Chapter 62 Half-way Champion

The media's attention was focused on the second round of the Coppa Italia semi-finals in early February, and no one paid attention to the 21st round of the second division against Juventus away against 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 a better news. At least people are no longer worried about the most important last link.

Although Li Yu miraculously returned to the team's training, Deschamps still left him in Turin in this game and did not let him go away with the team.

This is also a way to protect the players. Now Juventus is far ahead of the second place Naples by 10 in the second division table. 22 teams in the Italian second division participate, and the 21 rounds are exactly half of the rounds of the league. Juventus have locked the half-time championship early.

Spezia is currently the bottom team. After 20 rounds, it has won 2 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, and the points are only 11 points. This is a match between the positive number one and the penultimate number one. In order to ensure the promotion of the cup, no one can say anything against Spezia, although before the game is all People think that Juventus was put in the bag early.

The actual lineup is basically the same as the lineup predicted by the media before the game. Giannicaeda still partnered with the young player Piccolo to get consecutive opportunities to play. In this game, the two once again formed a central-back combination to guard the defense line.

Juventus' biggest reservation is actually on the defense. The left-back is also a young DeCelli, and the right-back is Balzaretti.

Czech veteran Nedvede, who is known as an iron man, came in with a very eye-catching performance and continued to make his debut. He and captain Piero are currently the most efficient players in Juventus scoring goals in addition to Trezeguet and Li Yu on the front line.

Camoranesi's name still appears on the left side of Juventus, but his current situation is a little worrying. Since the 2006 World Cup, there has been no systematic training in one summer, and his physical fitness and state have declined. Often many national team members have experienced large-scale events and returned to the club will encounter similar situations. The problem is that 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 striker Varikio was very fast and had a strong one-on-one breakthrough ability. Juventus did not dare to be careless. They did not push the defense line to the opponent's half, but dragged back and stood in a good position to defend the opponent's counterattack.

In the 4th minute, the young player DeCelli's pass was destroyed by the opposing defender, and Zanetti's long-range shot outside the penalty area missed the goal.

In the 16th minute, Juventus was in danger in front of the goal, and Giannekeda grabbed the front of Guidetti and destroyed it in time.

In the 19th minute, Trezeguet's head hammer was confiscated by Santoni. The slow mirror showed that the opponent's defender Giuliano's handball was first, but the referee did not say at all that the game continued.

In the 28th minute, Nedvede got rid of the bottom cross, and Piero appeared in the final position again. Unfortunately, the header close to him only hit the side net!

The competition between the two teams is very fierce. Although Spezia's points are at the bottom, they did not give up the competition with the leader. It means that they are not afraid to wear shoes barefoot. For them, scoring one point is undoubtedly a victory.

Spezia's efforts were rewarded in the 39th minute. Doprado made a cross from the left. When there was no one defending in the penalty area, it was easy to grab a header and hit the goal. Buffon didn't have enough to save the ball. Juventus was 0-1 away!

This goal fully shows the loophole in the Juventus defense line in this game. Giannicaeda and the young player Piccolo all blocked Doprado's passing line at the first time, while the middle-and-dropped Confarone was completely unattended and make up for it. Such a big defense loophole made the other party seize the opportunity, a simple breakthrough. After breaking the bottom pass, he scored a goal.

A stuffy stick hit Juventus on the head, and the teammates on the court were a little irritable, especially the defenders who were responsible for the loss of the ball. The central defender Gianni Kaida made an unnecessary rush to the opponent's striker Valikio and automatically applied for a yellow card for himself.

Perhaps Juventus' good luck was all given to Li Yu in the cup. In the rest of the first half, they frequently attacked and shot to threaten the goal, but they always missed the goal. Spezia goalkeeper Santoni and the post behind him successfully set the score in the first half at 1-0.

After work, Juventus' attack was higher than a wave, and Spezia's half-time attack had been pressing on Spezia, but it was too late to equalize the score. Spezia fought back, leaving only one defender in the front court to symbolically harass Juve's defenders.

Just at this time when it is possible to equalize the score at any time, Giannicada's breakthrough against Valikio, another defensive action was too big, one foot on the opponent, 2 yellow to 1 red.

Now the game after work has just been 10 minutes, and Juventus is one less on the court, and the score is still one goal behind.

Li Yu saw this scene in the live broadcast in her apartment and already felt that Juventus could get a point in this away game, and now it seems that it needs a small miracle.

