Mister Legend

Chapter 228 The Gritting Bull

The high number of goals conceded by the Turin team has a lot to do with the lack of running-in between several players on the defensive line. Among the current four main defenders, the two full-backs Barreca and Zampacosta are not The starting lineup set by the head coach before the start of the season.The former seized the opportunity of the Brazilian Avilal's poor state in the early stage of the league, and the latter was just a substitute for Bruno Perez before he officially joined the Roma team in the winter window. The main force, but still missed a few games due to injury.

As for the two central defenders, Rossettini was originally one of the team's rotations. Li Mudi's original plan was to use him, Moretti, and Castan to match the striker characteristics of different opponents, but after playing a few games After discovering that the speed of Mo and Ka was a bit too slow, Rossettini, who had the highest agility, was placed more in the starting list.As the current team's defense commander, Ranocchia just joined in the winter, and he still lacks the time to practice with his teammates. At present, we can only accept the reality that the defense will become a colander in a few games.

Back on the playing field, the visiting team began to strengthen the fight in the midfield after the re-kick-off, and kept the area where the two sides exchanged fire as far away as possible from the dangerous area of ​​their own defense. Naturally, the home team would not show weakness, and the game fell into a high intensity. in hand-to-hand combat.The two teams failed to get a chance to attack at the front of the opponent's penalty area in the next ten minutes. Most of the offensives ended with wide crosses and long shots. Even in Valero's Under the deployment, Viola's players seemed to be in better condition, but they couldn't create any decent opportunities.

However, after No. 20, 10 and [-] and [-] minutes, the referee gave Las Diarra and Benassi a yellow card respectively, and the high-intensity pressing of the Turin team finally could no longer go on smoothly. The right was finally captured by Florence.Li Mudi had no choice but to let the players retreat to wait for an opportunity to fight back. Only by using the advantage in numbers can the home team's offensive appear less threatening.

No. In 303 minutes, Tello's flexible running position almost won him a chance for a one-handed goal. Saponara's ingenious through ball was slightly touched by Ranocchia who was desperately intercepting. The former had to catch the ball. A small adjustment was made, which also gave Rossettini time to run to help.In the end, under the pressure of the defensive players, the winger produced by the Barcelona youth training camp kicked the ball to the side net at the near corner, and Li Moody on the sidelines gave a thumbs up to the former Inter Milan captain who immediately chased back into the penalty area after getting up , praised his outstanding performance.

However, the Red Bulls, who were suppressed in their own half and could only defend hard, still failed to keep their goal and no longer conceded the ball. No. 308 minutes, Valero assisted with a corner kick from the right, and Kalinic was in the small penalty area. A header in the first half-meter or so extended the score to 2-0.The defensive players of the Torino team were completely disturbed by the opponent's running. The original marking method was completely disrupted. When the 187 cm tall Croatian center forward, who should be the focus of defense, took off and attacked the goal, only Bareca was beside him. Squeezed behind by the former.Faced with such a close-range and powerful attack, Joe Hart has nothing to do. Unless the ball hits him actively, he can only raise his hands and surrender.

Looking at the home team players celebrating on the field, Li Mudi shook his head helplessly again. This conceded goal not only proved the lack of tacit understanding among his players, but also exposed the weakness of poor header ability that has always existed .Even with the addition of Ranocchia, the high-altitude defense ability of the Turin team, especially the defenders, is still unreliable.Take the left back Barreca as an example. With a height of 1.8m8, he is already relatively tall in this position, but his header ability is shown as 1.8 in the FM system. It has been more than half a season. A value that has been enhanced after training.Among the midfielders, Benassi and Baselli are also similar to him. They are both taller than [-] meters [-], but their headers are so-so, and they may lose the chain at critical moments. The coaching staff still needs to work more on this aspect.

The referee blew the half-time whistle shortly after Saponara brought him down to deflect Jese's drive to earn the home side's first yellow card of the game.The scores displayed on the big screen in the stadium gave the fans of the home team a reason to celebrate wantonly. They sang loudly and waved flags, maintaining the atmosphere in the stadium at a very hot level.

In the locker room of the visiting team, Li Mudi began to arrange new tactics after cheering everyone up.At the last moment of the first half, Rossettini suspected that he had strained his hip muscles during the confrontation. After the team doctor temporarily judged the injury, he indicated that it would be better to be conservative. As a result, veteran Moretti hurriedly began to prepare for warm-up. into replacement.The Turin coach also made another substitution move at the same time, replacing Falk with Fabas, changing the formation into a 4-4-2, and the four midfielders Lillas dragged behind to play full-time defenders. waist, and the remaining three central midfielders stood in front of him to organize and connect the whole team.The advantage of doing this is that it can better control the possession of the ball, and prevent the opponent from being able to suppress the side as in the first half. The fast horse, but the former's header ability is outstanding, and the latter's combination of man and ball in acceleration is also very good) The combination can also bring a lot of pressure to the home team.

Sure enough, after changing sides and fighting again, Fiorentina was unable to replicate the offensive situation in the first half. When defending, the Turin team left eight to nine players in the backcourt (sometimes Belotti would also come back to help steal). The half-court has a large numerical advantage, making it difficult for the opponent to find good space to move the ball.And the home team has to beware of Jesse's quick counterattack at all times. The Spaniard is the only player on the visiting team who does not need to participate in the defense. He is always wandering between the midfield line and the home team's defense line, ready to respond to the pass from the backcourt at any time. Fiorentina's two central defenders, who are not fast, pose a great threat.

