Chapter 341 The Wolf Castle
Wolfsburg, nicknamed Wolfsburg, is the defending champion of the German League One, and is called the Miracle Team by his own fans.
In the 2008-2009 season, when the results in the first half of the season were worrying, only ranked ninth in the league, Wolfsburg directly completed ten consecutive victories in the second half of the season, jumping from ninth to top.
In that half season, they set the longest winning streak in more than 20 years, and finally beat Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich and traditional tycoon Dortmund to win the championship.
Such a performance is a miracle. Compared to Piacenza's magical run for the first league in the Serie II season, they actually won the first league championship in team history.
However, the team that has always been in the limelight has become the fourth team in the Champions League draw due to European points, and was finally drawn into the H group of Piacenza.
In fact, when the results of this draw came out, Wolfsburg coaches and senior management did not take Piacenza seriously at all.
As Bundesliga champions, they directly focused on the world-famous Premier League giants Arsenal and the Russian Premier League giants CSKA. After all, it seems that their three teams are competing for a qualifying spot.
However, with the Champions League games one after another, the situation in Group H became subtle.
After the two rounds of group stages, Piacenza ranked first in the group with two wins, Arsenal ranked second with one win and one loss, and CSKA and Wolfburg tied for third with the same record of one draw and one loss.
The score distribution of 6311 looks like their Bundesliga champion is about to be swept out. This is not allowed by the players whose morale has soared after winning the first Champions League in team history.
After two consecutive Champions League baptisms, Wolfsburg has slowly adapted to the pace of the Champions League. After making complete preparations at their own club, they have already made plans to burn their boats since they set out to Piacenza.
This can be clearly seen from the early morning of the next morning when the head of Wolfsburg negotiated with the head of Piacenza to seek training grounds for the team.
"This is our own base, and they are quite adaptable!"
That morning, when the players followed Conte's instructions to come to the training base later, the venue on the other side of the base that used to play training matches was occupied by the Wolfburg players wearing green clothes.
When the team was warming up on the lap, Cassia, who always said something, complained directly to her teammates.
"Shut up Cassia, don't you even have a warm-up place when you go to Germany?"
Cassia's complaints clearly reached Conte's ears who were warming up with the team. Conte, who was frowning and looking at the scene of the hot sky on the other side, directly criticized his team members: "Now, put your whole body and mind into training!"
"Okay coach!"
The coach said, how dare he refuse to follow? Cassia instantly became arrogant and straightened his back and continued to run with the team.
At this moment, Liu Feng, who is leading the team in the first place, is also paying attention to the situation in Wolfsburg, but his eyes are only attracted by a player.
It was a tall player wearing a No. 9 jersey. Liu Feng remembered Conte mentioned his name during his pre-match speech.
Dzeko, a top striker from Bosnia and Herzegovina, made great contributions to Wolfburg's ability to reach the top of the list in half a season last season.
However, what Liu Feng cares more about at this time was that after three laps through the training ground, he did not see the forward lose a shot.
This is a very interesting thing.
During his time in his own training, Liu Feng and his forward teammates have practiced countless times, and even Girardino, who has won the Champions League, has not done this.
Moreover, as a top striker, Liu Feng has an extraordinary sense of smell. Looking at the calm guy from afar, he developed a strong fighting spirit from the inside out.
It seemed that he felt Liu Feng's hot gaze. Dzeko, who once again broke through his goalkeeper to guard the goal, suddenly raised his head. His eyes and Liu Feng collided fiercely in the air, and then the two of them were immersed in their respective training again.
The game is held in the evening. There is still some time to meet on the field, and Liu Feng still needs to do a lot at this moment.
"Okay, people from various positions are now trained in groups!"
After the team's running lap, Conte directly arranged various tasks, and he and his assistant coach continued to study the characteristics of his opponents.
Although Wolfsburg did not perform well in the previous two games, this did not serve as a reason for Conte to slacken.
Whether it is the analysis video he gave to each player yesterday or the different tactics he formulated for his opponent, it can be seen that the young coach attaches great importance to this game.
The players can improve their evaluation of themselves because of the team's two wins, but he cannot.
Conte knew very well that the team as a Champions League boy had not yet experienced the real difficulty of baptism, and he had to be careful to ensure that the team could have a minimum lower limit when the team was overturned.
Therefore, after the team finished lunch after the morning training, Conte gathered the team again to give a speech in the conference room of the training base.
"Grafit, Dzeko, Misimovic, these three players I ask you to pay the most attention to."
Before this, Conte had introduced the outline of the Wolfburg players to the players, and at this moment he directly selected the focus.
As Wolfsburg's trident that galloped through the Bundesliga last season, these three players were the Golden Boot, Silver Boot and Assistant King last season. These three titles are enough to prove a lot.
"Rachar, your main task is to curb Misimovic. I don't want to see him active in the game."
"I understand coach!"
"Miranda, El, your mission may be very heavy. Vistali and Vitale will help you in due time. No matter what, don't let the two forwards easily break into the penalty area."
“Okay boss!”
"The others have also cheered me up. This game is our own home court. I don't want to see you being suppressed and unable to raise your head."
Conte's emotions gradually became excited, and what he was more worried about than his opponent was the emotions of the players.
Sometimes the competition in the Champions League is about mentality. When the strength is equal or the gap is not big, the more tenacious side can often perform better.
However, after he came back from the away game, he found that the players unconsciously had various impetuous emotions, and this emotion was often fatal in the game.
Chapter completed!