Chapter 150: A Familiar Classic
Wan Sheng was enjoying a holiday in Germany when his old rival, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, was in trouble.
The league title is the most beautiful dream of a Chelsea fan.
Three years ago, the arrival of Roman Abramovich, the richest man in Russia, gave Chelsea huge financial support, and then a series of investments in transfers made Chelsea stronger, especially after the arrival of championship coach Jose Mourinho, Chelsea once surpassed Manchester United and Arsenal and became the favorite to win the Premier League.
That's where they are embarrassed right now.
With an average investment of 100 million euros per season, Chelsea has a halo on the top of their heads called the 'favourites to win the championship', which has been the case for the past two seasons, but they have only finished second, and there is always a dark horse team that can perform more than them, and the manager of both teams is the same person, and that person's name is Wan Sheng.
Compared with Mourinho and Wan Sheng, Mourinho has won more titles and has more weight, but in the competition of the Premier League, he completely lost to Wan Sheng.
The league that has just passed has been painful for Chelsea.
Apart from a smooth start, they have always been overshadowed by Manchester City, and even if they are the focus of the whole world, even if they are the media mouthballs, they still have not been able to win the league title.
A number of Chelsea legends have come forward to give their opinions, with the prevailing opinion being that 'it's not that we're not doing well, it's that they're playing too well.' ”
Indeed, Chelsea's record is not bad at all, and in previous years their record was enough to beat Manchester City and Arsenal to win the title.
But in the past two seasons, Derby County and Manchester City led by Wan Sheng have performed better, so the championship belongs to his team.
As a result, there is a suggestion that Chelsea should hire Wan Sheng as the team's head coach. That's how Chelsea can get the best results. Jose Mourinho, on the other hand, should be blamed for his resignation, for whatever reason, he failed to help Chelsea win the league title
At this time, Mourinho's position is in jeopardy, and the media is talking about it.
Many people still remember that moment, when the final round of the league was over, Mourinho walked to the sidelines, confronted the Chelsea fans, took off his jacket and threw the shirt in his hand directly at the fans, as if it was not 'fun'. He also ran over and threw the soccer ball.
'At that moment I really thought he was leaving, Inter, the negative press, a lot of it, everything made me think that Mourinho might really leave after this. A fan of Chelsea's '50yearsover100years' fansite wrote that there were a few others who perhaps shared his thoughts at the time, Roman Abramovich, Peter Kenyon and Barker (Chelsea Village Chairman), who quickly walked into the dressing room.
In a recent interview, Jose Mourinho claimed: "I should be the happiest manager in the world. I don't have to worry about the transfer fee, I can buy the players I want, but the truth is that I don't. ”
'It's all about points, money and transfer fees in this country, and it's the worst club you can coach. I always have negative feelings about something. ”
"It's hard for you to work in such an atmosphere, it's too difficult, like a man loves a woman but the woman doesn't love him, so why are they married? He would definitely have thought of divorce. ”
Mourinho also gave three examples. The most recent time Chelsea were fined £10,000 [against West Bromwich Albion], 'we were fined for besetting the referee and a week later when the Fulham players did the same and were not penalized!' ”
"We started the season with nine wins in a row. So we were targeted, and many people said that the Chinese led the team better, but the problem of refereeing always happened to us. ”
'At its lowest point, it was the British media who helped outsiders rob Chelsea of the possibility of winning the Champions Cup!'
As a result, Mourinho became very unhappy, and the media took it for granted that he threw clothes and footballs.
However, Mourinho went on to clarify the recent rumours of leaving, "I want to close the door at the end of the season and say goodbye!" But I'm happy to stay because the club is special and it's fun to work with everyone. ”
"Unless the club sacked me, I'd definitely be here."
He said so.
Jose Mourinho's emotional remarks quickly reached Peter Kenyon's ears and the Chelsea CEO was the first to stand up: "Jose is not going to leave at all, he is a very emotional person, it has happened, let's forget about it." I never had a doubt that he would leave. He's a proud man, and sometimes he doesn't understand why he doesn't get affirmation, and we support him. ”
Kenyon continues to give Mourinho the 'support' he has been asking for: "It's a great coach, there's no doubt he's going to stay here for many years, he knows what we want and he's capable of doing it, Jose won't let him down. ”
Kenyon's words seem to prove that Mourinho and Chelsea are still close and the club has always supported him, but in reality, it is always the president of the club who has the final say, Abramovich, and the most disappointed person.
