At the request of a friend, talk about Billindeley. To put it bluntly, this player is really hard to talk about, and he accidentally wrote it into a running account. The author pondered for a long time and decided to talk to you about how Lindley changed from the main force to the substitute from the peculiar perspective of how the previous Juventus managers used people:
Alessandro · Billindelli was born on November 12, 1974 in Pisa, Apennines. When he was a teenager, Platini was so imposing in Juventus that he fell in love with Juventus and Platini. He secretly vowed to be as majestic as Platini in the future and lead the Bianconeri to dominate the world.
However, to become a player of Platini's type, hard work is certainly not enough, you also need to be extremely talented. Compared to ordinary people, Billindeley's talent is really good. But compared to Platini, it is more fireflies than Haoyue. So much so that after Billindeli made his debut at Empoli, he played further and further back on the field, and was finally fixed in the right wing-back position.
You know, when Billindeli debuted, Empoli was fighting in the Italy third division. Even with a team of this level, Billindelley still can't occupy a main seat in midfield. It is not difficult to imagine how obvious the gap between Billindley's talent on the offensive end and Platini's is obvious.
However, Billindeli's defensive ability, that is certainly stronger than Platini's. After transitioning to right wing-back, he quickly became a regular in Empoli's main squad. By the time Spalletti took the helm of Empoli, the team had undergone a radical change, and the pace of promotion was fast. At the end of the 1995-96 season, the team was promoted to Serie B. In the following 1996-97 season, the team won the runner-up in Serie B and qualified for Serie A.
In the summer of 1997, Billindelly, who was still an Empoli player at the time, was dreaming of playing in Serie A with his club, but received an invitation from Juventus. Billindelli has been a Juventus fan since he was a child, so he naturally didn't want to miss this opportunity and immediately accepted the invitation.
Why did Juve bring in Billindeli? In addition to the player's potential, there is another reason that cannot be overlooked: in the second half of the 1996-97 season, Juve's main right-back Torricelli was unfortunately seriously injured and is destined to be out for a long time, and the Bianconeri do need to bring in reinforcements at right-back.
At that time, he had not yet celebrated his 23rd birthday, and strictly speaking, he was only 22 years old, and it was in this context that he became a member of Juventus. So after the start of the new season, it didn't take much effort for him to become a regular regular for the Bianconeri.
Impressions lie about this, but data doesn't. Throughout the 1997-98 season, Billindelli played 29 Serie A games and started 26 times. With this frequency of appearances and starts, he is certainly a regular workhorse for Juventus.
However, it must be noted here that Billindeley's main seat can only be regarded as a regular main force, not an absolute main force. By the time Torricelli returned from injury, Billindley's main seat was not so secure. Especially in key matches, such as the 1998 Champions League final, Lippi actually trusts Torricelli more.
At the end of the season, Torricelli said goodbye to Juventus and moved to Fiorentina, and no one seemed to be able to threaten Billindeli as Juve's main right-back. However, before Billindelli could be happy, Lippi left Juventus and was replaced by Carlo Ancelotti.
As for Carlo Ancelotti before he joined Juventus, he was a big fan of the 4-4-2 midfield parallel standing system. It stands to reason that the entry of such a coach will not affect Billindeley's main seat. But what is surprising is that after Ancelotti took charge of the Juventus coach, in order to arrange Zidane's position, the formation was changed to 3-4-1-2. In this formation, there is no right wing-back at all.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Billindley is a jack of all trades. He can play both wide positions. When Carlo Ancelotti changes formations, he can still play as a left midfielder (understood as a left wing) or a right midfielder. But the problem is that Juventus have a lot of versatile players, with Pexoto being able to play as a left-sided midfielder and Antonio Conte as a right-sided midfielder. Billindelly is used to playing at right wing-back and simply can't compete with his team-mates, so he has to be used as a substitute. In the summer of 1999, Juventus brought in another wide striker, Zambrotta. For Billindeley, that was a real aggravatory.
finally survived until Ancelotti left Juventus, and the old mentor Lippi returned to take charge of Juventus. Billindelley looked at the back four he was most familiar with and felt his good days were coming. But in the summer of Lippi's return to Juventus, Juve spent a lot of money to bring in Thuram. Although Thuram himself would prefer to play as a centre-back, Lippi insisted that Thuram play at right wing-back.
It's no exaggeration to say that Thuram is at right-back, and that's a historic player. Billindeley is competing for a main spot with such an existence, and there is really no chance of winning. As a result, the Italy all-rounder could only sit on the bench and continue to wait for his chance.
In the closing stages of the 2001-02 season, Pesoto suffered a serious injury while playing a friendly match for Italy, and Lippi's first consideration was to move Billindelli to the left to replace Pesoto. Considering Pexoto's age and injury at the time, Bilindeley's chances of being on the top are actually quite large.
Unexpectedly, Zambrotta's unfortunate injury during the 2002 World Cup triggered the butterfly effect. It was because of Zambrotta's injury that Juventus brought in Camoranesi. Since the start of the 2002-03 season, new signing Camoranesi has played a phenomenal performance. When Zambrotta returned from injury, Lippi suddenly realized that the team no longer needed Zambrotta as a right midfielder. Against this backdrop, Lippi had a brainstorm and moved Zambrotta to the left wing-back position. So, Billindeli was unlucky again......
Fortunately, Billindeley has a very good mentality and never complains about his misery, nor does he complain about his status as a substitute, but just sits on the bench and waits patiently for his opportunity. In this season's Champions League final, Billindelli was given the opportunity to come off the bench, not only did his defensive duty well, but also scored a penalty in the shoot-out with great determination. It's a pity that the other teammates who took the penalty were not strong enough, and Billindelli could only watch Milan have the last laugh.
As for Lippi after leaving Juventus, it was even worse than Lindley. Capello, who was Lippi's successor, did not like Lippi's old ministry very well. With Billindley's ability, he is definitely qualified to be a rotation player at Juve, but in Capello's two seasons at the helm of Juventus, Billindley made a measly 12 appearances in Serie A. Capello tried to purge Billindley several times, but he couldn't.
By the time Capello left Juventus, Lindley's own age had also risen. Playing in Serie B, there is really no problem. But after Juventus was promoted to Serie A, Billindelli really couldn't keep up. In the summer of 2008, Billindelli said goodbye to Juventus and returned to his hometown of Pisa to retire. A few years later, the news came that he had announced his retirement.
Throughout Billindley's playing career, most of his career has been spent with the Bianconeri. From joining in 1997 to leaving the team in 2008, it was 11 years. He joined Juventus at the age of 22 and became the regular main player of Juventus, but he served as a substitute for the next 10 years, always suffering the loss of the coach, which is extremely embarrassing.
Billindeley's experience fully proves that a person's destiny should consider both personal struggle and historical process.