Mister Legend

Chapter 256 Unexpected Difficulty

At 15:2016 on Saturday afternoon Turin time, the No.17 second round of the 30-[-] Serie A season, Palermo vs. Bologna, Pescara vs. Juventus, Roma vs. Atlanta, Torino vs. Crotone and The five games between Sassuolo and Sampdoria started at the same time.

China CCTV [-] and XiaoTV Sports Network will naturally not miss the moment when the Red Bulls are likely to achieve a counterattack, and they have already chosen to broadcast this seemingly disparate matchup.Of course, this is not their intentional choice, but all Turin leagues this season will be the targets of these two broadcast organizations.

Li Mudi adjusted the starting lineup again in this seemingly unsuspecting game, because the opponent's offensive strength is indeed not strong (31 goals scored in the first 25 rounds, ranking third from the bottom in the entire Serie A), and the defense is still weak. Relatively good (51 goals conceded is not very good, but only 6 more than Torino), Akuwa also needed to be suspended because of the red card in the last round, so he boldly played in the center Putting a full offensive lineup on the field, I want to use the team's strong offense to completely suppress Crotone within the half court, preventing them from having a chance to attack the home team's defense.

The Torino team is playing today in a 4-3-1-2 position, with only one change in the defense. As Rossettini sprained his ankle against Cagliari last weekend, for safety reasons, Li Moody put He was placed in the stands, and the Spanish teenager Vallejo was paired with Ranocchia as a central defender.The changes in the midfield are relatively large. Baselli and Benassi are naturally unshakable central midfielders, while Falk, who has been playing as a winger before, stands impressively on the right side.The Serbian Rajajic's recent state has recovered, and he became the starting midfielder in this game. In front of him is the double striker combination of Belotti and Jesse.

This set of lineup configuration is naturally a little weak in defense, but once it enters the battle of tough positions, it can be transformed into a 4-2-1-3 or even 4-2-2-2 position in an instant, allowing the team to attack in the frontcourt. Hands can be up to four people.Coupled with two organizational central midfielders and full-backs with assists from both sides, it will definitely put huge pressure on the opponent and make their iron barrel formation unable to maintain normally.

As for the visiting team, the head coach Davide Nicola naturally dispatched all the main players. In the 4-4-2 parallel position, all the players are the best players in the team in each position, while the main shooter, Diego Falcinelli, who was loaned from Sassuolo, is the weapon they rely on most.The 186 cm tall 26-year-old striker who joined Pythagoras at the last moment of the summer window last year became the number one star here the moment he came to the team. In the original team) started every game, and was rarely replaced midway, scored a total of 29 goals and 11 assist, almost half of the team's goals.

It was also because of his excellent performance of scoring 3 goals in the previous two rounds that Crotone was able to win two consecutive victories astonishingly, and since then saw a glimmer of hope for relegation.For this Italian striker with excellent headers and good footwork, the Turin coach made a focus on marking him before the game. If he can be completely blocked, it will be difficult for the opponent to have any good opportunities to threaten the home team. goal.

After the referee blew the opening whistle, as Li Modi had expected, in the face of the powerful offensive of the Red Bulls, Crotone's players directly chose to retreat and set up the bus, leaving only two strikers behind the midfield line Feel free to intercept the home team's pass and be ready to fight back.The Turin players kept the ball within the opponent's half, constantly moving left and right and actively running to find opportunities to score.

However, the number of players in the visiting team's half is really too much. No matter how the ball is transmitted, you can always see a lot of humanoid baffles dangling in the big penalty area of ​​Crotone, and you want to create something inside. The chances are not small.So Rajajic, Falke and other players with fairly good long-range shooting ability began to frequently use the space created by their teammates to shoot outside the penalty area. The hit rate was not bad, probably reaching [-]%, but they failed A world wave was kicked, all of which were resolved one by one by the visiting goalkeeper Alex Kordaz in good condition.

