Chapter 326: Group Leader

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It is also appropriate to call Mourinho in person to express his congratulations, and another congratulatory object, Ronaldo, Zhang Yuan's text message is purely polite, the courtesy of the Chinese, after all, everyone has been together for a year, isn't it?!

Ronaldo also replied simply, thank you, and congratulations!

That's all, Ronaldo mentioned being selected for the squad in an interview later, and he was uncharacteristically this time, saying that it was an honor for him to be shortlisted for the top three, and he didn't seem to have much expectation for the final award.

During the period, the reporter asked him who the Ballon d'Or winner was, Ronaldo refused to comment, he did not choose himself or Zhang Yuan and Messi.

On the day of the announcement, Juventus arranged an exclusive interview with Zhang Yuan on the official TV station, and also invited the "Torino Sports Newspaper" to conduct an exclusive interview with Zhang Yuan.

Busy with propaganda and greeting from all directions, Zhang Yuan not only has to deal with these, his main energy is still in the competition, the more he is shortlisted, the more Zhang Yuan wants to get the golden ball that has enough water.

He has always motivated himself, no matter what, to follow Juventus to create hegemony, as long as it is possible to have a good result next year, forget this year, he is now preparing for next year's selection, which is indeed early enough.

The whole Juventus team arrived in Donetsk a day early, and Donetsk is a nice city in the east of Ukraine.

Since both teams have qualified, the first goal of the group stage has been completed, and the rest is to compete for the top spot, the mentality of the two teams is relatively relaxed, and Conte's goal is very simple, just take one point, he has long said to the team that this game should be played smarter.

To be smart is to get the best result at the least cost.

Don't look at the head coach in front of the media, he often swears, but he has already calculated in his heart that coaching a team is about the strategy of the whole season, and he can't be too obsessed with one game.

This meeting with Shakhtar Donetsk is not the last time, Juventus knows the roots this time, as the passive side of the battle for the first place, Shakhtar Donetsk will definitely not have much difference in lineup with the previous round, because it is their strongest lineup, and the effect is also very good.

At the beginning of this game, Juventus took a relatively conservative attitude as a guest, Shakhtar Donetsk sat at home and naturally attacked the main attack, the focus of the competition between the two sides was in the midfield, the scramble was fierce, and everyone was on the opposite side in the control of the field.

Then the first ten minutes can threaten the opponent's goal almost nothing, Lucescu is not stupid, emphasizing the main attack and refusing to relax his defense, and the focus of the competition itself is in the midfield, his formation can not be completely pressed, so Juventus also can't find any good way.

Today's weather is surprisingly cold, and the players on both sides can't move at the beginning of the game, and there are more mistakes, the eldest brother Mo said the second brother, don't laugh at 50 steps and take 100 steps, Shakhtar Donetsk's frontcourt South American school is difficult to show his power.

Ten minutes later, the players on both sides seemed to be moving, and Juventus barely had a slight advantage on their own slightly higher quality, but they were still able to hit Shakhtar Donetsk's penalty area very often.

The game between the two sides was dull, and in order to give themselves a chance, players from both sides invariably increased the number of long-range shots, and the result was certainly not ideal.

The first half was 0:0, and the second half was tragic at the beginning, it snowed in the stadium, although it was not very big, but the field slowly became slippery, and the two sides could not play any of their own characteristics, and no one could help anyone.

Zhang Yuan's game was originally played with a good performance, his performance in the first half was average, and the second half was very unsuitable for him to play, the ball was slippery and tight, and he didn't dare to dribble too much, on the slippery field, he couldn't control the ball well, and now he is more and more worried about such court conditions to get himself injured.

Weather factors and his own psychological factors made Zhang Yuan lose a large part of his power, and even so, the Donetsk miners did not dare to take him lightly, and there were many people who surrounded him.

The deadlock in this game was only broken in the 81st minute, the goal came from a set-piece, Shakhtar Donetsk was wronged by a set-piece, saying that they were wronged is not wronged, and they can only blame their own home field, which is too slippery.

Fernandinho chased back Giovinco's break, his foot slipped, and the break turned into a tackle, again from behind, which was awarded a well-placed free-kick opportunity, on the left side of the box in the middle, 25 meters from the goal.

Juventus' first free-kicker is needless to say Pirlo, but today Pirlo was not on the pitch, he was just replaced by Padoin, so the main penalty of this free kick became Zhang Yuan.

Giovinco, who made free kicks, is actually a good player, he also wants to take the penalty, but Zhang Yuan wants to score more, he has just been nominated, scoring goals is his strong desire, today various factors made him shoot less, this coincidental free kick is a good opportunity.

He swore to Giovinko: "I'll come, if I can't score, I'll eat the ball!"

Giovinco was speechless for a while, Nima, you swear like this, what else can I say.

He covered Zhang Yuan, ran first, stepped over the ball, and looked like he wanted to hit the near corner, and Zhang Yuan then followed up and hit a goalkeeper side.

Pyatov's position was too centered, his position was a mistake, Giovinko's running distracted him again, Zhang Yuan's shot was very simple and direct, it was a powerful volley, but the angle was very tricky, the speed was extremely fast, Pyatov didn't move, stood up, and the ball was already in the net.

Juventus relied on this goal to take a 1-0 lead over Shakhtar, Alessio breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines, the goal was basically a guarantee, and there were only a few minutes left in the game, and he felt that Shakhtar Donetsk had no chance to overtake the score.

Shakhtar Donetsk didn't have much chance to overtake the scores, but they equalised in the second minute of stoppage time, and in the final moments they had no choice but to cross from the wing.

In the second minute of stoppage time, Srna crossed from the right and Bonucci accidentally blocked the ball into his own goal, and Shakhtar Donetsk equalised.

The 1-1 scoreline was the final result, with Juventus still at the top of the table thanks to this draw and a strong position in the next round of draw, Shakhtar Donetsk in second place and also qualified, and Chelsea beat North Zealand in the other game, but to no avail, they had to go to the Europa League.

After Di Matteo was sacked in the last round of the group stage, Abramovic brought in Benitez, Benitez's resume goes without saying, he is a capable manager, but his management of the dressing room is also a criticism, I don't know if he can regain his former form at Chelsea this time, he suffered a Waterloo at Inter Milan.

After the away game against Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus returned to Turin and continued to start the league journey, winning away at Palermo on the afternoon of December 9, the score was 2:0, Zhang Yuan's performance was much better than the previous game, although he did not score, but contributed an assist, and the whole game was also very active, and was once again elected as the best player of the game.

There are two small and medium-sized clubs in Serie A that run the best, one is Udinese of the Pozzo family, and the other is Palermo, who praise the big mouth.

Both clubs are known for their extensive scouting nets, Zamparini has a good network of contacts and scouts in South America, and the chairman has always been known for his big mouth, and he used to say that he invested in football to contribute, but what is it?!

He has always been making money, he is very good at buying and selling people, he treats Palermo completely as a star processing factory, there are not a few stars who go out from here, he makes a lot of money, but Palermo is a relegation team every year, why Udinese has not become a relegation team, but his Palermo is.

The reason is that the chairman likes to fire coaches too much, changing coaches is as simple as eating for him, unlike Udinese, the Pozzo family does not like to change coaches so much, and the team's tactical style is easier to form, unlike Palermo, where each coach leads a different tactical philosophy, and it is strange that such a team is not relegated every year.

But Zan Parini still has a hearty word, if you don't have good grades, I won't fire you, who will you fire?!