met Marseille in the League Cup, Li Bin didn't dare to be too careless, this opponent, speaking of which is also a French league, is one of the few teams willing to work hard in Europe, so this is also a more difficult opponent than other French league teams.

Ligue 1 has always been the least honoured of the top five leagues, which has a lot to do with the attitude of their teams. In France, there are few teams willing to play well in European competition, and like the Italians, their attitude towards European competition is also completely perfunctory. And they can't beat in the Champions League, and they look down on them in the League Cup, so it's no wonder that their European results are not good. Fortunately, Monaco and Lyon have played well in the past two years, and at this time, they are still above Ligue 1, which is the fourth league.

Relatively speaking, Marseille is one of the Ligue 1 teams with a better attitude towards European competition. After all, Marseille is also a G14 team, although their strength has not been able to recover since the match-fixing case, but, after all, Marseille still regards themselves as one of the European giants in their hearts, and they are serious enough for European competitions and work hard enough. And they also have a lot of good players, as a G14 team, although Marseille has slipped a lot, but after all, they still have money, they have Ribery who returned to France, the bench player Luindura of the French team, Ramsey, the former captain of Parma, the African player Taiwo who made a big splash in the World Youth Championships, and Nasri, one of the core players of the French youth team - these people are quite good.

This game is also one of the games that Li Bin wants to take seriously.

In the league, Li Bin's team is now very strong, but Li Bin's ambition is not just to play in the league. He was curious to see what this team would be like if they went to play in Europe.

A big problem in Serie A is that the use of contrasting wings is not high enough. And this kind of problem will be different in the Premier League. Li Bin knows very well that in the next few years, the Premier League will gradually rise to become one of the best leagues in the world, so he estimates that he will also need to play against English teams in the future, so trying to see if his team has the ability to resist wing attacks is also something Li Bin has been thinking about.

And this time, Marseille is a good opportunity. As a Ligue 1 team, Marseille's strength is relatively average, but they have two outstanding players, Ribery and Nasri, with strong breakthrough ability, and the strength of the wing is still very good.

The original meaning of the group stage is for a team to adjust its main lineup, find its own weaknesses, and play better in the subsequent knockout rounds. Although Parma said that they did not have much pursuit in the European competition, they still needed to test their strength.

"Ribery is a very good player," Li Bin also made his thoughts clear in an interview, "but I think we can also defend him." ”

In this game, Marseille went to Parma to play away, and their lineup has also undergone some adjustments. At the back, they are goalkeeper Caraso, the back line is Beyer, Dehu, Mete, Taiwo form the defensive line, the midfielder is Butley, Ramsey plays double midfield, Nasri is on the front line, and in the forward line, it is Ribery, Luindulla and 18-year-old Barry.

It's not their full squad, but it's still a dangerous opponent.

On Parma's side, some changes were also made, in this game, Tacinadi was rested, and De Jong was on the field as the main player, and at the same time, Melo also rested the midfield and changed to a double midfielder. Up front, Rossi was rested, with Li Bin playing Milito as a lone striker, while behind him, Arshavin was on the left, Rui in the middle, and Marchioni on the right.

Li Bin is obviously the same as Marseille, unwilling to let his main players consume too much energy in this game and let the substitutes play, so he also made some rotations.

As for the direction of the game, Li Bin has already positioned it.

"The main thing is to defend the opponent's left winger Ribery, he has a strong ability to break through, and in this game, the key task object is Pablo." Before the game, Li Bin also spoke to the players, "Pablo, your task in this game is mainly to defend Ribery, and we will attack and hand it over to the left side to execute, you don't have to worry." ”

Zabaleta nodded, indicating that she knew what she was doing.

"Speaking of which, Pablo, in the summer, because of the World Youth Championships, your run-in period in the team was shorter, and I never asked you, are you still used to everything?" Looking at Zabaleta, who didn't speak, Li Bin asked.

"It's good, everything is fine." Zabaleta said after looking up slightly.

"The tasks we give you have always been the heaviest, plugging, defending, raiding, cooperating, you have always had a lot of tasks, are you still used to it?" Li Bin asked.

"Well, it's good, when it doesn't work, I'll speak."

Zabaleta nodded, and asked Li Bin to stop saying anything.

Zabaleta is a very smart player, he has a high ball IQ and he never does anything messy. His personality is very consistent with his physiognomy, he is young and old, and he has a steady temper, such a person is the most important puzzle for any coach and any team.

