Chapter 330: Girlfriend Arrives in Europe
A total of 24 matches in the first round of the 12 Europa League groups kicked off in two sessions on Thursday evening, with all results being decided at midnight that day. In Torino's other Group D game, last season's Croatian First Division champions Rijeka were beaten 2-1 at home by AEK Athens, Greece, who have more experience in European competition. After the first round, the Red Bulls took the top spot in the group on goal difference, followed by AEK Athens, and the remaining two teams finished bottom of the group with no points in their accounts.
Torino is not the only Italian team to get off to a good start, and the other two clubs are also triumphant. Lazio defeated Eredivisie side Vitesse 3-2 away, and Atrata unexpectedly beat Everton in the Premier League, which was previously considered the favourite, with three goals at home, making the three Serie A teams in the Europa League win all of them in the first round of the group stage, making up for the points lost by Italy in the Champions League two days ago.
On Tuesday evening, six-time Serie A champions Juventus travel to Camp Nou to take on their opponents Barcelona, who they eliminated in last season's quarter-finals. Before the game, due to the fact that both sides have made a lot of changes in the lineup this summer, and compared with the home team where the big player Neymar left the team, the outside world is still generally optimistic about the old woman who has strengthened her strength. However, after 90 minutes, the Spanish giants humiliated Allegri and his team with a 3-0 victory, and everyone saw that this Bianconeri team actually has a fatal hole, and it is not as invulnerable as previously shown.
At the same time, the Roma team faced Atletico Madrid at their home stadium, and the Red Wolves, who had enough rest and much better physical condition because of the postponement of the league, were beaten by the opponent throughout the game. Atletico Madrid, who have always been known for their steady, calm and efficient performance, also broke out at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome with an attack that is rarely seen in normal times, with 21 shots on goal twice as many as the home team, and the 10-1 shots on target showed that the two sides were not at the same level at all. Fortunately, on this day, Roma goalkeeper Alison opened the hanging, high pick-up resistance, omnipotence, which helped the team to force a draw very embarrassed.
After the game, Allegri and Di Francesco and their players did not escape the fierce criticism of the Italian media, but there are still some people who reflect on the current low level of football in the whole country in combination with the fact that the national team lost to Spain, and believe that Italian football is in a rare trough, and the remarks are extremely pessimistic.
And Napoli, who played the next day, did not bring any solace to everyone, they were beaten 2-1 by Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine with an advantage on the road, which was also a disadvantage. Fortunately, those three teams performed well in Thursday's Europa League, otherwise the entire Apennine Peninsula would have been in a panic, and perhaps it is possible for the whole country to lament that "Italian football is dead".
However, these things have nothing to do with the Torino coach for the time being, and after flying back home from Austria overnight, he directly announced the team's decision to take a day off, which attracted warm applause from everyone to express their gratitude. Despite the weekend's league clash against strong rivals Sampdoria, Lee does not want his players to have any fitness problems, and even though he has taken care to rotate his squad, there are still some fitness problems in the squad given the double game of the week and the recent national team assignments. Through the detection of the FM system and the report of the team medical team, it can be clearly seen that the current pressure of the members is still a little great, which is more or less influenced by the media touting, so Li Mudi tried to relieve everyone's pressure by resting more, even if it will interrupt the winning streak.
Of course, if someone wants to understand this move as a fake public interest of the Torino manager, he can't say anything, because his girlfriend will be flying from Asia on this day, and the pain of lovesickness that has not seen each other for more than a month and a half really needs to be resolved.
Although it is a commemorative event for the 10th anniversary of Girls' Generation, since it is already an old group and company that has "passed away", this album is the last memorial for myself and my fans in more sense. So after less than a month of making the list, all announcements were stopped, and at the beginning of September, the first and so far only women's group in Asia who has stood at the top of the entertainment industry, completed what may be the group's last collective activity in a silent state.
