Chapter 348: Left behind

Under the "cheering" of the fans, Li Muddy constantly made a rectangular gesture with both hands to remind the referee to check the VAR replay, and assistant coach Sumfield also came to the fourth official to complain to him about the accuracy of the decision. However, the black-clad judge on the field, D'Amato, did not hesitate, and after waving his hand again to signal Immobile to get up as soon as possible, he turned around to chase the Roma players who had already organized the next wave of offensives.

While the ball has not yet entered the danger zone of the home team, the broadcaster began to use the footage recorded by the camera from different angles to play a slow-motion replay of the collision in the opponent's penalty area, and the result is that except for Director Zhang and Director Zhan of the Celestial Empire, there are some doubts about whether this is a foul, and commentators and commentators in other countries (this game is broadcast live worldwide) all believe that the referee's decision can still stand. At that time, before the two men collided, the Torino striker had a bit of a big ball in order to get rid of Moreno, and when he entered the penalty area, he was actually a little out of control of the ball, so there was a basis for not blowing fouls.

Even with the assistance of the FM system, Li Mudi will naturally not know this kind of extreme details, after all, its live picture is clear to anyone who has played this football manager game, and it can't show such a detailed thing. However, Zheng Xiaoyang, who stayed in the locker room and watched the live TV broadcast, still relayed the incident as it was for the first time, and when the Torino coach who was yelling at D'Amato on the sidelines learned that maybe the opponent's penalty was correct, he immediately shut up, because he knew that the referee had noticed his behavior, don't be unhappy and run over to expel him, it would be a big trouble, so it was better to withdraw in time.

As the game went on, the home team's fall in the box faded from everyone's minds, and everyone drew attention back to the immediate field, watching the Roma team continue to try to cross with feet on both sides, trying to open the red bulls with high-altitude bombardment.

In the 10th minute, Florenzi pressed down the right flank and delivered a high-quality cross without shaking off Bareka, and Ranocchia grabbed in front of Dzeko and barely cleared it with a header, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable. Florenzi played at right-back, and the Italian international was clearly less athletic than Brazilian Bruno Perez, but his crosses were stronger and could provide more support to Dzeko, who was in excellent form.

In the 14th minute, El Shaarawy cut inside on the left and sent a 45-degree diagonal pass with his right foot, and Pellegrini, who was inserted, jumped high at the back post to beat Bareka's header but could not top the power and was easily caught by the fast-moving Kassi. Four minutes later, Kolarov took a set-piece on the left, Juan Jr. in the box judged the right place, got rid of Diego Llorente's entanglement and headed directly into the goal, but unfortunately failed to eat the part, the ball did not run directly to the goal, but after a bounce to the ground before flying to the top of the near corner, but the speed was not slow. Cassie didn't dare to be careless, and reached out with both palms to lift the ball off the crossbar and give the opposition a corner.

In the 23rd minute, Dzeko and Nainggran completed a tacit cooperation, and the Bosnian center suddenly ran forward in the penalty area, grabbed in front of Ranocchia and received a precise overhead pass from his teammate from the right side and shook his head to attack the goal, this time it was still not on the right part, and the ball flew slightly out of the goal and flew out of the bottom line. However, these successive crosses from the side did pose a big threat to the Torino defence, and Li Mudi had already given instructions for the players to make adjustments, and Boyer retreated to the midfield to participate in the siege, but the effect was not good for a while. Thankfully, as time went on, the home team found the rhythm of the team's defence and managed to control the attack on both wings of the opposition.

For almost 20 minutes, only Florenzi had a chance to get a long-range shot from the right side of the box, but it was too wide of the net to threaten anything. On the contrary, the Torino team, which had gained a firm foothold in the defensive end, began to try to counterattack, and after they were suppressed for more than 20 minutes in the opening game, they immediately released a huge attack**, launching a wave of impactful attacks on the door of Brazilian goalkeeper Alison's handle, and also ignited the atmosphere in the stadium.

