Chapter 198: The Strongest Shield
On September 29, there was a lot of buzz inside and outside the Alp Stadium. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe stadium, which has always been a concern for attendance, ushered in a rare scene tonight, and the stands on all sides can even be described as overcrowded!
Seeing this scene, Mo Lao Fox who appeared in the VIP box was naturally quite happy. Although the ultimate goal of the Juventus general manager is to establish Juventus as the supremacy of Serie A, for Mo Lao Fox, who has always paid attention to making ends meet, the club's declining ticket revenue is also a matter of great concern to him.
Why is the team's results getting better and better, but the ticket revenue and attendance are declining, and only when there is a strong dialogue will the attendance rate become more objective? Mo Lao Fox thought about it, and failed to find a reasonable answer to this question, so he had to blame it on Juventus's too simple and steady style of play to the fans is not strong.
Of course, if Juventus were to change their style to attacking football in order to attract attention and increase attendance, Mo Lao Fox would definitely not be willing. After all, in Moji's opinion, the most important thing is always the championship trophy, and he must not put the cart before the horse!
I have to say that Moggie's analysis does have some truth. Juventus' unflattering style of play and overly utilitarian tactical play are indeed one of the reasons for the sluggish attendance at the Alp. But in fact, one of the more important reasons for this phenomenon is that Mo Lao Fox attaches too much importance to the club's balance of payments!
In order to ensure that the club is financially balanced, since the day he took office as general manager of Juventus, Moggi has been constantly selling off the team's stars who are about to pass their prime (such as Roberto Baggio, Vialli, Zinedine Zidane, etc.), turning them into a sum of cash, and then using these funds to recruit the team and give other players salary increases. This was the main means used by Juventus in the Moggi era to ensure financial health!
However, although Moggi's throttling approach can maintain the financial balance while maximizing Juventus' competitiveness, his business strategy also makes Juventus lack the star flavor and attention necessary for the giants. For example, in the summer of 2001, the core of the midfield, Zinedine Zidane, was sold to Real Madrid for a world-record transfer fee, and the old foxes used this huge amount of money in exchange for Nedved, Thuram, Buffon and many other giants, successfully completed the team's rebuilding work, and allowed the Bianconeri, who had been in the doldrums for several seasons, to stand at the top of Serie A again. However, Zidane's departure has also had a negative impact on Juventus' reputation - what qualifies a club that is willing to sell even the core of the team at the peak of its career can be compared to the star-studded Real Madrid?
Actually, Moji wasn't unaware of this. It's just that the old fox is better at throttling operations than open source, so he chose this path. Moreover, Moggie is unlikely to know that the top giants of the Boseman era are on the fast track to becoming stronger, and even the bench will have a vote of international players from various countries. Therefore, if Moggi continues to follow this business strategy to run Juventus, although there will be no problems in the short term, when the era of golden football comes, Juventus's life will become quite difficult.
The reason why Juventus was able to re-emerge after the callgate incident in the previous life was not only because of the overall decline of Serie A after the callgate incident, and the attraction of big-name stars was not as good as before, and all clubs had to tighten their belts to live, giving Juventus a chance to breathe, and finally waited for the arrival of Conte, the great god, to lead the Bianconeri to a successful revival. It is also because of the crazy investment of John Elkann and Andre Agnelli in the transfer market that the Bianconeri have plenty of money to strengthen the team every summer!
Now let's get down to business, let's start with the starting line-ups of both teams for this game. For Juventus, the Bianconeri can be said to be the main force, and it looks like Capello intends to take advantage of the home advantage to get a key victory at Tottenham Hotspur and pave the way for the team to successfully break through this group of death!
The goalkeeper is Gian Luigi Buffon, who is known as the "world's No. 1 goalkeeper", the four defenders from left to right are Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Thuram and Zebina, Emerson and De Jong form a double back, Nedved and Camoranesi are separated on the left and right wings, and the forward line is a combination of Trezeguet and Pierrot, the prince of the zebras!
Although Ibrahimovic did not join Juventus in this life due to George's relationship, so the Bianconeri only have one and a half strikers available in the forward line so far (Pierrot, who will have a goal drought from time to time, can only be counted as half), this does not mean that Tottenham can relax in defence. You must know that a typical Italian team like Juventus, the defensive counterattack has been deeply imprinted in their bones, and its head coach Capello is a master of this, and the four-goal slaughter of Barcelona known as the "dream team" in the Champions League final with AC Milan is his pinnacle. Therefore, if Tottenham are not too careful about this, then it is very likely that they will fall short in the end and fall into a passive situation in the battle for qualification from the group!
In addition, although after Zinedine Zidane's transfer to Real Madrid, Juventus no longer have a real top superstar in the team, but the Bianconeri win on three lines of strength balanced, except for the inconsistent form of right-back Zebina, there is no obvious weakness. Therefore, it is an extremely difficult task for Tottenham to take points from Juventus!
The most important thing is that this Juventus team is too strong defensively. Although Vieira has not yet joined at this time, the arrival of De Jong and Heitinga has left Capello with more personnel available in defence. And this has led to Juventus not conceding a goal in the four league games that have ended so far, only conceding three goals against Zeman's Ajax!
Looking at Tottenham, George, who is aiming to take a point away from home, has put forward a starting lineup that is solid on the counter-attack. Goalkeeper Petr Cech, right-back Stephen Carr, left-back Patrice Evra, the two central defenders are Nemanja Vidic and Ledley King, Mascherano, Xavi Alonso and Kompany form the iron triangle in midfield, and the front trident is a combination of Ribery, Cristiano Ronaldo and Drogba!
Suffice it to say, whether Tottenham can get out of the Alps today depends on whether their attacking trident can break through the strongest shield carefully crafted by Capello!
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