Mister Legend

Chapter 391 Advance to the quarterfinals

The hot discussion about the Turin Derby lasted until the second round of the UEFA Europa League [-]/[-] knockout match in midweek, and it was considered to have come to an end. During this period, no other football news caused any splashes in Italy. , Only one piece of news from the national team has received a certain amount of attention from everyone.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Italian Football Association officially announced that the head coach of the U21 team, Di Biagio, was appointed as the interim coach of the Italian national team. England have two warm-up games.Since Ventura's resignation in November 2017, the Italian team has finally ended the embarrassing situation of the head coach vacancy, although it is not yet certain whether the coach will be successful.

Fans who are familiar with the end of the glorious period of Serie A at the end of the last century should have some influence on the name Di Biagio. Born in 1971, he debuted in the Lazio youth training camp, but it was not very smooth in the early stage of his career. Playing for a weak team, it was not until he joined the Roma team at the age of 24 that he ushered in a turning point. After switching to Inter Milan in the summer of 1999, Di Biagio shaved off all his hair, and finally became a well-known star at home and abroad with an image of a fierce face and a bald head.

As a defensive midfielder, he can occasionally play as a central defender. He has a very tough style of play. He was the main force of the Italian national team before Gattuso grew up. He represented the Azzurri in the 1998 World Cup in France, 2000 in the Netherlands, Belgium European Cup and the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. After retiring in 2007, Di Biagio first served as a sports commentator for a period of time. After obtaining the coaching certificate, he began to coach Italian youth teams of different ages. Since 2011, he served as the coach of the U20 team, and was promoted to the U21 team two years later. Although the results of leading the team were very ordinary, he still won the trust of the Italian Football Association and remained in this position, proving his strength from the side Relationships are really hard.

Whether it is the media, fans, or insiders of various football associations, they are all optimistic about Conte's second-time leadership in the selection of the coach of the national team.But after a period of negotiation, the Chelsea coach made it clear that he would continue to stay in the UK, at least to complete the current contract that will not end until next summer.After the only candidate with unanimous approval withdrew from the competition, no other person in the list of candidates for the new coach could get such a high approval rate. In the end, the Football Association used the reason of "rich experience in coaching national teams" Di Biagio was chosen, but judging from the feedback from the outside world, it seems difficult to get too much recognition.

On the day the news was released, some websites launched a voting activity on whether the appointment was correct. More than half of the participants were very disappointed, and more than [-]% of the people were ready to wait and see with doubts and chose to support it. There are also about a quarter of people.

And some celebrities have also come forward to express their views on the new coach. Although most of them still sent blessings because of their personal relationship or the relationship with the Football Association, there are also honest people who choose to express their opinions.Gentile, a former member of the Italian World Cup champion team, made it clear in an interview with a radio station that Di Biagio's coaching performance in the youth team was not convincing, and he was not worthy of the position of coach of the Italian national team.Correspondingly, Mikhailovich, who was fired by Lazio and is at home, jumped out unwillingly and expressed his support for his old opponent on the field in the past, but the words The inside and outside words also imply the meaning of self-promotion. It seems that they want to take this opportunity to find a new job.

The Turin coach was also asked by reporters about his views on this incident, but he did not respond on the grounds that he did not understand the specific situation. His own team was already too busy with matters, so how could he be in the mood to pay attention to other issues? relevant.

On February 2, the Thursday after the Turin Derby, the Red Bulls ushered in the second round of the first knockout round of the Europa League. At the gate, Ludogorets completed a battle with almost no suspense.

In the two days of Tuesday and Wednesday, the last four games of the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals also came to a conclusion. Bayern's five-goal bloodbath of Besiktas, Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​the old enemies, stood at Stamford Bridge. 1 to 1, Manchester United and Sevilla scored a goalless draw away, and the side that was favored by the outside world before the game has laid a good foundation for the promotion.Only Roma lost 1-2 away to Shakhtar Donetsk, but because of a valuable away goal, it is still acceptable.

