Mister Legend

Chapter 253 Survival in Adversity
From the very beginning of this game, the Torino team played very badly. In the 6th minute, Jesse got a single-handed chance for anti-offside, but was wrongly raised by the linesman. Jump your feet. Eight minutes later, Falk was kicked hard on the bone of the right calf by the opponent in a fight. The shin guards could not protect him, so he had to be replaced by Chelsea by the team coach.

In the game after the first half, the home team has been in control of the initiative on the scene, but because Chelsea's game has not recovered to a better state, the Red Bulls put the main offensive impact point on the left side. On Jesse, this also gave Udinese players the opportunity to deploy defenses in a targeted manner.But even so, the Turin team still got a lot of chances to attack, but Belotti's feeling was really bad enough, and many good opportunities were wasted, which gave the visiting team a chance to breathe.

At the beginning of the second half, Del Neri unexpectedly instructed the visiting team to launch a wave of tough offensive, which caused chaos in the Turin team's defense. No.409 minutes, the Czech fringe international and central midfielder Janktor dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left. Regardless of the support of three teammates on the right, he suddenly kicked and shot. The ball rushed into the upper left corner of the goal and hit Joe. Hart was caught off guard.In the away game, Udinese took the lead by one goal in a passive situation, and TV commentators called the goal a classic goal from a small angle in the European Cup by Robben.

The home team, which fell behind, had to invest more in the offensive end. The two full-backs spent more time in the midfield than in the backcourt. He still couldn't find a way to break the goal, but the opponent seized the opportunity and launched a fatal counterattack.

In the 608th minute, Udinese directly launched a long pass after stealing the ball from the backcourt. The Argentine winger DePaul, who switched from Valencia last summer, sent a direct pass to penetrate the home team's defense.After the center Zapata, who had just made his debut for the Colombian national team last week, broke into the penalty area single-handedly, under the interference of Rossettini, he accidentally hit the ball and pushed the ball to the goal. Going in, almost hitting an empty goal on the goal line. 0 to 2, the visiting team's Blitz extended the lead to two goals.

At this time, the entire Turin Olympic Stadium seems to have become the home stadium of Udinese. The fans of the home team are basically not smiling, and the singing that has not stopped before has completely disappeared. Everyone can't believe what happened before them. .And Li Mudi looked helplessly at Rossettini rolling on the ground in pain. He probably twisted his ankle when he fell to the ground and shoveled. One minute later, veteran Moretti came off the bench. Suffered the second injury reduction in the game.

But no one could realize that this substitution would sound the horn of the home team's counterattack. The old guy's first touch helped the team win back.

No.701 minutes, Chelsea's cross from the right made a corner kick, Benassi drove to the penalty spot and was pushed out of the penalty area by the visiting team's defender, and the Turin team reorganized the attack.Jesse forced the Swiss right-back Widmer one-on-one on the left. After entering the penalty area, he hit the center in an inverted triangle. Baselli directly kicked the goal, but was blocked by the Udinese player with his body.The ball happened to rebound to the feet of Moretti, who had participated in the corner kick attack before, and he immediately shot angrily.The goalkeeper of the visiting team, Schuffett, who had already made a save just now, got up very quickly, but the shot was too close to him, with great strength and a very tricky angle. In the end, he was unable to recover. The home team took advantage of this slightly An unexpected chance closes the score gap.

Taking this opportunity, the Red Bulls immediately launched a flood of attacks. Under the impact again and again, cracks finally appeared in Udinese's previously outstanding defense. No.803 minutes, Zampacosta sent a precise 45-degree cross from the right, Belotti overwhelmed Widmer in front of the goal, and the ball smashed into the upper left corner of the visiting team's goal like a cannonball. 2 to 2, the Turin team tenaciously equalized the score.It is worth mentioning that this is also Hong Beibei's first goal in this game. The efficiency of 7 in 1 is really unsatisfactory, but this goal can be regarded as a salvation .

