Mister Legend

Chapter 171 The Enemy Meets
The new round of the league has gradually started in full swing with the coming of the weekend. In the three Serie A games that finished first, the teams playing at home have all won.Sampdoria defeated Genoa, which had previously performed astonishingly, 2-1, so that the latter's points could finally look less exaggerated; Udinese won 3-1 without bloodshed. Pescara, it seems that the latter is almost hopeless of relegation.And in this weekend's most notable strong dialogue, AC Milan, who sits at San Siro, relied on the young player Locatelli's world wave in No. 605 minutes to beat the league leader Juventus with one goal, ending the An embarrassing record of nine consecutive defeats against the Old Lady in official competitions.

There was also a very controversial scene in this game: No. 306 minutes, Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder Pjanic took a free kick 32 meters from the left side of the goal. Bonucci quickly judged the landing point, He went straight forward and volleyed but didn't touch the ball. Being disturbed by the action of the Juventus central defender, Donnarumma didn't make a save response at all. After the ball bounced off the ground, he went straight to the far corner of the goal.The referee Rizzoli signaled that the goal was valid, and Pjanic and his teammates ran to celebrate.But AC Milan's players exploded. They surrounded the assistant referee arguing that the Juventus player was offside just now, and the goal should be invalid.After driving away the home team players and discussing with the linesman on this side for a long time, Rizzoli overturned the goal to be invalid.This time it was the Juventus team's turn to protest again. Pjanic, who was overly emotional, also received a yellow card. He really fell from heaven to hell in one step.Judging from the slow motion provided by the broadcaster, at the moment Pjanic touched the ball, it seemed that only Moroccan defender Mehdi Benatia leaned out and appeared in front of Milan's defense. Qi was plugged in later and was not offside at the time.A good goal by Juventus was wronged like this, but for this result, Li Mudi said: Well done!
The loss of the old lady not only allowed the Rossoneri to take advantage of the trend with a strong three-game winning streak, accumulating points to 19 points, only two points behind the former, but also made the Torino team, which had scored 18 points before, There is a great opportunity to jump to the top of the standings.In the real-time leaderboard, Juventus is 7 wins, 2 losses, 21 points, 17 goals, 6 goals, and a goal difference of 11; while the Red Bull is 6 wins and 2 losses, 20 goals, 9 goals, and a goal difference. There are also 11 goals, which means that once they can win Lazio in the evening game, they will become the new leader of the league with the advantage of goal difference. This is something that has never happened in 35 years!After learning about this situation, the Turin club and their supporters all over the world fell into an indescribable excitement. One hour before the start of the game, Li Mudi knew that there was serious trouble!
Although it has been almost [-] or [-] hours since the results of the Milan Juventus match, most of the players still failed to recover from the state of being too excited. Going to the game with too excited emotions will cause them to lose control All kinds of inexplicable mistakes and reckless actions would follow in his own actions, even though Li Mudi had tried his best to help them adjust, but the effect was not great.And some people are not only not excited, but are still in a state of extreme tension. They feel the extreme desire of the club and fans for the top position in the standings, and they will naturally carry the pressure of winning on their shoulders. And this kind of pressure has been so great that it affects the technical level of the players.The coach of Turin said that his life was really miserable. He obviously had brought the team to a small peak through hard work and luck, but when he tried to continue climbing, he encountered such a major event that shook the morale of the army. The joke was indeed a bit big!It would be nice to receive this good news before the game against Palermo, Li Moody couldn't help but think so before the game started.

In fact, Mikhailovich, who came to Turin City, was also full of resentment. Because he was full of confrontational awareness against this opponent and the Chinese coach, and the team was still in the rankings, there was a tendency to be left behind by the opponent. Whether it is personal grievances or a contest between clubs, the Blue Eagles coach is preparing for this game with the determination to take all three points.However, it is disappointing that the current lineup of the visiting team is seriously disorganized. The team's midfielder is Argentine international Lucas Rodrigo Biglia, Serbian central midfielder Sergej Milinkovic Savic, Dutch international Stefan de Vrij and Romanian international Stefan Daniel Radu are the absolute main players of the four teams, as well as Lukaku Jr. and Dutch monster striker Ricardo Kirschner When the young players are all absent due to injuries, this makes Miha's formation suddenly seem stretched.However, in this game that he couldn't afford to lose, he made up the strongest lineup he could form at hand.

