"If two years ago, you asked me what level coach Li Bin was, I would definitely say: he is a good young man, maybe he can achieve some results after three or five years of training. However, before the start of last season, all I could say was that he was a very good coach and that he was likely to become a famous coach in Italy. And now, if you ask me this question again, my answer is: Is this a question you ask me the wrong person? In "Those Things About Football", Lippi, who was interviewed, said this sentence with a smile, "Do you think his future is still something I can predict?" His development has already exceeded my expectations. ”

After the match between Parma and Arsenal, the Italian media focused their eyes on Parma.

In the two-legged match, Parma played a 5-1 aggregate scoreline, and such a complete victory over the Premier League team will naturally attract widespread attention. Among them, three of them were overwhelmingly sought after by the media after the game. One is Yaya Toure, his performance in both rounds is extremely eye-catching, naturally there is a lot of attention, many media are making up for the past feud between Yaya Toure and Arsenal, and pondering a lot of words such as sibling estrangement to complete the story of Yaya Toure. Then there's Milito, who opened the scoring over two legs at Parma and is naturally highly touted. Mr. Big Scene, he is always a player that people love, since Milito can face strong teams and score goals again and again, he will naturally be favored by the media, and even some media will immediately think about which giant club he should go to, so that he can give full play to his advantages and let him play football better.

In addition to these two people, Li Bin is also a highly rated one. The vast majority of Parma's players played the Champions League for the first time in their lives, and they were able to lead a group of people who played in the Champions League for the first time in their lives, and they came up to defeat the runners-up of last year's Champions League, which made Parma's fame greatly boosted At the same time, it also made Li Bin's fame rise a lot.

Li Bin's age is relatively young among coaches, in the past, even if he had achievements, people always felt that he was still young and young, and if he trained for another five or six years, he might be able to compare with the world-level coaches. Even if he wins Mancini repeatedly in the league, even if he fights with Carlo Ancelotti very closely, people will still think that the league is just a game, not a winner, or a group stage, such a game does not have to fight for the first place - but the Champions League knockout stage is not like those games, it is a real short-handed battle, each according to his ability. Parma's victory over Arsenal is tantamount to telling others that Li Bin is now at least a coach at the same level as Arsene Wenger.

Therefore, when Lippi was interviewed, he simply did not comment: a world-class coach commented on a coach who was younger than himself, but his level was not bad, and it seemed that he was a little suspicious of relying on the old and selling the old.

However, it is okay for Lippi not to comment, but Wenger has to say it. Because he also said good things about Li Bin in front of the media, many Italian media began to say that Li Bin had already convinced Wenger.

"In this game, Parma is definitely the biggest winner. Before the game, they were just a new team with good potential, but after winning the game, now Parma have the best new stars, the best young coaches, a bright future - it can be said that Parma has won everything for themselves. ”

The statement in the media, in fact, is to put it bluntly: from this moment on, Parma and Parma players, coaches, everyone, are all considered top teams and players.

"Perhaps, Parma should consider making a career in the Champions League. Parma's strength is so strong now, they can make a difference in the Champions League, it is a waste to use such strong strength in the nest, Coach Li Bin should consider winning the Champions League for Parma, and other things, he can not think about it for the time being. ”

After Parma entered the quarterfinals, another voice suddenly began to circulate in Serie A.

"Milan is finished now, Roma can't expect much, and it's up to Parma to fight for glory in the Champions League for Italy. Now Parma can be said to be Italy's last hope. ”

After Parma won a game, the media immediately began to preach that Parma is the most important defender of honor in Serie A, since Milan is half-dead, and Roma cannot be counted on, so it is not the best situation for Parma to fight for the honor of Serie A?

After these words came out, Li Bin also laughed at this.

"They almost said that Parma should have given up the league."

After the round of 16 of the Champions League, the only one of Italy's four teams eliminated was the top team Inter Milan. Originally, Inter Milan thought that among the three teams of Roma, Parma, and Milan, there must be one of them to accompany them, but as a result, all three teams qualified, and Inter Milan was also embarrassed.

However, the media also knows how to turn disadvantages into advantages, and their statements also made Li Bin smile bitterly: Let's give up the league and fight for the Champions League? Where is that kind of good thing!

Li Bin didn't pay attention to these people. If you don't know the situation of Lu Dao this year, maybe he will be a little fluttering, but he remembers very well that in the 07 Champions League, the top four of the Premier League accounted for three, and all of them were wiped out by Milan, and finally Milan successfully won the Champions League. Serie A's honors? Not to mention that Li Bin didn't care much about that kind of thing, even if he really cared, there were other ways to maintain it.

