After returning to Turin, Zhang Yuan participated in the team's joint training, and Conte was happy to find that Zhang Yuan was finally not that sluggish, and he was able to talk and laugh with his teammates on the training ground, and the training showed a good state. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Conte doesn't know what happened to Zhang Yuan, anyway, as long as his state is improving!

In the home game against Genoa on October 22, Zhang Yuan was sent on the field by Conte, and in this game Conte returned to the 442 formation, allowing Matri and Zhang Yuan to partner in the front, it seems that Conte is determined to win this game at home, adding one more person to the front line, trying to increase the pressure on Genoa.

Juventus' side were not fully staffed, with Gianluigi Buffon unable to play the game after suffering a sprained shoulder during Thursday's training session, with Storari in goalkeeper.

Genoa have not been a solid defensive team since Gasperini's time, they are actually quite good in attack, and after being promoted to the first division, they gradually settled in the middle of the table, and last season they were only seven points away from Juventus.

The 451 formation they adopted today is clearly to fight with Juventus in the midfield, and Juventus can calmly control the ball against AC Milan, but here in Genoa, various factors lead to Genoa's possession is not an absolute disadvantage, and the advantage in the number of midfielders has been played a positive role by them.

In the first half, Zhang Yuan's retreat was relatively shallow, and if he wanted to create a threat more quickly, he had to not be too far away from Genoa's penalty area, and the consequence of this was to make Genoa very bold to press up, and a back Veloso would die against Zhang Yuan, and everyone else would press up and steal.

Juventus were not in great form today, and the success rate of passing was not very high, which is one of the reasons why Genoa can also get the ball frequently.

The reason why Zhang Yuan can be so high is because he has the ability to change the game, and after adapting in the first half, Zhang Yuan finally began to exert his power.

In the 31st minute, Zhang Yuan retreated in the middle to respond, made a forced two-by-one breakthrough with Marchisio, and then slashed to the left side of the Genoa penalty area.

At the end of the first half, Juventus temporarily took the lead, and shortly after the start of the second half, Juventus scored again, and in the 54th minute, Zhang Yuan pulled to the side, crossed with his feet, and Matri grabbed the point and pushed the ball into Genoa's net with a leap.

The overall situation has been decided, this is the common understanding of Juventus and the fans at that time, but Genoa is really trying to make trouble for Juventus today.

Juventus, who were two goals ahead, relaxed in their mentality, while Conte began to show his conservative side again, replacing the outstanding Estigarivia with Pazienza, who interacted with the middle many times on the flank, passing the threat ball twice, once Matri didn't grasp it, and the other time was our Zhang Yuan classmate who inexplicably hit the plane.

Pazienza's defensive ability is better than Estigalivia's, and Conte is now trying to keep the scoreline, because Genoa's attack is actually very ferocious, and their shots are still a big threat to Storari.

Conte's 442 is a parallel position, this formation itself is a balanced formation, but you still have to see who is under him, like today's Conte's formation is not a balanced system, both wings are mainly attacking, and the defense is weak, otherwise how can you give the opponent so many opportunities.

Less than 10 minutes after Conte's adjustment, Genoa scored in the 65th minute when Angela Merkel's cross from the flank was flanked by Rossi and a header salvaged for Genoa.

Antonio Conte was furious on the sidelines, angry at the team's mental state, unmarked crosses and out of position defensively, which led to the goal.

After conceding the goal, Juventus seemed to be woken up by this stuffy stick, and the team's operation began to normalize, Zhang Yuan retreated more, he was asked by Conte to retreat as much as possible to help the midfielder control the situation, so Zhang Yuan could only retreat deeper, far away from Genoa's goal, the purpose of this is of course to strengthen the control of Juventus' midfield, but the disadvantage is that Zhang Yuan himself can't get any decent shooting opportunities.

Although Zhang Yuan also wanted to continue his record of scoring goals on his debut, the overall situation was important, and he chose to follow the arrangement of head coach Conte.

Zhang Yuan is the person who gives Genoa the most headache, he didn't score today, but Juventus's two goals were assisted by Zhang Yuan, the reason is that Genoa can't keep up with him, the first time Veloso was beaten by Zhang Yuan and Marchisio, the second time Zhang Yuan took the initiative to the side, and Pepe put pressure on Genoa's side at the same time, and found a second opportunity to assist.

Now Zhang Yuan's frequent retreat responds, Genoa began to take a sharp turn in the control of the ball, after all, with Zhang Yuan's help, Juventus's midfield pressure is gradual, and Genoa's players are also people who continue to intercept with high intensity, which is very hurtful, and they are gradually unable to stand up now.

Genoa coach Marino simply let his team reclaim a little bit and maybe try to play on the counter-attack without being so pressing.

In the 83rd minute, Genoa, who had been completely passive, finally equalized, after Genoa intercepted at the back, a long pass hit the back of the Juventus defense, Chiellini inexplicably rose to the top, and Caracciolo scored with a single knife and an easy push.

Chiellini complained to the referee that Caracciolo had committed a foul, but the referee ignored the decision and still ruled the goal valid, which caused boos from the fans and strong displeasure from the Juventus players, but to no avail.

Conte is very calm, he used to be a defensive player, of course he knows that it is normal to pull each other in such a situation, the focus just now is not Caracciolo pulling Chiellini, but Chiellini himself lost his position first, not so much pulling as a scramble.

The game ended in the end, and Juventus were disappointed to be chased twice by Genoa at their home stadium, and three points became one.

"Genoa played very well, it was a mistake that we didn't extend the score further, we made some mistakes in defending!

In the last five games, Juventus have only won one game, while the other four have all been draws, and the draws with no goals have been drawn, which has fully proved that Juventus are not in such good form.

Conte was disappointed: "The positive side of the game is that we are unbeaten and we are unbeaten, but I would rather win two and lose two than draw four. We've had a good start to the season, but we have to be aware that we're good, but we have a long way to go and there are no shortcuts. We should work hard calmly, not just taste the bitterness, we should look at the positive side. Don't forget where we started, those who have been successful know that victory will not come without a long night. ”

Although he was disappointed, he also tried to reduce the pressure on the team from the outside world, always mentioning that Juventus's starting point is very low, and it is not so easy to return to the former hegemony and rolling strength.

Conte defended the criticism of the Juventus backline: "We always put the responsibility of attacking and defending on the whole team, and pointing the finger at the back seems a bit limiting. We gave the Genoese a chance today, maybe we were a little bit unbalanced, but we shouldn't have pointed everything at the back. ”

Conte was actually a little depressed after the game, but he is still full of confidence in the team, the main reason is that he saw that at least two players on the front line are still very good, Zhang Yuan seems to really be able to take on greater responsibility, but he still needs to be carved well in defense, and the defense needs to be strengthened, Juventus is too easy to concede a goal now, which is not good at all.

After this game, Juventus could not be easy, and the team did not have a holiday, because they were about to face off against an "enemy" - Fiorentina.

The hatred between the two teams does not come from the hatred between the upper echelons of the team, but from the fact that Fiorentina fans have a lot of opinions about Juventus.