As a major traffic player in European football and even world football in the past two seasons, Sheffield United has received more attention than many established giants.

For example, it is also a warm-up. The number of reporters at Juventus' half-time is in sharp contrast to the number of reporters at Sheffield United's half-time.

Pogba is at the age when he is most eager to gain attention from the outside world. It is normal to envy the young players at Sheffield United.

Tevez saw through it without saying anything, shook his head and continued to work on the warm-up.

However, Pirlo on the side gave Pogba a few words to ask him to focus more.

Pogba then withdrew his envious gaze and started chatting and communicating with Pirlo and Vidal.

Little did he know that Speed ​​was also secretly observing his emotional changes at this moment.

Even if he made the decision to bring in Pogba, Speed ​​still attached great importance to Ferguson's original evaluation.

Young people like to be noticed and want to be recognized by more people. These are normal.

It is natural for Pogba to envy the players at Sheffield United, and Speed ​​can understand.

At this time, seeing Pogba and his teammates actively communicating before the game, Speed ​​finally nodded with some satisfaction.

At least in terms of pre-match preparation and communication, Pogba seems to have no problem.

As for how the strength is displayed, it naturally depends on the competition.

Speed ​​thought of this and did not stay on the sidelines for long. He quickly returned to the visiting team's locker room, leaving them little time to prepare.

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"So the focus today is to limit Pirlo's performance. I don't need to reiterate his importance to this Juventus team, but don't be too nervous. Many players in their team actually don't have much Champions League experience.

Keep calm and do what we should do, then we will be the final winner!"

Speed ​​once again emphasized the tactical requirements to the starting players. After all, they were playing against an Italian team, and they must pay attention to the tactical level.

The Sheffield United players also nodded in thought.

Although Pirlo is already thirty-four years old, Sheffield United dare not look down upon him in the slightest.

As one of the few active midfield masters, Pirlo obviously has the capital to ask the Sheffield United coaching staff to develop exclusive tactics for him.

After all, it has only been a year since the 2012 European Cup, and Pirlo's outstanding performance has left a deep impression on countless players and coaches.

Drinkwater and Matic also rarely showed a little nervousness today.

The pressure is always doubled when you play against a legend, let alone a senior they have always liked to respect. The feeling of expectation and caution is completely different from ordinary pressure.

"Hey! If you two play well, doesn't it mean you are paying tribute to Pirlo? Look at me, how much I like Drogba. I even asked him for an autograph after the first duel with him, but this doesn't mean

It prevented me from kicking Chelsea's defense! If you don't believe it, ask Gary, he will definitely want to blow Pirlo to show his respect!"

Li Mo calmly soothed the emotions of Drinkwater and Xiao Ma. He pointed at Medel, and Medel responded with a smile.

"That's definitely no problem. I would really like to beat Pirlo. After all, I prefer Gattuso, so I don't have any idol filter for Pirlo. It's a pity that today I played right back, otherwise I would definitely

Let Pirlo feel my 'passion'!"

Medel's teasing words caused bursts of laughter in the locker room. Derek Walter also smiled and shook his head. When Li Mo saw this, he waved his hand!

"That's it! There is no relationship between idols and fans on the football field, only the relationship between enemies and brothers! Today we are going to fuck the old woman first, and then talk about friendship with their players. Isn't the best way to respect them

Defeat them?! You don’t want to see the headlines of major European media tomorrow being “Old Women Sanction Youth Army”? That’s so damn embarrassing! Come on, let the Italian overlords see us.

Awesome, glory goes to Sheffield!!!"

As soon as Li Mo finished speaking, there was a roar of howling ghosts and wolves in the locker room.

Speed's eyelids twitched and he subconsciously took a step back. As expected, Li Mo took the lead in the charge and knocked open the door of Juventus' visiting team's locker room!

Accompanied by constant "bang!" and "bang!" banging and slapping sounds on the door, the other Sheffield United starting players followed and trotted out of the dressing room, full of momentum!

At this time, the Juventus players who were forming a group in the other channel were shocked.

"Where did the movement come from?"

Vidal bared his teeth and dug at his ears. This burst of noise and roaring was so outrageous that even the moving company couldn't stop it.

The other Juventus players also started talking, and only Tevez, who was most familiar with Sheffield United's style, sighed.

"Today's game was really difficult."

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As China time approaches 2:40 in the morning on October 3, the countdown to the start of the two UEFA Champions League focus group matches that countless fans have been waiting for has begun.

At the Etihad Stadium, the stars of Manchester City and Bayern Munich entered the stadium, and the same scene was also staged at the Juventus Arena at this moment.

When the players stepped onto the turf, cheers and boos sounded in the stadium almost at the same time.

The players on both sides have long been accustomed to such grand scenes, and each calmly led the ball boy towards the court.

Juventus fans are very "enthusiastic", both for the home team and the away team.

The Juventus Arena has always been known as the home of Serie A's Devils, and Juventus's impressive record at home really proves this point.

