Mister Legend

Chapter 402 The second game in three days

Although the Turin team gradually switched back to the defensive counterattack strategy after the opponent strengthened the attack after scoring the third goal shortly after the opening of the second half, they still got 65% of the possession rate in the end, with 90% of the passing. The success rate, but it can be said that the game has always been under his control. The number of attacks of 96 to 46, the number of dangerous attacks of 60 to 23, and the shooting data ratio of 14 of 6 to 4 of 1 all show that the Red Bulls' four-goal victory is genuine. They are indeed the stronger team in this round of confrontation , the suspense of promotion has been minimal.

Three hours after the end of the capital-fire battle, the results of the eight matches in the first round of the Europa League quarter-finals were all drawn, almost exactly the same as the odds given by the bookmaker before the game. Some promising teams have achieved a relatively ideal score.The four teams of Leipzig Red Bull, Marseille, Portuguese Sporting and Atletico Madrid all won at home. Except for the German team who only defeated Zenit St. Petersburg 2-1, the other three teams all held a lead of more than two goals. It laid a good foundation for the away game of the second round.

CSKA Moscow lost 0 to 1 at home to Lyon. The situation is a bit unfavorable, but it still retains a glimmer of life.Dortmund, who eliminated Atlanta in the last round, had a big upset. They lost 1 to 2 at home to the Austrian team Salzburg Red Bull, pushing themselves into a desperate situation. The impact of the two home goals conceded is really a bit Big, if you want to come back, you have to fight for your life in the away game in a week.

As for the performance of another Italian team, it is also a bit disappointing. Lazio was also beaten 1-2 by the strong enemy Arsenal at home. The performance of the professor in the domestic league has always been criticized by the outside world, but the European war. The results have helped him stabilize the precarious situation several times.Last weekend, the Gunners lost to Brighton, which has never lost in history, which caused doubts about Wenger in the media and the Internet throughout the UK, but tonight's victory helped him calm down temporarily This time the crisis of leaving get out of class was over.

Arsenal basically has no hope of breaking into the top four of the Premier League this season and getting a ticket to the Champions League, but if they can win the Europa League, they can replicate the trajectory of Manchester United last year and become England's fifth Champions League team , so everyone is still waiting to see if the second most successful Premier League manager in modern times can still sit on the dugout at the Emirates Stadium next season.

On the second day, the major sports media will naturally focus their reports on the eight European league matchups. Various analyzes and predictions are frequently made, but no one will take such things seriously. People prefer to watch some of the live broadcasts. Insider tips and tidbits.British newspapers such as "Daily Mirror" and "FourFourTwo" published on this day, as well as British media such as ESPN and BBC Sports, broke the news one after another. Tottenham coach Pochettino talked about off-field factors in an interview. Juventus' Champions League progress.

The former Argentine international, who has risen to fame in the past two years and has grown into a world-class coach, said: "We didn't create enough opportunities to score the second goal. This is the reason why the team was eliminated. The main reason, but based on the data of the two rounds, Tottenham is obviously the better side, but some small details determine the result of the game. Juventus are used to winning, but they are also used to putting pressure on the referee. Before the game, Agnelli (club president) was in the tunnel trying to influence the referee, and after the game, Marotta (general manager) was there. And at half-time, I saw them with my own eyes Put pressure on referee Maziniak."

Then he said with deep meaning: "This game has taught us a lesson. We should not only pay attention to the performance on the court, but also pay attention to the factors outside the court. If we want to win, we only rely on the performance of the players on the court. is not enough."

This is almost a replica of Mourinho's accusation against Barcelona back then, and it immediately attracted the attention of the entire European football circle.However, after being questioned by reporters, Pochettino never mentioned this matter again. Tottenham Club did not file a complaint with UEFA, and Juventus Club did not make any official response. The reporters who thought they could find big news felt helpless.Fortunately, there are no follow-up clues about this game, so you can think about it. Some media in the UK dug up the Serie A No.20 fourth-round match between Juventus and Fiorentina in February this year, trying to convince the old woman that she was going to fight against Fiorentina. The referee's pressure behavior is indeed the world's number one master.

The venue at that time was the Frankie Stadium. The Viola, who played at home, started with a high momentum, and did not fall into a disadvantage in the confrontation with the six consecutive league champions. No.18 minutes, Colombian midfielder Carlos Sanchez hit Chiellini's arm with a cross from the right. The referee Guida immediately awarded a penalty kick, but was severely protested by all Juventus players.After contacting the off-field VAR team, the referee insisted on the penalty, but when the home team's French midfielder Villetour was about to take the penalty, the Juventus players refused to exit the penalty area.Guida blew his whistle twice to stop the game, stepped forward to communicate with Buffon, Chiellini and others, but still could not stop their protests.

Against the boos of the fans of the home team, the game seemed to be in a stalemate, and the "tenacious" Juventus players finally waited for the moment of reversal of the plot.After the referee saw that the dissuasion was ineffective, he contacted the VAR team again through the headset. After a few simple exchanges, he actually canceled the penalty kick and awarded the visiting team a free kick in the backcourt.This turning point is comparable to the imagination of a screenwriter of a Hollywood blockbuster!In this way, the whole process took a total of three and a half minutes. The referee did not go to the sidelines to watch the video replay in person, and did not give even a yellow card to the visiting team player who did not respect him. The most outrageous thing is that he did not give any explanation to Fiorentina. .

The commentator on the live broadcast could only guess that it might be because Carlos Sanchez, who passed the ball, was offside before, but the slow-motion playback showed that it should be the former defender Sandro of the visiting team who accidentally passed the ball when he tackled the ball. There is no offside.After the game, the referee technical committee gave the reason that Simeone made a foul when he was fighting with Sandro, but most people did not recognize this penalty when they re-watched the video.But it’s useless to say anything afterwards. Because of this penalty kick, the morale of the Fiorentina players in the game was severely hit. In the second half, Bernardeschi and Higuain scored two goals in a row. The home game was 0-2. Lost the game.

