Chapter 398: This Is the Derby (Part II)
In the 49th minute, Juve launched a positional attack, Benardzki flicked past Bareka on the right to deliver a cross, and Khedira suddenly had a brilliant pass in the box surrounded by two defenders. Unfortunately, the German midfielder's skills were still far from the level of Zizou and Bergkamp, and his movements were not smooth enough, and he was destroyed by Musis before he could pick the ball in front of him and prepare to follow up with his feet. However, Torino's additional action from the back to clear the ball also kicked Khedira's heel, allowing the latter to hold his right foot for a while before recovering.
Two minutes later, Sandro's breakthrough down the left was broken and Torino immediately launched a quick counter-attack, with Farke taking advantage of Asamoah's pressure on the front of the pitch to dribble forward at high speed, only to be distracted by a rebound from Costa, who had returned from the defense. The two wingers, who were not slow to do so, started from the midfield line and got entangled all the way to the visitors' baseline, but Falke, who could not get rid of the opposing team, was forced to force a cross before the ball was swept off the line, only to collide with Costa who was blocked by a flying tackle and both flew off the field.
Both the baseline referee and the linesman signaled that the away defender had committed a foul, and the referee immediately stopped the game, rushed to the scene of the incident to check on the two players who still couldn't get up from the ground, and both had painful expressions on their faces covering their calves. The team doctor rushed out to conduct preliminary diagnosis and treatment, and found that although there was the protection of the shin guards, the lower legs of the two people had blue bruises, which shows how violent the collision was at that time.
A little over a minute later, the Juventus winger returned to the game after a brief treatment, while the hosts made a substitution, with Belotti coming on for Farke and a 4-4-2 formation. It is worth mentioning that Costa did not receive a yellow card for his foul action just now, which can be seen how lenient the referee's enforcement scale is today. Although the number of fouls committed by both sides in 50 minutes is not too much, only 13 times in total, but it has caused two people to go off the field due to injury, and the level of physical confrontation is worthy of a derby, but it is also a bit strange that there is only one yellow card, which also caused the result of various controversies that swept Italian football after the game.
In the 57th minute, the Torino team launched a continuous multi-player transmission in front, because Mobile won the ball on the right side and knocked across the middle, and then accelerated forward himself, ready to create a breakthrough opportunity with Belotti who was about five meters outside the arc of the penalty area. However, when he rushed into the opposition penalty area, he could not wait for a return pass from his teammates, because Red Bebe had already fallen to the ground, and the huge boos from the more than 20,000 home fans in the stadium proved that something new had happened.
It turned out that just as Belotti was about to rush in front of Pjanic to send a diagonal pass, Chiellini sent him to the left side with a big stride, and hit the left cheek of the Torino No. 9 with an extremely hidden left hook, and directly knocked the red babe to the ground. Then the Juventus captain pretended to intercept the ball with a card move, and then passed it to his team-mates in front of him, and the visitors immediately played a counter-attack. Fortunately, Moussis was very attentive near the halfway circle and broke the ball off the touchline with a sliding tackle, so as not to let the opposition threaten the goal behind him.
Li Mudi, who was on the sidelines, saw that his players were plotted, so he naturally couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, rushed out of the coach's box to the sidelines, and protested loudly to the referee Orsato. Fearing a repeat of last week's trip to the stands, several coaches including Sumfield and Scholes rushed to the side of the manager to prevent him from making aggressive moves. Of course, the eyes of the fourth official have also been watching this side, and I believe that he will be willing to record the swear words that came out of Li Mudi's mouth into the post-match report.
At this time, the game was interrupted again due to Belotti's fall to the ground, and Orsato, who did not seem to see Chiellini's violent actions, came to the scene of the incident, only briefly inquired about the condition of the injured, signaled the team doctor not to enter the field, and signaled for the game to resume after the Torino striker got up, without even a verbal warning to the visiting central defenders.
The penalty was clearly an irritation to the home fans, who were already on the verge of exploding, and the deafening scolding could be faintly discerned by the audience in front of the TV or online platform through the broadcaster's live radio equipment. The slow-motion replay played by Sky Sports also clearly showed the whole process of Chiellini's plot against the Red Bebe, which made all the Red Bulls supporters and neutral fans believe that the referee made a fatal mistake.