With a stadium capacity of just over 40,000 people, the Juventus Arena does not sound particularly large.

But in fact, this new stadium, which was only officially opened in 11 years, is not only full of technology, but the home atmosphere is not inferior to those famous stadiums that are full of 70,000 to 80,000 people.

The Sheffield United players had to lament at this moment that Juventus' home stadium is no less powerful than Bramall Lane Stadium, and is even better in terms of fan organization.

You know, Sheffield United's home stadium is already the most passionate and fanatical in the Premier League today, but it still cannot surpass Juventus, which has just emerged from the trough and risen again.

Such a scene can't help but make the commentators sigh, a wealthy family is a wealthy family after all, and you really have to accept this background.

After the Champions League theme song was played and the players from both sides finished the opening ceremony, fans from all over the world became excited.

"Okay, the players from both sides are ready, and the battle is about to begin! In the 2013-14 Champions League group stage, the second round of Group A, Sheffield United challenges Juventus away from home! The game has started. All Sina Sports viewers are welcome to watch the game.

Live broadcast, this game will be directed by Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun will provide you with a live commentary of the game!"

As the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Zhan Jun's familiar voice also sounded in the headphones worn by countless Chinese fans.

Director Zhang's friendly "hey" sound sounded, which was regarded as greeting the audience.

Today Zhan Jun did not ask Director Zhang to analyze the starting lineups of both teams again. When staying up late, the old man would inevitably be distracted, so he analyzed the lineups of both teams in one go.

"Juventus did not make any changes in their formation today. It is still Conte's favorite 5, 3, 2, but in terms of starting players, Juventus has changed compared to the last round of the Champions League group stage.

Vucinic started the game instead of Quagliarella, who has been having trouble with his feet recently. The Montenegrin striker's organizational skills may give Tevez more room to play in this game.

Peluso and Ogbonna were given the starting positions by Conte, and were replaced by Asamoah and Barzagli. Relatively speaking, Conte made relatively large changes in defense.

The fixed midfield trio of Pirlo and Vidalga Pogba has not changed. The combination of these three has become more and more tacit in terms of cooperation, and it is also the key to Juventus' victory!

Sheffield United's starting lineup has not changed much, except that Trippier was said to have some thigh discomfort before the game, so for this game, Speed ​​replaced Trippier with Medel as the right back for the sake of safety.

As for the midfielder, De Bruyne finally made his debut after being asked for a long time and became the starting central midfielder of Sheffield United. I wonder if Speed ​​has formulated interference tactics for him against Pirlo today. I feel like

The task on his shoulders today is quite heavy.

Sheffield United's starting lineup has not changed much in other positions. Today, the performance of the trident of Li Mo, Bale and Neymar is very exciting for the fans!"

As soon as Zhan Jun finished speaking, Sheffield United, who took the first kick on the field, created the first wave of threatening attacks amid a burst of boos from Juventus fans.

Li Mo's taking of the ball attracted Vidal's close marking, and Bale took the opportunity to move forward into the space on the right side of the Juventus midfielder.

However, Li Mo did not pass the ball right away.

Just when Pirlo and Asamoah moved to the right as a whole, trying to suppress Sheffield United's possible left offensive.

Li Mo reversed the ball to the right during the advancement process!

Neymar's handicap gave Medel an easy opportunity to set up the side, and Juventus' defense was tested in the opening stage.

However, when faced with Chiellini's marking, Medel did not go up for a one-on-one challenge, but promptly knocked the ball across to Neymar who ran to the right edge of the Juventus penalty area.

Nei Shao unloaded the ball freely and cut inside. After getting rid of Asamoah's pursuit, he suddenly lobbed the ball into the Juventus penalty area.

Li Mo, who pushed forward, still chose to take off hard against the defense of Bonucci and Barzagli!

However, this time the angle of the tentative attempt to reach the top was a little too positive, and was successfully confiscated by the cautious Buffon.

But looking at Bonucci who was knocked away and fell to the ground and Barzagli who was obviously uncomfortable, Buffon also looked at Li Mo a few more times, as if he was looking at a monster.

"I'm sorry!"

Li Mo roared with some dissatisfaction. Compared with Bonucci who fell to the ground, his body stood very stable after landing, and he roared like a normal person!

Such a strong contrast made the Juventus fans who booed also feel shocked.

"I didn't have many intuitive feelings before, but now I finally understand why the media praised him as the 'Vieri Second Generation' when he just debuted! He now looks even stronger and unstoppable than Pop!"

A die-hard Juventus fan put down the hand covering his head, shook his head and said to himself.

The other Juventus fans beside him began to discuss in a low voice the amazing scene just now!

Italy hasn't produced a striker with such abnormal fighting ability in many years.

Younger fans have also gradually forgotten the former ‘Bobo’, Apennine Tanvieri.

Among the new generation of offensive players, the most discussed ones are agile forwards such as El Shaarawy and Insigne.

As for Balotelli, the self-inflicted Italian has destroyed their national team's future forward hopes.
To be continued...