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Chapter 738 A Different Pre-match Atmosphere
This season, Arsenal's collapse came a little later than in previous years. Perhaps it was the battle with Piacenza that completely broke the momentum accumulated by this group of young people. After that Champions League game, the wave of injuries that had never appeared still struck.

Among the wounded, the most uncomfortable for the Gunners fans is Van Persie who played superbly in the team this season.

Before the battle with Piacenza, the Dutch striker who said so loyally at the end of a Premier League game, "If there is one person who is loyal to Arsenal, that person is me", seems to have suffered a heavy blow after losing to Liu Feng and his team.

Today, the Gunners have once again lost all championship contention at the end of the season, as in previous years.

In the penultimate round of the Premier League, in the game to Tottenham Hotspur, in addition to the team's 1-2 loss, the team's main forward Van Persie was also directly reimbursed for the season because of a tackle.

At the end of the season, the arsenal at home under the haze of injuries once again began to fight for their four major careers. They ranked third in the league after losing to Tottenham behind them. They are only two points away from them, and they are only five points away from fifth place Manchester City.

On the basis that there are still four rounds in the league and the team will have a direct game against Manchester City, there is no room for Wenger and his team to be half-sloppy.

The momentum of the start is like a rainbow. It is really embarrassing that Arsenal, who have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, have reached the current state. However, the Piacenza team that eliminated them by themselves has nothing to do with this opponent who is far away in England.

Because on the day Bayern arrived in Piacenza, the day before the game started, another injured person appeared.

"Alberto will definitely not be able to play in tomorrow's game. We need to conduct further inspections on him."

Standing in front of the frowning Conte, Benjamin’s mood was not much better than him. After Aubameyang was sent home for the corresponding examination and treatment, the main player was injured again the next day. This is also a blow to the medical team.

"Okay, okay, I see, I hope you can make him recover soon."

Patting Benjamin's shoulder dejectedly, Conte shook his head and left the medical room. First Aubameyang and then Gilardino. The situation of the team's insufficient striker members was beyond his expectation.

Now that the game is full, counting a substitute striker who has never had a chance to play and has not met Conte's standards, there are only three strikers left in Piacenza.

"Lucas, I think I need to transfer some forward players, maybe you can give me a recommended list."

"Really? Shit! I've been waiting for your words for a long time, and I will send you the data of several forwards before tonight."

The dialogue between the first team coach and the reserve team coach is so simple. Since Conte coached Piacenza, he has gathered with Lucas to study the team's youth training. At this moment, Lucas simply agreed.

In fact, as early as when the team registered for this year's Champions League roster, due to the small number of first-team teams, Conte got a point from Lucas and successfully registered it.

Therefore, if there is another accident on the team's striker, these newly recruited youth players can replace the team in the Champions League.

However, even if the list of players provided by Lucas arrives in time, Conte has no intention of directly arranging youth training to play. Just kidding, this is the semi-finals of the Champions League. As long as the main force of the team can top it, it is impossible to use small players with zero competition experience.

But in leagues where it is not important or the opponents are not strong, these players can play a role in resting the main players.

Conte is not in the mood to think about these things yet, because according to the schedule, tomorrow night will be the first round of their war with Bayern, and the news of Bayern's arrival in Milan has been reported just now.

So what he needs to do most at the moment is to quickly adjust the formation arrangement that he had made before, and after losing two forwards, set up a new formation that is enough to break the wrist with Bayern, although this is difficult.

In the afternoon, the players who learned that Gilardino was also determined to be injured and would not be able to play tomorrow's game gathered in the team's conference room. Although everyone was silent at the moment, it was obvious that a dark cloud was slowly bringing darkness to Piacenza.

"Everyone raise their heads, there will be a game tomorrow."

After clapping his hands, Conte forcibly aroused the players' attention even though he was feeling very uncomfortable: "The absence of two people will not affect the importance of tomorrow's game. Your opponent is not a weak team, cheer me up!"

"Understand the coach!"

They are all adults, and everyone can't be so sad all the time. After Conte clicked the stylus in his hand, the formation that was discharged this time appeared on the screen in the conference room.

"We played 442 in this game, focusing on increasing defensive strength on the wing."

It was a clear positioning map. After the team had only two authentic strikers left, Conte clicked without any nonsense, and the names of Cassia and Liu Feng appeared on it: "Casia and Feng are paired forwards, one is positioned as a center forward, and the other is a shadow forward slightly behind."

"learn!"

"The midfield layout, the left midfielder Ramirez, the right midfielder Nocerino, Paul and Racha sit in the midfield. Among them, Racha, I ask you to have a sense of presence on both ends of the offense and defense."

"clear."

"As for the two full-backs, you must have heard about the threat of our opponents on the side. In any case, don't give Robben and Ribery too many opportunities to face the full-backs. You will be the first line of defense on the side."

"Good boss!"

"The four defenders are from left to right, Westeri, Miranda, Scarpelli and Wolfer. You just try your best in defense, and the off-court substitutes will be on standby at any time."

Conte reported the team's lineup from front to back, and when it came to the final goalkeeper, he looked directly at Maurantanio: "Tanio, as the starting goalkeeper, you must always remind the defenders where they stand."

"Get to know the coach!"

"Okay, this is our entire lineup for tomorrow's game. In this game, we need to stabilize the rhythm and not play fast breaks with the opponent. Otherwise, we may not be able to control the situation. After the start, the formation can be properly contracted."

Different from the past, this time Conte did not leave after announcing the roster as before, but talked about tomorrow's tactical arrangements.

Although the players didn't speak and just listened quietly, it was obvious that before this game, the team's morale and confidence were not as high as before.

　Chapter 2 here!Van Persie's injury and speech appeared in 10 and 11 respectively. At that time, as the captain of Arsenal, he showed his loyalty. Here, he chose to advance it a little bit, emmmmm, that's it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)