football world number one

Chapter 230

When all the players returned to the team, the whole team was in a very excited atmosphere.

In this young team, most of the players are representing the national team for the first time. The sense of national honor brought by this can be seen very clearly from the faces of this group of young people. Although they are a little tired physically, everyone is still full of spirit.

On this day, Liu Feng, who had arrived early and finished warming up, came out of the shower and saw Nocerino surrounded by a group of Italian players. The 23-year-old player officially received an invitation from Italian coach Lippi this week.

One of the biggest career pursuits of local players playing in Serie A is to be able to join the Italian national team. This desire reached its peak after the Italian national team won the World Cup in one fell swoop in 2006. All players felt extremely honored to be able to play for Italy.

"Antonio, how is the atmosphere in the team?"

"What is Coach Lippi's personality like?"

A group of Italian players were obviously very interested in the affairs of the national team and kept asking for information about the team, and Nocerino answered them carefully one by one.

On the other side, Nainggolan, who is a foreign player, is much quieter.

After seeing Liu Feng, he smiled and greeted him, and chatted with the non-native players around him. This week, he was also selected for the Belgian team for the first time, but he went there as an absolute bench player, so the experience during this period was not so rich.

After a while, the team members were fully assembled, and Astori, Scarpelli, and Marchisio, who were selected for the Italian U-series team, also arrived late.

After coach Conte arrived, the team started simple recovery training. The FIFA virus is definitely the most annoying thing for all clubs. In order to avoid this risk, Conte did not carry out high-intensity training on the first day after the players returned. The training volume of this day can be said to be quite easy.

On the second day, the team resumed normal training. Although the mental and physical state of the players was obviously different from before, at least no one suffered injuries. This is very important for the team to cope with the league.

In the seventh round of the league, Piacenza will face Udinese from Udine, and they will play at home in this game, which is a good thing as the international competition week has just passed.

However, their opponents are not weak at all.

Last season, under the leadership of new coach Marino, the young black-bone chicken also set off a youth storm in Serie A. The golden partner of Di Natale and Quagliarella made this team play well in Serie A. After the end of the season, it won the league No.7 and qualified for the UEFA Europa League this season.

Since the beginning of this season, Udinese has only lost to Juventus in the second round of the league, and has maintained an unbeaten record in the rest of the games. Except for the draw with Naples at home, other games have been won quite easily.

Before meeting Piacenza, the team had just won three consecutive victories in the league. Although the international competition week broke the continuous excitement of the players, the team, from the coach to the players, was completely unafraid of Piacenza in the pre-match interview.

Given the favorable location, Piacenza will naturally not allow the opponent to underestimate it. The day before the match, Liu Feng, the captain of the team, attended the press conference in Piacenza with head coach Antonio Conte. During the interview, neither he nor Conte showed any fear of Udinese.

Having been unbeaten for six rounds in the league, especially after having played against a team like Inter Milan, Piacenza is already qualified enough to be on an equal footing with any opponent.

Soon, the match day arrived. On this day, the Piacenza match was again scheduled for [-]:[-] pm BJ time. This can be regarded as a golden time for Chinese fans. The Italian Football Association has obviously mustered its horsepower to develop the Chinese market.

"CCTV, CCTV, hello everyone, I'm Liu Jianhong."

Before the game, Liu Jianhong first appeared in the commentary room. He was sorting out the materials in his hands and greeting the audience. At the same time, the goals of Piacenza and Udinese in recent rounds of the league were shown on the big screen behind him.

Among them, the upside-down golden hook that Liu Feng was selected as the best goal of this round of the league in the last game appeared repeatedly: "The next thing I will broadcast live for you is the seventh round of Serie A, Piacenza VS Udinese. Chinese player Liu Feng appeared in the starting list again."

In front of the TV, during this period of time, those fans who love football have already dragged their families and sat on the sofa. In such a prime time, it is really a loss not to bring your family to watch Liu Feng, who is proud of Chinese football.

On the court, the two teams are warming up intensively. Because of the home court advantage, Piacenza is very familiar with the field, so after a brief warm-up, he and Conte returned to the home locker room, where Conte will arrange the team's final tactics.

In fact, after the six rounds of the game, everyone has an understanding of the coach’s favorite formation. Conte’s usual starting lineup is mostly 433, and then he will continue to make changes and adjustments during the game. Whether it is 451 when defending or 424 when attacking, the players have detailed drills in their daily training.

In this game, at the striker position, Cassia reappeared at the starting center position with his excellent performance in the last round of the league. The other two positions are still held by Liu Feng and Aubameyang.

In the midfield, Nainggolan, Nocerino and Marchisio formed a triangular matrix, while Padalino continued to stand by on the bench.

On the back line, there are no major changes in the left and right full backs, and they are still Westley and Wolfer.

However, the two central defenders are no longer the previous partners of Scarpelli and Astori. After participating in the competition of their U-series national team, the state of these two players has declined sharply.

Of course, in addition to this, Astori has a red card suspension, even if he is in good form, he cannot play

Therefore, in the defensive position, Conte, in addition to Gadri, who is in the starting position, reactivated an old player Tim who chose to stay with the team last season.

Tim's strength is not outstanding, but his victory is stable and there will not be too many ups and downs. Therefore, when the team had no better choice, he became the team's starting central defender.

As for the tactics, Conte didn't have any special arrangements. He asked the team to stabilize first according to the usual start, and other tricks were just to be seen.

　I have something to do today, the update will be later, and Chapter 2 will be delivered later, thanks to "Xitang Qi" and "Fat Rabbit Can't Run Fast" for their big rewards
　　
　
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