Football: Take away half of Boss Mei's skills at the beginning

After playing the national team game, Parma's internationals returned to the team exhausted.

Most of them played as the main force in their respective national teams, which made De Zerbi hate it.

But he had no choice. The national team coaches were not fools. Their players were getting better and better. They couldn't not use them...

As the players grow up, the impact of the FIFA virus on Parma will only get bigger and bigger in the future.

Especially Mateo, who played the whole game in the national team three days ago. His current physical condition is obviously not suitable for playing in the game.

After all, he is still a child under the age of 18, and his muscle strength cannot be compared with that of an adult.

De Zerbi also had to choose to protect their prince.

So in the third round of the league against Cagliari, De Zerbi sent a substitute lineup.

Cagliari certainly knew that Parma was affected by the FIFA virus, so they started to fight frantically from the beginning, which also put Parma in a tough battle.

But in the end, they won a hard-fought victory over Cagliari at home with a goal from Haaland in the 73rd minute.

After the first three games of the league, Parma topped the standings for the first time with a record of three wins, which made Parma fans very excited.

Although this is just the beginning of the league, they feel extremely happy even if they can stay on the standings for one more day!

They can't remember when they last ranked first in Serie A. I'm afraid it's been at least 20 years!

Alessandro was also very happy. He couldn't help but drink a glass of red wine before going to bed that night.

If he can really lead Parma to win the league championship, he can retire on the spot.

Claire also drank a glass with her husband. Now she also feels extremely happy.

Her husband's career is rejuvenated, her eldest son has a successful career, and her second son has a bright future. She feels that she is the happiest woman in the world.

And now she has several million euros in her stock account. She feels that she has gained both money and fame. It is a dream life.

In fact, even she herself did not realize that the turning point of their lives started eight years ago.

Her eldest son matured overnight and helped them choose the right path step by step. Until now, they have begun to enjoy the fruits of these choices.

It must be said that they are really lucky to have a son like Mateo who travels through time...

After playing this game with Cagliari, Parma will have another long journey.

They are going to Croatia to participate in the first game of this year's Champions League group stage, away to challenge Dinamo Zagreb.

This is also the first Champions League trip for most Parma players, which makes them very excited.

The game is on September 20, but they have already set off on September 17, just to adapt to the game.

Among their group, only Gervinho has rich experience in the Champions League, so during this period, even De Zerbi went to ask him about the precautions of the Champions League.

However, Gervinho does not seem to have much successful experience. After all, he spent five years at Arsenal and three years at Bayern Munich at Barcelona...

He never mentioned the knockout stage, but just shared his experience in the group stage with everyone: "The purpose of the group stage is to qualify. We just need to get all the points we should get. For example, in the two games against Dinamo Zagreb, we must get six points. Although they are frequent visitors to European competitions, their strength is just so-so, at best, at the level of Udinese. We will play against them as a mid-level Serie A team, without any pressure."

Rossi on the side asked without any scrutiny: "What about Manchester City? What should we do?"

Gervinho laughed dryly: "You ask me, who should I ask? I couldn't beat them when I was at Arsenal..."

Dinamo Zagreb is the dominant team in the Croatian league and has produced many football stars.

For example, Davor Suker, Modric, and Kovacic have all played for the team.

They have also won the UEFA Cup once, and are considered the top team in Europe.

And now they are dominating the Croatian League and have won two consecutive championships in the league.

However, they are obviously still far behind the top teams in the top five leagues, so Parma is still optimistic about this game.

After a few days of rest, some main players have recovered and they can all play vigorously, which makes DezerI also have more confidence.

Time quickly came to September 20th.

Parma's starting lineup for this game is Vicario, Di Lorenzo, Dotti, Botman, Cambiasso, Rossi, Soucek, McAllister, Gervinho, Jota and Mateo.

Dinamo Zagreb lined up a 343 formation, with the starting lineup being Livakovic, Dino Peric, Katrin, Dilawo, Stojanovic, Leovac, Ademi, Nicola Moro, Olmo, Petkovic, and Olszcic.

In this lineup, Matteo paid the most attention to two people.

One is goalkeeper Livakovic, and the other is Olmo on the front line.

Livakovic was his favorite player when he was playing games, and Olmo is now a famous demon in European football.

Especially Olmo, who was originally from La Masia, but for some reason he came to Croatia in an unconventional way, and then after making a name for himself in Croatia, he was poached by RB Leipzig and played for the Spanish national team in the European Cup.

He is now the offensive core of the team, so De Zerbi also took special care of him before the game.

Five minutes before the game, the players from both sides came to the field.

In the Champions League matches held on the same day, this game was not a popular game, so not many people paid attention to it.

But for Parma players, this is a game of great significance.

This is the first Champions League game in their careers!

Although this is an away game and there is no attention, the Champions League is the Champions League, and its importance will not be weakened by the lack of attention.

Mateo took a deep breath and inhaled the slightly cool air of the Croatian night in late September into his lungs.

This temporarily calmed his somewhat excited mood.

He looked at his teammates, and a burst of pride suddenly rose in his heart.

We will start from here and embark on the journey of conquering Europe!