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

In the following days, Matteo finally played the center position he had always dreamed of.

Because his physical condition was also suitable for playing center, he quickly adapted to this position.

At this time, Crespo's familiarity with his skills in his mind had reached 85%, which was undoubtedly enough for low-level games.

Just as he continued to dominate the youth team, the new season of Serie C was approaching.

After finding the starters, Parma also supplemented the substitute lineup in some positions.

On the defensive line, substitute goalkeeper Marjan Korik joined as a free agent, backfield all-rounder Michel Messina was loaned from Atalanta, Senegalese central defender Mohammed Koli, who had been in Serie B for many years, came for free, and the substitute left back was a free Italian guy named Leonardo Nuzzella.

They didn't find a suitable candidate in the middle of the midfield, and it happened that the veteran Mileta who played for the team last year had not found a job, so they hit it off and signed another year.

In addition, they also went to Inter Milan to rent their rising star Lorenzo Tassi, a versatile midfielder.

For the two wingers, they rented a young player from Venice, Simone Edera, who is not very good, but can play on both sides.

In addition, they rented a young player from Sassuolo on the front line, named Gianluca Scamacca.

In general, Parma mainly adheres to the principle of never buying if you can rent, and never spending money if you can sign for free, and put together such a lineup.

But it seems that it should be enough to play in Serie C.

And they will soon usher in the first game of Serie C.

The Italian league is very interesting. Serie A and Serie B both have 20 teams, but Serie C has 60 teams.

They are divided into three groups, each with 20 teams.

The team with the highest points in each group can directly advance, and the remaining place will be decided through a brutal play-off.

Parma naturally wants to advance directly as the first place, without having to play the cruel play-offs.

Since the teams in Serie C are generally poor, they are divided roughly by region, so that they don't have to travel around and spend a lot of money.

So Parma's opponents this year are generally not far away, which is also a good thing for saving costs.

And their first opponent is Mantova.

This team has no particularly outstanding record in history, and only played in Serie A for a few years more than 50 years ago.

During that time, they had the famous goalkeeper Dino Zoff.

However, this is their only glory.

Now they are in Serie C, and their strength is not outstanding. Parma, who is aiming to upgrade, naturally wants to defeat their opponents.

However, the process of the game is not very satisfactory.

After introducing many good players in the new season, Parma's running-in is not ideal. They did not play the desired cooperation on the field, but the opponent Mantova played well at their home court.

In the 18th minute, their main striker Marchi scored the first goal and maintained their advantage until the 80th minute of the game.

Parma finally seized an opportunity in the 81st minute. After Klaus broke through on the right, he made a cross and veteran Karaiou jumped high and headed the ball into the goal, helping the team to equalize the score.

The score of 1:1 was finally maintained until the end of the game.

The draw in the first game also disappointed Parma fans, and more importantly, they did not see positive factors in the team.

Luis Pelle, president of the fan association, said in an interview: "Mantova's strength is not outstanding in the entire Serie C League, but Parma looks more like a weak team when facing them. Although the score is 1:1, I don't think they deserve this draw in this game."

Some fans have begun to doubt the promotion situation this season: "If the team is aiming for promotion, then the performance in this game is far from enough."

These words naturally fell into Alessandro's ears.

He couldn't help but frowned deeply after the game.

Because he is a player on the field, he actually has a first-hand perspective on how the team plays.

Indeed, they don't play like a whole on the field.

The players don't have enough tacit understanding, so the offense is not smooth enough.

This also makes him distressed.

Mateo seems to see his father's concerns: "Dad, don't be too stressed, this is only the first round. I believe that with our strength, there should be no problem. Maybe it's just because we have too many signings in the summer., and they haven't developed a tacit understanding for a while."

Alessandro also forced a smile: "I hope so! ”

Although he was very anxious, he also knew that he could not change anything for the time being, so he could only continue to wait.

In the second round of the game, Parma finally lived up to expectations and won Saloferalpi 2-0 at home, winning the first victory of the new season.

Of course, Saloferalpi is not as strong as Mantova, and this victory is not enough to explain too many problems.

Especially in this game, both goals were scored through personal ability, and the team cooperation needs to be improved.

And the head coach Luigi Apolloni is a central defender, and he is also lacking in the training of offense, which makes Parma's problems more exposed.

These are obviously all hidden worries.

Sure enough, in the third round, when they faced the strong enemy Reggiana away, the whole team seemed to struggle abnormally.

In this game, Reggiana, which also used the 442 formation, seemed to be more integrated, and the team also created more opportunities.

And Parma's two main midfielders Munari and So Zafit seemed to be ineffective under the pressure of the opponent's midfield line and could not help the team organize the attack at all.

This also forced Parma to focus on the wing.

In this game, Parma's two starting forwards Cherry and Karaiou were in mediocre form, and the crosses sent from the wing were wasted one by one.

In this case, Parma's defeat seemed to be understandable.

In the 67th minute, the opponent's midfielder Dario Malta sent a long pass over the top, and the right winger Kareni inserted a cross at high speed. The striker Marco Chiando in the penalty area jumped high and scored with a header.

1 to 0, Reggiana took the lead!

Although Parma tried very hard to attack in the next time after losing the ball, they were helpless because their ability to organize the attack was very average, and they failed to change the score in the end.

0 to 1, Parma lost away and suffered the first defeat of the new season!

And their real-time ranking has also come to ninth place!