Mister Legend

Chapter 360

No. In the 206th minute, Belotti forced a shot from the right side of the penalty area surrounded by three people, and was blocked by the opponent's defender without any suspense.Then Benassi's breakthrough in the middle was intercepted by Jorginho, which made Immobile, who finally ran out of an open space at the far end, very dissatisfied. The latter muttered something, as if complaining that his teammates failed to pass the ball in time come over.These behaviors are a manifestation of everyone's impatience. Li Moody, who has been hesitating on the sidelines to adjust the lineup, frowned. He came to the sideline and reminded the players to keep calm through gestures and shouts of victory. , there is still time.

After receiving a wave of roars from the head coach like a large hair dryer, the players of the home team finally came to their senses. They were no longer eager to increase their shooting statistics, but instead continued to mobilize the opponent's defensive formation through more patient delivery, looking for a fatal blow. Chance.But just when everything was tending to a stable direction, the Turin team was hit hard again.

No.30 minutes, Silvestri's side pass was sent to the center of the penalty area. Belotti and the visiting team's central defender Albiol failed to control the first point of contact in the mutual competition. The ball did not know Whoever hit the head bounced to the top of the arc in the penalty area.Immobile stretched out his right foot first and kicked a violent volley when at least three players rushed to the second landing point together, but because it was a hasty move, the angle was not finely controlled. , the ball happened to be stuck on the thigh of Hong Beibei who had just stood up from the ground, and was blocked by his family.

Just as the offensive players of the home team were regretting their bad luck, Naples, who held the ball, made a quick counterattack on the spot.Alan passed the ball directly behind the Turin team's back line at a position less than five meters after passing the midfield circle. Mertens played a flexible and quick advantage to reverse offside, and entered the penalty area with a light stop. .However, due to the fact that the position of the touch ball was a bit left, and it took some time to wait for the long pass to land, Diego Llorente left a chance to chase back, so the Belgian striker led the ball forward. After taking a step, there is not much angle to directly attack the goal.

However, he still used his personal ability to create a good opportunity. Mertens made a fake move to continue to break through to the bottom line. After knocking the ball, he turned 180 degrees and completed an extraordinary turn similar to Cruyff.After swaying the passing space, the Belgian striker who won the No.3 scorer list in Serie A last season showed the world his superb passing skills. In the middle, it happened to pass between the two home team defenders returning to the defense, so that Hamsik, who had outflanked in place, could directly attack the goal without making any adjustments.

The Naples captain's right-footed shot was so precise and powerful that Casillas couldn't even react to a save, and the ball slammed into the dead corner above his left. 0 to 2, the red bulls who had already taken the initiative on the scene before, but now fell behind by two goals, a deep sense of frustration appeared in everyone's heart.

Watching the crazy celebrations of the away team players, the entire Olympic Stadium was booed hugely. The fans of the home team were obviously very dissatisfied with this rampant bullying, which also intensified the supporters of both sides in the stands atmosphere of confrontation.

However, there are still some misunderstandings. All Naples players, including goalkeeper Reina, gathered around Hamsik. The reason for celebrating the goal is actually very simple, because their captain relied on this goal. Became the number one shooter in team history. With 115 goals, he is tied with Maradona as the player with the most goals since the establishment of the Naples club in 91. Naturally, this honor needs to be congratulated.Fortunately, they also knew that this was an away game. They just got together and gave the captain a hug one by one, and then returned to their own half, waiting for the opponent to kick off again.

After half an hour of the game, they fell behind by two goals. This situation can be said to be very bad. Naturally, Li Moody's face on the sidelines was not looking good.Although he thought he had made enough preparations before the game, he still couldn't prevent his team from falling into such an extremely unfavorable situation, and he felt a little overwhelmed for a while.Fortunately, this panic did not last long. After dozens of seconds, the Turin coach came back to his senses and quickly made new arrangements for the players on the field.

He asked the players in the backcourt, especially the two fullbacks, not to put in assists, and Silvestri, who played as a right midfielder, should stay in the backcourt more to help defend, and Immobile retreated more. The bigger ones responded to Benassi.In this way, although the basic starting point of the home team's offense tends to be more marginalized and simplified, it at least guarantees the thickness of the defense in the midfield. Conceding another goal, keeping the hope of a comeback for the second half.