And several crosses from the side did not wait to create chaos. Crotone's four defenders have an average height of 1.8 meters 189, and the two central defenders Ferrari and Ceccherini are 187 centimeters and [-] centimeters. Centimeters, working at heights is completely worthy of Belotti, who is good at headers.The latter managed to grab the first spot only once in the five header fights in the first half, but he also headed high over the crossbar under pressure, and did not continue his title as Europe's number one header shooter.

Seeing that the mentality of the team members became a little impatient, Li Mudi quickly stood up and signaled them to hold their ground, so that they could take back the too fast rhythm before the change.However, the players of the visiting team did not intend to take this opportunity to press forward. They still used a maximum of four to five players in the offense. Once the ball was lost, they immediately retreated hard. The distance between the three lines was also kept very close. Prevent the Turin players from having the possibility of a quick counterattack.

This kind of tactic of keeping the defense steady and waiting for the situation to change caused the Turin coach to feel a bit of a headache. Today, the home team’s offensive players’ sights were not very good. There were a few outrageous shots that hit within the range of the goal frame. He also failed to kick a strike with a sufficiently tricky angle to pose a greater threat to the opponent's goalkeeper.It can be seen from the situation that the opponent can directly control all the shots on target. The quality of the home team's attack is very poor, and there is no chance of causing the opponent to drop the ball and form a supplementary shot.

Before halftime, Crotone suddenly stepped up his fight, which made the Turin players feel very uncomfortable, and made a mistake in a backcourt pass, which was successfully intercepted by the opponent's right midfielder and Swedish fringe international Roden.The visiting team immediately launched a counterattack. After receiving the pass from the ballmate on the right side, Falcinelli used a seemingly slow dribbling movement to overwhelm Barreca by half his body and slashed from the ribs. Home team restricted area.The teenager Vallejo, who returned to the defense, tackled the ball recklessly and intercepted it with a dribble. He was caught by the referee who was not far away. He immediately stopped the game and drew out a yellow card. as a warning.

After central defender Ferrari deflected his teammate's free kick wide of the right post of the goal, the visiting team finally reaped the first unblocked shot data of the game, and the whistle at the end of half time was also heard. It rang shortly after. Although many people had guessed the 0-0 score beforehand, the home team's helplessness proved Crotone's determination to relegation and its good defensive strength. Li Mudi wanted to take all three points. It seems that It's not easy!

The half-time scores in other games also made the Turin coach feel a little tricky. Atalanta still stubbornly resisted Rome when the core Alejandro Gomez was injured and the ball possession rate was compressed to 30%. The man's crazy attack, and the Slovenian midfielder Kurtic scored a goal with the team's only shot in the half. Gasperini's team returned to the locker room with the lead. It is really big It exceeded the expectations of the outside world.You must know that the betting company’s odds for the visiting team’s victory in that game were as high as 6.63, and 4.53 for a draw. It was an upset win.

But the current score situation is moving in a direction that Turin supporters do not want to see. Once the final results of these two games do not change, the Red Bulls will be three points behind Atlanta in the standings The point gap, and it is impossible to surpass Lazio to occupy No.5 after this round of the league.Therefore, winning Crotone, the bottom team, has become a task that the team must complete within 45 minutes. Once it misses, it will cause a great blow to the morale of the team.

So Li Moody made a move before the start of the second half. He replaced Rajajic, who had finally got a chance to start, with young Argentine striker Lucas Boyer, and asked the former to form a striker partner with Belotti, while Jesse took up the to the left wing position.Correspondingly, Farke was also brought up to the right winger, and the team's position was fixed to become a mad attacking 4-2-2-2, and the offense and defense of the midfield were handed over to the two playmaker Barcelona. Li and Benassi are desperate.

This position just formed a circle, leaving a very large space in the middle, which is not conducive to the overall control of the team, so the Turin coach asked the two forwards to pay more attention to retreating to catch the ball, and the two central midfielders Take turns to advance forward to fill this blank area, and keep the "center of the circle" always someone to respond to the pass from the golfer.

