Mister Legend

Chapter 393 Thrilling Clearance (Part [-])
Although the second round of the Coppa Italia semi-final will be ushered in next Wednesday, because the European game was only played last Thursday, the Turin team's league this weekend did not advance to Saturday.And because the strength of the opponent Verona is too weak, it is considered that there is nothing to watch, so the kick-off time of this league is also put in the evening. As a result, there are already six No. 20 six rounds of Serie A matches came to a conclusion.

The night before, Inter Milan, which was temporarily ranked fourth in the standings, took the lead. They defeated Benevento 2-0 at home with the goals of two central defenders. The difference narrowed to five points.Considering that Li Moody's team is about to start a difficult schedule with strong opponents, this gap will obviously give the Nerazzurri supporters the hope of a counterattack, which also requires the Turin team to reduce unnecessary points. , and strive to be able to still rank third in the league after the penultimate round and the away game against Naples.

Therefore, today's away game against relegation favorite Verona must be won, and a draw is very difficult to accept.In the minds of everyone in Turin, being a guest at the Marco Antonio Bentegotti Stadium should be as easy as going through the motions, like completing a short trip. After all, it is only a few meters away from Turin. To 300 kilometers, it is still a world-renowned tourist attraction.But before the start of the game, no one expected that the home team, whose winning odds were as high as 8.90 by the bookmaker, would score a goal shortly after the start, and kept this advantage until the halftime break. Broke an eyeball.

The home team, whose full name is Hellas Verona Football Club, was established in 1903 and can be regarded as a team with a long history.Although the results obtained over the past 100 years are somewhat lackluster, but in the 1984-85 season, they overwhelmed the Serie A and won the only honor of the top league title in team history, making them an indispensable part of Italian football history. .That year, the Torino team happened to be ranked runner-up in the league, which also made the two clubs form a fierce rivalry.

It's a pity that the battle 23 years ago will look like a joke in the future.After the Red Bulls missed the excellent opportunity for revival, their performance began to decline year by year. Four years later, they were almost relegated to the second division. -The 90 season began to become a lift between Serie A and Serie B, and it was not until five years ago that it completely gained a foothold in the top league again.

And Verona, nicknamed Hound or Hellas (Hellas, meaning Greek in Italian, and the locals' name for the team), was even worse. In the second year after winning the championship, they could only rank tenth in the league. After that, it was relegated to the second division in the mid-90s.After repeated upgrades and relegations, in the 2007-08 season they were relegated to the third tier league and stayed there for four years.It was not until the Italian coach Andrea Mandolini, who was born in the youth training of Turin in the player era, took over the team, that they regained some of the former Serie A champions and returned to the top league in the 2013-14 season. They can only struggle inside and outside the relegation circle.

After returning to the first division after a year as the runner-up of Serie B last season, Verona has become a popular candidate for relegation in the eyes of the outside world, and their performance has not been able to make a strong counterattack. After 25 rounds, 4 wins, 3 draws, 18 losses and 15 points, ranking only in front of Benevento, who made the worst start in the five major European leagues. The scores of goals scored and conceded were 21 and 51 respectively, which are also the highest in the entire league. One of the worst performances.Except for a few die-hard fans, no one can imagine that they have a chance to beat the third-ranked Torino team, although Fabio Pecchia's team had previously defeated the same strong AC Milan and Florence.

In detail, the coaches of the two teams are old acquaintances. In the first half of the 2015-16 season, as the assistant coach of Benitez in the last year of Naples, Pecchia also followed Boss to the Bernabeu and became the assistant coach of Real Madrid's first team. He has reached a very high status, which also laid a good foundation for him to take over the coach of the Verona team in the summer of 2016.Li Mudi happened to be the coach of the Real Madrid reserve team that year, so the two of them still had a certain intersection at that time. Although they didn't know much about each other due to the short time, they left a good impression on each other.

