"Luca, there are some things that I feel compelled to discuss with you."

After discussing it with a few of his friends, after preliminarily confirming that there were no problems within the team, Zhao Yaning immediately found Balaldi and discussed the first job since he took over.

"About the winter break?" Balaldi immediately understood Li Bin's intention, "You still don't think about it, the team has no money at all." ”

"Luca, sometimes I really wonder how you manage the books, but then again, what is my salary?"

"800,000 – 18 months from December to the end of the 2006 season."

Eighteen months, that is, a season and a half, is only 800,000, and a season is more than 500,000, this salary level, in Serie A, should be considered below average. However, Li Bin also knows that Parma's economic strength is indeed not enough, last season's Prandelli in Parma was also less than a million annual salary, in fact, in the 04-05 era, is the highest salary coach, Chelsea's Mourinho, is only 4.5 million level. Although Balaldi said that he has been at odds with Li Bin for a long time, in this regard, it is indeed not a bad treatment of Li Bin.

"We don't have any money?"

"If you want money, you just have to look at a player who is bad and sell him. Actually, although we didn't have good results, when it came to the players, there were still a lot of people who paid attention to it, if we were willing to sell it......"

"Is it too late for me to resign?"

Li Bin's straightforward question made Balaldi smile bitterly, and he also knew that his suggestions were a little too harsh - how could a new coach come to power and immediately force him to sell people?

"But we really don't have much other way......

"If there's another way, you're not going to coach me, are you?"

Li Bin's words were direct, and Balaldi could only continue to smile bitterly and not answer.

"Okay, forget it if you don't have any money, I'll see who sells the right one. But there's another thing you have to promise me. It's true that I'm a coach, but I'm not going to let anyone else take care of my position as director of scouting for the time being. The matter of buying players, the two of us can discuss it, don't look for someone else. ”

"Don't worry, it's enough to have your team to save us."

Balaldi replied.

Li Bin also knew that Balaldi couldn't get money, and he came here just to ask for power. Although he also knew that Balaldi would not have other superfluous ideas, it was better to explain some words in advance.

"After the work is done, let's talk about whether some of them are saved or not." Li Bin didn't talk nonsense with him, "Now, I also have to meet the players." ”

"Go ahead...... Lee, I have one more word. ”

Li Bin turned his head, and this time, Balaldi's expression was much more formal, "Li, we have not been in harmony all along. However, you are the head of youth of the team, the director of scouting, I am the manager of the team, our conflict is natural, and as a team manager, I also have to think about the development of the team, I am not a racist person, but the environment is like this, sometimes I have no choice. Personally, I have a lot of admiration for your abilities, and you will be able to have a few days, which is also in my expectation. We have been fighting for a long time, but I know that it is because of the Italian environment and the support of Mr. Tanzi that I can compete with you. And now, I can't trap you, and your future will surely shock me. I'm looking forward to your performance, don't let me down. ”

"Accept your good words, I will work hard." Li Bin nodded.

I won't let you down, and I won't let myself down. Enemies, friends, and I myself are looking forward to it, so naturally I have to do my best in this matter.

It's been 10 years, and I'm finally on this stage. I'm not here as a visitor—

After talking with Balaldi, what Li Bin did was to take over the command of the team and truly achieve the position of head coach.

At this time, the first thing he did was to hold a coaching staff meeting.

"Hertz, this winter break, we're mainly doing fast-to-slow 200m interval training for the players to improve their fitness and then think about more things."

This statement made Borg a little stunned, "The effect of this kind of training is not sustainable, if it is only carried out during the winter break, then the effect will last for a month at most, and after a month, the advantages brought by such training will be gone." ”

"If you don't train like this, after a month, our hope of relegation will be completely gone." Li Bin replied, "This training is only a temporary method, first to maintain the training of our team and let them have enough physical fitness." ”

Borg nodded, agreeing with the idea.

Physical training is a very troublesome thing, because football is a combination of aerobic and anaerobic sports, therefore, it needs to be trained in both aerobic and anaerobic aspects. Moreover, taking into account the particularity of football, it is necessary to distinguish between two kinds of balls and non-balls.

