Chapter 259: The First Scene

The players of the Chinese Olympic team have started training, a group of players who have been in Europe such as Zhang Shujie and Li Mu are also preparing for the new season, and Chen Hui and other full-time reporters are also reporting their news to China at any time. The www.biquge.info Sports Weekly is currently considering sending another reporter to Europe to Ajaccio, France, to pay attention to Chen Zihua. Shen Hao told Chen Hui that the reporter was likely to be Sun Delong.

Chen Hui sighed when he learned about it: "Our full-time reporters outside are about to form a football team. ”

Shen Hao responded: "It is said that the headquarters will try to use other methods to report these players in the future, but so far, it is still one person next to him." ”

"Our "Sports Weekly" is so big, even if it is one person and two people around it, it is no problem. ”

"That being said, the cost has also increased invisibly. ”

"That's not our concern. Don't talk about that, let's go, go to the Vinovo training base!"

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu's training is still as usual, and they didn't find anything unsuitable, which made Chen Hui very pleased, after all, although Juventus is a giant, it is not as good as before, and this team has changed a lot this season, from players to coaches, many people are new. There are many newcomers, and they take care of each other, and there is no "wealthy family syndrome" that Chen Hui is worried about.

Ligue 1 has begun, and Ajaccio, who is playing at home, beat Toulouse 1-0, and Chinese teenager Chen Zihua came on as a substitute in the 81st minute, and his performance was average. Sun Delong, a full-time reporter arranged for him by the side of "Sports Weekly", believes that he has too little playing time, and it is normal for him to have little performance.

The summer transfer market finally came alive this month, first Manchester City bought Argentine striker Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid on the 29th of last month, worth 38 million pounds, 45 million euros, which is also the highest transfer fee so far this summer.

On August 7, European upstart Paris Saint-Germain signed Pastore for a sky-high price of 43 million euros, which also made the young Pastore the king of Ligue 1 transfer history. The two local tyrant teams have made a move, and both bought two Argentine talents for a huge transfer fee of more than 40 million, and the media can't help but exclaim that modern football has been controlled by money!

On August 16, Barcelona's official website announced: Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas switched to La Liga, worth 30 million euros; four days later, Atletico Madrid, also from La Liga, bought Colombian shooter Falcao for 40 million euros; five days later, Chelsea, which has not thrown a lot of gold dollars, finally made a move, and club owner Abu Hao spent 26 million pounds (about 30 million euros) to buy Spanish midfielder Mata, which is also Chelsea's biggest investment this year, slightly inferior to previous seasons, I don't know if there are too many tyrants in recent years, and many players have been robbed in advance。

The excitement of the transfer market is not only a little bit, Barcelona bought Sanchez for 26.5 million, Manchester City bought Nasri for 27.5 million, Coentrão transferred to Real Madrid for 30 million, and Ibrahimovic was bought out by AC Milan for 24 million...... Each of these transfers can shake the world of European football once, and major media reporters have sighed: This summer is crazy!

Compared with the above, the transfer of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu is a bit insignificant, but in Serie A, their transfer fee is not low. Now that the transfer market has come to an end, I don't know if anyone else will wow the media anymore.

Feng Kai is still busy with Ma Junqiang's business, trying to get him back to Chelsea as he wishes, but for now, the pace of progress is a bit slow. The summer transfer window is about to close, and Feng Kai is still making a final effort.

None of this has anything to do with Juventus, the Bianconeri's transfer this summer has been completed, and they will not buy or sell again. In addition to making the last four signings this summer, Juventus also has transfers such as Vucinic and Ziegler, as well as the right to buy out players such as Matri and Motta. The team also cleared up a lot of people to go out, such as Iaquinta, Sissoko, Melo and other players. Overall, Juventus' strength continues unabated.

August 28 is the first round of the new Serie A season, Juventus will face Udinese away, this match will also be broadcast, Chinese fans are looking forward to Zhang Shujie and Li Mu can start.

