Chapter Ninety-Five: The Game Begins

2009 was a very ordinary year, but this year happened to be the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of Chinese China, and the National Day military parade in October was even more magnificent than in previous years. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but there is another reason that makes students even happier, this year's National Day holiday is eight days long!

At 8:30 p.m. on October 4, many young men and women were out playing with friends and never returned home during the long holiday. Especially those college students who are studying in other places, take advantage of this eight-day vacation to return to their hometowns and get together with their old high school classmates.

However, not everyone will be "out-of-home" and some prefer to stay at home. It's just that this seemingly ordinary day is a bit special for them.

Zhou Ying, Liu Fang, Pan Yongcheng, Xiong Kui, and other college students of the new century returned to Dalian as early as the night before the holiday, and all of them were studying in other places. On tonight's special day for them, they all chose to stay at home and stay by the computer.

At 21:00 Beijing time, the seventh round of the 09\/10 season of the Italian Football League will be launched, and everyone already knows that Zhang Shujie and Li Mu were selected for Parma's eighteen-man squad, so they stayed at home and stayed in front of the computer.

Why don't you stay in front of the TV? Because CCTV 5 will broadcast the match between Atalanta and AC Milan tonight, and it is estimated that there will not be much domestic broadcast of Parma's game until it is confirmed that the two teenagers have secured their positions.

However, this is not difficult for Chinese netizens, who can watch this round of Parma away to Sampdoria through the Internet in this era of extremely developed Internet. Wang Shihan even called Zhou Ying to his home to watch the game with him.

She interlocked her fingers and placed them on her chest, as if in prayer, and said, "I wish they could play." ”

Zhou Ying frowned: "It's unlikely, even if you really play, it's as a substitute." ”

'It doesn't matter, as long as you can play, you will have a chance to score. ”

Since it is impossible to know whether Zhang Shujie and Li Mu can play, most Chinese fans still prefer to watch AC Milan games, plus the achievements of Chinese players abroad are really limited, so Sun Jihai and Yang Chen in the early days have amazed the fans. The vast majority of Chinese fans are not very optimistic about these two eighteen-year-old Chinese teenagers, in their eyes, although Milan has lost Kaka, but there is also Xiao Luo, the attraction is obviously far more than the current unknown and unknown future of Zhang and Li.

Even many fans believe that in two to three seasons at most, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu will return to China empty-handed, and then finish their careers in a team that doesn't know what their names are.

This is the current situation of Chinese football, and it is also the current situation of Chinese fans.

"Zhou Ying, look, they're going to appear!" Wang Shihan pointed to the computer screen with some excitement, although there was no Zhang Shujie in the picture.

The starting eleven of the two teams stood in the tunnel in two columns, and the three referees on duty stood at the front, and with the three of them taking the lead, the players of the two teams rushed out, and the Sampdoria fans immediately raised their own shouts.

When the main players are on the field, the substitutes have to sit honestly on the bench. Wang Shihan wished that the photographer could sweep the camera around Parma's bench at this moment, but she failed to do so.

At Zhang Shujie's home, Zhang Hongwei and his wife are also sitting in front of the computer.

"Wife, this is our son's team. ”

"Which one?"

"The one in the white jersey. ”

"I don't seem to see Applejack. ”

"Well, he should be on the bench and won't be on the pitch so soon. ”

"Why didn't the coach arrange for him to play directly?"

"You really don't understand football. Who's going to just put an inexperienced eighteen-year-old player on the pitch?"

"Oh. ”

At Li Mu's home, his parents were also staring at the computer, and they looked at it for a long time, but they didn't see Li Mu. Compared with Zhang Shujie's parents, this old couple is not so noisy. Only Li's father explained the basic knowledge of football to his wife from time to time, so he must be an old fan.

In other places, there are also people who pay attention to the two people who are far away in Italy, such as Liu Fang, Pan Yongcheng, Xiong Kui, and An Rong, who is far away in Shanghai, are also sitting in front of the computer, watching them through the screen.

