Chapter 237: Comeback
Cosmi is a veteran of Serie A, he has been coaching the middle and lower reaches of Serie A for a long time, has coached many teams, and is familiar with the environment of Serie A, but after he came to power, he coached three games Lecce still has not improved much, of course, the reason cannot be blamed on him, mainly because the foundation of the Lecce team is too thin, on the other hand, Di Francesco owes too many debts, and the morale of the whole team is low. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The winter break is too good news for Lecce in distress, even if it is only a week's events, the players can take a moment to relax, let go of the dismal first half of the season, regain their morale, and Kosmi can also take this opportunity to combine what he knows about the team some time ago to develop targeted tactics and measures.
On the afternoon of January 8, Lecce's home match against Juventus was played at the Stadio Via del Maré.
Zhang Yuan returned to the starting list after the suspension of this game, and Conte faced the weak Lecce a little bit and continued to put on a 433 attack formation.
Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon
Defender: Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Barza, Lichiellini
Midfielder: Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio
Forwards: Quagliarella, Zhang Yuan, Vucinic
Zhang Yuan is in the center, Quagliarella is on the right, Vucinic is on the left, these three are all forwards, and their defensive ability is not good, Conte is clearly trying to bully Lecce, to put it bluntly, he wants to eat Lecce who is not in good shape.
Cosmi changed the formation and tactics of Di Francisco in the past, and he used the 352 tactic for this game.
Goalkeeper: Benasi
Defender: Tomovic Esposito Odoro
Midfielder: Mez Bastelass, Obodo, Cuadrado, Giacomazzi
Forward: Di Michele Muriel
Giacomazzi plays in the midfield position and is responsible for the tandem between the midfielders.
Originally, Lecce was a weak team, and their posture should be lowered, but what can Kosmi do, why, it's not because there are too many debts in front of them, now every game Kosmi and Lecce have only one purpose, to win, to win as much as possible.
On their home turf, the first half of the season was miserable, but in the second half, Cosmi and Lecce will have to make a difference at home.
Therefore, he arranged five midfielders in this game to break Juventus' midfield control, and at the same time to break Juventus's wrists, to take down the midfield, and create opportunities for himself.
Di Michaele is a veteran, this year's age is not young, but Lecce is still supported by him, Lecce was able to relegate last season Di Michele contributed to the team's top scorer.
Chinese fans may confuse Di Michale and Di Natale, they are different people, but they used to be comrades side by side at Udinese, and in the 04-05 season Udinese finished fourth in the league, and it was Di Michele who shone brightly, not Di Natale.
Di Michele began to go downhill after that season, injuries were one of the important reasons, but Di Natale went higher and higher, getting older and more demonized, very bullish.
Muriel, who partnered Di Michele, is not an idle player, he is a year younger than Zhang Yuan, and his fame is much later than Zhang Yuan, but he has performed amazingly in the domestic Colombian league, and he was caught by scouts in European football after playing a few professional games, and finally came to Udinese.
There are many teams that want him, but Muriel chose Udinese, because Udinese's level of training is quite famous, and Udinese's scouting network and influence and reputation in those countries in South America are quite good, so Muriel naturally chose this place as the first stop in Europe.
Lecce also has his fellow countryman Cuadrado in the team, this person is also from Udinese, which shows that Udinese's ability to tap talents in these countries in South America is quite powerful.
At the beginning of the game, Juventus's position was relatively dead, and it soon fell into the strangulation of the Lecce team, the midfield was seriously disjointed, and the Lecce team really changed its spirit after the winter break, and the fight was fierce.
Juventus is at a disadvantage, the Cuadrado just mentioned is very fast, the dribbling is very sharp, which makes Chiellini very embarrassed, Chiellini is obviously not very used to Cuadrado's style, Cuadrado is young, but bold, in the face of the long-famous Chiellini is not frightened at all, and is very bold to use his speed and passing advantages.
A few crosses to the middle, Di Michele and Muriel did not have a height advantage, but the ability to grab points in the face of ground balls was still good, and in just a few minutes, Buffon had already made a crucial save.
Buffon looked a little annoyed, and he shouted at his teammates for their ideas to help defend!
Zhang Yuan can see it clearly in the front field, he now finally understands why Conte is unwilling to lose the ball easily, against that kind of strong wing attacker, Juventus has a big problem defensively, several defenders except Lichtsteiner, several other serious positions are central defenders, Xiao Kuailing is a natural enemy for them, and the problem of slow turning is undoubtedly prominent.
The pace slowed down a bit, but the team was not easy to catch the hole, and today Juventus and Lecce were at the bottom of the midfield battle as soon as they came on the field, and the Lecce team tried the tactics of counter-attacking on the spot, specifically using the speed of Cuadrado and Muriel to cause problems for Juventus.
Muriel also has a nickname called Ronaldo of Colombia, a nickname similar to Takayuki Morimoto, who is known as Ronaldo of Japan.
Ronaldo is explosive and excellent in breakthroughs, people have this name, there must be a few brushes.
Conte was anxious on the sidelines, expecting the midfield to be firmly in control, but who would have thought that his team would be countered by Lecce at the bottom of the table.
After discussing with Alessio and other assistants, Conte finally changed his tactics, he asked Zhang Yuan to retreat, and the two wingers adducted, basically Zhang Yuan can play as a forward when needed, and the two wingers can be used as strikers.
This is also an advantage of Zhang Yuan's time, his position can change and is enough to take on the role of the forward position, among the other Juventus strikers, only Piero has this effect, and no one else has this ability.
Zhang Yuan got the new instructions and didn't have the slightest opinion, he also knew that he had to retreat at this time, what if he didn't retreat, the midfielder and the striker couldn't be connected at all.
Cosmi also expected such a situation, because Conte's team loved to play like this when they used Zhang Yuan, and once the midfield was at a disadvantage, they immediately let Zhang Yuan recover, because Zhang Yuan's possession ability is relatively strong, and he is a shooter with good passing, but the header is not his strong point, which helps Juventus regain the disadvantage of the midfield.
Cosmi's response is to let Obodo to mark Zhang Yuan, Lecce has another person in the midfield to choose Strasser, this is Lecce's loan from AC Milan back, and Zhang Yuan is the same age, but the reputation and experience are much worse than Obodo, the advantage is that he is willing to run, covering a large area, Zhang Yuan's retreat is limited, Kosmi would rather let Obodo go to the position, let the younger Strasser.
Whether this trick works or not is actually unknown to Kosmi, but it can only be arranged like this on the field now.
Obodo was also a well-known young beast in Perugia, but after a brief orgasm, injuries dragged him down, and he became more and more unsatisfactory, starting with Fiorentina and now relegated to the relegation side Lecce.
He is now the year of fighting, but not the competitive level of the year of fighting, and he is strong and strong, and he has encountered difficulties in marking Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan's change of direction is also very powerful, and the most action that Obodo does is to foul, otherwise there is no way to prevent Zhang Yuan, he can no longer keep up with Zhang Yuan's rhythm.
Thanks to the emergence of Zhang Yuan, Juventus now gradually dares to make some bold passes, what is bold, is to dare to pass the ball to him when Zhang Yuan seems to be stared at, I believe in his ability to handle the ball.
Zhang Yuan actually likes this kind of passing, Serie A plays very conservatively, the defensive organization is better, just by controlling the ball, it may be difficult to break the balance, but the bold way of passing, bold cooperation may bring positive results, and there is no need to invest too many troops, as long as there are three people, everyone can pass well to each other to tear apart the opponent's defense.