Mister Legend

Chapter 163 Another Victory

In Fiorentina's 3-4-2-1 formation, Kalinic is the lone striker in the frontcourt, and Ilicic on the right has a larger range of activities, and can take care of both the wing and the center. Only Valero looks It is a left winger, but actually a midfielder, because his speed is generally not suitable for activities on the wing.Therefore, the assault and cross from the left still have to rely on the left-wing defender Milic inserted in the back row. This is also their biggest weakness. Torino's goal just now was successfully planned on this side.Therefore, after the re-kick-off, the players of the home team still took the medicine according to the prescription, and they still made a fuss here, pressing Valero fiercely, and then focused on attacking the left side of the visiting team.

However, Paul Sosa and Viola's core reactions on the field were very quick. After a foul and dead ball, the two adjusted their positions after an emergency exchange on the sidelines.Valero swapped positions with Bernardeschi, who was previously a right-wing back, and let Zi Beibei, who is mainly a right-winger but also capable of being a left-winger, come to the left side of the frontcourt, and the task of organizing the series is also given by Colombian international Sanchez , Croatian international Badelj (Milan Badelj) two central midfielders share the past.After such a position change, the Turin team's high-intensity siege completely lost its effect. The Spaniard has already retreated behind the midfield line, and any further scrambling will only make holes in his defensive position, so Li Mudi waved his hand: We Go back and take the bus.So in the next game, Torino's usual routine of this season appeared on the court again, and the whole team's defense waited for an opportunity to prepare for a counterattack.

After Zi Beibei switched to the winger position, Fiorentina's offensive power seems to have improved, but without Valero's series of points, they still rely more on their personal ability to attack the defense of Torino on the two sides , the two wingers sent the ball many times, and even the Spaniard, who was temporarily on the right wing back, passed into the penalty area at a 45-degree angle twice.It's a pity that under the joint efforts of the two central defenders, Kalinic failed to find any opportunities to take advantage of. He made almost six or seven crosses from the side. He only formed two attacks, and one It went wide of the door frame and was easily confiscated by Joe Hart because he failed to exert force again.

On the contrary, the home team's occasional counterattack looks more threatening. Rajajic and Farke have used their personal abilities many times to cause a lot of impact on the opponent's defense.Since Valero on the right is not a professional defensive player, and Milic on the left is very limited, the defensive pressure on Viola's two wings is a bit high. The two wingers in Turin always deliberately avoid Sanchez And Baderji's defensive area directly challenged the three central defenders of the visiting team.The visiting team's right center back Serbian Nenad Tomovic is okay, with good speed and ability, and he can roughly maintain the balance of power when facing his national teammate Rajajic.But the left central defender Salcedo is in some trouble. Once Milic is passed by Falk, he will directly face the attack of the Spanish winger. Astori will be dragged by the red bebe, unless it is a last resort. Otherwise, it will not be easy to make up for it. In most cases, the Mexicans have to solve the problem by themselves.

Fortunately, Fiorentina's ball control has always been relatively good, so that the home team can't easily counterattack in the midfield and successfully hit a deadly counterattack, but their own offense is nothing to praise. Several shots were either blocked by defensive players or He went wide, and the home team's goalkeeper couldn't sweat even a drop of sweat after the siege for a long time. There was really no sign of evening the score. No. In the 306th minute, Brazilian central defender Castan was half a step slower when he made the tackle and kicked Bernardeschi down. Not only did he get the first yellow card of the game, but he also gave the visiting team a distance of 34 from the goal. Mi, a direct free kick to the left of the center.However, Zi Beibei's direct attack from the penalty shot soared high into the sky, to the extent that the two goals were stacked together and couldn't get in.

In this way, the two teams did not commit too many fouls, and the game went smoothly. Before they knew it, it came to the intermission, and the two sides returned to their respective locker rooms with a score of 1 to 0.Judging from the technical statistics of the halftime, the two sides are almost evenly matched in terms of the number of attacks, shots, fouls and corner kicks. A replay of the match between Torino and Rome.Therefore, the narrators and guests of the Italian national TV station, the local TV station in Turin, and the two major broadcasting organizations of Tianchao, who were in charge of broadcasting the game live, all agreed that Li Moody's tactics were quite practical. It seems that it is difficult for Weidu to see the hope of winning. Even if there seems to be a lot of advantages on the scene, it is not decisive. The Turin team always finds opportunities to play a wonderful counterattack.And once Li Moody's team takes the lead, the opponent will fall into absolute passiveness. Unless they have super strength, it will be difficult to increase their offensive strength while ensuring that the defense will not have problems again.The guest invited by the Italian National Television today, the legendary god of war Batistuta proposed that Fiorentina replace a high center forward with excellent header ability, and carry out high-altitude bombing to target the weakness of Turin's defense. Although this is not efficient , but a larger denominator can always increase the numerator.

Paul Sosa did adjust the lineup on the field before the start of the second half, but he did not replace a center forward with a good header as Batty suggested, but returned to Italy from the English League in January this year Football's little Argentine striker, Mauro Zarate, replaced the starting right-winger Ilicic, allowing Bernardeschi to return to the right and Valero, who had barely played after 15 minutes of the first half. The center has occupied the position of the midfielder in the center, and Fiorentina's formation has also become 3-4-1-2.From the Portuguese point of view, adding an offensive player near the front of the opponent's penalty area will disrupt Li Moody's previous deployment and make Torino's defense lose sight of the other.However, the head coach of the home team responded very quickly. He first directed the two wingers to retreat to the midfield line and then participated in more defense. Iturbe replaced the scoring hero Falk, and adjusted his position during the counterattack so that Iturbe was at the top, Rajajic was the support point behind him, and Belotti was more involved. The venue is under pressure.This tactic seems to give up the offensive position, and use the new Paraguayan winger to use his speed advantage to threaten the opponent's defense, so that they dare not press too high, so as to relieve the pressure on the defense.

