Chapter 337: The Celts (1)

The immature Montella paid the tuition in this game, his coaching road has just begun, this kind of tuition payment is inevitable, and after the game, Montella also admitted that he had to pay the main responsibility for the loss. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The day of the match with Fiorentina happened to be the Chinese New Year, and Zhang Yuan spent the Spring Festival in the game, but after the game, Zhang Yuan specially invited the whole team to a Chinese restaurant in the center of Turin, which was regarded as a festival for himself.

The next day, Zhang Yuan found an interesting news on his mobile phone, which was said to be Matri, who pushed the ball barefoot when shooting yesterday, because he was trampled on by Rodriguez during the run, and in the face of Zhang Yuan's pass, Matri subconsciously scored the ball with his bare feet.

At last night's Spring Festival Gala, there happened to be a skit that said, "It's not naivety that beats you, it's no shoes!"

The domestic website opened his mind and applied this sentence to Mattrie, which made Zhang Yuan laugh.

During training, Zhang Yuan told Matri that there was no laughter in anticipation!

"What are you talking about?!" Matri really couldn't understand the translated joke, what was so funny about that.

"Forget it! Forget it! Ya Pear, you really should learn Chinese, our Chinese culture is broad and profound, you will never realize it, those jokes made by Simone are too low, our jokes are the funniest!" Zhang Yuan still couldn't suppress his laughter, this laughter was so loud that everyone thought Zhang Yuan was crazy.

Alas, you people are really boring! Zhang Yuan could only sigh silently in his heart.

Juventus team with two consecutive wins, morale has recovered a lot, and preparing for the Champions League is also easy, but their coach Conte is not easy, Celtic is difficult to deal with, not very difficult to be precise, it is quite difficult to deal with, this team is a typical British style of play, the players in the team are generally tall and strong, high and high, pay attention to crosses on both sides, Juventus is undoubtedly at the bottom in the physical confrontation, the key is how to make good use of their own advantages.

Juventus and Celtic have fought 4 times in history, with two wins and two losses, all of the losses were at Celtic's home stadium, and all the winners were at their own home stadium, so although Juventus is strong on the surface, the outside world is not particularly optimistic about Juventus' away trip, after all, on that field, the powerful Cosmos team Barcelona also folded back.

On the morning of the 11th, the Juventus team set off for Glasgow, which is the city where the Celtic team is located, and there are two century-old clubs in the city, one is Celtic and the other is Glasgow Rangers, and the derby between these two clubs is one of the most time-honored and hottest derbies in the world.

The popularity of the two clubs was not purely due to geographical reasons, but because they represented different denominations, with Rangers founded in 1872 emphasizing the Protestant faith and banning Catholics from joining since 1910, while Celtic was a Catholic Notre Dame clergyman formed in 1887 and supported by Scottish fans of Irish origin. These two teams fundamentally represent the sectarian traditions of Northern Ireland and Scotland, and the clash of doctrines has allowed the two teams to never stop fighting to the death. Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane once said: "I love Manchester United because of Manchester United's greatness on the football field, but supporting Celtic is entirely because I am Catholic, and there is no need to support Celtic, this is God's mission, and there are many secular reasons to support Manchester United." ”

So every time these two teams are derby, there will always be fans fighting each other, and bloodshed happens from time to time.

The Scottish Premiership is dominated by these two clubs, Celtic have won the Champions League and Rangers have not, and when it comes to influence, Celtic may be even more influential.

After the evening, Conte took the Juventus players for a group walk in the streets, as if to relax, they were not disturbed, but from time to time a few fans who were walking together shouted at them, apparently some of them Rangers fans, who grinned and invited Juventus to beat Celtic.

This is just a façade, in fact, there are many Rangers fans who have bought tickets disguised as Juventus fans, intending to go to the scene to cause Celtic to be blocked.

Conte and Zhang Yuan happened to be walking together, and he said to Zhang Yuan: "Look! The atmosphere on the stadium tomorrow is not simple, you must be mentally prepared!"

"Devil's home field?!Coach, it's not like I haven't seen it, the Ruhr derby, the Spanish national derby, and the Italian national derby, I've experienced a lot, and it's no problem at all!" Zhang Yuanman said indifferently.

"Hehe, maybe you don't count what you've experienced, the fans here are some of the hottest fans, and of course Istanbul, which you haven't been to, it's also hot!" Conte is also a battle-hardened man, and he said what he really felt, of course, maybe there are some derbies that have been experienced more, and that's it.

Zhang Yuan has no feeling for Spain's national derby now, and in the year before he came to Juventus, in Real Madrid, Zhang Yuan experienced 5 national derbys, and he wanted to vomit when he played, and he had a strange thought of "why are you again?!".

He is not a strong supporter of Real Madridism, and playing too much of a derby like this is just an important game.

'Tomorrow you have to get used to it on the pitch, the direction of the Premier League has changed, but Celtic are still traditional, they are absorbing less culture from other leagues, the game is more confrontational, you have to deal with it positively!' Conte said to Zhang Yuan.

This is not the first time he has said that these two trainings, tactical lessons he has always talked about, they are one of the highest and strongest teams in European competition, and we must be good at confrontation.

Conte seems to be very cautious, of course, not only him, Juventus is a cautious attitude, this is a good signing, but the opponent cannot be ignored.

In an interview with Mediaset, Juventus legend and current director Nedved said, "Juventus must take Celtic seriously. I've played at Celtic's home stadium before, and I know what Neil Lennon is capable of. Celtic were the only team to beat Barcelona in this season's Champions League group stage, and their performance in the group qualification process was impressive. For Juventus, it will be a difficult game away from home against Celtic. That being said, Juventus could have drawn a worse draw. ”

Nedved also pointed out Juventus' disadvantage, "A lot of the players in the Juventus squad are playing in the Champions League for the first time this season. However, it was all part of Juventus' upbringing. Now, we have to give this Juventus team time so that they can do well in Europe. In the first leg, Juventus will head to Celtic Park, where we will have to adapt to the frenetic atmosphere, show what we can do and hopefully make extra use on the technical side. The second leg will be played at Juventus' new stadium and the home side will give us a little advantage. If we can play with characteristics, then we have a good chance of qualifying. ”

Neither arrogant nor arrogant, Juventus has less experience in the Champions League than Celtic.

Zhang Yuan is quite confident in himself, he is not weak, the Celtics guards are generally tall, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the turn must be slow, the coaching staff hopes that Zhang Yuan will read the game well, make full use of his own advantages, and attack the weakness of the Celtics.

On the morning of the 12th, Juventus conducted a simple recovery training at the borrowed training ground, and in the afternoon went to Celtic's home stadium, the Celtic Park Stadium, which can accommodate about 60,000 spectators, which is not much different from the Premier League stadium, and the first row of stands is very close to the stadium.

A little later, the team began to rest after the pre-match meal, and took a bus from the hotel to Celtic Park Stadium more than an hour in advance, the Celtic Stadium and the Glasgow Rangers Stadium are located on the east and west sides of Glasgow City respectively, and Juventus's rest place is just in the northeast, not far from Celtic Park Stadium, and the bus runs slowly but only takes more than ten or twenty minutes.

Along the way, there were already many Celtic fans in green jerseys walking to the stadium, and when they saw Juventus' buses passing by, they rarely had to wait for the middle finger.