Against Barcelona, with a goal, the situation is getting better and better. Barcelona's defense, under the pressure of Parma, was finally gradually deformed, they could no longer resist Parma's pressure, and began to be squeezed by Parma, and before the end of the game, a set-piece opportunity allowed Parma to break the door of Barcelona again, and also drew a perfect end to this game.

Parma won 2-0 Barcelona to win their next UEFA Super Cup. This game can be regarded as the official opening of the new season of Parma.

At this time, Li Bin was not in a hurry to return to Italy, he still had two things to do, first, he had to participate in the group stage group draw ceremony of this year's European Champions Cup, and second, he was also invited to participate in the European Coaches Summit in Nyon.

The draw ceremony for the group stage is not a big deal for him. Generally speaking, this day is to draw out the group stage of the Champions League competition, and at the same time select the best players in the Champions League last season. But because the voting rights of last season's best players belonged to the coaches who coached the Champions League teams last season, Li Bin did not have the right to vote, and he went there as a task to watch the ceremony and see how his team was grouped.

And the subsequent European Coaching Summit made him quite interested in participating in it. Organised by UEFA, the summit brings together 22 of Europe's most famous coaches and takes place on the national team's match day in early September every year. Every coaches' summit invites not necessarily people, but no matter who is invited, they are all around a fixed theme to discuss, research, and sometimes, some famous coaches will be invited to give academic reports, for example, this year, the invited to give a report is Chelsea's head coach Jose Mourinho.

The opportunity to participate in such a grand event is not for everyone, and Parma won the League Cup last season, and Li Bin was not invited by UEFA. This season, his results have improved a bit, and as the last two League Cup winners, and the Serie A title, he is now the one who is eligible to participate.

Meeting with other coaches, listening to other people's professional reports, and being able to discuss with coaches in other leagues, this makes Li Bin quite interested, he really wants to know what a group of coaches can talk about, these words may be very helpful to him.

Of course, before that, he also had to participate in the Champions League draw in Monaco. As a team participating in the draw, Parma are still lucky, although they have not played in the Champions League for a long time, but because they have been working hard in the League Cup for the past two years, this also makes them now a second-tier team.

The UEFA points calculation is an interesting thing, as it stipulates that the UEFA Cup and the Champions League enjoy the same number of points, and the points are the same for each game won. However, there is a difference between the UEFA Cup and the Champions League, the Champions League is 13 matches from the group stage to the final, but the UEFA Cup is 15 matches from the group stage to the final, so theoretically, the UEFA Cup has more points than the Champions League winners every year. In other words, Parma has played the League Cup for two years, with a total of 30 games, and the team that has reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League for three consecutive years is also 30 games, and playing the League Cup to earn points is faster than playing the Champions League.

This is also for what, obviously the Premier League has three consecutive Champions League semifinals this year, but winning La Liga is just a flash in the pan, and the Bundesliga is obviously beaten to death by Serie A in the Champions League, Bayern coach was stunned when he heard Milan, but the Bundesliga still overtook Serie A. The League Cup points are simple to brush and give more points, and UEFA calculates the league classification uniformly, which makes those teams who are desperately working in the League Cup stained. Parma relied on this to get into the second tier of the team.

There is an essential difference between the teams in Pot 2 and the teams in Pot 3. Based on the current UEFA points, Lyon, Porto, Bayern, Chelsea, these giants are all considered second-tier players - this is because Juventus has been relegated this year and does not play in Europe, otherwise, there will be one more Manchester United in the second-tier team. If Parma are in the third pot, that is, there is a half chance that they will be drawn into the group of death, which includes two giants. However, when you get to Pot 2, it's a different story. In the third pot of the team, the strongest is Sporting Lisbon and Benfica, the two Portuguese Super League teams, and the other opponents can be said to have no threat, judging from the Champions League group stage in the past two years, the chance of an upset is very small.

On the issue of earning points in the Champions League, if you don't die, you won't die, Li Bin is not mistaken.

As a second-tier team, Inter Milan and Milan in the first-tier team are automatically avoided by Parma, and Roma is also in the second pot, and there is no avoidance problem to consider with Parma. So that is to say, among the six teams in the first pot, Barcelona, Liverpool, Valencia, Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Arsenal, one of the six must be played by him.

"Who do you want you to draw?"

In Monaco, Li Bin also met acquaintances. Ancelotti's fat face made Li Bin feel quite kind after seeing it.

