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Chapter 226 Difficult away games(1/3)

On April 10, Fiorentina played against Bologna, the 30th round of the league at home. Zhang Jun did not start, and his goal record had been parked at twenty goals. The league has been thirty rounds. Fiorentina is still distracted, which makes many Italian analysts believe that Zhang Jun is unlikely to break through the thirty league goals this season.

Zhang Jun doesn't seem to be too enthusiastic about this record. The most important thing now is the team's performance. Currently, the Fiorentine League is third and the Champions League has reached the quarterfinals. Considering the situation three years ago, this is already a great result. But for the current Fiorentines, it is just average. Their pursuit of honor and victory will never stop.

Bologna is ranked in the middle of Serie A, but Fiorentina is ranked in the upper level. Their strength is no longer above the same level. In this game, Sabato used a rotation system, and all the midfielders were replaced. The forward was partnered by veteran Tony and Pazini, and the front midfielder was also replaced by Montorivo. The left forward was Gasbaroni, the right forward Jorgensen, and the back midfielder was replaced by Donadal. The defense line was slightly smaller, and only the right forward and a central defender were moved, respectively, and Ram and Dainelli were replaced by Fiorentina's future defense line, so Sabato now gives him as many opportunities as possible. Sabato will adopt a rotation system for most games this season, for this reason.

When Sabato decided to adopt a rotation system, he said that there is no absolute main force or substitute in Fiorentina now. How long a lineup lasts does not depend on the record, but on the physical strength and status. Therefore, after playing the Champions League, using the rotation system is a very good way to ensure the team's combat effectiveness.

Fiorentina's second lineup did not disappoint Sabato. They defeated Bologna 2-0 at their home court. Pazini and Montorivo each scored a goal, and Montorivo scored a direct free kick.

Zhang Jun only got a chance to play in the last ten minutes, and Sabato asked him to go up and warm up. Two other players were on the way with him: Cru and Mascherano. The three of them were the central axis of Fiorentina.

When the three of them came on the court, Fiorentina had already secured the victory 2:0. There was no suspense in this game, and Fiorentina continued to press against the top two AC Milan and Juventus.

After the league with Bologna, Fiorentina set off for Munich, Germany the next day. Three days later, Bayern will "await" their arrival at the Allianz Stadium.

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After the first round of the match, because Bayern lost the ball, An Ke was not in the mood to have dinner with Zhang Jun, so he did not ask Magath to ask for leave. The gathering between the two was not realized. Now that Zhang Jun has arrived at An Ke’s home court, An Ke is not afraid of the sensitive period before the game, the reason why the main players of the two sides cannot eat together.

After he learned about the hotel he was staying in Florence, he drove himself to pick up Zhang Jun with Lin Jia for dinner.

This is not the first time Zhang Jun has seen Lin Jia's real person. She had dinner with her during the Beijing Olympics. But now she feels different. Maybe she has received true love, which makes Lin Jia even more radiant. Although she is not as good as Yilan and Sophie, she seems to be a beauty today, and more importantly, her figure is indeed very popular. Today she also wore a low-cut long skirt, which made her breasts very attractive. However, Zhang Jun is with a perfect woman like Sophie every day, and Lin Jia's temptation to him is almost zero. He just praised Lin Jia's beauty, and did not have too many inconsistencies.

Lin Jia is indeed tall. She looks as tall as Zhang Jun in high heels. Her height is quite compatible with a big man like An Ke.

Seeing them appearing in front of him hand in hand, Zhang Jun was very happy for his friend. Although he missed a lot before, the two of them were still together in the end.

"This is Lin Jia, my girlfriend." An Ke did not hesitate at all when introducing. Lin Jia stretched out his hand and gently snatched Zhang Jun.

"What a pity. I had known that you were going to treat me, I should have brought Sophie." Zhang Jun joked An Ke.

An Ke smiled and said nothing. Lin Jia seemed very interested in Sophie and pulled Zhang Jun to ask him to talk about Sophie.

Zhang Jun had no choice but to tell me how he met Sophie in high school, how he fell in love, and finally got engaged. Lin Jia couldn't help but praise: There are such a perfect girl in the world and such a perfect love.

"When we are eating outside like this, are you not afraid of media hype? Are you not afraid of the club being dissatisfied with you? Our behavior can be filled with many names." Zhang Jun said to An Ke during the meal.

An Ke shook his head: "I care about them! They can say whatever they want, and we eat ours."

"Hey, even if you find a girlfriend, your carefree personality still has not changed. Oh, by the way. Have you ever met each other's parents?"

"Lin Jia has seen my parents, but I haven't seen her yet."

"Why?" Zhang Jun was a little surprised. They were both together for half a year, so why haven't they met Lin Jia's parents yet?

An Ke smiled bitterly: "The season is not over, where can I have time to go back to China to visit her parents?" He looked at Lin Jia. Lin Jia felt An Ke's gaze and looked up at An Ke. The eyes of the two standard lovers made Zhang Jun feel a bit like a light bulb.

