Chapter 18: A midfield master-level coach

"Head, I found the midfield coach you asked me to find last time, and this player can be called a midfield master, an absolute midfield master, it can be said that he is a legend of the Italian midfield, this person is Pirlo, Pierlo You should know, right?" Tony said with a smile.

"What? Pirlo? Did I hear me right? If I'm correct, isn't Pirlo in the Major League right now? How did you come back to be a coach? "Jingyang feels incredible, to say that the representative of the Italian midfield, Jingyang thinks that it is Pirlo and Gattuso, one is a master of rhythm attack, and the other is an absolute midfield interception barrier!

In his previous life, as an Italian fan, of course, he would not be a stranger to Andrea Pirlo. Pirlo was born on May 19, 1979 in Brescia, Italy. Pirlo started his career at his hometown club Brescia before moving to Inter Milan in Serie A. In 2001, Andrea Pirlo moved from Inter Milan to AC Milan.

Pirlo spent 10 seasons at AC Milan, winning two Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, one Italian Super Cup, two Champions Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups and one World Club Title. Andrea Pirlo was also part of the 2006 World Cup winning team and also won two UEFA Champions Leagues (2003, 2007). Andrea Pirlo joined Juventus from AC Milan in 2011 and went on to win four consecutive league titles and reach the Champions League final in the next four seasons.

In July 2015, Pirlo joined the New York City team, and on November 6, 2017, Pirlo announced his official retirement on social media, which Jingyang learned in his previous life.

"Head, that's right, Andrea is not happy in the United States, and he and his wife's parents are both old, but the old people are reluctant to leave Italy, so he wants to go back to Italy to work, just yesterday when we chatted with him I mentioned our Parma, and Piero and he are also friends for many years, the two of us talked to him carefully about the current situation of our Parma, as well as our ambitions, and finally he agreed to join our Parma. But he wants to join as a player-coach, and you know the salary can be higher. Tony said.

"Money is not a problem, but although we don't need to register in the Italian Primera D, the transfer window has already ended on August 1st, and I can't buy it as a player even if I want to." Jingyang.

"Head, you forgot that we can bring in free agents, and he has a termination clause in his contract, but it costs $1 million, if you want to bring him in, you can let him terminate the contract first and then bring him in." Tony said with a smile.

"Haha, if he is willing to join, then I will pay the money, this is you to talk to Crespo, you can talk about the contract, and I will pay the termination money!" Jingyang is very happy, first of all, this money is not a problem, the most important thing is that once the successful introduction of Pirlo, first of all, there are two benefits, the first point is that Pirlo's joining can definitely cause news, which is the most desired for Parma today, only with a big reputation, can better introduce players.

The second point: Jingyang's business strategy is to develop young players, and if Pirlo has coached him, the likes of Diacarte, Melagoni and Mianda will improve considerably, which is not wrong.

On October 1st, Jingyang and Piero, Tony, and Crespo appeared at Parma Airport, and at ten o'clock in the morning the plane from New York to Parma landed.

"Andrea. Mr. Pirlo, I welcome you as President of the Parma Club, the hotel has already made arrangements for you, so let's go now. Jingyang said with a smile.

"Haha, I've heard Crespo, Piero and Toni mention you more than once, let's go now." After saying that, the group now put their luggage in the hotel arranged by Jingyang, and after everyone ate a bunch of lunches at noon, Pirlo rested in the hotel, and held a press conference on time in Parma at four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Hello Mr. Pirlo, I'm Caitlin, a reporter for the Milan weekly newspaper, and I would like to ask you a question, why did you give up the club in the United States and join Parma as a free agent?"

"First of all, I terminated my contract with New York City peacefully, the reason why I chose to terminate the contract is because my wife and I are both parents are old, they are not willing to leave Italy, so I want to come back to work, at this time my friends of many decades, Tony and Piero, told me about the current situation of Parma, and Parma is now considered in the Italian Ding League, but the ambition of our president, Mr. Jingyang, I am very optimistic about Parma's prospects, and I am willing to join such a team!" Pirlo's speech was decent, and Jingyang was not worried at all, after all, he was a player who had seen a big scene.

After the press conference, the news received a lot of attention and reprints as soon as possible, and Parma's name once again appeared in the eyes of fans around the world. Jingyang happily returned to the club.