In the 34th minute, the visitors made a mistake in the front pass, Falke used his speed on the right to get rid of Stroman, sent a through ball in front of the penalty area, and Barceli, who had been gritting his teeth in the middle, got the chance to kick the goal after the penalty spot. However, due to fitness problems after a long sprint, he was able to get up and down after a long sprint, and was blocked by Moreno, who was also running all the way back, at close range, and the Torino team wasted a brilliant counterattack. In the 39th minute, Pellegrini's midfield pass was wrong again, Boyer took the ball and launched a counterattack along the left side, Falke got the ball in the penalty area and faced Juan's sticky defense, as long as he wiped it one-on-one to form a single knife, but his false dangling did not work, and the ball was strongly destroyed by the Brazilian central defender.

Just when the home fans were still lamenting the missed two chances, the Red Bulls seized the third gift from their opponents and rewrote the score. In the 41st minute, after Nainggran's through ball was disrupted by Ranocchia, De Rossi made physical contact with Musis after winning the ball and was knocked to the ground by the latter, and the whole stadium waited for the referee to blow the whistle for a foul, but nothing happened. Just when most people were a little stunned, the Argentine midfielder who reacted immediately was a long pass with a big foot to the front, because Mobile was stuck with his back to the goal and then his header was returned to Barceli, who had already advanced at high speed, and then he himself led Moreno, who was almost inseparable from him, to run towards the away team's penalty area.

Barcelona won the ball and went all the way until it was only about four or five meters from the top of the penalty area before Juan Jr.'s interception, only to see a precise through ball from the Torino midfielder pass the ball through the gap between Roma's central defender and left-back, and Immobile on the left side shook off the marker almost at the same time and burst diagonally into the box. The Torino striker had the perfect opportunity to be unguarded from three metres to the right of the penalty spot, and his powerful right-footed volley went straight into the near corner, and even though Alison had made a save, he couldn't prevent the cannonball from flying into the corner. 1-0, the home team took the lead with this efficient defensive counterattack when the situation was not too good.

Although Di Francesco believes that Moussis fouled De Rossi before, the goal should not have appeared in the first place, but this did not prevent D'Amato from blowing the whistle and gesturing to signal that the goal was valid, and the huge cheers at the Turin Olympic Stadium completely overshadowed the protests of the Roma manager, and the Red Wolves could only face the disadvantage of falling behind by one goal.

After taking the lead, Li Mudi began to remind his players to pay attention to the opponent's strong attack, asking everyone except Immobile to return to their own half to participate in the defense, and the personnel advantage did have a good effect, except for the hanging goal tried by Florenzi in the middle of the half-time to create some threat for Cassie, the rest of the attack was stifled before the goal was formed. When the players on both sides returned to the locker room to make adjustments, it can be seen from the statistics played by the broadcaster that although the home team fell behind by 41% to 59% in possession time, and in terms of shooting, 1 of 5 against 2 of 7 was also slightly behind, but other statistics were not lagging behind, and the pass success rate was still ahead, and it was obviously better in efficiency.

After the rematch, the Roma team was still in a besieged posture, just three minutes into the kick-off, Pellegrini, who pulled to the right side, sent a wonderful cross, but unfortunately Dzeko could not touch the ball early under the interference of Ranocchia, otherwise such a close attack would bring a very big threat to Cassie. El Shaarawy's cross from the left was then caught up by the Torino goalkeeper to play into the box before the Bosnian center forward's head, but the landing point was grabbed by Nainggran, but his volley was a little too hasty, and he directly put the anti-aircraft gun, missing this golden opportunity to almost empty the goal. De Rossi then had a long-range shot that went wide and there was a bit of a rumor in front of the Torino goal.

The Torino boss was not going to sit idly by, as he replaced Boyer with Canneman in the 63rd minute, and the formation immediately changed to 3-5-2, with Silvestri and Bareka becoming wing-backs on either side, and playing directly at the back five when defending, swinging the bus to the bottom. Three minutes later, the youngster Parigini came on to replace Falke, who was running back and forth in midfield and was a little too physical to keep up, and Li Mudi still had to maintain his mobility up front, and if he could use another counterattack to extend the lead, then the victory would be secure.

