When the results of the Champions League draw came out, the whole of Europe was in an uproar: in the past few seasons, the Champions League games, although there have been some strong dialogues in the round of 16 games started early, but, after all, this is still rare, but this season is good, in the round of 16, there are a lot of strong dialogues at once, which surprises the whole of Europe.

Liverpool and Inter Milan, Chelsea and Barcelona, Milan and Arsenal, plus Real Madrid and Roma, the strong dialogue between these teams will make the whole of Europe ignite at once.

"It will be the most beautiful Champions League last-16 match in years. The four groups of strong dialogues will make this year's Champions League much better than before. ”

Of course, the media likes this kind of situation: strong dialogue always means a lot of topicality. The more powerful the dialogue, the more the media can say, a strong dialogue, can be rendered before the game, summarized after the game, find stories, tell the past, and find out a lot of stories. Any strong dialogue is the focus of people's discussion, not to mention that there are so many in one breath?

Of course, there are many people who are dissatisfied with such a result: at least, the giants in the whole of Europe are already a fryer: the game between the giants is always difficult, and such a strong dialogue means that there must be giants to be eliminated, which also makes the giants quite dissatisfied.

In Serie A, there are a lot of complaints: four teams, three of which have been hit by strong conversations, and all but Parma are facing a difficult situation, and after seeing the situation, they have not stopped scolding. The three teams in Serie A originally thought that they had forcibly rushed to the top of the Champions League group, which is a particularly remarkable thing, but who knew that the three group leaders met the three strongest group runners?

"Aside from Parma being able to make sure they qualify, it looks like it's going to be too difficult for the other teams to qualify."

Serie A is only now discovering that there is only one Parma left in the look of the most likely to qualify this season. Unlike other teams, Parma drew a Greek team, and the Greek team is weak, and it seems that Parma are the most likely to qualify - and the gap is very large.

"How could Parma be so lucky? How were they able to draw the weakest opponent and advance so happily? ”

The media are all quite puzzled, but unlike them, Li Bin knows very well what this is for: since Platini came to power, what he has been thinking about is how to improve the income of the Champions League: The Champions League is in the countries of the five major leagues, and they are not worried about ratings, and they can earn this part of the money quite easily, but how to let more countries watch the Champions League? The method that the Champions League football thinks of, that is, by allowing more underdogs to have games to play and have their own country's games, who doesn't want to take a look? Therefore, from the time Platini came to power, he played such a hand, the strong team to play the strong team, and the weak team to play the weak team. The dialogue between the strong and the strong ensures the quality of the game, and the weak team meets each other, which is equivalent to guaranteeing the promotion. In this way, the game is also good-looking, and there are more viewing areas, and UEFA will naturally make money.

Of course, in doing so, it is the interests of the wealthy that are being sacrificed.

If they meet a weak team, then it is possible for these giants to advance to the quarterfinals or even the top four, but now they themselves meet early and fight each other early, that is, at least four G14 teams need to be eliminated directly in the top 16, which makes the giants naturally quite dissatisfied. Although speaking of which, the top 16 and the top 8 are similar honors, but who doesn't know that every time the Champions League is promoted, there are millions of dollars?

Of course, if you really have the strength, you are probably not afraid of this kind of problem. Now Inter Milan is complaining, but on Liverpool's side, there is no voice of complaining - the saying that playing Inter Milan is equivalent to automatic bye is not a year or two, and Liverpool is also very happy now. However, for the team that was not strong in the first place, but still wants to make more money in the Champions League, this is a big problem.

This is also the main reason for the biggest clash between Platini and the big clubs in the next few years: and it is also mixed with the suppression of the Premier League and the support of some other teams - but in the end, it is all about money.

This approach will not only increase the internal struggle of the team, but also make the income of the giants drop sharply, and it will also reduce the prestige of the team a lot, and these teams will naturally be unhappy. And the conflict between Platini and them has been a problem in the Champions League for many years.

However, this UEFA policy does benefit Parma a lot. Originally, Li Bin was ready to rush all the way, but now it seems that Parma may need to meet a strong team in the quarterfinals.

This made Li Bin quite happy, and when it came to Parma's Christmas party, several coaches were also happy when they talked about it.

