Mister Legend

Chapter 357 Penalty Shootout
On Wednesday night, the Turin team ushered in a single knockout match in the domestic cup at their home court. The opponent is Sampdoria, which has performed very well this season.This round is the closest duel between the two sides. At the pre-match press conference, not many people cared about how the two sides will arrange tactics and lineups. Instead, the reporters caught Li Mudi and asked a lot about the last round against Lazio. The various events that happened during the fight, and I want him to comment on his feelings about his old opponent Miha being fired.

As a vested interest, the Turin coach has always adopted an evasive attitude towards Vukocevic's handball in the penalty area and Keita's red card sending off in line with the idea of ​​making a fortune silently.He has been responding in vague words that the referee's on-site judgment will prevail, and he will not have any thoughts on those controversies. He has completely forgotten his hysterical state when his team was wronged before.Even though he was repeatedly questioned by many reporters for more than ten minutes, he didn't say a single inappropriate word in the end. His skill in dealing with these uncrowned kings has indeed greatly improved.

Before this game, Inter Milan and Fiorentina have taken the lead in reaching the quarterfinals, and if the Red Bulls can advance smoothly, their opponent will be Roma, who has a high chance of winning the opponent at home.Taking into account the league rankings of the two sides last season, Li Moody's team will lose the advantage of playing at home in a game that determines the outcome, and the situation is not optimistic. (The current selection of venues for the Coppa Italia is determined according to the league rankings of the opponents last season. In the two-round semi-finals, the top-ranked teams will go first away and then host, and will have a certain advantage.)

Due to the fact that the game time is sandwiched between the two rounds of the league, the two teams that pay more attention to the results in Serie A did not send their entire main lineup. Giampaolo hid Quagliare, LS Pata and Line There are a few core players such as Ruthie, but there are still strong players such as Paraguayan international Barreto and Argentine central defender Silvestre in the starting lineup.

On the other hand, for the home team, Li Moody is even more "unrestrained". He once again used a number of young teenagers. In the 4-3-3 position, the goalkeeper is Milinkovic-Savic, and the four defenders Dickman and Gore Daniga, Moretti and Dimarco, the three midfielders Fabas and Baselli paired with Muses who has just recovered from injury, the two-way wingers are Falk and Boyer, and the forward is Pieto Pellegri.Among the 11 players in the starting lineup, none of them started the game against Lazio last weekend. If everyone hadn't been used to the rotation method of the Turin coach, I'm afraid they would think that he was just using a pure substitute to deal with the problem.

But even this seemingly too young lineup brought everyone a surprise after the opening. The referee whistled for only one and a half minutes, and the home team used a seemingly ordinary defensive transition to knock off ten minutes. The city guarded by the old goalkeeper Pugioni who just recovered from injury a few days ago.Baselli sent a wonderful through pass just three steps past the midfield line. The ball slipped past the feet of two visiting team defenders one after another, and traveled to the right side of the penalty area to be controlled by Pellegri. Before the opponent's goalkeeper attacked to seal the angle, the young man leaned on the Brazilian defender Duoduo who was chasing back. After adjusting a little, he volleyed from a close corner and succeeded, helping the Red Bulls to take a lightning-fast lead.This is also the first Coppa Italia goal scored by the young player in his career. He has gained something on three fronts this season, and the name of genius resounded throughout the European continent after the game.

This goal completely disrupted Sampdoria's pre-match plan, making them have to invest more offensive forces in the next game, and this also gave the home team the opportunity to implement their good anti-counterfeiting tactics.However, the players on the Turin team were still too young. They missed two good opportunities to expand the score in a row, which allowed the opponent to gradually stabilize their emotions and began to gain a certain upper hand from No. 15 minutes later.Faced with the visiting team's savagery, Li Mudi instructed the whole team to retreat to strengthen the defense when the defense was a little tight, and to hold the one-goal advantage first before making other plans.

In this way, the game continued to present a situation where the away team attacked the home team for more than ten minutes. Until half an hour after the start of the game, Sampdoria adjusted their tactics when they saw that they could not attack for a long time, and no longer rushed to compress the home team's defense. Only then did the situation on the court return to a relatively stable state of mutual offense and defense.However, when there was little danger in front of their own goal, the Torino team conceded the ball, which made all the players who worked hard to resist the previous mad attack very frustrated.