Although today's opponent is relatively weak, and the result of the promotion due to the score in the first round should not be surprising, but through the opponent's move to bring all the main players to Italy, and the Ludogorets players shown by the FM system Li Modi still dare not take it lightly with his good competitive state.Even if you don't want to win a big victory, at least you must ensure that you don't lose at home. This is done to maintain good morale, and the second is because you can't let down the fans who have always supported the team.Therefore, on the premise that the opponents in the weekend league are not too strong, the Turin coach still put a few main players in the starting list, and did not reproduce the scene of all rotation players in the last round of the group stage.

And at noon of this day, that is, after 39 o'clock in the evening from the Chinese time, a piece of good news finally came from the Winter Olympics in Kimchi Country.Chinese short track speed skating male athlete Wu Dajing won the men's 584m race with a time of 500 seconds and won the first gold medal for the Chinese team in this Winter Olympics. The speed skating team's first gold medal at the Winter Olympics.Li Mudi watched the entire process of winning the championship through a live webcast. When he saw Wu Dajing riding the dust on the track and throwing off the other three opponents by a distance of five or six meters, he almost jumped up excitedly and told Wu Dajing Immediately after hitting the line, he took out his mobile phone and posted a message of congratulations on social media software such as Weibo and Ins.

After more than a week of "black whistle turmoil", the Chinese, including the Turin coach, can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although they don't pay too much attention to the number of gold medals as they did many years ago, if they end up with zero gold medals If this is the world's highest-level sports event, and it has suffered so many injustices, everyone must feel very regretful in their hearts.Moreover, Wu Dajing's championship also slightly eased the resentment of the Chinese people towards Kimchi Kingdom. Most of the insults and accusations on the Internet were replaced by sarcasm and disdain. This also made Lin Li, who had been active for more than ten days, black Fans gradually lost the room to stir up trouble, and Li Mudi and Li Mudi survived this public relations crisis in a thrilling manner.

At 21 o'clock in the evening, this should be the game that received the least attention from the outside world today. The kick-off was on time. Ludogorets, who played in a 4-2-3-1 formation, did not come and go as everyone expected. It was just a cutscene, but he really showed his full strength, and it seemed that he didn't just want to get out of the game with dignity.Similar to the first round of the confrontation between the two sides, they also used the tactical play of using multiple possessions to find the defensive loopholes of the Turin team. That being said, it is indeed very rare.

The 3-5-2 stance used by Li Mudi can be easily adjusted between the two mentalities of offense and defense, so after seeing that the opponent chose to take the initiative to attack, he just signaled his players to follow the situation and play a defensive counterattack Come.The two starting wingbacks, Dickman and Dimarco, retreated a little bit, more like playing the role of full-backs. Vukocevic and Baselli are also firmly nailed to the front of their penalty area. , If the opportunity is not particularly good, he rarely goes forward. Only Gourcuff can move freely in the midfield area, delivering shells for the two forwards Belotti and Pellegri when switching from defense to offense.

The visiting team's single striker position is difficult to find opportunities under the intensive defensive strategy of the Turin players, forcing the other three frontcourt players to push forward as much as possible to maintain the pressure on the home team's defense, and the two The defensive midfielder also needs to come to the midfield line in rotation to respond to the ball possession cooperation of teammates.In this way, Ludogorets' defensive formation is always in a relatively incomplete situation, and Li Mudi's offensive tactics are to use the impact of the two center forwards to continuously attack the opponent's two central defenders. A simple and direct approach creates a one-hit fatal chance.

In the 9th minute of the opening, the Torino team launched a quick attack after stealing the ball from the backcourt. Gourcuff's pass allowed Belotti to grab the visiting team's Romanian central defender Moti and give it to the striker teammate on the right. Pellet Gerry sent a cross from the wing against the siege of two defensive players. Hong Beibei volleyed from a position about 13 meters away from the goal on the left side of the penalty area, but was blocked by Morty.Gourcuff, who followed up outside the penalty area, took the lead in grabbing the second landing. It was a powerful long-range shot, but the angle was not tricky enough, and it was caught by goalkeeper Bron.This is the first wave of the game to form a shooting offensive.