But there is one detail that is different from the previous two seasons this season. Last season, for example, Serie A was divided into three stages on Sunday, one of which was held at noon local time, and the other five were scheduled for 3pm, which also allowed many Chinese fans to watch the game after 21:00 GMT. The kick-off time of Serie A this season is 6 p.m. local time, and it is already early in the morning in China when converted to Beijing time, which also makes it very inconvenient for many fans to watch the game. Wang Shihan is one of them.

This season's Serie A Wang Shihan can't go to the canteen to cheer for Zhang Shujie as before, and the canteen was already closed in the early hours of the morning. She either watched in the dormitory or went outside with Zhou Ying.

It must be tiring to watch the game like this, after all, most of the Serie A is on Sunday, and there are classes the next day. If it's a holiday, Wang Shihan can stay at home and watch Zhang Shujie's game slowly, without worrying about getting up late the next day.

In the first round, although Zhang Shujie and Li Mu were in the team's eighteen-man squad, their names were not included in the starting list before the game, and they were replaced by Matri and Piero. Chinese fans are both expected and unexpected by this result, Juventus, two young people who are only 20 years old, want to become the main force immediately, maybe it will take some effort.

The Italian media was a little puzzled, "Torino Sports Newspaper" said: "Zhang Shujie scored 17 goals last season, and Li Mu also scored 12 goals, such data are the top two scorers in the team at Juventus, why didn't Conte let the two start, is it because the two are too young?"

Conte didn't answer these boring questions from reporters, he is the coach and he has the power to decide who starts and who comes off the bench.

Juventus' line-up for this game did not change much from most of last season, except that three new signings Andrea Pirlo, Vidal and Lichtsteiner appeared on the pitch and they were all able to start, while Zhang Shujie and Li Mu sat quietly on the bench, waiting for the coach's instructions.

The core of Udinese's circle of Italia knows that it is the veteran Di Natale, he is also the only key Mr. Udinese, once the team does not have him, it can basically only be relegated every year, with him can still be in the middle of the table and even compete for European qualification.

Therefore, what Juventus have to do is to stare Di Natale to death so that Udinese will not have a chance. This is how almost every Serie A team deals with Udinese.

Juventus took the initiative in the game. Andrea Pirlo was extraordinary, directing the team in a midfield position and mobilising the entire midfield attack. Despite his newcomer, the 32-year-old Italian has become the brains of the team.

Vidal was also impressive, coming close to finding the back of the net from distance in the eighth minute, while Lichtsteiner was also good, completing his defensive duties on the right and providing frequent assists, with Vidal's shot coming from his pass.

In the first 20 minutes of the game, Juventus had three shots on goal, one each from Vidal, Piero and Matri, while Udinese only had one shot on goal by Di Natale, and the difference in quality between the two sides was still very obvious.

In the 31st minute, Juventus' efforts finally paid off, Pirlo made a long pass at the back, Piero knocked the ball back to Vidal, who was inserted before knocking the ball, Vidal sent the ball diagonally to the goal, Matri grabbed the point in front of the goal, and pushed the ball into the net with his thigh, Juventus led Udinese 1:0.

Matri was so excited that he ran to the bench and hugged manager Antonio Conte, and the rest of the team surrounded them in the middle, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu also left their seats and stepped forward to celebrate the goal. Zhang Shujie even patted him on the head to show that he was happy that he had scored.

In this team, Matri is Zhang Shujie's most direct competitor, but now that Matri, who is starting the game, has scored, Zhang Shujie can only watch from the bench. He's very hungry to play, very hungry to score goals for his new club, but in a team like Juventus, there are times when it comes to newcomers.

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Wang Shihan in front of the TV looked at Zhang Shujie and sighed: "Fool, that's your competitor in Juventus." Is it worth your joy that he scored?"

Wang Qingzhe patted his daughter's shoulder: "Silly girl, Zhang Shujie is a new team member, and his approach is very smart." No one wants to be a substitute, he doesn't want the media to photograph his rival after a goal, and he himself sits unhappily and doesn't move. If he is seen by the media, he will make something out of nothing, which is not conducive to the unity of the team, and it is not conducive to his foothold at Juventus. ”

Wang Shihan sighed again, in the end, she actually understood this, but ......