On September 8th, Lin Yuna's solo single "If You Remember Me Too (hen The ind Blos)" officially landed on the music platforms of Tianbao and Tianbao, and the MV was also released at the same time. The two songs written by the lovers caused a big sensation as early as a month ago, so the official version has just been released, and the results have been going all the way. Since there is no physical EP, everyone can only pay to download on the Internet or music software, and they have not been able to get a good ranking in the music programs of major TV stations without a chart schedule, but if you only look at the results of the music source, it still brings a lot of surprises to the outside world.
In the first two days of the song's release, it successfully exploded on many charts such as Melon, Ment, Olle, and Never, which made almost everyone shout incredible. You must know that although many top singers in Kimchi Country will have this kind of explosive situation when they release new albums, and leaders like IU and Quan Zhilong can do "All Kill", that is, all the songs in the album are airborne to the top of the charts, but Lin Yuna is not the one who has the opportunity to do this. Although she is the ace in the first girl group, she has never been known for singing well, and the singing part assigned to the songs before her youth is pitiful, and this time the results are so good, it is still obtained by virtue of the gimmick of Lin Li CP's lyrics and the super popularity of the two of them in East Asia.
When real big-name singers such as Yoon Jong-shin and IU released new songs, Lin Yuna's single ranking really fell all the way, and finally fell outside the top 50 in less than ten days. But the previous glory still made her feel very good, and when she communicated with her boyfriend through online video before she set off, the smile never disappeared from her face. And this also made Li Mudi's mood very high, after all, the lyrics he wrote were made into a very beautiful song, and he also helped his girlfriend develop a career in music, which is really a double win, and he is overjoyed.
After a busy wave of business activities, Lin Yun'er, who had basically no work schedule for the rest of the year, set off for the European continent after going home to rest for two days and accompanying Lin's father to enjoy the joy of family, arriving in Turin City on Friday afternoon.
The old rule, Forsina drove the Torino coach to wait outside the airport early, and after receiving the latter's girlfriend, they returned to the apartment together. However, Li Mudi still couldn't hold back his impulse, and complained about Lin Yun'er's hairstyle, which provoked the other party to turn into a strong Yunyun mode and slapped him twice before he was honest.
Because the previous team album was full of nightclub style, Lin Yun'er, who was not very suitable for this style, was ruthless after the necessary announcement, and cut the big wavy curly hair a lot shorter, and directly became the image of 5 cm short hair under the ear. She has always had long hair with a shawl since her debut, and only cut her hair relatively short when she released the album "Genie" in 2009, but unlike that style, which was more suitable for stage performance, this time she made a style with bangs parted in the middle and slightly curled at the ends, which looked extraordinary...... Uh, old-fashioned!
Well, it was because Li Mudi was telling the truth as if his head was being squeezed, which caused his girlfriend to be in a little emotional, and turned her face away and stopped paying attention to him. Fortunately, the man's coaxing skills have improved again, and after countless "unequal treaties" and a top-notch Italian meal in the evening, he finally won the other party's forgiveness.
With his lovely girlfriend by his side, the Torino coach is always in a rather happy mood, which also brings a very good atmosphere to the team's training on Saturday. Even though tomorrow is about to play against the in-form No. 2 rival, both the coaching staff and the players maintain a strong level of confidence, but the preparation is still very rigorous, and it really does the theory of the great man: despise the opponent strategically and value the opponent tactically.
Due to the arrival of Lin Yun'er, Li Mudi's mother also couldn't stay in Mallorca, and also flew to Turin at noon on Saturday, the old man recently missed his daughter-in-law very much, no matter how her son invited her, she was reluctant to leave the farm, but as soon as she heard that Lin Yun'er was coming, she immediately called the Turin coach to help her book a ticket. Fortunately, the old man still felt sorry for his son, so he didn't rush over as soon as possible, but he still left a day for them to eat a big meal, but unfortunately they didn't do anything "serious" except for making a fuss, wasting her hard work.
