Chapter 49 The era of strong men is over!
Barcelona's legendary president Nunez has stepped down!
This is definitely earthquake-level news in the world of football.
When Yang Hao received the news, he was stunned for a moment. He knew that Nunes would step down this year, but the time was advanced.
In his previous life, Nunez should have stepped down after the end of this season, but now, due to consecutive losses to Atletico Madrid and the turmoil in the locker room this season, Nunez finally couldn't bear it anymore.
According to media reports, an important reason why Nunez stepped down early was that the opposition, namely Laporta, the president of Barcelona's Blue Elephants Fan Club, and Barcelona legend Cruyff and others, put tremendous pressure on the management.
Speaking of which, Nunez and Cruyff can be said to have a love-hate relationship.
As the president of Barcelona since 1978 , Nunez can be said to be the number one contributor to Barcelona's rise. Cruyff and others were once his close comrades. Even the Dream Team coached by Cruyff received Nunez's full support.
It was not until the 0-5 loss to Real Madrid coached by Valdano that Cruyff was forced to resign.
Later, Barcelona experienced some turmoil. Nunez always wanted to bring Van Gaal, who had coached well at Ajax, to Camp Nou, but the whole world knew that Cruyff and Van Gaal had a very bad relationship.
After Van Gaal took over as coach of Barcelona, the relationship between Nunez and Cruyff broke down, and Cruyff turned to Laporta, the chairman of the opposition Blue Elephants Fan Club. The latter had just started and needed a celebrity like Cruyff to support him.
The incident was triggered after Barcelona lost to Atletico Madrid. Catalan media revealed that the Blue Elephant Fan Club was organizing a massive protest ceremony, which was scheduled to be held in the 36th round of La Liga, the home game against Rayo Vallecano.
There is nothing special about this game, but the Nou Camp will host a grand anniversary party to mark the 22nd anniversary of Núñez's election as Barcelona president.
This season has already been criticized and faced tremendous pressure. If his own fans turn against him at the anniversary celebration, he will definitely become a laughing stock around the world. So Nunes couldn't bear it and decided to step down early.
Vice President Gaspart will serve as interim president until the end of this season, when Barcelona holds general elections to elect a new president.
The strong man who ruled Barcelona for 22 years finally fell!
Yang Hao was more emotional, because this meant that the era of Spanish football strongmen had completely ended!
In the next few years, the era of European football powerhouses will gradually come to an end.
Nunez of Barcelona, Mendoza of Real Madrid, and Gil of Atletico Madrid are all strong men in the football world. They can rely on their personal authority to lead a club to overcome difficulties and create great achievements.
But times have changed.
The era of strongmen is no longer in line with the current historical trend.
Real Madrid's president Sanz is Mendoza's direct subordinate, but after he took office, he was unable to reverse the situation of Real Madrid's increasingly weak finances and increasing debt from the Mendoza era to the present.
The same is true for Nunez of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid's old Hill.
Under the rule of a strongman, the club is the chairman's one-man show, and is executed and operated entirely according to the chairman's will.
This worked very efficiently at certain times in the past, but now it's clearly not working anymore.
Take financial management for example.
Do you know how outrageous Atletico Madrid’s financial management is?
There is not even the most basic cash flow management, and financial management is a mess.
Is this the case with Atletico Madrid?
No, Hill said, this is true for Real Madrid and Barcelona, and even the entire La Liga.
Yang Hao had talked to Xiao Hill before and told him one thing, that is, around the 95/96 season, the three giants of La Liga, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, actually had similar commercial income to the Premier League teams, and even Manchester United.
But in the past few years, Manchester United's commercial revenue has grown by leaps and bounds. What about La Liga?
Yang Hao asked him, "Doesn't Atletico Madrid have a marketing department?"
Little Hill asked in return, "What do you want that thing for?"
Yes, this is the current situation in La Liga, even for teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Mendoza, Nunez, Sanz, Hill Sr. and others all belong to the last century. In their world, what marketing does football need?
Sponsor?
Aren’t they all those who came to us on their own initiative?
Even so, the club still remains indifferent.
Do you know what it means?
I want to make money from you and be your father, so you have to kneel down and give me money!
Have you ever seen such an awesome Party B?
But this is the mainstream of La Liga and even the entire European football.
This is very similar to a friend of Yang Hao's previous life. He was a skilled craftsman who charged more than others, worked more lazily and slower. High emotional intelligence is called slow work and fine work.
Logically speaking, many customers who pursue high quality will come to him, but when you ask him to do work, he always ignores you, as if he never lacks work to do. But what is the reality?
Once, he came to Yang Hao to chat, and a client called in the middle of the conversation, saying that there was a job for him and asked him to come over to take a look. As a result, Yang Hao told the client that he was busy with a certain project and would go back in a few days.
