Chapter 263 Youth Storm
Chapter 263 Youth Storm
The Champions League has always been drawn out to find a gimmick. The former captain of Real Madrid returned to the Bernabeu. Is there a more gimmick matchup than this?
Hierro is one of the greatest captains of Real Madrid. For Real Madrid, Hierro gave everything he could. From a forward to a defender, it was because of Real Madrid's needs.
But such a meritorious captain could not stay in the team forever, and was even forced to leave the team in a way that was almost expelled.
As for being able to return to the Bernabeu again, Hierro seems to be particularly looking forward to it. Of course, this is not because Hierro wants revenge. He simply wants to set foot on the Bernabeu lawn again as a player.
As a player who almost gave his career to Real Madrid at risk, he probably never dreamed that he would be able to set foot on the Bernabeu lawn here after leaving Real Madrid, even as an opponent.
With the decision of the group stage draw, the Ouguang schedule will also come out at any time. Cagliari will be a guest at the Bernabeu in late September, the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage.
But before that, Cagliari needs to focus on the league first. Before the Champions League group stage, Serie A will kick off first.
Cagliari's first opponent in the league is Bologna, and it is still at home. This is a meaningful opponent, because Li Yi and Bellucci's child will be born soon.
Bellucci's due date is in October, and now it is September, which means that there is only one month left before Bellucci gives birth.
However, the passage of time is eternal, and these things cannot be rushed, and Li Yi and Bellucci have already arranged all aspects of production.
Time may feel very slow for those who are waiting, but it will become very fast for those who are concentrating on their work. As far as the fans are concerned, they feel that time passes very slowly, but for Li Yi and Cagliari players, the first round of the league is coming in a blink of an eye.
"Goal? Are we the defending champion? What do you think our goal is?" Now that we have won the championship, there is no need to hide our ambition.
Defending the title was the goal of Li Yi and the players this season. It could even be said that the management listened to Li Yi's words this season just to defend the title and push the players' worth higher.
"Do you think you can lead Cagliari to defend the title?" someone questioned.
"Then do you think you could win the championship in Cagliari last season?" Li Yi replied directly.
After nearly three months, the Italian media felt Li Yi's arrogance again.
The Sant'Elia Stadium, which can only accommodate [-] people, is already full of seats. It is said that since last season, Cagliari has been the team with the highest attendance rate in Serie A, and this season, the attendance rate still belongs to Cagliari.
Bologna has made a lot of changes this season. The head coach is Brescia's head coach Mazzoni last season. The defense line was loaned from Juventus and once steals the king Lero Tallie.
After Capello stayed in Juventus this season, the central defender was clearly stated that he was no longer in the plan, especially after the arrival of Cannavaro, Lero Tallie could only leave to find opportunities to prove himself again.
According to the original history, Juventus cheated Inter Milan and brought Cannavaro to Turin. At the same time, on the last day of the transfer period, they signed the Swedish god Ibrahimovic from Ajax. Sweden Fengxian finally set foot on the mainstream European stage according to history.
In fact, Capello has always wanted to poach Li Yi's corner, but unfortunately, Capello No, it should be said that Juventus's hoe was too ordinary and failed.
In this game, Li Yi directly arranged for several veterans to sit on the bench. The central defenders were joined by Barzagli and Chiellini, and on both sides were Balzaretti and Maicon.
The midfielders are Ribery, Montolivo, Conte and Valbuena, the strikers are Milito and Di Natale, and the goalkeeper Petr Cech is definitely unshakeable.
After all, several veterans are one year older. Although their status has not declined much, their age is there, especially Guardiola, Hierro and Zola.
Besides, these young players from Cagliari are making rapid progress, and their potential is indeed worthy of Li Yi giving them more opportunities.
"The average age of Cagliari's starting lineup is only 22.5 years old." When Li Yi excluded this starting lineup, everyone was shocked.
Among the 11 starters, the oldest is Di Natale, but he is only 27 years old, and the youngest is Montolivo, who was only 85 years old in 19.
"Not surprisingly, this will be the team with the youngest average age in the five major leagues." In fact, Cagliari has had a youth storm since last season, but the reputation of several veterans in the team is too great.
Hierro is the former captain of Real Madrid, Guardiola is the former captain of Barcelona, Zola is the flag of Sardinia, and Poborski is the flag of Czech football.
"Is this a group of young people who won the Serie A championship last season?" When someone pointed out the average age of Cagliari's starters, almost everyone couldn't help but ask in their hearts.
On the court, the game has already started, and the Cagliari captain chose the opening ball, so soon, Cagliari scored in Bologna's half.
Montolivo crossed the center line with the ball immediately after receiving a pass from his teammates. With Guardiola's precepts and deeds, Montolivo's career trajectory completely deviated from history.
In one season, Montolivo has completely changed from an attacking midfielder to a defensive midfielder, and the way of playing football has also completely changed. Although the opening game was a bit exciting, he still did not forget what he should do.
Passing, splitting, Cagliari's assist points this season are still on both sides, but unlike last season, Cagliari's offense with the ball on both sides this season is more of an inside cut than a pass.
Both Milito and Di Natale are players who can hold the ball. This is Cagliari's advantage. Even according to the skills of the midfielders, Cagliari can play very beautiful football.
However, Li Yi will not deliberately pursue beauty. Although he pursues offense, his offense is for scoring goals rather than being beautiful. Of course, sometimes wonderful cooperation does not need to be deliberate.
Franck Ribery, Montolivo passed the ball to Franck Ribery's feet, and headbanded the Frenchman Cagliari's tactical core. If Poboski, Zola and Guardio were needed to help share last season, then this season, Franck Ribery has enough ability to shoulder this important task.
And in order for Ribery to better shoulder the tactical core, Li Yi did not hesitate to use a piece of steel mixture on Ribery.
For this season, Li Yina is also working very hard. More than half of the points saved last season have been used, and now there are only [-] points left for emergencies.
(End of this chapter)