Chapter 263
"Dear fans and friends, today we are bringing you a key battle in the 30th round of the Italian Football Second Division in the live broadcast room, Trapani will play against the city rival Palermo at the Barbera Stadium at home." Chris. Cidrino was invited by Silvio Berlusconi's television station to commentate on the match.
After the national television station obtained the broadcast rights of many teams in Serie A and Serie B, it split these broadcast rights and supplied them to other TV stations, and Feningwest's TV station also funded the purchase of certain matches between Serie A and Serie B.
Compared to the vigorous Serie A, it is not too much to say that Serie B is bleak, not many people want to watch Serie B, in order to attract spectators, Sicily's four-team derby has always been the focus of publicity, and the Palermo derby is the top priority.
The match between Trapani and Palermo was broadcast on a small TV station, and you can see how intense the match will be by listening to the pre-match war of words between the two teams.
"For this match we invited the former Paul. Mr. Rossi and I are commenting on the game! ……”
Before the match, Cidrino invited the former Italian golden boy to make a small prediction of the match, and the commentary of the duo was like this, one question and one answer.
"Ji'an Luigi. Colini fired Zeman, which strikes me as incredible, especially since it is said that only because of the bad condition of Trapani lately, the two men have blamed each other in the media! "Paul. Rossi didn't start to say what he thought about the game, but instead started talking about how Trapani suddenly fired Zeman.
"yes, they've been on their honeymoon all along! Zeman's work in Trapani has been fruitful!" Cidrino said, "I haven't heard of any rumors of a conflict between them before, could it be that Colleni just hastily fired Zeman because of this dispute in the media?!" ”
"It's not a smart choice to fire Zeman at this time! After Zeman's ouster, Trapani faced Catania, who was much weaker than him, and they exposed more problems on the defensive end when they played against Catania! I don't think Lombardo and Barias have dealt with him, and Trapani is in a good situation right now, but they need to redouble their efforts now to maintain their current advantage and attack Sampdoria! "Paul. Rossi said he didn't think Hugo's sacking of Zeman was a good idea, and that it was really not a good time to fire the head coach, maybe it would be much better at the end of the season.
"Palermo are not in great form either, they haven't won their last three matches! Zamparini is said to be already thinking about whether he needs to fire Sonetti! Cidrino laughed.
"It's no surprise that something like the dismissal of the boss happened to Zamparini, who always used the manager as a shield! He should give the manager more time, otherwise Palermo will definitely be difficult to upgrade! "Paul. Rosie laughed.
"You and Coleni are surprisingly on the same page!" Cidrino laughed.
"I'm just talking about things!" Paul. Rosie was smiling happily too.
"So, you're going to be bullish on Trapani in today's game?!"
"Yes, Trapani's overall quality is still a bit higher than Palermo's, and in the winter transfer window, they brought in three players, Victor. Colani originally debuted in Trapani, and he doesn't seem to see his improvement in the past two years, but I think after returning to Trapani, his growth can be seen, and he is more experienced in dealing with dangerous balls, which is precious for Trapani! "Paul. Rossi commented on Victor and said that he did not say so much about the other two players, Guardiola was not a regular player when Zeman was there, but Zeman was sacked, and against Catania, Lombardo got him into the starting line-up.
The mentality of being a player is completely different from being a manager, and the mentality of being an assistant is also different from being a manager, the more chaotic the moment, Lombardo instead believes in Guardiola's experience, although he won against Catania, but the problems exposed by Guardiola are still very serious.
The main thing is that he is rusty, and the tacit understanding with his teammates in the actual battle was very bad in the last game, if it weren't for Trapani's strength being stronger than Catania, maybe the last victory would not have come at all.
The two kept chatting about the two teams in the live broadcast room, and at Palermo's home stadium, the TV camera was already focused on Hugo who walked into the stands.
Just now in the VIP room, Hugo met Zamparini, there have been verbal fights and transactions between the two, but the friendship is really as light as water, of course, you still have to say hello when you meet, and then the two of them are cynical, not speculative for more than half a sentence, if it wasn't for watching this old thing have a leg with Sensi, Hugo will not look for him.
