Chapter 289: Three Consecutive Broadcasts
When Li Muddy said that he wanted to buy Immobile, it did scare Valentino Cairo, but after getting a specific explanation and a little thought, the latter felt that the deal was quite reliable, and the only trouble was the transfer fee.
Since this recruitment is a major level, the marketing department head cannot accept it without authorization, and needs to report it to the club's top management, especially his father chairman, but the possibility of approval is still quite high. Because Immobile has played for the Red Bulls twice before, and the performance has been excellent, leaving an excellent impression on the club. This time there is an opportunity to replicate the Italian national team's forward line into the team, and I believe that Urbano Cairo, who has always been eager to have big stars join his team, should also be full of joy.
After discussing for a whole afternoon and enjoying a take-out meal together, today's exchange meeting is completely over, and after handing over the main work to the prince of the club, Li Mudi can finally focus on the remaining two league games and preparing for next season's tactics.
In training on Tuesday, he was extremely bold enough to make good on his last promise by putting a few of his former players who were not professional enough against Napoli to come off the bench in the final group matchup. At the same time, the formation of the main side was changed to 3-4-2-1, with Benassi and Barceli appearing behind striker Belottti, and the boss wants to use the two weeks before the end of the season to help the midfield duo settle more into the midfield position.
Wednesday's training session was also a continuation of the previous day's plan, and it went very smoothly without any special circumstances. However, this night's game deserves the attention of many football insiders, as many key battles will kick off at the same time at 21 o'clock in the evening.
First and foremost, the Coppa Italia final, the first domestic cup to be decided in Europe's top five leagues, will see Juventus, who have won two consecutive titles, take on Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. If the latter can win the Coppa Italia for the seventh time in the team's history, he will be able to secure a place in the group stage of next season's Europa League in advance, and can calmly watch the bloody battle between Torino and Atalanta. So without mentioning the others, the supporters of both teams will surely lock the channel firmly on Italian national television, and at the same time have to cheer for the old woman.
However, for Li Mudi, he still has other options, and at the same time, Real Madrid will visit the Valedos Stadium to complete the 21st round of La Liga against Celta Vigo. If the Galaxy can win well, they will lead arch-rivals Barcelona by three points, and the first league title in five years will be within reach.
In addition, the Monaco club played by his proud disciple Mbappe will also host Saint-Etienne at this time, which is a supplementary match in the 31st round of Ligue 1, as long as the home team can win, they can win the league championship one round earlier. While winning the eighth championship in the club's history, it also shattered the dream of five consecutive championships in Grand Paris, which can be said to be a good show that should not be missed.
However, compared with the comparison of the strength of the two teams in the Italian Cup final, the suspense of the two supplementary matches does not seem to be very large, and the possibility of an upset is still relatively small, so the Torino coach still decided to watch the Juventus vs Lazio game.
Allegri's announcement of the starting line-up before the start of the game was a bit of a surprise to the outside world, and although it was such an important game, he still started the Brazilian goalkeeper Neto, who played in the main cup game, and the team's Dinghaishen Buffon was on the bench. In the 4-2-3-1 formation, the right-back actually used the veteran Barzagli, and put Alves in the right winger position, Cuadrado did not start, and Pjanic did not enter the game squad at all, which made many people not understand what kind of medicine Juventus coach Hulu was selling.
The other starters were more normal, with Gonzalo Higuain up front, left winger Mandzukic, midfielder Dybala up front, double centre-forward Marchisio and Rincón who has suddenly been getting a lot of playing time lately, and the other three players at the back were Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Alex Sandro.
The Blue Eagles, who were playing at home, did not dare to have a trace of carelessness, Mihajlovic played with the main force, and changed the formation to 3-5-2, with five midfielders lined up, and the situation of wanting to strengthen the defense and control of the midfield was already very obvious.
