Chapter 260: A Sudden Earthquake
But Hugo's happiness is in vain, the March game is coming, Trapani in order to cope with the Italian Cup competition, since it has come to this point, Zeman has no reason to give up, and the players are also dreaming of winning the championship.
The opponent is Lazio, Lazio's backstage boss has finished playing, the team can't even pay salaries, and the team is currently led by their former veteran player, Roberto Brown. Roberto Mancini, a new character in the world of coaching.
Previously, after Mancini retired under Eriksen, he became a member of Eriksen's coaching staff, after Lazio won the championship, the minds of the players of this team changed, Eriksen had the intention of taking over the England national team early, which led to poor results in the following season, Eriksen resigned, and Lazio wanted Mancini to coach, but Mancini did not take over, and later went to Fiorentina.
Fiorentina is also a very miserable club, the owner has made a huge hole, there is no money to buy players, Mancini's performance is obvious to all, led Fiorentina to win the Italian Cup, and since then his name has begun to sound.
Fiorentina had no money and could only be relegated in the end, and then Lazio called him again, and he returned to Rome, and Lazio was in a bad situation this season, but Mancini simply kneaded a scattered Lazio into a whole, and is currently in fourth place in the league, which is better than Roma, which is stronger than them.
The team has not been easy to deal with, in the first leg at the Rome Olympic Stadium, Trapani simply lost 0:3, Lazio as a whole is very good, Ronaldo is in a sluggish state, and is limited by Lazio's side, Lucarelli is not Tony after all, and he has no performance in the face of the strong opponent Lazio.
Back in Palermo in the second leg, Zeman still stubbornly insisted on his tactical thinking, he had lost so much, and he could only attack to equalize, but he was weakly defeated by Mancini, scored two more goals, and was eliminated with a total score of 0:5 in the two rounds, which made Trapani criticized.
This team has suffered criticism, Cristiano Ronaldo has suffered criticism, Lucarelli has suffered criticism and most of all it has Zeman.
For the Coppa Italia match, Zeman stubbornly took a rotation in the league, but lost both games, failed to further open the points gap, but only won 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in all five league games in March, with only 48 points, and the ranking has dropped to third place, three points away from Sampdoria at the top of the table.
Such a result undoubtedly made Hugo very angry, and he once fantasized about taking the Coppa Italia championship to add a championship to the empty room of honor, but after falling behind 0:3 in the first leg, Hugo no longer had any illusions, Lazio is not so easy to be overturned, and no team in Serie A can be overturned by such a big score so easily.
Although as a boss he should not have such negative thoughts, but there are not a few Trapani who think like him, the team should focus on the league, the schedule in March is tight, the whole season is at a critical time, Zeman should not be so stubborn.
When he lost the second leg against Trana in the Coppa Italia, Hugo was furious and openly criticized Zeman's choice in an interview with reporters.
'Our priority is the league, not the Coppa Italia, we have invested a lot in the transfer market, not for a Coppa Italia, will the Coppa Italia allow us to be promoted?! No! To be honest, I'm not happy with Mr. Zeman's choice! ”
"I'll wait for his call, I need an explanation!" Hugo said angrily.
Unexpectedly, Zeman is also a stubborn person to the end, he does not communicate with Hugo at all, but also shoots at the media.
"The boss has the boss's job, and he shouldn't dictate my work! I don't need his guidance! ”
Hugo regretted saying such disturbing words after the game, who knew that he was mad at Zeman, did he think that his position was really firmly on Mount Tai.
In a fit of rage, an earthquake happened!
On April 1, Trapani officially announced that head coach Zeman was dismissed as head coach and was dismissed directly!
April 1 is April Fool's Day, and many people mean that this is a joke made by Trapani, but then they get the exact news from many sources that Zeman was really fired by Hugo!
Hugo's decision was a hot-headed decision, and the people in Trapani's management were unanimously opposed to the inconclusiveness, and the mad Hugo wanted to let Zeman know that he was the one who decided Trapani.
