Mister Legend

Chapter 384 The Sad Little Zebra
Before the start of the game, there was a little tidbit in the field. The former Juventus main defender Bonucci, who joined AC Milan last summer, brought his son Lorenzo to the scene to cheer.As we all know, Lorenzo is a loyal fan of Belotti, so Bonucci, who had just played the league with the team the night before, hurried back to his home in Turin, and rushed to the Olympic Stadium with his children.

Lorenzo, wearing a crimson Torino sports jacket today, spoke in the middle of the field to congratulate the home team on winning and predicted that the idol would score goals.Red Beibei presented this special fan with an autographed No. 9 jersey, and embraced Lorenzo to accept the baptism of film by the reporters on the scene. The "big rooster" celebration made everyone on the scene cute. This warm scene also somewhat relieved some of the tension before the big war.

The Turin team's opponent today is indeed not a strong opponent in terms of strength, but their recent performance has forced Li Mudi and others to raise their attention to a higher level.At the end of November last year, the old coach Del Neri dismissed get out of class. After Otto, who has not had a good coaching resume, took over the coach of Udinese, he led the team to rise strongly amidst doubts.The little Zebra, who only got 12 points in the first thirteen rounds, climbed up the standings almost one step a week.

After losing to the powerful Naples in the first show, Udinese started a wave of nine unbeaten rounds that amazed the outside world, including a wave of five consecutive victories with high gold content.And this fiery state like taking a stimulant has continued. Last week they drew with AC Milan, which is gradually regaining the style of a strong team. No team dares to underestimate this kind of performance, so Turin The team's coaching staff has been working hard to prepare for this league.Relatively speaking, no one paid much attention to the first round of the Europa League [-]/[-] knockout match three days later.

According to this level of emphasis, the Red Bulls have lined up their full lineup at home today, vowing to keep the three points at their doorstep. In the 3-4-1-2 formation, Cassie, Ranocchia, Baselli, Benassi, Immobile and Belotti are naturally indispensable cores. Go Llorente, Silvestri, Bareca and Vukocevic.

As for the visiting team, Otto focused on stability, and resorted to a 3-5-2 with three midfielders. Even the team's core midfielder, the Czech Janktor, was also placed in the backcourt. Abandoning the counterattack routine of short pass penetration, he chose a fast and direct long pass to directly attack the home team's defense.

Sure enough, after the opening, Udinese had no intention of entanglement with the opponent in the midfield. The ball possession area was basically located in their own half, attracting the Turin players to press forward and quickly pass the ball through the midfield. Wire.Using the assists of the two wingbacks, the Swiss Widmer and the local player Zampano, who has just been loaned from Pescara, as well as the mid- and long-distance passes in the backcourt, the ball is continuously delivered to the two strikers Head of player Maxi Lopez and LS Nia.

Since the home team has a three-back position, and Lopez's impact and small moves are also among the best in world football, although the defense led by Ranocchia did not make a single mistake after the opening 10 minutes, it still showed some signs. A little embarrassed.In addition, there were also some problems in the Turin team's offense. In front of the opponent's bus consisting of three central defenders, three defensive midfielders, and two wingbacks who were ready to retreat at any time, Benassi, who was the midfielder, completely turned off the fire. All dribbles end in losing the ball, and the forward pass is also frequently intercepted, and the success rate of the pass will reach [-]%.

Seeing that the situation on the field was not good, Samfield, who had already planned in his mind, did not panic. Instead, he waved his hand to signal his players not to attack, but learned the tactics used by the opponent, and controlled more in his own half. The ball, while reducing the number of conceded goals, hopes to lure the visiting team to press up, so that the striker of our side can get enough room for movement.

This change still had a certain effect. Udinese, who did not touch the ball within 3 minutes, could only move the three lines forward a little distance in order to avoid becoming a spectator on the court, but it still maintained enough The Swiss international Behrami and the Czech midfielder Ballack have always been closely guarding Benassi or the replaced Baselli, preventing the two organizers of the home team from finding opportunities to easily pass the ball to the dangerous zone.

