Chapter 15 Pirlo's determination

The first half of the game ended soon. After the whistle of referee Eskribano, the players of the two teams returned to the locker room. After a 15-minute intermission, they will change sides to compete for the championship of this year's European Super Cup.

At present, the score of 0:0 on the court makes Lin Fenglei a little dissatisfied, because Gosho has more chances to score, and Conte is very satisfied with this score. In his opinion, Juventus' tactics have successfully consumed Gosho's spirit in the first half. In the second half, the balance of victory will definitely fall. To Juventus.

At halftime, Lin Fenglei did not put too much pressure on his players. He just asked the players to play their own level in the second half, and did not give specific requirements for the victory or defeat of the game. For the European Super Cup, Lin Fenglei is not the most important, because he has won two European Super Cup trophies. Of course, it is better to defeat his opponent in this game. In case of losing, he can also accept it.

With a relaxed mentality, the Gosho team played more freely in the second half, and their offensive was flowing. Juventus head coach Conte originally hoped to add some offensive in the second half, but one of their shortcomings was revealed, that is, the Serie A has just begun to play a round of matches. In the game, many Juventus players have not really entered the state, and some new players who have joined this season have not fully integrated into the team. They can't see this shortcoming when playing defensive tactics in the first half, but in the second half, when they want to launch an offensive, this problem is exposed. As they move forward The number of passes has increased, and their mistakes have also increased.

In the 54th minute, the cooperation between Tevez and Vucinic made a mistake and was successfully intercepted by Salikovich. After a counterattack of the Gosho team was almost shot by Avanzini, Conte waved his big hand with a solemn face, Juventus recovered the formation again and returned the defensive counterattack tactic. However, this time it was not Juventus taking the initiative to do it, but the helpless move suppressed by the Gosho team.

From this point, we can see the difference in the state of the two teams. The official game of the Gosho team began in July. Now it has played eight rounds of the league and has already entered the game state. Although the strength of the Juventus team is also very strong, the difference in the state of the two teams determines the difference in the performance of the two teams on the field.

At this time, Lin Fenglei asked Antunović to insert forward and came to the position of the front waist, but not to let him organize the attack, but to keep an eye on Pirlo, the core of the Juventus midfield.

Pirlo is 36 years old, and even if he is young, he is not a player with physical strength, so he can hold on to a high level of about 70 minutes at most in a game, which is also a natural law, and manpower is irreparable. After Antunović inserted, he did not leave Pirlo and tried his best to prevent Pirlo from receiving the ball. Occasionally, Pirlo could catch the ball, and he would seek physical contact with Pirlo, even at the cost of fouling.

Although several other Juventus midfielders are taking the initiative to approach Pirlo and want to share his pressure, Antunović recognizes Pirlo, and he doesn't care about the others when they receive the ball. As long as Pirlo has no ball under his feet. Such a kick does cause a lot of trouble for Pirlo. Under Tunović's full defense, not only could he not calmly organize the offensive, but also his physical energy consumption increased, because in order to get rid of Antunović's defense, he had to increase his running, and the physical contact with Antunović also consumed him too much physical energy.

After only about ten minutes, Pirlo began to gasp. There were already some signs of physical failure. During this period, Juventus' offensive organization completely stagnated, because they usually played the most offensive tactics with Pirlo as the axis. Now this The axis was strangled, and the others were at a loss. The Gosho team took this opportunity to launch several threatening offensives. Fortunately, Juventus's defense was in good condition. They did not lose the ball, but the situation was already precarious.

Conte sighed on the sidelines and could only replace Pirlo with Marchisio. Although Marchisio does not have Pirlo's handsome talent, he has no better choice now. Who makes Pirlo old? He said in his heart that if Pirlo could be ten years younger, how strong the current Juventus team would be!

