Chapter 284: Before the game
Juve arrived in London two days early, and they have a good signing, with a home and away first, at least in terms of fixtures than Arsenal.
The first leg was held on the road, and there is still a good chance of winning Arsenal at home.
At least Juventus are full of confidence, and their rhythm is the biggest headache for teams that play attacking football.
Originally, several veterans in the team wanted to invite Vieira to dinner together, after all, Vieira is now in Juventus, and he can no longer be regarded as the host, and when he comes to Highbury, he is a guest, and they should be more enthusiastic.
However, Vieira rejected the kindness of his former teammates, after all, it is better not to be too high-profile at this time.
Quaresma really wanted to talk to Vieira, and it was a pity that Quaresma would always pass by the big guys when he came to a new team.
From Barcelona to Porto, as a result, Deco, the absolute core of Porto, left, and Quaresma did not play a day with Deco at the club;
From Porto to Arsenal, Vieira, the absolute core of Arsenal, is gone again, and Quaresma has not played a day with Vieira.
If you look at it this way, Quaresma is obviously going to go for the big guy......
On the one hand, Juve's tactical system and Arsenal are completely two extremes, plus he needs time to adapt, and the problem of getting older, Vieira may be far from his prime.
Quaresma has memories of his past life, and naturally knows very well that although Vieira has played well for a few years, he has never been as dominant as when he was at Arsenal, and it is a failure for Arsenal to leave Arsenal every time he gets worse.
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At Highbury Field, the fans were already singing, the game had not yet started, but the atmosphere was extremely hot.
When Juve walked into the stadium to warm up, there was a sudden burst of cheers in the stands, and all the Arsenal fans stood up and applauded Vieira to show their love for the former captain.
Vieira couldn't help but redden, he almost walked to the wrong locker room just now, although this place is still the same as always, but things are not people, but he no longer belongs here.
Ovating his applause to the fans, Vieira thanked them for their love for him and was touched by the fact that he was still remembered when he returned as an opponent.
The applause was not unexpected at all, after all, Vieira and Arsenal did not fall out and leave, Arsenal wanted him to transfer and leave, and it was actually Arsenal who wanted to say sorry.
If Vieira had been bent on leaving for money, he would have been greeted not by applause, but by boos.
Quaresma is very eye-catching on the side, playing to the level of Vieira, even if he leaves the team, he can still get the recognition of the fans, and that is worth it.
He hadn't experienced anything like that.
When Porto returned to Lisbon, there were no fans applauding him;
Now that he has left Porto, when he returns to Porto, he doesn't know what kind of attitude the fans will have towards him.
Of course, he also played at Barcelona, but now if he goes to Camp Nou, it is strange that Barcelona fans don't boo him to death.
After the warm-up, head back to the locker room for final preparations, and then the two teams line up to the players' tunnel to wait for the official entrance.
Players who know each other well will naturally get together to say a few pleasantries, and there are so many French people in both teams that it can even be called a French civil war.
Juve started with four Frenchmen, Thuram, Vieira, Trezeguet and Zerbina;
Arsenal have always been known for the French gang, coach Arsene Wenger, captain Thierry Henry, Flamini and Pire, who was on the bench, are all French.
If the French coach comes to Highbury to inspect the internationals in this game, then there will be no waste of travel money, and there will be no more game than the French international in this game!
However, Quaresma's mind is not on this side now, after all, they are talking to each other in French, which he does not understand, and he is actually focusing on Juve's starting list.
Juve can't send the strongest squad!
Captain Piero was injured in the last league game, and this game was suspended, and Juve's central midfielder, Czech iron man Nedved was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, which is definitely good news for Arsenal.
It's as if Thierry Henry and Quaresma couldn't play at the same time, and the impact is almost equal, which shows how upset Juventus have to be right now.
Juve insisted on a 442 formation, and if Piero was unavailable, Ibrahimovic became the starter, partnering Trezeguet up front, while Nedved was replaced by Romanian Mutu.
In the end, it is still a giant team, the depth of the squad makes Arsenal feel envious, if Henry and Quaresma are unable to play at the same time, Wenger can not find a qualified replacement, and now Wenger relies on Henry and Quaresma to bring victory to the team!
Quaresma plays on the left side, obviously Wenger has determined the plan to focus on Quaresma's side of this game, in any case, Zebina is the weakest link in the Juventus team, even if Juve's right forward Camoranesi is a fierce player who dares to fight, but he can't always participate in the defense, and Quaresma doesn't care too much about the two of them, this is destined to be the main direction of Assenen's attack.
I was thinking about how to open the situation on the left side for a while, when my eyes suddenly dimmed, and when I looked up, it turned out to be Ibu who came to him and blocked the light.
Quaresma is 176cm tall, but Ibrahimovic is more than 195cm tall, and the difference between the two is 20cm, so it is not surprising that Quaresma is covered.
Quaresma really doesn't want to stand with Ibrahimovic, everyone is a striker, why are you so tall?
When the two of them stand together, doesn't it seem that I am very small!
However, before Quaresma could turn and leave, Ibrahimovic made a war against him.
"We won this game! And I'm going to score goals, I'm going to score beautiful goals, and I'm going to let everybody know that I'm the most incredible when it comes to scoring great goals! Ibrahimovic was unconvinced and said to Quares, and when it came to scoring wonderful goals, he even had a little pride.
Quaresma was stunned for a moment, then rolled her eyes and almost laughed.
For a Ibrahimovic who has always been proud, this seems to be normal.
Originally, Ibrahimovic had a lot of shocking goals in his previous life, and he often didn't score goals if he didn't score spectacular goals, and it was right to say that his average goal excitement rate far exceeded that of other players!
And now, Quaresma's emergence has made Ibrahimovic unhappy, who made Quaresma's goal more exciting than Ibrahimovic!
Ibrahimovic often compares himself to God, he doesn't think he's worse than anyone else, and he's about to enter the peak of his career, he thinks he's much better than Quaresma, the hottest guy right now, so he can't help but challenge Quaresma before the opening.