Pochettino meant that if we want to win the title, we have to add to the backline, but Bielsa has never felt that the team needs to add to the backline, he thinks it can be done now, and in fact he has a high tolerance for mistakes at the back.

"Anyway, it's time to get some results!" Another assistant coach, Berizzo, said that unlike Bielsa's tactical maniac, Berizzo and Pochettino are very practical, especially Pochettino, who has been playing in the European league for a long time, and knows that heroes are judged by results here, and with Trapani's squad in hand, it is really difficult to talk without winning some titles.

Didn't his predecessor Ranieri also win the championship with the same lineup, so we can't do worse than him.

Bielsa nodded silently, acquiescing to Berizzo's statement.

At the start of the first round of the league at the weekend, Bielsa attended the pre-match press conference, in which Bielsa finally stated the team's goals.

"Of course we will try to win every event! In short, we will face a big challenge this season and we cannot repeat the story of last season! ”

In fact, there is no need for the people of Trapani FC to say anything, the media has already regarded them as the favorite among the favorites, and the major media have undoubtedly regarded Trapani as the favorite to win the league, Champions League and Coppa Italia in the season preview.

The odds of Trapani winning the league title given by the bookmaker are initially 1:2.12, while the last champion Inter Milan is 1:4.14, and the odds given by other major bookmakers are basically the same as the odds of winning the league, which shows that Trapani is placed in the first place of the favorites regardless of that angle.

However, Inter Milan with Mourinho is not so easy to mess with, Trapani's players hold up Trapani's peripheral news, then Inter Milan is Mourinho alone with half the sky, he is a championship coach, he has proven his ability in Porto and Chelsea, and he is particularly good at making news.

The Italian media naturally likes to get close to him and dig up news from him, and in the face of public support for Trapani's victory, Mourinho is obviously looking for something to do.

Inter Milan away to Sampdoria in the first round, Mourinho was at a press conference when he was asked by a reporter from Milan Sport.

"Mr. Mourinho, multiple experts predict that the league title this season will be Trapani, your Inter Milan is not favored by everyone, what do you think of the league title race this season?! Do you think Trapani will have a better chance of winning the title than your team?! ”

Mourinho smiled, "Trapani has a lot of good players! Of course I don't think my players are bad! I just wanted to make a point that if I had their players, I feel like I'd be seen as a hit too! They are really strong, but they are not without weaknesses, Bielsa has no experience of winning the Europa League, I think this could be a problem! ”

Good guys, the early stage was calm, and as soon as the league started, Mourinho's "moth" came out.

Obviously, this sentence has the meaning of belittling Bielsa, and it is also righteous rhetoric, of course, the media will know that this is Mourinho's means, nothing more than to put pressure on Bielsa, but what does it matter, the media have used this as a gimmick to report on Mourinho's press conference, they just want to reflect Mourinho's madman character.

However, Bielsa did not respond, the verbal fight is not what he is good at, and he does not want to argue with Mourinho, there is no need to argue about anything, the real chapter still has to meet on the pitch.

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On the evening of August 31st, Chievo's Bent Gordy Stadium was very lively, this is the first home of Chievo in the new season, and it is also the first home of their return to Serie A, they were unfortunately relegated in the 06-07 season, and last season they fought in Serie B, won the first place in the league and returned to the first division.

Chievo didn't spend much this summer, but there were more personnel supplements, and Chievo's transfer work was done well in the media's evaluation, but Chievo was the first in attack in Serie B last season, but the defense was very average, and the first game of the new season encountered the super offensive Trapani, which can only be said to be really a bit unlucky.

"I hope my players don't be afraid of them! We didn't come to the stadium to raise our hands and surrender! Chievo head coach De Carlo in his pre-match press conference was motivated by this as a way for his team.

There is no way that the first game is crucial for both sides, the stronger the opponent, the more Chievo wants to get points, to be precise, De Carlo especially wants to take points, there is no doubt that even a draw can bring huge self-confidence to Chievo's players.

In the first game, De Carlo sacrificed a 4321 formation, the single arrow is Pellisier, he scored 22 league goals for Chievo last season, and was a big contributor to Chievo's promotion, before in Chievo, Pellisier's goal efficiency was not high, and the highest season only scored less than 15 goals, Pellissier and Trapani still had some connections back then, and he almost became a member of Trapani that year.

The midfielder is set up with a double back, since Bielsa became the coach of Trapani, many teams in Serie A are studying ways to deal with Trapani, and De Carlo has inevitably studied Trapani carefully since he led the team to the field of Serie A.

Before this game, during the summer training camp, Henry was recuperating from injury and has not yet recovered, so Bielsa sent a four-three-three formation in this game, and Di Maria was used on the left wing.

Last season, Pedro stayed in the team, Pedro and Di Maria have different technical characteristics, he is very good at running, Di Maria is good at passing, and the two of them are only alternates, Henry plays better in the winger position.

With Pedro gone, Thierry Henry is a year older, and Di Maria naturally has more opportunities, and Vucinic, who can play in his position, has not been able to compete for him.

The midfield is the configuration of Kaka, Mascherano and Beckham, and the tacit understanding between Kaka and his teammates needs to be improved, but the opponent Chievo, this is undoubtedly a good testing ground, if Inter Milan is replaced, Kaka may not be able to sit in the starting position today.

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Referee Farina blew the whistle to start the game, and the battle between the two sides began.

Chievo began to recover from the opening kick-off, which was De Carlo's countermeasure, and after studying the past, it seemed that the bus that could deal with Trapani was the most effective, and he deliberately arranged a fast Colon to play in midfield in the front, with the aim of counter-attacking.

Colon is a talent that Inter Milan bought from Brazil, and he is being blown to the sky at this stage, but in the eyes of Mourinho, the little guy is still too young, and Chievo didn't waste much of his tongue to loan this young player, whether this young player is really that powerful, we have to talk about it in actual combat.

Trapani was in full swing today, they didn't control the ball as Chievo expected, on the contrary, the more Chievo wanted Trapani to get into a positional battle, the more Bielsa didn't do it, he encouraged his players to send the ball straight forward without too many backward passes, and he also encouraged the wingers on both wings to dare to break through individually and not be afraid of conceding the ball.

What Bielsa wanted to show De Carlo today was not Trapani's ability to control the ball, but his ability to counter-attack and defend on the spot.

De Carlo didn't know what Bielsa was thinking, and he demanded that his players dare to commit on the counter-attack, and the backline should be bold enough to try to create offside tactics.

So the game was less than 6 minutes into the game, Chievo was on a big occasion, De Carlo's on-the-spot response was not timely, after Trapani lost the ball, the Chievo team wanted to organize a quick counterattack, but Trapani quickly regained the ball in the midfield, taking advantage of the loose pressure of Chievo's backline, Beckham sent a fatal through ball, Messi successfully countered offside, and easily scored a goal.