In addition to these friends and family, there are also a handful of fans in China who are willing to give up watching the star-studded AC Milan and watch Parma online. But the number of these fans is minimal, negligible.

In Italy, Sampdoria has always had the reputation of "giants", and many top teams have suffered losses in this team. Sampdoria were also full of honours, winning the Coppa Italia four times, winning the Italian Super Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup once, and they also won the Serie A in the 90/91 season! They even reached the final of the European Champions Cup! Unfortunately, they lost to Barcelona and only finished as runners-up.

Sampdoria have lived up to their success in recent years, finishing 13th in Serie A last season and failing to qualify for the UEFA Cup, and will be bound to qualify for the UEFA Cup this season.

The announcer on the scene introduced the players of both sides and the formation of the two teams. Sampdoria played in the traditional 4-4-2 formation at home, with Castellazzi in goal, Stankovicius, Lukini, Gastardello and Zauri in the rear, Padalino, Palombo, Samarco and Manini in midfield, with Palombo as the captain, and Cassano and Pazzini in the midfield.

The most dangerous figure in this team is none other than Cassano, the "bad boy" has no doubt about his football talent, and if Sampdoria wants to win, Cassano's play will be extremely crucial.

Compared with Sampdoria, Parma is much more mediocre, the biggest name in the team is the veteran Panucci, but with Casanobi, who is in his playing year, Panucci can prevent him from playing in his old age.

Parma are in a 4-3-3 formation, which is also Parma's first squad so far this season. The goalkeeper is still Mirante, while defenders Zenoni, Panucci, Passy and Castellini have not changed much at the back, in line with the same starters as in previous games. The three midfielders are Mariga, Garopa and captain Morrone, while the three forwards are Bodinov, Lanzafam and Paloski.

The shouts of the fans have not stopped, and it seems that they will not stop vowing not to overturn the Maracasi Stadium. Zhang Shujie sat on the bench, and Li Mu and Strassel were on his left and right. He felt first-hand the madness and enthusiasm of the European fans. This is still Sampdoria's home stadium, what would it be like if it were AC Milan, Inter Milan or Juventus?

The pitch fell silent, and the players on both sides had already stood in their respective formations. Cassano and Pazzini stood at the tee point in the centre circle, waiting for the kick-off.

The referee looked at his watch, and a moment later a whistle blew. The race is on!

"It's finally begun!" Wang Shihan in front of the computer said expectantly.

Zhou Ying stroked her long hair: "Whether they can play or not, the answer will be revealed in ninety minutes." ”

Sampdoria, cheered on by 30,000 fans at home, launched a fierce offensive from the start. Parma were a bit dwarfed, with only a few thousand fans accompanying them, and they couldn't match each other's momentum.

Captain Palombo played the ball to the edge of the box, and Pazzini flicked his ankle and followed up with Cassano, who had cut in from behind, and the ball grazed the crossbar.

Cassano smiled regretfully and gave a thumbs up to Pazzini in the distance.

Just three minutes into the game, Cassano gave the visitors a knock-off. His shot sent Parma's players and coaches into a cold sweat, and Guidolin was secretly relieved. Cassano's shot just now was really dangerous, it was in the big penalty area, and not scoring can only say that Parma was lucky.

But such luck doesn't come all the time.

As Palowski's shot was blocked by Zauri, Manini grabbed the ball and played a long ball to the front, and it was Pazzini again!

Mirante struck. To the cheers of the crowd, Cassano fired a volley over Mirante's head and into the back of the net.

The cheers of the 30,000 fans at the Maracasi Stadium were even louder! Cassano ran to the corner flag after the goal and enjoyed the shouts of the fans. His teammates rushed up and hugged him.

In the fourteenth minute of the game, Sampdoria led Parma 1-0 at home.