Zarate is only 176 cm tall, and his ability to score goals is not his strong point. When he joined Lazio in Serie A in his first season, he still had a chance to be at the top, scoring 36 goals in 13 appearances.However, as other teams became familiar with him, in the next few seasons, Zarate basically couldn't make any waves in front of the goal, and only contributed 13 goals in the next four seasons.He is more powerful in the position of a winger, especially the inward cuts in the two ribs often give opponents some headaches, thus helping teammates to get easier shooting space.To put it simply, this guy is a shit-stirring stick on the front line. Although his own strength is mediocre, he can always cause some small chaos in the opponent's defense line. There are also little surprises from time to time.

Among the two starting central defenders in Turin, Rossettini's speed ability is very good, and he will not suffer from marking such players. However, Castan, who is on loan from Roma, is a bit slower, especially in terms of flexibility. Sexually, he's easily passed by smaller opponents with quick disguises.Li Mudi had no choice but to let the team's midfielder retreat a little more, so that the Ghanaian Akuwa who had just paid for the suspension paid more attention to the Argentine.

Just when the visiting players started to do something in the middle, Torino used their urgency to play a simple and effective cooperation.Badergui made a mistake in passing the ball in the face of Belotti's frenzied scrambling, and the ball went directly out of the home team's right sideline. Before the others could react, Hong Beibei ran off the field and threw the ball to Rajajic who rushed over to meet him.The Serbian made another unexpected move after stopping the ball. He directly rubbed his right foot and made a high overhead pass. When Benassi unloaded the ball in the opponent's penalty area, the Fiorentina defenders were all While raising his hand to signal that the ball was offside, he watched the Italian midfielder face his goalkeeper directly from a distance of four or five meters behind Benassi.

Although finishing is not his strong point as an organizing midfielder, after suffering from the lack of finishing ability of midfielders last season, one of the most important training items for Li Moody after coming to his new club is the training of players. They will not easily waste good opportunities, so after about three months of intensive practice, Benassi's shooting ability has increased from the previous 11 to the current 12. Although the improvement is not large, but at this moment But it played a very important role.I saw him lead the ball forward, so that the distance between himself and the ball was very suitable for swinging his legs, and then he looked up because he was not sure whether the ball was offside. Before the opponent was fully prepared, he kicked a powerful attack with his right foot.The ball passed through the armpit of the goalkeeper of the visiting team who made a subconscious save, and hit the net hard. 2 to 0, No. 15 minutes after the opening, the home team scored a goal. I wonder if there will be any legends such as the "fifteen-point curse" in the future.

The difference of one goal is still easy to kick back, but now two goals behind, Zi Lily, from the coaches to the players on the field, feel that their confidence in scoring away points and even winning has been seriously shaken.Although losing two is also a loss, and losing three is also a loss. At this time, they should continue to strengthen their offense. If they can break through the home team's defense as soon as possible, there may be a chance. After all, there is still half an hour of regular game time.However, Li Mudi guessed some of their scruples. He just didn't want to go all out and make the defense full of loopholes. That would probably turn into a goal battle where both sides hurt each other. Judging from the counterattack efficiency of the Turin team Look, at that time, it is really uncertain which side will score more goals.

So after trying to maintain the original attack plan for a few minutes, Paul Sosa finally made his final decision in No. 608 minutes after finding that the effect received was not very good. At the same time, he used his own youth training, from Senegal The striker Khouma Babacar and Uruguay international and central midfielder Matías Vecino replaced Bernardeschi and Badergui, changing the formation into a 4-3-3.Valero dropped to the middle of the midfield, Tomovic moved to the right back and Milic dropped to the left back.In the frontcourt, Kalinic and Babakar played double centers, while Zarate wandered flexibly on the two wings.In the hour before the game, Fiorentina launched a total of about 20 crosses from the side, but the number of times that can form an effective attack is only a handful. Now they have sent a black man with a height of 184 cm and good bounce After the center forward, they became more active on the two wings.Probably seeing that the defensive ability really needs to be improved, so Paul Sosa instructed Milic to go up the frontcourt crazily, handing over most of the defense to the left central midfielder Sanchez and the left central defender Astori.

Not to mention, after such an adjustment, the visiting team's offensive and defensive performance has really improved a lot. After all, they are still more adaptable to the four-back style of play. If they can play like this at the beginning, what is the score? It's hard to say.Faced with an increasingly passive situation on the scene, Li Moody also adjusted the lineup repeatedly. First, he replaced Rajajic, who was somewhat exhausted, with Fabas, and changed the formation to 4-4-2. The position of the midfielder with three central midfielders, coupled with Belotti's counterattack without hesitating physical strength, increased the intensity of the defense.At No. 80 minutes, the last substitution quota was used, allowing Vallejo to replace Castan, who had a yellow card, but this substitution gave the opponent a good chance.

No.804 minutes, the left-back Milic, who has always had no two points, did not choose to continue to break through the wing under Bruno Perez's defense, but suddenly sent a 45-degree cross, the ball passed Vallejo's After the top, Babakar was waiting for him. The latter's head-shaking attack went straight to the far corner, so that Joe Hart did not make any response. 2 to 1, Fiorentina's No. 11 shots in the audience finally paid off, but the arrival time was a bit late.In the next 3 minutes including injury time, Viola had nothing to do against the Turin team who retreated. She had to accept the loss of one goal when the referee blew the final whistle.And Li Moody's team once again achieved a difficult victory with only 38.2% possession rate. They even led Fiorentina in the number of shots and shots on target. This also triggered a lot of heated discussions in the media after the game. .

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