Mister Legend

Chapter 283 Subtle Results

Putting aside the financial crisis of Xiaoshi Sports, Li Mudi had already led a large team to Genoa, the capital of the Liguria region, by bus on Saturday evening.Since the straight-line distance between the two cities is less than 150 kilometers, the distance is relatively short. If you drive at a normal speed, it will take more than two hours.

The Liguria region is just below the Piedmont region where the city of Turin is located. The administrative area is similar to an upwardly protruding arc strip, and their south is the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea.The capital, Genoa, is the largest port in Italy and the second largest port on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille, France. Due to geographical reasons, the history here is quite long. Before the city was built in ancient Rome, it was the famous European port. Assembly point.

In addition, the cultural atmosphere here is also very strong, with many scenic spots and historic sites. In 2004, it was also selected as the "European Cultural Capital" of the year. The world-renowned navigator Christopher Columbus and violin master Niccolo Paganini All were born and raised here.

As for the football culture of this city, it is indeed quite legendary, because Genoa and Sampdoria are two clubs with considerable status in Italian football, especially the former, which is the first team on the Apennine Peninsula. super strong team.The Griffin Legion won the championship in the first Italian Federation Championship (the predecessor of Serie A) in 1989, and won five times in the next six games. They were only beaten by AC Milan once and completed twice. Three consecutive.After that, they won three national championships in 1915, 1923 and 1924, becoming the team with the most honors before the start of the professional league.

However, when the Serie A era officially opened in 1929, the Genoa team was no longer prestige. Except for the runner-up in the first league, which was quite good, it has not been able to achieve anything in the next 80 years. It was very miserable to be relegated to the second division for the first time.But their nine top league titles are still ranked fourth after the Juventus and Milan duo.

It wasn't until Gasperini took over the coach in recent years that the Griffin Corps showed signs of recovery. Unfortunately, last summer due to disagreements, the coaching went to Atlanta, which made the situation of the two teams reversed.This season, when the Genoa team had a fantastic start, it seemed as if they were suddenly hit with a hard sap and became unable to play football.As of the last round, they only had 8 wins, 9 draws and 19 losses. With 33 points, they still have not escaped the threat of relegation. Today, facing the Turin team, which may undergo a large number of rotations, the home team hopes to seize the opportunity to complete The task of relegation in advance.

Therefore, the head coach Juric put all the main players he could come up with in the starting lineup, including the old Argentine central defender Burdisso who should have been suspended for accumulative yellow cards in the last round, and Giovanni, the son of the Atletico Madrid coach who has just returned from injury. · Simeone, only Ghana international Kofi replaced the injured Cataldi as the starting central midfielder.

From the perspective of historical records, the home court advantage of these two teams in the confrontation is quite obvious. After 2014, only one game ended in a draw, and the rest of the games were won by the home team.The odds given by the bookmakers are also basically evenly matched, which is completely out of proportion to the rankings of both parties.

For the visiting team, in fact, Li Moody had previously considered whether to implement the punishment he proposed before in such an important situation, and let some main players who performed poorly in the last game sit on the bench.After all, the battle for the Europa League group stage places with Lazio and Atlanta is already at a very critical moment, and if you miss, it is very likely to play in the play-offs.However, this problem did not bother him for too long. The discipline of the team and the image of the coach must be unconditionally maintained. Even if there is a loss in performance, it is not hesitant.

Therefore, the starting lineup of the Turin team today has become very shocking to the outside world. Their formation is exactly the same as that of the home team, both 3-4-1-2.The goalkeeper is still Joe Hart. The three central defenders are Vallejo, Ranocchia and veteran Moretti from right to left. The left and right wingbacks are Barreca and Silvestri. Akuwa, Baselli and Benassi returned from the game, the latter's position is slightly higher, and the double forwards are Jesse and Belotti.

Li Mudi wanted to take advantage of this not-so-good opportunity to rehearse the tactics of the three backs. This must be a mistake.

