Mister Legend

Chapter 430 Relax Your Mind

The match between Torino and Chievo is the final match of this round of Serie A. It was specially arranged to take care of the Red Bulls who had just finished their European game on Thursday night, so in Marco Antonio Bentegotti After the results of the matches on the stadium, the ten league games in the second round of No.30 have been completely over, and Li Moody is very satisfied with the results.

There were five draws in the ten group confrontations, creating a new record for this season, and four of them were zero to zero.And the total number of goals in a single round of 15 goals is also the worst offensive performance in the past two seasons. The Serie A team seems to have recovered the world's top defensive ability overnight, but it looks more like their crosshairs Problems arose at the same time.

The three strong dialogues that were highly anticipated by everyone before the game: Atlanta vs. Inter Milan, AC Milan vs. Naples and Rome Derby, all ended in a goalless draw, which disappointed all fans.Coupled with the fact that Fiorentina, which has performed strongly since Astori's death, was also forced into a goalless draw by the relegation team Spal, many stars have encountered a cold winter this weekend, and the increasingly warm weather conditions Formed a stark contrast.

The consequences of these draws made both Turin very happy. The White Dolphins failed to bring back three points from the San Siro, and Juventus, which defeated Sampdoria by three goals at home, has extended its lead to four. Points up.As long as at least one tie can be guaranteed in the direct dialogue between the top two top players after two rounds, the old woman can almost announce in advance the great cause of securing the league championship for seven consecutive times. Once this result becomes a reality, it will be a tragedy for Italian football. ah!A dominant league is doomed to gradually decline. The enthusiasm of the fans will fade, and other competitors will lose their fighting spirit because they cannot see the hope of a counterattack. The state of Ligue [-] during Lyon's seven consecutive championships is the worst. Obvious example.

But it’s still too early to say these things. On the second day, some media began to sing praises for the Bianconeri’s imminent creation of a new consecutive championship record. What kind of negative effect, just pure excitement.With Real Madrid's hopeless defense of La Liga this season, the old lady will occupy the first place in the top five league championships alone. This can be regarded as an honor for Italian football.

The Turin team also has enough reasons to be happy. The teams ranked behind them all only scored one point. After 32 rounds of the league, the Red Bulls lead the No.4 Inter Milan and No.5 Roma. Extended to nines and ten.Moreover, the team will also have a make-up match with the underdog Crotone. In theory, they should be able to gain another victory steadily, as long as they don't compete for [-] points in the remaining six games. They all returned empty-handed. They can now be said to have touched the ticket to the Champions League with one hand, and they will only put it in their pockets when the time is right.

Since it was an evening game, Li Moody and the others did not choose to return to Turin City overnight, because Verona does not have an airport. If you want to take a plane, you have to go to Bologna or Venice first, and the distance is enough to take a bus and take the high speed It's one-third of the way back to Turin, so this time for the away game, the Red Bulls chose land transportation.It was obviously not a good idea to drive late, so everyone decided in advance that they would stay here for one night before leaving for home tomorrow morning.

But in this way, the team can’t have a holiday. When they return to the club’s residence in the afternoon, they have to start tactical video analysis immediately. Although Wednesday’s game against the Rossoneri is at home, the time is still very tight. Almost all coaching staff and players They all want to get the points to ensure No.3 in the league as soon as possible, so that they can devote all their energy to the Europa League and the Coppa Italia final in late May.

This kind of mentality cannot be said to be wrong. After all, the pressure of fighting on three lines is still very high for the current Turin team. A desperate situation arises.However, because of the World Cup in the summer, the arrangement of the league will be tighter than in previous years. The team's consecutive double matches for a week not only makes the players in the next game feel extremely difficult, but even the coaches who are preparing for the off-court are miserable. Word.If the pressure of winning is forced on everyone, it is estimated that the day of total collapse will not be far away.

Therefore, as the boss of the team, Li Moody still has to stand up in time to relieve the pressure of the team, and reduce the potential threat of an explosion from a slight touch.

