Mister Legend

Chapter 136

This summer, Turin underwent a big change. Among the 27 first-team rosters, 16 were new players who just joined. This is extremely rare in the top leagues, and only those teams that are relegated will be like this The large-scale replacement of the lineup is the main reason why so many people are not optimistic about what the Red Bulls can achieve this season.

The ten new players brought in by the team cost around 100 million yuan, while a total of 5000 players were sold for a huge transfer fee of 20 million euros.After deducting the 300% retained by the club, plus additional expenses such as the signing fee paid to the players and the agent's favor fee, the transfer funds that Li Moody can use are still in the early 1000 million, which is basically out of reach. Nothing works anymore.In other words, the door to the Turin team's summer transfer market has been completely closed. In terms of finances, the marketing department is considered to be in balance, and the club's overall income is [-] million euros. If you count the new sponsorship contracts, Definitely the most beautiful transcript of the decade.

Although the roster was determined before the start of the league, due to the tight time, several players and teammates reported later have not yet formed the most basic tacit understanding. Joe Hart even only played with the whole team. After two days of training, Li Moody would not rashly send them out.So at 8:21 on the evening of August 18, in the first round of the Serie A away game against AC Milan, many stars that fans were looking forward to were put on the bench, and some even failed to join the team. A big pity.

The two cities of Turin and Milan are very close. It takes less than two hours to drive. If you are faster, you can get there in 10 minutes. However, the team still decided to take the bus to Milan in the afternoon before the game. They will borrow Inter Milan's training venue has been adjusted, which shows how much the club attaches importance to the start of the new season's league.

At the Pinettina training base, which will soon be renamed the Suning Sports Training Center, the Turin team did not meet the Nerazzurri's coaching staff and players. The latter's training task today was only arranged until the morning.Naturally, this is not to make room for the Red Bulls, but they will set off for Verona early tomorrow morning to challenge Chievo, the first opponent in the league. It is a pity that Li Moody's colleagues were not able to observe closely The status of this giants.The Turin coach didn't care too much about this. According to the FM system, the morale of Inter Milan's players is generally low and their condition is mediocre. The away game against the Flying Donkeys, which is in very good condition, may have to kneel.Moreover, Turin will not meet Inter Milan until the tenth round of the league at the end of October. It is too early to say anything, so let's concentrate on preparing for the game against AC Milan.

To be honest, Li Mudi really didn't think how strong the current AC Milan team is.During the transfer period, they let go of players such as Shalawi, Boateng and Matri one after another, but the new players they introduced were all leftovers, and the most expensive one was the Paraguayan central defender Gustavo Lo. Pace, with a transfer fee of 850 million euros, is a substitute.Their defense still has a certain strength. Supernova Donnarumma's goal-line skills are top-notch. He is tall and quick-responsive. He is a strong contender for Italy's future No. The combination of the old and the young is also very complementary. The former has outstanding interception ability and is good at physical confrontation, while the latter is focused and calm in handling the ball. Although neither of them is considered a top defensive player, they are in Serie A. It can still be ranked, especially Roma Jr., who is only 21 years old. It can be said that he has great potential, but it is a pity that Turin cannot buy it; guarding the two wings are two Milan youth training Luca Antoni Li and Abate, who played for Turin for a season, are full-backs who are very comprehensive on both offensive and defensive ends. They have the strength to be selected for the national team, but they are both plagued by injuries.In general, the overall strength of Milan's defense line can be ranked among the top five in the league, as long as they do not suffer serious injuries.

In the midfield position, although Montolivo still has strength, he is also a sick child; Bonaventura has certain potential, but he is also an all-around player with no strongest point. The second Candreva; as for the young midfielder Locatelli, who is widely favored by the outside world, Pirlo or Harvey Alonso II still needs a long time to grow, and he can't afford it for the time being. The team's big responsibility; the remaining Slovakian international Julla Kuzka (also translated as Kuka), the former star of hope Polly and the Japanese Honda Keisuke are even more soy sauce, which is not a cause for concern.

