Football System: Classic Number 10
Chapter 124: Against Sevilla B
The arrival of Albert Gilardino yesterday made Cananga FC Mining players surprised not to play. Gilardino introduced himself as a close friend of their coach, Coach Giovanni Almeida.
Who does not know Gilardino? Alberto Gilardino is an Italian legend. Alberto Gilardino was even part of the Italy squad at the time they won the World Cup in 2006.
In addition, many more achievements were inscribed Alberto Gilardino when he became a player. Gilardino is also the all-time top scorer in Serie A. While still playing for AC Parma in 2002-2005, Gilardino scored 50 goals in 96 appearances, making him one of AC Parma's all-time leading scorers. The best achievement of Alberto Gilardino's football career was when he defended AC Milan. At that time, Gilardino managed to help AC Milan become European champions, after beating Liverpool in Athens. At that time, two goals were created by Filippo Inzaghi and responded by a Dirk Kuyt goal.
Many more achievements inscribed by Alberto Gilardino during his time as a footballer, now at the age of now Alberto Gilardino is also still struggling in the world of football, more precisely in the world of coaching.
His achievements as a club manager have not been as impressive as his achievements during his time as a footballer, but that does not mean Alberto Gilardino is a bad manager. During 2020-2021, Alberto Gilardino won the 1904 ACR Sienna which had played in the top league of the Italian league. However, due to various debt problems, the club was forced to step down to the fourth caste of the Italian League. But slowly, under the leadership of Alberto Gilardino, Sienna returned to their best performance by successfully winning the third tier of the Italian league and managed to get into Serie-B.
After his phenomenal step with Sienna. Alberto Gilardino continued his coaching career with one of the newly promoted clubs to Serie A in the 2024-2025 season, namely Venezia FC. Their romance is both good results, in the inaugural season, Gilardino managed to bring Venezia finish in the middle of the Italian league standings and managed to secure a ticket to the UEFA Conference League for Venezia FC. In his second season with Venezia FC, Gilardino managed to bring Venezia FC to the Conference League final and almost became a champion. After that, Sevilla came to Gilardino and offered him the position as Manager until now.
With Sevilla so far, Alberto Gilardino has won the Copa del Rey, the King's Cup and the UEFA Europa League. Therefore Alberto Gilardino is included in several names of football players who successfully become managers of football clubs.
For this reason, Cananga FC Mining players can not withstand the fire of their spirit to fight against Sevilla FC team handled by Alberto Gilardino.
Today they came to the headquarters of Sevilla FC club, Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan. Although only a friendly match, but the support of Sevilla FC supporters still looks a lot to meet the seats in Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, he said, making a very different air for the Cananga FC Mining players who are like a team in the middle of nowhere in front of them all.
"Look at all of them! They support us all!" anan Riswan said so innocently, seeing the Sevilla FC supporters who came to see their city pride club compete.
"That's not for us fools! That's for Sevilla. Who are we in this foreign land?" the captain immediately dismissed Anan's stupidity.
The Sevilla FC coach still had time to greet them all in the players' hallway, he also had several conversations with Coach Giovanni Almeida because they were both old friends.
"I hope so too, Gilardino" Coach Giovanni replied, but there was no smile on his face at all, making Gilardino chuckle at the sight.
"You've always been this way since Genoa, you never changed Gio" Gilardino laughed as he patted Giovanni's coach's shoulder, the maximum level the Cananga FC Mining players had ever seen.
Cananga FC Mining players can already feel there is a storm raging inside their coach, but the gaze that was as cold as the rain in November had made them shiver disco is not because. They all started to think about what would happen to Coach Gilardino after daring to pat Coach Giovanni on the shoulder with a small laugh.
And the events they thought happened. Coach Giovanni caught Coach Gilardino's hand on his shoulder earlier, then coach Giovanni held it firmly and removed it from his shoulder. "Let go of your dirty hands is Albert!" coach Giovanni said very coldly, even this time Coach Giovanni called Gilardino Albert, it indicates he was already angry.
And strangely enough, Alberto Gilardino was not afraid at all, he just laughed in response to what Coach Giovanni was doing. "That too, you really haven't changed Gio. You've always been cold like this, but you're actually the one who's always watching everyone around you" Gilardino said, leaving Coach Giovanni silent for a moment.
Instantly, Coach Giovanni immediately walked away and it made the Cananga FC Mining players surprised, he said, for the first time they saw their famous coach as an Ice Cold Manager was speechless and preferred to run away after being given a shocking fact about him.
"You just saw that side of your coach, right?" gillardino told Cananga FC Mining Players. "I really miss the time when we played for Genoa, unfortunately it was a time where I had already gone through my prime phase" gillardino's eyes sparkled a little considering his good times as a footballer.
"Hopefully you are lucky on the pitch and show your spirit of play" Gilardino said before leaving to check the state of his squad that will face Cananga FC's players today.
"Ready coach!" said the Cananga FC Mining player simultaneously with a similar tone, like an army preparing to go to war.
Then the Cananga FC Mining players began to get ready to start the game, they went to the dressing room to make their preparations. They all want to show their best performance today, to get a place in the first squad.