Chapter 287: The Passivity of the Opening

"Dear viewers and friends, welcome to the game of the group stage of the 12-13 Champions League season......" Duan Xuan's familiar voice came out of the TV, and the sports station broadcast the game as usual. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Why is it said that as usual, since Zhang Yuan went to Real Madrid, the sports station basically played Real Madrid if it could broadcast Real Madrid's games, Zhang Yuan went to Italy, and the broadcast object was just changed to Juventus.

No matter what teams there are fans in China, almost most of them are willing to watch Zhang Yuan's game, just like Brother Yao in the NBA, not all basketball fans in China are fans of the Rockets, but most of them are fans of Yao in China.

The guest commentator invited today is the expert of Serie A, Director Zhang, in the pre-match analysis, is obviously not very optimistic about Juventus's trip to England, and it is not too much to say that their record in history is really miserable.

The laws of history are not necessarily accurate every time, but it is better to refer to the historical record when buying football lottery, which is not wrong.

"Chelsea have spent a lot of money this summer, and they are among the best in the Premier League! The new Hazard and Oscar have both spent more than £20 million, and it is not clear from the previous games whether the money is worth it, but they still have the quality!"

Abou is different from Moratti, after Chelsea's Champions League triumph last season, he seems not to be satisfied, and this summer he eagerly began to invest heavily, if it were not for the failure of the bid to buy Zhang Yuan, his investment this summer would be ranked No. 1 in European transfers.

Of course, the main reason for his investment is to continue the glory, passively speaking, the monster Drogba, who has been at Chelsea for many years this summer, has left, and he must make a move in the transfer market.

Striker Torres disappointed him a little, but in the absence of Zhang Yuan, there was a shortage of good strikers in the market, and he could only vote for Torres.

Before the start of the game, Chelsea showed the European Champions Cup trophy they won last season, Zhang Yuan stood in the players' tunnel, watching the championship trophy being brought to the stadium by them to display, his heart was inevitably excited, he wanted to go up and touch it, but then he was gloomy, of course there is nothing wrong with touching, but the key is that he is really embarrassed now, because he is not qualified, he is not a champion.

The referee for this match today is Portuguese whistle Pedro Plunca, who has officiated the Champions League since 2007 and will also be in charge of this summer's European Championship final.

At the end of the stadium demonstration, Plunka and the referee led the players from both sides, with captains Terry and Gianluigi Buffon leading the way.

John Terry picked up an injury sustained in Chelsea's game against Queens Park Rangers last weekend, but he was back in time for the game, as well as a number of injuries, as well as heavy striker Juan Mata, who failed to start today and was on the bench.

Roberto Di Matteo fielded a 433 formation today, a Chelsea formation that has rarely been changed by subsequent coaches since the Jose Mourinho era.

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defender: David Luistri Ashley Cole

Midfielder: Ramirez Lampard Mikel

Forward: Hazard Torres Oscar

This squad is the strongest Chelsea squad at the moment, and Di Matteo certainly won't hide anything in such an important game.

Juventus' side is naturally already very proficient in the 352 position.

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon

Defender: Barzali, Bonucci, Chiellini

Midfielder: Lichtsteiner, Bidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, Asamoah

Forward: Zhang Yuanwu Zinic

Juventus' forward position makes it difficult for Conte to choose, and many coaches often say to the outside: "Whoever is in good training condition will be on whomever I want!"

But in fact, each of them has their own scales in their minds, and they already have their own opinions on who is the main force and who is the substitute.

But here at Juventus, Conte is very annoyed with the use of another striker, except for Zhang Yuan, the other strikers are not the kind that can satisfy him, he has always asked the top management for a high school striker, he wants Zhang Yuan to play the No. 10 position, play a high school striker who is more dead, and can not fully play Zhang Yuan's ability.

As a result, Juventus was reluctant to spend money, and at the last moment this summer, they really brought a high school striker to Conte - Bendtner, well, it is the Danish player who is called the confident emperor by Chinese fans, Juventus is on loan from Arsenal, and has a buyout right after the season.

This guy is obviously a player who believes in talent more than hard work, and after coming to Juventus, the current situation is actually in his favor, and Conte also hopes that he can show a little different attitude from the past.

This guy was still quite professional when he arrived at Juventus, but he couldn't even catch a minute in two games, and his psychology changed again, he began to become lazy, and he didn't work hard in training, and this time he went to Stamford Bridge, and Conte didn't even let him in the 18-man squad.

If Bendtner can show the domineering and strength of a center forward in training, Conte can let him play that center forward position and let him partner with Zhang Yuan, but this season has not started for long, and Conte has no hope for Bendtner in his heart.

At the end of the pre-match ceremony, Plunka blew a whistle and the game began.

Premier League teams are characterized by their speed, and they have traditionally placed more emphasis on confrontation than mainland teams, with excellent physical fitness.

Juventus are at the bottom of the Premier League team and are often dragged down by their opponents and unable to get into their own rhythm.

Of course, don't think that all of them are advantages, he also has disadvantages, such as slow pace, there is still a gap with Zhang Yuan in terms of confrontation ability, and so on.

As soon as the game began, the whole Chelsea team pressed up, pressed high all over the field, and fought against Juventus!

They are Chelsea, not a weak team, they are used to this way in the Premier League, but Juventus will not often encounter such a situation in Serie A, because some teams use such tactics against Juventus, and if they don't do it, they are looking for death, Chelsea use this of course is different, they want to kill Juventus.

Juventus have not failed to consider such a situation, and Conte's response in training has been to bring Marchisio and Vidal closer to Pirlo, aiming to get Pirlo out of the ball and the two midfielders to provide the necessary protection for Pirlo.

It's good on the training ground, but it doesn't work very well on the pitch.

First of all, Marchisio and Vidal did not provide enough protection for Pirlo, and Chelsea's midfielders Frank Lampard, Mikel and Ramirez were very close to the Juventus midfield, making it difficult for Marchisio and Vidal to get out.

As for the wing-backs on both sides, Chelsea also pressed very high at full-backs and always put a lot of pressure on Juventus' wide defence.

Secondly, Pirlo was not in good form today, and in the first two minutes, he made two passing errors, which almost caused a big disaster.

In the end, when it comes to this situation, many old Serie A fans can see that Juventus, the current strongest team in Serie A, is still an order of magnitude behind the early 2000s, not that Pirlo is not strong but that Marchisio and Vidal's strength is worse than those previous stars.

Zhang Yuan looked a little isolated in front, his partner Vucinic worked hard, often retreated to try to get the ball, who knew that Chelsea could cut the midfield to you to death, Vucinic rarely got the chance to get the ball.

Carrera kept shouting on the sidelines for the Juventus players to retreat, there was no way, what he was thinking now was that Juventus had to withstand this period of time and adopt a stubborn attitude.

Well, such a scene is also expected by Juventus, if it doesn't work, they will retreat and use defense to counter Chelsea's attack.

Conte spent a lot of effort on defense, Juventus went on the defensive in the opening minutes, and in the initial adaptation, Chelsea got two chances, but they couldn't take them, and then the Juventus players quickly adjusted their mentality and concentrated on defending, facing an Italian team that can defend, the defending champions Chelsea obviously have no good moves, they can only maintain the advantage of possession and even the advantage of the front, but they can never find the space to pass the ball.

Di Matteo was helpless on the sidelines, knowing all too well what the consequences of the Serie A team's dedication to defending would be.