winning hand

After leaving South America, Li Bin's next stop was Croatia. Of course, although the map showed Croatia, Li Bin still felt that the name here should be Yugoslavia - at least, from a football perspective

In general, it is better to view Yugoslavia as a whole than as divided individuals.

People in the football world always like to say: If something, then...

These can include many assumptions, which people like to say. Among them, a sentence often said by English fans is: If there is a British team instead of an English team...

Wales and Scotland have some good players, so people will also say this, but if this undivided team is replaced by Yugoslavia...

The last time Yugoslavia played in the World Cup was in 1990. They were considered to have great potential, and then the national team disintegrated. But what if it had not disintegrated? Their midfielders were Stojkovic and Boban, and their forward line had

Teams like Boksic and Savicevic are beyond the reach of Romania, Sweden, Bulgaria, Colombia and other teams.

In 1998, Croatia entered the semi-finals. If Yugoslavia had not split, their forward line would have been Mijatovic working with Suker - these two were the main forward line of Real Madrid at the time. And they

If the midfielder can add Boksic and Stojkovic, even if the French team encounters them, it is likely to be suppressed.

And what about after entering the new century? What kind of strength will they have? They can definitely put together a team with Inter Milan goalkeeper Handanovic as goalkeeper, Chelsea defender Ivanovic, Dortmund defender Subotic, and Manchester United defender Weiwei.

Dicky, Manchester City defender Krarov as the backline, Wolfsburg Misimovic, Roman Pjanic, Inter Milan Stankovic, Real Madrid Modric, Manchester City philosopher

A team with Co and Bayern Mandzukic as forwards - isn't that enough? There are also Pandev, Kranica, Ibisevic, Zikic, Vucinic, Rakitic on the bench, and, if

Considering that without division there would be no war, and without war there would be no emigration, their forward line should also have Ibrahimovic, who is known as the red rabbit among men...

Of course, such a lineup only exists in imagination, but there is no pity. In fact, the conflicts between the Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian Muslims are very deep. If they were to form a team, they would be better than the Dutch.

France is playing very well, but it's just like the three-nation team of China, Japan and South Korea - their own people have to fight first.

However, if you don't consider those things, this place is indeed a good place rich in football stars. They do have a football tradition here.

There is even such a piece of information in Li Bin's database: In 1956, the Yugoslavia team won the Olympic championship and was invited to China to play against the Chinese team. At that time, Mao Zedong even came to watch in person - of course, the result

It was the Chinese team that was miserably abused. Mao Zedong angrily expressed: Thirteen years at most, torture me back! In his

Encouraged, four years later, in 1960, although the Chinese team did not play against Yugoslavia, they beat Japan 6-0. However, when sports happened later, the football team also collapsed, and in that session

Later, there were many famous players among the players, such as Xu Genbao, Qi Wusheng and others who were all players of that generation and later became coaches.

Yugoslavia has always been a land rich in football talents. It is a good place to select talents. Although historically, their teams have always been a good place for fights and troubles. The national team disputes have been more serious than that of the Netherlands and France. It has never been

Excellent achievements, but they do produce stars. The football school here can definitely gain a lot of results.

This is also the place where Li Bin has established many football schools. Unlike backward areas that can rely on the transfer of coaching talents to cultivate networks, South America can rely on cooperation with agent companies to cultivate networks, but here in Yugoslavia, it is another story.

Here, football training is no worse than in other European countries - Yugoslavia's Danubian football, which was inherited from Austria, has its own characteristics, and there is still a big gap between football in other parts of Europe.

Here, Li Bin has no way to build his own scouting network by cultivating coaches and wooing agents, but he does have other ways to engage in this activity.

His method is very simple, that is, giving gifts.

Of course, the gift-giving is not about giving gifts to officials. Giving gifts to officials and coaches does not have much meaning. His method is to give gifts to local players.

Many times, there would be some leftover items for sale in the club. Many of them might just be a school bag, a scarf, a water bottle - very clean and worthless things. After he collected them, he gave them to the young children here.

The clubs will not object to such an approach. After all, it is tantamount to cooperating with the clubs, and they do not need to contribute any money or funds. Most clubs are still happy to do such cooperation.

And after they cooperated, they fell into Li Bin's trap: for Li Bin, this was also a process of buying people.

Several countries in Yugoslavia have not developed very well over the years. Their young people need care.

This little bit of care is destined to take root in the future. Yes, many years from now, it is impossible for everyone to become a star, and those who do become stars will probably not choose Parma, but, with their

After nearly ten years of cooperation, the young players have grown up and they are all facing par.

Erma has a good impression. The football world has always been a place that prefers to reuse people in the circle. Now, in the land of Yugoslavia, many low-level league players, scouts, agents, and young coaches have been recruited by

The people Li Bin helped have now formed another scouting network with Li Bin.