After Lin Jia and An Ke confirmed their relationship, Lin Jia was afraid that her family would still worry about her, so she called her back. Only then did she realize that the family no longer opposed her dating with An Ke. At that time, her father's words made her cry on the phone. The love she had been pursuing for five years was finally fulfilled, and she and An Ke didn't have to hide it.

Zhang Jun tilted his head to look at the two of them, and then buried his head in the meal. He didn't want to disturb the two of them.

This is a rare opportunity for them to relax before the life-and-death battle.

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Under the twilight of Munich, the ceiling of the Allianz Stadium emits a slight red light, and a battle is about to begin.

The reporter stopped Zhang Jun who had just gotten off the car: "How confident are you to win in this game? Will you feel pressured at Bayern's home court? He scored a wonderful goal in the last round. Will you still have such a wonderful performance in this game?"

Zhang Jun blocked the reporter who was trying to lean up with his hands, and then smiled slightly: "Do you know that you can't get answers to these questions before the game?" Then he rushed out of the crowd.

When Bayern's bus arrived, the flashes at the scene almost never stopped. Bayern finally felt his advantage at home and was more popular than Fiorentina in terms of attention.

When An Ke jumped out of the car, he was stopped by the same reporter: "How confident are you to win in this game? Will you feel pressure at your home court? In the last round, Zhang Jun scored such a wonderful goal. Will you completely block his shot in this game?"

An Ke said to the reporter carelessly: "Don't you think it's stupid to ask these questions now?" After that, he ignored what the other party was thinking and walked out by himself.

The reporter was depressed by the two of them, and the remaining questions were never thrown out, just standing there in a daze.

Florence locker room.

Sabato threw the marker pen, then clapped his hands and said to everyone: "We just played this game. We insisted on attacking and tried to score goals. We were always ahead of the lead, but it was uneasy to lead only one ball. So we played like the beginning of the last round..."

"Boss, I won't deliberately show weakness again this time, right?" Xiang Tao asked.

Everyone else laughed.

Sabato chuckled: "No. There is no need for this now, and it's okay to use that kind of thing once, but it will be useless if you use too much. I don't think Magath is an idiot who will fall twice in the same pit." He muttered in his heart at the same time: Although he is indeed an idiot...

"Okay! Don't say much nonsense, you guys are ready to play!" Sabato said, letting the substitute players leave first, and then he and the members of the coaching staff leave the locker room, leaving only eleven players who are about to start.

"Don't worry, everyone, I have something to say." Zhang Jun signaled his teammates to stay for a while.

So everyone waited obediently in the locker room.

"I think everyone is very clear about the schedule of Fiorentina, so everyone was not in high spirits some time ago. Whether it is the Champions League or the league, our opponents are very strong. It will be difficult to win all of them, but... it is not impossible. We still have to work hard to win every game. I hope everyone will be cheering up. Isn't Fiorentina afraid of any opponent's team? Didn't Real Madrid be eliminated by us? We have not had bad results for AC Milan recently, and Juventus is the same. What are we afraid of? The teams we are chasing closely, right? AC Milan, Juventus must be very nervous now, and the pressure will always be the leader." Zhang Jun patted Van Persie beside him, and then snatched at everyone. "Go on the court!"

As he walked towards the player channel, Van Persie whispered to Zhang Jun: "Is it because you saw that everyone is in a state of unstable mood recently that you said this specifically?"

Zhang Jun nodded, "Bayern is a very powerful opponent, if you don't have any problems..." Out of a little superstitious attitude, Zhang Jun did not tell the bad results.

"Don't think so much, we will win." This time it was Van Persie's turn to pat Zhang Jun on the shoulder.

Zhang Jun smiled at Van Persie, then walked straight to the front of the team.

This Champions League match is the first day of the match, with Liverpool and Lyon playing at the same time.

When Zhang Jun and the others appeared, the sky outside had completely darkened, the stadium was brightly lit, and the Allianz Stadium looked like a pearl emitting charming glory for a moment.

He heard the audience sing Bayern's fan song "Southern Stars", which made Bayern's home atmosphere suddenly warm. This was a great pressure. Allianz Stadium was much greater than Frankie Stadium, and the away pressure followed was much greater than that Frankie gave to Bayern.

No wonder even though he lost to Fiorentina 1:2 away, Munich's media seemed more optimistic, believing that Bayern would definitely qualify when they returned to their home court. This optimism was ridiculed by the Italian media as the German arrogance and contempt for Fiorentina.

Now that we are at Bayern's home court, Zhang Jun realized that this is definitely not contempt or arrogant, but that they really believe in the strength of their team and the energy of their home court.

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After Sophie finished her meal, she took a shower when the game was about to start, and then she hugged in the sofa in a bath towel to wait for the game to start. At this time, she received a call from China.

