Chapter 094: The Catastrophe of Chiyu
Just as Benitez was considering how to limit the threat of Zhang Yang in the game against Manchester City, in London, another giant team, Chelsea, was in chaos and panic.
The league has been held for 25 rounds, with 47 points, the same points as the "Nowadays" Manchester City, and the goal difference is less than Manchester City. In the end, it ranks behind Manchester City and ranks fifth in the league.
This is obviously something that Chelsea boss Abramovich cannot accept! Especially Chelsea has just gotten rid of the hat of "nova", but its current record is not as good as Manchester City, which is even more unbearable by the Russian oligarch.
Once Abramovich is dissatisfied with the team's performance, what will he do? Naturally, he will take action against the head coach!
Just after Valentine's Day, Abramovich took a private plane and flew back to London from Moscow. Then, accompanied by his confidant Tennantbaum and club chairman Buck, he rushed to Chelsea's training base-Kobam training base.
When Abu and his group of three appeared at the training base, the base staff found that the bosses looked wrong, as if they were wearing "death masks", and they were so scared that they sat upright.
Abram went straight to one of the conference rooms and immediately summoned Scolari for a meeting. Scolari was discussing the away game tactics with Aston Villa with his assistants at the time. Although Chelsea had a poor record and ranked fifth in the Premier League standings in the 2008/2009 season, and was even under the weight of Manchester City with a goal difference. However, Chelsea, which had 47 points, is only six points away from Manchester United, who is the top. For the head coach who has just taken over a team for less than a year,
It is said that this result is not good, but it is definitely not bad. Moreover, Scolari does not think that Chelsea has left the championship team, and there are thirteen rounds left in the league, and Chelsea has the possibility of reversing the championship in the league. Besides, in the FA Cup and the Champions League, Chelsea still survives. It can be said that there is hope for winning the championship in the third line. Obviously, 'Big Phil' is still optimistic about the future of himself and Chelsea. He does not know that his "last has come."
He was told that the boss was summoned, Scolari asked his assistants to continue the discussion, but he himself stood up and went to Abramovich's office to meet his boss with a smile.
In fact, although he has been the head coach of Chelsea for more than eight months, Scolari has not dealt with Abram since taking office, and he has only met three or four times. This is the result of his intentional request when he took office: please do not interfere with the team affairs. Unfortunately, it is obvious that this is just Scolari's wishful thinking.
After entering the conference room, Scolari immediately realized that everything was over. Abu told him with a serious expression: "It won't work if this continues. Changes must be made!"
Scolari immediately understood what the Russians meant by 'change had to be made'. He was fired.
What surprised Abu and others was that Scolari was just surprised to hear that he was fired. Obviously, he himself did not expect that he would be fired like this. However, after being shocked, Scolari's reaction was very calm, he smiled and shrugged, and accepted his fate with a very graceful manner.
Seeing that Scolari calmly accepted the fate of being "fired" and Abu was also very satisfied. This person was quite sensible in the current affairs. This made him feel very good about Scolari's final impression.
In fact, whether Scolari has been fired for a long time in Abram's mind. He had exchanged views with Buck, Tennbaum and Kenyon in private. Kenyon seemed to want to make it clear for Scolari. However, Scolari's team has been unlucky recently and has lost to Liverpool away. He was then tied by Hull, the second-worst in the Premier League defense, at home. He drew 5 draws and 2 losses in 13 home games. He lost 8 points in 5 rounds after the New Year and fell to fifth place. Abram can't bear it, and Chelsea's ranking is actually behind Manchester City.
After Manchester City surpassed Chelsea in points ranking, even Kenyon, who wanted to protect Scolari, didn't speak anymore. He knew that being pressed by Manchester City's "new nouveau riche" was Abram's reverse scale, and Scolari's fate was destined!
Then, Chelsea's official website issued a statement announcing Scolari's dismissal, and assistant coach Wilkins took over the team until the new coach took office: "The club has made a decision. Now, Scolari will be removed from his position as head coach and will take effect immediately. We thank him for his efforts during his coaching period. Since Scolari took office, we have brought a lot of positive things to the team. We feel sad that a friendship between the host and the host ended too early. Unfortunately, the recent performance has not been ideal. Now is a critical moment of the season, and changing coaches is the only choice. The coach selection work has begun."
Subsequently, Scolari also publicly thanked Chelsea for giving him the opportunity to coach: "This experience is very valuable, and it is a pity that it has not lasted longer. I wish Chelsea good luck in the three events."
This is also considered to be the most peaceful breakup in the matter of dismissing the head coach by Abramovich.
Scolari was dismissed and Wilkins was acting head coach. This Chelsea veteran has once again become the focus of media attention.
