Chapter 434: Evenly matched
In the midst of his busyness, Zhang Yuan followed Juventus to usher in the 20th round of the league, and in this round they were at home to Sampdoria. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the first round of the league, Juventus went to Genoa and spent a lot of effort to defeat Sampdoria 1:0, and it was Zhang Yuan who scored.
This time to Juventus's home stadium, Sampdoria's life will not be so good, although in the last 6 encounters, Juventus only got one victory, Sampdoria got 3 wins, but now Zhang Yuan is back, few outside media say that Sampdoria will cause trouble for Juventus.
Zhang Yufei is now two years old, Zhang Yuanyang begged Rossi and his wife to bring the little guy to watch the game at each home court, it was too young before, Zhang Yufei watched the game a limited number of times, but now he has no scruples at all.
Antonio Conte made some changes in this game, Pirlo was given a rest, and the midfield combination changed to Pogba, Vidal and Marchisio, with Marchisio playing in Pirlo's position.
On the back line, Ogbonna replaced Bonucci, after Ogbonna came to Juventus, there were not many opportunities to play, originally Juventus bought him, it was to update the backline, for whom?!
But Barzagli is old and strong, still very prominent, without a little old meaning, and the combination of Barzagli and Bonucci and Chiellini has been running in for so many years after all, and they have a very tacit understanding with each other.
The tactical difference between the two central defenders and the three central defenders is relatively large, Ogbonna has not been able to snatch back the position from Barzagli for half a season, and the old courtier Cáceres is eyeing him, so Ogbonna is only a rotation substitute so far.
But this big black guy has a good temper and is also open-minded, and there is always progress.
The recent training results have been good, Conte simply rotated to give him a chance, Conte is not very fond of rotation, but now it is gradually changing, because he is not the first year at Juventus, he is already quite familiar with the personnel, do not rely on a set of lineups to go the world, from time to time can adopt different tactical strategies.
Sampdoria's coach is no longer Delio Rossi, the current coach is Mihajlovich, an old acquaintance of Zhang Yuan's mentor and friend.
Mihajlovic has coached in Serie A before, and everyone knows that he went to coach the Serbian national team later, but this teacher's coaching results here are really bad, and he was disappointed early in the World Cup qualifiers in Brazil.
At the right time, De Rio Rossi led Sampdoria to only 9 points in 12 league games, and the Sampdoria hierarchy could not bear it anymore and could only sweep Del Rio Rossi out of the house and extend an olive branch to the depressed Mihajlovic.
Mihajlovic was also in a very embarrassing situation at that time, he was more stubborn, more strict, and led the team poorly, and the voice of criticism in Serbia was very high, but the two sides signed a contract for two years, he was a famous player in Serbian football, and the Serbian Football Association was not good at firing him after half a year, and Mihajlovic was not willing to resign like this, compared to the original ambition, it was too embarrassing to resign.
It just so happened that Sampdoria came, and Mihajlovic just took this opportunity to restart his coaching career at the club, and all parties were happy, the Serbian Football Association had less trouble, Sampdoria found a manager, and Mihajlovic would not lose much in terms of reputation.
After he led the team, Sampdoria suddenly became mighty, the first 12 rounds of Rio Rossi only scored 9 points, but after Mihajlovic took over, he played the current 7 rounds, he led the team to 12 points, for Sampdoria, who is committed to relegation, such a point efficiency is also commendable.
In this game, Mihajlovic chose the 442 formation, which he figured out according to the actual situation of the team.
After the start of the game, everyone thought that Sampdoria would put themselves in a weak position and rely on defense to counterattack, but in fact Mihajlovic did not do so, and after he took office, Sampdoria improved a lot at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
During Del Rio Rossi's tenure, Sampdoria conceded 21 goals in 12 games, but Mihajlovic only conceded 5 goals in 7 games, and the quality of the defense has improved significantly.
That's why you would think that Mihajlovic would play a counter-attacking tactic at the Juventus Arena, but unfortunately Mihajlovic didn't do that.
At the beginning, he hedged against Juventus and was not afraid of Juventus at all.
The fact that he made the right choice, without Pirlo, Marchisio's level is still too much worse than Pirlo, it's not a humiliation, it's a fact, they are completely two grades of players.
Mihajlovic actually has a very simple idea, he feels that it is difficult for his team to prevent the forward combination of Zhang Yuan and Tevez, and it is better to be proactive than to be beaten and scored.
And Juventus is not invulnerable, Juventus's defense in the middle is very tight, this is the benefit of the three central defenders, and the defense on the side is not weak, but relatively speaking, it is still on the side to make a fuss, and now many teams play Juventus either directly use the defense to counterattack the long pass, or the side pressure cross, I don't believe you can do it every time, and last season's game in the Champions League, Bayern and Barcelona, are flexible and mobile on the side to Juventus pose a great threat.
So Juventus, who can't control the ball, is miserable, forced to play against Sampdoria, under the tutelage of Mihajlovic, Sampdoria's attack is not the kind of very direct, in other words, the attack of many teams in Serie A is not very direct, but pay attention to ball control, which is also very understandable, everyone is afraid of losing the ball and letting Juventus play a fast attack on the spot, it will be quite worth the loss, it is better for everyone to attack a wave, I will attack another wave.
Tevez is still performing very well at this time, the needle threading in the front field is very effective, Juventus got a lot of good opportunities, but for the time being, everyone's feet are not very smooth, unable to score a goal, Juventus still focus on the middle.
Sampdoria, on the other hand, played on the wing, slowly advancing, and then let the full-backs plug in, Gabbiadini himself played on the wing but frequently leaned on the middle, and Eder ran smartly and had speed, which served as a support for the second point.
At the same time, I have to say that Sampdoria can play an offensive effect today and Juventus's rotation has a lot to do with it, the central defender Ogbonna is still not very suitable for the three central defenders, there is no ball control player in the midfield, Marchisio's disadvantages are revealed, no matter how you look at it, the defense is not in place, and the pass is not in place.
However, even so, Sampdoria did not get as many chances as Juventus, and Eder was more anxious and had more shots.
In the 21st minute, Sampdoria finally failed to withstand a positional attack by Juventus, Zhang Yuan and Tevez pulled out of the penalty area at the same time, Vidal stepped forward instead, and Pogba understood the wonderful pass, assisting Vidal to take the lead in breaking the deadlock.
If you are determined to defend, maybe Sampdoria will not concede the ball so quickly, but Mihajlovic thinks that sooner or later it will be conceded, Juventus's attacking style is not so single, sometimes it can use the wing, not to mention that a single middle road is very uncomfortable for Sampdoria.
At this time, Mihajlovic was not nervous, and kept directing the team to attack forward on the sidelines and suppress Juventus.
Conte is only a little relieved, and he doesn't dare to take it lightly, he has found the problem, the situation in the game and in training are completely different things, looking at the rotation is no problem, but in the game to rotate two key positions, this problem arises, he can't make adjustments so early, besides, Pirlo and Bonucci are on vacation, not even into the squad, how to adjust.