Section 26: New officials take office
A day after the match against Roma, Parma announced the change of manager.
Parma replaced a Chinese coach – a news that immediately shocked all of Italy.
Parma may have to change coaches, which is not surprising. Only 12 points were scored in 16 rounds, and in any case, such a coach would have to consider getting out of class. The only surprise is that he didn't leave class until this time, and Balaldi's temper is really amazing.
However, changing the coach is not surprising, and changing to a Chinese is surprising. The coach of the Serie A team is to let a Chinese take the position, and it is such a young Chinese to take the position, which makes the Italian media all feel strongly dissatisfied.
Li Bin used to be the director of scouting and youth training in Parma, and these positions will not arouse the disgust of these people: these positions are also held by many foreigners, after all, Italy needs to buy players from foreign countries, so it needs foreign connections, and naturally foreigners must be given some rights, although Li Bin has never introduced players from China, but there is a precedent, people will not object, the internal affairs of the team, foreigners to engage in, Italians do not object.
But as a manager, it's a different story.
"How poor is Parma to do such a thing? If there really is no one, won't Luca Balaldi be the head coach himself? Could it be that after the trusteeship, they were so poor that they were about to follow in the footsteps of Florence? ”
Although Li Bin's popularity is quite good, and there are no articles that have caused some personal attacks, he has also been questioned by many people.
And this kind of questioning is also discussed by many people in Italian football TV shows. After all, young foreign managers, this is extremely interesting in Serie A.
Parma let Li Bin take over the team, making Li Bin the third foreign coach to take office in Serie A this season. This season, apart from Lecce, who was coached by Zeman at the start of the season, and Roma used Worrall for a short time after Prandelli's resignation, he is the third. It's just that Lecce under the leadership of Zeman has played average this season, and Worrall has not yet been hot in Rome, so he gave up his position to Conte, and now, as a foreigner, what good results can he achieve in Italy? And, most importantly, I haven't seen an Asian coach coach in Europe, I haven't even seen a decent Asian coach, this coach is Asian, what does his tactical thinking look like? I don't know what Asians think of football. ”
Soon, the first TV program that directly questioned Li Bin appeared, and this program was "Those ...... Who Engaged in Football".
In Italy, there are many different types of football TV programs, including the more time-honored "90th Minute", which mainly reviews the game, and "Countercamera", which likes to talk to celebrities and discuss football, and of course, there are also TV programs like "Those ...... Who Engage in Football", which are mainly based on ridicule.
The TV show has a lot of ratings, and his host is Ventura, the ex-wife of former Italian international Betarini. In Italy, there is a custom of having beautiful women host news programs, Totti's wife Blasi, Buffon's girlfriend Seredova, Piero's wife Soni, and Vieri's longest girlfriend Canalis are all football anchors. Because Italian football reporters need to pass an exam, their professional level is also quite good, and Ventura has been engaged in this job for many years and has strong professional ability, but she is not very optimistic about Li Bin.
It's too difficult for foreigners to succeed in Italy.
And this time, the guest of her show is Saki. The veteran Italian coach who has served as head coach and technical director at Parma.
Ventura's question made Saki a little confused about how to answer. He still has contact with Parma and has met Li Bin, but he really doesn't want to say good things about foreigners on TV.
He could hear the Italian pride in Ventura's words. Italy is a place that nourishes tacticians, and many footballers here look down on foreigners, and he knows that as a native of Italy, he must love to listen to these words, although he has different opinions, but he does not want to be accused of being unpatriotic.
"I've had contact with Li, after all, he studied football in Italy, his philosophy is very close to that of Italians, although he is young, he can't treat him as a simple Asian, it is better to treat him as an Italian coach, maybe, it can be said, he may be the best Chinese coach......
Saki cherished a few words.
"It's like saying, the highest score in a group of failing kids, does it make any sense? No offense, I like Chinese stuff a lot, they're all cheap, but, Chinese coaches? Football is not something that can be fooled into, backward regions are backward regions, and how can excellent coaches in backward regions be compared to Italian coaches? Not to mention that he is so young. ”
Ventura spoke again immediately, and this time she was obviously quite scathing.
