shadow striker

In Turin in February, it was unimaginably cold in warm and welcoming Barcelona.

Despite their training suits and their physical strength, Barcelona's players struggled to adapt to the temperature.

Although, as a top club in the world, Barcelona will play in many places in Europe.But the UEFA Champions League is not intensive after all. Perhaps Barcelona, ​​which has many local players, still find it difficult to adapt to such a severe winter.

After hearing the broadcast reminder, Barcelona, ​​who is the visiting team, went to the lawn to check the pitch. After entering the pitch, the players spread out and stepped on the grass lightly with their feet to confirm whether the pitch was suitable. After about 10 minutes, the players around For the visiting team Barcelona started the warm-up activities on the field.

Until this time, Torino, as the home team, had no player channel to enter the stadium.

In this team, there is a deeper temperament that is different from Barcelona.

Although they wore garnet red jerseys, it was a darker shade of red than Barcelona's bright red and blue.Yue Yihuang, who came out of the tunnel, saw the Barcelona players wearing Barcelona training uniforms and doing warm-up exercises on the court, and felt an illusion in his heart as if he had passed away.

"What's the matter?" Francisco, the captain of the Turin team, lowered his head and asked softly when he felt the footsteps of his shadow striker stop.

"No, nothing." Yue Yihuang shook his head, telling the other party, but also telling himself that he is really good.

"They are strong..."

When trotting into the field, Yue Yihuang seemed to be talking to himself, but Francisco asked back with a smile: "So, do you think we are weak?"

"No no, of course not."

"Listen, I think I'm much better than that Barcelona center forward. As for you, of course you are much better than that Englishman. On the front line, we are not inferior to them. Or do you think our back? Will the defense be worse than Barcelona's?"

Of course, those words were too arrogant, but Yue Yihuang suddenly had an urge to laugh.Even the originally dignified mood relaxed a lot.When Yue Yihuang lowered his eyelashes, Francisco grabbed his shoulders and met Igles who turned his head when he heard the Turin team entering the field.

It seems that the Phantom Son, who is always looking for the other party, also noticed the sight of Igles turning his head to look at him. He was about to show a smile to the other party and then speed up to run over, but the Prince of Turin, who was holding his shoulders, forcefully pulled back.Francisco kissed the brow of the other party, then let go of his hand, and patted Yue Yihuang's shoulder, indicating that he could run over faster...

Of course he understood the significance of the other party's action, Yue Yihuang blushed but still pretended not to care and ran towards his childhood friend.

Yes, of course he knew how insensitive the person he was secretly in love with was, but the actions of Francisco just now and the scorching gaze of the other party who was chasing him at the moment made Yue Yihuang feel awkward in the eyes of Iglesias. What to do in front of you.

Yue Yihuang: "I..."

Eagles: "I..."

Should it be said that the two really grew up together and learned to play football together?Even the first word and tone of voice that he spoke at this time were almost exactly the same.

That made the two of them look at each other and laugh out loud as soon as they opened their mouths.Looking up at the Turin team's home football stadium, Igles finally said in a purely admiring tone: "Turin's home team...is great."

"Is it great?" Yue Yihuang repeated the word a little funny, and then said: "Maybe after the game starts, you won't think so. Communale, it is the famous hell stadium in Italy, you want be careful."

Maybe even Yue Yihuang himself didn't realize what kind of pride he was carrying when he said these words.In his heart, he has fully agreed that this is his home, and this is where he should do his best to fight for the expectations of the fans on the weekends of the season.

Antis, who was doing warm-up exercises not far from Igles, has been paying attention to the two of them since Yue Yihuang came to this venue, and he couldn't even control his ears to pay attention to what they said. something happened.

However, after the two of them faced each other in silence for a long time, Yue Yihuang said something like this:

"This time, I am your opponent."

【This time, I am your opponent】

The voice of Yue Yihuang uttering these words was not very loud, but...it was as if hitting on the heart of Iglesias.His boyhood partner reminded him once again of the truth that had been laid before him.

They are no longer who they were when they were 16 years old.

It's no longer the young one who knows nothing about the future but is fearless because of it, and thinks that what they hope for is the future teenager.

This is already Yue Yihuang's sixth thought after leaving the Barcelona youth training camp and coming to Italy.He used to think that he would always be in that family-like group, and he also thought that he might always be stuck in the second division and could no longer fly to the sky, but now... he finally reunited with his youth as an opponent... The partners of the era stood on the same field.

Of course I know... There will never be another person who can understand everything I will create on the field like you.And I firmly believe that you must also think so. There will never be another person like me who can understand what you need on the court...every moment.

