40. Winter reinforcements

On the day of Trapani's home game against Parma, the two sides had fully agreed that Pizarro would only need to pass a medical examination to join Trapani, so Pizarro and Hidalgo sat in the stands to watch Trapani's first game after the winter break.

Before this battle, Miku had returned from injury and returned to the position of the main midfielder, Ribery was in excellent condition but was still pressed on the bench by Hugo, fortunately, during this time, Berry's training attitude and way were very good, Hugo also explained to him, he told Ribery to be patient, sometimes learning things do not have to be on the field to learn, watching the game off the pitch, can cultivate a good sense of the overall situation.

Parma has been in charge of the Parmala City Hall since the decline of the Parmalat Group, which is now in charge of them by the government, and everyone thought that they would encounter a story with Fiorentina, but they are obviously more tenacious than Fiorentina, they have performed well in the last two seasons and successfully completed the relegation task, but the team's problems have always existed, and many stars have been sold, and now this gang is thriving under the leadership of Prandelli, which is very difficult to deal with.

They were also ahead of Trapani ahead of this game, and Prandelli also complimented Trapani in his pre-match press conference, judging from Prandelli's coaching style, he pursues a balance of attack and defence, but is more attacking, which is somewhat similar to Hugo's current coaching style in Trapani.

Because of this style, the first game after the winter break, the two sides did not seem conservative at all, you and I was very lively, and the forward combination of Tony and Klose was still very powerful.

Klose's advantages as a player are outstanding, he is very willing to study the new identity role when he comes to the team, and now he is not a pseudo-winger, but the type of center forward who is biased towards retreating, he still quickly found his senses, 6:0 in the game against Brescia, he came back to contribute a pass and a shot, as the state slowly picked up, he played more brilliantly in this game, contributed 2 shots and 1 pass, not only scored himself, but also helped Toney score.

Offensively, Trapani played very well, but problems also appeared in the defense, mainly in the transition between attack and defense, Miku was in a very average state in this game after his return, and failed to lead Li Tie and Mascherano to control the rhythm, resulting in Parma also having a good performance in attack, they seized Trapani's loopholes well, and also scored three goals, and the two sides ended up in a draw.

Judging from everyone's emotions after the game, Trapani's players were not particularly disappointed, Hugo did not feel much disappointment, the team must have times when they were in good form and in poor form, and Trapani is not necessarily better than Parma in terms of their own strength, and it is completely acceptable to get a point at home.

Prandelli was also pleased with the result, with Trapani now unbeaten in four games and a point on the road is acceptable.

Pizarro didn't have any communication with Hugo before, Hugo only made a commitment to the main force through Hidalgo, and when he finished signing after the match with Parma, Hugo found Pizarro alone.

Hugo told Pizarro about his tactical arrangement, Trapani's tactics are not the same as Spalletti's Udinese, when he was in Udinese, Pizarro was the absolute core, the controller of the rhythm, the hub of the transition between attack and defense, but in Trapani, Pizarro's role will not be like this, Hugo hopes that Pizarro and Miku will resonate and control the rhythm together, instead of letting the team go it alone around Pizarro.

"You need to feel like you're feeling, especially with Joao! I want you to play a role like Pep did! In attack, you don't need to be overly inserted, you can play Joao's deputy in attack, in terms of control I need you to control the team's tempo, I want the team to be a little faster! "Hugo drew his thoughts on the tactical board.

Pizarro and Pep Guardiola have something in common, but they also have some common shortcomings, their passing is very good, but the pace of the ball is a bit slow, Hugo wants his team to attack a little more aggressively, Guardiola can no longer count on the younger Pizarro, Hugo wants him to make some small changes in style.

Serie A teams rarely have a bright rhythm, it feels like they are old fritters, slow, everyone does this for only one purpose, the slower the rhythm, the easier it is to maintain integrity in the defensive formation, there are rules for pressing up and retreating, and it is not easy to be caught by others to make mistakes.

