Chapter 139: The first defeat in his career

At this time, most of the media reporters who have been following the game have sorted out the manuscripts in their hands, and the content is much the same, Montella's Milan debut ended perfectly, and the Celestial Empire coach suffered a head-on blow in Italy, but those who were not optimistic about Li Mudi before were more sarcastic and ridiculed between words. There are a few reporters who are not professional enough to strictly prohibit and are anxious to get the news published on their website as soon as possible, and they have even sent the manuscript that has just been rushed out to the editor-in-chief without waiting for the end of the competition, completely ignoring the fact that the fourth official just held up the display card for four minutes of stoppage time, maybe in their minds nothing important will happen in these few minutes.

Li Mudi of the Celestial Empire is also a miserable voice, with various game analysis, evaluations and posters emerging in an endless stream, although it is inevitable that some sunspots will come over and say something "How about it, the prototype will be revealed in one game!" "Disgrace to the people of the Celestial Empire!" Such negative words, but under the maintenance of several administrators, the entire post bar is still dominated by comforting and encouraging posts, and everyone is affirming Li Mudi's first Serie A performance.

One of the netizens with the ID of "Lin Danda" even sent out a building sticker for the head coach of Turin, and more than 400 netizens participated in it in less than two minutes, and they left various blessings and hearts here, hoping that Li Mudi can get out of the shadow of defeat as soon as possible and lead the team to find the rhythm of victory again.

At this time, Li Mudi himself has returned to the coach's seat, and has accepted the first defeat of his coaching career in his heart, after all, although his team is at the same level as the opponent in terms of strength, it is still slightly inferior because of the problem of coordination. AC Milan had a better chance of winning at home, and with the unexpected injury of Rajadzic, who was responsible for his main duties, and Baka's sudden outburst today, the victory seemed to be taken for granted. But he still gave his Serie A debut a failing score of 4 points in his heart for two reasons: he knew in advance through the FM system that the Colombian center forward was in good shape and could not be treated according to the usual situation, but he still did not have the courage to send Vallejo, who was more energetic, because he did not dare to put several veterans on the bench in one round of the league, and half of the responsibility for Moretti's nightmare performance was on himself; Again, if Rajadzic is so dominant in this tactical system, why hasn't he had a replacement in advance prepared? His injury led to the team losing their flexible switching options in attack and having to fight on the wings, and that substitution now seems debatable. A better option would have been to go straight to Baseli and change the formation to 5-3-2, with Wives dragging the back, Baseli and Benassi playing as a double central midfielder, and Jesse fixing on the shadow striker, handing both wings to Bruno Perez and Avilar, so that the team's defensive ability will not drop, and perhaps the last two goals may be avoided.

But it's too late to say anything, I have to accept this defeat, but I can gain some growth from it and I haven't returned to Turin empty-handed, I believe that with this lesson, I will be more calm in the next games, and the Torino coach can only comfort himself now.

But just when everyone on the sidelines was waiting for the referee to blow the whistle for the end of the game, the Torino team took advantage of the slackness of the home team's players to complete a series of attacks.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Jesse received a pass from Baseli, beat Kuczka and Montolivo in succession, and then fired a left-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball was disrupted by Paletta in the box. Avelar, who received the ball on the left, did not stop the ball and passed directly into the penalty area again, and Rossettini, who had rushed from his own penalty area to the opponent's goal, pressed the home team's substitute Bertolaci to return to the point with a header, and Baseli entered the penalty area and pushed the far corner of the goal 9 meters from the goal on the right side of the penalty spot. Donnarumma was too late to react to the distractions of too many people in the box, and by the time he saw the ball through the crowd and straight towards the goal, it was too late, allowing the ball to pass through his own defensive area for the second time in the game. 2-3, the Red Bulls narrowed the gap to one goal.

The cheers of the Milan fans immediately subsided, and the coaches and substitutes on the Torino side rushed to the sidelines to give a thumbs up to the team's tenacious style. Li Mudi was even more excited, shouting loudly to signal the disciples on the field not to be immersed in celebration, and to seize the last time to see if they could score another goal. He summoned Kastan, who had been at the back, to his side and told him to stop struggling in midfield, and the tall men rushed into the Milan penalty area, and the people behind him slammed into the Milan penalty area, and at the same time controlled the second drop point and shot from distance when they had the chance. The defense at the back was handed over to Perez and Falke, who were relatively shortest, so that they could stop them with fouls in time when the opponent wanted to play a quick counter-attack, even if they would get a red card. He believes that the players of Montella and Milan will definitely defend to the end, not daring to threaten the Torino goal with their own attacking efforts and force them to give up their all-out attacking stance.

As it turned out, Li Mudi was right again, except for leaving Niang near the center circle to prepare for a counterattack, all the other players on the field retreated to the backline, ready to carry the last two or three minutes. As a result, the ball flew like a missile, constantly flying from the two wings and the visitors' midfield into the Milan penalty area, and the two sides began to fight for the header, and the second drop point that was pushed out of the box was completely controlled by the Torino side.

During this period, the visitors completed a total of five crosses and three long balls from the front, but unfortunately failed to cause the opponent's mistakes, got the opportunity to score, and the time was exhausted little by little, until the referee saw that it was already in the final half minute of stoppage time, ready to pick up the whistle and blow the moment, the fans and media reporters watching the game in the field, in front of the TV and on the Internet were nervous and seemed to forget to breathe.

