vs 237 Beyond Arsene Wenger
The day after Inter Milan was eliminated, Parma also ushered in the second leg of their Champions League match.
Because the first leg got a 3-1 result away from home, as long as the second leg is not a brain-dead attack, lose 0-3 or 1-4 or something, Parma is safe and secure, therefore, Parma's game also made the fans very satisfied, which made Parma's tickets sell very well, and before the game, they were sold out, which made Parma's team and Serie A extremely excited.
"It seems that the team is playing well, and the fans are still willing to buy it. If you complain that the environment in Serie A is not good, should you think about how to make your team play better? ”
Now Serie A is not easy to find a game that can sell all the tickets, the Serie A stadium is poor, the fans love to make trouble, the quality of the game is also getting worse, coupled with the improvement of the quality of broadcasting, so that fans are rarely willing to come to the stadium, this season, the average attendance of Serie A fans is only 25,000 people, not to mention the 40,000 in the Bundesliga, 34,000 in the Premier League, and the 20,000 in La Liga. After the phone gate, the situation is a little better, for example, Inter Milan has achieved an average of 55,000 attendances per game this season, however, those teams that play poorly, fans still don't buy it, Milan and Rome's attendance is all the way down, Milan season tickets are only 70% of the price of Inter Milan, but only 15,000 tickets were sold, less than half of Inter Milan, and sales fell by 14%. Juventus was even worse, with sales down 22.5% due to relegation, but they weren't the worst, Roma down 30%, Fiorentina down 45%, and Lazio down 80% because they were relegated to the third division, with only 1,600 season tickets sold – in England, Wimbledon, a semi-professional team in the fifth tier, and 1,700 fans......
Italian football is not easy to survive, and it is reflected in these places. When a team doesn't play well, even the most loyal fans will abandon the team. Compared with the fanatical atmosphere of the Premier League and the Bundesliga, the atmosphere here is much worse, and the attendance rate is the best proof of this. Li Bin often envies those teams, there, even if the team is bad, there are fans who support it, but in Italy, if it is a little worse, there will be fans who don't buy it.
So, for the current Serie A, the easiest way to see if a team is playing well or not is to look at the attendance. Looking at the empty stands, who is embarrassed to say that their ball is played beautifully? But if it's always full, who would say that such a game is bad?
Parma's match against Arsenal, the attendance was full, and it is not difficult to understand: Arsenal is a famous attacking team, when Parma meets a strong team, they also like to attack, their own home stadium, play against the attack, and the probability of losing is negligible - such a game, the first is good-looking, the second is not psychologically pressure, it is completely with the mood of abuse to watch a beautiful game, who doesn't like to watch?
Of course, Arsenal did not give up all hope, at least, before the game, Arsene Wenger gave an interview and said his opinion, "We still have hope, we have played against Serie A teams, we lost more at home than this, but on the road, we got a beautiful victory. I was told that we didn't have a chance in this game, but instead the Arsenal players were in high morale after the game and I believe they can play a game that satisfies me. ”
What Wenger said is that Arsenal met Inter Milan in the group stage a few years ago, losing 0-3 at home, but when they arrived away, they won 5-1, which is amazing. This is a group stage game, but it is also a rare highlight of Arsenal's Champions League in recent years, Wenger naturally raised it at this time, and wanted to find some pressure on Parma, but what he didn't expect was that he was not able to add much pressure to Parma, on the contrary, it made Parma smile very happily.
Because of this matter, the real pressure is Inter Milan...... As the leaders of the league, they were eliminated from the Champions League, and at this time they have to be reminded of the old things, and they are the most disgraceful ones.
As for Parma, they have long been reminded by Li Bin to pay attention to the problem of losing, and now they have been taken away by Inter Milan in the league to maintain the top position for half a season, they are holding back their anger in their hearts, and they want to vent it on Arsenal, Wenger's inspirational words can not scare Parma players.
"They can also deal with Inter Milan's Champions League soft-footed shrimp." This is Parma's biggest comment on this.
In fact, the Italian media is also very clear about this: as long as Parma plays normally, Arsenal is estimated to have few chances. Looking at Parma's situation in the past two years, Li Bin is not a convulsive coach who has not played a game, he coaches the team with high stability, and the team will not have such a big leak in such a critical game, as long as Parma's home goal is less than two, Arsenal is no matter how big the ability is, it is powerless.
