Chapter 61: The game is deadlocked
But before he could change his tactics, Rimini had already scored, and it was Zhang Yuan who scored.
In the 28th minute, Rimini central defender Digan was forced to make a long pass under the pressure of the opponent, the ball was very fast, the ball flew far away, and went directly to the vicinity of the Genoa half-court penalty area, De Rosa and Matri ran to the landing point at the same time, but today's Matri is a bit magical, De Rosa and he have failed to compete for the top of Matri several times, this time is no exception, and was won by Matri, but this ball he did not accurately return to Zhang Yuan under De Rosa's interference, but a little off, Zhang Yuan and Cristo competed for the ball, Zhang Yuan stretched out his foot first, turned the ball upside down with the instep, hooked the ball back into his control, and stretched his foot a little long, causing him to lose his balance a little, in the face of Crishitto who was approaching, Zhang Yuan must have either been stolen by Crishitto, or someone was hit by Crishitto, so he chose to force a shot, the hook of the right foot did not even fall to the ground, he used the outside instep to pump the ball, thanks to his body has lost his balance, the ball did not draw out of shape, the ball crossed an arc, over the Genoa goalkeeper Robinho's outstretched hand into the goal, the ball Rubinho stood a little forward, the angle of the ball is not awkward.
Zhang Yuan fell to the ground, whether the ball can go in really depends on luck, before the shot he didn't have time to look at the goal and the goalkeeper position, he could only shoot by feeling, but on the ground he was pleasantly surprised to see the ball score! The effort was not in vain, Rimini finally reappeared a ray of light.
He stood up, clenched his hands into fists, and let out an angry roar "F-U-C-K!", yes he said dirty words! Matri, who was closest to him, rushed over and jumped into Zhang Yuan's arms, raised his arms and cheered, and other teammates also gathered around, really surprised, Zhang Yuan's ball was not an absolute chance, it was just Zhang Yuan's flash of inspiration to score this goal, it was just a simple cooperation between Matri and Zhang Yuan, and Richiuti and Moscalderli, who were at the bottom on both sides, were not involved in this attack at all. 1:0 means that as long as Rimini scores one more goal next, Genoa can be eliminated, which means that Rimini, who was basically dead before the game, has an increased chance of survival, and there are more than 60 minutes left in the game, isn't it?
When Zhang Yuan shot the goal, most of the players on the bench of Akori, Martini and Rimini had already stood up, and when the ball was scored, everyone rushed to the sidelines, cheering and applauding enthusiastically! The visiting fans on the pitch who were holding the flag of Rimini were in a boil, the first goal was just the beginning, there was still a chance, everyone thought so.
Akori also thinks so, today's tactical arrangement he did not risk attacking with all his might, but handed over the main task to the front four-man combination, Ricciuti and Moscalderli said that it was an attacking fullback, in fact, the two people still have a large defensive task, they must be able to run up and take it back, so in fact, the focus of the attack is still to see Matri and Zhang Yuan, Matri behaved Akori himself can't believe that this is his own Matry? As for Zhang Yuan, he is really a genius, Akori sighed from the bottom of his heart, an opportunity that is not an absolute opportunity for him to seize. The goal was beautiful!
Gasperini looked a little annoyed, he was about to change the formation but scored first, making him blame himself for why he didn't hurry up.
At the beginning of today, he made up his mind to attack, two full-backs and two midfielders in parallel positions, he arranged for Cristo to keep an eye on Zhang Yuan, and did not arrange to drag the back, his main purpose was to hope that the midfield could provide more support to the front, and the midfielder must be forward, but Rimini's long pass play completely disrupted his deployment, and now Genoa is behind, does he need to make another adjustment?
Gasperini thought for a while and decided to adjust as he just thought, Adelton withdrew to the midfield to play the front midfield, Coppola played the back of the drag, specifically to guard Zhang Yuan, which is equivalent to the formation adjustment to 352, strengthening the midfield's passing control, this is what he just planned, the reason why he did not make another adjustment is that Rimini is 1: 0 lead, but one more goal must be scored to eliminate Genoa, it is still Genoa who occupies the initiative, one of the purposes of his plan is to strengthen the defense, nail Zhang Yuan, he is the most dangerous, although Mattrie is very perverted today, but after the change of formation, Zhang Yuan's point of departure is missing, and Matthi may not be in such a big trouble. The second purpose is to play the ball in the middle of the field, attack forward in the early stage, and the ball is frequently passed to the feet of the three strikers, giving Rimini too many opportunities to launch a long pass play, Rimini often launches a long pass attack immediately after breaking the ball in his own backfield, and the more they lose, the more they launch, and they can't go on like this.
