shadow striker

On September 9, the Turin team went to Prague, Czech Republic, to start the first European Union group stage match with Sparta Prague.

Although flying to Prague on Thursday for the UEFA Europa League group stage and going to other cities in Italy for league matches on Saturday will consume a lot of energy, but fortunately Prague is not far from Turin, and it only takes one hour by plane. can reach.

Due to the fierce away game against Serie A powerhouse Naples on Saturday, the Torino team did not put all the elite forces on this game.

The absolute main force of the Turin team, Francisco and Derico, did not appear in the starting lineup of this game.Garay and Cassel took up the heavy burden of the Turin team's forward line, while Yue Yihuang was pushed to a further back position.It is in the "4312" position in the 1 formation.

This is a very active position in terms of play style, and the requirements for defense will be higher than in the past.

However, head coach Delo firmly believes that Yue Yihuang can play such a position without Delico on the court.

At this time last year, the Turin team only needed to play in Serie A, and only Serie A could play, at best, they played an occasional Coppa Italia, but this year is different.

The access to the Europa League has expanded Turin's vision a lot, which has also allowed them to prolong the front line. At some point in the future, they are likely to face the situation of playing three games a week.

In this way, the number of players that Delo can transfer becomes less.

Once those core players are injured and unable to play because of this, his hands will be tense.

However, seeing that Turin has formed its own system, the club can no longer buy players like crazy like Delo did in his first year.This is likely to create a chaotic situation where new players cannot integrate into the team system, and the team has to pay high salaries for those players who cannot play well.So they can only come little by little.

Fortunately, under Delo's coaching, the players in the Turin team have also improved rapidly, and their overall strength has been greatly improved.

The two defense members Dereza and Corell performed very eye-catching in the last few rounds of last season.Even the 27-year-old midfielder has made new breakthroughs under the influence of Delico.

As Karl said, they cannot always hope to buy star players who have performed well in various leagues from the transfer market.If it is not necessary, he will train players from his own club, find ways to improve the overall strength of the players, and even stimulate the enthusiasm of the players to win with high salaries.

Because this will be the most efficient way to manage the club.

When Francisco just transferred to Turin, Yue Yihuang always sat on the bench and watched Francisco who was shining brightly on the court.And now, Francisco finally has to watch Yue Yihuang gallop on the field as the core player of the Turin team from the bench.

At such a time, he actually felt a little nervous.

The Prague Sparta team from the Czech Republic is a very popular team in the Czech Republic and even the entire Central European region.They have dominated the Czech First Division several times.And now, the fallen nobles from Italy will confront them at the Leitner Stadium in Prague.

Perhaps in Europe, many teams will always choose red, which is full of aggressiveness and strength, as the color of their jerseys.The same is true of Sparta Prague, but if the home jersey of the Torino team shows a sense of retro elegance, what the Sparta Prague jersey shows is a sense of jumping scarlet.

In the opening game of the Europa League, the Torino team wore an away jersey with a white background and a red ribbon slanting from the right shoulder to the left hem, and was submerged in a sea of ​​scarlet.

As the whistle sounded to start the game, the players of the Sparta Prague club with strong physiques roared one after another, as if they were sacrificing an ancient battle cry in the name of their club...

Meanwhile, the other eleven Europa League groups all started their openers at around the same time.

Group A, Zurich VS Atletico Madrid had already started an hour ago.

Group F, Fenerbahce VS Premier League giants Liverpool.

Group G, Espanyol VS Eredivisie Ajax.

In Group I, the most deadly group in the UEFA Europa League, the first half of the Inter Milan VS Athens AKE match has completed half of the process, but Inter Milan has not completed any goals.

Fans from Greece danced an ancient sacrificial dance in the swaying San Siro stadium in order to pray for their beloved team to create a miracle result.

A total of twelve groups, 48 ​​top European teams, and the opening match of the Europa League at the same time presented a nearly grand football feast for fans.

