Chapter 131: 200 million midfielders
Turin, Italy.
Yi Le is in Turin for the second time, and the last time was in December last year, when he won the 'Golden Boy Award'.
Maybe it's because of the Golden Boy Award, but the city gives him a good feeling.
It's still a little cold in Italy in May, probably because of the rainy day, a biting chill envelops it, and when the wind blows, Yile can't help but shiver.
Yile is a native of the Northeast, and many people say that the Northeast people are frost-resistant, which is pure nonsense.
No one is more afraid of the cold than the people of the Northeast, the temperature in the Northeast can reach minus 30 degrees Celsius when it is the lowest, absolutely icy and snowy, and when the wind blows, it will be like a knife on the face.
But the cold in the Northeast is dry and cold, so just wear more clothes.
But in Europe, Yile is still not used to winter, and the biting chill makes him a little unbearable.
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Yile takes Juventus very seriously.
This is a team with a long history and glory, of course, it is too long-ago, Yile naturally does not know, but the famous 'phonegate incident', he still knows.
Since the phonegate incident, Juventus has sunk in Serie B, and a large number of main players in the team have left, leaving behind Buffon and other meritorious veterans.
They re-entered Serie A that season as the first place in Serie B, and then began a new round of player introductions, but Juventus, which was affected by the scandal at the time, struggled to recruit good players, which also led to their unsatisfactory restart.
In the 07-08 season, Juventus qualified for the Champions League with the efforts of all-out players, and in the same year, Piero won the Serie A Golden Boot with 21 goals, beating Trezeguet!
In the 08-09 season, Juventus's results in the Champions League were not ideal, and they failed to get the ranking in the league, and their meritorious player, the iron man Nedved, announced his farewell.
The 09-10 season was one of Juventus' most turbulent years, with Blanco, the former president of the club, giving up his position, Andre Agnelli as the new president, sacking the former sporting manager and replacing it with Sampriedo's Marotta, and bringing in the magical coach Del Neri from Sampriedo.
As soon as the new chairman took office, there were huge personnel changes, and the fans were also panicked.
Under the drastic reform, it was not a success, but a complete failure.
Delneri is no longer magical, and he left in the footsteps of his predecessor.
But Juventus are not discouraged and they are back next season, this time for a major change.
First of all, they enabled the meritorious captain Antonio. Conte took over the coach's seal, signed Andrea Pirlo for free in the transfer market, officially bought out Pepe, Quagliarella, Matri, and also brought in Lichsteiner and Arturo. Vidal, a cadre of former ministers was purged.
At this point, the Bianconeri, which have always been strong, sounded the clarion call for a counterattack.
Non-role players such as Pepe and Marsicchio broke out at a high level one after another, and the addition of Pirlo made them change their style of play, with 61% possession, helping Juventus win the half-time title, winning eight consecutive victories in the devil's schedule at the end of the season, winning the Serie A title after a long absence, and starting the era of Juventus's dominance of Serie A.
Now, Juventus has won five consecutive titles, if they win this season.
They will complete the sixth consecutive title, just one title away from the unprecedented Lyon seven-game title.
Juventus like this is very scary!
And the defensive counterattack of the Serie A team is not a joke, a stunned team like Tottenham is likely to hit a full head, after all, they have a back line known as the 'copper wall'.
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Juventus, Vivorno Training Centre.
Head coach Allegri stands in front of the tactical board.
The tactics board is marked with these arrows and their names, which are clearly the names of their next opponents, Tottenham Hotspur.
It's just that Allegri has drawn a big question mark in the midfield, and the value is 200 million.
Allegri tapped on the tactical board and said: "Tell me, how are you going to defend against Tottenham's 200 million midfielders?" ”
Hearing this, the Juventus players looked at each other.
This 200 million midfielder is really very appropriate.
Real Madrid has '200 million to fly', and Tottenham has '200 million midfielders'!
The point was drawn at once.
They have studied Tottenham's game and understand the way Tottenham play as a team, and from a midfield point of view, Juventus and most teams in Europe cannot compete with Tottenham.
After all, those 200 million midfielders are no joke.
If it was Pirlo's time, they still had the capital to compete, but now Juventus no longer plays like this, and the tactical position of the midfield is not high.
"Don't worry about him, we'll kick ours." Buffon said.
Allegri nodded slightly and said: "Tottenham Hotspur is known for its attacking football, and in this Champions League team, Tottenham's impact is unique, and no team wants to play against them, and Barcelona has proved it." And stylistically, we refrain from that. ”
Allegri looked confident and said: "Use our backline to limit their attack, and when their offensive momentum is weakened, we will play a defensive counter-attack, remember to pass the ball, whoever it is, you just need to kick the ball into the opponent's goal." ”
If other people hear this tactical arrangement, they will definitely be confused and say: It's so casual!
But those who understand, naturally understand, no matter who is the focus here, it represents the unknown X.
The Juventus players nodded their heads and Tottenham are no longer underdogs, despite their inexperience in the Champions League, who would see him as a belly team against Barcelona.
Underestimating an enemy is deadly, so Allegri has put Tottenham Hotspur in the same tier as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
They are all powerful threats!
"I never told you the goal, but you already feel in your heart, yes, our goal is to win the Champions League, and we will tell everyone that the once formidable Bianconeri are recovering, and we will use one victory after another to come to the top of Europe and tell the world that Juventus, the king is back!"
'Tottenham were the first problem in front of us and now we need to tackle them and then go further... Beat the team that qualified in the top half of the bracket and take it one step further to lift that trophy! ”
Allegri said with an excited expression: "We will become the new king of Europe!" ”
Allegri finished speaking, but there was silence in the audience.
This made the corners of Allegri's eyes twitch, and he glanced at Buffon.
Buffon immediately stood up and applauded, and the others also came back to their senses and hurriedly applauded.
Allegri nodded with satisfaction and said, "Believe me, believe in yourself, and we will go to glory together!" ”
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At the same time, in Tottenham's intra-squad meeting, Boas also said:
"Win the Champions League! Win the league! This season, we are aiming for a double! ”
Tottenham's players had a sparkle in their eyes and manager Villas-Boas was cheered up.
It's all young people, and it's all over if you talk about any trade-offs.
Now that Tottenham have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and are just three games away from their final trophy, it is a good time to make a claim to victory.
This kind of declaration can have a good effect and make the players play more determined, so that when they play, they don't have to suffer from gains and losses, and they play too conservatively.
Boas was going to tell them explicitly.
Tottenham are here for the title.
The other three clubs in the last four are strong, but are Tottenham weak?
can advance to the semi-finals, who is not killed in a sea of corpses and blood, stepping on the corpses of other clubs.
Who's afraid of whom?
This conference was an unprecedented success.
You can see from the green eyes of the Tottenham players how hungry they are for the title.
Boas nodded with satisfaction, everyone knew that now the real battle had begun!