Since two of the other games that kick off at the same time are also very important, so before the game, the Turin coach specially arranged for the offensive coach De Rio to use his mobile phone to keep an eye on the situation of this round of Serie A. Let me know in time.

After the kick-off, the home team quickly entered the state and suppressed the Red Bulls, who had not yet adapted to the new position, within half the court.However, Li Moody's adjustment was also very timely, allowing the two wingbacks to appear more on the defensive line to help defend, so that the opponent did not find any good space, and could only fall outside the penalty area. Only once in the opening 10 minutes was nothing. Threatening long-range shots, enjoying more than 70% possession rate.

Then the Turin players who gradually stabilized their positions began to exert their strength and regained the momentum of the game. With the return of Bareca and Silvestri, the number of players in the midfield area of ​​both sides was evenly matched.The technical ability of the players of the visiting team is half a chip higher, and in almost the same tactics, it has caused a certain degree of suppression effect.

Facing the strength of the Turin team, Ulrich had no choice but to take the medicine according to the prescription, so that the wingbacks on both sides often retreated to protect the defense, which looked like a mirror image operation of the previous opponent.However, the average number of goals conceded per game is as high as 1.7 Genoa. The defense in this game is still good, and the new formation of the visiting team still lacks time to practice. They often make mistakes in key passes, so the number of shots still does not increase. It was only 3-on-4 before halftime.As a result, the scene was very dull, and the audience almost fell asleep watching it.

This is really not intentional on both sides. The home team really has no good way. The attack power of the previous average of 0.944 goals per game is only stronger than the team in the relegation circle. Facing the fairly solid Torino defense line, it seems a bit helpless. .On the visiting team's side, due to the appearance of many rotation players and the change of formation, the cooperation in the frontcourt was not smooth enough and there were too many mistakes.

In the opening No. 14 minutes, Li Mudi got the news that Atlanta led Empoli 1-0 away.If the score does not change again, the Red Bulls will be tied by the Sons of Poseidon, and they can only use the advantage of goal difference to rank No. 5. They will continue to fight hard in the last round of the league.This put a lot of pressure on him, but the team's offensive did not go well today, especially since Baselli was injured in the No. 18 minute and could only be replaced by Fabas.It's a terrible situation to lose a general before the battle.Fortunately, the team doctor brought a good message during the intermission. Baselli is only slightly sprained and can recover quickly.

In the second half, the Turin team still had the advantage in possession, but the home team's counterattacks gradually increased.Although the 0-0 score can ensure that the Griffin Corps landed in advance, but in the face of an unfavorable game situation, Yurich, who felt that he was likely to lose the ball, did not dare to put Bao completely on the goalless draw. Take the lead first so as not to be too passive.

But facing the defense line led by Ranocchia, the home team's sporadic offensive has no chance at all. Almost everyone watching the game thinks that it is difficult for them to score goals today, but fate always makes a big joke in this situation. People in it can't laugh or cry.

In the 4th minute, after Benacira's cross to the right was destroyed by the home team's central defender Gentileti, Genoa organized an attack, but when Serbian international Lazovic broke into the right side of the penalty area, he was no longer good. The route of the ball is gone, and almost all other offensive players are marked to death.Seeing that two defensive players were about to rush over to carry out the siege, Lazovic had no choice but to forcefully pass the ball to the middle to see if there would be a blind cat and a dead mouse. Who knew that the angel sister really appeared this time up.

Faced with this originally non-threatening cross, Joe Hart chose to fly directly to intercept it. There is nothing wrong with it, but his shot made a mistake inexplicably. He failed to catch the ball or even hit it far. It just hit the thigh of Ranocchia who was defending behind him.The ball changed its line and slipped just in front of Vallejo's toes, and leaked to Simeone, who was unguarded at the back point, and a big empty goal was right in front of his eyes.After the son of the famous coach was stunned for a moment, he knocked the ball into the net with his back heel very easily. It was 1-0, and the home team actually took the lead.

