Chapter 359: New Season, New Atmosphere (Part I)
The reason why Zhuang Mingge recommended Prandelli was after many considerations.
First of all, Prandelli played for Juventus FC as a player and experienced the Bianconeri's most glorious period, following famous stars such as Platini and Zoff to win many championship titles. Such a resume is enough to give him the confidence to calm the young and energetic young people of the national youth team, and if nothing else, Tardelli will continue to be an assistant coach of the youth team, and Prandelli, who was a teammate of Tardelli as a player, will not have too much friction in coaching.
Second, in Zhuang Mingge's memory, Prandelli is very good at developing young players, during his time at the youth team of Atalanta, he contributed new stars such as Mofeo to Italian football, and later when he coached Parma, he cultivated countless new talents for the Dairy Army when the team was in an economic crisis, Mutu, Adriano, Gilardino, Bonella, Marchioni...... I'm sure many fans will be impressed by these names.
Well, although these players did not reach the heights that people expected for various reasons, it is true that these players did play their part under Prandelli.
Later, when Prandelli coached in Fiorentina and the Italian national team, he also discovered many new stars, such as Jovetic, Giaccherini, etc., all of whom became famous under Prandelli.
Third, as an Italian, Prandelli naturally has a good understanding of Italy's defensive and counter-attacking tactics, coupled with the assistance of Maldini Sr.'s assistant Tardelli in the national youth team for many years, I believe that the results of the national youth team will not fluctuate too much because of the change of coach.
Moreover, Prandley is not as rigid in his tactical style of play as many of his peers, and many times he will choose the right tactics according to the actual situation of the team, rather than sticking to a set of formations and forcing players into them.
In other words, Prandelli belongs to the kind of master who plays cards, and he can make the cards into a straight and even a pair to beat people dizzy, but according to the European Cup final that Zhuang Mingge experienced before, there should be a sentence to add, that is, if this guy holds a hand of old K eggs, he will think about how to beat others in the spring.
But it's a pity that his opponent Bosque has four A's and 2s in his hands, and he knocked Pu Shuai to his knees on the spot......
Juventus's representative at this meeting, Mo Lao Fox, was also on the side at this time, not because Moggi suddenly changed his mind and planned to show favor to Zhuang Mingge, but because the Juventus mark on Prandelli made Mo Lao Fox feel that if he became the head coach of the national youth team, he could bring a lot of benefits to the Bianconeri, at least through Plantry's relationship, some good seedlings in the Juventus team could gain more game experience.
In this way, with the support of Zhuang Mingge and Moggie, and with the acquiescence of others, Chairman Perrault finally agreed to hire Atalanta youth coach Cesare Prandelli as the coach of the Italian youth team.
Thanks to Zhuang Mingge's reputation over the years, whether it is a player or a manager, Zhuang Mingge has never lost money in the introduction of his own hands, and his vicious vision has also become famous throughout Europe with Fiorentina's treble last season. This is also Weishenme Perrault's recommendation to agree with Zhuang Mingge, and this old man also thinks in his heart that Zhuang Mingge's vision of people must not be wrong.
Immediately after the meeting, Perrault took action.
Maldini Sr., who had just led the national youth team to three consecutive European Youth Championships and brought home the first Olympic gold medal for Italian football, signed his name on a new work contract without saying a word and without any additional conditions. If nothing else, the 64-year-old Italian legend will lead the national team to the Shijie Cup in France in two years and the first European Cup of the new century.
Here, Zhuang Mingge sincerely hopes that the old Maldini's team will not be as sad as it was in history in two years......
As for Prandelli's signing is also quite easy, the Atalanta club has not made any obstruction to this, and Prandelli himself is also very excited after learning that the Italian Football Association intends to invite him to be the coach of the national youth team, after all, he is not very famous in Italy at this time He can be called by the Italian Football Association, which is already a great thing for the ancestral grave.
As a result, Prandley soon signed his name on a two-year work contract.
With such a resume, even if he resigns from the national youth team in the future, many teams will invite him to coach, and Prandelli, who signed this contract, thought happily.
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Three days later, major Italian sports newspapers and magazines published a news at the same time: the Italian Football Federation officially announced that Cesar Maldini, the head coach of the Italian youth team and the national Olympic team, will take over the coaching whip of the national team from the resigned Arango Sacchi, and lead the Italian national team to the honor of the Shijie Cup and the European Cup in the next four years!
At the same time, the Football Association also announced another news, that is, Atalanta youth team head coach Cesare Prandelli will replace Maldini Sr. as the head coach of the national youth team, but this news is naturally not as attractive to fans and journalists as Maldini Sr.'s national team coaching, and it is quickly drowned in the wave of this era of information explosion.
The first thing Maldini Sr. did after taking office was not to visit his old club AC Milan, but to make a direct phone call to Zhuang Mingge.
After a brief exchange of politeness, Maldini Sr. quickly cut to the chase: "Antonio, this is my first time coaching the Italian national team, and I am here to thank you on behalf of Arango for some of the actions he has done to Fiorentina, and I hope that we will work together happily in the next few years." ”
Obviously, Maldini Sr. is also worried that the unpleasantness that Fiorentina had with Sacchi in the past will have a negative impact on his future approach to national team building.
After all, these young people in the Fiorentina team are the pillars of Italian football in the eyes of the old Maldini in the next few years, and even Juventus, which has always been known as the talent base of the Italian national team, is inferior.
It just so happened that Zhuang Mingge also had the heart to have a good relationship with the other party, and expressed great goodwill to the old Maldini's overtures, and at the same time assured the old coach that the Fiorentina club will fully support the work of the national team in the next few years and dedicate his own liliang to the development of Italian football.
In the end, this time the call was a happy one.