No.305 minutes, the visiting team got a corner kick from the left. Argentinian midfielder Alvarez's ball didn't land well. It flew to the right outside the penalty area with a huge arc without touching anyone. position, keeping up with the right back Sarah who kept the ball and directly hit the goal from a long distance.However, his shooting skills are obviously not very good. It should be that he didn't judge the right place to eat the ball. The ball seems to be heading towards the left sideline with a strong internal rotation.But on the way, Musis subconsciously stretched out his feet to stop him and changed his trajectory, and directly touched Barreto, who was in ambush at the back.Faced with this great gift, the Paraguay international naturally accepted it happily. After he unloaded the ball with his left leg on the small penalty area line, he immediately volleyed.With such a close distance, Turin goalkeeper Savage naturally had no choice but to watch the match draw.

When the opponent started to celebrate the goal, the players of the home team raised their hands to signal to the referee that it was an offside ball, but Li Moody could clearly see through the replay of the FM system that Barreto was not offside the moment Sarah touched the ball .Although the Paraguayan was closer to the goal than any non-goalkeeper Turin player when the ball hit Musis' leg, he was considered to have received a "pass" from the opponent, so he was not considered offside.With the help of VAR, the referee team will naturally not make any mistakes in judgment. It is a [-]% certain fact that the two sides will return to the same starting line.

After the tie, Sampdoria once again strengthened their offensive. Their intention to take the opportunity to overtake was clearly revealed. The home team once again stabilized their defense and waited for an opportunity to hit the opponent's goal with a counterattack.However, both sides failed to create another good opportunity to score before the intermission, so they had to go back to their respective locker rooms to rest for a while, and then confront each other a quarter of an hour later.

Li Mudi was not very satisfied with his team's performance in the first half. Many young players played too cautiously and failed to show their own strength in the official game.After a few words of encouragement, he made slight adjustments to the tactics, requiring the frontcourt players to display their technical characteristics and dare to use breakthroughs to tear apart the opponent's defense. The two wingers and even the center Pellegri had a pair of A strong ability to eat opponents.

Before the start of the second half, Giampaolo, who saw a chance to win, directly made personnel adjustments. The team's main player, Uruguay international Lucas Torreira, came off the bench to replace the local player Capezzi, making their midfielder stronger. improved somewhat.The visiting team also gained more possession of the ball after another rematch, and frequently played multiplayer cooperation in the midfield to try to break through the Red Bulls' defense.

Fortunately, the home team's attention in defense is relatively concentrated today. The previous conceded goal was also due to bad luck. In the rest of the time, the defense led by the old captain Moretti is still very solid. He made a big mistake and resolved the opponent's many offensives one by one.On the offensive end of their own side, Falk and Boyer also began to implement more personal breakthroughs according to the coach's deployment. Although the success rate will reach [-]%, they still restrained the opponent's midfielders and made the visiting team The two full-backs did not dare to insert assists too frequently, which greatly relieved the defensive pressure on their backcourt.

In 8 minutes, the style of play that the Torino team has been insisting on finally paid off. Falk successfully broke through from the right and then passed diagonally into the penalty area. When he was in Nigeria, he was surrounded by two opposing players, and the young man fell to the ground immediately.The referee Abiso, who was standing not far away, immediately blew his whistle and gestured to indicate that it was a penalty kick, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Samp players.Because of Giacomelli's mistake before, even though he was sure that his penalty was correct, Abiso contacted the VAR team on the sidelines through the earphones, and he was affirmed by his colleagues after 1 minute. Once again, he firmly awarded a penalty. And showed a yellow card to Barreto, who had just kicked the Turin striker very covertly.

Seeing that the game was done, the players of the visiting team accepted the death penalty with a face full of resentment, and Falk's penalty kick deceived the opponent's goalkeeper, and easily rushed into the bottom corner on the left side of the goal. The Red Bulls won again. A one-goal lead.

Seeing that the situation not only did not develop in the direction he expected, but had a tendency to deteriorate, Giampaolo couldn't sit still. Although he didn't have any thoughts about today's game before the game, that's why he hid many The main force, but after seeing the starting lineup of the Turin team, it is inevitable that there will be hopes of being able to advance to the next round.So the Samp coach immediately dispatched Colombian striker Zapata and Uruguayan midfielder Ramirez shortly after the re-kick-off. Except for Quagliarella, their configuration in the midfield is already the main force. Level up.

