Chapter 208 It’s hard to refuse such hospitality
Chapter 208 It’s hard to refuse such hospitality
There are not many records of encounters between Juventus and Atletico Madrid.
Prior to this, they had only met in the 2014-2015 Champions League group stage.
And the results at that time were not satisfactory.
Juventus lost to Atletico Madrid 1-0 in an away game, and then in the second round at home, facing Atletico Madrid's iron-blooded counterattack, Juventus' weak attack was exposed, and finally the two sides drew 0-0.
In the past two years, Juventus has worked hard and has won the Serie A championship for three consecutive years.
Their goal is naturally to have a better performance in the Champions League.
Facing Atletico Madrid, although Juventus did not have much advantage in previous games, they did not have much disadvantage either.
Among the opponents in the Champions League round of 16, Atletico Madrid was originally a good draw for Juventus.
But no one expected that during this short winter transfer window, Atletico Madrid actually bought the killer who is now making waves in the football world!
In fact, when Atletico Madrid officially announced that Song Wen had joined, everyone from Juventus’ top management to the fans wailed.
But soon, Juventus' top management discovered that the time of their first away game against Atletico in the Champions League was almost the same as the time of Atletico's game against Real Madrid in the league.
Based on Song Wen's personality and previous rumors, it is not difficult to infer that Song Wen's biggest purpose in coming to Atletico Madrid in La Liga is to be able to have a peak showdown with Messi and Ronaldo.
So there is a great possibility that Song Wen will pay more attention to the game against Real Madrid.
After analyzing the situation, Juventus’ top management felt relieved instantly.
If Song Wen does not play in the first leg, then as long as Juventus tries their best to get enough points in the away game, they are not without hope of advancing!
After all, the competition system of the Champions League is different from that of the league.
They both need to play two rounds of home and away games.
If the total score is tied, the team with more away goals will win.
Therefore, in this competition system, away goals are very important.
If Song Wen misses Juventus' away game, it would be great news for Juventus.
But before Juventus' top executives could be happy for long, Song Wen announced on the Internet that he was a fan of Ronaldo and even claimed that he was not ready to face Ronaldo.
Listen!
Listen!
Is this fucking human language?
You kid are already poking holes in the football world!
The outside world's evaluation of you is that you are a football genius never seen before in history!
Even if we compare the peak data of Messi and Ronaldo with Song Wen, the difference is not even a little bit!
What's more, Messi and Ronaldo are no longer at their peak due to their age.
"Think carefully, have we ever offended Song Wen before?"
In the conference room, a senior executive of Juventus asked.
Everyone fell into silence.
"For example, during the winter transfer window, we also participated in the offer for him... How much was the offer at that time?"
Agnelli was silent for a long time, and replied somewhat unconfidently:
"One hundred and thirty million euros... I just wanted to give it a try..."
"One hundred and thirty million euros!"
Immediately someone jumped up with eyes wide open.
"What a joke! Your insultingly low offer must have angered that guy. He will take revenge for any flaws. What he said about him being Ronaldo's idol is all fake. He just wants to retaliate against us!"
"That's right! At this price, I'd rather not quote it! Isn't this a complete insult to the other party?!"
Agnelli's eyes widened as he saw several senior executives were dissatisfied with him.
It seems as if these foreigners were not present when the discussion was taking place!
"What's wrong with 130 million!"
He was a little angry.
"Wasn't this the resolution you passed at the time? And how much did Atletico Madrid offer at the time? At the beginning, Atletico Madrid only offered 120 million!"
"How can they be the same? Song Wen thinks he is suitable for Atletico! Atletico's iron-blooded defense needs him as a sharp spear that can pierce through everything!"
Hearing this, Agnelli sneered.
"Atletico Madrid is good at defense but not offense. Aren't we the same as Juventus?"
A certain senior executive was obviously very happy about facing Song Wen's concern, and replied subconsciously:
"How is that the same? We are old men taking a walk..."
"..."
"What are you talking about, you old fool! You can't slander our club like this, no matter what!"
"So what! I'm telling the truth! Italian football is finished, there's no hope!"
