Chapter 558: Metaphysics Strikes Might

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It's Women's Day again, but there's little celebration in some of Europe's most famous football cities, with the exception of Turin, an important city in northern Italy. While half of it looks calm on the surface like the sea, but there is an undercurrent surging underneath, the other half is as hot and fierce as a flame, because the Celestial Empire who once brought them infinite memories has returned.

Torino have been in excellent form this season, leading the league with two points and reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with Gasperini temporarily on par with legendary coach Luigi Ferrero, who led the team to two consecutive Serie A titles in 1945-47.

However, when Li Mudi led Arsenal to the Caselle airport, he still saw the touching scene of thousands of Torino fans coming to meet the airport, and from the banner that everyone unfurled, he felt the true value of living and working in the city for three years, and his mood was inevitably excited.

It was only due to the safety of the airport and the tight time for the team to check into the hotel that he was unable to communicate too much with these people who still supported him so much, so he had to bow in the distance to express his gratitude.

Not only these lovely fans, but also the old club Torino Club also opened the door to Li Mudi and the Gunners, not only providing them with a training ground where they can train at any time, but also privately bringing out the latest information of Juventus for the reference of the visiting Arsenal coaching staff.

Of course, these so-called first-hand information are dispensable for Li Mudi, with the FM system in hand, all the ecstasy and smoke bombs played by Conte and his old woman are like papier-mâché magic, and they are debunked with a single stab.

Juventus is at a low point after seven consecutive Serie A titles, although after the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo, they finally fulfilled their Champions League dream for more than 20 years, but this football superman is not from Krypton after all, he can only try to delay, but he is powerless to stop the influence of the old man of time.

Born in February 1985, a generation of quasi-ball kings, at the age of 37, he still failed to continue the legend to the end, and he lost his explosive power, he can no longer bring endless fear to opposing defenders in the center position, except for the small tricks and incomparable experience to get rid of on the spot, fans can no longer ask for more.

Juventus brought in Mauro Icardi last summer, re-signed youngster Moise Keane with a pay raise, and allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to spend almost the entire season on the bench watching his team-mates fight for the first time since joining Sporting in 2002-03, which is not a reality that people, especially the president's fans, can accept.

That's why Ronaldo's old partner Mendes announced in the middle of the winter break on behalf of his client that the Portuguese legend, whose contract is about to expire, will leave Italy at the end of this season and return to his home country to continue to seek the joy of football, causing people to sigh endlessly.

Coincidentally, Messi, one of the other peerless duo who is two years younger than him, was also revealed by the Spanish media this winter that he would be able to go to the United States to start a new career after this season. If this is really the case, then for those fans born after the end of the 80s, the upcoming summer is obviously a catastrophe for them, I really don't know what kind of commemorative activities will appear at that time, and the people who eat melons are still quite looking forward to it now.

However, since Icardi's injury has left him out of the two-legged clash with the Gunners, Conte will have to choose one of the two in the selection of the centre-forward, although he has been answering questions from the media and has refused to give a clear answer to who will start, but if there are Juventus scouts who can break through the obstacles and sneak a sneak peek at Arsenal's tactical lesson, then I believe the old lady will frown, because the England team's defensive strategy is clearly formulated against Moise Keane.

In fact, in terms of tactical style, the Bianconeri, who must strive to win at home, naturally need a center forward who can create a certain threat to the opponent's defense in positional battles, so among these two strikers with a 15-year-old age difference and very different technical styles, Ronaldo, who is naturally more powerful and experienced, is more suitable to start. However, the FM system clearly shows that the president's recent competitive form has not been very good, even if he only came off the bench for less than 20 minutes in the league last weekend and retained enough energy, he has not been able to adjust his form.

In the face of the crucial first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, even the passionate Conte did not dare to take a huge risk to bet that Ronaldo could suddenly find the feeling of his feet in the game, so choosing Keane, who is in good condition, has become the only answer, and Li Mudi is still very sure of this.

Sure enough, when the starting line-ups were revealed in the first half hour of the game, the Gunners boss's prediction was confirmed, which gave his players a huge amount of confidence as they thought they had done their work and it would be easier to deal with.

Although Keane, who was born in 2000, is only 22 years old now, according to the normal growth curve of players, he has just entered the first stable period of ability, and there is still a certain distance from the peak. There are exceptions, though, and the young striker, who is to Ivorian parents, has been identified by the FM system with a whopping 182 potential, which is higher than Milan's duo of Cutrone and Pinamonti, and only Manuel Pellegri can match him.

From the scouting tools used by Li Mudi on December 31 last year, it can be known that the current ability of the Juventus striker has reached 161, which is the highest of the four, and the increase is also the largest since the exploration half a year ago. If he continues at this rate, it won't take him two years to reach the top of his list and become the strongest striker of all Italian nationalities.

For now, Keane's strengths are his excellent off-ball movement, agility, dribbling ability and finishing touches, which has given him the potential to transform into a central midfield as a young winger, similar to Thierry Henry's back then.

And he is 1.84 meters tall thanks to his parents, and he has a super physique that is not weaker than Drogba and Ronaldo at their peak in the past. , very few injuries, and recovery is quicker than normal, African ancestry is really amazing.

It's just that his weaknesses are also obvious, teamwork and work commitment are only 10 (full value 20), and the speed does not reflect the advantages of black people, 14 speed and 15 explosiveness can only be regarded as the middle and lower grade in his race and overall physical fitness.