And her disrespectful attitude towards Saki's words also made Saki a little displeased, "I think it's stupid to simply define everyone else as bad." Italy is indeed the cradle of good coaching, but at no time can we ignore the fact that there are exceptions in this world. ”
"Maybe that's the case, but until he can gain the approval of the whole of Italy, this kind of skepticism will not be stopped." Ventura saw Sachi's displeasure and quickly changed the subject.
"Let's see what the head coaches of other teams say about Li Bin as the coach of Parma."
On TV, interviews with the managers of other Serie A teams were broadcast.
"Parma has changed coaches? It makes no difference for Juventus and we will beat them in the next round. I don't care who the coach of Parma is, I don't care what the future holds for Parma, I only care about Juventus, other things, don't ask me. ”
Juventus manager Fabio Capello is clearly rather aloof. Such a rigid attitude without any personal feelings, indifferent to everything, only focusing on himself and the professionalism of the team, is very much in line with Capello's usual habits.
"Has Parma changed managers? Parma are one of the iconic teams in Serie A, they have won a lot of honours for Serie A, they are a very important part of Serie A, they have a lot of fans, and I hope they will succeed in relegation. Head coach in Asia? Asian football is not slow, they may have good coaches, Italy needs this new attempt. ”
Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini's answer is very official. And this is also the answer of most of Italy's managers. And Mancini is also the one who speaks the most beautifully, and like him coaching, he is exquisite, and no one can be offended.
"Parma has changed coaches, huh? That's not good, I'm from Parma. Changed Li Bin as a coach, I know him, I also heard about it, I think, this is still good, after all, he is only 30 years old, he alone lowered the average age of the head coach in the league, thinking that there are such young people like me, I also feel a lot younger! ”
Ancelotti this goods...... Are you selling cuteness again?
Sitting in front of the TV, looking at these guys, Li Bin is analyzing the reactions of these guys, Capello is stubborn, but unabashed, Mancini is sleek, but he is also leaky. And Ancelotti, although he looks harmless to humans and animals, has the virtue of 'I am fat and has no scheming', but when it comes to the preparation of materials, maybe he is the most sufficient: not to mention anything else. It is no accident that you can tell Li Bin's age with one mouth.
These guys, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps.
"I think you've seen what they say about me. Now that you all know the truth, the outside world is full of criticism of you, but for me, it is also not very supportive. We're all the same, we're all people who need to prove ourselves, and in that respect, we're all the same. ”
Sitting opposite Li Bin were the backline players of Frei, Bonella, Cannavaro Jr., Chiellini and other teams. The first thing Li Bin did when he took over the team was to find them and want to change the team's backline.
A team without a back line is absolutely impossible, and the first thing Li Bin has to do is naturally organize the team's back line.
"Li, it's because we didn't do our job well." "However, it also has something to do with Coach Bardini's command......
Li Bin didn't say anything, and nodded again and again. He could see that Bonella just wanted to shirk the blame, so he gave the problem to Bardini. However, he did not refute it, after all, what the team needs now is confidence, to put everything on Baldini, not to put them under too much pressure, for them, is the first step to relieve the pressure.
The pressure on the players, whether it comes from the fans or from the outside world, is ultimately their own psychological pressure. Psychological stress can be relieved by psychological suggestion. They have such thoughts, and Li Bin's affirmation of Bonella's words now gives them an affirmation and increases their psychological implications, which is helpful for their confidence building.
As for the wronged Bardini - Li Bin said sorry in his heart, and it was over.
"I also know that Bardini's tactics are very problematic." Li Bin opened his mouth and said, "So, in the next game, let's change our tactics." In the next game, we played with a back three. ”
This sentence surprised everyone.
The second step in building confidence is for the players to find a spiritual sustenance. Bardini's four-back system has been pressed for half a season, and it has ended, and the Italian players' idea of relying on the system for defense is deep-rooted and not easy to reverse, so Li Bin simply destroyed this system, gave them a new system, and gave them new sustenance.
Sports psychology is a science, and there are many aspects involved, and confidence building is also one of them. Relying on the method of motivation, it is possible to make the players feel good in a short period of time, and the effect is very good before and during the game, but in three days, if you want them to cultivate confidence in their hearts, you must give them something to trust.
Three days, of course, is not enough to build the tactics perfectly. But three days is enough for the players to sweep away the haze in their hearts.
Then, whether they can see the dawn of victory or not is up to them.