Mister Legend

Chapter 348 Back on track
There were many strong dialogues in other matchups in this round, and some other matches that did not attract much attention before were also quite dramatic, making these two days the most exciting weekend since the start of the new Serie A season.

In the first two battles on Saturday, the Red Wolves defeated the Blue Eagles 2-1 at home and won the first round of the Rome derby this season, and then the league leader Naples also used the same at home. The score defeated the visiting AC Milan, and while pushing Montella, who was on the cusp of the storm, one step closer to the edge of the cliff, he also consolidated his leading edge in the standings.

The reason why the White Dolphins were able to enjoy a good weekend was because the defending champion Juventus, who were chasing them, lost unexpectedly.The Bianconeri was a guest at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in this round. They had a certain advantage in the first 10 minutes, and they suddenly suffered a disaster of the collapse of the defense line. They were kicked by Sampdoria and scored three goals in a row.Although Higuain and Dybala scored a goal each in stoppage time, it was too late, and the score of 2-3 meant that Allegri's team could only suffer their second defeat of the season. , Returning to Turin City with a bitter face.

The old woman who lost the game was also overtaken by Inter Milan and fell to the third position in the standings. The latter scored twice at home with Icardi's brace, 2-0 over Atalanta, whose performance has fallen sharply this season, After an interval of one round, they regained the second place in the league again.

Another game worthy of fans' attention is Benevento's home game against Sassuolo. The Serie A deputy squad leader, who has lost 8 consecutive games, still hasn't been able to get out of the quagmire after a coaching change.Goalkeeper Brignoli's mistake gave Matri a close-range shot to an empty goal. Although they equalized the score after 607 minutes with striker Almenteros' goal, right back Letizia scored in No.20 The home team had to fight with ten men in the remaining [-] minutes because they were sent off for accumulating two yellow cards.However, the Benevento players showed extremely tenacious willpower and kept the tie until injury time, but the goddess of fate did not want to let them go, and something more demoralizing than losing the game happened.

No.901 minutes, Sassuolo won a penalty kick, but Berardi kicked the ball out of the post against the noise interference of the fans, which aroused unanimous cheers from the home team, the first in team history Serie A points are close at hand.But no one expected that there would be a magical turning point in the following script. At the last moment of stoppage time in No. 904 minutes, Green Beibei made up for it and sent a key corner kick assist. Peluso scored a header in front of the goal. Completed the lore, 1 to 2, before the ball was placed in the midfield circle, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.In this way, a defeat that created the record for the longest losing streak at the beginning of the five major European leagues was born amidst the stunned people of Benevento. It is really like riding a roller coaster.

After thirteen rounds of the league, the Turin team has 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses with 29 points. This result should be said to be very good. It can be ranked second in La Liga and the Premier League, but it is still impressive in front of them. There are three perverted teams.Naples, who are still in danger, have 35 points, Inter Milan 33 points, and city rivals Juventus 31 points, and the Roma team, which has one game less, also scored 28 points. It is entirely possible to overtake the Red Bulls after the make-up match.The teams at the back of the standings have poor results. Udinese, ranked No. 14, only has [-] points, which proves that this season's Serie A has indeed shown obvious polarization, and a high-scoring team may eventually be born. Champions and a low-scoring relegation team.

On the scorer list, Immobile scored 12 goals quietly, surpassing Dybala, who was in a very hot state at the beginning of the season, and tied for the first place with Icardi. Juventus striker is one goal behind Temporarily ranked third, if nothing else, these three scoring machines will have the best chance to win this season's Serie A scorer.And Belotti won this award last season because of the arrangement of the head coach and the injury. At present, only five goals have been recorded, but he is in the forefront of the scorer list with four goals in the European League. Compared with last season, the status and status have also improved.

At present, the momentum of the players in the Turin team is still very high, and the emotions of most local players have gradually stabilized under the tight schedule. There is no time to feel the pain of missing the World Cup.The only injury number is Musis who just fell down, but this strong man's physique is shown as 16 in the FM system, and his injury tendency is 7. He belongs to the kind who doesn't like serious injuries and recovers quickly from minor injuries That type, the team medical team believes that he can start to participate in normal training in early December, and he will not miss too many games.

And Las Diarra, who came back from a calf bone contusion, can perfectly replace the position left by the Argentine. The veteran has shown an excellent state in this stage of team training. There are also occasional precise passes on the offensive end, which is of great help to young players.So on Thursday night when the Turin team played at home against Vienna, Austria, Li Moody was very relieved to send out a 4-4-2 formation with a diamond-shaped midfield position, with the former Real Madrid No. 10 as the single midfielder , When attacking, the two full-backs are raised very high, and at the same time the full-backs on both sides are also pressing up to fill the position. The team's position will show a very extreme 2-3-3-2.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that today's opponent is not strong enough.After the four rounds of the group stage, Vienna, Austria has accumulated 4 points. Although there is still hope for qualifying, but because their situation in the domestic league is not good, it is impossible for them to get points from the most powerful red bulls. , In this European league, they did not come up with the strongest lineup, which made the strength gap between the two teams suddenly widen.

In the end, with Belotti's brace and Pellegri, Immobile and Falk each scoring a goal, the Torino team beat the opponent 5-1 at home.In another matchup in the group, AEK Athens was forced 2-2 by Rijeka at home, so with one round of matches remaining, the Red Bulls led Greece with 4 wins and 1 tie. The team's advantage of 7 points locks the group's first status, which gives them a greater chance to avoid other group firsts and strong teams kicked out of the Champions League in the knockout draw.