Judging from the personal attributes provided by the FM system, Odo is obviously an ordinary-level coach without too many bright spots, but it has to be said that the defensive ability he has developed since his player days has helped him find a way to limit the opponent's core players .The close press of the three midfielders in the middle and the two wing players are ready to double-team at any time, and once the ball is transferred to the air on the wing in time, the central defenders on both sides will boldly fill in to help teammates gain time to chase back .Moreover, their three defensive midfielders are all tall types, who can temporarily withdraw to replace the role of the central defender, so this kind of quick and effective rotation transfer to Turin's offensive players is like a rat pulling a turtle, and there is no way to start. .

In order to open up the situation, the home team had no choice but to increase the investment in the offensive end, and this also gave Udinese a good opportunity to launch a quick counterattack. No. In the 203rd minute, the cooperation between Baselli and Benassi in the front court was seen through by the opponent, and the ball was tackled by the 1.8-meter-high Brazilian central defender Samir Caetano. The ball was transferred to the right side of the front court, and Widmer took advantage of Bareca's forward miss to dribble the ball quickly.

The Turin team, which was empty in the backcourt, fell into a passive position in an instant, and Kanneman had to stretch the side to make up defenses, which also caused a big loophole in the back center of the team.Widmer forced a cross from a position about ten meters away from the bottom line. The ball rushed to the middle of the penalty area at an extremely fast speed and with a strong rotation. LS Nia overwhelmed Ranocchia with a Remember that the powerful lion swung the ball to the back corner of the goal, and Casey tried his best to save it but failed to intercept it.

But Goddess of Luck is on the side of the Red Bulls today. Just when everyone thought the goal must be scored, the crossbar rejected the header, and the ball bounced back outside the small penalty area under the huge reaction force.However, the danger of the home team is still not lifted. Although Diego Llorente grabbed the second spot first, it failed to go far under the interference of Maxi Lopez, and the ball was still near the penalty spot.Ranocchia made a tackle before LS Nia took the ball. Although the latter's supplementary shot was missed, it was also indirectly passed to Ballack, who came in from outside the penalty area at high speed. The 23-year-old Czech rookie Jin Guo's non-stop volley once again threatened the Turin team's goal.

Casey, who had just stood up from the last save, immediately made a second consecutive side throw, still unable to gain anything, letting the ball slip past his hand and into his right corner. In the nest.

When all the fans of the home team lamented the conceded goal and the visiting team began to celebrate, the referee Rosario Abiso issued a series of whistles, which was completely different from the way of expression when scoring a goal. , It turned out that he had some unknown doubts about this goal.After the game was stopped, Abiso had brief communication with the line referee and the bottom line referee, and then made a VAR rating, which also surprised the Turin supporters.

Four minutes later, the referee who stepped on the field again signaled that the goal was invalid, which immediately turned the entire Olympic Stadium into a sea of ​​joy, and the deafening cheers even covered the sound of the DJ's announcement.

However, this result was naturally unacceptable to the visiting team. Otto rushed to the sidelines with a shocked expression, yelling at Abisso for a reasonable explanation, Udinese's assistant coach also came to the fourth The officers were confronted with intense questioning.Li Mudi, who was in the stands, had also been checking the referee team's dynamics through the telescope, and called up the FM system in his mind to check the specific reason why the goal was disallowed.The latter's game commentary only suggested that the home team was offside before the goal was scored, but no matter how much he watched the replay of the video at that time, he still couldn't find out who the problem was. Coach Ling felt that there was a high probability that there was a misjudgment.

Compared to Li Moody, who lacked enough information, the commentators and commentators of the Italian TV station at this time were also carefully discerning through multiple slow-motion replays, what happened just now would make the referee blow off the seemingly A goal without any problems, but the referees didn't realize what was going on until the offside call was passed.But the two people with professional football literacy quickly judged the truth, and Abisso did make a fatal mistake.

When Widmer crossed the ball, Maxi Lopez was indeed in an offside position, but he did not participate in this wave of offense at all, nor did he foul the Turin defender. LS Nia, who scored the header, was not offside of.And when the Argentine striker was fighting for the second point, the former was already behind Ranocchia, and he was not offside, nor did he make an illegal action against Llorente, so the referee's decision to cancel the goal was a complete one. Misjudgment, he ruined the good situation of Udinese.