So on Tuesday afternoon, when there was only one day to prepare for the match day, the Turin first team unexpectedly ended the day's training task ahead of schedule. All the team members came to a recording studio in the city center under the leadership of Li Mudi, and started Produced a player version of the Turin team song "Ancora Toro".

This activity can also be regarded as a tradition of the team. Every five or six years or when the team has achieved good results, the club will select a few core figures from the lineup at that time to record the team song. It's a commemoration.After all, the speed of change of the Turin team members is too fast. It is almost impossible for someone who can play here for more than five consecutive years to appear, so every version is very innovative.

Since the selection criteria are core players plus people with relatively good singing skills, the points recorded on the Internet for each broadcast are quite considerable. Even if the free form does not bring any actual benefits to the club, it is for the fans. But it is also a good gift, which will help strengthen their sense of belonging to the team.

It’s just that the time for recording songs is basically chosen during the offseason. It’s the first time to do this activity during the season, and this time all the players of the first team are playing, everyone feels very fresh.

Naturally, Li Moody wanted to use this opportunity to let everyone relax their extremely tense nerves, and it was also a common decompression method he used since he coached Castilla.Singing, there is a hidden good voice that strays into the sports world, and there is a broken gong voice that costs nothing, so it is always full of various surprises and joys, and it is really suitable for enlivening the atmosphere.

In this way, after two or three hours of playful recording, the Turin players, who do not require too much professionalism, have completely finished this team song representing the spirit of the red bull. During the process, everyone There have been many belly laughs, unknowingly and temporarily forgetting the pressure of the game, which can be regarded as perfectly achieving the goal of the team coach.

But they didn't relax completely. After all, there were still many key duels to be played, but their mentality was no longer as impatient as before, but had stabilized.

However, the reality is always less than 100% ideal. In the first game on Tuesday night, Inter Milan, which had already felt the huge pressure to compete for the fourth round, finally rose again after two rounds of invincibility. Victory over Cagliari, who are still in danger of relegation, revived their momentum.It is worth mentioning that Spalletti's team not only played a rare level in the offense, but also showed the world's top ability in the defense. The visiting team did not get a kick in the whole game. The opportunity created the Nerazzurri's best performance in the past six seasons and became the focus of the media's attention the next morning.

And Icardi's performance of one goal and one assist in the game also made the competition for the scorer list more active. There is still a gap between him and Immobile by one goal, and he may overtake at any time.Immobile's emotions that had just been relieved could not help becoming tense again. The training on the field on Wednesday afternoon always had a serious expression, allowing the reporters who were allowed to enter the field for filming to find the opportunity to play freely. The topic of the competition for the top scorer in the league continues to rage.

After Atlanta's three-goal away victory over vice squad leader Benevento, the remaining eight league games all kicked off on time at 20:45 in the evening, and the most notable one was undoubtedly the match between Torino and AC Milan.When the two sides met for the first time this season on November 11 last year, the Red Bulls drew 26-0 away from the Rossoneri, which was in a state of ups and downs at the time, which led to the latter’s then head coach Montella and the notice of dismissal after the game. , This gave Gattuso the opportunity to return to his old club.

And the small plane that took over Seville later is not having a good time in Spain.Although leading the team eliminated Manchester United and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, after stopping at the feet of Bayern, the domestic league has almost no hope of reaching the top four. The former European league hegemony has already moved the idea of ​​​​changing coaches again.After being fired twice within a year, Montella's development prospects are indeed unclear now.

For Gattuso, Li Moody and the Turin team are regarded as the "nobles" for him to fulfill his dream of coaching AC Milan. After all, if there is no draw, maybe Montella will take the opportunity to stand up and stay in office.However, in the face of the current critical period of competing for No.6 in the league, the young coach, who was considered one of the best midfielders in the world when he played football, still has only one way to win with all his strength. Can only take all three points.