"Fuck your mother's fart!"
In the conference room, a group of executives in suits and ties no longer cared about their image and were arguing loudly.
Just then, someone suddenly shouted.
"Stop arguing!"
Everyone was stunned and looked carefully. The person who shouted was Juventus head coach Allegri.
The coach had been silent since the beginning of the meeting.
After all, as the top management keeps scolding, it is very likely that they will turn their final criticism towards the coach.
No one expected that the other party would be so irritable in such an occasion.
"Stop arguing."
Allegri's voice dropped an octave, as if he realized that his words and actions were inappropriate, but he quickly continued with some excitement: "
"Your quarrel is meaningless! Take out your cell phones and see what's happening outside now?"
Hearing Allegri's words, Agnelli was stunned and picked up the mobile phone on the table whose screen was smashed because he was too angry just now.
He logged onto Twitter and immediately saw the most popular post.
Song: "@Ronaldo, thank you for your invitation. In this case, I can't refuse your kindness. I will play in the next game."
Agnelli was stunned.
Then ecstatic!
"Will Song Wen appear in the match against Real Madrid?!"
The faces of the other senior executives also showed the excitement of surviving the disaster.
"Our match with Real Madrid is only two days away, which means..."
"that is!"
"That means Song Wen will not appear in the first round against us!!!"
On this day, Juventus' top executives seemed to be celebrating Christmas all over again.
They hugged each other and cried, and all exclaimed, "God bless Italian football!"
On the other hand, Song Wen didn't know that he had made some people so happy and sad by just sending out two tweets.
Grealish put down his phone with a complicated expression.
He was now so glad that he didn't use too many underhanded tricks when he first faced Song Wen in the English Championship, which made the other party jealous of him and eventually became good friends. This kid's methods were really terrifying!
Ronaldo and Song Wen had never met each other before, but he was deceived by two Weibo posts from Song Wen!
Becoming this kid's enemy will definitely be a lifelong nightmare!
Ronaldo is probably the only one who is sad in the whole world right now.
You have to know that what Song Wen did was not actually very authentic.
But the key point is that now fans all over the world are cheering for his decision.
Many media headlines even used slogans such as "Heroes appreciate heroes".
Song Wen and Ronaldo were written as two people who admired each other.
Little did he know that Ronaldo might have already cried in Mendes' arms at this time.
Grealish's guess was not wrong.
In a mansion in Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo's hand holding the wine glass had been stiff for a full ten minutes.
Until a phone call came in.
That is Real Madrid's current head coach, Zidane.
Looking at Zidane's call, Ronaldo didn't know whether he should answer it for a moment.
Zidane, a master of his generation, a master of metaphysics, a master of iron head skills, and a Grand Slam winner.
The only regret is that I have never won the Chinese Super League championship.
As the current head coach of Real Madrid, Zidane was a world-renowned top superstar when he was a player.
He is a world-class midfielder with outstanding abilities, known as a top midfielder.
Zinedine Zidane and Jason Statham are two of the few men who can navigate the Mediterranean.
Ramos, who is now in Real Madrid, was once a teammate of Zidane when he was a player.
At that time, Ramos asked Zidane to call him Shui Ye, but now Zidane has become Ramos' coach.
Zidane's ball control can be said to be superb. His elegant dribbling move was named the Marseille turn because he was born in Marseille, France.
Although the Marseille turn has one less turn than the Bengbu turn, there is only one top player like Li Tie in the world, so the precision of this technical move cannot be denied.
After Zidane retired, he took over as coach of Real Madrid at a critical moment.
At the beginning, everyone was very pessimistic about this bald guy who had no coaching experience.
After all, no matter how good you are as a player, being a coach is completely different.
However, what no one expected was that Real Madrid, led by Zidane, seemed to have suddenly woken up and has won two Champions League titles in a row so far.
So countless fans began to analyze Zidane's coaching style and tactics, and finally discovered.
Zidane’s coaching style is just kicking the ball blindly.
This is a magical person who can win two Champions League titles just by kicking the ball blindly.
Because people don't understand why Zidane could achieve such great success, they call him Qi Xuanzong, which means he is a master of metaphysics.
