Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 662 Meeting Palma Again

While the media was looking ahead, Serie A officials and Juventus officials were also looking forward to the new season. Zhang Yuan was fortunate to be interviewed by them and answered many questions about his personal views.

In response to the media's concerns about Juventus' road to defending the title, Zhang Yuan said: "Our current lineup is strong enough. Every player has made important progress in the experience of last season. We are stronger than last season. Strong! Defending the league championship is one of our goals. Although there are several other teams that threaten us, we are still the most popular. We are confident that we can accomplish this goal!"

When a reporter asked him to comment on his competitors in Serie A, Zhang Yuan was not polite. He first pointed out his old club, National Milan.

"The years of Inter Milan have always been in my mind. President Moratti is a good man. It is really not easy for him to stick to it for a long time. They have done a good job in the transfer market this summer and their strength has been improved. I think they are. Our biggest competitor!"

As for the other opponents, Zhang Yuan really took it easy. He and many media hold the same opinion. The gap between the other teams is quite large and it is difficult for Juventus to pose any real threat to defending the title.

As for how far Juventus will go in the Champions League, Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Our goal is of course the championship! This is also the goal of every team participating in the Champions League!"

The reporter asked: "Zhang, do you think your team is the best team in the Champions League?!"

Zhang Yuan answered without hesitation: "Of course! Our level is no worse than them! I think we are at the same level as Real Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona, ​​and Chelsea!"

"So you guys are the favorites to win the championship?!"

"No, we are not the favorites! But we are one of the contenders! There is no absolute favorite in this field!" Zhang Yuan shook his head and said no.

He actually didn’t believe in Juventus’s strength as much as he said, but to the outside world, as a leading shooter, he should still show the spirit of swallowing everything. As far as he is concerned, he is not afraid of any opponent, and he was the same when Barcelona was in full swing. He has broken through their gates, and he has fought many world-class players.

As for the outside world paying more attention to his goals, Zhang Yuan is much more indifferent. He has created a new history last season and has been greatly satisfied psychologically, so now he values ​​the team's ability Go further on this front.

"Will it create a new record?! I don't know! To be honest, as a striker, my duty is of course to score goals, but the team's victory is more important than my goal! I don't have a clear goal in terms of the number of goals. I hope I can help the team to the greatest extent! I hope we can achieve good results on all three lines!"

Zhang Yuan didn't set a clear goal for himself, but Conte didn't think so. Two days before the first round against Parma, Conte asked Zhang Yuan on the training ground.

"Do you have any goals for yourself this season?!"

"Uh, target..., no!"

"No, you kid can't do this! At least you have to score more than 50 goals for me this season!" Conte laughed and scolded.

"50?! Are you kidding?! Coach, scoring a goal is not as simple as drinking water and eating!" Zhang Yuan actually felt that he might not be able to do it. The reason is very simple. He is skeptical about this, he is not sure whether he can maintain the good form of last season.

"What?! It's not like you! You don't have any confidence at all! Seriously, you are the most reliable general on our front line, and your main duty is to score goals! You should do all of this!" Kong Ti is still grinning, 50 is just a joke, he just wants Zhang Yuan to score as many goals as possible, the reason is that other Juventus forward players are not trustworthy, as can be seen from last season, Juventus's dependence on Zhang Yuan is actually quite large. In the new season, Giovinco has been supplemented, but Conte does not think that Atomic Ants can share much of the pressure on Zhang Yuan.

Therefore, in his opinion, how far Juventus can go in the new season depends on Zhang Yuan's performance. Once Zhang Yuan fails, all fronts of Juventus will be affected.

"I'll give it a try! If I can't do it, you can't punish me!" Zhang Yuan thought about it, scoring more than 30 in the league, a few in the Champions League, and a few more in the Coppa Italia. The distance to 50 doesn't seem to be very far.

On August 8th, Saturday night, the 25-2012 Italian Football League kicked off. The first game was Fiorentina vs. Udinese at home, and the second was Juventus vs. Parma at home.

Last season, due to the suspension of the league, the first round of the league was postponed. At that time, Juventus started the magical season at home, and the opponent was Parma.

This year the league returns to normal, and Juventus is playing against Parma at home. Many superstitious football people think that this season may start with Parma again, and Juventus ushered in another brilliant season.

No one knows how much the Cows earned in the transfer market this summer, and no one knows how much they spent, because they continue to buy and sell frantically in the player market, and the cost is ambiguous.

Giovinco and Borini are visible incomes, bringing them a total of 1590 million euros. In terms of expenditure, the visible ones are Parolo and Valdes, who spent a total of 280 million euros.

These can't explain anything. No one can figure out whether Girardi invested more or earned more. Girardi is still continuing Parma's crazy journey.

But they have already been in a predicament long ago. Girardi himself did not take much money from his own business to subsidize the team, and when the team gave out bonuses, he even borrowed 10 yuan from his general manager. Money to send bonuses to players.

Regardless of how many players they have registered, coach Donadoni can't figure out how many players he has in his first team, but there are only a few dozen players available.

Parma recovered after Donadoni took over last season, and finally took the eighth position. In the new season, their thigh Giovinco was bought back half of the ownership by Juventus, and their strength inevitably declined.

However, they are not without good news in the new season. Amaury, the former relegation hero, signed a free contract with them. Amauli did not perform well in Juventus and Fiorentina, but he was still relatively good in Parma. He also lived more comfortably in Parma, which is why he chose to cut his salary to join Parma after the contract expired.

Donadoni once took over the Italian national team after the World Cup in Germany, but his record was poor. He was dismissed after the 2008 European Cup. His coaching ability was also criticized. In fact, he is still a good coach. There are certain problems in coaching, but the real problem of the Italian national team is that the lineup is aging. The Italian players are not available. Later, the meritorious coach Lippi returned. What is the result? !Failed to qualify for the World Cup group in South Africa!

After resigning from the national team, Donadoni took a long time to pick up the coach of Naples, and was swept out by De Laurentiis due to his poor record.

In November 2010, he was hired by Cagliari as the head coach. He proved himself here and led the team to successfully avoid relegation. Later, he was fired because of disagreement with Cagliari's boss Cherino.

After that, he succeeded Colomba and came to Parma, where Donadoni showed a strong coaching ability, and the transformation of Parma was very successful, allowing Parma to achieve rare good results in recent years.

What is even more rare is that the former Italian national team coach, knowing that Girardi and other high-level executives were messing around, he has not voluntarily resigned and is still in this position.

Needless to say, Parma's strength in the new season is worse than last season. Donadoni is still full of confidence when he faces the defending champion in the first round.

At the pre-match press conference, Donadoni said: "Of course they are favorites! But we will find a way to cause them a little trouble! We are a young team and we are not afraid of any opponent!"

The team's defender Zacardo also showed confidence in the game "They are the defending champions, but we will show our organizational skills and cause them trouble! Conte's absence? Maybe his absence will have some impact on them, but They have a lot of top players on the team and will make up for it!"

(End of this chapter)