If you want to penetrate into a region, the best way is to follow the actual local conditions, proceed from reality, and then thoroughly master the region. South America has the situation in South America, and Yugoslavia has the situation in Yugoslavia. The different situations in these areas, versus

After taking the medicine, Li Bin developed his excellent scouting network.

Li Bin never expected that he would be able to dominate by relying on the little memory in his mind. He didn't know the tactics and had no connections, so he wouldn't be able to get along in the circle. Although he was a time traveler, he didn't have a golden finger.

, but, since there isn’t one, I’ll just make one myself.

The scouting network I have laid out by myself, covering a wide area and covering many players at all levels, is not necessarily any worse than those with golden fingers. The coaching staff I have established is even better than those who only care about reputation and do not care about players.

Guys who watch real people are much better. What I want to do is not to be opportunistic, win a few games, and then proudly show off the victory. What I want to do is to truly become a coach, a real person who pursues football.

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And it was also because of this relationship that after arriving in Croatia, he also found his friend, Babic, who was a technical coach for the Croatian National Youth Team.

"You're here to inspect Modric, right?" Babic made it clear without saying a few words during the meeting, "I think this is the only player in Croatia worthy of your inspection."

Babic directly clarified Li Bin's concerns in one sentence. Indeed, although there are many players in Croatia, at this time, age, strength, and all aspects of effectiveness are all reflected well. There is only one Modric. Li Bin

Now, of course, I am here just for Modric.

"Yes, what do you think of him?" Li Bin asked directly.

"I first want to ask, why did you buy him back? To play as a defensive midfielder or as an attacking midfielder?" Babic asked.

"Forward waist."

"That's not suitable. His technical characteristics are not suitable for playing as an attacking midfielder. As an Italian attacking midfielder, he definitely needs excellent small-scale running without the ball and the ability to make precise short passes. Modric cannot meet these two points.

If required, he can't play as a front midfielder. If he plays as a defensive midfielder, he can do it, but he needs to press forward more to fully express his performance.

His organizational role is different from that of Pirlo, a deep-lying organizer whose main purpose is to deliver the ball. He does not have such a precise passing ability, but he can press the ball with the ball. If you ask me, my

What’s your opinion? Well, his playing style is similar to Redondo’s, but it’s not as refined as Redondo’s.”

If I just need a defensive midfielder who can press with the ball, I might as well just use Yaya Toure from my own team. In this regard, Li Bin also sighed.

None of the transactions he wanted to do seemed to be successful, and the signing of the attacking midfielder was greatly frustrated. Although Rui Costa didn't have any confirmation yet, maybe it could be possible. But in his own mind, there was still

You can go to Wolfsburg and ask about the price of Dalisandro, but if that doesn't work, you can take a step back and go to Inter Milan to buy out Morfeo. However, this approach is not what Li Bin wants after all, and he still wants to buy it.

Get a better midfielder.

He even thought about going to Turkey to look for Franck Ribery. However, after asking around, he found out that Ribery's contract with Galatasaray had not expired. Marseille forcibly bought out the contract and took away the profit. Now he is in FIFA

The lawsuit is going on in full swing, and if you get involved yourself, you're asking for trouble.

"It's really troublesome..." Li Bin sighed, feeling quite helpless. "In this case, there's nothing more to say. I haven't read Modric's information either. I can trust you. I just have one more thing.

I want to ask you something: Does your Croatian forward Olic have an EU passport?"

If the attacking midfielder was not bought, it would be better to get a substitute forward. However, Babic also shook his head, "He does not have an EU passport. If you want to buy him, you have to use the non-European quota."

My main players are all rented from Serie C, so you want me to buy substitutes from non-European countries? Li Bin thought about it, but shook his head.

"However, if you really follow the Russian Super League, why don't you pay attention to another good player in the Russian Super League?"

"Vidic? His weekly salary of 70,000 yuan is equivalent to an annual salary of 3 million yuan. If I can afford it, can I afford it?"

"Why should I introduce a Serbian player to you?" Babic rolled his eyes. "I'm not talking about him. I'm talking about another player in the Russian Super League. If you want to buy an attacking midfielder, why don't you go to Russia?"

Let’s ask Zenit if their attacking midfielder Andrei Arshavin is for sale.”

Andrei Arshavin? The Arshavin who will become famous in the 2008 European Cup, go to the arsenal, and be called the Tsar?

In my memory, he became famous very late, which made Li Bin not think of him. As for the Parma team's Russian Premier League network, they paid more attention to the Moscow team and did not cover St. Petersburg, nor did they pay attention to him.

But at this time, he had a feeling of clearing up the clouds and seeing the sun.

Maybe, he is really suitable?