Commentators and commentators in countries such as the Celestial Empire are questioning why the VAR system is not used for replay, and the deliberate infringement of the opposing player can be directly sent off with a red card, in which case the referee can propose to use a video assistant. And even if the referee didn't see the scene of the incident, the staff who managed the VAR system on the sidelines could also remind them through the headset, why would they let go of such an obvious legal action? Some netizens even attributed this missed judgment to Juventus's influence in the refereeing system of the Italian Football Federation, believing that this is the black whistle of Hongguoguo and a repetition of the phonegate.
However, no matter how unhappy the home team and their supporters were, they could not change the decision of the referees, who could only turn their anger into strength and start attacking their opponents more violently.
In the 60th minute, Belotti cut off the ball at Chiellini's feet in front of the penalty area, and then smashed into the penalty area to form a single knife, but after he was about to kick the goal, the referee's whistle sounded, blowing him for a foul on the ball. The stadium was once again booed with decibels, and if it weren't for the best efforts of the riot police, it is estimated that Orsato would probably have been torn to shreds by the home fans who rushed into the stadium.
In the 63rd minute, Benassi forced a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, despite Khedira's block, but failed to make a strong effort and was confiscated by Szczesny on the ground. Two minutes later, Boyer counter-attacked with the ball and was brought down from behind by Desiglio, and the referee finally pulled out the second yellow card of the game to warn the offender. Benassi then whipped in a tactical free-kick and Bareka shook off the defender and sent in a powerful cross, but Szczesny missed a mistake but also affected the movement of the home team's two outflanking players, so that the ball slid straight past the empty net without touching anyone, and the Torino team missed a good chance to equalise.
Seeing that his players were firmly pinned down in the half, Allegri finally couldn't sit still and replaced Douglas Costa, who was not feeling well in his legs and feet, with Dybala, who had just returned from injury. He hopes that the Argentine can play to the hot form of the first half of the season in attack and lead his team-mates to continue to put pressure on the opposition backline in order to alleviate the current unfavorable situation for his side.
Diba's first touch of the ball almost sealed the win, Benardski broke the ball at the back and sent a through stopper, and the Argentine star, who had just come on the field, took advantage of the home team's defensive situation to cut into the box at high speed and fired a low shot into the near corner from the right side. Unfortunately, due to the long-term absence from the formation, the body has not been able to recover to the best condition, and this shot only hit the side netting, but this is enough to make the Torino players break out in a cold sweat.
However, the Red Bulls, who are behind the score, have no choice but to maintain their firepower output on the offensive end, and striving for goals is the only thing they need to consider at the moment. This also makes their own defense always face the threat of Juventus' counter-attack, and the pace of the game is once again accelerated, and the frequency of the transition between attack and defense between the two sides is somewhat dizzying.
In the 73rd minute, the desperate Li Mudi replaced Boyer with Pellegri, and the team's formation also changed to 4-3-3, from a single striker to a double striker, and then to a three-striker, the Torino team's hunger for goals has become unstoppable, even to the point of breaking the boat.
In the 77th minute, Torino once again formed a siege in the front, and Baseli, who pulled to the right side, sent a precise big foot transfer, allowing Immobile to get a chance to single out Desiglio on the sideline of the penalty area. The Torino striker made a surprising choice when his central team-mate was firmly targeted, taking advantage of a quick and simple change of direction to flash a gap and suddenly shoot low into the near corner from a position less than 40 degrees, but failed to master his footwork in pursuit of speed and the ball went just wide of the post.
A minute later, Juventus fired back with a brilliant one-two on the left flank, with the former smashing away Silvestri and slotting into the box and delivering an inverted triangle pass. Dybala, who was three or four metres to the left of the penalty spot and unmarked, fired a left-footed shot with a non-stop shot, which was outrageous for a world-class star of his calibre, and the visitors missed a good chance to score.
