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Chapter 231 A Muffled Sound

In fact, Conte could continue to put pressure on the players before the game, but he did not choose to do so.

In fact, as the team's undefeated record continues to expand, the whole Piacenza team has long been shrouded in a kind of pressure. Just as countless media reporters are paying attention to the follow-up performance of this newly promoted team, the players themselves are also very concerned about whether the team can continue to be undefeated.

Conte, as a former world-class player, during those years at Juventus, he and his teammates continued unbeaten in the league. He is quite aware of the feeling and pressure that will become stronger later on.

With a thin team lineup and worrying bench strength, Conte did not want the players to play under such a great pressure. After all, unlike giants like Juventus, no matter which one of Piacenza's main lineup falls, the consequences will be unbearable.

Therefore, different from the mobilization of passion before the game in the past, what Conte repeatedly emphasized this time is the three words of normal heart. The league is still long, and temporary gains and losses are not important at all.

The reaction of the players to this is different, but when they play, the inner summary is indeed a lot less pressure.

"Feng, how do you feel?"

Soon the staff came to the locker room to inform the team to play. As the captain, Liu Feng naturally took the lead and walked out of the locker room. The second behind him was Cassia, who was able to start consecutively.

"Not bad, how about you?"

"Me, I feel great."

Different from the modesty in the bones of Asians, Cassia, an Italian, has a very outgoing personality. Naturally, he will not restrain himself in front of his good friends: "I feel like pressing a navigator on my head. Maybe I can score a goal today."

"Oh? Okay, I'll find a chance to pass the ball to you."

"Haha, no problem!"

In the player tunnel, the Udinese and Piacenza players in uniforms with black and white lines stood in parallel. The players of the two teams looked at each other with great curiosity in their eyes.

Quite similar to Piacenza today, the Udinese team, which set off a youth storm in Serie A last season by subverting people's ideas, also has many young talents, and the start of the two teams this season is also quite similar.

These things that the media have come up with have somewhat added a lot of tit-for-tat meaning to the two teams. At this moment, in the curious eyes of the players of the two teams, there is more of a challenge.

Wenwu is the first, martial arts is the second, football is such a competitive event with clear winners and losers, and defeating the opponent is undoubtedly an excellent way to prove yourself.

Therefore, this tit-for-tat state cannot be completely ended until the game between the two teams is over.

Soon, under the leadership of the referee team, the two teams stepped into the court, and then Liu Feng won the captain's finger-guessing event and took the lead in choosing the kick-off right.

After a series of pre-match activities, the players of the two teams quickly separated and stood in their respective positions. Similar to Piacenza's lineup, Udinese also sent out a regular formation of 433.

However, unlike Piacenza who regards Liu Feng on the left as the absolute core of the team's offense, Udinese uses Di Natale at the center position and Quagliarella on the right as the offensive dual core.

"Hush!!!"

As the two teams stood still, the referee looked at the time on his watch and blew the whistle for the start of the game. Cassia, who was standing at the serving point in the middle circle, passed the ball to Liu Feng, turned and ran forward, and the game officially started.

"Piacenza didn't start as aggressively as they did in the previous game."

Liu Jianhong focused on the game screen in the commentary room. He just finished broadcasting the starting list of the two teams, and he explained Piacenza's intentions: "The advantage of this is that the team can control the rhythm of the game well, and at the same time, it can better pull Udinese's formation."

I have to say that the scene in Piacenza was very good after the opening. Cassia threw the ball to Liu Feng, and Liu Feng directly kicked it back to Marchisio. Marchisio began to organize in the backcourt. Udinese couldn't even catch up with the shadow of the ball after 5 minutes of the opening.

It wasn't until Marchisio gave the ball to Nainggolan after another pass, and Nainggolan dribbled the ball and began to try to press the attack, that the hand-to-hand contact between Udinese and Piacenza officially began.

In addition to a strong striker, Udinese also has a strong midfield configuration. Christian Obodo, a black and hard midfielder from Nigeria, has a strong physique comparable to Nainggolan.

He did not fall behind in the first physical contact with Nainggolan, and even with his years of experience in Serie A, he appeared to be more experienced than Nainggolan in blocking and fighting.

Under such circumstances, Nainggolan couldn't play the ball very well. He could only do his best to pass the ball to Nocerino, who was pulling from behind to the right, before Udinese's other defensive midfielders pressed up.

Nocerino didn't have a good time after getting the ball. After completing a few more passes with Marchisio, he had to send the ball to Aubameyang on the right at a bad time.

Due to the tightness of Udinese's lineup, Aubameyang did not have enough time to increase his speed after taking the ball.

Aubameyang, who met the opponent's left back in advance, kept in contact with Mauricio Isla, who was running in parallel, and was finally squeezed out of the bottom line by the opponent's stronger strength.

An attack from Piacenza ended without a problem, and Udinese won the throw-in ball close to their own penalty area.

With Isla's strong throw from the sideline, the Udinese midfielder successfully received the ball, and the whole team quickly revolved around the ball. The ball was first handed over to Obodo.

Subsequently, Obodo pulled the ball away from the distance of Nainggolan who was pulling the ball away and rushing over, and drew the ball against the turf. The ball directly crossed the front of Piacenza's triangle midfielder and came to the second layer of defense.

There, Di Natale got the ball one step ahead of Nocerino, and when Marchisio quickly followed up and was about to complete his encirclement, he directly distributed the ball to Quagliarella on the right.

Quagliarella fired it up before De Silvestri could press, and then made a nice inside cut to Westeri, who was barely keeping up.

"The quality of this attack by Udinese is very high."

During the commentary, Liu Jianhong nodded frequently watching Wuji's pass-and-pass coordination. After seeing Quagliarella's neat inward cut away from Westerly, he immediately raised his tone: "The beautiful inward cut is extraordinary, and there is a big gap in Piacenza's defense."

"Quagliarella directly chose to hit the goal!!!"

"Duang!"

A heavy muffled sound sounded in the stadium. Quagliarella's shot hit the outside of Piacenza's goal crossbar hard, and at the same time, it also stunned the hearts of the Piacenza people.

And this is just the beginning of this rather unsatisfactory game.

　Chapter 2 here!

　　
　
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