Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 720 Celtics ([-])

The immature Montella paid his tuition seriously in this game. His journey as a coach has just begun, and this kind of tuition payment is inevitable. After the game, Montella also admitted that he had to pay for the loss. main responsibility.

The day of the match against Fiorentina happened to be the Chinese New Year. Of course, Zhang Yuan spent this Spring Festival during the game. However, after the game, Zhang Yuan specially invited the whole team to a Chinese restaurant in the center of Turin. It was a treat for himself. Festival.

The next day, Zhang Yuan found an interesting piece of news on his mobile phone. It was about Matri. Matri pushed the ball with his bare feet yesterday when he was running. Driggs stepped on his shoes, facing Zhang Yuan's pass, Matri subconsciously scored the ball with his bare feet.

Last night at the Spring Festival Gala, there happened to be a skit that said, "It's not naivety that beats you, it's shoelessness!"

The domestic websites had a lot of brain holes, and they applied this sentence to Matri, which made Zhang Yuan laugh out loud.

During the training, Zhang Yuan told Matri that the expected laughter was not at all!

"What did you say?!" Matri really couldn't understand the translated joke, so what's so funny about it.

"Forget it! Forget it! Yali, you really should learn Chinese. Our Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and you will never realize it. Those jokes made by Simeone are too low, and our jokes are the funniest!" Zhang Yuan still couldn't help laughing, the laughter was so loud that everyone thought Zhang Yuan had gone crazy.

Alas, you people are so boring!Zhang Yuan could only sigh silently in his heart.

With the two consecutive victories, the morale of the Juventus team has recovered a lot, and their preparations for the Champions League seem to be relaxed. However, their coach Conte is not easy. The Celtics are difficult to deal with, not difficult to be precise. It is quite difficult to deal with. This team is a typical British style of play. The players in the team are generally tall and strong, hold high and play high, and pay attention to crosses from both sides. Juventus will undoubtedly be at the bottom in terms of physical confrontation. The key is how to make good use of your own advantages.

In history, Juventus has fought the Celtics 4 times, with two wins and two losses. The losers are all at the Celtics' home court, and all the winners are at their own home courts. Tus is strong, but the outside world is not particularly optimistic about Juventus's away trip. After all, on that field, the powerful cosmic team Barcelona also failed.

On the morning of the 11th, the Juventus team set off for Glasgow, which is the city where the Celtic team is located. There are two centuries-old clubs in this city, one is Celtic and the other is Glasgow Rangers , The derby between these two clubs is one of the oldest and most popular derbies in the world.

The popularity of these two clubs is not purely due to geographical reasons, but because they themselves represent different denominations. The Rangers who founded the team in 1872 emphasized Protestant beliefs, and Catholics were banned from joining since 1910, while the Celtics It was formed in 1887 by a Catholic Notre Dame priest, and the supporters of the team are Scottish fans of Irish descent.These two teams fundamentally represent the sectarian traditions of Northern Ireland and Scotland. The doctrinal conflict has made these two teams never stop fighting to the death.Roy Keane, the former captain of Manchester United, once said: "I love Manchester United because of the greatness of Manchester United on the football field, but I support the Celtics entirely because I am a Catholic. There is no reason to support the Celtics. It's God's mission and there are many worldly reasons to support Manchester United."

Therefore, whenever these two teams have a derby, there will always be fans confronting each other, and bloodshed occurs from time to time.

The main part of the Scottish Premier League is that these two clubs are playing against each other. The Celtics have won the Champions League but the Rangers have not. Speaking of influence, the Celtics may be even better.

After the evening, Conte took the Juventus players to the street for a group walk, right to relax, they were not disturbed, but from time to time there were a few fans who walked together shouting at them, obviously some of them were from Glasgow Rangers fans, they grinningly invited Juventus to beat Celtic.

This is just an appearance. In fact, many fans of Glasgow Rangers pretended to be Juventus fans and bought tickets, intending to go to the scene to add trouble to the Celtics.

Conte and Zhang Yuan happened to be walking together, and he said to Zhang Yuan, "Look! The atmosphere in the stadium tomorrow will not be easy, so be prepared!"

"The devil's home court?! Coach, it's not like I haven't seen it before. I've experienced a lot of Ruhr Derby, Spanish El Clasico, and Italian El Clasico. It's totally fine!" Zhang Yuan said nonchalantly.

"Hey, what you have experienced may not count. The fans here are one of the hottest fans. Of course, there is also Istanbul, which you have never been to. It is also very hot!" Conte is also considered a battle-tested person. What he said was also his true feelings. Of course, it may be that some derbies have experienced too much, and that's the case.

Zhang Yuan has no feeling for the Spanish national derby at all now. In the year before he came to Juventus, Zhang Yuan experienced 5 national derbies in Real Madrid. You?!" Weird thought.

He is not a staunch supporter of Real Madridism, and if he plays too many derbys like this, it is just an important game.

"Tomorrow you have to get used to it on the court first. The direction of the Premier League has changed, but the Celtics still maintain their traditions. They are absorbing less culture from other leagues. The game focuses on confrontation. You must actively respond!" Kong Di said to Zhang Yuan again.

This is not the first time he said that he has been talking about these two trainings and tactical lessons. They are one of the tallest and strongest teams in the European war. We must prepare for confrontation.

Conte seems very cautious, of course not only him, Juventus has a cautious attitude, this is a good sign but the opponent cannot be ignored.

The famous Juventus and current director Pavel Nedved said in an interview with "Mediaset", "Juventus must pay attention to the Celtics. I have played at the Celtics' home court before. The ability of this team led by El Lennon. In this season's Champions League group stage, Celtic is the only team to beat Barcelona. Their performance in the group promotion process is amazing. For Juventus Said that the away game against Celtic will be a difficult game. Having said that, Juventus may actually draw a worse draw."

Nedved also raised the disadvantages of Juventus, "Many players in Juventus are playing in the Champions League for the first time this season. However, this is all part of the growth process of Juventus. Now, we have to give this Give Juventus time so that they can achieve good results in the European arena. In the first leg of the contest, Juventus will go to Celtic Park, we have to adapt to the frenzied atmosphere there, show our strength, and hope that the technical level can be improved. There is extra performance. The second round will be played in the new Juventus stadium, and the home court will give us a little advantage. If we can play with characteristics, then we have a great possibility of qualifying."

It is neither self-deprecating nor arrogant. Compared with the Celtics, Juventus players do not have as much experience in the Champions League as others.

Zhang Yuan is quite confident in himself. He is not weak physically. Celtic defenders are generally tall and big, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, turning must be slow. The coaching staff hopes that Zhang Yuan can read the game well and make full use of his own advantages , Attacking the Celtics' weakness.

On the morning of the 12th, Juventus conducted a simple recovery training at the borrowed training ground. In the afternoon, they went to the Celtics' home court, the Celtics Park Stadium, which can accommodate about 6 spectators. Stadiums in the Premier League are not much different, the first row of stands is very close to the pitch.

A little later, the team started to rest after the pre-match meal, and took the bus from the hotel to the Celtic Park Stadium more than an hour earlier. The Celtic Stadium and the Glasgow Rangers Stadium are respectively located in Glasgow. On the east and west sides of the city, Juventus' resting place is just in the northeast, not far from the Celtic Park Stadium. The bus is slow but only takes about ten, twenty, or ten minutes.

Along the way, many Celtic fans wearing green jerseys walked to the stadium. When they saw the Juventus bus passing by, they rarely asked for the middle finger.

(End of this chapter)