"I've thought about my goals for the new season." As Li Bin spoke, he had already opened the folder in his hand, "Let's now make an estimate of the league situation next season, next season, the strongest team in Serie A is still the top three in the north, and my personal opinion is that the top three in the north can still occupy three of the four Champions League seats." What we need to fight for is the remaining place, and I personally think that we belong to the second group of the league, and we are tied with Roma and Fiorentina. ”

Although Li Bin believes that Inter Milan is weaker than Milan and Juventus, it is clear from looking at the depth of their substitutes that they still do not suffer when they play in the league. Inter Milan has done quite well in business this summer, and Li Bin also believes that their strength can be qualitatively improved. For the top three in the north, it is best to be careful, and there is no harm in doing so.

The other two teams were somewhat unexpected by Esposito.

"Rome and Florence?" Esposito was a little puzzled, "They didn't seem to play very well last season, Fiorentina even fell into the relegation zone, can they come back this season?" ”

"I think so. First, Roma and Fiorentina are both big teams, they are in big cities, the capital is much stronger than ours, last season Roma suffered an accident because of the sudden resignation of Mr. Prandelli, their results must have declined, but Spalletti is a person with excellent tactical thinking, he gave up the opportunity to play in the Champions League in Udinese to go to Rome, it is not a good thing to underestimate him. Fiorentina were promoted last season, so naturally it wasn't very good, but this season Mr. Prandelli went there and they paid a lot of money for Tony, so I think they will be very difficult to deal with. At the end of the day, you have to look at the quality of a team, you have to consider their summer spending. ”

As a time-traveler, Li Bin remembers the strength of Florence and Rome, and as a coach, Li Bin also quickly learned how difficult they are through his own investigation. Spalletti gave up Udinese, who could play in the Champions League, to go to Rome, not for fun, but for fear that they would have a lot of plans. And Prandelli's ability Li Bin knows that seeing him coaching a big team like Fiorentina, and spending 10 million to buy Toney, their threat is not small.

Unexpected victory, anticipation of defeat, this is something that must be considered when thinking strategically as a coach. Li Bin has confidence in his team, but he is so confident that he ignores all opponents and blindly believes that he can crush everything, Li Bin can't do that.

"This season, I think 80 points is a decent score." Li Bin continued, "That's how I calculated, the six games against the top three in the north can be regarded as all failures, and we have six losses. In the away games against Roma and Fiorentina, we lost and we lost eight. But apart from these eight games, we shouldn't have any more defeats. Personally, I think eight defeats are the worst we can afford to lose. ”

Li Bin naturally does not think that Parma will be killed by the top three in the north, nor does he think that the away games against Roma and Fiorentina will be defeated. However, it never hurts to prepare for the worst before the season.

'Then we had five draws, even at worst, we were forced at home by Roma and Fiorentina and then we were on the road three times without finding the back of the net, which means we had five draws, which is not too much.

Esposito didn't say anything, but the look on his face clearly thought it was too incredible.

Three games are a 1 in 10 chance of an accident, and Esposito doesn't think the probability of an accident will be that high.

"If we calculate it this way, we will have 25 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses this season, accumulating 80 points. I think this score. It's a good season goal, at least, it's okay to be the direction to strive for, what do you think? ”

"There is nothing wrong with the logic of your arithmetic reasoning, although we may have more accidents, but I don't think we will be killed by the top three in the north and six in a row, this analysis is similar." "But in my experience, there are very few teams in Serie A that can reach 80 points, right? ”

"Yes, very little." Li Bin generously admitted, "But you also have to take into account that there were 34 games in a season before, and last season, it was still in the adaptation period." As for the tactical reasons, I analysed them last season. The biggest gap between non-giant teams and giant teams is not the weakness of the first team, but the lack of bench lineups. A big team can have a bench that's so thick that people are speechless, and for a small team like ours, it's nice to have a few available substitutes. This is also for what I am, my reinforcements this season, the direction is not to spend a lot of money to buy the best main players, but to do more tinkering, enrich the bench, the purpose is to make our team more competitive in the league. I think we have Tudor and Quagliarella on the bench now, and they can still play a role. In my opinion, the third one is a reasonable position. ”

If a team wants to go far in the cup, it needs the toughness of the main players. Liverpool were almost empty on the bench last season, kicking fifth in the league, but they won the cup and won Milan by chance, but it was no accident that they beat Juventus and Chelsea in succession. They do it by the strength of the main players.

