The spn media attention was focused on the second leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals in early February, and no one paid attention to the 21st round of the Serie B match between Juventus and Spezia on January 27.
This is Juventus' fourth game in two weeks. Fortunately, Buffon recovered from his back injury in time. This is more or less good news. At least people no longer worry about the most important last link.
Although Li Yu miraculously returned to team training, Deschamps still kept him in Turin for this game and did not let him travel with the team away from home.
This is also a way to protect players. Now Juventus is far ahead of the second place Naples in the Serie B standings by 10 points. There are 22 teams participating in the Italian Serie B. The 21 rounds are exactly half of the league.
, Juventus locked in the half-time championship early.
Spezia is currently the bottom team. After 20 rounds, they have 2 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, with only a pitiful 11 points. This is a game between the top and last place. In order to ensure
To advance to the cup, no one can say anything about the reservations against Spezia. Even before the game, everyone thought that Juventus had already won it.[
The actual lineup was basically consistent with the lineup predicted by the media before the game. Gianni Keda still partnered with young player Piccolo to get consecutive playing opportunities. In this game, the two once again formed a central defender combination to guard the defense line.
Juventus' biggest reservation is actually in the defense. The left back is also a young Decelli, and the right back is Balzaretti.
Czech veteran Nedvěd, known as the Iron Man, performed very well and continued to start. He and captain Del Piero are currently Juventus's most efficient scoring players except for Trezeguet and Li Yu on the striker.
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Camoranesi's name still appears on the left wing of Juventus, but his current situation is a bit worrying. Since the 2006 World Cup, there has been no systematic training in the summer, and his physical fitness and condition have declined. Often, many countries
Team members will encounter similar problems when they return to the club after a large-scale competition. The media calls this phenomenon - the sequelae of the competition.
After the opening, Juventus controlled the midfield, but Spezia's defense was also extremely strong. The team's forward Varricchio was very fast and had strong one-on-one breakthrough ability. Juventus' defense did not dare to be careless and did not penetrate the defense line.
Instead of reaching the opponent's half, he stayed back and took a position to defend the opponent's counterattack.
In the 4th minute, teenager Decelli's cross was destroyed by the opponent's defender, and Zanetti's long shot from outside the penalty area missed the goal.
In the 16th minute, Juventus was in danger in front of the goal. Gianni Keda got in front of Guidetti and destroyed it in time.
In the 19th minute, Therese's header was confiscated by Santoni when he fell to the ground. Slow motion showed that the opponent's defensive player Giuliano had a handball first, but the referee did not give any indication and the game continued.
In the 28th minute, Nedvěd broke away and made a pass from the bottom. Del Piero once again appeared in the winning position. Unfortunately, the header that was close at hand only hit the side net!
The competition between the two teams was very fierce. Although Spezia was at the bottom in terms of points, they did not give up the competition with the leaders. They were a bit barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. For them, a point was undoubtedly a victory.
Spezia's efforts were rewarded in the 39th minute. Doprado made a pass from the left. With Confalone defending in the penalty area, he easily grabbed a header and scored. Buffon flew to save but could not reach the ball.
, Juventus is one goal behind 0-1 in the away game!
This goal fully demonstrated the loopholes in Juventus's defense. Gianni Keda and young player Piccolo blocked Doprado's passing line at the first time, while Confalo was outflanked.
There was no one watching inside, so the defensive loophole was so big that the opponent seized the opportunity. With a simple breakthrough, he made a pass from the bottom and scored.
A sap hit Juventus hard on the head. The teammates on the field were a little irritable, especially the defender who was responsible for conceding the goal. Center defender Gianni Keda made a totally unnecessary pressing move and hit the opponent's forward.
Varricchio automatically applied for a yellow card for himself.
Perhaps Juventus' good luck in the cup went to Li Yu. In the rest of the first half, they frequently attacked and shot to threaten the goal, but always missed the goal. Spezia goalkeeper Santoni was behind him
The goalposts together successfully fixed the score at 1-0 in the first half.
At the end of the day, Juventus' offense was getting higher and higher, and it kept pressing on Spezia's half-court attack, but it was still unable to equalize the score. Spezia launched a defensive counterattack, leaving only one person in the frontcourt for a symbolic harassment.
Juventus defender.
Just when it was possible to equalize the score at any time, Gianni Keda made a breakthrough against Varricchio and once again made an excessive defensive move and put his foot on the opponent, turning 2 yellows into 1 red.
The off-duty game has just lasted 10 minutes. Juventus has one less player on the field and is still one goal behind.
