Chapter 188: Home Dragon Catania
Sometimes he would show off his footwork at the training ground, and occasionally he would take the initiative to ask Ying to compete with the players in the team. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Once he and Zhang Yuan tried a free kick and hit 3 of 5 free throws, he said to Zhang Yuan triumphantly: "How is it?! My level is still very good! You should study hard!"
Yo he, at your level, the blind cat meets a dead mouse! Zhang Yuan was slandered, he was a sapper-type midfielder when he was a player, Deschamps and he were partners, Deschamps is a bit higher than his technical level, his footwork level is definitely not as good as Zhang Yuan's, and now it is clearly showing.
"That's it! It's still a little bit close to me, and it's even farther away from Alex and Andre!" Zhang Yuan hit him unceremoniously.
"Hehe, boy, I've never seen you talk to a coach like that?!do you know the consequences?!" Conte asked with a grin.
"What consequences?!You ate me?!If you're not convinced, let's have a formal competition!" Zhang Yuan shouted.
"No, I'm too lazy to compete with you! If you can't score more than 20 goals this season, I'll definitely make you suffer again next season!" Conte rejected Zhang Yuan's proposal, and gave Zhang Yuan a goal in a joke.
Hehe, Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Coach, you look down on me too much! My goal this season is 25 goals!"
Conte thinks that 20 goals is really not a few, Zhang Yuan is now a newcomer to Serie A (Inter Milan period is not counted!), don't look at the first two games, but the more you go to the back, the more familiar the opponent is with him, he will be greatly restricted, and it is less and less difficult to get opportunities, and it is actually quite difficult to find goals.
Of course, Zhang Yuan also took into account such factors, his most goal-scoring season was the season when Schalke 04 won the championship, he achieved the average goal per game, and scored more than 30 goals in the Bundesliga, but now it is Serie A, the level here is not necessarily as high as the Bundesliga, but the defensive organization is more tight, and scoring goals is a difficult thing, so his requirement for himself is to score 20 goals in all competitions together.
Two wins and one draw didn't start badly for Juventus, who finished seventh last season, and now they sit in the top three with Genoa and Udinese.
Inter Milan and AC Milan, who can attack the championship in the new season, have not played well, Inter Milan has only 4 points, and AC Milan is even worse, only 2 points, it seems that there is no bit of last season's champion.
However, the season has just begun, three rounds of matches, unlike La Liga, a defeat for Barcelona and Real Madrid is fatal, here has entered the era of melee, Inter Milan eats the old book, AC Milan does not invest much this summer, Roma, Napoli, etc. are potential spoilers.
Conte himself often analyzes the situation in the standings, but repeatedly tells everyone not to look at the standings, we have to win one game at a time.
Conte's current selection is also very distinctive, he hardly thinks about whether the player is suitable for his own system, of course, people are such people, he does not have much choice, the key to his evaluation of whether to play is that the player is reluctant to work the field, can run and not run blindly.
On the afternoon of September 25, Juventus challenged Catania away, and it was another rain battle.
Catania is a team in Sicily, Sicily is the birthplace of the mafia, and it is difficult to play at home here, not because of off-field factors, but because at home these teams always burst out with amazing energy.
Catania managed to avoid relegation last season because they played well at home, typically at home, winning 14 of their 19 home games and losing just four, while winning just one away game.
However, against the top three in the north, their home advantage is not obvious, and even then, Conte has repeatedly warned his players that they must not take it lightly.
However, the reality gave Juventus a blow in the face, and this time the result seemed to be even worse, as Catania started the game with Juventus at the Massimino Stadium.
Catania has a lot of Argentines in the team, they are good at using the 433 formation, and focus on attack, Catania recruited Diego Simeone as coach during the winter break last season, Simeone's overall record after coming to power can still be said to be reasonable, but he is not willing to stay in Catania after the end of the season, the stage here is not big enough, and Catania negotiated the termination of the contract.
Catania's search for a coach is purposeful, they are looking for a coach who fits the team's tactics, and then the former "little plane" Montella joins Catania.
After the small plane entered Catania, the start was relatively average, but in this game he still formulated an offensive tactic according to the characteristics of Catania's body, and after the start, Catania's formation moved forward for high pressing.
In the 20th minute, right winger Gomez successfully broke through Grosso with the ball, and then crossed in front of the goal, Bergecio grabbed the point and tackled, and the ball hit the door of Buffon's handle.
Catania actually took the lead by one goal, which made Conte really depressed, in the first 20 minutes, Juventus had a certain advantage but it was not obvious, Catania's 433 can also create a threat to Juventus, Conte did not wait for the outbreak of his own players but waited for Catania's outburst.
The fans at the Massimino Stadium were cheering, most of them were double fans, but they were definitely in favor of Catania in this game, who wouldn't want their hometown team to give a little effort?!
Montella's tactics are very successful, his arrangement for the team today is mainly to compete with Juventus in the midfield, Conte's tactical arrangement, today he changed to 433, the two wings Krasic and Elia They are more on the side, because they are all players who focus on passing skills, and the single striker in front is Zhang Yuan.
In this way, Zhang Yuan's position is much more forward, and he can't retreat often, and the midfield trio of Vidal, Marchisio, and Pirlo, this is not the first time they have worked together, but there is a disconnect between them and the front three.
Facing a strong siege from Catania's midfield, it was hard to see.
After Catania's attack was completed, Montella began to recycle appropriately, not to recycle his formation, but to let his two wingers adduct, similar to playing in the midfield, to attract the attention of Juventus' defense in the middle.
Juventus and Catania are fiercely contested in midfield, and the players in their home stadium Catania are particularly capable of running, and Juventus is very difficult.
At the end of the first half, the score was still 1:0 ahead of Catania, Conte's feeling was a nest, Krasic was better, and gradually understood that he had to run up and down more diligently, but Elia was different, he was diligent in training and he was completely different on the court, and he had little interaction with Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan basically couldn't turn back to his feet when he made the ball for him.
Zhang Yuan didn't dare to dribble the ball more here at this level, but Elia was desperate to find an opportunity to break through on the side.
This idea obviously does not meet Conte's requirements, what can you do to break through?!Cross?!Zhang Yuan plays a single striker to avoid crosses as much as possible!
Conte is not stupid, of course he knows that Catania will not stick to his home stadium, he arranged three midfielders to enhance the defensive thickness of the midfield, but also hoped that the front three can form an interaction, with a quick attack to break Catania's goal, now his arrangement is not working.
So at halftime he replaced the inactive Elia and replaced Pepe, Pepe's breakthrough may not be as good as Elia, but he obviously knows more about Serie A and knows how to cooperate with his teammates, and he is also very active in running up and down, and can participate in the team's defense.
Montella continued to play the same mind in the second half, intending to cause some problems for Juventus.
However, the effect of Conte's substitution this time was obvious, Pepe as a winger focused more on co-ordinating the defence, and Conte focused on Krasic on the right side.
Zhang Yuan moved closer to the right side more modestly in the second half, intending to interact with Krasic.
In the 49th minute, Juventus equalized, Vidal passed directly to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan protected the ball and took a step sideways, straight to the right side, Krasic was very fast, grabbed the ball before Capuano and cut inside, and then passed to Zhang Yuan in the inverted triangle, Zhang Yuan did not stop the ball and pushed it directly, directly hitting the near corner of the Catania gate.
Catania was unlucky, their field conditions were a bit bad, it was raining again, Zhang Yuan ran to the penalty area after passing the ball, Spoli who was following him was very tight, but Zhang Yuan ran and turned around, a shake, Spoli turned on the slippery field and fell, causing Zhang Yuan to shoot when no one was with him.