Mister Legend

Chapter 340
The focus of the tenth round of the league at the Frankie Stadium was originally considered to be evenly matched. The home team has gradually found its own rhythm after a very bad start to the new season. Recently, it has won two consecutive victories. .The visiting team has become a strong contender for the league championship in August and September. It once closely followed Naples, which maintained a winning streak, and once ranked second in the standings. Therefore, this encounter is also the most attractive in this round of the league. One of the human eyeballs.

However, the different concepts on the use of players still caused some differences in the arrangement of the two head coaches in the starting lineup.Last weekend, he defeated the deputy squad leader Benevento very easily in the away game, so that Pioli can have all the main players in good physical condition, so he doesn't care about going to play away in four days, or he didn't take the relegation goal at all. Team Crotone is in the eyes, and still played the strongest card in this game, and is bound to maintain the winning streak.

Li Modi, who still has to face the difficult schedule of the double match next week, did not dare to risk the players' bodies. When he was already short of three generals, he still chose to focus on stability. The rules established by the team in the near future.So in the 3-4-1-2 formation, teenagers such as Bonifaczi, Dimarco, Fabas and Balic all got the chance to start, which surprised most people.After all, the opponent we have to face today is still very strong, and it is an away game. Even if we use all our strength, we may not be able to secure a three-pointer, let alone make such a big reservation.

Sure enough, as soon as the ball was kicked off, Zi Lily gained a great advantage after a short duel.Although the Spanish veteran Valero, the core midfielder, was lost in the summer, and the plan to take Benassi away from the Turin team was also declared bankrupt, but the former Empoli midfielder Saponara who joined the team last winter After getting through the running-in with the new coach at the beginning of the season, he gradually showed his strength.Under his connection, and the combination of the famous sons of Chiesa and Simeone, who have grown rapidly in the past two years, the 4-2-3-1 formation that Fiorentina puts out is still sufficient on the offensive end. Ranked among the top five or six in Serie A.

In just 10 minutes of the game, the home team made three goals, one of which forced Casillas to make a beautiful save. The momentum is overwhelming!However, under Li Moody's instructions, the Red Bulls immediately stepped up their efforts on the defensive end and quickly stabilized the situation. They also tested Fiorentina goalkeeper Spotiello with a cross from the side and a powerful long-range shot from the outside.However, just as the two sides were entangled in looking for new opportunities, an accident happened. In a dribbling and tackling confrontation, the home team's French striker Taylor and the visiting team's left back Di Marco both fell to the ground in pain, and they seemed to be in pain. It cannot be recovered in a short time.

After the team doctor rushed out to investigate, he announced that Taylor could not hold on any longer. Pioli had to use a substitution in less than 10 minutes of the game. He was also moved to the center forward position.The news Li Mudi got was better. His defender didn't suffer serious injuries like ligaments, but the collision just now was too hard, which made the pain in his thigh muscles a bit unbearable. After a while, he might recover slowly.Being able to save this substitution made the Turin coach very satisfied. After all, this method is most effective when it is used in an emergency in the second half, but after 1 minute, he couldn't laugh.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Turin team temporarily lost one player on the field, Fiorentina launched an attack and directly rewritten the score. No.201 minutes, after a simple pass with two feet, Simeone turned his back to the goal less than two meters in front of the top of the arc in the penalty area. Facing Goldaniga's close defense, he suddenly used his right foot in an extremely awkward way Subtly sent the ball into the right side of the penalty area, and Saponara, who inserted at high speed from the gap between Moretti and Fabas, directly reversed offside and successfully formed a single goal. Although the shooting angle was a bit small when he got the ball, but His powerful shot still broke through Casey's block, and the ball smashed into the upper corner on the left side of the goal. 1 to 0, Viola took the lead somewhat suddenly.

The away team immediately launched a counterattack after losing the ball, but Pioli chose to attack and counterattack. After the two teams played a quick offensive and defensive transition for about six or seven minutes, the Turin team, which was still playing away, was the first to be suppressed After coming down, the formation was slowly recovered again, and tactics based on defensive counterattacks began.After halftime, the 7-1 score remained unchanged, and Li Moody's team was also in a situation of comprehensive lagging behind in all statistics. The situation can be said to be very bad.

Before the start of the second half, Bareca, who was supposed to have a truce, replaced Dimarco. Although the latter returned to the field shortly after conceding the goal, the pain in his leg never completely disappeared, which has been affecting His performance in the next game.After being treated by the team doctor again in the locker room, he failed to fully return to normal, so the Turin coach had to replace him. If I knew this was the result, would the replacement be able to avoid that failure when he was just injured? Where's the ball?This idea naturally appeared in the minds of some relevant personnel, but unfortunately no one has the ability to predict the future, so it is an afterthought at this time.

After another rematch, the home team with a one-goal lead did not rush to score a second time to seal the victory. They still followed the tactics at the beginning of the game and created opportunities through the cooperation of several players in the frontcourt. A solid defensive formation does not give the opponent the possibility of a fatal counterattack.After the time came to No. 60 minutes, Li Mudi finally couldn't sit still. He replaced Balic with Falk. A wing broke through the home team's defense and equalized the score.

But at this time, luck was on Viola's side again. Falke chose to pass back to the front of the penalty area before breaking through to the bottom line from the right. Fabas made a fake move with a direct long-range shot and deceived the opponent. After the central midfielder Badergui, he wanted to send a diagonal pass to his teammate on the left, but the ball accidentally hit the referee Mariani's calf and bounced in front of Esserik.

