There is a dream called football

Chapter 217

At this time, Juventus is undoubtedly one of the best teams in Europe, and the Italian football phone number has not yet come out.

At this time, Juventus, just talking about their lineup, made other European teams envious. At this time, the most proud European teams were not Barcelona or Real Madrid, but Italian teams.

Juventus has Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Del Piero on the front line, the Czech iron man Nedved at the core of the midfield, Cannavaro and Thuram on the back line, and Buffon the goalkeeper.

Even if Juventus is the best team in Europe at this time, there should be no controversy, because he is indeed.

Their head coach Capello is also full of pride. He said that the goal of this season is the championship, not only the league, but also the Champions League. Ibrahimovic in the team is even more arrogant. He said that he will leave Juventus without winning the Champions League.

In this regard, Benitez is of course afraid, AC Milan and Juventus are the last eight he does not want to meet.

But fortunately, the schedule is still very favorable for Juventus, first at home and then away.

The biggest advantage of going to the away game in the second round is that you can work hard, which is what most teams hope.

However, the outside world's views on this game are relatively pessimistic. They think that Liverpool will be eliminated 100%.

Because the gap in strength is indeed too big. On the one hand, there is such a powerful Juventus, and on the other hand, there is an ordinary Liverpool. Looking at the lineup, it is very clear. This Liverpool seems to be very civilian.

The explanation given by Benitez is also very interesting. A poor boy will not necessarily lose his life. Have you seen the American movie "Million Pounds".

On the surface, Benitez is very optimistic, but in private the Spaniard is still very cautious. In this game, he would never dare to fight against his opponent.

Piero.

Ibrahimovic.

These are the top European stars, the kind of people who can score goals if they are given a few tenths of a second.

What is even more frightening is the depth of Juventus' bench. They also have Frenchman Trezeguet on the bench.

So the outside world is right, this Juventus team is definitely capable of crushing Liverpool.

defense.

defense.

defense.

Joe Lee and Kewell were used by Benitez to practice defense in training.

"This is Del Piero, this is Camoranesi, go defend."

The defensive tactic used by Benitez is a triangle surround, that is to say, all the frontcourt players of several opponents on the court are surrounded by a triangle.

For example, if Piero takes the ball, the Liverpool players around him must form a triangle.

This is actually not easy, and it can even be said that only strong teams can do it. For example, the chain defense of the Italian national team, if you look down from the air, it is almost like this, all forming a triangle position.

The triangle is the most stable geometry, and it is also the most stable defensive position on the court.

"Keep your positions. In this game, we will treat ourselves as a weak team. We will fight against our opponents, you know?"

In the league, Liverpool will not regard itself as an underdog even if it encounters teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal, but in the Champions League against Juventus, Benitez will treat himself as an underdog.

Li Qiao still broke through the three-person double-team and scored the ball. Benitez roared and Carragher was wronged.

"Head, if it's in a game, then I can kick someone, but that's Li Qiao."

"You can do it."

"..."

Benitez went further: "Bring him down."

"..."

It was the first time the players had seen their boss act like a raging Spanish bull in practice.

"It looks like a lot of pressure on the head."

"After all, Juventus is too strong, and the outside world predicts that they will be the champions of this year's Champions League."

If you only look at the lineup, not many people would doubt this, but the biggest charm of football games is that he never just looks at the strength on the cards.

Capello is here, with his Juventus.

His team lost the Champions League final two years ago, against AC Milan in the final, which was also the most painful period for Juventus, but fortunately they survived.

At the airport, Capello looked serious, as if he was the godfather of Italy. In fact, in terms of football, he is the godfather of the football circle.

"Will you beat Liverpool?"

"What tactics does your team prepare."

"There is news that Real Madrid are contacting you."

……

……

Regarding the reporters' questions, Capello just turned away the microphones of these reporters, and then said nothing, as if he didn't need to say anything.

In this way, the Juventus stars hurriedly left the stadium without leaving a word, and what awaited them was Liverpool's blocking.

At this time, the BBC's Lineker fired again at Liverpool.

"The dull Benitez will definitely not be able to pass Juventus, because even my grandma knows Liverpool's tactics, crossing from the wing, and then relying on Gerrard's explosive shot, there is nothing else."

"And almost everyone in the opponent can create chances, even Buffon is so good."

"So we are still optimistic about Juventus. I predict that they will be the champions of this season."

"What if not?" the host asked back.

"Then I'll go kiss the ass of the donkey."

"Haha."

Benitez also saw this paragraph, he laughed, he didn't have time to laugh at Lineker, because maybe it was this annoying big mouth from England who won in the end.

In order to express his absolute confidence, Capello announced the Champions League squad one day in advance.

The strikers are Ibrahimovic and Del Piero.

The midfielders are Camoranesi, Nedved, Emerson, and Brahi.

The defense is Zebina, Zambrotta, Cannavaro and Thuram.

The goalkeeper is Buffon.

Li Qiao was also very envious when he saw this lineup. If he could have such a lineup when playing FIFA games in his previous life, he would be able to walk sideways.

It's a pity that this is the opponent's lineup at this time, not his own. This is the biggest difference.

The next day, when players from both sides appeared at Anfield, the fans were expecting a passionate battle.

However, there was a short ceremony before the game, because the two sides wanted to commemorate the Heysel tragedy that year. On May 1985, 5, at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, before the European Champions Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus, Italian and English fans clashed, resulting in one of the biggest tragedies in football history.

Twenty years later, Liverpool and Juventus faced off again in the Champions League at this time, but that period of history cannot be forgotten.

Players from both sides observed a minute of silence before Gerrard of Liverpool and Fabio Cannavaro of Juventus embraced tightly.

(End of this chapter)