A Buddha statue, a miracle, a lifetime of pride, the Italian Di Matteo, is probably the most amazing firefighting coach in the history of football.
Di Matteo has yet to serve as manager of any team since he was ousted from Aston Villa in October 2016, leaving more time for his family than the occasional guest guest on television.
'I'm going to pick up the coaching whip again, it's just that I'm going to pick a team that really appeals to me. Last year, Di Matteo revealed in an exclusive interview that he turned down some high-paying offers from the Chinese Super League and the United States, as well as some Invitations from England teams, but that he would return to world football one day in the future.
Not long ago, before the Champions League match between Chelsea and Bayern, Di Matteo recalled the Champions League final 8 years ago, and for that victory, Di Matteo still sighed, "unbelievable".
Di Matteo has coached five teams in his coaching career, namely In league 2008/09 with League One side Milton Keynes, from West Brom to the Premier League from the Championship to the Premier League from 2009-2011, Chelsea in 2012, Schalke 04 in 2014/15, Aston Villa, who was relegated to the Championship in 2016, and was dismissed after 12 games.
In addition to leading Schalke 04 to beat Real Madrid 4-3 at the Santiago Bernabeu, Di Matteo's coaching experience in other teams is relatively uneventful, but the experience of fighting Chelsea in the 2011/12 season is a capital that can be "blown for a lifetime".
In July 2011, Chelsea veteran Di Matteo returned as an assistant to the "little bird" Boas. On 4 March 2012, after Boas was dismissed from school due to a poor record, Di Matteo was commissioned to take over Chelsea. Second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. The Blues, who lost 3-1 away in the first leg, reversed Napoli in extra time with goals from the four elders of Drogba, Terry, Lampard and Ivanovic.
The miracle began, with Chelsea having a thrilling tie-in in the Champions League quarter-finals, killing Benfica twice. In the semi-finals against old rivals Barca, Ersi won 1-0 at home in the first leg, and the magical second leg, Cahill retired injured, Terry was red, Busquets and Iniesta scored, and Chelsea fell behind on aggregate. Ramirez scored to regain the initiative, Messi hit the box + shot at the post in the second half, and Torres sealed the victory in stoppage time.
In the FA Cup, Chelsea beat Leicester 5-2, Beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 and beat Liverpool 2-1 in the final to win the first title.
In the Champions League final, they went to Allianz to challenge Bayern. Throughout the match, Bayern shot 43-9 and corner kicks 20-1 to take the lead in the 83rd minute. But substitute Torres scored chelsea's only corner kick in the 88th minute, with Mata assisting Drogba to equalize. In extra time, Robben's penalty was held by Cech and Cahill defused the empty goal. Penalty shootout, Cechlian saves Oric and Piggy, and Drogba hammers out.
Coach Di Matteo has completed the unfinished business of Mourinho, Scolari, Ancelotti and other famous managers, his use of veterans, the stability of the dressing room, so that the chelsea old boys united, won the Champions League for the first time, Di Matteo also successfully turned positive.
Unfortunately, in the new season, Chelsea lost consecutive Community Shield and The European Super Cup, and after losing 3-0 away to Juventus in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, and with the previous 4 winless games in the Premier League, Di Matteo was finally dismissed.
Di Matteo only coached at Chelsea for eight and a half months, playing 42 games but winning the Champions League and FA Cup. Judging from the experience behind, Di Matteo is not a very successful coach, and his 2012 is more like a flash in the pan. But this Buddha handsome man who always has a smiling face and is not insulted, the miracle he has created, is not something that can be seen once in the short.
One day in the future, I look forward to the Buddha Shuai regaining his grip on the teaching whip and returning to football!