Chapter 717: Ranieri's Rebellion

Danish defender Christian Paulsen had to come off in the 23rd minute when he was tackled by Gattuso and injured his thigh muscle.

Poulsen has been a regular in Juventus' midfield since his move from Sevilla last summer, and he has rarely missed games during the year. But perhaps God is avoiding retribution, as Juventus and AC Milan have met six times this season, with the exception of the Berlusconi Cup at the start of the season, and Paulsen and Zhuoyang met for the second time in the Apennines today.

In the TIM Cup triangle, Zhuo Yang did not participate, and in the league and FA Cup, Paulsen did not play for various reasons. Be careful, Zhuo Yang Ke has always remembered the hatred in the Bundesliga, last season's Berlusconi Cup was seriously injured by Jiaojiao Chiellini, so Zhuo Yang was not in the mood to engage in Paulsen, but he never forgot that this bastard was missing three and one less.

When he was in Schalke 04, Paulson spat out three insulting words, and Zhuo Yang vowed to let him suffer three revenge. Once on the same day, and again in the UEFA Super Cup two years ago.

But the two are not in the right place in this game, Juventus double back Paulsen is on the left, and AC Milan three back Zhuo Yang is also on the left, the two are like the Cowherd and Weaver Girl across the galaxy, and the meeting depends on time and fate.

This is the 35th round of Serie A and the penultimate round. The two teams played the FA Cup semi-finals here just a week ago, with Juventus taking on back-to-back AC Milan, who also have Arsenal between the two Juventus.

Although it won 1-0 away with Arsenal three days ago, it was a very physical drain, Kaka, Jiuye, Beckham, Flamini, Pompong, Ambu, Kaladze, Yanku, this ticket all showed varying degrees of muscle fatigue. Only Zhuo Yang is a pervert, and his recovery ability makes others only look up.

Fortunately, now Milan has enough soldiers and no shortage of good players who can play, Pirlo, Gabaye, Maldini, Xiao Luo, Seedorf, Favali are immediately ready to fight, Zambrotta, Bonella, Shevchenko and Borriello and others are also on standby.

Juventus, on the other hand, had a week's break to keep their main squad in good spirits, with the exception of their manager Claudio Ranieri. The tinker was already a little sad, but at this time he was more like a bitter gourd reincarnated.

Ranieri is set to leave at the end of the season after losing the FA Cup last time out, and now he's just a caretaker coach. However, the club will not let him play casually in the last few games, and there are still clear performance indicators.

Fiorentina and Roma both lost yesterday's early fixtures, and a win for Juventus would give them a six-point lead in the race for the 'race for three', which is largely secure with three league games remaining. Therefore, the club asked Ranieri to 'keep the draw and win' in this game, and the bottom line is not to lose.

Although AC Milan's unbeaten run in the league has reached an incredible 75 games, Juventus are Juventus after all, and Milan has the advantage of facing Milan from a long trip with the main lineup.

But football is not as simple as it appears on paper, and Carlo Ancelotti has wisely adopted a strategy of resolute defensive counter-attack, seeking no merit but no fault. At the end of the season, with a five-point lead, the game should be safe. As long as they hold on to the camp, Inter Milan will automatically send the champions here.

Zhuo Yang's position exemplifies this tactical response, with only Pato ducked in front of AC Milan ready to counter-attack, and Seedorf and Ronaldo must retreat to within 40 metres of the line to form the first wave of blocks.

A team like AC Milan, once you settle down and focus on defense, whoever comes up will be blind. Although Juventus is strong, AC Milan is now the league leader, and it is a European super team that triumphs on three fronts, and only Barcelona can compete with Milan this season.

In the 23rd minute, Paulsen was shoveled back to the bench by Jiaba Ye in the scramble, and Zhuo Yang had to regret letting the Danes escape today, and he didn't find a chance to clean up Paulsen in front of him. However, at this moment, a startling scene occurred on the sidelines.

Claudio Ranieri instructed Portuguese midfielder Cardoso Thiago to replace Paulsen, but Thiago shook his head and refused.

The 28-year-old Cardoso Thiago may not be well known, but he started his move to Portuguese Super League giants Benfica at the age of 20 and has been an absolute mainstay in the team's midfield since then, whether at Chelsea or Lyon. Capable of attacking and defending the ball, Thiago also has a decent passing ability as a defender, and has scored 13 goals in a season at most, which is not far behind those well-known strikers and even strikers.

In the summer of 2007, the discerning Juventus bought Thiago from Lyon for 15 million euros, a huge sum for Juventus the year before. However, Thiago is a player admired by former Juventus manager Francer Deschamps, but he cannot get into Ranieri's eyes.

In the two years he has been at Juventus, Thiago has been directly a substitute, and the combined time of the two seasons has been much less than the previous year. I haven't scored a goal in two years, so I have to get up from the bench every now and then to fill in the holes, just like today.

Thiago started the whole game in the last FA Cup semi-final, and although Juve lost, he still performed well, scoring higher than Nedved and Giovinco, and only lower than Piero, who scored a goal. Even so, he was still a substitute today.

After two years of depression and dissatisfaction piling up, and the news that Ranieri would leave at the end of the season circulated in the club, today he finally stopped hiding and directly pushed Ranieri's request back. Love whoever you want, anyway, I won't be on it.

The angry tinkerer and Thiago quarreled in full view, and Thiago said that I just felt uncomfortable in my neck and couldn't get up. Ranieri said that as long as your leg is not broken, you have to go up, Thiago: Fuck you, I won't do it.

Seeing that the fight was about to start in San Siro, everyone on the Juventus bench was busy trying to persuade them, and finally separated the red-faced and thick-necked Ranieri and the equally angry and hideous Thiago.

In desperation, Ranieri could only let the veteran Zebina, who had been absent for a long time, urgently warm up, let him play as a defender, and promoted Decelli to the midfield position.

The infighting on the sidelines also interfered with Juventus' concentration on the field, Zanetti's pass to Nedved was a little bit inadequate, Zhuo Yang and Andrea Pirlo combined to break the ball, and then Pi Shao made a long pass from the back, allowing Pato to form a single knife against Buffon.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Zebina was just standing on the sideline when a duck's stab shot from inside the box pierced the Juventus goal, and AC Milan players flocked to celebrate.