Section 24 From Cow to Cow
"Although speaking like this may seem a bit too much, please allow me to say that Luka, after so many years, I am still very happy to get my first head coaching job from you." Li Bin spoke after a while when he looked at Balardi's astonishing face.
"Li, you know, if I have any other way, I won't come to ask you." Baldini sighed and continued, "Our team is now having a big problem. In the 16th round, we lost again. The winter break is coming, but our results are at the bottom. Now the players are in a hurry. If I don't find a way to stabilize people's hearts, I'm afraid they will all be exposed this winter."
"so?"
"Baldini resigned." Baraldin was a little angry, "He gave up. Now, our team has no head coach anymore. What's worse is that no one is willing to accept a team that has no investment and is ranked at the bottom. Of course, there are some of your contributions in this, so I have to come to you."
"So you want me to take over? You are begging me with this attitude?"
"Li, you know more than anyone else about this situation. I am not a fool. Although I was fooled, I am not stupid enough to see who is still not stupid. Now that things have happened, you have to be responsible, right? I don't ask you to bring the team up so well, my highest pursuit is just a relegation." Baraldi said, "I don't blame you, but you can't go too far."
"You know which of us two starts playing tricks first. Luca, I never act like a slut to my friends, but you don't treat me as a friend. Think about your actions to me yourself. Is it really too much for me to do this? If you are a little fair to me, would I do this?"
Balardi's face turned slightly red, and then he spoke, "I'm also for the team's good... We won't discuss those now? If you need me to admit my mistake to you, I can admit my mistake, but, no matter what, you have to find a way to save the team. You are a thoughtful person. Since you can get the team to this point, you must have a way to bring the team back to life, right?"
"I can't guarantee this, Baldini's stupidity is beyond my imagination."
"Don't lie to me. We have known each other for so long. I understand your style of doing things. And, Li, I believe, even if you are not sure, you will fight for it. Parma is one of the seven sisters. Under normal circumstances, you cannot take over such a team. No one will hand over your team to an Asian who is 30 years old and has no coaching experience. You have been preparing for so long, and aren't it for today? Li, you must beg you, have you appreciated my pain before you will take over the team?"
Looking at the way Balardi looked, Li Bin sighed. This guy was indeed not very good to him, but this guy really thought about the team. No matter what, when the team faced this situation, he did not resign, but was working hard. He did not dare to let himself get on the stage smoothly because of the pressure from the outside world, but he did have his own difficulties.
I have to cooperate in the future, so there is no need to make a fuss too much. I realized that his mistakes were supposed to be, but there was no need to force them. Although what he did was indeed wrong, he said nothing wrong, and he did have some excessive means.
"Forget it, Luca, you know I need this opportunity to gamble, so you won't really beg me. What's so fun about pretending to beg? Forget it. However, Luca, I hope that from this matter, at least you will understand one thing: if you lose the support of the board of directors, you can't play with mine. We will have to work together for a long time next, and I hope you can give me more support."
After hearing Li Bin's words, Balardi could only smile bitterly, "What else can I say? From today on, the team's affairs and everything will be dominated by you."
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From this moment on, Li Bin has become Parma's head coach, and his plan has been successful.
Although his original plan was planned to start from Serie B, even if that was the case, he would basically have to have five or six years, and have three or four successful experiences to gain universal recognition. Otherwise, his age and nationality will always be a problem. If he listened to Balardi's words, he might save five years or even longer.
However, this bet is not that easy to play.
Generally speaking, if a team wants to relegate, in the league of 20 teams, it will have at least 40 points. 40 points is called the safety line score. Without this score, it is basically not far from being relegated. Even when there is a fierce competition, 42 points may not guarantee a safe landing.
Now Parma has won 16 rounds, with two wins, six draws and eight losses, and has accumulated 12 points - that is, they need to score 30 points in the remaining games to be able to relegate safely. 30 points in the 22 rounds - it seems not difficult, but it is not easy. Serie A focuses on defense and many games are quite difficult. In this environment, if you have 60 points, you are a strong contender in the Champions League. If you have more than 30 points in half a season, you have to be a team in the European War Zone. It is no longer easy to bring a team to the European War Zone, not to mention that now, this team is still a bottom team and has been entrusted again. The morale and atmosphere are all very poor, and the difficulty is quite high.
