Chapter 109: Who Is He?
'Fiorentina are a good opponent but obviously Chelsea are stronger overall and we'll show them that at home at Stamford Bridge, Degan? I know my predecessor had wanted him very much, but I didn't think so, people say he's Shijie No. 1 striker, but it seems to me that Shijie No. 1 striker is already in our lineup! He's Didier. Drogba! ”
It was Chelsea's current manager, Israel Grant, who said this.
One of the most impressive Chelsea teams today is the local tycoon and the other is the magic bird, but because of the conflict with the club's president Roman Abramovich, Mourinho left Stamford Bridge at the beginning of the season, and the successor is this Grant.
In his previous life, when Digan learned that Mourinho had left Chelsea, he was also very curious about what kind of master the Russian oligarchs would bring in to replace the Magic Bird.
But in the end, when Grant announced his appointment, Deegan and most of the fans on this shijie asked together: Who is this guy?
Later, after checking a lot of information, Digan learned about Grant himself, speaking of which, Grant's coaching resume is somewhat similar to Mourinho, but it is definitely not brilliant, he once coached Israel's Petakchi. Maccabi Tikwa, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa before taking charge of the Israeli national team in 2002 and leaving Israel as Jishu Director at Portsmouth before joining Chelsea.
In 1974, at the age of 19, Grant won the Israeli Youth League in charge of Petah's youth team, and was later promoted to senior coach, rewriting the record for the youngest adult manager in Israel.
In the 1990/1991 season, he led the team to a runners-up finish in the league, which led to the opportunity to coach Maccabi Tel Aviv.
In Tel Aviv, Grant led the team to the Israeli league title in his first season with a 13-point lead.
In 2000, he took over as head coach of Maccabi Haifa, Tel Aviv's sworn enemy. In two years, he won two league titles, the 2002 Toto Cup, and after leaving for the national team managership, Maccabi Haifa became the first Israeli team to reach the group stage of the European Champions League in the 2002/2003 season.
In 2002, at the age of 46, Grant was promoted to head coach of the Israeli national team, becoming the youngest and most successful head coach in the country's history, leading a young and inexperienced Israeli team to an unbeaten qualifying tournament for the 2006 Shijie Cup, only to France and Switzerland to miss the German Shijie Cup.
In June 2006, Grant began to travel abroad as head of football at Portsmouth, where he worked with manager Harry Murphy on the south coast. Redknapp fought side by side and had a successful season.
Grant arrived at Stamford Bridge in July 2007 and was head of football until his appointment as head coach in September 2007.
During his time as Chelsea manager, Grant led the Blues from rock bottom to second place in the league, from a 2-0 defeat in the opening game to a 2-1 win at home to the Reds, who still have the title hopes alive.
However, Digan knew that Grant did not sit in the Chelsea manager's seat for too long, and in the league, although he still failed to catch up in the end, he was second behind Manchester United, but in the Champions League, Grant led the Blues to the final in a historic way, only to lose on penalties in Zuihou.
As a firefighter, Grant undoubtedly completed his mission perfectly, but only because of a mythologized predecessor: Jose. Jose Mourinho, and a demanding boss: Roman Abramovich, and seemed so helpless, he failed to win the championship after all, he still could not escape the doom of the class.
Grant owes his encounter with Abu to the famous and somewhat "notorious" football agent Pinny. Zahawi, the Israelites' acquaintance with Abu is due precisely to Zahawi's introduction. The Russian tycoon's first conversation with Grant was impressed by his wealth of football theory, and the Israeli man was seen in the Chelsea dugout, and he was given the opportunity to further explain his ideals to the owner.
Later, when Mourinho's authority at Stamford Bridge unbridled and threatened Abou's voice, Grant was given the opportunity to replace him.
Compared with Mourinho, who is full of personality and has a brilliant coaching experience, the exceptionally quiet Grant is obviously a nobody, whether it is the fans or the media, at the beginning, they did not recognize him.
Even the players were very repulsive to the Israeli, and Mourinho forged great friendships with many of the players during his time at Chelsea, winning many trophies.
When Chelsea unexpectedly announced the dismissal of Jose Mourinho, the news shocked all the players, and the feelings of disappointment + despair + frustration spread rapidly within the Chelsea team.
Captain John Terry got the news in the middle of the night and called Drogba and Frank Lampard, in which Terry told his two close friends and team-mates: 'We can't let this happen. ”
However, the situation did not develop in the direction expected by Terry and others, and Mourinho was still fired by Abou.
Many of the Blues players couldn't contain their sadness when they saw Jose Mourinho really leave, and Terry said in an interview: "Jose told us that we were going to say goodbye to a beautiful era and we hugged one by one, and I remember that Drogba was the one who was the most affected, and he was crying like a child. ”
Drogba was disappointed afterwards: "We all noticed that Mourinho is going to leave here, it's so unreal, it's not real, it's like a movie. Normally we see him every day, and it's shocking that we didn't have any preparation for his departure. ”
Portugal international Paulo, who was brought to Chelsea by Jose Mourinho from Porto. Ferreira lamented: "Saying goodbye is always complicated, but we didn't expect it to be so difficult, he came to the dressing room, everyone gathered and he told us that he had to go. ”
Frank Lampard was one of many people who shed tears of grief over Jose Mourinho's departure, saying: 'In my head I always imagine that if everything was right, Mourinho would normally be at Chelsea for 10 years, and the sacking was really unexpected for me, his departure was emotionally unacceptable to everyone, it was a friend but he left us. ”
The relationship between the players and the Magic Bird made Grant's start at Chelsea very difficult and unrecognizable, and it seems to have accompanied his early experience at Stamford Bridge.
