Mister Legend

Chapter 429 Reserved League Journey

Li Modi, who had to return to China later than the two directors of the club, finally failed to escape the interception of the reporters. He was besieged in the airport and had to leave something in exchange for the freedom to leave. These uncrowned kings are really too fierce up.

Facing the media who have no integrity at all, he naturally wouldn't say anything carelessly, even more so when Qi Zu joked that Marseille was a big gift package, he couldn't reveal the slightest tone, on the contrary it was He praised this opponent a lot.Judging from the tone of the Turin coach, it seems that the opponent the Red Bulls are about to face is a super team that is more difficult to deal with than Real Madrid and Bayern. Hypocrisy.

But fortunately, they still got enough content for editing. They can play freely if they don’t have something to watch. Only after 15 minutes, Li Moody, who was always talking nonsense, was let go, so that the latter could finally sit in Foer’s The car that Sinna picked up from the airport rushed back to the club.

In the following week, because the two European games have entered the semi-final stage, they finally got a chance to rest and adjust, but the Italian Football Association and Serie A jumped out to make troubles, which made people feel uneasy.When the schedule was drawn up before the start of the season, in order to leave more time for the national team to prepare for the World Cup, the next Tuesday and Wednesday were scheduled to play the No.30 three rounds of the league, forming a situation of double matches a week.But no one expected that the Azzurri would be eliminated in the play-offs, which made this arrangement lose its greatest significance.

For other teams, the occasional intensive schedule does not feel too burdensome, but for the two Serie A teams that still have European missions, Roma and Torino, this arrangement seems too unreasonable.Counting the previous two rounds of quarter-finals and the upcoming semi-finals, they will have to usher in at least five consecutive weeks of double matches. As well as the domestic cup finals, the number of insufficient recuperation time will be increased to seven consecutive weeks. The physical fitness of the players has been severely tested, which will also have a considerable negative impact on their strength.

Other leagues have encountered similar situations, but they have all received special care from the Football Association. For example, Real Madrid and Barcelona have been approved for the postponement of the league next weekend. The former can save energy for the first round of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern. Players can also prepare more adequately for the Copa del Rey final.

And when the two clubs of Roma and Turin wanted to follow the example of the La Liga giants and postpone this weekend's league, they were immediately dismissed by the Football Association and Serie A on the grounds that there was no precedent in their country. The body continues to fight hand-to-hand with domestic league opponents. As for how the European competition will be played ten days later, it is difficult to care about it now.

However, compared to the Red Bulls who are relatively stable in the third place in the league standings, the Red Wolves now have to continue to work hard for the last Champions League qualification, and they are bound to be unable to focus on the European competition. The pressure on Di Francesco is obviously greater .

When the Champions League and Europa League are in the final four stages, Serie A has already confirmed that they will be in the top four at the end of the season in the European league standings for the past five seasons, so they can participate in the next season. The number of teams in the UEFA Champions League will automatically become four, and all of them will directly advance to the UEFA Champions League group stage, without the need to advance to the main match through play-offs. (In reality, it was determined more than a year ago. The author thinks it is not reasonable enough, and made a slight change to add the points of this season to draw a conclusion.)
This also means that after five years, Italy is finally able to send four teams to participate in the world's top club competition again, and it is indeed worth celebrating.

In the current standings, Roma ranks fifth in the league with 58 points, one point behind Inter Milan and two points ahead of rivals Lazio in the same city. No.7 AC Milan also scored 52 points after a strong performance. This is the last Champions League The place seems to be up for grabs.However, the Red Wolves are not without advantages. Their remaining league opponents are generally not very strong. Except for this weekend's Rome derby and the penultimate round against Juventus at home, the rest of the teams are At the bottom of the standings, this also makes Di Francesco's team the one that everyone is most optimistic about.

On the contrary, the Turin team, which has a large lead, can't relax too much. After that, they will encounter AC Milan, Atalanta, Lazio and Naples four strong enemies in succession. One carelessness may lead to tragedy.

However, Li Moody, who has already focused on the European league, is not worried that his team will collapse. Since he landed in Italian football, although the Red Bulls have generally performed relatively average against strong teams, they have won There are the most draws, and the number of losses is slightly less than that of victories. It can't be said that the strong is strong.But in terms of "abusing food", the Turin team has basically achieved the ultimate. According to statistics, in the past two seasons, there are three teams that have scored the most points when facing the bottom ten of the standings, Juventus and Naples. And the Turin team, beyond the expectations of many people.And the fact that the gutter capsizes rarely happens is also the most critical factor for the Turin team to reach the top four for two consecutive years.

After the remaining eight league opponents this season, in addition to the above-mentioned four strong teams, there are also slightly inferior teams such as Crotone, Chievo, Spal and Genoa. , these twelve points should be able to be obtained steadily.So as long as there is no extreme result of losing all four games in the dialogue with strong teams such as AC Milan, the Torino team will finally score at least [-] points. According to common sense, this number is enough to rank in the top four of Serie A. , That's why he sat on the Diaoyutai with such confidence and dared to devote most of his energy to seeking the first European trophy in team history.

Due to the tight schedule, the players who had just experienced a frightening battle in Austria did not get much rest time. They rushed back to the club's residence on Friday evening for a tactical video analysis meeting, preparing for the guest game in two days. Getting ready for the Rhone match.

The performance of the Flying Donkeys this season is still relatively struggling. They are currently outside the relegation circle with only a two-point advantage, and they may fall into a doomed situation at any time.But in the recent period, their state has improved compared to before. Except for losing to the archrival Verona in the No.20 eighth round, they have achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in the past four games. The two lost games were both away to AC Milan and Naples, which is quite surprising overall.