Milan's frontcourt has been constantly changing. After trying countless domestic and foreign attackers in the last four or five seasons, this summer they finally established the offensive combination of Bacca, Suso and Niang.The dribbling ability of these three people is very good, but their weaknesses are also obvious. The two wingers are too far away from the goal, and I am afraid that they will not score many goals. The shooting skills of the Colombian center Baka are not bad, but the desire to attack is too strong. Easy to fall into the opponent's offside trap.Li Mudi thinks that this kind of one-sided striker is still easy to deal with. He has already dug many big holes for him, and he just waits for this kid to jump by himself.Regarding Milan's offensive ability, the Turin coach believes that it can only be regarded as a general pass, and it is a bit unreliable at critical moments. It is likely that the team will not be able to get tickets for the European war.But at this time, he never imagined that his judgment was almost completely wrong in the game tonight, and his face was slapped like a pig's head.

This ball is the third game in Serie A in the new season. In the first two games, Roma beat Udinese 4-0 at home, making a good start for the opening game, and then Juventus won 2 games at home. Defeating Fiorentina 1-to-[-] also officially started the great cause of hitting the sixth consecutive championship.

Coming to San Siro this time is the second time for Li Moody to come to this holy place of football since the UEFA Champions League final at the end of last season, but the last time was as a spectator, this time as the head coach of the visiting team, I feel that there is indeed a gap very big.As a bystander before, although he was very excited, but because he clearly remembered the result of that game, he was still much more relaxed emotionally than others.But when he visited this stadium again today, he didn’t know anything about the future of the game. He had to challenge and fight for everything by himself. , Li Modi couldn't feel the surrounding situation at all, until a person came to his side.

The person who came was the former Italy international Vincenzo Montella who also just took over the new team in the summer. After waking up, the Turin coach hurriedly stretched out his right hand to meet this man who looked very similar to Oscar winner Robert De Niro when he was young. The handsome guy shook it lightly, and the two sides separated after a few simple exchanges, and each returned to the team's coaching bench.

However, before the referee's opening whistle sounded, Li Moody had been reviewing the resume of Milan's new coach in his mind: Although Montella, nicknamed "Little Airplane", was only 172cm tall, he was also the top penalty area killer in Italian football back then. .Since starting his playing career in his home team Empoli in 1990, he has played for Genoa, Sampdoria, Rome and Fulham in the Premier League. His total career goals have exceeded 200 goals, of which The number of goals in Serie A is 141, ranking around No. 30 in history.This position doesn't look very good, but considering his extremely low number of appearances, a goal rate close to 50% can definitely rank in the top ten in Serie A history, killing Inzaghi in seconds, similar to Vieri.It's a pity that he has not been reused in the national team, and his performance is also a mess. In the end, he failed to achieve a historical status comparable to his super goal-breaking ability. After the Red Wolves retired in 2009, Montella successively served as the head coach of the Roma U15 team, the acting head coach of the first team, and later the head coach of Catania, Fiorentina and Sampdoria until June 6 this year. Day took over the coach of AC Milan.During his three years in Florence, the team's performance has always been in the No.29 position. It should be said that the coaching level is still good, at least much better than Mikhailovich.

While Li Mudi was still thinking about the situation of the opponent's coach, the game officially started.In addition to the local TV station in Milan, China's CCTV Sports Channel and XiaoTV Sports Network Platform also broadcast the game live. According to previous predictions, there will be about 500 million Chinese fans watching the TV at this time. Or watch the Serie A debut of the head coach of China in front of the Internet. This number is nearly four times the total number of viewers in the ten games in a single round in Italy.

The home team, Montella, has unsurprisingly sent the strongest lineup. The position on the field is 4-3-3. The striker and defense are the main players mentioned before. The three midfielders chose Bonavin. Tulla, Montori and Kuzka.

