Chapter 40: Akori's Ambition
After visiting Mutolali, Raiola is the most important thing to complete the trip, at noon he called Zhang Yuan to ask if Zhang Yuan has anything else to help, Zhang Yuan thought for a while, and felt that there is nothing to help Raiola now, and now he is doing well, so he said goodbye to Zhang Yuan, and returned to Milan at noon, he repeatedly told Zhang Yuan that if there is any need or difficulty, he can find him, and he will know Zhang Yuan's situation at any time.
Akori soon knew that Zhang Yuan had changed his agent, replaced by Raiola, he was a little worried, the agent's matter had little to do with him, the headache was the club, as the head coach, he had no absolute say in the transfer of players or something, only the right to suggest, and the player's various requirements were also discussed with the club, which really had nothing to do with him, what he was worried about was whether the appearance of Raiola would affect Zhang Yuan's state.
However, his worries were in vain, judging from the training situation in the next few days, Zhang Yuan was not affected, he was not treated negatively, and I heard that Raiola did not make any requests to the club, everything was the same as before without Raiola.
On March 25th, Rimini away to challenge Albino Lefe, Albino Lefe is in the north of Bergamo, Rimini is another expedition, but Albino Lefe is not strong, knowing that the 02-03 season was promoted to Serie B, although in recent years has not been relegated, but also failed to rush to the front, this expedition Rimini up and down are full of confidence, mainly Albino Lefey's home record is really bad, there are many draws, few wins, Akori believes that the team's attack is enough to break down the opponent's defense.
But when it came to the game, I found that the opponent was not so vulnerable, even at home, Albino Lefe did not plan to attack, it was blindly defending, Rimini failed to break through the opponent's door, and finally played 0:0 with Albino Lefe away from home.
Back to Rimini, immediately after March 31, Rimini welcomed Treviso at home, Treviso is also a weak team, but this time at Rimini's home stadium, Rimini did not live up to the hopes of the home fans, won the opponent 2:0, Zhang Yuan scored a goal. In the 32nd minute of the game, Richiuti crossed and caused chaos in the opponent's penalty area, Zhang Yuan scored in the chaos and opened the scoring for Rimini. In the 76th minute, Matri, who came on as substitute Zhang Yuan, received a cross from Moscaldelli and scored a header.
On April 6, Rimini embarked on the road north again, this time they challenged Verona away, Verona had a brilliant period of glory in Serie A, in the 1984-85 season they won the Italian Football League championship, but now more than 20 years later, they have long lost their original glory, they have not played well in the early stages of this season, but recently they have won three consecutive games at home, the last 6 games 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, the victory is all at home, so away to challenge Verona, Rimini is very dangerous.
After the start of the game, Verona really focused on attack, they lost too many points in front of them, they were at the bottom of the table, and there were eleven rounds left in the league.
However, now Rimini just likes Verona's style of play, not afraid of your attack, afraid of you shrinking the defense, as a result, Verona did not score first, Rimini scored first, in the 27th minute, Zhang Yuan broke through with the ball and was put down by the opposing defender, the referee awarded a free kick, about twenty-five or six meters away from the goal, Richiuti took this free kick, directly broke through the gate guarded by Pegollo. Verona, who were behind, attacked more aggressively, and as a result, Rimini seized the opportunity again, and in the 37th minute, after Zhang Yuan went down, he swept in front of the goal, and Jeda grabbed the point and shot through the Verona gate again.
After the start of the second half, Verona now basically has no way out, but can only choose to continue to attack, but this way is really undesirable for Rimini, only three minutes after the game restarted, Verona again attracted a blow, 48 minutes, Zhang Yuan received a pass from Moscaldelli with his back near the small penalty area, and the shaking of the two upper limbs in place made the center of gravity of the opponent's central defender shift, and then a horizontal dribble shot low, and the ball went in again! Rimini 3: 0 lead over Verona, this goal was a serious blow to the morale of Verona, and their players began to behave a little bit out of shape. In the 74th minute, it was Zhang Yuan, this time he received a cross from Moscaldelli on the line of the big penalty area, shot from a distance, the angle was very awkward, and broke through the Verona gate again, and Rimini, who was playing away, actually led Verona by four goals. But this slaughter is not over, in the 83rd minute, Jada burst into the penalty area and was pulled down by the opposing player, the referee decisively blew a penalty kick and a red card, the original penalty taker was Richiuti, but Zhang Yuan has scored two goals in this game, and another is a hat trick, so Richiuti gave this penalty opportunity to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan did not shirk, he also wanted to complete the hat trick, he put the ball in a good position, the opposing goalkeeper Pegolo kept shaking, trying to interfere with Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan did not look at him, just stared at the ball, the referee whistled, Zhang Yuan ran a few steps to shoot the ball to the middle, and Pegolo pounced to the right side in advance, and the ball went inγ
After completing this goal, Zhang Yuan achieved his hat trick in this game, and it was also the first hat trick of his career, of course, he came to a kneel celebration, and also gave Richiuti a big hug, good guy!
