Mister Legend

Chapter 436 The Unsung Marseillaise
Belotti was injured again. Fortunately, it was not a recurrence of the old knee ligament injury, but he also twisted his ankle during training on Tuesday, and he will definitely miss the game two days later.This news dealt a big blow to the Red Bulls, who were sharpening their knives and preparing to gain something in the European war.

After the quarter-finals, Red Beibei tied for the top scorer list with Athletic Bilbao striker Aduriz with 9 goals (the player scored three goals in the play-offs , so only judging from the main game, Turin No. [-] is the top scorer of the game), which can be said to be a great weapon for the team to attack the city.His absence due to injury is undoubtedly a huge loss for the Turin team, and it also completely disrupted Li Moody's previous arrangements, which is really a headache.

Before the match against AC Milan in the middle of last week, the Turin coach had already lined up the approximate starting lineup for the next few games. Both are hidden, and at the same time, Pellegri, whose physical value will reach 12, played the whole game for the first time this season.

However, Belotti's accidental injury has caused the team to only use Immobile's full-state striker. Judging from the physical fitness that Pellegri still needs to improve, his physical fitness will not be enough for Thursday's game. At most, it will recover to 80%. It is not a big problem to come off the bench for about half an hour, and the first game is half-court. This makes Li Mudi's long-planned two-forward strategy directly aborted.

Temporary changes in tactical strategies will naturally make the performance of the Red Bulls on the field somewhat unsatisfactory, which is the main reason why they can only gain one loss in the away game.

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Leaving aside the strong dialogue held in the British capital, just look at the duel that started in France's second largest city. Marseille's home stadium, which can accommodate 67394 spectators, achieved a 95% attendance rate tonight, creating a three-year history. new high since.As many as 34 countries will broadcast the game live, and the high degree of attention in the world has also exceeded many people's expectations.

Away Torino played a more defensive 4-2-3-1 formation, starting goalkeeper Iker Casillas, back four Silvestri, Ranocchia, Diego Llorente and Barre Card, the double defensive midfielders are Vukocevic and Baselli, Benassi is more forward, the two wingers in the frontcourt are Falk and Boyer, and the forward center Immobile.This is a set of play that Li Moody used frequently last season. Compared with the 3-5-2 position, he can gain more possession of the ball, but it consumes more physical energy of the players and slightly reduces the pressure on the opponent's defense. a bit.

The local coach Rudy Garcia of the home team also used the best 4-2-3-1, which formed a mirror effect with the red bull. Most of the main players, including captain Payet, made their debut. Only the old Goalkeeper Mandanda unfortunately suffered a torn muscle injury and will be absent until early May. It is still unclear whether he can catch up with the second round of confrontation.

With the referee on duty, the Scottish Willie Colum whistled, the Marseille team, which got the kick-off right, launched the first wave of offensive, showing their desire to win a victory at home.

In the six European games played at this stadium this season, Marseille has 5 wins and 1 draw and remains unbeaten. Only the sudden emergence of the Salzburg Red Bull was able to retreat from the Velodrome Stadium. Others such as Bier The five major league teams, including Athletic Baye and Leipzig Red Bull, all fell to the ground on this field.In the last round, facing the unfavorable situation of a small loss in the away game, Marseille slaughtered No.5 in the Bundesliga 2-4 in the matchup back home in the second round. It is really impossible to underestimate its combat effectiveness at home. .

Therefore, in the absence of the main scorer of his side, Li Mudi did not choose to attack the opponent, but more safely used ball possession and counterattack to deal with the opponent's super home court advantage.However, this also gave Marseille players the opportunity to take the initiative and use their advantages in physical confrontation to continuously put pressure on the visiting team. With the crazy cheers of more than 6 home team fans, the Turin team fell into a passive position in the opening stage.

In the second minute, Boyer brought down Marseille central midfielder Maxime Lopez in the return defense and gave the opponent a free kick in the middle. Payet sent the ball into the penalty area with a clever through kick.Greek center Mitroglu threw off the defensive player and shot a low shot from the right side of the penalty area to the far corner. Fortunately, Cassie reacted in time and blocked the ball from the bottom line with a sideways lunge. It was only then that the flag was raised to signal offside, which made the visiting team a little dissatisfied.

