The Temptation of Huang Zi in Holy Rome

La Gazzetta dello Sport: "The day we have been waiting for has finally arrived. Kevin is managing Milan as a player-coach. Every Rossoneri has surely been waiting for this day. At last, we can see the same dazzling attacking football as the China National Team in Milan. Milan's new season is something to look forward to."

Buffon wrote in his column: "Ancelotti is managing Italy, while Kevin takes over Milan, becoming the coach of both the China National Team and Milan. This places immense demands on his mental focus and energy, which is good news for Serie A, the UEFA Champions League powerhouses, and some footballing nations. If Kevin coached only one team, it would be absolutely impossible for him to lose any title."

Coaching both a club and a national team at the same time was very rare.

After all, a person's energy was limited, and it had only happened a few times in history.

Everyone in football knew the name Michels. He had transformed relegation-threatened Ajax into the beginnings of a giant. Later, while coaching Barcelona, he was also appointed Netherlands manager, though he lost to a drug-fueled West Germany at the 1974 World Cup.

The second person to do something similar was Ferguson, who served as Aberdeen manager while also acting as an assistant coach for the Scotland National Team.

At the time, he assisted Celtic godfather Jock Stein.

It was Stein who laid the foundations of Celtic's dynasty and led them to defeat Inter Milan in the 1967 UEFA Champions League final, winning the British Isles' first European Cup.

After Stein died of a sudden heart attack, Sir Ferguson took over his duties, balancing Aberdeen and the Scotland National Team.

Coaching the national team in Scotland caused him quite a few problems.

For example, Celtic refused