As we all know, the most difficult opponent at the end of the season is the team competing for the championship or relegation, so even though the strength gap between the two sides is still relatively obvious, in the eyes of Torino supporters, this game will not be as it is on paper. It is generally easy to win, and everyone is ready to encounter extreme difficulties.

However, the process of the game was not accurately estimated by most people. With some reservations, the 3-5-2 formation arranged by Moody Li showed a rare ability to control the ball.The dual-core of Benassi and Gourcuff, together with the assistance of Musis, Silvestri, Bareca and other teammates, allowed the Red Bulls to get a season-high 67% of the ball at the end of the game. The rate basically controls the initiative of the entire field situation.

In the case of Cassie's rotation, the young Serbian goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic rarely got the starting qualification, but he failed to gain too much experience in this game, because The three-back line of defense formed by Kanneman, Ranocchia and the youngster Riboira completely restricted the two forwards of the home team.Coupled with the help of other teammates, Chievo only formed four shots in the whole game, and all of them missed or were blocked. The Turin goalkeeper did not make a save. The fans of the home team couldn't get excited at all .

On the offensive end, although the Red Bulls enjoyed a super high time of possession, they failed to create a good opportunity for a while in the face of Rolando Malan's iron barrel formation in this game.In the first half, except for Falk's volley that hit the goal post, he could no longer threaten the opponent's 39-year-old goalkeeper Sorrentino. The shooting efficiency of 7 in 1 is obviously not satisfactory.

However, when the game lasted for an hour, Chievo, who felt the huge pressure of relegation, just wanted to increase their offensive investment, but was seized by the Torino team, which was always waiting for the opponent to show its flaws.Belotti received a diagonal pass from Bareca on the left, sent the ball into the lower left corner of the home team's goal with a wonderful volley shot, and the Red Bulls finally ushered in a precious goal.

After successfully breaking the deadlock, the game became much easier to play.After the Flying Donkey Corps lost a point that might have been obtained, it would be meaningless to stick to it, so they also started to make a fuss on the offensive end.This also caused their defense line to become no longer as stable as before. The offensive efficiency of the visiting team has been significantly improved, and they have organized very threatening offensives many times.But the old goalkeeper Sorrentino played very bravely today, blocking Belotti's close-range header and Benassi's long-range shot consecutively, keeping the team's hope of equalizing the score.

No. At 80 minutes, Li Mudi used the last substitution in his hand to send Immobile, and continued to maintain the threat of the frontcourt to ensure that the game will always be in his hands.It’s just that the Italian international failed to score a goal with his first attack. He succeeded in countering offside after receiving Gourcuff’s exquisite through ball, but failed when he faced the attacking Sorrentino one-on-one. Keeping enough calmness, he missed the goal that was bound to be scored, which made Su Dong, a PBTV commentator who was broadcasting the game live from Tianchao, exclaim in disbelief.

Due to Icardi's continuous goals in recent rounds of Serie A, the current competition for the scorer list is actually quite fierce.As of last weekend, Immobile led the list with 25 goals scored, Inter Milan captain followed closely behind by one goal, Dybala ranked third with 21 goals, if nothing unexpected , the three of them will be candidates for the top scorer in Serie A this season.

In the evening game that ended last night, Inter Milan had a goalless draw with Atlanta in the away game. This was an excellent opportunity for Turin No. 10 to increase the lead.However, in order to reserve strength for the strong dialogue against AC Milan in the middle of the week, Li Mudi did not arrange for Immobile to start today, and in the end he only gave the latter more than ten minutes of playing time. No wonder he and the Torino supporters were disappointed when he bizarrely missed a chance to score.

It's just that today's Chievo turned into a beautiful angel, not only gave the opponent a three-pointer, but also gave a golden chance to hit the ball in a hurry. No.808 minutes, central defender Mattia Barney suddenly short-circuited his mind and kicked Farke into the air with a violent flying shovel in a situation that was not too threatening, causing the Spanish winger to suffer an ankle injury and had to leave early. field, and he also harvested the red gem card and was directly sent off the field.

Since both sides have no quota for substitutions at this time, they can only finish the game with ten to ten.However, the Turin team, which lacks a winger, obviously has a greater advantage than Chievo, whose defensive core was sent off. This situation is somewhat similar to the exchange between Völler and Rijkaard in the 1990 World Cup.

The temporary defensive line formed by the retreat of midfielder Radovanovic naturally has the problem of insufficient coordination. After 2 minutes, when the game just entered the first minute of stoppage time, Belotti found a chance to take the ball Into the restricted area.The Serbian right-back Tomovic pulled Hong Beibei's jersey with his hands in desperation, causing the latter to lose his balance when he made a swinging leg attack and failed to kick the right part, but the referee whistled The whistle for a penalty kick came unexpectedly.

In order to help his friend expand his lead in the scorer list, Belotti took the initiative to give up the right to take the penalty, which reflects the current unity and friendly atmosphere in the Turin team.Immobile did not waste everyone's good intentions again, and scored the home team's goal with a strong shot, which not only fulfilled the wish of scoring, but also completely killed the suspense of the game.

In the end, the Red Bulls steadily scored three points from the Marco Antonio Bentegotti Stadium, maintained an eight-point gap with No.4 in the league, and continued to move forward step by step towards qualifying for the Champions League next season.

It's just that the atmosphere of today's occasion is really not suitable for them to celebrate loudly. One is that the opponent's strength is a bit weak, and the difficulty of winning itself is not very great.Another reason is that there are too few spectators on site. The stadium can accommodate up to 42160 people, but it is only a little more than one-fifth full, including more than 400 fans of the visiting team who accompanied the team. attendance rate.No wonder today's broadcasters seldom switch the camera to the stands, otherwise the empty seats would be too ugly. I guess the TV station couldn't bear to let the Chievo Club be seen as a joke by the audience.

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