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Although Li Bin had expected a lot of things, he still didn't expect that when he rushed back to Parma in October, the team's results were already unbearable to witness.

"How can our results be like this? It's unbelievable. We were fifth in the league last season."

Although Li Bin thought that the team might not be doing well, the situation now is beyond his expectation.

"We are third now, if you count backwards." Esposito said, "We may not be able to avoid relegation this season. After ten rounds, we only got nine points. At this rate, we

Relegation is confirmed this season.”

"You're not in a hurry."

"Why should I be anxious? It's not my turn to be anxious about this matter, right?" Esposito sneered.

Looking at Esposito's appearance, Li Bin knew that he and Baldini had probably had a quarrel. Esposito had never had a good temper, and he refused to compromise on football matters. If it was true,

I had an argument with the head coach, but Li Bin didn't notice.

It was a surprise. Before he left, he specifically gave instructions for this, but it still had no effect. Esposito's temper was so bad that Li Bin couldn't do anything about it, but what really surprised him was how he could die.

To the point of relegation? This is unexpected.

"How bad is the situation?" Li Bin also became curious, "Is downgrade really inevitable?"

Although Li Bin is said to be a time traveler and a football enthusiast in his previous life, it is impossible for him to remember every team's results clearly. In his memory, Parma has indeed gradually declined, and it seems that it has even been relegated.

Yes, but he didn't remember much about the specific time and game.

After all, he was not engaged in football research in his previous life. As a fan, many people remember Gilardino’s continuous dribbling against Inter Milan, but there are few who can accurately tell the number of goals Gilardino scored every year.

, how many can there be? Li Bin is considered a relatively fanatical fan, but he is not so fanatical that he memorizes the league rankings every year.

He didn't know what Parma's historical performance was this season. Could it be that it was really that bad?

"You will know how the competition is going to be when you go and see it." Esposito was silent for a moment and then said, "It's pretty bad. They fully demonstrated a truth: there is no limit to things, only the universe and human beings.

Stupidity - the former needs to be verified, the latter is the absolute truth."

This also allowed Li Bin and Esposito to go to the stadium together during the weekend game.

Watching the Parma game, Li Bin frowned after a while.

"Let Cannavaro and Bonera play as central defenders..." Looking at the match lineup, Li Bin couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, "No wonder everyone is so passionate when they see us. Such a defense

, I almost want to register as a player and go on the court and score a goal."

Cannavaro Jr. is the biological brother of Italian international Cannavaro. As a defender, he is far inferior to his brother. Although he has better physical fitness than his brother, his defensive skills are far inferior.

. He is fine in other aspects, but he has a problem that a defender should never have: recklessness. As a defender, playing recklessly means that this player will miss a lot of balls.

And his partner is Bonera, a former youth training player of the team. Bonera can be said to be the first class of students brought out by Li Bin as a coach - although Li Bin is a little confused when he thinks about this issue.

Panic - he is now in Serie A and is considered the successor to Nesta, but Li Bin is all too familiar with his problems.

What is different from his memory is that at the current stage, Bonera is still passable because he has not been seriously injured, has not undergone major repairs, and his speed has not been destroyed. And although his consciousness and skills are not world-class, they are still passable.

Among Italian defenders, he is definitely one of the top ten candidates. But the problem is that he also has a very big problem, which defenders absolutely cannot have: he is quite unfocused.

Players are not machines. When playing on the computer, the computer can control where the players point to play. However, in actual games, players often have problems with lack of concentration. As a defender, some

Sometimes when your team is playing smoothly, there may be no work in the backcourt for more than ten minutes. At this time, it is inevitable to desert. Bonera has such a problem. When there is nothing to do,

, he will be unable to help but desert.

And if there are two defenders on a team, one is a daredevil and the other is distracted - Li Bin looked at them and warned himself over and over in his heart: He would not commit the crime of thinking of killing someone just to watch a game.

In front of them is the defensive midfield line composed of Simplicio and Guerrera. Guerrera's defense is quite conscientious, but Simplicio's playing style is more keen on pushing forward, and

In front of them is Morfeo, who has no defensive ability, and behind them is a colander defense line. The slightest mistake will be immediately amplified.

"No wonder it can't be defended. How can such a defense be defended?" Li Bin muttered. "With such a defense, let alone Frey, even if he replaces the extra-large Buffon, he can only defend it."

One death."

Originally, Li Bin thought that Baldini was from the Italian Serie B after all. Although he might not be able to adapt to Serie A because of his wrong tactical thinking, he did not expect that he would be so bad. Such a team really has

It may be downgraded.

"I also think there is a problem with the defense. Such a partnership is too unstable." Esposito also said from the side, "But the head coach doesn't listen to me. He thinks Cannavaro Jr.'s template is Cannavaro.

Luo and Bonera's template is Nesta, so this combination can show great strength."

Li Bin nodded and did not talk to him. As a technical coach, Esposito was very sensitive to the players' skills and could also see that there were problems with the current defense. This must be why he went to talk to the head coach:

This defensive line makes people uncomfortable to watch. No wonder he would speak against Li Bin's instructions.

