"You went to university in the Czech Republic, you studied physical training, and you are also interested in football, so I'll take your exam." Li Bin thought for a moment before he spoke, "In 1998, there was an incident in the Italian football world that shook the world, and it was related to physical training, do you remember what it was?" ”

"In 1998?" Wan Qian pondered for a moment, "In 98, Serie A was a big deal about training problems...... Or is it related to the Czech Republic? I remembered that in '98, Coach Zeman exposed the use of banned drugs in Serie A. ”

Li Bin nodded slightly, she had indeed prepared.

"Do you want to know Lu Dao, my attitude towards the use of banned drugs?" Wan Qian immediately came to a conclusion.

In 1998, a very important thing happened in Serie A: Zeman came forward to accuse Juventus of using banned drugs in team training. Moreover, he even directly accused Piero and Vialli of relying on banned drugs to gain muscle strength. Since he has sued, the Italian Football Association naturally wants to investigate, but the preliminary result of the investigation is that it is 'overdosed' rather than using banned drugs. And just when the Football Association wanted to do further investigation, the drug regulatory department announced that the investigation data of the players was 'lost' - so the verdict on the players was gone. Although five banned drugs were found in the Juventus medical room, the case was closed after only one and a half years of Juventus' team doctor.

And the matter is not over, after the incident, Moggi and Lippi took the entire Juventus to sue in reverse, accusing Zeman of false accusations, and demanding that Zeman be banned for five years on the grounds that Zeman's actions interfered with the player's life. However, although the Italian Football Federation is shameless, it is not enough to have no face at all, and they categorically refused Juventus' request. It's just that Juventus is Juventus after all, and since Zeman provoked Juventus, where is the possibility of getting mixed up? For a period of time after that, even if he was not banned, he was driven to Turkey, and his life was quite deflated.

And since then, there have been problems with the physical training in Serie A.

After all, the reform of football training methods is not herding cattle, this is a very systematic thing, and it has suddenly lost its drug assistance, and the impact is huge. After 94 years, creatine was used in the world's sports circles, but this time, it was all ruined. After 98 years, there have always been two different attitudes towards training. One is to continue to secretly use banned drugs, anyway, the Italian Football Association does not dare to take it seriously, and even secretly encourages it - after all, this is to compete for honor in Serie A! And what is a banned drug is not so easy to distinguish!

In fact, in 1995, the Medical Committee of the National Olympic Committee (IOC-MC) announced 114 banned drugs – but FIFA has always been autonomous, and whatever the IOC says, I don't admit it, it's a blank slate. Until 2003, ephedrine was only a second-class banned drug on the FIFA list, not to mention some things that were not banned such as creatine, and in the 90s, many clubs used drugs, and some of them were used to the point of madness.

After Juventus was exposed by Zeman, it was soon bitten out that Parma's Cannavaro also used injection drugs. Immediately, the Inter players tested positive for drugs, but the club interfered and was not allowed to be punished. Milan's Gattuso simply refused to be spot-checked, but there was nothing to do. Brescia's Pep Guardiola took a banned drug and was sentenced to be changed, Roma's Totti was prosecuted for taking drugs, the national team was ordered to revoke, and the entire Serie A was in a miasma.

At that time, no one cared about this: in the 90s, creatine was widely used in football all over the world, and only a few people did not use it. Not to mention that the Italians used it, even China used creatine at that time - in 97, the national football team was known as the strongest football team in history, relying on the use of creatine to supplement the strength of the force, and the women's football team at that time was also prosperous, and the use of drugs at that time was also inseparable. In addition to creatine, the women's football team also used other drugs at that time. For example, in the 99 Women's World Cup, the Americans, as the host, deliberately plotted against the Chinese team, and the Chinese team flew from the east coast of the United States to the west coast in every game, and then flew to the east coast in the next game, tossing back and forth, traveling tens of thousands of meters, so that the Chinese team had jet lag and lack of rest. And the Chinese women's football team at that time was also simple: one injection of melatonin per person, which offset the problem of jet lag. However, after all, the Chinese team is one bad move, and no matter how much you abuse drugs, how can you compete with the pharmaceutical achievements of the United States? What's more, the United States also has a super must-kill: the home black whistle......

Unlike them, there are also people who are thinking about how to put an end to drug use, and Li Bin is one of them, and Parma has been secretly engaged in research in this area.

After the turmoil in 98, Italy has relented a little, and after creatine was banned, many teams began to look for alternatives, such as fructose bisphosphosphosphonate, or glutamine preparations, and even some simply use antioxidants, tribulus terrestris extract and other things - Speaking of which, Li Bin sometimes suspects that in the movie he watched in One Goal Fame 2, the one who sticks cucumber slices on his face is actually using antioxidants, but it is beautified by the movie - but, in Parma, Li Bin directly banned all of this.

"Borg and you are doing research, and you're studying physical training methods, right? But I haven't heard anyone say that, huh? ”

Li Bin didn't speak: In the current environment of Serie A, drugs are still commonly used, and at this time he said the wrong thing, Zeman is a lesson from the past. At this time, he can only study slowly in private, and wait until the results are available, and then take it out. Otherwise, the top three in the north are staring at the results, let them give up the results, how can they accept it?