Therefore, in the team, he did not say anything to the players about the most important words of the Champions League: at this time, the league is in front of you, and it is too much to think about the Champions League.

"First of all, guys, I have to celebrate that we are finally one of the best teams in the world. Secondly, I would like to say that we are only one of them, not the only one. Now, we're celebrating, but I want everyone to know that what we can really celebrate is when we become the only team! ”

In the team, Li Bin also took a little vacation for a long time, signaling the players to celebrate it: although the quarterfinals are not a very good result, but being able to enter the quarterfinals is a qualitative improvement for Parma, and the players must be full of joy now, so let them relax.

Moreover, Li Bin also knew that the rhythm of the game below would become more and more tense, and the two-line battle, whether it was physical or psychological pressure, would be very great, and it was also appropriate to let the players relax if they wanted to play well in the rest of the time.

"In the next games, the problem of physical strength will become more and more serious, and we have to plan well and how to rotate to ensure the full strength of the team."

Parma's current game task is still quite heavy, although this year's Italian Cup does not have any hope, there is no pressure, and I don't care about winning or losing, but the remaining two lines still need to be well arranged.

In this regard, Inter Milan still has a big advantage over Parma. It's not that they don't have to play in the Champions League, they can save a lot of energy by playing two games less, the key problem is that big cities, big teams, in many details, have an advantage over small teams. When these advantages are accumulated, it is easy to form a gap in physical fitness.

In Li Bin's memory, there is one of the clearest events, which happened in the Bundesliga: when Wolfsburg and Bayern competed for the league championship, it was also the winter break that required physical training, and Wolfsburg could only stay in northern Germany, climb a tower by jumping on one foot in the cold weather, and then jump off with both feet to complete physical training, and at the same time, Bayern pulled the team to Dubai, in the sun and beach environment, living in a five-star hotel to train - the Bundesliga's winter break is long, such a thing is obvious, Between the small team and the giants, the gap in financial and material resources is very large, to the stage of the league's most difficult post-race race, physical consumption is large, and the impact of double-line operations is large, at this time, the disadvantages of small teams are fully revealed, in the 90s, Juventus relied on this giant advantage, dragged Parma down once, therefore, Li Bin is also very concerned about this.

Of course, in my memory, Wolfsburg won the Bundesliga that year - their head coach was Magath, who was a coach who liked to work part-time as a physical coach and took 'can't die' as the bottom line when training the physical fitness of players. However, if Li Bin doesn't want the European team to scare the players and turn it into 'let Li Bin take you to practice if you don't play well', he still needs to consider the rotation arrangement.

The rest of the rotation is easy to say, the key is that the timing of Parma's next Champions League game is really a bit unfortunate.

"The next Champions League game is on April 4...... And on April 1st, we have a home game against Inter Milan, and this schedule is tight enough. ”

Parma and Inter Milan's match is scheduled for April Fool's Day, followed by the Champions League. Li Bin is very suspicious that the person who set this schedule is simply the darling of April Fool's Day, and he actually made the most powerful teams in the two leagues face this dilemma. You want to make the league standings look better, but look at the 16-point gap between third-placed Roma and Inter Milan at the top, does that work?

It's just that now he is even more embarrassed: who knew that the stupid people of Inter Milan would dare to lose even Valencia?

It was supposed to be a tight schedule for both sides, but now it has become his one-sided pressure, and Inter Milan can be regarded as a loser, and now the league is much easier. He also found it a bit tricky, and he consulted with Esposito about it, hoping to find a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Anyway, we just can't give up the Champions League." Li Bin first set a tone, "The Champions League is a two-legged game, as long as the first leg is not too miserable, there is hope for a comeback later." ”

"That means that against Inter Milan, you have to be full of main forces. It's hard for us to win without the main team. Esposito also followed Li Bin's train of thought and said, "Then, in the Champions League game, we need to make some rotations to ensure that the players have enough physical strength. ”

"My idea is that in the Champions League, you will defend the first leg and then win the second leg. It's just that I don't know what kind of lottery we will draw lots. The tactical side of things has a lot to do with home and away games and the strength of the opponent, but I'm a little worried that we're going to draw an opponent who is too strong. ”

The matchups and home and away matches in the quarterfinals of the Champions League all disrupted the draw, which made Li Bin not know what kind of opponent he would encounter in the quarterfinals. If you meet a strong team, how you play home and away will have a great impact.

The team is not a giant, and it is still angry...... In this regard, Li Bin can only sigh.

However, just after Parma's match against Atalanta was played, the results of the draw also came at this time.

Parma's opponent was Bayern Munich, home and away.

"What shall I say? God help me! ”