Mister Legend

Chapter 478 The end of the Melo era?
Making this decision is just a simple choice for Li Moody, but for the Turin club, especially the chairman Urbano Cairo, it completely overturned its bright future plan.It's just that they are subject to the clause in the contract that "if there is a conflict of opinion on the transfer matter, the opinion of the head coach must be respected", they have to watch a large amount of money gradually drift away from them, which is naturally extremely bad.

So after privately entrusting director Pantalio Longo to come forward to persuade Li Mudi to reconsider the idea of ​​selling Belotti, the chairman of Turin was busy dealing with personal affairs in other industries, playing a game of out of sight No annoying routine.

But the team coach was in no mood to care about other people's complaints. After dealing with the lobbyists in a few words, he gave the club's prince a task and entrusted him to focus on the process of AC Milan's financial crisis.

Through his usual understanding and the auxiliary reminders of the FM system, Li Modi believes that "Brother Li" should not easily transfer the shares of the Rossoneri that he had so hard to get, which means that this traditional giant may not be able to avoid being on the verge of In the crisis of a huge financial deficit, no matter whether it will change owners again, there is a high chance that they will be forced to sell the stars in the team to fill this big hole.The red bull can be prepared in advance, and whether you can get any benefits from it when you see it, after all, the horse has no night grass and is not fat!

After "arranging" this work, the Turin coach with a relaxed face left Italy amidst Valentino Cairo's envy, envy and hatred, and continued to go to Russia to complete his part-time job as a commentary .

At the same time, the second round of the World Cup group stage is also proceeding in an orderly manner.Salah, who had been brilliant in the past year, but left due to injury in the most important Champions League final, finally chose to come back early without recovering to [-]%, but facing the strong impact of the host, even the Pharaoh Resurrection couldn't turn the tide.After two rounds, Egypt and Saudi Arabia became the first two teams that were determined to miss the knockout round. Salah's road to rise suffered another major blow.

In Group B, the performances of Portugal and Spain are also worrying. Although they both won, the 1-0 score and the poor performance of the team against Morocco and Iran, which are far inferior to their own, It still makes many fans who are optimistic that they will become the favorites to win this tournament feel a chill.

It's just that the Argentine supporters are obviously the saddest group of people. After being unexpectedly tied by Iceland in the first game, facing the situation that they must win, or at least get a draw, the Pampas Eagles actually made a promise Vgorod Stadium lost 0-3 to Croatia.If it weren't for the African brother Nigeria's powerful victory over half-team amateur Iceland, the World Cup trip of the club king and a group of world-class stars could have ended in advance.

Brazil and Germany, who played later, both won the game, but the process was extremely difficult.The Samba Army did not score two goals until the stoppage time period, defeating the so-called fishy Costa Rica; the German chariot almost repeated the same mistakes as Argentina, if it weren't for Kroos' free kick in No.905 minutes, The defending champion will also be in danger of hanging by a thread.

But before the lottery players had vented their resentment at having been cheated out of a large sum of money again, the results of the final round of the group stage brought out a lot of big upsets, causing doubts about match-fixing to spread throughout the country. It has become the hottest focus topic during this period.

After the ranking of Uruguay No. [-] and Russia No. [-] in Group A has been completely determined, the Portuguese and Spanish top two in Group B have to do their best in the last group match in order to avoid an early encounter with the South American powerhouse.But at such an important moment, the European Cup champion two years ago failed to show a performance in line with the player's worth because of the number one star Ronaldo being watched by the opponent. Although he was used by the Iranian team in stoppage time A penalty kick seems to be a bit of luck, but judging from the whole game, they are indeed far from reaching the top of the World Cup, and there are no small doubts about whether they can pass through Uruguay.

