Chapter 419: Istanbul Snow Battle

Juventus have played Galatasaray 5 times before, winning once and drawing three times, which shows that Galatasaray has not been afraid of Juventus at all in history, and their squad is also very good this season. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

There is also Sneijder, who joined from Inter Milan in January 2013 and has been at the heart of the team since his arrival, and this is his second season, which has been very good in the previous games.

Galatasere also includes former Chelsea star Didier Drogba, as well as Juventus veteran Melo, Lazio's former goalkeeper Muslera and Arsenal veteran Eboue.

Many of the stars who play in the top league are older, and the gold rush location does not necessarily choose the Middle East, the United States, of course, there is another option in the Chinese Super League, and some stars will also choose the Turkish league or the Greek league.

The top teams in these leagues also have the opportunity to show their faces in European competition, and although the money may not be as good as those gold rushes, it is undoubtedly a good choice for some players who are not willing to quit the heart of football, so Galatasse can recruit a lot of good players.

In fact, this season they are similar to Juventus in the Champions League, Juventus is stronger, but the performance is bad, Galatasaray is not as strong as Juventus, but the play is average, otherwise there will not be only so many points, and in the final round you have to fight to the death.

The final round of the group stage all started at the same time, and the game was played on the evening of December 10, and Zhang Yuan did not watch the game from the bench, but watched the game in the box in the stands with Nedved and other senior executives.

When they arrived in Istanbul yesterday, the weather conditions were not very good, and it was snowing before the game even started today, because Galatasere's home stadium Telecom Stadium is not closed, so the players from both sides had to play against the wind and snow.

Juventus are missing Andrea Pirlo, who is also unable to play due to injury, and Conte can only use the midfield combination of Pogba, Vidal and Marchisio, with Tevez and Llorente in the attack.

Galatasaray, for their part, are also at full play and need a win more than Juventus.

Zhang Yuan sat next to Nedved, and he said to Nedved: "It's snowing on the scene today, which is really not good for us!"

Juventus is a more control-oriented team, and it doesn't seem to be a big problem on the ground before the game starts, but after a while, the telecom stadium, which is not in good condition on grass, will turn into mud, which is obviously not good for Juventus.

"Anyway, you have to get used to the conditions, as long as you don't lose this game!" Nedved was also a little worried, but after all, Juventus were in a good position.

Zhang Yuan no longer spoke, he also hoped that Juventus could hold in this game, strange to say, as a striker, Zhang Yuan has always been more advocating offense, but after coming to Serie A to Juventus, this kind of thinking is also changing, and there are conservative thoughts at this moment.

The pre-match ceremony is over, the game begins, although Juventus is missing Pirlo, but Conte's tricks still want to control, because Conte can reduce the risk, he expects Galatasaray to attack hard in this game, Juventus just need to be patient.

But after the start, Galatasaray didn't do that, they were also very cautious, it was a very crucial battle, and they didn't dare to take too many risks, once they conceded first, it means they have to score two goals, which is undoubtedly difficult.

Therefore, after the start, Galatasaray's efforts were mainly to actively intercept in the midfield and prevent Juventus' possession, Drogba on the front line was no longer as brave as he was back then, and the tactics of pressing in the high position were definitely not suitable for Drogba, so Galatasaray itself did not adopt the tactics of pressing in the high position.

In this way, Juventus is not in a hurry to pass forward after the start, and when it encounters difficulties in the midfield, it will pour the ball behind them, and Galatasaray is not in a hurry, as long as Juventus does not burn the fire to the front of their penalty area.

The last 10 minutes were without a shot on goal, the game was lackluster, and the number of fouls was decent, neither too ruthless nor gentle.

Zhang Yuan took the time to look around the stadium, the telecommunications stadium is said to be able to accommodate about 40,000, today's battle of life and death, the seats are full, and the Juventus fans from afar only occupy a small piece in the corner.

The fans waved the flag of the home team, sang the team song loudly, of course, there was also an insult to the away team, the momentum was amazing, many fans know that the home stadium of the team in Istanbul can be called the home stadium of the devil, today Zhang Yuan looked, and it really deserved its name.

The city derby between Galatacere and Fenerbahce is also a strait derby, Galatasaray is located in the European part of Istanbul and Fenerbahce is located in the Asian part of Istanbul, and the derby between the two teams is even more impressive and very famous.

As the game progressed, Galatasel may have gradually seen Juventus' intentions, and began to deliberately advance the formation a little bit and increase the pressing.

At this time, the sky was still snowing, and the field problem that Zhang Yuan was worried about finally appeared, and the passing errors of the Juventus players began to increase, of course, not only on Juventus's side, but also on Galatasaray's condition.

The two sides began to attack and defend each other, and there were also shooting opportunities, but because both teams coincidentally adjusted the defensive center of gravity to the front of the penalty area, it was difficult for everyone to get opportunities in the penalty area, so most of the two sides wanted to take advantage of the slippery situation in the rain and snow to carry out long-range shooting kung fu on the gate, and the threat was not great, Buffon and Muslera did not even make a single save action.

However, as time went on, the weather conditions on the site became worse and worse, the snow became heavier and heavier, and the field conditions simply could not continue the game, and the referee team had to stop the game and let the on-site staff clear the snow and wait for the wind and snow to subside.

Nedved was worried, fearing that the game would be postponed because the snow was not showing signs of abating, Galatasaray was at home and a postponement would be fine, but it would not be a good thing for Juventus.

After reporting the bad weather conditions at UEFA, the referee team decisively stopped the game, and the game time was still stuck in the 32nd minute, UEFA changed the time to the afternoon of December 11, Juventus can only pray that there will be no more snow tomorrow afternoon, and the scene will be suitable for the game.

The whole Juventus team was forced back to the hotel, but the atmosphere in the team was not affected too much, after all, the most important thing is to think about the game now and not the future.

When I woke up the next morning, the snow had stopped, and through the window, Zhang Yuan saw that there was a white expanse outside, and there was no way to train this morning, which was not very beneficial to the team in the game, of course, it was both sides, and everyone was about the same.

Conte held a tactical meeting in the hotel again, and after 32 minutes of play yesterday, Conte has some new details to think about, just to talk to you, study and study.

Arriving at the venue in the afternoon, Conte's heart was cold, and the condition of the venue was worse than yesterday, which is of course very worrying.

The game restarted, and the tactics of today's game were completely different from yesterday, the two sides were no longer entangled in the battle in midfield, and everyone invariably used a more direct attack, Juventus had Llorente, Galatasaray had Drogba.

In fact, in such a grassy situation, such a direct attack is more like hitting the luck, depending on whose defense makes a mistake first.

The game was very ugly, but who cares, as time goes on, the situation is getting more and more favorable for Juventus, although they did not break the door of Galatasaray, but the opponent also failed to break the door of Juventus, if they maintain this scoreline, Juventus will accumulate seven points to qualify.

Copenhagen lost 2-0 to Real Madrid at their home stadium last night, and even the hope of the Europa League was gone, and the loser of the match between Juventus and Galatasele, which was postponed to today, entered the Europa League, and the winner entered the Champions League, and a draw also allowed Juventus to advance.