Lazio's starting list (4-3-3): The goalkeeper is Federico Marchetti (Federico Marchetti) from the Turin youth academy. Buffon, who is five years older but still at the top, is really miserable; the four defenders from right to left are Serbian international Basta, Brazilian central defender Wallace, new Dutch international Wesley Holt and The Spaniard Patricio Gavalon Gil who joined the team from La Masia; the three midfielders are the local star Danilo Cataldi (Danilo Cataldi), who just represented the national team for the first time in June , Italian international Marco Parolo and Bosnia and Herzegovina international Senad Lulic; the three forwards are Brazilian winger Felipe Anderson, who just won the men's football gold medal in the Rio Olympics with the team ), Immobile, who has recently gained a foothold in the national team, and Senegalese striker Keita Baldé Diao, who came out of La Masia's youth training and was regarded as a supernova at the time.Although this lineup is not perfect, its strength should not be underestimated, especially the offensive power in the midfield is definitely the top five in Serie A. This is a huge test for Turin's defense.

For the home team, Moody Li was also unable to send out the main players. Because Brazilian full-back Bruno Perez sprained his ankle during the warm-up before the game, Jesse was also exhausted during the warm-up due to his excessive emotions, resulting in a decline in physical fitness. At 84%, I can only wait for the opportunity on the bench.

Torino's starting line-up (4-3-3): goalkeeper Joe Hart, back four from right to left as Zampacosta (previously translated as Zappacosta, but now it appears as if Zampa uses a little more), Castan, Rossettini and Barreca, the three midfielders are Baselli, Akuwa and Benassi, the frontcourt trio: right winger Hiago Falk, left winger Forward Rajajic and center Belotti.

As soon as the game started, the Torino team took advantage of the advantage of the home court to take the lead, while Lazio used more active running to deal with the opponent.In the 4th minute, Keita cut inside suddenly on the left side during the counterattack. After passing Zampacosta, he shot directly with his foot, but unfortunately the ball only hit the left side netting.Then the two sides entered the rhythm of a tug-of-war. The home team reversed the defensive counterattack posture of the previous games and gained more ball possession advantages in the midfield, but failed to create any good opportunities.

No. In the 12th minute, Rajajic was at the top of the arc in the penalty area. Facing the blockade of the opponent's defender, he swung his legs and took a long shot. The ball was higher than the crossbar. This attack choice also exposed the impatience of the Turin players .

No.20 minutes, Lazio's defense made a big mistake. Lulic's random pass was intercepted by Akuwa and sent directly to the right side of the side. Zampacosta caught up with the ball three meters before the baseline and played directly. In the foot pass, Falk, who is only 1.7 meters tall, overwhelms the 184 cm Basta header near the small penalty area. The speed of the ball is not fast but the angle is extremely tricky. Marchetti's flying save was unsuccessful. The ball ran into the lower left corner of the goal against the post. 1 to 0, the goal of the home team is somewhat lucky.

After conceding the goal, Lazio tried to organize some counterattacks, but the home team's midfield defense was very tight, making it difficult for them to have a chance for a while. However, the patience of the Blue Eagle players is still worthy of praise. After many long-term mobilizations, they still found Some flaws for the Torino team. No. In the 206th minute, Felipe Anderson cut in from the left and flashed Zampacosta and Akuva's pinch, then made a diagonal pass, and Cataldi barely completed a shovel shot from the corner of the small penalty area, but unfortunately the ball still failed Hit within the range of the goal. No. In the 304th minute, Lazio steals the ball from the backcourt and makes a direct pass to attack. Immobile goes straight to Keita near the center circle. Joe Hart, who had an excellent reaction ability, was very procrastinated in handling the ball, and finally chose to push with his left foot and missed the left post. The visiting team missed this golden opportunity to equalize the score. Three minutes later, Immobile tried a low and long shot from a distance of 3 meters from the goal, but the kick was too straight and was directly caught by the England goalkeeper.During this period of time, Lazio's offensive was a bit fierce, and Li Mudi had to stand on the sidelines and direct the players to invest more on the defensive end.

