Chapter 174: The Celtics (Part I)

The final score was fixed at 2-0, and Juventus, playing at home, did not give Fiorentina a chance. Although Jovetic and Ljajic were active, they could not change the outcome of Zuihou.

Juventus were also happy with the win, as they will be able to win the league with their rotation as they travel to Scotland in three days to face their Champions League quarter-final opponents, the Scottish Super League giants, Celtic.

Celtic have had a monopoly on Scottish football over 100 years with their local rivals, Grasse Rangers, who have won 43 Scottish Premier League titles, including several four-game and six-in-a-row titles. Thirty-five Scottish FA Cups, fourteen Scottish League Cups and one UEFA Champions Cup.

The Champions League was also the first European Cup won by an English team (including England, Scotland and Wales) in the history of football. It was also the only Scottish team to have won the Champions League so far, and the team at the time did not have a single foreign player, and the players were all born within a 30-mile radius of the team's home stadium, which is rumored to be a good story in the history of European football. To this day, the team remains a banner of Scottish football.

Of course, European football has also joked about the Scottish Premiership - the greatness of the Scottish Premier League is that it has only one city and two participating teams, Celtic and Grasse Rangers!

Of course, Celtic no longer have the Liliang that shocked the whole of Europe in the past, and their weakness is reflected in the dominance of the league, but when they arrive in Europe, they are weak.

They won the European Championship in 1967 and the last time they reached a European final was in 02-03. The "Hulk" linked Liverpool, Stuttgart and Boasvetta to reach the UEFA Cup final that season, which was Celtic's first European major final after 33 years.

The final was played in Sevilla, Spain, and the Hulk was unlucky to face the Portuguese giants Porto led by Jose Mourinho in the final. Although the "Hulk" stubbornly equalized after falling behind twice, they still lost to Porto with a score of 2-3 in the end, unfortunately missing out on the European champions.

Celtic missed out on the top of Europe again after the 1969-1970 Champions League final. Although the team did not win the title, Celtic fans showed extremely high quality, so the FIFA and UEFA Fair Play awards were awarded to Celtic that year.

This is very similar to Juventus, which is often imposing in the league, but once it arrives in Europe, it is hard. However, the Italian fans of Juventus are not necessarily as harmonious as the "green shirts" of the "Hulk".

Although Celtic are a Scottish team, they have a strong Irish national identity and background. Their team song "Thefieldsofathenry" is the team song of the Irish national team, and most of their fans have Irish characteristics or blood. In fact, the Celtic Club was founded in the city of Glasgow by a monk from County Sligor, Ireland, Wolfred.

Against this backdrop, the Juventus squad travelled to England to take on their Champions League quarter-final opponents this season, away to Scottish Premier League side Celtic.

In the UK in mid-February, the weather is always overcast, with occasional light rain accompanied by scattered snowflakes. The sea breeze blows up the British Isles, and it hurts people to the bones.

It has been said that there are only two seasons in the UK - the rainy and the non-rainy season. The rainy season lasts for 10 months and the non-rainy season lasts for only two months. During the rainy season, it rains more than a dozen times a day, and it only lasts three to five minutes at a time. Therefore, in the UK, it is common to see people always carrying an umbrella in their bag.

So Juventus had bad luck and they had such a problem today. Juventus are located in Turin, in the interior of Italy, under the Alps, and they rarely "enjoy" the sea breeze, so they are a little uncomfortable warming up at Celtic Park.

Most of the fans in the stands on the pitch were already there, and although the weather was bad and it often rained sleet, it didn't dampen the fans' passion for football and their love for their team.

The 60,823-seat stadium was almost full today, and there were still many fans outside who couldn't get tickets and were struggling to buy a valuable home ticket.

Celtic fans have been hoping for the team to make a difference on the European stage, so half of Glasgow City didn't sleep on the night Celtic qualified for the Champions League group - and half of the city belonged to Rangers.

This also created a situation where Celtic entered the Champions League finals today and played at home for the first time, and the stadium was bursting.

Li Zihan, who was warming up, looked around from the court, and it was full of green. The huge Celtics four-leaf clover flag almost covered the entire stands, and the fans holding green scarves were like waves of green waves, whistling to bring the team to ride the wind and waves. Before the game, the media said that around 1,000 Juventus fans had come to Scotland to cheer on the team, but now they are barely to be found in the stands. -- All covered by 60,000 home fans.

