On September 29, the crowd inside and outside the Alpstadion was abuzz. This stadium, which has always had a low attendance rate, had a rare scene tonight where it was hard to get a ticket. The stands on all sides could even be described as overcrowded!
Seeing this scene, Old Fox Mo, who appeared in the VIP box, was naturally very happy. Although turning Juventus into the hegemon of Serie A is the ultimate goal of the Juventus general manager, for Mo Lao Fox, who has always paid attention to balance of payments, the club's declining ticket revenue is also a matter of great concern to him.
Why is the team's performance getting better and better, but ticket revenue and attendance continue to decline? Only when there is a strong dialogue will the attendance become more objective? Mo Lao Fox thought a lot but couldn't find a reasonable answer to this question. He had to blame it on Juventus's too simple and steady style of play, which was not very attractive to fans.
Of course, if Juventus changes its style to offensive football in order to attract attention and increase attendance, Mo Laohu will definitely not be willing to do so. After all, in Moji's view, the most important thing is always the championship trophy, and he must not put the cart before the horse!
I have to say that Moji’s analysis does make some sense. Juventus' unflattering style of play and overly utilitarian tactics are indeed one of the reasons for the low attendance at the Alpi Stadium. But in fact, a more important reason for this phenomenon is that Mo Laohu attaches too much importance to the club's balance of payments!
In order to ensure the club's financial balance of payments, from the day he took office as general manager of Juventus, Moggi has been continuously selling off the team's stars who are about to pass their prime (such as Roberto Baggio, Vic Yali, Zidane, etc.), turn them into cash, and then use these funds for team signings and salary increases for other players. This is the main method used by Juventus in the Moggi era to ensure financial health!
However, although Moggi's cost-saving approach can maintain financial balance while maximizing Juventus' competitiveness, his business strategy also makes Juventus lack the ability for wealthy clubs. The necessary star flavor and attention. For example, in the summer of 2001, midfielder Zidane was sold to Real Madrid for a world-record transfer fee. Mo Lao Fox used this huge sum of money to acquire Nedvěd, Thuram, Buffon and other powerful players. , successfully completed the team's reconstruction work, allowing the Bianconeri, who had been in the doldrums for several seasons, to stand on the top of Serie A again. However, Zidane's departure has also had a considerable negative impact on Juventus's reputation. A club that is even willing to sell the core of the team who is at the peak of his career, what qualifications does it have with Real Madrid, which is full of superstars? Madrid on par?
In fact, Moji is not unaware of this. It's just that the old fox is better at throttling operations than open source, so he chose this path. Moreover, Moji could not have known that the top giants in the Bosman era were on the fast track of getting stronger from the strong, and even the bench would be filled with international players from various countries. Therefore, if Moggi continues to operate Juventus according to this business strategy, although there will be no problems in a short period of time, when the era of gold-dollar football comes, Juventus' life will become quite difficult.
The reason why Juventus in the previous life was able to rise again after the Calciopoli incident was not only because of the overall decline of Serie A after the Calciopoli incident, and its attraction to big-name stars was not as attractive as before. Every club had to tighten their belts to live. It gave Juventus a chance to breathe, and finally waited until the great god Conte came and led the Bianconeri to a successful revival. It is also because of the crazy investment of John Elkann and Andrea Agnelli in the transfer market that the Bianconeri have sufficient funds to strengthen the team every summer!
Now back to business, let’s first introduce the starting lineups of the two teams in this game. For Juventus, the Bianconeri can be said to have used all their main players. It seems that Capello intends to use the advantage of home court to get a key victory over Tottenham, paving the way for the team to successfully break out of this group of death. the way!
The goalkeeper is Gianluigi Buffon, who is known as the "world's best goalkeeper". The four defenders from left to right are Gianluca Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Thuram and Zebina, Emerson and De Forming a double defensive midfielder, Nedved and Camoranesi are on the left and right wings, and the front line is the combination of Trezeguet and Zebra Prince Del Piero!
Although due to George's relationship, Ibrahimovic did not join Juventus in this life, leaving the Bianconeri with only one and a half forwards available on the forward line (Pierro, who has a goal drought from time to time, can only count Half), but this does not mean that Tottenham can relax on the defensive end. You know, for a typical Italian team like Juventus, defensive counterattacks have been deeply ingrained in their bones, and their head coach Capello is an expert at it. He led AC Milan, which was full of injured soldiers, in The four-goal slaughter of Barcelona, known as the "Dream Team" in the Champions League final was his pinnacle. Therefore, if Tottenham does not pay more attention to this, then it is very likely that they will fall short in the end and fall into a passive situation in this battle to qualify for the group qualifying!
In addition, although after Zidane moved to Real Madrid, Juventus no longer has a truly top superstar, but the Bianconeri won with a balanced strength in the three lines, except for the unstable condition of right back Zebina. Apart from that, there is no obvious weakness. Therefore, it is really an extremely difficult task for Tottenham to score points from Juventus!
The most important thing is that this Juventus team's defensive ability is really too strong. Although Vieira has not joined at this time, the arrival of De Jong and Heitinga gives Capello more sufficient manpower on the defensive end. And this has resulted in Juventus not conceding a single goal in the four league games that have ended so far, only conceding three goals against Ajax led by Zeman!
Looking at Tottenham, George, whose goal is to take away a point from the away game, has set up a starting lineup that can defend and counterattack. Goalkeeper Cech, right back Stephen Carr, left back Evra, two central defenders Vidic and Ledley King, Mascherano, Xavi Alonso and Kompany form the midfield iron triangle. The front trident is the combination of Ribery, Cristiano Ronaldo and Drogba!
It can be said that whether Tottenham can retreat from the Alp Stadium today depends on whether their offensive trident can penetrate the strongest shield carefully built by Capello!
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