After explaining, Li Bin opened his mouth to say his thoughts, "Every time the rules are changed, the unlucky ones are tactics, and every time a new list of banned drugs is announced, the unlucky ones are physical training, a change in the National Olympic Committee in 1995, a change in FIFA in 2003, and two changes, which are a big blow to physical training." So, I was also thinking about how to train while trying to avoid drug use. ”

"Hard, isn't it?"

"Yes, medical research has always burned money, small teams don't have so much money, they can't afford research, and they can't change their training without medicine, so now training in Italy is not as good as day by day." Li Bin nodded, "But fortunately, we now have some advanced concepts, and we have to thank Borg for his contribution, which is very important." ”

After Li Bin took over the club's training, he has always been doing things with the concept of doing practical things, and the same is true for physical training, what he wants to do is really good for the players.

Everyone knows that too much creatine can lead to muscle spasms and strains. But since you can produce results, who cares so much? In the 90s, there were even experts who wrote about how to use creatine wisely – it wasn't until creatine-induced muscle spasms and strains became widespread that it was banned.

Is this just Italy and China? Obviously not, Parma and Arsenal before the 1994 Cup Winners' Cup final, Arsenal's David Seaman each injected an analgesic in the pre-match, Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand also refused to take a drug test, and Germany, not to mention, in the use of banned drugs, German sports is a superpower that can compete with China, the United States, and even the Bern miracle, which was won by all the injections of drugs. And Bundesliga coach Michel Krueger directly revealed that half of the Bundesliga players take medicine - but without evidence, it is not valid.

There is still a long way to go.

"You want to improve something on that? Reform of drug use? For what? Is it because of the regulations? Do you know the Tao, drug use is such a thing, if you are caught, it is called stimulant, if you are not caught, it is called high-tech, you don't use drugs, is this trying to be a saint? Listening to Li Bin's words, Wan Qian also asked.

"No, I'm not a saint, and when I buy and sell players, sometimes I'm black-hearted. However, there is something that is conscience. Li Bin said, "Knowing that the use of drugs may cause muscle spasms and strains in the players, and may even lead to paralysis in bed, I don't say a word, and I don't open my mouth for the sake of results, and I don't open my mouth when I am disabled." They're players, they're human beings, and they're training for the sake of results, and it's okay, to use drugs for the sake of results, that's too much. ”

The football world has always lacked sufficient awareness of the dangers of drugs, or rather, they know that there are harms, but they always ignore them. At Euro 2004, in order to play, Overmars took six injections of cortisone in his knee — a drug that can lead to paralysis if used more than nine times in his lifetime. And in the same way, when Panucci faced the call of the national team, he also injected six injections of painkillers on the field, and this is not the most ruthless - Kahn before the Champions League match between Real Madrid and Bayern in 04, because of a back injury, took 20 injections of painkillers in one breath to play - these people are simply playing with their lives.

And is there anyone who is unlucky for this? Of course. Piero was reported at the time, and Juventus were able to cover up his past. But Juventus is powerful, and there is no way to modify the laws of reality, after a serious injury to Piero, where is the style of the golden boy of the year? Pep Guardiola, who played for Brescia, was involved in the banned drug incident, and his reputation was ruined. The most serious consequence of the use of drugs is that before the 1998 French World Cup final, Ronaldo sprained his neck in an F1 match, and in order to relieve pain, Ronaldo took eight injections of celecaine - an analgesic, but the consequence of this drug is that it will increase the person's heart rate and have complications similar to epilepsy - and Ronaldo's subsequent sleepwalking in the final was largely due to drug complications.

There is a general lack of attention in football. Tennis star Agassi was afraid of his physical problems because he had five injections at the US Open, one of which was cortisone and two were closed, so he chose to retire directly. And when Maradona was in Naples, he played 12 games in a row behind closed pitches and received praise – from a medical point of view, this is completely the rhythm of death.

Some people may say that Maradona's age is too early? Well, let's talk about two more recent ones. Rio Ferdinand said publicly: In order to be able to play, what is it to be in a wheelchair after retiring? In Li Bin's memory, Manchester United's Evans was ordered to keep an eye on Ibrahimovic during the game against Inter Milan, because of the injury, he came to the field with a needle to close, and when he arrived in the midfield, he felt that he played well in the first half, and for fear that the effect of the medicine in the second half would pass, he came with another needle...... And a year later, Thornton, during the game, also played closed, and the media also praised it. But closing that thing is also irreversible damage, but the media doesn't care about those things.

It's fine if it's just the players, sometimes other people follow suit. There is a famous contrast, when Terry played for the national team, he firmly said: 'Even if you play closed, you will play', and the media immediately praised him as a second Butcher, and in the same year, Drogba refused to be injected with analgesics, which ushered in a wave of accusations from the media as 'irresponsible evasion'. Obviously, the same is true for the media, which only looks at the results and nothing else.

And even more bastard, the coach did the same. McClaren once let Gerrard play behind closed doors in order to win. For some coaches, victory is their capital, the life or death of the players, their business? What if the players are paralyzed, they are championship coaches, they are famous, they are admired by thousands of people, where do they care?

These guys really don't treat the players as human beings. The prohibition of the use of forbidden drugs is not the practice of saints, but the people who do not lose their conscience, should consider it.

"Whether you're telling the truth or not, I've got to toast you — that's good." Wan Qian heard Li Bin's words, and also raised his glass.

"Thank you." Li Bin smiled, "And if you also think we are right...... If you have passed, go to Parma and participate in our research, and I hope that you can help you. ”