Chapter 161: Pretending to be a Pig and Eating a Tiger?

After nearly half an hour of "boring water experience", for the first time in months, reporters from dozens of media outlets who couldn't bear it chose to remain silent collectively when the host asked "what else is the problem", and finally sent off the Torino coach who didn't know what to smoke. During the break while waiting for the visiting manager's arrival, several local Italian journalists with more senior qualifications and familiar with each other exchanged ideas below, and several of them complained that they had just been scolded by the editor-in-chief. It was a beautiful mistake to be sent to interview Li Mudi before, this person not only has little experience in dealing with reporters, but also has a very hot head, and when he is excited, he loves to shoot guns regardless of his mouth, which is even more popular with everyone than Mourinho, who coached Inter Milan before. But today I don't know which tendon is wrong, a mouth is those falsehoods and empty words without any nutrition, this kind of thing is sent out to readers don't scold the mother. The only thing that seems to have some value is when answering a question from Wang Qinbo, a correspondent of the Celestial Empire "Sports Weekly" in Italy, about the tactics that the home team will use, the Torino coach replied with a very cautious demeanor: "Roma is the most attacking team in the whole Italian football, I just hope that the players can concede as few goals as possible in the game, and this is considered a victory." ”

The reporter of the "Corriere della Sera", Italy's highest-circulation newspaper, who has always been neutral towards the head coach of the Celestial Empire, speculated whether Li Mudi has no confidence in the strong opponent of Rome, plus the two defensive midfielders cannot play, so he wants to paralyze the opponent with such an unusually low-key and even humble attitude! The reporter of the "Courier" immediately retorted: "Spalletti is not a fool, such an obvious trap even an ordinary person will not be easily fooled, let alone Spalletti, who has been coaching the team since 1994!" I think this Li Mudi was frightened by the previous incident, and he actually came up with such a trick that was problematic at first glance. I guess it's good that he didn't say that, just now this remark just reminded the Roma team that they will not be negligent, they are really lifting a stone to shoot themselves in the foot! ”

Before the press conference, the home team submitted their starting line-up at the last minute, and the list of 11 players was an instant hit among professionals and fans.

In the commentary room of CCTV Sports Channel, Coach Zhang Lu and Coach Gong Lei took advantage of the free minutes before the start of the game to seize the time to analyze the tactics that the Torino team might use. Commentator Liu Jiayuan first announced the starting eleven of the Torino team in this game: in the 4-3-3 formation, the goalkeeper is still Joe Hart, the back four from right to left are Silvestri, Kastan, Rosettini and Barreca, the three midfielders are Spanish teenagers Febas, Baseli and Benasi, and the front three: right winger Bruno Perez, left winger Jesse, and center Belotti. Then Director Zhang put forward his own opinion on this very strange configuration: "Director Li (Li Mudi has also been promoted to director, sprinkle flowers!) Very thoughtful and very bold. When the team's two defensive gates are unable to play, it is really daring to dare to use such an unpredictable lineup! Gong Gui suddenly interjected here: "Well, it can be seen from this that he didn't tell the truth at the press conference just now!" As soon as these words came out, they amused countless viewers who were watching the live broadcast, and even the CCTV commentator almost didn't hold back and coughed softly twice.

"Hehe......" After responding to the palace fortress's complaints with a trademark laugh, Director Zhang continued to analyze: "In the face of a strong enemy like Rome, Director Li decisively abandoned the previous conventional configuration, but chose to use surprise soldiers very boldly. Putting Bruno Perez in the right winger position should be to use his offensive and defensive characteristics to help the team consolidate the defense on the right side; Youngster Febas should be starting for Torino for the first time this season, having only played more than 10 minutes in a 6-1 win over Bologna, and was supposed to be a substitute in the last game, but was sent off due to an unexpected penalty by Vives. ”

According to the data, his offensive and defensive abilities are very average, and he is good at long-range shooting, but his height and weight of 66 kilograms seriously restrict his ability to fight, and I don't know how to play against tall and strong opponents in this game." The palace director who previously commented on La Liga briefly introduced the situation of Febas.

At this time, Liu Jiayuan introduced the starting list of the Roma team, Spalletti's lineup was also much greater than the outside world expected, it turned out to be the main lineup, and the players in each position are the best ones in the current Red Wolves lineup, and it seems that he wants to do his best today regardless of the very important European game four days later. The 4-2-3-1 line-up features goalkeeper Ojciech Szczesny on loan from Arsenal, Italian international Florenzi at the back four, Argentine centre-back Federico Fazio on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, Greek international Kostantinos Manolas and Portuguese left-back MΓ‘rio Rui Duarte on loan from Empoli. De Rossi and Dutch international Kevin Strootman, left winger Argentine Perotti (Diego Perotti), right winger Egypt international Mohamed Salah (Mohamed Salah), forward Belgian international Radja Nainggolan (Radja Nainggolan), center forward is Bosnia and Herzegovina's top scorer Dzeko. This squad can be regarded as the top level of strength in the entire Serie A league, and it has to fight with the old lady, no wonder after seeing this list, everyone thinks that the red bulls fighting at home are more auspicious.

Faced with this lineup, which has scored 13 goals in the first five rounds of the league and is the most attacking force in Serie A, the two commentators can only relieve the pressure on Li Mudi after praising him, and at the same time give the fans of the Celestial Empire a good defensive shot in advance, so that they can stay sane in the face of possible fiascos and not blame their compatriots.

