Chapter 60: Brescia's off-the-field cooperation with Milan

"XX dependence" is not a new term, such as Brescia before, who is often thought to have "baggio dependence". Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Due to Baggio's injury at the beginning of last season, Brescia struggled near the relegation zone for a long time, and it was not until Baggio returned from injury that he slowly got back on track.

Now, as the core of the team slowly shifts to Zhang Shu, Brescia seems to have also shifted the object of their dependence to Zhang Shu. In fact, there were signs of this from the beginning of the season, Brescia did not perform well in the first round, and it was only thanks to Zhang Shu that he made a penalty to barely force Chievo.

Brescia then used a new tactic, winning five in a row in the league, in which Zhang Shu played an irreplaceable role.

But at that time, no one mentioned such a thing as "Zhang Shu dependence", and everyone thought that the rest of Brescia was doing very well. Toney is completely free from last season's injury, scoring five goals in six league games, an efficiency that is nothing short of impressive for a tactical centre-forward with few shots. Although Baggio has only been hovering around the threshold of 200 goals for a long time and has been unable to score a record goal, he also has 4 assists, ranking first in the assist list. Pep Guardiola's ability to dispatch on the pitch has become more and more effective as he gets older, Di Biagio's style has not diminished, and he has scored from distance many times this season, while Filippini and Bacchini, the two main players of last season, have not played many times this season, but they still have many highlights in a limited time。。。。。

Zhang Shu is of course the best one among everyone, but the performance of other people in Brescia's results cannot be ignored, so no one thinks that Brescia is Zhang Shu's team alone, and naturally no one says anything about "Zhang Shu dependence".

But things changed after Zhang Shu was rotated, the first game of Zhang Shu's rotation, when Brescia lost to Juventus away from home without any resistance, everyone thought it was normal, after all, Juventus has always been the strongest team in Serie A, and in that game, in addition to Zhang Shu, several other main players were rotated, and it was not strange to lose the game. Coupled with the fact that Brescia won two games in a row after Zhang Shu's comeback, people forgot about that loss.

But when Brescia were held to a draw by Bologna, who were deep in the relegation zone, some people began to feel that something was wrong.

Brescia is so different when it comes to having a statement and when it doesn't.

This gap is not only reflected in individual combat effectiveness, Zhang Shu's individual combat ability in Brescia tactics is the strongest, but this ability is not irreplaceable. Baggio and Baccini were also able to do some of the work of Zhang Shu after retreating, and although the attack was a little less threatening than before, at least it did not fall into a complete pause.

What really makes people think that Brescia has changed to "Zhang Shu dependence" is that when Zhang Shu is on the field and when he is not there, the performance of other players has changed dramatically.

When Zhang Shu was on the pitch, Brescia's attacking line was very clear, whether it was the goalkeeper opening the goal kick or the back line completing a successful defense. When the ball returned to Brescia's feet, it was definitely the first time to be handed to Guardiola's feet, and the Spanish veteran controlled the tempo. Waiting for Zhang Shu to enter the attacking area, the whole Brescia team will switch from a tight defensive formation to a loose but sharp attacking system based on Zhang Shu's movement. Everyone knows how to run, how to contact teammates, someone to step forward, someone pulls, someone protects, someone fills the position, and the whole process is orderly.

In the past, although Brescia looked a little chaotic in the eyes of ordinary spectators, it was chaotic and orderly for those with a certain tactical vision, but the situation was different when Zhang Shu was not there, the players' running positions were still positive, but it looked like a boat that had lost its lighthouse guidance in the dark night, and there was no clear tactical idea.

In such a situation, it is not surprising that Brescia could not break the iron barrel formation of Bologna.

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Mazzoni has been worrying about this issue lately.

Although the problem is only a little clue, as the head coach of the team, he found the clue of the problem before those media.

If in the past, Brescia's players only relied on Baggio psychologically, then the current Brescia team is both on the pitch and psychologically.

In the past, when Baggio was not on the pitch, as long as he was still in the dressing room to cheer the team, the other players would not perform too badly. But now Zhang Shuyi is not on the field, and the team has no offensive direction.

