Chapter 18 Win Respect with Strength
The Red Bulls Turin, a veteran Serie A team, has won seven Serie A championships and five Italian Cups in history, creating a glorious history of five consecutive Serie A championships.
Although Turin is no longer as glorious as it was in the past, it is still a mid-range team that has been scattered in Serie A for many years. The club has a good operating model and the team has a fixed and huge number of fans.
In Serie A, there is a habit that the veteran teams in the league will always use all their strength to leave a good impression on the other party when facing the newly promoted team in the first round.
Of course, this is better to use quotes, but in a simple way, it is to be slandered.
Perhaps it is also possible that the newly promoted team needs time to adapt after being promoted to Class A, so the winning rate in the first round is not very large, but fans obviously tend to believe the first statement.
For example, in this game, when Piacenza appeared at the Turin Olympic Stadium in Turin, he saw the banner "Welcome to Serie A" hanging from the bottom of the stands.
When your opponent is so gentle and kind to you, he is often talking nonsense.
Today, Piacenza is a very young team, and the players are naturally full of energy. When they feel the contempt sent by the fans of the Turin team, the entire team is in a state of anger.
When Conte returned to the locker room after the team members stepped on the field, he was also startled by the angry expressions of the team members, and then he figured out the whole story: "Haha, what's wrong? Do you feel so angry when you are despised?"
"Coach, those fans who are cheering make me feel like a clown is being watched." Scapelli took the lead and expressed his emotions.
"Because they treat us as a team that gives away points."
Conte smiled: "In Serie A, a league where a single point can determine a lot of things, we are almost their favorite opponents."
"If you don't want to be so despised by them, it's very simple, just beat them on the court, the loser is not qualified to laugh at the winner."
Conte's advice was very simple, and he was ridiculed and looked down upon? How simple, just win them, and win them speechless. Any kind of contempt became a real joke."
"And everyone, there is nothing to be afraid of in Serie A. As long as we take out the things we have done in training, it will be enough to deal with all kinds of opponents."
There are too many players in this Piacenza who have not had any experience in playing in Serie A, which has led to everyone being in a state of high tension. However, after returning to the locker room, Conte's words finally calmed down.
Liu Feng's big heart has never shown any tension. On the contrary, after returning to the locker room, he continued to relieve the pressure on other teammates through interactions with other teammates.
This surprised Flokari, who had been observing him on the side, and in his eyes, Liu Feng's performance was not like a player who was only nineteen years old and was about to make his first debut in the top league.
"Everyone!"
Since Lorenzo left, Liu Feng has been learning how to be a good captain. He has a great prestige in the hearts of the players, so he did a pretty good job.
At this time, there was little time left to start the game. As the captain, Liu Feng began the team's final mobilization before the game.
"This is the first Serie A game for most of us, but it does not affect our own ball. From the first game, we should let our opponents know that the Piacenza wolf has never been easy to mess with!"
Liu Feng's voice was full of magnetic after the voice changer ended. After coming to Italy, he had already mastered Italian. At this time, his conversation did not stop at all in front of the team members.
"So, let go of the damn nervousness! Only we know how difficult it is to come here, but how strong we are, our opponents will know soon!"
"roar!"
At this time, only by using strength can we win respect, and everyone knows it very well.
With a roar, throwing away all the unnecessary emotions, Piacenza, led by captain Liu Feng, rushed out of the locker room in a fierce manner, which scared the Turin players who were waiting in the entrance aisle.
"Hello CCTV, CCTV, everyone, welcome to the first round of the 2008-2009 Serie A, the match between Turin and Piacenza. I am commentator Liu Jianhong."
This is a match at 9 pm Beijing time, which can definitely be called prime time. CCTV, which has the right to broadcast Serie A, directly ranked the match on the TV table without any discussion.
Countless Chinese fans sat in front of the TV excitedly, looking at the Piacenza team that was coming out of the player channel when Liu Jianhong introduced them. Their eyes were all on Liu Feng who was standing in the first position of the team.
The handsome young man with Chinese face was wearing a conspicuous armband on his left arm.
He is Liu Feng, a genius from China, and the young captain of Piacenza.
"In this game, Conte's formation was a standard 433 lineup. On the front line, Chinese player Liu Feng was in the left winger, Flokari served as the team's center, and the team's new aid Aubameyang served as the team's right winger."
While the captains of both sides of the stadium were playing rock-scissors, Liu Jianhong quickly recited the starting lists of the two teams. In addition to the arrangement of the forward position, Piacenza's midfielders were lined up, namely Naingran, Marcisio and Nocerino.
On the back line, Scapelli returned from injury and matched with the team's new player young defender Astori, with the left back being Desilvestre and the right back being Wolfel, who is a versatile player on the wing.
Through these days of training, Conte selected the eleven people in the team who are in the best shape. There is no doubt that he also wants to get a good start in this game.
"Swoosh!"
With the head coach's long whistle, the game on the court began.
Liu Feng, who won the kick-off in the rock-scissors, won the team's kick-off, which was obviously very helpful for Piacenza to organize the first wave of offense. As Flokari, who was standing in the middle circle, pushed the ball to Naingran, Piacenza's entire team quickly moved.
Naingran passed the ball to Nocerino, who resisted the striker Nicola Amoruso who was robbed from Torino and passed the ball to Marcisio in the drag position.
After the Turin team was under pressure, Marcisio continued to pass and cut with his teammates who had no defensive players around him, and soon pulled out the Turin formation.
Then, while Nainglan passed the ball again, Marchisio leaked casually, and the ball was kicked by Scapelli, who was already prepared behind him, and a long pass flew out from under him.
Piacenza made a direct offensive and defensive change in the backcourt and frontcourt when the Turin team had no time to react.
Chapter completed!