Chapter 338: Walking the Wrong Word

Injuries are the number one enemy of competitive sports, and how many peerless geniuses have fallen to frequent or even one injury before they fully bloomed their amazing talents. The reason why Li Mudi does not hesitate to reduce the chances of winning the game, but also carries out a large degree of rotation system, is that he hopes to protect the players' bodies as much as possible, keep them away from injuries, and at least enjoy the happiness and honor brought to them by football under his own hands.

However, accidents are always everywhere, even if Belotti survived the car accident two days ago, he still failed to let himself enter October with all his beards and tails, which is quite a blessing or a curse, and a disaster that cannot be avoided!

The two Torino team doctors, Fortunato and Picori, who rushed into the stadium, after a brief examination next to the red babe who was still in excruciating pain when he fell to the ground, turned back to the dugout defense and made a substitution gesture. After further analysis in the dressing room, the team doctor informed the coach that their midfielder was most likely suffering from knee ligament problems, but the exact severity was not known at this time and needed to be sent to the hospital for a more in-depth examination. This conclusion is basically consistent with the preliminary situation given by the FM system, and it seems that Li Mudi will have to be prepared to lose the top scorer for a long time.

There was no time to think about the troubles ahead, and the Torino coach hurriedly signaled Falke, who had just been called up by assistant coach Sumfield to warm up, to get ready, and the first dead ball after the restart would be replaced. The Spanish winger, who has just survived the car accident, will play the shadow striker position after coming on the field, but he can move more on the two wings according to the layout of the opponent's defense and his own habits, which is equivalent to the role of a free man in the frontcourt.

In the 31st minute, the home team played a delicate combination after forming a siege momentum, and Benassi suddenly sent a long diagonal pass over the top about 15 meters from the top of the opponent's penalty area in the middle. Falke, who had only been on the field for seven or eight minutes, suddenly started, shook off the central midfielder Bessa, who had been marking him, and rushed into the right side of the penalty area at high speed, without stopping the ball near the bottom line, and directly crossed the ball to the middle with a hook pass. Immobile outflanked the goalmouth like a ghost, outstretched his left foot between the two centre-backs and smashed the ball into the left side of the net. Due to the proximity, the visiting goalkeeper Nicholas had no power to resist and could only raise his hand in surrender. 1-0 gave Torino the lead and reassured supporters who feared that the team would not be able to attack enough after Belotti was gone.

After that, the game was officially included in the rhythm of the home team, although the Verona side wanted to strengthen the attack to equalize the score, but due to the huge pressure faced by the back line, it has not been able to do its best to attack, and it has gradually been suppressed to the point that it can only play defensive counterattack tactics, and it is difficult to play its own advantages.

A solo strike just before half-time helped extend the advantage and severely demoralized the visitors, forcing them to make changes in the last 45 minutes, which led to another drop in their own defence. First of all, a brief introduction to the goal, the home team's left wing-back received a pass from Diego Llorente at the back of the side, and suddenly got up and dribbled forward. He deceived centre-back Romulo with a beautiful duffle, and then made a one-two with Benassi, sprinting in between right-back Cáceres and centre-back Ferrari and scurrying across the middle before the defenders were in place. Immobile naturally did not refuse a second chance to eat the cake, and easily scored in front of the goal, and the score immediately became 2-0.

After the break, Pezia, who was unwilling to surrender, made two changes in a row, but they were all adjustments, and the 4-3-3 formation remained unchanged. He is clearly hoping that young player Mattia Valotti, who joined from AC Milan, can take on the role of playmaker in midfield and allow Verona's attacking power to be unleashed. However, the visitors' intentions were met before they could be confirmed, and in the 62nd minute, Varotti added another name to Torino's injury list when he tackled Silvestri in a scramble.

After the team doctor's diagnosis and FM system showed that the right wingback's right calf was cut by the opponent's shoe spike, although it was not too serious, but it could not hold on any longer, and had to be replaced by the teenager Dickman, and the home team lost two players in a row in the first hour of the game.

