Chapter 36: Draw Troubles
Zhang Yuan felt that his Chinese New Year's Eve was at least good, yesterday's goal was a good gift, and the most worthy of joy was that he did not eat alone for the whole day, and there was always someone to accompany him, not so lonely.
The next day the team resumed training, ready to fight with Bologna, Bologna was relegated from Serie A to Serie B last season, they are also one of the clubs that Zhang Yuan participated in the so-called trial, and now Zhang Yuan finally let the entire Serie B after the second game initially know that Rimini has a lightning boy named Zhang Yuan, Bologna naturally knows, as for whether they regret missing Zhang Yuan, this is not what Zhang Yuan knows! But at home against Bologna, he wanted to prove himself and let Bologna know the consequences of missing out.
On February 24, Rimini played at home against Bologna. Due to the team's recent home record, the number of spectators at the Neri Stadium is much larger than in the past, and the stadium is basically full.
Acori still did not arrange Zhang Yuan to start in this game, or as a substitute. The media was generally optimistic about Rimini before the game, mainly because Rimini had won two in a row, while Bologna had lost two in a row, away to Spezia and at home to Piacenza.
Rimini took the initiative at home after the start of the game, but Bologna's defense was extremely tenacious, so Rimini was never able to find the back of the net, and the first half ended up with a 0-0 draw.
After exchanging venues in the second half, Rimini still took the initiative, but Bologna still did not let Rimini's attack succeed, Acori was anxious on the sidelines, but he did not plan to change prematurely, the advantage on the field belongs to Rimini, rash substitutions may be counterproductive, and the other thing that can be replaced is Zhang Yuan and Matri, Zhang Yuan is not the kind of pure shooter, he can create opportunities on the field, but there is always a lack of a decisive character, he thinks that Zhang Yuan is not the kind of point-grabbing striker, and Matri He has never been very optimistic about him, I think he's not as good as Jada, so it's better to keep the current lineup!
After 75 minutes, he decided to make a substitution, replacing Moscaldelli with Zhang Yuan, and there were nearly 30 minutes left in the substitution game, leaving Zhang Yuan with a lot of time, and he hoped that Zhang Yuan could help the team.
The audience on the sidelines saw Zhang Yuan appear, and there were warm cheers and applause, and the on-site commentator also said: "Our lightning boy has appeared!" "It seems that Zhang Yuan is Rimini's secret weapon, the Lightning Kid has appeared, you guys wait to die!
After Zhang Yuan came out, he still moved freely in the frontcourt, often switching positions with Pagano in the middle and Richiuti on the left, and the effect was still there, but it was reflected in the possession rate, the possession rate was higher, but the opportunities were still not created much. When Zhang Yuan planned to rely on his personal ability to seek goals, he found that Bologna's contraction defense was very effective for Zhang Yuan today, as soon as he got the ball, several people assisted in defense at any time, compressing Zhang Yuan's breakthrough space, after a few attempts, whether it was shooting or passing, Zhang Yuan could only try to drive the opponent's defense line more by running, but the effect of the effort was still not obvious.
In the end, the game could only end 0:0, the audience was disappointed, Acori was disappointed, the players were disappointed, and Zhang Yuan was also disappointed.
After the game, reporters interviewed Zhang Yuan again and asked him what he thought of the game, Zhang Yuan said that he was disappointed with the result of the game, but today everyone worked hard and played well, but luck was never on Rimini's side, and he regretted that he did not help the team.
At the post-match press conference, Akori, like Zhang Yuan, said that this ball was really Rimini's luck and was very unreliable, and blamed the draw on luck! However, the visiting head coach Ulivieri did not think so, saying that the draw was a reasonable result, and he praised his teammates, believing that his team had limited Rimini's attack very well and that the opponent had not created any good chances at all! When asked about Zhang Yuan's performance, he said that he admired Zhang Yuan and thought that Zhang Yuan was a genius, but now he still needs to play experience, and he thinks that Bologna's mistake to miss Zhang Yuan was also a mistake.
No matter how much the opposing head coach praises Zhang Yuan as a flower, Zhang Yuan can't be happy, what about revenge! As a result, his mediocre performance was the high expectation of the home team fans, but in the end he disappointed the home team fans, and he secretly made up his mind that he must practice shooting and passing hard, and he has improved but it is far from enough.