Such news became big news for a while, and the media gloated, and some said that Hugo did not understand the ball at all, and that Trapani's situation was so critical that he needed to fire the head coach.
There was no explanation, and there was no goodbye, Zeman was kicked out of Trapani like this, Zeman was also shocked, he didn't expect Hugo to break up without saying a word, and there was no room for maneuver, to be honest, he knew that he would explain to Hugo a little, after all, this boss is still a very good boss from the past performance, and he doesn't point fingers at his work, it is said that Mazzari is deeply affected.
Now that he has no regrets about taking the medicine, Zeman had to pack his bags and take the liquidated damages to Tong Trapani and say goodbye.
"I know a lot of you don't want Zeman! I can understand that! But the team has been in a terrible situation lately and I don't want the team to continue like this, and I am not happy with your performance! Hugo stood on the training ground and shouted to the first-team players, and he finally showed the majesty of a boss again.
"You have to remember that you are playing for Trapani and not for Zeman! Without him, the team has to move forward! Lombardo and Barias are temporary managers of the team, I hope you can actively cooperate with him, we need to win! ”
"I can guarantee that if the team can be promoted to the first division, I will give everyone a generous promotion reward, and everyone can raise their salary according to the agreement in the first division, but if everyone does not work hard, they fail to achieve the goal! Don't let any of you run, let me tell you that I'll let you sit on the bench! Hugo said that with carrots and big sticks, he didn't know how many people he could intimidate, but what he could do now, he still couldn't be too polite to the players.
Lombardo drank Barias was persuaded to co-coach the team, one of the two of them is a novice, and the other is not very high, and now it is difficult to find a head coach in a hurry, so they have to deal with it first, neither of them is qualified to coach the team, but the Football Association also has regulations, which is to prevent this kind of coach from leaving class halfway, and the team is difficult to find a new coach for a while, so you can let the unqualified person top for a period of time.
Zeman was fired, the matter of finding a head coach is on the agenda again, it is not easy to find a head coach who can adhere to the offensive style, just fucking the whole job fair, this is Hugo's idea, take your time, to find a head coach who can match the tactical concept in his mind.
Trapani's instantaneous earthquake naturally made many Serie B teams happy, Trapani is actually a team that makes other teams miserable, they can't be said to be desperate to attack now, Zeman has consciously changed the style of desperate attack this season, but they are still a team with more outstanding offensive power, with the start of the second half of the season, they have surpassed Sampdoria to become the team with the most goals in the league, the attack and creativity are not bad, the other teams in Serie B can not care about him?!
Now that Zeman is gone, maybe the inaugural Barias and Lombardo are another matter, plus Trapani's current internal turmoil, the gap between everyone in the standings is not large, and the idea of replacing Trapani is very popular.
But they were disappointed, on April 6, at home against the same island rival Catania, Trapani narrowly defeated the opponent 3:2 under the leadership of Lombardo and Barrias, and regained a very important victory, Trapani and Palermo, Catania are not to be seen, the first leg of the league, Trapani won Catania, this time back at home still let Catania have no good fruit to eat.
This derby victory greatly boosted the morale of Trapani, Hugo even paid hundreds of thousands of euros to reward his players after this derby, and his reward came at a good time, there are few owners in Italy who win a game like him, but he has won back the hearts of many players.
Since Lombardo and Barrias took office, Hugo has gone to the training ground more often, and there is no taboo in the locker room before and after the game.
One day in early April, Giorgio finally found an academy director to return, and given the importance of the position of youth director, Hugo took the time to meet with the academy director.
Frenchman, Denis Chafir, now works for FC Metz as assistant director of the Metz Academy, a position he has been in for almost a decade and has a wealth of experience, which Giorgio found through Sailly's help.
There are many famous academies in various countries, France also has them, Ligue 1 seems to be of a lower level than other leagues, but in fact, the youth training of their teams has developed quite well, Metz's academy is one of them, they have produced excellent players like Pires, and they have also delivered their own products to many teams, and they are very famous in the French academy.