Chapter 399 Opportunities and challenges coexist
Juventus' lineup has made Sampdoria's desire for victory even stronger.
This is like a normal reaction when a hunter finds that his prey is unprepared to expose the softest part of his abdomen.
For Juventus, they just experienced a 4:2 victory. They didn't think there was any difference between Sampdoria in front of them and Sampdoria in the last game. Of course, the lineup was not exactly the same, but this would not become a key factor in determining the outcome.
When the game started, Juventus relied on their strong strength to launch a fierce attack on Sampdoria's goal.
But soon everyone discovered that unlike the last league game, facing Juventus like this, Sampdoria did not attack them, but instead fought a defensive counterattack.
This is the Sampdoria that everyone is most familiar with.
The last game between Sampdoria and Juventus made people have a question of "Did Sampdoria give up on herself?"
Seeing Sampdoria's performance in this game, those who know Sampdoria and are familiar with Sampdoria breathed a sigh of relief. This is the normal Sampdoria.
But this extends another question: Sampdoria performed such a normal performance in this game...what are they going to do?
If you want to continue the opportunity to play against Juventus and withdraw from the Italian Cup with dignity, should you have a wonderful attack with Juventus in this game, which will shock the world and make ghosts and gods, and finally lose due to lack of strength?
Now Sampdoria is a curled up hedgehog, and her desire to survive is particularly strong, which makes Juventus a little difficult to talk.
Most people understand that a team is trying to conquer defense and admit defeat. No matter how you curl up and be a hedgehog, it doesn’t seem like a hunter’s doing.
But if you really understand this Sampdoria, you will know that their most threatening tactic is to counterattack the defense. Using a stable defense first resists the opponent's attack, and then taking advantage of the opponent's long-term attack and being a little impatient, you will suddenly launch a threatening counterattack, which will be fatal.
So this is the strongest form of Sampdoria.
Sampdoria, who is serious in defensive counterattacking, is the most terrifying thing.
Juventus coach Conte on the sidelines indeed frowned. He smelled a bad smell in the air at the Marasi Stadium.
Although he was a little worried, Conte did not make any adjustments. After all, the game has just begun, so personnel adjustments will definitely cause an uproar after the game. Any player who was replaced in advance will be dissatisfied with the head coach's arrangement. He can't tell those teammates who were replaced that he noticed the danger of the team, so he decided to make adjustments, right?
Isn't that obvious distrust of the ability of the players on the field?
Moreover, people always have a lucky mentality. If they make adjustments but the competition does not develop as they are worried about, wouldn’t they seem too nervous in the end?
So let's adjust now, unless the game has reached a very critical moment, there will generally be no normal coach doing this.
Conte chose to hold his troops still.
He believes that his players can adapt to this situation.
Gao Zheng soon discovered that the weakness on Juventus' defense line was Obonner. However, this tall and strong black central defender himself has poor abilities. As a link in the three-back system, he and the other two teammates did not cooperate very well.
The "bb" defense combination composed of Bonucci, Barzali and Chiellini is very classic, and they helped Juventus become the best defender in the Serie A league.
The tacit understanding between the three people is unique, but it also creates some difficulties for others to integrate into this system.
Angelo Obonna is good. As an excellent central defender trained by Turin, he was selected for the Italian national team in 2011 and participated in the 2012 European Cup.
However, compared with Chiellini, whom he replaced today, there is still a gap. The most important thing is that he has only transferred from Torino to Juventus this season. He has not cooperated with Bonucci and Barzali for much time. This season, he has only partnered with these two centre-backs in the game twice.
It was originally a very tacit iron defense line, but because of Aubonner's existence, it was no longer smooth, just like a gear. Every time he turned to Aubonner, he had to stutter.
Although the lag is very slight, it is probably difficult for ordinary people to detect.
But in the eyes of a super genius striker like Gao Zheng, it is very obvious.
Thanks to Conte's rotation policy in the Italian Cup, the giants always have to try to balance the appearance needs between these substitutes and main players, so Sampdoria is now proud to face such a flawed defense line.
After finding the weakness on this defense line, Gao Zheng only needs to do one thing to stare at Aubonner until he collapses.
In fact, the experienced Barzali and Bonucci had already seen it after a period of competition, and Gao Zheng was targeting Aubonna.
So at the beginning they consciously helped Obonner, but they came to assist Obonner, and there would be loopholes in the position they originally belonged to them. Sampdoria is not the only one Gao Zheng.
Gao Zheng is not the kind of striker who insists on shooting by himself. He can return the football to his teammates who run to the space and then leave it to his teammates to score.
So after several times of defense, Barzali and Bonucci were both afraid of being afraid to help Aubonna frequently.
More often than not, Aubonner still has to face Gao Zheng himself.
This is not the first time that Aubonner has faced Gao Zheng.
When he was in Turin last season, he fought with Gao Zheng in Serie A once.
If you push forward another season, he also had a fight with Gao Zheng in the Serie B in the 20112 season.
In these two matches with Gao Zheng, the Turin team he played for did not lose in these two games. Turin won in Serie B and came to Serie A to draw.
However, he himself did not gain any advantage in the duel with Gao Zheng.
In the Serie B confrontation, although Sampdoria lost the game, Gao Zheng scored Sampdoria's only goal, and it was Aubonna who defended Gao Zheng at that time.
In the Serie A game, although Gao Zheng did not score, the penalty kick that Poli equalized the score was found by Gao Zheng from Obonner.
So for Aubonner, he has no good memories of Gao Zheng.
He is very strong and almost crushes Gao Zheng in terms of strength, but he is not very brave to use his advantages to defend Gao Zheng, especially when Gao Zheng enters the penalty area.
The penalty kick of Poly last season was when he pushed Gao Zheng hard while defending Gao Zheng. He felt that the power he used was not very strong, but Gao Zheng fell to the ground and the referee's whistle also sounded.
Let Turin's three-point become one point.
Now, Obonner forced himself to put his hands behind his back while defending Gao Zheng, and try not to do too much hand movement to avoid being used by Gao Zheng to cheat the penalty kick again. Yes, he insisted that the penalty kick was deceived by Gao Zheng, and Gao Zheng used fake falls and blind spots to deceive the referee.
Now wearing a Juventus jersey, he dare not make such a mistake and will not give Gao Zheng any chance.
When he came to Juventus from Turin, he did not hesitate to join his city rival, but nodded very quickly and agreed to the transfer deal.
Because he knew in his heart that compared to Torino, Juventus is so great that his talent, talent and ambitions can only be displayed on platforms like Juventus.
And this time, when Gao Zheng came to him, he was a little panicked at first, but now he has adjusted his mindset.
He realized that for him, a newcomer to Juventus, this is both a huge challenge and a huge opportunity. If he can successfully defend Gao Zheng, will there be more opportunities to play in the future? Will head coach Conte be more optimistic about him? Will the club rediscover the huge potential hidden in him?
Chapter completed!