The fans chanted and didn't yell at the visitors like other English or Italian teams. Instead, he smiled and cheered them, "Welcome to Paradise!" ”

"Paradise" is the nickname Celtic fans have for their home stadium, Celtic Park.

Due to the rotation of the substitute line-up in the last league game, Conte fielded all the main squad for this midweek Champions League with the exception of Giorgio Chiellini, who was injured and could not play.

Li Zihan returned to the starting position, and he was partnered in the front line by Juventus' main center forward Vucinic. Cáceres continued to replace the injured Chiellini, and the Uruguayan was still physically fit.

After the first ten minutes of discomfort, the Juventus team slowly became familiar with the away game. In fact, the number of times the two sides have played each other in history is almost low, so Juventus will need time to adapt to this "paradise".

Playing at home, Celtic showed their home advantage as soon as they arrived, and they were in shape almost in the first minute of the game.

If it weren't for Gianluigi Buffon's excellent experience and Vidal's ability to drop back and help defence, he might have scored in 10 minutes.

However, once Juventus became familiar with the opponent's stadium, the opponent's style of play and the cheering of the opposing fans began to enter Juventus' "gray mode".

-- The main thing is that the opposing fans did not scold and verbally insult the Juventus players, which made them very unaccustomed. You must know that in Italy, England or other European countries, where racial discrimination is more serious, Juventus players have not been scolded less. So they really don't fit a road trip without boos and abuse at the beginning, which doesn't really mean that they are "cheap", it's just habitual.

Once the "grey mode" that swept the Apennines was turned on, the Celtic backline was in a hurry.

In the thirteenth minute, Li Zihan broke through the middle and crossed in front of the goal, and Vucinic, who was following up, shot angrily, but was saved by goalkeeper Foster.

Five minutes later, Juventus made a comeback. Leonardo Bonucci stabbed the ball out of opposition centre-forward Stokes and the ball rolled to Pirlo's feet. Pirlo, who had his back to the attack, did not immediately take the ball and turn, but passed the ball with his backheel to Vidal, who was not far away, and then turned and cut forward.

Vidal immediately passed the ball back to Andrea Pirlo, who was in front of him, and then he followed suit. Pirlo was unable to see the midfielder who had stepped forward to break the ball and swept the ball to Marchisio.

Seeing this scene, the Italian commentator excitedly shouted: "The old woman's 'gray storm' is coming!" ”

The so-called 'grey storm' is the combined attacking pattern between Juventus' midfielders, with the core Andrea Pirlo constantly advancing and Vidal and Marchisi in the midfield. The trio took turns to move forward, handling the ball by handing possession to Andrea Pirlo, who cut forward.

Marchioni immediately played a short ball to Andrea Pirlo in front of him, who played a wall-kick with Vidal and easily got rid of the wing-backs who had come to support him in the middle. Pirlo then shook the ball to Vucinic at the edge of the box, who took the ball and made a slight adjustment.

Ambrose, a 1.9-meter-tall centre-back with long legs, immediately stretched out his right foot to intercept the ball's path.

Li Zihan saw the opportunity inserted at high speed, and the defender who defended him, Geshen, was jumped by Li Zihan before he could react.

Vucinic turned his shot into a push, and the ball rolled through Ambrose's crotch to the ribs of the penalty area.

Almost the ball arrived, Vucinic's fake shot and true pass had just arrived at the position, and Li Zihan had also arrived. Without adjustment, he shot at the ball.

The ball flew quickly in the air to the upper left corner of the goal, without arc, completely relying on Liliang's strong shot, using speed to hit the goalkeeper A reaction is not enough.

"Good chance, Lee's shot !!"

At the same time, the Celtics' main goalkeeper, the twenty-five-year-old main goalkeeper Foster, also made a save, flying to the side, and completely stretched his two-meter-one-meter body in the air.

[I didn't catch it when I played Purple Lily, and I wrote too many games.] But the purple lily is also a more important part, there are several opponents of the protagonist in the future, although they are not the main opponents, but they also belong to the 'unbeatable Xiaoqiang', and they are young and have more development potential. After all, this book is the background for the start of last season, so a lot of it needs to be "virtual and simulated" later. Celtic actually have two good players in the team, one of whom moved to the Premier League this season and the other has been loaned. 】

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