Chapter 345: Top Eight Opponents
In an exclusive interview with the German football magazine The Kicker, Zhang Yuan talked about the record-keeping issue, and he said something very strange. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
At that time, the reporter asked him whether he would have a chance to break the Serie A goal record he set this season, and wanted Zhang Yuan to express his thoughts and whether he was full of confidence in it.
"I'm not going to look at the goal record, last year I was very interested in breaking the record, I admit it, but not now, someday someone will break my record, I'm not interested in it now, I hope I can help the team, it's boring to do more record-breaking things, I don't play to break records, I want to be happy and winning!"
Zhang Yuan is really like this now, he can't say that he is keen on assists now, but when there is a chance to shoot, if his teammates are better than his position, he is happy to assist, and he can sometimes experience the beauty of passing, the beauty of imagination.
It's a kind of happiness, winning will also lead him to happiness, losing will be unhappy, but he will not be as obsessed with it as before, he is not paranoid.
But the strange thing about this is that Zhang Yuan said that breaking the record was as simple as drinking water, and Hans, a veteran reporter who interviewed him from "Kicker", just smiled and didn't say anything.
Juventus, who have a three-goal advantage, look relaxed in preparing for the second leg of the Champions Cup, drawing Napoli did not affect everyone's mood, Conte is full of confidence in the second leg of the Champions Cup, Celtic have never been able to get points from Juventus' home stadium, and now that they are three goals behind, their mentality will definitely be more aggressive, Celtic coach Neil Lennon said in the pre-match press conference: "It would be a small miracle if we could qualify." It's a tough task and we have to win 4-0 or 4-1, but we have the ability to win and we want to do that. We played against the Italian champions, a very good team, so enjoy that, enjoy the stadium, enjoy the atmosphere and not be intimidated. ”
He also knew that the promotion was a miracle, but he still gave his disciples a chance to play again, and at this time he didn't want to say that he wanted to teach Juventus a lesson like he did in the last round, and he also admitted that Juventus was a very good team.
Conte was still the same in his pre-match interview, saying that Celtic's set-pieces were excellent and that he wanted his team to give fewer set-pieces to their opponents.
The match on the night of the 6th was exactly the same as the previous round, but of course this round Neil Lennon had 10,000 reasons to continue with the tactics of the previous round, they had to attack.
Conte, on the other hand, is a little more conservative in his thinking, to be precise, as long as he doesn't concede goals.
The two sides played with such a mentality, and the result was naturally similar to the last time, Juventus relied on the ability to grasp the opportunity, with the goals of Zhang Yuan and Giovinco, and defeated the Celtic team at home with all aspects of statistics.
The stats sometimes lie, and the two games against Celtic are telling, with Juventus always having the upper hand in threatening shots, and Celtic really have a sense of powerlessness.
After losing the second leg, Neil Lennon's heart was not as depressed as the previous one, and he congratulated Juventus after the game, they are very good, they are one of the strongest teams in Europe, the result is a pity, but congratulations to Juventus!
Neil Lennon said this just to comfort himself and comfort his team, he has not said anything in the league since he accepted Celtic, but it is difficult to make any breakthroughs in the Champions League, Celtic's senior management wants to make a difference in the Champions League, and does not want to go home every year in the group stage and the round of 16.
Juventus, who successfully qualified, temporarily withdrew their hearts to the league, their advantage in the league is not particularly obvious, so they must also play twelve points of energy, on the afternoon of March 10, Juventus played a contest with Catania at their home stadium, Juventus did not lose points inexplicably, and won 2:0 at home against Catania, scoring goals by Matri and Giaccherini, Zhang Yuan contributed two assists.
Catania came to Torino City and put his posture very low, it was completely a big bus formation, and Juventus also attacked for a long time without results, until the 73rd minute of the second half, Juventus players played a subtle match in the front, saying that it was exquisite, in fact, Zhang Yuan's last pass was very exquisite.
Matri suddenly compared the call with him, and he could think of a piece, Zhang Yuan received a pass from Pogba, stopped, and sent a cushion of his heel into the penalty area to send the ball over the top, Matri grabbed the header before Andujar and hoisted the ball into the goal.
Conte believes that Juventus does rely on Zhang Yuan, which makes sense, Juventus' players lack the means to break the bus, and the attack is too methodical, which is easy to be figured out by the opponent, not necessarily every team can guarantee that they can put the bus effect, but many teams in Serie A have a high probability of doing such a thing.
It's different with Zhang Yuan, this is an all-round monster, he can break through and shoot, very few teams can keep Zhang Yuan completely dead for 90 minutes, and rarely Zhang Yuan will be seen dead by opponents, he is also very strong in reading the game on the field, and he is always thinking of a way.
In this game, too, Matri's goal was not the only good pass he had in the game, as he had a dangerous shot and a good pass before, but it didn't score.
Breaking Catania's tortoise shell, the next thing was much easier, and in the final stage, taking advantage of Catania's declining concentration, Zhang Yuan sent another accurate cross to help Giaccherini score.
Although he failed to score, Zhang Yuan was voted the best of the match.
Zhang Yuan has won many times the best of the match, at the end of last year, the Serie A Oscar awards, and he also beat his teammate Andrea Pirlo to be elected the best player in Serie A, shortlisted for the best team, this award represents the players' recognition of him, which was voted by the players in Serie A, and this award actually added a lot of points to his Golden Ball selection at that time.
However, last month's team of the best, he lost to Matri, who was recognized by the fans and was voted the best player of February by Juventus fans, for which Zhang Yuan also knocked Matri hard.
After the game with Catania, Conte gave the team a two-day break to let everyone rest and rest, Juventus had a short respite before the game against Inter Milan, Conte had to let the players rest properly and adjust their physical condition, this period was really a very tough test for the players, Juventus basically achieved the goal in general.
Taking advantage of the two-day vacation, Zhang Yuan took his family to Rimini for a vacation, in fact, he went back to see Rimini's current situation, since he became Rimini's hidden little boss, Zhang Yuan has not cared about how Rimini is doing.
Go back and see, Rimini is still the same, the management has not changed, the chairman has changed, the previous subjective Mutolari has changed, become the chairman, and become the spokesperson in front of Qian Huan, and the other structures have not changed, but the team itself has changed from listening to Mutolari's explanation, they have introduced a lot of players, the purpose is to rush to the Serie C League, but now it looks like the results are worrying, and there is no hope for this year.
Zhang Yuan didn't ask much, he still believed that the major shareholder and Raiola would not care, after all, they invested money.
The two-day vacation is relatively short, but Zhang Yuan and his family are still quite happy, especially when his daughter grows up, which brings Zhang Yuan a lot of fun in life.
The quarterfinals of the Champions League are the top three of La Liga, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1, Bayern Munich and Dortmund in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A, Galatasaray in the Turkish Super League, and none of the teams in the Premier League have been selected.
The strongest is not necessarily Real Madrid, Barcelona Bayern, the other teams have similar strength gaps, and the three of them are also the most favored teams this season, among which Barcelona is the favorite.
There is a lot of speculation about the draw for the quarterfinals, and Zhang Yuan will also be asked questions about the opponents in the quarterfinals during this time, and Zhang Yuan has an opponent to look forward to, that is, his previous old club Real Madrid.