trapani for many years, but also could talk to Hugo directly and have a familiar relationship with many players in the team. Making friends with them is very important for him to control the team.

Barrias, Lombardi, Nkono and others all made promises to Ranieri at the table that they would assist him wholeheartedly.

Ranieri was actually more worried about Barrias. This first-ranked assistant coach had just led the team to win the first victory of the new season. Ranieri was worried that this brother had the intention to be the head coach, but he didn't know that he didn't have this intention.

At the dinner table, Barrias and his team told Ranieri the team's situation clearly, without any ambiguity. Ranieri was relieved. At the dinner table, Ranieri told his assistants all his tactical ideas, quite frankly, and even told everyone clearly why he wanted to adopt the 433 formation.

Barrias and others secretly admired him, and had to say that this old guy was a smart guy!

In the afternoon training, the players' training continued. Ranieri came to the training ground with a smile on his face. The players were told yesterday that Ranieri would become the team's head coach, so they did not seem surprised.

Ranieri greeted everyone with a smile, showing a friendly image, which gave the players a very good first impression.

Then Ranieri began to talk to the team's players. The first wave was to find several players from the veterans' club, including captain Toni, Barzagli, Kameni, old goalkeeper Fontana, Mascherano, and Evra.

In the tactical meeting room, Ranieri said: "I am really happy to come to Trapani to work with you! I am actually familiar with everyone here. I often watch Trapani's games!"

Accompanied by Ranieri's laughter, the players of the veterans' meeting were very relaxed. Ranieri began to talk about everything about the team, slowly getting closer to everyone. After getting familiar with everyone, Ranieri said to everyone: "Now we seem to be in trouble. The team did a good job in the last game, but a victory cannot say that our situation has improved, right?! We all need to keep working hard!"

"Today I will talk to you first, because you are the veterans of the team and have a great influence in the locker room. To be honest, only if you and I are united, can we work together sincerely and put this team together again!"

The veterans gave Ranieri face. First, this old man is actually not ordinary and has a good reputation. Second, the old man is indeed very gentle and will not make people feel difficult to approach. So everyone expressed their opinions, "We definitely support you!"

Ranieri began to slowly talk about his ideas and how to change this team. Of course, this time he would not say that because you have too many midfielders, I changed to 433.

In fact, this formation is very easy to get the approval of the elders. First of all, the team is not unfamiliar with this formation. It is really not unfamiliar. They have played it in the Zeman era and the Hugo era. It can be said that Trapani started with 433 in Serie A. How can it be unfamiliar? !

Secondly, Toni has no objection. If it is a double striker, he may prefer it, but he also has no objection to a single striker. A single striker means that he has to fight hard in the front, and a double striker has someone to help him share the pressure in the middle, which is more conducive to his performance.

So from the bottom of his heart, Toni hopes that the team will use a double striker tactic, but he has never gone against the head coach. Ranieri said that he would not vote against it if he wanted to do so.

Finally, most of the elders had a good relationship with Mascherano. After all, they had been together for so many years. Mascherano and Pizarro were the most affected by Klinsmann's 442. There were always personal connections. 433 had an extra midfielder position, which would give Mascherano more opportunities, so everyone could support it.

So Ranieri actually didn't spend much effort to convince the elders to support him. This guy gathered the two most important forces of the team on the first day of his arrival, which shows how capable he is.

But that's not all. Ranieri used the afternoon to get to know almost all the players in the team.