Chapter 352: The Boss's Difficulty
Why would Li Mudi worry so much about his friend's coaching work before the dust settled? Because the profession of head coach of the football team is too insecure compared to other jobs, only a very few managers can part with the club peacefully in a more decent way, and the vast majority of people leave the team passively. If you meet a club with a human touch, or have a deep bond with the club, this can also make you leave at the end of the season, but more than eighty percent of the fired squid are produced in the middle of the season, and the manager will lose everything in an instant when people say "fuck off".
The more sophisticated giants are better, at least the liquidated damages will not be less, and those small clubs will ". Eggs", when signing your contract, various termination clauses were added, so that you can get up to three months' salary when you leave, otherwise the club would have gone bankrupt with the frequency of changing coaches like Palermo president Zamparini.
However, the stakes in charge of the giants are also higher with first-class treatment, Bosque, Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti, the only three Real Madrid in the last two decades who can leave at the end of the season, and of course, they certainly do not say goodbye to the Bernabeu with a "successful retirement" mentality. Not to mention the rest of the second-level managers, take Zizou's predecessor Benitez as an example, Real Madrid was born in the lineage, and has previously proven his coaching ability in Valencia and Liverpool, even if he is not the world's top ten coaches, but the first-class coach is still stable. is such a famous coach, or Yu Da was directly dismissed from his post last season when the results were not too bad, giving Zidane a chance to soar.
Of course, Benitez has never been the best manager in Lafayette's mind, his relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo and other big names are strained, and the heavy defeat to Barcelona in the Spanish derby, but in the final analysis, it is due to the fact that the team's results do not meet everyone's expectations. Real Madrid, the world's top giants, every year, every event must be the goal, as long as you can lead the team to get the results you deserve, then the previous problems are not a problem.
And through comparison, it is not difficult to see that Qi Zu's current situation is only slightly better than that of Benitez at that time, that is, Lafayette still trusts him so far. But this alone is not enough, even the recognized strong chairman of football cannot resist the players' creation for a long time. On the contrary, the dissatisfaction of the fans and the continuous criticism from the outside world, if the results cannot be recovered as soon as possible, then sooner or later the president of Real Madrid will have to cry and kill the horse. And this is already a privilege that only the former world footballer of the year can have, and if someone else is replaced, the news that he has now been fired has long been spread around.
Relative to the replacement of players, which can only occur in the transfer window twice a year in winter and summer, there is no time limit for the manager to be dismissed from the middle of the class, as long as the club's top management agrees, the former can be dismissed at any time, and let him roll as far as he can. To sum up, the relationship with the club's management (honest and obedient), the relationship with the players (to appease those big-name stars and make them accept their leadership), and the results of leading the team (to win the championship and win the confrontation with the sworn enemy), each of which must be completed beautifully in order to keep his position, the head coach is really not as easy as most people think.
In terms of data, among the five major European leagues, the change of manager in the middle of each season is relatively frequent, counting only the situation after 2010 (not counting the new season), the average number is 11 times in the Bundesliga, 7 times in Ligue 1, 12.3 times in La Liga, 9.86 times in the Premier League, and 14.7 times in Serie A. The reason why Serie A has the most is due to Palermo president Zamparini, whose experience of changing managers nine times in the 15-16 match should be a historical record, and it will be difficult for future generations to break unless he himself goes crazy again.
The slowest schedule of the top five leagues this season has also been completed with 10 rounds, which coincides with the high incidence of manager changes, and as of the beginning of November, there have been multiple manager changes in two or three weeks. One of the first to receive a dismissal letter was Crystal Palace manager Frank de Boer, the former Dutch legend who set a record for the shortest time in Inter Milan's history last season, and was swept away by a goalless losing streak just 72 days after taking over the new manager's position.
In addition to De Boer, there are three Premier League managers who have been sacked in mid-to-late October, including the Dutchman's former national team team-mate Ronald Koeman, while West Ham manager Croatian Bilic has also been on the verge of being sacked in the past few days.
In the Bundesliga, there are three managers who left before November, the biggest card is undoubtedly Ancelotti, on September 28, Bayern, who ranked third in the league, officially announced the Italian's dismissal, but with his prestige, he is not worried about no new job, and may soon be able to find a home to return to work.
The new season of Ligue 1 is relatively quiet, and only Metz coach Heathberg has lost his job, but the departure of the old Gourcuff will soon become a reality, and the teams at the bottom of the table are likely to suddenly announce the decision to change managers.
La Liga is the departure of four head coaches, but there are no too well-known guys, all of them are local stalwarts like Pepe Meier, but now the negative news about Zizou is increasing, and he has almost locked in a number of head coach awards of the year, once he encounters the most extreme situation, I wonder if those who voted for him in the selection event will feel that their faces are very painful.
Finally, let's take a look at Italian football, on October 9, when the seven rounds of league matches ended, the newspaper La Repubblica published an article saying that the managers of 20 teams were still in office for the first time in nearly 20 years, expressing joy and a lot of surprise. Soon after, however, Cagliari spearheaded the change, sacking Massimo Rasteli and replacing Uruguayan Diego López. Benevento, who has struggled to find a point since then, also had to step out of the decision and replace Baroni with De Zerbi in the hope that the team can change their luck, but so far it has not worked.
