Mister Legend

Chapter 399 Mourning and Recovery

Li Mudi got in touch with the football manager game very early. In the computer room, the predecessor of the Internet cafe, when everyone was crazy about the red police, he played FSM97 silently by himself, although he didn't know how to play it at that time.

But after owning my own desktop computer, I became a loyal player of this type of game through CM4, a masterpiece.In his more than ten years of football manager game career, he has used the most objects, except for Real Madrid, it is necessary to count the teams in Serie A, Milan duo, Fiorentina, Roma, Naples, Parma, only Juventus Si uses the least, one is because the strength is too strong and there is no fun, and the other is that he doesn't like the old lady's game style.

According to the classification of business game players on the Internet, Li Mudi is an out-and-out "used to being poor in his previous life" type. He rarely spends tens of millions of funds to introduce superstars, and prefers to cultivate potential Mavericks to let others Growing into a superstar is exactly the same as his business philosophy in reality.

And because a large number of talented Mavericks are refreshed every year in the game, except for a very few young players who have the strength of the ball king or are particularly preferred by themselves (for example, the name or birthday is in line with his preferences), most of the monsters will be raising them. After reaching a certain level, it was sold to other giants at a high price.Seeing a huge sum of money enter the account of his club, the satisfaction is like eating a frozen watermelon in the dog days, it is so refreshing!

Li Mudi remembers that he once coached Parma, which was relegated to the second division, and used about five or six seasons to turn this down-and-out former Serie A club, one of the seven sisters, from negative to 25 million in total assets. They are all geniuses under the age of [-], and Astori is one of them. This veritable young guard has won all the championship titles that can be won. It is the Turin coach who is the most eye-catching in the virtual world. one of the results.Since then, this low-priced but extremely useful central defender has become one of the players that Li Moody often uses, and he will be included in his account almost every time he coaches an Italian team in the game.

In reality, after Vallejo returned to Real Madrid last summer, the Turin coach had thought about introducing Astori, but because of the arrival of Diego Llorente and Fiorentina's unwillingness to sell the core of the team to the competition Opponents and other reasons were shelved without further discussion.However, in Li Moody's mind, Captain Viola, like Ranocchia, is capable of acting as a substitute member of the national team among the Italian central defenders. In the past two years when talents have been cut off, it is still barely possible to build a world-class defense line with Bonucci.It's a pity that the sky was jealous of the talents and left many regrets.

Open the largest fan forum in Italy, which is almost full of everyone's condolences and reluctance for Astori's sudden death. Major social software is also full of memories and condolences from football insiders.Totti, Pirlo, Dzeko, Dybala... These famous Serie A players who were Fiorentina captain teammates or opponents all expressed their reluctance in short but affectionate words. Famous players such as Baresi and Gullit They all showed up to express their sorrow.Buffon also posted a long post on Ins remembering the relationship between the two of them for more than ten years, the content moved people to tears.

In the Turin team, Cassie, Immobile, Belotti and others also posted a message to express their condolences. After recovering, Li Mudi also posted a photo of Astori on the Internet, attaching the words " RIP," but these did little to assuage the shock and grief in my heart.

Subsequently, all Italian clubs, as well as foreign giants including Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Liverpool, etc., also released news of condolences to Astori on their official Twitter and official website.

This morning, Serie A officially announced that in order to express condolences on Astori's death, all remaining Serie A games including the Milan Derby will be postponed. Shocked and saddened, the entire Serie A family sends their sincerest condolences to Astori's family. In expressing condolences to Astori, all Serie A matches will be postponed today."

This also means that all the teams' plans for today's game arrangements have been cancelled, especially the Turin team, which was originally scheduled to kick off at noon. They were already preparing for the final field training when they were notified of the postponement.But none of them complained about this decision at all. They all silently returned to the locker room and sat in their seats with mournful faces. The room that was always noisy in the past has become completely silent today. .

