Mister Legend

Chapter 185
Sampdoria's results last season were terrible. In the first three rounds of the league, they won 2 wins and 1 draw and remained unbeaten. Since then, the team's state has been ups and downs. He was fired by the team less than half a year later.In November, the "little plane" Montella, who had grown into a famous Serie A player here, began to take over the difficult old sailor, but the team's record did not improve significantly after the coaching change. Three relegated teams including TOEFL and Verona The team's performance was so bad that the team was able to escape relegation with a two-point advantage.

This summer, Sampdoria made too much changes to the lineup. After selling the original main force of the team, Roberto Soriano, to Villarreal and Argentine international Carlos Correa for 1400 million euros. Correa) was sold to Sevilla for 1300 million euros and Brazilian midfielder Fernando Lucas Martins was sold to Sparta Moscow, and more than ten players left Luigi on the condition that they brought financial benefits to the team. Ferraris Stadium, these players have brought Sampdoria up to 5500 million euros in revenue.

However, in terms of signings, the club seems to be a lot more stingy, only investing less than 3500 million euros, and the overall strength of the team is far behind that of last season.In addition to the previously mentioned goalkeeper Viviano, Croatian striker Budimir and Quagliarella introduced from Turin, only former Verona central defender Jacopo Sala, Belgium A few players such as midfielder Dennis Praet, Polish international Karol Linetty, and young Czech striker Patrik Schick can be regarded as familiar to everyone.

In this game, Giampaolo formed the usual 4-3-1-2 formation. Except for the main goalkeeper Viviano who was seriously injured at the end of October and was unable to play, the rest of the positions are the absolute main players in the team.The starting goalkeeper is Christian Puggioni, who is 35 years old and returned last year from the former team's youth training. On the field is the captain, Paraguay international Edgar Barreto (Edgar Barreto), supplemented by the Portuguese central midfielder Bruno Fernandes (Bruno Fernandes) on loan from Udinese and the small Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Torreira (Lucas Torreira). Praue, Quagliarella and Colombia international center Luis Muriel formed the front trident.

For the visiting team, Li Moody still formed a 4-3-3 formation. Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, right back Zampacosta, center backs Castan and Rossettini, left back Barreca, midfielder Waist Akuwa, Vives, central midfielder Benassi, right forward Rajajic, left forward Iago Falk, center Belotti.This is currently the best lineup combined with the combination of state and ability in the team. The two defensive midfielders have all played. This is a scene that only appears when facing a strong team.

Since Sampdoria did not take the initiative to attack after the opening, Benassi and several players in the frontcourt easily took control of the ball in the midfield, and at the same time focused the attack on the two sides.However, the defensive strength of the home team is also good. When the Turin team could not invest too much force in the offense, Belotti was firmly blocked, which forced the attacking players of the visiting team to only move around the penalty area. Basically you can only fight alone.

In the 4th minute, when Belotti pulled to the right side of the midfield to meet his teammates, he was knocked down by the home team's left back Vasco Regini, and then Rajajic took a set kick that was beyond the opponent's expectations. He didn't hang the ball into the goal, but quickly passed the ball low and flat outside the penalty area.After receiving the ball, Falk volleyed with his left foot directly. After the ball passed through the crowd in the penalty area, it hit the crossbar of the home team's goal, which aroused the sighs of the home team fans in the stadium.Looking at the football bouncing off the baseline, Li Modi couldn't help but shook his head, and at the same time sighed in his heart: It seems that today's luck is not on Turin's side either!
After experiencing this danger, the players of the home team became more cautious. In addition to Muriel in the front, even Prae and Quagliarella actively participated in the siege of the backcourt. The numerical advantage finally took the ball back.Then they organized two tentative attacks. In the 7th minute, Prahe passed the ball to Fernandez after passing Vivis's interception in the midfield. The Portuguese central midfielder lay forward. After taking a big step, he shot with his right foot about ten meters outside the penalty area and missed the left post. Two minutes later, Fernandez sent a cross from the wing. Muriel leaned on Kastan in the middle of the penalty area and shot with his right foot. The ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.After these two attempts, Sampdoria finally felt that they could still put a certain amount of pressure on the Turin team's defense, and then gradually pushed out from the backcourt, forming a mutual offensive and defensive situation with their opponents.

