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Chapter 111 Expectations for the New Season
"The new season of the Italian Football League is still brought to you by Sky Sports. I am Gentile."

"I'm Marchegiani."

"After more than two months of rest, the Italian Football League has finally resumed the battle. This game is still a live commentary brought to you by me and my partner, Marchegiani. The first round, last season The Juventus team, which has suffered from the striker and the goalkeeper for half a season, has been absent for half a season. This game is at its home stadium, the Alpi Stadium. Of course, it has now been renamed the Juventus Stadium against Parma Team."

After Gentili spoke first, his "old partner," Marchegiani sitting next to him, also as a commentator, continued to explain:

"Yes, the Juventus club reached an agreement with the Turin government to obtain the right to use the Alpi Stadium for 99 years. Therefore, after the end of last season, the Juventus club has remodeled the Alpi Stadium. For example The turf, and the style of making the stadium into a professional football field.

It can be understood that the Juventus club has become one of the few Italian football clubs that has its own stadium.This is also regarded by Juventus fans as the beginning of the Juventus club's revival. "

"Yes, compared to the other two 'Northern Big Three' who are still co-loaning the Meazza (San Siro) stadium, AC Milan and the nationality Milan, the two powerful players in the city of Milan, Juventus can be said to be the first to complete this step. These three teams are almost the long-cherished wish of the teams that have monopolized the Serie A championship.

But compared with AC Milan and Inter Milan, in recent seasons, Juventus has obviously not been able to show much in terms of record.Last season, although coach Del Neri also shouted the slogan of regaining the Serie A championship before the start of the game.

However, due to the absence of the main goalkeeper Buffon during the working season, coupled with the immaturity of the central defender purchased from Bari, Leonardo Bonucci, the team lost a lot of goals that should not be lost.In the second half of the season, although Buffon returned, and in the winter transfer window, the team spent 30 euros from the Wolfsburg club in the Bundesliga to win the central defender Balza who was looted in Palermo. profit.

But it is a pity that Victor Lee, the new No. [-] and a half representative, who has been the team's striker since the beginning of the league, suffered a calf bone fracture in the UEFA Europa League group match against Manchester City. .Therefore, although Tony and Matri have joined, their roles cannot be compared with Victor.

Therefore, after the league ended, Juventus only ranked seventh in the standings.Not only did they fail to win the league championship, they even failed to qualify for European competitions. "

"It has to be said that it is indeed a symbol of Juventus' unfavorable years," Marchegiani also followed Gentile's words and continued:

"Therefore, after the league ended, Juventus chairman Andre Agnelli fired head coach Del Neri directly, and at the same time compensated Del Neri with a lot of liquidated damages. Then, he directly dug from the Siena team. Juventus captained the team during their sweep of the continent, Antonio Conte.

At the same time, it is said that Andre Agnelli originally wanted to invite Marcello Lippi, the 'silver fox' who has retired from the head coach of the Italian national team and has been at home all the time.But Mr. Lippi no longer intends to coach any European football club, but he still recommended for the Juventus team Antonio Conte, who served as the captain under him and previously served as the head coach of the Siena Club. "

In fact, after Antonio Conte took office, the assistant coach of Juventus, the Chinese translation of his name is also Conte.It's just that the name of the head coach Antonio Conte is spelled Antonio Conte, and the assistant coach Conte's name is actually Francesco Conte, spelled Francesco Conti. This is a fun part of the translation of Chinese names.

But this is a digression. After all, Juventus is at home, and the Juventus Stadium game against Parma is about to begin.And Gentile, when the starting lineups of both sides were played on the broadcast screen, he quickly explained:
"After Antonio Conte took office, he changed Juventus' main formation to 4-3-3. The goalkeeper is still Buffon. On the back line, the right back is Lisis Steiner who joined the team. The defender is Bonucci and Barzagli, and the left back is played by Chiellini, who was originally a left back and changed to a central defender when he came to Juventus. The three midfielders came from AC Milan on a free transfer Andre Pirlo plays and organizes the midfielder at the back. In front, Vidal and Marchisio, who are also good at attacking and defending, and have outstanding physical fitness, act as the "guards". On the forward line, on the right is the return from injury. Victor Lee, Vucinic on the left and Matri in front."

After Gentili finished introducing the starting lineup, Marchegiani naturally wanted to make some comments.Of course, the language of Marchegiani's comments was not something he "didn't think about" alone.Basically, it can also be said to represent the opinions of most football critics and related media.

