Chapter 288: Spectators

On November 6, Juventus visited the Sao Paulo Stadium to challenge Napoli. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 INFO Napoli are currently fourth in the league, six points behind Juventus. Due to the excellent performances of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu recently, Conte has made it clear that the two will start the game. As for the choice of formation, it is either 433 or 352, no matter which formation he uses, Zhang and Li will definitely be the first choice on the front line.

However, surprisingly, Li Mu was injured in pre-match training. As soon as the news was released, it was not only Conte who was worried, but also Camacho and Chinese fans who were far away in China, because on the 11th of this month, the fourth round of Group A of the World Cup qualifiers was about to begin, and the Chinese team would go to Iraq, and the fans did not want to see Li Mu on the day of the game.

Fortunately, after the diagnosis of the team doctor, it was confirmed that Li Mu's injury was not serious, and he only needed to rest for three days to recover. Domestic fans are relieved, Li Mu can still catch up with the national team game, but Conte has to make adjustments to Juventus' starting lineup. Speaking of which, these two Chinese players are really a coincidence, Zhang Shujie missed the game with cramps in the ninth round of the league, and Li Mu couldn't play in the eleventh round.

However, the game still had to continue, Li Mu could only be a spectator today, and Piero, who had just recovered from injury, replaced him. The match was considered by the media to be a contest between strikers, one was Juventus' Zhang Shujie and the other was Napoli's Edinson Cavani.

Prior to this campaign, Zhang had scored five goals in seven games, while Edinson Cavani had scored seven goals in nine appearances. However, Zhang Shujie is lower than Cavani in the scorer list. The Uruguayan striker is third behind Ibrahimovic and Milito. Zhang Shujie is fifth, and there is a Di Natale between him and Cavani.

Antonio Conte eventually settled on a 352 formation and Chiellini returned to his preferred centre-back position. Napoli is 3421, with Cavani acting as a single arrow. Soon after the start of the game, Napoli relied on the frequent onslaught of Juventus on their home turf, and the number of shots on goal reached four in the first 15 minutes, and Cavani took three of them, Juventus had only two shots on goal, Zhang Shujie and Piero once each.

It was a spectacular fifteen minutes, with a total of six shots on goal from both sides, averaging one shot on goal in less than three minutes. The game just started, and the fans were addicted, but unfortunately neither team scored.

After that, the two teams entered a buffer period, but this buffer period was only six minutes, and Napoli broke the deadlock with a free-kick in front of the team, and Cavani, the team's top shot, gave Napoli a 1-0 lead over Juventus.

But the Bianconeri didn't keep Cavani and his teammates happy for long, and in the 27th minute, Pirlo played a long pass in front of the center circle, and Zhang Shujie, who swam to the left side of the penalty area, picked up his left leg and volleyed to equalize for Juventus with his sixth league goal of the season!

The first half was 1-1, and in the second half, both teams continued to attack, but both were close to the goal, Cavani and Zhang Shujie each had a shot blocked by the post, and did not rewrite the score.

The 1:1 score lasted for more than half an hour, and in the last ten minutes, Marchisio overtook the score for Juventus. Unfortunately, in the 85th minute, Hamsik pulled the score back.

With five minutes remaining and a minute of stoppage time, neither side could find the back of the net and 2-2 was the final result, with Juventus taking another draw after the draw with Inter Milan in the tenth round. However, this time they were not as lucky as last time, rivals AC Milan won at home to Catania in this round, so in the 11th round of Serie A, AC Milan surpassed Juventus by one point in the standings and became the new leader of the league.

Juventus are just one point behind AC Milan, but oddly enough, many believe that the Rossoneri have a chance to successfully defend their league title, even if the league is still a long way off. The reason is simple, AC Milan have Ibrahimovic!

There is a law in football, and that law is "the one who wins the Ibrahimovic wins the league"! It may sound mysterious, but it is actually true. No team would have let the league fall into the hands of anyone else, even if Ibrahimovic in Barcelona in 2009/2010 was not reused by Pep Guardiola, Barcelona still won the league title. I have to say that Ibrahimovic is indeed a fantastic player.

Conte doesn't believe in it, and Marotta doesn't believe in it. No matter what the law is, no matter the record, it is all for people to break. This season, Juventus are going to break that rule.

The next round of breaks in the major European leagues makes way for the international break, and the suspended round will be made up at the following day. Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, who recovered from injury, went to the national team to report together, and Zhao Wenkang and Yan Tao also flew to Qatar from Portugal and the Netherlands respectively to prepare for the fourth round of qualifiers.

China's opponent is Iraq, but the match will be held in Qatar. This is because of the war between Iraq and the United States, although the United States announced the end of the war in August 2010, but there are still tens of thousands of American troops temporarily stationed in Iraq, the AFC decided to cancel all home games in Iraq in order to protect the personal safety of the players, and all moved to Qatar.

Some fans may remember the 2007 Asian Cup, when Iraq was still at war. However, war could not erase the charm of football, and Iraq performed extremely well in this Asian Cup, beating South Korea in the semi-finals and beating Saudi Arabia in the final to win the Asian Cup for the first time in history.

It is such a war-torn country, but it can lift the championship trophy. On the other hand, the Chinese team, in that Asian Cup, went home after playing the group stage.

