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While Moggi was walking towards his own dead end step by step without realizing it, in Parma, Li Bin was also worried about the team's games in the second half of the season.

Until February, Yaya Toure had not returned from Africa. Normally, African Cup players would not be delayed for so long, but this time, Cote d'Ivoire relied on three world-class stars, the Toure brothers and Drogba.

, he managed to pass all the way and achieved excellent results, which also made Li Bin scratch his head anxiously in Italy.

Now he realizes why no one likes African players. The biennial African Cup is indeed a torturous thing. The African Cup will not be final until February 13, which means that it will have to wait until three more rounds.

, two Italian Cups and the start of the UEFA Cup before Yaya Toure can come back. This time is indeed long enough. Especially when the team hopes to fight on multiple fronts, there is a main player who has been away for a long time and needs to be absent for six months.

This game is very frustrating.

If he had known this, he would have asked Yaya Toure to learn from Chelsea's Michael Essien and declare to the outside world that he was injured - many teams have done this kind of thing, asking players to declare to the outside world that they are injured and avoid playing with the national team, and then

When the club needed it, he could pretend to be a tough guy even if he claimed to be injured. In this regard, Li Bin was still a little timid and did not dare to follow the rules. As a result, now, it was his turn to have a headache.

At this time, February has arrived, and the third-line battle has begun. Which of the three-line battles is the most important is also his question.

As for how to adjust the focus, he thought about it and decided that the strategic focus should be first in the league, second in the UEFA Cup, and finally the Italian Cup.

There is a reason for this: the league championship has the greatest honor, the most famous reputation, and is the most important championship in every aspect. This year’s opportunity is a once-in-a-century opportunity—Juventus’ relegation is definitely a once-in-a-century opportunity—

-Such an opportunity must be fought for.

The UEFA Cup involves the issue of points when playing in the Champions League next season. If you want to avoid the group of death, it is best to improve the points - Li Bin does not want to be like Mancini, who has good cards every year.

Even after qualifying, he complained about the poor grouping - planning ahead and being prepared in advance is his style.

As for the Italian Cup... there is really nothing to fight for as the cup champion. Firstly, the honor is limited, and secondly, the schedule is long and smelly. The games are one after another, and many of them are tough battles. Therefore, Li Bin is right

This can also be avoided if possible.

But this time, Udinese is an opponent that there is no need to avoid. And Li Bin is also thinking about whether his team can properly try to fight on multiple fronts at this time.

Each round of the Italian Cup is decided in two rounds, including the finals. The confusion in his schedule lies in the Serie A teams. The next twelve teams start from the third round.

The top eight teams will participate from the top 16. After Parma has entered the quarter-finals, there are still six games to play to decide whether to win the championship. This is a very long schedule.

Now, their opponent is Udinese. As one of the two teams that defeated Parma in the first half of the season, Udinese is still a very troublesome opponent. However, Parma did not have any problems in this game.

Despite the trouble, they easily defeated Udinese and won a 3-1 victory at their home court, which also laid the foundation for their promotion.

Immediately afterwards, they encountered Roma in the league.

In this game, compared to the game in the first half of the season, Parma's situation was much worse. For the long-distance race, Parma rested both Tachinadi and Rui, and Parma's current situation

Due to fatigue, the performance of the game was not satisfactory.

Not long after the opening, Roma found a flaw in Parma, seized the problem, and Mancini scored a goal.

Then, although Parma immediately launched a counterattack, and soon Milito broke through Roma's goal again with a long shot. However, in the second half, Totti scored again, which almost caused Parma to lose, if not for the final

If Quagliarella, who came on as a substitute, scored the equalizer goal, Parma might have lost again.

However, in the final stage of the game, another thing that Li Bin couldn't accept happened. During the game, De Rossi knocked down Rui Costa with a tackle, and Rui Costa was obviously injured.

Injury. After the game, the team doctor’s test results made Li Bin even more unacceptable.

"Three months of injury."

Three months? Three months of injury starting from February. This is the end of the season, okay? And now the transfer window has just closed, and the African Cup players have not returned. I don’t have enough manpower, and one person is injured and three are injured.

months?

Are you kidding me?

"Find the best expert and treat his injury as soon as possible no matter what!"

In a 2-2 match, Parma ended its match with Roma. Immediately afterwards, after defeating Udinese 2-1 in the Italian Cup, Juventus also once again defeated Udinese in the league.

Defeated Parma.

This time, Li Bin was convinced of the defeat. Because of the lack of players in the midfield, Nocerino had to step in. However, Nocerino was too weak to cope with such a major situation. Parma's midfielder

The field advantage was lost early, and as a result, they were cut to pieces by Juventus throughout the game. At the end, Melo committed another foul because he couldn't control his emotions. As a result, Parma lost the game.

"Three-front operations are really difficult for us."

This time, after the game, Li Bin also sighed. It wasn't until the team's personnel were stretched thin that he thought about the team's shortcomings. This was really his own problem. It seems that he has never led a wealthy team, and he doesn't have many

With experience in line combat, these problems cannot be made up for by talent at all.