"Now it looks like everything is going well enough this season." Esposito had just returned from outside, and he was quite satisfied with Parma's current condition, "Speaking of which, I also have good news here, and I've almost contacted it in South America." You don't have to worry too much. In Italy, I'm also looking for new Academy talent: Pescara's coach Angel Di Maggio is willing to follow us to England. In that case, when he gets there, he can be the youth coach and I can continue to be an assistant coach for you. ”

The Christmas party is still a day when several old friends of Parma get together, and Esposito's first sentence made Li Bin surprised, and this harvest is not small.

Di Maggio is the youth coach of Pescera, and although Pescara is a small team, Di Maggio's level is very high. In the current Pescara academy, there are Villadi, Insigne, Immobile, Perrin, Capuano, Quintero and other players, in the case of a Serie C team, this matter has lost the luxury of conscience, such a coach can follow Li Bin as the youth director, Li Bin is of course satisfied.

"And then there's the selection of the scouting director, and I think of a nice guy: Rui Costa announced that he was going to resign after the season, I met him in Portugal this time, I had a good chat with him, he said that he was interested in being a scout, I thought he might be a good scout, and I was ready to let him try. It seems that he still wants to stay in Portugal, but I think I can persuade him to come to us. ”

Esposito brought back two pieces of news that pleased him: Rui Costa has not yet retired and has not shown his ability as a scout, but Esposito spoke to him and thought he was a good fit. And Li Bin is also very satisfied with this: he knows that Rui Costa is indeed a very good scout after retiring, and he remembers that he was a scout at Benfica, where he had considerable success, and now it is better to bring him over.

Li Bin's subordinates, has not had a dedicated youth director and a dedicated scouting director, in Parma, he can rely on the development of more people here, the team's coaches are good, let them develop freely, but after the Premier League, it will have to rely on these people to transform the team from top to bottom, now the staff is complete, which is a great thing. Esposito has not been an assistant coach for half a year, but the help to Li Bin is even greater.

For a few days, Li Bin was surrounded by extremely happy news, and now it seems that everything is developing quite smoothly.

The only thing that didn't go well was the problem on Manchester City's side.

"Lorenzo, there's one thing I want to tell you: my plan has changed a bit, I thought that this summer, we would be able to find a very rich boss, even a few points richer than Abu. However, it seems that our future is not so smooth. Li Bin said.

"What's wrong?"

"The rich man seems to be more inclined to Mancini."

"What a unique taste." Esposito sighed.

"Yes, the taste is unique. But now it's not a question of what their tastes are, it's a question of where we're going next season. ”

"Just find a place to stay, even if we don't have money, won't we be able to play football properly?" Esposito opened his mouth and asked rhetorically, "Haven't we been without money all these years?" No money is not a way to play without money. ”

"However, if you don't have money, it's always not as good as if you have money......"

"Li, in fact, I don't really hope that we will find a rich team, but I think that a team without money is more valuable in fighting. Did you see what Chelsea Mourinho looked like after class? Fans are torn between the big money and the coach, and they will choose the big money. And will this kind of thing be the style of Arsenal? Definitely not, not Manchester United, only such a big team with money will feel that they can do without anyone, they will not realize our role, they always feel that they can buy everything if they have money. Why do we want to go to a team like this? When we get there, no one will be grateful to us either, they will only remember the boss. ”

Esposito was silent for a moment, "If you want me to say, it's not necessarily a good thing to find a team that doesn't have much money. Just like in Parma, who would dare to fight us here? The whole world knows that Parma has today, it is our credit, our position, no one can take away it, and in the rich team, those are not ours. If we want to pursue our career, it is natural that people should pay attention to our role, why should we go to those big money teams? What we were looking for was not the Premier League money, but the Premier League environment, and if we really wanted money, Inter Milan and Real Madrid could also meet our ideas. What we want is just trust in us, support for us, what we need is a league environment that will not have too much darkness, and will not be particularly, as long as there is such an environment, we don't need money to be able to develop! Those teams, people won't notice our role, go to a weak team, build it from scratch, what's the wrong thing? Once there, we're the new Shankly, Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, and there, we're the new legends! ”

At this point, Esposito paused before speaking again, "Moreover, why are you confused, the investment in the Premier League is so hot, why do we want to catch up with capital?" As long as we can build a team to the level of the top four in the Premier League and have a big market, are we afraid that no one will invest in us? Do your own thing, the money will definitely be sent, so we don't chase the capital, the capital will come to chase us! Where we go, where we get investment, that's called ability!"