In the subsequent games, the visiting team still has more possession of the ball and patiently looks for a good opportunity to score goals, while the home team counterattacks through the personal ability of the players and the simple cooperation between several people in the case of a solid defense. There was no good opportunity, so the stalemate on the scene lasted for a long time. It was not until No. 209 minutes that the score changed.

It was another Ludogorets player who made a mistake in the pass control in the frontcourt. After receiving the tackle from his ballmate, Baselli delivered the ball to Belotti 40 meters away with a precise long-distance delivery.After the latter stopped the ball very beautifully with the arch of his foot, he broke through at high speed along the left flank, and did not use any fake moves about ten meters before reaching the bottom line, and directly kicked the pass.The ball went straight to the back point at an extremely fast speed. Pellegri, who was outflanking the center, showed the reason why he can be considered by the outside world to have a bright future. He judged the final point in a short period of time. He tried his best to stick out his right foot before the opponent's goalkeeper and defenders, and almost poked the ball into the net with his toe.

As soon as the goal was scored, all the Turin supporters completely put back their slightly suspended hearts. If the visiting team wants to complete a big reversal, they must score four goals in a row in a little over an hour. , this level of difficulty is obviously hell level for them.However, the Bulgarian league champions still showed their tenacious style and unyielding fighting spirit in the following games. Even though the chances of promotion were already very slim, their players never slacked off and were still trying their best to fight. Pursue a goal.

Before the end of the half, right-back Cicinho's forward assist helped the visiting team create a better chance. Both have the same name as the former Brazilian star, it’s a coincidence), but unfortunately the latter’s volley in the penalty area was inexplicably smashed, wasting this good opportunity to threaten the goal of the Torino team.

Not long after the start of the second half, Li Moody made adjustments to the players on the field, because the overall score advantage was already quite obvious, so the young players or team new players such as Parrigini, Toulalang and Jesse all got a certain amount of playing time .In particular, the king of Heqiu appeared in the Olympic Stadium wearing a crimson jersey after nine months, and was warmly welcomed by the fans.

The battle between the two sides in the last 45 minutes was also a balanced situation. Both sides defended well, but they also got a few chances to score goals. In the 7th minute, the visiting team made a pass from the right. Goldaniga made a fatal mistake in his judgment and missed the ball from the front point. Polish forward Sverjok volleyed half-volley from ten meters in front of the goal and went straight to the dead corner of the goal. Go, but fortunately the goalkeeper Savage reacted quickly and made meritorious service with one palm.Afterwards, taking advantage of a mistake in cooperation between Tulalang and his ballmate, Sverjok intercepted the ball from the left rib and broke into the penalty area.

After missing two consecutive opportunities to score goals, Ludogorets' own defense was also tested by the home team, but the difference in player abilities determined the different endings.The Turin team had fully grasped the rhythm of the game when the game entered the last quarter of an hour. They took advantage of the advantage of the home court and the physical problems of the opponent's players to bring more than [-]% of the possession time of this stage into their own command.

No.805 minutes, Jesse's forced breakthrough in the middle was blocked, and the ball was also destroyed to the side. The inserted right winger Dickman sent a diagonal pass. Gourcuff broke into the penalty area and kicked the goal from the right side. .The goalkeeper of the visiting team was interfered by the players in front of him, so he was a little slow in making a save, but he barely threw the ball out of the goal, allowing Pellegri, who came up to make a supplementary shot, to easily complete the work of pushing the empty goal.

In the end, the Red Bulls won 2-0 at home, with a total score of 5-0, and entered the top sixteen of this season's European League without bloodshed.This is also the first time they have come to this stage after three years, but obviously, the goal of this year is not just to visit here.

(End of this chapter)