When the first round of the league ended, it was found that the performance of the Serie A teams in this round was similar to what the media had predicted before the season. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The three giants all won comfortably, and the other mid-table teams also took the first three points of the new season.

And what about Brescia? Last season's Serie A runners-up looked struggling against mid-table Chievo. Even at home, they struggled to equalise at the last minute. Judging from the scene of the whole game, it is not too much to say that they "forced a draw" to Chievo.

It stands to reason that even if Baggio is injured and unable to play, Brescia should never be pushed to this extent by Chievo. Zhang Shu had already proven last season that he could fill in the absence of Baggio on the pitch, so there was only one reason – the Champions League qualification match three days ago had too much of an impact on the young team.

Brescia are so inexperienced in European competition that they have never even played in the UEFA Cup, and the highest level of international competition they play in is the Intertoto Cup. For such a European rookie team, throwing them into the tragic gladiatorial arena of the Champions League all of a sudden has already consumed all their mental energy just to ensure that they get out of the game, so don't want to take care of other aspects.

So many media have begun to help Brescia come up with ideas in the post-match comments, their best strategy this season is to focus all their energy on the Champions League, after all, as long as they win one Champions League game, they can get more than 1 million euros in winning bonuses, and there are 300,000 in a draw, plus the 2 million bonuses they received before successfully qualifying for the Champions League, Brescia's income in the Champions League far exceeds the league ranking bonus they can get in Serie A.

The draw for the Champions League group stage was announced the following night after Brescia eliminated Krakow, with Brescia drawn in Group G alongside Premier League side Chelsea, Portugal's Porto and Turkey's Besiktas.

In this group, Chelsea are undoubtedly the favourites favourites among commentators. They had just been bought by Roman Abramovich for £150 million, and the Russian predator had stunned world football, burning £120 million in the transfer market in just one summer transfer window in '03. Chelsea are no longer the mid-table teams that won a cup once in a while and usually only played in the UEFA Cup, and the whole of Europe is screaming "wolf" under Roman Abramovich's ruble attack.

With the exception of Chelsea, the other three teams are all about the same quality, with Porto having won the UEFA Cup last season slightly stronger, but in the eyes of the Italian media, Brescia is not without a chance to compete for a qualifying spot. If they can pass the group stage and enter the knockout stage, they can get another 5 million.

As for the league, then it's better to give up. As long as you don't downgrade. No one will believe that Brescia can replicate last season's results on multiple fronts, and even if they did make it to the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Cup won't even be as profitable as qualifying for the Champions League group stage.

The media is so pessimistic about Brescia's prospects in the league, but the assessment of Zhang Shu is still good. In its post-match commentary, Torino Sports praised Zhang Shu's performance in turning the tide in this game.

"Brescia's Zhang continues his impressive run from last season. After a summer, Zhang is now even more deadly, and in the absence of Baggio in this game, Zhang single-handedly snatched back a point for Brescia. ”

"We don't see a hint of the 'rookie wall' at all on him, and Zhang is still Brescia's most dangerous player on the pitch. In the second half, it was thanks to his activity that Brescia gradually came out of a passive situation. When the whole team was out of shape, Zhang used his individual ability to pull Brescia off the cliff. ”

And "Milan Sports Newspaper" put the photos of Zhang Shu and Kaka together into a report: "Serie A, as the world's first league, always has no shortage of excellent young players. But among all the young people, Zhang and Kaka are undoubtedly the best two of them. In the first round of the league, Zhang saved Brescia with a penalty for his side, and Kaka was also brilliant on his debut, with Shevchenko's first free-kick being Kaka's breakthrough and then Kaka's second goal. The future of these two young men is limitless, and we have reason to expect a direct confrontation between them. And this confrontation may be the most exciting picture in Serie A for a long time. ”

Of course, the main purpose of "Milan Sports Newspaper" to praise Zhang Shu was to make it easier for them to tout Kaka, who had been promoted to the same height as Zhang Shu, and their careful thinking was finally exposed at the end of the report.

"Who is stronger, Zhang or Kaka, everyone has their own answer in their hearts. But Kaka's starting point is undoubtedly much higher than Zhang's, he will get the best training and the highest level of competition in Milan, if Zhang has been content to stay in Brescia, maybe a season, maybe a few seasons, the gap between him and Kaka will gradually be revealed. ”

Unlike the beating around the bush of Sport, the sourness of Roma Sport was much more pronounced, and they could not deny the performance of the game, so they turned to worry about the future of Brescia.

"Zhang saves Brescia again, and this is a plot that everyone is very familiar with. But unlike last season, I don't know if it was because he was too disappointed in the performance of his teammates, Zhang's way to save the team was no longer to cooperate with his teammates to complete the attack, but to dominate the ball alone and do it alone. This is undoubtedly very irrational behavior, and one person cannot defeat a team. Brescia's luck was not bad this time, Zhang finally created an equaliser for Brescia with the help of the referee after a futile attempt for a full 40 minutes, but if Brescia pinned their hopes on Zhang's outburst every time, we can't help but wonder if the 17-year-old has the ability to save the team every time. And how long can his immature body last under the unplanned oppression of Brescia? ”

For the media coverage, the whole Brescia team did not pay too much attention. Mazzoni also did not criticise the lackluster performances of his players last time, as players are just beginning to learn how to stay fit and excited on multiple fronts, and before that, paying some tuition fees is inevitable.

But for Zhang Shu, he can ignore other media, but "Roma Sports Newspaper" will never let it go. Although the previous report of "Roma Sport" seemed to praise him, Zhang Shu clearly understood that it was just that they did not find an opportunity to hack themselves.