After these adjustments, Naples' offense gradually began to lose its previous power. No matter how the three midfielders headed by Hamsik arranged and sorted out, they could no longer pose the slightest threat to the goal guarded by Cassie.However, the home team's offensive has become even more chaotic. It is basically a simple pass between two or three people, and it is difficult to cause trouble for the opponent's defense.There were almost no exciting highlights on the scene, which made the audience very bored. After Benassi and Albiol received a yellow card for a foul on both sides, the game entered the intermission in a lacklustre way. stage.

Sarri, who leads 2 to 0, will naturally not have any dissatisfaction with this ugly game. In the instant ranking of the standings, his team has overtaken Inter Milan and regained the league leader position.And in the middle of next week, Naples will also complete a domestic cup duel with Udinese. If they can beat the Turin team without bloodshed and at the lowest cost, they will not consume too much physical energy. stage to lay a good foundation.

Li Mudi's mood at the moment is rather bad. Relying on the good momentum of the previous six unbeaten rounds, the Red Bulls closely followed the pace of the leading group and did not fall behind ahead of schedule. The loss of this round of Inter Milan almost made them look There is hope of further narrowing the points gap with the former.However, if they lose to the White Dolphins at home today, the Torino team will be left behind by six points. Considering the more difficult schedule in the second half of the league and the super state that Naples has shown so far this season Looking at it, the final point difference between the two teams is likely to reach 15 points or more.Judging from the situation in previous years, the best ranking of the Red Bulls is fourth, and the goal of hitting the Champions League is difficult to achieve.

So this game is not just a simple three-pointer, it will have a considerable impact on the club's performance throughout the season.

More importantly, when the Turin team faced other strong teams until the No.17 round of Serie A this season, except for a lucky victory over Lazio in an away game last weekend due to the referee's penalty, they had no wins. This is also very detrimental to the players' psychology.Although he doesn't have too many ideas about this year's league championship, Li Moody, who wants to challenge for the Serie A championship in the next two seasons, still finds that the group of young people under him obviously lack the arrogance to defeat all powerful enemies And confidence, how can a team with this kind of temperament dominate one of the best leagues in the world?Therefore, in every strong dialogue, he hopes to use every opportunity to cultivate the confidence of Belotti and others, and defeating a top domestic team like Naples is naturally the best way.

Therefore, in the locker room, the Turin coach did not waste a single minute. While everyone was recovering their strength, they showed that they had seized the time to explain some mistakes made by the visiting team when they scored two goals, and reminded everyone not to repeat the same mistakes.Then he analyzed the characteristics of Sarri's tactical arrangement today, explained the advantages and disadvantages of the opponent's style of play to everyone thoroughly, and then gave his own response.

Before all the players from both sides returned to the field, the fourth official held up the electronic display board on the sidelines to signal the home team to make a substitution adjustment. Lucas Boyer came on the field to replace Flanagan, and the Turin team's formation was restored. It became a 3-5-2, with the substitute Argentine playing the left-back role.

After the kick-off, the home team took advantage of the situation to complete a multi-legged pass. Unfortunately, Boyer's cross from the bottom line on the left failed to pass the interception of Hisai, and he even failed to get a corner kick. The ball was caught by the latter. Hit the sideline.However, the state of the Turin players on the offensive end has indeed improved a lot compared to the first half. With the help of Lars Diarra from time to time, Benassi began to show the strength of the representative of the Italian Mesozoic midfield organizer. The running and patient passing mobilizes the opponent's defense and creates space for his teammates to move forward, which makes people look a bit like Pirlo and Harvey.

Within 10 minutes of the exchanging battle, the home team formed two shots and also made two threatening passes, which put Naples in a very tense state in front of the goal.Seeing that the situation was not good, Sarri also made adjustments in time. He instructed the players of the visiting team to retreat about five meters as a whole, and asked the two wingers to actively participate in the midfield fight, leaving only Mertens One person is preparing to counterattack in front, and the situation of holding a two-goal lead is already very obvious.