Sampdoria manager Del Neri stood up and applauded the goal, he didn't show too much excitement like the players, I don't know if he felt that the opponent was too weak, the goal was expected, so he felt calm, or because the game was still early, and he was not yet excited.

Guidolin will not be comfortable! Away against Sampdoria with one goal behind, the rest of the game will definitely not be easy to play. Giraldi gave him a military order, and if he loses, he will leave. But in front of the current situation, in front of the imposing Sampdoria, it is thankful that it can be drawn.

Wang Shihan looked at the computer screen and said softly: "I lost the ball." ”

Zhou Ying nodded: "No way, today's Parma is not what it used to be, it is not as good as Sampdoria." ”

Wang Shihan admitted, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Wang Shihan was not the only one who sighed, everyone who paid attention to Zhang Shujie and Li Mu sighed silently in their hearts.

It was Cassano's second shot of the game. There were only three shots on goal so far in the game, and he alone occupied two, with Sampdoria coming from him. Parma's only shot came from Palowski, but the ball was blocked by Zauri before it could reach the six-yard box.

It's the same this time, maybe worse. Morrone's long-range shot from outside the box was disrupted just after the kick.

Guidolin sat in the coach's seat, quietly watching the players on the field, without making any adjustments. After all, it's still early, and it's not appropriate to make changes to personnel.

Sampdoria did not give up on the attack, and it is clear that a single goal does not guarantee victory. Although Parma has not been as good as before in recent years, and was relegated last year, it is also one of the "Seven Sisters". Emaciated camels are bigger than horses, and Sampdoria is not much stronger than Parma.

Pazzini's header went wide of goal, and there was a cry of regret in the stands, which he himself felt was a pity. A header three metres from goal was deflected wide, and Parma escaped again.

Sampdoria were in the ascendancy four minutes later when Cassano's shot hit the post and bounced off Panucci's feet.

Guidolin couldn't sit still, so he walked to the sidelines and shouted: "Defend! Pay attention to defense!

In fact, the situation on the pitch is not one-sided, but the Parma midfielder cannot control the ball, and the striker does not have many chances. Bodinov and Lanzafaim began to drop back to get the ball, but neither man was able to organise an effective attack, and Palowski was useless up front.

It wasn't until the 31st minute that Parma played a quick counter-attack in defence, Morrone handed the ball to Panucci, who crossed into the box, and Palowski fired a tackle from six yards out, but he missed the middle of the ball and lacked the power to get the ball confiscated by the goalkeeper.

Guidolin, who had just gotten up to cheer, sat back helplessly.

Palowski knelt on the ground with his head in his hands, and he himself was chagrined. The opportunity was in front of us, but I didn't grasp it.

Sampdoria made a mistake in the backfield pass, Palowski broke the ball, and he distributed the ball to Lanzafame on the side, at which point Lanzafame almost formed a one-on-one ball. Guidolin thought to himself, this is the time to enter.

Unfortunately, Lanzafame missed the ball.

"Damn!" Guidolin scolded.

The last opportunity that a striker should have wasted is a one-on-one goal.

Palowski's shot was kicked off the ball in a high-speed spin, and the mistake was understandable. But if Lanzafame doesn't go in, it's a bit too much to say.

Lanzafame slowly walked back with his head down, and the captain Morrone comforted him: "It's okay, take care of it next time." With that, he walked away.

Next time? How many next times?

This is not the first time that Lanzafame has wasted a single knife, and there was a similar situation in the last round of the league. I'm afraid that Guidolin will not give him so many "next times".

Parma missed two of their best chances and never had a decent shot on goal since. However, Sampdoria continued to exert their power, Parma was in constant danger in front of the goal, and Cassano also scored a goal, but it was ruled offside and the goal was invalidated.

Parma's players were also helpless.

The first half was about to end, and Zhang Shujie touched the jersey on his body. This morning he moved some "hands and feet" on his underwear, I don't know if he can show it to everyone today.