However, since both sides have deployed heavy defenses in their own penalty areas, long-range shots have become the most frequent shot option on the field in the next period of time. In the 13th minute, after receiving a pass from Rajajic, Benassi hit the goal with his right foot ten meters outside the penalty area, and the ball flew high over the crossbar. One minute later, Quagliarella also tried a long shot with his right foot from almost the same position in the opponent's half. This time the ball missed the left post. No.1 minutes, after receiving Belotti's header back, Rajajic shot with his right foot at the top of the arc in the penalty area, and the ball flew out of the upper right corner of the goal.Another minute later, Berotti completed the end by himself this time. After receiving a direct pass from Vives, he did not choose to dribble into the penalty area, but rushed before Silvestre blocked it. Yu hit the goal vigorously with his left foot from outside the penalty area, but unfortunately the ball still didn't hit the target obediently, but rubbed against the right post and hit the billboard behind the goal. No. In the 16th minute, Hong Beibei wanted to try his shooting feeling again. After receiving a cross pass from Zampacosta, he shot again from the right side of the penalty area line. This time It is higher than the beam.

In just 7 minutes, the two sides made five long-distance attack attempts, but unfortunately none of them hit the goal frame. This not only proves that the two teams have completed their tasks well in defense , It also somewhat shows that the offensive players are somewhat impatient.Since both sides are unwilling to invest more troops in the offense, they are afraid that there will be loopholes in the defense line and the opponent will seize the opportunity. Therefore, they are in a situation of playing more with less in their respective frontcourts, and it is difficult to create any decent opportunities. .However, in terms of individual combat and the cooperation of several players, the Turin team is stronger than the home team. Unfortunately, the players of the visiting team are in a mediocre state, which did not pose any threat to Samp's old goalkeeper Puccioni.However, Li Mudi's strategy succeeded. He successfully pulled the opponent's offensive level to the same level as the Turin team, which greatly reduced the pressure on the defense line. Can really keep the goal clean until the end.

However, this idea is obviously a bit whimsical. After Giampaolo found that something was wrong, he immediately made adjustments on the sidelines, and the home team gradually lowered the pace of the game.Both of their forwards are not good at competing for headers. They are good at short-pass penetration and looking for opportunities to pass directly behind the visiting team's defense. Muriel has the speed and acceleration of double 17 ability values. Once the opportunity is found, the Turin defender It's hard to guard him.And if you want to take advantage of Colombia's speed, you need to lure the visiting team's defense forward to leave room for him to sprint, so Sampdoria wants to play a defensive counterattack.Turin's side just kept guarding against the opponent's strong point. Li Mudi emphasized that the opponent must not be given the opportunity to accelerate, so the defense line has been guarding a very deep position.The current tactical thinking of the two teams is based on a solid defense. The possession of the ball is mainly concentrated in their respective half.And as the pace of the game slowed down, the scene became extremely boring, not as good as the previous situation of facing long shots.

In this extremely boring game, the two sides are still relying on unreliable finishing touches to refresh the number of consecutive shots but missed the target so far this season. No.205 minutes, Torino Rossettini kicked Muriel down on the right side of his side and was shown a yellow card by the referee. Fernandez's free kick hit Barreca's ass and flew out of the baseline.Immediately, the home team took a tactical corner kick, and Fernandez's cross from the wing was pushed high above the crossbar near the penalty spot by Quagliarella. No. In the 209th minute, the referee showed Sampdoria captain Barreto a yellow card warning, and he put Farke in the counterattack of the Turin team.

