Looking back at how brilliant the blue and black triple crowns are, today they are already in the sea of people, they are all old, where are they?
After several dreams, it seems that the old man has come.
More than eleven spring and autumn have passed since Serie A was last crowned the Champions League, and Mourinho's iron-blooded blue and black has become the last afterglow of the increasingly lonely Serie A. Today, most of the old ministers of the triple crown have bid farewell to football, and some people have continued their football careers with new roles as managers and senior managers; some people have lived a comfortable retirement life without asking about football; and some people are still playing on the pitch. A scene of familiar "memory killing", which hero's current situation is the most emotional and lamentable?
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > new coaches</h1>
Since 2018, Mourinho, who has been "crossing the river into the forest" for a long time, has a tough mouth, but he has been unable to prevent himself from fading out of the top manager sequence. Tottenham's championship-free career and break with management have already disgraced the Portuguese, and after a brief honeymoon with Roma, Mourinho, who was once very effective in "technical poverty alleviation", lost 1-6 in the European Union Cup. For the madman who will be in his prime two years, just in time for his self-deprecating "retirement to the national team", this is obviously not a pleasant trajectory.
Although it is still too early to assess the height of Mourinho's career, in terms of "educating people", Mourinho has a great credit to many of his cadres and generals at that time. Thiago Motta, who shouldered the heavy responsibility of offensive and defensive conversion in the triple crown, began the "two mistakes" transformation of studying coaching certificates and leading youth team internships after retiring from Paris Saint-Germain in 2018. Only two months after receiving his UEFA coaching certificate in 2019, his old club Genoa threw an olive branch at him, and after experiencing the cruelty of the Serie A relegation battle, Motta switched to Spezia this season, still using Mourinho as a benchmark in his declaration of appointment: "I admire Mourinho's thinking, but I also hope that the team can have tactical execution like Ranieri Sampdoria. ”
Compared with Motta, who is still "fighting monsters and upgrading", Stankovic, who is four years old, has long been an old man in the coaching bench. After retiring in 2013, Stankovic, who had only a one-year break, met his former boss Stramaccione at Udinese, and began his coaching career as an assistant. In December 2019, the former Inter Milan No. 5, who returned to the parent team Red Star Belgrade, and the old club opened a super sweet month for nearly two years: in the first season of his tenure, red star was crowned in the Serbian first division with a huge advantage of 14 points, and Red Star, who won the double championship last season, was unbeaten with a terrible record of 35 wins and 3 draws. In terms of league dominance, Stankovic's performance seems to be better than that of Mourinho, who was alone in Serie A.
In addition to the two small and successful coaches, Zivo, Samuel, Lucio and Cambiasso have also waded into the coaching circle to varying degrees: the Romanian defender has been serving in Inter's echelons at all levels since 2018, and he has been praised by the head of youth training Samadan, and this season he has officially become the manager of the Inter reserve team, and the young players in the team are deeply taught by his words and deeds, and Zivo is regarded as an idol. After completing the coaching certificate course in Covelciano, "Rock" immediately entered the Cabinet of Scaloni, and together with Aimar, he formed the "Assistant Coaching Team" of the Argentine national team. Lucio once interned with Mourinho, but did not report with the coaching staff after the latter moved to Tottenham, and the latest possibility is that Valladolid president Ronaldo intends to invite his fellow countrymen to join. Cambiasso, who went everywhere in Greece and England after leaving Inter, obtained his coaching qualification as early as 2017, but with the interpersonal style of "Cuchu" long-sleeved good dancers, he will become a Leonardo-style all-rounder in the future, and may be the best home for the Argentines known for their wisdom.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > honorable retirement</h1>
Of course, the famous general may not be able to equate with the famous coach, which also determines most of the three crowns of the old department, the more ideal ending is a glorious curtain, and then into the retirement rhythm of food and clothing. Sneijder, who was significantly blessed in the stands of this year's European Championship, is one of the representatives. Although Sneijder also trained with the Dutch Utrecht after announcing his retirement in 2019 in Garafa, and seriously discussed the comeback with the team's director Zuidam, in the end Sneijder did not follow the national team teammate Robben who played again in Groningen, and his so-called title of director of business development in Utrecht was more of a dispensable idle position, and the Dutch still needed time to determine their destination in the second half of their lives.
'I wouldn't consider being a manager, my ideal home would be to stay in football as a scout. As early as 2008, the then 35-year-old Materazzi talked about his career plan after retiring. But three years later, the Inter Milan centre-back, who hung up his boots, took a 180° turn: "Serving as an assistant coach for Jose Mourinho is my ultimate pursuit." But Materazzi, who had made two ambitions, eventually reneged on his promise: in 2014, the 41-year-old Italian served as a player and manager in Chennai FC in the Indian Premier League, leading the team to win the second Indian Super League championship. At present, Materazzi, who is currently idle, is also too lazy to continue to apply for a job in the football circle, but points out the country as a celebrity, after all, compared to the header and shovel, Materazzi's sharpest weapon is always the "mouth cannon".