However, with his girlfriend accompanied by his mother, Li Mudi can also devote his energy to the team with peace of mind, after all, the game is close at hand, and the head coach's job still needs to be done well.
On Saturday night, the fourth round of Serie A kicked off with Spalletti taking on Crotone, who looked to be fighting relegation for the new season, at the Estadio Ezio Hilda. As a result, thanks to the maiden goal of new centre-back Skriniar, who had just joined in the summer, and Perisic's injury time follow-up, Inter won 2-0 and won four consecutive wins in the opening season. The hosts, on the other hand, have yet to score their first league goal of the new season, the only team with zero goals out of 20 teams.
Later in the day, Fiorentina, led by former Inter boss Stefano Pioli, won a hard-fought 2-1 win at home to Bologna, and after two consecutive defeats in the opening game, it looked like they were getting back on track. In the final game of the day, Roma faced Verona at home, and the Red Wolves finally regained their super attacking power from last season, beating the promoted horses by three goals without blood, improving their points to six points, and returning to the middle of the standings. And they have one game in hand, not too far behind the leading group, but they still have a chance to challenge for the championship again.
Sunday's opener game was Sassuolo's home game against Juventus, although the hosts were well prepared to take advantage of the old woman's fitness disadvantage and wait for an upset. But their manager Butch was clearly inexperienced and came up with a 3-2-4-1 mid-attack strategy to try to suppress the mighty Bianconeri. As a result, the old and spicy Allegri responded to all changes, and after withstanding the opponent's three-board axe, he firmly controlled the advantage in his own hands, and finally Dybala scored his second hat trick of the new season, helping the team win 3-1 against the Nerazzurri, and he himself has become the hottest star in Europe with eight goals in four league games, ushering in the prying eyes of countless giants, and it is said that Real Madrid has made a move......
At 15 o'clock in the afternoon, the Torino team came on, and Li Mudi re-emerged the tactics of 3-4-1-2, once again starting Belotti and Immobile at the same time, and standing behind the striker pair was replaced by Barceli, and Benassi was rested. The midfield four consisted of Silvestri, Moussis, Fambas and Barreca, while the three centre-backs were Moretti, Ranocchia and Diego Llorente, who were all rested in midweek, and the goalkeeper was Cassie, who had kept a clean sheet since the start of the game.
On the Samp side, the visiting Giamboul is not conservative, with a 4-3-1-2 formation, and the former Torino veteran Quagliarella, who has come in excellent form, and the Colombian striker Zapata, who has been rumored to be a possible player to join the home team in the summer, are the key figures for the old sailors to maintain a full victory before, and a slight relaxation of their marking is likely to swallow the consequences, so this game is still quite stressful for the Torino backline, which has not conceded a goal in the league so far.
As a result, in the game, the away team really played an eye-catching strength, and once occupied a clear advantage in the opening stage, almost forming a situation of besieging the home team's penalty area. In the first minute of the opening minute, Uruguayan striker Ramirez, who joined from Middlesbrough in the summer, sent a half-high cross from the left side of the penalty area, Zapata grabbed the interception of Diego Llorente in the penalty area, and fired a left-footed shot directly from the angle of dodge, the ball passed through Cassie's block in the near corner and crashed into the net behind him. 0-1, Sampdoria took the lead, took a lightning lead, and also ended the record of the last team in Serie A to keep a clean sheet.
The opening blow was really painful, but fortunately, the Torino players were always able to concentrate, and through collective combat and strong psychological quality, they withstood a wave of strong attacks from their opponents, and played a beautiful counterattack to make the score a draw. In the thirteenth minute, Belotti pulled to the wing, and Barcelona met the ball from the left-hand side of the arc at the top of the arc, and the ball went straight to the top right corner of the gate like a cannonball, and the old goalkeeper of the visiting team, Pugioni, could not reach it.
Baseli's long-range shot also opened the clarion call for the Red Bulls to counterattack, and Li Mudi's team took back the initiative on the field after a morale boost, and the game began to tilt towards the stronger side.