The signing work with Claudio Ranieli was very smooth. Because of his poor results in leading the team, the Naples club did not want to leave the young coach whose contract was about to expire, and did not make any obstacles to Florence's poaching behavior. So Claudio Ranieli successfully terminated his work contract with Naples without paying any liquidated damages and came to Florence.

The presidential office of Florence has become a place for Zhuang Mingge to handle daily affairs and hold small meetings.

Ranieri sat opposite Zhuang Mingge, looking at the young and somewhat overly-deserved Mr. Chairman in front of him, and couldn't help but recall the little things he had when coaching various teams in the past.

From 1989 to 1991, he led Cagliari, who was still in the League C, to complete a magical triple jump. After the 1990-91 season, he received an invitation to coach from the Naples club, which was in full swing. Ranieri, full of confidence, came to Naples with a beautiful dream, and he believed that he could lead Naples, which has the king of football, to create glory.

but……

Maradona refused to continue playing for Naples after the suspension period and transferred to Sevilla;

Aleman announced his retirement...

Xilunji, who had high expectations for the team, was embarrassed by the great task...

After Maradona left, Naples began to sink as if he had lost his soul. Ranieri tried hard to bring Naples back on track, but he failed. In recent years, Naples had exhausted his energy in order to find a helper for Maradona, but the fans and club executives did not realize this. They just saw that Naples, which had stars such as Zora and Ferrara, only ranked 11th in Serie A after the end of the 1992-93 season.

So, naturally, Ranieri was considered the culprit of the team's poor performance and was criticized.

Ranieri naturally knew that Naples would not tolerate him continuing to coach the team. He entrusted his agent to secretly ask whether the Serie A teams were interested in inviting them to coach.

However, since Ranieri has only two seasons of experience in coaching the top league and has not achieved good results in leading the team, no Serie A team is willing to extend an olive branch to him.

Just when Ranieri was disheartened, Florence, who was relegated from Serie A this season, sent him an invitation, and Ranieri agreed without hesitation.

Since your top league teams look down on me, I will start over and I will lead Fiorentina to shake the whole of Italy!

This is the first time Zhuang Mingge has seen Ranieri himself up close. The famous "pot-making maker" in later generations is still just an unknown pawn, with not so many white hairs on his head. Although the expression revealed between his eyebrows is a little sad, it does not have the bitter expression that later generations see on TV broadcasts.

Zhuang Mingge looked at Ranieri, who was obviously much younger than he remembered, and handed Ranieri a folder full of player information given to Zhuang Mingge by Antonioni: "This is the player information for Fiorentina's expected first-team this season. Do you see if there is any problem?"

Ranieri opened the folder and looked through it carefully. To his surprise, half of the roster of this Fiorentina first-team team were young players who were preparing to introduce from other teams.

After selling almost all the main lineups and introducing newcomers with large investments, it seems that the boss really attaches great importance to these newcomers.

Ranieri thought so, and closed the folder at the same time, and asked carefully: "Mr. Chairman, what do you think of the Florence Youth Army you have built with your own hands?"

"I think they have unlimited potential, and it should be no problem to enter Serie A at the end of the season." Zhuang Mingge said confidently, and then added, "Claudio, you don't have to call me boss or Mr. Chairman, just call me Antonio."

"Okay, Antonio, what you mean is that on the basis of ensuring the upgrade, you should give these young people as much space as possible to perform?" Ranieri asked. He had to confirm this. In Italian football, how to ensure the results and meet the boss's ideas as much as possible is a must-have skill for Italian local coaches.

"Haha, Claudio (Ranieli), don't worry that I will be in charge of the blind command. After all, I also have an international A-level coaching certificate." Zhuang Mingge laughed and took out the certificate and showed it to Ranieli.

Ranieli felt a little relieved after seeing this certificate. When he was a coach, what he was most afraid of was the layman commanding experts. For example, Lao Bei later forced Ancelotti to arrange a double striker, not considering whether such tactics were suitable for the team. In addition, Abramovich, after 2006, forced a team to stuff Shevchenko into the already formed team, which was not suitable for Chelsea's tactical system, which aroused Mourinho's dissatisfaction.

