"Italy's genius ......" Li Bin was silent for a long time before speaking again, "Luca, you know the truth, the current youth training situation of Italian football, it is difficult to come out with a talent." The poison of chain defense is endless, and it is not something that can be passed in a day or two. ”

"But you have to admit that Italian tactical training is in a difficult situation, but the infrastructure is still there. If there is infrastructure, there are people who can play football, and if someone plays football, there is always the possibility of a genius being born – although the odds are small, but not impossible. ”

Li Bin admits this, but he still doesn't believe much in the fact that there is a 14-year-old day.

It's 2005, a 14-year-old player, that is, born in 91? In my memory, there are a few geniuses of the post-90s generation in France and Brazil, but there are none in Italy.

"The boy's name is Palmeri, and you should go and see him sometime." "Both Milans are staring at him, but he hasn't made up his mind where to go. Our youth training is good, but I can't convince him, you go and try it, what we can do now is only sincerity. ”

"Palmeri, what a strange name."

Li Bin muttered, he had never heard of this name in his previous life, whether this was a good player, and he didn't know. However, Balaldi said so seriously, and the Milan duo also moved, so he had to go over and see, after ten years of youth coaching, experience told him that sometimes, whether a player is a good player or not, in addition to talent, luck and training also have a lot to do with it, maybe this person, really what kind of special genius?

Although he thinks that the odds are very small.

There are many legends in the world of football that look very good, for example, it is said that Riverino played football with socks stuffed with newspapers when he was a child, and Bey used oranges to play football to hone his skills, and so on. This inevitably gives people the illusion that football is very enlightening, take anything and kick it twice, as long as the talent is good enough, you are a football superstar. But in fact, these stories are generally cut off from the beginning to the end. The second half of these stories should generally be - 'These stars showed extraordinary talent from an early age, and then they were noticed by the football school, and from the age of six, they went to the football school to start school, and then after professional training, they became stars'.

This story is the same as the story of a rich man who told the history of his family, bought an apple, polished it and sold it, made money, and then bought apples - and then became a rich man - this rich man will not tell you that he got rich because his relatives gave him an inheritance, and those football stories will not tell that these talented young players happily went to the football school for training at the age of six.

Of course, propaganda doesn't say this, propaganda is for the story of mythical players, so only the emphasis is on talent, not on hard work. However, this inevitably makes people think that they have kicked oranges and become stars. But in fact, it is true that some people did not have the opportunity to play professionally until they became adults, and before that, Klose in Germany was a carpenter, Francois Francory was a painter, and Carlos in Brazil moved bricks - but what few people say is that even when they were so down, the football training they received since childhood never stopped, which allowed them to soar when they had the opportunity.

Few people mention that Klose came from a footballing family, his father was a legend of Ligue 1 Auxerre, and he had been playing semi-professional and professional football for five years before he became famous in the 2002 World Cup; Carlos lived in poverty in his early years, but at the age of 17, he was a member of the Brazilian youth team, Ribery was born in the youth of the Lille team, but he was blasted out of the team because he was in the youth team because he was guilty of molesting women, and even the Toure brothers, who are advertised as not even being able to afford shoes, are all from the youth training of the African football giant Abidjan Mimosa......

There is no reward without giving, and this is an immutable truth. It is true that some people are talented, have amazing physical fitness, or have a terrible sense of ball, but no matter how good their talent is, if they don't make good use of it, it will have no effect.

Training is a necessary factor for a player's success.

After being a coach for so many years, Li Bin still understands this basic truth. But the problem is, he does have some doubts: what if this player is really a very talented person?

Balaldi's vision is not bad, he says that he is a genius, and it is worth seeing for himself. Of course, there is no such child in his memory, maybe something happened that made him change his attitude? Li Bin doesn't know how big the butterfly effect is, but he believes that when he does things, he must follow the laws of football that he knows, and he can't fully believe in memory, and the memory of his previous life can be used as a reference, but it can't be used as the only basis.

Although Li Bin doesn't believe that a player can appear out of thin air, maybe this player just tosses a coin to decide whether to choose to play football as a career, and then throws a different result from the memory of his previous life? Perhaps, in his last life, he was injured playing football and never played football again? These are all possible. Perhaps, he is really talented, but it is possible that he did not dig out in his previous life. Ballardi is right, this part of Europe is different from China, at least there are conditions here, and the players can play more, which makes this possibility of fighting for a real existence. If you build all the vacant land everywhere like in China, then there is really no way to become a talent.

Moreover, the age of 14 years old also made Li Bin a little unsure of how to judge Lu Dao.