And the recent scandal between Chelsea and Zhang Shu has not subsided, but has a tendency to intensify. The club has been so puzzlingly silent that Mazzoni has begun to wonder if Peddersori has entered into talks with Chelsea in private.

Even the team's head coach can't be sure if Zhang Shu will stay next season, let alone other players. There have been some signs of instability in the team, as Brescia's most interested player from other teams besides Zhang Shu, Tony's agent was photographed by reporters some time ago in Fiorentina, and Fiorentina is one of the teams that has previously expressed interest in Tony.

The players relied on Zhang Shu on the pitch and Mazzoni could not solve this problem, but the psychological impetuosity was something that Mazzoni had to put to rest.

After the league game with Bologna, Serie A was suspended again due to the group stage play-offs of the European Championships, and Mazzoni gave the players a few days off as usual, and getting the team back on track during this break will be his next priority.

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"You're negotiating a contract extension with Zhang?"

It was only at the team's management meeting that Mazzoni got the news that surprised him a little. "How did I not know? That's a good thing! ”

Pedesori's words made him feel much better, and if the team succeeds in renewing Zhang's contract, then the rumors that Zhang is going to Chelsea will naturally be self-defeating.

"We're just starting to talk about it now, and his agent is asking for a salary increase of 1.5 million, or after tax... Pedsori spread his hands and said, "This price is absolutely unacceptable. ”

"This... It's a bit high... But you can talk about it slowly, about 1 million is still acceptable. Mazzoni smacked his tongue, "You should have told me earlier, we can release the news that we have started to negotiate a contract extension, this news is enough to stabilize the hearts of fans and other players." ”

But Pedsori shook his head, "No, Carlo, if we release the news in advance, we will be passive." Zhang's agent is not easy to deal with, if the final negotiation breaks down, the team's morale will be shaken a lot more than now, and he has nothing to fear now. ”

"That's why you're hiding it from us?" Mazzoni asked.

Peddersori smiled wryly and nodded, "That's right, you said earlier that you were going to put Zhang in the rotation, so I wanted to wait for a while. It's just that now it seems ... Maybe you can refrigerate Zhang for a while? ”

This whimsical request was immediately rejected by Mazzoni.

"It's impossible, the team can't leave Zhang right now. The longer you wait, the more chips the other side will have. ”

"But now the team has no money...

"Come on, Mao Luo, you've been saying this for many years, we had good results last year, and the transfer fee didn't use much, how could there be no money, shouldn't the first TV broadcast fee be received?"

Mazzoni said impatiently to the miserly manager that wanting to take some money out of the opponent's pocket was like killing him. The team's TV broadcast fee this year is a full double that of last year, and although he doesn't care about the financial aspects, he still knows when the TV broadcast fee will be allocated.

In the face of Mazzoni's questioning, Pedsori could only look helpless, "Carlo, aren't you curious, where is our president?" ”

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Mazzoni soon found out where Corioni, who had not been at the club, had gone – from the newspapers.

On November 13, the president of the Brescia team, Coriooni, was interviewed by the newspaper Sport. In the interview, he again threatened to strike on behalf of the PMT organization.

"We won't be racing on the 23rd!"

The "we" that Coglioni refers to include the five teams of Brescia, Chievo, Ancona, Perugia and Empoli, on behalf of which the president of the club informed the Italian Football Federation: "We will not play until our problems are resolved. ”

This is the fourth boycott in the last two seasons, the previous ones because the broadcast rights are distributed by the teams themselves, and a large number of mid-stream and lower Serie A clubs and Serie B teams have no access to the broadcast rights.

In the end, with the unity of the small clubs, the capitalists, who could not afford the consequences of the suspension of Serie A, had no choice but to compromise and buy the unprofitable teams for a low price.

And this time they boycotted the game because the teams had not received money after selling their TV rights.

Originally, Brescia should not have been among these teams, and they had a good season last season, so this season they easily agreed to broadcast with Sky TV for 11 million euros. But I don't know why, this income has not arrived for a long time.