Benasi's sixth cross from the right couldn't get past Romagnori, but the latter broke it intact, and the ball returned to the former's feet, only to see him make a feint to shake off Antonelli, who had come up to steal, and once again got up to pass the ball into the back of the box. A hole finally appeared in Milan's backline, where Vallejo flicked the ball down the middle of the pitch against fellow Spaniard Suso, who was half a head shorter than him, and Belotti was ready to chest the ball two metres before the penalty spot, but was pulled down by Paletta behind him while swinging his leg. At this time, all the Torino members on and off the field raised their arms and shouted "foul", and Li Mudi had even run along the touchline to the linesman on the opposing side, explaining to him that it was an unmistakable penalty. The Milan players signaled that the red babe faked the fall, and together with the boos of more than 70,000 home fans at the scene, they put pressure on the referee. However, the referee who was standing on the line of the big penalty area just now had a good sight, clearly saw the whole process of physical contact, and decisively walked up to the players of the two teams who surrounded him, pointed his right hand at the penalty spot, and then took out a yellow card and showed it to Paletta, who was sent off with two yellows and one red, and Torino got a great opportunity to equalize.

At this time, the media reporters were already going crazy, especially the few people who had already sent the manuscript away, and when Torino pulled back a goal just now, they hurriedly called their website editors to inform them not to send it out, and they needed to make changes immediately. The score hasn't changed from 3 to 1 to 3 to 2, and it's going to be 3 to 3 in an instant, which is too dramatic. And the major football forums of the Celestial Empire and Li Mudi posted a bar that also boiled again, and many people left "NB! "I'm convinced! to express their inner excitement about this reversal. Lin Danda" a few minutes ago sent the blessing post has become the hottest topic at the moment, many people will be able to turn Turin into a flat credit to the Torino coach fans on the blessing of the Turin coach, of course, there are also many "old" fans who paid attention to Li Mudi last season think that the goddess of luck who has never left has favored Xiao Li again, so that he can always turn danger into a disaster whenever he encounters a critical moment, and he is worthy of being the most fortunate head coach of the Celestial Empire.

At the scene, Li Mudi, who saw the referee award a penalty, was already excited and couldn't help himself, and hugged every coach and substitute player around him frantically, eager to turn a few times on the sidelines to vent the joy in his heart. These boys on the field are so powerful, they just kicked back the game that they had already given up, it was really a good lesson for everyone, especially the head coach himself, it seems that they had to give them a big praise after the game, and the Torino coach couldn't help but think so in his heart at this time. And another Montella, who also couldn't sit still, also came to the sidelines, looking at his own goal with a gloomy face, the boiled duck actually flew like this, and no one could stand it!

But just when everyone thought that this game was about to become a classic battle of the new season with a thrilling draw, the referee blew the whistle to signal that it was time to take a penalty, and Torino's top scorer Belotti personally took the penalty, and his powerful and straight push into the lower right corner of the goal was blocked by Milan goalkeeper Donnarumma's flying side! Abate was the first to hit the spot and kicked the ball off the sideline, and the fans let out a deafening cheer, while Red Babe knelt in front of the penalty spot with an incredible expression, holding his head in his hands and in pain. Before the visitors could rush to the touchline to take the throw-in, the whistle blew and AC Milan got the league season off to a great start with a dramatic win over Torino, leaving the Red Bulls supporters in disbelief and tears on and off the pitch. Montella's first win at his new club was built on the pain of the first defeat of Limdoudi's coaching career, which became a major attraction in the post-match media commentary.

The Torino coach also had a blank mind at the moment when the penalty was saved, feeling that his body was hollowed out all of a sudden, and he didn't know what to do at all. However, he came to his senses in time, first turned back and comforted the substitutes around him who were still making disbelieving expressions, like a row of big-eyed cute Minions, and then turned to look at the Milan coach who was about to greet him, and the two of them simply shook hands, blessed each other and then parted. Li Mudi turned around again and walked into the stadium, hugged each player in turn, whispered a few words of comfort in their ears, and slowly moved like this, and finally came to Belotti, who was still kneeling with his head bowed in the penalty area. The young man was already a little distracted, his eyes were out of focus, and he didn't have much strength up and down, except that he didn't shed tears, just like a weak woman who had just suffered from a bad man or something in a TV series.

This is Belotti's sixth season in the senior team, and apart from his first year as a substitute at parent club Albino Leffe, he has been a regular in the team for the second four seasons, playing a total of 135 official games, including 73 in Serie A, scoring a total of 41 goals. Although he is not a big star, he can be called experienced at the age of less than 23 years old, but he has never encountered such a key event that directly determines the life and death of the team by himself, especially when he missed this penalty, it is estimated that this kid will be troubled by this matter in his nightmares for a period of time in the future.

Although it was very frustrating to lose, Li Mudi only felt uncomfortable for a while and adjusted his mentality, this is only the first game of the league, and there are still 37 games waiting for them to fight, and there is no time to feel sorry for themselves. So after looking behind Red Beibei for a short period of more than ten seconds, he raised his left hand and patted the back of the other party's head, and after he came back to his senses, he turned to his body and squatted down and poked out his head, holding the young man's head with one hand and slowly pulling it in his direction, and finally formed a situation where the head was on top of the head. The eyes of the two men were only a few centimeters apart, and the Torino coach stared at each other's eyes and said in a deep voice: "My plan for this game was to strive for three points, and at the worst I had to get one point, but unfortunately the result was not satisfactory." But the responsibility for losing wasn't with your last shot, a big part of it was because of my poor pre-game tactics and secondly because we made some mistakes at the back. Actually, at 1-3, I gave up, so you were able to almost equalize in the end, and I was very surprised and very happy, and you did something that I couldn't even think of, it's amazing. ”

Because of his own mistake that caused the team to lose, Belotti has been blaming himself for the shot just now, but now when he heard that the head coach not only did not complain that he brought him the first defeat of his career, but still had a gesture of appreciation, his heart suddenly felt a little moved, and he felt that this Celestial Empire man with only one season of coaching experience was still very good.