Soccer players start training very early, but generally speaking, it is not true professional training until the age of 14. 14 years old is the first watershed for professional football, children under the age of 14, some are willing to follow some football training, but children over 14 years old, there are few who continue to maintain amateur play, if they continue to train, then they are running to professional players.

Parma has a number of football schools in Italy, which Li Bin manages, so he is well aware of the way they train: these schools are basically the same as ordinary schools – in fact, some of them were ordinary schools before working with Parma. All they have is an extra 12 hours a week or so of soccer training sessions. The fee for this course is about 500 euros per child per year – about half a month's salary for an Italian. This amount of money is not much for a family, so many children follow up to learn football. However, this kind of game-based training lasts until the age of 14 at most, because the football class before the age of 14 is mainly to cultivate the sense of the ball and train skills, and after the age of 14, because a large amount of tactical knowledge has become the main content of the football class, for many people who do not pursue football, these things are relatively boring, and they are all withdrawn.

This has also caused the practice in the football world: generally speaking, the statistics of the football population are based on how many people over 14 years old insist on playing football, because under 14 years old, there is really no statistical significance.

Of course, there may be slight differences from country to country. But generally speaking, no matter what kind of youth training model, they are not very in favor of instilling football tactical ideas in children too early. Generally, at the age of 12 or 13, a child begins to learn the tactical stuff of football, and extreme Brazilians think that it can be higher, for example, Zico once proposed that before the age of 15, don't teach tactics, just practice skills.

This kind of training model determines the watershed of 14 years old - children before this age do not train for football. And the 14-year-old players, the advantages and disadvantages of the body and skills are already obvious, and after the players rise to the age of 14, many players can see how strong they are, these players, once they decide to engage in football, they need to carry out better training, and the best of them players, the information has long been retained by the football school and given to the professional team, at this time, the professional team will come to give the contract. Sometimes, fans will find it strange, why are there some teams with endless youth talents? But if you look at it yourself, you will find that these teams tend to look for young talents in various teams, bring them into their own teams, and develop them. These players may come from football schools all over the world, but when their talent is revealed, they are all brought to the same teams – Southampton, Parma, these teams survive in this way.

And now this little guy who lives in Piacenza is 14 years old, which also makes Li Bin a little interested.

Piacenza was not far from Palma, both in the Emilia Romagna region, almost a turnaround, so on the second day, Li Bin handed over the training to Esposito and went to Piacenza himself. However, when Li Bin arrived outside Palmeri's house, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be late.

Just opposite him, another car also came, and when Li Bin saw the car, he couldn't help laughing, it seemed that he could really meet an old friend here.

He got out of the car and just stood there, waiting for the other party.

"Giuseppe! It's been an exciting encounter to see you here. ”

After seeing the person coming out of the house, Li Bin immediately greeted him. The visitor was slightly stunned, but still greeted him.

Li ...... It's been a long time since you became the manager...... Why, you've heard about this player too? ”

"Well, I heard about it, so I decided to come over and have a look." Li Bin nodded, "What's the matter, has Inter Milan already signed him?" ”

Giuseppe Baresi, who was standing opposite Li Bin, shook his head, "He still wants to see again." ”

"That's good, I don't want to compete with Inter Milan, if you don't sign him, I'll invite him to my team."

"If he agrees to go to Clezio, eighty percent of my trip will be in vain, and your ability to deceive children is obvious to all......"

The two men made a few jokes. Da Baresi is the head of youth training at Inter Milan, and he and Li Bin are old acquaintances. Although the people of Inter Milan say that they are not very good at running the team, they are very good as friends, and the relationship between Li Bin and him is also okay.

After a few words, Baresi also opened his mouth again, "Li, I really want to ask, do you really not want to come to Inter Milan?" If you come, my position will be handed over immediately. ”

Although Da Baresi's words seemed modest, Li Bin believed it very much. As a team veteran, even if he resigns, he will have a pension position, what does he care?

"But what I want is Mancini's position."

"This ......," Baresi laughed, "nationality or something, we Inter Milan are more open-minded, but you are too young, 31 years old, among coaches, you are a minor, how can you get the coach's seat of a team like Inter Milan?" 10 years, 10 years from now, if you are still interested in the Inter dugout, I recommend you. ”

"That's not the right thing to talk about...... It's a pity. ”

"It's a pity...... "Big Baresi took two steps back before he spoke, "you're a smart man, you should know that Parma can't look like this, and I'd like a suggestion for you, you'd better remember: don't go to the Holy League's team, it's not good for you." ”

"Thank you for your suggestion." Li Bin turned his head with a strange expression, "Really, thank you very much." ”——

PS: The characters are original, not a real person, so I would like to write about the development of young players.