But anyway, now you and I are wearing different jerseys.

You are for Barcelona's century-old glory.

And me, I am for the rise of Turin.

Yue Yihuang, who seemed to have made a lot of determination to say those words to the opponent, turned around and ran back to the half of the warm-up field where the Turin team was at this time.Looking at the back of the other party leaving, Igles murmured in a voice that tried his best to hide his loneliness and unwillingness:

"An opponent? But I... am not even today's starter."

Time passed quietly in the fingers, and the silent Komunale was filled with every seat by fans from all over the world.Television stations from all over the world are broadcasting the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League together. They introduce the two teams in this match and the current situation in Turin to the fans in their respective countries and regions.

[Serie A Turin's home court, Communale, is able to accommodate more fans to watch than his city derby, and Juventus' home court, Nuevo Alpi.However, [-] seats still cannot meet the fans' needs for admission to watch this game!According to reports, [-] Spanish fans flocked to Turin today! 】

[Serie A Torino is a legendary team in recent years. It has made great progress from the second division to the top sixteen of the Champions League in just a few years! !It is worth mentioning that in this team, there is an Asian player who is extremely supported by fans.It is because of him that all Chinese restaurants and supermarkets in northern Italian cities are closed! !On the closing notice board, without exception, it was written that they were going to Turin to watch that player's game! 】

[What a dramatic scene!Last year, the Turin team won the Europa League trophy at Campno, Barcelona's home court.But this year, Barcelona came to Turin's home court, the Communale Stadium, to compete with this declining noble in Serie A! ! 】

Different commentators from TV stations from various countries warmed up for the game with excitement, while the players returned to the locker room to make final tactical arrangements.

Four weeks ago, when the winter break had just ended, Delo, who had already learned about his opponent in the top [-] match, gathered all the players of the team together and said that he had stayed in the Barcelona system for a long time. For a long time, Delicalo, Yue Yihuang, and Neni and Uster who came from the Real Madrid system all called them one by one and asked them to explain the Barcelona in their eyes, and...how they should play against Barcelona.

Yue Yihuang: "Barcelona is a pure team with offense as its soul. They are the first team to use the 433 formation. Perhaps many teams in the world are playing the 433 formation. But in the final analysis, this Only the 433 played by Barcelona in the world is the real 433 formation."

Uster: "Barcelona didn't enter the state quickly at the beginning of the game. But it was actually more difficult than anyone imagined to break through Barcelona's goal in that short refractory period."

Neney: "Barcelona...that's a team that scores goals every moment without stopping."

Dricaro: "All teams that try to play against Barcelona will end up suffering their own consequences."

Yue Yihuang: "If you have to say it, Barcelona's forward line is like the defense line of a Serie A team. When the defense line needs to be contracted, the Serie A team can have nine or even ten players to form a defense line together. And Barcelona, Even their central defenders can shoot across the halfway line when necessary. Every one of them can score and that's the hardest part of the defense."

Uster: "No matter which team it is, if he can achieve [-]% or even [-]% possession of the ball, then she will definitely be frightening."

Neney: "Barcelona's strength lies in the passing of the ground, and the high-altitude ball is an area they are not good at."

Dricaro: "Truncation, and truncation, maybe his opponent needs to truncate their pass recklessly, so that the cooperation between them is no longer smooth, and the rhythm is completely lost."

In the Turin team, the four players who had an understanding of Barcelona beyond pure statistics expressed their views one by one after a moment of silence.That made Dro nod happily.

It seems that what these few players on his team can come up with... has more tactical significance than he imagined.The miraculous coach who pulled the Turin team out of the quagmire of the second division and sent this young team to the top [-] of the Champions League said in a relaxed and somewhat sticky tone:

"Lovely boys, what you say is really good. It sounds like maybe we can see Barcelona as an attacking body that can... ...defensive body."

At that time, Delo said such a sentence, and then unfolded a blueprint that could almost cover the entire table, signaling these young players to gather around.

"As far as I know, the current Barcelona coach is a man who can be called arrogant. Although he may really have no ability, this does not affect his arrogance. Then a person like this, when he meets an unpopular team like us When playing, he usually does not choose to change his tactics. He usually uses the formation and personnel configuration that he has used very well this season. That is... 343, three defenders, a diamond midfielder, and a trident on the front line. This is It will indeed make Barcelona's advantage in midfield control to the extreme, and it is also very likely that there will be an annoying situation where they keep passing the ball around our penalty area. But once we find a gap, in their On the defensive line, they only have one midfielder and three defenders. I think you should understand what this means..."