Mister Legend

Chapter 377

The time soon came to the last weekend of January. In order to allow enough preparation for the midweek Coppa Italia, the No.20 second round of Serie A will be played on Saturday night with two games, Juventus away Challenge Chievo and AC Milan vs. Lazio at home.

Faced with a large number of old women who rotated players, the Flying Donkeys behaved like a softie at their home court. The whole field was huddled around the bus, and there was only one shot in 10 minutes, which was not to the extreme.But even so, under the repeated impact of many world-class stars on the other side, they failed to hold a tie.Not only was Higuain and Khedira knocked out of the city successively, but also two players were sent off the field with red cards because of excessive foul actions.The Bianconeri also temporarily overtook Naples by two points with this victory, and topped the standings for the first time this season, even if it was temporary.

In the following round of focus battles, Gattuso's team showed the world the toughness that has not appeared in them for a long time. Facing the opponents with high morale, the AC Milan players withstood the pressure. The tactical arrangement of running and playing steadily is evenly matched with the Blue Eagles.Statistics after the game showed that the two teams were on par in terms of ball possession rate, pass success rate, shooting and shooting data, and even the number of attacks launched was only slightly different.In the end, the home team won a difficult victory 5-2 amid the cheers of more than 1 fans. While winning the first three-game winning streak this season, it also ended the struggle after Inzaghi Jr. took over the team. Unbeaten in six rounds.

On Sunday afternoon, the other two teams, who will meet in the domestic cup semi-finals on Wednesday night, took the lead in starting the league contest.Atalanta, which kicked off two hours earlier, did not save its strength because of the midweek game. The son of Poseidon, who is not well ranked in the league, challenged Sassuolo, who lost to Turin in the last round, with full firepower. Firmly grasp the initiative on the field.Gasperini originally planned to seal the victory early and replace several main players to save strength for the game three days later, but it turned out to be counterproductive. Their second and third goals came too late, although they won 3-0 A complete victory was achieved, but the consumption was not small, which caused a huge consumption of the main players' physical fitness.

On the other hand, their opponent Torino, fortunate enough to meet Benevento, the vice squad leader of the league this round, will allow Li Moody to boldly rotate the lineup. Did not enter the 23-man roster, the idea of ​​taking the lead in the Coppa Italia is obvious.

In this game, the Turin coach carried out a large-scale rotation of the starting lineup. Among the 4-3-3 positions, only Cassie was the starter who played against Sassuolo in the last game, and the other ten positions All have changed.Dickman, Goldaniga, Bonifaczi and DiMarco form the defense, Vukocevic, Gourcuff and Fabas play the midfielder, and the two wingers are Falk and Boyer respectively. , the last seat belongs to Belotti, who returned to the starting lineup after 40 days.

Although the strength of the home team with many main players in rotation seems to have declined, but facing the team without a star Benevento, they still formed an overwhelming advantage immediately after the kick-off. A goal was completed and the goal came very early, which soon caused wild celebrations in the Olympic Stadium.

In the 3rd minute, the home team's midfield made continuous passes that caused the opponent's defense to be unbalanced. Gourcuff seized the opportunity and made a precise oblique long pass to the front left. Boyer scored the ball and faced the visiting team's right Defender Venuti accelerated to the bottom.When he crossed the penalty area line and was about to kick a pass, the left-back DiMarco who came up from the edge interfered with the judgment of the opponent's defensive player, allowing the Argentine winger to form an inside cut after a dexterous spike.Seeing that his teammate was out of position and there was an empty area in the center of the penalty area, Benevento's Algerian central defender Jim Siti hurried over from the middle to make up for it, but Boyer took advantage of his start and rushed over with his right foot. Sending an oblique rubbing pass, Belotti, who outflanked the football in place, tapped his forehead lightly, slightly changing the trajectory of the football's flight, so that its landing point was about five centimeters inside the back post.

Such a sudden attack, coupled with the fact that the speed of the ball is really fast, the visiting goalkeeper Belek, a Slovenian, was unable to react at all, but subconsciously followed the movement of the ball with his eyes, and finally found the net behind him After a ripple, the score was rewritten to 1-0.He doesn't seem to have entered the game yet, and the team is in a situation of falling behind.

The conceded goal came so quickly, which Benevento coach De Zerby and his players did not expect before the game, so it was inevitable that there would be a lot of panic after the re-kick-off, and the action was lost for a while Control, either frequent mistakes or more fouls, received two yellow cards within 10 minutes, and the situation became more and more tense.Fortunately, the Turin team also missed the opportunity to continue to expand the score because several good opportunities came suddenly and failed to prepare. This made Li Moody on the sidelines yell and criticize the players.

The visiting team, which has won two consecutive victories before and seems to have seen a slight chance of relegation, is naturally unwilling to let it go. Although they also know that there is a huge gap in strength with the opponent, at least in terms of competitive spirit and fighting spirit, Benevento players are still professional. The player standard is even higher than that.So after a period of adjustments, they still focused on the game again. The head coach instructed the players to change their tactics and strengthen the pressing force of the whole field.Although doing so will greatly consume their physical energy, if they don't try their best, they can only go home with a defeat, so if they want to survive, they must first control themselves to death.

The "mad dog" interception of the visiting team players did cause a lot of trouble for the Turin players, especially the young defenders. The team's youth training Bonifazzi used little power in a return pass. , and almost gave the opponent an own goal assist, but fortunately, the veteran Cassie abandoned the goal in time to attack, and only then did he defuse the opponent's upcoming one-handed attack in a thrilling manner.After seeing that the situation was developing in a direction that was not conducive to his own side, before Li Moody could make adjustments, the experienced Gourcuff stepped forward, stepped up his running with other teammates, and shattered the The opponent's attempt took the situation into his own hands again.