The camera was immediately given to the coach on the sidelines. Deschamp looked at the court with a solemn face. There was no intention to change people at all. He would change to a three-back in the rest of the game and continue to attack like gambling.

Juventus, who has one less person, is still attacking Spezia, but the home team with one more person on the court is much more calm than the opening stage after work, and occasionally launch a few threatening attacks.

At this time, the game had been going on for 79 minutes, and Deschamps made a substitution move. Paro went down to Bojinov, Camoranesi went down to Marchioni, and once traded two people to continue to attack.

Qiao Wenke also began to warm up outside the venue. When Li Yu saw Qiao Wenke doing warm-up exercise, she knew that Deshang had recognized Qiao Wenke's technical ability. Li Yu was looking forward to the result of the competition between herself and him.

The camera continued to return to the game. Peiro's position retreated a little, playing the shadow front, leaving Trezeguet and Bodinov on the front line, so that Juventus' offensive combination is more three-dimensional. Piero is now more like a peerless assassin, waiting for a good opportunity to give his opponent a fatal blow in his golden area. .

As the game entered the last 10 minutes, Spezia began to delay the game with substitution tactics. Every 2 or 3 minutes, the fourth official will definitely raise a sign to indicate that Spezia asked for a substitution.

Li Yu sat on the sofa and saw this scene, and immediately had the impulse to lift the table. It is completely conceivable that Mr. De Shang, his mentor, sat in the coach's seat and must have greeted all the relatives of the other coach in his heart.

The Juventus players found that the other side had the intention to delay the game, so they strengthened their efforts to compete, and could not let the opponent slowly pass back and forth to consume time.

Zanetti, the midfielder of the ball, grabbed the ball with a clean shovel and opened the ball forward. Trezegay grabbed it under the close force of the opponent's defender and did not stop the ball. The ball just landed at the front of the penalty area. Pierre finally waited for this opportunity and shot. The ball drew an arc in the air and flew to the goal. .

Spezia goalkeeper Santoni seemed to be on guard in advance. The area where he was standing was biased towards the left foot of the ball. He flew with a side punch and hit the ball vigorously. The ball flew more than 20 meters in the air and fell outside the left penalty area.

When Li Yu saw that the ball was hit by the opponent's goalkeeper, she held her head with her hands in her chagrin and bowed her head and shouted that it was a pity. This shot was likely to be the last threat ball of Juventus, but there were boos all over the field on the TV. She quickly looked up and saw the slow motion of the goal playing on the TV. Nedvedic met the ball directly. The volley, the ball went straight into the goal, and Juventus equalized the score. No wonder the home fans booed like this.

"Sleep!" Li Yu raised her hands and celebrated loudly.

After this goal, the referee quickly ended the game, with a final score of 1-1. Juventus unexpectedly tied the away game with the bottom team.

At the post-match press conference, Deschamps praised the opponent's performance today, especially when it comes to the final substitution tactics. He also specially explained, "This method is used properly and is allowed by the rules. If there is such an opportunity, I would like to try it."

In the final stage, the score was almost equalized. The reporters present obviously did not care much about the process and results of the game, and asked questions about the next cup.

The strong dialogue between the protagonists of the two telephone doors is more newsworthy, but the reporters sadly found that it is too difficult to wait for substantive content in Deshang's mouth.

After asking for a long time, I only said some worthless words. Don't think about injury problems and tactical arrangements. It's all about complaining and praising the opponent. Of course, it is essential to show determination.

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At the end of the second divisional league, Juventus ranked first with 44 points. The team that had been chasing was far behind in the table. When it was relegated to the second division, many people predicted that Juventus was likely to be depressed and sink in the second division for several seasons, but it proved to retain half of the main lineup. In addition, it is difficult for Juventus to find opponents in the second division. Many games are big wins against the second division teams. According to the media, Juventus holds the top three lineups in Serie A to practice in Serie B.

This may be some sarcastic comments from the media, but on the other hand, no one doubts the strength of Juventus at all. Juventus is still one of the top clubs in Italy.

Now they have reached the semi-finals in the Coppa Italia. If they go further, next year's European qualification will be almost certain. The countdown will begin soon from the day of Juventus' gorgeous return. The key match victory on February 1st is the key to this clock.

PS: The previous period was a little out of state, and I have been constantly updated. I'm a little sorry for all the book lovers. Now it's about to usher in an important game. It must be awesome! I hope you can collect and vote for encouragement!