Chapter 160: The Difference
On 19 September, the third round of Serie A began, with Parma hosting ******. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Despite finishing ninth in the league last season, ****** still no one thinks they are strong in Serie A. The lack of historical background and the lack of brilliant achievements make it difficult for ****** to be recognized by the public in a short period of time.
However, for Parma, the Italian media believes that ****** still have the ability to defeat this former "one of the seven sisters". The biggest reason is that ****** have strengthened a lot on all fronts this season. First of all, the goalkeeper position is Portugal international Eduardo, ****** spent a full 4.5 million euros to bring him in! This figure is definitely not low in a small and medium-sized team.
In the backline, although ****** sold Papastathopoulos, he repossessed Ranocchia on loan, and also bought Fiorentina's old captain Dainelli, the strong addition of the two undoubtedly raised the overall strength of Geniana's defenders to a higher level.
Midfield is the biggest position in the ******, and Portuguese player Veloso has been the target of the giants, but he chose ****** first, and the value of 9 million is definitely worth the money. With Argentine teenager Zucurini also coming to Genana, plus Crishitto and captain Marco Rossi, ******'s midfield lineup is definitely the strongest in Serie A's second group.
The most striking is the forward line, this summer, Genyana sent Crespo to Parma, however, they signed former Italy international Toni for free******!
For all these reasons, the media is not very optimistic about Parma. Although Parma has Qiao Wenke, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, many people think that ******'s strength is superior. Moreover, ****** have won two in a row and are in good form, but they are in fourth place on goal difference, and the three teams in front of them happen to be AC Milan, Roma and Inter Milan.
Parma is sixth, and Juventus is fifth. Marino heard the crazy talk of the media and tried to fight back, but Manzo persuaded him not to meet with the media reporters.
In the locker room, Marino told his disciples: "Ignore the idiot journalists, they don't know the ball at all. He's 33 years old, and he's already past his peak at this age, so don't be afraid of him!"
Looking at the players sitting in front of him, he said: "I believe ****** are more nervous, the media is building momentum for them, and they are also under psychological pressure. When the game starts, you're going to attack me!
"Yes!" said in unison.
On their own turf, Parma also has the strongest backing, that is, the fans! Around the Tardini stadium, it has almost become a sea of yellow and blue, and the fans wear the yellow and blue jerseys of Parma, which symbolizes the home stadium, and sing the team song in the stands. The media looked down on Parma, but the fans supported them.
Compared to the previous round, Parma changed the formation to 4-3-3, and there were not many changes in personnel, except that the veteran Crespo replaced Bodinov, and the rest of the team remained the same as in the previous game.
Marino wanted to make a change at the back, but unfortunately there are only so many defenders in the team, and the ability is generally average. During this time, he has changed and changed, and this is the strongest. That's why he let the team go to attack and use the attacking line in the front court to suppress the opposing ******.
Twenty-two key players have already played, Morrone and Rossi have each chosen the ball and the field, and the players of both sides are already in place, just waiting for the referee to blow the whistle.
The referee looked at the time, and the stadium suddenly became very quiet, and the fans who had been singing loudly before also stopped, and even the announcer on the scene did not make a sound, and the entire Tardini stadium seemed to have been pressed on the mute switch, as if there was no sound at all.
Suddenly, the referee blew the whistle and the game began. At the same time that Crespo knocked the ball to Zhang Shujie, the stands around the stadium became noisy again.
At 9:50 p.m. at Shenyang LN University, a large number of students gathered in the first cafeteria on campus and gathered in front of the TV to watch the program. The channel is CCTV5 and the stadium is played by two opposing teams: Parma and ******.
The narrator is still Liu Jianhong, the guest commentator is Zhang Lu, and the sound of the TV is turned on very loudly, and everyone outside hears it. Wang Shihan and Zhou Ying were delayed for some time, and when they arrived at the cafeteria, the game had already started for more than ten minutes.
