Chapter 494: A good start
The team's outstanding performance is due to the reasons why everyone sacrificed their personal time and started the training mode early, as well as the technical characteristics of the new signings, which are suitable for the manager's tactical play and do not need to be adjusted too much, but it is undeniable that Li Mudi's own plug-in still plays a big role in helping it.
After half a season, the Torino manager's data evaluation in the FM system has improved to a certain extent compared to the end of last year. His defensive, technical, willpower, personnel management and motivation attributes have improved at least a bit, with 19 in both offensive and tactical aspects, just one step away from full value.
The most important thing is that the medal system has finally been upgraded to the next level after receiving the reward bonus (that is, the system reward in addition to the normal value increase) that Li Mudi led the team to win the European League, and the effect is far from being comparable to the previous one.
Friends of Players (Level 3/Level): 1147/5000, which can significantly reduce players' dissatisfaction with the host for various reasons, and increase the player's trust in the host to a certain extent.
Friends of colleagues (level 3/level): 1003/3000, which can significantly increase the cohesion of the staff team and improve the work efficiency of the entire coaching team.
Conductor Master (Level 3/Level): 2231/7500, which can significantly shorten the time it takes for players to run-in, enhance players' tactical understanding, and speed up the integration of new signings into the team.
Cultivating Masters (Level 2): 191/500 can enhance the team's training effect, which is reflected in the specific player, that is, it can speed up the growth of players who have not reached the peak of their ability (related to the player's potential and age, and everyone's situation is different), and can also slow down the decline of players who have passed their peak.
The effect of these four medals after promotion is definitely a BUG-like existence, although it is far from being as invincible as Li Tongfan (this name, who has entered the football pit for a long time) with nuclear weapons, and the invincible mode of various modifications and skills, but it is also a good helper that normal football coaches on the earth desire but can't get. And considering the possibility of at least being able to go up to the next level and have the opportunity to get stronger effects, Li Mudi can be said to be quite excited when he reaps the benefits after this upgrade.
It's just that the FM system assistant in my mind is really very inhumane.,Although it can handle a lot of operations.,But it's limited to the scope of the original football game.,Three years later, not only will it not release various tasks as described in other system flow network articles.,Even things that have nothing to do with this system are no longer possible to communicate.,And the tone is extremely strict.。 Li Mudi wanted to ask him about the various circumstances of the medal, such as what the full level is, what are the effects of the next level, etc., but he didn't get any response. was so angry that he burst into two foul words in his heart, but he still couldn't get a little feedback, so he could only reluctantly accept the reality and honestly return to reality and work hard.
However, thanks to the system, Torino became the most prepared of the 20 teams in Serie A before the start of the new season. Although on paper, they may not be as good as Juventus, who brought in superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, and it seems that they will not be able to take advantage of Napoli, Roma and Inter Milan in comparison. But Li and his coaching staff believe that at least until the rest of their rivals can iron out the team chemistry issues arising from the various adjustments made during the summer transfer period, the Red Bulls are the team with the best chance of leading the table in the standings, which is their confidence as professional football coaches.
On the evening of August 17, the day before the start of the first round of Italian leagues, the 2017-18 Serie A summer transfer window was officially closed, which was also the first time that the Apennine Peninsula implemented a new rule to close the transfer window early.
As for the Red Bulls, thanks to the good implementation of the strategy formulated by the team manager, the squad of the Torino team for the new season was basically confirmed as early as the group stage of the World Cup. Although the club did not completely say that it would close the recruitment window with the emergence of some excellent players who have entered the transfer market one after another, due to various reasons, it has not readjusted the squad that has been running in for a period of time.
So 24 hours before the start of the league opener, in accordance with the requirements of the Italian Football Federation and the Serie A, the Torino team submitted its own registration list for the 2018-19 season in the league, with the corresponding numbers, and the results are as follows:
Goalkeepers: Casillas (No. 1), Savic (No. 30, U21), Zacanio (No. 27, U21);
Centre-backs: Canneman (No. 3), Ranocchia (No. 4), Glick (No. 5), Goldaniga (No. 6), Issa Diop (No. 13, U21), Rivoya (No. 26, U21);
Full-backs: Silvestri (No. 2), Bareka (No. 23), Dickman (No. 24), Dimarco (No. 25, Under-21);
Defenders/central midfielders: Andre Gomez (No. 7), Baseli (No. 8), Nicolò Barella (No. 15, U21), Vukočević (No. 16), Santiago Ascacibal (No. 21, U21), Franco Musis (No. 22);
Up front: Bruno Fernandes (no.14);
Wingers: Vittorio Parrigini (No. 17), Lucas Boyer (No. 19), Edera (No. 20, U21);
Centre-forwards: Belotti (no.9), Immobile (no.10), Pieto Pellegri (no.11, U.21), Johannes Egerstein (no.18, U21).
There are 27 players in total, of which 10 are Under-21 players who do not occupy regular places, which is the largest number and proportion of all 20 Serie A teams. Zacanio, Rivoya, Barreca, Vittorio Parrigini and Edra belong to the team's youth academy, but the vast majority of them are under the age of 21 who do not occupy the registration slot, which does not help the team to fill the squad of up to 25 players, so the Torino team will still waste three first-team registration places this year.
Although Li Mudi has done a lot of work in youth training after joining the team, because according to the rules of world football, only players who have played for three years in the team and are not more than 21 years old in the final year can be counted as the team's youth training, so the talented demons in the Red Bulls academy will not be able to label them as Torino until next summer at the earliest.
Considering that he will leave the team at the end of June, it can be said that his transformation of the Torino Academy over the past three years has been a complete wedding dress for others. Whether it is said that he has a spirit of dedication or scolds him for lacking heart, anyway, Li Mudi thinks that he is worthy of the trust that Urbano Cairo gave him two years ago, as well as the various salaries paid to him by the club over the years, which is enough, and it is quite rare to be able to break up without shame in today's materialistic society.