But this is not over, five minutes later, Immobile was also inadvertently concentrated on the bridge of his nose by the opposing central defender Caracciolo when he was scrambling for a header in the penalty area, and the bones were not broken, but the sourness was also unbearable for ordinary people. Seeing that the referee did not mean to give the opponent a foul, Li Mudi did not plan to argue more, but immediately replaced the former Lazio striker who had scored two goals and was looking for a chance to complete a hat-trick. The team has lost Belotti who doesn't know how long it will take to return, and the remaining strong goalscorer is saying that nothing can happen anymore and must be protected.

But who knew that this unintended substitution was instead an unexpected surprise, and the young man helped the home team seal the victory after just seven minutes of play. A mistake from Verona gave the Torino player a chance to counter-attack, and Benassi sent a through ball into the middle at high speed, but the footwork was not mastered and the ball was intercepted by Caracciolo who fell to the ground. However, good luck befell the home team at this time, and the ball flew up and smashed on the head of Ferrari, who was staring at Manuel Pellegri, not only stunned the latter, but also formed a precise assist, so that the home team youngster, who was already in front of the back line at this time, easily got a golden opportunity to single out Nicolas.

As a result, Manuel Pellegri fired a powerful shot from around 10 yards to break through Verona's almost undefended city, helping his team to a three-goal lead and scoring his second league goal of the season, continuing to break the record of his career and football post-zero player.

After 3-0, the visitors finally stopped thinking about whether they would concede more goals and began to attack desperately, hoping to score at least one goal to save some face. And the home team that is sure to win is also recovering from the trend, playing counterattacks when they have the opportunity, and trying to keep the goal without losing the goal if they don't have the chance, and strive to get a complete victory.

However, the Verona forward line, which has been completely released, is really powerful, and Moses Keane, who has disappeared from the field soon after the opening, has also begun to show his power, and it seems that he does not want to let Pellegri, who is a year younger than him, specialize in the front. The black striker, who is of Ivory Coast descent, has great potential, even if he is still a little thin, but his skill and awareness are at the top of his age, and the Torino coach is very eye-catching. If Juventus is willing to sell it, Li Muddy will definitely find a way to snatch this genius embryo, and the forward combination of him and Pellegri is exciting to think about, and the picture is simply not too perfect!

In the 87th minute, Verona's siege paid off, substitute veteran Pazzini burst into the left side of the box after receiving a through ball from a team-mate, his cross caused chaos in front of the home goal, and after two or three rebounds, the ball fell to Keane, who deftly unloaded the ball and then immediately volleyed with his left foot. Luckily, Casillas' positioning and anticipation were brilliant enough to drag the powerful close-range strike off the crossbar with his right palm, a stunning shot that could be selected as one of the top 10 saves of the week. Moses, who had missed this great opportunity, sat on his knees on the grass with his head in his hands, his face full of disbelief.

Li Mudi once came to the sidelines to instruct his players to create more threats in the front court and not to keep shrinking in defense, but in the face of Verona, who had already played with momentum, the home team still failed to push out, and was still in a passive posture in the next few minutes, which also brought an opportunity for the final score of the game to change.

In the 92nd minute, Faris's cross from the side hit the arm of Bonifaczi in the box, and the referee immediately blew the whistle to award a penalty. The Torino players stepped forward to say that it was an unintentional handball and should not have been whistled for a defensive foul, while Li Mudi and other home team coaches kept gesturing the referee and the fourth official to watch the VAR and carefully discern whether the decision was wrong. It's a pity that they didn't persuade the referee to change the verdict, so they could only accept the result with reluctance.