In the final ten minutes of normal time, the mood of the Torino players became more and more impatient, first Silvestri was pushed out of the box by an opposition player after a cross from the right flank, and Bareka volleyed a powerful shot from 30 yards out of goal, but it was deflected wide. Pellegri then pulled to the right flank also tried his footwork, he received Benasi's ball and made a bicycle movement outside the penalty line, and then cut inside with the ball before shooting hard. The ball was full of power, but Szczesny accurately judged the landing point and fell to the ground outside the front post to hold the ball.
Seeing the danger in front of his own goal, Allegri hurriedly made the latest arrangement for the players on the field, Juventus even set up a bus tactic, leaving only Dybala and black and white Bebe in the midfield to prepare for a counterattack, and the rest of the people all retreated to the inside and outside of the penalty area, using the way of hoarding heavy troops to protect their own goals. Li Mudi used the last card in his hand in the 83rd minute, and Vukocevic replaced Muthis, who was close to exhaustion due to repeated sprinting in the front and back, and began to launch the final general attack.
Amid the frantic cheers of the fans at the scene, the Torino players continued to attack the away team's penalty area, and because the time was very tight, there was no more order in the attacking routine, which was to pass the ball to the goal as much as possible, relying on three strikers to compete for the landing point. Although this brainless idea is simple and rude without the slightest technical content, the threat is still very amazing, and the Juventus players who suppressed it did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, and several times desperately scramble and fly to block the gun's hole, which seemed to be extremely embarrassing.
But the hegemon of Serie A obviously will not always be in a passive situation, at least in the domestic league, there are really not many opponents who can make them just play the bus. Taking advantage of the occasional missed second drop by the Torino team, they were able to counter-attack with long balls. In the 87th minute, Benardzki received a pass from Khedira and formed a situation in the midfield with the ball forward, and was knocked to the ground by Ranocchia, the former's knee joint collided with the opponent, and he felt very uncomfortable after getting up. It was at this point that Allegri made his final substitution of the game, with Lichtsteiner coming on for the black and white babe, who limped to his seat on the sidelines and immediately applied ice to the injured area, the fourth wounded on both sides of the day.
However, the home team has no idea whether the back line will be attacked by the opponent, except for the two central defenders who remain behind the halfline to take care of the defensive duties, the rest of the non-goalkeeper players have been pressed past half-time. Even goalkeeper Casey has gestured to his coaches on the sidelines, asking if he needs to rush forward and replicate Benevento's miracle of holding AC Milan to a close draw two months ago. But this proposal was not agreed to by Li Mudi, after all, Cassie is already short, there is no advantage in the competition for headers, and his physical fitness is far less outstanding than when he was younger, let him go hand-to-hand combat with a group of young people with huge waists, that picture is really unimaginable.
But without the help of the legendary goalkeeper, the rest of the Red Bulls did not give up their confidence in scoring the goal, and everyone seemed to have lost their fatigue, constantly pounding, pounding, and pounding at the Juventus goal, and finally reaped a golden opportunity in the second minute of injury time.
Barceli sent a cross from the right to the middle of the box, where Rugani used his height advantage to win Belotti and head the ball out of the box. Gourcuff, who got the second drop point, directly volleyed the ball and swept it into the penalty area, because the players in front of the goal were too dense, resulting in an irregular rebound after being touched three times in a row, and finally Sturalo, who subconsciously intercepted it, kicked it in front of Belotti in the middle of the small penalty area. Faced with a god-given opportunity, Red Babe naturally wouldn't let it slip away from his eyes, and an irregular tackle stabbed the ball into the net from the armpit of Szczesny who made the save, and finally rewrote the damn score to 1-1!
When everyone realized that the ball had been scored, the entire stadium was filled with a frantic shout, and the sound waves seemed to shake the air and buildings as if they had been earthquaked.
The home team celebrated and retreated into their own half, and when Juve restarted, Orsato blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the second leg of the Turin derby ended in a reversal ending with the Red Bulls levelling the score in the last minute. This game is full of all kinds of controversy, and the situation on and off the field is very hot, worthy of a wonderful and exciting top-level city battle, so that everyone can not forget the relevant memories of this matchup for many days.