The Russians have invested a lot of money in Chelsea and have come to nothing.
Jose Mourinho's ability to lead the team is not bad, but the team's results are far from his expectations.
What Chelsea fans need most is a league title, and he aims even more – not just for the league title, but also for the Champions League!
But Mourinho's Chelsea was suppressed by Wansheng's team in the league, and in the Champions League, Chelsea's best result in two seasons was only the semi-finals, and it collapsed at the feet of Barcelona in the round of 16 last season.
This result was quite a disappointment for Abramovich.
He has had a lot of thoughts about changing the head coach, such as replacing a more stable and more famous coach, such as the current Italian coach 'Silver Fox' Lippi, AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, these old coaches are good choices. He thinks most about Wan Sheng, this young Chinese can lead Derby County and Manchester City to the league title respectively, so if he goes to Chelsea without financial constraints, what will he do? It's really worth looking forward to.
But none of the above is actually practical.
Especially this summer, there are no too famous managers in Europe who are idle at home, those who are already coaching in a certain team, such as Lippi, Carlo Ancelotti and others. It was almost impossible for them to leave.
Come to think of it, Mourinho staying is the best option.
Mourinho's results in leading the team are actually quite good, if it weren't for the pearl in front of Wansheng, he would be extremely good, even those veterans who have been famous for more than ten years may not be able to do better than him, not to mention, he also has the experience of leading Porto to win the Champions League miraculously.
So Abramovich could only decide to give him another year.
If the Portuguese is not able to lead Chelsea to the results he wants to achieve. Then his only fate is to leave.
Conversely, if he can lead Chelsea to the top, then consider keeping him and letting him continue in charge.
That's what Abramovich had in mind.
But Abramovich did not give Mourinho much support in front of the media, believing that the media's public opinion would make Mourinho nervous and make him work harder
Meanwhile, Wan Sheng was in Germany with Anita watching the World Cup match between Italy and Australia.
As a well-known coach of the world's rising stars, it is not difficult for Wansheng to get tickets through some personal connections for the World Cup match. He watched wherever he wanted, and this match between Italy and Australia was special, so he took Anita with him to feel the atmosphere.
What's special about this game isn't the two teams. On the contrary, it is a Chinese football commentator who supported him in his previous life.
His name is Huang Jianxiang.
Huang Jianxiang is one of the few passionate football commentators, and this game has brought his career to a low point.
If your butterfly effect is not so strong, it will always happen.
Wansheng has been looking forward to it.
The match was much like I remembered, with Italy overpowering Australia throughout the game. But they never scored, and the game quickly reached the final stages.
When Grosso was tripped in the box and won a penalty, Wan Sheng was a little excited. Sure enough, there was the long-awaited roar in my ears.
"Penalty! Penalty kick! Penalty kick! Grosso has made a meritorious service, Grosso has made a meritorious service! Great Italian left-back! He carried on the glorious traditions of Italy. Facchetti, Cabrini and Maldini are possessed by soul at this moment! ”
"Grosso, he's not fighting alone at this moment, he's not alone!"
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Listening to this familiar classic commentary, Wan Sheng didn't know whether he should be excited or ashamed, his arrival changed some history, but the impact didn't seem to be so great, such as the match between Italy and Australia, it was still that process, and then the roar of Huang Jianxiang in his ears, which became a topic of conversation among domestic fans in the next few years.
Perhaps Huang Jianxiang is also a little self-inflicted, as a neutral football commentator, his interpretation tendency is too serious.
When Totti converted the penalty, Huang also taunted Australia's Dutch head coach Guus Hiddink. In the last World Cup, it was the South Korean team led by Guus Hiddink who eliminated the Italian team.
