'People say that what was shown in the early days of Tottenham's rise was the strongest team in the new century. But for a lot of fans, that team is almost what it was a decade ago. Many people have not seen the strength of that team, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, the current Tottenham, or the current Real Madrid, the strength is more than that of Tottenham at that time - after ten years, Tottenham has changed a group of players who are not worth it, changed managers, changed managers, changed owners, they are much stronger than before, and now Tottenham is better than the past team, and now their strength has surpassed the group of people ten years ago, therefore, England, based on Tottenham, has surpassed Italy in ......"

"pippo, stop reading those news, you don't believe that news, I don't believe it, why bother with it?"

Palmeri, who was sitting on the sofa, with some disdain, interrupted head coach Inzaghi's words. Inzaghi raised his head, looked at Palmeri in front of him, and spoke with a hint of slyness, "I'm just stating the facts in the eyes of the media, and you, as the captain, shouldn't listen well and interrupt the manager's words at will." And you dare to call me by my nickname, which is even more undeserved. ”

"Put those away, I have no objection to you going to lie to those children, but is it necessary to say this in front of me? Your method doesn't work very well, it doesn't mean much to me, I've been playing football all my life, from winning the championship in '08 to now, I've been playing football for 14 years, do you really think I don't know what to pay attention to? Rest assured, I know what to expect. ”

"I hope you really know." Inzaghi looked at Palmeri and sighed, "You know, I also have a heavy burden. I took over the team on an interim basis, and who knew that Spalletti suddenly resigned? It's been less than a year since I took over and led the team to the 2022 World Cup, and these guys are purely playing with me. This time in Italy, most of the players are young people, the strength of the players is quite average, you are the only old guy in our team, how to lead the team to play, you have to have a number, otherwise it will ......"

"Pippo, you have a lot to say. Don't worry, I called Lee before I came and he said he was bullish on our team. ”

Inzaghi's face changed, "He said that?" If that's the case, that's great. That guy doesn't look away at the World Cup, so maybe we can really play well. ”

It's not that you rarely look away, it's that you hardly look away. And, especially when it was the Italian results that he had to estimate, how could he possibly look away?

Palmeri has enough trust in Li Bin's predictive ability, and even, as early as ten years ago, he and Li Bin had communicated about this aspect before, and Li Bin had already predicted the strength of Italy today: Italy because of the backwardness of the youth training system caused by Sacchi, the players' one-on-one ability has declined a lot, and after there is no money, they can't afford to organize players, but because some single-point breakthroughs such as Gervinho are very popular in Serie A, which has made Italy a lot better in the past ten years. 2022 is here, although the strength of the Italian league has not improved much, but the strength of the players has improved a lot, and Palmeri is also quite convinced of Li Bin, who foresaw these as early as ten years.

Moreover, it seems that not only Palmeri is convinced, but also Inzaghi in front of Palme. After all, Li Bin, as the now recognized No. 1 coach and the only founder of the dynasty, how many people dare not believe his words? This is the deterrent, this is the deterrent that Tottenham has accumulated over the years. And, not to mention anything else, the current Italy and England have been greatly influenced by him, as a coach whose influence is incomparable, and even influenced the football development of two European football powers, how can anyone not pay attention to his words?

He said Italy would play well, and Inzaghi believed it, and that's how strong that man is.

Ten years later, Palmery still remembers Tottenham's strength and arrogance. At that time, they were a dynasty, a team that successfully defended the Champions League, the strongest team in the world, they were so strong that the whole world could not resist them, and even after winning the championship in two consecutive seasons in 09-10 and 10-11, in order not to make them too perverted, in the 11-12 season, Tottenham Hotspur, who was playing away, was against the entire UEFA at the Allianz Stadium, and even so, they lost to Bayern in the final penalty shootout.

