If Arsenal around 2002 was one of the most sè teams in the Premier League, then Juventus in 2002 was definitely the most sè team in the whole of Italy, and no other team could compare with them.

At this time, AC Milan has just completed the reconstruction of the Milan dynasty, Ancelotti has not yet gotten rid of his notoriety as the second of the millennium, and the players on several fronts in Milan have just been gathered, Shepchenko, Rui Costa, Seedorf, Pirlo, Nesta, and of course, Kaka, Gattuso and the old and strong Maldini, they have not yet achieved enough results to be proud of, and they are still lying on their own honor books. Inter Milan, on the other hand, is the darkest and most chaotic in years. Last season, Cooper had their best result since Moratti took over, and had it not been for the final defeat to substitute Lazio, who would have lifted the Scudetto Gold Cup. However, his defensive style of play has also caused a lot of controversy. Ronaldo left Madrid at the end of the season under the pretext of having a conflict with Cooper, which put Cooper in an embarrassment. What's even more chilling is that Moratti's nonsense is not over, he signed a transfer contract with Real Madrid for Ronaldo, stipulating that if Ronaldo's old injury recurs, Real Madrid can also return it, such a contract is completely oppressive.

In contrast, Juventus, despite its ups and downs over the years, has never fallen off the altar.

They are the strongest team in the world. Trezeguet, the best shè player in Serie A, and Piero, the most outstanding shadow striker in Italy, are the best strikers in the world. Behind them are Czech iron man Nedved, Dutch boar Davies, Juventus vice-captain Tacinadi, and Zambrotta, who is on attack and defense. Behind them, there is a defensive line composed of Pexoto, Montero, Ferrara and Thuram, and this defense is also impregnable.

Not to mention, their goalkeeper is the undisputed number one goalkeeper in the world, the most outstanding goalkeeper in the whole world, Buffon. On the bench, there are also millennium substitutes, super jack-of-all-trades Iuliano, rotation left-back Billindelli, Croatia's white Sè Vieira, and Tudor, who is also recognized as a glass man, and others have bought Di Vaio and Camoranesi at a high price this summer, further thickening the bench, and their coach is still the best coach in Italy, the old and spicy silver fox Lippi.

If it is the club that plays the most beautiful football in this era, it is naturally the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid, which has just won the European Champions Cup and played the game like a dance. But if it is the most stable player in this era and has always stabilized its strength in the top three in the world, it is undoubtedly this Bianconeri team that has remained unchanged for 10,000 years. Although they were unexpectedly eliminated by Super Laco in the European competition for two consecutive years, when it comes to strength, there are few people in Europe who dare to claim that their strength is not inferior to them.

Of the several strong teams at the turn of the century, Juventus can be said to be the most well-preserved. Manchester United have begun to lose in recent years, with the lack of success, signs of a split between David Beckham and the team, and Alex Ferguson's pursuit of Latin football, which has given United signs of rebuilding. Real Madrid's three Champions League wins in six years have shown the whole of Europe their quality, but they have never been able to win both the Champions League and the league at the same time, which is one of the biggest reasons why they changed coaches this season. The meritorious coach Bosque, who fired the team on the grounds that it did not fit the club's image, abandoned the team's old captain Hierro and blindly pursued superstars, while the club was keen on power struggles, so that although this former giant was already in its prime, it was still unknown whether they could sail their galaxy battleship far away.

As for Bayern Munich, the giant of the Bundesliga, the replacement has made this former king have begun to irretrievably decline. The entire Bundesliga has entered the new century, and the strength cannot compete with other leagues, although there is a flash in the pan of Bayer Leverkusen last season, but this is already their last madness. The current Bundesliga has begun to enter a period of decline, and Bayern, which is based on the Bundesliga, is naturally inevitably declining.

Juventus is the only one, which has maintained a strong competitiveness in Serie A and is a strong team in the whole of Europe. They sold Zidane, replaced Nedved, replaced Van der Sar, replaced Buffon, and after a simple generational change, their strength has not weakened at all.

Against such a strong team, the whole of Monaco is a little nervous. Zhao Yaning is no exception, he himself is a fan of Serie A, and the old woman is powerful, of course he knows it.

