38. Comrades still need to work hard
Injuries are always a topic that every team can't avoid, Trapani used to have few injuries in the lower leagues, and now in Serie A, this season the injury situation has suddenly become serious, and Hugo and Trapani are quite ill-prepared for this.
Without Miku, he can't even find out who will replace him, and Guardiola, now Hugo has deeply regretted it, he feels that he has been deceived, bringing in this guy for free is simply a loss-making deal, it's been a year, has Guardiola made more than 20 appearances for the team?! The answer must be no.
After returning to Trapani from Genoa, Pep Guardiola's injury was even more sad, according to the final examination results, unfortunately, this time the problem was more serious than the last time, the old problem, the knee collateral ligament was strained again, and he missed many games, no one knows, after all, this guy is not young.
When he heard the news from the medical center, Hugo was depressed, "Oh, damn, I knew that this guy wouldn't be able to play a few games, so he shouldn't have been brought in in the first place!" ”
Hugo's face is full of frustration and depression, Guardiola's contract is not short, is it possible to keep it like this every year?!
Sailly can only smile bitterly in the face of Hugo, so sometimes you can't get dizzy, consider it in many ways, on the whole, at the end of last season, Guardiola has played the main team, and with his experience and good technical ability, he has indeed brought a lot of benefits to Trapani, but this is too useless!
"In the future, you have to think about bringing in players and consider their injury history! We can't afford to lose a lot of money on this! Sailly sighed bitterly.
"Yes, fuck, that's millions, we have to pay more than 10 million euros in three years, a lesson in blood and tears!" Hugo is so raw and painful.
Pep Guardiola has been suffering from injuries since the late stages of Barcelona, he played well in Brescia, but he was banned and injured, and he was not full attendance, and he also had injuries in Rome, so Trapani should have been mentally prepared.
"Forget it, forget it! Don't mention him! Pizarro has to hurry up, talk to Udinese, Pizarro is in the right place for Guardiola, we need him! Hugo waved his hand annoyedly and talked about Pizarro.
Today's meeting with Selli and Giorgio in the office is mainly to talk about Pizarro's transfer, everyone has to come up with a plan in advance, how much the transfer fee should be controlled, what range of salary should be controlled, and in addition to Pizarro, everyone has to discuss the replacement candidates, in case the negotiation fails, Trapani will also have to strengthen in winter.
The position is not only limited to the midfield, but also on the side, especially on the right side, Trapani has only one Maggio barely enough, and there is a serious shortage of replacements.
There are a lot of good players in Udinese, today we talked about Pizarro, Hugo talked about Jankulovski, this is a Czech player, previously in Napoli, only transferred to Udinese last season, and as a result, Udinese mixed up, a very good full-back, against Udinese, he also made a deep impression on the management of Trapani.
But this person has two regrets, one is that this guy is a left wingback, and Trapani has no shortage of left fullbacks, there are Evra, Grosso and Peruso can also play, there is no need to introduce Yankulovski, the introduction of others must be for the main position, not to mention that people may not be willing to go to Trapani, after all, Udinese is a team in the European zone, and what does Trapani have?! It's nothing, it's just a relegation team! Another regret is that he is a non-EU player, the Czech Republic is said to join the EU, but now it is not a reality after all, Trapani has no place to bring him in, unless Li Tie is sold!
Selling Li Tie is equivalent to a financial loss, Li Tie can not only be used as a midfield rotation player for the team, but also a sharp weapon for Trapani in business, Hugo needs him very much, and he will not let him leave now, if possible, he will even let Li Tie play here for many years.
"To pick a player like Jankulovski, I need to add to the back full-backs, not too old, preferably younger! Around 20 years old, it's best to have a big team experience! Hugo spoke to Sailly about his idea of strengthening on the right flank, and he wanted a full-back like Jankulovski who could go up and down and provide assists.
When Sailly heard it, his head was very big, such a player is actually very difficult to find, it is so easy, and what Hugo said is contradictory, Sailly can understand that Hugo wants a young version of Yankulovski as a supplement, and the main force is still Maggio, but this template is over, is he still willing to wait for you to be patient when he comes to the team? !
Entering December, Trapani has the Italian Cup and the league, the Italian Cup is unfortunate, they drew Inter Milan, Zaccheroni's Inter Milan is now in good shape, Trapani lacks a major general, from a comprehensive point of view, Hugo can only choose to give up, Inter Milan's uncles can't afford to be injured, but Trapani's players can't afford to be injured, and whether they can be safely relegated this season is a problem.
As a result, in the first leg held at the Meazza Stadium in early December, Trapani was beaten by Inter Milan and lost 0:3 at the feet of Inter Milan.
Hugo put all the problems of the defeat down to injuries, we were injured at the back, we were injured in the midfield, we had minor injuries up front, the comrades worked hard but the game was tough, and we will reflect on the loss.
The media who were unhappy with Hugo were waiting to see Hugo's jokes, they wanted to see if Trapani, who was short of troops against Bologna, would die miserably, but Trapani won the later games, but he lost the core figure, and Ribery was put in the forward position by Hugo, and reformulated a new tactical strategy.
The process of the game, a little ugly, in Bologna's home stadium, Trapani was in a passive situation, but it was Trapani who won, Ribery moved to the middle to perform embarrassingly, but he scored again, helping Trapani beat Bologna by one goal away from home, and got three points again, Trapani's 12 rounds, 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, got 18 points, ranked seventh.
Trapani has found his groove again in the last three rounds, not losing a single game, and also picking up two wins.
However, in the league and the Coppa Italia, Trapani suffered another series of defeats, the league at home to Lazio, Trapani's performance improved, but the goal did not come, Lazio and Trapani were evenly matched in the creation of chances, but they were more lucky, the striker seized the opportunity, and also beat Trapani by a goal at the Barbera Stadium.
Trapani, who continued to play as a substitute in the Coppa Italia, also improved slightly at home, but they also lost, losing to Inter Milan by a narrow goal, and were eliminated by Inter Milan with an aggregate score of 0:4, unable to continue in the Coppa Italia.
The final round of the first half of the league was played on December 21, Trapani took on Chievo away, Chievo was 11th, Trapani was 9th, the difference between the two teams was three points, Trapani's away record was not very good, and Chievo happened to be not very good at home, the two teams experienced a flat game, both sides failed to score, and each team took a point.
With the end of this game, Trapani's first half of the game was completed, with 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in 14 rounds, 19 points, ranking 9th, which is a good result, for the promoted horses, but the media wants to find fault and compare Trapani with Sampdoria.
After 14 rounds, Sampdoria accumulated 21 points, ranked before Trapani, Sampdoria actually didn't invest much in this summer, but Novelino level is really good, 21 points and 14 rounds, if Sampdoria can continue to play like this, relegation should not be a problem.
"Novellino did a good job, and I'm not bad either! Before the start of the season, they said that Trapani's relegation was difficult and the team was not strong enough, but in fact, we have already won 19 points before the halfway point of the league! We're no problem with relegation! Hugo complained to Allegri at Christmas dinner.
Allegri laughed, from the heart, Allegri thinks that Hugo has changed a lot this season, when he took over the team for the first time, Hugo's main identity is to put on the amateur player, but unfortunately this guy is not strong-willed, and he has little knowledge, at that time it was really lackluster, everyone said that Hugo was neither a player nor a manager.
This season, Hugo is obviously much more serious and diligent, and Allegri even thinks that if Hugo can really continue to do this, maybe he can really become a generation of famous coaches!
"No matter what anyone else says! Anyway, I think you're doing a really good job! However, the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard! Allegri said with a serious pretense.
Everyone around laughed.