Section 63 Party members
Parma played a fine away game in Spain, slicing Sevilla 3-0 cleanly to win the game and advance to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, and they were also praised by the Italian media after this game.
"A great game, a game that embodies the wisdom of Italian football!"
After the game, there were a lot of such comments, which also made Li Bin a little happy. Although it is said that Serie A has always been stained with La Liga, but even so, it is quite satisfying to be able to win this game.
However, Parma returned to the league and were not able to play well. When facing the main rival of the league rankings, Palermo, although Parma had a home advantage, but still could not win the opponent, Palermo's struggle was quite fierce, and Li Bin wanted to continue the play of the back four in this game, but Bonella made consecutive mistakes in the game, and the result was that Palermo scored consecutive goals and played a 3-3.
This made Li Bin quite depressed, this season, he lost to Udinese, and did not take Palermo, but instead competed with Inter Juventus, which is not in line with the significance of strategic arrangement.
However, there are uncomfortable things, but there are also things that make him happy. He was quite happy with his opponent in the League Cup - Parma drew against Austria Vienna.
If the previous games against Stuttgart and Sevilla were both difficult teams, then this time the opponent is a real weak team. After all, the 4-6 places in the five major leagues may not have played well in the league to participate in the League Cup, but a small team from a weak country like this is not a champion, so there is no need to say anything at all, just crush it directly.
Austria is a country that used to be a strong country in football – they were the birthplace of one of the most powerful schools in football, the Danube. Speaking of which, they can be said to be the originators of German football and Dutch football - but their strength was only before World War II. During World War II, Austria was incorporated into Germany, and they were captain of the national team. Although he was a German, he was dissatisfied with the destruction of his country by Germany and the murder of his Jewish friends, and angrily announced his retirement, although his image was outstanding and fully in line with the Nazi theory of superiority, but he refused to cooperate with the German government in propaganda, insisted on wearing the Austrian jersey when asked to play friendly matches, and ruthlessly bloodied the German team, and at the same time, after retiring from the army, he entertained Jews in his tavern in violation of regulations, openly protested, and then ...... He died inexplicably in his own home, and the cause of death is still unknown.
And since then, Austrian football has been finished. Although Hungary, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, and Germany have all been influenced by them, their football is all finished.
Against them, Parma had no pressure at all.
In the first leg of the away game, Li Bin rarely let Gilardino rest, and let Rossi try to play a single arrow striker. Because the opponent's strength is indeed weak, Rossi also played really well in this game.
After the game, Rossi scored two goals, a goal after a breakthrough, a penalty made by himself, and Yaya Toure's long-range shot and Chiellini's header made Parma's strength fully reflected, a 4-0 victory, directly made the game lose suspense.
After returning to the league, Parma immediately ushered in the match against Regina, in this game, Parma did not make another mistake, with the momentum after the big win over Austria Vienna, they easily defeated their opponents, got a 3-1 victory, and conquered a city again.
Then, in the home game against Austrian Vienna, they didn't even send their main team, and they won easily.
After playing this round, Parma also advanced to the last four of the UEFA Cup. They need to face CSKA Moscow in the semi-finals, and if they win, they will advance to the final against the winner of Sporting CP and AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands.
Comparatively. Parma are lucky, and in the final four, they are the only remaining teams in the top five leagues, and their strength can be said to be a little better than the others. And they were drawn by CSKA Moscow, the weakest of the top four, rather than the more difficult Dutch or Portuguese, which made them more likely to win. However, the trouble is that because it is a home and away game, which means that they have to make a trip to Moscow. Although April is not a particularly cold time, the long journey and the low temperature of the race will put Parma's physical strength to the test.
But fortunately, it is still Moscow - the team of the Russian Premier League, the farthest is the team of Vladivostok, Li Bin is hard to imagine, if he wins the kind of team, plays a League Cup and runs to the edge of the Pacific Ocean, then I really don't know what to do.
And what makes Li Bin feel the most tricky is the schedule.
Parma's home game against CSKA is April 29. The match with Livorno was on April 24, and the match against Roma was on May 1, and then, on May 6, the away game against the Army, and on May 8, we had to fly back to play Milan - to put it mildly, considering the distance, it is estimated that after playing Moscow, we will have to think about playing Milan after getting off the plane and sleeping.
It's a schedule that makes people want to curse over it. And what makes people want to curse the street even more is that after playing Milan, they will play Juventus, and if they can beat CSKA, they will play Juventus on May 15, and on May 19, they will go to the final of the League Cup.