With regard to Iraq, it is still necessary to show sufficient respect. But respect does not mean deliberately losing to them, and the national football players represented by Zhang Shujie will not show mercy.

Iraq's qualification situation is tough, and only a win in this game will keep the silver lining alive. Zike made it clear that he would definitely guard Zhang Shujie and the other four and would not give them a chance to score.

It's a pity that Zhang Shujie failed to let Zico get his wish, in the fourteenth minute of the game, Li Mu crossed the penalty area from the left side, Zhang Shujie grabbed the point in front of the goal, and pushed the empty goal with his right foot. Eight minutes later, Iraq equalized through Younis, but near the end of the first half, it was Li Mu who assisted Zhao Wenkang, who made a brilliant lob in the top right corner of the penalty area to end the first half with a score of 2:1.

In the second half, Iraq made big lineup changes, and the offensive was obviously much stronger. However, when Deng Zhuoxiang scored the third goal of the Chinese team in the 74th minute, Iraq's fighting spirit was completely extinguished.

The "1:3" on the big screen stabbed the Iraqi players in the heart, and there were still 16 minutes left in the game, but for them who were determined to win, it was impossible to score three goals in 16 minutes.

The Chinese team also defeated Iraq 3:1, in which the Chinese team accumulated nine points from three wins and one loss in four games, ranking second in Group A, Jordan ranked first with 12 points after winning all four games, and entered the top 10 in advance; Iraq only accumulated three points, ranked third; Singapore...... It has been determined that they are eliminated from the competition.

There are still two rounds of the game, and Iraq must win all of them to have a chance of qualifying, and it is only possible, because the premise is that the Chinese team has two consecutive defeats, and then the two sides have the same number of points, and the goal difference determines who can qualify. The opponent of the Chinese team in the next round is Singapore, and it is unlikely that he will not win, so he will take 10,000 steps back and say, even if there is any accident, it is okay to get a draw. The Chinese team only needs a draw to advance to the top 10.

Since the twelfth round of the Serie A league will not start until the 20th, the Belgian First Division will be on the 21st, the Portuguese Super League will have to wait until the 26th, and the Chinese team and Singapore will play on the 15th, so Zhang Shujie and the four of them are not busy returning to the club, but staying in the national team.

Camacho's reason for letting them stay was simple, to prepare for the match against Singapore. The Chinese media think that Camacho is making a fuss, what kind of team is Singapore? A team that plays soy sauce, just to participate, it stands to reason that domestic players are enough to deal with them. But Camacho seems to be more assured that there are four people such as Zhang Shujie in the team, and the national team with a few of them seems to be more reliable.

But Chen Hui is one of the four reporters who think it's not good for the four internationals, and he thinks Camacho's approach is debatable in some places.

Chen Hui wrote in the report: "Among the four, Zhao Wenkang's situation is slightly better, after all, the game in Setúbal is on the 26th, with a five-day interval in between. It's a pity that Zhang Shujie, Li Mu and Yan Tao are different, the leagues of the clubs of these three people started on the 20th and 21st respectively, and the Chinese team's game was on the 15th. This Singapore is not such a difficult opponent to deal with, why does Camacho have to keep a few of them? Could it be that without these four players, the Chinese team does not even have the confidence to defeat Singapore?"

His report still resonated a lot in China, he was right, the national team's game is important, but you also have to see who the opponent is, if it is South Korea and Japan, Camacho left Zhang Shujie These people will definitely not be judged. But what about Singapore? Lost all four games, scored only two goals, conceded nine goals, and with such offensive and defensive power, can it be used to dispatch Zhang Shujie?

Someone took out An Rong to compare with Camacho, and posted on Weibo: Look at An Shuai of the National Olympic team, rebuilding the team in two months, and only recruiting three returnees, one of whom has just become a professional player. The other players are all newcomers selected in China, and even An Shuai "let out" Zhang Shujie and Li Mu to the national team. What are the results of other national Olympic teams? The first game of the qualifiers defeated Saudi Arabia! What is this called? Courage! Camacho, you have to learn a little.

This Weibo is very incisive, and there is a faint suspicion of deliberately praising An Rong. is such a Weibo, the number of hits quickly exceeded 10,000, and most fans agreed with the author's statement, pointing out that An Rong is a qualified coach, and even more, saying that "An Rong is much better than Camacho".

This sentence is premature, it is just that the fans are biased towards people from their own country. I don't know if Camacho was influenced by public opinion and made a statement in front of the media, saying that the four of them were just in case, and they would not necessarily be allowed to start.

Interestingly, no one cares who posted this Weibo, and no one cares who promoted it. In fact, there are people behind the scenes, there are two main messengers, two girls, as for who these two girls are, I won't elaborate much here.

On November 15, the Chinese team defeated Singapore 4-0 away from home to achieve their fourth victory in the round of 20. Regardless of the outcome of the matches between Iraq and Jordan, the Chinese team will be sure to advance to the top 10 tournament in June next year, which is also the final hurdle of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup, and as long as they can pass smoothly, the Chinese team will be able to go to Brazil in 2014.

This game is also as Camacho said, Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, Yan Tao and Zhao Wenkang did not start, let alone play, they sat on the bench for 90 minutes, and it was rare to be a spectator in the national team.