After kick-off, both teams got into the groove relatively quickly. In the second minute, Rincón's long pass from midfield almost helped the little smoker get a chance to score a one-on-one goal, but it was unfortunately Lulic's high header back to goalkeeper Strakosha. A minute later, Chiellini burst forward and fired a long-range shot from outside the area after receiving a return from Dybala, but the ball was comfortably confiscated by the Lazio goalkeeper.
In the fifth minute, the Blue Eagles played a quick counter-attack after the ball broke at the back, Keita volleyed straight towards the Juventus goal like a cannonball from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area, but unfortunately the bad luck hit the post and bounced off, and the home team missed a good opportunity to take the lead. However, the Old Lady wasn't necessarily worse than them, and a minute later, Higuain volleyed into the near corner of the net after receiving Alves' cross from the wing, which was saved by Strakosha, and both teams looked to be in excellent form.
But just when everyone was looking forward to when the next wave of wonderful shots would appear, the prompt on the computer rang, and Li Mudi looked over to see that it was Real Madrid who scored. After the referee blew the whistle to open the game, Zizou's side pinned down their opponents in the half and launched a frenzied siege, creating four shots in the first eight minutes. In the ninth minute, Isco cut inside on the left side in front of the penalty area, and the home team's defender Cavral tackled not far away, and the astute Ronaldo seized the opportunity and scored with a left-footed blast at the top of the penalty area, and Real Madrid quickly took the lead.
Seeing this result, the Torino coach is naturally happy in his heart, it seems that the 33rd La Liga championship is not far away, and the good news is not only this, the second happy event will come soon. Shortly after he turned his gaze back to the TV, the scoreline changed and the Bianconeri scored.
In the twelfth minute, Sandro's seemingly unthreatening forward move was a killer move, his 45-degree cross from the left was pinpointed to the back of the box, and the Lazio defenders didn't even notice the danger and made no moves. Alves calmly volleyed into the far corner from two yards out of the six-yard penalty area, and the ball bounced off the ground just past Strakosha's flying right hand and into the side netting of the Lazio goal. 0-1, Juventus broke the deadlock in a way that surprised everyone.
I believe that at this moment, not only Juventus fans, but also supporters of the Torino team and Atrata should be waving their arms and chanting, just like Li Muddy while applauding and praising the Brazilian veteran.
For the next ten minutes, it was the old lady who took control of the goal, taking advantage of the home team's impatience to create a number of dangerous attacks in quick succession, and almost scored a second goal in a short period of time. Fortunately, the 22-year-old Albanian goalkeeper Strakosha blocked Juventus' three consecutive shots in the 18th minute, otherwise Lazio would have collapsed completely.
Then, in a quick counterattack, Dybala received a cross knock from Mandzukic at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and directly volleyed with his feet, which was saved by the home team's goalkeeper. However, Alves, who followed up, swept directly to the goal after winning the ball at the back post, and Higuain, who was only less than two meters away from the goal line, pushed it from close range, but was magically blocked by Strakosha with his thigh, causing the commentator to shout incredulous. The player has yet to play for his country, but it is believed that his international career will soon be in full swing after seeing this spectacular double save.
Although they failed to extend their lead, Juve's momentum had clearly reached its peak, and in the face of such a situation, Miha had no choice but to order the players to step up their scrambling and stop the opponent's continuous attacks. However, in the twentieth minute, midfielder Parolo had to leave the game early because he sprained his ankle during the tackle. Romanian defender Radu was replaced, and the formation of the Blue Eagles also returned to the state of four backs, which can be regarded as making up for the continuous mistakes in the back.
But even so, they could not escape the fate of the cup. In the 24th minute, Dybala's corner kick was driven to the front point, Sandro leaned over and headed back, the ball flew to the open area in the middle of the goal, and none of the defenders were able to prevent it, and central defender Bonucci followed up and easily pushed the ball into the net. Because the distance was so close, even the spirit-possessed Strakosha could only raise his hand in surrender, and the score was rewritten to 0-2, and the old woman relied on two "nosy" defenders to score, almost touching the trophy with one hand.