In addition, as a center forward, Keane temporarily lacks the ability to hold the ball with his back and the courage to fight hard with the opponent's tall central defender, which has also become the target of Li Mudi's key arrangement.

For the home team, Conte's 4-3-3 squad has nothing new except for the central striker position, the two-sided striker of Douglas Gersta and Bernardeschi is already the most basic configuration, the midfielders Pjanic and Bentancur have also started as unexpected, and the replacement of Milinkovic Savic is the choice of Frenchman Tolisso, who just joined from Bayern Munich last summer, and the squad still looks very strong.

After the opening, Juventus showed the momentum of the home game, the players ran very actively, and the tactical aspect was also dominated by passing and possession, although they did not directly besiege Arsenal, but with the support of nearly 10,000 fans on the scene, they still firmly controlled the initiative on the field.

However, Li Mudi was not stupid enough to play against the Allianz Arena, he still emphasized the stability of the defense, and arranged for Ndidi and Torreira to start together, in order to strangle the opponent's central breakthrough and drive the ball to the two wings as much as possible. Under the joint defense of Llorente, Harry Maguire and Mustafi, Keane's immature individual assault could not even make a splash, and the only attack that Juve could create a little threat was the inward cutting of the two wingers, but it was still difficult to find the best rhythm under the deliberate targeting.

Conte's side dominated 71 per cent of possession throughout the first half and led the way in shots on goal with 3-of-3 shots, but there was not a single real threat to Leno. The loss of Savic and Icardi, who are at their prime, has too much impact on the whole team, and they no longer have the immediacy of Mandzukic and Dybala on the bench, and it is difficult to adjust.

Just in terms of the current bench depth, Arsenal's advantage is more than a little bit and a half, Li Mudi has been pursuing the concept of multi-player play, each player can play an effective role in the team, although it is only a slight success, but compared with those who use a set of main forces to play the world, the number of rotation players is not more than five coaches are indeed too strong. Even Conte is not the kind of rigid person, but the current two core injuries are suspended, and the situation in domestic and European competitions is very urgent, so he can only insist on letting the main players play more, so that after the game comes to 75 minutes, the home team, as the dominant attacking side, has not been able to gain any physical advantage.

And when the Gunners coach suddenly blew the horn of counterattack at this time, there was something on the field that Juventus players could not keep up with the rhythm of the opponent, which made the commentators from various countries who broadcast the game live sigh that things were not good for the home team.

But Conte's team's defensive ability is undoubted, even if Chiellini retires and Bonucci leaves the team to retire, he can also pinch Allegri's poorly trained Rugani and Mourinho's bad Lindelof into a strong backline, and in the face of the sudden Arsenal attacking group, there is no panic, and several offensives of the visiting team are resolved one by one, trying to ensure that Perrin's conservative goal is not lost.

And with neither side able to create any threat in attack, the minutes ticked down and into the first minute of stoppage time, with commentators from a number of countries already starting to comment on the end of the draw with a goalless draw between the two sides, with Belasino's cross giving Arsenal their third and final corner of the game.

In Lee's arrangement, only two of the three tall centre-backs will step forward to participate in the team's set-piece attack, and given Harry Maguire's height advantage in the whole game, he occupies one of them, and the other is the more powerful Mustafi, Llorente will stay at the back to stop the possible counter-attack with Ndidi and two other team-mates.

However, this time it was Maguire and Llorente who stood in front of the home team's goal, and the German central defender's header felt very average today, and he also forced a wave of sprints with the extremely fast "dog leftover" in a defense just now, and now his legs are still a little soft, so he took the initiative to give up the opportunity to step forward, and let his teammates try their luck in the opponent's penalty area.

Due to the frequent foul actions of players on both sides pulling each other's jerseys or even hugging each other before kick-off, the referee had to blow the whistle twice to stop the game and come forward to warn. That meant Balco could kick the ball out of the corner by the time it was 93 and a half minutes, the final 30 seconds of stoppage time.

The ball was fast and arcing, and it went straight to the back of the goal, where the 1.94m Maguire was standing. Rugani, who is four centimetres shorter, was clinging to the England international, while Bentancur, who is not too tall, was also on the sidelines, making sure not to make a fatal mistake in defending the corner.

However, Maguire's strength advantage came into play at this time, he was interfered with by the opposing two defenders and even some hidden foul actions, he still took the lead in touching the incoming ball with his forehead, and also successfully sent force, but the direction of the ball was already uncontrollable.

However, I don't know if it was Lady Luck's help or Li Mudi finally clicked on the metaphysical skills like his friend Zizu, and the ball that flew to the middle of the small penalty area bounced up after hitting Tolisso's shoulder, and smashed into Llorente's face, who had not yet reacted, and then went straight to the inside of the right post of the goal.

This strange rebound method and trajectory is obviously not something that an earthling like Perrin can stop without a plug-in, he didn't make a big reaction at all, and watched the ball crash into his own net, with his face that turned white in an instant, he probably had a sentence MMP in his heart.

The Juventus crowd was also struck by the unexpected goal, and the less than 800 British fans cheered happily in front of their eyes for several seconds before they began to fight back.

It was only after the celebrations on the Arsenal side that the home side, who failed to create good chances immediately after kick-off, waited for the whistle to blow at the end of the game, which made the old lady's path to qualification even more difficult.

With a lucky late goal, Li Mudi ended the trip to Turin with a narrow victory and a huge psychological advantage, and he couldn't be more satisfied with the result.