Football: I carry forward Shaolin Kungfu

On Friday night, the Inter Milan team arrived in Sardinia.

Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia, lies between the northern end of the southern bay of Sardinia and two salt lakes.

This is a port city with a population of 23.2. It has a southern European style and has ancient relics such as medieval church architecture and Carthaginian cemetery.

However, the Inter Milan team has no time to enjoy these scenery.

The next afternoon, they will be away to challenge Cagliari!

Before the game, Conte announced the 23-man roster to the media, and Ye Chen was selected again.

But this time is different.

Ye Chen is the starter!

Conte did not announce the 352 starting lineup to the players until two hours before the game.

Lukaku Lautaro

Biraghi Brozovic Barrera Vecino Ye Chen

Bastony Devleske

Handanovic

The Italian international Candreva, who should have appeared in the main position, sat on the bench.

For this result, Inter Milan's players were not surprised.

In the last match against Roma, Ye Chen contributed to the team's victory, contributing one goal and one assist.

The logic of the excellent substitute players entering the starting lineup makes sense, and the players are also convinced.

And as head coach Conte.

As a newcomer, he had to cultivate his own direct disciples.

Young, ambitious, and having no ties with local Italian players, Ye Chen naturally became Conte's key support candidate.

After Inter Milan's starting roster was announced, fans in China were also beaming with smiles.

In the fan forum, everyone was talking about Ye Chen enthusiastically.

"It's great! This time is 09:30 in the evening, China time, so you can watch Ye Chen!"

"Golden time, turn on the TV and see our Huaxia players playing in Serie A, it's so beautiful!"

"Even an Italian international like Candreva was squeezed into the bench by Ye Chen, our brother Ye is in a good position."

"I've already ordered beer and crayfish on the delivery software, plus 20 yuan of duck neck, eat crayfish tonight, eat duck neck, drink beer, and watch morning goals!"

"Hahaha, our Binzhou Inter Fans Association has booked a small bar. Tonight, this is our home stadium. Watching the game and drinking, you can't get drunk!"

"I really want to go to the scene to watch Ye Chen play football. I want to hold the Chinese national flag in the stands and cheer for him!"

"Sports Weekly" Inter Milan team reporter Su Yue posted a picture of Ye Chen warming up at the stadium in the fan forum.

"Fans, I'm right here, let me replace you and cheer for Ye Chen!"

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In the dressing room of the visiting team, Conte is making the final deployment before the game.

This local coach has brought the wild style of the player era 20 years ago to the position of today's coach.

His appearance is still unkempt.

My hair is disheveled, my beard is unshaven, and I always feel awake.

"Guys, this is our first away game of the season. In Serie A, every away game is very difficult, especially for Cagliari."

Conte rubbed the calluses on his chin against the stubble of his chin, making a clicking sound.

"I was the captain of Juventus when I was a player. I know the Cagliari people better than any of you. They have the blood of fighting in Sardinia!"

"Yes, I know how they will play, and you also know how they will play. These southerners will use fierce tackles, and brutal body collisions to organize our midfield ball possession organization."

Conte slapped his palms hard on the players twice, and then moved the white tactical board to replace the players' magnets.

"I beg you, speed up the speed of the ball."

"Give the ball to midfielder Brozovic as soon as possible, and let him control the rhythm," Conte pointed to Barrera and Ye Chen, "In this game, we mainly attack from the right. You, Barrera, you, Ye, You two, run around Brozovic and create space for him to receive the ball!"

Conti paused, and said to Ye Chen alone: ​​"Ye, if you have space, shoot from a long distance, try hitting them a few times, and test the state of the goalkeeper."

"As for Lukaku and Lautaro, you two are free to play, it's better to be bold, shoot when you want, don't hesitate, like a pussy!

"If the opponent engages in high position pressure at the beginning of the game and grabs the start, don't panic. They will play high position for 15 minutes at most. After a quarter of an hour, the next game will enter our own rhythm."

"Okay, that's all, lads, just go up and do it, don't let the expedition fans who spent their plane tickets and football tickets down!"

Players from both sides stepped into the court from the narrow passage of the court.

When the live dj introduced the starting lineup of both sides, there was an episode.

When thinking of the visiting team's No. 23 player Barrera.

There was a burst of boos at the Sant'Elia Stadium!

""xu—"

"xu—xu!"

Although the stadium is not big, it can only accommodate 25000 fans.

But the violent boos at the scene were still shocking!

"Varela, they don't seem to welcome you very much." Ye Chen looked at Barrera behind him with concern.

"Haha, it's normal. I played for this venue last season. After a few months, I became their opponent." Varela smiled harmlessly, "However, I am the Italian coach. It’s still principled, although they boo me, but if I score a goal, I still choose not to celebrate!”

The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!

In this game, the home team Cagliari formed a retro Christmas tree formation, 4321.

This formation, more than ten years ago, with AC Milan winning the Champions League, was all the rage in Europe, and it also attracted many Serie A teams to follow suit.

However, in the past two years, it has almost disappeared in Serie A.

After all, deploying two midfielders is a very extravagant idea.

But today, Cagliari's head coach Malan was ingenious and placed two players with excellent running ability and physical ability-Na England and Joao Pedro in the front midfielder position.

The purpose is to attack Inter Milan and try to steal a goal!

This is very much in line with Conte's expectations.

"Haha, Xu guides you to see, Cagliari is pressing in Inter Milan's half, and the opening is high pressure. We can see just now that four Cagliari players rushed to the Inter Milan penalty area to grab the defender! "

In the studio of China Sports Channel, Duan Xuan's eyes brightened.

"Yes, this is trying to grab the start," Xu Yang lowered his head and wrote in his notebook, "Although I didn't snatch the ball just now, the impact forced Inter Milan defender Defray to make a big kick to clear the siege. , returned the ball to the opponent, so this press was successful!"

A few minutes later, Cagliari center Giovanni Simeone knocked away the close-fitting Inter Milan defender De Vrye and forcibly wiped it into the penalty area.

And at the moment when Shike, another central defender who came to assist in the defense, blocked the shooting line,

Here comes a toe poke!

It's a pity that Handa's position is very good, and the ball is tightly pressed under him.

"Beautiful! It was played suddenly, but unfortunately the angle was a little straight."

Xu Yang stared at the close-up of the No. 99 player, and asked hesitantly:

"Duan Xuan, the number 99 guy from Cagliari, his name is Simeone, he looks good, he looks like the head coach of Atletico Madrid..."

Xu Yang doesn't watch Serie A much, so he doesn't know much about Simeone.

"That's right Director Xu, you guessed it right, this is the son of Atletico Madrid coach Simeone, the 24-year-old Giovanni Simeone, fans in Serie A affectionately call him Simeone the Little!"

"Last season, he scored 8 goals in Fiorentina and is a rising star in Serie A football!"

Xu Yang nodded, and then observed Ye Chen's position.

He found that Ye Chen played a bit awkwardly in the first seven or eight minutes of the game.

Even rarely on camera.