After the game, people said a lot of things, some people said that Bayern's home whistle was too strong, some people said that Tottenham's schedule was too tight, and some people repeatedly checked the offside header they scored in the final to prove that they were not offside...... However, after all that time had passed, Palmeri only remembered Li Bin's words at the time, "You can win the game by relying on the referee, but you can never win respect." We have the championship, and we can win it again, and respect, if they lose it, they can't get it back. ”

Li Bin said a good thing, in the second year, in the 12-13 season, Tottenham beat Bayern again in the Champions League - Tottenham Hotspur, who returned to England's home stadium, is not a star and a half stronger than Bayern, especially that season, Tottenham is simply holding the purpose of shame: in the league, Tottenham almost did not play well, they perfunctorily coped with the second place, and left all their energy in the Champions League. This year's final was again at Wembley Stadium, and when they returned to England, they immediately took revenge - Neuer didn't even show much for the whole game, and Tottenham almost brutally crushed Bayern in the final.

However, after that, it was also the disintegration of the team. First, Reus was bought out by Dortmund, and then Bale was smashed away by Real Madrid for 100 million yuan, plus Paris spent a full 50 million to buy Thiago Silva, and at the same time wanted 60 million to buy Cavani, and most importantly, Yaya Toure also fell out with the team because of salary problems, switched to Manchester City, and even, other teams also wanted to divide their players at the same time, a team lost so many players in one breath, and it was shaky for a while, and in that season, The injuries to Piszczek and Coentrão also made Tottenham's situation worse, and they almost fell several times.

However, Tottenham were not defeated. Li Bin used Varane to fill the vacancy of Thiago Silva, bought the youngsters J Rodriguez and Lucas Jr., and at the same time relied on Ramsey, Di Maria and others to stay in the team, Suarez and Rossi cooperated more fluently, and Tottenham's strength was still maintained. In midfield, Li Bin began to promote the use of Paul Pogba and Rabiot, and the team's newcomers were given more opportunities, and Tottenham's fighting power was maintained.

However, even so, the loss of personnel has left Tottenham quite frustrated. In the league, they were beaten by the old and stalwart Alex Ferguson, who finally completed the feat of overtaking Liverpool and then announced his retirement. In the Champions League, although Tottenham defeated Napoli, a little less experienced, Paris, and Atletico Madrid, which is basically kicking people, but in the final, they still lost to Real Madrid because of excessive losses.

It was an unforgettable year for Palmeri, as he didn't win any titles. At that time, he really realized what Li Bin said, the team needs to be replaced, and it needs to lie dormant and wait.

And the waiting period is quite short - in the 14-15 season, Tottenham still lost to the FIFA syndrome, in the league, they only finished second, lost to Chelsea's Jose Mourinho, and in the Champions League, they did not even make it to the last four. Although they won the FA Cup, the FA Cup is nothing more than a toy in the eyes of those who have experienced the dynasty.

It was probably the worst day – but then, in the 15-16 season, Tottenham began to play with a combination of Paul Pogba and Rabiot in midfield, which gave Tottenham a lot of energy to the French midfield, and as they matured, Tottenham won the league title again. Palmeri was thrilled to win the league title again after a two-season absence, and for him it had not been a run of three consecutive seasons without a league title.

The only pity is that in the next three years, 16-17, 17-18, 18-19 three seasons, although Tottenham reached the Champions League final three times, but won the championship once. Although it has achieved four consecutive championships in the league, it is really sad that there are no more wins in the Champions League.

If you can win one more title and make your team equal to Liverpool in the number of titles, then your team will be very different, right?

After that, Li Bin also carried out a new round of rebuilding of his team. After that season, Tottenham secured investment from a new owner, but the way the new owner handled it left the team divided. In the 19-20 season, Tottenham's main lineup changed seven at once, and even the most secure goalkeeper Neuer is no longer the main team.

"I think professional football is brutal and every few years we have to make a substitution like that. I've been through one of Parma's builds, Tottenham's three rebuilds and I always feel like I'm already in pain, Ferguson's team has been rebuilt six times, how did he do it? ”

Maybe it was at that time that Li Bin began to retreat. That season, Tottenham did not win any worthy titles. What made Palmeri even more sad was that at the end of the season, Li Bin decided to resign.

When Palmeri thought of Li Bin, he was still slightly dissatisfied. Some people say that he is because he has a quarrel with the team's new management, some people say that he is because Tottenham Hotspur has nothing to pursue, and some people say that he wants to take care of his family and no longer want to live in England, but as his old subordinate, Palmery knows that Li Bin had other reasons in mind at that time.

