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Chapter 60 Against the old club (end)
Fulham pulled back a goal at the Alpi Stadium, and the Fulham fans who came to Turin with the team, although few in number, were loud.Immediately sang and danced in the fan area of ​​the visiting team, where the number of people was absolutely not dominant.

Unified gestures, unified singing, even in the cold weather of March in Italy, England fans even took off their upper body jerseys to reveal their upper body, and painted the red cross "St. George's Flag" with red oil paint them.Immediately became the craziest and happiest person in the Alpen Stadium.

And Hodgson, as Andy Gray said just now, immediately noticed his offensive left, which is the right side of Juventus' defense.Neither Salihamidzic nor Zebina could stop Duff's unreasonable breakthrough purely relying on speed.

Therefore, Hodgson, who knew very well that "you will die while you are sick", immediately instructed the team's offensive starting point and immediately moved to the left midfielder, Duff's feet.

But the Juventus players who were scored in such a crude and simple way with no "technical content" were naturally very unhappy.No need to remind coach Zaccheroni.The Juventus players who immediately switched to the "defensive counterattack" mode immediately formed Juventus, or the "concrete defense" that the entire Italian football is proud of in front of their own goal.

Therefore, no matter how loud the Fulham fans are, and no matter how aggressive the Fulham players are on the field.Juventus' defensive players have always defended every attack of the Fulham club closely, and immediately cleared the football that was pushed out of the penalty area.Either kick to Fulham's half, or kick directly off the field.

But only defense is not enough. The essence of Italy's "defensive counterattack" is not only "defense", but also "counterattack." Now "defense" is the common responsibility of Juventus defensive players, or all players.But what about "fighting back".

Zaccheroni's eyes, as well as that of Juventus's first captain, Del Piero, who was sitting on the bench, immediately focused on the man standing near the center line of the pitch, wearing the Juventus 23 Victor in the number jersey.

"Fulham's players worked hard and looked more than content with taking away an away goal at the Alpi. But now Juventus are starting to defend seriously. Concrete in Italy Defense, let Fulham's players attack without success again and again." Looking at the football crossed by Duff, Lerotale, who was once again predicted, pushed out of the penalty area, and then was grabbed by Marchisio, the first point of football, was passed to Victor near the midfield, Martin Taylor couldn't help but regretted for the Fulham players.

But Victor, who received the football, controlled the football very "obediently" with the inner foot of his right foot, and did not stop the ball.Instead, he turned around with the ball, and at the same time, the outside of his foot brought the football to Fulham's half.Then he kicked the ground hard with his right foot, dribbled the ball and ran towards the Fulham half-court quickly.

"Victor is attacking with the ball. Fulham has four players in the entire Fulham half, while Juventus only has Victor. Does Victor want to go alone?" Looking at himself dribbling the ball Fulham's half, Martin Taylor shouted in shock.

Of course, Victor will not dribble the ball towards Fulham's half. If the surname behind Victor's name is "Maradona", it is still possible.But Victor immediately noticed that his left, although Candreva's speed was not fast.But behind Candreva, who is a left back, Fabio Grosso, who is a left back in this game.But it was running towards Fulham's half quickly.

"Victor passing the ball?" Martin Taylor was a bit unconvinced that Victor didn't continue to dribble the ball himself, but first dunked the football, and then passed the football to Victor's left hand with his right foot, which is the left side of Juventus' attack. road.

"This is not a wise pass choice..." Martin Taylor, who watched Victor pass the ball, muttered uncontrollably, "There is no Juventus player on the left."

"No, they have." Andy Gray, who had already watched Grosso plugging in quickly, immediately interrupted Martin Taylor.Then he said loudly:

"Juventus' left-back, Grosso runs towards the football and he gets a pass from Victor. And Fulham's defenders on the right, whether it's Gera at right-back or Bayer at right-back Germany, have been left behind by Grosso. After receiving the ball, Grosso continued to kill towards Fulham's half.

With Fulham's four players in the backcourt, Greening let go of Victor and pushed towards the unguarded Grosso on the left.And Hughes, who had been retreating all the time, immediately took Greening's position, pasted Victor, Hangeland and Konchesky, and temporarily formed Fulham's last line of defense.

Grosso passed Greening and made a simple change of direction.Then cut inside!Hughes could only give up Victor who ran to the right, and went to meet Grosso who cut inside.But Grosso passed the ball.Handed over to Victor.

