Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 819
Although he told Zhang Yuan that he was not convinced, but at the press conference after the game, Mikhailovich said otherwise.

"We tried our best to attack in this game, and we also got some chances, but they are really too strong, we have no chance to win at all! I think although the season is not over yet, they will win this season's championship !"

Mikhailovich's statement is more like saying that our strength is like this, the boys don't need to worry about it at all, they are very powerful, so don't worry about it.

Conte is not particularly satisfied with winning this game. He especially emphasized the team's set-piece defense.

"Fortunately, we are fully prepared, otherwise it would be very difficult to beat Sampdoria who is in good form. In the past two games, we have allowed our opponents to score 3 goals through corner kicks. Similar mistakes cannot be made again, otherwise we will clearly have the advantage. It would still kill the game. But I do take my hat off to Sampdoria for threatening us too much with set pieces."

When the reporters asked about Zhang Yuan's performance, Conte gave great praise. In the three games after the winter break, Zhang Yuan was in a hot state and scored 7 goals. This is not all. , He also contributed 3 assists!
"His performance is really great! I think he is at the best moment of his career! But he is still young and still has a lot of progress. I hope he can continue to maintain this state in the next game."

However, the following questions from the reporters were a bit unpleasant. A reporter asked: "Mr. Conte, is Juventus' unfortunate exit from the Champions League due to Zhang Yuan's absence?!"

Conte really wanted to curse in his heart, how long has it been going on, why don't you mention it to me? !He said in a cold voice: "The exit from the Champions League is an unacceptable result for us! But we have to look forward now!"

What Conte meant was that you guys, don't worry about such problems, it's meaningless!

The reporters were quite sensible and did not continue to ask related questions.

Winning this game, Juventus expanded the club's winning streak to 12 games, but Roma has not lost the chain since losing to Juventus, easily winning Livorno at home, still trailing by 8 points Juventus.

But even in such a situation, many media are now conclusively saying that Rome is out of play!

A few days later, Juventus went to Rome to challenge Lazio. Petkovic's coaching in Lazio this season is obviously not as amazing as last season. His coaching style has been figured out by many teams, and Lazio itself It is not always a very strong team, and it is more appropriate to be positioned as a mid-range team.

Last season, they had European missions, and this season they also have European missions. The summer reinforcement itself is not in place. Therefore, under the pressure of the third line, the results in the league have declined. Currently, they only have 27 points, ranking in the outside the European theater of operations.

There are many reasons for the decline in this season's performance, one of which is very important. As Klose gets older, his injuries increase and the number of appearances decreases. Last season, he scored 15 league goals for Lazio, which is why Lazio can succeed. The key to entering the European theater, but this season he has played fewer games due to injuries. So far, he has only scored 4 goals, and Lazio's offense is basically over.

Lazio has only scored 26 goals so far, which is more than double that of Juventus. Of course, it is not easy to rely on such an offensive quality, and their defense is relatively average.

However, on January 1th, this game was a good opportunity for Lazio. Firstly, Klose, the top scorer, came back. Secondly, they were at home. A record of 25 points.

Because of this advantage, Petkovic is not conservative at the Olympic Stadium, but boldly resorted to offensive warfare. Klose's characteristics are well known, and his ability to run and grab points is particularly strong, so Lazio generally plays. It is to make full use of the two wings, one side Lulic and the other Candreva, the cross is their magic weapon.

Klose is not just as simple as a spot-grabbing center. The older he gets, the more mature his skills are, and his passing skills have also improved a lot, so he will often retreat, take the ball and distribute the ball.

Even though he is not young, he is still the focus of the Serie A teams' close marking.

After the opening, Lazio obviously had the advantage. At home, the spirit was different. In addition, in the first half and the Super Cup, Lazio lost two consecutive games to Juventus 0:4. The heart of revenge is still very urgent.

In the 27th minute, Klose inserted a through ball into the goal and was knocked down by Buffon. The referee awarded a penalty kick and sent Buffon off with a red card. Juventus was forced to replace Asamoah with Storari. Dereva made a penalty kick, 1-0!

Buffon is not a god, and sometimes he will make mistakes. Of course, this ball has little to do with him, and he is still responsible for his defender.

He didn't want to foul either, but Klose's timing was so good that Buffon couldn't do without fouling.

As a result, Juventus had to fight with 60 people in the remaining 10 minutes. Petkovic appropriately recovered his formation and focused on interception. Juventus's style of play is also everyone's You know, Petkovic doesn't think he can gain the upper hand even with one more player when it comes to ball control, and he also doesn't think Juventus should be given such a chance when it comes to defensive counterattacks.

Therefore, Lazio's focus is not on the possession and pressure of the frontcourt but on the interception of the midfield to prevent Juventus from operating the ball to the front of the penalty area.

This trick works very well. After Juventus changed to 432, the containment force on the side road was reduced. Under the opponent's style of play, they can guarantee possession of the ball but cannot easily create good opportunities. Zhang Yuan and Carlos Tevez performed very well. Active, but useless, Lazio's defense was tight, Juventus got a few set-piece opportunities, but they didn't make good use of them.

At the 80th minute, Conte became impatient, replaced Lichtsteiner with Llorente, and directly resorted to a 333 formation. Tevez and Zhang Yuan were separated on both sides, and Llorente was in the middle. The rhythm of the pass.

Petkovic also dispatched his troops and started to defend directly. In the last minute of stoppage time, Juventus got a corner kick, Pirlo took a corner kick, Llorente jumped high from the crowd, and the header was perfect Killed, Juventus evened the score with this goal.

The 12-game winning streak ended. Zhang Yuan was very upset after the game. When facing the reporter, he said: "We should not take it lightly! We made a big mistake today! This is a lesson. I hope we will not make similar mistakes in the next game. mistake!"

He expressed his dissatisfaction with the team's stupefaction in the defense, and it shouldn't be easy to let the veteran Klose catch a through ball. If he concentrates, this can be completely avoided.

The Roma team played before Juventus. They won Verona 3:1 in the away game and narrowed the gap to 5 points. This is probably one of the reasons why Zhang Yuan expressed his dissatisfaction.

Juventus is trying everything possible to widen the score gap recently, but it is not as expected. The points advantage in the league has been reduced. During the training on Tuesday, Zhang Yuan felt uncomfortable in his thigh muscles. On Thursday night, there was Italy Cup against Rome.

An even more unfortunate thing happened. Zhang Yuan was absent. Roma defeated Juventus 1-0 at home and eliminated Juventus directly. This result made Conte very annoyed. Could it be that without Zhang Yuan, Can't do anything? !

Juventus executives are very unhappy with such an exit. According to the new plan, they hope to win the Europa League, League, and Coppa Italia this season, but their dreams are now shattered.

To make matters worse, that damned vampire Raiola has already come to Turin. Obviously, this is a bad comer. He came 200% for Zhang Yuan's contract renewal, which was renewed in 2013? !What kind of problem is this? !Messi's contract to Barcelona has been changed 6 times, and it is said that it is still changing for the 7th time. That time was not for salary issues, so this is not surprising.

(End of this chapter)