At that time, the outside world had a heated discussion about the referee Guida's controversial penalty after the game, but as mentioned before, the Italian media will not report too much on the various related events between Juventus and the referee. They also treat it as an after-dinner conversation and just exchange it casually, and then they don't take it seriously anymore.This time the British wanted to put this matter together with the Tottenham coach's accusation, and didn't think about what to do with the old woman. They just disgusted the other party and vented their grievances.The accusation without evidence will not harm the interests of Juventus at all, but will make Tottenham, which has just shown signs of rising, the focus of everyone's eyes, which is not conducive to their future development.

As a result, the "Juventus referee gate" incident appeared abruptly and disappeared even more quickly. After a day or two, its position in newspapers and the Internet was replaced by news of the league rekindling wars in various countries.

Since Roma will face Shakhtar Donetsk in the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals next Tuesday night, in order to allow enough time to recover their strength, they had hoped that this weekend's league in advance.However, the Turin team just finished playing against Locomotive on Thursday night, unwilling to accept the absurd schedule of the second game after a day, so the Roma club put forward a request to Serie A to postpone this round of the league .

For Li Mudi and his team, although the direct confrontation with the Red Wolves will have a great impact on the situation of striving for the No. This request.But in fact, they did not express their position, but were willing to accept any arrangement of the alliance.

The reason for this is very simple. One is to take advantage of the opportunity that Roma will have to do their best in Tuesday’s European game (they lost 1-2 away in the first round) to force the opponent to have some reservations in this league; The second is that the future schedule of the Red Bulls, who are fighting on the third front, is already very difficult. Unless the European League is eliminated immediately, there will be at least two weeks of double matches in the first two weeks of April.

Considering the national team match day in late March, there is little room for choosing a date for the postponement of the league, and it can only be played in the middle of the week when there is no European competition.However, according to the league's plan, the No.20 seven-round league that was not played due to Astori's death will also be played in a certain week in April. If the match between Rome and Turin is postponed to around then, It will make the Red Bulls encounter the situation of playing eight games in four consecutive weeks, and the pressure is too great.

After this consideration, the Turin club made a decision that did not conform to the proposal of the Roma team, but if it can be postponed, at least the players can get a full rest now, so that there will be no new unexpected situations, so it is also No objection was spoken.However, the Serie A League replied to the capital club's application almost immediately, rejecting the proposal of postponement, but moved the game originally scheduled for late Saturday night to the afternoon, giving them an extra eight hours of rest time .

The Turin team, who had no right to object to this decision, had to quickly change their previous plan. After a recovery training on Friday afternoon, they set off for the airport, and immediately entered a state of rest after arriving in Rome at night.After simply warming up the next morning, the focus of preparations was on the tactical meeting.Because in the game against Lokomotiv Moscow two days ago, the strongest lineup currently owned by the team was deployed, so that the physical fitness of most of the main players was at around 80%. Failing to restore them to the point where they could last a full game, Li Moody had to make a lot of adjustments to the starting lineup.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the Torino team submitted the starting list for today's game. In the infrequently used 4-3-1-2 formation, the goalkeeper Casillas, the four defenders are Flanagan, Diego Lloren Te, Kanneman and Bareca, the three midfielders Tulalan, Baselli and Vukocevic, Benassi as the midfielder, and the national team combination of Immobile and Belotti as the double forwards.

Among them, Belotti played the whole game two days ago and has the worst physical fitness, but Li Mudi needs him to play to contain the Roma defense line, but Red Beibei can last for 10 to [-] minutes at most. You can only "walk" if you stay on the field.Baselli was replaced early in the last game, but as a midfielder, he ran more distance and his physical condition was not much better. Fortunately, two defensive players assisted him today. Just need to put energy into the offense.However, the Turin coach is ready to replace him in advance, because the opponent's strength is indeed very strong, which will bring more extra pressure to the players of the Red Bulls, and consume more energy than when playing against a weaker team. bigger.

Di Francesco's lineup did not surprise everyone. Although the main center Dzeko and the defensive core Fazio were both suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards, the Czech star Schick who replaced the two starters and Brazilian international Juan Jr. is not a soft persimmon, coupled with the main players in the other nine positions, the overall strength is still not to be underestimated.Some people have speculated before that the Roma team may not put forth all their strength today. After all, it seems that the possibility of their counterattack to the third place in the league is still relatively small. It is better to focus on the ongoing Champions League. , although theoretically there is no hope of winning the championship, but every round of promotion will get a huge bonus return, which should be a better choice for the red wolf whose economic situation is not always good.

But obviously, the Roma team is still very confident in their ability to reverse Shakhtar Donetsk. Although they lost the away game in the first round, the difference of one goal and an away goal still gave them the confidence to come back.The suspension of Dzeko and Fazio just allows them to get extra rest, and other players can also try their best to recover their physical fitness in the next three days. With the home court advantage, they still have a great chance to eliminate the Ukrainian powerhouse and advance to the eighth place. strong.It is under such circumstances that the coaching staff of the Red Wolves did not choose to stay strong today, but played all the aces they could use, hoping to use a victory to continue last weekend's away victory over the leader Naples. High morale.

And if the Turin team can take advantage of the current injury situation and win the battle, the point difference between the two sides can be reduced to five points. When there are ten rounds left in the league, there is still a certain chance of a successful counterattack. , so the home team did not hesitate to send out this strongest lineup, striving to get the most ideal ending.

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