football world number one

Chapter 652
It has to be said that the Serie A schedule has been extremely good for Piacenza after entering February. Before ushering in the first round of their Champions League quarter-finals, none of their league opponents have the names of the current top six teams in Serie A.

When they beat Cagliari away and returned to Piacenza, in the next game, which is the last week before the Champions League game week, their opponent is Chievo, which is now ranked No. 16 in the league.

That's right, the Flying Donkey, who succeeded in advancing from Serie B in the same year as Piacenza and created the second highest score in Serie B history, is different from Piacenza's attitude of soaring to the sky as soon as he entered Serie A. In the past two years, the most concerned by Chievo fans and players is whether they can stay in Serie A.

Now it has entered the second half of the league. Judging from the ranking of No.16 in the league, the Chievo team will still struggle for their own relegation this season.

In the first two rounds of the league match against Piacenza, they lost one after another at the hands of their direct relegation opponents. The team ushering in two consecutive losses cannot be compared with Piacenza in terms of morale, not to mention this time, they are going to Leonardo Stadium to challenge Piacenza.

From the very beginning, the outcome of this game was marked very differently on the report pages of major Italian sports media, especially in authoritative betting institutions.

No one is optimistic about Feilu, who is now in decline, not even their own players.

In the team's new week of training, Conte did not isolate the team from the news as before, and the players were also very clear about the situation of their opponents through various reports and interviews.

Piacenza expressed great sympathy for the only one remaining of the two teams that were promoted at the same time as himself, and it was also the home team of the old captain Lorenzo.

However, it is only sympathy.

Compared with Chievo's situation, the Piacenza players are more concerned about the upcoming Champions League match next Tuesday after playing against Chievo on the weekend. Even their daily tactical drills and running-in are mostly prepared for that game.

Time still passed very fast, from Piacenza re-started at the training base to the new Saturday of the week, as if it was just a flick of a finger. On this day, Piacenza's players sat in the team's conference room as before.

"Alberto and Cassia, you will be the two forwards, Paul will be the attacking midfielder, Ramirez and Wolff will be the left and right midfielders."

With the battle imminent, Conte began to consciously let the team players who played more time in the last game rotate and rest, but judging from the lineup he arranged and the tactics he arranged, he still had no intention of giving way to Chievo at all.

"Miranda serves as the defensive midfielder, and the back four from left to right is Westeri, Scarpelli, Benny, and Vitale."

This can be said to be the fastest announcement of Piacenza's starting list. Conte, who had discussed with the coaching team a long time ago, reported all the names almost non-stop: "Tagno will continue to be the goalkeeper. My requirements for this game are still the same as on the field."

4132, this is the formation arrangement at home in this game. After many days, Conte once again arranged the striker combination of Cassia and Gilardino as double centers. Of course, in daily training games, this combination has appeared many times.

"The two forwards try to stir up the opponent's defense as much as possible, and the left and right wingers can directly insert assists at the right time. I need you to make the opponent aware of our huge offensive threat as quickly as possible, and then crush the opponent."

"Know the boss!"

Holding an electronic pen and constantly gesticulating on the big screen, Conte continued to draw arrows on the players in various positions: "The two central defenders alternately participate in the defense of the midfielder at any time. The defense can try to change positions appropriately, but there must be no gaps for the opponent to take advantage of!"

"Understand the coach!"

"Okay, everyone, tomorrow is our first trial at home, you can take it as a preview of the Bordeaux attack, in short, there will be victory but no defeat!"

"Roar!"

With a roar, there is no need to say anything. The morale of the Piacenza players who have reached the peak does not need Conte to pour any more chicken soup. Go back to sleep tonight, and then win the game in front of the folks in Piacenza tomorrow. Everything is as simple as that.

It was a dreamless night, whether it was Liu Feng who was told by Conte to be on the bench to be ready at any time, or the other team members showed an excellent mental outlook when they assembled on the second day.

This state has continued until the team came to the home locker room and it has not abated in the slightest.

"CCTV, CCTV, audience friends, welcome to the match between Piacenza and Chievo at home in the No.20 round of Serie A. I am the commentator Liu Jianhong."

When Liu Jianhong's voice appeared simultaneously with the CCTV screen, the two teams on the court had finished warming up and returned to their respective locker rooms. At this moment, the countdown to the start of the game had already entered.

"Okay, the two teams have entered the pitch behind the coach, and for this game Piacenza's captain Maurantanio and Chievo's captain Sergio Pelisier came to the referee at the same time."

The captain's boxing game never took much time. After Tanio won the boxing game and chose the kick-off for the team, the two teams quickly came to their respective halfs to take their positions.

"Shh!!!"

Immediately afterwards, with a sharp whistle, Gilardino, who was standing on the serving point, pushed the ball to Cassia in front of him.

"The game has started. Cassia passed back to Ganso in the middle. Ganso passed the ball to the front left. Ramirez, he tried to advance from the side when he got the ball!"

As Conte arranged, Piacenza did not intend to give Chievo breathing time from the beginning. Ramirez, who took the ball, broke through the first interception of Chievo's striker very smoothly, and passed the ball again before the opponent's midfielder came in front of him.

"Inverted triangle pass, Gan Suo in the middle got the ball again, Ping Qi had already rushed in front of him, directly picked the pass, and the ball flew towards Chievo's penalty area."

It took less than 3 minutes for Piacenza's attack to reach this point in the opening game. At the next moment, Cassia, who was speeding up and jumping from the top of the penalty area, hit the falling ball on his head.

"Oh!"

"Cassia! Header!!!"

"Duang~!"

This was a dull impact sound like a bell. Although the ball was crushed under the body of Squizzy who survived the catastrophe at the next moment, judging from the subsequent development of the game, it was actually more like the mourning of a death knell.

　Chapter 2 here!thanks for your support!

　　
　
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