Seeing that the entire Luigi Ferraris stadium was erupting instantly because of this unexpected goal, Li Moody, who had been sitting on the Diaoyutai before, could only shake his head helplessly. He got up from the coach's bench and came to the sidelines, shouting The players on our side adjusted their mentality in time, and the next step is to strengthen the offense.

Joe Hart has made so many mistakes this season, which no one could have imagined before.I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the Turin coach feels that the number one goalkeeper of the England national team seems to be hard to get back to his peak state. Even if he returns to the Premier League, he may not have a chance to shine again Chun, although he has just passed his 30th birthday.

With a goal in hand, Genoa immediately shrunk. Six minutes after scoring the goal, Simeone was replaced by Macedonian veteran Pandev. to a better effect.In No.6 minutes, Julic replaced the starting midfielder Luca Rigoni with the Argentine defender Munoz, and changed the formation to 603-4-5. Obvious.

Li Mudi replaced the defensive midfielder Akuwa with Falk and changed the formation to 3-4-3. Two wingers and two wingbacks began to frequently look for opportunities to cross or cut inside after breaking through.When defending the opponent's counterattack, they should counterattack fiercely on the spot. If it doesn't work, they will foul directly. Otherwise, the large open space in the backcourt will leave too many opportunities for the home team to sprint. If they lose another goal, the game will be over. Fully explained.

As a result, in the next 10 minutes, the Turin team got a total of five chances to attack the goal, but unfortunately none of them posed a threat to the opponent's goalkeeper Lamanna.In preventing the home team's counterattack, they also received three yellow cards from the referee for excessive fouls or tactical fouls that terminated the opponent's good opportunities.However, the yellow gem cards on Vallejo, Benassi and Febas did not shake the determination of Li Mudi and the players to attack resolutely. The Turin coach even played the last card in his hand at No. 804 minutes. Rajajic Came on to replace Moretti.When the visiting team attacked, the formation turned out to be a frantic 2-4-1-3.

And this desperate gamble finally paid off before the end of the game. No.808 minutes, Jesse's inside cut caused a foul by the home team's substitute midfielder Frenchman Ncham, and the Serbian international who had just played for 4 minutes stood in front of the ball.At a distance of 26 meters to the left of the goal, Rajajic intended to kick a direct attack from the near corner. After encountering Pandev, who jumped high in the wall, he changed his line and went straight to the far end.Although the Genoa goalkeeper Lamanna, who had made a prediction in advance and moved to the other side, barely pulled back his body and blocked the ball with a single palm, he could not completely resolve the danger.Jesse advanced at high speed, grabbed the precious second spot, and put the ball into the empty goal. 1 to 1, the two sides still returned to the same starting line.

After scoring the goal, the King of Heqiu did not celebrate with his teammates, but wanted to pick up the ball in the net and quickly return to the midfield to let the home team kick off early.However, Lamanna obviously saw through the opponent's intention and took the first shot to hold the ball in his arms, hoping to delay a little time and maintain the tie until the final whistle sounded.The two clashed on the goal line, stealing and protecting the football, and at the same time began to have an unfriendly confrontation in words.

Accompanied by the huge boos of the fans, the referee hurriedly blew his whistle to prevent other players from stepping forward to help, and with the help of the baseline referee, the conflicting parties were separated, and one of them was given a yellow card, so the game resumed , but time wasted more than a minute.

In the end, Torino also failed to take three points from the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.Since Atalanta beat Empoli 1-0, which was struggling for a victory to avoid relegation, the two teams at the top of the standings still formed a situation of equal points.And Genoa also relied on this draw to announce that they had succeeded in relegation one round ahead of schedule.

In the focus battle that ended at the same time as these two games, Juventus beat Crotone with three goals, and also won the unprecedented six consecutive Serie A titles one round ahead of schedule, which was scheduled for the front pages of major media on Monday.

Later on, Lazio, which made its final appearance today, unexpectedly lost 1-3 at home to Inter Milan, which had lost four consecutive games, leaving the suspense in the final round. In the duel.

(End of this chapter)