Chapter 299: A Difficult Draw
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Lucescu knew that he should have taken a risk a long time ago, and he was obviously very bold at the beginning, but as the game deepened, his courage became smaller, and this courage came back at this time, and the timing was still very good, Juventus's physical fitness has been in a big problem.
The remaining ten minutes were not ordinarily difficult for Juventus, as Shakhtar Donetsk rejuvenated and rushed towards Juventus, who struggled defensively.
At this time, Carrera didn't want to play defensive counterattacks, Zhang Yuan and Matri both retreated to their own half to help defend, to say that they didn't want to go back, but on the pitch they knew that their teammates needed their help, and Shakhtar Donetsk, who had played chicken blood, had continuously created killing opportunities in front of the Juventus goal, which was not a joke.
In the last three minutes of the game, Shakhtar Donetsk got consecutive chances to shoot, and Willian concentrated the goalpost with a powerful shot in the final moment, which shocked Juventus in a cold sweat.
Nehus blew the whistle for the end of the match and Juventus narrowly managed to secure a draw at home stadium.
"A tough game", Juventus assistant coach Carrera defined it before the game, why? This result is a good interpretation of his pre-game definition, but Carrera was polite before the game, I didn't expect it to be like this.
Compared to Juventus, Shakhtar Donetsk are like experienced Champions League veterans hiding in the shadows. Coach Luchescu has been in charge of Serie A for a long time and is adept at developing tactics against opponents, and Fernandinho told Torino Sport before the game that "they have very few secrets for us, and the three key players for Juventus are Buffon, Andrea Pirlo and Zhang Yuan. We can't control the performance of the goalkeepers, but we will limit Pirlo and Zhang Yuan. ā
Zhang Yuan scored a goal, but in fact he only had an 80% pass success rate, which was terrible and did not meet his usual accuracy, and Pirlo's 62 passes were the highest for Juventus, but lower than their opponents Fernandinho and Srna.
Zhang Yuan's forward partner Vucinic was even worse, with a pass completion rate of only 62.5%, and he was the first to be replaced after only half play.
After the game, Zhang Yuan was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.
"Zhang, how do you feel?!"
"A tough game! It's a pity that I couldn't win today!" Zhang Yuan said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"It's clear that your opponent is better than you today, what do you think about that?!"
"No, we all played well, I think we had a chance to overtake the score in the second half, but unfortunately we couldn't take it in the end, it's a pity!" Zhang Yuan would not agree with the reporter, "Of course we all know that Shakhtar Donetsk is a great team, and they performed well today!"
Zhang Yuan finally added.
"Zhang, are you satisfied with your performance today?!" a reporter asked, probably to say that Zhang Yuan missed a single knife in the second half.
"I feel pretty good! But I was almost lucky today!" Zhang Yuan gave himself a satisfactory score, and of course he was a little sad about the problem of not scoring alone, but after experiencing the Chelsea battle, it doesn't feel so unforgivable now.
In contrast to Zhang Yuan's optimism, there were also players in the Juventus squad who expressed their satisfaction with the result, with Marchisio admitting, "It's hard to keep the same pace every three days, we need to be fitter. We got a draw today, and it wasn't too bad!"
He also told reporters: "It was a difficult day, but we don't feel like we're going to lose yet!" Juventus are unbeaten in 45 league games, which gives everyone a lot of confidence.
In any case, a draw is not too bad for Juventus, in the other game in the group, Chelsea beat North Zealand 4-0 and scored three points, but Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk have a one-point advantage in the front, Chelsea will play with Shakhtar Donetsk in the next game, Juventus is away against North Zealand, the next game is more critical, Juventus needs to take advantage of the opportunity to beat North Zealand and open the distance between Chelsea or Shakhtar Donetsk.
After this game, the team did not get time to rest, on the afternoon of October 7, Juventus will play away against Siena, although the opponent is a weak team, but Juventus in these games except for Rome digging its own grave, other games can be seen that Juventus's state is actually a little weak.
After this game, the Juventus players will go their separate ways to participate in the national team competition, and Zhang Yuan will also return to China for a major event.
Antonio Conte didn't hold back in this game, no matter how tough the conditions and how poor the bench line-up, Juventus must now step up.
The big frame hasn't changed, except that Giovinco has replaced Vucinic up front, while Bonucci has suspended Conte at the back and brought on Marrone.
Siena's bucket formation did not stop Juventus' progress, and they won 3-1 on the road.
In the first half, Zhang Yuan's performance was not very good, and Juventus couldn't open the situation, and in the second half, Carrera changed the formation early and became 433, Juventus found its senses, and Zhang Yuan scored two goals in a row to lock up the win for the team.
Zhang Yuan's contract renewal negotiations also finally came to an end at this time, Raiola can be said to be unyielding in terms of salary level, except for the signing fee slightly reduced, 5 million became 4 million, and the other conditions are almost all Raiola's original requirements.
Zhang Yuan's salary plus fixed bonuses will reach 8 million euros per season, which makes him the highest-paid player in the Juventus team and the highest-paid player in Serie A.
However, due to the national team competition, Zhang Yuan had to wait until after the match day to return to Turin before signing.
After losing to Japan in the last game, before this match against Australia, domestic public opinion is not very optimistic about the national football team, although this game is at their own door, but the careful media soon found that Australia really can't afford to lose, and if you lose, you should say goodbye to the World Cup qualification!
They only got 2 points in the first three rounds, which is really worthy of the title of Asia's first-class team, and Japan has left Australia far behind, and now the direct threat to Australia is the Chinese team that is currently 4 points higher than them.
For them, this is an opportunity to close the gap, and they have to play against Japan, so it would not be too much to say that they cannot afford to lose this game.
Some changes in the Chinese team can be seen from the last game against Japan, such as the tactical idea is to defend the counterattack and set pieces to create a threat, but this move will not have much advantage against Australia.
As we all know, Zhang Yuan's current position is moving back, playing in the midfield position, the reason is clear to everyone, and then his retreat caused the Chinese team's speed advantage on the front line to be not obvious.
Secondly, set-pieces, in addition to direct free kicks, Zhang Yuan has a good hand, in corner kicks, long-distance free kicks, the Chinese team is undoubtedly going to fall down in the battle for the top, and the opponent's advantage in this regard is obvious.
In short, in the eyes of the domestic media, the Chinese team may have encountered a bigger test than the Japanese team this time.
However, in the view of the coaching team of the Chinese team, defensive counterattack may be the only way out, at this time to make a comparison, you will find yourself at a comprehensive disadvantage, such a disadvantage is not to engage in defensive counterattack can be done, a little wiser will do so.
The foreign coaching staff has been completely hollowed out, but this Camacho just does not resign, waiting for the Football Association to fire him so that he can get liquidated damages, and the Football Association does not want to do this now.
Camacho had to attend the pre-match press conference decently, but he was vague when answering questions, but the players who attended talked a lot, and the pre-match press conference of this game was attended by Zhang Yuan and Captain Zheng.
Some reporters were curious about the tactics that the Chinese team would adopt, and Captain Zheng told everyone responsibly that he had nothing to say.
Some reporters also asked Zhang Yuan how he would predict this game, Zhang Yuan said: "I don't like predictions! We can only guarantee to try our best to play this game well and get a satisfactory result, they are better than us, but the game has not been played yet, everything is possible!"