Li Bin has considered other aspects very well, but the degree to which Baldini has ruined the team this half season is too deep.
Therefore, at this time, Li Bin immediately found Borg and Esposito to discuss what to do.
The reason I discussed it with Borg is that Borg is now playing in the first team. He can grasp many situations in the first team. The morale, ideas, and especially physical condition of the players, he has detailed information. Even if he wants to gamble, he has to figure out what cards he has in his hands.
Borg quickly told him: the team's physical fitness is in good condition. Except for Malchioni's injury, others do not have physical problems or potential injuries. The players' overall physical strength and condition are not too many problems. Their poor playing well is more due to their poor tactics. If they are slightly reorganized based on the current basis, they can still play well.
Although the others have been very fierce in this half season, Borg has not neglected in this regard. This has also retained the team's vitality. In the second half of the season, there is still a possibility of counterattack.
Another thing that surprised him was that the team's locker room was quite good.
Although the team's morale was sluggish, there was no big trouble in the locker room. After all, except for Frey, the other players of this team are either Italians or Italian ancestry. Their culture, language, religion, and even age are not too different. Although they have not played well in the past half season together, the club atmosphere is still quite good.
There are many reasons for the chaos in the team's locker room, but generally speaking, the biggest problem is these problems. It is difficult for players from different cultures to integrate. After all, the culture in some places is really special. For example, when Adebayo was in Arsenal, he went to the locker room to steal all his teammates' shoes. His own statement is to vent his anger. Other problems are religion and skin color. Fights between different skin colors are very common, and Via plays
During Milan, I tried to unite Deselli and others to fight against Maldini and others at the Milan Cavaliers' table. It has become a tradition for the fight between the black and white Dutch people. With the increase of African players, the conflict between Islam and Catholicism is also a big problem. In addition to these problems, coupled with the contradiction between the older people who rely on their seniority and the younger people who are proud and arrogant, and the deep-rooted grudges of the youth training players of different wealthy families, combined, any of these may be troublesome.
Fortunately, players of Parma who are of the same age, have roughly similar growth environments and have little cultural backgrounds, do not have much soil for conflicts to breed.
These two advantages also made Li Bin breathe a sigh of relief.
Li Bin himself knows his ability: if the locker room is out of control, or the team is full of wounded soldiers, then he has no choice. He neither knows the real magic, mouth escape technique, nor the Chinese secret technique, acupuncture and bone-collapse technique. If the team really has too many wounded soldiers or turmoil, even if he takes over, he will be unable to make up for the situation. However, the team does not have too many wounded soldiers, which is another matter. What this team lacks is the correct usage of the players and the fighting spirit of the game, and they can still play some good things.
This bet may not be possible.
"Everything else is fine, the rest depends on your ability." Borg was quite excited after hearing the news that he took over the team. "We can try it. We are in good physical condition, and the players on the team also have ideas, so we won't be particularly frustrated. If we are lucky, maybe we can really get the points we need to relegate. Starting a career in Parma is very good for you. We can do something here."
Li Bin nodded. He also knew that even if the get out of class was over, it would be not difficult to find a new job for the newly promoted team.
This is a very good opportunity. Although Li Bin has always adhered to the idea of being cautious in doing things, he also wants to try this gambling with a high success rate.
"What I said is amazing, it seems to be the top three in the north. In fact, in the final analysis, it is just a cow. It is hard to achieve success if the three devils in the north are suppressed."
Unlike the two of them who were excited, Esposito couldn't help but complain at this time. His temper was as eccentric as he was, and Li Bin was not surprised by this. This cow is also the nickname of Parma - Parma is well-developed in local dairy products, and Parmalat Group is also a dairy group. Therefore, Parma has always been called a cow.
"Is it just a cow?" Li Bin smiled, "So what about cows? Cows also have different cows."
Esposito raised his head and looked at Li Bin.
"If the three northern top three are the big three in Serie A, Diapolis, Mephisto, and Bar of Serie A, then from today on, as long as I am here, Parma will be..." Li Bin took a deep breath, "Cow Pass!"
Chapter completed!