On the Italian side, with the referee's whistle, this crucial match related to the top three of the competition was officially announced. The visitors who kicked off the ball didn't have the slightest intention of trying to test it, and after Dzeko knocked the ball to De Rossi behind him, all four attacking players in front of him rushed across the halfway line, looking like they were going to attack at the first opportunity. On the other hand, on the Torino side, because it is a weak opponent, everyone's attention is also very concentrated, and they entered the state at the beginning of the game. Benasi, who wore the captain's armband in this game, used a very clean but imposing tackle to bring the glass figure to the ground, but because he touched the ball first, there was no foul, Roma just got a touchline ball. However, this dismount showed well the determination of the home team to go all out and the attitude of fighting for every ball, which made Spalletti feel an inexplicable chill on the sidelines.

However, the Roma players who re-sent the ball did not care what the opponent was in, because in their eyes, apart from the two strong rivals Juventus and Napoli, there were only a handful of teams that could pose some threat to themselves at their home turf, but this definitely did not include Torino. They continued to use their strong overall strength to get on the scoresheet as soon as possible and settle those three points early for midweek's Europa League.

In the second minute, Salah used his individual ability to dribble past youngster Bareka and deliver a very fast cross. The Bosnian centre-forward, who followed up in the middle to grab the spot, gained the upper hand in the battle with his old team-mate Kastan last season, and he took off to dominate the Brazilian. Unfortunately, the ball was so fast that no one could get the best touch, and the ball slid past Dzeko's head and flew to the other side, shocking the home fans in a cold sweat.

In the third minute, Perotti sent the ball into the box, Dzeko was caught by two defenders of the home team and brought the ball back to the edge of the box, and the inserted De Rossi shot directly from distance, although the angle was tricky enough, but the ball was slightly over the crossbar. A minute later, it was Nainggolan who got his foot in front of the penalty area, and his right-footed volley went straight into the corner again, and even Joe Hart tried his best to save sideways, but the ball still didn't want to get into the home side's goal easily, and grazed the right-hand post and went wide. Just three minutes into the game, Roma created a number of good chances to threaten the home side's goal, and the commentators of Italy and Japan had to marvel at their attacking prowess.

Of course, if you don't come and go, how can Red Red Bull be willing to be beaten passively all the time? In the sixth minute, the home side also had their first goal of the game, when Belotti received a cross from the left wing of his team-mate Hesse and leaned on Fazio in the middle of the box to send a left-footed push that went just over the crossbar. However, Torino's attack did not attract the attention of the Romans, who still put more troops into the attack, because they believed that the Red Wolves were definitely the first in Serie A if it were compared to the ability to score goals.

It's a pity that the last ones who are slapped in the face are often those villains who are blindly confident or pretend to be too B.

In the eighth minute, young Spanish midfielder Febas intercepted Salah's pass to Stroman in the halfway circle, and then he took two more steps forward before slotting the ball to his compatriot Jesus on the left wing. He dribbled all the way to the sideline of the penalty area under Florenzi's marking, and then used a series of bicycle movements to attract De Rossi's attention before pushing the ball back into the corner. Benassi stopped the ball and sent a high ball straight to the back point, Belotti, who had been ambushed on the right side, rushed into the small penalty area in two steps, and jumped high to head the ball before Rui made a move, and the ball bounced off the ground in front of the goal and went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal. Away goalkeeper Szczesny couldn't judge the trajectory of the ball and only pounced on the ball from behind the goal line, but it was difficult to stop it. 1-0, the Torino team actually took the lead in an extremely passive situation!

After the goal, the entire Olympic Stadium was in a state of flux, with a number of fans rising from their seats and rushing to the protective net between the stands and the pitch to celebrate with the players on the pitch. Fortunately, before the game, the Turin City Police Department sent more than 100 riot police to help maintain law and order on the stadium, and drove those overly excited guys back, otherwise I don't know what big incident would have happened.

At this time, in the commentary room of the Celestial Empire CCTV Sports Channel, the two directors Zhang and Gong kept singing praises for the Turin coach, believing that the tactical thinking of the Celestial Empire compatriots is very concise and effective, that is, to use the opponent's mistakes to fight back. However, at the same time, it is also repeatedly emphasizing the super strength of the Roma team, a one-goal lead does not mean anything, the game has just begun, the Red Wolves have enough time to equalize or even overtake, and the crisis of the Torino team has not been resolved.

The opponent is very strong, this kind of fact that ordinary people can see at a glance, how can Li Mudi not know it. So he just waved his arms and shouted at the moment of the goal, and then immediately ran to the sidelines to call Silvestri, who had stayed at the back and did not participate in the celebration, to explain the next tactical arrangements of the opponent. After the restart, instead of becoming cautious because of the unexpected goal conceded just now, the Roma team launched an even more frantic attack. Correspondingly, the home team retreated to the half, and even center forward Belotti and Jesus, who had poor defensive ability, threw themselves into the tackle, looking like they wanted to hold on to the lead with all their might.

However, in response to this arrangement, Angelo Di Livio, a guest commentator on Italian national television and a former international, thinks that it is too conservative, and he analyzes the situation on the field: "The tactics arranged by Coach Li Mudi at the beginning can be regarded as genius, and although the idea of attacking against attacking is crazy, it has indeed achieved miraculous results. However, after taking the lead, they immediately went into a dead state, which is self-defeating, and none of the players in the midfield of the Torino team are mainly defensive, and it is difficult to resist the attack of the Roma team in terms of their defensive ability. Therefore, if you want to hold the slightest chance of defeating the strong with the weak, you have to attack and use your own advantages to cover up your weaknesses. ”

Di Livio was born in Rome and was born in the Roma academy, but he was sold to a small team in the third division without playing a single official game for the Red Wolves, because he hated because of love, and since then he has become "Roma Black", and later sniped at his parent club when he played for Old Lady and Purple Lily. When I was invited to explain the game, I also continued to give advice to the home team from the standpoint of the home team. However, most people, including him, never thought that Li Mudi had made up his mind to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger after taking a one-goal lead.