Back on the court, before resuming the game, Abieso ran to the sidelines to warn Oddo, who had been chattering.With such a vivid case of the opposing coach, the head coach of the visiting team did not dare to be too presumptuous. After all, the score was still 0-0, and it was not time to risk being expelled.Put enough pressure on the referee so that he dare not make a penalty in favor of the home team in the remaining time, even if the most basic purpose has been achieved.

However, the visiting team never expected that after only 120 seconds, the Turin team knocked on the gate guarded by Pizzari, and Udinese, which should have entered the gate of heaven, fell into hell in an instant.

No.30 In the second minute, Benaczila, who has never been able to make a difference, made a cross from the wing and was pushed out of the baseline by central defender Samir. However, the former's subsequent corner kick accurately found Ranocchia who was ambushing in front. , the former Inter captain, who had the highest altitude in the game, carried the impact of the opponent's two defenders hard, and with an unconventional back to the goal, he pushed the ball into the far corner.During the whole process, at the age of 40, the old Argentine goalkeeper Bizari, who overwhelmed the potential star Schuffet and became the team's starting lineup, did not react at all, but just watched his own city collapse.

With this goal, the home team took the lead in the extremely stalemate first half.Although Li Mudi in the stands was not satisfied with the players' performance, there was nothing he could do about it. The opponent's pre-match deployment was very good today. If the referee hadn't suddenly lost his mind, maybe this game would really be included in the The visiting team went into the rhythm.Even if he was not suspended, there was no good way to solve the problem of offensive abnormality for a while. Fortunately, Ranocchia's goal helped the team stabilize the situation in time, and it was easier to play after leading the game.

During the intermission, Li Mudi was unable to return to the locker room to help everyone. Several staff members sent by the Football Association kept a close watch on him. Even if the Turin coach got up to go to the bathroom, there were at least two people following him. It has the opportunity to exploit loopholes.As for some football articles that mention communication through mobile phones and other communication devices, they are obviously fabricated by imagination and are not reliable at all.Fortunately, my parents and girlfriend were by my side, and there were warm greetings from the fans around the seats. This did not make the experience of watching the game too embarrassing. After all, when I relieved, there were people watching closely behind me. This feeling is really a bit uncomfortable.

After another rematch, the interim coach of the Turin team instructed the players to take the initiative to retreat according to the previously specified plan to attract opponents to attack.They used this trick in the first half, and it was also the core tactic of Udinese before the score changed, but it was only effective when the home team led by one goal.The visiting team, which will lose if they don't attack, obviously can't use the same moves that can't be changed. Anyway, the worst result is to leave three points and go home. It would be too useless if they don't fight hard.So less than 5 minutes after the re-kick-off, Udinese pressed out, and the three central midfielders also became a single midfielder. Veteran Behrami was delayed by one person, and Yankto and Ballack finally The main energy can be devoted to the offense.

This situation was also expected in the previous coaching staff meeting of the Turin team, so Samfield did not feel panicked, and still maintained a calm mood, implementing the "tips" bestowed on him by the coach.But no one expected that Yanktor, who is fully fired, is so terrifying. This young Czech international born in 1996 is definitely one of the most underrated players in today's football. Very practical, but also strong willpower and creativity, just like a replica of Nedved Jr.Under his leadership, Udinese, who no longer care about the defense, even pressed the third-ranked red bull in the league to death in the half court. No, the successive shots failed to hit the target, maybe the score has been equalized or even overtaken.

Faced with such a passive situation, the assistant coach of Turin showed the shortcomings of not being good at adapting to the situation. He sticks to the death plan he made before the game and did not make any even minor changes to tactics or players. The opponent's aura gradually rose to the peak, but he still stood still like an old monk who had settled down.Li Modi in the stands was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.I wish I could break through the obstruction of the supervisors and run to the sidelines to teach him some tips.

However, February 2018, 2 was obviously a bad day for the little zebra. After a goal was inexplicably eliminated by the referee in the first half, the main striker LS Nia was still in the situation where he needed to score the most. Sprained his ankle against Diego Llorente and had to be substituted.And just when Croatian striker Perica had just appeared on the field for less than 11 minutes and hadn't moved his body, the Turin team expanded their lead, and this goal was a once-in-a-lifetime goal that was almost impossible to replicate. Otto and his team are really unlucky!
(End of this chapter)