Casillas, who was good at saving penalties, was on the right track, but his pace was still too slow, and Pazzini's shot was so angular and powerful that it almost hit the side-netting against the left-hand post. Hellas Verona stubbornly managed a late goal and could leave the Stadio Olimpico Turin with their heads up.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Argentine midfielder Bruno Zucurini, who had played for Manchester City and Valencia, was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards, but that didn't affect the big picture. In the end, the Red Bulls sat at home, and despite the injury of Belotti and Silvestri, they still failed to achieve the goal of a clean sheet, and only won 3-1 against promoted Hellas Verona. Although it is to regain the feeling of winning in the league after losing to Juventus, but from the actual gains, it is actually worth the loss, combined with the car accidents of Falke and Belotti some time ago, the team's recent luck is indeed a little suffered, and the situation is not very optimistic!

At the same time, the other four games that kicked off at the same time also had results, Inter Milan defeated the vice-captain Benevento 2-1, which caused a lot of heated discussions among netizens, although Spalletti's team won two consecutive wins, but the state does not look good, the next round is the much-watched Milan derby, I don't know if they can use the two weeks brought by the national team break to make adjustments; The weak chickens between Spahr and Crotone pecked each other 1-1; Lazio beat Sassuolo 6-1 at home to show their strength; The Purple Lilies were the only strong team to lose in an upset, losing 2-1 to Chievo and performing well below expectations for the new season.

Sunday's final two matches were heavyweight clashes, with AC Milan hosting Roma and Montella's meeting with his former club and former team-mate Di Francesco attracting a lot of attention. The result was somewhat surprising, although the number of shots of the Rossoneri was against the opponent, but the target was very few, and there were all kinds of waves of shots throughout the game, among which the Turkish striker Calhanoglu, who was known as the "King of the Ball", contributed 6 0 in 0 data, and the performance was really bad enough.

In the end, the Red Wolves won 2-0 away thanks to two goals in five minutes of the second half, but they did not return to the capital happily, Dutch midfielder Kevin Stroman was injured by team-mate Fazio after half an hour of early play, and substitute Lorenzo Pellegrini also injured his right leg in the game, and finally had to stay on the field until the finish because the substitutions were exhausted, which was as bad as the Red Bulls.

However, winning is better than losing, AC Milan has been pulled by Napoli with seven consecutive wins after two consecutive defeats, and it seems that Rossoneri's dream of winning the title this season can be declared an early end.

The final game was Atalanta at home to Juventus, and the defending champions finally stopped winning the new league season on this day, and they were beaten twice by Poseidon Son in a two-goal lead, the first of which was scored by Bianconeri loanee centre-back Caldara, which only made their hierarchy and coaching staff laugh.

It is worth mentioning that VAR is once again the protagonist in this game. In the 58th minute, Lichtsteiner broke through on the right and returned the pass, Dybala crossed with his left foot, Mandzukic scored with a header at a small angle at the back post, but the referee consulted with the video assistant referee and determined that Lichtsteiner had previously raised his elbow to hit Alejandro Gomez in the face during the break, so the goal was ruled invalid, and Lichtsteiner was also given a yellow card. Although the Juventus players gathered around to ask for an explanation, they could not change the result and missed a good opportunity to stretch the score to two goals again.

The second time VAR intervened in the game came in the 81st minute, when Dybala's free-kick from 19 yards in front of goal hit the wall, and referee Antonio D'Amato blew a penalty directly. After protests from all over Atalanta, the video assistant referee was also trying to say something through headphones, but the referee insisted on the penalty. As a result, the slow motion of the broadcaster showed that the ball hit Petagna's right shoulder and should not have been a handball foul. However, I don't know if it was destined to be ordained, although Dybala's penalty was not slow, but the angle was still a little poor, and it was brilliantly saved by Berisha, which also ensured that Yatala got this difficult point.

After seven league games, Napoli is still the only one who has not dropped points, and the outside world is optimistic that Maurizio Sarri has a chance to overthrow Juventus' dynasty, but it is too early to say this, and there is still time until mid-May next year, and no one knows what the final result will be.