As a result, Corioni, who had already left the "migrant worker" class, could only embark on the road of 'asking for wages' again.

But such frequent threats of boycotts have naturally caused displeasure among other teams that have not been troubled, with Atalanta president Ruggieri saying: "I hope to find out why this happened as soon as possible, and sit down and talk about it and get a good result." And the president of the deep-pocketed Inter Milan team, Moratti, said: "I don't believe that these five teams will boycott, they will make the problem more difficult to solve, and the boycott is not a good way to solve the problem." ”

These public statements to reporters are relatively polite, and in private some clubs have already called Brescia the head of the "five rats of Serie A".

Brescia's results this season have created a sense of crisis for some clubs, no team likes to have such a strong rival all of a sudden, and now that their chairman is the leader of the 'troublesome team', other teams certainly don't have a good face for them.

Thankfully, Milan's relationship with Brescia remains solid, and Coglioni has been able to stand out in the face of the hostility of most of the team presidents. In fact, Corioni and Galliani have long passed the gas.

The president of the Italian Professional Football League, Galliani, has already made up his mind, and in recent days he has convened a meeting of the presidents of the Italian first and second division clubs to study a solution. With only ten days left before the November 23 deadline, it would be a disaster if Serie A really couldn't go ahead because of this problem.

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"Tindy, are you asking too much?" When Tingdi called Zhang Shu to report on the progress of the contract renewal negotiations, Zhang Shu asked with some hesitation.

The suspension of Serie A is not a trivial matter, and Zhang Shu naturally learned about the club's current financial constraints from TV. At this time, he asked for a high salary, and he felt that he was quite a bit of a fall.

"Zhang, you have to change your mentality, professional football, football is your job. Isn't it natural for workers to be paid wages that are worth their own worth? If you keep getting low wages, isn't it the capitalists who are exploiting your blood and sweat, in the words of your communist countries? Tingdi gave Zhang Shu a lesson.

"But sometimes you can talk about feelings... Zhang Shu muttered. "What's more, the club really can't come up with the money now."

"It's okay, Zhang, I'm going to make a new proposal to them."

Tynti also knows that Baggio and Pep Guardiola will not retire until the end of the season. With Brescia not receiving the TV broadcast fee, the club really can't afford to pay Zhang Shu's sudden five-fold increase in wages this season.

And if Zhang Shu's contract renewal negotiations drag on for too long, it will not be of much benefit to Zhang Shu. If Brescia is panicked, the team's record will inevitably decline, and it will inevitably drag down Zhang Shu's value at that time.

So he decided to give Pedsori a new plan.

"Zhang, you can rest assured and wait for the good news." He confidently promised.

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Corioni's threat of a boycott was once again victorious, and neither Sky nor the Italian Professional Football League could afford the consequences of the league suspension.

With this, he and Galliani also completed their plan

With Galliani's mediation, the private bank settled the amount stipulated in the broadcast contract between the five clubs and the television station. Serie A will raise funds to set up a television station called Giococalcio to break Sky Italia's monopoly on the broadcast of football matches. 39% of the shares belong to the PMT organization, 33% to Italopec, 14% to Bg TV and the other 14% to the president of Rome, Sensi.

Giococalcio paid for the five clubs' television broadcasts on behalf of Sky TV, while Sky TV reimbursed Giococalcio TV with the first and second rights to other more popular matches or programmes.

This is a happy result, Sky TV no longer has to pay the broadcast fees of the few small teams that have kept them at a loss, the clubs also get their own broadcast fees, and Serie A has successfully established its own TV station, taking a share of the soup from Sky TV's mouth.

As the two largest shareholders of Giococalcio TV, the chairman of the PMT organization is Corioni, and behind Italopec is the media group of Milan chairman Silvio Berlusconi, Galliani has gained a lot of political and economic benefits as the leader, and the relationship between Brescia and Milan has become more solid because of this cooperation.

Coriooni, who was in a good mood, returned to the club and immediately got another piece of good news.

The club's contract renewal negotiations with Zhang have been almost completed, and they are only waiting for him to return for the final gatekeeping signing.