Four Hundred and Fifty-Three Geniuses, or Magic Sticks?

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Can money buy champions?

This is a question common to all football investors around the world.

If it is possible, then why, after so many years of investing in Chelsea, they have not been able to win the Champions League as they wished?

Finally reached the final last season, but lost to Manchester United.

But if you say no, then how did Chelsea's league championship come about? Big teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona buy so many stars and invest so much money every year. Why?

This is actually a very deep knowledge.

Football investors in the City of London often say: if you want to know the answer, look at Chelsea.

The same team, with the same big investment, can't win the championship under Ranieri, but under Mourinho, he can, why?

"Stars are scarce, but even more scarce are those head coaches who are born for the championship!"

This is what the current chairman of Manchester City Mubarak heard when he just landed in London and met with investors in the City of Finance.

It has been five months since he hastily took over Manchester City at the end of September. From being ignorant of football business at the beginning to now gradually getting started with Manchester City's affairs, Mubarak, as a high-achieving student from New York University, has a good understanding of professional football A deeper understanding.

Such a background, coupled with his age of less than 30 years old, made Mubarak look down on those football players who could not keep pace with the times and had outdated ideas, such as the current Manchester City coach Mark Hughes.

In his eyes, Mark Hughes has become the biggest obstacle hindering the development of Manchester City.

The British head coach will only ask for buying, buying, and buying. Manchester City invested a huge sum of 60 million pounds during the winter break. If you count the summer transfer, the investment is very amazing.

But so far in the new season, Manchester City's league ranking has always been around ten, and it is difficult to go further.

After investing so much money, Mark Hughes has never been able to come up with a mature and stable idea and plan, and come up with a competitive performance. If this was placed in a company, the department leader would have been finished.

First meeting with Mark Hughes in Mubarak,

On behalf of Mansour, the behind-the-scenes owner of the Abu Dhabi consortium, Mubarak promised that the team's business plan for Manchester City is based on a ten-year period, which proves that they have long-term business determination.

At that time, Mark Hughes also admitted that his coaching goal was Ferguson and Wenger, which was in line with Mubarak's plan. In addition, the season had already started at that time, so he had no intention of changing coaches.

Even in December, when Manchester City fell into the relegation zone, Mark Hughes was still using a lot of high-sounding words to prove that there was nothing wrong with his coaching. An additional £60 million was invested in the period.

But who would have thought that the team's performance did not improve.

Perhaps, it's really time to change coaches!

Another thing that contributed to Mubarak's determination was the introduction of Kaka during the winter break.

At that time, Manchester City spent a huge amount of money on AC Milan, trying to introduce Kaka, and offered a sky-high annual salary. This has convinced everyone except Kaka, but in the end because of the intervention of former Real Madrid chairman Florentino, Kaka Finally chose to stay in the team.

Outsiders thought that Kaka had feelings for AC Milan, but Mubarak knew that it was because Kaka wanted to go to Real Madrid.

It is said that no one can prevent Florentino from returning to the chairman position in Real Madrid's general election this summer.

After returning to Real Madrid, the alligator from the Galacticos era, the first thing to do is to win the two superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka. What is even more exciting is that he will use his excellent coaching performance in Serie A Gao Shen please return to Real Madrid.

Gao Shen, who was born in 2006, led Real Madrid to create the miracle of the double crown, and then went to Italy, and staged the miracle of the newly promoted horse winning the championship for two consecutive years. He is the hottest talented young coach in the world today.

At the beginning, Mubarak approached Gao Shen with a vengeful mentality, because Real Madrid poached Kaka, whom Manchester City was determined to win, and Mubarak wanted to take revenge. It happened that Manchester City needed a coaching change, and Gao Shen could also consider it.

But the more we get in touch, especially after in-depth discussions with the chairman's advisor Brian Marwood and the technical director Brian Kidd, both of them are full of praise for Gao Shen, thinking that he is the best main player in world football now. One of the trainers.

The point is, his coaching style is still very pleasing, especially good at building teams.

Naples is the best proof.

Mubarak is also full of expectations. He brought Marwood and Kidd to Stamford Bridge to watch the match between Chelsea and Naples.

In the end, frankly, he was disappointed.

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"Is this the genius young marshal?"

Mubarak doesn't know football very well, but he can still see that Naples is behind and the scene is not good. Except for the second half of the first half, the others are very passive.

He even had some doubts. Are the Italian media, or the European football media, like the British media, good at touting and creating momentum? Anyone can be called a genius?

Marwood and Kidd looked at each other, and both showed wry smiles.

How to explain this kind of thing?

The scene was passive and the score was behind. Could it be said that Gao Shen did a good job?

