Text Chapter 161: On Christmas Eve

The next day, Jingyang led the team back to Parma, and after returning to Parma, Jingyang returned home directly. Jingyang smiled: "Wife, I'm back!" Sunny came over to help Jingyang take off his coat, Sunny: "Husband, how are we going to spend Christmas Eve this year?" Jingyang hugged Sunny: "Hey, there is a game on Christmas Eve this year, but fortunately, Christmas Eve is a home game, there is no game on Christmas Day, wife, let's go buy some decorations in a while, such as a Christmas tree or something." Sunny said in Jingyang's arms, "Husband, aren't you tired when you just came back?" Jingyang smiled: "I'm not tired, I'm not tired at all when I see you, my wife changes her clothes, let's go to lunch and start shopping!" Half an hour later, Sunny changed his clothes and went to the restaurant with Jingyang to have lunch, and after lunch, the two started shopping, and met a lot of people who were also buying Christmas items during the shopping, many of whom were fans of Jingyang, Jingyang and Sunny went shopping for a day and bought a lot of decorations and various small Christmas trees, the same Jingyang let Crespo and others buy some large decorations and put them in the club, and some small ones were arranged in the players' dormitory, At the same time, Jingyang also asked Crespo to prepare candy and apples for the staff to pack bags and prepare them for the fans who arrived on Christmas Eve, and at five o'clock in the afternoon, Jingyang and Sunny returned home after dinner and began to decorate.

Sunny smiled, "Oba's ribbon is a little higher, the left side is too low, so don't move." Jingyang hung up the ribbon and walked down, Sunny stood on the bed with a little star sticker and hoped to stick it on the roof, Sunny: "Husband, I can't reach it, why don't you get it." Jingyang smiled: "Even if I stand on the bed, I can't reach it, do you know how high our roof is, so you can try it on my shoulder." After saying that, Jingyang walked up to the bed and squatted down, and Sunny stepped across Jingyang's shoulders in one step, and in this way, after Sunny pasted the little star, Jingyang dragged Sunny down and put him on the bed....................... One hundred and eight thousand words are omitted here.

The next day, Jingyang came to the Parma club, Crespo walked in and said: "Jingyang, just now AC Milan, Napoli, and Manchester United have all given Mario. Balotelli has made an offer, of which Manchester United have offered a maximum of 50 million euros, and I have not responded to Mourinho's dissatisfaction with Ibrasinovic's performance this season, and AC Milan and Napoli have both made offers of 40 million euros. Jingyang nodded: "Don't pay attention to them for the time being, doesn't Balotelli have no plans to leave at present?" Then ignore them, you know that we are now in the Italian second division and we are going to find it difficult to bring in reinforcements during the winter break this season. Crespo nodded: "Well, that's true, so be it, right about Sancho?" Jingyang: "Hey, there's no way, I originally wanted him to come back after more training, but there was no way Douglas Costa was injured again, and the veteran Mertens's body didn't know when it would be injured again, so I had to recall him, you can do it." ”

Time flies quickly and in a blink of an eye comes on December 24th, Jingyang led the team to play at home against the Bari team, in order to consider the next game Jingyang arranged some substitutes, because next on the 27th Parma needs to play away against Lazio for the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup, Jingyang wants the players to rest more and maintain sufficient physical strength, Douglas Costa is injured again and needs to rest for about 5-7 days, Jingyang is also very helpless, originally the two wings should be the most sufficient for Parma, However, now that Douglas Costa is injured and the instability of veteran Mertens, Parma's wings seem to be a little understaffed, and Jingyang has already thought about bringing the youngster Sancho back after the winter break to eliminate the impact of the veteran Mertens' frequent injuries.

Jingyang continued to use the 4-2-4 tactic, and Parma started as follows in this game, forwards: Romero, Alberto. Cherry, left winger: Mertens, right winger: Fares, midfielders: Milinkovic, Louis Cook, left wing-back: Avilar, right wing-back: Kennettey, central defenders: Lenglet, Papasta Sobolos, goalkeeper: Mazec. Jingyang let Balotelli, Vinicius, Yaya Toure, Danny Rose, Dickman, Filippo and others rest on the bench to maintain their fitness for the Coppa Italia against Lazio.

