bayedsolid Chapter 293 21. Fiasco
Chapter 293 21. Fiasco
Chapter 293 21. Fiasco
The draw for the Coppa Italia went smoothly. Trapani’s opponent was Salernitana, who had been relegated from Serie B last season. If you play one round, you will get an extra round of income. The Coppa Italia is now a two-round game.
Facing the weaker Salernitana, Trapani's coaching staff naturally focused on training. Even the team's Wannian substitute Pioro got 20 minutes of playing time and scored goals. With one goal, Trapani was able to beat Salernitana 4:0 in the away game, and basically entered the round of 16 with one foot.
Getting such a victory is not a surprise for Trapani. Time flies. Trapani is no longer a newly promoted Serie B team but the fourth-ranked Serie A team. Naturally, the mentality is completely different. language.
Immediately after the home game against Udinese led by Spalletti on October 10, the relationship between the Pozzo family and Hugo is not bad. Udinese under the control of this family is following the route of a star factory. The status quo with Trapani is actually similar, but the difference in Trapani is that Hugo had to do this due to financial pressure, while the Pozzo family in Udinese is all about money. They play football. For money, they have made a lot of profits from Udinese over the years, and they don't have high requirements for Udinese in sports.
The success of Udinese is not only in terms of player processing, but also due to the insightful coaches of the Pozzo family. Zaccheroni and now Spalletti have succeeded in Udinese. This season led Udinese to win the UEFA Cup tickets, but this season Udinese did not start very well. They only scored 4 points in the first four rounds, 5 points behind Trapani. In the away game, Udinese also hopes to bully Trapani's newly promoted team and reverse the team's decline.
Udinese owner Giampaolo Pozzo did not come to Trapani, but his son Gino Pozzo, the official chairman of Udinese, came to Trapani. He came here not only to supervise Udi Ness, and more importantly, meet Hugo, the owner of Trapani, to get closer to everyone.
Hugo had to spare time to have dinner with Gino Pozzo at night. The relationship between the two of them was not deep before. Hugo was very interested in the operation of the Pozzo family. The Pozzo family is certainly not as rich as Hugo when it comes to money. Getting acquainted with a young rich man like Hugo and making good friends will also be of great benefit to the Pozzo family.
Hugo led the management of Trapani to humbly ask Pozzo about the experience of the Pozzo family in running Udinese. Gino Pozzo sincerely revealed his details to Hugo. In fact, these are not secrets, the most important thing is courage , Are the Italian giants stupid? !But they don't have such courage, and a big family business is not necessarily a good thing, and they have a lot of worries.
Among the Pozzo family, the one who really treats football as a business is Gino Pozzo. He believes that the Udinese model can bring huge profits to the family. In fact, it is true. They hardly spend money to introduce big-name stars , However, Bierhoff, Amoruso, Gianni Keida, Fiore, etc. all came from Udinese, making Udinese a lot of money.
"Gigi, a rich man like you, wouldn't you want to make trouble like us?!" Gino Pozzo joked.
"Why not? A team needs to achieve sound management. I think you are our role model!" Hugo said with admiration on purpose.
"Haha, we are a small team and we don't have much to pursue! It would be a surprise if we can win a championship or something! But such a surprise is not so easy to achieve! It is impossible to win the championship without investing money! Look at Milan and the others Champions are bought with money!" Pozzo bluntly revealed that Udinese has not sunk your ambitions.
Hugo nodded, "Gino, don't worry! I won't steal your business! Besides, the football market is so big, it would be beneficial for us to cooperate with each other! Our philosophies are different from each other. , we pay more attention to Italian players than foreign players!"
Udinese's model is to import players from abroad for processing, and they also do domestic business, but they are far less good at digging foreign talents.
Take a closer look, Udinese is also an eight-nation coalition, with players of all nationalities.
This is indeed different from Trapani. Trapani's team is mainly Italian, although there are not many Italians in the main position.
After listening to the story of the Pozzo family, Hugo asked Pozzo with great interest how he felt about his team? !
