Chapter 44: Bad luck

Zhang Yuan was tired because his running today was far beyond his usual level, and Zanetti was very difficult to entangle, so he had to strengthen his running. In the second half, Juventus suppressed Rimini too hard, and Zhang Yuan also had to participate in the defense, so he pressed in the front court, kept running, trying to make Juventus's backcourt players play the ball faster, maybe there will be mistakes.

As a result, in the 65th minute, he felt that he really couldn't run, even Zanetti saw it, and lowered his vigilance against Zhang Yuan, but at this time the opportunity came, Juventus's frontcourt attack did not work, the ball was pushed out by Digan, Porkia kicked forward aimlessly, and the ball crossed the midfield and went straight to the Juventus half, Zhang Yuan was still in the midfield at this time, he started, Zanetti chased after him, Zhang Yuan successfully unloaded the ball, made a quick stop to avoid Zanetti, and then turned around with a pull ball, wiped it from the right side of Zanetti, and the ball accelerated, in front of Kovac, behind Zanetti, Zhang Yuan seemed to be in a desperate situation of being blocked at both ends, but Zhang Yuan did not flinch, this time he planned to use his speed to grab Kovacs, he stepped on the ball again, but his body quickly slipped past Kovacs, the speed was too fast, Zhang Yuan also deliberately bypassed Kovacs's side, and as a result, Kovacs didn't even have a chance to grab his clothes.

Zhang Yuan did not grasp the power of the ball well this time, after all, his physical strength has decreased, his control of the ball is also declining, the ball is bigger, he is still chasing, and the audience at the scene seems to see a lightning bolt killing Juventus's penalty area.

This time Buffon did not hesitate, he attacked, Zhang Yuan's lightning was like suddenly not lit, the speed slowed down, but he still chased forward with a perseverance, but this time he failed to chase the ball, one is that he was too big, the other is that he is indeed the end of the crossbow, he thought he could sprint this distance but his body is obviously not good, Buffon made a tackle and shoveled the ball out of the sideline, he shoveled the ball first, but also shoveled Zhang Yuan, who rushed over by inertia.

Zhang Yuan fell to the ground and covered his thighs in pain, and Buffon spread his hands to the referee with an innocent face, indicating that he tackled the ball first. In fact, he did not shovel Zhang Yuan's thigh, but Zhang Yuan fell down when he touched his leg.

The referee couldn't see it clearly, and after consulting the linesman, it was determined that Buffon had not committed a foul and was not a penalty. Richiuti and Jada ran over to argue with the referee that it was a penalty, while several other players surrounded Zhang Yuan and asked about him.

Zhang Yuan endured the pain and pointed to his thigh and said, "It hurts here!"

The team doctor also ran into the field at this time, squatted down next to Zhang Yuan, and asked Zhang Yuan where the position hurt, Zhang Yuan pointed to his inner thigh, and the team doctor just chuckled in his heart, maybe it was a thigh muscle strain.

He asked Zhang Yuan again if he could stand up on his own, Zhang Yuan made a gesture by himself, and could barely stand up with the support of the team doctor, but it hurt very much when he walked. The referee came over and asked the team doctor to take Zhang Yuan to the sidelines for treatment, and Zhang Yuan limped off the field with the support of the team doctor.

The team doctor examined Zhang Yuan's injury in detail again, and basically determined that Zhang Yuan had a muscle strain on the inner thigh, and Martini heard the team doctor's judgment next to him, and his nervous face immediately became ugly, why is he so unlucky! Zhang Yuan has to go out of the game for 30 minutes!

When Martini told Arcory the news, Acori was naturally unhappy, and his heart was as unlucky as Martini thought, but now he had no choice but to make substitutions, taking advantage of the opportunity to play on the sideline, Rimini completed the substitution Matri replaced Zhang Yuan.

It is not surprising that Zhang Yuan was injured, his physical consumption was too great, but he forcibly used his speed to break through with the ball just now, and he was already injured in the process of running.

The team doctor treated Zhang Yuan simply, wrapped an elastic bandage on his thigh, and prepared an ice cube cold compress for Zhang Yuan to give Zhang Yuan a cold compress on the bench.

After Zhang Yuan got off the field, Juventus's offensive was more vigorous, after all, there was one less speed player in the frontcourt, and the speed and strength of the counterattack would be reduced.

In the 76th minute, Juventus overtook the score, Zebina and Camoranesi played a cross after a set of sides, and it was Trezeguet's header that scored, and Digan had limited ability to prevent Trezeguet.

This goal seemed to knock down Rimini's morale, only four minutes later, Rimini's players have not recovered from the previous goal, in the 80th minute, Piero received a pass from Nedved in the left penalty area and curled a shot, once again broke the door guarded by Handanovic, and the score became 3:1.