However, his wishful thinking still did not work, and just three minutes after the game, the team's academy winger Parrigini tripped El Shaarawy a little recklessly when he returned to the defense, not only received a yellow card himself, but also gave the opponent a direct free kick in a good position. Although Cassie directed his team-mates to send a wall of six players, and even though he was well prepared to make a save, it was unable to stop Serbia international Klarov, who returned to Serie A from Manchester City in the summer, and the former Lazio left-back fired a direct shot with an almost perfect angle and speed, and the ball arced beautifully into the top corner of the net from the right finger of the Torino goalkeeper. 1-1, the two sides returned to the same running line in the 69th minute.

It was Kolarov's second goal of the season in Serie A, and it was a direct free-kick. In the first round of the league, Roma scored the only goal of the game from a free-kick in a narrow away win over Atalanta, and it looks like the Serbian full-back has a tendency to become a new set-piece master.

Seeing the three points in his hand turn into one, Li Mudi was naturally helpless and unconvinced, and he replaced Bareka with another team's academy winger Edra five minutes after conceding the goal, readjusting the formation to 4-3-3, with Kanneman making a temporary cameo at left-back. I want to try to attack in the last ten minutes to see if I can exceed the score again. However, the coach of the visiting team also made adjustments one after another, forcing a draw although it was not the most ideal result, but when the players' physical fitness was severely tested, it was fighting at the opponent's home stadium, and naturally they could not force the attack, and the Roma team hoped to try to gain something by receiving counterattacks before the end of the game.

So in the last fifteen minutes of the game, the Red Bulls, who had been on the defensive before, had a certain upper hand on the field, and the Red Wolves played a more concise and fast offensive routine. However, neither Parigini's volley from the right side of the penalty area nor Bruno Perez's powerful long-range shot in the first minute of stoppage time resulted in a second goal for their respective teams, and in the end the two sides drew 1-1 in this strong conversation, unable to take advantage of the opportunity of a draw between the top two teams in the table to close the gap with the top three teams.

In the post-match press conference, the managers of both teams expressed their dissatisfaction with the two controversial decisions in the game, but only complained and had no impact on the outcome of the game. With the results of other matchups in this round, Torino were squeezed out of the top four by Lazio, and Roma fell to seventh, but it was a disappointment. Cagliari, who has attracted much attention because of the change of coach, has not been able to change the previous decline, losing to the Blue Eagles by three goals away, and still can only stand in front of the relegation army with a slight advantage, waiting for the opportunity to rebound.

However, the lesson of the big defeat of the change of manager did not convince Benevento's hierarchy, and after the 0-3 defeat at home to Fiorentina in this round, some media broke the news that their coach Baroni should be fired. Sure enough, at half past nine on Tuesday morning, Stregoni (Benevento's nickname, meaning a special kind of Italian vampire, but the setting is very different, it is said to be the protector of virtue, and the deadliest enemy of all evil vampires, (3)) officially announced: the club has terminated the contract with Baroni and hired coach De Zerbi to lead the team.

However, judging by the resume of the new manager, it is clear that he is not a very good coach, and Coach Zelby briefly took charge of Palermo in the middle of the season last season, but the fact that he has only five points from 13 games is a bit indicating. However, for his ability to continue coaching for three months under the chairman of Palermo Zamparini before being sacked, this talent is still worthy of everyone's appreciation, as for wanting to lead the worst Serie A team in the past two decades to complete the task of relegation, which is almost as difficult as climbing to the sun, everyone should just hehe, don't get too entangled in this kind of thing that will not even appear in the Arabian Nights.

Sure enough, in the tenth round of the league in midweek, Benevento, who changed his coach, still lost 1-2 away to Cagliari, who also changed his coach not long ago, and the losing streak continued, and everyone was concerned about when this record would end. While a ten-game losing streak is already the worst start in Serie A history, the record in Europe's top five leagues belongs to the Red Devils, who had a nightmarish start to the 1930-31 season with 12 consecutive defeats, and given that Benevento will face Lazio and Juventus in the next two league games, it will only be a matter of time before they equalise the record.

However, the other game stole a lot of the limelight from the sad promotion team, and the Torino team visited the Stadio Frankie, only to lose 1-3, and it seems that they have fallen out of the ranks of the title race with other strong teams winning one after another.