Li Bin said that the fast and slow 200-meter interval training is a kind of aerobic training without the ball, the advantage of this training method is that it takes effect faster than long-distance stable speed training, a winter break, three weeks, training can produce some effects. However, the time to maintain the effect of this training is relatively short, long-distance stable speed training, although the effect is poor, the effect is slow, but the advantage is to grow steadily, if you persist for a long time, you can continue to improve, and the fast and slow 200-meter interval training, will soon be effective, however, its left and right maintenance is about 28 days, therefore, compared to the way of long-distance running, the use is less. Generally speaking, before a large-scale cup match, it is okay to practice like this, such as the World Cup and the European Cup, which can improve the physical condition of the players. But in the league, it is relatively rare.

But now, Li Bin took over the team halfway, and what he needs to consider, in addition to the long-distance running of the game, is also a very important issue, that is, he needs to ensure that his team can have a major change in mental outlook in a short period of time. The best way to do this is to change the training method, and at the same time use this training method to stimulate the players to realize their change.

A change of coach is like a change of knife, but how do you make the players realize that the coach is different? This is also a very important question.

And physical training, naturally, is the first step.

"And then, Lorenzo, you go with me to work on the senior team, and you do my assistant coach. In terms of tactics, I have already considered some methods, and on the use of players, I also have some things to discuss with you, so that we can work together to have a better effect. ”

If you want to work, you have to have all the people ready. Li Bin himself knows that he has not played high-level football after all, and he can't answer many professional actions for the players, and he can't do it without Esposito by his side, and the first thing he needs to do is to bring him with him.

No one is perfect, Li Bin also knows what his problem is, and he needs a good helper.

Esposito nodded, and he was happy to do so.

"After that, I'll ask Mr. Prandley to be our head of academy for the time being, to take care of our academy. As for the dietitian, if you really can't find someone else, let Wan Qi do it for the time being, I heard that her work is quite good these days. There was a three-week winter break, and after three weeks, we came back and we had to play a new style of football. ”

"Lee, there's something I need to warn you about." Esposito spoke, "Actually, we can't wait three weeks, your first game, three days away. ”

"League Cup?" Li Bin thought of something.

"Yes, the League Cup. Three days later, on December 17th, we have the UEFA Cup to play. This game, are we going to give up? ”

The UEFA Cup in the 04-05 season has just undergone a reform. This season's League Cup competition is a total of 40 teams into the main competition, five teams in a group, and then a single round-robin, each team is two home games, two away games, and after four games, the top three of the five teams can enter the knockout round - this is the production of 24 advancing teams, plus the third place in the eight groups of the Champions League, exactly the round of 32.

Parma are a bracket in the UEFA Cup, but they are unlucky in the group, as they are in the same group as Turkey's Besitaks, Spain's Athletic Bilbao, Romania's Steaua Bucharest and Belgium's Standard Liege. They also played badly and are now bottom of the group with one win and two defeats. But fortunately, although Standard Liege in the group has four points, it has completed its own four games, and the Bucharest Star is only a goal difference. If Parma were able to win at home to Besitarchs in the last game, and have won all three of their matches, Athletic Bilbao, who qualified early, could still qualify as third in the group.

The League Cup does have big problems from the competition system to the strength, and Serie A has always paid little attention to this game. This season, in fact, Parma still has the chance to qualify for the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup. Lazio was not well grouped, was strangled by Villarreal, Middlesbrough, Belgrade Partizans, the top three in the North in the Champions League, and Roma came out at the bottom, as for Udinese, those disgraced guys, they were eliminated in the League Cup play-offs......

Because the game is not taken seriously, Esposito will also ask if he should play well.

"Kick, why don't you kick well? It was my first game in charge. Li Bin nodded, "Moreover, if I remember correctly, the draw for the knockout round of the League Cup is not linked to the group ranking, and the draw in the back does not affect it, and the third place in the group is nothing." In that case, why should we not play well? Moreover, if you win this game and qualify from the group, you will have a bonus of 480,000 yuan, right? 480,000, for this money, I have to fight! ”

"But with all due respect, how do you spell? We only have three days, three days to turn the team around, it's impossible. ”

"Athletic condition, impossible." Li Bin corrected, "But it doesn't mean that we can't do anything." Besitax is not a strong opponent after all, and it is still possible to do something to defeat them. ”