Mister Legend

Chapter 184

In fact, the two sides are really evenly matched on the scene. There is almost no difference in terms of ball possession rate, pass success rate, number of shots, and number of shots on goal. It's just that today except for Falk, other players on the field The attackers didn't adjust their sights properly, which made the score a gap of two goals.And as the Chievo players strengthened their focus on the Spanish winger, his performance disappeared in the vast crowd in an instant. After all, he is far from the superstars like Messi and Ronaldo, and he can't do it alone. .After Falk was frozen, the two teams fell into a stalemate. Although they seemed to have offense and defense, they basically failed to pose any threat to their respective goalkeepers. The feeling of finishing is not good, which makes the shooting percentage of both sides a bit miserable.In this way, with a score of 2 to 0, the players of Turin and Chievo ushered in the halftime whistle.

Facing the shooting data of only 45 of 5 in the first 1 minutes, the visiting team coach Ma Lan was naturally very dissatisfied. He believed that the single striker tactics of the veteran Pelissier were completely marked by the Turin team's defense. With no second target to pass the midfielder had to end on his own, and the effect was terrible.So he replaced the 11-year-old Argentine midfielder Mariano Izco with striker Riccardo Meggiorini, who had played for Torino in the 14-33 season, before the start of the second half. , changing the formation from 4-3-2-1 to 4-4-2.This adjustment really worked. The home team, which was able to control the opponent's offensive before, found that it seemed a little dangerous if they did not increase the number of defenders. Therefore, Li Mudi had to passively instruct the players to find a counterattack style of play. Nothing unexpected happened.

As a result, there was a scene in the stadium that made the spectators feel very boring. Although the visiting team took the initiative, due to the mediocre personal abilities of the players, it was difficult to create anything good after the opponent shifted their focus to defense. Some chances; and the home team has advantages in ability, home games, and defense after a two-goal lead. Jajic actually made a mistake of stopping the ball and going directly out of the three-meter sideline. This very rare situation prevented the Turin team from playing any decent cooperation.Moreover, there seemed to be some problems with the fighting spirit of the players on both sides. When the game went on for 10 minutes, the total number of fouls was only 13 times. Among them, Rajajic and Chievo's old central defender Dainelli each received a yellow card.It was just such an unremarkable game with no bright spots. It is estimated that many people will wonder if it is a match-fixing!
But as if to dispel everyone's doubts, in No. 608 minutes, Torino central defender Castan shoveled Megiolini to the ground in a fight, and while getting his second yellow card, It also made the visiting team's striker who had just played 23 minutes had to return to the locker room with hatred because of unbearable pain.Malan reluctantly dispatched Roberto Inglese, a high school forward born in 91. This 187cm tall and 85kg former Pescara youth training striker has a good header ability. FM The header 16 and jumping 15 given by the system are combined with his excellent physical condition, which is definitely a serious problem for Turin's defense.And this substitution due to an accident did help the visiting team find a good opportunity to hit the home team's goal. In the 701st minute, Bielsa sent a cross from the left, and Inglese carried Kastan and made a powerful strike. Headed the goal, fortunately Joe Hart was well positioned and reacted quickly, pulling the ball straight to the top right corner and clearing the crossbar.

The lack of header ability has always been one of the weaknesses of the Torino team's defensive end. In the team, only Silvestri, who is the main right back, is still above the passing line in this regard, and everyone else will get it in the scout report. The evaluation that is not good at fighting for high-altitude balls.No way, Li Mudi had to replace the veteran Moretti with Zampacosta, and moved Silvestri to the middle to smash Inglese.However, due to the gap in physical fitness and physique between the two, there were still several threats from wide crosses in the penalty area of ​​the Turin team. Fortunately, Chievo's players have not been able to find the crosshairs. The score changes.

In this way, as the game time passed by every minute and every second, but Chievo has not been able to narrow the gap between the two goals. It seems that the Red Bulls are about to win three consecutive victories, and they will continue to sit firmly in second place in the standings The seat will bring a lot of pressure to tomorrow's away game against Genoa's rivals in the same city.But in general, when the author expresses it this way, how can there be no turning point? No.805 minutes, Bielsa took a corner kick on the right side of his own side. His golden left foot made a wonderful arc and went straight to the front point. Inglese beat Silvestri and headed the ball into the home team. In the near corner of the goal, Joe Hart obviously made a mistake in his position. He was too far away from the goal line, and he didn't have time to make a flying save. 2-1, Chievo came back with a few minutes left in the game.

But just when everyone thought that the visiting team would go all out and take the opportunity to attack aggressively to see if it was possible to tie the score, Fabrizio Cacciatore, a 30-year-old right back from Sampdoria, did Kicked Belotti in a tackle and kept muttering words when the referee stepped forward to give him a verbal warning.Although Li Mudi stood on the sidelines and couldn't hear what he was mumbling about, but a few seconds later, the red gemstone card that the referee took out showed that it must not be a good word. At the same time, the text live broadcast from the FM system reminded him He was directly ejected for using insulting language to the referee.

The Flying Donkey Legion, which was missing one person, completely gave up the idea of ​​fighting for a point, and the game ushered in the moment when the final whistle sounded calmly.Although the kick was really ugly, but no matter what, the three-pointer was still in his pocket. Li Mudi can only say that winning in a bad game is one of the manifestations of a strong team .Although at the post-match press conference, he managed to cope with all kinds of difficulties from many reporters, but when he returned to the apartment, the Turin coach felt that the team's difficult time had come.It is impossible for a player's state to remain at the peak all the time, but it will fluctuate up and down like a wave, with both peaks and troughs, but the range of change is not uniform, which means that the highest point of each peak is different.The highest peak period of the Turin team so far this season is the middle and late stages of the five-game winning streak, with a 3-1 victory over Rome, a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina and a 4-1 victory over Palermo. It is really a state of meeting gods and killing gods, meeting demons and killing demons, even in the face of opponents stronger than themselves, they can create opportunities and seize them.

