5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss! No one expected that Bolwu, a famous Henan resident, coached the professional team for the first time and led Petrolu to stage an inspirational legend! Seeing him step by step coming out of the mud in Romanian football may bring a lot of enlightenment to Henan football, which is now in trouble.
Before taking office: I can’t open the pot, and the management has run away.
At the beginning of February this year, Petrolu announced that Polwu was the first team coach. At that time, the club had become a mess and suffered a serious financial crisis. Last December, the team was in a state of panic. Not only the captain ran away, but also many senior officials including Sports director ran away!
The economic crisis caused by the epidemic has swept the world, and Romanian football is no exception. Last year, Tamas, captain of Petrolu, publicly announced during the offseason that he was seeking to leave the team because of the club’s poor financial situation and would not play for Petrolu again. At that time, Petrolu was about to have a quick Romanian famous derby with Bucharest, and a club spokesman said, "The president of the club, Sports director and the vice president all ran away. Have you heard of it before? Just as the derby is approaching, I am the only one left in the club! "
In this context, Petrolu’s performance plummeted. In 2023, they suffered a three-game losing streak in the league. On February 6th, after losing to botosani 0-5 away, the club decided to change coaches. But who is willing to take such a team? With the identity of "Patrolu’s Famous Hostel" and no requirements for treatment, the two sides hit it off. At the age of nearly 50, Bolwu finally realized his dream of coaching a professional team.
After taking office: After winning the first battle, he suffered four consecutive defeats.
Obviously, compared with the coaching ability, Petrolu values Polwu’s influence in the history of the club. Before he joined Jianye in 1997, Borwu played in Petrolu. After leaving Jianye, he returned to Petrolu. Although the experience of coaching professional teams is close to zero, this 97-year-old club still fully supports Borwu.
In the first game, Borwu led the team to beat Herman Stedt, who was ranked lower, 2-0, and won a good start. Subsequently, Boru ushered in a strong enemy in a row: on February 19, he lost to the leader Farul 0-2, and the other coach was Romanian legendary star Haji; On February 28th, he lost to defending champion Cluj 2-5 at home, and the coach of the other team was Pat Lescu who coached Jiangsu Suning. On March 3, the away game lost 1-4 to the traditional giant Bucharest Star Team; On March 5th, the home team lost 0-1 to the fourth-ranked University of Levente Jova. In four games, Petrolu lost four games in a row, losing 12 goals in a row, and Polwu tasted the pain of failure.
Fortunately, in the final round of the regular season, the strength of agace, the opponent, is far from being compared with the top teams in previous games. Petrolu won 1-0 with a goal before the end of the first half, ending an embarrassing four-game losing streak.
At the end of the regular season in Luo Jia League, Petrolu ranked eighth. The Luo Jia competition system is quite special, with 16 teams participating. After the double round robin, the top six teams compete for the championship play-offs, and the last ten teams participate in the relegation play-offs. After all the events in the two groups are over, the top two players in the relegation group will play a play-off, and the winner will play a game against the third player in the championship-competing group, and the winner will get a place to participate in the UEFA Cup qualification play-off.
Look at today: the results are so good that the fans think the club has no foresight.
Bolwu, who has stabilized his position, has gradually entered the role, and the team has been fighting for the military. In the eight rounds of the relegation group, petro Lu has 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, ranking second.
Compared with the championship-fighting group, the opponents in the relegation group are relatively weak, but looking at the competition process, it is not difficult to find that Polwu has turned the team into an iron army that never gives up until the last second. Against Allard Textile Factory, relying on the winner of No.71 Cote d ‘Ivoire teenager Dua in the 89th minute, he beat his opponent 1-0. 2-2 draw with Volotari, Petrolu equalized in the 88th minute. Beating botosani 1-0, Petrolu’s winner appeared in the 99th minute. That is to say, of the 17 points Petrolu scored, 7 were scored at the last minute.
The team’s performance is so good, but problems also follow. Due to the financial crisis of the team before, everyone thought that "it is enough to have a ball to watch." I never dreamed that I would have a chance to enter the European War, and I didn’t even fill in the registration form for participating in the European War.
This means that even if Petrolu’s grades are qualified, they are not qualified to participate in the European war. This made the fans very dissatisfied and complained that the club had no vision and foresight. At this time, Polwu had to come out to make a detour: "When I was asked if I didn’t regret not applying for the license to participate in the European War, I replied word for word: our team had problems last winter. In my opinion, the club’s strategy is correct, because we must take the right steps to become a truly powerful team. I have a good relationship with club officials. We are all a family, and this is a good journey that the team has experienced during this period. "
After reading Borwu’s inspirational story, I don’t know how Henan fans feel. Under the current background, the financial crisis is not surprising, and the poor performance is also expected. The irresponsibility of management is not unique to Henan. The key point is that Henan football needs a leader like Bolwu to lead the team in trouble to break through. With grades, everything is not a problem.
Henan football once had a Bolu, but we didn’t cherish it. So, where is the next Borwu?