(Photo) Kong Di is likely to be the next manager of Chelsea.
Rumor has it that the Italian coach has negotiated a two-year contract with Chelsea and he will become Mourinho's long-term successor. If 46-year-old Kong Di comes to Stamford Bridge, what will be Chelsea's future?
(Photo) Before taking over the Italian national team, Kong Di's experience at Juventus was very successful.
Teaching resume
In 2004, after making more than 300 appearances for Juventus and 20 appearances for the national team, Kong Di ended his career. In 2005-06, he became the assistant coach of Siena team.
Soon after, he got his first coaching job in arezzo of the second division ... He spent a chaotic year there: after only three months of teaching, he was tragically expelled from the class, but five months later, he was reinstated by the team. However, in May 2007, they were relegated on the last day of the league.
After a short break, Kong Di was appointed as the head coach of Barry in February of that year. When he took over, the team was still fighting for relegation, and by the end of the season, Barry had reached the middle of the standings. In the 2008-09 season, he led the team to Serie A again. He renewed his contract with the team for a year, but eventually he left the team and did not lead the team to Serie A.
(Photo) After leaving Barry, Kong Di went to Atlanta to teach.
In September 2009, Kong Di became the coach of Atalanta. But 14 games, only won three games. In June 5438+the following year 10, Kong Di was dismissed. 20 10- 1 1 season, he led Siena of Serie B to return to Serie A. ..
Kong Di then started his three-year career at Juventus. He led Juventus to three consecutive Serie A titles, and also won the Italian Super Cup in 20 12 and 20 13 seasons. In Europe, Kong Di led a team to the Champions League quarter-finals in the 20 12- 13 season, but failed to qualify for the group in the following season.
Leading Juve's success in the domestic arena also gave him the opportunity to coach the Italian national team. Due to poor record, Prandelli left after the World Cup in Brazil, and Kong Di took over the team. His task is the 20 16 European Cup.
Italy was in Group H with Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan and Malta in the European Cup qualifiers. In 10 games, they achieved an impressive record of 7 wins and 3 draws.
(Photo) In the European Cup qualifiers, the Italian team coached by Kong Di qualified with unbeaten record.
In these seven victories, the Italian team won six games 1 ball. In the upcoming finals, the Azzurri will face challenges from Belgium, Ireland and Sweden.
What are the chances of Kong Di taking over?
Kong Di's contract with the Italian national team will expire at the end of Euro 20 16. At that time, he can go to Stamford Bridge as a free agent, and Chelsea don't have to pay a penny of liquidated damages to the Italian Football Association.
According to Sky Sports reporter valentina Fass, Kong Di has been linked with Chelsea for some time, and he is close to signing a contract before Christmas.
"As far as we know, Chelsea hope to decide on the next manager in March," said Fars.
Hiddink is the interim manager of Chelsea, and he will only coach until the end of this season.
"Kong Di is temporarily ahead in the competition for this position. Everything is still inconclusive, but it is also possible that the contract has begun. "
"Of course, there are other competitors. For example, Simone, although he prefers to stay at Atletico Madrid, is indeed on the waiting list; Juventus coach allegri is also one of the candidates. "
Rebuild the blue bridge
There is no doubt that Chelsea's main job this summer is reconstruction. After all, they have changed from a strong team in the Champions League to a middle team. Kong Di's resume does have relevant experience.
He can revive the struggling teams: arezzo, Bari, Atalanta and Siena, but obviously Kong Di's experience at Juventus is the best.
(Photo) Kong Di led Juventus to win three consecutive Serie A titles.
Juventus only ranked seventh in 20 10- 1 1 season. However, after getting the team coach from Delneri, Kong Di immediately led Juventus to win the league title, without losing for a season, which also set a record for Italian football.
Juventus conceded only 20 goals in 38 games that season, which was the first time that Juventus won the official league title since 2003. Due to the Calciopoli scandal in 2006, the Bianconeri were deprived of the championship twice.
Tactically, Kong Di played 3-5-2 in both Juventus and the Italian national team, but he was not limited to this. He will also change it to 4-3-3, which is precisely because of his flexibility that after he took over Juve in 2065,438+0, 65,438+068 only lost 65,438+08 games.
Sky Sports reporter Di Mazio believes that Kong Di will choose his own formation according to the players, instead of forcing the players into a fixed lineup.
(Photo) Vida and Bogba were both brought to Juventus by Kong Di.
Earlier this week, Di Mazio wrote on his personal website: "Kong Di himself has said many times that a good coach should choose the appropriate tactics according to his players, and he did the same."
Kong Di also performed well in the transfer market. Occasionally mistakes are inevitable, but Pirlo (visa-free), Bogba (visa-free), Tevez (6.75 million pounds), vidal (9.4 million pounds) and Lichsteiner (7.5 million pounds) have all become great deals. During his three years as a coach at Juventus, Kong Di never paid more than150,000 for a player.
Others' evaluation
"It's my pleasure to meet Kong Di. I played under many coaches, but Kong Di was the one that surprised me the most. I was really waiting for a good coach, but I didn't expect him to be so good. " Pirlo, 20 14, autobiography "I missed, so I played"
Pirlo considers it an honor to play under Kong Di.
"The secret of our success comes from the determination of the coaches. Kong Di has brought a new spirit to this team. He made us sweat, let us discover our own advantages, and let us forget the previous two disappointing seasons through hard work. " Buffon, 20 12
"Kong Di's 3-5-2 is the best 3-5-2 in history. He is the only 3-5-2 who doesn't call 5-3-2. But when the opponent has two wingers who can transpose each other, it is very tangled. Big teams should not have such problems. 3-5-2 can't be a trend. " Former Milan midfielder Bo Ban, 20 14.