After that, the Red Bull tried several times to use the control to burn the flames of war to the opponent's dangerous zone, but they were all resolved one by one.The breakthroughs of Boyer and Falk on the two sides failed to achieve the planned level. Even if a cross or a diagonal pass was sent, Immobile, who was closely watched, could not control the landing point at all. The performance of positional warfare is a bit bad.

In the 10th minute, the Turin team had a rare chance to counterattack. Vukocevic intercepted Payet's pass at the front of the penalty area. Benassi dribbled the ball to the midfield circle and sent a long pass. Immobile Under the double-teaming of two defenders, he advanced to the left side of the penalty area at high speed and took a shot from a position of [-] to [-] meters away from the goal. Unfortunately, he missed the target and hit the side net outside the post.Although the result of this attack was relatively mediocre, Li Moody's main counterattack idea has been revealed very clearly, which forced the Marseille team, which was eager to score a goal, to make a focus on marking arrangements.

On the other hand, the Turin team, which has a numerical advantage inside and outside the penalty area, has also limited the home team's offensive organization. Payet has excellent positioning skills and very comprehensive skills, but he is not a traditional team. Playmaker.Under the intensive care of Vukocevic and Baselli, the Marseille captain failed to show his hard feet and strong impact in the first ten minutes of the game, and only passed a few straight passes. Plug the ball, but the effect is not good.

Marseille's other big threat, the right winger Florian Thauvin, was also suppressed by Bareca, who seldom assisted today and devoted most of his energy to the defensive end, and Boyer, who came back frequently to help defend. I have been forced to fight alone many times, and it is difficult to reach a connection with my teammates.

However, what Li Mudi never expected was that it was these two players who were successfully restrained by his own arrangement, creating a chance for the home team to score a goal, which almost completely disrupted the Turin team's plan to reach the final .

No. 15 minutes, Tovan, who wanted to make a pass from the bottom, suddenly played an inside cut. The unprepared Bareka was easily swayed by the former with a change of direction. As a last resort, he stretched his foot on the right side of the front of the penalty area and moved to the Marseille winger, giving the opponent a free kick in a good position.Although he was very wary of Payet, who could always hit the world waves, the place of the foul this time was relatively biased, and it was difficult to create too much threat to the experienced Cassie, so Li Moody was not overly worried.

Sure enough, Payet, who thought it was too difficult to directly attack the goal, chose to pass the ball. He used the free kick ability rated as 18 in the FM system to accurately send the ball into the far end of the penalty area, not only passing all defenders The top of the head also makes it difficult for the Turin goalkeeper to attack, and the quality is indeed very high.However, the visiting team's defensive attention at the back point was mostly distracted by the central defender Rami who suddenly pulled to the middle before, and Tovan, who was inserted from behind, seized the opportunity to grab the point and succeeded.With no one around him, he knocked on the Red Bulls with a header just a meter from the goal line, giving Marseille a one-goal lead.

Just when the referee blew the whistle for the goal and the fans of the home team cheered and celebrated the victory, all the Turin players raised their arms indignantly, indicating that the opponent player had committed a handball foul first and asked the referee to Cancel the penalty just now.

Due to the long distance and the interference of many players in front of the goal, Li Mudi and others on the sidelines did not see clearly what happened at that moment before, and the game screen displayed by the FM system in his head was in the form of a simple animation Yes, if you check the offside and other information, it is still clear, and other fouls are very vague, which is not helpful at all.However, the Turin coach, who believed that his players would not collectively lie about such a major matter, quickly joined the protest. Doubts about scoring.

However, neither the UEFA Champions League nor the European League this season has used the video assistant referee system, and none of the referees, lines referees, and baseline referees have seen the handball scene of the French winger, so the verdict that the goal is valid has been maintained. The spirit team can only suffer this innocent injustice.

Judging from the slow-motion replay provided by the broadcaster of the game, the ball did hit the left upper arm of Tovan, who wanted to fly for the top, and then bounced into the goal. It was undoubtedly a handball.But this can't stop the fact that the Marseille team has already taken the lead in this round of duel. The red bull's luck is really bad.