Such a player naturally makes Li Bin very satisfied. Players like Zabaleta are actually the more traditional Argentine players. Although it is also located in South America, unlike Brazil, the professionalism of Argentine players is relatively high, although there are also occasional nonsense people, but the vast majority of Argentines are still very professional. Zabaleta's temper is very much in line with Argentina's training style and indoctrination philosophy, and it is enough to be satisfying.

"Our attack, on the other hand, started from our left side. Andrey, you are the main force of the attack. Li Bin said, "Your counterpart is Taiwo, the bronze ball winner of the World Youth Championships. Seriously, it takes a bit of effort to deal with him. ”

Arshavin didn't say anything, but his face changed.

"Remember, this is our first competitive European game of the season, so get off to a good start, guys. Show them what our team is and show them that last year we won the championship and this year we are still fearless. ”——

"Parma and Marseille are probably the best games of the UEFA Cup in midweek."

When Karachi made this judgment, he was sure that he was not wrong.

Parma and Marseille didn't play all the main players in a game, the UEFA Cup is not as important as the league, and they didn't let all the main players come up and play, so their game rhythm was weakened a lot, the confrontation was much worse, and because of the massive substitutions, this is also their game, and it is more based on the ability of the players. And this kind of game, because it relies more on the individual ability of the players, makes the audience feel very good.

Ribery took the ball and rushed up quickly on the left flank, and after his return to Marseille, his strength continued to rise, and this season, he has already attracted the attention of the national team, and at this time, he did not mind, using Parma's corpse as a step for him to climb to the ground.

However, in this game, he was very limited.

On the road to the right of Parma, De Jong stared at him from a short distance away, but he had no intention of approaching. Although he is a substitute player and has no main position at the moment, he has always been excellent in defensive skills. At this time, Li Bin repeatedly told Ribery before the game that he was a strong player, and he always kept it in mind, and at this time, he didn't have any idea of relaxing, and he was always following Ribery.

Such close defense greatly reduced Ribery's range of movement, and also made Ribery think several times that he would simply pass him directly and start cutting inside near the midfield. However, Ribery himself still has a clear understanding of his ability to break through, he knows that he can't break through in the middle, even if he is restricted, he has to insist on breaking through on the side.

On the opposite side of Ribery, Zabaleta had already rushed towards him, and his imminence slowed Ribery's speed, and he needed to think about how to make moves to get past his opponent in a small area. However, just as Zabaleta was getting closer, De Jong made a vicious tackle, but at this time, he kicked over.

Although the cooperation of the two people cannot be said to be seamless, but it is also accurate, Ribery just dodged De Jong's tackle with a kick, and before he stood up straight, Zabaleta next to him was already leaning on him, although such a confrontation usually does not make Ribery have problems, but at this time, he couldn't stand it, Zabalata snatched the ball that was unstable at his feet, shook off the two people in one step, and launched an attack forward.

This arrangement is also mentioned by Li Bin, De Jong's defense is more fierce and decisive, he is suitable for these fierce defensive interceptions, and Zabaleta's ability to launch counterattacks is better, so it is naturally more reassuring to kick counterattacks.

Different people must have different roles in defense, and only when they cooperate well can they form a good defense.

Li Bin was on the sidelines, and he also clenched his fists. Not to mention that the current Ribery is not the Ribery of the future, it still needs to be grown, even if it is the Ribery of the future, with such cooperation, Li Bin does not think that he is very likely to have a sudden past. A defender who can do anything to defend at any time, plus a defender who is steady and serious about playing, these two people are enough to block a wide line.

Behind them, there is the support of Cannavaro Jr., and the drag-back defense of Agger in the distance - setting up a defensive triangle on the side, and then relying on the players to link the defensive triangle together, Li Bin's tactical thinking has not changed.

And this defensive mode is really good at stopping Ribery's raid. Even if it is a top wing like Franck Ribery, he doesn't want to deal with Parma, he doesn't want to have any impact on Parma, and now Parma is already united as a whole, and the individual is strong, and it is useless to defend Parma's solid defense.

And with a good defense that can limit the opponent's wings, what is there to worry about?

Li Bin waved his hand and motioned for the players to attack: the opponent's research value is gone, then, you can kill them.

And Parma did not live up to his hopes.

"Parma beat Marseille 2-0 in the first game of the UEFA Cup. As the defending champions, they proved that they are still the best team in the UEFA Cup! ”