We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 97: Another Northern Expedition (Subscription Request)
In the second half, Parma's offensive did not slow down at all.

This stunned all the commentators who predicted that they would call it a day.

Didn't Palermo win?

Are you still playing even though the score is 5-0?

It shouldn’t be!

He Tianqi has always been very thrifty when it comes to employing people.

Especially Ribery.

Once victory is secured, he will basically not let Ribery take on the task of attacking.

So as to avoid Ribery's injury as much as possible.

But now, Ribery is still attacking with the ball.

In the 52nd minute, Ribery was brought down after passing two players in a row, creating a free kick.

In the 56th minute, Ribery broke through the wing, but the ball was kicked out of the sideline by the opponent.

In the 57th minute, Ribery received the ball and cut inside.

This series of attacks caused great trouble to Parma.

In the 59th minute, Tony retreated to organize the game and passed the ball to Arteta.

Ribery made a run down the left wing, attracting the defense.

As a result, Arteta passed the ball and Ashley Young instantly got out from behind him and moved forward along the ribs.

This is a classic little Palermo tactic.

Ribery played as a supporting role, creating opportunities for the most useless person.

(Ashley Young: ???)

Ashley Young received the ball, moved it to the right and took a long shot.

He put a lot of effort into his running up and down the flanks, and the main tactics designed for him by He Tianqi revolved around the flanks.

Besides, the boss said that Sicignano is not good at saving long shots, so he should just do it when he has a chance.

Sicchiniano's reaction was clearly a beat slow.

The football flew into the net first.

"Ashley Young also won!"

"Six to zero! That's it!"

"He Tianqi doesn't want to win this game, he wants to win this series directly!"

"This way, both sides can save some energy in the next round."

"Oh! Parma's head coach Prandelli made a substitution. He... replaced Hidetoshi Nakata!"

As a young coach who is only 46 years old, Prandelli still has a good vision.

Faced with a big deficit, he chose to help He Tianqi.

At the same time, three young players were replaced in succession.

Since we can't win, we might as well train the young players.

This may be the reason why young players such as Adriano, Mutu and Gilardino blossomed in his hands.

In the future, he will coach Fiorentina, the Italian national team, and almost coach the Chinese Super League.

However, what is most admirable about this head coach is not his coaching career, but that he chose the latter between work and love.

After the end of this season, he was invited by the giants Roma and the two sides reached an agreement.

But Prandelli's wife suddenly suffered from breast cancer. In order to accompany his wife for treatment, he missed his appointment with Rome and stayed with his wife in the hospital for a whole year.

In 2007, his wife died of illness, shocking all walks of life in Italy. He also said with tears in his eyes, "She finally doesn't have to suffer anymore," which was very touching.

In the 61st minute, He Tianqi also started to make substitutions.

Replaced Toni with Filippo.

Yaya Toure replaces Ribery.

Arteta went to the left wing position.

It seems that Palermo has also called it quits.

In the 73rd minute, Valencia lost the ball and Parma launched an efficient counterattack.

Gilardino scores a goal.

Six to one!

But just two minutes later, Modric passed the ball to Valencia, who made a cross.

Filippo's header was saved and Parma's defender cleared the ball with a long kick.

After Toure controlled the ball outside the penalty area, he tried a long shot. As a result, Sicignano performed a "My door is always open, and I am waiting for you with open arms."

The football went into the net.

Seven to one!

In the 84th minute, Palermo continued to maintain high pressure and attacked as a whole team.

Modric was fouled and intercepted.

Gilardino seized the opportunity again and scored twice, changing the score to 7-2.

In the 89th minute, Palermo was still attacking.

Arteta flexibly broke into the penalty area and shot to create a corner kick.

After Modric took a corner kick, the ball was cleared by the opponent.

Ashley Young's long-range shot from outside the box hit the defender and bounced out.

Toure followed with another long shot.

The football has changed direction a little bit.

There was nothing Sicignano could do.

Eight to two!
Yaya Toure came on as a substitute and scored twice, showing great luck.

Palma ended up drinking a bottle of bitter Lafite.

But He Tianqi was not satisfied with the team's performance.

Although this score has already announced the end of this series.

But he wanted the team to win more.

After all, the score was 5-0 in the first half, wouldn’t it be great if the score was 4-0 in the second half?

As a result, some players on the team ran out of energy in the second half and were not focused enough during the game, so they lost two goals and ultimately only had a six-goal lead.

This also reminded He Tianqi to pay attention to the players' condition.

There are many games this season and the pressure of European competitions is also high. After each game, the players' physical recovery is getting slower and slower, and they can no longer perform at their best.

(Parma:???)

(Siciliano: Are you still a human being?)

After the game, He Tianqi seemed quite low-key when facing interviews.

"Sicchiniano is a good goalkeeper but he was unlucky today."

"Prandelli is a very good coach. We both won the Italian Cup. He is my predecessor and I need to learn from him."

"Gilardino is a very good player and he will undoubtedly become a member of the Italian national team."

"The score doesn't prove that we are better than Parma, but we would rather continue in the Italian Cup."

Prandelli then praised He Tianqi and hinted that the team would give up the Italian Cup and use the next round to train young people.

Parma fans can also accept it, after all, their main focus is still on the league and the Europa League.

……

December 7th, December 14th.

Palermo has drawn two games in a row.

Achieved three consecutive draws in the league.

Their lead was narrowed, but they still topped the list.

He Tianqi made rotations in both games because the players had physical problems.

It wasn't a problem with my physical strength during a single game, but rather a long-term accumulation of fatigue. During the game, my physical strength dropped very quickly, and I was completely exhausted after 70 minutes.

It takes some time to rest and recover.

This is also the meaning of the winter break.

That series against Dortmund almost pushed the physical fitness of most Palermo players to the critical point.

In the later stages of the game against Parma, some people started to collapse.

If He Tianqi hadn't noticed it and started rotating the players afterwards, not only would we not win the two games, but someone might even get injured.

December 17th, the second leg of the Italian Cup quarter-finals.

As expected, Parma sent out a training lineup of substitutes and youth training players.

Palermo also made rotations again.

In the end, Palermo beat Parma 2-1.

Double kill Serie A sixth.

Palermo's Northern Expedition adds another victory!
(End of this chapter)