Mister Legend

Chapter 186 Difficult schedule

The Turin team fouled a lot in this game, because the sluggish state affected not only the offensive end, but also defensive problems such as slow response, lack of strength, and earlier physical bottlenecks, so they can only rely on Make some small moves to stop the opponent's threatening attack.As of the second minute of stoppage time, the ratio of fouls between the two sides was 10 to 20, and the number of yellow cards was 1 to 4. Rossettini, Benassi, Barreca and Baselli who came on the bench were all severely warned by the referee pass.Li Mudi didn't want unnecessary downsizing in this very difficult schedule, so he instructed the players to control their movements as much as possible, even if they had to step down, they should pay attention to proportion. This is the main reason why the home team's offensive gradually became active.It's a pity that their players are also cursed, they just don't kick into the goal.

As the end of the game approached, the Turin players, who were one goal behind, had completely given up defense. Although they still felt poor physically, they still pressed forward without hesitation, trying to see if they could equalize the score.But today Sampdoria's defense is really good. After changing the previous trend of conceding 1.5 goals per game, both high-altitude bombing and bottom cooperation can occupy a certain advantage. They really didn't leave any chances, and even played a counterattack when the referee had already looked at his watch.

No.904 minutes, after Zampacosta's cross was pushed out, the Argentine striker Ricardo Alvarez, who came on as a substitute for Prae, kicked the ball into the visiting team's half with a big kick. After the ball, he advanced all the way along the left side of the home team.Fortunately, Akuwa has been gritting his teeth and insisting on chasing back, destroying the ball on the sideline very close to the corner kick.But without waiting for the Turin players to return to the defense, Linetti immediately threw the ball sent by the ball boy into the penalty area. Kastan, who had just run back, tried to push the ball back. The Polish midfielder who received the ball again used it flexibly With his skill, he picked the ball and passed Akuwa and Zampacosta who was returning to the defense. Then, under the interference of Kastan, he rushed to the goal along the baseline, and while attracting Rossettini to block it, he crossed the ball. Czech striker Schick who was unattended on the small penalty area line.The young man who was substituted in the No.809 minute stopped the ball and directly pushed the far corner of the goal with his left foot. Because the distance was too close, even though Joe Hart's reaction was very fast, he still couldn't stop it. The ball slipped under his arm into the net.

2 to 0, the home team completely sealed the victory, and before the Turin players cheered up and came to the midfield circle to re-kick off, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Although it was a failure in the end, Li Mudi didn't feel too much frustration, after all, everyone had tried their best.Not to mention the performance of the players desperately trying to get back to their form in daily training, even members of the coaching staff and medical staff have been working overtime to study how to get everyone through this trough as soon as possible. Part of the reason is still physical fitness.

Although the Torino team's physical reserve training in the summer is still very effective, but the inherent physical upper limit of most players in the current team is not good, so facing long-term high-intensity games will inevitably appear before the winter break A fatigue peak, which all teams have to face, but the symptoms of the Torino team are more obvious and more serious.Although Li Moody has already consciously rotated the lineup before, but the offensive core like Belotti and Falk still played too many games. It is God's blessing that there are no large-scale injuries in the team up.After all, the Turin team can't compare with those giants, and has a deep bench rotation, which is why the strong teams can always stretch the points advantage during this most difficult period of time.

After dealing with the crazy reporters at the post-match press conference, Moody Lee returned to the team bus and comforted the players one by one on the way back to the hotel who were a little sad because of the loss to the No. 12 arch-rival.Although no one likes to lose, but it's done, especially since there are more important game tasks ahead, there is no time to feel sorry for yourself now.Due to the adjustment of the schedule, the fourth round of the Coppa Italia Qualifying Tournament, which was confirmed after the draw, and Turin's home game against the Serie B team Pisa were rescheduled to the evening of December 6, and it will be held four days later. Ushering in the door-to-door challenge of Juventus, this schedule is also enough to be fucked.Although the cup competition is also an important channel for the team to qualify for the European competition, the opponents in this round are really weak, so Li Moody decided to play with a full substitute lineup, so that the main players have enough time to recover their physical fitness.

The name of Pisa Football Club should be a bit unfamiliar to Chinese fans, far less impressive than the Leaning Tower, but this team, founded in 1909, has played in Serie A many times Former Brazilian national team captain and head coach Dunga, former Argentine national team captain Diego Simeone and other superstars landed in the first stop in Europe. In addition, legendary Italian striker Christian Vieri and legendary defender Marco Tardelli (Marco Tardelli) have left footprints here, and the latter is also a youth player of Pisa.

However, since they were relegated from Serie A in the 1990-91 season, the club has fallen into a serious economic crisis, and experienced reorganization after bankruptcy in 1994, and faced bankruptcy again in 2009. Fortunately, with state support, it barely survived. In the summer of 2015, Pisa, which failed in the promotion play-offs, hired former AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Ivan Gattuso (Gennaro Ivan Gattuso), who lived up to expectations and brought the team to No.1 in Serie C 2B. With the victory in the play-offs, they returned to the second division.However, the club's signings this year are a bit bad, coupled with the strengthening of the opponent's strength, this has led to Pisa's poor performance in Serie B. So far, only 4 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses are ranked eighth from the bottom in the standings. Three points above the relegation zone.

Faced with the pressure of relegation, Li Mudi believed that Gattuso would not do his best in the Coppa Italia where they would not get any benefits at all, so he boldly excluded all core players from the squad and used Several youth team players filled the empty benches.The starting line-up includes Padelli, Silvestri, Ayetti, Vallejo, Avilar, Fabas, John Housett, Iturbe and Boyer. Players who will start the game against Juventus, as well as players in the main rotation who did not get a chance to play in the last league game like Jesse.