Barry changed their 4-3-3 style of play to a 4-4-2 defensive formation today, and Barry started as follows, forward: Nene . Hilario, Federico. Andrada, midfielders: Jokorano, Andre. Tello, Jacopo. Petriccone, Ricardo. Protta, left wing-back: Balkowitz, right wing-back: Shabelli, central defenders: Chombo, Ikonomo, goalkeeper: Alessandro. Mikay.

The game started Parma from right to left, Parma teed off, Alberto. Cherry passed the ball back to Milinkovic in the midfield, Milinkovic took the ball and passed directly back to defender Papastasopolos, Papastasopoulos passed the ball to Luis Cook in the midfield after taking the ball in the backfield, Luis Cook passed the ball horizontally to Milinkovic, Milinkovic took the ball and passed diagonally to the veteran Mertens on the left wing, the veteran Mertens took the ball and inserted it at high speed, facing the right fullback of the Bari team, Shabelli, the veteran Mertens directly changed direction and accelerated the emergency stop to break through, Teenager Vinicius saw that there was no opportunity to cut inside and chose to pass the ball into the penalty area, Romero fought hard in the penalty area, but unfortunately the ball was cleared by Bari central defender Ikonomo took the lead in heading out, Parma got a corner kick on the right, the veteran Mertens took a corner kick, and the ball was taken by Bari's midfielder Jacopo after a scuffle in the penalty area. Petriccone clears with a big foot.

In the third minute of the first half, Alberto retreated to get the ball. Cherry passed the ball back to Milinkovic in the midfield, Milinkovic passed the ball diagonally to Louis Cook, Louis Cook took the ball forward quickly and then went to the side to hand the ball to the veteran Mertens on the left, the veteran Mertens on the left side rushed forward for a distance and then gave it to Avilar who was inserted in the back, Avilar was unmarked after taking the ball, Avilar did not hesitate to cross directly, Romero volleyed in the penalty area, but unfortunately the linesman raised the flag offside, and the goal was invalid, Through the big screen to defend Romero did hit the goal in an offside position, the insider watched the door, in fact, it was mainly Bari's central defender Chombo who saw Avilar unmarked and smartly ran one step ahead of time, the young player on loan from the Roma team is indeed full of aura, and it is also a talent for the instantaneous analysis of the situation on the field.

It was only two minutes since the last attack Parma scored, in the fifth minute of the first half, Barry's left midfielder Jokolano made a mistake after dribbling the ball through the half, Kennetty saw the opportunity to grab the ball directly and cut it off, Kennetty directly hung the ball on the left wing of the front court to find the veteran Mertens, the veteran Mertens jumped high and competed with Barry's left fullback Balkowitz for the header, and the veteran Mertens struggled to top the ball to Milinkovic in the midfield, Milinkovic passed the ball to Luis Cook, who played the ball straight to Alberto in front. Cerie, Alberto. Cherry passed the ball to Faress on the right, Fares took the ball with his back and saw that there was no chance to pass the ball back to Luis Cook, Louis Cook crossed the ball to Milinkovic, Milinkovic passed the ball to the veteran Mertens on the left, and the veteran Mertens passed the ball to Alberto on the left side of the box. Cerie, Alberto. Cherry shot directly from a distance, but unfortunately the ball hit the left post of the Barry team goal and bounced to the left side of the penalty area, the veteran Mertens rushed over, at this time the right fullback of the Bari team Shabelle saw the loss of position, after the veteran Mertens got the ball, at this time the right fullback of the Barry team Shabelle directly put the shovel from the back to the veteran Mertens, the referee quickly ran over and took out a yellow card to warn the right fullback of the Bari team Shabelli, Jingyang was very worried off the field for fear that the veteran Mertens would be injured, But fortunately, the veteran Mertens was not injured, Parma won a free kick on the left side of the penalty area, the veteran Mertens took a free kick, and Papasta Sopolos jumped high on the left side of the penalty area and shook his head to hit the far point on the right side of the Barry goal. Mikay struggled to jump up, but unfortunately the ball fell a little bit into the Barry team's goal, drop! Papasta Sopolos scored a valid goal, Parma led Bari 1:0! Although the goal was scored, but today's veteran Mertens is too hard, Jingyang is very worried about the veteran's body, but Jingyang also understands why the veteran is like this, today Jingyang invited the family members of the players to watch the game or spend Christmas Eve Christmas with the family together, today's largest VIP seat is full of the players' families, and the daughter of the veteran Mertens also came to the scene today, so the veteran has a reason to work hard.

