Football: Take away half of Boss Mei's skills at the beginning

Soon, the time came to August 26, 2017.

The first game of the 2017-18 Serie B season was held today.

And this game is also the opening battle of this season's Serie B.

The two sides of the game are Parma and Cremonese, and the venue is Parma's home stadium, Ennio Tardini Stadium.

This game also attracted countless fans to watch the game. At this time, Ennio Tardini Stadium was full of people.

The fans all hope that Parma can beat the opponent at home and win a good start.

And Apolloni naturally thought so. He also arranged almost all the main lineups in this game.

Goalkeeper Vicario, defenders Klaus, Gatti, Di Cesare, Cambiasso, midfield trio Rossi, Tonali and McAllister, left and right wingers Insigne and Scalia, forward veteran Karaiou.

And Matteo is on standby on the bench.

Cremonese lined up a 4312 formation, with Uikani, Ames, Canini, Clayton, Renzetti, Peschi, Chineri, Gallopa, Kroos, Piccolo and Paulinho as the starting players.

Cremonese's strength is weaker than Parma's on paper, so the tactics Apolloni formulated before the game were to attack actively.

Parma also launched wave after wave of attacks on the opponent's goal after the start of the game.

However, Cremonese's tenacity far exceeded the fans' imagination. Although they were passive on the field, their formation was not chaotic, and Parma never got a good chance.

In this game, Karai's state was very average. He could not play a fulcrum role in the frontcourt and missed several good opportunities.

This made Apolloni on the sidelines frown.

Could it be that he is really old?

If he can't stand up, Parma's offense will be greatly affected!

Soon, the first half of the game ended, and Parma and Cremonese tied 0-0.

Judging from the scene and data in the first half, Parma had an absolute advantage.

They led by 5-1 in shots, and the ball possession rate reached 63%, but unfortunately the score was still 0-0.

Among them, Karaiou was responsible for a lot.

He had a hard time getting good opportunities under the care of the opponent's central defenders Canini and Clayton, and his success rate in the header was not high enough.

This made Apolloni feel a little headache.

So he couldn't help but cast his eyes on Matteo.

Should he count on this kid again?

He knew that Matteo was very strong now, but he was less than sixteen years old after all.

These old-timers in Serie B were not as gentle as those central defenders in Serie C. They had a lot of tricks waiting for him.

If the kid was bullied by them, it would be even more troublesome.

So he decided to wait and see if Karaiou could get back in shape in the second half.

But Karaiou's condition was really disappointing. In the 57th minute, Insigne's cross was at a perfect point, but he failed to touch the ball due to the interference of the opponent's central defender, missing a great opportunity.

Apolloni couldn't bear it anymore, so he called Matteo: "Mateo, I'll give you three minutes to warm up and get ready to play!"

Matteo immediately stood up and started warming up.

Soon, he waited for a dead ball opportunity, and the fourth official also played a substitution card.

No. 9 Karaiou went off, No. 15 Matteo came on!

And this was Matteo's first appearance in Serie B!

After Matteo came on, he immediately ran between the two central defenders of the opponent.

Canini and Clayton couldn't help but look at this young man.

He was over 1.85 meters tall and looked very strong.

I just don't know how he will play in the confrontation later!

So they all made up their minds to give him a chance to play in the confrontation later.

And they soon got their chance.

In the 65th minute, Rossi sent a long pass from the backcourt, and it looked like the ball was landing at Mateo.

Mateo's eyes lit up, and he began to observe his teammates' running positions while judging the ball's landing point.

Soon, he had already thought about what to do next.

He began to move quickly along the landing point of the football, ready to catch the ball.

And Clayton had already stuck to him tightly, ready to use his body to hit him at any time.

The referee usually won't play a card for this kind of shoving during the header.

He had already thought about the next scene.

After knocking him down, he told him condescendingly: "Hey, kid, welcome to the adult world!"

However, Mateo suddenly increased his strength while running, and Clayton couldn't help but be knocked by him and his steps were messed up.

At this moment, Mateo jumped high, gently passed the ball to the little Insigne who was inserted!

Clayton obviously missed the chance to jump, and he could only watch Matteo head the ball to his teammates.

He couldn't help but take a look at the kid. He really didn't expect that the kid would predict his prediction like an old man, and let himself suffer a loss.

But he didn't care to think about it, but immediately turned around to prepare for defense.

Although the level of little Insigne is not as good as his brother, his personal ability is still very good at the level of Serie B.

He saw that he quickly advanced after taking the ball, first with a fake move on the outside line, and then quickly changed direction, shaking off the left back Renzetti, and entered the penalty area himself.

But at this time, Canini had already made up for the defense. Under his pressure, little Insigne didn't have a good chance to handle the ball, so he simply pushed the ball out and shot directly!

Goalkeeper Uikani had already blocked the near corner, and he steadily saved the ball from the bottom line.

Parma got a corner kick!

This is a powerful weapon to break through dense defense, and all the tall players of Parma also rushed into the penalty area of ​​Cremonese.

Rossi was still the one to take the corner kick.

He observed the situation in the penalty area and chose to send the ball into the penalty area directly!

The ball was kicked flat and fast. As long as someone could touch it, the trajectory of the ball would be changed immediately.

As for whether it would change to the goal or to the bottom line, it was uncertain.

However, Mateo immediately started to shuttle through the crowd after the corner kick was sent. His goal was also very clear, that is, to grab a front point!

This is a corner kick routine that Rossi and Mateo have practiced many times. As long as Rossi sends such a flat and fast ball, Mateo will rush to the front point as soon as possible!

And just when he shuttled several times and finally got rid of the defender, the football had already flown over.

Mateo kicked hard. He jumped high and headed the ball towards the goal!

The ball was affected by his external force, and its trajectory suddenly changed, heading straight for the goal!

Uikani had no time to react at such a close distance, and the ball passed by his hand and hit the goal!