Naturally, the latter will not miss this great gift that came to his door. A long pass was handed over to the little Chiesa in front. The son of the former Fiorentina star was like stepping on a hot wheel, dribbling the ball from the midfield He ran for 35 meters and distributed the ball to his right at the front of the visiting team's penalty area.Simeone, who kept up with him, failed to handle the first stop, and volleyed directly inside the penalty area. The ball pierced through the goal of the Torino team like a shell out of the chamber, allowing Casey's flying diving save was useless. 2 to 0, using this counterattack, the home team expanded its lead.

Faced with this unforeseen disaster, Li Moody was very helpless, because the referee did not intend to block the pass of Fabas on purpose, and the bigger reason for conceding the goal was that the back defense was empty due to too many players on his side. But if it wasn't for that accident, the opponent wouldn't be able to make this counterattack. I really don't know who should be blamed for the conceded goal.

Fortunately, the Turin players quickly created an exquisite cooperation to tie the score to 2 to 1, which did not let the suspense of the game disappear. No. In the 609th minute, Baselli, who came off the bench, scored the ball in the frontcourt to Bareca who assisted from the left. Without stopping the ball, directly use the arch of the right foot to push the opponent's goal to the right.The ball, which drew a beautiful arc, bypassed Spotiello's hands and crashed into the net of the home team's goal.

This goal greatly improved the momentum of the Red Bulls and gave them hope of equalizing or even overtaking, but the bad luck of the Turin people today cannot be shaken off. No.703 minutes, Chiesa made a cross from the left and went straight to the back point, but just when the ball was about to fly out of the bottom line without anyone touching it, the referee's whistle sounded Standing up, he indicated that in the process of scrambling for the spot just now, Bareca implemented a push behind the home team player, and then not only awarded a penalty kick, but also directly sent off the Turin left back with a red card field.

Li Moody outside the court knew through the FM system and the team coaches watching the live broadcast in the locker room that Bareca had indeed committed a foul just now. Strictly speaking, it was reasonable and reasonable to be caught and awarded a penalty kick.But he thinks that a red card is too severe a punishment. A yellow card is enough for this kind of foul without the intention and degree of hurting others. The referee's penalty is really difficult for the Turin team to accept.

But no matter how much he protested, this result could not be prevented. When the center Babakar who came off the bench tricked Cassie and easily pushed the shot into the bottom corner of the goal, the score of 3 to 1 and the situation of one player less were announced. The end of the game.In the end, the Red Bulls, who encountered various accidents one after another, ushered in the second loss of the season. They once again opened up the gap with the leading group in the standings, and also encountered the trough of two rounds of the league. It's urgent.

In another focus match of this round, Sampdoria almost completed a big comeback. They scored two goals in a row after falling behind Inter Milan by three goals in the away game, and finally lost to Meazza regrettably.Among the other traditional strong teams, only Lazio was tied 1-1 by Bologna in the away game. Juventus, Naples, Roma and AC Milan also defeated their opponents. Although most of them were difficult due to the intensive schedule, they could get three points It's perfect, no matter how it goes.

In the standings, Naples has 28 points, Inter Milan has 26 points, and Juventus has 25 points to occupy the top three positions in the Champions League qualification. In the area of ​​​​league tickets, Sampdoria, who also played one less game, scored 23 points, Fiorentina and AC Milan had 22 points, and they are also eyeing the qualification for the European war.And because most of the games in this round are dialogues between strong and weak teams, most of the weaker teams have reaped losses, so the situation in the relegation circle has not changed much. Benevento's ten-game losing streak has covered up Many other teams are still in a sluggish state.In fact, the news of coaching changes has been circulating in the market. I believe that after Cagliari and the deputy squad leader of Serie A, more than one team will replace their head coaches in the near future.

But at this time, Li Modi was obviously not in the mood to care about whether his colleagues were living in dire straits, because his own troubles were not small.After the away game and another loss, the team's point difference from the leaders was widened to six points, which caused a lot of cynicism.The person who predicted that the Turin team had a chance to hit the league championship was slapped in the face, so they turned their guns and fired at the team coach and even the players, as if this could find the integrity they had lost long ago. Come back like something.Some criticized Turin's coach rotation system, some accused the club of unfavorable signings in the summer that no one is available now, and some ridiculed that the young players who played in this game were short-lived and unusable. In short, they lost to Fiorentina After that, there was nothing commendable about the top and bottom of the Torino team, and it looked like they were about to fall into the relegation zone.

When Turin chairman Urbano Cairo frequently hinted in interviews with the media, "Belotti is close to returning, and the team will soon return to its previous state" and other alternative cheering behaviors, Li Moody A team meeting was held before the start of training on Friday, after which the entire Torino coaching staff and players responded in the most low-key manner to topics such as winning the championship and challenging Juventus and Naples in interviews.The Turin coach himself responded to the relevant questions of the "Turin Sports" reporter on Friday night: "Serie A champion? That is between Juventus and Naples. The Red Bulls will not do that now. Unrealistic daydream. Our goal is very clear, which is to strive for the top five in the league and qualify for the European competition next season. The rest is what your media has been saying before, and has nothing to do with the team."

In fact, Li Moody's inner thoughts are quite consistent with the opinions of most people outside. When he has achieved such an excellent result of 7 wins and 1 loss in the beginning, it is obviously unrealistic to say that he has no idea about the league championship. .However, before the team really entered the most difficult schedule, they lost too many extra points that cannot be lost if they want to compete for the championship. Anyone with some football knowledge will understand that the Torino team has indeed not reached its strength this year. Overwhelm the strength of domestic heroes.Except for Juventus and Naples, when the Red Bulls face teams with similar strengths, only by winning at home and at least a draw away can they get points that can try to compete for the championship.With a home draw against Rome and an away loss to Fiorentina, Li Moody's team can already be declared out.

So now we still have to return to rationality, throw away all those unnecessary extravagant hopes, move forward step by step, and dormant as low-key as possible, and if God gives a chance, we will do the sudden emergence.

(End of this chapter)