In the next training, Zhang Yuan didn't even let go of the night, and found a place to practice at night, so he contacted shooting and passing, and several roommates felt that this guy was crazy, he was already so tired during the day, and he practiced at night! But Zhang Yuan insisted on it, after practicing for a few days, he felt that his practice effect was not good, no one passed the ball, no one guarded, no one defended, so he tried his best to encourage the three roommates to practice together, like a senior, to explain the benefits of extra practice to the three roommates, to the effect that if you don't practice, you will never want to become a football star, and finally the three roommates were moved! The team of additional training has expanded to four, and these four people are really peculiar, the goalkeeper, defender, and striker are all together, just one midfielder is missing!
I have to say that there are three more people, and the effect of the extra practice is also much better, and the four people have also benefited a lot from the extra practice, so this way of adding the practice is the inherent program of four people every night.
Mai Xuewen and Docilia returned to Italy at the end of February after spending more than ten days of vacation, and Mai Xuewen of course brought Zhang Yuan some Chinese food, so that Zhang Yuan could taste the authentic Chinese taste again, and slightly soothe Zhang Yuan's homesickness.
On March 3, Rimini challenged Modena away, Zhang Yuan traveled with the team, Akori directly put Zhang Yuan into the starting lineup this time, the formation is still 4231, Zhang Yuan is equivalent to replacing Moscalderli's position, but this time it is still not their lucky day, they still have nothing to do away from home, 0:0 and Modena shake hand.
After the game, the local media was already asking what was wrong with this team, two games, two 0-0, not a single goal! Fortunately, it's just one media that writes a report like this, and no other media has followed suit, otherwise it will definitely bring a lot of pressure to the team! Sometimes this pressure is the driving force, but sometimes if you are not careful, the pressure will really become a straw that crushes the camel!
On March 10th, Rimini really let the majority of home fans know that there is no lower limit to the draw, they welcomed Napoli after two consecutive draws, Napoli has played very well this season, has been at the top of the standings, Juventus is behind them, and now the whole season is only in the middle of the season, the entire Napoli people have shouted the slogan of killing back Serie A, in the face of such a strong opponent, Rimini is also full of spirit, trying to sweep away the bad luck of the first two rounds, but unfortunately Napoli did not let them get their wish.
In the first half, Napoli took an early 1-0 lead in the 11th minute, and withstood Rimini's counterattack to keep the score until the end of the half.
In the second half, the two sides were evenly matched, and they played each other's merits and defenses until the 72nd minute, when Zhang Yuan, who continued to start the game, received a cross pass from Rikiuti and shoveled the ball into the net near the small penalty area to equalize the score. In the next 20 minutes, both sides created chances, but they were a little away from the goal, and the game ended 1-1, and Rimini ushered in three consecutive league draws.
At the post-match press conference, reporters began to look for Akuri's stubble, and asked about the reason for the three-consecutive draw, this time they can no longer use luck as an excuse, but they underestimated Akuri's lower limit, Akori still blamed the three-consecutive draw on luck, and said that the three-consecutive draw is normal, nothing abnormal, and the three-consecutive draw is not the end of the world, reporters and gentlemen don't need to make a fuss!
In fact, since three consecutive draws, Akori is also thinking about the problem, what is wrong with the team?! You may be unlucky in one game, but you can't say you're unlucky in three games, there must be something wrong with those aspects!
After the Napoli game, he looked for the footage of the last three consecutive draws and carefully studied what went wrong. After several days of repeated watching the game, he found that the team did not have many ways to defend against the opponent's dense defense, and the formation of 4231 gave the opponent a strong sense of pressure in the front court, forcing the opponent to shrink the defense, but the ability of the frontcourt players on his side to seize the opportunity was still insufficient, and scoring goals was very problematic. Analyzing Zhang Yuan again, Zhang Yuan needs more breakthrough space in this situation now, but the opponent has obviously strengthened the defense after the first few games, which just gives Zhang Yuan little space, and Zhang Yuan's own imagination is there, but the level of passing still needs to be improved, so Zhang Yuan's role on the field is not very obvious in the first two draws. In this game with Napoli, the two sides attacked and defended each other, giving Zhang Yuan enough space, running and breaking through got better again, and finally scored.
Zhang Yuan's strength is enough to play the main force in the team, but now this formation can't give full play to Zhang Yuan's strength, Acori thought about it and decided that Zhang Yuan still has to go, so he can only change the formation and adjust it to what formation is better! He carefully analyzed it, and felt that the adjustment from 4231 to 442 might have a better effect, both wings retreated to the midfield, the midfielder 4 people stood in parallel, Zhang Yuan partnered with Jada on the forward line, Zhang Yuan's position was more flexible, playing the position of nine and a half times, like Selicini did, let Zhang Yuan play an organized striker, the front court made room for Zhang Yuan, and it was easier for the opponent to attack after the midfield was recycled to give the two strikers a chance.