In the remaining games, both sides failed to score again, and Rimini, who was away from home, finally defeated the home team Verona 5:0, this result was not expected by many people before the game, which was really surprising! Zhang Yuan, as the biggest project of the game, not only won the game ball, but also was interviewed by many reporters after the game, and now Zhang Yuan's series of magical performances have spread in Italian football, and some national newspapers have also begun to visit him, and even some domestic posts have appeared Zhang Yuan's news, but Zhang Yuan does not know.
Winning the ball today and completing a hat trick, Zhang Yuan was in a very good mood and was interviewed by reporters after the game.
"Zhang, congratulations to you and your team on winning and scoring a hat-trick, how do you feel?"
"I'm glad the team won the game. I'm happy to score a hat-trick, but it's all about winning the team. Zhang Yuan said with a smile.
"How would you rate Verona's performance?"
To be honest, Zhang Yuan doesn't want to comment on how others are, but reporters always like to ask like this, and like to find some topics to help you pull hatred.
"Their performance today is not a reflection of their true level!" Zhang said.
"I heard that you are already a player under the famous agent Raiola, right?"
"Yes. β
This is big news, and the reporters are jealous of Raiola's reputation for greed, and another talented player has thrown himself under his banner.
After briefly answering a few questions from reporters, Zhang Yuan said goodbye and returned to the locker room, where he was once again congratulated by his teammates, a hat-trick of great significance, this was the first time in his career.
Meanwhile, at the post-match press conference, Akori was speaking to reporters.
"Mr. Akory, are you happy with the performance of your players?"
'I'm very happy with the boys' performance, they executed my tactical intentions well and won this crucial game!"
"Who should you give the best player of the game to seriously?"
"Our whole team has performed very well, but if I have to choose, I choose Zhang Yuan, his performance is decisive!" This time, Akori finally did not continue to "suppress" Zhang Yuan, after all, Zhang Yuan's performance in this game has been seen by everyone, and there is no need to say that Zhang Yuan will continue to cover up like that.
"After this game, your team has 58 points, in front of you ****** with 60 points, Napoli with 62 points, and Juventus with 55 points, do you think you have a chance to be promoted to Serie A?"
During this period, Minnie's form was surprisingly good, winning one after another, and the points were also rising, and promotion to Serie A would be the most glorious moment in the history of Acorili Rimini's football history, and it would also be the most glorious moment of his coaching career.
Akori's idea is that Juventus, who have 55 points, should not be considered, they should be ranked first if they do not deduct points, there are still 11 rounds in the league, Juventus promotion is simply not a thing, there are only two promotion places left, Rimini's rivals ****** and Napoli, Akori wants to get second in the league, so that he can directly qualify without participating in the damn play-offs, because if the three teams continue to stick like this, the third place will have to participate in the play-offs, because it is difficult to get rid of the 10-point gap with the fourth place. I don't want to be first, at least fight for second, this is Akuri's ambition now.
"Why not, I think we have a chance to get promoted to Serie A and we are working towards it!, but there are still 11 rounds of the league and there are still a lot of uncertainties and difficulties, but as long as we keep playing where we are, we will have a chance!" replied Akori confidently.
The next group of reporters was talking, okay. To be honest, they have never been optimistic that Rimini can be promoted, before the season everyone thought that Rimini could wander in the middle of the table at most, but recently they actually rushed to the front, which is really surprising, but even now everyone is not optimistic about Rimini's successful promotion!
This time, Akori's statement surprised everyone a little, so much so that they forgot to ask about the game itself, and the next day Akori's words became the front page headlines of the Rimini media, completely stealing the limelight from Zhang Yuan, who completed the hat-trick.