Chapter 159: Two Tough Wins in a Row (Part II)

As soon as Red Babe came on the pitch, he received a diagonal cross from Hesse on the left flank, and he still found an opportunity to kick the ball under the bag of players on both sides of the opponent's side, but this time the long-range shot from nearly 40 meters away from the opponent's goal was still far out of the woodwork.

Pescara, who played one more person on the field, naturally did not easily let the opponent turn over, they suddenly strengthened the intensity of the scramble, and if they couldn't do it, they would directly foul and resolutely stifle the counterattack of the visiting team. Left-back Biraghi and striker Caprari were booked within two minutes, and in order to strengthen the threat in the opposition penalty area, Odd also replaced 22-year-old defender Francesco Zampano with central defender Michele Fornasier, who has a yellow card, and replaced midfielder Cristante with 19-year-old Albanian striker Rey Manaj. Wants to suppress the Torino team with a stronger attack. As it turned out, those two substitutions decided the final outcome of the game.

In the 72nd minute, Benelli sent in a through ball under the mark of Vives, and Caprari gained a small advantage in the race for Avilar's pace, forcing a curling cross from the right and heading straight for the post. Manai, who is 1.82 meters tall, took advantage of his physical strength to catch the ball half in front of Moretti, and it was a powerful header attack. Joe Hart reacted at the level of a god, subconsciously raising his fists and lifting the ball, after a small line change, hit the visiting team's crossbar and bounced high into the air. The England goal, whose second reaction was still quick, jumped with all his strength after judging the landing point, and picked the ball off like an ape. The attack, the first touch of the game by the new Albanian striker, caused the visitors to break out in a cold sweat and plunged the entire Stadio Adriatico into a huge sigh.

In the 75th minute, Jesse won a well-placed free kick for the team in a counterattack, and Li Mudi instructed all the players over 180 cm tall to go up, and in addition to Barceli, who was about to take the free kick, Bruno Perez, captain Wives and Jesse were left behind to defend. Even so, Kastan at 186cm, Avilar at 185cm, Benassi at 184cm, Moretti at 182cm and Belotti at 181cm were the five tall visitors in the Pescara penalty area who were putting them under pressure. Fortunately, the home team's defenders also have a lot of players between 180 and 185 in size, which makes the "Bantam Tigers" in their front court not use the magic skills of stacking Arhats. However, the 186-centimeter-tall Fornacer has been replaced, depriving Pescara of its most powerful anti-aircraft weapon, which also gives the Torino team a rare opportunity.

When Baseli was about to start the penalty kick, the referee's whistle sounded, it turned out that there was a player in the penalty area who was grabbing the position with his hand too much, Kastan's shorts were almost pulled off by the opposing player, and Avilar and Zampano on the side also played with a grappling. After the referee verbally warned both players to be honest, a whistle blew to signal that the ball was ready to serve. Barcelona then whipped a powerful long ball from the right and flew quickly towards the back post of the home goal. At the back post was midfielder Valerio Verre, who found his way in an intense physical duel when the experienced Moretti headed the ball back to the other post with a very difficult aerial movement. And Pescara goalkeeper Albano Benjamin Bizzarri, who once played for Real Madrid, after judging the landing point, has moved quickly like the back post for the first time, and suddenly saw the ball fly back to the front post, so he hurriedly adjusted his center of gravity, and his legs were ready to force back into place. Unfortunately, just as he was back in his position on the other side of the goal, Belotti carried Biraghi in the small penalty area here, and hit the goal with a header in the opposite direction with his forehead, and the ball went straight to the back post. Bisari had no choice at all this time, his center of gravity was not yet fully stabilized, and the consciousness of wanting to make a save was still there, but his body was unable to react for the time being, so he had to watch the football fly into the corner of his upper right. 0-1, Turin, who played away and was sent off early, finally knocked on the opponent's goal with the attack of this set-piece.

As the away players gathered around the stadium to celebrate the hard-won goal, there were no big boos in the stadium, and Li Mudi on the sidelines was also excited. He roared excitedly, then hugged the coaches and substitutes who jumped out of the dugout, and signaled to Febas to get ready as soon as possible, he was about to come on to replace Jesus, and the team would become a four-midfield position and start to defend the one-goal advantage.

Just as assistant coach Kevin Sumfield followed the Spanish midfielder as he gave his final warm-up instructions and explained the tactical arrangements that the team was going to change after coming on the pitch, the two teams that restarted did not follow the Torino manager's script for the rest of the story. Romanian midfielder Alexandru Mitrita, who had just been substituted after the goal, showed indomitable courage after receiving Aquilani's ball, relying on his young and strong physical fitness and much better physical advantage, directly ignoring the veteran Wives's man-to-man defense and choosing to eat the opponent raw. The Torino captain could not keep up with the strong pace of his opponent, and after being forced to pass, he had to make a side-to-back tackle. Unfortunately, the opponent's speed exceeded his expectations, and this kick failed to touch the ball, but kicked Mitrita's left heel, causing the Romanian to "fly" with a "snort" and then roll on the lawn.

Now the home team fans were gone, and the loud shouts and boos resounded throughout the stadium, and the rest of the Pescara players also ran forward, looking like they were desperately trying to find old Wives. Fortunately, the people on the Turin side are not vegetarians, and everyone has built a human wall to protect their big brother, and the players on both sides will inevitably quarrel and even push each other in the confrontation. Fortunately, the referee on duty ran to the place of the incident in time, first briefly inquired about the situation of the injured, and after signaling the stretcher to go on the field, he came to the captain of the away team who looked calm not far away, took out the red card from his shorts pocket and sent it off the field directly, and in the next ten minutes, the Torino team had to accept the dilemma of nine to eleven.