The more you get to the last moment, the more trouble you have. Roma, Milan, Juventus, these three teams played all the way, but it was extremely difficult. Coupled with the Interspersed League Cup, this game is simply one game after another, trying to drive people to death. Li Bin himself estimated that at that time, it would really not work, so he would have to give up some games.
And if you want to throw points at that time, you have to earn enough points now. Otherwise, when it comes to the last time, Li Bin is not sure that he will be able to get the top six, and he can continue to play in the Europa League next season.
As for Champions League qualification...... It's better to be sensible and don't think about it. There are still eight rounds of matches, and in the best case, Parma is also in the early 60s at most, which is not enough to compete for Udinese. What's more, back-to-back wins over Milan and Juventus at the end of the season? Is the Holy Alliance a joke?
In this case, then in these games, it is good to go all out to grab points.
Immediately, against Chievo, Parma won a victory even though they were playing away. After all, Chievo is not the flying donkey of the previous two years, Parma beat them, there is still no problem, this game, Parma relied on Gilardino's play, and won the victory.
And next, against Sampdoria, Parma also relied on home advantage to win the game. Three consecutive wins have also allowed Parma's points to soar to 46 points, which is not far from the 50 points that Li Bin wants.
It's just that the next games are not easy to play......
Looking at the schedule and the approaching game, Li Bin also made a plan, the big deal, just give up the game with Milan.
After all, coming back from Russia and playing Milan for a day off, this is not a human job.
Now, Parma needs to think about CSKA Moscow, which is approaching. It was the biggest stumbling block before Parma and the final, and now Parma is going to move it away.
And at this time, Parma also ordered a very important issue: this season's Golden Boot is likely to be decided at this time.
Parma's match against Livorno was very hot before the start of the season - because this season, Parma and Livorno, although they are both teams in the middle of the table, they have a big similarity - they both have a top scorer in the league, at the top of the league.
This season, Serie A is also facing a reshuffle, and several outstanding goalscorers in the past, such as Vieri of Inter Milan, Shepchenko of Milan, etc., have not played very well this season. Vieri's strong body has finally come to an end, in the first half of this season, he began a long ball drought, and in the second half of the season, due to the impact of injuries and the rise of Adriano, his opportunities are getting fewer and fewer, and he completely faded out of Inter Milan.
And Shepchenko just won the Ballon d'Or, which should have been said to be the best time, but his performance this season has also declined compared to last season. Although Milan has repeatedly emphasized Shepchenko's love for Milan and said that he will not go to Chelsea as rumored, Shepchenko's own attitude has always been a little confusing, making it difficult to assert. And this naturally affected his performance, and he didn't score too many goals.
This also makes this season's top three scorers are Livorno's Lucarelli, Parma's Gilardino and Palermo's Toni.
Speaking of which, this is the first time in a long time that the top three scorers in Serie A are all Italian players. However, it is difficult to say whether this is the revitalization of Italian football as the Italians say, the national team has produced many talents, or whether Li Bin believes that Italian football is facing a decline and the strength of foreign aid is declining.
And this game, Parma faced Livorno, which is the key match between Gilardino and Lucarelli for the top scorer.
To Li Bin's surprise, before the game, he rarely heard some friendly speeches from him.
"I think Coach Li Bin is a very good coach, China is a very good country, they have had great people like Mao, they have a lot of thinkers and fighters, so there will be good coaches, I hope that one day, I can cooperate with Coach Li Bin......"
Lucarelli was very enthusiastic in the interview, and he not only praised his national team compatriot Gilardino, but also praised Li Bin. And the reason also made Li Bin quite a little crying and laughing: because Li Bin is Chinese, and Lucarelli has a good impression of China.
Livorno is a leftist team, while Lucarelli is a staunch member of the Communist Party. Not only him, but many fans of Livorno are such people, the logo of their fan organization is composed of gears and ears of wheat, they even like to write slogans in Russian, and even when they play, they will hold Che Guevara's head, holding the Soviet Union's sickle and axe flag, and their team song is also ending with 'Long live Stalin, long live Mao Zedong' - and whenever Livorno and Lazio play, on one side the red flag is displayed, sickle and axe, long live Stalin, on the other side of the black uniform, Iron Cross flag, The scolding is shocking - if you see too much, it will even give people the illusion of dreaming back to World War II......
What made Li Bin cry and laugh was that at this time, he expressed his support for Li Bin.
What an interesting person - it's a pity that even if you're a party member, I'll have to make you completely unproductive in this game!