Chapter 262: Let's Play
The match was broadcast as usual, and Chinese fans saw Zhang Shujie and Li Mu warming up on the sidelines through the TV. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Shen Hao leaned back to the seat of the press gallery and said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that Conte plans to replace the two of them together in the second half." β
'The team in first place is two goals behind the team in last place and Conte will certainly have to raise the banner in the second half. There are only two strikers on the bench, and they must be replaced. β
While warming up, Zhang Shujie said to Li Mu beside him: "Mu, papaya, do you remember when we played in Serie A for the first time two years ago?"
"Remember, remember, we were also substitutes at that time, and we played together. β
"yes, I scored a goal and you assisted once. β
"Yes, history is about to repeat itself. β
The "history" in Li Mu's mouth may be divided into two stages, the first is that both of them come off the bench at the same time, and the second is that both of them have their own merits for the team. At present, the first stage is about to be staged again, and this second stage depends on whether there are goals or assists.
With the end of the first half of the game, the two also followed the eleven main players and coaches into the locker room. Conte was a bit furious, criticising De Cheli's performance, but not too directly. Decelli wasn't stupid either, and Conte was unhappy with him in this game and knew he would be substituted in the second half. Besides, now that the score is behind, the team needs to strengthen the attack and need the striker to score. When he saw Zhang Shujie and Li Mu warming up, he could roughly guess that he would spend the next forty-five minutes on the bench.
"Paul, you take a break in the second half, and Li Mu will take your place. Conte said lightly to De Cheli. De Celli nodded slightly, but did not speak.
Conte looked at Matri again: "You're injured, don't play in the second half, I'll let Zhang play instead of you." β
"I see, sir," said Matri. β
Juventus's one-time substitution of two people at half-time is also forced by the situation, away against the team from the bottom of the table, Juventus has not been able to get the benefit, Conte is also anxious, he does not want to lose to a team born of relegation. The whole team didn't want to.
"Zhang, you play right forward after you come on the pitch, ambush Mirko (Vucinic), Lee, you are on the left, you play as a striker and you also have to pay attention to the connection with the midfield, you know?"
"Got it. The two nodded.
'It's 433, Martin [CΓ‘ceres], you drop back and play right-back, Giorgio [Chiellini] goes to the left, you play left-back. β
Conte quickly gave the order, he took a marker pen and drew on the tactical board: "Zhang and Li, you two cut in from both sides, Mirko from the middle, you must make space for each other, and Andrea, you have to hit the opponent's 30-meter area as much as possible, you have too little time to attack in the first half." β
Pirlo said, "Okay. β
Conte said to Vidal: "You have to attack in midfield, you have to pay more attention to defence. Conte drew two big arrows and a circle, meaning that Vidal would run back and forth between the two penalty areas, with a huge range of attack and defense. It's not difficult for Vidal, who has done it before at Bayer Leverkusen.
Conte carefully laid out new tactics, and inadvertently, he found that his tactics were very suitable for Zhang Shujie and Li Mu. Hopefully, these two young rising stars can help turn the tide into victory.
The second half of the game was about to begin, and the Siena fans looked elated in the stands. To be able to lead Juventus by two goals at home is naturally very happy. They even want to get their first win of the season against Juventus.
Chen Hui and Shen Hao stared at the exit of the players' tunnel without blinking, and after waiting for about two or three minutes, they finally saw the two people they wanted to see the most.
Juventus' No.9 and No.11 walked out side by side, with Andrea Pirlo walking beside them, and the three of them were talking to something. Although all three are new to Juventus, Pirlo has been in Serie A for many years and is the predecessor of the two. In addition, he is kind and powerful, and the Bianconeri players respect him very much, and he takes good care of the two young people, giving them guidance from time to time.
"Zhang, Li, come on, the coach sent you up at this time, which shows that he believes in you very much. Don't let the coach down. After saying that, Pirlo ran into the field, and Zhang Shujie and Li Mu also walked in with a smile.
As soon as the game began, Juventus went on an attacking frenzy. Siena's players seemed to be carried away by the lead in the first half, feeling that Juventus were nothing more than that, and in the second half they were a little slack. Less than a minute after the referee blew the opening whistle, they conceded the goal.
Vidal handed the ball to Pirlo, and Siena's midfielders immediately stepped up, everyone knew that Pirlo was not good at defending, and Siena also wanted to take advantage of the opening kick-off to snatch the ball back from the hands of the playmaker.
Juventus now has three midfielders, so Zhang Shujie and Li Mu on the front line are particularly important, and the two are responsible for bringing in the midfielders, so as not to cause the battleground to be handed over to the other side because they have too few people.
Li Mu retreated, Pirlo distributed the ball to him, he knocked it to Vucinic, ran forward himself, and pulled the Siena defender to run after him. Vucinic was clever not to give it back to him, but to Vidal, who was inserted in the back. Vidal sent the ball forward, and Zhang Shujie started chasing the ball, but Rosettini fell to the ground and shoveled, destroying the single knife that Zhang Shujie should have gotten.
The first wave of attack in the second half was disrupted, but Zhang Shujie still gave Vidal a thumbs up, thinking that he passed the ball well. Vidal smiled and turned and walked back.
The announcer at the scene said: "Judging from the situation at the beginning, Juventus are trying to win this game. They have to score at least three goals, it's not that simple. β
Siena's attack stopped in midfield, Vidal cut off the ball and handed it to Pirlo again, Pirlo looked up at the front and played a long pass to Zhang Shujie.
