While Parma was preparing for the game, the Italian football media gradually became active, and what they were doing at this time was naturally evaluating transfers and predicting the new season rankings.
"This season, Milan is undoubtedly doing the best."
In the TV show, transfer experts are making assessments. These people include retired players, coaches who are currently unemployed, some agents, or former team managers, etc. They can all be considered industry insiders, and
Their evaluations can also be said to be quite satisfactory.
"Milan bought last season's Serie A Golden Boot, Gilardino, one of Italy's best shooters. The arrival of this player will make Milan's frontcourt even more outstanding. Last season
, we have all seen how perfect the cooperation between Shevchenko and Crespo is, and now that Milan has a younger and better Gilardino, their future is quite worth looking forward to. Milan
It took 30 million to complete this transaction, and it was well spent."
Milan's transfer was highly praised, which made Li Bin smile when he saw the comments: At least until now, no one can be positive about it. Milan is losing money.
"Juventus's transaction is a bit of a stroke of genius. They unexpectedly bought Vieira, which further improved their midfielder's victory. Vieira's strength is obvious to all. He and Aimo
The midfield combination formed by Sen will be the best midfield combination in Italy."
Li Bin also firmly believes in this. Juventus's transaction may not be correct, but this move is indeed quite beautiful.
"Inter Milan's signings are mostly tinkering. But they did not spend much money, and the team has indeed been strengthened. From this perspective, Inter Milan's
The strength can be improved a lot.”
Inter Milan's transfers are underestimated a lot. Li Bin said in his heart. Inter Milan's current transfers, Cesar, Figo, and Veron, have laid the foundation for Inter Milan's main lineup in the next few years.
This season, each of these players is amazing.
And next year, with the introduction of Maicon and Ibrahimovic, they will form the main lineup of Inter Milan, which has won five consecutive championships. By that time, they will be really difficult to deal with.
On TV, Parma's transfer soon became the subject of criticism.
"This season, Parma sold a golden boot and a national team substitute-level defender. It can be said that their losses were huge. Although they introduced Rui Costa and Tacchinardi,
, after all, they were weakened a lot. They introduced three young players in one breath,
Zabaleta, Agger and Arshavin, these three players are still worth looking forward to. Especially Zabaleta, as the captain of Argentina in the just-concluded World Youth Championship, he performed well, especially against
In the game in Brazil, he contributed a decisive victory to the Argentine team. This player is very worth looking forward to."
After all, there aren't many players who can see who has more potential among Parma's players.
In Parma now, Rossi and Zabaleta are the most famous. After all, they are from a football powerhouse, which is still very eye-catching. And Li Bin is more interested in Toure, Arshavin, Agger and others.
So far, no one can see how great their future is.
Because the strength of these players from small leagues cannot be seen, Parma is now a lot underestimated. In the evaluation of Serie A experts, they also believe that in the new season, Parma's greatest possibility is
Just losing the chance to compete for a spot in Serie A's European competition.
Li Bin was too lazy to pay attention to these comments, and he was even a little happy. After all, underestimating Parma and not paying attention to Parma would help Parma win. After all, it is not so easy to be the target of public criticism.
However, there are indeed many comments about Parma. After all, for Parma, they are the first team in Serie A that will encounter strong enemies when the summer comes.
With the arrival of the end of August, Parma finally ushered in its first important game of the season.
This European Super Cup match was held between Parma and Liverpool. Last season, the Italians argued for a long time, saying that this match might become a civil war between Parma and Milan, but now, they
But we have to admit that the nonsense match between Istanbul and Milan made this dream invalid.
As for this game, Liverpool, as the Champions League champion, was naturally unanimously optimistic before the game - after all, the Champions League champion and the UEFA Cup champion play, no matter how you look at it, it is the Champions League champion who gets the glory. Although, the last one
Liverpool can be said to be a dark horse team this season, but the UEFA Cup champion is already a somewhat tasteless champion after all. Even if it is a dark horse Champions League champion, it will still benefit a lot when it meets the UEFA Cup champion.
This is also the unanimous view of the media. Whether it is the Italian media or the English media, they all look down on Parma.
"We all know that this year, Liverpool played against two Serie A teams, Juventus and Milan. And they defeated Juventus and Inter Milan. Let's not talk about AC Milan's failure for the time being -
Ancelotti's mistake caused this speechless game. Juventus's failure illustrates the gap between Serie A and the Premier League. The rhythm of Premier League players
His play, impact, and header ability are all much better than those of Parma. Such a gap is difficult to make up for. Even the top three in the north cannot gain an advantage when facing Premier League teams.
And after Parma lost a lot of personnel this year, they only added Rui Costa. How can they counter the strength of Liverpool? This is also a big problem."