In the tenth minute of the first half of the game, the veteran Mertens used the breakthrough to create a throw-in outside the left penalty area, Avilar drove the throw-in, Milinkovic took the ball to control the rhythm of the game, the first few attacks were a little too anxious, and Milinkovic also saw the attitude of Mertens today, because more appeared on the left side to help the veteran Mertens reduce the pressure, Milinkovic organized the attack in the midfield, and saw Romero on the left side and passed the ball diagonally, Romero took the ball and used his individual ability to get past Bari's midfielder Andre. Tello chose to cut inside with the ball, Bari's central defender Iconomo stepped forward to defend, Romero hit the goal from a small angle, but unfortunately although the angle was very tricky, the power of the shot was not football by Bari's goalkeeper Alessandro. Mikay saves the line, Parma wins a corner on the left, veteran Mertens takes a corner, Alberto. Cherry played the ball to Louis Cook behind him after the final point battle, and Louis Cook shot directly with his right foot, but unfortunately the angle of the ball was not good by Barry's goalkeeper Alessandro. Mikaj held on steadily.

In the fifteenth minute of the first half, Papasta Sopolos fought for the ball in the back field and gave the ball to Milinkovic in the midfield, Milinkovic quickly passed the ball to Mertens on the left wing, and the veteran Mertens ran sideways outside the arc of the penalty area and saw Alberto, who was in a good position on the right. Cherry changed the ball and Alberto. Cherry met the ball directly and was a burst shot, Bari's goalkeeper Alessandro Alessandro. Mikay struggled to save the ball from the right baseline, Parma won a corner on the right, veteran Mertens took a corner, Papasta Sopolos struggled to get the first nod on goal, but the ball was lost to Bari's goalkeeper Alessandro. Mikay punched out, Milinkovic's long-range shot from outside the box was blocked off the touchline, Parma won the throw-in, Kennette drove the throw-in, Louis Cook took the ball and made a clever combination with Fares on the right flank and crossed. Cherry heads over the top of the net.

It was just five minutes after the last attack, and in the twentieth minute of the first half, Parma scored again to extend the score, and the veteran Mertens won the ball on the left side of the midfield before being beaten by Bari midfielder Ricardo. Inprota pulled down Parma and won a free kick, Avilar took the free kick, Avilar passed the ball to Luis Cook in midfield, Louis Cook passed the ball back to Avilar, Avilar directly got up with his feet and made a long pass, Alberto in the box. Cherry jumped high but the ball was cleared by Barry central defender Chombo, fortunately, after the ball was picked up by Louis Cook, after taking the ball, Luis Cook passed the ball to Milinkovic, Milinkovic stuffed the ball straight to Romero, Romero directly kicked the goal, but unfortunately the ball was Bari's goalkeeper Alessandro. Mikay struggled to save the ball, Bari's right full-back Shabelli got it, but at this time the veteran Mertens rushed over, cut the ball cleanly, and the veteran Mertens crossed directly after the break, because this counter-robbery was really unexpected, the defenders of the Bari team were ready to press forward, no one expected to be cut off, and Alberto, who was unmarked in the penalty area. Cherry was not offside due to a problem with right wing-back Shabelli, Alberto. Cherry fired a quick shot from the right side of the penalty area and sent the ball into the Barry goal. Alberto. Cherry's goal is valid, Parma leads Bari 2:0! Veteran Mertens has already assisted in two goals, and Alberto. Cherry picked up the veteran Mertens and waved to the VIP seat. Cherry was more excited than ever, because today his parents were on the scene, Alberto. Cherry is a Parma native himself and was particularly happy to be able to score in front of his parents.