In 3 minutes, after a successful steal, Bareca drove to the left side of the front court with a big foot, but the landing point was not very good. Jesse needed to run a little far away, and was finally cleared by the Mexican right back Salcedo who returned to defend out of the touchline.However, the Turin players who had found the opponent's weakness already knew it well. They began to deliberately choose other offensive methods to paralyze the opponent, and finally launched a long-planned offensive in 9 minutes.Lars intercepted a pass from Croatian midfielder Badergui at the top of the arc of his own penalty area, and then handed it to Benassi, who dribbled forward to attract the attention of the two teams of the home team before splitting, Zampa Costa didn't stop the ball and sent a long pass directly to find Jesse in front of him.The Herald King used his speed to pass Astori and then entered the penalty area. Another central defender, Gonzalo Rodriguez, touched the ground after the two sides had a physical contact. The referee immediately called a stop Stopped the game and signaled that it was a penalty.

After the Fiorentina players made a symbolic excuse, Belotti, who leads the league's scorer list, stood behind the penalty spot, ran up after the whistle sounded, and then kicked the ball hard into the middle of the goal.Who knew that the goalkeeper of the home team, Tetrusanu, was right in judging Hong Beibei's goal, uh...or maybe he didn't make a decision in which direction to save in time, anyway, he just waited and punched the ball Hitting aside, the ball was then cleared by the home team defender.The Turin team missed this golden opportunity to narrow the score gap. Belotti missed a penalty again after the first round of the league. Regrets were all over the faces of the players and coaches of the visiting team.

However, the missed penalty did not cause the Torino team to collapse completely. After blocking the two attacks of the home team, they made a comeback. The six-foot pass attack won a corner kick on the right side of the team.Zampacosta kicked off to the back point and was pushed back to the middle by Baselli. Ranocchia relayed the header and ferried to the right post. Moretti risked muscle strain and raised his right foot to put the ball in the immediate Before crossing the bottom line, he hooked back to the middle, and Belotti, who was unmarked in the small penalty area, then shook his head and scored successfully.The Fiorentina goalkeeper has been dazzled by the trajectory of the ball changing positions back and forth many times, and is still staying at the close point to block Moretti's small-angle shot. 2 to 1, the two sides reversed the situation in the first 45 minutes in the second half, and the Red Bulls who got a better chance finally managed to score, making the final result full of suspense again.

After the score was rewritten, Paulo Sousa, who was very dissatisfied with the situation, began to adjust the lineup on the field. He successively replaced Carlos with Serbian defender Tomovic and Uruguayan midfielder Sebastián Cristóforo Sanchez and Saponara put Valero in the attacking midfielder position.On the surface, these actions did not change the formation, but Cristoforo is the kind of central midfielder whose defensive ability is stronger than offensive, so after the adjustment, the home team still significantly strengthened the interception strength of the backcourt. It seems that the Portuguese still I prefer to keep the current score. Of course, it would be even better if I can score another goal.

However, the Turin players who have already shown their morale seem to have transformed, and the lack of concentration that has always dissatisfied the head coach has completely disappeared. The quality is not high, it just adds a few numbers to the data.And as the game time passed, the physical condition of the players gradually deteriorated. At this time, the away team, which was united in their efforts to equalize the score, naturally took the absolute initiative. Instead, they suppressed the players of the home team in their half. In sharp contrast to the first half.

No.80 In the second minute, Bareca's cross flew to the forward point. Tomovic made a misjudgment when he competed with Belotti for the header. The ball hit his arm that jumped up early. Later, the line changed, causing Hong Beibei behind him to miss the opportunity to grab the point.However, the handball in the penalty area did not get the penalty it deserved. Even though many players from the visiting team complained, it did not shake the determination of the referee. The Red Bulls could only accept the cruel fact of being blacked out for a penalty.

No.805 minutes, the Turin team, which never gave up hope, finally received the fruit of success brought by their tenacious and unyielding spirit. After forming a siege in the opponent's half, they played consecutive passes around the penalty area.Baselli sent a lob pass to the back point in one step in the middle of the penalty area. Belotti, who inserted it, shot the goal with the arch of his right foot under the double-team of the opponent's goalkeeper and a defensive player. 2-2, the persevering Bulls won the admiration of fans all over the world.

In the next period of time, facing Viola, who had completely lost the idea of ​​​​attacking, the Torino team finally failed to stage a big reversal, and completed the No.20 six rounds of this season's Serie A with a draw. war.Although the statistics of the whole game show that Fiorentina is uniformly in the lead, but those who have watched the live game know that both sides played a good half of the game, and the visiting team actually got more excellent opportunities.If that penalty goes in, if that handball in the penalty area is awarded, maybe they will be able to beat Fiorentina at home and away, but unfortunately there are no ifs in football...

At the press conference after the game, the Torino coach highly praised his players, believing that their resilience and fighting spirit have shown the level of the top team today, and if they can be maintained, the team will be very happy It is possible to achieve the goals set before the season.And Belotti, who missed the hat-trick, felt extremely regretful about missing the penalty kick. Although the score in this game made his lead in the scorer list expanded, but the team finally It is a pity that he failed to reverse and take all three points. He even joked that he might not consider taking penalty kicks in the future.

As for the home team, the failure to win this dominant duel also made the position of Fiorentina coach Paulo Sousa begin to falter. Atalanta, which is currently behind No.5, has already reached nine points. The sixth Torino is also six points ahead of them. Combined with the unfavorable schedule, it can be said that Viola has fallen behind in the European qualification competition.And once there is no major reversal in the following games, the former Portuguese midfield superstar whose contract expires this summer will most likely have to consider his next job.Faced with the relevant questions raised by some reporters, Saponara, who has just joined the team, said that the whole team will support the coach. Although the result of the game is disappointing, Fiorentina will not give up the hope of participating in the Europa League next season. They will try their best to face every next opponent.

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