But even if Portugal played so badly, they still almost won the first place in the group, because Spain's performance was even worse.Hierro, who was ordered in a crisis, has proved to be really unsuitable for the job of the team's head coach after three group matches.After the Matador Corps changed coaches, their state suddenly collapsed like a cliff. After they were almost tied by the Iranians in the last round, this round was also fought until the last moment before the substitute striker Aspers scored the equalizer. Score a goal.Although he managed to qualify as the first in the group with the advantage of scoring more goals and entered the lower half where the competitive pressure is not too high, Li Moody had no choice but to veto his previous judgment, and his second home country did not win the championship. strength.

After that, the "tacit ball" between France and Denmark also attracted a lot of criticism.Fortunately, Argentina's thrilling advancement has slightly saved the image of this World Cup in the eyes of the Chinese fans, but Nigeria's performance in the first 86 minutes still won the respect of the world.Although they stumbled onto the last train to the knockout stage, they faced a strong French team in the quarter-finals. Perhaps only the most staunch Messi fans would think that they would be the favorites to advance.

The biggest upset of this World Cup came on the night of June 6th. The German chariot, which won the championship in Brazil four years ago, is sure to qualify as long as it can win a game with more than two goals. There was nothing he could do about Tai Chi Tiger, who had lost in the first two races.Although the German had a super high ball possession rate of 27% and completed 74 shots in the whole game, the number of hits was extremely low and he was not much better than his opponent.

As a result, under the impatient mentality of being unable to attack for a long time, their defense made big mistakes one after another at the last moment. Kim Young-kwon and Sun Xingmin scored 2010% in stoppage time, and finally fell to the last position in the group. This is an extremely shameful way to bid farewell to the defending tour.The German team also became the third consecutive defending World Cup champion who failed to break through the group stage after Italy in 2014 and Spain in [-], turning this situation into a curse.

After this game, the Celestial Go world champion Ke Jie posted a Weibo on the Internet, defending Kimchi Country, which was accused by Chinese people of being too dirty because of the most fouls, which aroused the anger of countless "patriotic" netizens.And when Li Mudi was interviewed a few days ago, he also expressed the view that "the strength is not as good as others, so how can we play if we don't play tougher?" The "traitors" were pulled together to criticize them.Fortunately, most Chinese people still distinguish between right and wrong, coupled with the deliberately low-key handling of the major media, this turmoil quickly dissipated invisible.

After the top [-] was released, the Turin coach was once again invited to the live broadcast room of CCTV in front of Moscow, where he was "coerced" by the host to give his predictions for the top eight teams: France wins Argentina, Uruguay wins Portugal , Spain beat Russia, Croatia beat Denmark, Brazil beat Mexico, Belgium beat Japan, Sweden beat Switzerland, and Colombia beat England.

Once this conclusion was disclosed, it immediately attracted strong doubts from countless Melo fans and fans of the Three Lions. Li Mudi's title of "gaming light" was once again ridiculed, which made some new fans have his predictions. Such outrageous, coaching ability may be an exaggerated illusion.

But later facts proved that after entering the knockout round, the prediction accuracy of the Turin coach was far stronger than that of the unpopular group stage, at least compared to recognized football professionals such as Zhan Jun, Zhang Lu, and Huang Jianxiang, he guessed There are even more scenes in it.

At 6:30 on the evening of June 17th, at the Kazan Stadium, Li Mudi and his commentator partner He Wei watched the match that attracted the most attention since the start of this World Cup.And two hours later, I bid farewell to one of the two best players in the world today. At the same time, I also witnessed the process of Mbappe, a talented new star, officially stepping into the ranks of top players. It can be said that there is a lot of emotion!
The Argentine coach Sampaoli, who was previously rumored to be evaded by the players, changed his formation again today. For the fourth consecutive game, he played a completely different combination of midfielders and frontcourts.Before that, he tried Aguero as a single forward, Messi and Higuain as a double forward, and his formation changed from 4-2-3-1 to 3-4-2-1 and then to 4-4- 2 positions, but the effect is not very ideal.So when facing the strong enemy Gallic Rooster, he took out a more aggressive 4-3-3, putting Messi directly in the center position, and letting Aguero and Higuain sit on the bench , beyond the expectations of most people.

