Chapter 34: Lineup tweaking
At Euro 2004 in Portugal, Ibrahimovic still staged the "masterpiece" of his previous life - in the match against Italy, who are known for their concrete defence, the Golden Boot scored a magical goal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Info With his back to the goal, he unexpectedly swung his tail in a scorpion posture and hoisted the ball with his heel into Buffon's goal.
Groundbreaking goal!
It was also the most wonderful goal of this European Cup!
Sweden and the Netherlands met in the quarter-finals and the match was 0-0 in 90 minutes and extra time, leading to a penalty shoot-out.
Ibrahimovic, who has already won two Premier League titles and a Champions League Golden Boot this time, did not pursue the angle as much as he did in the previous life, and took the penalty off, but steadily and vigorously hit the goal, and the Swedish team finally defeated the Netherlands in the penalty shootout 6:5, although the semi-final against England stopped their pace in the first European Championship, but Ibrahimovic's performance has satisfied Arthur.
And this is reflected in the best squad of this European Cup:
Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Czech Republic), Nikopolidis (Greece)
Defenders: Campbell (England), Ashley Cole (England), Delas (Greece), Melberg (Sweden), Carvalho (Portugal), Sitaridis (Greece), Zambrotta (Italy)
Midfielders: Ballack (Germany), Figo (Portugal), Frank Lampard (England), Deco (Portugal), Nedved (Czech Republic), Zhagorakis (Greece), Zinedine Zidane (France)
Forwards: Baros (Czech Republic), Wayne Rooney (England), Tomasson (Denmark), Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Charlie Steas (Greece), Larsson (Sweden), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Blackburn Rovers have as many as 9 players selected in the best team of this European Championship!
"This time, the butterfly effect I fanned was a little bigger, and I didn't dare to use 'foresight' to gamble in the future." Arthur was both happy and afraid.
The myth of the Greek dark horse in this European Cup is staged, and Arthur will naturally plan in advance and make money from gambling again.
The investment of 30 million euros and the income of 450 million euros are what Arthur has brought to Arthur in just 15 days of this European Cup, and the profit is as high as 15 times.
However, Arthur also knows that this is the last opportunity to make money in betting, and now with the rise of Blackburn, the variables brought to world football are too great, as can be seen from this year's Asian Cup and European Cup, Arthur's "butterfly" fan effect is too great, and Arthur can no longer see the results of the future cup competition.
But that's fine, after all, Arthur doesn't like to watch "game replays" all the time, and his future net worth may not be worth the small money he makes from betting.
Although Arthur made 15 times his profits from gambling this summer, he was still the most stingy guy.
Why do you say that?
It's just that this summer, Blackburn, who have a lot of money, has once again made a profit in terms of transfers.
Chelsea's biggest 'signing' this summer has been the arrival of new manager Louis van Gaal.
The reason why Abou is interested in Van Gaal is not only the brilliant resume in his past coaching career, but also his relationship with Mourinho, who is now popular in the Premier League, as a mentor and apprentice.
When Louis van Gaal took charge of Barcelona in 1997, Mourinho served as an assistant to Van Gaal, which was also a pivotal period for Mourinho's evolution into a world-class manager. After Louis van Gaal took over as Barcelona manager, the Barcelona management wanted to let Mourinho go, but Van Gaal kept him. Van Gaal said: 'Mourinho's analytical skills are very good, you can tell he knows the ball very well. Sometimes, I even feel like I'm the only one in the whole Barcelona club who trusts Jose Mourinho. ”
Mourinho, the new Champions League winner, also spoke publicly about Louis van Gaal during this year's European Championships, saying: "I have to say that Louis van Gaal is a very good person, he is a bit like me, and only people who know him very well know how good he is. Louis van Gaal likes to analyse problems and on the training pitch he gives you complete control and with his help you can be a coach on the pitch and train the players. When I was very young and still learning how to coach, it was a very important experience to get the opportunity to coach players like Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Figo, Stoichkov and so on. Through this experience, I learned a very important coaching philosophy: communication, getting feedback from the players. I have a very strong and close relationship with Van Gaal, he is very important to me, he gives me confidence and he has taught me a lot of important things in my career. ”
Abu's most admired coach is Mourinho, but after Arthur refused to let go and Mourinho didn't want to coach a Premier League team other than Blackburn, Abu could only settle for the next best thing and chose Mourinho's "master".