Rossertis squeezed around him, and with a swing of his arms, he took a step and unloaded the ball from Pirlo with his chest. Rossettis stepped out to poke it, Zhang Shujie stepped on the ball and flicked it to the left, and when he saw Marchisio catching up with him, he made a pass.
Rossettis immediately moved his body and stretched his legs, as long as Zhang Shujie hit the ball, he would definitely be broken. Zhang Shujie didn't really pass the ball out, he buckled the ball behind him, twisted to the other side, and took another step towards the Siena penalty area with his left foot, accelerating past Rossettis.
A beautiful turnaround can be regarded as a variant of the "Cruyff turn". Rossitis struggled to chase back after being shaken, but Zhang Shujie was extremely fast, and after two seconds, he pulled Rossitis far behind.
Contini hurriedly came up to fill in the position, Zhang Shujie slowed down, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Vucinic and Marchisio in front of him on the left and right. He took a half-step forward with his right foot, pretended to pass, leaned over, and bounced the ball to Marchisio with the inside of his left foot, which was dragging behind him.
It was a very creative pass, which fully demonstrated Zhang Shujie's skillful skills and creativity, and he not only deceived Contini, but also Rossettis, who caught up.
Marchisio crossed the penalty area, Vucinic swept in front of the goal, and the Siena fans thought they were about to lose the ball, but they saw the ball hit the outside edge of the post and bounced off the bottom line.
Siena escaped.
It was only then that Siena realized that Juventus had been resurrected. Juventus' performance in the first half created the illusion that Siena thought the entire Bianconeri were out of shape. In fact, in the first half they just fell asleep, and now they have woken up.
Siena are starting to take a fresh look at Juventus, and the old lady who has been in a slump for the previous two seasons has had a great start to the season, and Conte will not allow the team's winning momentum to come to an end today.
Siena wanted to attack from Juventus' left again, as they did in the first half. However, Conte made a number of changes to the team's formation, with Giorgio Chiellini coming at left wing-back, and Siena would have to make it even more difficult for Siena to break into the Juventus penalty area.
Chiellini was in fine form as Manni's cross was blocked by him, and then he got on the ball before he got on the ball before he got to Manini and slotted it to Vidal. Siena's players thought that Vidal was going to give Pirlo again, so they had an extra heart, and Diego Stino targeted Pirlo in advance, cutting off the link between him and Vidal.
But Vidal chose to dribble the ball himself, and after seven or eight meters, he passed to Li Mu, who responded, and behind him was Siena midfielder Vergasola. Li Mu knocked his heel and the ball passed through Vergasola's small goal. Then Li Mu accelerated and turned, controlled the ball, leaned on the opponent with his right arm, rubbed the outside of his right foot, and the ball showed an outer arc in the air and fell into the penalty area.
Marchisio's header was held up by goalkeeper Burdzic and the ball flew to the other side, where Vucinic followed up with a follow-up shot and the ball flew into the Siena goal.
Juventus pulled a point back. At this time, the second half had only been played for ten minutes, and after 45 minutes of slumber, Juventus finally showed the strength they deserved. Since Marotta has said that he wants to revive from this season, he can't afford to lose to a relegation team.
Juventus relied on this long pass from Li Mu to score a goal, and Siena didn't even have a shot on goal in the second half. The fans are starting to worry that with 35 minutes to go, Siena will not be able to hold on to that point.
In the process of attacking wildly, the most feared thing is that the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, so it is easy to damage the morale of the players if they are not scored, but fortunately the Juventus players did not have this situation. They continued to attack, and Siena had no choice but to look for opportunities to counter-attack in the middle of the defense.
Andrea Pirlo's clever diagonal pass to Zhang Shujie, who was just outside the box, stepped past Rossettis and volleyed the line of the box, and Burdzic heroically lifted the ball over the crossbar and gave Juventus a corner.
The corner kick was on the left side, and Pirlo, who took the penalty, didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and passed the ball to Zhang Shujie's head. Zhang Shujie overpowered Rossettis in the scramble and jumped high into the air, he jumped too high, more than a head taller than everyone who jumped. What's even more surprising is that he actually had a super long stay in the air, and at that moment, his body seemed to pause in the air for a second, waiting for the arrival of the ball.
When the ball came to his eyes, Zhang Shujie's head was slightly offset outward, and then he threw it hard, and the ball smashed into the goal.
Zhang Shujie, who was ready to celebrate, shook his hand and blurted out a sentence in Chinese: "I lean!"
This kind of goal didn't go in, so it can only be said that his luck was too bad.
Marchisio smiled and patted him on the back: "Man, don't worry, usually this situation is not far from scoring. β
Li Mu also patted him, but didn't speak, just smiled. The friendship between him and Li Mu doesn't need too many words to express.
Of course, it was a pity that the ball didn't score, but Conte was more interested in Zhang Shujie's bounce just now. Although he had known for a long time that the Chinese striker's bounce was amazing, Conte was surprised when he saw it in person today. In particular, that time in the air, it can be called "antigravity mechanics".
Conte couldn't help but think of another person, who was also a person with ridiculously strong jumping ability, and this person was the Portuguese king Cristiano Ronaldo. In addition to Ronaldo's natural advantages, Ronaldo's bounce also has hard work in the later stage. However, Zhang Shujie is still so young, and it is difficult to say whether this "super high jump" is due to luck or not.
If he was born with such a good jump, then as long as he is cultivated again, his super jumping ability will only be even more amazing in a few years!