Chapter 614 Everyone's Expectations
Early in the morning, in a wealthy area of Madrid.
Florentino Perez finished breakfast, and with the help of his wife, put on his suit jacket, adjusted his tie, and walked out of the villa's gate.
The assistant, the driver and the car have all been waiting at the door for a long time.
"Go back to the company." Florentino put his eyes on the bridge of his nose, and after the assistant opened the door, he sat in the back row.
At this time, the newspapers that were freshly baked this morning were already neatly placed within his reach.
Florentino is a die-hard Real Madrid fan, and he has been since he was very young.
Like all Real Madrid fans, he likes to read the Aspen newspaper, so this paper is always at the top.
Looking sideways, the headline on the front page is the cover of Yang Yang holding the World Footballer trophy high, and the headline on the front page is the news about him winning the World Footballer, which made Florentino smile.
He still remembered that in December 2005, that was the first time he saw Yang Yang in Zurich.
That should be Yang Yang's first appearance at the Zurich Opera House. He told Yang Yang a lot, but he did not expect that two years later, Yang Yang took this supreme honor here.
Aspen reported on Yang Yang for a long time, which shows that Yang Yang has quite a lot of fans and influence in Real Madrid and Spain, because the newspaper is the most sensitive, which is closely related to their sales.
One of the reports that caught Florentino's attention was that the World Player of the Year and the top four of the European Ballon d'Or overlap, which is relatively rare, because in the past everyone felt that the European Ballon d'Or was more professional , the world football player heavy fame.
Yang Yang, Kaka, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the top four of the European Ballon d'Or and World Player of the Year.
There is basically no problem with the first two, the difference lies in the ranking between Messi and Ronaldinho. In the European Ballon d'Or, the Portuguese ranked third and Messi ranked fourth, but in the World Footballer's Award. The ranking is reversed.
But in any case, the two lists represent the four strongest players in the world today, and there is basically no suspense.
That's not Florentino's focus, he's noticing the age of the four players.
Yang Yang is 21 years old, Kaka is 25 years old, Ronaldinho is 22 years old, and Messi is 20 years old.
This is the lowest average age among the top four players in the history of the European Ballon d'Or and World Player of the Year.
The overlapping of the two lists proves that the strength and performance of these four players have been recognized by everyone, and their age represents a trend in today's football, that is, youth.
Florentino is a successful businessman who likes to look at professional football from a business perspective.
In the two years since he left the position of President of Real Madrid, he has been thinking about a question, why did he lose in the first place?
There's nothing wrong with Galactico's strategy, and as a fan of decades, he knows it all too well.
It is achievable to poach the best stars from other European teams to form a strong and unmatched team.
So why does it fail?
Makelele?
No, Florentino never felt it was a problem, although many fans thought it was fatal.
Where is the problem?
After thinking for a long time, he still has no answer.
But just now, when he saw this report, he suddenly thought of it.
age!
Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, Michael Owen...
A superstar a year is certainly very eye-catching. Every summer, the world's attention will be focused on Real Madrid, making the Galaxy Battleship the most profitable football club in the world in the shortest possible time.
But the problem that comes with it is that by the time the team is almost polished, many players are already old.
It reached its peak in 2002, and then Figo and Zidane grew old.
Modern European football is different from what it used to be.
In recent years, professional football has been gradually industrialized, attracting and spreading faster and faster, and the influence of European football has quickly spread all over the world. The four major leagues, especially leagues like the Premier League, are constantly reaping the huge global market. .
This can be seen from the fact that every time the Premier League re-signs a contract, the more overseas copyrights are sold, the more expensive they are.
Young players become famous at a lower and lower age. Yang Yang started to be the home of Ajax at the age of 18. At the age of 20, he was the core player of Liverpool. At the age of 21, he won the World Footballer and the European Ballon d’Or.
There are also Messi, Ronaldinho and Kaka. Among the players who can match them in European football, Cesc Fabregas, Robinho and Ibrahimovic are only twenty-five. around age.
Rejuvenation is a trend, but Florentino also sees an opportunity in it.
Just like Yang Yang, who is only 21 years old now, with his character and ability, he will have no problem playing for another ten years.
If Real Madrid buys him now, there is no need to worry about the team's attacking power in ten years, and as long as he is matched with a complete team lineup, this is a team that can hit the championship.
