Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 840
For the next two days, Juventus will be training at a special training base in Lisbon. Because the environment here is very different, Juventus' training will not be disturbed by the outside world at all, and the training status of the players is still quite good.

In this away game against Benfica, Juventus's personnel is still basically complete, but the key player Vidal is missing. Vidal did not follow the team to Lisbon. On the eve of leaving Turin, Conte's pre-match press conference It was reported that Vidal was unwell and unable to go to Lisbon.

His absence has a great impact on Juventus. There is still room for exchange and reconciliation between Marchisio and Pogba, but there is no way for Vidal's position, especially in the strong dialogue. Vidal's role is very crucial.

Against Benfica, Conte had to use a trio of Pirlo, Marchisio and Pogba. This combination has been proven in the league that if the opponent is strong enough, it is difficult for Juventus to control the situation.

But Benfica's coach Jorge Jesus still gave Juventus a very high evaluation.

"Juventus is very strong, and there are many commendable players in the team. Zhang Yuan has a strong ability to finish goals, and Pirlo still maintains a very high level. Don't forget that they still have Buffon. His goal is a difficult thing!"

"We will attack hard at home, we want to score goals and win! Because the Juventus Arena is not such an easy place to win! Anyway, I hope the team will appear in the Juventus Arena this season twice!"

Jesus is well-known in Portugal, not even in Europe, he is also a well-known coach. He took over Braga in 08, defected to Benfica in Lisbon in 09, and brought Benfica to the league in the second year Champion, since then he has led Benfica to become a new force to challenge Porto.

If you want to say who has won the most league titles in the Portuguese Super League, it is Benfica, not Porto or Sporting Lisbon.

But if you want to talk about the most brilliant team in the Portuguese Super League in the past 30 years, it must be Porto rather than the other two.

In the past ten years or so, Porto has been the protagonist among the protagonists, but in recent years, because of the existence of Jesus, Benfica has begun to pose a strong challenge to Porto, winning the first championship to end Porto's four consecutive championships. In the next few seasons, Benfica was closer to Porto in the championship competition, but unfortunately failed to win the championship.

But this season they finally put Porto under their feet and won the league championship again. You must know that Benfica's business situation is not very good, and they have to sell core players every year, which is worse than Porto.

There have been very famous players such as David Luiz, Coentrao and Di Maria.

It is not easy to break Porto's monopoly when the depth of the lineup is not enough to be compared with Porto.

But Jesus is full of confidence. Benfica is not bad. They reached the finals in the Europa League last season, but failed to break Gutman's curse again and finished second. Even facing Juventus this season, Benfica still wants to get another chance to break Gutman's spell.

Gutman is a famous Hungarian coach. Hungary was quite famous for a long time after the war in the last century. A coach like Gutman is a disseminator of advanced Hungarian football tactics. His coaching footprints spread all over Europe and the United States. South America, also stayed in Italy, coached the giants AC Milan, and won the league championship, but shortly after winning the championship, he had conflicts with the Milan board and was fired.

His most glorious period was in Benfica. The Benfica he coached not only triumphed in the domestic arena, but also in the European arena. They also ended Real Madrid's five consecutive championships and completed their own Champions League defense. Then Gutman cursed Benfica.

In 1962, Benfica coach Gutman, who had just led his team to defeat Real Madrid to defend the Champions League title, proposed a salary increase to the team but was rejected. Gutman resigned angrily. Will be European champions!"

And now, half a season has passed in the world, and Benfica has never won a European championship. They have entered the Champions League final five times since then, and lost all of them. They have entered the Europa League final twice, but still lost!
They, together with Juventus and Bayern Munich before, are the unluckiest finalists in the history of the UEFA Champions League. They lost five times and failed to win the Champions League once. The comparison is miserable. These three clubs can be compared.

The new opportunity has arrived, and Jesus is really trying his best. He really doesn't believe in this evil, and vows to break the spell of Benfica's meritorious coach!
The 24th is coming soon. Benfica’s home stadium, the Stadium of Light, is located in the northwest of Lisbon, not in the city center. The parish where it is located is called Luz Parish. It is called the Stadium of Light, also known as the Luce Stadium.

Benfica's home stadium is not far from the Albadella Stadium, the home stadium of its rival Sporting Lisbon, and the distance is only more than 2 kilometers.

The game against Juventus attracted many Benfica fans. The Stadium of Light can accommodate more than 6 people, and today it is already full of seats.

The fans of Benfica played the logo of the eagle in the stands. The Benfica club has an eagle on the team badge, so it is also nicknamed "The Eagle". They are also powerful enough. They have raised an eagle in the club. Before the start, the breeder brought the mascot to the field, and the eagle has been tamed.

From the hands of the breeder, he flew into the air and circled and danced in the Stadium of Light, causing bursts of cheers from the fans.

By the way, they are eagles, and the mascot of Juventus is also a zebra. I'm sorry, I really can't take it out for a walk, so every home game day, I can only let one person dress up as a zebra for show!
Of course, there are not a few teams that use living animals as mascots. Zhang Yuan knew that the Cologne team was called "Goat" when he was in the Bundesliga. But goats are docile!

This eagle, after all, is a carnivore and a bird, so it looks very domineering!
Talking about Zhang Yuan and his teammates, in the locker room at this time, listening to Conte's general mobilization, they couldn't see the Eagles.

The relatively relaxed environment of the two days made the Juventus players feel a lot more relaxed. Everyone gradually forgot about the future speculation. Conte is now speaking about the importance of this game, the importance of the Europa League champion, What he has to do is to make the players have a certain sense of tension.

Benfica, like Juventus, were eliminated from the Champions League group stage, but after the two teams moved to the Europa League, their results were surprisingly consistent. They were both unbeaten in 6 games and had a record of 5. Win and 1 draw, but it must be quite difficult for Juventus to take away a victory from here. After all, Benfica has not lost at home this season (12 wins and 2 draws in the league).

Since Barzagli suffered from back discomfort during the two days of training, Conte replaced him with Caceres in this game.

The starting lineup for Juventus is like this.

Goalkeeper: Buffon

Defender: Caceres Bonucci Chiellini

Midfielder: Lichtsteiner, Berg, Bapillo, Marchisio, Asamoah

Forward: Tevez Zhang Yuan
Juventus's formation and starting lineup are almost constant. Jesus' prediction is not a problem, and there are no secrets at all.

On Benfica's side, Jesus sent out a 433 formation.

Goalkeeper: Arthur
Defender: Luizon Pereira Gareth Keira
Midfielder: Markovic, Gomez Perez
Forward: Soleimani Cardosor Rodriguez
Gabriel Jesus himself is a coach who advocates offense. At the center position, Cardoso is 1.9 meters tall. He is a typical high center forward, but his skills are also good. After transferring to Benfica, his scoring efficiency has not been low. , However, he came to Europe a little late, and he is in his 30s now, otherwise he would have been poached by other teams long ago.

(End of this chapter)