Chapter 68: Semi-finals
Turin, an important industrial city in northern Italy, forms a famous triangle with Milan and RNY, which is not only economically developed, but also one of the three famous football cities in Italy and even Europe. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info opposite the Turin train station is the most prosperous Roman street in the city, and the starting point of the Roman street is very close to the station, this street has been built many times, after more than 200 years, the last section was completed in 1931 to 1937. From the Costagada Square, walk along Via Roma and you will see most of the sights of the city of Turin. Turin is proud of three things: Fiat Automobilia, founded in 1899 and now one of the top 10 car companies in the world; The second is the Church of Duomo, built in 1491 - there is a copy of the famous painting "The Last Supper", which is 7 meters long and 3.5 meters wide, exactly the same size as the original, and the third is the Antonel Liguta - the tallest brick tower in Europe, the tower is 167.5 meters high, originally an Israeli temple, which was purchased and repaired by the government, but because the top of the tower was too high, it was destroyed by strong winds, and then reinforced with reinforced concrete, so that it was well preserved, and now its interior has been transformed into a Renaissance museum.
Today, however, all of this is not as attractive as the stadium at the end of the street. And in the far south of China, tens of thousands of Chinese fans are staying up late to watch the game. Because Prato rejected CCTV's offer and sold the broadcast rights to GD TV, CCTV blocked almost all news of Prato this year. However, the turmoil caused by the World Junior Tournament at the beginning of the season has made people continue to pay attention to Prato, where Jianlibao is located, CCTV does not report, as well as major sports newspapers, as well as the weekly football column of GD Sports Channel, the ratings of GD Sports Channel will climb to a peak at 8 o'clock every Saturday night, and it has been rising for most of the year, and it has reached an incredible value since then. For this reason, the leadership of GD TV decisively decided to increase the broadcast of Prato, hearing that Prato performed well in the Italian Cup, and even defeated the Serie A team Foggia, GD immediately relayed the video of the game, not on the sports channel, but on the GD cable channel, which was the predecessor of GD Satellite TV, and the recorded game was very popular, and GD immediately decided to spend a lot of money to buy the broadcast rights of the Italian Cup, and their decision was all the way with Prato. Let them make a lot of money, and several people in charge of the GD station are so happy that they almost can't close their mouths.
With the referee's "beep" whistle, the game officially began.
To be honest, compared to the last game, Torino is at home like a different team. They have lost just three games at this stadium this season, and that stems from the fact that they have a great group of fans. Can you imagine that Juventus, with 8 Coppa Italia titles and more than 20 Serie A titles, doesn't have as many fans as Torino in this city?
Before the game started, just looking at the Torino players on the pitch who were warming up before the game, doing the most ordinary half-court running lap exercises, these Torino fans were as excited as the bull on their team badge, and when the Torino players who had warmed up naturally gave way to the Prato players who came out of the players' tunnel to warm up the field, the shouts of the fans in the stands were not reduced at all, but the slogans they shouted were not to cheer for the away team. Instead, they used every means to interfere with the Prato team's warm-up and try to influence the form of the away team's players.
And after the start of the game, the shouts of the Turin fans did not stop for a moment, and wave after wave, as if to put Del. The roof of the Apier Stadium is popped. Although there are also a large number of visiting fans from Prato and Chinese fans from all over Italy, they are a little too scattered and unprofessional compared to the organized and teamed Torino fans who have been in the tournament for a long time. Despite their best efforts, they were suppressed by the home fans in terms of momentum and volume. All the audience heard was the neat drums of war: "Come on, Turin!" "Come on, Turin! ”。
This made the already good Torino players even more excited, at a time when they forgot that the team was in financial crisis, forgot about the appearance bonuses owed to them this season, and only remembered the great glory of being a player in this team, and only remembered the vow to win glory for this team in the first place.
The "Prince of Uruguay" Enzo, who has turned 32 years old this year. It was as if Francesco had returned to his adolescence all at once. Forward-thinking football, well-rounded technique, not only active in the forward line, but also often retreating to the forward position to organise and break with the ball. I saw that he was free and easy, the ball style was elegant, and watching him play football was like watching a ballet on the court.
And at this time has been outstanding, in this season is seen as Prato's right side of the defense to ensure that Zanetti is in Enzo. Francesco showed his immature side. The current Zanetti is not the spiritual leader of Inter Milan in history, and Zanetti at this time is still very rough technically, except for the crosses that have not been good, other aspects are far from reaching the level of the later, only showing good physical fitness. Spalletti has used him primarily as a defensive full-back this season to ensure that Doni in the right-back position can play to his attacking prowess. In fact, Zanetti's presence has indeed liberated Doni, who has been more of a playmaker close to the right midfield this season, with a wide range of movement, often coming out near the penalty area, or cutting inside to shoot, or using his excellent short passing playmaking ability to dispatch the attack in the front of Prato, if Veron is the offensive engine of Prato's backfield, Doni is the offensive derailleur of Prato's front.
However, Zanetti, who has been solid in this game, has been repeatedly defeated by Enzo. Francisco broke down the right, his physical prowess seemed to be a burden, and under the variations of the seasoned prince of Uruguay, Zanetti felt like he was drunk, completely unable to keep up with the rhythm, either rushing over the head or reacting half a beat faster.
Just like Enzo. Francescoli's first goal, he received a pass from a teammate on the wing, started with the ball at high speed, and Zanetti immediately followed. As a result, Francisco shook and stepped on the ball, as if he was about to change direction, Zanetti immediately stopped, but Francescoli did not slow down at all and went straight to the bottom line. Although the persevering Zanetti was thrown out of a position, he still tried to chase Francesco with extraordinary speed, but Francesco did the action just now, this time Zanetti was not fooled again, and as a result, Francesco really cut inside, and he rushed over the head.
Francisco faced Fan Zhiyi, who quickly made up for the defense, and a pendulum swayed from side to side, and immediately deceived Fan Zhiyi's center of gravity to swing, but he found a gap between Zanetti and Fan Zhiyi, and shot a low shot against the lawn. Toldo, who was completely unaware of Francescoli's shooting lane, only had time to make a knee-jerk reaction and watched the ball fly past him into the goal.