"People say that what Tottenham showed in the early days of its rise was the strongest team in the new century. But for many fans, that team was almost ten years ago. Many people
I have never seen the strength of that team. In the eyes of most people, the strength of Tottenham now or Real Madrid now exceeds that of Tottenham at that time - after ten years,
Tottenham have changed players who are worthless, changed their head coach, changed their manager, and changed their boss. They are already much better than before. The current Tottenham Hotspur are even better than the previous teams. Now they are
The strength of the team has surpassed that of the group ten years ago. Therefore, the strength of the England team based on Tottenham has surpassed that of Italy..."
"Pippo, stop reading the news. You don't believe it, and I don't believe it either. Why bother with it?"
Palmieri, who was sitting on the sofa, interrupted the head coach Inzaghi with a disdainful tone. Inzaghi raised his head, looked at Palmieri in front of him, and spoke with a sly expression.
He said, "I'm just stating the facts in the eyes of the media. As the captain, you shouldn't listen carefully and interrupt the head coach at will. And you dare to call me by my nickname, which is even more inappropriate."
"Put those away. I don't object to you going to deceive those kids, but is it necessary to say this in front of me? Your method doesn't work very well. If you provoke me on the spot, it doesn't mean much to me. I'll kick it.
I have been playing football all my life. From winning the championship in 2008 to now, I have been playing football for 14 years. Do you really think I don’t know what to pay attention to? Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”
"I hope you really understand." Inzaghi looked at Palmieri and sighed, "You also know that my burden is also very heavy. I am temporarily taking over the team. Who knows that Spall
Di suddenly resigned? Less than a year after taking over, he led the team to play in the 2022 World Cup. These guys are just playing tricks on me. This time in Italy, most of the players are young people, and the player strength is quite average. You can be considered as one of the players in our team.
You are a unique old guy. You have to know how to lead a team to play football, otherwise..."
"Pippo, you talk a lot. Don't worry, I called Li before I came here and he said he was optimistic about our team."
Inzaghi's face changed, "He said that? If that's the case, that would be great. That guy rarely makes mistakes in the World Cup. Maybe we can really play well."
It’s not that he rarely makes mistakes, he almost never makes mistakes. Moreover, especially when he wants to estimate the results of Italy, how could he make mistakes?
Palmieri has enough trust in Li Bin's prediction ability. Even as early as ten years ago, he and Li Bin had communicated about this matter before, and Li Bin had already predicted Italy's strength today: Italy is because of Salvador
The backwardness of the youth training system caused by the base has caused the players' one-on-one ability to decline a lot. After they ran out of money, they could not afford to buy organizational players. Instead, some single-point breakthrough players such as Gervinho were unable to play in Serie A.
Because of its popularity, the strength of players in Italy has improved a lot in the past ten years. By 2022, although the strength of the Italian league still has not improved much, the strength of the players has improved a lot. For as early as ten years ago, the strength of the players has improved a lot.
Li Bin, who had foreseen this early on, and Palmieri were also quite convinced.
Moreover, it seems that not only Palmieri is convinced, but also Inzaghi in front of Palmieri. After all, Li Bin, as the now recognized first coach, is also the unique founder of a dynasty. His words are also
How many people dare not believe it? This is the deterrence. This is the deterrence accumulated by Tottenham for many years of playing football. And, if nothing else, the current Italy and England have been greatly influenced by him. As a
A coach whose influence is unparalleled and has even influenced the football development of two European football powers. How could anyone not pay attention to his words?
He said that Italy would play well, and Inzaghi believed it. This is the strength of that man.
Although ten years have passed, Palmieri still remembers how powerful and arrogant Tottenham were at that time. At that time, they were a dynasty, a team that successfully defended the Champions League, and was the most powerful team in the world.
The world could not resist them. Even after winning the championship in two consecutive seasons in 2009-10 and 10-11, in order to prevent them from getting too abnormal, in the 11-12 season, Tottenham played away games against the entire European football team at the Allianz Arena.
United, even so, they only lost to Bayern in the final penalty shootout.
After the game, people said many things. Some said Bayern's home whistle was too powerful, some said Tottenham's schedule was too tight, and some repeatedly checked the offside header they scored in the final to prove that they were not offside... But
, after so long, Palmieri only remembered Li Bin's words at that time, "You can win games by relying on referees, but you can never win respect. We have plenty of championships, and we can win them again, and respect, they
If you throw it away, you can never get it back."
