My name is Colani

Pochettino meant that if we want to win the championship, we have to strengthen the defense, but Bielsa has never thought that the team needs to strengthen the defense. He thinks it is enough now. In fact, he has a high tolerance for mistakes made by the defense.

"Anyway, we really need to get some results now!" said another assistant coach Berizzo. Unlike Bielsa's tactical madman, Berizzo and Pochettino are very practical, especially Pochettino, who has played in the European league for a long time and knows that heroes are judged by results. With Trapani's lineup, it is really difficult to say if we don't win some championships.

Didn't his predecessor Ranieri also win the championship with the same lineup? We can't do worse than him.

Bielsa nodded silently and tacitly agreed with Berizzo's statement.

The first round of the league opened at the weekend. Bielsa attended the pre-match press conference. At this press conference, Bielsa finally stated the team's goals.

"Of course we will try our best to win the championship of each event! In short, we will face great challenges this season and cannot repeat the story of last season!"

In fact, there is no need for the people of Trapani Club to say anything. The media has already regarded them as the favorites among the favorites. In the season preview, all major media undoubtedly regard Trapani as the favorite to win the league, Champions League and Italian Cup.

The odds given by the bookmaker Biwin for Trapani to win the league championship were initially 1:2.12, while the last champion Inter Milan was 1:4.14. The odds given by other major bookmakers are basically the same as Biwin's odds, which shows that Trapani is ranked first in the favorites no matter which angle.

However, Inter Milan with Mourinho is not so easy to mess with. Trapani's players support Trapani's surrounding news, while Inter Milan is Mourinho who alone supports half of the sky. He is a champion coach who has proved his ability in Porto and Chelsea, and is particularly good at making news.

The Italian media naturally likes to get close to him and dig out news from him. Faced with the public opinion supporting Trapani's championship, Mourinho obviously wants to find something to do.

In the first round, Inter Milan played away against Sampdoria. When Mourinho attended the press conference, a reporter from Gazzetta dello Sport asked him.

"Mr. Mourinho, many experts predict that Trapani will be the champion of this season's league. Your Inter Milan is not favored by everyone. How do you view the competition for the league championship this season?! Do you think Trapani is more likely to win the championship than your team?!"

Mourinho smiled, "Trapani has a lot of good players! Of course, I don't think my players are bad! I just want to express a point of view. If I have their players, I think I will also be regarded as a favorite! They are indeed very strong, but they are not without weaknesses. Bielsa has no experience in winning the European League. I think this may be a problem!"

Good guy, everything was calm in the early stage, and now as soon as the league started, Mourinho's "moth" came out.

Obviously, this sentence is meant to belittle Bielsa, and it is righteous. The media will of course know that this is Mourinho's means, nothing more than putting pressure on Bielsa, but what does it matter? The media have used this as a gimmick to report Mourinho's press conference. They just want to show Mourinho's crazy personality.

However, Bielsa did not respond. He is not good at verbal battles. He does not want to argue with Mourinho. There is no need to argue. The truth will be revealed on the court.

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On the evening of August 31, Chievo's Bentegodi Stadium was very lively. This is Chievo's first home game in the new season, and it is also their first home game after returning to Serie A. They were unfortunately relegated in the 06-07 season. Last season, they were in Serie B and won the first place in the league and returned to Serie A.

Chievo didn't spend much this summer, but it added a lot of players. According to the media, Chievo's transfer work was good. However, Chievo ranked first in Serie B last season, but its defense was very average. In the first game of the new season, it encountered Trapani, which has super strong offensive power. It can only be said that this is really unlucky.

"I hope my players will not be afraid of them! We are not here to surrender!" Chievo's head coach De Carlo said in the pre-match press conference that this is how he motivated his team.

There is no way the first game is crucial for both sides. The stronger the opponent, the more Chievo wants to score points. To be precise, De Carlo especially wants to score points. There is no doubt that even a draw can bring great self-confidence to Chievo players.

In the first game, De Carlo used a 4321 formation, with Pelissier as the single striker. He scored 22 league goals for Chievo last season and was a major contributor to Chievo's promotion. Before that, Pelissier's goal efficiency was not high in Chievo, and he only scored less than 15 goals in the highest season. Pelissier had some connections with Trapani in the past, and he almost became a member of Trapani.

There were two defensive midfielders in the midfield. Since Bielsa became Trapani's coach, many teams in Serie A have been studying ways to deal with Trapani. Since De Carlo led the team to the Serie A arena, it is inevitable that he will study Trapani in detail.

Before this game, Henry was injured in the summer training camp and has not recovered yet, so he can only watch from the sidelines. Therefore, Bielsa sent out a 4-3-3 formation in this game, and Di Maria was used as the left winger.

Last season, Pedro stayed in the team. Pedro and Di Maria have different technical characteristics. Pedro is good at running, while Di Maria is good at passing. They are only substitutes, and Henry plays better as a winger.

After Pedro left, Henry was one year older, so Di Maria naturally had more opportunities. Vucinic, who could play in his position, could not compete with him.

The midfield is composed of Kaka, Mascherano, and Beckham. The tacit understanding between Kaka and his teammates needs to be improved, but the opponent Chievo is undoubtedly a good testing ground. If it were Inter Milan, Kaka might not be able to start today.

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The referee Farina blew the whistle to start the game, and the battle between the two sides began.

Chievo started to recover from the start. This was De Carlo's strategy. After studying it over and over again, it seemed that the bus was the most effective against Trapani. He deliberately arranged a fast Collon to play in the midfield in the frontcourt, with the purpose of counterattack.

Collon is a genius that Inter Milan bought from Brazil. He is praised to the sky at this stage, but in Mourinho's eyes, the little guy is still too young. Chievo didn't waste much time to loan this young player. Whether this young player is really that good or not, we have to wait and see in actual combat.

Trapani was very aggressive today. They didn't control the ball as Chievo expected. On the contrary, the more Chievo hoped that Trapani would fall into a positional battle, the more Bielsa didn't do so. He encouraged the players to pass the ball directly forward and not to make too many back passes. He also encouraged the wingers on both wings to dare to break through individually and not be afraid of losing the ball.

What Bielsa wanted to show De Carlo today was not Trapani's ability to control the ball, but his ability to counter-attack and defend on the spot.

De Carlo didn't know what Bielsa was thinking. He asked his players to be brave enough to invest in the counterattack and the defense line to boldly try the offside tactic.

So less than 6 minutes into the game, Chievo was fooled. De Carlo's on-the-spot response was not timely. After Trapani lost the ball, Chievo wanted to organize a quick counterattack. As a result, Trapani quickly regained the ball in the midfield. Taking advantage of the loose pressure on Chievo's defense line, Beckham sent a fatal through ball, and Messi successfully countered the offside and easily scored a goal.