"First of all, although I still wear the No. 21 jersey, it's just that it's not the red and black jersey that we, the fans, and even himself are familiar with, but a black and white striped shirt. Andre Pirlo. He transferred freely this summer, from AC Milan, where he had played for ten years, to Juventus on a free transfer.

The main reason for this transfer is that Andre's head coach in AC Milan, Allegri's men, was gradually replaced by Prince Boateng, who was more physically tough.In addition, due to the ownership of AC Milan, Berlusconi gradually reduced his investment in the team. Therefore, football director Galliani planned to let Andre Pirlo significantly reduce his salary, and at the same time the contract was changed to one year. sign.

However, it is not only Juventus and their coach Antonio Conte who are interested in Andre (Pirlo), whose contract period has expired.Inter Milan and their head coach, the Brazilian Leonardo who once played for AC Milan, are also very interested in Andre.

But as for why Andre finally chose to come to Juventus instead of Inter Milan, where he once played.It is estimated that this will not be mentioned in the autobiography until Andre retires.But it is also possible that this will always be a secret.

Another point is that if we look at the forward line, Antonio Conte has arranged three generals, Victor, Matri and Vucinic.During the winter transfer period of last season, in order to replace Victor, who was reimbursed for the entire season with a broken calf, Matri joined Juventus on loan, and contributed 16 goals to the team in 9 games he joined Juventus on loan.And on the forward line, it can also play a very good fulcrum role.Therefore, it also squeezed out the former main striker, Quali Larera.And Qualilarella also looks to have been left out of this season's squad by Antonio Conte.It is reported that Vicenzo (Qualilarella) has been dealt with to let him find his next home.

And Vucinic, who joined the team in the new season, played for the Roma team for three seasons before, and also proved that he is a strong, aggressive striker, and he can score at least ten goals every season.However, I think that Antonio Conte is most dependent on the striker, Victor who has returned from injury.After all, he can be said to be the successor of the old captain Del Piero, and he is also the representative player of Italy's unique No. [-] and a half.

And Matri and Vucinic are more to create space for Victor to play in the frontcourt. At the same time, it is also to see whether Victor, who has an excellent view of the overall situation on the field, can help these two players reach a new level in their careers. height of the goal. "

After Marchegiani's comments, Juventus' match against Parma also opened the prelude to Juventus's Serie A campaign in the new season after the referee's whistle began.In this game, the most eye-catching thing is the new players who joined the team.

In particular, Andre Pirlo, who is the core of the playmaker, and the right back, from the Lazio team, would rather "pay out of their own pockets" to join Juventus' Lisis Steiner.And Juventus' first goal in this game came from these two men.

Andre Pirlo made a long pass like a precision-guided cruise missile, and then his physical condition was outstanding, especially his physical fitness, which was enough to support the "take-all" Lisiste on the right side who ran down and added half an hour of overtime accept.The two teamed up to beat Parma's goalkeeper and Juventus' outstanding youth product, Antonio Mirante (Antonio Mirante).

And as one of Andre Pirlo's "protectors", this summer Juventus finally "snatched food", under the "peeping" of Bayern Munich, "robbed" from the Bundesliga team Leverkusen Come Vidal.It is also the best use of the characteristics of his own B2B midfielder.

In the first round of Juventus' league match against Parma, Juventus also won the Parma team 4-1 at the newly moved Juventus Stadium.It can be regarded as a good start for the Juventus club in the new season.At the same time, it is also for the official use of the Juventus Stadium, with a good "first time."

However, there are players who have performed well, and there are players who have not performed so satisfactorily.And this "unsatisfactory" player is Victor.In the vision of coach Antonio Conte, Victor should show the characteristics of a nine and a half player.After all, standing in front of Victor were two tough players, Matri and Vucinic.And Victor can also retreat at any time, and Andre Pirlo, who is behind the organization, forms a double organization with the front and the rear.Moreover, Vidal and Marchisio behind Victor can also provide defensive protection for Victor.

However, in the eyes of Antonio Conte, Victor and his performance in the warm-up match are "exactly the same." Pass the ball directly.But not the kind of threatening passes, but most of them are cross or return passes.Even when confronted physically with Parma's defenders, Victor had a feeling of reluctance.

(End of this chapter)