What Li Bin said is absolutely correct. In the second year, the 2012-13 season, Tottenham defeated Bayern again in the Champions League. Tottenham, who returned to their home court in England, was not even a bit stronger than Bayern, especially that one.
This season, Tottenham simply had the purpose of avenging their humiliation: In the league, Tottenham hardly played football, they dealt with it perfunctorily and finished second, leaving all their energy in the Champions League. This year's
The final was again at Wembley Stadium, back in England, and they immediately took revenge - Neuer didn't even show up for the whole game, and Tottenham almost brutally crushed Bayern in the final.
However, after that, the team also fell apart. First, Royce was bought out by Dortmund, and then Bale was bought away by Real Madrid for 100 million yuan. In addition, Paris spent a full 50 million to buy Thiago Silva. At the same time,
He also wanted 60 million to buy Cavani. The most important thing is that Yaya Toure also fell out with the team because of salary issues and switched to Manchester City. Even other teams were also wanting him at the same time.
Dividing their players, a team lost so many players in one breath, and it was shaky for a while. In that season, Piszczek and Coentrao were injured one after another, which made Tottenham even worse. They almost came close several times.
fall.
However, Tottenham were not defeated. Li Bin used Varane to fill Thiago Silva's vacancy, bought teenagers J. Rodriguez and Lucas Jr., and at the same time relied on Ramsey, Dee
Maria and others stayed on the team, Suarez and Rossi cooperated more smoothly, and Tottenham's strength was still maintained. On the forward line, Li Bin introduced Lewandowski to strengthen the firepower.
, by promoting Walker and Boateng, Tottenham maintained the defense, which basically did not suffer much loss. In the midfield line, Li Bin began to promote Pogba and Rabiot, and the team
The newcomers have gained more opportunities, and Tottenham's combat effectiveness has been maintained.
However, even so, the loss of personnel still made Tottenham quite depressed. In the league, they were defeated by the old and strong Ferguson. Ferguson finally completed the great cause of overtaking Liverpool and then announced his retirement. In the Champions League, Tottenham
Although Spurs defeated the inferior Napoli, the inexperienced Paris Saint-Germain, and Atletico Madrid, who basically just kicked people, in the final, they still lost to Real Madrid due to excessive losses.
That year was unforgettable for Palmieri, because he didn't win any championships that year. At that time, he truly realized what Li Bin said, that if the team needs to change its generation, it needs to lie dormant and wait.
And this waiting period is quite long - in the 2014-15 season, Tottenham still lost to FIFA syndrome. In the league, they only finished second, losing to Chelsea's Mourinho.
In the Champions League, they didn't even make it to the semi-finals. Although they won the FA Cup, things like the FA Cup were just a toy to them who had experienced a dynasty.
That was perhaps the worst day - but then, in the 15-16 season, Tottenham began to use the combination of Pogba and Rabiot in the midfield. This pair of French midfielders gave Tottenham a
There was a lot of vitality. As they gradually matured, Tottenham also won their own league championship again. After two seasons, Palmieri was extremely excited to win the league championship again after an absence of two seasons. For him,
Haven't tried three consecutive seasons without a league title yet.
The only pity is that in the next three years, 16-17, 17-18, and 18-19, although Tottenham reached the Champions League finals three times, they won one championship. Although it was not achieved in the league
They have won four consecutive championships, but there are no more wins in the Champions League, which is really sad.
If you can win one more championship and make your team equal Liverpool in the number of championships, then your team will be very different, right?
After that, Li Bin also carried out a new round of reconstruction of his team. After that season, Tottenham received investment from the new owner, but the new owner's handling methods caused some divisions in the team. 19
-In the 2020 season, Tottenham's main lineup changed seven times at once, and even Neuer, the originally most reliable goalkeeper, is no longer the main player.
"I think professional football is cruel. Every few years, our team must make such a substitution. I have experienced one establishment of Parma and three reconstructions of Tottenham, and I always feel that I am already in pain." Ferguson
His team was rebuilt six times, how did he do it?"
Maybe it was at that time that Li Bin began to think about quitting. That season, Tottenham did not win any valuable championships. What made Palmieri even more sad was that after the season, Li Bin actually decided to quit.