'I want to go back to my national team, they're looking for a new coach. Li Bin explained this problem to him privately, "This group of people in our national team has a good level of strength. I think if they are brought in by a high-level coach, they may be able to reach the World Cup finals. You don't have to doubt that I'm talking about a high-level coach. I want to go back to the national team and lead them to play. ”

That's the reason for his resignation – because he wants to go back to China and lead the national team to a World Cup. This idea, in Palmery's opinion, has always been a little ridiculous, he does not understand, what is the importance of playing a World Cup? He has played in three World Cups himself, and he is still the captain of Gianluigi Buffon after retiring, and he does not think the World Cup is important.

Isn't it important to rebuild the club again?

"On the club side, I've pretty much taken care of everything and I recommended Andrea Pirlo as the coach of the team, so he should be able to coach well. As for the other aspects, I asked Yaya to come back and work at the club. If there's anything, you can just look for him. ”

Palmeri is also unhappy with bringing Yaya Toure back, but he also knows that this is the team's desire to show that they are already a big club and that they must have those old players return. Even Yaya Toure used to be a traitor, but now, as soon as he retires, he is at the top of the team.

Such a change is also the reason why Li Bin left.

"If you really want to play in the World Cup, why go back to China? Europe, Africa, America, which team do you want to lead? In this regard, Palmeri did not understand very much, "Just take England to play, you can directly work part-time by the way, and taking England to play in the World Cup is always much more likely to succeed than taking the Chinese team to play in the World Cup." ”

Palmery knew that England had always wanted Li Bin to take over. Over the years, Li Bin has made a lot of contributions to English football. On the one hand, he has completed the technical path taken by Arsene Wenger, integrating the training method of the back three and the cultivation of rhythm and space into the English academy, on the other hand, Tottenham has been investing more in youth training in recent years, and has also cultivated some personnel for England, ten years ago, when people mentioned English football, people would say that England was Ferguson, but now, people will say that English football has the credit of Li Bin today - in this case, people will naturally want Li Bin to bring LinkedIn Gran.

However, Li Bin chose to return to China.

"Working for someone else is not the same as working for your national team. Orlando, you have always played mediocre in Italy, and you have never won the championship with Italy, which has a lot to do with you not knowing the national honor. At that time, Li Bin also tried to teach him, "The current level of Italy is good, you should work hard, lead them well, maybe you can play a good game." And me...... 10 years ago, I suggested that my country vigorously develop football, and now these players, many of them play at my suggestion, and they play out, and I don't teach them, so it's not good for them to delay their youth in vain. ”

"It's just that if you think about it, if you leave like this, the team you've worked so hard to build up for ten years will be completely gone. The current management is already very unkind to see you, and it is even more useless if you leave with only a nominal title. ”

"There is a banquet in the world, why be so persistent? The situation we are in now, since we changed the Arabs as the boss, you should have imagined it. Besides, what is there to be left? Originally, the banquet had already dispersed, Rosie retired, Yaya is now about to become a coach, and you are also the last World Cup, right? It's almost over, you're all gone, and I'll play with the young people for another ten years? It's okay, but it's fun anyway, wouldn't it be better to go back to your hometown? Orlando, all I'm thinking about right now is enjoying football, I don't want to go through any more effort to rebuild the team. It was so painful and uncomfortable. ”

But that's a challenge, isn't it? If I, as a player, don't think that 30 is an old age, why do you, as a coach, think that 50 is old? What you still have is ability, you can lead Tottenham to a better place, without you, our football team will be very different!

"PIPPO, if we finish first in the group, then we have a good chance of facing China, right?"

"If they qualify, do you think that's possible?"

"Lee didn't come here to play three games." Palmeri laughed, "Believe me, we will qualify, and after qualifying, let me tell Lee: he is not old yet, and he can still achieve glory!" ”

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Someone chased me to the group and asked me for a final chapter, so I wrote this final chapter. The end is in a hurry, and I hope that you will understand.