This also made the vast majority of the media shut up and wait to see the excitement: the media are not stupid, they also know when to say something, and since Parma is in a good situation now, they naturally want to speak for Parma.
The only question left is whether Parma are going to stick to their home stadium or defend to the death. Judging from Parma's usual style, they are expected to stick to such a crucial game to get promoted, but such a game is a bit boring.
However, when the list of contestants was submitted, people were still surprised.
'Parma are a little too arrogant to use substitutes against Arsenal?
In the game, Parma's formation was not a little changed, but a lot of changes. In the game, they brought on Edinson Cavani to replace Rossi as the starting striker, while in midfield, Silva replaced Arshavin as the starter.
These two are now substitutes at Parma, and for such an important game, letting them play has caused a media uproar. This makes everyone wonder if Li Bin looks down on Arsenal very much, so he will play such a hand at this time?
"The adjustments we made in this game are all tactical, and there is no intention of looking down on Arsenal......" Li Bin explained to the media, "On the contrary, I value Arsenal's strength, I believe that the tactics of our last game, if we use Arsenal in this game, may not have much effect, so I have to make some adjustments to better face the game with Arsenal." ”
Li Bin's explanation, the media is hard to believe, and they also raised their own questions: the comparison between Rossi and Fabregas, is it that in the second round, Rossi is going to be so warped?
'Personally, I think that after the last game, the winners and losers have been decided, there is nothing to compare, didn't Cesc Fabregas also say that the team win is more important?' Li Bin's words sounded like he was hurting Fabregas, "Rossi needs to rest, he has a more important task in the league, and he is not pursuing the Golden Boy Award in his life." As for the Champions League, I think Edinson can also play a big role, we have a lot of young people and we can't give all the opportunities to Rossi and ignore the others. ”
Li Bin's statement, others don't believe it or not, Wenger first expressed his opinion.
"I'm sure Coach Li Bin will have some surprises in store for me, but Arsenal are not so easy to deal with."
Isn't it easy to deal with? Li Bin just smiled at this: You lost like that on your home field, and when you came to my turf, why did you make me uncomfortable?
The second leg between the two sides began in a row, and from the very beginning of the match, it was discovered that Parma's style of play was very different from the previous match. Li Bin said that he wanted to play a new way of playing tactically, which is not false at all.
In the last game, Parma's style of play was to hold down Arsenal's middle, induce Arsenal to plug in on the wing, and then concentrate on finding opportunities to break down the two wings. But in this game, Parma relaxed a little in the middle, but on the flanks, they became more brutal.
After Silva and Edinson Cavani came on, the duo didn't stay up front at all. They kept dropping back, dribbling the ball all the way down the flank, and striking mercilessly at the Arsenal backline.
Cavani's physical fitness is very good, 184cm tall, heavy, fast, full of impact, he is completely the body of a center forward, after pulling to the side, although it can not play the breakthrough effect of the winger, but it can play the effect of crushing the back line that the general wing can not play at all.
From the very beginning of the game, his impact made Arsenal's backline face big problems.
On the pitch, Li Bin is also watching the game: he estimates that since the last game, Wenger will definitely make some adjustments to the side defense, and, because Parma's central pressure is very strong, Li Bin also estimates that Arsenal will use the further contraction of the middle and the long pass counterattack to penetrate Parma's defense.
Arsenal have the quality, Wenger has the brain. Of course, he may not have thought of it because he was confused, but Li Bin can't stop making arrangements because he may be confused for a while.
And things turned out to be exactly as he expected: Cesc Fabregas was extremely far behind in this game, and Arsenal's wings were also withdrawn deeply, but in the forwards, they used the more active combination of Henry and Van Persie, and their changes had a lot in common with what Li Bin thought.
So in this game, he also made corresponding adjustments: since the opponent's side wants to defend, then he has to use stronger pressure on the side to deform the opponent's back line and expose the flaws, and then rely on Silva in the midfield to find loopholes to pass the ball and seize the opportunity.
Since it is a two-legged match, it is very likely that the opponent will make targeted arrangements for the weaknesses in the first round in the second round, so as the head coach, Li Bin also wants to arrange some new tactics at this time to open up the situation.
"Parma's attack was so fierce that Arsenal seemed to be a little irresistible. Crich, who was on their right, was so heavily suppressed by Cavani that he had no chance at all. Arsenal's change seems to have been completely anticipated by Parma, which is really strange, could it be said that Li Bin's ability is completely above Wenger? ”