Hugo doesn't want his team to evolve like this, when he just coached, he advocated 433, make full use of the speed impact on the side, and now change to 352 to pursue a balance between offense and defense, the change of formation is actually not what he thinks, the situation is just forced, now the team's situation has improved, he hopes that Pizarro can lead the team to play a more fast pace.

Pizarro thought that Hugo was a boss and head coach who relied on the coaching staff to survive, but after this detailed discussion, he found that he was wrong, Hugo actually had his own ideas, his own understanding of the game and the development of football, but the outside media liked to say that Hugo did not learn and did not know how to do it.

The two of them asked and answered, and had a lot of tactical discussions, and more than an hour passed quickly, and Pizarro fully understood what Hugo meant.

"I didn't expect you to know so much!" Pizarro ended up sighing heartily.

"Most of the media ridiculed me for not knowing anything, and the results are also due to the players, my assistants! I take this as jealousy! They were jealous that I had my own team at such a young age, that I could do whatever I wanted to be the manager, that I was the youngest manager in the history of the Italian top league, that I was so successful! Hugo said proudly.

The youngest head coach in the history of Serie A is the Hungarian Weitz, who brought the M formation to Italy and led Inter Milan to the national championship, at the age of 34, but more than 70 years later, Hugo became the youngest head coach in the history of Serie A. Before the season, everyone analyzed that the relegation landing score was about 40 points, and the task was half completed.

Pizarro couldn't help but smile when he heard Hugo's proud tone, proud is better than proud, he knows that Hugo is a monopoly, a monopoly can play the team very well in the position of head coach, and he has to admit that people do have proud capital.

Pizarro was only the first step in the recruitment, and soon Selly brought in Brazilian player McConn. Douglas. Cecerando, a Brazilian player with his own offensive attributes, this player is actually not a hasty decision, it is the old Hernandez who recommended Sellly, saying that he was an Argentine scout How did he find Brazil, and he really did his best to do his job.

As early as the summer, Trapani used his intention to introduce him, but then Hugo gave the non-EU quota to Li Tie, resulting in the team having no non-EU quota, after half a season of observation, Selli strengthened his determination to introduce McConn, and finally sold 3.5 million euros to take McCone from Cruzeiro!

McCone has long aspired to play on the European continent, and players like them can only make a lot of money when they go to Europe, how much money can they make in Brazil?!

However, during the winter break, McConn was introduced, but McCone could not play for the team, and he could not even register, Trapani had a way, and immediately subleased McCone to Guingamp for half a season, intending to recycle it next season.

But the team still lacks a right-back who can serve as a substitute, young players are not easy to find, Sailly set his sights on veterans, he tends to sign a one-year or two-year contract veteran, after obtaining Hugo's consent, Cerly actually found Lazio's old captain Negro.

Speaking of this Negro has to mention the character of Lotito, Lazio fell into a crisis in 2002, these two years under the leadership of Mancini Lazio did not follow in the footsteps of Florence, in November 2003, the self-made billionaire Lotito acquired 30% of Lazio's shares, became the largest shareholder, and then he also sat in the position of Lazio president.

As soon as this gentleman came to power, the idea was very simple and pure, that is, to get rid of the high-paid inaction players, well, unfortunately, the captain Negro is one of them, Negro is 32 years old, he is no longer the main position in Lazio, he is a substitute, but the salary is a lot, and he struggles in Lazio.

Trapani threw away the olive branch, Lotito agreed without serious consideration, and terminated Negro's contract early, allowing Negro to transfer to Trapani on a free transfer, although Trapani could not ensure Negro's main position, but guaranteed Negro's salary requirements, and gave Negro a contract of one and a half years, ending in the summer of 2005.

Trapani also wanted to bring in a midfielder, but it was never suitable in the winter market, and in the end, knowing that the winter transfer window was closed, Trapani still couldn't do what he wanted.