In the next few days, under Jingyang's arrangement, tactical training continued in the morning, while in the afternoon Pie, Fares and Romero were trained by Piero and Toney, of course, Romero, who was still recovering from injury, sat on the sidelines and listened to their explanations, Diacarte, Melagoni and Mianda were trained by Pirlo, Filippo and Lucarelli learned, and Ferrari Dickman trained with Omolet and Raimondi.

Parma gradually got on the right track, and the time passed quickly, on October 4, Parma played at home against Fortis and Juventus, and Jingyang arranged for Andrea Pirlo to start in place of Melogoni and partner Diacarte. Pirlo received a round of applause from the fans as soon as he took the field!

Parma kicked off Pirlo and passed the ball accurately and comfortably to Corrapi, who took the ball and quickly broke through the next time, but unfortunately was brought down by the opponent's midfielder, and the referee ran past and took out a yellow card to warn the opposing player.

In the sixth minute of the opening game, Pirlo slowly dribbled the ball forward in the midfield, and the opposing players did not dare to grab it. Pierce stabbed the ball into the local goal to give Parma a 1-0 lead, and 80 per cent of the credit for the goal went to Pirlo, who fed the goal to the front post with Pirlo's pass.

Pie's run over and hugged Pirlo, who had passed the ball for him, and he was so comfortable with the ball. In the eighteenth minute, Fortis Juventus launched an attack, and the opposing striker was in good position, finding the gap to shoot a goal, but it was saved by Emir.

In the 25th minute, Baumgart was dragged down by an opposition player outside the box, and the referee awarded a free kick in front of the court after pulling out a yellow card, which was taken by Andrea Pirlo. Unfortunately, Pirlo's free-kick hit the crossbar and the post, and it was a little short. In the 36th minute, Omolai stepped forward, a powerful arc cross in the high-speed movement, and the right wing of the small penalty area, Fares inserted at high speed, and a volley extended the score, Parma led Fortis Juventus 2:0.

In the 40th minute, Corapi hoisted the ball from the left side to Dickman on the right side, Dickman crossed directly after taking the ball, and Corrapi crossed directly after passing, which was a tacit understanding, Corrapi jumped high with a header and broke through Fortis Juventus's goal, Parma led Fortis Juventus 3:0.

At the end of the first half, Parma led Fortis Juventu 3:0, and after returning to the locker room, Jingyang talked about the problems that occurred in the first half: "First of all, you performed very well in the first half, I am very satisfied, and in the second half, we began to pay attention to the reasonable distribution of physical energy, Dickman, you must pay attention to your back when you plug in, so as not to be counterattacked by the opponent!" ”

In the 48th minute of the second half, Omolai steals and passes the ball to Corapi, in the face of the opponent's siege, Kolapi did not rush to the bottom, and passed the ball to the vacant Diacart, Diaqat passed the ball to Baumgart on the right side, Baumgart seemed to cross, and then cleverly passed to Dickman behind him with his heel, Dickman crossed the front point of Pie's high jump to the ball, but unfortunately hit the post and was destroyed out of the bottom line.

Andrea Pirlo took the ball and Pie's shot was again blocked, and Pirlo took another corner, but Piey slotted the ball high. In the 60th minute, Fortis Juventus counterattacked Omolet slowly, and had no choice but to drag the opposing winger and receive a yellow card, all 85 minutes Dickman made a mistake, and the opponent quickly counterattacked, but Filippo was the first to cut off the ball by Filippo, who had a high concentration.

Pirlo was dragged in the penalty area in stoppage time, the referee took out a yellow card and blew a penalty, Pirlo did it on the penalty sheet, so he didn't wait nervously for the referee's voice, drop! The referee blew the whistle, and Pirlo hit the ball directly into the top left corner with his right foot, and the opposing goalkeeper could only forget the ball and sigh. Parma rewrote the score to 4:0.

Drip! At the end of the game, Parma defeated Fortis Juventus 4:0, and Pirlo became the focus of the field, two assists and one goal, and Diakart under the guidance of Pirlo, this ratio transmitted 10 key practice passes, and some small problems and habits were obviously corrected, Jingyang is very happy, after all, the potential given by the Diaqat system is 165, at first Jingyang was worried that because there was no good instructor, he would mislead people's children, this is relieved, no matter how outstanding the talent is, If you don't have a good teacher to teach, then you will end up just wasting your talent and disappearing in the crowd, and there are many such talents in football.