What's the most outrageous thing?
After hanging up the phone, he turned around and complained to Yang Hao: "The economy is bad these days, there are too few jobs, and life is not easy."
Yang Hao almost couldn't resist the urge to take action.
Today's European clubs are exactly the same as Yang Hao's friend.
In their traditional impression, money from all over the world should be sent to them on their own initiative, without them having to go out and look for it.
Behind this entire set of thinking logic, the most critical issue lies with the strong man.
The stronger one is, the more he likes to monopolize power. Monopolizing power often means doing everything himself. Once the direction is wrong, the more he does things himself, the more mistakes he makes and the more chaotic the situation becomes.
This is a taboo in the modern enterprise management system!
The most interesting thing is that Nunez's successor Gaspart has served as vice president for 22 years and is known as the best vice president in Barcelona's history, but that was the vice president under the strongman Nunez.
Suddenly one day, the mountain pressing on his head disappeared, and he turned into the strong man he once looked up to. Gaspart suddenly became unable to do anything and became the worst president in Barcelona's history.
This is the failure of the club's management system.
Even by 2023, Barcelona has not yet established a mature, stable and modern management system.
Real Madrid seems to be very stable and modern, but that is based on the premise that Florentino is still in power. When Florentino retires one day, will it repeat the mistakes of the Calderon era? Who can say for sure?
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Although Nunez has stepped down, Barcelona's nightmare continues.
In the 36th round of the game at the weekend, Barcelona lost 0-2 to Rayo Vallecano at home , and Van Gaal's dismissal was a foregone conclusion.
However, Deportivo La Coruña did not show the momentum of a strong team and drew 2-2 with Zaragoza at home. They are currently 6 points ahead of Barcelona, but theoretically the championship race is still in suspense.
Real Madrid lost 0-1 to Alaves at home.
So much so that some people say that the battle for the La Liga championship this season is like a fight between weaklings.
Of course, to put it in a more emotionally intelligent way, this is called fierce competition.
On the second match day of the 36th round, Yang Hao led Atletico Madrid, who had been preparing for a week, to challenge Real Oviedo away.
Yang Hao still deployed the increasingly mature 4231 tactics, and still adopted high-pressure pressing.
Aragones also adopted his best 442 tactics, focusing on defensive counterattacks at home.
But Yang Hao did not play conservatively. Instead, he insisted on his high-pressure pressing and took the initiative to press forward, putting pressure on Real Oviedo and suppressing his opponent with his obvious strength advantage.
Especially against Real Oviedo's midfield.
The four midfielders are all around 1.75 meters tall and have weak confrontational abilities. When Yang Hao deployed tactics before the match, he focused on strangling Oviedo's midfield, while also allowing Belleron and others to control the midfield and the ball.
From the beginning of the game, Oviedo was suppressed very badly and had to retreat to its own half and struggle to hold on.
But they only lasted 27 minutes.
Capdevila came in from behind, received a pass from Solari near the baseline, broke into the left side of the penalty area, shot and scored, opening the scoring for Atletico Madrid, 1-0!
After that, Atletico Madrid continued to attack and pursue Oviedo.
They have the advantage in terms of strength and the dimensionality reduction attack in terms of tactics. Coupled with the running-in and winning streak in the past few rounds of games, Atletico Madrid is now strong and morale is high.
Just 5 minutes later, Belleron got the ball in the middle, turned around and got rid of the defender, and sent a straight pass. Hasselbaink broke into the penalty area and shot without stopping the ball, breaking Real Oviedo's goal again.
This is the Dutchman's 28th La Liga goal this season!
The first half ended with Atletico Madrid leading by two goals.
After the change of sides in the second half, Yang Hao adjusted the team's tactical play and the team retreated back to the center line again.
This also fully takes into account the team's physical energy consumption.
With the current lineup configuration and physical condition of Atletico Madrid players, they cannot support the high-position tactics throughout the game. They should retreat appropriately, let Oviedo press forward, and then counterattack.
This is not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy.
Aragones' team is also aiming to avoid relegation, and even though they know this is a trap set by Atletico Madrid, they have no choice but to push forward.
Real Oviedo's fighting spirit is very strong, and the players' enthusiasm in the game is also very high, but when facing the retreating Atletico Madrid, Oviedo's players really could not come up with any effective solution.
There isn't even a single famous star in this team.
This resulted in an intense game, with Real Oviedo playing very aggressively, but in reality, there were virtually no threatening attacks, let alone direct threats to Atletico's goal.
It can be said that this was the most stable and least suspenseful game since Yang Hao coached Atletico Madrid.
Whether it is tactics or player strength, they crushed Real Oviedo.
So even though they won the game, Yang Hao didn't react too excitedly on the sidelines.
On the contrary, Aragones in the home team's coaching booth was a little confused.
He has never seen such a football!
