Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 676 Benitez is Coming
After the European Championships, the European international footballers began to have less vacation than last year, but for the leadership of major European clubs, their season has already begun.

For the Premier League teams, this summer will not be a peaceful summer either. Chelsea's coach Ranieri has been dismissed by Abramovich after the last game of last season. For the ambitious Abramovich He said that the third place in the Premier League and the semi-finals of the Champions League did not satisfy his appetite, especially when Newcastle, who also underwent a major change, won the second place in the Premier League and the Champions League.

So he needs to find a coach who can lead the team further. He once fell in love with Mourinho, but Pei Wei resolutely rejected him, and Abramovich's strength last season also made Mourinho very happy. Unhappy - he doesn't need a strong chairman who may interfere with him at any time. Pei Wei is much better than Abu in this regard.

The situation with Chelsea is the same as that of Liverpool. The failure to enter the Champions League for two consecutive years has made Liverpool's management unable to bear Houllier's poor performance. They and Chelsea have taken a fancy to leading Valencia to win the double crown last year. Spanish head coach Benitez.

After one of his most successful seasons yet, Benitez's time at the Mestalla appears to be coming to an end, although during his three seasons at Valencia he did even his predecessor, considered It is something that the best coach Cooper in the history of Valencia failed to do-won the league championship twice in three years, and the UEFA Cup, but with Chairman Jaime Orti and the entire management It is no secret and news that the conflict between the layers made his life in Valencia no longer bearable.

After the end of the season, Benitez began to spend time at home, but everyone knows that this period of time will not be very long-the current Benitez is not the one who was kicked out by the West Second Division team. Nitus, now he is a handsome man.

But obviously, it is difficult for Liverpool to compete against Chelsea, even though they are the best team in the history of English football-but this year, history is no longer popular. Nottingham Forest, the two-time Champions League winner, is still in League One. , Now it should be called the British Championship - the ups and downs.

Chelsea can play in the Champions League, Liverpool can only play in the UEFA Cup, Chelsea can give high salaries, Liverpool can't compare with the wealthy Chelsea in this respect, similarly, Abramovich can use enough money for Benitez to buy Get any player he wants, but Liverpool can't match Chelsea in that either...

More importantly, it was only at Chelsea that Benitez could form enough confrontation with Mourinho and Wenger, the two seniors. Liverpool does not have this strength now... So shortly after the European Championship, Stamford Bridge The news came that the Spanish head coach Rafael Benitez resigned as Valencia head coach and took up the post of Chelsea head coach with a four-year contract and an annual salary of 500 million pounds.

At the press conference, Abramovich smiled happily. He thought he had found the best coaching candidate for Chelsea. There was still no smile on Benitez's face, but it was clear that he was ready to come to the Premier League to accept new challenges. Very interested.

From the current point of view, Benitez may be very suitable for Chelsea. The reason why he has a bad relationship with the team board of directors in Valencia is because the Valencia club is relatively stingy, and the power overlaps, and the relationship is complicated. Obviously there is no such thing in Chelsea. In this regard, Abramovich's generosity is world-famous, and Chelsea is also his one-man club-this provides the necessary conditions for Benitez to show his ambitions.

After hearing the news, Pei Wei laughed and called Mourinho: "Jose, Rafael's current salary is more than yours...how is it, what do you think?"

"I am the champion coach of the Champions League, you should give me more salary..." Mourinho said immediately: "At least not less than the UEFA Cup champion coach?"

"No problem, I am very happy, I am even willing to sign a ten-year long contract with you." Pei Wei said with a smile: "But don't you think it is very interesting? The professor is at Arsenal, Raphael is at Chelsea, you In Newcastle... Yunjia Tianyu's three generations of foreign coaches are now all gathered in the Premier League. What do you think? What would Rafael think, what would the professor think? In the 02 World Cup, the three of you gathered together and used yourselves to each other When your football philosophy influences other people, have you ever thought about today?"

Mourinho was stunned. He held the phone for a long time without making a sound, and then suddenly asked: "Did you expect this a long time ago? Pei."