In the 25th minute of the first half of the game, Kennette took the ball out of bounds on the right side of the penalty area, Kennettey threw the ball to Hufares on the right wing, and the youngster Fares received the ball on the right wing and passed the ball to Milinkovic in the midfielder with his left foot, Milinkovic took the ball in the midfield and did the ball to the feet of Avilar who inserted it on the left side, Avilar took the ball into a distance and then crossed the ball outside the arc of the penalty area, Milinkovic stopped the ball beautifully, and saw the veteran Mertens on the left side quietly enter the penalty area after passing the ball. Milinkovic crossed the ball diagonally to the left side of the penalty area, and the veteran Milinkovic faced Bari goalkeeper Alessandro Alessandro. Mikay didn't hesitate to go straight to the goal, and Bari goalkeeper Alessandro Lee. Mikaj tried his best to get the ball out of the line, Parma had a chance to take a corner from the right, and after the veteran Mertens drove a corner from the right, Romero rose high in the box and headed the ball to Alberto at the back post. Cerie, Alberto. Cherry saw the incoming ball without hesitation and went straight to the goal with a header, but unfortunately the header smashed on the right post and flew out of the bottom line.

In the thirtieth minute of the first half, Papasta Sopolos fought for the ball in the backfield and gave the ball to Louis Cook, who retreated to the backfield, Louis Cook quickly passed the ball to Kennetty on the right side, Kennett took the ball and quickly advanced the ball through the half, and then passed the ball to the young player Faress on the right wing, after receiving the ball, the young player Fares ran sideways outside the arc of the penalty area looking for a suitable opportunity, and saw Alberto Cherry, who was in a good position in the right penalty area, and the young Fares passed the ball over, Alberto. Cherry met the ball directly and fired a burst shot, Barry goalkeeper Alessandro . Mikay struggled to save the ball from the right baseline, Parma won a corner on the right side, veteran Mertens drove a corner, Papasta Sopolos struggled to get the first nod on goal, but the ball was unfortunately lost to Bari goalkeeper Alessandro. Mikay lifted the ball out with one palm, Bari's left full-back Balkowitz poked the ball out of the penalty area, at this time Milinkovic's long-range shot from outside the box was blocked out of the sideline, Parma won the throw-in, Kennette drove the throw-in, Louis Cook took the ball and made a clever combination with the right-wing youngster Fares and then crossed, Alberto. Cherry heads over the top of the net.

In the 35th minute of the first half, Danny Ross was at the back from Bari's right midfielder Ricardo. After Prota's foot steal, he passed the ball to Milinkovic in the midfield, after Milinkovic pressed the ball through the half, the left wing veteran Mertens ran out of position and reached out to ask for the ball, Milinkovic passed the ball to the veteran Mertens with an outside instep long pass, and the veteran Mertens who received the ball used the acceleration to change direction and forced past the right fullback Shabelli of the Bari team, in fact, it was not that Shabelli didn't know to leave a position, but because the veteran Mertens's dribbling speed was too explosive, And the technique is so good that the offensive means are also varied, so strong that he doesn't have time to retreat, the veteran Mertens cut inside with the ball, the central defender of the Bari team, Iconomo, quickly made up for the defense, the veteran Mertens did not look back and passed back with his heel, and the ball was steadily passed to Avilar behind him, which is also a tacit understanding that has been cultivated in training countless times, and the two have used this trick many times in official games, but basically they are all tried, Because it is really rare to encounter speed and explosiveness in the second division that can be compared with these two, plus the veteran Mertens has a stronger passing ability, and also knows the speed of Avilar, so the pass is much more comfortable than Vinicius, Avillar crosses directly after taking the ball, Alberto in the penalty area. Cherry jumped high this time the power of the top of the ball was too big and bounced high on the crossbar, and the penalty area was chaotic at this time, everyone wanted to fight for the second landing point, but although Romero squeezed away Bari's central defender Jombo, but the ball was still Bari's goalkeeper Alessandro. Mikaj took it off and held it in his arms. .......................... To be continued