Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions-Chapter 31: Gualin Returns to the Starting Lineup, Behind It Is Mancini’s Old Cleverness!

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Gualin Returns to the Starting Lineup, Behind It Is Mancini’s Old Cleverness!

Time came to mid-December.

Serie A’s 13th round, Inter hosted home against the weak Chievo.

This year, Serie A’s winter break came relatively early, with this match marking the beginning of a twenty-day break for the Serie A Alliance.

For several years, sports broadcasters have been encouraging Serie A to learn from the Premier League and shorten or even cancel the winter break for profit.

After all, broadcasting matches during Christmas can greatly increase viewership ratings.

For fans, watching football during the New Year is also a pleasant thing.

However, this proposal faced strong opposition at the league-wide meeting, with 17 out of 20 teams against it!

Unlike the Premier League, most of Serie A’s team owners are local Italians.

They have relatively traditional and conservative thinking.

"Christmas is originally a holiday, if you let our players go to play, can they do it with peace of mind? They can’t!"

"Serie A needs a winter break, especially for small teams like Verona, we need to buy and sell players to strengthen ourselves, or else we are destined for relegation in the second half of the season!"

"We Italians have a rich football cultural heritage, why should we learn from the northern Brits?"

"It’s simply nonsense, someone wants to divide Italian football!"

In the end, sports broadcasters faced a deadlock, and the matter came to naught.

Of course, for players playing in Serie A, having a winter break is naturally delightful~

Who wouldn’t want to reunite with family, girlfriends, and friends during Christmas?

Still have to work and play football over the New Year?

To hell with football!

However, Inter coach Mancini particularly emphasized the importance of the match before the winter break.

He had already watched all the videos of Chievo’s last ten matches early on, and together with assistant coach Herrera, Chiwo, and technical analyst Karamoshi, he laid out tactical plans.

At the same time, Mancini also stressed to the players during Saturday’s last training session:

"The holidays are coming, I know many of your thoughts have already flown to the beaches of the Iberian Peninsula, but whether the team can achieve three consecutive wins is a mental challenge we must overcome!"

Why does Mancini value three consecutive wins so much?

This again inevitably brings up the discussion of the former coach, Mazzari.

During Mazzari’s one and a half years coaching Inter.

Under his guidance, the Blue-Black Corps never achieved three consecutive league wins!

Occasionally, after achieving two consecutive wins, fans thought Mazzari was going to rise; Inter was going to breathe easy.

But regardless of who they played in the third round, whether strong teams like Juventus and AC Milan or weak relegation candidates like Catania and Chievo, the results were either a draw or a loss, mostly losses.

Thus, some Inter fans from China, in their frustration and anger, turned their feelings into inspiration and composed a catchy song for Mazzari —

"Mazzari, Playing Blindly"

The melody borrowed from the animation of Journey to the West.

"Mazzari, randomly playing"

"Bringing three defenders to the small international team"

"Five brothers and the big Obi"

"And Mavic"

"What Invincible Bayern what Galaxy Real Madrid"

"What Red Devils Manchester United what Cosmic Barça"

"What long pass transitions what defensive counter-attacks"

"Can’t stop the genuinely insane random play"

"Leading Inter to the UEFA Europa League!"

"Mazzari, randomly playing"

"It’s not easy being Mavic as the core"

"Weak attack and anxious"

"Mazzari will personally play blindly"

"What miraculous strategies with Icardi’s own tricks"

"Even if the league has no victories, a penalty will defeat"

"What miraculous long passes and mixes"

"Obi quick breakthrough Gualin’s airplane shot"

"Four disciples cut demons and battle devils with unity"

"Inter couldn’t even play down to the first place!"

Though it’s just teasing, the lyrics also exaggerate a lot.

But the years after the treble-winning Inter.

Really lowered many fans’ expectations for this century-old Serie A establishment founded in 1908!

Mancini and Mazzari are different; Mancini is a champion coach, having won a significant league title, ranking two levels above Mazzari.

He understood very well that achieving three consecutive league wins was a mental challenge Inter had to cross!

Even if playing a weak team like Chievo at home.

Mancini believes everyone can’t relax their vigilance!

Even if the inherently proud Mancini feels certain about defeating Chievo, this is just strategic disdain, tactical emphasis is still indispensable.

For this reason, Mancini made a stunning adjustment to the starting lineup.

Gualin returns to the starting lineup!

When Mancini read the starting lineup in front of everyone on the training ground.

When Gualin’s name appeared, people from the Argentine Barbecue Gang and the Italian Local Gang were stunned!

Wasn’t this guy banned?

How is he starting!

Even Gualin himself didn’t expect it.

He had privately asked his agent to find him another club.

Could it be that the coach trusts me again?

No one can decipher Mancini’s thoughts exactly.

Mancini, who’s in his prime age, has become more mature than ever.

If he completely banned Gualin just because of a quiet mutter questioning his tactics in the locker room, and kicked him out of the team, Mancini wouldn’t be a great coach.

Mancini needs to use players like Gualin!

Gualin has many shortcomings on the field.

He’s reckless, easily agitated, and his yellow cards each season rank first in the team.

He’s hot-tempered, complains about teammates, and likes to go solo.

But Gualin’s strengths are also very prominent!

He is the strongest player within Inter; with him there, the midfield toughness elevates a notch. freёnovelkiss.com

He is the most hard-working player, a faithful meat grinder.

Though his long shots often miss, it’s undeniable, every season he’s the midfielder who scores the most goals!

Plus, Gualin led Porto to win the UEFA Europa League title in the 2010-2011 season.

In recent years, Inter has cleared out all the treble-winning players, Gualin is now one of the few champion players left, who has seen major events.

If Gualin is driven away, bringing in a player with a similar role to Gualin would cost at least 25 million Euros during the winter window!

This is unthinkable for Inter, whose financial situation is tight.

Mancini’s approach to Gualin is the carrot and stick, slap down, then give him gummies to eat.

As long as he’s obedient, he still has games in the team.

Since Mancini was heartbroken by his beloved godson Balotelli.

The Italian coach has changed his strategy towards players.

He never again exposes his heart to a particular player, never treats them overly well without limits.

In Mancini’s view, I am the coach, everything I do is to maintain my coaching position.

I treat you well because you’re useful to me, and you have value for me to use.

Furthermore, Mancini keenly noticed that if Gualin couldn’t stand firm in the team, then the South American gang, led by him, would decline.

After the conflict that arose on the training ground over Tang Long.

Mancini pondered over this issue.

The Argentine Barbecue Gang and the Italian Local Gang are showing a trend of joining forces, they will jointly suppress the South American gang.

If Mancini let it go unchecked, the former force will gradually expand, even controlling the locker room.

Argentinians and Italians naturally have a strong blood tie!

Argentina has 40 million people, at least 20 million have Italian blood running through their veins.

Names like Icardi and Sane.

Carry a rich Italian cultural flavor - they are descendants of Italian immigrants from a hundred years ago, after World War I.

A united locker room has many benefits.

But Mancini is wary of seeing an entirely united locker room.

Divide and balance is Mancini’s technique he must grasp as the coach of a Serie A giant.

He’s seen too many examples.

If the team’s performance is consistently good, many problems can be masked.

Once the team falls into a slump, conflicts will erupt!

Collective rebellion from players requesting management to change the coach happens every year across major leagues.

As a world-class coach, the rumors and insider knowledge Mancini knows from his peers far exceed those who boast of being professional in the media!

If every player in the locker room twisted into a tightly bound rope, this rope could lash opponents, but also lash their coach.

If three ropes loosely entangle and intertwine together.

The only one who can wield this whip is Mancini himself.