Chapter 598: The Farmer and the Snake
While the outside world was hyping about the Champions League draw, the Notts County players also ended their two-day holiday and returned to training to prepare for the final sprint. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Every Notts County player who came to the training base was attacked by reporters with guns and cannons, asking what they thought of the draw, and without the response of the Notts County players, all the hype would have been nothing more than a shaved head.
Perhaps it was because the promotion to the last eight made the players feel good, or maybe it was the two-day holiday that soothed the tired body and mind of the players, and the Notts County players seemed very patient in the face of questions from reporters.
"Juventus is one of the top teams in Europe, it will make our hearts boil to play against such a big team, I am sure we will be able to beat the opponents, our goal is to win the championship!"
"Maybe you should ask the Juventus stars what they think, for us, we don't care who the opponent is, even if Juventus are strong, it's not a reason for them to stop us from going!"
"I don't think there's anything wrong with the draw, it's a matter of probability theory, anyone can win the lottery, and I think it's our opponent who is more flustered!"
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When answering questions, the players are full of spirits and confidence, the results of the past two seasons have given them the confidence to look at any big team, and most of them have played against Juventus in the warm-up matches, and they still have a certain understanding of the strength of the old woman, and Notts County's style of play is really a bit restrained by Juventus.
The reporters got a satisfactory answer, and after they went back, they concocted and processed them, and one splendid article after another was freshly baked.
"Notts County despise Juventus!"
"The magpies are proud to win the championship!"
"Alonso: It's the opponent who should be scared!"
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This article describes Notts County as a picture of great success, with everyone looking down on Juventus as an opponent and seemingly winning the game.
When these articles reached the ears of Italian journalists, the Italians were outraged.
The strength of Serie A this season has been very obvious, the top three in the north of Serie A have collectively entered the quarterfinals, which has not been seen in many seasons, Milan is in the first half, Juventus is in the second half, they are also looking forward to the two Serie A teams can meet in the final, repeat the glory of the 02-03 season!
In the eyes of the Italian media, especially the Turin media, Notts County is still just a strong team without a foundation, like a rootless duckweed, maybe with the support of funds will achieve good results in a few seasons, but this excellent performance will not last long, and will soon slide like a meteor.
You know, such examples are not uncommon, in Italian football, there is Parma closely, Parma was able to qualify for the League Cup last season, but this season has been deep in the relegation zone and can not extricate itself, Parma still has a certain giant's heritage!
In England, there is also such a team, the young guard Leeds United in previous seasons once broke into the Champions League semi-finals, but now, isn't it still sinking in the Championship!
Don't look at Notts County now have funds to guarantee, good results, but can never be on the table, in such an important event as the Champions League, the giants and Champions League genes can often determine who is the winner, Notts County, a new team in the Champions League, can break into the quarterfinals, it is already an ancestral virtue.
For the Turin media, Nottsshire's statement is more like the role of the snake in the story of the farmer and the snake.
Although Notts County and Juventus have a long-standing traditional friendship, and Juventus' jerseys are of the same origin as Notts County's jerseys, it does not mean that Juventus want to take Notts County.
At the beginning of the rise of Notts County, when they couldn't even find a real warm-up opponent, it was Juventus who deigned to play a warm-up match with Notts County in mind, which was already a great favor.
And after Notts County gradually moved to a higher level, they seemed to be a little ungrateful, forgetting the traditional friendship between the two teams, otherwise how could they say such arrogant things and not take Juventus in their eyes at all?
The Italian media kept writing articles to refute Notts County, and Italian fans were also guided by public opinion to share the same hatred, and in this environment, the Juventus players were also resentful of Notts County's "ingratitude".
Piero: I think the draw was very good, all the quarter-finalists want to draw a belly opponent and I'm glad that we at Juventus have drawn the weakest one.
Nedved: It's better to talk about it than to actually play a good game, Juventus will do their best to win this game and regain their glory.
Trezeguet: I'm hungry on both feet and above my head, and I'm going to use my goals to destroy the weak Notts County defence and show them what the real top team is.
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Fueled by the media, the two teams seem to be fighting a war of words in the air, but in fact, Notts County is calm inside, and they are used to dealing with the media, they know that this is probably the result of the media increase countless times, and they don't have the heart to pay attention to Juventus now, before the first leg of the competition with Juventus, Notts County still has two league games to play, and the championship is related, how can Notts County be careless?
On 19 March, after a week's rest, Notts County will host an in-form Newcastle United side at home;
And after this game, it was an international break.
On April 3, the players returning from the national team will regroup to play Fulham away;
On April 6, that is, three days later, the first leg of the Champions League against Juventus, Notts County will host the challenge of the Serie A giants;
The following April 9, another league game followed, Notts County played Charlton Athletic at home;
On April 14, Notts County will move to Turin to face Juventus in the second leg of the Champions League.
The schedule is considered to be tight, but compared with the previous Devil's schedule, except for Juventus, the rest of the opponents are not strong, and it is difficult to pose a particularly big threat to Notts County under normal circumstances, so complaining is complaining, but it is much better than before.
Even with the rotation, Notts County can be more comfortable with Newcastle, and then the international break, most of the players in Notts County's rotation have not been called up by the national team, and they will naturally have their home game against Fulham, while at the same time, the main players will be able to accumulate fitness to face Juventus...... (To be continued.) )