Returning to the topic of the registration list, although it has been reported to the Football Association and the Serie A, none of the 20 teams can guarantee that the list will not change in the next two weeks. After all, the transfer period of Serie A is closed, but there are still many European countries that still maintain the original rule of closing the window in the early morning of September 1, and they can still continue to poach in the Apennine Peninsula. For example, there are no less than five players in the AC Milan team who have changed owners, and they are still being chased by teams from other countries, and they may become the biggest victims of the early closing of the transfer window at any time.
Before the league curtain opens, there is one more thing worth paying attention to. The Italian Football Federation, which was originally scheduled to hold the Italian Super Cup on August 12, had to change the time due to the fact that the Torino team was going to play in the UEFA Super Cup on the 15th. After urgent discussions between the two teams, the Football Association, the Serie A league and the indiscriminate sponsors of the Celestial Empire, the match was undoubtedly postponed to the Christmas period as it was in 2016, and the venue was set in Yangcheng, a megacity in the southern part of the Celestial Empire.
(PS: Every year the Italian Super Cup is played against the league champion and the cup winner, but since Juventus have been holding the last four editions of the double title, the match has evolved into a battle between the Old Lady and the Coppa Italia runners-up, and Torino has been able to participate in the tournament for the second time in their history.) In the summer of 1993, the Red Bulls, who had won the domestic cup the previous season, lost 1-0 to AC Milan in Washington, D.C., and unfortunately missed the opportunity to win the honour. )
There is absolutely no doubt that Li Muddy is the favorite head coach of Celestial Empire football fans, and Cristiano Ronaldo is the most popular star there, which is also well-documented (although it may not be accurate, but judging from the online survey and attention in the last two years, the president is more loved by ordinary Celestial Empire fans than Messi), so arranging this Turin derby to be held in the Turin coach's home country is obviously the best plan that can help the entire Italian professional football community expand its influence in the Far East. Celestial Empire companies can also take the opportunity to promote a wave, and fans are naturally extremely happy to enjoy a high-level game with idols at their doorstep, except for the managers and players of both sides who are not willing to suffer from running around, it can be described as a win-win situation.
However, there are still more than four months to go before the match that attracted the attention of Italian and Thai fans, and the team's focus is now on the domestic league.
The 2017-18 Serie A season kicked off on Saturday 18 night, with defending champions and seven-time champions Juventus at home and a four-goal win to declare their determination to set a new record. And Cristiano Ronaldo, who wore a zebra striped shirt for the first time in his career, did not disappoint hundreds of millions of fans around the world who followed the game, contributing one pass and two shots throughout the game, helping the new club get a strong start, and making almost all the Italian media become his crazy tout in the coming days.
Juve's 4-0 win over Bologna in the opener made the subsequent matchup, a direct dialogue between Fiorentina and Lazio, a bit unnoticed. Although it was a very exciting game in terms of the strength of the two sides and the final score of 2-2, the president's Serie A debut was so eye-catching that there was a significant lack of attention to the battle of Fola after the game. The occurrence of this situation seems to indicate that Italian football has officially entered a dominant pattern, and the label influence of Serie A, that is, Juventus, is directly following the situation of Bayern's Bundesliga spokesperson.
However, if the old lady wants to continue her plan to rule the Apennines, she will have to ask the likes of Inter Milan, Napoli and Roma if they agree, especially Torino, who were rated by the media as joint third favourites before the start of the season.
As is customary, the Red Bulls also held a regular press conference before the start of the season, but from the club's top management, to the head coach of the team, to the players, there was no positive response to the topic of whether they could successfully challenge Juventus. This also led to the fact that at the beginning of the league, the Torino team did not occupy too much of a place in everyone's attention, until someone paid attention to it, and the situation in the standings has become very interesting.
On Sunday afternoon, it was still kick-off time to take care of the Celestial Empire's viewership, and the two teams that met in the final game of last season, Torino and Genoa, met again at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin after a three-month hiatus. The result was completely different from that time, in the last game, due to the pressure of not having any points, the Red Bulls, who sent a pure bench lineup, only won a thrilling 3-2 victory on the road. But this time, they held the home advantage again with the main force, and naturally held the initiative firmly in their own hands throughout the game, without making the opponent have a trace of unrealistic extravagance.
Under the leadership of homegrown bald coach Villa Vallardini, the Griffins finally emerged from the slump since Gasperini's departure, finishing last season in 11th place, a result that was generally ideal. However, given that they are only six points clear of the relegation zone, the Genoese are still not very optimistic about the new season.
And trapped in the club's fairly average financial situation, although after successively selling Perrin and central defender Izo, the two original absolute mainstays, to earn about 20 million euros, this amount of money in today's high-premium transfer market, obviously not enough to set off even a small wave. However, the purchase of centre-forward Lapadula, who was loaned out last year from AC Milan, has been widely recognized, and the 28-year-old striker from the Juventus Academy is considered to be another late bloomer after Hubnell and Toney.
However, in Torino City on this day, the aggressive striker was completely blocked in the face of a formidable backline consisting of Glick, Ranocchia and Canneman, and in the 75 minutes he played, he did not even find a chance to get his feet on goal, and ended his season debut in embarrassment.
In the end, with one goal each scored by the two international forwards of Belotti and Immobile, the Red Bulls won 2-0 at home, and compressed the opponent's offensive data to almost the extreme, showing good competitive form.
At the same time, this match, which does not reveal any wonderful pictures without careful study, is also a good start to this great season for the Torino team, so that all the players and staff are full of confidence and launch the most fierce attack on the league hegemony Juventus.