Chapter 507: When Death Pursues Behind Him
Although Li Mudi has long predicted the result of the Champions League, after all, the strength of the team is still lacking, and it is far from reaching the level of reaching the top of Europe. But when the moment of elimination really appeared in front of his eyes, he would inevitably have a trace of unwillingness.
Even if you can't talk about the ambition of "the prince will have a kind of Xiangning", and you have to make a mythical story of "Dick Silk counterattack", but as a time-traveler (although it has only been back for more than a year, the plug-in is not powerful, and he was criticized by not many book friends and even abandoned the book directly, o(╥_╥)o), Li Mudi naturally suppressed the desire for various championships, especially the Champions League trophy.
It's just that real life is often extremely cruel, with the current squad strength of the Torino team, it is still impossible to take into account the three-line battle, even if you can get lucky to get past the level of Paris, it will be difficult to succeed in counterattacking when you encounter stronger opponents later. After all, the pressure in the league is not small, unless the team can completely abandon the Serie A field and devote all its energy to the European competition, but the probability of such a big gamble can be successful in the end is not too large, and it is obviously not cost-effective from the perspective of income ratio.
The domestic league championship is the first goal of the Red Bulls, and this plan should never be shaken.
After a disappointing defeat in the world-famous romantic capital, Li Mudi and his players must put aside the negativity of elimination as soon as possible, as they are about to face one of the toughest fixtures in the league, and if they are not able to fight for every victory, Juventus will be like a chasing death to harvest the head of the red bull.
On 10 March, Torino were challenged at home to their rivals Roma, and both sides spent a lot of energy in the Champions League in midweek, with the home side playing an extra hour and a half of extra-time but also having an extra day of rest than the visitors, so the two sides were still on the same page in this regard.
It's just that the competitive state of the players on both sides is a little different, and the Torino team is fighting at their own doorstep, in addition to not having to suffer from continuous rushing, it is also a big advantage psychologically.
On the other hand, the Red Wolves, in the case of European outings, league rankings are not very ideal, or even early loss of the opportunity to compete for the championship, it is inevitable that there will be all kinds of negative emotions in the team, especially those newcomers who just joined last summer, in the FM system are shown as low morale, mediocre or even a little sluggish.
As a result, in this unequal state of the two sides, this strong dialogue, which was originally thought to be an evenly matched match, did not burst into any dazzling sparks in the end. As if it were a routine, the home team knocked on the door guarded by Sweden's international Olsen, who replaced Alisson, who joined Liverpool at a sky-high price, and left the three points in Torino City with a clean 2-0.
It is worth mentioning that Lucas Moura, who was on loan in the winter transfer window, scored his first goal in Serie A in this game, which can be regarded as a small milestone.
After a week of adjustments, the Torino team finally got rid of the shadow of the Champions League exit, and waited for the opponent of the 28th round of the league with an extremely relaxed mentality, Atalanta, and the venue of the game was still the Turin Olympic Stadium.
Gasperini's side suffered a rare European qualification debacle last summer, which seriously affected their form since the start of the season, and the excellent performances of other teams have led to a decline in results compared to the previous two years. As of last weekend's game, Poseidon Son is only in 10th place in the standings, and there is still a 7-point gap between next season's European qualification and can be said to be very unsatisfactory.
In a sense, there are still a lot of similarities between the same person in a team, such as paying attention to a positive mental outlook, if you don't adjust your emotions in place, just act with a passable mentality, then the result will not be very good.
Atalanta are a bit lacking in spirit, and seem to have an indifferent mentality about what they can achieve at the end of the season, they will not be relegated anyway, and it seems a little difficult to fight for a European place now, so break the jar and leave everything to fate.
With this form to compete with the Torino team who are desperately fighting for the league title, how can they not lose, a 1-4 defeat is naturally a matter of course. In this regard, when Li Mudi shook hands with his friend Gasperini after the game, he felt a deep sense of helplessness from the local coach, and maybe at the end of the season, he really won't stay in office.
However, the Red Bulls' easy win not only did not help them extend their lead in the standings, but also allowed their rivals to widen the gap in goal difference, because Juventus created another tragedy in this round, beating AC Milan 4-0 away, not only playing the biggest score difference between the two sides in the last 25 years, but also directly led to the sacking of Optusso Battuso, the head coach of the Rossoneri. Considering that the two clubs had once formed a "holy alliance", the old woman was really a little ruthless this time.
In the group stage of the UEFA Nations League held in the second half of last year, the new Italian national team led by Roberto Mancini finished second in the group with a goal difference of two goals, unfortunately missing out on the second stage.
It's sad that the Azzurri missed out on an additional Euro 2020 ticket, but with 20 more places available in qualifiers or wildcard matches in the second half of this year, there is hope that the national team will avoid a repeat of missing out on the World Cup two years ago.
Having no need to play in the second stage of the tournament, Italy will be free to choose their opponents for friendly matches in the same way as they have done in the usual format for this international break-day cycle, similar to Poland and other countries where Torino players have been called up. After just two games, Li Mudi was almost mad, because his players had three injuries at the same time, and they were all the main players in the team, this luck Nima was too bad!