Wilkins was the darling of Stamford Bridge during his time as a player. He signed as an apprentice and served as the captain of the Blues at the age of 18. He is the youngest captain in the history of the team. He is an old man in English football, evergreen, with footprints all over Manchester United, Glasgow Wandering, Crystal Palace and Millwall. He also spent overseas playing for AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, representing England 84 times, participating in two World Cups and one European Cup, and played until he was 40 years old.
However, in the eyes of the media, Wilkins was not very lucky in coaching and assistant coaching. The only coaching time was to lead Fulham, which was fired by Fayez on the eve of the English League Two play-offs, followed Viali to Chelsea and Watford, and was fired by his boss both times. In 2003, he served Millwall with another Chelsea player, Wise, and left with Wise two years later. In 2007, he assisted Peter Taylor in leading the England youth team, and gave up halfway. Last year, he served as an assistant coach at Chelsea for the second time, but Scolari stepped down.
Scolari had nothing to do with Zhang Yang when he was dismissed, but the media still linked the two together.
"Scolari was completely lost by Zhang Yang." The BBC said this when reporting that the Chelsea head coach was dismissed.
Obviously, in the BBC's view, the reason why Scolari was dismissed is the most direct relationship with Manchester City surpassing Chelsea in the standings. Zhang Yang made great contributions to the top four in the league!
This Chinese scorer, worth 75 million pounds, is Manchester City's flag, Manchester City's offensive core, Manchester City's number one scorer, and the most capable star in the league. Zhang Yang has scored 22 goals in the league so far! And more than 60% of the team's offense and goals are related to him! This is a terrifying data!
The current good situation for Manchester City is created by Zhang Yang, so it seems that the BBC said that Zhang Yang had dismissed Scolari.
However, the most explosive news came later. The Guardian then revealed that after Scolari was fired by Chelsea, he said that he would not leave England for the time being because there may be a new job waiting for him in a few months. The Guardian immediately conducted an in-depth analysis of Scolari's statement. They believed that Scolari's new job was the position of Manchester City's head coach!
"Although Manchester City is now ranked fourth in the league, which is a very impressive achievement, and although Mark Hughes is also questioned, Manchester City's results and rankings also show that the Welsh people have made contributions. However, there seems to be no sign of easing the contradiction between the Welsh people and the Chinese people. If the club chooses a choice between head coach Mark Hughes and Scolari, the one who leaves must be the Welsh people. As for Manchester City's new head coach? The Arabs are very interested in the former world champion coach who just lost his job in London... Zhang Yang's outstanding results led by Manchester City are the direct reason for Scolari's dismissal, and interestingly, the Chinese scorer and Brazilian coach may work together in the future..."
On February 20, the entire Manchester City team arrived at Liverpool by bus.
At the entrance of the hotel, they were surrounded by reporters who had been waiting there for a long time.
What made Manchester City players curious was that at the entrance of the hotel, the number of people interviewed by Mark Hughes actually exceeded the number of reporters interviewed by Zhang Yang. This was the first time.
At the beginning, Mark Hughes was also very happy. It seemed that the team has returned to the top four now, which has greatly increased its market conditions and the reporters' attention to themselves has also increased a lot.
However, after the reporters asked questions, Mark Hughes's face gradually became ugly.
"Mr. Hughes, what do you think about Scolari being dismissed from Chelsea?"
"Mr. Hughes, do you feel a sense of urgency when Scolari is unemployed at home now?"
View peat! Emergency peat!
Mark Hughes wants to beat me up, please do it, Scolari was fired, that Brazilian lost his job, it's my business! What are you doing to ask me this question!
Mark Hughes naturally knew the implicit meaning of these words, and it was because of his clarity that he felt frustrated. I'm fucking you, I'm leading Manchester City into the top four, and you always yelled that I'll be dismissed! My God, I'll be dismissed like this, and there's no reason to do it?! Let's try it when I'm going to lead Manchester City?!
Mark Hughes felt very wronged, and he felt that these reporters were just against him. No matter what kind of achievements he had achieved, these annoying reporters would still look at themselves with tinted glasses!
"My identity is the head coach of Manchester City, not from Chelsea, so there is nothing to tell about these issues." Mark Hughes said with a gloomy face. Then, he squeezed out the crowd and entered the hotel.
Not far away, Zhang Yang, who was also surrounded by reporters, glanced at the head coach's back and said in his heart, "I really have no seeds."
If he were Mark Hughes, he would have been cursed by such doubts or even ridiculed. He would have done so much, and he would not hold it in his anger. If he was unhappy, he would have to vent. I am not easy to bully.
Perhaps this kind of personality is destined to be a bit swaying and relatively conservative in Mark Hughes's coaching style.
This is where the biggest discord between Manchester City's flag and the head coach.
Scolari was dismissed and the fish was affected. Manchester City coach Mark Hughes is this fish.
PS: The first update. I missed the update this month, but I still missed the updates for two updates. I will make up for it in the past two days.
Chapter completed!