Green Dragon

Chapter 506 The Rain Battle in Turin

Chapter 506 The Rain Battle in Turin

"Some experts commented that this game is strictly the first tough game for AC Milan this season, and it is a touchstone to truly test the strength of this team. What do you think of this?"

At the pre-match press conference on October 10, a reporter asked this question.

Although he is not the captain of the team, Long Shute still does his part as the club's unofficial official spokesperson:

"I have to kindly remind you, Mr. Reporter, that your question is a great disrespect to our first six opponents. In my eyes, they are no different from Juventus. I will do my best to treat every opponent. go."

Long Shute refused to jump into the pit, and the reporter couldn't help being a little disappointed, but the player changed the subject and took the initiative to set up a big flag for himself.

"Last season, some media claimed that the gate guarded by Buffon was my biggest nemesis. Now... we can give it a try."

Buffon, who was sitting not far away, couldn't help but sneezed:

Is there any reason?

The majestic superstar and two-time Mr. Golden Globe openly declared that he wanted to bully my young player Buffon!

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10 month 6 day.

It has been raining lightly over the city of Turin since the morning, and the entire Juventus Arena is covered by a thin layer of rain.

The rain is a headache. The vice-captain Kaka sprained his ankle during the warm-up activities in the morning. Although it is not a serious injury, but looking at his swollen ankle, Allegri can only start from the starting lineup. His name was crossed out.

The captain's armband was therefore worn on the arm of the oldest goalkeeper Abbiati.

"You know what, I hate rainy days."

Balotelli, who was standing at the back of the team, said to Longshute when he walked out of the player channel.

His face was filled with the sentimentality of a literary youth, and then he continued to explain:

"Because I can't see my favorite fireworks..."

Long Shute rolled his eyes, then reached out and patted the back of his head:

"If your post-match score for this game exceeds 8, I'll let you see... what a real firework is!"

Balotelli's eyes widened in an instant:

"I feel full of infinite power! Buffon, here I come!"

Buffon, standing at the head of the Juventus line, couldn't help but glance back at him.

Mario, you silly boy, what are you calling me for? -

"The media often say that the football market in Italy has declined in recent years. Although this is a bit regrettable, it is an indisputable fact. Whether it is from the investment of various clubs in the annual transfer market, the salary level of players, or the league TV Broadcasting costs, advertising endorsement income, game attendance, live game technology, league packaging level, Serie A cannot compare with the Premier League, Bundesliga, and La Liga. Some people attribute these problems to one factor, that is, economic problems. Maybe it's not unreasonable."

Of course, Zhan Tianjun will go into battle for such a super important event. After all, Huang Feixiang, the former Serie A commentator, has been slack in his job due to various reasons since he left cctv. More often, he can only rely on his former Popularity and Lao Ben are familiar, far from the courage of the past.

After the players from both sides mourned for the refugee boat that sank near Lampedusa Island on October 10 (more than 3 people died), Zhan Tianjun also began to talk:

"For each club, one of the major reasons that restricts their economy is the stadium. Among the 20 clubs in Serie A, only Juventus has its own independent stadium, and the remaining 19 home stadiums are rented from local stadiums, like Milan. Shuangxiong even rented a venue between the two.

In this way, not only will the club not be able to get the bulk of the ticket revenue, but more importantly, the equipment update, repair, and expansion of the stadium must be approved by the local government and the council before they can be implemented, and we all know, what Once the approval of the government is to be passed, the time period will probably not be too short..."

"Your analysis makes sense," guest Zhang Lu agreed:

"In fact, many stadiums in Italy not only have a small capacity, but also the stadiums are often old and the maintenance situation is not optimistic, and there are often a lot of troubles on the issue of security and order, so many fans prefer to watch games at home through premium channels. , and unwilling to go to the scene, to improve this situation, the entire Italian football has a long way to go."

"That's right," Zhan Tianjun nodded and brought the topic back, "Okay, with the referee Gianluca Rocchi's whistle, this much-anticipated strong dialogue kicked off!"

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Kaka's accidental injury disrupted Allegri's formation and also affected Long Shute's plan.

After all, with Kaka's current physical fitness, it is unrealistic for him to be the main attacker who explodes every game and overwhelms the opponent. But let him be Long Special's wingman, attracting firepower for his teammates on the field, and when appropriate The time to finish the final blow, but it couldn't be more suitable.

Even when the Brazilian king was most frustrated, he still had the world's first-class consciousness and vision. What's more, he has recovered [-]% of his peak state now. A set of terrifying and terrifying partners!