Pozzo said at the beginning: "Guardiola can't do it! Last year he may be okay in Serie B, but I don't think he still has a lot of room at the level of Serie A!"
Pozzo said shaking his head, everyone in Hugo and Trapani nodded their heads, but Guardiola is at least currently an indispensable member of Trapani, and Hugo regrets selling Meireles now Go, otherwise there is at least one available person. Midfielders such as Paduin and Li Tie are not qualified for Guardiola's role.
"Gigi, I have someone to recommend to you!" Bozuo blinked and smiled.
Hugo came to his senses, and really wanted to spit on the guy. Damn it, for a long time, you said that I, Pep, couldn't do it, so I was busy recommending my own players? !
And look what he said, Hugo made up his mind.
Pozzo was also unambiguous, "David Pizarro, what do you think?!"
"David Pizarro!" Hugo muttered, of course he knew about David Pizarro, the Udinese midfielder will play in tomorrow's match, and Hugo also knew about the last This season, the Udinese player's statistics are quite beautiful. He is the team's second-leading scorer and has scored 7 goals in the league. resemblance.
Hugo turned his head to Sely.
"Mr. Pozzo, this is very difficult! You should know that Juventus and Inter Milan are all interested in David Pizarro. How can we compete with them?!" Sely felt that Pozzo was a liar. Finding a Trapani who raises the price with Juventus and Inter Milan, who has a margin and just needs such a supplement, is definitely a good raiser.
"I don't want to sell them! They are strong enough for our teams!" Bozuo said leisurely.
Believe in you, there is a ghost, and Hugo doesn't believe in Pozzo's nonsense.
No one in Udinese is afraid to sell. As long as someone wants to leave and someone pays a high price, they dare to sell.
Hugo smiled and said, "I'll help you this time! How can you thank me!"
As soon as this sentence came out, it showed that Hugo had seen through Pozzo's mind.
Pozzo was in a hurry, "I recommend it to you sincerely! Think about how old David is now and has rich experience in Serie A. He is more suitable for you than Guardiola! We can discuss the price carefully. , I really don’t want to sell it to them!”
Both Hugo and Sely were a little surprised, it was so rare that Pozzo would not want to give Pizarro to Inter Milan and Juventus because of competition!
"Let's leave this matter aside for the time being. We will make a serious assessment. If David Pizarro is worthy of our shot, we can discuss it later!" Hugo said vaguely, what is Pozzo's real purpose? I'm not sure, it's said that foreigners believe in the spirit of contract, but Hugo didn't know his fucking shit until he became an Italian. There are too many bird people in Italian football who turn faces faster than books.
Pozzo could only mourn helplessly in his heart, I really want to give you a good player!
Putting this matter aside, Hugo talked about business with Pozzo. He asked Pozzo if he was interested in taking a stake in Guingamp. Pozzo became very interested. Now there is only one club under the Pozzo family, and that is Udinese. Hugo talked to Pozzo about the benefits of investing in Guingamp. Udinese can loan young players to Guingamp to train them.
Pozzo asked a lot about Guingamp. Hugo actually thinks more. Cooperating with the Pozzo family to own a club is the first step. The next step is to jointly develop the South American and African markets with the Pozzo family. The Pozzo family is very good at it In the football business, Hugo doesn't expect to make money with them, but hopes to get good seedlings in advance while doing business with them.
Trapani is very weak in establishing the scouting system. So far, there is only the network of Hernandez's father in Argentina, which is really pitiful.
The host and guests enjoyed the dinner in the evening, but the game on the second day was not friendly at all. Trapani, who lacked two key players, was no match for Udinese at all. Pizarro played very well indeed. Sorting out Udinese's offense and defense is very methodical, and Hugo's double center tactics are useless.
In his own home court, he lost 0:5 to the visiting Udinese by a big score. He didn't score a single goal, and the defensive loopholes abound.
Gino Pozzo flashed quickly, and quietly sent a text message to Hugo after the game, "I still have something to do, let's go first, we won't have the post-match dinner together tonight, please forgive me!"
(End of this chapter)