Mister Legend

Chapter 484 The Ready Red Bull

On July 7, the Turin team's first warm-up match of the new season was held at the Silvio Piola Stadium, the home stadium of Novara. The latter, as a satellite club of the Red Bulls, arranges such a game every year It is a game of the nature of a teaching match to find out the deficiencies in tactics and coordination for the players of both sides.

In the Serie B promotion play-offs that ended in early June, Novara unfortunately lost in the semi-finals, and unfortunately missed the last ticket to Serie A. In the 2018-19 season, the three teams of Empoli, Parma and Frosinone, which emerged through cruel play-offs, will become new faces in Serie A.These three teams also happen to be the top three in the Serie B standings, which is in line with the overall performance after the long season.

As a result, in this friendly warm-up match where the two sides agreed not to limit the number of substitutions, the Turin team had as many as 26 players appear on the field, and they practiced three types of formations alone.If you look at it this way, the score of 2 to 0 will not be particularly abrupt. After all, it is about [-]% of the power. There are many mistakes in cooperation with old players, but they are all within the normal range and did not make the fans feel dissatisfied.

Four days later, it was an approximate copy-and-paste game mode. Li Moody led his team to visit the Silvio Piola Stadium, the home stadium of the satellite team Vercelli (the same name as the home stadium of Novara, both after the Italian football team Superstar named, but not a stadium), completed the second warm-up game of preparation.As a result, in this game, the performance of Bruno Fernandez and other new players was significantly improved compared with the previous game. The team finally scored a total of six goals, which can be regarded as the beginning of the attack.

However, the best player in this game was awarded to Hou Yongyong, who was loaned to the home team from the Red Bulls. This descendant of the Chinese Dynasty not only performed all the work that a core midfielder should do in six to 10 minutes of playing time, Also used a cross to create an own goal for young French centre-back Issa Diop.In addition, he also hit the goal post of the Torino team with a long shot 25 meters away, which was highly praised by members of the visiting team's coaching staff.

It’s just that the Turin team’s competitive pressure on the central midfielder position this season is too great. It is difficult to spare time for this young player who has just turned 20. After growing up, Li Moody still decided to loan it to his own satellite team, hoping to harvest a stronger future star in a year.

For this half of his compatriot, the Turin coach has always been optimistic about his development, and because he is a descendant of China and of the same origin, he has always hoped to realize the potential of the opponent as much as possible.It’s just that if there are no major accidents, this season should be Li Modi’s last year in charge of the Red Bulls. What direction will the future develop? Will the new coach still value Hou Yongyong’s training as much as he does? an unknown.Therefore, he can only choose the most suitable method for Hou Yongyong's growth at this stage according to the objective laws.

However, with the passage of time, the possibility of this Norwegian young man from the Central Plains being naturalized as a Chinese player has gradually decreased.Although it may be too early to be selected for the Norwegian national team, under Li Moody's command, this young player has already shown the potential to become a second-rate midfielder in Europe, even if he cannot reach adulthood in this Nordic country within two or three years. However, Western countries have always had the practice of identifying young talents with multiple nationalities (or who may change their nationalities) in their chosen region early on.

For example, Spain's Thiago and Munir and other former Barcelona demon boys with dual nationality were all called up by the Spanish national team at a very young age and had a record of appearances.Before this World Cup, the latter also complained to FIFA that he wanted to play on behalf of the Moroccan team, but the result was naturally impossible.

So once the Norwegian team puts Hou Yongyong on the jersey of the adult national team in advance in order to avoid brain drain, then the Celestial Dynasty will completely lose this Han Chinese who is standard in terms of his yellow skin and private living habits. Excellent midfield.Regarding this, Li Mudi was also in a hurry but had nothing to do. He was just a well-known football coach and had no right to decide the future of a player of Chinese descent. It was just that the guys from the Football Association didn't know that they were talking about it every day. What kind of work is busy, I really can't see the business at all, which makes people feel extremely resentful.

Well, let's not mention those unpleasant topics, and turn our attention back to the pre-season warm-up match of the Torino team.In the next two weeks, the Red Bulls played a friendly match with the Eredivisie team Den Haag and the newly promoted Wolves in the Premier League.These two clubs are both controlled by Tianchao Capital, and the relationship with Li Moody is naturally extraordinary. It can be said that they are friends on the ball, or they can use the fame of the new European League champions to help each other attract attention. Anyway, the Turin team is here. In the two games, it is still mainly about running the team lineup, and the 3-0 and 1-0 victories are just incidental results.

On August 8th, the annual UEFA Super Cup officially kicked off at the Alekok Arena in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. This is the first time that the event has not been scheduled for the second Tuesday in August after four sessions. .

The two sides in this game are last season's Champions League champions Real Madrid, and last season's Europa League winners Torino.The former has won the title of "King of Kings" for two consecutive years, and he naturally wants to complete the three consecutive championships this time; while the latter is the first time in history to participate in this event, and he is a complete rookie.

Judging from the overall strength of the two teams, it is natural that the Spanish giants will have a certain advantage. Even though Ronaldo has left and the other two in the BBC combination are only sitting on the bench because of the deep transfer turmoil, the ball Most of the team's players are not in the best physical condition after the previous warm-up matches with Manchester United, Juventus and Roma, but new coach Julen Lopetegui has worked hard to build The younger lineup still led a wave of youth storms.

Although there were different starters in the previous warm-up match, the frontcourt combination composed of Mbappe, Asensio, and Isco (or Vazquez) still showed its performance within a certain period of time. A very explosive impact.Moreover, Ceballos, who had never been able to find a position under Zizou before, seems to have regained the aura of Betis in the past. Under the combing of him and Kroos, people can also see it from Real Madrid's style of play. The shadow of the Belgian national team's offensive routines.