The Benevento players who were walked like monkeys for three or four minutes finally couldn't hold on anymore. Their physical strength was getting weaker and they could no longer maintain a high-speed sprint to press down on the home team's ball holders, but they were unwilling to admit defeat. They were in a hurry Next, the fouls increased again, and the referee blew the whistle to stop the game more and more frequently. No.4 minutes, in a siege of the home team, Falk failed to master the pass and was easily caught by the goalkeeper Belek. The latter immediately rushed forward with the ball, intending to run to the penalty area line Launch a wave of fast attacks from the rear position.Belotti and Boyer, who couldn't outflank in the middle just now, rushed to the goalkeeper of the visiting team together, trying to delay the opponent's action so that their teammates can return to their defensive positions as soon as possible.

Belek, who was about to kick off with a big kick, was blocked by Boyer just before he took the kick. The former hurriedly prepared to move two steps to the right to get rid of the opponent's entanglement. The Turin winger also followed closely. He even extended his arm in a less obvious pulling motion.This angered the Benevento goalkeeper. He swung his left arm vigorously, hit Boyer hard on the face and knocked him to the ground. He also pretended to be violated. The same fell to the ground and told the referee that the opponent had violated him.

It's a pity that Mariani, the referee on duty standing not far away, saw the whole incident clearly. He first went to the scene of the incident to check Boyer, who was rolling with his head in his arms, and found that the latter did not appear Bleeding symptoms, and waited for a few seconds, saw the other party's pain eased and then took out the yellow card as a warning.The Turin winger did violate the body of the away team's goalkeeper just now, which is firmly not allowed in a football match.But before Belek showed a smile of success, Mariani came to him again and took out the red card in his shorts pocket, and sent the former off. The Slovenian's elbow was even worse. Naturally, the key targets in the arena cannot be let go.

In this way, the bewildered Benevento goalkeeper ended today's game task ahead of schedule when the game was less than 25 minutes into the game, and at the same time completely shattered the team's hope of equalizing the score. It was unlikely to be possible in the first place.

Not to mention how fiercely De Zelby on the sidelines protested to the fourth official, nor how Belek, who had recovered from his shock, wanted to discuss with the referee with an expression of great injustice. To put it this way, in the eyes of all those who pay attention to this game, the only reason why they can still be interested in watching this match in the remaining seven or ten minutes is how many goals the Turin team will score. up.The difference in strength is not small, and it is an away game, and now they have to play one player less for most of the time. A rout or even a disastrous defeat will inevitably befall the Benevento team.

The result was also in line with most people's predictions. After venting their dissatisfaction, the visiting team immediately retreated. Even the only center, Massimo Korda, who was still standing in front of the midfield line, was more like a defensive player. Players, constantly running back and forth trying to interfere with the offensive organization of the Torino players.However, the absolute disadvantage in physical fitness made it impossible for Benevento to maintain the score behind by one goal for too long even though he had already set up the most familiar bus tactics in front of his own goal.Before the end of the first half, Falke first advanced into the penalty area, leaned on the opponent's defender after receiving a pass from Belotti, and calmly shot a low shot from the far corner to help the team expand its lead.Less than 5 minutes after the rematch, Fabas intercepted the ball saved by the visiting team's substitute goalkeeper Brignoli less than four meters in front of the goal in another corner kick attack, and easily sent it into the goal. In the empty goal, the score was rewritten to 3-0.

Seeing that the victory was decided, Li Moody began to adjust the lineup on the field. Tulalang stepped on the Serie A field for the first time in his life at No. 60 minutes. After that, Vittorio Parrigini and Xiaoai Gerstein also got a lot of playing time, especially the latter, who completed his debut on behalf of the Red Bulls and received attention from the media in his hometown of Germany after the game.

The final result of the game was 4-0. The Turin team, who obviously stayed strong in the second half, scored a beautiful volley from Boyer in the No. 703 minute, achieving an easy and pleasant victory. Wave five consecutive victories.What is even more pleasing to the supporters of the team is that they have also maintained the state of blocking opponents in the last four rounds of the league. While the offensive strength is still strong, the defensive performance is also impressive.Although the opponents encountered during this wave of winning streak are not strong, this is something that the Red Bulls have not been able to accomplish in the past 20 years. Five consecutive victories were achieved at the beginning of last season, but four consecutive games without conceding a goal is enough. Very rare.

At the press conference after the game, Li Mudi focused on the performance of the team's defense players in the recent stage, thinking that whether they are under a lot of pressure or when they are idle most of the time, Maintaining excellent concentration, not making any major mistakes, and actively helping teammates in the frontcourt to participate in the offense is the key to the team's ability to maintain a good situation.At the same time, he also spoke highly of several members of the coaching staff, thinking that it is with the help of these professionals that he can more easily focus on formulating tactics and adapting on the spot. It was achieved by everyone working together.

The reason why he said this is because the contract of the team's assistant coach and Englishman Kevin Summerfield is about to expire this summer. He has received the attention of many League Two and even League One teams. I hope that I can try to lead the team as a head coach next season. After all, cooks who don’t want to be a head coach are not good drivers.Therefore, Li Mudi, who understands the other party's choice, will do his best to raise the value of his colleagues to the outside world when the opportunity is right. Everyone is a colleague, and the relationship is very good. If you can help, you still have to help .And not only Samfield, there are also several coaches and other staff in the Turin team who are basically sure to leave the team this summer.

Of course, this game did not receive much attention because there were not many things to watch in the first place. Everyone is still more willing to see the scene of those traditional strong teams killing the Quartet, but the result of this weekend's game is obviously disappointing. They were disappointed, and the frequent upsets made Torino's position in the standings even more stable.

(End of this chapter)