And the Boca teenager Pavon, who was confirmed to enter the 23-man roster at the last minute, even appeared in the starting right winger position. This kind of courage is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It's just that this set of lineup configuration obviously wants to replace defense with offense, but it still fails to help the South American powerhouse open the door to the quarterfinals.Compared with the idol "crazy" Bielsa, Sampaoli obviously still retains a certain amount of sanity, but the Argentine team still failed to withstand the sharp counterattack of the French fast horses when the defense line was sloppy to a certain extent.Even though the two world waves of Di Maria and Mercado gave them a 2-1 lead at the beginning of the second half, they faced the French's few but highly efficient quick transfer tactics However, the shortcomings on the defensive end still make the Pampas Eagles unable to soar above the nine heavens again.

Messi, who played as a center forward, was blocked by his coach's tactics for most of his skills. His small body obviously couldn't put much pressure on Varane and Umtiti while standing in a fixed position.But once the quasi-ball king chose to withdraw to respond, there was an embarrassing situation in the opponent's penalty area that there was no Argentine player to grab a point. This made him, who had a historical level of dribbling and the world's top passing ability, only one time. Once caught in the encirclement of French players, there were few impressive performances during the regular time of the game.

However, Deschamps really gave him a chance. After the score reached 4-2, the former captain of the French national team deserved to have coaching experience in Juventus, and he has the traditional style of an old woman.Seeing that there was not much time left in the game, he chose to replace Griezmann and Mbappe one after another, leaving the center Giroud, who was the least mobile in the game, on the field.This completely made the Argentine defense line no longer feel a little pressure, and they could devote all their energy to the crazy counterattack.

First, Messi, who was almost silent for the whole game, sent an exquisite pass to help Aguero, who came off the bench in the second half, catch Varane's overhead error and successfully pulled back a goal. At this time, the game went to No. 903 minutes.

And when the last minute of stoppage time came, the Argentine team played their most beautiful team attack in this World Cup. This group of veterans who have a clear advantage in experience, with an average age of over 1 years old The old body, after a series of long and short passes, finally sent the ball outside the opponent's small penalty area.It's a pity that Mesa's volley shot failed to hit the right part, and an anti-aircraft gun came. Otherwise, once the game is dragged into overtime or even a penalty shootout, the result of the outcome is very likely to be completely different.

It's just that there is no such thing as a football game. The club king who has led the development of football concepts for generations, and his blue and white team, left the journey of this cup in such a tragic and helpless way.Since 2006, the result of losing the Hercules Cup for four consecutive times has also cut off his dream of being on top of Pele and Lao Ma.

Messi, who is already 31 years old, if there is no accident, will probably miss Qatar four years later. This is really a little bit for a superstar who has ruled the entire world football for more than ten years. It's too cruel.It's just that when the current group of fans are old, when they sit in rocking chairs and explain to their grandchildren the many past events they experienced when they were young, they shouldn't forget the blue and red that once brought him infinite joy and pride. The blue and white number 10 will be a memory worth remembering for a lifetime.

Four hours later, the Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who is also the double pride of today's football, also seemed to be under the arrangement of fate, following in the footsteps of Messi, the enemy of his life, and ended his life. The last World Cup game.Ronaldo, who is two years older, received very similar treatment to Messi in the game against Uruguay. The opponent's focus on marking and the ineffectiveness of his teammates made the president who is in charge of the club unable to change his fate.

It may not just be a coincidence that Melo, the two superstars who have almost monopolized the idols of more than 99% of the fans in the world, bid farewell to the world's largest football event on the same day.

Mbappe, Asensio and other new generation of superstar embryos have begun to show signs of rushing to seize power. The era belonging to Melo has entered the end stage, and it can be said that there is one less game to watch.Whenever thinking of this situation, Li Mudi felt an indescribable emotion in his heart, maybe this is the most real life!

(End of this chapter)