Now that they met again in the Apennine Peninsula, they naturally praised each other at the press conference before the start of the game, especially Pecchia, who praised the Turin coach, and even thought that Li Mudi, who was ten years younger than himself Is his role model.But this compliment was considered a powerful smoke bomb after the game started, because judging from the on-the-spot performance of both sides, the home team coach seemed to be the one with better coaching ability.

Pecchia, who briefly played for the Red Bulls in the 1999-2000 season, was not a well-known player in the player era. He has never been selected for the national team of all ages. Perhaps only the most experienced fans will be concerned about the height of only 1.7. Mi Er, with his inconspicuous appearance, he has some impressions.However, in 501 seasons, he has played 337 games for [-] different teams, including [-] Serie A games, plus a golf quotient who can play in the midfield, left, center and right. Played a vital role in his future coaching career.

Due to the weak strength of the team, Pecchia cannot guarantee that he can lead the team to relegation, but he has helped the team, especially many young players, to build enough confidence during the one and a half years of coaching so far. The ability has also been strengthened.Although the average age of Verona's first team of 26 is not the youngest among the 30 teams in Serie A, their starting players are all "little boys".In today's home game against Turin, the only captain on the home team, Romulo, was 24 years old, and the rest were at least 18 generations old. Seven of them were under [-] years old. The loaned winger Keane is only [-] years old, which can be said to be a dynamic lineup.

It is also thanks to the active performance of many young players that the Verona team was able to achieve and keep a goal in the first half when the ball possession rate was only 4% and the shooting data was 2 for 7 vs. 3 for 45 and fell behind. ball lead.The problems of young age and inexperience, when morale is high and there is no psychological burden of wanting to win and fear of losing, often make these guys burst out with unpredictable energy.However, due to underestimation of the enemy and slow progress, Li Mudi's team failed to show 100% of its strength in the first [-] minutes, making it always in a situation of being led by the nose by the opponent in the first half, which was really a bit embarrassing .

Fortunately, the effect of "Li's hair dryer" which has not been used for a long time is still quite powerful. The Torino players who were criticized by the head coach for 10 minutes got a new tactic in the last 5 minutes of the break Deployment, finally showed a brand new performance after the rematch in another place, and quickly equalized the score.

Just 4 minutes into the second half, the visiting team played a fast attack with three players. Benassi midfielder sent a direct pass, and the left winger Boyer dribbled the ball forward at high speed. When he came to the top left of the arc in the penalty area, he encountered three players from the home team. The siege of defensive players.The Argentine calmly passed the ball obliquely to his right front, forming a perfect assist. Immobile, who had been waiting there for a long time, was not offside because of the retreat of the Algerian Faris, who played as the left back. I saw that he didn't make any adjustments to stop the ball, and shot directly from a close angle with his left foot about two meters inside the penalty area.The speed of the ball flying is not too fast, but the angle is very tricky, coupled with the extreme suddenness, so Verona's Brazilian goalkeeper Nicolas failed to make an effective save, and the score was rewritten to 1 to 1.

Although the hard-won lead was wiped out, most of the home team players showed some disappointment on their faces.Even though they didn't have much hope of getting three points from a strong opponent before the game, Varotti's goal in the first half made these young players have illusions, making the draw impossible. The Verona players who will be happy for a game will inevitably suffer from negative psychological effects when the chance of winning slips away from their hands.This caused fluctuations in the game state of many boys of the home team, giving the visiting team a good chance to turn defeat into victory.

No. In the 606th minute, Li Mudi replaced Baselli and Belotti consecutively to strengthen the team's offensive power.And Hong Beibei repaid the coach's trust after 5 minutes. He protected the ball about six meters outside the penalty area and was brought down by the home team's defenders, winning a dangerous free kick for the team. .The technique of direct free kicks is undoubtedly the weakest link of the current Turin team. In the games before this season, they had a total of more than [-] similar opportunities, but they failed to reap even the most. One goal, this level is really difficult to match the third place in Serie A and the fourth place in the league's total number of goals.

