Southampton's players are indeed looking forward to the Champions League more.
Although they have won it once before, Southampton's players are indeed more eager to defend the Champions League than they have been in the league for two consecutive years.
After all, this is something that no team has ever done since the Champions League was restructured!
The last time a team defended its Champions League title dates back to the Milan Dynasty from 1988 to 1990, when they defended their Champions League title.
The last time it happened was the Miracle of the Red Forest. Before they defended the Champions League in the late 1970s, Liverpool had just defended the title once.
It is worth mentioning that at that time, the Premier League team won the Champions League for six consecutive years, won seven Champions Leagues in eight years, and reached the Champions League finals eight times in nine years, until they were banned due to the Heysel tragedy.
After that, the rise of Serie A led to the glory of the Mini World Cup.
These things are actually quite complicated to talk about. The malaise of English clubs from the late 1980s to the entire 1990s is certainly related to the ban, but the Premier League, which has just spent a decade of glory, will be banned for five years and will soon die? How is this possible?
, five years is not enough to keep a generation away from world football.
The key is the British economic downturn brought about by Mrs. Thatcher's rule at that time, and her own hostility to football.
So when Mrs. Thatcher passed away, instead of grieving, the entire English football world wanted to rejoice...
The topic goes off topic. Southampton fans feel that when the Premier League was strong before, their team failed to catch up, but now they must catch up.
After all, although the Premier League was said to be very strong before, what is the reality? After Manchester United's Triple Crown, Manchester United won the Champions League again, and Liverpool and Chelsea each won the Champions League with some luck. In terms of the honor of the championship, they deserved it.
Not in the Premier League.
If the Premier League really wants to become a prosperous era, it must at least dominate the European continent for several years like it did during the 1970s and 1980s.
Of course this great undertaking must be accomplished by us!
Southampton fans basically think this way, and Southampton players will naturally be affected.
Winning three consecutive league titles is actually not a great thing. Although only Manchester United has won it in the Premier League era, defending the Champions League is something that no one in Europe has done for more than 20 years!
This is of course even more worth looking forward to!
Juventus fans greeted Southampton with mixed eyes.
When it comes to history, Southampton is certainly not worthy of giving Juventus shoes, but they are the defending champions of the Champions League, and the Champions League is an embarrassing problem for Juventus...
Although they have been to many Champions League finals, they have only won two Champions League titles and were runners-up five times. This makes them the same as Bayern and Benfica as the most unlucky teams in Champions League finals.
But Bayern has five Champions League titles!
Juventus only has two.
Although Benfica has reached the finals seven times and only won two championships, the Portuguese Super League is not a top league. It would be too shameless for Juventus and Benfica to compete.
So their mentality towards defending champion Southampton is indeed more complicated.
On the one hand, they are envious of the other party's outstanding performance in the European war, having won four European championships in a row. On the other hand, they are jealous of the other party and feel that Southampton is just unlucky.
Allegri doesn't think so. Southampton's performance in recent years has been top-notch, and they have also shown their ability to dominate in the European arena. Last season, they always won against strong teams. This
We have continued to have wonderful performances this season. To deal with such a team, we must of course increase our concentration.
The media is hyping another thing.
After the World Cup, Suarez will meet Chiellini again...
Many betting groups have made bets on whether Suarez will bite Chiellini again during the game, and the odds are even quite high.
"Don't look at me like that, I won't bite him, really." Suarez said depressedly.
"Yes, what good food do Italians have? It's northern Italians." Coutinho said with a smile.
The words of the lively Brazilian immediately caused a burst of laughter. The Southampton players waved their fists and then walked out of the locker room under the leadership of Ji Ya.
This game is about to start.
"The players on both sides have already appeared! There are no surprises in the starting lineup. In such a top game, there will generally be no surprises! Southampton started with 433, goalkeeper Romero, Southampton's goalkeeper has been consistent this season
In terms of rotation, Romero was used this time probably because Noriya felt that he was more familiar with the Serie A team. Defenders Cancelo, Otamendi, Font and Alonso, midfielders Casemiro, De Bruyne
, Coutinho, forward Mane, Suarez, Lukaku! Juventus’ starting lineup is also their accustomed 442 or 4312, goalkeeper Buffon, and two full-backs Lich
Steiner and Evra, center back Chiellini and Bonucci partner, midfielder Pirlo, Marchisio, Pogba, Vidal forward, forward Tevez and Morata! Juventus
The main lineup is also very solid this season!”
Amid the shouts of the commentator, Ji Ya shook hands with Allegri and returned to his seat without saying anything else.
He is really not very familiar with Italian coaches. He has been in the Premier League for a long time and has not encountered many Serie A teams in European competitions. He only met Inter Milan two years ago.
But Juventus also has his old team, that is Vidal.
After joining Juventus, Vidal quickly conquered Juventus with his characteristics of both offense and defense as well as his ability to actively run and fight. Now he can serve as the forward midfielder, which proves this.
However, in this game, Noriya arranged for Casemiro to deal with him. Casemiro still has some physical advantages. By controlling Vidal, he can control the most important link in Juventus' offense.
Although Pirlo is the brains of Juventus, Vidal is the most important link in the transition between offense and defense. He is the hub of the midfielder and forward, and is also the midfielder who participates most actively in the offense. If he can be controlled, then Juventus will
Tusi's offensive threat level will drop a lot.
As for other midfielders, it depends on ball control and organizational confrontation. Pirlo is a master, and De Bruyne seems a little more green, but he undoubtedly has such potential.
Compared with Pirlo, De Bruyne's offense is more direct and more direct threat.
The next step is to see how to break through that solid line of defense. This line of defense was created by Conte and can be called the strongest line of defense in the entire Serie A.
But Noriya doesn't care about this. The most difficult thing to deal with Serie A teams has always been how to break through their defense.