Under Zidane's coaching, Real Madrid wins a championship trophy every 103 days on average.
He is always able to win key games with various mysterious operations.
Mendes looked at Ronaldo's phone ringing non-stop and said:
"Take it. Things have already come to this. What could be worse?"
Ronaldo sighed.
He now feels a little shadowy when he sees his mobile phone.
If he hadn't replied to Song Wen on Twitter in order to show his magnanimity, how could he have dragged back the plague god that had already been driven away?
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Valdebebas training ground, Madrid
Zidane stood in the middle of the training ground, his iconic bald head glowing in the morning light.
The tactical board in the Frenchman's hand is densely marked with Song Wen's hot spots in the last three games, and the red area covers almost every corner of the opponent's half.
"James, Toni, lead the second team to simulate Atletico's offensive tactics." Zidane pointed to the substitute players wearing blue vests on the sidelines, "Focus on replicating Song Wen's three ways of threatening—" He raised three fingers: "Cut in from the left rib, hit the wall in the middle, and make a long pass behind the opponent in the counterattack."
When the main lineup began to stretch, physical coach Gregory suddenly brought out four blowers.
Casemiro looked at the "Wind Speed Level 7" indicator light on the machine and smiled bitterly - this was clearly aimed at Song Wen's signature headwind sprinting skill.
Zidane looked at several defenders again. He had just specially set up a triangular stranglehold for Song Wen.
Ramos led Casemiro and Varane to repeatedly practice the 2-1 joint defense formation.
Whenever the imaginary enemy dribbles into the 30-meter area, the Brazilian midfielder must block the inside line, and the two central defenders form an angle to block the passing route. This modified tactic, which originated from the Italian catenaccio defense, successfully froze Juventus in the 2017 Champions League final.
In addition, Song Wen’s physical fitness is also Zidane’s biggest concern.
In order to ensure that Real Madrid players can keep up with Song Wen's physical fitness, or at least not be completely exhausted at the end of the game, Zidane arranged for Marcelo to start defensive drills immediately after completing three sets of shuttle runs and his heart rate soared to 3.
The fitness trainer explained: "Song Wen's sprinting times after 75 minutes are 40% more than that of ordinary players. We want to simulate the confrontation at the critical point of physical fitness."
Kovacic controlled the drone to hover at a low altitude of 10 meters and randomly dropped tennis balls to train his instant reaction.
This training, originally used for F1 drivers' dynamic vision, has been modified to cope with Song Wen's frequency of changing direction 3.5 times per second.
Benzema repeatedly practiced the "three-touch shot" at the top of the penalty area: the first touch must control the ball within 0.5 meters, the second touch adjusts the angle to avoid the virtual defender, and the third touch completes the shot.
"Watch out for his speed in chasing back!" Zidane stopped Bale's wing attack drill. The big screen was looping the scene of Song Wen running 60 meters from the attacking third zone to disrupt Messi's one-on-one opportunity.
The cross should be passed 0.3 seconds in advance, so as not to give that monster a chance to return to defense! "
The sports science team brought out the latest pressure-sensing vests, which have 28 sensors to monitor the players' muscle status in real time.
"When Song Wen enters the 8-meter threat zone, the stress value of your core muscles will surge by 15%," the data analyst called up the match data between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, "At this time, the third-level alert defense plan must be activated."
The medical team even prepared a cryogenic freezer, where the extreme environment can reduce the players' metabolic rate by 60%. This is an emergency plan for the final moments of the game.
What's even more outrageous is that Zidane directly arranged for Song Wen's iconic trash talk recording to be played on loop in the locker room: "You are like a grandma's morning exercise team!"
Modric smiled and shook his head: "This kid has really learned a lot from Gattuso."
The psychological coach wrote in bright red letters on the tactics board: When he provokes, the heart rate fluctuation must not exceed ±8bpm!
Ronaldo, on the other hand, said nothing and practiced his elevator shot in front of the simulated human wall.
This world football superstar, who has been famous for many years, clenched his fists at this moment.
My hands were covered in cold sweat.
(End of this chapter)