Zhang Shujie is his boyfriend, and she definitely wants her boyfriend to be able to play and score goals, rather than sitting on the bench to kill time.

But Zhang Shujie can only wait now, waiting for his own opportunity on the bench, and Wang Shihan is also far away in China and stays up all night to accompany him.

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Udinese, who played at home in the first half, trailed Juventus 0:1, and in the fifteen minutes of the halftime break, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu warmed up on the field, and both of them shot through the ten fingers of substitute goalkeeper Manninger. Chen Hui and Shen Hao in the press gallery looked at the two of them, and they were a little worried, worried that the two would not be able to play.

Looking at the warm-up, the two are still in very good shape, but they can't play.

Li Mu picked up Zhang Shujie, the ball passed very cleverly, Zhang Shujie jumped up and threw his head, and the ball flew into the goal. Li Mu gave him a thumbs up, but Zhang Shujie shook his head a little depressedly.

In good form, but can only sit on the bench. In fact, you can't blame Conte, the season has just begun, the players are very fit, the whole team is in good shape, not just the two of them are in shape.

The fifteen-minute break was not long, and the main players of both teams walked out of the tunnel again, and the substitutes had to return to the bench to be on standby. In the second half, Udinese's attack improved a bit compared to the first, and Di Natale threatened Juventus' goal twice in seven minutes, but fortunately the goalkeeper was Gianluigi Buffon, otherwise Udinese might have equalised.

In the 17th minute of the second half, Matri's deteriorating shot was saved by Udinese goalkeeper Handanovic, and Juventus were awarded a corner. Matri was annoyed and seemed to think he should have scored a brace.

Andrea Pirlo went to take the corner, the ball flew to the back post, Vidal and Marchisio couldn't get on the head, the ball fell down the line of the six-yard box to the back post, Piero got out of the crowd and volleyed with his right foot, this time Handanovic was too brave to save the ball again.

Juventus led by two goals, and Conte looked at Piero who was running to celebrate, and felt more relieved. In football, the advantage of one ball is completely different from the advantage of two goals.

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu are also cheering along with the other substitutes, in fact, for the two of them, it is not necessarily a bad thing for the team to expand the score, maybe Conte will replace the two of them at a moment when there is no suspense in the game.

In the 75th minute, Juventus used the first substitution, Conte replaced Piero with Decelli, and the Bianconeri were old and it was not easy to play for more than 70 minutes, so he should be replaced and rested.

De Celli is a left-back and when he comes on, Chiellini has to move forward a little bit in the middle. Zhang Shujie on the bench glanced at Li Mu, Li Mu also looked at him, and the two quietly discussed: "Jie Zai, there are still two substitutions, do you think the coach will change us?"

"I don't know, honestly I really want to play. But we haven't warmed up yet. ”

"Me too, wait and see. Maybe we'll be asked to warm up. ”

A minute later, Conte called back Vucinic in the warm-up, Zhang Shujie was stunned for a moment, and Li Mu was also stunned, which is equivalent to indirectly telling the two: Only one of the two of you can play at most.

Vucinic replaces Pirlo. There were ten minutes left in the game, the score was still 2:0, and only Estigarivia was in the warm-up area, Conte glanced at the bench, seemed to look at Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, and then looked at the field.

Zhang Shujie smiled bitterly, and Li Mu also sighed softly. Two of the three substitutions have been used, and the last one knows who is going to be played. This also announced that in the new season, in the first game of Juventus, the two Chinese teenagers will not have the opportunity to play.

Three minutes later, Estigarivia came on but he only played five minutes, which was still in stoppage time. When Buffon kicked the ball into the centre circle, the referee's whistle sounded.

Two short whistles and one long whistle, the game was over, Juventus won 2-0 away against Udinese, ushered in a good start. Zhang Shujie and Li Mu stood up from the bench and applauded the players who came out. In this first round of the league, the two had to sit on the bench for a full 90 minutes.