And just when the scene just fell into chaos, with deafening boos, Li Mudi signaled to his assistant to suspend the substitution adjustment that had just been discussed, and after quickly going through the technical characteristics of the remaining players on the field except for Vives, he walked quickly to Sumfield's side. Because the noise at the scene was too loud, he had to explain a few words in a loud voice from the ear of the assistant coach, but the Englishman, who had always had a "frozen face", instantly had a very surprised expression. Seeing that the other party did not raise a word of objection, Li Mudi turned around and walked to the sideline close to the foul site after patting him on the shoulder, and looked at the development of the situation in the field with a breezy expression, and after a while, the first captain of Turin, who had just thrown the captain's armband to Moretti, came.

Although he has a whopping 17 aggression and is a very card-loving player in terms of his style of play, Wivis is not a very dirty man by nature. His dirty tendencies are only 12, just on the passing line, coupled with the professionalism and sportsmanship of Double 18, we can roughly judge that the Torino captain has no subjective intention to abolish the opponent, although his tackle just now is a little dangerous, but the outstretched foot has been close to the ground. The FM system also showed that Mitrita did not have any injuries, and the pain may be real, but his posture of being useless and having to go directly to a wheelchair is definitely pretended. And this veteran, who plays as a midfielder and central midfielder, has been doing all kinds of dirty work, and has only been directly red card 10 times in his previous 19 professional seasons, with an average of only once every two years, which is extremely low.

Although the Torino captain, who walked slowly off the field with a grim face at this time, had the strongest willpower (the FM system gave a value of 20 out of 20) and was very experienced, he felt extremely guilty and uneasy at the thought that the team was about to be in an extremely passive situation because of a foul that he didn't seem to need right now. There are two fewer people in the opponent's home game, and there is no other way than to defend it, but Torino's defensive strength is really limited, and the first four rounds have to concede an average of 1.5 goals per game in the case of eleven to eleven. This expectation makes Vives, who wants to lead the team to create good results, inevitably ask himself in his heart whether he is really old and not suitable to play in such a fierce league as Serie A? But when he was about to step out of the field, he unexpectedly received a hug from the team coach, Li Mudi patted the back of the team captain very hard, and said in the other party's ear: "This game is very good, now go back to the locker room and take a good shower, and then cheer for your teammates together!" Then he let go of his arms, and let Vives, who looked a little strange, continue to walk towards the player's tunnel.

Just as Pescara's players were about to take the free-kick, the referee blew the whistle for the visitors to make a substitution, with Spanish winger Farke coming off the bench to replace compatriot Jesse. This substitution immediately made the commentator of the Italian broadcaster shout that he couldn't understand it, and there were two fewer people on the field - of course, there is still one person at the moment, the injured Mitrita is still receiving treatment on the sidelines, and the only option for Torino seems to be to hold on, and it stands to reason that he should be replaced by Jesus, after all, the Spaniard's physical strength has almost been exhausted, and staying on the field will not play a role. However, it should be more appropriate to play a defender or defensive midfielder, so as to strengthen the already weak defensive line, but Li Mudi actually used a counterpoint substitution, what kind of routine is this?

In the broadcast room of the Celestial Empire, Zhang Lu's guidance is analyzing whether it is better to replace Belotti, who has just come on the field and scored the only goal before, in the situation that he must defend with all his strength, leaving a forward with a speed advantage in front to involve the opponent's backline, so that the home team does not dare to use all its strength to press the situation, which may be more beneficial to the defense of the Torino team.

And just when everyone was still confused, they were very shocked to find that Falke occupied the midfield line and did not retreat to participate in the defense at all, at most he grabbed the reverse ball on the opponent's back line near this line. And the red babe who had been at the front before actually appeared in the middle of the midfield, playing the role of a tackle-grabbing midfielder, and the commentators didn't know how to comment on it. But two minutes later, they all praised Li Mudi's clever move. Belotti is very good in terms of aggression, bravery, work commitment, willpower, speed, balance, endurance and strength, but he is very good at marking and tackles, but with the physical advantage and the complement of his teammates, he can maximize the "stalking" defensive style, it doesn't matter if he is once he is played, he can catch up with it in two steps and continue to entangle. Because he drove his opponents everywhere like a mad dog, Pescara's players really couldn't make much of a difference in the middle for a while, and although the two wings could still send crosses, they were slightly lacking in heading ability compared to the Torino central defenders, and the attacking players on the home team's side were even worse. Manayi's heading ability is only 12, but this is the most powerful among the frontcourt players, another striker Caprari in addition to being only 171 cm tall, the heading ability is a pitiful 7, combined with only 6 bounces, Li Mudi feels that he can't compete with himself.

So in the last ten minutes of the game, everyone continued to see Belotti, who is currently the top scorer in the list, transformed into a super midfielder, defending the technical midfielders of the home team such as Ahmed Benelli and Aquilani without the slightest temper. Pescara's more than a dozen side crosses were all pushed out by the visiting team's backline, this attack did not even complete a single attack, but the visitors played a quick counterattack in the 89th minute, Falke after frantically dribbling for more than 60 meters, under the bag to the opponent's right corner flag, grinding for more than half a minute before giving the home team a sideline ball.

In the third minute of stoppage time, Joe Hart was booked by the referee for delaying the time on the kick-off and taking off his gloves to tie his shoes. However, it will come, and when the ball is driven into the air, the whistle for the end of the game sounds, and the small goal of two consecutive wins pursued by Li Mudi is finally achieved.