In fact, Milan also have this problem, their bench is not very thick, and the problem is not small. However, the main team is strong enough to guarantee the results of the cup competition, and they will be able to get the support of many fans.

But Li Bin did have another idea this season: what he wanted was not the strength of the main players, he wanted a thicker, more playable bench, and he wanted to win not the cup, but the league.

First, because Parma has no cup to fight for, no Champions League, only the Europa League to play, there is no need to make a team to crush the Europa League - such a loser's Cup game is really boring.

Second, it was naturally because of his idea of picking up cheap. It is not easy to lead a non-northern top three team to win the championship in Serie A, and it is a great benefit to his reputation, so he spent a lot of energy to strengthen the bench, originally with the idea of fighting with the league. And now, his team is strong, and it is difficult to say about the top three in the north, but when he meets other Serie A teams, the odds are still very good.

And Li Bin also believes in his technical and tactical ability, as well as his pre-match preparations. 80 points may seem a bit too optimistic, but if you prepare carefully for each game, 80 points should be a challenge.

"Fight for third...... If we had a little more money, we would make some reinforcements and grab the first place. Esposito looked at Ji Lu and sighed.

"Don't think about it, if you do that, the Holy Alliance is likely to plot against us...... I'll admit it's psychologically shady, but you can't deny the possibility either. Moreover, Juventus and Milan are really too strong, I don't think that if we have 10 million more, we can compete with Juventus. The stronger the team, the harder it is to level up, you know that. ”

"Isn't Inter Milan strong?" Esposito frowned, "If you want to take third, you're going to fight with Inter Milan, right?" ”

"I'm not really scared of Inter yet. After all, among the top three in the north, they are the most unproductive. ”

"Because they're not Holy League teams?"

"No, it doesn't matter. Even if it weren't for the Holy Alliance, relying on their influence and financial resources, it would be enough to defeat us. I dared to fight against Inter Milan, not because they were not strong, but because they had the wrong mentality. ”

"Mentality?" Esposito asked rhetorically, "What mentality?" ”

"Over the years, Inter Milan has kept losing and making substitutions, these things show that they are very impetuous, which is a bad mentality. At the same time, they kept talking in the newspaper about how Juventus went too far and created an image of themselves as a puffed bag, which is also a bad mentality. Their state, in fact, proves one thing: they don't dare to face up to their own failures, they don't dare to find reasons from themselves, they have to rely on others when they lose, they are always absolutely right, great, no problem - this mentality is the reason why I look down on them - knowing themselves and knowing their opponents, and not being defeated in a hundred battles. It's too difficult to know the other, and the confidant doesn't dare, why don't you lose? ”

"But they're really angry."

"They are angry, and they are compared to whom. In fact, the league of penalties won and conceded in Serie A over the years is there, Milan is in first place, far ahead, Juventus second, and it is very stable. And what about Inter Milan? They look at the resentment very much, as if they have been treated unfairly, in fact, they are in fourth place on this list, behind Milan, Juventus, Roma! I don't know how many years they think they haven't been able to get a penalty, in fact, what they complain about is not that they have been treated unfairly, in fact, they also enjoy care, but what they complain about is that when they enjoy the privilege, they don't enjoy the same privilege as the other two teams, and when they bully people, they are not as ruthless as others bully. They don't care, they're taken care of when they face the small teams in the South, they just care, they don't take care of them as much as the Holy League, so they have to shout that they're angry - if they're angry, what are we? ”

A team can't live by complaining, the current Inter Milan, Juventus who came back after relegation, are all teams full of complaints and, it can be said that Inter Milan before 06 and Juventus after 07 are teams with a resentful temperament, which makes Li Bin look down on it. The strength of a team can be poor, and when it is not good, find a way to be angry and strong. But if you lose, you blame others for dealing with yourself, which is not a good thing.

Li Bin paused before speaking, "An aspiring team may suffer unfair treatment, but it will not shout injustice every day." If you have the ability, find a way to improve the environment, and if you don't have the ability, then wait for the opportunity. Shouting every day, it doesn't make much sense, it's just to vent emotions. Fans can do that, but it's humiliating to do it as a team. Inter Milan is a giant, but their mentality over the years, the imbalance is great, they don't think about how to become stronger, just because they are not as cared for as others, they think they have been abused, regardless of how they bully other small teams, this approach has made them lose their spirit. Holding the number of penalties for the fourth place in Serie A, and complaining every day that we are being bullied, where does such a team have a little ambition and appearance to win the championship? Over the years, they have been completely destroyed by Juventus, what is so terrible about such an opponent? Third place, we can definitely get it. ”