Marseille roundabout.After Victor received the ball, he faced Hangeland, who was jumping towards him and was on an unstable footing, and passed him with a Marseille roundabout.Victor is now in Fulham's penalty area.Smash, shoot! "

"GOAL! Great goal! Victor's spike made Konchesky impossible to guard against, and the space left was quickly seized by Victor, and then he shot a curve ball towards the upper right corner of the goal. And Swarzer Obviously the reaction was a little slow, and there were some problems with his position selection. He believed too much in his height and wingspan. Therefore, the ball shot by Victor wiped Swarzer's finger and went into the goal!"

"Martin," Andy Gray listened to the commentary of his old partner, and suddenly saw that in the replay, before Victor took a shot, he took a few steps from the top area of ​​the penalty area to the left side of the penalty area, which is Suitable for the area where Victor hits the goal with his right foot.However, for this area, Andy Gray suddenly had a very bold idea, so he called his partner.Then he opened his mouth and said:
"This ball seems to be in the 'Piero area.' And Victor's shooting action reminded me of Del Piero for a while."

Martin Taylor was a little surprised when he heard the words of his old partner, but he took a closer look at Victor in the replay, the area he was in, and the arc of the shot football.Although in the commentary room, no one else will be able to see the two of them.However, Martin Taylor still couldn't help but nodded in agreement with Andy Gray:
"Yes Andy, the ball was indeed in the 'Piero zone.'"

On the Alpi Stadium, after Victor scored a goal, he immediately ran to the Juventus bench.Then he hugged the players on the bench who stood up excitedly after seeing Victor's goal.The last hug was of course Juventus's first captain, Del Piero.

And this scene of Victor and Del Piero embracing in celebration of the goal was also immediately photographed by reporters outside the field.The next day, Turin, and even the whole of Italy.The first page of all sports media is this picture.And below it says,
"The 'Zebra Prince' succession, from Alessandro to Victor."

The Fulham players, after seeing Victor beat the team's goalkeeper Swarzer and scored such a goal.The flames of attack that had finally swelled up seemed to be completely extinguished by the icy sea water of the Mediterranean Sea, not even a single spark was left behind.

Although in the second half of the game, with the encouragement of midfielder Hodgson, the Fulham players who wanted to stage an "Alpine Miracle".It's a pity that this is Italy, it's a pity that Juventus won't be opening champagne in midfield, and it's a pity that Fulham doesn't have a player named "Steven Gerrard".

So, although Fulham's attack in the second half caused Juventus centre-back Lerottlie to get a yellow card in defense, although there was nothing wrong with the game.But he had to miss the next Europa League game, the away game against Fulham.However, after the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

The score on the field was still the same as it was after the first half. 3 to 1, with one goal and one assist by Victor, Juventus got a fairly satisfactory score at home, but Fulham took away a valuable away goal despite their failure.After returning to Craven Farm, Juventus can be eliminated as long as two goals are scored.

However, for Juventus, it's not just the Europa Cup that needs to be watched.In the next league game, only one day of rest is left for the Juventus team, and the opponent, although known as the "Little Zebra", is Siena.It's a pity that the current manager of Juventus is no longer surnamed Moji.

Therefore, Zaccheroni still dare not give the whole team a holiday.Still let the Juventus players who played against Fulham the night before come to the Vivorno training ground.

However, it seems that Zaccheroni's choice is a wrong choice.The Juventus players, who were in a relaxed mood after winning the game yesterday, practiced while joking.But Buffon wanted to show off his demeanor as "one of the goalkeepers in Italy", and deliberately did not put on the goalkeeper's gloves to warm up for the save.

As a result, he accidentally touched the ground that had become hard due to the cold weather.He was sent to the team doctor immediately.After the team doctor's diagnosis, the rest time was not long, only a short week.But helplessly, Buffon has to miss tomorrow's game against Siena, as well as the next second round of the Europa League against Fulham.

And then, the bad luck brought by Buffon did not seem to subside.As the team's second goalkeeper, the Austrian Manninger accidentally twisted his ankle when he landed after a beautiful flying save during training.

Now, under the unanimous request of the entire Juventus team, the team's third goalkeeper Chimendi, although Zaccheroni is unwilling, cannot cause a "disaster" in training.So Chimendi left the training ground and hurried back to the team's dormitory building.

Therefore, Zaccheroni, who was forced to do nothing, urgently notified the first goalkeeper of the youth team, Carlo Pinsoglio, and the second goalkeeper Marco Bonassi to be promoted to the first team after the training in the morning. , Become a substitute for the old goalkeeper Chimendi.

(End of this chapter)