On Sunday, February 13, Parma will take on leaders AC Milan away from home, and Marino is not counting on a win over the in-form Rossoneri on their opponents' turf, hoping only to hold on to a draw to avoid a second straight defeat. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In their previous three matches, Parma have won one, drawn one and lost one, winning only against Lecce, drawing with Fiorentina and losing to ****** in the last round. Marino really didn't want to lose again in this match, and Giraldi has given him a bad look lately.

But there is always a big gap between the ideal and the reality, after 90 minutes of hard-fought battle, Parma defeated AC Milan 0-3 away, Ibrahimovic, Pato and Robinho scored a goal each to continue to maintain the impact of the title. Parma have won just two of their eight league games since the winter break, with two draws and four defeats.

With eight games and eight points, Parma dropped one place to 13th in the table after losing to AC Milan in this round.

Before Christmas, Parma relied on the outstanding performance of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu to rank fifth in the league, but then Zhang and Li went to the Asian Cup, and then they were injured one after another, so that Parma's record in the eight rounds after the winter break was extremely bad, and the ranking dropped eight places.

Marino can continue to sit in the position of head coach with such results, Giraldi is really magnanimous this time, maybe he also understands that Marino is not the only one to blame for the team's failure to play well, and it has a lot to do with the absence of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, so he did not fire Marino.

On Sunday, 20 February, the 26th round of Serie A was contested, with Parma hosting Cesena. Three days before the start of the game, Parma's official website announced that Li Mu had recovered from injury and could play on Sunday's game.

Marino was so excited when he learned about this, he also asked the team's team doctor separately for this, and the team doctor said that he had to diagnose and massage Li Mu and Zhang Shujie every day in the past few days, Zhang Shujie would take about ten days to recover, and Li Mu had no problem at all.

Now that Li Mu has returned, Parma's formation also needs to be changed, Marino sent 4312 in this campaign, Li Mu and Palladino partnered forwards, Palladino was in front, Li Mu's position was back, as a shadow striker, Giovinco as a forward midfielder, the three midfielders were captain Morrone, Gallopa and the new Modesto, and the four defenders were Zaccardo, Passy, A. Lucarelli and veteran Gobby. It is worth mentioning that Gobbi came to Parma from Fiorentina on a free transfer last summer, but barely played due to injury and did not wait until the second half of the season to get his chance.

Cesena originally had a Japanese player in the team, that is, Yuto Nagatomo, but as soon as the Asian Cup ended, Yuu Nagatomo was loaned to Inter Milan, and he was also the second Japanese player to play in a big club after Shinji Kagawa. This also means that in the confrontation between China and Japan, Japanese players are once again ahead of China. But it doesn't matter, there is still a long way to go, and no one can guarantee what will happen in the future.

Li Mu was very active in the game, he had a very wide range of movement, and created a good scoring opportunity for Palladino in the opening seven minutes, but unfortunately Palladino did not grasp his intentions, and was half a beat slow to start and failed to form a shot.

In the thirteenth minute, Li Mu tried to score on the edge of the penalty area, and the angle was very well chosen, but the power was insufficient, and the ball was confiscated by Cesena goalkeeper Antonioli.

Marino sat in the coach's seat and was very satisfied with Li Mu's performance. With Li Mu, Parma's attack power has recovered half, and the remaining half is still recuperating for the time being.

Cesena was not without chances, as the team's main centre-forward Bodani almost broke through the goal of Parma with a header in the 22nd minute, and goalkeeper Mirante had already surrendered, but the post helped Parma.

Bodani was 191cm tall and Parma's defenders struggled to defend and three minutes later he threatened the Parma goal with another header, this time with Mirante and veteran Gobby combining to break the ball.

Cesena attacked around Parma's goal for about seven or eight minutes, after which Parma, who had Limu, gradually dominated the game.

Giovinco was also activated by Li Mu's presence, in the first eight games, he was almost a man to support Parma's attack, and it seemed difficult to support himself, now that Li Mu is back, he has also become much easier, and finally someone can share the pressure for him.

In the 35th minute, Giovinco, who moved to the left side, sent a diagonal pass, Li Mu jumped high in the penalty area, and a powerful header grabbed the goal from seven yards in front of the goal, Antonioli struggled to save, and his right hand touched the ball, but Li Mu's header was too powerful, as if to release all the strength reserved before at this moment, Antonioli did not save the ball, the ball hit his hand and blocked the goal.

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After the goal, Li Mu rushed towards Giovinco, and they celebrated the goal with the fans in the stands. Marino also roared with excitement, as it was Parma's first goal in the last three games and the first goal of any striker in the last four games.

Seventeen games, seven goals, six assists, the nineteen-year-old Serie A "sophomore" has delivered such perfect statistics, which is especially rare in Parma, which is not too strong.

Zhang Shujie watched Li Mu's performance in front of the TV, this guy scored in the first game after recovering from injury, and he was also very happy, raising his arms to celebrate Li Mu.

The first half ended with Parma leading 1-0, and there were no changes to the two sides in the second half, with Cesena only stepping up their guard against Li Mu. But Cesena is too naïve, even if he strengthens the heavy defense of Li Mu, there is also a Giovinco.