In the ninth round of the league, after Udinese lost 2-6 at home to Juventus, the local media "Udinese Blog" quoted the "Milan Sports Newspaper" as saying that the team management has lost confidence in the old coach Del Neri, and they are likely to urgently change the coach. However, due to the lack of internal unanimous thinking, the decision to change the coach has not been confirmed for a long time, and the old coach seized the opportunity to defeat Sassuolo and Atalanta in the next two rounds, and renewed his already precarious life in the moment before falling off the cliff. However, the 4-7 record obviously does not completely dispel the club's doubts, and if he wants to sit in the position, Delneri must continue to win, otherwise the future prospects are not good.
And after last weekend's 2-0 defeat at home to old rivals Juventus (old woman again!) The club spent a lot of money in the summer to bring in a number of good players, but 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses temporarily ranked ninth in the standings, will definitely not satisfy any AC Milan executives and fans. "La Rijna Italia" exclusively disclosed or "spread rumors" that "Brother Li" had expressed his dissatisfaction with the current results more implicitly at a high-level meeting, and he hoped that the team could return to the form at the beginning of the season as soon as possible, otherwise it is likely that necessary measures will be taken. Considering that half of the team's main players have just been introduced or renewed this summer, who will be adjusted, it should not be difficult to guess.
However, the general manager of the Rossoneri, Marco Fasone, immediately refuted the rumors in an interview with the reporter of "Milan Sport", saying that the team still believes in the current manager as always, and although the decline in results is indeed dissatisfying to everyone, it is not Montella's problem alone, and everyone including the club staff and all the players have to share their own responsibilities. On behalf of AC Milan's hierarchy, he reiterated that the manager's position is very secure, and warned the media outlets who are making up fake news to stop making waves or the club will take the necessary steps to deal with it.
Although Montella has received the support of the club's bigwigs, it is clear to industry insiders that this is just a temporary reassurance, having invested so much money three months ago, the new owners of the Rossoneri naturally cannot bear to be unable to obtain a Champions League or even Europa League place.
It was Saturday evening, November 4th, when the twelfth round of Serie A was officially contested, and in the first game, Bologna suffered a small upset at home, and were beaten 2-3 by Crotone, who had been underperforming at the beginning of the season. The latter, following the victory over Fiorentina in the previous round, won two consecutive victories and rose to 11 points, temporarily escaping the whirlpool of relegation battles.
Later, Sampdoria defeated Genoa by two goals away from home with an efficient attack, and still maintained the excellent momentum of challenging for European qualification, and Gianpaolo's team is currently 7 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses and one game less, which is indeed the biggest group of dark horses this season.
However, before the media could praise the old sailor and his manager, everyone's attention was drawn to another piece of exciting news, and the official website of the Genoa club issued an announcement late Saturday night, saying that the team's head coach Ivan Juric officially stepped down, becoming the third Serie A manager to lose his job this season.
In fact, before the game, Sky Sports Italia reported that if Sampdoria could not be defeated in the "Lighthouse Derby", Juric's position was very likely to be lost. But when this scene really happened, there was still a sigh in the football world, after all, the former Croatian midfielder was born in the Griffon Army, and half of his career was dedicated here. And he retired at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium, and then served as the head coach of the Genoa youth team, so it can be said that he has a deep connection with the ball.
Last season, he didn't perform too badly after taking over the first-team coach, but he was sacked midway through the process for failing to live up to the club's expectations, but his replacement by homegrown coach Mandolini was a disaster, bringing the team all the way to the brink of relegation. In desperation, the Genoa senior management licked his face and invited Yuric back, who successfully led the team to ensure the qualification to stay in Serie A one round ahead of schedule under huge relegation pressure, which can be said to be conscientious and uncomplaining, but in the end it was still an unhappy break up waiting for him.
Of course, this is not to say that this class is also somewhat wronged like last season, after all, the current average scoring rate of only 0.5 points per game of the Griffin Army is really bad enough, their relegation situation is very unoptimistic, and the senior management is also forced to take a knife.
According to some media, the most likely to take over the Genoa coach is former Pescara coach Odor, or Ballardini, who served as a firefighting coach for the Griffons twice in November 2010 and January 2013, and the former has once again appeared in everyone's field of vision after the news of contact with Udinese not long ago, becoming one of the most sought-after managers this season.
I have to say that the efficiency of Genoa FC is indeed quite high, before Sunday afternoon, before the first game of the day officially started, they announced on the official website that Davide Balardini will become the team's new manager, and the two sides will sign a contract until June next year, if the team succeeds in relegation, the famous homeless coach can choose to renew his contract. Later, the club's new general manager, Giorgio Perinetti, expressed his support for the new coach in an interview with reporters, believing that the team will definitely find some form under the leadership of Varardini and return to the middle of the table.
Although the change of coach appeared relatively suddenly, which caused a certain impact, but with the full opening of the league at the weekend, the outside world shifted most of its attention to the game, because at half past 12 o'clock on this day, a strong dialogue is about to be staged, and Inter Milan, who is currently ranked second in the standings, sits in Meazza and ushered in the challenge of the league's fifth Torino team, which is naturally the highlight of a global live broadcast.
The two meetings between the two sides last season ended 2-2, and the two managers were evenly matched with 1-1 (Roma and Torino won 3-1 at their respective home stadiums). However, judging from the odds given by the major bookmakers before the game, the Nerazzurri with a better record and home advantage are still more optimistic, while the Red Bulls will have to go all out to win if they want to retain the last ounce of hope of hitting the league title, and the eyes of fans across the country and even the world are focused on Milan City this weekend.