Among the regular first-line players in the team, the player with the highest free kick ability is actually the veteran Gourcuff who joined at the end of last year, but it is only 15, which is not a small gap from the top players, not to mention the small Top masters like Juninho, Beckham and Pirlo.Therefore, in most cases where the opportunity is not the best, Turin players mostly choose to pass the ball and let their teammates grab points, and the proportion of choosing to attack directly is not too high.But today, Benassi, who has a free kick ability value of only 13, brought a surprise to everyone. He took the ball with excellent speed and angle, and it hit the upper left corner of the home team's goal, helping the team complete the goal. A reversal of the score.

However, after this goal was produced, the Verona players also completely let go of the burden in their hearts, and finally recovered their previous competitive state, and launched sharp offensives again and again, almost suppressing the visiting team within halftime. No.804 minutes, Croatian high center Bruno Petkovic passed Torino central defender Moretti at the front of the penalty area, volleyed vigorously with his left foot, and was blocked by Cassie sideways.But the second point was snatched by Varotti on the left side of the penalty area, who was plugged in in time. The home team midfielder, who had already scored a goal, rushed to make a supplementary shot with his left foot before Bonifazzi blocked it.It's a pity that in a hurry, this kick shot failed to get a better angle. Cassie, who was desperate to get up quickly, used a single palm that shocked everyone, and put the ball in the goal. The line hit out.

The next moment, everyone on and off the field turned their attention to the baseline referee. After seeing his gesture indicating that there was no goal, the entire Marco Antonio Bentegotti Stadium fell into a huge wail .

In the end, relying on the weakness of the opponent's inexperience and Saint Cassie's key save, Li Mudi led the team to win the away game without any risk, and struggled to get the three points that must be scored.

In a focus match that ended at the same time as the V-Double battle, the Roma team, which was temporarily No. He avenged his predecessor Montella's 5-0 home defeat in the seventh round.The result of this game also caused the Red Bulls to widen the point difference with the Red Wolves to an astonishing eleven points. If Li Mudi can not lose to this capital team in the away game next weekend, it will basically be declared that the latter is very close. It is difficult to have a chance to get involved in the Champions League qualification next season.

However, the competition for the top position in the standings was not able to continue due to the disruption caused by the weather. Juventus, which was tied at the last minute by their rivals in the same city in their own territory in the last round, originally planned to continue to sit at home in this round. Atalanta, three points behind Napoli, must win to keep their title hopes alive.However, a sudden heavy snow disrupted the plan for the sixth consecutive Serie A championship. From Sunday morning, the city of Turin began to snow, and the amount of snowfall at that time did not attract people's attention.But just before the players on both sides started stepping on the court to warm up, the snow became bigger and bigger, and the snow on the court soon exceeded five centimeters.After the referee team and Football Association officials checked the situation on the stadium together, Serie A finally announced that the game was cancelled, and the rematch date needs to be discussed and decided after a meeting.

The postponement of the game will definitely do more harm than good for Juventus who need to fight on three lines, which will make it more difficult for them to compete in the latter part of the season.But as Juventus general manager Marotta said in an interview with the media, heavy snow will definitely change the situation of the field and allow players to take potential risks of injury. Playing under such conditions is harmful to players, clubs, and even football. The irresponsibility of this sport.The Football Association quickly made a decision that the match will be played on March 3. The opponents the old woman encountered in the two weekends were not strong, so she can show a better state Face off against the Son of the Sea God who is not easy to deal with.

As for Atlanta, which has no European distraction, it won the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final against Turin after three days of full preparation. After discussing with the club's senior management, Gasperini simply did not return to Bale. Gamo City, instead directly finalized the matter of renting the practice field with today's opponent.They will stay in Turin for the next two days of training and preparations. At present, only the domestic cup champion can have the chance to qualify for the European competition next season. The Sons of Poseidon have already taken advantage of the physical fitness of the players. The possibility of returning a goal gap has also become larger.

The postponement of Juventus's current round also gave the leader Naples a chance to temporarily widen the gap. Sarri's team beat Cagliari 5-0 away, winning ten consecutive league victories and becoming a breakthrough in the eyes of the outside world. The strongest contender for Bianconeri supremacy.

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