In the away game, Torino is also playing with all the main players, with a formation of 3-4-3, goalkeeper: Padelli, three central defenders from right to left: Castan, Moretti and Rossettini, Bruno on the right Perez, Avilar on the left, Vives and Benassi in the middle of the midfield, Jesse on the right, Rajajic on the left, Belotti on the center.Among them, the two wingers in the front field will change their positions according to the situation on the field. Rajajic will come to the center to act as a midfielder, and Jesse will go to the front line to play shadow forwards. The formation will become 3-4-1-2 , the same position that Roma used when they won the 2000-01 season.

Judging from the analysis given by various media before the game, although everyone is still more optimistic about the home team, they also listed some historical data that are more beneficial to the visiting team. AC Milan only achieved 1 win in the first round of Serie A in the previous four seasons (1 draw and 3 losses), while Turin remained unbeaten in the first round of Serie A in the past seven seasons (3 wins and 4 draws), and the first round of the past five seasons has been more unbeaten. It is one of the teams that played the best in the first round with only 1 goal conceded in total.However, judging from the historical records of the two teams, it is natural that the home team is far ahead. Since 2001, they have achieved an unbeaten record of 10 wins and 7 draws against Turin in the league. It goes back to March 1985, 3 years ago.

At the beginning of the game, AC Milan took advantage of the advantage of the home court to frequently attack the visiting team's goal. They seized the weakness of the visiting team's defense line and launched long-distance high-altitude balls from the midfield many times, trying to take advantage of Baca's impact. To cause mistakes by the opposing defender.Fortunately, Li Mudi's preparations in advance were quite sufficient. The four midfielders were all at the back, and they easily resolved the opponent's attempt when the number was overwhelming. On the offensive end, Hesse and Rajajic dribbled several times and hit the two ribs of the home team, and the two sides were evenly matched on the court for a while.

No.11 minutes, Milan took the lead in completing the first goal of the game. French winger Niang broke into the penalty area after receiving a through ball from Montolivo, and volleyed vigorously from the left corner of the penalty area, but the angle Taizheng was easily confiscated by Padelli.

After 2 minutes, Rajajic's pass crossed the opponent's entire defense line. Belotti was knocked to the ground by Paletta's physical confrontation while rushing into the opponent's penalty area to prepare for the ball. The referee ignored the away coach And the players protested, indicating that there was no foul, and the game continued.

No.15 minutes, the home team almost succeeded in breaking the goal. Bacca dribbled the ball to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area and then passed back. Niang's volley from ten meters in front of the goal was slightly out of the goal frame, which surprised the Torino team. The fans of Shangxia and Tianchao who supported their compatriots were covered in cold sweat.Later, in the counterattack, Suso's left foot shot from the right rib was also higher than the crossbar. Milan's offensive was a bit fierce during this period.

Just when Li Mudi stood on the sidelines and prepared to make adjustments to the team's tactics, Liajic collided with Romagnoli in an attack, and his left knee was seriously injured. The team doctor indicated that he could not hold on any longer. He was carried off the field on a stretcher.The visiting team had to use up a substitution in less than 10 minutes of the first half. The Spanish winger Iago Farque, who had less than 2 minutes to warm up, was replaced because he could not play the midfielder. , so the changes in the frontcourt arranged before the game completely failed, and the ball-handling ability of the team's frontcourt suddenly dropped a notch. Torino had to focus all their offense on the two sides, making the home team's defense The pressure has been relieved a lot.

No. In the 308th minute, Li Mudi made a mistake in the offside tactics previously arranged. After Torino lost the ball, the opponent immediately played a beautiful counterattack. Niang's pick pass directly penetrated the entire defense of the visiting team. Ah After Bart plugged in at high speed on the right, he directly volleyed and passed to the middle. Bacca flew to the top seven meters in front of the goal and hit the ball into the lower left corner of the goal. At this time, Rossettini, who was marking him, and Mo Leti was still running four or five meters behind him. 1 to 0, the Colombian striker continued his good form last season, scoring four consecutive rounds across the season.

The Turin coach originally thought that the offside tactic that could limit the opponent's offensive performance turned out to be the key failure of this conceded goal, which is really helpless!
(End of this chapter)