And Li Moody's decision to postpone the game is naturally welcomed with both hands. Since the news of Astori's death was known to the players in the morning, it can be clearly seen from the FM system that everyone's morale has dropped to the bottom instantly.To play a Serie A professional game in this state, even if the opponent's strength is not strong, there are still great hidden dangers. The postponement of the game can just preserve physical strength and fully prepare for the European game on Thursday.As for the make-up match, let's wait until the new schedule is released before worrying about it.

In this way, the entire Italian football world spent this unforgettable weekend in an atmosphere of sorrow and regret, but information related to Astori is still flooding the Apennine Peninsula.First, the local prosecutor in Udinese announced the cause of death of the Fiorentina captain: cardiac arrest of natural causes. The ceremony honored Astori.UEFA also announced immediately that before all European games this week, the audience will observe a minute of silence for the Fiorentina central defender who has just passed away unfortunately.In the end, both Fiorentina and Cagliari announced at the same time that they would retire the No. 3 jersey worn by Astori during his lifetime.

After waves of mourning activities appeared one after another, the time soon came to the match day of the Champions League. The four teams will advance to the quarter-finals this week, finally attracting the attention of the fans to the green field .

On Tuesday night, Liverpool drew a goalless draw with Porto at home. With a big victory in the first leg, they easily entered the next round with a total score of 5-0. After nine years, Liverpool once again occupied a place in the quarterfinals.And the kick-off at the same time as this game without any suspense is the focus of the world's attention in this round of knockout rounds. Paris Saint-Germain returned to the home court with a 1-3 away defeat, and the match between the defending champion Real Madrid The second round of the decisive battle that determines the fate of each.

After the winter break, Zizou's team has obviously improved significantly. Except for the accidental loss at home to Villarreal in the first league game in 2018, they have shown a very good performance since then. The level of competition has maintained an unbeaten record of 7 wins and 1 draw.Among them, the 7-1 home victory over Deportivo and the 4-1 away victory over Valencia are rare and wonderful performances, which have basically reached the expectations given to them by the outside world before the start of the season.

After winning 3-1 at home against the city's little brother Getafe last weekend, Real Madrid's points have reached 57 points. Although they are still 3 points away from the top Barcelona, ​​the No. Relatively solid, it is not a big problem to get a seat for the Champions League next season.

There are many reasons for the team's recovery, such as Ronaldo regaining his scoring ability at the top level, Bell, who had been plagued by injuries before, suddenly became healthy, etc., but the most important thing is the change of head coach Qi Zu.During this month and a half, he re-established the rotation arrangement of the players, allowing young players such as Mbappe, Asensio, Kovacic to get more playing time, and fully mobilized the team members. In addition to enthusiasm, it also keeps the physical condition of the veterans at a fairly good level. This is the most critical factor for Real Madrid's success last season.

Through the FM system, it can be clearly seen that the overall morale of the Galaxy Battleship is very high. Even Benzema, who is in a scoring drought, maintains a positive and optimistic attitude. Only Isco is currently in a relatively negative mood, but Who has made him suffer from the outside world's accusations of being too sticky to the ball recently, and the fact that the team performed better without him also explains a lot of problems. It has begun to spread in the transfer market that the midfield commander will leave the team in the summer news.

At noon on Wednesday, when the Turin coach was on the phone with Qi Zu, he half-jokingly expressed his willingness to take over Isco to his friends.The Red Bulls really need to be strengthened in the attacking midfielder position. Both Benassi and Baselli are more suitable as central midfielders. Gourcuff's age and injury-prone physique also restrict his performance. The Spanish international, who ranks among the top ten in the world in this position, is naturally of great interest.

However, Real Madrid is definitely unwilling to sell the core players of the team easily, and even if they are put into the transfer market, the price is estimated to be difficult for the Turin team to afford. Lotti plus 5000 million euros in exchange.Both sides laughed and skipped the matter.

As for the evening game, Real Madrid's confidence is still very high.Neymar sprained his right ankle in the league. After diagnosis, he even suffered a bone fracture. He has undergone surgery and will need 6 weeks to 3 months to recover. He is not sure whether he can participate in the World Cup in Russia .The lack of a top star has made the strength of Greater Paris inevitably decline. According to the pre-match polls by French media, only 22% of the French believe that they can reverse the success.

