Chapter 495 League Countdown
The popularity of news always fades away. This time, it was no surprise. After the storm of super maple swept across the world, people slowly calmed down.
The days are still long, there are still competitions, and there are still many things to look forward to in the future, such as Piacenza's opponents in the Champions League semi-finals.
After the Champions League quarter-finals all came to an end, a total of four teams won the chance to enter the finals, namely La Liga overlord Barcelona, Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich, Serie A giant Inter Milan, and the ultimate dark horse Piacenza.
The draw time is set for a week, and at that time, this football event that can be regarded as the most eye-catching football event in the world every year, will usher in their semi-final draw ceremony.
After winning this round of matchup again, the remaining two teams will go to the finals together to decide the European champion of this season.
In Piacenza, the team's winning celebration is much longer than in other places, and it will eventually end. As the team's next league game is approaching, everyone's sight has shifted.
After all, it's still the same thing. Piacenza has not yet saved his Champions League place next season. Although there are only six rounds of countdown left in the league, it is never to be taken lightly.
After the match against Arsenal, Piacenza continued to welcome their league game four days later. This time, they will go to the away game to challenge Siena, who is now in a critical period of relegation.
Siena, ranked 18th in the league, is following Bologna, who is 17th in the league with a four-point difference. With six rounds left in the league, they must fight for every point so that they can seize the life-saving straw of relegation while their opponent makes mistakes.
Therefore, no matter how famous Piacenza swept Arsenal 4-1, Siena did not have any fear during the training and preparation process.
Compared to them, Piacenza, who had a day off after the game and then had another day of restorative training, was a little too relaxed.
On the game day, the bus from Piacenza drove out of the city with their fans' farewells. The players sitting in the car were still talking and laughing, obviously not yet walked out of that epic victory.
Conte, who was sitting in the front row, couldn't help but sigh. You should know that during these four days of training, he has reminded the players more than once to pay attention to their mentality and not to relax in any game.
Unfortunately, it is obvious that his admonition has achieved very little effect.
In this away game, Conte still rotated. Liu Feng, who had the most contribution in the game against the Gunners, was arranged on the bench by him from the beginning. Then, based on his training status in the past few days, he removed Gansu and Girardino to rest.
Finally, the afternoon before departure, the Piacenza 442 lineup was released in front of the players.
Cassia and Aubameyang form the team's forward line, Nocerino and Naingran stand parallel in the midfield, but one is the main attacker and the other is the main defense, while the team's two full-backs are Ramirez and Wolfre respectively.
As for the team's defense, from left to right, they are Vista, Miranda, Astori and Caporoso. That's right, Scapelli was also placed on the bench this time due to his condition in training.
Tanio, who has the same treatment as him, once again gave up his chance to play in the NCF match.
The lineup in this game is not weak. After all, whether it is Cassia on the front line or the midfielder, they have created goals for Piacenza this season.
Therefore, in the pre-match reports, major media were still optimistic about Piacenza, but they seemed to have a tacit understanding and did not report on Siena's relegation crisis.
It turns out that it is not unreasonable that the relegation team at the end of the league is recognized as the most difficult team.
When the game started at 21:00 Beijing time officially kicked off, the unknown Siena generals left a deep impression on all the audience.
"The ball has entered! In the 30th minute of the game, Siena won the opportunity under their tireless press. Naingran's return pass rarely made a mistake!"
The Adame Ofranke Stadium, which can accommodate more than 15,000 fans, was packed tonight. The fans around the TV could clearly see that except for the Piacenza Expeditionary Force sitting in a small corner of the stadium, the Siena fans who still remained unyielding to the team even in the relegation stage were cheering.
"Siena! Siena! Siena!"
When Liu Jianhong announced the birth of the goal, Siena striker Reginado, who received a straight pass from his teammate to break the ball in the midfield, was happily running towards his own half.
This is the second league goal this striker scored this season. The striker, who has been away for more than two months, seems extremely excited at the moment. What’s more interesting is that the player’s last league goal was scored against Piacenza in the first half of the season.
At this time, Reginado's teammates also smiled and greeted him. It was obvious that the team was immersed in great joy.
On Piacenza, Conte has already started yelling on the sidelines. If the team won the team and the players did not have any scheming and slickness during training, then this is the best time to hit the players.
Astori and Naingran, who were scolded, lowered their heads under Conte's angry gaze. Judging from their secretly clenched fists, at least in their hearts, they were no longer willing to let their opponents get arrogant.
After the game started again, Piacenza's reaction was also quite good. As they controlled the ball and pulled it apart in their own half, Naingran, who had just lost the ball due to a mistake, became the team's offensive attack this time. Asxs.
"Drifting the ball and pushing quickly, Nainglan is like a tank. Poor Ziolis did not stop him, but was hit hard."
Under the basis of consciously strengthening his own confrontational ability, Naingran has now reached a very high level in both his style of play and his body. It is not surprising that he has been able to withstand his thin opponent in the midfield.
Afterwards, he was not idle. After working with Aubameyang who took the initiative to retreat and respond, Nainglan got the ball again in the right area outside the penalty area.
"The spike is shaken away from the angle, and it is a very light pass!"
It was a lightweight thing to say about Naingran's pass this time. When the Siena defenders paused for a while, Cassia, who had a good understanding of Naingran, flew up.
Chapter completed!