But after only half a year, people gradually accepted him, because it turned out that the old Israeli man was not as old-fashioned as he looked, and he was also very humorous and knew how to joke.
Chelsea also gradually came out of the turmoil and began to improve steadily, and Grant used his actual actions to wipe the mark left by his predecessor on the Stamford Bridge manager's bench little by little. Although he has not yet put on his own label, he is well versed in the way of personnel and understands the truth that "if you want to hurry, you can't do it", at least he has attracted people's attention and whetted everyone's "appetite".
As the team's record improved, Grant also began to make his presence visible in front of people, and although he didn't plan to replace the name of every protagonist in the script with himself like the magic bird, he would at least stand up when it was time for people to notice him.
Only this time, Mr. Grant seems to have picked the wrong opponent.
Although Degan doesn't care about the name of Shijie's No. 1 striker, his pride will never allow anyone to ignore his presence.
"Who said such a thing? Grant? Who's that? I'm sorry I don't know him! Chelsea's manager! It's a shame that I don't follow other leagues and I always thought Chelsea was headed by Jose. What about Jose Mourinho! ”
Degan was talking to himself, making the reporters almost cramp with laughter, and it was certainly impossible for Degan not to know that Mourinho had left Stamford Bridge at the start of the season, and the reason why he said this was obvious, and he didn't take Grant seriously at all.
"That Mr. Grant, I don't know that he weishenme thinks he is qualified to judge me! But since he said it, I'm willing to fight back appropriately and help you bastards stimulate sales! ”
The reporters pricked up their ears one by one, although they were scolded by Di Gan as "bastards", but when they heard that Di Gan wanted to broadcast the news, they were like drinking cold soda on dog days, and they wished that Di Gan scolded a little harder, and it was best to greet all the eighteen generations of their ancestors.
Degan cleared his throat and said in a pretended deep voice: "In my life, there are three kinds of people who often appear, those who value me, those who despise me, and those who despise me. People who value me, I should thank them, it is their attention, help me establish confidence, strengthen my faith, let me move forward on the right path, when I am proud, a timely compliment, can make me a hundred times more enthusiastic, when I am frustrated, a sincere encouragement, will make me cheer up, ignite passion, strive to move forward, when I am impetuous, a timely advice, will make my soul be strongly shocked, the impetuous heart is calm down again, I sincerely thank them, those who value me. ”
The reporters were silent, is this still the arrogant Degan?
Feed!
Dude, you're the ultimate boss in the upgrade game, okay, don't pretend to be deep!
The atmosphere doesn't match your character at all.
Ignoring the frightened reporters, Deegan continued: "I also want to thank the people who despise me, they made me realize all about myself, and let me know that I am still inadequate, and that I am not perfect, and they criticize me, ridicule me, and reject me, whether it is good or malicious, and they beat me again and again like a leather whip, spurring me to redouble my efforts and move forward desperately, although it will hurt, but every spur accelerates my pace of progress, no matter what they do to me, I will continue to thank them with a normal heart, those who despise me. ”
The reporters' faces began to distort. Mom, where are you!
What a mess.
We're going to hear if you're squirting! 、
Ask for updates!
On the top floor!
Digan was already smiling in his heart, and he found it really refreshing to tease others: "I am still grateful to the people who despise me, they neither slander me nor praise me, they ignore my existence, but give me a free space to let me develop." If I don't want to be lonely and want to get their attention, then I have to achieve superhuman results. I know that I am not a genius, just an ordinary man in the world, and if I want to achieve superhuman results, I have to put in superhuman efforts. What they give me is an invisible pressure that turns into motivation to push me forward, and I am sincerely grateful to those who despise me. ”
The reporters were about to cry, and they were all wailing in their hearts: Digango! Don't scare us, okay! Are you a fanatic, not a gentleman, let alone pretending to be a literary man?
Deegan coughed again and summed up the conversation with mixed feelings: "I thank everyone around me for pushing me forward, moving forward, and achieving my dreams." Yes, Coach Grant! I would like to thank him sincerely, but there is one thing I hope you can bring to him. ”
The reporters nodded, they didn't want to be stimulated anymore.
Degan's face suddenly turned sideways, pointed to the camera lens in the hands of those reporters, and shouted: "What kind of fucking onion are you, even if you dare to look down on Lao Tzu, your noble team is not qualified to shine Lao Tzu's shoes, fuck your mother!" If you're not convinced, come to the contest and see if Lao Tzu can knock you over, you bitch! Lao Tzu will let you see how powerful Lao Tzu is, but I just hope that when the time comes, your small body and fragile heart can withstand it! ”
Ga!?
What kind of rice situation is this, he was still a literary man just now, why did he suddenly burst into foul language, what did Di Gan say just now, the reporters looked at each other, and no one heard clearly.
What to do?
Seek to recreate the original scene.
Deegan glanced at the reporters with disdain: "Let Grant kick your heads!" Get out of here before it's too late! ”