After Genoa changed the formation, they passed and controlled in the midfield like the last game, and they did not easily penetrate this time, mainly because they were afraid of losing the ball and giving Rimini the opportunity to make a long pass, in fact, the 352 formation, there is still a big gap on both sides of the defense, and it is very likely that the two wingers will make a big mistake if they do not return to the defense in time.
The game fell into a stalemate, no matter how effective Akori's long pass tactics were, there were fewer long pass opportunities, the natural threat weakened, and Genoa had the advantage in midfield, and his organizational ability and passing ability were stronger than Rimini's, who can only defend passively now.
Arcoli is very hesitant about this situation, attacking for fear that the opponent will catch the gap, and the defensive attack will be limited to a certain extent, and he is still one goal short of making it very difficult for him. He spent the last 20 minutes of the first half mostly hesitating, and Rimini ended the first half 1-0.
At the beginning of the second half, Akori still did not make adjustments, he still hesitated in his heart, and at halftime he praised his players and encouraged them to continue to do this in the second half, what to do?
Gasperini made a fine-tuning, and he didn't dare to press too much in the first half, but at the beginning of the second half, he made up his mind to take advantage of the beginning to attack, so after the game restarted, Genoa didn't care about Zhang Yuan's speed at all, and the three lines were pressed at the same time, and Rimini's life was sad, because Rimini's two midfielders still chose to actively grab instead of recycling, leaving a certain gap for Genoa, Genoa just started to play midfield penetration, Wing penetration, resulting in two consecutive dangers in Rimini's backline, one was Di Vaio pulled down from behind by Di Ganpolkia outside the penalty area, and was awarded a free kick, and Leon's direct shot grazed the goal beam, which shocked Handanovic into a cold sweat, and another time was Adelton, Di Vaio, Figueroa played a three-person short match at the front of the penalty area, Figueroa shoveled in the small penalty area, and Handanovic bravely blocked the bottom line.
And Rimini's side due to the opponent's midfield's strong organizational ability, it is difficult for Rimini to grab the ball in the pass control, and the opportunity to get the ball in the front court is limited, even if Rimini grabs the ball, the long pass to find Matri or Zhang Yuan, the accuracy is not mentioned, once Zhang Yuan gets the ball, the opponent uses foul tactics, not allowing Zhang Yuan to bring the ball up or pass it, even if he pays a yellow card, Cristo received a yellow card for pulling Zhang Yuan.
It's definitely not okay to keep playing like this, after ten minutes of attacking, Genoa still couldn't score, Gasperini ordered his players to recycle the formation and start to play possession, Genoa's side Crishitto has already received a yellow card, if he is yellow card again, he will only be out.
At this time, Akori made substitution adjustments, Cristiano replaced Porkia, this is a counterpoint substitution, Porkia played in the back today, and the other midfielder is Pagano, which is actually an organized midfielder, and the defensive ability is not good, but Akori needs him on the field and tries to control the team's operation, although so far Pagano's main task is to defend. Porkia was given a yellow card by the referee just now, so the defense will inevitably shrink back, after all, Rimini with one less person will be even more hopeless, and now Genoa is in the midfield to control the ball, Rimini can only press fiercely to interrupt the opponent's rhythm, and fouling is also one of the necessary means, so Akori replaced Cristiano in the opposite position to maintain enough pressure on Genoa on defense.
Taking advantage of the substitution, he said to Cristiano: "Domenic, after you come on the field, tell everyone to play Zhang Yuan's point with a long pass, Crisitto already has a yellow card, and he will not foul Zhang Yuan excessively!"
With this instruction, Rimini always made a long pass to find Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan did not have a good header, but it does not mean that he is afraid of scrambling for the ball, after coming to Italy, he is now taller and a little longer, and now he is nearly 1.8 meters tall, which is not short. Cristo is a lot taller than him, but it doesn't mean that height can decide everything, there are also many short central defenders, how tall is Cannavaro, and he is still the world footballer!
So in this kind of battle, Crishitto is fighting for a lot of balls, but Zhang Yuan can occasionally compete for the ball by grabbing the position, Crishitto is more of a small action to interfere with Zhang Yuan at this time, and Zhang Yuan is not an actor, otherwise a performance does not rule out the possibility that the referee will send Crishitto off.
Gasperini found out about Rimini's intentions, and quickly made adjustments, so that Crissto who played right center back and De Rosa in the center switched, he could not play center back cards in his hand, and there was no one who could reach the level of Crissto, so he chose to keep Crissto on the field as much as possible.
However, Rimini's players saw that Crishito switched to the middle and immediately began to make long passes to Matri, who was in good form today, although not as tall as Crishitto, but did not fall behind in the battle for the top.
De Rosa is a veteran and experienced, but his speed and agility are not as good as Cristo's, and even worse than Zhang Yuanlai, which is why Gasperini arranged Crissto to defend Zhang Yuan and De Rosa to play as a central defender.