It is precisely because of this that Jiuli's words to him are like a shot in the arm, which makes Zhao Yaning excited for a long time. After all, he had never worked with such a sè defender.

But why did Panucci stay in Monaco?

"The reason for his move last season was actually rather. There is no problem with his technical level at all, but the problem is that Mr. Deschamps was in the team at the time, which was nothing for him, he was a good player with a very good work ethic. However, he stood up for his teammates, thought that Mr. Deschamps had done too much, and quarreled with Mr. Deschamps, so at the beginning of the season, he was loaned to Roma in Serie A. ”

Zhao Yaning is very clear about this, Capello has always been a coach he admires very much, his coaching in Rome has always been loved by Zhao Yaning, Panucci went to Rome, although the internal details Zhao Yaning knows not as well as Jiuli, but last year's transfer, Zhao Yaning still knows.

It's just that he heard about the transfer at the time.

"At that time, it was supposed to be a direct transfer, but the price was not negotiated. Roma were not very willing to pay a high price at that time, after all, Panucci basically did not play in Monaco, and the Romans naturally did not want to suffer. So at that time, it was said that it was rent-to-own, and it was supposed to be bought out this summer, but in Rome, I didn't really want to pay for it......"

Zhao's Roma, who have Candela and Cafu, really don't need Panucci very much, although Capello wants to get him, but Roma thinks that they can rely on their full squad as a reason to suppress Panucci's transfer price. This approach was very dissatisfying to Didier Deschamps, and he even tried to withdraw Panucci's transfer talks.

"Actually, the biggest reason is because you came here, and if you stay with him, it will help you a lot." Gyuli explained his opinion, "I used to play on the wing, I wasn't very good at defending, and when I played in front, all I needed was someone in the back to wipe my ass. Although Chris is at a high level, he is not a man who rests at the back, and his forward insertion is very unhappy for Mr. Deschamps. But now that you're on the wing, you need a good full-back to support your breakthrough ability, and you're also taller and willing to learn to defend, and your defensive ability can be tapped, and if you two work together, our right side is more secure. ”

Gyuli wasn't all true, and while tactical considerations were important, it was the reconciliation of the two men that really made Deschamps change his mind.

Didier Deschamps has a very stubborn temper and he will speak out about anything that the players don't meet his requirements. Such a management attitude made the hot-tempered Panucci not very adaptable, and when Deschamps cleaned up the team, he had a conflict with Deschamps, and it was precisely because of this that they fell out.

But once in Rome, Panucci was not able to ensure that he would always be a regular player. Candela and Cafu are not under him, and Capello does not care much about the relationship between the two, which makes Panucci a little dissatisfied with Rome's arrangement. This summer, with Cafu captaining Brazil to the World Cup, and Panucci being seen by the Italian media as one of the reasons for Italy's defeat – although everyone knows the biggest reason is FIFA's move to split the cake – he was also given a cold shoulder at Roma. Fabio Capello wants to switch him to left wing-back next season, but these changes have made him uncomfortable and he is trying to find other changes.

At this time, Deschamps also cleaned up the team, and the team was at peace. And after experiencing last season's relegation, he also admitted that he had to be a little flexible. Due to tactical considerations, Deschamps wanted to bring Panucci back, and Panucci also wanted to get a place in the main team, and the club was not resolute enough to buy the player, so the deal was reopened.

"If he comes back and can get his help, you can definitely increase your strength."

Jiuli's statement Zhao Yaning also agreed, Panucci's strength, he was naturally very clear. This full-back, who has played for Milan, Inter, Real Madrid, as well as Chelsea, Roma and other clubs, is indeed very outstanding. When it comes to attacking ability, he may not be as versatile as a winger like Cafu, and when it comes to defensive ability, he may also be a little less defensively than a defensive full-back like Thuram. But he has a great role at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, whether it is attack or defense, he can play a great auxiliary role, and he can also play all positions in the backcourt, such strength is very admirable.

