Chapter 226 The Top of the Era
Chapter 226 The Top of the Era
Del Alpi Stadium, Serie A teams do not have their own stadiums, they all belong to the municipal government, so this stadium is a common stadium for Turin and Juventus.
However, Juventus later changed this phenomenon. Relying on the strong influence of the Agnelli family, the stadium was later remodeled and then officially became Juventus' home court.
Although the Del Alpi Stadium is often full of people, even for Juventus games, since the turn of the millennium, the attendance rate of Serie A stadiums has been declining year after year.
But today, this stadium that can accommodate nearly 7 people is finally full, and this is also thanks to Cagliari, whose outstanding performance this season has directly changed Cagliari's football market.
No, more than 2 fans flooded into Cagliari's side in this away game. You must know that Juventus's side is only more than 4.
"Did you feel the cheers from more than 2 fans just now?" Li Yi said, looking at the disciples in the visiting team's locker room.
Cagliari can only accommodate 25000 people at home, and more than 2 people came to this game away, which shows how much Cagliari fans look forward to this game.
Let’s not talk about whether the championship is not the championship. The No. 2 competition in the standings alone has not been seen in Cagliari’s 80-year history, let alone the competition with Juventus.
"I don't care about competing for second place in the league, but we must not disappoint the more than 2 fans who followed us to Turin." Li Yi himself didn't believe this, but the players would, especially the young players.
This game is the most watched game in this round of Serie A, even the most watched game in Europe. One is the traditional giants of Serie A, and the other is the super dark horse of this season. How can such a contest not attract people's attention.
In China, there were tens of millions of people in front of the TV that night. They called their friends early, bought beer and snacks, and waited for the players from both sides to appear on the field.
While Li Yi mobilized the players' emotions to make final preparations, Lippi was doing the same thing in the home team locker room.
"Look at the teams that have fallen at the feet of Cagliari, Parma, Lazio, Roma, AC Milan Guys, do you want to be the next?" Lippi looked at the disciples and asked.
"Cagliari has become the biggest dark horse in Serie A this season, and the rise of a dark horse often requires the support of a strong team. Do you want to be a stepping stone for Cagliari's rise this season?" Lippi continued to ask.
"We are Juventus, and our goal has always been the championship." Before this season, Juventus had won the Serie A championship for two consecutive seasons.
In the history of Serie A, there are not no teams that have won three consecutive championships, but they were all in ancient times. The last time Juventus won three consecutive championships dates back to more than 70 years ago.
Lippi also has ambitions. He wants to become the first Italian coach to lead the team to three consecutive Serie A titles in more than half a century. He wants to surpass Sacchi.
In other words, Lippi and Capello's generation have a knot in their hearts, that is, being overwhelmed by Sacchi.
In every era, there are some people who will stand at the top, such as the current Ronaldo and Zidane, or the just-started Ronaldo and Messi.
There are also such people in the head coaching world. In Italy, Lippi and Capello's generation is Sacchi, and the latter generation is Ancelotti.
Maybe Lippi never dreamed that it was not his old rivals Capello, Trapattoni, let alone Sacchi, a 22-year-old young man, and he was not an Italian.
As for Ancelotti's AC Milan, Lippi can only have this chance if he defeats Cagliari in front of him, and this young man who is a bit too much.
Perhaps, coaching the national team at the end of this season is also one of Lippi's plans. In fact, Lippi did succeed. He won the honor that Sacchi could not touch, and became a hero of the whole of Italy, saving Italian football to some extent.
"It's really scary for young people." Looking at the young face in front of him, Lippi felt a burst of emotion in his heart.
Lippi in 48 was fully 82 years older than Li Yi in 34.
Compared to Lippi's emotion, Li Yi didn't think so much. No, it should be said that he is not quite what he has. What he is thinking about now is how to defeat Juventus, and if the team's victory is guaranteed, the point difference with AC Milan can be narrowed.
Therefore, after the two greeted each other and said a few polite words, they separated immediately, and on the court, under the whistle of the referee Dondalini, the game had already begun.
Although Lippi's tactics are changeable, they are always the same. As an Italian coach, defensive counterattack is Lippi's housekeeping skill. He even played it to the extreme in the World Cup two years later, so the first attack does not conform to Juventus' tactics.
On the field, the ball has already come to Guardiola's feet, so Li Yi will naturally send the strongest lineup for this match.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech does his part, even in the face of Buffon, Cech has the strength to fight, not to mention that one of Cech's goals in Cagliari is to compete with Buffon.
The defense line from left to right is Balzaretti, Hierro, Barzagli and Maicon. In the midfield, Conte returned to the starting lineup after the suspension. Naturally, Guardiola will not sit on the bench in such a crucial battle.
Ribery and Poboski on both sides are Cagliari's most important offensive means this season, the strongest winger in Serie A, and the combination of Toni and Zola on the striker.
Tony has surpassed Shevchenko in the number of goals, which surprised many people. After all, the Ukrainian nuclear warheads stopped scoring goals, but Tony still moved forward.
For Juventus, goalkeeper Buffon, not to mention Italy, is the best goalkeeper in Europe in the past 20 years, and even one of them has a question mark.
The defense line from left to right is Zambrotta, the old pair of Ferrara and Montero. Ferrara was once one of the best central defenders in Italy and has played for Juventus for ten years.
Montero is one of the best man-marking defenders in Serie A and has also played for Juventus for eight years, so the cooperation between the two can be described as very tacit.
The right back is Thuram, one of the best defenders in football today, a right back no worse than Cafu, although he is not the same type of player as Cafu.
In the midfield, the Czech iron man Nedved occupies a position, and then the old captain Conte, Tacchinardi and Camoranesi.
On the front line are Frenchmen Trezeguet and Piero. One is one of the best center forwards in today's football and a former Serie A Golden Boot winner. The other is a typical Italian number nine and a half, one of the best nine and a half.
(End of this chapter)