His exact words were as follows, "The ball is in!" It's over! Italy emerged victorious, knocking out Australia. Hiddink: He's finally reaping the consequences! ”
Later, Wong, who was still unapologetic, said: "I don't like the Australian team. ”
After this comment, Huang Jianxiang was decisively tragic.
Wansheng likes Huang Jianxiang's commentary very much, and also feels sorry for Huang Jianxiang, he is one of the few truly passionate commentators in China, but it is a pity that the domestic atmosphere is not suitable for his development.
If he Huang Jianxiang is an Italian commentator, or if he comes to the Premier League, he will definitely be successful.
In order to attract the attention of fans, some TV stations even invite two football commentators who support two teams to explain a game, so that the two can easily quarrel and become a point of attraction for fans.
But it feels good to look back on this moment, and Wansheng is also looking forward to the next World Cup events.
Wan Sheng is a little hopeful that the World Cup will develop according to the memories in his mind, and he hopes that something will change a little - that at least proves the impact of his arrival.
This is a paradoxical idea.
After the game between the two teams, Wan Sheng and Anita were found by reporters in front of the hotel, and the two generously let the reporters shoot, when they saw a Chinese reporter interviewing, Wan Sheng said in particular, "I watched the game between Italy and Australia, and listened to Huang Jianxiang's commentary, he was really passionate." ”
"There are a lot of stars in Italy, and if it were me, I would support Italy!"
"But I also want Cahill to score, he used to play for Derby County. ”
Soon after, the British media asked about the England team.
England won two and drew one in the group stage, the results were quite good, and although they drew with Sweden in the end, England's performance was still eye-catching, and the British media had higher expectations for England.
So they wanted Wan Sheng to comment on the upcoming round of 16 knockout match - England vs Portugal.
Wan Sheng smiled slightly and said, "Portugal is not a weak team, they have increased their strength rapidly in recent years. I think you should pay more attention to their Ronaldo, and in the league I say that to the players. Ronaldo has to be watched carefully. ”
'But I think England's biggest problem is attacking.
Levant, who then commented on England and Portugal respectively, believes that both teams are conservative teams and both need a "meaningful rebuild" after the World Cup.
'England today has a golden generation of talented players, but they should be too.'
"Conservative teams want to respect the past, but they are also afraid of the future. They also believe that with a wealth of experience, the team's past can give them a greater chance of success. With the departures of Rui Costa and Couto, Portugal is different from the one they had at Euro 2004. With the return of Claude Makelle, Zinedine Zidane and Thuram, France is similar to the past. ”
"England still kept their structure. On the negative side, I wouldn't call them a conservative team. I would just think that anyone who knew these teams from two years ago would not have to take a few seconds to see how they have changed from the past. This is where these teams need to rebuild after the World Cup. ”
Wan Sheng's evaluation of the two teams did not listen to the ears of the media reporters, although they carefully recorded these words, but they preferred to hear Wan Sheng's prediction of the score, or the result.
Hearing a direct question from a British reporter, Wan Sheng smiled slightly, "You must hope that I will say that England will win, and maybe there are many fans who will bet on luck according to me, I know this, so this World Cup, I didn't say anything publicly." ”
'But it's a special game and it's very important for England and Portugal.
'If I had to judge, the two teams were very conservative, so within 10 points, it was difficult to decide the winner, and I think the game would at least drag on until extra time or penalties to decide the winner.
'England don't think they're good at penalty kicks, so if I had to give advice, I'd tell the Swedes that James should be activated, and he's made a big strides in saving penalties this year.
"I'm not recommending my players, I'm just stating the facts."
"By the way, I was invited to be a guest on Sky TV for this game, and I will do an advertising campaign here by the way"
Wan Sheng said with a smile.
In fact, this advertisement is not cheap, Sky TV invited Wansheng as a guest, the cost of commenting on this scene alone is as high as 400,000 pounds, not for the sake of 400,000 pounds, Wansheng will definitely decline the invitation, and it is definitely a better choice to watch the game with Anita and enjoy a sweet holiday.
But for the sake of 400,000 pounds, let's give in
PS: New Year's Day is busy, update late, forgive me. (To be continued.) )