Pan Yongcheng, the "flower messenger", also followed the two girls into the cafeteria, only to find that there were too many people and there were no seats left.
Standing is not an option, after all, it takes more than an hour. Pan Yongcheng went to the cafeteria to borrow three plastic stools, and the three of them found a place with a slightly better view to sit down, and then ran to buy snacks for everyone to eat while watching.
"Hey, I'm not wrong, right? Parma is 0:1 behind?" Zhou Ying pointed to the TV and said to Wang Shihan beside her.
Only then did Wang Shihan notice that the score in the upper right corner of the screen was indeed ****** 1:0 lead. The time of the match is shown to be eleven minutes.
Only eleven minutes into it, Parma was actually behind.
"Who scored this goal?" Wang Shihan asked.
Zhou Ying shook her head and said, "I didn't see it either." ”
A boy next to them said: "It's Palacio, who scored in front of the goal in the first eight minutes." ”
The two nodded, and stopped talking.
Pan Yongcheng came back from buying good things, and he also saw Parma behind by a goal, but fortunately, it was still early, and Parma had a chance to score.
"Now let's take a look at Parma's attack, Giovinco passes Li Mu diagonally, Crespo attracts the opponent's defense in front, Li Mu can pass the ball in this position...... The ball passed to the penalty area, Giovinco and Crespo did not reach the ball, and the back point was Zhang Shujie, and the header hit the goal!
Zhang Lu hehe: "This ball was caused by Dayinelli by his side to give Zhang Shujie a disturbance, and the ball was slightly high." ”
There was also a sigh in the cafeteria, and judging from the slow motion, Zhang Shujie's header almost went out against the beam. Wang Shihan also felt that it was a pity, if it could be a little lower, this ball would be there.
Zhang Shujie was also a little annoyed, but it was not easy for him to earn a header in front of the 1.92-meter-tall Dainelli, and he was so threatening.
Counterattack, the ball reached the midfield, and the players of the two teams immediately began to scramble, both wanting to win this battleground. With a slight upper hand, the ball was distributed to the right, and captain Rossi got the ball, and when he saw that the pass could not enter the penalty area, he knocked on Verloso in the middle.
Parma fought a little fiercely, and ****** the midfielder was about to lose the situation, he passed the ball back to the defenders, first grasped the possession, and could not be taken away by Parma.
Parma's three strikers put a lot of pressure on the ******'s three defenders, which required the midfielders to return to defend in a timely manner. Head coach Gasperini lined up in a 3-4-3 formation, with the aim of attacking and defending all the time, almost emulating the Netherlands, and so far the tactics have been very successful, ****** still in an advantageous position on the field.
Ten minutes had passed since Zhang Shujie's shot, and in those ten minutes, the two teams had three shots on goal, but all of them were done from outside the box. Every time they defended, both teams contracted tightly, and the ball was basically pushed out by the defenders when it passed to the penalty area, so everyone had no choice but to shoot from outside the penalty area.
Zhang Shujie has only had one shot on goal so far, and that was the header just now. In all fairness, Parma's attack was still well organised, but it was difficult to pass effectively into the penalty area, and it was only accurate once in a long time. When you retreat to the defense, there are at least seven or eight players in the box, and the box is full. There were also two men outside the box, leaving only one Toney up front to contain Parma's defenders.
Li Mu got the ball, he glanced at Crespo and Zhang Shujie, and there was no way to pass it to them, so he gave it to Giovinco, who controlled it twice, and then gave it to Morrone, and Morrone passed it back to Li Mu.
Those backs also sent Parma's midfielders inside and outside the box, but the ****** defence was recycled. Ranocchia went to force Li Mu to cut off the ball, but Li Mu made a beautiful turn and deceived Ranocchia. But Ranocchia, as a new star in Serie A, does have some strength, and immediately after being overwhelmed, he immediately grabbed it and squeezed Li Mu from behind. There's a "even if I can't grab your ball, don't think about it."
