Chapter 20: Piero's retirement
On October 11, 2015, Parma played San Marino at 19:30 at home, Parma's 25,000-strong home stadium was full of fans, Jingyang put Piero on the bench list, after all, it is basically impossible for the veteran to play the whole game, before going on the field, Jingyang said to the players in the locker room: "I have no other requirements today, I need a win!" Can you do it? ”
"It can be done!" The players shouted, and the players also knew why Ling Ye had to win today, because today was the day of Piero's retirement, and they also wanted to draw a happy end to the legend!
Today Omolet is suspended, Giri and Andrea Pirlo have also been promoted to the national team, in midfield Falivina and Darmian started, the left wing-back was Alberno, Parma kicked off at the start of the game, and Corrapi dribbled on the right.
Parma started the day with a very aggressive game, and the San Marino manager knew the reason for this, and he smiled bitterly, with only one goal, and that was to lose as little as possible.
After Colapi and Dickman made a one-two, Corrapi passed the ball back to Falivina in the penalty area, Falivina picked up the ball and passed it to Fares, and the referee whistled offside after Fares scored the ball, the goal is difficult to say, but since the referee whistled Jingyang, there is nothing to do, anyway, the boos of the fans in the stadium have said everything.
In the sixth minute, Corrapi passed the ball to Fares in the box, and the referee blew for a penalty after Farres was pulled down by two men. Faress took the penalty himself and sent the ball into the bottom right corner of the opponent's goal. Parma leads San Marino 1:0!
San Marino launched an all-out defensive strategy, and even the two strikers had retreated to their own half, but in the eleventh minute, San Marino suddenly began to counterattack with all their strength, and caught Parma off guard, Opoli brought down the opponent and received a yellow card, but the San Marino players kicked the free kick off the line.
In the fifteenth minute, Corapi was pulled down by the opposition full-back and received a yellow card. In the eighteenth minute, Perez passed the ball to Pie, who glanced at his teammates' positions and passed the ball to Damian, who was unmarked at the edge of the penalty area. Drip! The goal went to Parma 2:0 ahead of San Marino. Jingyang nodded with satisfaction, the position and situation just now were the best decisions.
In the 34th minute, Alberno drove the ball from the sideline, Piery took the ball and passed it to Perez, who did it back to Alberno, who received the ball and crossed directly, and Fares in front of the goal kicked the ball out of the bottom line, and San Marino kicked the goal kick.
Faress played very positively, after all, it was the retirement of his teacher Piero, and he did not want his teacher to end the last game of his professional life with a defeat.
In the 38th minute, Alberno passed the ball to Perez after a steal, Perez took the ball and quickly went down, but just when the two defenders were about to wrap up, Perez suddenly passed the ball back to Alberno, Alberno crossed directly, the ball accurately found the back point of Fares, Fares jumped high and pressed the two defenders to grab the ball, and directly headed the goal, the goalkeeper was too late, and could only watch Fares put the ball into the goal!
Parma rewrote the score 3:0! Faress excitedly rolled up his jersey, and Fares's jersey read: "Teacher, you are the best!" 'Piero on the bench was very impressed, he had met some geniuses at Juventus and coached them, but in the end it was ...... Hehe, she was very touched that he had a feeling of home in Parma, which could not be pretended, and now he was very glad that he had chosen.
Today, the players seem to have discussed it, they are all fighting for Fares's chances, the first goal Fares's celebration is a kiss to Piero, the second goal is a touching word, Jingyang is looking forward to what the celebration of his hat trick is, and deliberately made some adjustments, the players understand.
At the end of the first half, Parma led San Marino 3:0, Jingyang encouraged the players at halftime, and the second half began, but Jingyang still did not make substitutions, Jingyang hoped to wait until 60 minutes later to arrange Piero to play, so that the veteran could completely release his energy.
At the beginning of the second half, Dickman got the ball and passed the ball to Dickman, Dickman crossed directly to find Faress in the penalty area, Fares tried his best to hit the ball into the opponent's goal, 4:0 Parma lead, but Fares's head hit the opponent's elbow too hard, the eyebrow bone was broken, Jingyang made the decision to replace, Piero on.
Fares ran up to Piero with the football in his arms and hugged Piero as he was about to play. The fans at the scene gave the warmest applause, and 25,000 people sang the Parma team anthem loudly!
Forza Parma sounded on the scene Jingyang has already quietly arranged the microphone, 25,000 people sang in unison to send their blessings to Parma to Piero, a few months ago Parma fans have collapsed, the team went bankrupt and fell to the bottom, but after the appearance of Jingyang, they saw hope, and saw Jingyang's investment at any cost, and even they thought that today's Parma will come to a miracle!
Piero looked at the little boy who was still bleeding from the corner of his eye in front of him, rubbed Fares's hair, the actual age of only 18, and his son said softly: "Fares, you have grown up and done a great job today, keep up the good work!" After the two embraced, Falivina also ran over and handed the captain's armband to Piero.
The next game was much smoother, Parma was not in a hurry to attack, and San Marino did not counterattack, and the score of 4:0 remained until the end of the game!
At the end of the game, fireworks were fired at the same time, balloons flew in the air, and the fans gave warm applause and raised banners: The curtain call of the legend is just the beginning of another legend, Mr. Piero, you are the best!
Piero's 40-year-old veteran was also moved to tears, and the players stepped forward to hug Piero and threw him high in the air.
Jingyang stepped forward and hugged Piero, and then a thorough celebration banquet began, Jingyang invited the whole club to participate, the ceremony specially prepared for Piero, the party ended at twelve o'clock, the players went back to rest, Lucarelli, Crespo, Piero, Tony, Jingyang returned to Jingyang's home to start the second party, originally Pirlo was also going to participate, but unfortunately he was promoted to the national team.
Jingyang also did not hesitate to open several bottles of good wine, and then ordered a table of sumptuous dishes from the restaurant, because Jingyang knew that there were young players at the party again, and these old comrades must not have eaten and drunk well, and Jingyang knew that only with a cohesive management team, then the club could become stronger and stronger.
Often some big clubs are very strong in terms of personnel reserves and player strength, but the results have suddenly declined, which has something to do with the harmony within the club, sometimes it is not your head coach or chairman who can bring a team well, which requires the help of many people, such as the current Parma, the old captain of Lucarelli, in addition to helping Jingyang lead the team to train, his qualifications can be very good to suppress other players inside, talking about Piero, The legendary veteran is an asset to Parma, both in terms of prestige and former glory.
Speaking of legendary veterans, we can't help but say that the intention of choosing Crespo as the director of football, there is a boss who is far less attractive to young players than you, Crespo and others are better than legendary veterans like them, and some talented players join a certain team, in addition to looking at the team itself, these legendary veterans have played a greater factor.
An event like today's is actually not much money for the current Jingyang, and spending this money can improve the cohesion of a team, Jingyang thinks it is worth it, and Jingyang can see through the system that these people's loyalty to the Parma club has increased.