Seeing that the home team has reached the point of abandoning the midfield defense in order to improve the offensive power, Crotone coach Davide Nicola, who once played for the Red Bulls as the main force in the 2005-06 season, chose to respond unchanged. Ever-changing, he neither asked the players to seize the weakness of the opponent's reduced defense to attack a wave, nor ordered the two forwards to withdraw to the backcourt to actively defend, but wanted to see how the progress was going, and then adapt to the situation.

The Turin player quickly changed his mind. From the first minute of the rematch, the home team launched a tide-like offensive and created many threatening opportunities, which surprised the visiting team. In a cold sweat.

No.407 minutes, Baselli advanced to the top of the arc of the penalty area. After receiving Belotti's response, he made a vigorous attack with his right foot. The ball hit the calf of Crotone central defender Ferrari and then went sideways. , Go straight to the bottom right corner of the goal.Goalkeeper Alex Kordaz had already made a saving action because he predicted the previous running direction. He had no ability to resist the ball flying in another direction, so he could only turn his head and stare at the far end with his eyes. Looking forward to God's favor in my heart.Maybe his prayer really came true. The ball brushed the outside of the goal post and flew out of the baseline. The Turin fans made a huge cry of regret. .

Three minutes later, the scene reappeared.Zampacosta assisted and stepped forward to receive Falk's through ball, then broke into the penalty area and hit the goal from a small angle on the right side. Cordaz, who played steadily, blocked the corner kick from the bottom line of the near corner.Benassi sent the ball to the middle, and Ranocchia, who was the highest in the field, leaped high and beat Ferrari, who was six centimeters shorter than him, to slam the football into the goal of the visiting team.Because the distance was too short and the speed of the ball was too fast, the goalkeeper of the visiting team couldn't react, so he could only defend with his eyes again, while still chanting "God bless" silently in his heart.In the end... it was still evil, the ball slammed on the crossbar and bounced high, then landed on the upper net under everyone's gaze, and went out of the baseline.

The home team missed a goal again, and the entire Turin Olympic Stadium was flooded with sighs again. Some superstitious people even began to wonder whether the team was cursed by the wizard invited by the opponent today, or whether Crotone was killed by Gao The people are protected by secret methods, no matter how they kick, they can't break through their goal.

In 5 minutes, Jesse passed the opponent's defender with a dazzling dribbling movement on the wing, and then rushed into the penalty area to send a fast low pass.It's a pity that Belotti and Boyer, who outflanked the front and center, missed the target by a hair's distance. The ball slipped past the goal and was cleared by the opponent. The Turin team missed again. A golden opportunity for a one-hit kill.

With their own goals in extreme danger one after another, the coach of the visiting team finally couldn't sit still. He replaced the starting right midfielder Roden with a full-back background and stronger defensive ability. While attacking the home team's defense, I want to strengthen the defense in the midfield, especially the wings, hoping to restrain the opponent's fierce offensive.

After seeing the adjustment made by the opponent, Li Modi remained unmoved, and instructed the two central midfielders not to be too anxious, and to continue to mobilize the visiting team's defensive formation by using the change in rhythm and the space in the midfield. Use your brains to find the opponent's weaknesses.As a result, the rhythm of the game gradually slowed down under the deliberate control of the home team. The four players in the frontcourt took the initiative to retreat about ten meters away, allowing the opposing players to restore the extremely compressed formation to a normal state.

At this time, the Turin coach got good news from the FM system. Dzeko scored a goal. He helped Roma tie the score to 1-1. Atalanta's instant points returned to 59 points, only higher than the current score. The red bull has 1 point more.As long as this side can win Crotone, they can reverse them and regain the fourth position in the standings.If the Red Wolves can make persistent efforts to win, the lead of the Turin team will be further increased. It can be said that the bad situation of the previous three consecutive games has been reversed in an instant during these two weekends. How incredible it is!
Of course, in order to turn the above results into reality, the most important thing is to defeat the extremely tenacious Crotone in front of him. Li Mudi felt his heart beating faster, but he forcibly controlled his expressions and movements. To bring too much pressure to the players, everything should be controlled in a stable state.

(End of this chapter)