As the most reliable patron saint of Inter triple crowns, Julio Cesar's achievements and character are well known, and he has recently been invited back to Meazza to relive the time of the triple crowns, and his sideburns have long been gray, which is really lamenting the passage of time. After retiring from flamenco in 2018, "San Se", who has been settled in Rio de Janeiro for many years, has lived a small life of envying mandarin ducks and immortals, after all, his wife is Suzanne, a million fans 20 years ago, and the two babies under his knees have also inherited the appearance and personality of their parents, and their low-key and fulfilling retirement life coincides with his introverted and simple disposition.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > senior executives</h1>
As the modern spiritual totem of Inter Milan, when Sanetti ended his professional career in 2014, the proposal to seal the No. 4 shirt was unanimously approved by the board of directors, and Zanetti, who entered the top as vice president, is a real "own person". Despite the club's changing careers, Zanetti has always been highly regarded. After all, the Argentine with a good public image is not only the image of Inter, leaving football affairs to professionals, but also one of the important factors for Inter to get out of the consolidation period and regain the Serie A title. Today, the "youthful" Zanetti can be called Inter's version of Rummenigge, and in the future, even if Zanetti is regularized, it is not surprising, because he has all the conditions for the presidency of Inter Milan: resume, personality, personality, insight. As long as the Argentines themselves do not want to leave, serving in the "snake spirit" for life will be a beautiful talk that everyone will be happy about.
Compared with his hometown rooted in Milan, Triple Crown Inter's top scorer Diego Milito chose to return to his hometown to start a business. After the Athletics hung up their boots, the Argentine shooter who could still score twice in the farewell match was an old heart. After joining the parent team as the sports director, Milito immediately implemented a series of reform measures, with his appeal and deep contacts in Serie A, La Liga and other leagues, Milito recalled a number of Argentine players who were not very successful in Europe, and the Athletic team was also crowned the 2018-19 A-League champions. Of course, in the past, even if Shenfeng returned to China to start a business, it would benefit the former owner a lot, and Lautaro Martinez, who now inherits Milito's mantle, just put on the blue and black sword stripe shirt under Milito's suggestion. Although he voluntarily resigned last year due to disagreements with Athletic President Blanco, Milito, who was briefly dormant, obviously did not have to worry about his career prospects.
Compared with his forward partner, Eto'o's "desire for power" is obviously much greater: even if he officially hung up his boots two years ago, Eto'o still wants to continue his dominance in Cameroonian football, and when he was the interim manager in Antalya, he obviously could not satisfy his desire for power. After his son Etienne was excluded from the U17 World Cup list by Cameroonian President Biya's ban, he chose to face the president's "cheetah" and now decided to run for the president of the Cameroon Football Association: "If I am elected, I will never receive a salary." From a challenger to power to a rule-maker, Eto'o's trajectory of transformation, as Real Madrid manager Schuster asserted: "Diarra is only a citizen of Mali, and Eto'o is the king of Cameroon." ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > shenfeng has been blunted</h1>
Eleven years of white clouds and dogs, enough to make the young people who were sharp at that time, into the old uncle, and the four strikers under The Mourinho at that time, Pandev, Quaresma, Balotelli and Arnautovic, were no exception. The four people who have all passed the age of standing, although they are still fighting on the green field, they have been unable to stop the increasingly marginalized trend.
This summer's European Championship, the 38-year-old Pendev has played for the country for the first time, finally touching the intercontinental war for the first time, although North Macedonia lost all in the group stage, but the first goal of the national team competition is still the captain who has gradually lost. Although the tearful fading of the national team shirt, it does not mean that the old Pandev's playing career is not satisfied, the first nine rounds of serie A in the new season, the "panda", although he failed to open the goal account, his experience is still a valuable asset on the road to relegation in Genoa.
Compared with the North Macedonian captain, Quaresma's sense of existence in the treble is indebted, and the fans are more fond of it, and he threw the reporter's Golden Tapir Award out of the car. But the early-hui winger, who was once identified as injuring Zhongyong, but with the age of the older and more demon, five years ago in the European Championship, he and Nani escorted Portugal to the top, three years ago after bidding farewell to the national team, successively in the Turkish Super League, the Portuguese Premier League to play in the Quaresma is still not old, and now in Guimarães is the main force of thunder.
Compared with the two eldest brothers, the older and more beautiful, Balotelli and Arnautovic, who were still the small characters of the Nerazzurri at that time, gradually had a premature aging trend. The 31-year-old "Ba Shen" has a clear downward employment trajectory in recent years: from Nice to Marseille, from Brescia to Monza, which can be called free fall. After joining Ada Nadimir in the Turkish Super League this summer, he finally found a bit of a sadistic feeling after scoring four goals in the first nine league games. After Arnautovic left the team, Bremen, Stoke City and West Ham United were only mid-level and lower-level teams, and after the unsuccessful Chinese Super League experience, he resumed his Serie A career at Bologna, scoring 3 league goals so far, but at the age of 32, he only cashed in on his talent that year, is it too late?
This article is written by Yang Jian