The tactics of the Turin team were also considered by the outside world to have learned the advantages of the European Red Devils in the previous games, making the tactical styles of the two participating teams in this European Super Cup very similar, which can be regarded as A little bit of a spectacle.Because of different styles, the outcome of a duel may not prove too many problems, but if both sides use a set of styles of play, it is a direct comparison of the overall strength of the team and the command of the coach From this point of view, Li Modi and Lopetegui, old acquaintances, really have reasons why they cannot be easily defeated.

The former head coach of the Spanish national team is very clear that he is not a suitable candidate for the coach of the Galaxy Battleship in the eyes of Lafayette. It is only because there is no better person that he is allowed to play a transitional role. The bottom line of fault tolerance of the record has been raised higher than usual.If it is put into the last season, Lopetegui is very clear that he will not get the support of the club when he performed poorly at the beginning of the league. Zidane can stay until the team recovers, and he, Can only be fired early.

Therefore, getting as many honors as possible will play a positive role in protecting the stability of one's coaching position. Real Madrid's new coach is very concerned about the first championship of the season (although the European Super Cup has not been valued by the giants, it is at least a Intercontinental championship title) is still very strong.

As for Turin coach Li Mudi, on the one hand, he wants to add more confidence to his team by defeating this powerful opponent in front of him, which will have a very important impact on challenging Juventus dominance in the league in the future.In addition, this is also his demonstration against Lafayette, who said that the latter never thought of his name when he searched for a new head coach all over the world but was rejected one after another.

Since the first round of La Liga in the new season will not kick off until next weekend, it is understandable that Real Madrid did not hide their strength, and the Turin team, which is about to usher in the opening game of Serie A in five days, also chose to do their best. Sending the main players to play, the performance of the thirst for honor is not beyond the expectations of the outside world.So with both sides putting in [-]% of their investment, the game was even more exciting than those strong dialogues in the just-concluded World Cup, which really made the fans enjoy the charm of this sport. .

Shortly after the start, the two teams fought fiercely in the midfield area. Although the three-time winner of the Champions League was in a 4-3-3 position from the submitted roster, when the team did not control the ball, At that time, the wingers Isco and Asensio on both sides retreated a lot, helping their teammates to start the siege.

However, after getting Andre Gomez and Bruno Fernandez, two midfielders at the Portuguese international level with very delicate feet, the Torino team's ability to control the ball in the midfield has also been greatly enhanced. , and in Real Madrid, only Casemiro's ability to intercept the ball is relatively good, and the rest of them have below-average defensive abilities. After many quick passes, they basically broke the opponent's pressing strategy.

It’s just that it’s a similar scene in reverse. There is only one defensive midfielder Vukocevic starting the Red Bull. Even with the support of wingbacks on both sides, the world’s top masters such as Kroos, who are more powerful in pass control , and there is no good way.

In short, at the beginning stage, the two sides are still using more active running to enhance their fighting strength. Even if they cannot directly grab the ball, they will still seriously interfere with the opponent's offensive organization.

And when this way of confrontation, which consumes too much energy, became unsustainable in the No. 15 minute or so of the game, the strikers on both sides found the opportunity to display their respective skills.Among the five central defenders starting from both sides, only Varane and Kanneman have relatively good speed, and the other four players, especially the two major central defenders of the Turin team, Ranocchia and Glick, are not very flexible. Real Madrid captain Ramos, who was also regarded as a "high-sensitivity central defender" in the past, is no longer able to compete with Immobile in continuous short-distance sprints at an age when his youth is gone forever.

Therefore, in the next period of time, the direct pass attempts of both sides to reach behind the opponent's defense line will gradually increase, but this choice will also bring a lot of mistakes at the same time, and the opponent's counterattack will start immediately. It is the turn of their defense to be tested.

As a result, the situation on the field began to become more tense and exciting. When the ball was running at the highest speed, the audience even made a back and forth movement that seemed to be watching table tennis. The quality of the game will not be evaluated. But the excitement is really impressive.

Throughout the game, the two teams basically followed the "quick whirlwind" offensive rhythm to frequently attack the opponent's defensive camp. In this not-so-highly important game with a bit of a warm-up nature, it is deliberately used as a match to strengthen the proficiency of the respective players in this tactic.

It was not until the second half when No. 705 minutes, the Turin team rewritten the score to 2 to 1 with a lucky refraction of Baselli, who came off the bench, that Li Moody ordered the team to strengthen the defense and keep the lead instructions.

The lagging Real Madrid immediately launched a crazy storm, but after losing the most reliable scoring point in the past nine years, and the future number one star Mbappé was replaced after scoring a goal before, even Lopete Gee's team took full control of the ball at the last moment and scored six goals in 10 minutes, but they still couldn't knock on the door guarded by the team's former legend Iker Casillas.

In the end, the "first brother" Turin team of the European Super Cup, in this intercontinental cup with ordinary attention and importance, succeeded for the first time in history.In addition to interrupting Real Madrid's plan to achieve a three-peat championship, it also added a championship title to the club's just-changed honor book. For many years of Red Bulls fans, it is enough to keep them happy for a while.

Compared with the victory of the game, Li Moody is more satisfied with the progress of the team's running-in. With the addition of his own medal effect, the Turin team was able to adjust its competitive state to a more competitive state before the start of the new season of Serie A. Ideally, he is full of confidence for the weekend's first round of the league.

(End of this chapter)