On the eve of the game, some extreme fans of the home team gathered outside the hotel where Real Madrid stayed in the early hours of the morning and made all kinds of noises, trying to influence the players of the visiting team to rest, until the police intervened.On the evening of the match day, these fans were still waiting before the buses of the two sides entered the stadium entrance, singing the home team's anthem, shouting "Death to Real Madrid" and other insulting words, and at the same time making a fuss. Banner with "puta madrid" (Changji - homonym in Spanish).The performance of these extreme fans made the game full of gunpowder, and also made the security personnel on the scene feel like an enemy, adding extra tidbits to this matchup that is destined to become a hot topic for everyone.

In fact, not all members of the Galaxy Battleship can play today. Kroos and Modric, who have just recovered from injuries, sat on the bench, and Bell, who played all the games last weekend, was with them.Zizou accidentally dispatched a 4-4-2 formation with parallel positions in the midfield, with Casemiro and Kovacic in the middle, Vazquez and Asensio, two players who are better at playing wingers, retreated to form The winger was replaced, and the striker was played by Ronaldo and Benzema.

After the opening game, Real Madrid resorted to a high-position press strategy in the hope of suppressing Paris’s offensive starting point from the source. Unfortunately, it was easily resolved by the opponent’s skillful possession of the ball. Qi Zu immediately instructed the players to start recovering the formation and stabilize the situation. The defense prevents the home team from getting the opportunity to speed up the frontcourt.Facing opponents who took the initiative to retreat, Paris coach Emery's ball possession tactics before the game gave them a certain advantage in the scene, but the idea of ​​​​excessively seeking midfield control could not be given to Real Madrid because of the lack of creativity in the core area. There is too much pressure on the back line, which has become a microcosm of this game.

The home team, whose ball possession ratio once reached 63%, launched attacks from the two wings many times, but Cavani, who was the arrow, failed to get a kick under the joint efforts of the two central defenders Ramos and Varane. Threatening shot chance.Although Di Maria and Alves successively sent a through ball to Cavani and the starting right winger Draxler, but because Real Madrid's defense retreated a lot, it made it very easy for goalkeeper Navas to attack. , Destroyed the intention of the opposing player twice in a row in advance, and resolved the dangerous situation before it started.

And his own defense and the opponent's forward pressure allow Real Madrid to give full play to the characteristics of fast impact ability on the offensive end. Asensio can overwhelm Mbappe to enter the starting lineup, relying on him now having a stronger player than the French teenager. Passing comprehensive ability, the latter is still more suitable to play the role of a terminator.The visiting team took advantage of the cooperation that can be completed by two or three people, and got more chances to shoot in the first half of the game.

No. 307 minutes, Paris' defense made a huge mistake. Benzema got a single-handed chance after receiving a long pass from the backcourt and succeeded in countering offside. Kicked the ball to goalkeeper Areola and created a corner kick.Before, he also wasted a cross-knock of Ronaldo on the penalty area line, and that shot was outrageously formed into an anti-aircraft gun.

In addition, in the 17th minute, Real Madrid played a classic tactical corner kick. Asensio crossed the penalty area from the right. Ramos made a strong shot from the front point, but was bravely saved by Areola.All in all, Qi Zu's team played its own characteristics even when the first half and possession rate were not dominant, and it also restricted the opponent's performance, laying a solid foundation for subsequent victories.

After another battle, the two sides still continued the previous tactical thinking, and the results proved that the coaches of the two teams were better.In the minute, Asensio quickly launched an offensive after stealing the ball from the midfielder, and passed the ball straight to Vazquez in the back row at the front of the penalty area. The latter sent a precise cross with his not very good left foot. C Luo outflanked at a high speed at the back point, and a powerful header broke through the home team's city, and also pushed Paris to the edge of the cliff.

(End of this chapter)