But unfortunately, in this stadium, Kaka can only sit helplessly in the stands and become the most ordinary spectator.

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Juventus's stadium was rebuilt on the basis of demolishing the old stadium after the club experienced the trough of the telephone gate, and it was not officially opened until 2011.

As Zhan Tianjun said, the efficiency of the Italian government is extremely low. In order to buy the ownership of this stadium, Juventus spent six years just negotiating!Then the local government's evaluation and approval of the demolition and reconstruction plan submitted by the club... It took another seven or eight years!

And this is a domestic giant like Juventus...

If it is other clubs, I am afraid it will cost even more.

So you should know why Italian teams don't have their own stadium...

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Juventus's new stadium is quite modern, but its capacity is only 41000 seats. Obviously, it's not that the club has no money, but because they have made a rigorous assessment of the current football market.

Although the previous Del Alpi Stadium had 6.9 seats, the attendance rate has been lower than 7% for a long time. Reducing the capacity to 4.1 will not have much impact on ticket revenue, but it will allow the team's The atmosphere at home is even more enthusiastic.

Due to the cancellation of the previous runway, the distance between the stands and the field will be greatly reduced, and the home fans can exert more pressure on the away team players.

Under such pressure, AC Milan began to challenge one of the strongest opponents so far this season.

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"drop!"

Balotelli knocked the ball to Niang, who passed back to Longshute and the game officially started.

Long Shute did not follow the common opening method and pass the ball to the defender or wing teammates at the first time, but moved forward with the ball.

Juventus striker Carlos Tevez was the first to rush in front of him, trying to steal the ball from his feet without saying a word.

Tevez, who was short in stature, kicked quite fiercely, but Long Shute just made a feint to break through outwards, and shook the Argentine beast away.

He had just crossed the middle circle with the ball when three fierce men in black and white sword-striped shirts rushed towards him.

Kovaward Asamoah, Arturo Vidal, and Claudio Marchisio are all midfielders known for their tough defense!

In the face of the joint siege of these three strong men, even Long Shute had a headache, so he had to distribute the ball to Abate, who followed from behind, and then passed between Vidal and Marchisio with his feet empty. passed through.

Seeing that Long Shute began to speed up without the ball, the three Juventus midfielders also quickly turned around and chased back.

But where can they catch up?

Abate only advanced five small steps with the ball, then looked up at the middle, ready to pass.

He only took five small steps, and Long Shute had already reached the top of the Juventus penalty area from the position of the arc in the middle circle.

Abate is not too surprised by the speed of the midfielder, so his only thought now is to pass the ball well and make a beautiful assist.

But... the moment he kicked, a black and white figure rushed towards him.

Quagliarella touched the ball with his toe before the ball took off!

Damn!

Abate pouted, his assists are gone!

The trajectory of the football has obviously changed dramatically, flying directly over Long Shute's head and falling into Juventus' penalty area.

Balotelli leaned on Chiellini and wanted to pass back to Longshute, but was kicked out by Bonucci, who was in the first place.

But the football still fell under the feet of the Milan players. Nocerino, who quickly followed from the middle, rounded his thighs directly against the ball!

"Nocerino hits the ball!"

Just as Zhan Tianjun spit out these words, his face couldn't help but change.

Because Nocerino... kicked a flaw...

Maybe it was because of the rain, it was supposed to be a straight shot, but Nocerino kicked the ball towards the edge of the penalty area!

Nocerino couldn't help but hugged his head, why did he carry it like that? !

In the focus match against Juventus, as a defensive midfielder, I am afraid that I only have one or two shots in a game, and I wasted it by myself!

As soon as he hugged the back of his head with his hands, he saw the football he kicked suddenly refracted on the edge of the penalty area!

Why is it refracted?

Nocerino's eyes widened.

Oh...there stands the black midfielder Muntari!

Muntari swears, in the daily training routine, there is absolutely no such tactic in which it is his turn to rush up and attack!

But he appeared on the edge of the penalty area inexplicably, watching Nocerino's "explosive shot" flew in front of him, and then subconsciously stretched out his right foot, the football changed its trajectory and flew in impartially Goal for Juventus!

Buffon twisted his neck dully.

This ball... just scored like this?

Not Longshut, not Balotelli, not Niang, not even Montolivo and Nocerino, two midfielders with a certain offensive ability, but the most unimpressive Muntari!

I, Buffon, don't know if I should say something or not!

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(End of this chapter)