While Chen Long was happily playing football with the aliens, the Juventus team was nervously preparing for the match!
Chenlong, who left the team alone, returned to Turin on Wednesday night to prepare for the first UEFA Champions League game at home the next night.
Last year, Juventus performed well in the group stage, but it was a pity that it failed again in the knockout rounds... To make a comeback this year, the club invested a lot of manpower and material resources in an attempt to regain the king of the year in the European arena. the wind.
The most expressive years for Juventus in the Champions League were the Juventus led by Platini in the 1980s and the Lippi era from 1995 to 1998. At that time, Juventus was known as the true team of European kings. Especially in the latter era, Juventus reached the Champions League finals for three consecutive seasons, but unfortunately they only won the Champions League in the first year, and lost to Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund the next two times.
Juventus' recent entry into the Champions League final dates back to the 2002-2003 season. At that time, Del Piero and Nedved were still leading the team. With the superb performance of Czech tough guy Nedved, Juventus reached the final strongly. Unfortunately, Yes, because Nedvěd received a yellow card in the semi-finals and was unable to appear in the final, the team eventually gave up the championship to AC Milan.
Juventus has drawn a very good lottery this year. As a seeded team, Juventus should go smoothly in the group stage.
UEFA Champions League groups:
Group A Real Madrid, Porto, North Zealand, Dynamo Kiev
Group B AC Milan, Shakhtar Donznik, Paris Saint-Germain, Copenhagen
Group C Chelsea, Galatasaray, Valencia, Lille
Group D Bayern Munich, Ajax, Udinese, Spartak Moscow
Group E Juventus, Benfica, Olympiacos, Fenerbahce
Group F Barcelona, Manchester City, Zenit, Celtic
Group G Arsenal, Dortmund, Malaga, Feyenoord
Group H Manchester United, Montpellier, Schalke 04, Anderlech
Juventus, who are in Group E, are in a group with Portugal's super powerhouse Benfica, Greece's traditional powerhouse Olympiacos and Turkey's Fenerba. Compared with other groups, the game with Juventus is relatively easy to play. At least play steadily, and there will be no problem in second place in the group.
What's more, Juventus is the most powerful in this group.
Juventus has always been an extremely stable team. In the group stage, their results are generally very good, so Juventus fans are more concerned about who they will encounter after qualifying from the group. Teams like Bayern Munich and England are ones that Juventus don’t really want to meet.
Juventus' first Champions League game is tomorrow night at home against Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce.
Compared with last season, Juventus's lineup has not changed much, except for the addition of Higuain and Chen Long on the forward line. However, just because of the appearance of these two people, Turkish reporters came in droves.
These two people are playing very prosperously in Serie A, making all the difference, so reporters are naturally very interested in them. What's bad is that these two people still live next door, so when Chenlong returned to his residence, he found that there were suddenly many strange people near the house, and he felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
Are these people all reporters? Chenlong watched all this carefully, thinking that he had nothing to take pictures of, so was he going to use his private life to hype it up again? My balls hurt. If not, are you trying to break my legs? Although this dark thought came into his mind, he ignored these strange people and opened the door and entered the house.
After entering the house, he quickly closed the window and drew the curtains to prevent the paparazzi from causing trouble again. Today is Wednesday. Chen Longna just came back from taking medicine from Ye Shanshan, so...
Turkey's fans are known throughout Europe for their fanaticism, or rather, are as notorious as those in England. That night, Turkish fans caused a scene in Turin, and the Turin police station had to dispatch more police officers to maintain local security.
Fortunately, after a peaceful night, Thursday finally arrived. Chenlong arrived at the training ground early and joined the main force.
Conte, who had just received Fenerbahce's starting lineup, naturally convened the coaches for a detailed tactical meeting, and Chen Long naturally had to join in as the interim coach.
Watching videos is originally a fun thing. Of course, it is when watching AV or story blockbusters, but if you are watching player highlights, it becomes lifeless. Looking at the entire Fenerbahce, there is no star at all. Except for the aging Rivaldo who joined the club back then, Chen Long really can't think of anyone else who is in Fenerbahce, but these are all people in the past.
Of course, he is the only one who thinks so. In Conte's eyes, Fenerbahce is definitely a tough nut to crack, so he attaches great importance to his opponents tactically. Special emphasis was placed on the team's defense in the second half. Fenerbahce is a team mainly composed of Eastern European players. The players are tall, strong, and have strong impact. They can completely destroy any team with their brutal playing style, and there are many South Americans in the team. Some second-rate skill players.
It has obvious characteristics and is extremely dangerous. Naturally, the old fox Conti would not take Chen Long so lightly.
"Xiaolong, if the situation is too tight in the second half, you must go on the field early. You and Strini must communicate in time in this regard." Conte said cautiously, "We have to hand over the players in the afternoon, and we must pay attention to Fenerbahce's defense. , you don’t know that those cannibals are very ruthless, be careful of being destroyed. Just seize this opportunity, fall when you should, and fall when you should. Anyway, we are at home, and the referee’s whistle must be biased in our favor. of."
"After the start of the second half, I asked Borriello to warm up. I was afraid that Higuain would not be able to withstand the tossing of the opponent's defender, so I had to replace him in time when necessary. The defensive intensity of the two midfielders must always be deep, and the defenders should not stand in one line. There is a very fast little pervert on the line, and I don’t want to capsize in the gutter.”
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On a boring morning, the coaching staff meeting focused on Fenerbahce's tactical arrangements. Conte has a habit of never arranging tactics a day in advance, but in the past few days, he has been collecting detailed information about the opponent. It was not until the morning of the game that he got the opponent's starting lineup and then carried out targeted actions. Arrangement, always.
Chen Long, who has lost his freedom, has been deprived of a lot of freedom since he joined the coaching staff. Instead, he began to be forced by Conte to learn tactics...