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Chapter 298 Double midfielder formation

After the date was over, and after seeing Yuan Xiao on the train back to Milan, Liu Feng returned to the restaurant.

After greeting the Piacenza fans who were dining downstairs with a simple smile, he went upstairs and returned to his room to adjust his state.

Tomorrow, Piacenza's training will continue, and the team will prepare for the last game before the winter break. In the No.17 round of Serie A, they will face Bologna at home.

After losing to Naples, Piacenza's ranking in the league has dropped directly from third to fifth and fourth. In front of it, Naples, which is leading itself by one point, and Inter Milan and Juventus, which were tightly biting each other after the start of the game.

And behind it is Milan, which has begun to make efforts to keep approaching the Serie A and Champions League seats. After the last round, Milan was only one point behind Piacenza and the momentum was like a rainbow. It can be said that although the next round of the league is the winter break, once Piacenza loses, their ranking will definitely drop.

This is naturally not good news for Conte's plan to consolidate the team's ranking foundation in the first half of the season, so the game against Bologna is absolutely not to be missed in his opinion.

So, the next day, after the restart of training, the young coach directly imposed stricter training requirements on the players. From the warm-up to the group training at each position, Conte was like a gentleman in a private school with a pointer patrolling the training ground.

Throughout the morning, the training of the entire Piacenza team was conscientious. Even Scarpelli, who had always escaped during training, seemed to be a lot more honest after being criticized twice by Conte. Obviously, no one wanted to touch the coach's eyebrows at this time.

Therefore, from the first day of resuming training, the tone of Piacenza's preparations for Bologna was set. At the same time, the attitude of the players towards the last game before the winter break also became tense from the relaxed at the beginning.

In this way, everyone started the training life necessary for a professional player career. With the team's tactical drills and various coordination step by step, the time passed bit by bit. Soon, the six days came to an end.

"Your performance these days has been great." On the afternoon of the sixth day, Conte called off the training ahead of time and assembled the players in the tactical conference room. He, who has always been unsmiling on weekdays, had a slight smile on his face at this moment, obviously very satisfied with the attitude of the players these days: "So today we announced the roster in advance, and then you can go back to rest early."

"Good coach!" The players naturally had no objection. After responding to Conte, everyone calmed down nervously and began to listen to the big list that Conte said.

In Serie A, each team can only sign up to 18 players before each round of matches, and the number of players in the Piacenza team far exceeds this number, so every time, no matter whether the players themselves are positioned in the team as the main force or as a substitute player, they will be very nervous when the coach announces the list. After all, it is related to whether they can play in the next game.

However, after nearly half of the league, the roles of the various players in the Piacenza team have actually been almost determined. Unless there is a wave of injuries in each game as it did against Naples, or the coach announces a rotation, the determination of the main players is generally guaranteed. Even if there are small changes, they will be swapped according to the different formations arranged by the coach.

In this round of the game, after the last round of injuries passed, Conte has a lot more available, so he is still very fast in arranging the squad. The difficulty is how to arrange the starting 11 players, because he found that this time every player is in a very good condition.

"For this game, we will adopt the formation we practiced yesterday, 4213." Pulling the tactical lecture board beside him, Conte put a few stamps on it. This is the final arrangement he made after studying the regular tactics of the Bologna team.

"So for this game I will need two defensive midfielders, one for organization and one for intercepting midfield."

After briefly talking about his requirements, Conte officially announced the starting list after reading all the rosters.

First of all, in the striker position, Flocari, who was on the bench in the last round of the league, regained the opportunity to serve as the starting center forward, and then the left and right wings were the two players commonly used by the team, Liu Feng and Aubameyang.

As for the midfield position, contrary to everyone’s expectations, Nocerino, who had recovered after the last round of rest, still did not get a chance to start. After Conte arranged Nainggolan in the team’s front midfielder position, Marchisio and Tozka were respectively arranged as the team’s double midfielders.

Obviously, this decision requires a lot of courage, because Tozka was the culprit for Piacenza's loss in the last round of the league. Naples finally won with a score of 2:1. Those two goals were all from Tozka in the first half.

It is conceivable that Conte will definitely be criticized by some people after the starting list is officially announced.

In fact, after Conte announced that Tozka would continue to enter the starting list, the team members were also a little surprised. Even Tozka felt a little incredible, because he knew that the gap between himself and Nocerino was actually very large.

"Tozka, I hope you can bring out the state of the second half of the last round of the league. After Claudio participated in the team's offense and organization, you are the first line of defense in front of our back line."

However, Conte turned a blind eye to everyone's puzzled eyes and looked at Tozka with firm eyes: "I hope you don't let me down."

"Okay BOSS!!!" Conte's gaze gave Tozka a boost. Since the head coach chose him, it makes no sense for him to shrink back.

Finally, on the defensive line, Conte re-dispatched Piacenza's strongest defensive lineup today. Scarpelli and Astori returned to the double central defenders, and De Silvestri and Wolff served as the left and right full-backs.

When the last starter was announced, Conte simply announced his disbandment after a few words, obviously wanting to devote all his energy to tomorrow's game.

"Ezio, believe in yourself, since the boss chose you, it means you have that ability."

When the players packed up and prepared to leave, Liu Feng walked to Todzka's side. He observed Todzka's uneasiness after Conte announced the starting list. As the captain, he has the responsibility to appease his teammates at this time.

"Yeah, captain who knows."

After Liu Feng came to talk to him, Tozka's heart burst. You must know that if anyone in the team had the most opinion on him in the last round, it would definitely be Liu Feng who scored such an astonishing goal but lost the game.

After all, no player wants others to add one last sentence when introducing his wonderful goals: Unfortunately, he still regrets losing the game in the end.

But at this moment, seeing Liu Feng's sincere smile, the uneasiness in Tozka's heart completely dissipated, and his anticipation for tomorrow's game slowly rose: "I will not let you down in tomorrow's game."

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