Cesena were a lot more attacking in the second half than they were in the first, but they didn't seem to have good luck today, as Bodani had another late header on the lintel that didn't save for Cesena. Head coach Ficadenti looked at Bodani with his head in his hands on the sidelines, and he was quite helpless.

A striker gets a chance but can't score a goal, and no coach can do anything about it. Perhaps the only thing that can be done is to replace him, but Bodani is the team's leading scorer and his height of 1.91m can intimidate Parma's defence as long as he is on the field.

In the 64th minute, Li Mu was closely watched by the opponent and could not shoot, he used his excellent individual skills to attract the opponent's two defenders, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Modesto on the left side had been inserted, so he divided the ball.

Modesto glanced at the penalty area, crossed in front of the goal, Palladino in front of the point made a false shake, Giovinco outflanked at the back point, and pushed with his left foot, expanding the score to 2:0!

Tardini's stadium stands erupted into enthusiastic shouts again, Giovinco and Modesto, Li Mu hugged each other, although the ball was not Li Mu's direct assist, but he involved Cesena's two defenders, so that the unguarded Modesto comfortably passed the ball into the penalty area, which created Giovinco's goal.

It was Giovinco's second goal in the second half of the league and his fifth of the season. Prior to this, he had not scored in six consecutive games, and today was a small break of his own goal drought.

With a score of 2:0, Marino thought it was safer, and he replaced Li Mu in the 75th minute, Li Mu had just recovered from injury, Marino didn't dare to let him make any mistakes, and wanted him to rest and prepare for the next round of the game. Leave the rest to your teammates.

Cesena failed to score in the end, Parma did not extend the score, and 2-0 was the final result, and Parma finally avoided a three-game losing streak. Looking at the results of other matches, the victory also moved Parma up one place in the standings.

At the post-match press conference, Marino was full of red face and patiently answered reporters' questions. Especially the two Chinese journalists, Shen Hao and Chen Hui, he answered very carefully, because his favorite generals Li Mu and Zhang Shujie are also Chinese. Looking at the faces of these two players, Marino also tried his best to satisfy Shen Hao and Chen Hui in answering the questions.

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Li Mu and Modesto returned to the apartment, and Zhang Shujie congratulated them with a smile: "Congratulations, you have helped the team win with one goal and one assist." ”

Modesto nodded: "Not bad." In a simple sentence, it can be seen that he is in a good mood.

As a new signing, he will certainly not be in a bad mood to help the team win games.

Li Mu sat down next to Zhang Shujie and asked, "How is the injury?

"About two weeks. It should be able to catch that game in round 28. ”

"That's good, we're all waiting for you. ”

Zhang Shujie smiled: "I hope I can be like you after I recover from my injury and score in the first game." ”

Li Mu patted him on the shoulder: "I hope so." ”

"I really want to wake up tomorrow and recover completely, the days of injury are really uncomfortable. ”

Modesto smiled: "Don't worry, this kind of thing can't be rushed." I was injured once and was in bed for half a year. ”

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu were stunned, and asked at the same time, "When?"

"It's early, eight years ago. ”

Zhang Shujie asked, "What kind of injury is it? It's so serious!"

"Torn ligaments. Modesto said calmly.

Zhang Shujie didn't ask, and Li Mu was silent.

A torn ligament, a nightmare injury for a footballer. The treatment and rest period also vary depending on the severity of the treatment, it is normal for two or three months for a mild one to a half a year for a serious one. What's more, it will lead to retirement due to a torn ligament!

For most players, a severe torn ligament can be difficult to get back to the original state even if the injury is healed, and it can have a big impact on the rest of their careers. Only a handful of players have been able to recover from a severe torn ligament, and such players are often described by the media as "immortal birds" or "nirvana reborn" on the football field.

Eight years ago, Modesto was only 21 years old, which was the beginning of his career, the beginning of his brilliant career, but for so many years, he remained obscure, perhaps due to his injury.

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu felt sorry for Modesto, but Modesto was very open: "It's been so long, and it's nothing." This is fate, I can't change it. ”

Zhang Shujie did not respond, not knowing if he was infected by Modesto's emotions, he looked down at his injured left foot, which was still wrapped in bandages, and the team doctor said that in a few days, he would not be able to get wrapped around these troublesome things, and he would be able to return to the court in two weeks. However, before he confirms his appearance, Parma's forward line will have to continue to work hard.

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The Chinese media carried a lot of coverage of Li Mu's comeback goal, and "Sports Weekly" even used the headline "Li Mu Reborn" to describe his goal and that plan in detail. The report pointed out that Li Mu was the biggest contributor to Parma's victory, and in fact this is indeed the case. In the post-match ratings of several Italian media outlets, he received the highest score in the game.

People are starting to have infinite hopes for Parma's next round of matches, and although Zhang Shujie is not there, Li Mu's form is fine. The opponent in the next round is Roma, who are currently ranked third in the league, and Parma are still playing away from home, so you can imagine how much pressure Li Mu is under.