Afterwards, Del Neri waved his hand, and the visiting team began to defend with all members, and finally withstood the crazy impact of the home team, maintaining the tie until the referee blew his whistle.

These three consecutive draws also exactly replicated the situation in the first half, when Torino was also winning five consecutive victories and was about to reach the top of the list, and played three consecutive games against Lazio, Inter Milan and Udinese. A 2 to 2, fell out of the top three directly, and since then has been unable to touch the qualification for the Champions League.

With the end of all the matches of this round of Serie A, the situation of the Red Bulls has become precarious.The Blue Eagles and Atalanta, ranked fourth and fifth, both won away games, widening the points difference with the teams behind them to at least three points. Fortunately, the teams that can win the Coppa Italia are all ranked in the points The top five places also left the remaining teams with the opportunity to participate in the Europa League play-offs, which is sixth in the league.

But God still didn't kill the Turin team. The Milan duo also had a big upset this weekend. The Rossoneri was tied 1-1 by the deputy squad leader Pescara in the away game, giving the latter the ninth point; and The Nerazzurri were even worse. They were reversed by Sampdoria 2-1 in San Siro, losing a good chance to get rid of their competitors.

"Turin Sports News" published a comment on the second day, expressing less optimism about the situation that the Red Bulls will be able to return to the European war next season. They believe that the team has struggled in recent times. It's likely to be silent all the way down.

The atmosphere in the club has also become not so good. Chairman Urbano Cairo, who had just signed a large sponsorship, is in a bad mood, because if the team fails to qualify for the Europa League, these The incentive contract proposed on the sponsorship contract cannot be triggered, which will cause the club to lose at least 1000 million euros of additional funds.

But the club owner is not happy, how can the staff below be happy?So in the next week, the entire Turin club residence was shrouded in a very depressing atmosphere, and unscrupulous smiles were rarely seen.

And at this unusual moment, the British "Guardian" broke the news that Chelsea had made an offer of 6000 million euros (equivalent to 5100 million pounds) for Turin striker Belotti, in addition to a floating clause of 4000 million euros , but was decisively rejected by the opposing club.

The article pointed out that in the No.30 round of the Premier League on Saturday afternoon in London time, the Blues sitting at Stamford Bridge scored 24 goals and were defeated by Crystal Palace, which was only 4 points above the relegation zone before the game. Reversed 1-2.Among them, Spanish center Diego Costa's 9-of-1 performance made Conte furious, and the player also received a yellow card for excessive action during the game and was almost sent off. This made the Italian national team and Juventus The former coach had the idea of ​​changing forwards.

However, Turin director Pantalio Longo expressed the chairman's consistent point of view in an interview with reporters later, that is, they will not sell the head star if the transfer fee is less than 1 million euros.

Although the transfer of Belotti's departure has been temporarily calmed down, the rumors and recent poor performance still put tremendous pressure on the Turin players. Li Moody and his colleagues have to think about how to mobilize everyone's emotions every day Design various activities.First, on Tuesday and Wednesday for two consecutive nights, all the coaching staff and first-team players have been watching the live broadcast of the two Coppa Italia semi-finals. Unfortunately, Roma and Naples they supported won 3-2 at home. , but still failed to get the chance to advance, the old woman and the blue eagle both reached the finals, and will launch the final sprint for the championship.

Turning the other day, they watched a strong showdown in the final stage of the American NBA regular season together during the daytime on Thursday. The Cleveland Cavaliers, ranked first in the Eastern Conference, defeated the second-ranked Cavaliers at home. 25 for the Boston Celtics.James played eye-catching, and his multiple dunks aroused the exclamation and cheers of the Turin boys.So in the afternoon, Li Modi temporarily rented the training ground of the Turin basketball team and organized a friendly basketball match.