In the following period of three consecutive draws, it was obviously on a normal curve, until the 5-1 victory over Cagliari came to a small peak, but this time the peak happened to catch up with the national team match day, making the two weeks When the post-league restarted, the state of the Red Bulls had already declined significantly.It should be above the standard level against Crotone, but this time against Chievo, it can already feel at the level, so will it be even worse when they go to Sampdoria in an away game a week later?It’s really hard to tell now, and there will be tough matches like Coppa Italia Qualifiers, Juventus and Naples. Li Moody feels that the situation may be very bad. If not, there will be a big trough, and the prospects are a bit dark ah!

A day later, Juventus lost their third game of the season 1-3 in Genoa, and also lost two defensive players in Alves and Bonucci, which suddenly disrupted the previous exclusive team in the standings. Show situation.With the victories of AC Milan, the Roma duo and the big dark horse Atlanta, the point gap between the top six teams has been narrowed to within five points, especially the Turin team, which is only one game away from the arch-enemy. .However, since the Red Bulls are the first targets for these teams to overtake, compared to the old woman, the players under Li Moody feel more pressure.So the Turin coach, in addition to arranging a one-day vacation as usual, also deliberately reduced the amount of exercise in the next few days of training and added a lot of game sessions.Although on the surface it seems that the players have relaxed a lot, and the laughter in the training ground has increased, but judging from the competitive state values ​​​​given by the FM system, they are still in a bleak state. Zampa, who is in the best condition Costa is only in mediocre form, and the main striker Belotti has already shown some decline in ability, which makes the coaching staff very worried.Even Li Mudi didn't pick up the printed intercontinental professional certificate in person. After calling the Spanish Football Association to send it to him, he devoted himself to adjusting the players' status.

However, at noon on Sunday, December 12th, when the team was about to enter the Luigi Ferraris Stadium (Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris) for the final warm-up, the Turin players still failed to reach the most basic competitive state. This also declared that all the work of Moody Lee and his colleagues this week was in vain.As a last resort, the Turin coach had no choice but to submit a more defensive starting lineup, to see if he could counterattack and strive for all three points without conceding a goal, but his confidence was not very high.

Although the home team currently only ranks No.4 in the standings with 5 wins, 5 draws, 17 losses and 13 points, its home record is extremely terrifying. In addition to the 0-1 loss to AC Milan, Atlanta, Genoa, Inter Milan Both Sassuolo and Sassuolo have failed here, that is to say, all four of their victories this season have come from home. Such a home dragon is not willing to be encountered by any team, let alone very Downturned red bull.

As mentioned before, Sampdoria and Torino are rival clubs, which will provide extra motivation for the players in the game, but it seems that this little stimulation has not been effective for the visiting team. When everyone was doing all kinds of warm-up activities in the venue, they still looked listless, and Li Mudi was about to despair.If the boos of the fans of the home team all the time can't arouse the fighting spirit of the players, he feels that this game is basically kneeling, and it is still a situation where there is no resistance.

In the pre-match press conference, Facing the provocation of Samp coach Marco Giampaolo, Li Moody rarely confronted each other, but kept complimenting the opponent’s coaching ability and the level of the players, just like smearing Like honey, this abnormal performance immediately attracted the attention of the reporters, especially the head coach of the home team.

Giampaolo was born in Bellinzona (Bellinzona) in August 1967. Ticino, where the city is located, is the southernmost region of Switzerland, bordering Italy, and is the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland.Zhan Shuai, who chose Italian nationality, only played 8 professional games as a player, but he soon found a job as an assistant coach in Pescara after retiring early.Yu officially entered the ranks of professional team coaches when he was about to be 18 years old. When he took over Ascoli, which was in Serie B at the time, in the summer of 37, it is said that he did not even have a job certificate. This is Qi Zu's senior!In the end, in his debut season, he led the team to the fifth place in the league and was promoted to the first division through the play-offs, becoming a man of the year.

It is a pity that the strength of himself and the team is not enough to survive in the top football circle. In the 2005-06 season, after failing to win a victory in 11 consecutive league rounds, Ascoli booked a place for relegation early , Giampaolo left the place where he became famous at the end of the season.I don't want to be cursed after this. His coaching experience in Cagliari, Catania, Cesena and Brescia and other teams all ended in being dismissed midway, creating seven consecutive failures. The magical record of being fired by the club when the contract expires.However, last season he finally proved his strength by leading Empoli to No.[-], and then he got the opportunity to coach Sampdoria.

Although Giampaolo's historical performance is very average, his years of experience in the first team have made him an experienced head coach, so he quickly discovered the weirdness of the Turin coach, and he analyzed it after a little thought. It should be a tactic used by the opponent to underestimate the enemy in an attempt to paralyze the home team and wait for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.So the Samp coach, who was still very active before, also became quiet and reticent in the final stage of the press conference. Like Li Mudi on the other side of the rostrum, he became expressionless, looking like a member of the Celestial Dynasty. Those two door gods are alike.

After the game officially started, the home team did not launch a full-scale offensive as expected by the outside world, but played a little cautiously.On the contrary, the Turin team in the away game controlled the ball more at their feet within 5 minutes after the opening whistle sounded. The empty city plan seems to have succeeded. This kind of "empty and empty" psychological tactics gave Giampaolo the illusion that the visiting team might have some tricks, so he had some concerns during the attack and dared not attack with all his strength.Although I don't know how long this little trick can last to deceive the opponent, but the Turin coach can only hope for things other than football strength, such as luck, when facing the players' general poor condition.

(End of this chapter)