Pei Wei lied: "No, Jose, I didn't expect it...the choice of the Premier League was also the result of careful consideration, and I never knew that Raphael would come to Chelsea, after all, he did a great job in Valencia Yes, if I were the owner of Valencia, I would definitely not let him go. Letting go of a coach who has won two league championships in three years is simply blind... But this is good news for me, I am very happy Seeing the former three Yunjiatianyu head coaches meet in the Premier League."

Mourinho shook his head. He felt a little helpless for Pei Wei's bad taste sometimes, but deep down in Mourinho's heart, he was indeed a little excited about the arrival of Benitez. Among the foreign head coaches, Benitez is undoubtedly the most successful one. Even if he led Yunjia Tianyu to win two league championships, he still failed to reach the height of Benitez—this made Mourinho, who never refused to admit defeat, Ao is a little unconvinced, but he has no chance to prove that he is better than Benitez. After coming to Europe, Newcastle has not had the opportunity to play against Valencia-but now, this opportunity has come!

"Excited, Jose."

Even though he couldn't see Mourinho's expression through the phone, Pei Wei still guessed Mourinho's mood: "Think about it, in the next season, besides Wenger and Ferguson, your opponents Will add a Raphael...he is a real master of tactics both locally and collectively, with him next season the Premier League will be more difficult and he is a very good cup manager, In the Champions League, we will also have an extra strong opponent."

"You're right, I'm very excited." Mourinho admits this: "The Premier League is much more competitive and interesting than the Chinese league... strong opponents, strong teams, strong managers— — that’s what excites me.”

"Only a strong opponent can keep us alive forever." Pei Wei smiled happily: "Especially this opponent is an old friend..."

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Pei Wei will not "meet new friends and forget old ones". In fact, he has been looking forward to this day since the day he took over Newcastle and brought Mourinho to the Premier League - successively in Yunjia Tianyu The three coaches who have coached occupy the positions of the three head coaches in the top four of the Premier League. What kind of beautiful flowers will bloom in this level of collision?

Although Benitez came to a different place, from the "Red Army" Liverpool to the "Blue Army" Chelsea, it is no wonder that the arrival of Pei Wei has greatly affected the structure of the Premier League. The biggest victim is probably Liverpool. In history, Liverpool won the fourth place in the Premier League by one point over Newcastle this season. After Benitez came, they passed a championship in the following season. The greatest reversal in the 50-year history of the Cup won the fifth Champions League in their history, and then began their road to revival, but the arrival of Pei Wei made Liverpool only fifth this season. After appointing Benitez as the head coach, their road to recovery may be postponed indefinitely.

The reality is sometimes so cruel. In history, both Newcastle and Liverpool had a turning point this season, but in history, Liverpool started their revival by finishing fourth in the league, and Newcastle began to sink infinitely after finishing fifth. Now, It was a drop.

Sometimes the gap between revival and sinking is just a difference of one ranking...

Liverpool is more pitiful. Newcastle not only took away their qualification for the Champions League, but also indirectly took away their head coach - if Pei Wei hadn't put Mu, who should have succeeded in Porto and then became the world's highest-paid head coach in Chelsea If Rinho is first brought to China and then to Newcastle, Chelsea will not compete with Liverpool for Benitez.

You must know that with Abramovich's arrogant character and smattering understanding of football, what he wants must be the best-"the best" refers to Mourinho who won the Champions League, and "only" just won the Champions League. La Liga and UEFA Cup winner Benitez is not yet "the best".

So he first contacted Mourinho, and after being rejected, he turned his attention to Benitez. Maybe the Russians still think relatively simple. The best coach and the best players can naturally Get the best score.

It is impossible for Benitez not to know this. He is a proud person, and of course he will try his best to prove Abramovich’s mistake in the beginning. Benitez looks calm and calm on the surface, but in the In his bones, he is also a hot-blooded person, but his expression is more restrained, not as arrogant as Mourinho.

But this time Benitez announced his arrival in the Premier League in a somewhat insolent way - Wenger and Mourinho received a text message at the same time the next day.

Three simple words: "I'm here." The signature below is Rafael Benitez.

PS: My wife’s condition is not very good. The hospital said that the result of the teratoma examination showed a piece of nerve tissue. It cannot be judged whether it is mature or not. She has to go to a higher-level hospital for examination. Lao Guo will go to Wuhan at this time.

(End of this chapter)