Resign.
When Palmieri thought about Li Bin, he was still slightly dissatisfied. Some said it was because he had a disagreement with the team's new management, some said it was because Tottenham had no pursuits anymore, and some said he was
He wanted to take care of his family and no longer wanted to live in England. However, as his old subordinate, Palmeri knew that Li Bin had other reasons in mind at that time.
"I want to go back to my national team and have a look. They are recruiting new coaches." Li Bin explained this problem to him privately. "The strength of this group of people in our national team is pretty good.
I want to replace them with a high-level coach to lead them, and they may be able to enter the World Cup finals. You don't have to doubt that the high-level coach I am talking about is me. I want to return to the national team and lead them to play."
That was the reason for his resignation - because he wanted to return to China and lead the national team to play in a World Cup. This idea, in Palmieri's view, has always been a bit ridiculous. He did not understand that playing in a World Cup would be a big deal.
What's important? He has played in three World Cups and was the captain after Buffon retired. He doesn't think the World Cup is very important.
Isn't it important to rebuild the club again?
"I've almost taken care of the club. I recommended Pirlo as the team's coach. He should be able to coach well. As for other aspects, I asked Yaya to come back and work at the club.
.If anything happens, you can just go to him."
Palmieri is actually dissatisfied with bringing back Yaya Toure, but he also knows that this is because the team wants to show that it is already a giant, and it must have the return of those old players. Even Yaya Toure was once
He was a traitor, but now, as soon as he retires, he will become a senior member of the team.
Such changes may be the reason why Li Bin left.
"If you really want to play in the World Cup, why go back to China? Europe, Africa, America, which team you want to lead is impossible?" Palmieri didn't understand this very much, "Just lead England to play football, you just go
It’s a part-time job by the way, and the chances of success in leading England to the World Cup are much higher than leading the Chinese team to the World Cup.”
Palmieri knows that England has always wanted Li Bin to take over England. Over the years, Li Bin has made a lot of contributions to English football. On the one hand, he has completed the technical path taken by Wenger and integrated the three-back training method and rhythm space.
On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur have been increasing their investment in youth training in recent years and have also trained some talents for England. Ten years ago, when people mentioned English football, people
They would say that England belongs to Ferguson, but now, people will say that English football is what it is today because of Li Bin - in this case, people will naturally hope that Li Bin will lead England.
However, Li Bin chose to return to China.
"Working for others is different from working hard for your own national team. Orlando, your performance in Italy has always been mediocre, and you have never led Italy to win the championship. It has a lot to do with you not knowing the national honor." At that time,
Li Bin also tried to teach him, "Italy is now at a good level. You should work hard and lead them well, maybe they can play well. And I... 10 years ago, it was I who suggested that my country
In the development of football, many of these players now follow my advice to play football. It is not good for them to play football without me teaching them and letting them waste their youth in vain."
"Have you ever thought that if you leave like this, the team you have worked so hard to build for ten years will be completely gone. The current management already dislikes you, and you are leaving in name only.
The title is even more useless."
"There is always a banquet in the world, so why are you so persistent? You should have imagined our current situation since our team changed to an Arab as the boss. Besides, what is there to leave? The banquet is already there.
Let’s break up. Rossi has retired. Yaya is about to become a coach now. Is this the last World Cup for you? It’s almost done. You all have retired. I’ll play with the young people for another ten years. That’s fine.
, but it’s just for fun anyway, wouldn’t it be better to go back to my hometown? Orlando, what I want now is to enjoy football, and I don’t want to work hard to rebuild the team. The process is too painful and uncomfortable.”
But this is the challenge, isn't it? If I, as a player, don't think that thirty is old, why do you, as a coach, think that 50 is old? You still have the ability, and you can still lead Tottenham.
Even better, without your leadership, our football team will become very different!
"Pippo, if we qualify first in the group, then we will most likely encounter the Chinese team, right?"
"The prerequisite is that they can qualify. Do you think it is possible?"
"Li didn't come here just to play three games, right?" Palmieri laughed, "Believe me, we will qualify. After qualifying, let me tell Li: He is not old yet, he can still do it.
Create greater glory!”
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Someone came to the group and asked me for a final chapter, so I wrote this final chapter. It ended very hastily, and I hope readers can forgive me.