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Chapter 656 Pressure and Power

The joy brought by the three consecutive victories is very great. The Piacenza players were very excited in the interaction with the fans after the game.

After the game, although the three teams in front of Piacenza all won this round of the league, Piacenza's ranking remained in the fourth place in the league, but the gap between them and Sampdoria and Palermo, which have been chasing after them, widened.

Now that the Serie A competition has entered the second half of the year, the competition for the Champions League and Europa League qualifications has formed three distinct ladders. The leading Inter Milan and the closely followed Roma are the first ladder. They have thrown off the teams behind them with a huge difference.

Then Milan and Piacenza, who are third and fourth, and the Mariners, Palermo and Juventus who are behind them with a gap of three and four points respectively are the second tier. Not surprisingly, these teams will compete fiercely for the Champions League qualification at the end of the league.

As for the teams behind Juventus, most of them are relatively Buddhist mid-range teams. As long as they stay away from the relegation line, those small clubs have nothing to worry about.

All in all, the current ranking of Serie A is no longer the situation that will change drastically after a round of the league in the first half of the season. Piacenza's current goal has basically been determined, and that is to hold onto the Champions League qualification.

Of course, most of these things are seen in the reports and analyzes of major sports media. The Piacenza team, which is about to usher in the Champions League match soon after the match with Chievo, has no time to pay attention to it.

"Cheer up, you want your opponents to see you like this on the court!!!"

On the second day of the league match day, Piacenza's training continued. Due to the proper rotation, the team's main players did not have too many problems in terms of physical strength. Even so, Conte still had a lot of dissatisfaction on the training ground.

"Feng, Alberto, you need to run more to disrupt the opponent's defense."

In the afternoon of the same day, Piacenza started a simulated training match before the official game. The reserve team's main lineup brought by the reserve team coach Lucas became the training target of Piacenza.

"El, if you can't catch Wu again, I don't mind letting you sit on the bench tomorrow!"

"Understand Coach!"

On the court, the score is already 4-1. The first team has enough strength to overwhelm the reserve team. If Conte hadn't imposed certain restrictions on what some players can do on the court, the score would have been even worse.

However, in such a situation, the reserve team still scored a goal. Yes, it was Wu Lei who scored this goal in the main lineup of the reserve team.

Wu Lei, who has grown up under the joint training of Lucas and Francini since he came to Piacenza, is very different from when he joined the club at the beginning of the season.

With hard work, he has quietly improved his confrontation ability to the standard of the game, and his dexterous running position and sense of smell in front of the goal have also been maximized under the development of two youth training coaches. Following a tall and strong center forward, he showed it perfectly in this training game.

This caused Scarpelli, who was a little careless because his opponent was a junior in the reserve team, to suffer frequently. If it weren't for Wu Lei's shooting ability under the interference situation, their shooting ability would never be so simple.

Even so, Scarpelli had already been scolded bloody by Conte on the sidelines, and he didn't dare to be careless in the subsequent games, and finally he didn't give Wu Lei another chance.

After all, the fact that the hit rate is too low under interference is still easy to be restrained.

Soon the training game came to an end. Conte was generally satisfied with the performance of the players. After nodding, he gave the remaining time to the players who were interacting with the reserve team.

Among them, Wu Lei, who scored a goal, is undoubtedly the player who has been approached the most. Scarpelli, who is troubled by his running position, and Liu Feng, who has been paying attention to him, all came to him and chatted with him.

After encouraging Wu Lei to hone his shooting, Conte called the players to the conference room to gather. The whistle rang, and he patted the shoulders of the compatriots in front of him. Liu Feng waved goodbye to him with a smile.

Wu Lei, who knew very well what Liu Feng was going to do tomorrow, looked at Liu Feng's back and clenched his fists silently. After all, it was only less than a year since he arrived in Piacenza, and he still had a lot to sharpen, but he believed that one day in the future, he would definitely be the best helper standing beside China Feng.

In the Piacenza conference room, Conte began to officially announce tomorrow's game formation and lineup, the Champions League knockout, just these five simple words mean great pressure to Piacenza, which is mostly fledglings, and Conte is no exception.

Against this background, even at home, Conte does not intend to form an overly aggressive formation. Finally, after an agreement with the coaching team, Piacenza's formation this time was positioned as 4312.

The 4312 this time is not the same as the defensive formation of pure three midfielders, but is more similar to the diamond-shaped midfielder that the team has tried before.

"Alberto and Feng are paired as forwards, and Paul is the attacking midfielder. The three of you will be the team's first line of offense. I need you to run more actively in tomorrow's game."

"Understand the coach!"

"Racha is the defensive midfielder, Ramirez is on the left, and Nocerino is on the right. In the attack, the three of you can properly insert assists, but Racha, your first task is to protect the team's midfield."

"Know the boss."

"The four defenders on the defensive line, from left to right, are Westley, Miranda, Scarpelli and Wolfer. I hope you four will not let me down."

"Absolutely not!"

"Very well, then the goalkeeper is still Tanio."

After all the team's starting rosters were announced, Conte also had time to say something else.

"I know that for many of you, tomorrow's game will be the biggest game you've ever experienced. There will be pressure, but I hope you can turn it into motivation and don't forget the momentum we had in the group stage."

"understand!"

"Then, give me an early rest after going back tonight, and continue to gather here tomorrow. The whole morning will still be training time. As for the information I sent to your opponent's core players, I hope you can take a closer look."

The battle was imminent, and even Conte seemed a bit talkative. After finishing what he said, he paused before waving his hands and saying nothing: "Now, disband!"

"Roar!"

　Chapter 2 here!thanks for your support! ! !

　　
　
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