The result is that such a lineup composed of veterans, new stars and international footballers failed to deal with the opponent within 10 minutes. There were only 50 shots on goal in a total of 50 shots in the regular time, and the ball possession was also [-]%. For [-]%, it didn't take advantage, and Li Modi was so angry that he almost rushed to the field to shoot.Fortunately, the teenager Boyer scored a goal shortly after the start of overtime, which prevented the Turin team from being dragged into the final penalty shootout. Otherwise, with their recent bad luck, they may really be upset by the opponent. .

Such a difficult victory over a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Serie B League really exceeded the expectations of the coaching staff and the outside media. However, combined with the previous downturn against Chievo and Sampdoria, everyone still found Turin The team has a major problem, so a rumor that the red bull is about to collapse is flooding the various media and the Internet, and the magic power of the Chinese coach seems to be running out.

After losing to the old sailors, the Turin team also slipped to No.4 in the standings. Behind them, Naples, Lazio and Atlanta are only two points behind them, and they may overtake them at any time.The most important thing is that the Red Bulls also ended the record of scoring in 35 consecutive rounds since the start of the new season, and became the last team among the 1.27 teams this year to have a clean sheet by their opponents.You know, the reason why they can always rank in the top four is because of the offensive power that is the best in Serie A.In the first [-] league rounds, Torino scored a total of [-] goals. Only Roma can hold a candle to it. However, the latter evened the number of goals scored by the two sides after defeating their rivals in the same city with two goals in this round.Although the Red Bulls' defense is not bad, they can only rank tenth with an average of [-] goals conceded per game. conceded a goal.In other words, once there is a problem with their offense, they will basically lose.

However, in the last half month, only Falk and Boyer in the Turin team have scored goals in official matches, and the others seem to have completely lost the position of the opponent's goal. State to fight against the old woman?Thinking about it, the consequences are really terrible.But if you don’t attack, you have to defend. There were only four games before Juventus did not crush the opponent in the offensive data (less than 60% of the ball or less than twice the number of shots of the opponent), losing to the Milan duo and Genoa, and The victory over Naples, including the 0-1 away loss to the Rossoneri, was dominated by the whole game and was won by the opponent.In the 1-3 away game against Genoa, they enjoyed a ball possession rate as high as 65%. It is a pity that the attackers were in poor condition, and only 12 of 2 shots were on target. Maicheng.If they can't regain their spirits in the Turin Derby on the afternoon of the 11th, then with the defensive ability of the Red Bulls, Higuain and Dybala will basically get whatever they want.

Just when Li Modi returned to the apartment and felt a headache for the upcoming game, his cell phone rang, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was Zheng Xiaoyang, whom he hadn't contacted for a long time.This kid is now awe-inspiring. The Gaia Lorca reserve team he serves as an assistant coach has performed well in the Spanish C League and is temporarily ranked second in the group.In the end, whether they can be promoted depends on whether the first team can be promoted to the second division. However, the first team of Gaia Lorca is currently ranked third in the B4 group of the second division. It seems that the prospects are relatively optimistic.But Zheng Xiaoyang didn't call this time to show off. After all, Li Modi's achievements in Italy are considered to be excellent, and the low-level leagues in Spain have already made him look down on him.

Today's phone call was just a private chat. Zheng Xiaoyang first broke the news that the old coach Xu Gengbao is not in good health recently.Moreover, according to the special channel of this kid's "knowledge", he actually got a "top secret news": Kick Pina, the owner of Lorca Club, who has been in the Spanish League for many years, has moved his "brain". He felt that it would be difficult for his own team to enter the top league in a short period of time, so he became interested in Heya. Once the latter was promoted, he immediately tried to conduct transfer negotiations and merge the two local teams.In this way, the team with greatly increased strength will hope to rush to La Liga within two years and realize the long-cherished wish of local fans.

However, the old coach has not expressed any position on this proposal at present. He is probably waiting to see whether Heya can be upgraded in the end and what price the other party can offer. After all, the original purpose of engaging in the football industry in Spain is to cultivate more and better players. The young players of Tianchao have completely failed because of the relevant Spanish policies. Now they have to invest money in it every year under the name of the owner and chairman of the club. If there is a chance to make a fortune by selling the team, He shouldn't refuse easily.

After the analysis, the Turin coach felt that the possibility of the old coach Xu selling the club was not small, so he suggested to his little brother to spend more time on offense or defense, and he could come to Turin to join him next season. The coaching team, after the provincial coach leaves, he still has to look at the gringo's face.These words made Zheng Xiaoyang very excited. Even if Gaia Lorca hadn't been sold, he was still far behind Turin!If you can really join the coaching staff of a Serie A team's first team, then for a Chinese coach who has just started his career, it will be no less than one step to the sky. On the job hopping to Italy came the progress.And once he has this level of qualifications, Zheng Xiaoyang will find a job more smoothly, and he might be able to sit on the coach of a certain Tianchao team when he returns to China.

Zheng Xiaoyang, who was overjoyed, hung up the phone after the news that Sun Jihai, the iconic figure of Chinese players studying abroad, was about to announce his official retirement, and hurried back to improve his coaching ability.When Li Mudi heard the last news, he couldn't help feeling emotional.Back then, Yang Chen, Fan Zhiyi, Shao Jiayi and Sun Jihai made great contributions to Tianchao football. They let the world know Tianchao football, and thus deepened their understanding of our country. They are the link between domestic football and world football. .It is a pity that after them, we no longer have players who can gain a foothold in important European leagues. Chinese football that cannot get out of Asia has returned to the old path with no hope for the future, but those of us who really love Chinese football do nothing. No, this taste is really hard to describe in words...

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