Belotti, Baseli and Glick, who happen to be the three big players in the front center and backcourt of the Red Bulls, their absence due to injury will have a great negative impact on the team, although the team doctor diagnosed that the most injured of the three Barceli will return within three weeks at the latest, but this is by no means good news for Li Mudi, who is used to large-scale rotation of the game lineup.
In this way, the Torino team, who welcomed back to the league schedule with this incomplete line-up, ended their winning streak of two rounds on their next opponent, Lazio.
In this crucial matchup, the Torino players who played away from home generally failed to play at their highest level of competition, and in the face of the opponent's all-court pressing strategy, the Serie A leaders made frequent mistakes in the process of passing the ball in the middle and back, causing the situation to become extremely passive.
The worst performer in the squad was Montenegro international Vukocevic, who received a yellow card less than 10 minutes into the game and was a key target for Lazio's attacking players. In order not to be penalized for a second yellow jewel card, Vukocevic began to become more and more cautious, so that the defensive effect naturally became worse and worse, and he became a breach for the home team many times.
The goal scored by the Eagles in the 27th minute of the first half was launched from the defensive zone of the Montenegro midfielder, and his performance in the first half disappointed the manager and prompted the latter to make the decision to substitute him before the start of the second half.
It was just that the young player Ascarcival, who replaced him, gradually returned to the normal range after his previous excellent performance. And he just played two consecutive friendly matches for the Argentine national team, although he didn't play much time, but he couldn't stand the fact that the venues of the games were all in Asia, and the consumption of the round-trip trip was very large, which also affected his game status.
Although he had worked hard to bolster his team's sweeping range as the manager had set out and to match his team-mates with plenty of running, he made a big mistake in his busy schedule and sent a penalty to the home side in the penalty area when he bumped into the Kosovo international and midfielder Berisha, who had switched from Red Bull Salzburg last summer.
Luis Alberto's penalty cut through the defence of his compatriot Casillas to make it 2-0 in the 74th minute of the second half, putting Torino in a precarious situation.
Fortunately, at this moment of life and death, there is another superhero who bravely stands up, and his name is Bruno Fernandez. Although the Portugal international also spent a lot of energy in the national team, he obviously did not suffer in terms of fitness after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute, and he has been observing from the sidelines for a short time, clearly finding the opponent's weak points and using them directly.
Two goals behind, the Torino team will inevitably choose to attack aggressively, there is no suspense, in the case that the defensive counter-attack tactics they are good at can not continue to be used, it is time to test the level of the team in the positional battle, but the most disadvantageous thing is that the number one attacking weapon Belotti can not play, otherwise the effect should be better.
But even with little time left and no sledgehammer to play, Fernandes showed that he has the quality to join the ranks of the world's top midfielders. His excellent passing ability combined with his excellent big-picture vision helped him take full control of the visitors' attack and become a true on-field commander. Almost every attack of the team will be deployed by him in the middle, whether it is a continuous transmission between two or three people in the middle, or a powerful attack on the wing, which organizes the Torino team's attack in an orderly and threatening manner.
Lazio coach Inzaghi Jr., who found that the situation was not good, quickly made the last personnel change, replacing Alberto with Bosnian veteran Lulic, leaving only Nani as a counter-attack point in the front, and the rest of the players were all recovered, ready to hold the two-goal advantage until the last minute.
However, Fernandes found the only flaw in the near-airtight defence, sending the ball to the feet of Manuel Pellegri on the edge of the six-yard box, who then fired a powerful shot past Albanian international Strakosha to help Torino pull one back into the 81st minute.
Less than three minutes after the restart, the Portuguese midfielder staged another super individual show, he received a cross pass from Immobile after completing a collision with the latter, and suddenly fired a long-range shot from about 27 meters from the baseline in the middle, sending the ball accurately into the dead corner of the upper right corner of the home team's goal, and it also smashed at the junction of the crossbar and the post and rebounded into the net, which is a Super Goal that is definitely qualified to be selected as the top five best goals in the Europa League this week!
With the wails of the home fans, the two sides returned to the same starting line in the final moments of the game, much to the surprise of many who had already sentenced the Red Bulls to death.
In the end, neither team was able to gain anything in the remaining time, and a draw was the final result of this strong match.
For this score, Lazio is still barely acceptable, although they were temporarily overtaken by Fiorentina after this round, falling to seventh place, but still three points ahead of Sampdoria behind, and the European place is still relatively stable.
However, for the league leaders, the result is not very good, because Juventus' victory has narrowed the gap between the two sides from eight points at the end of last year to one point. The Turin team seemed to have heard the sound of the Grim Reaper swinging the scythe behind them, and a cool air suddenly burst out from the back of their necks, causing their entire body to shiver greatly, and their hearts were filled with endless fear.
The Serie A overlord is about to return to the throne! Torino Sport did not hesitate to use such a headline on the front page of the next day, which was almost a sure thing in the eyes of them, and for most of the Italian football community. Even Corriere della Sera, the country's most extensive and best-selling newspaper, expressed on its sports page predictions that the top spot could change hands at any time.
It's just that for this point of view, Li Mudi said that he has something to say.
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