Speaking ahead of the season, Louis van Gaal announced his arrival: "We have top players and with all due respect, we have a top manager. ”
With Louis van Gaal in charge of Abou's big ruble, the Blues have spent a lot of money to build a star-studded team:
Paolo Ferreira: £16 million, Blackburn Rovers.
Van der Sar: £8 million, Fulham.
Thiago: £8 million, Benfica.
Kezman: £5.5 million, PSV Eindhoven.
Bouma: £4.5 million, PSV Eindhoven.
Wright-Phillips: £16 million, Manchester City.
Alex: £5 million, Santos.
Yarosik: £8 million, CSKA Moscow.
Morientes: £24 million, Real Madrid.
Total: 9 people, £86 million. Bidder: Morientes, £24 million.
After poaching Benayoun last season and achieving good results in the league, Chelsea have once again poached key players from Blackburn.
This time it's Blackburn Rovers on the right, Paolo Ferreira.
Paulo Ferreira has an awkward position in Blackburn's side, and although he has made about the same number of league appearances as Finnan, and seems to have a firm grip on Blackburn's right-back, Mourinho prefers Finnan over his Portuguese compatriot in some of the more crucial games.
And not more loved by the manager, Paul Ferreira is also a luxury in the eyes of Arthur - because in the right-back position, the team's first choice is Finnan, who has been in good form in the past two seasons, and on the bench, Arthur prefers to let Sun Jihai play more games, so when Chelsea looked at the right-back Paolo Ferreira, who has been the number of Premier League players in the past two seasons, Blackburn just bargained and finally chose to sell at a fairly high premium of 16 million pounds.
In addition to Paolo Ferreira joining Chelsea, Blackburn captain Jeff Kenner also opted to move to his hometown team, and this time Arthur could only charge a symbolic £1 transfer fee in recognition of the latter's contribution to Blackburn Rovers and the team's relegation to League One.
Although Blackburn Rovers have left two players at right-back this year, Arthur and Jose Mourinho both believe that the team does not need to bring in reinforcements in this position, because Sun Jihai, who has developed significantly in recent seasons, is more than capable of being a substitute for the team's right-back.
Blackburn Rovers left two at back this summer, bringing in just one player, and it was Delas who was finalised before the European Championships.
The 28-year-old is a 197cm-tall Greek centre-back who made a name for himself in Perugia before moving to Roma, but was only a substitute in the team last season, making 14 appearances, with the advantage of strong air defense, and the disadvantage of being slow to turn and easy to be broken by a striker who excels in speed.
Blackburn's introduction of Dellas is only concerned about possible injuries at the team's central defenders, but the team's fifth central defender after Stam, Carvalho, Heinze and Martin Taylor, and the transfer fee of only 700,000 pounds also reflects his status in the team.
Blackburn's biggest signings at the back came from the goalkeeper position, and this time it was another cut-off signing.
Originally, Chelsea had coveted Cech for a long time, but after Van Gaal came to the team, they were more inclined to play in the Premier League for three seasons, and finally Chelsea signed Van der Sar, and Blackburn signed Cech for 7 million pounds.
The 33-year-old has been in good form over the past three seasons and the 22-year-old has strengthened Blackburn's position and the 12-year-old will be in serious and healthy competition for the goalkeeping spot.
The arrival of Cech left Blackburn's original second goalkeeper Giroud Robinson completely out of action, so he was sold for £1 million to Fulham, who lost Van der Sar.