Li Yu saw this scene in the live broadcast in his apartment and already felt that it would take a small miracle for Juventus to get a point in this away game.
The camera immediately panned to the coaching bench on the sidelines. Deschamps looked at the court with a solemn expression. He had no intention of substituting players. He wanted to switch to three defenders in the remaining games and continue his gambling-like offense. [
Juventus, with one less player, was still attacking Spezia fiercely, but the home team, with one more player on the field, played much more calmly than in the opening stage after get off work, and could occasionally launch a few threatening attacks.
At this time, the game had already progressed to 79 minutes, and Deschamps made a substitution. Parro came on Bodinov, Camoranesi came on Marchionni, and they were replaced at one time to continue the attack.
Giovinco also started to warm up outside the court. When Li Yu saw Giovinco doing warm-up exercises, he knew that Deschamps had recognized Giovinco's technical ability. Li Yu was somewhat looking forward to what the outcome of the competition between him and him would be.
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The camera continued to return to the game. Piero retreated a bit and played as a shadow forward. Trezeguet and Bodinov were left on the front line. In this way, Juventus' offensive combination was more three-dimensional. Piero is now more
Like a peerless assassin, lurking in his golden area, waiting for a good opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to his opponent.
As the game entered the last 10 minutes, Spezia began to use substitution tactics to delay the game. Every 2 or 3 minutes, the fourth official would raise a sign to indicate that Spezia requested a substitution.
When Li Yu saw this scene while sitting on the sofa, he immediately had the urge to lift the table. It is completely conceivable that his mentor Mr. Deschamps was sitting on the coaching bench and must have been greeting all the relatives of the other coach.
The Juventus players discovered that the opponent had the intention of delaying the game, so they stepped up their fighting efforts and could not let the opponent slowly pass back and forth to waste time.
Midfielder Zanetti made a clean sliding tackle to steal the ball and drove the ball forward. Trezeguet failed to stop the ball under the close pressure of the opponent's defender, and the ball landed just in front of the penalty area.
Piero finally waited for this opportunity and took a shot. The ball drew an arc in the air and flew towards the goal.
Spezia goalkeeper Santoni seemed to be on guard in advance. He was standing with his left foot in the direction of the ball. He flew to the side and hit the ball with both fists. The ball flew more than 20 meters in the air and landed outside the left penalty area.
When Li Yu saw the ball being hit by the opponent's goalkeeper, he held his head with both hands in annoyance, lowered his head and shouted, "It's a pity." This shot was probably Juventus's last threat, but the TV was full of boos.
He quickly looked up and saw the slow motion of the goal being played on the TV. Nedvěd hit the ball and volleyed it directly into the goal. Juventus equalized the score. No wonder the home fans booed like this.
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"Choke!" Li Yu raised his hands in the air and celebrated loudly.
After this goal, the referee quickly ended the game, and the final score was 1-1. Juventus unexpectedly tied with the bottom team in the away game.
At the post-match press conference, Deschamps praised the opponent's performance today, especially when it came to the final substitution tactic. He also specifically explained, "This method was used appropriately and is allowed by the rules.
, if there is such an opportunity, I would also like to try it."
The score was narrowly tied in the final stage. The reporters present obviously did not care much about the course of the game. As a result, they all asked questions about the next cup match.
The powerful dialogue between the two protagonists of the phone call was more newsworthy, but reporters sadly found that it was too difficult to wait for Deschamps to say anything substantive.
After asking for a long time, I only said some worthless words, without even thinking about injuries and tactical arrangements. I was just complaining and praising my opponent. Of course, it is essential to express my determination.
At the end of the second division, Juventus ranked first with 44 points. They were far behind the chasing teams in the standings. When they were relegated to the second division, many people predicted that Juventus would probably collapse.
, sunk in the second division league for several seasons
, but it turns out that while retaining half of the main lineup, it is difficult for Juventus to find opponents in the second division. In many games, they have defeated the second division team. In the words of the media, Juventus
Playing practice matches in Serie B with the top three lineups in Serie A.
This may be some sarcastic comments from the media, but from another perspective, no one is questioning the strength of Juventus. Juventus is still one of the top clubs in Italy.
Now they have reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. If they go one step further, their European qualification for next year will be almost certain. The countdown to Juventus' glorious comeback will begin soon. The key match victory on February 1 will be on this clock.
The key to opening.
ps: I was a little out of tune in the previous paragraph, and I kept insisting on updating. I feel a little sorry for all the book friends. Now we are about to have an important competition. It must be awesome! I hope you will collect it and vote to encourage it!
