Chapter 55: The Young Praetorian Guard
Updated: 2013-10-02
Atalanta's next opponent is Parma, who are known as the young guard in Serie A football, in fact, Parma are not good at developing young players, and for so many years, the star who has really come out of their youth team is only Buffon.
However, Parma are very good at using young players and are willing to give young players opportunities, which has obvious to do with their business philosophy, what they are best at is developing young players, shaping them into first-class stars, and then selling them to league giants for cash, such as Buffon, Cannavaro, Crespo.
It is a group of young talents in the current team, who are all pursued by major clubs, Frei, Bovo, Bonella, Cannavaro Jr., Bresciano, Marchioni, and of course, the most shining name is Gilardino.
Parma's former manager, Prandelli, was also a manager who was very adept at using young players, and now Parma's high-profile young talents were developed by him himself.
When the 2003/2004 season was in financial crisis, the team could not even pay the basic salary normally, Parma still qualified for the UEFA Cup and almost reached the Champions League.
If last season Parma were a team that played well in a spirit of selflessness, the club are back on track this season after escaping debt.
The team's director, Sachi, has provided Parma with a clear path to become Italy's Ajax, which is characterized by attracting young talent as a big club and at the same time achieving a long list of results.
Last season, Parma's youth team had already achieved success in terms of results, and the youth line was already taking shape: players should be motivated, and managers should be coaches who can be both disciplined and constantly encouraging.
Parma have brought in coach Manuel Valdini this season because of his experience and ability to coach young players, which has also been recognized by the players.
In the team's lineup, despite the departure of Italian international Ferrari and Barone, the main framework of the team is still there.
Goalkeeper Frey may not be very reassuring in handling the high ball, but his goal-line jishu is excellent, his choice of position is also excellent, and his quick reaction is equivalent to putting a lock on the door of this youth army.
The main centre-back is a tall and muscular man who won the European Youth Championship for Italy's Under-21 team this summer.
His partner Cannavaro Jr. was born in a famous family, his father and uncle are professional players, and his brother Cannavaro is the captain of the Italian national team.
Right-back Bonella is not the soft guy on the AC Milan defense in the future, Bonella is young and old at this time, can play multiple positions in the backline, and has attracted the attention of major European giants at a young age.
Left-back Potenza is very good in both Jishu and Liliang, especially with outstanding header ability, and also has a strong assist ability, and has represented Italy U19HEU21 to avoid European officials.
Left wing-back Bresciano was a regular for the Australian national team at a young age and was one of the team's main points of attack at Parma, with an excellent ability to attack from the flanks and even scoring from a corner last season.
When the right wing-back Marchioni was still in Empoli, he was one of the attacking trios, with fast attacking power, fast speed, and strong one-on-one breakthrough ability, which has attracted the attention of the Italian national team head coach Lippi.
Not to mention striker Gilardino, as long as Gilardino is there, there is hope, which the new president of Parma, Angeliolini himself said.
The club's general manager, Ballardi, played a huge role in retaining the Serie A homegrown goalscorer, withstanding the pressure of the big three and successfully convincing Gilardino. The team's number one star staying in the team is tantamount to winning the jackpot for Parma.
Although there are several strong players left this summer due to the team's financial problems, as the team's new coach Bardini said: as long as the three pillars of Gilardino, Bonella and Frei are there, Parma can go on the field of the new season with confidence.
It's one thing to have confidence, it's another thing to have the real situation, and Parma's performance after the start of the new season is completely unreliable compared to their rhetoric at the beginning of the season.
So far, after eight rounds of league matches, Parma's record is only one win, three draws and four losses, and they are extremely sad to stand in the position of deputy squad leader, it is conceivable that if their form cannot recover for a long time, they should have a ticket to Serie B next season.
It stands to reason that with Atalanta's current second-place finish in the league and Degan's recent hot form, Atalanta don't need to take Parma seriously at all, and the author doesn't need to waste so much ink to describe this game.
But the problem is that before the start of the new season, Parma Jishu director Saki old comrade idle egg pain words, directly burst Atlanta up and down the lung tubes.
"Parma are now on the right path, and the direction we are going to follow is an Ajax model of developing more and more young talent while maintaining consistent results, as Atalanta have clearly failed to do in the past, as Atalanta have previously known as the Italian Academy."
It's just that your old gentleman is boasting about himself, and he just took Atlanta out for a walk, this is not what it is to look down on people, not only to look down on people, but also to slap his face nakedly, which is unbearable.
Since Parma is known as the Young Guard, what is Atlanta?
Garbage collection center!?
Parma have more excellent youth players, but are Atalanta really few?
If nothing else, just look at Degan, fifteen goals in five league games, what about Gilardino?
After starting eight games, only two goals were scored, one of which was smashed in from the penalty spot.
In this game, Mandolini was holding back to give Parma a dismount at the Blue Italian Stadium and let them know which team is worthy of the title of Young Guard.
Before the start of the game, in the dressing room of the home team, Mandolini's eyes looked a little red, and it was clear that he had not slept well last night because of this game.
"Lads! It's time for the fight, I think you all should know the clichés of Mr. Sacchi before the start of the season, it doesn't matter if you don't know, as long as you can feel the anger I feel right now, let's talk about the tactical arrangement of this game. ”
Parma's tactics are actually nothing to say, they are all the same as Prandelli left behind, and in terms of attack, a second striker is placed behind Gilardino so that Gilardino can get more support.
Frenchman Frei's performance in front of goal is evident and Parma's poor results this season are not his responsibility, with Bonella, Bovo, Cannavaro Jr. and Potenza at the back four, and Bolano and Simplicio in midfield, which can be reassuring for the South American pair's jishu and awareness, as well as experience.
The attack combination consisted of Gilardino and Marchioni, Mofio, and Bresciano, who were lying in ambush behind him.
When defending, the two wingers, Marchioni and Siano, retreated to the midfield to protect, leaving only Mofio in front to support Gilardino.
To be honest, Parma's choice of Bardini is really a bit out of tune, he doesn't look down on this Italian fat man, the key is because he really doesn't have anything to do, he just copied Prandelli's tactics and started to rule by doing nothing.
Mandolini was able to figure out a response with little research, and Atalanta strengthened their midfield by giving up two wide attacks, with Zenoni, Albertini and Lazzari forming a midfield group to hold Parma's quick counter-attack.
Up front, Digan partnered Paccini and followed by Montolivo, an attacking triangle that has proven their might in previous matches.
At the back, Sara returned from injury and returned to the starting line-up, partnering Natalie, who turned slowly, but with Sarah, an experienced partner, there was no need to worry about Gilardino's speed.
And Gilardino himself is not the kind of striker who likes to keep the ball at his feet and attack wildly, he is characterized by a good sense of grabbing points in front of the goal, and it is very suitable to use Sara to deal with this kind of point-grabbing striker.
Although Parma also has a strong center forward like Macaroone with strong confrontation ability and outstanding headers, it is a pity that after he returned from the Premier League, he is obviously a little uncomfortable and has not yet integrated into Parma's tactical system.
"Still have questions?" Mandolini closed his notebook, looked at the players, saw that no one was talking, and smiled, "Good! Go to the pitch now and tell the Parma people who is the best young guard in Italy, and it's you, not them! If they want to turn their bad luck around this season on us, they are looking for the wrong opponent! ”
Digan looked at it, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, he didn't expect Mandolini to be so careful, and Mr. Saki was just spitting a few words at the media reporters, and he remembered it for so long.
But there is one thing Mandolini is not wrong, Parma want to turn their bad luck this season around Atalanta, they really have the wrong opponent!
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