As for the template... just listen. Cannavaro and Nesta together are enough to make the enemy despair. Cannavaro Jr. and Bonera together are enough to make our own people despair. They are completely different.

combination.

"They can't play like this." Li Bin shook his head and said.

"However, our head coach believes that this is the pursuit of flexible defense and is the most advanced tactical concept."

"Advanced? No matter how advanced the concept is, it must be based on reality." Li Bin said with a wry smile, "Also, there are problems with the defense line, so I won't say anything. What puzzles me most is that we can't do anything with the forward line.

It’s so bad.”

Although Parma is no longer the era of Veron and Crespo, the frontcourt lineup is not bad at all. The three offensive players made of Morfeo, Marchionni, and Bresciano,

is a pretty good offensive line, and

On the forward line, they have last season's Serie A Silver Boot winner, Gilardino, the most promising young local player. This formation should have been a good attacking front, but now Parma's attack,

But it was also a complete mess.

When Parma was with Prandelli, although they had the best young forwards in Serie A and excellent wide players, they never tried to cooperate on the ground. At that time, Prandelli was very competitive with Gilardino and

The offensive line behind him knew very clearly that it was to let the backcourt keep feeding him the ball, thus achieving good results around Gilardino. But now, Baldini didn't know what he thought of, and he had to try

Try ground coordination - the strength of these players is not ground coordination!

"Mr. Baldini seems to want to pursue something different from Mr. Prandelli..." Esposito still had a stubborn tone, "He doesn't want to focus on a certain player, but wants to play football

Total football.”

Sometimes, coaches make reforms not for the needs of the team, but just to inject their own brand into the team and eliminate the imprint of the previous head coach. Obviously, Baldini is doing this now. But...

"If you want to have self-esteem, you must have this capital. If you don't have enough outstanding players, a good tactical system cannot support it. What nonsense! We, a group of people, are far behind in playing small coordination on the ground."

As a right midfielder, Marchionni is excellent at long-distance passing, so he is also called the Italian Beckham. Among Bresciano's skills, the most outstanding one is his long-range shot, so he is also called

Australian cannon. Two people like this have to play small coordination... This is too difficult for someone to do.

"That's not the only thing that's scary. What makes me feel most strange is Alberto's condition. His strength is more than that, but..."

"I've mentioned his problem. His mental quality is completely unqualified. He can score wonder goals against the top three teams in the North when the wind is going well, but the harder the team goes against the wind, the less he can score. Alberto was

We are a little too used to it and lack the ferocity and persistence." Li Bin sighed.

After a breath, "And, in the final analysis, he is a point-grabbing center. Although his skills in taking the ball in the penalty area are better than ordinary people, he has not reached the world-class level of Crespo. He can't

If he plays the ball with his back and cooperates with the ground, he won't be able to kick it."

Sighing, Li Bin didn't know what to say. A team like this is really talented. Li Bin expected other things, but ignored it. The coach was stupider than he thought. If this happens again

If he continues, maybe by the time he gets out of class, the team will be determined to be relegated, so what does it matter whether he takes over or not?

"Mr. Baldini said that his team's poor performance was due to insufficient recruitment. What he wanted was Roma's Italian youth team international Ferronetti. You didn't get the current defender in the team.

They are all colanders..." Until this moment, Esposito was still talking bad about the coach.

"The current situation in Parma cannot afford the services of Nesta and Cannavaro. When we employ people, we have to find ways to get the best results out of the colander. If we don't even have the ability to solve problems, then what do we think?

coach?"

Li Bin raised his eyebrows at these words. After playing badly like this, why are you looking for new players? You haven't used these players well, and you still want new players? Who doesn't know that Zidane and Ronaldo are both good players?

Is it affordable in Parma?

"He is also an outstanding coach in the Italian Serie B. How come he is so miserable in Serie A?"

"After all, Class A and Class B are different." Li Bin spoke softly, "The purpose of Class B is relatively single, promotion, which is the biggest pursuit. But not every team in Class A has the ability to win the championship.

Yes, for a team like Parma that is not capable of winning the championship, it is best to give the players something to look forward to, for example, highlight a certain

The ability of each player allows him to have a better future. Only in this way can the enthusiasm of the players be stimulated. The difference between Class A and Class B does not lie in the difference in difficulty, but in the difference in mentality and mentality caused by the difference in level.

Everyone has different interests and needs, and they must be taken care of. If you don't understand these, you won't be able to lead a team well."

Esposito was silent for a while before sighing, "I used to think that when Mr. Prandelli was the coach, everything was so simple and so natural, but now it really seems like..."

"It's not easy, right?" Li Bin patted him, "It's a normal thing. The Chinese have a saying, it's easy to judge the ancients, but it's difficult to do the ancients. When you watch others do it, you always think, what's the point?

Isn't it just to let a group of players play football? I even think that as long as we can motivate them to play football well, there is nothing they can't do? But, that's not the case. Careful preparation will make a difference to yourself.

A detailed understanding of each of his players, plus how to use coordination to allow them to maximize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses - this is what a coach should do when directing the team to play. But now it seems that Mr. Baldini clearly did not do it.

"Li Bin looked at the game and laughed instead, "Let's see, our opportunity has come. I want to see if he has any reason not to resign?"