One minute later, Benassi made a cross from the right into the penalty area, and Berotti finally got a point. Under Silvestre's marking, he was unable to make other moves, so he could only head the ball back into the penalty area. In addition, Rajajic is still an anti-aircraft gun regardless of whether he hits the goal with one kick.Li Mudi said that his neck hurts when he looked up, and he will suffer from cervical spondylosis after this game.Sure enough, the two sides still failed to kick a shot that hit the target. At the end of No. 1 minutes, the home team used the last time to complete an attack. They seemed to have copied Farke's kick at the beginning In the tactic of the center crossbar, Fernandez took an indirect free kick to the outside of the penalty area. The left back Regini stopped the ball with his right foot and took a long shot with his left foot. Unfortunately, his footwork was worse, and the ball was higher than the upper left corner of the goal.

When the referee blew the whistle for the intermission, the two sides created the most shots without a single shot on target in the halftime of this year's Serie A. The 6-for-0 and 8-for-0 report cards are absolutely incredible The presence.After an unusually quiet first half, the state of the Turin players still showed no signs of improvement, and Li Moody couldn't think of any good way to adjust, so he had to choose to trust his players and see if they could perform well in the game. Adjust yourself to cope with this game.

However, the home team broke the dream of the Turin coach shortly after the opening of the second half. It seemed that they could see some of the opponent's falsehood. The Sampdoria players suddenly stepped up their offensive after only 3 minutes of the easy side. Lae's breakthrough earned them a corner.Then central defender Silvestre suddenly dribbled forward and the home team won a free kick in the opponent's half. After receiving the ball, Muriel was pushed out of the baseline by Castan in a cross from the wing. is a corner kick.Fernandez passed to the back point, Silvestre beat Kastan's header and hit Rajajic's calf and missed the post, and it was another corner kick.It was Fernandez who made the free throw, and Silvestre was the one who earned the first goal, but this time the Argentine central defender did not choose to attack the goal directly. Leto, captain Samp with his back to the goal, turned around immediately after stopping the ball, and then took a strafing shot with his left foot. The ball hit the side netting at the lower corner of Joe Hart's right hand side. 1 to 0, the first goal of the game was converted into a goal, and the shouts of the home team fans instantly silenced the entire stadium.

Faced with this conceded goal, while feeling a little frustrated, Li Mudi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seems that strength is still the main thing on the football field. If you don't have enough luck, it will be difficult to stop it with those little tricks. A strong opponent is victorious.The players are not in good condition, and they are indeed slightly inferior to the opponent in terms of strength. In addition, the weakness of poor header ability has been caught, and it is normal to lose the ball.But one goal behind, there is no point for the team to focus on a solid defense. Since if you can't score a goal, you lose, then attack, even if you really lose, you have to use the rest of the game time Mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.If you can improve the state of the players and prepare for the next game, then this ball will be worth it no matter what the result is.

So under the instruction of the head coach, the Turin team finally changed the previous slow-paced, heavy-defensive and light-offensive situation, and dared to invest more troops in the offense.The home team took the opportunity to achieve a strategic deployment of defensive counterattack, using Muriel's speed advantage to continuously try various direct passes behind the ball, and the game finally became more attractive.But players from both teams still couldn't retrieve the lost crosshairs, as if the purpose of the sport was to avoid kicking the ball into the opposing team's goal.Whether it's famous strikers like Belotti and Quagliarella, or young midfielders like Linetti and Baselli who came off the bench, their shots always miss the range inside the goal frame as if they encountered homopolar repulsion.When the fourth official on the sidelines held up the display board showing 5 minutes of stoppage time, the shooting data of the two sides had become 12 for 1 and 13 for 2. Only Belotti and Zampacosta kicked the ball into the goal for the visiting team. The home team goalkeeper Puccioni's arms, and Joe Hart has not even made a save. The opponent's only shot on target scored the goal, which is really embarrassing.

(End of this chapter)