Faced with the opponent's withdrawal, Li Moody immediately responded. He asked Diarra, who was better at marking people, to follow the Belgian striker who was always cruising in front of and behind the defense line, and then let Vukocevic, who had a sudden drop in defensive pressure, even more. Many places forward to meet Benassi.At the same time, the two wingbacks also need to increase their running, and once they find an opening, they will resolutely press up and attack the two sides of the visiting team.On the front line, Immobile, who is better at passing and dribbling the ball, should not stand still. He should retreat more to help his teammates create space and serve as an important contact point at the front of the penalty area.

As of the start of this game, Naples has only conceded 10 goals in the 20 rounds of Serie A that have been completed, which is the least among all 92 teams. This is somewhat beyond everyone's expectations. After all, this team In the impression of the outside world, it is still known for its strong offensive power.In fact, last season, while the White Dolphins scored the most goals in the league with 39 goals, they also became the third best defensive team with [-] goals conceded. Sarri made this team from southern Italy the No. Teams in big cities have made huge strides.

But it is not such an exaggeration to say that their defense is really as helpless as Juventus's opponents.The reason why Naples concedes few goals is due to his super suppressive ability on the offensive end.From the statistical point of view, in the past year and a half, the White Dolphins are the team with the second-lowest number of shots per game in Serie A, only more than the old lady.In addition, their average ball possession rate reached 60%, leading the entire league, which is of great help in reducing conceded goals, and indirectly conceals the team's true defensive strength.

Last season, Naples was conceded three goals in a row by Torino at home. This season, they had two goals in a row by the newly promoted Maspar and four goals by Manchester United in the Champions League. So their defense There is still a certain distance from the top European teams, and at best it can only be regarded as a weakened version of Real Madrid.

Facing the aggressive Red Bulls, the white dolphins in the away game naturally did not dare to be careless. After sacrificing their own offense, they were able to withstand the wave after wave of the home team's offensive.However, in an extremely passive situation, they still made a fatal mistake. No.603 minutes, Benassi personally dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area and then sent a direct pass. The ball was intercepted by Albiol in front of Immobile who had already run out of position, but he could not be cleared cleanly.In the penalty area of ​​the visiting team, three defensive players made mistakes one after another under the pressure of the home team, and finally blocked the ball to Belotti who followed up.After the latter got the ball near the penalty spot, he took a step horizontally to open up the space, and directly shot his foot low to the opposite corner. Method. 1 to 2, after unremitting efforts, the Turin team finally broke the opponent's city and narrowed the score gap.

The Red Bulls, who had regained a victory, continued to be unreasonable, and launched a high-intensity press after the opponent kicked off. Although they paid the price of two yellow cards, they still firmly grasped the initiative on the field, allowing the All spectators saw the hope of scoring another goal.

However, the old-fashioned Sarri responded in time. He replaced Zelinski with Insigne in No. 70 minutes, and at the same time replaced Carle with Guinea midfielder Amadou Diawara Hong, changed the formation to 4-4-2.In this way, there are two extremely fast counterattack points in the frontcourt, which directly prevents the home team's backcourt players from pressing easily.Facing the situation where the wingbacks were being suppressed, Li Moody was also not to be outdone, and pushed Boyer to the front line, changing the formation to 4-3-3, hoping to continue to maintain a good situation in the frontcourt.

It is a pity that under the strict defense of the opponent, the Torino team finally failed to score the second goal of the game, and was almost attacked by Insigne in the No.807 minute.Fortunately, Cassie's attack interfered with the active Italian international, making him overwhelmed when he chose to pass the goalkeeper to hit an empty goal. In the end, he barely hit the side net, but it was enough to surprise the home team. I broke out in a cold sweat.

In the end, Torino, who did not fall behind in data such as ball possession rate and number of shots, still failed to grab a point from their opponents. The score of 1 to 2 was maintained until the moment when the final whistle blew, and Li Moody still continued the embarrassing situation of facing Sarri's complete defeat.

(End of this chapter)