Different TV stations from Europe are broadcasting the football games they care about.Different countries, different nationalities, different languages, the narration... all have the same theme: football.

At the Leitner Stadium in downtown Prague, the game is in full swing.

It seems that because this group of young players from Central Europe, who are more likely to look like ancient Spartans, yearn for the strength of the Spartan warriors, their speed is obviously lacking.It is precisely because of this that it is obviously inappropriate for the front bomber Garley to come forward and confront people head-on.

At this point, speed and agility are obviously better weapons.

The Turin team adopted a more flexible and quick offensive strategy.

Yue Yihuang played an important role connecting the frontcourt and the midfielder, and he worked harder to send the ball to Kassel, who was more accustomed to playing on the left, and the flexible No. [-] winger played the offense.

But although Yue Yihuang has been playing football in Europe since he was a boy, he is already very used to the shape and physical fitness of European players, but when he saw the Sparta Prague defender who seemed to be running with strong muscles When one by one ran to him, he still felt dizzy.

Especially... when he confronted the opponent's defender after holding the ball, and when he was about to pass someone with one stroke, he was directly knocked down from the side...

"Ah oh...Yue was knocked down from the side by a Sparta Prague player. Yue's teammates were very angry, and the not-so-tall Torino No. [-] grabbed the player's arm and questioned him. But the The No. [-] player of the Spartan team who knocked Yue down shook his head vigorously, explaining something to the other party. God, this is really interesting, his expression looks so sincere, and he wanted to go to the place where he was beaten by him several times. Go to Yue who knocked down, it looks like he wants to help him up and express his apology."

On the other side, Yue Yihuang, who was knocked down for no reason, sat up with his hands on the ground.He seemed to want to recall exactly how he fell just now.

Yue Yihuang was able to draw a conclusion with certainty that the other party didn't intentionally try to trick him.

Because the moment the other party hit him, his thighs didn't move, his knees, calves, or even his feet didn't move.He was just...knocked down to the ground.

Depressedly recognizing this reality, Yue Yihuang wanted to get up and continue the game, and planned to be more careful next time.

But the moment Yue Yihuang raised his head, he saw the helping hands of four players from Sparta Prague... Even the sun above his head was covered by those strong players.Then he saw the shy smiles of those Sparta Prague players in red jerseys, which did not match their strong appearance...

Cassell: "Let go of him! Let go of him, did you hear that! You're going to get a red card! Red card!" (French)

Garay: "Cassel, don't get excited, they seem to just want to pull Yihuang up." (Italian)

Sparta Prague No. [-]: "Oh, I really didn't mean to knock him down, trust me." (Czech)

Yue Yihuang: "..."

On the first day of the Europa League opener, 24 Europa League games were played across Europe.The results of the popular teams are roughly as follows:

Group A: Atletico Madrid vs Zurich, 3:1

Group E: Torino v Sparta Prague, 3:1, Werder Bremen v Red Bull Salzburg, 4:0

Group F: Fenerbahce v Liverpool, 2:2

Group H: Sporting Lisbon v Standard Liege, 2:1

Group G, Espanyol vs Ajax, 1:2, Lokomotiv Moscow vs Besiktas, 1:1

And the most surprising thing is Group I, the most deadly group.

Inter Milan vs Athens AKE, 0:1

Paris Saint-Germain vs. Schalke 04, 1:2

Inter Milan, one of the Serie A Milan duo, ranks behind Fiorentina by one point in the standings and has failed to enter the Champions League, which has made many fans sigh.What's even more unexpected... is that Inter Milan, one of the top three in the north of Serie A, will lose to the Athens AKE team, which is like a fishy team to them.

However, what is even more surprising is that in the second round of the Europa League group stage two weeks later, Athens AKE, who played at home against Schalke 04, broke out with unimaginable strength and won 2-0. They defeated this strong team from the German Bundesliga, and in the third round, they defeated Ligue [-] Paris Saint-Germain in an away game, starting the miracle journey created by Athens AKE in this Europa League.It also became the beginning of an accident in this Europa League...