The level of European basketball is second only to the blacks in the NBA, and it is more than one level higher than that of Asia, but countries with strong basketball strength are very different from football.Except for the former Soviet Union, which dominated the entire Europa and even the world in the past few decades, most of the countries that have been able to make a difference in the European Championships and Champions League in the past 20 years are the countries that emerged from the disintegration of the Soviet Union and Greece. Only Spain, Italy, and France are at the top level in terms of ball strength.

However, since winning the second European Championship in history in 1999, the Italian men's basketball team has never been able to achieve any decent results in this biennial event, and only scored in 2003. Once in the semi-finals, then fell into a trough completely.The club's glory is no longer there. Although it has won many championships in the European Basketball Champions Cup founded in 1957, after being restructured into the Champions League in 2000, the Italian team only reached two finals in the early stage. .The Bologna Vidivic team won the championship and runner-up in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Since then, no team can be called a European powerhouse.

As for the Turin basketball team, it is an out-and-out underdog. They just returned to Serie A last season and they changed their original sponsor last year, and now they are renamed Turin. Fiat too.So far this season, they rank eighth in the standings, just stepping on the threshold of being able to enter the playoffs. The situation they face is somewhat similar to that of a football team.

Although the two sides came from the same city, there is not much interaction with each other on weekdays, because there is still a big gap in the popularity of the two sports.When the Red Bull players walked into the indoor basketball hall, they received cheers from many basketball players, especially Belotti, who was everyone's idol.The head coach of the basketball team, Vitucci, also came forward to have a short but friendly exchange with Li Moody, and then both of them were busy with their respective affairs.

Although football players seldom play basketball as adults, their physical fitness is still there. Although they can't do the job of dunking, they look pretty good when they play seriously.First, do warm-up, and then Li Mudi signaled everyone to form freely, every group of five will play half-court, and the team with the first seven goals will win.The matchup is determined by drawing lots, and the only winner is finally determined. The referee is the assistant coach of the basketball team.

For a whole afternoon, everyone had a good time in the basketball hall, and the smiles finally returned to everyone's faces, and the previous tense state was basically swept away.The training in the next few days slowly returned to normal, and the coaching staff expressed their confidence that they would end the three rounds of invincibility on the weekend.

Li Mudi handed over the affairs of the film and television company to Lin Zixu for the time being. Except for the video chat with Lin Yuner for about half an hour every night, he put down all other personal matters and devoted all his energy to it. All focused on studying Cagliari's tactics.And later facts also proved that when you can stay focused on your work, the rewards will appear naturally.

At 4:9 on the afternoon of Sunday, April 15th, before the Turin team played an away game against Sardinia's only Serie A team, Li Moody received a piece of good news.In Atlanta's home game against Sassuolo that ended earlier, the latter, relying on tenacious defense and a little luck, drew the mighty Son of Poseidon 1-1, allowing the Red Bulls to see the hope of catching up.

The card-to-card battle at the Sant'Elia Stadium showed the flexible tactical thinking of the coach of the visiting team. He changed his usual 4-3-3 and allowed the two starting wingers Jesse and Rajajic to play They all stood in the midfield area at the beginning of the game, making the team's position become a defensive formation that emphasizes 4-2-3-1.Cagliari coach Massimo Rasterli, who mistakenly believed that the opponent was persuaded, made a plan to attack, but a counterattack by the visiting team in the No. 18 minute made him see the situation clearly.The Turin team played exquisitely in the middle, Belotti cleverly hit the ball with his heel, and Rajajic dribbled the ball to the top of the arc with a world-wave long-range shot and successfully scored. The visiting team's lead came early.

After that, the home team's main striker Borriello's dismissal due to injury caused their attack power to drop sharply. In the rest of the time, they were rubbed on the ground by the red bull whose defensive pressure dropped sharply, and in No.30 and 53 minutes , Belotti and Akuwa each scored a goal, widening the score gap to three.Among them, Ghana's midfielder's goal can also be regarded as a world wave. His explosive shot outside the penalty area is quite fast. The home team's goalkeeper Rafael failed to block the long shot to the center.

(End of this chapter)