"What do I hope to meet? It's Barcelona, of course. Li Bin replied very unkindly, "I just finished playing with them in the Super Cup, and I finished my research on them, if I meet them again, my job will be much easier." ”

"You're lazier than I am." Ancelotti said with a smile, of course he knew that it was not easy to play Barcelona, although Li Bin said it easily, but Barcelona is also a strong team no matter how you say it, and it is not very easy to play, "Which team do you least want to meet in that team?" ”

"Are you trying to analyze my team's characteristics?" Li Bin asked rhetorically.

"Of course, what do you think?" Ancelotti shrugged, "I'm very optimistic that you can make it to the quarterfinals, maybe we will be able to meet when the time comes, and it never hurts to talk first." ”

"You can talk." Li Bin didn't care about his praise, and after thinking about it, he opened his mouth, "I think it should be Manchester United." ”

This answer surprised Ancelotti, but Li Bin didn't say anything more: In fact, the last thing he wanted to touch was naturally Milan, 06-07 season, Kaka in the Champions League, is an unpredictable bug, Li Bin doesn't think he has enough luck to meet him with soft feet. And Manchester United, it is because Li Bin believes that the 06-07 season of Manchester United, is the time to start a recovery, although they have not yet formed a fierce three-headed monster style of play in the future, but, Manchester United this team, has never relied on stars to eat, there are old monsters like Ferguson, the players have completed the initial transformation this season, they will be difficult to deal with, even if Li Bin knows how their tactics are, Li Bin does not think that he has 100% certainty of winning.

In addition to these two teams, Li Bin doesn't care much about other teams. Although Liverpool and Real Madrid are also strong teams, their weaknesses are also obvious in comparison, and in memory, they are all teams that have been analyzed badly, which is why Li Bin is not very afraid of them.

However, if he can draw Valencia, Li Bin will have to admit that he has taken a lot of luck and won the lottery.

However, obviously, Li Bin did not draw the weakest team, and the luck of the team he wanted to draw the most, but he was not unlucky enough to draw Manchester United, and the results of the Champions League draw came out soon, and this result also surprised him a little.

'Group E, Real Madrid, Parma, Bordeaux, Copenhagen...... That's a pretty good grouping. ”

Looking at Parma's grouping, Li Bin couldn't help but say a word.

It's a good grouping indeed: although Real Madrid's hard idea is a bit harder, the rest of Bordeaux and Copenhagen are not too much of a threat. Entering this group, qualifying is basically not a problem, and considering Real Madrid's consistently weak performance in the Champions League in recent years, Capello only recognizes the league, regardless of the temper of the Champions League, maybe, this Champions League group stage, Parma can play very well.

"What's wrong? Got a good group and feel very happy? While Li Bin was thinking, Ancelotti also walked over, "I remember, Mourinho and Benitez both won the Champions League directly after winning the League Cup, how about it, you also try this year, take a Champions League title to show us?" ”

Regarding Ancelotti's words, Li Bin shook his head, this kind of thing, it's not good to be slapped in the face by bragging about it, "I'm still far away, I have to learn a little more." ”

"That's right, isn't it going to be a coaching summit right away, and we can learn wherever we go." Ancelotti spoke.

This also gave Li Bin a chance, and hurriedly asked him what the so-called coaching summit was discussing

"There is everything, and the most important thing is the direction of tactical change, and the professional question of what the tactics of the future will look like. Of course, there are also times when there is a discussion about the industry, such as who wants to quit their job and change the environment, and ask where new coaches are needed. And then there's some academic exchange. Isn't the theme of this summit the advanced experience of Chelsea's rise? Coach Jose Mourinho is going to give us a report. ”

It stands to reason that the most important thing should be the academic report. However, Li Bin also understood that the coach summit was more of an opportunity for coaches to meet and communicate, and the atmosphere should not be as depressing as he imagined.

Speaking of which, Ancelotti paused, "Don't think of this summit as too formal, it's just an ordinary gathering." And, this time, there are other things that may have to be said......"

"The phone-door thing?"

"No, I'm talking about UEFA." Carlo Ancelotti said, "The UEFA elections are just around the corner. ”

Yes, UEFA is going to have a re-election this summer. The new UEFA president will be one between Platini and Beckenbauer, and behind them will be the battle between Blatter and Johansson......

"I don't care much about that." Li Bin shook his head, Moji's matter, he was enough to go to the brain, and after the matter was over, all kinds of people in Serie A also made him understand that there is no justice in this kind of thing, and it is better to listen carefully to the report if you spend time on this, "My attitude, I think Platini is better." ”

"Are you crazy? He's trying to tear down the G14."

"I know yes, but I'm not a coach of the G14." Li Bin shook his head, "And I also think that there is no harm in dismantling the G14." ”