Conte couldn't help looking at Ivanovic on the court. This player is Pirlo's best successor in his mind. He has all the advantages of Pirlo, and his style is stronger than Pirlo, and his physical fitness is many times better. It would be great if he could get him, but he also It is almost impossible to know that it is now. First of all, it is definitely impossible for Lin Fenglei to let go. Secondly, even if Lin Fengleiken let go, will Juventus buy Ivanovic with a lot of money now? You should know that with Ivanovic's current strength, it is a joke that the quotation is less than 50 million euros, and Conte does not believe that Juventus general manager Malotaken used to smash a person. You know, Juventus' total investment in the transfer market in the past two seasons has not combined with 50. 00 million euros.

Conte packed up his mood and smiled and said to Pirlo, who walked off the court, "Andrea, thank you for your hard work. Now sit off the court and watch your teammates solve the game."

Pirlo's current breath is easy to calm down. He said to Conte with a wry smile, "Coach, I'm sorry, my physical fitness is getting worse and worse, and I can't contribute more to the team."

Conte shook his head and said, "No, you have done a good job. Have a good rest. We have to rely on your performance this season."

Pirlo wanted to say something more, but he stopped talking. In the end, without saying anything, he went to the bench, put on a coat and sat there.

In fact, Pirlo just wanted to tell Conte that he hopes to retire after the end of this season. This idea has been in his mind for a long time. As a player, he has won almost all the honors that a player can get. In the club, he has won the league championship, the cup championship, the Italian Super Cup champion, the Champions League champion, the European Super Cup champion, the World Club Cup champion, and even the UEFA Cup that he has not won before. The cup championship was also won with Juventus last season. In the national team, he helped the Italian national team win the World Cup championship. Perhaps the only regret is that he failed to win the European Championship with the team, but just last year, he announced his withdrawal from the national team, so he can never make up for this regret. It is.

Pirlo, who has lost his pursuit, thought of retiring. After all, he is very old, and after playing this game for only 60 minutes, he feels physical and incompetent, which makes his idea of retiring more clear. He doesn't want to become a player who survives on the court. He prefers to control. The feeling of everything. Just now, he had the impulse to tell Conte that he planned to retire, but he put up with it. He knew his importance to Juventus now. If it was announced so early, it would be a huge blow to the morale of the Juventus team, so he decided not to announce his decision for the time being, and here In one season, I will go all out to help Juventus win all the honors they can win and put a successful end to their career.

Conti did not notice Pirlo's idea. He was standing on the sidelines, paying attention to the situation on the field. After Marchisio came on the court, Antunović retreated to the midfield position. Now there are no players in Juventus who need him to keep a special defense. Although the new player, Marchisio is also a fierce player, he is only a general after all, and lacks a handsome talent like Pirlo, in the overall defense of Gosau. The role he can play is also very limited.

Now the 352 formation at the beginning of Juventus has been compressed into a 532 formation. Two full-backs of Juventus, Vidal and Lichsteiner, have been suppressed by the two sides of Gosho to the position of full-back. Of course, both players can play the position of full-back. Return to this position to him They are also familiar with it, but now they are so suppressed that they can't move, and they have completely lost their contribution to the attack. This is not Conte's intention. The 352 tactic he designed has high requirements for the two full-backs. The attack must be attacked and the defense must be defended back, but now they can only defend, not attack. Juventus has much less offensive means.

Under the pressure of the two sides of Gosho, even Pogba and Marchio in the middle of Juventus midfield often go to the side to support. In addition, Ivanovic and Antunović often take turns to plug in. Juventus's midfield is under great defensive pressure, and Pogba and Mar, who were originally good offensive. Kissio can rarely insert assists. Juventus can only rely on the sporadic performances of the front-court trio Giovinco, Tevez and Vucinic to launch some offensives. The scene is quite unfavorable for Juventus.

Conte's eyebrows twisted into a word "chuan". The current situation is not what he wants to see. The tactic he arranged is to fight back. Now he is still careless, but what about the counterattack? He couldn't see where the Juventus counterattack was at all.

But there is no good way for Conte now. The personal ability of the players of Gosho is too strong, and today's state is also above Juventus. If Juventus still focuses on counterattack, maybe their defense will collapse first, and now they have no choice but to stay firm first.