The players on the Rimini bench were anxious, Zhang Yuan was even more anxious, the one-goal advantage in the first half was useless, and Juventus completed the score by two goals in 35 minutes in the second half, and the strength was really strong.

Akori is also very depressed, but he doesn't have any good way, it's not that his tactics are right, he will definitely be able to defend it, the key depends on the players, Rimini's players' personal ability is limited, and no matter how good the tactics are, there is no such thing. There are many examples of the weak beating the strong on the football field, but that is called an underdog, and there are not many examples of a season of the weak beating the strong, and the upset is called an upset when it rarely happens. Rimini was sadly unable to cause an upset today, and it was normal to lose to Juventus.

For the rest of the game, Juventus slowed down their attacking tempo and began to play possession, and Rimini's players did not give up, but in the end it was useless, and the referee blew the final whistle, and Rimini finally lost 1:3 on the road, reaping two consecutive league defeats.

At the post-match press conference, reporters began to bombard Akuri, why? Quite simply, after Akori shouted the promotion slogan, the team unfortunately suffered two consecutive defeats, and everyone will look at the promotion slogan shouted by Akori with skepticism.

"Mr. Akori, what do you think of today's game?"

"Juventus are very strong, in the first half we did a good job of limiting the opposition's attack and we took advantage of the opponent's mistakes and scored a goal, but in the second half we didn't organise well defensively! I think it's a regrettable result, but it's also a fair and reasonable result. Akori said matter-of-factly.

"Is today's loss because of Zhang Yuan's injury?"

"No, it's not, our team is a whole, the loss is not because of the responsibility of the players or because of Zhang Yuan's departure, the responsibility for the loss is mine!" Akori wanted to relieve the pressure on his players, who were now unsure if their players were distracted by their promotion goals.

"Is Zhang Yuan's injury serious?"

"After the team doctor's examination, it was preliminarily concluded that it was a thigh muscle strain, but further examination is needed to be confirmed. ”

"You shouted the slogan of promotion before, did you put too much pressure on your players and suffered two consecutive defeats?"

'I don't think so, until now I still believe we can get promoted, we're not far from the previous one!' My players are all professionals, they work hard for promotion just like me, the pressure is there but it's not the reason why we lost, there are a lot of uncertainties in a game that can affect the outcome of the game. "Akori is a bit of a slapper ha.

"There are still ten rounds left in the league, and Zhang Yuan's injury and absence will affect the team's results?"

"There is definitely an impact, but we also have other players, the team is a whole and I believe that the team will not be affected by Zhang Yuan's absence, and we will try our best to win. Moreover, Zhang Yuan's injury is uncertain now, and he may be able to return after two rounds. ”

Deschamps was also at the press conference after the game, when the reporter asked what he thought of the game, he thought that today's game was a difficult game, Rimini caused a lot of problems for Juventus in the first half, and the second half was much better after adjustments, and he specifically mentioned Zhang Yuan, thinking that Zhang Yuan's departure was an important turning point in the game.

Several players from both teams were also interviewed after the game in the mixed zone, and Rimini's player Richiotti shared Akori's opinion that his team did not do a good job defensively in the second half, and as for Zhang Yuan, he hoped that his injury would not be too serious, because Zhang Yuan is an important member of the team. Juventus' players were as polite as Didier Deschamps, believing that the score did not speak for itself, and that the game was quite difficult and that Rimini had caused them a lot of problems.

Immediately after the match, Raiola called Rimini's club Mutorari, and he wanted Zhang Yuan to undergo a more comprehensive examination in the hospital in Turin, after all, Rimini's medical care is not as good as in a metropolis like Turin. After obtaining consent, Raiola contacted the team here and asked to keep Zhang Yuan in Turin for further examination, and Akori also agreed, he also hoped that Zhang Yuan could undergo a full examination to determine the injury, so that he could know the real situation as soon as possible, so that he could make adjustments to the whole team as soon as possible.

The next day, Zhang Yuan, accompanied by Raiola and a team doctor, went to the hospital for an MRI examination, and the situation was neither optimistic nor pessimistic, and the thigh muscle strain was diagnosed, but it is expected to take a break for about a month.

This time Raiola sent Zhang Yuan back to Rimini, Raiola also felt a little helpless about Zhang Yuan's injury this time, he didn't do anything during this time, he also had his own way, to build momentum for Zhang Yuan in the media, this summer he plans to transfer Zhang Yuan away from Rimini, Rimini is too small, and can no longer provide better help for Zhang Yuan's growth, but this time Zhang Yuan will miss Rimini for at least 6 games, and the attention will definitely be reduced, and it is difficult to say whether it can attract the attention of other clubs at that time.