My name is Colani

In January 2010, among the best French football players selected by the French magazine "France Football" in 2009, Bordeaux was the biggest winner. Blanc was elected as the best coach and Gourcuff was the best player.

The achievements of Bordeaux are inseparable from the 44-year-old young coach Blanc, who made the team a tenacious and tough top team. In the 2008 Best Coach of the Year selection, Blanc, known as the "President", lost to Arsenal coach Wenger, when the two scored very close. This year, Blanc was elected with an absolute advantage. He scored an astonishing high score of 112 points, twice that of Wenger, and only 8 points away from the full score (120 points).

If Blanc is the "military advisor" of Bordeaux, the midfield core Gourcuff is the "commander" of the team. Gourcuff's outstanding performance at the Delmas Stadium made him finally decide to bid farewell to San Siro and permanently transfer to Bordeaux. His overall view and threading made the team's combat effectiveness rise to a higher level.

Gourcuff was born at the wrong time in Milan, of course, this also has a lot to do with his own ability. In Bordeaux, Blanco built a tactical system around him, but in Milan, this is impossible. The gap between his ability and Kaka made him not get enough attention from Milan, and it was natural for Milan to abandon him.

Now that the draw for the quarterfinals has come out, Gourcuff, who has played against Trapani, said something in an interview. He highly praised Trapani. To be honest, he admired Trapani's tactical play. He also expressed this view in the interview.

"Trapani is different from other teams! They have a unique football philosophy. I like their style very much. I think they will be the toughest opponent this season, but we will not admit defeat. We hope to go to the end!"

Blanco himself is a defender, but the team he leads is not conservative. Bordeaux is still ranked first in Ligue 1 and is also the team with the most goals.

After learning the result of the draw, Blanco was actually a little excited and a little worried. This excitement was like the feeling he had when he learned that he was grouped with Bayern Munich and Juventus. He was eager for the team to play against top teams. He always envied Deschamps. Deschamps led Monaco to the Champions League final and Trapani to win the league championship. Last season, he led Bordeaux to win the French Ligue 1 championship, but that was far from enough because the gold content of Ligue 1 was not high.

Playing against top teams can allow Bordeaux to accumulate a lot of experience, which is conducive to a comeback next season.

Some concerns are because he does not believe that his team will become the final champion, which is the biggest test for Trapani. He is an adult, and there are dark horse myths, but now, he knows that it is becoming increasingly difficult for dark horses to survive in the Champions League. If you can avoid the first level, you may not be able to avoid the second level. The general trend of European football in recent years is that wealthy clubs have made large purchases. The gap between the rich and the poor naturally causes a gap in power.

Trapani is such a rich and powerful team. Although Lyon is very tough at home, they are still besieged by Trapani on the road, but they just scored fewer goals. We cannot ignore Trapani's fighting power because of criticism from the outside world.

"I don't think we can take it lightly!" Blanco was very disgusted with the French reporter's remarks that Trapani is now in a difficult period due to internal and external troubles.

"Their strength is at the same level as Barcelona. Now they have injuries and are indeed in poor condition, but they are absolutely strong. I will not be afraid to say this to anyone! I am not afraid. I think our players should be happy. We don't often have such an opportunity to play against a high-level team like Trapani! Even if we lose the game, I think it can increase our knowledge!"

Blanco is very smart. First of all, he puts himself in the position of a weak person, and his speech can be said to be a different way. He is only straightforward and sincere. This idea is just buried in the hearts of many people. Many Bordeaux players may also feel honored by such a confrontation. Some even can't wait to show their skills and hope to get the favor of Trapani.

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Although Trapani was laughing in his heart, he still had to be respectful and polite. The club's senior executives, including the players, praised Bordeaux. Bielsa did not say anything. He has been troubled recently. The team is not in good shape, and they are also injured. What makes him feel more is that the players are alienated from him.

The team's captain Toni hardly communicates with him. Bielsa has to take the blame. He did not take any comfort measures after Toni lost his position. Everyone has a temper. What's more, Toni has always been respected by Hugo and is a senior member of the team.

Tony did not make trouble in the team, but who is he? He is a spiritual leader. Other teams have this attitude when they see Toni. Some teams that are not satisfied with Bielsa's current arrangements naturally alienate him. Bielsa has never paid attention to this aspect of the problem. The coaching team is worried about him.

Barrias wanted to persuade Bielsa, but he was not Bielsa's confidant. After Bielsa came, Barrias and his team were still in the team, but now several of them have left the first team. Lombardi and Kameni's coach Nkono have gone to the B team.

There is no reason, just that Bielsa does not value their opinions as much as before, so it is better not to do it.

Pochettino, Berizzo and others have a good relationship with Bielsa. After the training that day, when everyone was preparing to discuss the weekend opponents, Berizzo persuaded Bielsa to take some measures to appease the team players, especially since Suarez is now absent, he should have a good talk with Toni.

Bielsa also has his own persistence, he doesn't think he has any problems.

"It's different now, sir!" Pochettino also said that he has a clear understanding of this. There should be mutual respect between players and coaches. The status of players is rising sharply, but Trapani has a lot of old servants. Take Evra's case, for example, the top management put pressure on Bielsa, forcing him to change tactics.

Bielsa himself is also increasingly dissatisfied with some players. He believes that the players are too open in their spare time and their lives are too rich. They don't use all their energy to play football. Over time, he has some resentment in his heart.

Now it really proves a saying that victory can cover everything. Without victory, all problems will arise.

After a few words of persuasion, Bielsa obviously didn't listen, but turned the topic to another issue, that is, thinking about the team's future. Now it is late March, and the team has entered the final stage of attack on all fronts. Trapani is currently ranked second, but the gap with Inter Milan is not very large. It is entirely possible to turn the tide, but Trapani's current problem is that it lacks soldiers and generals.

Bielsa's own idea is to focus all his attention on the Champions League. To be honest, the old guy who was drawn by Bordeaux is still a little flattered. Bordeaux is a dark horse, but Bielsa really doesn't take Bordeaux seriously. He has watched Bordeaux's video and really doesn't think they have anything.

It will be very easy to enter the semi-finals. The Champions League title is also very important to him, so he wants to put the league aside and focus on the Champions League. This idea is very consistent with the current reality. Indeed, Trapani may encounter great difficulties in the frontcourt. He will definitely not use Vucinic. Suarez is injured again, which means that he has two less strikers. It is somewhat difficult to deal with the Italian Cup semi-finals, the Champions League, and the league.

This idea was unanimously agreed by the coaching staff, even Barrias agreed. They seemed to have to make a choice, and the Champions League was the best decision.

But there was a problem with this decision, which was that the top management couldn't know about it. They all knew that the top management wanted to catch everything in one fell swoop.