"It seems that it is still a bit difficult to fight on three lines." Regarding this result, Esposito also sighed, "Otherwise, it is better not to try to fight on three lines again? We want to qualify for the Champions League.

We still need to focus on the league. If we continue to fight on the third front like this, our players will not adapt and problems may occur."

There is a big difference between single-line combat and double-line combat. This is not just the reason why one player is very tired after playing two games. The biggest problem is that the physical strength is consumed a lot, and the training method also changes during training.

A lot. Generally speaking, the training methods of small teams are micro

Periodically, a micro-cycle training lasts for five days. On Monday, just after the game, there is a day off, one-on-one contact on Tuesday, physical training on Wednesday, group training on Thursday, small-scale games on Friday, and weekly training.

Six days of preparation and practice, and then it’s time for the game on Sunday.

And if it is a double match a week, then the training method has to change a lot. There is a game in the middle of the week, and then doing physical training on Wednesday will not work, because there are more games that need to be prepared and dealt with, so the training of the players

It also needs to be changed. Generally speaking, the micro-cycle time should be shorter, and if there is rotation, different players training on different days can also be dealt with, but

Yes, for small teams, firstly, there is a lack of experience, secondly, there is a shortage of personnel, and thirdly, there is a shortage of coaches. Naturally, they are greatly restricted in this process. The training model has been modified, and for the players

The impact is huge. This is also the reason why many small teams cannot play well no matter how they play in the Champions League - the training mode has been changed from scratch. How can the players perform well?

"No, we have to do this." Li Bin thought for a moment, and although he felt moved for a moment, he still shook his head, "If you have the qualifications for the Champions League but can't play in the Champions League, what's the difference between not being qualified? You can't play.

You can try to learn, but you can't retreat like this. If you feel that the training task is too tight, I will help you. I really don't want to expand the coaching team, but it won't work if we let go of the third-line battle."

Although Li Bin attaches great importance to this year's league, he also knows that he cannot retreat just because he encounters a little trouble. If you can't practice two-line combat, what's the use of going to the Champions League? Going to the Champions League

Is it honorable to be embarrassed?

"I doubt that you are going to bet your future with the team, are you?"

"What do you think?" Li Bin just asked in response to Esposito's question.

Esposito wanted to say something, but after opening his mouth several times, he stamped his feet and turned away.

Now Parma has not won in two rounds and has been surpassed by Milan and Inter Milan. Although after Inter Milan lost to Juventus, they also experienced some small fluctuations, which made them not far ahead of Parma, but after all,

Parma still fell to fourth place. At this time, the top three in the north were back in the top three. Esposito was still a little unwilling.

However, no matter how unwilling he is, he still has to play like this. Moreover, Li Bin also firmly believes that his team can adapt to two-front operations.

The players are all excellent and motivated, and if things don't work out, it's the coach's fault.

You cannot retreat at this time. Li Bin knows that as long as his team finds the rhythm it should have, and the rhythm of training and games begins to get on the right track, then fighting on two fronts will not bring much to his team.

However, if I hesitate, shrink, and compromise for the sake of results, then Parma, who has not developed this habit, will be equally unlikely to get good results in next year's European competition.

Even if the players are tired, they still have to persevere.

"Guys, I know you are all tired now, and I know you are not used to the rhythm of double matches a week, but you have to remember that this kind of game is a learning process that a player from a wealthy club must learn. You all

It has the potential to be a wealthy team, which is why I want you to play football like this. Believe me, if this continues, there will only be benefits and no harm to you!"

In the locker room, Li Bin also encouraged the players. He knew that at this time, what they need to give them is the determination to persevere.

In the next game, they won the league against Ascoli. The opponent was not strong after all, which also gave Parma a moment to breathe.

At this time, in the European war, they also need to go to the Netherlands to play the UEFA Cup match with Heerenveen. In the Netherlands, they got a 1-1 draw with Heerenveen. Then they retreated.

After arriving in Italy, Parma failed to win again when facing Fiorentina.

"Maybe it's time for Parma's magic to fade. As a small team, it's not easy to persist until now."

At this time, the media expressed their opinions one after another, but at this time, the Parma team also received good news.

With Yaya Toure back from Africa, Parma doesn't have to worry about running out of manpower. Now, it's time for them to exert their strength.

What makes Li Bin even more happy is that Yaya Toure brought back an African Cup of Nations trophy - Cote d'Ivoire defeated Cameroon and won the African Cup of Nations.

In his memory, Côte d'Ivoire has never won the African Cup - although Li Bin doesn't know who is the winner of each African Cup, he remembers that Drogba seems to have never won the African Cup. But now, Côte d'Ivoire has won the African Cup.

Moreover, Li Bin soon learned that it was Yaya Toure's goal in the final that defeated Cameroon and won the African Cup for Côte d'Ivoire.

It seems that his own efforts can really change many things in his memory - this also makes Li Bin more determined to continue on his own path no matter what!