If someone knows a little bit about football, he can explain it, but Mubarak doesn't understand football.

He doesn't even have a clue what level of head coach Hiddink is.

"The game lasts 90 minutes, and the Champions League knockout match is a two-round match, so sometimes, a momentary gain or loss will not change the result of the game. I even feel that the current situation and the score behind may not be without deep intentions. It's possible." Marwood tried to explain.

Mubarak didn't understand, "You mean, he lost on purpose?"

"No, no, Mr. Chairman, it's just 60 minutes, and he hasn't lost yet."

"Win?" Mubarak asked again.

Marwood was at a loss for words.

Can win, who knows?

Let alone him, even Gao Shen might not dare to say that he can win, right?

"If you watch it patiently, the fun thing about football is that it always surprises you," Marwood said.

Brian Kidd nodded and said, "It's been sixty minutes, and it's almost time for Gao Shen to work hard."

Mubarak was skeptical, but secretly sneered in his heart.

God stick, right?

You put it so absurdly, do you really think I'm a fool?

But at this moment, in the 62nd minute, Gao Shen made a substitution.

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"Napoli took the lead in making the first substitution adjustment of the game."

"Italian full-back Maggio replaced Lichtsteiner."

"It's like a matchup substitution."

"Macho, he performed very well in Sampdoria last season and won the title of the best right back in Serie A. After moving to Naples this season, his performance is also remarkable, but he has always been in the main position. Lost to Lichtsteiner in the competition."

"This time, Gao Shen asked Macho to replace the Swiss full-back. Is he not satisfied with Lichtsteiner's state tonight?"

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Taking advantage of the opportunity of the substitution, Gao Shen called Thiago Motta to the sidelines, and gave him a sharp warning.

Immediately afterwards, he stood on the sidelines and kept gesturing towards the players on the field.

When the game resumed, everyone was surprised to find that the entire formation of Naples changed.

In front, Sanchez played on the left, and Di Maria appeared on the right, turning into a reverse-footed winger.

Thiago Motta, who was deep in midfield, returned to the defense, forming a three-man defense with David Luiz and Bonucci, while Vargas and Maggio were pushed into the midfield.

In this way, Naples' formation became closer to a three-four-three position.

After the substitution and the re-kick-off of the game, Naples showed aggressive vigor and launched a high-position press towards Chelsea, especially when the entire defense line was directly pressed near the center line.

This sudden wave of attack did not surprise Chelsea, and Hiddink immediately gave an order to retreat, but Chelsea still dealt with it in a panic, and the scene suddenly fell into a passive state.

Just one minute after the substitution, with the support of Macho on the right, Di Maria suddenly threw off Ashley Cole, cut the ball horizontally with his right foot, adjusted his left foot slightly, and kicked out quickly A curveball.

The ball flew out of the corner on the left side, making everyone in Chelsea break out in a cold sweat.

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Since Naples came out, Hiddink's face has not looked good.

The face of the Dutchman kept adjusting the team's defense on the sidelines, and at the same time he kept thinking about it.

Is he considering a substitution?

In fact, he does not have a good candidate now, because there are two players Ivanovic and Ferreira sitting on the bench.

Ivanovic is what he wants to replace to strengthen the defense on the right, but if replaced, the offense on the right will be greatly affected, so Hiddink is more cautious about this.

Naples is now attacking Chelsea's left side, which is Ashley Cole's side. It is clear that Gao Shen sees that Ashley Cole is not in good condition and wants to create a threat from the left side.

For Ferreira?

Judging from the game against Aston Villa, his form is even worse than Ashley Cole.

How to change?

Hiddink closed his eyes and began to think seriously.

But at this moment, there was a sudden exclamation in the stadium, which shocked the Dutchman and opened his eyes quickly.

Seeing Naples pressing in the frontcourt, Rakitic suddenly went up and double-teamed Mikel with Di Maria. After a successful steal, Di Maria dribbled the ball forward from the right rib Pushed, and after attracting Ashley Cole's attention at the front of the penalty area, the ball was passed to the right.

Like a flash of lightning, Ma Qiao rushed to the ground, used his speed to drive the ball to the bottom line, forced past Ashley Cole's defense, and made a pass from the bottom line on the right.

This kick did not go to the forward point to find Cavani. After the Uruguayan center attracted the attention of the central defender, he emptied the entire area from the front of the small penalty area to the penalty spot.

And Rakitic, wearing the Naples away jersey, quickly stepped forward from behind, facing the cross from the right, and directly drew a volley with his left foot.

Cech was standing on the right post of the goal just now, but after the cross, he quickly leaned towards the middle, but Rakitic's volley hit the right again.