As of today's game, the Rossoneri ranked seventh in the standings with 53 points, and the three or four teams in front and behind - Lazio, Atalanta, Fiorentina and Sampdoria all have fierce competition In the end, it is still unknown who will win the battle.But judging from the difficulty of everyone's schedule, AC Milan still has a big advantage, which increases their chances of squeezing out other opponents and returning to the European competition, but the premise is to try to win every point.

It’s just that their state in the recent period is really bad. Since they narrowly beat Chievo at home in mid-March, including the make-up derby, they have been unable to win four rounds in a row. The record of 3 draws and 1 loss made them miss the lock. The best time for a European seat, and with the few games left there is not much to waste.Therefore, in the face of the Turin team, which has shown the temperament of a quasi-first-class team in Europe this season, the Rossoneri can only grit their teeth and fight hard against the opponent, otherwise the transfer investment of more than 2 million euros last summer would really be a hit. The water is gone, who knows what kind of cleaning operation Li Ge will carry out in a rage.

Judging from the starting rosters announced by both sides before the game, the home team has maintained a consistent attitude of focusing on me, and the 3-5-2 formation has not undergone any changes. Casillas, Diego Llorente, Ranocchia , Goldaniga, Silvestri, Vukocevic, Benassi, Baselli, Barreca, Belotti and Immobile were all able to play, It showed Li Mudi's aura of wanting to take all three points.

And AC Milan, who was a guest, did not adjust the position. Gattuso still used the 4-3-3 formation that he has been practicing for a while.Donnarumma's position in front of the goal is unshakable; Bonucci, who missed the last round of the league due to accumulative yellow cards, returned from the ban and added great confidence to the team's defense. His partner in the defense is A Butt, , Zapata and Ricardo Rodriguez; the midfield composed of Casey, Biglia and Bonaventura is balanced offensive and defensive, but shorter than the offensive organization; but the right winger Suso will play to a certain extent Share the heavy responsibility of getting the ball and deliver shells to Kalinic in the middle and Borini on the other side.

After the kick-off, the visiting team who got the ball tried to control the rhythm of the game by using their skillful ability to conduct the ball, and then hoped that the Turin team's defense would leak holes in the process of being constantly mobilized, so as to have the opportunity to burn the flames of war to the danger of the home team zone.Therefore, within [-] seconds of the opening, the ball was always under the feet of the AC Milan players. It was just that the red bull's defensive position was relatively stable at the beginning of the game, so there were no exciting shots.

It's just that the home team won't just watch the other side "swipe monkeys" there. The two forwards are always running actively, coordinating with the ball running to the corresponding area's wingbacks to interfere, preventing the Milan players from passing the pass calmly. Cut fit.And this strategy, which was not expected to have much effect, unexpectedly helped the red bulls open up the situation, as if a piece of pie fell from the sky and happened to hit them on the head.

Less than 2 minutes into the game, the young Ivorian midfielder Casey, who was passing and cooperating with his teammates in his own half, made a serious mistake under the high-intensity pressure of Belotti. When he tried to pass the ball to Biglia The strength was too great, and the direction also deviated greatly. Bareca, who was pressed up from the left, stopped immediately with an acceleration.The Turin left-wing guard then chose to counterattack with the ball at high speed, and entered the penalty area diagonally from the left.

Cassie, who hurried back to defense, followed Bareca all the way, trying to rush to the front to intercept, but unexpectedly, the latter suddenly slowed down after entering the dangerous area, which made Milan's midfielder unable to respond quickly and blocked the opponent from behind. Knocked down.Although the physical contact between the two did not seem to be too intense, the referee decisively stopped the game and awarded the home team a penalty.Belotti, the original first penalty shooter in the team, once again gave up the right to take the penalty to his good friend. As a result, Immobile did not live up to everyone's expectations. He tricked Donnarumma into taking the penalty into the away team's goal. within the lower left corner.

1 to 0, just less than 200 seconds into the game, the Red Bulls knocked out the opponent's city and temporarily gained a one-goal lead. This is indeed something that most people did not expect before the game.

(End of this chapter)