And another qualifying place in this group needs to be produced in the next round. Athens AEK with 6 points, Austria Vienna and Rijeka with 4 points both have the possibility of breaking out of the tight encirclement in theory.It's just that all of this has nothing to do with the Turin team. Their whole mind has left the Rio after the midweek game. The Red Bulls will be away at the San Siro Stadium this weekend. Although the challenge is not in good condition , But the strength on paper is still not to be underestimated the Rossoneri.At the same time, this game is also the opening battle of the most difficult schedule in the first half of the league. Naturally, the club attaches great importance to it, and hopes to usher in Christmas at the end of the year and New Year's Day next year with a good result.

Before entering the league schedule, let's take a look at the results of the Italian team in this round of European competition.Among the three teams in the UEFA Champions League, Roma lost to Atletico Madrid with two away goals and was overtaken by Chelsea and lost the top spot. However, their final round is against the underdog Qarabag at home, and they have almost secured their qualifications for the knockout round; Juventus played against Barcelona at home. They handed over a goalless draw, and won the top two in this group with the La Liga giants one round ahead of schedule, and because of the record between the two sides, Barcelona also locked in the first place. The old lady had to face other players in the knockout round. The top spot in the group, the situation is not optimistic; however, Naples may be the most distressed. Although they beat Shakhtar Donetsk with three goals at home, Manchester City, which won all five games, will challenge Ukraine in the last round. Even if the White Dolphins, who are still 3 points away from the latter, beat Feyenoord, their fate is still in the hands of others. Most people are not optimistic that Sarri's team can complete a big reversal.

In the European League, Atlanta beat Everton 5-1 at Goodison Park, which shocked the entire European football world. Gasperini's team could not find the state of last season in the league, but in the When facing teams from other countries, they showed extremely strong combat effectiveness. As long as they can draw with Lyon at home in the last round, they will be able to qualify with the latter as the first in the group; although Lazio was defeated at home this round The Eredivisie Vitesse drew 1 to 1, but with their excellent performance in the first four rounds, they also secured the first place in the group in advance. It can be said that the performance of the Serie A team in this year's European war is still very good. The elimination of the national team formed a stark contrast, which aroused heated discussions among many people.

The more popular view is naturally that Serie A has too few restrictions on the use of foreign aid, which makes the localization of the teams in the league low and suppresses the growth of domestic players.Just like the Premier League, although every team is extremely competitive, the national team has always been a soft-footed shrimp.Therefore, some people called on the Italian Football Association to introduce a stricter player registration system as soon as possible, increasing the required number of national players from 8 to 10 or more, and at the same time restricting and controlling the qualifications of U21 players and youth training players. Increase the number of home-grown players at each club.

However, this proposal is obviously impossible to pass. The registration rules currently used by the Italian League are basically consistent with the general standards of the European continent. They have been tested by many countries and over the years. Making important changes rashly will definitely not get good results. , On the contrary, it will differentiate itself from leagues in other countries.Doing so does not mention whether it will cause the other major leagues to introduce special measures for Italian players. Just in terms of reducing the living space of foreign players, it will cause the Italian league to lose its attractiveness and competition that is gradually recovering around the world. Not only is it not beneficial to the development and progress of the entire national football, but it will have a lot of negative effects, but anyone with some common sense knows how to make a choice.

Regardless of the small group of people with very weird ways of thinking, before the start of this weekend's league, the focus of Italian media attention has actually been on Udinese's coaching change.In the ninth round of the league, after the Little Zebras lost 2-6 at home to the "Big Zebras", the old coach Del Neri encountered a very serious crisis of getting out of class. At that time, the outside world even gave a replacement candidate.Fortunately, the team won Sassuolo and Atlanta successively in the next two rounds, which made the head coach a little relieved.However, as the No.12 away game against Lazio was postponed, especially last weekend's 0-1 home defeat to Cagliari, which was gaining momentum after the coaching change, made the team only get 4 wins and 9 losses. The dismal record made the club's top management completely determined.

On Wednesday, Sky Sports Italy, Football-Italia and transfer expert Di Marzio broke the news almost at the same time that the Pozzo family, the owner of Udinese, will fire Del Neri, who saved the team from the dire straits at the start of last season. And this news was verified in the evening of the same day, and the club's official website issued an official announcement.Then many media released a candid photo, dated two days ago in the afternoon, on which Gino Pozzo, the son of Udinese boss Giampaolo Pozzo, was communicating with Odo, and the candidate for the new coach was also clear. uncovered.At ten o'clock on Thursday, Udinese officially announced: "The club has hired Mr. Massimo Odo as the first-team coach. first training session."

The controversy over the replacement of the coach is still quite big. Although the results of leading the team this season are not ideal, Del Neri's support rate in the local and even the entire Italian football world is still quite high. In the eyes of most people, the team's record is not good. The main reason for the best is the lack of investment in the transfer market.Although the transfer strategy of the Little Zebra has always been out of favor with big money, they still maintain their consistent small-cap business philosophy when other competitors have somewhat strengthened this summer, with a net investment of less than 380 million euros. The Czech central midfielder Janktor may also be sold at a high price at any time. Such a mess really makes the head coach too embarrassed.The previous online survey showed that more than half of the people believed that the team's poor performance should be blamed by the club's top management.

Another group of people questioned the choice of the new head coach. The 41-year-old Odo was an excellent right back during his player period. He once played 34 times on behalf of the Italian national team and scored 2 goals. His coaching resume is a bit too pale. It was only in 2015 that he coached the first team for the first time, leading Pescara to upgrade successfully, and because the team's record was too bad last season, he dismissed get out of class early. Li Modi, the coach, should be stronger.What Udinese fans want is the team's meritorious coach Guidolin, not the former AC Milan players with a messy past history. As we all know, there is no reliable coach in this series who is younger than 50 years old.

However, their protests obviously won't have any effect. Just as the fans' protests are intensifying, the weekend league game is finally here. corresponding answer.

(End of this chapter)