The biggest change for Blackburn in the summer transfer was in midfield, with three outs and one in, and they achieved a profit of more than 20 million pounds.
Leave:
Gyuli: £19 million, Barcelona (La Liga).
Mendieta: £13 million, Valencia (La Liga).
Shunsuke Nakamura: £4.5 million, Celtic (Su Super League).
Join:
Robben: £13 million, PSV Eindhoven.
Thanks to his excellent performances in the Premier League and Champions League, Gyuli is as much of a match as Barcelona in his predecessors, and apart from his height, Gyuli has few shortcomings, and Mourinho does not want to let him go.
However, in order to cultivate Cristiano Ronaldo, who agrees to play as a right midfielder in the new season, and let the Portuguese compatriot, who has gradually shown the style of a superstar, grow as soon as possible, Mourinho finally agreed to Giuli's departure.
Moreover, under Mourinho's tutelage, Bentley, England's new golden boy, who could only be qualified as a center forward and a right winger, will also play a cameo role as a right midfielder in the new season, and Blackburn's strength in this position can only be said to be increasing.
In the end, in the long-term fighting spirit of Monchi and Barcelona, Barcelona brought in Giuli at a high price of 19 million pounds, although this price is expensive, but it is of great significance to Barcelono, because the arrival of Giuli has finally formed the Trident of La Liga Dream Team: Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Giuli!
The departures of Mendieta and Shunsuke Nakamura did not make much of a splash, and although Mendieta was the brightest star in the Champions League final, the £13 million move away from him as a substitute for Duff and Frank Lampard was enough to silence the vast majority. And Shunsuke Nakamura, who was only a substitute in the team, took the initiative to seek to leave the team, and finally joined the Celtics, who were popular in his previous life, which can be regarded as a predestined result.
Robben had already met with United boss Alex Ferguson when he flew to London in 2003, but United's £5 million offer was too low for PSV Eindhoven. The PSV chairman ridiculed the offer: "Manchester United's offer is only enough to buy a Robben's signed shirt, nothing more. I'm not going to tell you my psychological asking price, but it's a ridiculous offer. ”
Arthur, who learned the news, quickly made an offer of 13 million pounds, which was accepted by PSV Eindhoven, so Robben switched to Blackburn, and after the minor problems in the summer have been cured, the 20-year-old Dutch Peter Pan is in the position of Arthur and Mourinho, and the new season is more of a substitute for Duff and Ronaldo.
Perhaps in the near future, the beautiful picture of the left Robben, the right Ronaldo, and the middle Ibrahimovic is about to appear!
And Robben's left and right characteristics are enough to make up for the weakness of Blackburn's right side after the departure of Giuli in the new season.
On the front line, Blackburn's most marketable value is undoubtedly Ibrahimovic, and there are also a number of giants who want to buy the new Champions League Golden Boot this summer, but after seeing that Ibrahimovic may be a "dark horse" to win this year's Golden Ball Award, Arthur chose to refuse.
Ibrahimovic, who has the title of "Fengxian", obviously will not be Blackburn's long-term choice, and the current Mourinho can suppress Ibrahimovic's personality, which does not mean that the new coach of Blackburn will be able to suppress this arrogant genius in the future.
However, Arthur believes that under his own operation, even with Berlusconi's involvement, Ibrahimovic still has a good hope of winning this year's Ballon d'Or, and once the Ballon d'Or is added, Ibrahimovic's value will increase by at least half.
In addition to Ibrahimovic, Blackburn's forwards, Larsson, and Drogba are all more powerful than famous, and they can't sell at a high price at this time, but they are strong, so Arthur will not do such a loss-making deal at all.
This summer transfer window, Arthur not only did not weaken the forward reserves, but instead brought in a young player - although this recruitment is not in the plans of Mourinho and Monchi, Arthur is proud of this lucrative recruitment plan.
Just because the name of this new signing is called, Robin van Persie! (To be continued.) )