The Barbera Stadium is already full of spectators, and Hugo doesn't know why this match can attract so many fans, which may be the power of the derby, of course, the vast majority of Trapani fans, after all, Palermo is a visiting team, and their fans can allocate a limited number of fans, but there are also many Palermo fans mixed in the Trapani fan base.
Trapani can't just buy tickets for members, and Trapani doesn't have such members.
The players from both sides have been on the pitch, Toney is injured and sidelined, the captain's armband is on Kameni's hand, Victor is also in the starting lineup today, but his status is still on loan, and the exchange agreement will not take effect until the end of the season, even if he is an old man, he will not be able to wear the captain's armband.
Kameni is now 19 years old and has attracted a lot of attention, but he has no plans to transfer like Tony, and the team that is harassing him is gradually harassing less and less like Harassing Tony.
It wasn't the first time Kameni had worn the captain's armband, having done so before, and the second leg of the 2002-2003 Serie B season kicked off in the Palermo derby.
Lombardo stood on the edge of the pitch with great ambition, he was dressed very casually like Zeman, that is, a set of sportswear, after Zeman left, he and Barrias did not make large-scale adjustments to the team, on the contrary, under his leadership, Guardiola played the main team, he hoped that Guardiola's experience could form a good chemistry with Miku, control the midfield, and contain the opponent's attack, but from the last game, the effect was not very good, and the midfield was repeatedly out of position, giving Catania a lot of opportunities.
Ahead of the game, Barrias suggested whether it was time to consider continuing to put teenager Mascherano on top, as he defended more hard than Merreles, in order to strengthen the team's defensive strength, after all, this game is a derby, and it is conceivable that the team may encounter stubborn battles from opponents.
However, Lombardo rejected such a suggestion, arguing that the more such a situation is, the more the midfield needs a player like Pep Guardiola who can control the ball.
He still insisted that Barrias was not the kind of coach who stood in a strong position, which is why he said that he was not a manager at all, and he did not object to Lombardo's arrangement in the end, and Pep Guardiola was put in the starting line-up.
After the start of the game, Trapani tried to control the rhythm according to Lombardo's vision, before Zeman was there, Miku played better and better, has dominated the midfield, with Mascherano and Mereles next to him, Miku has gradually played the style of a master, don't look at Trapani also lost, but Miku in the number of games, possession they have far exceeded the opponent.
Palermo's idea for Sonetti was to limit Trapani's midfield control, and he put five men in midfield, leaving only one man up front, with a formation of 451, and the intention to strangle in midfield was obvious.
After all, Sonetti is an old man, his idea is to defend and counterattack, there is no high pressing in the front court, the striker is swimming in the front, Palermo is mainly used in the midfield, keeping the formation compact in his own half, he is not shrinking defense, as long as Trapani has the intention to run the ball through the midfield, Palermo's players will immediately be like mad dogs, crazy to force every Trapani player.
It was only at the beginning that Sonetti was tentative, giving up the midfield battle with Trapani, but a few minutes later, he found out that the problem was, as in the previous game against Catania, the tandem between Miku and Pep Guardiola was very unclear, and there were passing errors in unforced situations, and the two did not expect to go together.
Immediately, Sonetti came up with his long-planned tactics, frantically forcing Guardiola to let him play!
In the 7th minute, it was another mistake, Guardiola's forward pass was broken, Palermo took advantage of the situation to play a counterattack, the speed of the pass made Hugo in the stands a little staggered, and finally it was Victor who stepped forward and saved the team's fate with a thrilling goalkeeper!
"What are you eating?!" Victor got up and looked at the front court with a roar, such a mistake should not have happened, it caused great trouble to the defenders, Guardiola is a veteran, but Victor is one of the bosses, he is not afraid of the character of the sky, and he stands up when it is time to stand up.
Guardiola was so depressed, this pass error, he and Miku didn't expect to be together, Miku always waited for the ball in the gap, and Guardiola wanted to let the run, Miku didn't run, and the ball passed out naturally had to be lost!