Chapter 42: The First Influence on Idols
Unlike Rimini's preparations, which are loose on the outside and tight on the inside, Juventus's preparations are no different from those against other teams, which means that they do not pay attention to the preparation of Rimini? No, but they pay the same attention to other teams. Juventus was drawn by Rimini away from home in the first game of the league, which was a lesson to Juventus, and Serie B is not so easy to mess with, coach Deschamps warned all the players after the first game, do you think Serie B is simple? Do you think that our promotion is easy and enjoyable? Then now is a wake-up call for you, Serie B is not so simple.
In fact, Juventus seems to be very simple to upgrade in the outside world, but the truth is not as simple as everyone thinks, first of all, the whole season has not started to be fined nine points, if you want to win the championship and advance directly, they must erase these 9 points, which means that they have to win three more games than the second or third place, and secondly, they have little offensive problem in front of them, and there are not many players who walk, but the midfielder and the defender line are all key, the midfielder has gone Emerson and Vieira, which are the main core players, these two are the world's first-class midfielders, and the back line has gone Thuram, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, these three are the world's top defenders, Juventus in the new season has weakened a lot in defense, and finally Juventus is now only in third place, but the goal difference advantage overwhelms Rimini, there are eleven rounds left in the league, no one can guarantee that they will finally win the championship. The rest of the games are important for them, and they have to go all out to win each game and win the title to qualify directly for Juventus.
So they also attach great importance to Rimini, but they don't treat it specially, if they want to say special treatment, then they also treat every opponent in the future until they get the championship.
The head coach of Juventus said in an interview with reporters before the game that although Rimini drew Juventus at home, it does not mean that Juventus needs special treatment, and he stressed that Juventus respect every opponent and will go all out to win every game.
And Juve's captain Piero should also be cautious in responding to reporters' interviews, he said that Rimini is a very strong team, Juve will not underestimate Rimini's recent performance, only concentrate and concentrate to win the game, if you are as careless as last time, you will definitely suffer.
The reporter asked him which player in the Rimini team had a profound impact on him, and Piero chose Zhang Yuan.
He told reporters: "I haven't played against Zhang, but I've watched a lot of videos about him. I have to say that he is really a genius and has great personal ability. I'm very optimistic about his future, because I didn't do that well when I was 16. We have to limit him in the game, otherwise he's going to cause me a lot of problems!"
Piero's words certainly made Zhang Yuan very happy, he liked the iron man Nedved the most in the Juventus team, but Piero also liked it, he admired Piero's passing and shooting, as well as the free kick kung fu, which was not in vain.
But happy is happy, serious preparation can not relax, Raiola also called Zhang Yuan before the game, not only to let Zhang Yuan relax but also let Zhang Yuan perform well, he will go to the scene to watch the game. Zhang Yuan didn't know that Raiola rarely went to the scene to watch the game, and more often hid at home to watch the game, but this time he wanted to see Zhang Yuan's performance against the top team this time.
On the third day after the match with Cesena, on April 18, Rimini challenged Juventus and the Turin Olympic Stadium away, Zhang Yuan came here for the first time, the stadium was very large, and more than 20,000 spectators were seated, but today Zhang Yuan was a little disappointed, there were only more than 10,000 spectators sitting at the scene, which seemed sparse, and he still wanted to be majestic in a crowded place.
The pre-match ceremony ended, the game officially began, and Juventus played the 442 formation today. The goalkeeper is undoubtedly Buffon, the left back is Barzanetti, the left central back is Chiellini, the right central defender is Bumsson, and the right back is Zebina;
In midfield, Marchioni is a right midfielder, Nedved is a left midfielder, and the two midfielders are Zanetti and Gianni Keda, with Zanetti on the right and Gianni Keda on the right.
The forward line is paired by Piero and Trezeguet.
Rimini's side is also in a 442 formation. Goalkeeper Handanovic, centre-back Digan and Pecarisi are partnered on the left, Pecarisi on the right, right wing-back Vitielo and left wing-back Regonesi.
In midfield, Acori brought up Porkia to partner Cristiano in the back, with Richiuti on the left and Moscaldelli on the right.
On the front line is Zhang Yuan's partner Jeda.
After the start of the game, it was not that everyone expected Juventus to attack as soon as they came up, nor that Rimini would defend as soon as they came on the field, on the contrary, Juventus did not attack Rimini at the beginning but stabilized the rhythm, as if to prevent Rimini from stealing the start.
Juventus' tradition is to be steady, which is one of the reasons why they are called the old lady, once they let them score, it is difficult for the opponent to equalize them, this game is obviously Deschamps first thought of stability, no matter who the opponent is, first stabilize his position, and slowly look for opportunities, the game has 90 minutes, he believes that with the creativity of the front court will definitely create scoring opportunities. Winning is the last word, as for how much to win, it's secondary.
In this way, during the opening period, Juventus neither pressed heavily nor gave Rimini any chance, Zhang Yuan played for a while and found that Zanetti was always keeping an eye on him, inseparable, it seems that Deschamps still attaches great importance to Zhang Yuan, and arranged a special person to watch Zhang Yuan.
Zanetti's speed is not fast, and he is not as flexible as Zhang Yuan, but the prediction and defensive position are very good, Zhang Yuan was judged correctly in advance by Zanetti when he received the ball twice, and directly poked the ball out from Zhang Yuan's feet, Zhang Yuan didn't have time to control the ball at all.
After playing for a while, Zhang Yuan felt that Zanetti's defense against him was too tight, and Zanetti's ability was too strong, at least it was stronger than he had ever encountered before, and he couldn't hold the ball steadily in front of him, and he had to think of a way to talk about any threat.