In this way, at the end of the first 45 minutes, the score on the field was fixed at 1-0.The absence of key players on the defensive end makes Lazio's defense not so stable, and without Savage and other main midfielders, they still lack some threat in passing the ball deep. At that time, there are not many ways to do it at one time.As for Turin, the excited reaction of some players caused the team to commit a lot of fouls, and Barreca and Baselli also received yellow cards.And the frontcourt players put too much pressure on themselves, which made them completely lose the flexibility of the previous few games. In the first half, they hardly created any decent opportunities. Fortunately, the lead in the score is beneficial to their state. Recovery, hoping to put more pressure on Lazio's defense in the second half.

At the beginning of the second half, both sides did not make too many adjustments. The game still followed the trend of Lazio trying to attack, while Torino was solidly defending and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

In 1 minute, Keita suddenly picked a pass behind the Torino defense line in the middle, and Immobile's direct volley near the penalty spot was saved by Hart, which shocked the home team fans into a cold sweat. Four minutes later, Mikhailovich, not to be outdone, made his first substitution adjustment. He replaced Serbian high center Filip Djordjevic with Serbian high center Filip Djordjevic for right back Basta and pulled Anderson Back in the midfield, the formation was changed to a desperate 4-3-4.

Seeing that the opponent's defensive ability showed signs of weakening, the Torino coach immediately signaled to the players that they could try to attack. In 6 minutes, Belotti was brought down by Parolo when he dribbled the ball in the front court. Rajajic's direct free kick about 35 meters away from the goal was hit by Marchetti with both fists.

Two minutes later, Parolo made another foul on Kastan when he shoveled in the frontcourt. The referee Giacomelli drew out the third yellow card of the game.

No.60 In the second minute, Lulic made a 45-degree cross from the left, and Djojević headed the goal near the penalty spot, but it was too straight and was easily hugged by Joe Hart.Although the two teams seem to be attacking and defending each other at the moment, Li Moody seems to have sensed a hint of danger. Lazio failed to succeed in several shots, but the percentage of hits on target was extremely high.From the instant information provided by FM, it can be seen that the number of shots on both sides is 10 and 9 respectively, but the number of shots on target is 2 to 5. The Torino team has completely lost the high-quality attack efficiency in the previous rounds of the league. Want something bad!But the players on the bench are not in the right condition, or their shooting ability is not as good as the players on the field. How to adjust?
Just when Li Moody was worried about the team's offensive efficiency, the situation on the field changed. No. In the 609th minute, Anderson suddenly changed direction on the right side to dodge the defense and then sent a cross. Immobile made a side hook with his back to the goal near the corner of the small penalty area on the other side, and the ball bounced past Joe Hart. His hands crashed into the bottom right corner of the goal. 1-1, relying on this goal that can be selected as the best goal of the week, Lazio equalized the score, and the England goal once again became the background board of the world wave.

Facing the players who were at a loss after witnessing this wonderful goal on the field, the Turin coach first shouted to cheer them up, encouraging the boys not to give up their belief in winning, and then replaced them with Jesse In addition to Falk, who is in poor physical condition, I hope that the excitement of the Spanish winger can add some active momentum to the team's frontcourt.When the young man really dared to express himself, No.706 minutes, he directly kicked a long shot from a position about 27 meters away from the goal, but unfortunately he couldn't get the part right and fired the anti-aircraft gun.However, with the appearance of Jesse, the home team's offensive performance has indeed improved, and the defensive pressure of the Blue Eagles has increased sharply.

No.708 minutes, Mikhailovich, who saw the situation was a bit critical, made two substitution adjustments at the same time, replacing Keita with the 20-year-old midfielder Alessandro Murgia, and sent another 21-year-old Croatian defender Pulce replaced Felipe Anderson.The two strikers were replaced at once, and the formation was adjusted to 4-4-2, which seemed to mean keeping the tie.It's a pity that everyone, including Li Mudi, made a wrong judgment, and the more exciting part of this match has just begun...

(End of this chapter)