Li Moody, who was humming "Marseillaise" calmly before the game, could hardly suppress his violent temper at the moment, and almost burst out some insulting words.However, the incident that just happened on another field just reminded him. Finally, under the dissuasion of his colleagues, he returned to the sidelines in front of his team's bench with a face full of anger, and began to decompress the players and let them forget about it as soon as possible. That misjudgment focused on the rest of the game.

Just a few minutes ago, the Turin coach got a shocking news from the FM system. Atletico Madrid's Croatian right-back Voussaliko was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards in just 10 minutes of the game. , and their coach Simeone was sent to the stands after 3 minutes because of cursing at the French referee Turpin.This unexpected situation directly led to the complete passiveness of the guest sheet army, which caused a major shift in the balance of this game and even this round of semi-finals. Naturally, Li Mudi did not want to repeat the mistakes of Atletico Madrid , and then barely endured it.

And the mentality of the players on the field is easier to calm down. After all, the fierce game has just begun. Once you put all your energy into the fight with the opponent, other thoughts will naturally be temporarily put aside up.It's just that it was quite difficult to enter that state. As the team coach, Li Moody stood up at this critical moment without hesitation, and stayed on the sidelines for the next ten minutes, reminding everyone loudly from time to time to cheer up.

For a period of time after the score was rewritten, the Marseille team controlled most of the ball and launched waves of onslaughts towards the goal of the visiting team, hoping to further expand the results and lay a good foundation for the promotion.Fortunately, the Turin team responded immediately, gave up the energy reserved for the counterattack, and recovered all of them in their own half, using their numerical advantage to resist the opponent's impact.

This practice led to the home team's first attack after the goal, which did not appear until the No. 204 minute of the game. The French native central midfielder Morgan Sanson barely missed the post from 25 meters away. A lot, showing that the performance of the Red Bulls on the defensive end today is really impressive.

With the passage of time, when the game gradually progressed to 334 minutes, the strong attack of the Marseille team was finally unsustainable, and the Turin players basically reduced the impact of the conceded goal to the minimum. The tactics arranged were realized.Relying on better ball control, the visiting team began to take over control of the ball. Before the end of halftime, in addition to leveling the previous ball possession gap between the two sides, the number of shots between the two teams was also infinitely close. , and looking at the shooting data, Immobile and others, who are slightly more efficient, did better.

It’s just that the 35-year-old goalkeeper John Bailey, who replaced Mandanda, was in a very good competitive state today. Not only did he save the visiting team’s three hit goals in the first half, but he was also in just 6 minutes after the rematch. , Blocked Benassi's very threatening shot in the penalty area, tried to keep his own goal, and made a very outstanding contribution to the team.

And the Spanish veteran Iker Casillas, who was facing him across the field, did not give in too much. He tried his best to block the close-range push of Cameroonian Clinton Njie in the No.603 minute, and did not let Turin. The team's goal fell again, preventing the team from returning to the home court with the unfavorable situation of two goals behind.

In the 706th minute of the game, the score was almost rewritten again. Bareca, who assisted and stepped forward, crossed the penalty area from the left, and the substitute striker Pellegri followed up in the middle with a wonderful volley shot. , Unfortunately, the ball crossed the ten fingers of the goalkeeper of the home team, but was intercepted by the post. The red bull regrettably missed the goal.

In the end, in a not-so-exciting duel, the Marseille team at home, with a highly controversial goal, beat the visiting Turin team 1-0. In the battle for a final seat , temporarily in front of the opponent with half a body advantage.However, this point difference still has a very large variable when the current three-goal lead is not guaranteed to be able to advance. At the same time, it also keeps all the suspense until the Turin Olympic Stadium a week later.

Just for the goal made by the handball and the penalty scale of the referee on duty, the Turin club and the Italian media all made strong criticisms after the game. Controversial incidents made these two European games the focus of world football attention in the next few days. Various related reports emerged one after another, which made people feel dizzy.

(End of this chapter)