Akori off the field is also very anxious, Zhang Yuan is now the offensive core of the whole team, he is restricted, then the offensive power of his side will be greatly reduced, this situation was expected in advance, and someone was also sent to guard Zhang Yuan in training, but the back of his team is not at the same level as Zanetti, Zhang Yuan has done a good job in training to take the ball with his back and get rid of it, but in the face of the experienced Zanetti, he is obviously still a little tender.
No matter how much Juventus tries to stabilize on the field, after all, the overall strength of the team is far superior to Rimini, so the advantage belongs to Juventus. In the 15th minute of the first half, Juve created a great opportunity, Nedved and Piero on the left side of the two-one, a cross from the bottom, Trezeguet fought for the top to do it, Piero met the ball and shot angrily, the ball hit the crossbar and popped out of the stadium, Handanovic didn't move, he didn't react at all, Piero shot the ball with great power, and Rimini was shocked up and down in a cold sweat.
Sometimes the role of these big-name stars is reflected here, when Piero shoots, Porkia who is marking him is out of position, why is he out of position? Originally, he was sticking to Piero, but after Nedved and Piero were two and one, only Vitielo was left as a defender, Polkia hesitated for a moment whether to lean over there and block Nedved's ball line, but he was stunned, Piero had already run and shot before Porkia returned to the defense. Trezeguet still prepared the ball back to Piero despite Digan's interference, and the two old partners worked together very well to cause Rimini this problem.
Without the ball, Zanetti still stared at Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan thought about it for a while, compared to Zanetti's own advantage is speed and flexibility, he must play his two advantages, so he took the opportunity of the ball out of bounds, when Zanetti took a nap, he said to Rikiuti: " Adrian, I can't hold the ball at all under Zanetti's defense, he keeps a close eye on me, and he is very strong, I can't fight him, I need you to move closer to me, we both do more short passes, tell others to try not to go directly to my feet when passing the ball to me, stay away from me, I will take the initiative to catch the ball to tear away the distance from Zanetti. β
Richiuti nodded, indicating that he understood, Zhang Yuan was restricted in his eyes, and there was nothing he could do in his heart, but now Zhang Yuan proposed a solution that was not a good solution.
After starting again, Zhang Yuan runs more, since you like to follow, then I will run more, I am faster than you, explosive power is better than you, and there will always be space to catch the ball.
It's true, when you encounter a defensive freak midfielder, you can only try to increase your run, pull out the space to catch the ball and break through, and it is difficult to get rid of it in front of this kind of midfielder, even if he loses his center of gravity, the experienced will give you a small foul, and then you still have no play.
In the 32nd minute, Zhang Yuan's unremitting running finally paid off, this time after Cristiano steals the ball in the midfield, a fake fax buckle, shook past Camoranesi, and then followed by a straight pass, the ball is very fast, the power is great, there are still two or three meters away from Zhang Yuan, but everyone can see that Cristiano's ball must have been passed to Zhang Yuan, because the ball is farther away from Richiuti and Moscalderli, it may be a passing error, this is everyone's idea, where do they know that this is not a passing error, this ball is deliberately passed like thisγ Zhang Yuan just followed Zanetti and the two brothers to slowly wander, but as soon as he saw Cristiano break the ball and was ready to pass, he immediately started, two or three meters away, he caught Zanetti off guard, Zanetti was not slow to react, he saw Cristiano break the ball, immediately tensed his nerves, his eyes stared at Zhang Yuan, predicting the direction of Zhang Yuan's activities, but Zhang Yuan is explosive, a start threw him more than a meter, Zhang Yuan smoothly touched the ball, the ball speed is very fast, Zhang Yuan of course will not choose to stop the ball, which will make him and Zanetti re-attached, so he touched the ball with his right foot arch lightly, of course, also recovered the power, Otherwise, the ball must have bounced high, the ball bounced off the grass, Zhang Yuan's right foot picked up the ball again, gave little strength, let the ball change direction, and at the same time turned around and quickly followed the ball to chase out, successfully completed the back to catch the ball and turn around, Zanetti is not unhappy, but Zhang Yuan's actions are very coherent, and at the same time, Zanetti's defensive distance and actions are estimated very clearly. Zanetti originally saw that the distance from Zhang Yuan was not enough, and he had already put the shovel, but Zhang Yuan estimated that he took the ball with his back and picked up the ball just past the foot of Zanetti's shovel, and Zhang Yuan himself also stepped over from Zanetti's thigh, and he didn't carry the ball forward, in front of Boumson and Zebina, Chiellini defended Jada, Zhang Yuan took the ball from the right side of Juventus to the direction of the penalty area, Zebina didn't care about his side, came to help defend Zhang Yuan, he stood in position, but it was useless, Zhang Yuan stepped on the bicycle a few times, dialed the ball on the right side, Zebina couldn't react and was passed, and hurriedly chased after him, Zhang Yuan smashed the ball and passed him, and then went down in the big penalty area, Bumsson came up to defendZhang Yuan was still a smash, Bumsson lost his center of gravity, Zhang Yuan didn't wait for him to react, shot directly, shot a curling ball towards the back right corner of the Juventus goal, but the ball was also rejected by Buffon on the goal beam, bounced on the goal beam, and returned to the penalty area, Jada failed to grab the ball and was kicked back by Gianni Keda.
This time, Zhang Yuan's breakthrough with the ball was very fast, which scared Buffon into a cold sweat, and several of Zhang Yuan's idols were thinking that this guy's dribbling ability was really powerful, the frequency was too fast, and he was really too flexible when he passed Zanetti.