"Mom? You haven't sleep yet?" Sophie was surprised. It should be almost three in the morning in China now.

"Yes, I can't sleep. Your father was clamoring to watch Zhang Jun's game, so I got up to cook midnight snacks for him, so I thought about calling you." Although my mother was complaining about her father, her voice sounded a little excited.

Of course, Sophie knew what her mother was thinking. She must have been waiting for the game to start, but she just didn't admit it. Her father is a standard fan, but her mother rarely watches the game. Today is really rare that she will also get up to pay attention to this game.

"Fefei didn't go to the scene? Are you not a reporter?"

"I didn't go. I'm only responsible for reporting on things in Florence. The Champions League is not my responsibility." Sophie gathered her hair that had not yet been fucked. In fact, she had already planned to resign from the headquarters. She is now in a semi-working state. She handed over the manuscripts if she had a manuscript, and ignored nothing if she didn't have a manuscript. She felt that she was a little sorry for the boss to take the salary she had given to her at the headquarters like this.

"Oh, then Zhang Jun must be absent-minded, right?" Mom laughed over there.

Although the relationship has been established, Sophie is still a little embarrassed in front of her mother. "Mom~" she said coquettishly, "The competition is about to begin, are you not watching the competition?"

"Oh! Yes, yes! Then I won't say it." As he said that, my mother hung up the phone, really anxious. The phone at home was in the living room, but the TV was in the bedroom of her parents. If my mother wanted to watch the game, she had to hang up and run back to her bedroom.

Sophie put down the phone and watched the TV blankly - there were advertisements inside.

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Yang Pan put down the water cup in his hand and turned on the TV. It happened to be ESPN, but to his surprise, it was not the match between Bayern and Fiorentina, but the Champions League between Liverpool and Lyon.

"What's going on?" Yang Pan stared at the Liverpool starting lineup on TV and asked strangely. "In this game, how can it be compared to the game between Bayern and Fiorentina in terms of strength, excitement, and importance? Is there water in ESPN's mind?" Yang Pan was a little angry without seeing the game he wanted to watch.

Kaka, who is in the same room as him, is not surprised: "Brother... This is London, London, England. They naturally have to put their national team's Champions League. And maybe in the eyes of the British, Bayern can be compared with Liverpool, but Fiorentina may not even be as good as Lyon, and Lyon is also the champion of Ligue 1 for three consecutive times."

"Damn British..." Yang Pan cursed. He was unwilling to change the channel, hoping to see a TV station broadcast the game in Germany.

While cursing the British and changing channels, Yang Pan really found the TV station that broadcasted the German game. However, by the time he found it, the game had already begun for five minutes.

And to his surprise, he saw the score column in the upper right corner of the TV screen, which read: 1:0. The home team leads!

He turned his head in surprise to look at Kaka, and found that Kaka was also surprised.

"What's going on? Bayern Munich leads? The game has only started for five minutes!" he murmured.

"The progress of the game was really beyond the expectations of most people. Bayern Munich took the lead just three minutes into the game. Fiorentina looked a little panicked, and even their head coach did not say anything. The players on the field didn't know what to do." The commentator on the TV was also talking about the same topic, but the TV camera did not give the replay of the goal just now. Maybe there was no chance to replay it. Kaka and Yang Pan could only be confused and didn't understand why Bayern could lead so quickly. Even at home, the start was too good, right?

The TV feature was given to Fiorentina's head coach Antonio Sabato. He did not yell on the sidelines, but instead had a sinister face and a serious expression.

It seems that Florence is in big trouble.

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Zhang Jun looked helplessly at the scoreboard on the big screen. The whole of Fiorentina would never have thought that Bayern would tie the total score so early.

And it was not the result of your lack of strength, but because of an accident.

Just two minutes and forty seconds into the game, Barack made a unthreatening shot outside the penalty area and hit Kyle's foot, then changed direction, tricked Frey away and entered the door easily.

At that moment, Zhang Jun really hoped that he had read the wrong eyes, but the referee pointed his hand in the middle and announced that Bayern's goal was valid.

At that time, Kyle squatted on the ground with his head in pain, and he went to pull him up by himself. But except for patting his shoulder and sighing, he didn't know what to say. Originally, the "Devil Schedule" brought great pressure to many players, and now behind away games, some people have a hint of doubt about the team's future: Can we really win forever? Can we really enter the semi-finals of the Champions League?

The Bayern fans' singing became louder.

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At the same time, Milan, Italy.

Li Yongle beat the TV in front of him hard: "Zhang Jun! What are you doing?! Counterattack! Why are you so silent? That's just an accident! You still have a lot of time! I tell you, you must beat Bayern! I'm still looking forward to meeting you in the semi-finals!! Don't run away! Don't be eliminated before me!"

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Kru passed the ball to Zhang Jun, but Zhang Jun shot the football away. The commentator sighed a pity.
To be continued...
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