"I just took a rough look at the on-court position and technical characteristics of these players. I can see that Antonio, you imagine that this Fiorentina plays a 442 formation, with a small diamond in the midfield, and no wing forward. This can indeed enhance the team's defensive strength in the middle, but it will also weaken the offensive and defensive ability of the wing." Ranieri boldly put forward his own opinions.

"The attack on the wing is completed by the full-backs inserting assists and the midfield offensive players pulling the side. As for defense, three midfielders with good defensive abilities are fully capable of making up for the full-backs who insert assists."

"Antonio, you mean, don't be obsessed with position division. When the full-back attacks, you can rush up to serve as a winger, and when the central defender defends, you can also serve as a full-back." Ranieri raised his eyebrows unconsciously. He had never tried this tactic before. "This is really a bold idea, reminding me of the Dutch's full attack and defense."

"This tactical system is indeed derived from Michels's idea of ​​full attack and defense." Zhuang Mingge could only admit it this way. Can he still say that European teams will play like this more than ten years later? Then Zhuang Mingge told Ranieri and Pan the tactical ideas he compiled these days based on the memories of later generations and the knowledge of his predecessors.

"Emphasize the players' collective running and overall pressing, and focus on training the players' awareness of playing the ball; during the passing process, the main focus is on passing the ball, and the main focus is on passing and cooperation; Fiorentina wants to build a whole, not a team of a certain player. This is a tactical policy that Fiorentina will never change in the future." Zhuang Mingge set the tone for the general direction of the team's tactics. "Of course, you need to arrange the specific tactical details yourself. Don't forget our Italian old profession and chain defense during training."

"Haha, don't worry, how can Italian coaches not pay attention to defense?" Ranieri said with a laugh. Chain defense is a compulsory course for every Italian coach.

However, if this improved chain defense based on overall pressing and collective running is completely formed, it will probably be even more terrifying, Ranieri thought to himself.

"There is another point. At present, our team has Batistuta on the front line, and the core of the organization is Effenberg. These two players are capable of taking on the team's offense. However, in terms of defense, I hope to introduce a combat power that is best at playing in the year. After all, these players to be introduced are too young. Thomassi has not played in the professional league yet. Bilindley, Giannikeda and Jonty have only played in the low-level league in less than a season. They need to adapt to the rhythm of the second division."

"Well, I think you convinced me, Claudio. Do you have any players who are suitable for this tactical system? I will contact the transfer department head Hercule (Poirot), who is responsible for bringing the players we need to the team."

Here we add that before the end of 1995, that is, before the implementation of the Boseman Act, players have no say in their transfer where they will go. Generally speaking, if a player wants to transfer to another team, the club that introduces this player must pay a transfer fee that satisfies the other party, otherwise the player will not be able to leave even if the contract expires (please refer to the Boseman Act for details); and if the club wants to sell a player and the team is capable of introducing it, then the player can only transfer and leave. The more famous cases include Dunga (transferred from Fiorentina to Pescara in 1992). Unless a superstar like Robert Baggio and Barresi, no one dares to sell them to a low-level team without their consent.

In short, in the European football world before the implementation of the Boseman Act, the players were in a very bad situation, and most of them could not decide their own destiny. This was Zhuang Mingge's opportunity.

"Turin's midfielder Cois, or Napoli's midfielder Kripa." Ranieri thought for a moment and gave his own advice.

"Why don't you buy Ferrara? Naples shouldn't stop this deal." Zhuang Mingge suddenly had a whim and wanted to Kaoranieli.

"But Ferrara is a member of the national team and is likely to participate in next year's World Cup. If he is allowed to play in the second division next season, it will not only make him lose his position in the national team, but also make him hate Fiorentina, which is not worth the loss." Ranieri explained, "But the situation between Cois and Kripa is different. I know Sakchi. He is very stubborn. At the same time, he also trusts the combination of Albertini and Dino Baggio. In addition to Conte of Juventus and Berti of Inter Milan, Cois, who is just a newcomer, and Kripa, who is not at the age, has no possibility of entering the national team at all."

"The analysis is very good. Welcome to Florence, Claudio." Zhuang Mingge applauded Ranieri's analysis and said happily.
Chapter completed!