Chapter 418: The road to comeback is long

At the Vinovo training base, Juventus players are sweating and training, and in the gym, there are also young players sweating. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This hard-working young man is Zhang Yuan, who has been absent for more than two months due to injury, he is now in the gym for recovery training, players have not trained normally for a long time, physical skills will be degraded, physical fitness, strength, speed, etc. are going to decline to varying degrees, because of insurance Zhang Yuan did not train in advance, but also rested for a few more days.

"Let's rest!" said the physical trainer Corati handed Zhang Yuan a bottle of water.

Zhang Yuan, who was out of breath, directly started to drink, today's training volume is not heavy, he just started to recover training, this is a gradual process, so it is not that he has to play now that his injury is healed, he must slowly adjust in the early stage.

Even though the training volume was not too large, he was so tired and out of breath that he did not train for two months.

"When will I be able to train with the team?" Zhang Yuan asked Corati.

"Haha, don't worry, take your time! You need a process, you are not absent for a long time, I think the recovery period will not be too long, maybe a week, maybe two weeks will be enough!" Corratti can understand Zhang Yuan's eagerness to play.

Juventus in Zhang Yuan's absence on the domestic front is far from bad, it is now December 3, Serie A has been played 14 rounds, Juventus has achieved a record of 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, 37 points, ranked first, extremely strong.

Originally, everyone thought that Zhang Yuan's absence would greatly affect Juventus' offensive efficiency, and there would be regression on the three lines, but I didn't expect Juventus, which is not too big in the summer transfer market, to maintain a strong position in the league with Tevez's high-level performance, and the record after 14 rounds is the best result in Juventus' history.

In second place is the Roma team, Roma this season is also extremely strong, last season after Zeman in the Roma team, the Roma team has been looking for a capable manager, invited Blanco, Bielsa, Mancini and other coaches, but none of them succeeded, and finally they chose Rudi Garcia as the new manager.

Rudy Garcia was not an easy one, he was the manager who led Lille to the Ligue 1 double in 2010-2011, and that was his highlight moment.

After becoming the head coach of the Roma team, he led the Roma team to the first ten consecutive wins this season, which is not only the best start in the history of Serie A, but also ranked first in the European League.

Ten wins in a row followed by four draws for Roma, which put Juventus in second place with three points separating them from the table.

Although Juventus does not dare to relax, at least there are advantages to be had.

This is the situation in the league, but in the European competition, Juventus played very badly, after the first round of the draw Copenhagen, the second round Juventus carelessly lost Jingzhou at home, and failed to beat Galatasaray, only got a draw, and then against the strongest group Real Madrid one draw and one loss, in the fifth round finally won Copenhagen at home.

At present, in Group B, Real Madrid won 4 and drew 1 and got 13 points to lock the first place in the group in advance, Juventus has 6 points and ranks second, Galatasaray has 4 points and is third in the group, and Copenhagen is fourth in the group with 4 points.

Juventus will go to Galatasaray's home stadium in the final round of the group, and it will be a do-or-die battle that will see Juventus qualify for the tournament after a draw, and if they lose, they will be eliminated from the competition.

Although Copenhagen also accumulated 4 points, even if they beat Real Madrid at home, whether Juventus or Galatasaray advanced, they scored fewer away goals, so they are sure that they will not be able to enter the knockout stage of the Champions League, but for them, there is still a qualification for the knockout stage of the Europa League.

Therefore, Zhang Yuan is anxious to return to normal training, mainly to catch up with the match against Galatasaray in time, but now it seems that there is little hope, because the match against Galatasaray is played on December 10, and the time is only one week.

"Don't think about things on the court!" Corratti comforted Zhang Yuan, "Trust your teammates!

Zhang Yuan still understands this truth, if he takes the risk of increasing the amount of training, he is likely to be injured again, but the gains outweigh the losses.

Before welcoming Galatasaray, Juventus first played an away game against Bologna, in order to prepare for the final round of the Champions League in the middle of next week, Conte can be described as painstaking, a series of rotations, Zhang Yuan is no longer in the days, the main thing is that Tevez provoked the big beam in the front, Llorente played very well, and the two are very important to the current Juventus.

Neither of the two strikers was present for the game, with Conte using Giovinco and Quagliarella to partner up front.

Juventus have won 6 leagues in the league before, and it has to be said that Juventus is only getting better now, and the result of the Champions League match against Real Madrid is not surprising, but the performance in the first two rounds is too bad.

Bologna have had a terrible season, with only 12 points and are just one step away from falling into the relegation zone, after a five-game winless run and even though Juventus used a rotating line-up, they failed to cause much trouble for Juventus, who beat Bologna 2-0 away to make it seven points ahead of Roma in the next game.

Conte is concerned about Zhang Yuan's return to training during this time, his current squad is relatively fixed, Tevez and Llorente are regular partners in the attack, but he still hopes that Zhang Yuan can return in time to catch up with the Galataserre game.

Compared with Tevez and Llorente, Conte's trust in Zhang Yuan comes from many previous games, many times Juventus can't open the situation, relying on whom, it is Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan sometimes as long as the state is good, a flash can solve the problem, this is a person who can rely on one person to change the situation of the game like Messi and Ronaldo.

In the crucial game, how could Conte not expect Zhang Yuan to return to normal training in time, but Corratti told him very bad news, Zhang Yuan's thigh muscles showed signs of fatigue.

The reason is that Zhang Yuan insisted on increasing the amount of training in the past few days, and after this day's training, he felt discomfort in his thigh muscles, and Corati judged that it was mostly because he did not train according to the original plan, and his leg muscles were tired.

No matter how forced he is forced to play in such a situation, nine times out of ten is the risk of muscle strain, and Conte is helpless, it seems that Zhang Yuan can't count on it.

Not only can't he count on it, Conte, as the head coach, also specifically talked to Zhang Yuan.

"Don't rush it, our situation is not so bad now, after all, we are in a good position, as long as we don't lose to them, we can qualify! Your task now is to have a good rest, I promise you, this season is very difficult in the Champions League, but we will definitely qualify!" Conte made another promise, he is indeed confident, but such a commitment is more to persuade Zhang Yuan to recover with peace of mind, not to rush.

Zhang Yuan was unable to participate in the game because of muscle fatigue and his training was interrupted, but he still followed the team to Turkey for this game.

Istanbul is a megacity that straddles the Eurasian continent, the city is a famous sports city with many professional football clubs, Galatasaray, Besiktas, and Fenerbahce are the three most famous professional football clubs.

These three clubs are the absolute kings of Turkey's top flight, and they have won most of the domestic titles, and they are also regulars in the European competition.

Galatasaray are the best of the three, having won 19 league titles on the domestic stage and are the first Turkish club to win an continental title.