As soon as this goal was scored, the Torino coach's mental calculation was completely put in his stomach, and in terms of Juve's stability, no team has dared to complete a two-goal counterattack. If there is no accident, the three consecutive championships in the cup should be stable, and Lazio's plan to land in advance has basically come to naught, which is really happy!
At this time, Li Mudi, who had free time to pay attention to other games, turned his attention to the computer, only to find that he had missed a wonderful goal. In the 19th minute, Falcao sent a through ball in the middle, Mbappe used his speed advantage to shake off three defenders to form a single knife, he shook off the attacking goalkeeper after entering the penalty area, and easily pushed the goal with his left foot from a tight angle. 1-0, Monaco also took the lead, and judging from the situation of Saint-Etienne, there seems to be no suspense for the home team to win the title early.
As for Real Madrid, the situation is a little bad, Celta, who are behind by one goal, suddenly rose up and threatened the goal guarded by Navas many times in a row, if it were not for the lack of ability to grasp the opportunity and a little luck to help, the score may have been equalized. Fortunately, the whistle at halftime came in time, so that Qi Zu got a chance to adjust, so that it did not cause a tragedy.
After the rematch, Luo received a through plug from Isco again in the 48th minute, and brought a left-footed shot into the penalty area to help the Galaxy Battleship stabilize the morale of the army; Although the Ligue 1 leaders failed to expand the score, the opponent who obviously had no desire to win did not mean to spoil the former's celebration, and the game was still very harmonious.
Only on the Italian side, Lazio has not given up and hopes to use the advantage of home to complete the comeback. To be fair, with Juventus fielding some of the rotating teams, the difference in quality between the two sides is actually not very large, and considering the home advantage, the two sides should be able to reach a five-to-five situation. However, the three-centre-back tactics that Miha had formulated before the game were not familiar to the players, and the players were equally protective of each other, resulting in Alves seizing an opportunity that was not a chance to score first, and thus fell into passivity.
The subsequent injury to midfielder Parolo gave them the opportunity to return to a back four, but it also reduced the team's strength. Coupled with another goal from Leonardo Bonucci, a surprise defender, the morale of the home team's players has fallen to a very dangerous level. Fortunately, the Blue Eagles are basically internationals from all countries, and their ability to self-regulate is still relatively strong, coupled with the fifteen minutes of halftime, their state in the second half is relatively stable. Allegri, who began to tend to be conservative after taking the lead, also really gave a chance, although he did not make personnel changes very early, but Juventus obviously reduced the personnel investment in the attack in the last 45 minutes, so that Lazio gradually gained a certain advantage on the field.
Unfortunately, the attackers of Immobile and Keita were a little bad today, even if Miha replaced the two starting centre-backs with Brazilian midfielder Felipe Anderson and Spanish striker Luis Alberto, changing the formation to 3-4-1-2, which did not cause much trouble for the old Juventus defence. In the whole game, the home team completed a total of 17 attacks, 5 more than the opponent, but the number of shots on target between the two sides was indeed 5 to 8, and the efficiency was very different.
The score was held at 0-2 until the end, and Juve won the Coppa Italia for the third time in a row, their twelfth domestic cup title in their history.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, was more relaxed, although Celta had stubbornly pulled the score to 1-2, but the main winger, Spain's new international Aspas, two yellows and one red, made them unable to resist anymore. In the end, Benzema and Kroos scored two goals in a row, and Zizou led the team to get three points from the away side without danger, and opened up the gap with Barcelona.
The smoothest team tonight was Monaco, in the final moments of stoppage time, Lemar crossed from the left, and substitute striker Germain scored in the middle to seal the final score at 2-0. With this victory, the home team finished six points ahead of second-placed Grand Paris with one round of fixtures remaining, and announced the league title ahead of schedule. Mbappe finally got an important trophy ahead of his Castile manager.