Anyway, when he debuted that year, he was also named Maldini's successor. Although after so many years, the old and strong Maldini does not know how many successors have been produced, but when it comes to the style that is most like Maldini and the closest to him in terms of ability, there is probably only Panucci. A player who can play well at both ends of the pitch, has great physicality and technique, can play in multiple positions, plays in multiple leagues, and adapts well, is definitely a baby.

Although it is rumored that his temper is not very good, although he wanders around, walks through a lot of teams, and even became famous in Milan, and later joined a city rival like Inter Milan, although his performance in Ligue 1 is not very good, and there are still a lot of contradictions with Deschamps - but when it comes to strength, he is indeed a very good defender.

And Zhao Yaning seems to remember that his national team teammate, Sun Jihe, who now plays for Manchester City, was considered to be one size smaller Panucci at the beginning.

Seeing Zhao Yaning's excited face, Jiuli poured him a basin of cold water, "Don't be happy too early, it's hard to say whether this matter has been decided, after all, Mr. Deschamps is a person who doesn't rub sand in his eyes, he will definitely not allow players who are not in harmony with him to stay in the team, if Chris really wants to return to Monaco, Chris will definitely have to apologize first, with his temper, it is difficult to say whether it has been settled." ”

This sentence made Zhao Yaning's face bitter again. Deschamps's stubbornness, Zhao Yaning has long been clear, he will definitely not give in. And Panucci's apology is estimated to be very suspenseful, after all, Capello there is very good to Panucci, whether he is willing to leave Capello, who is like a father in his career, to intercede with Deschamps, this is difficult to say.

"Actually, if it weren't for the team's financial problems, we could have brought in other defenders. For example, Auxerre has a defender, a child named Sagna, which is very good, and Le Havre's Zim Bonda is also okay, and then there is a Brazilian defender, called McConn, the team has also been looking at it for a while, they are all very good players, but we don't have money. ”

Zhao Yaning has also heard of these people. Sagna is the new star of Auxerre, excavated by Guy Lu, although many teams in Ligue 1 have taken a fancy to him, but Sania is the person who is favored by Guy Lu, he has a big face in Ligue 1 and a wide road, since he is ready to train Sania well and sell it at a good price, then even if others take a fancy to Sagna, they are embarrassed to snatch it, after all, in Ligue 1, it is not a very wise thing to offend Guy Luix.

And the problem of Zim Bonda is even more ridiculous, Le Havre only won the fourth place in Ligue 2 last season, and it stands to reason that they cannot be promoted, and their right-back Zim Bonda will also cause the Ligue 1 team to scramble. However, last season's Ligue 1 restructuring added two more Ligue 1 places, which led to Le Havre winning the play-offs, thus successfully qualifying for Ligue 1 and putting an end to the transfer of Zim Bonda.

It's that Brazilian McConn, Zhao Yaning has never heard of. The Brazilian league is too chaotic, and he has no interest in caring about it, those things are all scouts, and Zhao Yaning doesn't know about it at all.

But he was interested in another thing: "How can Monaco be so poor?" No matter how we say it, we are also a tax-free country, we have a lot of money in terms of money, and the boss is also the royal family of Monaco, so we should not be poor. ”

Zhao Yaning's question made Jiuli smile bitterly, "The team's expenses have never been the majority of player salaries." ”

Gyuli explained to him that although the Monaco team occupies the advantageous position of a duty-free country, it is also subject to a lot of restrictions due to other regulations of Ligue 1.

Ligue 1 stipulates that the seat of the club is not allowed to invest in the team: the owner of Monaco is the royal family of Monaco, and the royal family of Monaco is the local manager of Monaco, according to the rules of Ligue 1, the owner of a Monaco team cannot invest in Monaco.

At the same time, in order to avoid football being affected by the betting industry, the French league also has a very strict fixed regulations on advertising space on the chest. They don't allow alcohol or gambling advertisements to appear on their chests, and they strictly prohibit gambling from investing in football clubs. Gambling advertising is the second largest source of money for the chest advertising of football clubs around the world, and Monaco is home to countless casinos and is known as one of the world's top three casinos, but none of these things work because of Ligue 1 regulations.