Ranocchia squeezed fiercely, Li Mu first protected the ball, and then Marco Rossi came up to assist Ranocchia, Li Mu was about to lose control of the ball, and barely pulled back a few times, and was finally stabbed by Rossi and stabbed the ball out.
However, ****** did not get the ball because of this, and Rossi's inadvertent stab actually stabbed the ball at the feet of Patsy, who moved the ball to Giovinco. In the end, Parma still controlled the attack.
Zhang Shujie's position retreated a little, retreated to the outside of the penalty area, Giovinco passed the ball to him, and there were two defenders standing in front of him, he saw a little space around, so he tried to break through with the ball in order to disrupt the opponent's defense.
The first to intercept was Zucurini. Zhang Shujie sank, his left foot swayed, and with a flick of his right foot, he accelerated and dribbled past Zucurini. Zucurini wanted to reflexively grab again, but when he saw his teammate Bochetti coming up, he stepped aside to help defend.
Zhang Shujie pulled the ball under his feet, his body was ****, and he wanted to make a downward trend, Bo Kitty moved twice, and saw that Zhang Shujie did not move with the ball, so he thought that he was just a feint. Who knew that Zhang Shujie stopped after stepping on the ball, and with a buckle with his left foot, Bochetti broke the ball with his foot, but the ball rolled from his feet to his back.
Zhang Shujie lightly jumped over Bochetti's outstretched left leg, raised his foot on the edge of the penalty area and shot, the ball rushed to the goal against the ground, goalkeeper Eduardo fell sideways, the fingers of his right hand touched the ball, changing the trajectory of the ball, and the ball also bounced to the far post.
Liu Jianhong let out a long "ah": "Zhang Shujie's ball was saved, and he shot with great power, but unfortunately, the ball didn't go in...... It's Li Mu, Li Mu appeared at the far point! It's an empty goal, Li Mu falls to the ground and shoots! The ball goes in...... Oh no, the ball didn't go in, the ball flew off the line!"
Liu Jianhong was too excited, and shouted "The ball is in" the moment Li Mu shot the goal, but when the ball was kicked out, he realized that the ball did not fly into the net.
Zhang Lu was a little puzzled: "How could Li Mu not score in that situation just now? He was only about four or five meters away from the goal, and he didn't even kick in. ”
Liu Jianhong sneered: "It's indeed a bit supernatural. Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay! Li Mu's shovel shot...... Oh! This is not a tackle, it is Li Mu who slipped at the moment of the supplementary shot, and then kicked the ball a little higher. ”
"Hehe, then this is an accident. But from the point of view of the lens, it is only about two or three centimeters taller. ”
In slow motion, Li Mu was lying on the ground, slapping the lawn fiercely, I don't know if it was under the strange feet that this piece of turf made him slip when he shouldn't have slipped the most.
Outside the stadium, next to Parma's coach's box, Marino waved his hand and stomped his foot for the second time in the game, and the first time he did this was Zhang Shujie's unsuccessful header. On both occasions, Parma came so close that they were narrowly short of scoring.
The difference is a thousand miles.
In the coach's seat, Gasperini sat upright and expressionless. In any case, no matter how thrilling the opponent's shot is, it is not a bad thing for ******.
Shen Hao was very anxious sitting in the press box, he was more anxious than Marino and the players, and when he saw that Zhang Shujie and Li Muge had wasted a good opportunity, he couldn't help but say loudly: "Is the goal of this Tardini Stadium too short? ”
Chen Hui tapped his notebook: "Don't scream, this situation often happens on the court." There have been cases in the past where the ball bounced between the two posts, but it just didn't bounce into the goal. ”
Shen Hao sighed, looked at his old friend, and said, "People who can have this kind of luck should really buy a few welfare lottery tickets." ”
Chen Hui smiled: "Watch the game, it's been less than half an hour, who can guarantee that Parma won't score for the rest of the time." ”
Shen Hao nodded lightly and turned his gaze back to the court.