Facing such an opponent, the home team's defense gradually began to struggle, allowing the opponent to score three goals in a row. Fortunately, the young player Savage is in a good state today, and with the help of a little luck, this can make the 2 The score of 1 was maintained.Li Moody also made adjustments to his team's lineup in time. First, he replaced Boyer with winger Parrigini to maintain his personal assault ability on the left. Then he let Gourcuff, who had joined the team for nearly a month, play a role. Debut at the new club.The French midfielder is replaced by center Pellegri, and the home team's formation has also become 4-4-2. Not only can the number of midfielders be increased, but Gourcuff's ability to pass and receive the ball can also be used to grasp more With the possession of the ball, the frontcourt relies on two wingers to attack.

After the adjustment, the Red Bulls’ tactical posture of using defensive counterattacks became more and more obvious. Although the dual-core midfielder composed of Gourcuff and Baselli can only be regarded as conscientious on the defensive end, it is extremely effective in connecting teams. It's good, especially the former's golf quotient is indeed high, and he deserves to be favored by the entire football world to have the opportunity to become Qi Zu's successor.His precise mid-range and long-distance passes have helped Falk and Parrigini pose threats many times, and one of them gave the Turin teenager a golden opportunity to directly face the goalkeeper of the visiting team. Can completely kill the suspense of the game.

And just when the home team was lamenting the shot that hit the goalkeeper's arms, the opponent made a fatal counterattack. From the time Pughioni threw the ball, the ball went into the goal in less than ten seconds. In the penalty area of ​​the Turin side.After Ramirez completed a collision with Zapata, he rushed into the dangerous area of ​​the home team. Somewhat caught off guard, Moretti rushed to intercept, but failed to touch the ball, and instead tripped the Uruguayan to the ground.Strictly speaking, it is difficult to judge whether the offensive player has a chance to avoid the ball, but in the eyes of the referee, this is a foul by the defender, so another penalty is called.

Ramirez took the penalty himself. He used a "sudden stop" penalty that Figo and Ramos are good at, but still failed to fool the Turin goalkeeper, but the Samp midfielder kicked The shot was indeed from an extremely tricky angle, and even though Milinkovic Savage, who was over two meters tall, tried his best to save it, he failed to block it.The ball almost kicked the inside of the right post and entered the net, 2 to 2, and the two teams once again drew.

For this conceded goal, Li Mudi was very disappointed. His own players had the old problem of distraction again. Many players lost their positions and were directly rushed into the penalty area by the opponent, which also ruined the hard-won lead.He came to the sidelines to remind everyone to get back to their previous mental state, and not to allow opponent players to get easy direct passes within 30 meters in front of their goal, especially near the top of the penalty area. The visiting team goes to the wing to cross, but the center must not leave space.

After getting the head coach's advice, the home team's defense finally withstood the opponent's strong attack. After seeing that the existing tactics are difficult to achieve good results, Giampaolo no longer expects to solve the battle within the regular time .Although Turin players are generally at an extreme disadvantage in terms of experience, their younger bodies also show that they will enjoy a certain advantage in physical fitness. Facing the current Sampdoria players with an average age of over 31 years old, the home team is in the game. When entering the final stage, it is still possible to perform relatively rapid offensive and defensive transitions, which makes the visiting team only temporarily choose to defend and counterattack, leaving only Zapata in the frontcourt.

From the No.804 minute, the Red Bulls basically formed a siege, but they still failed to break through the opponent's goal again until the second minute of stoppage time.Gourcuff picked a pass to the left side of the visiting team's penalty area. Falke and Regini rushed towards the landing point together, but the ball was intercepted in advance by the left back Mourou who came from the flank to defend.However, this local player, who rarely served as a starter, failed to judge the accurate landing point. He made a fatal mistake in stopping the ball with his chest and let the ball touch his right arm.This scene was clearly seen by all the people whose eyes were fixed on him. Abiso immediately blew his whistle and whistled for the third penalty kick of the game!
Although the players of the visiting team wanted to step forward to argue that it was not an intentional handball, such a statement obviously could not impress the judge in black.Falk achieved it overnight and kicked the ball accurately into the lower left corner of the goal. Even if Pughioni judged the right direction this time, he was still powerless to prevent the goal from appearing.Before the players of the visiting team kicked off again, the whistle sounded for the end of the game. 3 to 2, the Red Bull beat Sampdoria with a penalty kick at the last moment, and advanced to the quarterfinals of this season in Italy without any risk.

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