The owner's inability to invest money, coupled with the club's inability to make money from advertising space on the chest, has made Monaco's economy not very good. Even so, several other giants in Ligue 1 are still debating whether to introduce a uniform tax standard to limit the attractiveness of Monaco's players.

"If it weren't for the fact that we were one of the Blue Shore teams, the broadcast fee income was okay, we would definitely be poorer now."

Broadcast fees are now Monaco's only steady source of income. Because they are on the same blue shore as Marseille and Nice, and they are both strong in Ligue 1, the duel between these three teams is called the Blue Shore derby. Their matches have always been one of the highlights of France, although not as attractive as the national derby, but it is definitely the most important game in Ligue 1, and Monaco relies on these, and the income from the broadcast fee of the game is not bad.

"If only the boss could invest." After listening, Zhao Yaning also understood the reason why Monaco was poor.

"It's hard to say, the Monaco royal family is not a rich boss." Jiuli shook his head and explained to Zhao Yaning.

Although the royal family of Monaco claims to be one of the few remaining royal families in Europe, in fact, the economic situation is already very difficult. As early as the sixties, they were embarrassed and almost bankrupt, and the royal family of Monaco at that time had to cooperate with the Americans to let the current Grand Duke of Monaco marry the famous American movie star Grace Kelly, so as to obtain a rich dowry from Grace Kelly's father. On the other hand, Grace Kelly's father also gained social status because of his marriage to the Monaco royal family. Then, it was Princess Grace who really saved the family. Then Grace Kelly began to run the city, and she was good at Hollywood-style publicity, and she used the royal family as publicity capital for her wedding promotion, so that the Monaco royal family regained the ability to live.

And now, Monaco's situation is just as embarrassing: because Monaco and France have an agreement that once Monaco becomes extinct, it will automatically be incorporated into the French territory. The current crown prince Albert II has no heirs, and his style of life is not very disciplined, so he has always been suspected by the outside world, and many people believe that he is not the best person to take over the position of Grand Duke. And his sister has been trying to make her son, Prince Andrei, the nephew of Albert II, succeed as Grand Duke. The owner of the Monaco team is Albert II, and in a situation where Monaco is so anxious, how can he be in the mood to care about the affairs of the Monaco team?

Even if he could invest, I'm afraid he wouldn't be in much mood to invest money in a football club.

Jiuli's explanation made Zhao Yaning hesitate for a long time before shaking his head with a wry smile, "Why do I think our boss is a nobleman's bankrupt household...... And it's all broken like this, what are you fighting for? It's just a small country with a big fart, and it's not even a county in China, so what kind of competition is there? ”

"Nobles, I always feel like that." In this regard, Jiuli only sneered and said nothing, "Europeans are inferior to Africans and Americans, as well as you Chinese." I know the nobility, the aristocracy, as if something can appreciate if it is stained with them. Even football, they call themselves football aristocrats, what things. ”

Jiuli scolded the G14 alliance, which is gradually emerging in Europe. The members of these conclaves are now beginning to turn public, and it is said that they are even preparing to apply to become an economic organization to complete the public transformation. In France, the league includes Marseille, Paris, and Lyon, and the gradual clarity of these people has put pressure on other clubs.

"What are these things, claiming to be giants, claiming to be good at football, claiming to be for football, but in reality? It's just bastards. economic organization, which has already been illustrated together. They only have money in their eyes. Otherwise, how did Lyon squeeze into the G14, and Arsenal, what European glory do they have? It's not that you have weight in the league and can speak, this is pure benefit. ”

"After the commercialization of the Premier League, it became a playground for Manchester United and Arsenal; Serie A refereeing system reform, since then no team outside the big clubs has won the championship; Not to mention La Liga and the Bundesliga, they all have boulders on their heads. The biggest advantage of our Ligue 1 is that we are a purely competitive league, even if it is a big club like Marseille, if something goes wrong, it will be relegated, but if they continue to make such a fuss, our league will have a ruler. ”

"Remember, Joey, a strong opponent is not enough to make us afraid. Capable opponents can win our admiration. Our real enemies are only them: those who try to make our competition suspenseless with money, and make our efforts meaningless with trade. ”

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