You see how hard "Roma Sports" hacked Brescia, even if it is to praise Zhang Shu's report, it is necessary to sow discord between Zhang Shu and his teammates.

In addition to the personal feud with Zhang Shu, there is another reason why "Roma Sport" sings about Brescia so badly, and in the next round, Roma will face Brescia's challenge at home.

Therefore, if it can cause a little trouble for Brescia before the big war, "Roma Sport" will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

It would be great if it could arouse the dissatisfaction of the Brescia players with Zhang Shu's solo work.

Of course, "Roma Sport" doesn't know that since Mazzoni and Guardiola implemented new tactics in the team, Zhang Shu's status in the team has risen significantly, so Zhang Shu's previous takeover of the game when his teammates were not in good shape was completely within the scope of Brescia's tactics, how could his teammates have any dissatisfaction with Zhang Shu.

On the contrary, under the instigation of Zhang Shu, the players of Brescia are now excited about the newspaper "Roma Sport". They are gearing up for the match against Roma, and are ready to launch a fierce counterattack against the Roman media with practical actions.

The first round of Serie A is followed by an international break, a rare break for a small team like Brescia.

Brescia performed well last season and many of their players were selected for the national team, but most of them left the club during the summer transfer window. At the moment, with the exception of Martinez and Stankovicius, who need to play for the national team, the rest of the players are not responsible for the national team.

Although the Italian people have been calling for Baggio to be re-called to the national team, this is obviously just a good wish, and since missing the 02 World Cup, Baggio has basically given up hope of returning to the national team. And Pep Guardiola and Di Biagio have long since retired from the national team.

As for Zhang Shu's situation, the Chinese national team has recently been training in the United States, and a total of four warm-up matches have been arranged from September 1 to 10, against the Haitian national team, the Los Angeles Galaxy Club, the Costa Rica national team and the New York subway star team. But there is still no name in the list of the national team training camp this time.

This is not because the Chinese team does not look down on Zhang Shu, on the contrary, the reason why the Chinese team does not recruit Zhang Shu is precisely because of the importance they attach to Zhang Shu.

Since Zhang Shu proved his strength last time, out of protection of Zhang Shu, Yan Shiduo, chairman of the Football Association, has already made a decision, as long as it is not a major competition such as the Asian Cup and the World Cup, the national team will not recruit Zhang Shu at all in these warm-up matches and friendly matches.

After all, Zhang Shu is now the "thigh" that can bring him political achievements, what if he is too tired from flying around and gets injured during the competition?

And Zhu Hefang, director of the Ministry of State Management, also agreed that these warm-up games are a good time for those marginal international players to gild, and comrades like Zhang Shu who don't give money should not come to occupy the position.

Anyway, it's not an important game, and there is no need for Zhang Shu to come back with this powerful dps to bring the boss.

In this way, although the motives were dirty, the Chinese Football Association finally made a rare correct decision, and Zhang Shu also got the opportunity to stay in Italy to rest.

The only disappointment may be Martinez, who was recruited to the Costa Rica national team, and originally thought that he could fly to the United States with Zhang Shu, but Zhang Shu did not go. So he could only embark on a lonely journey halfway around the world with grief and loneliness.

"Zhang! You're really not going? Don't you want to avenge your national team's defeat at the World Cup? If you don't go, the Chinese team will lose! Even if you can't play, you can cheer for your national team in the stands! ”

Before leaving, he also wanted to pull Zhang Shu, who looked extremely good because he didn't have to go to the national team.

But Zhang Shu only answered him with two words.

"Goodbye!"

Brescia's poor performance in the last round was due to tactical reasons in addition to the impact of Champions League qualification.

After practicing a new tactic for a summer, many players looked a little rusty because Baggio was injured and could not play, so he had to temporarily change back to last season's lineup. Fatigue combined with unfamiliar tactics, their performance can be imagined.

But now, the two-week recuperation has had a significant effect on Brescia's recovery, the players are back in good spirits, and Baggio is back from injury and rejoining the team's training.

Now that Brescia are in full swing, they are finally able to come up with their secret weapon in the league.

"I feel like this is the start of our new season." Pep Guardiola commented that he has been looking forward to this day for a long time, and the time has finally come to reap the rewards of his hard work.

On September 14, the second round of Serie A matches officially began, and at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Mazzoni was explaining the tactics to the players for the last time.

"It's the first time we've used this tactic in an official game, but I'm sure it's been etched into your minds over the past month or so of training. We all know how good this tactic is, and as long as we don't make mistakes, the win will definitely be ours. ”

"I would like to emphasize to you one last time, when you switch from defense to attack, pay attention to Zhang's position at all times, and his position is the direction of our attack. Don't stop running, keep our formation in a state of constant flow, if Roma's defense is a steel plate, we are a rushing flood! Bypass their heavily armed areas, plunge into their weakest positions, and take them out! ”

"Run when you're defending! Whether it's a frontcourt player or a midfielder, everyone is part of the defense! Only running can give us an advantage locally, only running can cut off the opponent's passing route, and only running can strangle the opponent in our crowd. Frontcourt players keep pressing high and try to slow down their counter-attacks and buy enough time for their teammates at the back, even if they can't stifle the opponent's attack at the front. ”

"Don't skimp on your physical strength, run! Think about all the physical training you went through before the season, we worked hard all summer to turn that sweat into victory on the pitch! ”

"The new season starts today! Now let's go out and show the Romans a glimpse of our football! ”

Mazzoni clapped his hands and gave the charge to his teammates.

"Oooo

The players who were stimulated by Mazzoni's words agreed in unison, and Di Biagio, who was standing by the door, had a murderous look on his usually serious face.

He slammed open the locker room door and stepped out with his new teammates. (To be continued.) )