English football has always been relatively restrained in Italian football. After all, the two problems of headers and physical confrontation have always been chronic diseases of Italian football, but in these two aspects, England has every advantage. Although
There are also many problems in English football. Their defensive line is prone to loopholes, and other
Because the pace is too fast, it is easy to get out of touch and be defeated. However, obviously, Serie A's ability to catch the rhythm and fight back is not very strong. This makes Serie A easy to suffer when it encounters the Premier League, and Juventus and Milan
After losing like this, if Parma goes against Liverpool again, it is no wonder that others are pessimistic.
The media in Serie A are quite pessimistic. Although Serie A has always despised the Premier League for not having any skills, they can also realize how big the gap is between Liverpool, the G14 Premier League, and Parma.
No matter how bad Liverpool is, they still have two top midfielders in Gerrard and Alonso. Moreover, they also have a top-notch European back line composed of Hyypia, Riise, Finnan and Carragher.
And this summer, they just bought Reina as the goalkeeper. They also added Crouch and Zenden in the forward line, and their strength has been greatly enhanced.
In comparison, Parma's reputation is really far behind. Therefore, people are naturally not optimistic about Parma in their matchup.
"This is the time for Liverpool to compete for their third European Super Cup, and it is also the time for the Premier League to reverse its weakness against Serie A for many years. The games against Juventus and AC Milan have allowed Serie A to see the strength of Premier League players, and
Now, it is also time to use a European Super Cup to let Serie A know that English football has completely surpassed Italy!"
Compared with the pessimism of Italy, the English media can even be called arrogant. Yes, the first and second teams in Serie A are sluggish. So, how can a player ranked seventh in Serie A beat Liverpool?
"Parma is a very good team. They won the UEFA Cup. Their strength is very good. We will be careful about them..."
During the interview, Benitez also spoke quite tactfully and did not say anything too outrageous. However, it could be heard that in his words, he also did not attach too much importance to Parma.
Indeed, after all, this is the UEFA Cup championship, and a group of key players have been sold, so it is natural for others to look down on Parma.
Especially after the friendly match between Parma and Milan, people's views became even less optimistic. This friendly match was Parma's last friendly match this summer. Milan was able to be invited to participate because of Gilardino's transfer.
It was just completed. In this game, although Parma and Milan played equally well, Parma failed to find a good opportunity. After all, Milan's current strength is very strong. When they don't reveal their flaws, Parma can't
win.
In a 1-1 match, neither side got any advantage. Considering that Milan lost to Liverpool, people are even less optimistic about Parma's performance in the European Super Cup.
But after this game, Ancelotti said something that surprised the media during an interview.
"I personally think that the current Parma will not suffer too much if they play against Liverpool." Although Ancelotti smiled when he spoke, he was obviously watching the fun, "I saw Parma's strength and playing style.
After that, I also believe that Italian football is still better than England, and Liverpool may not necessarily win if they play Parma."
These words are very surprising: Liverpool has even passed Juventus and Milan. Could it be said that Parma is the hidden monster in Serie A?
These words made Li Bin grit his teeth: I originally planned to keep a low profile and plot against Liverpool. How can I plot against Liverpool when you talk like this? Why do you say this when you have nothing to do?
"The Premier League teams are all very strong teams. Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal are all very strong teams. They are all very capable and they are all worthy of respect." Li Bin said in an interview.
, also said, "Liverpool's central axis is very strong, and their header ability is very good. However, headers and fouls are the style of play that only weak teams like. Our football is different from theirs."
Externally, Li Bin doesn't like to always be high-profile and cause trouble, but since he can't hide it, he doesn't mind announcing loudly that his goal is to win - of course, at the same time, he also has to mislead his opponents a little.
"This is right," Ancelotti still smiled when he called Li Bin to apologize. "Your tactics are basically prepared for them. What are you embarrassed to say? Milan's
You must avenge me."
Ancelotti was hoping that he would let him vent his anger... Li Bin smiled bitterly at this. He was very upset by this guy. However, in this case, let's have a good game.
"In the game against Milan, the ball possession rate was 54%, the pass success rate was 79%, and the number of shots was 8... Considering the situation, we have the ability to compete with a team of this level."
Esposito's statistics are the source of Li Bin's confidence. He must win this time against Liverpool.
"Juventus lost and Milan lost, but this does not mean that we at Parma will definitely lose." In the locker room, Li Bin also spoke to the players, "That coward Capello, how many years has he played?
You all know that the Champions League is not your cup of tea, but An
That loser Celotti can turn into a mess even if he has good advantages. When they played for Serie A, they had already completely humiliated Serie A. So, let us tell the English what Italian football is all about.