Thinking of this, Florentino shook his head and sighed.
He didn't realize it back then, and there was no Yang Yang in European football back then.
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The same thing appears to different people in two completely different situations.
In Alkmaar, the Netherlands, Van Gaal watched the live broadcast of the FIFA awards conference last night, and immediately called Yang Yang to congratulate him. In the morning, he also got up early to read the Dutch newspaper.
Almost all the front-page headlines of newspapers are reporting that Yang Yang won the world footballer. Because he debuted in the Netherlands, the Dutch media seems to be proud of it.
Over the years, Dutch football has declined a lot, and there are no top players in the world for a long time.
Van Gaal also noticed the phenomenon reported by the media. The top four of the European Ballon d'Or and the top four of the world footballer overlapped.
But what he sees is not age, but tactical value.
These four players seem to play in different positions. For example, Messi is a left-footed right winger, Cristiano Ronaldo is a right-footed left winger, and occasionally plays a right winger, Kaka is a midfielder, and Yang Yang is a right winger. Left winger, but can also play multiple positions such as striker and right winger.
At first glance, it seems that there is no necessary connection, but in fact it is not.
Van Gaal has coached Alkmaar for many years, and the work is not hard, but more about thinking and accumulation.
Charging time, this is an essential phase for the head coach.
And Van Gaal also realized that this represents a trend in European football.
In fact, in the past few years, the defense of European football has become more and more integrated. It is hard to say which year it started, but this trend reached its peak after Greece won the European Cup in 2004. peak.
The defense is becoming more and more sophisticated, and the trend of integrated football is becoming more and more obvious, then a problem arises.
How to play against a team with a tight overall defense?
Mourinho's Chelsea is like this, Benitez's Liverpool is the same, and even when Liverpool played Manchester United not long ago, Ferguson arranged for nine people to retreat.
Breaking the iron barrel formation is a problem for all teams, but now that the defense is getting more and more careful, breaking the dense defense has become the most important issue.
Everyone knows that a player's individual performance is an important tool.
Therefore, in this case, players who can rely on personal ability to tear apart the opponent's defense and dribble the ball to create threats are playing an increasingly important tactical role.
To a certain extent, Liverpool's Crouch and Kuyt, Manchester United's Rooney and Tevez, AC Milan's Inzaghi and Gilardino, Barcelona's Eto'o, these famous European strikers None of them have such strength, and in their team, these forwards have a very important responsibility, that is, to support the teammate behind them who has such strength.
European football stars are gathering and a hundred flowers are blooming, but this year, the European Ballon d'Or and the top four players of the world football player list overlap at the same time. This is definitely not an accident, but a symptom of this trend.
Van Gaal sees this very clearly, and he is convinced that Yang Yang should continue to move in this direction.
So, he quickly took out his mobile phone and sent Yang Yang a long message.
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Yang Yang was elected World Footballer!
This news quickly aroused heated discussions around the world, and it can be said that it has attracted worldwide attention.
As in previous years, after Yang Yang was overwhelmingly elected as the World Footballer of the Year, major media around the world have been digging up the inside story.
Soon, the secrets of the votes of the coaches and captains of the top 20 national teams in the world were dug up by the media.
This is also a long-standing tradition, representing a certain authority.
What is surprising is that the first choice of the top 20 national team coaches and players this year is surprisingly consistent. Almost all of them chose Yang Yang. Only the Brazilian national team coach Dunga chose Pirlo, Drogba and Drogba. Xiao Luo.
According to the rules, the same country avoids, the Brazilian head coach cannot choose Kaka, but Dunga is obviously unwilling to choose Yang Yang and Messi, so he chose Pirlo, a big upset, obviously to support Kaka.
But apart from Dunga, the first choice of the coaches of the other 19 national teams is Yang Yang.
The top three Chinese national team coach Alihan and captain Li Weifeng all chose Kaka, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and before the votes, they all called Yang Yang to ask him about the votes.
It doesn't matter to Yang Yang, anyway, he can't be elected, everyone is the same, it would be better to be fair.
When the results came out, the media and fans all over the world were once again surprised, because they could finally be sure that Yang Yang really got the unanimous optimism of all professionals.
Such a consistent choice, apart from proving Yang Yang's expectations, what else can you say?
Therefore, when the news spread, Yang Yang's reputation reached a new high.