Chapter 295: The Deadly "Wandering Poet" (Subscribe Only!) Ask for recommendations! Ask for a commuter pass! Ask for a tip! )
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Even though the Italian national team has not won a major tournament for nearly a decade and the Serie A team has not made a breakthrough in Europe, this has not stopped Italian football from maintaining a high level of popularity in the country.
When Li Liang was in high school, Italy, known as the "male model team", won the World Cup in Germany, which left a deep impression on him.
In front of him on the turf of the São Paulo Stadium, there is a special Italian in the opponent's team - striker Manolo Gabbiadini who looks like a different temperament, which has deeply attracted Li Liang's attention.
Like his predecessors, Gabbiadini, who is one year younger than Li Liang, inherited the handsome appearance and tall figure of a model. Unlike Mertens, who takes the "teasing" route, Callejon, who is quiet and reserved, and Hamsik, who is metalpunk-style, Gabibidini looks more like a wandering poet with his left foot.
But Li Liang soon discovered that Gabbiabi, who has a total rating of 81, has completely different styles of play on the court and his appearance.
The Italian striker's clever and bizarre movement makes him a typical "opportunist". He is tall but not very good at heading, skilled at his feet but rarely drops back to control the ball.
Every time Napoli hit the 30-metre zone, Gabbiadini was able to choose the best running route from the "stealth" state. Li Liang speculated that his on-court mentality was mostly H/L - high offense and low defense.
Gabbiadini and his teammates don't seem to be on the same channel offensively.
Mertens, who has a total rating of 83 on the left side, has a wide range of runs and is obviously more active in the connection between the midfield and the midfield; With an overall rating of 81, Callejon, who played on the right wing, was able to go up and down, running aggressively, and formed a great shock to the defense of Monaco on the right flank.
That's why Maurizio Sarri has been reluctant to reuse Gabbiadini. His coaching philosophy prefers strikers who can be tactically disciplined, can play a fulcrum role in the front court, and can output consistently in every game, rather than a poet who relies on inspiration and form for a "freestyle" style of play like Gabibiabi.
Mertens knew Gabbiabi's character well, and he adapted Pezia's words. The original words were: "I said it first, if you only win 3:0, you will lose, and continue to practice tomorrow!" If you can get 5, you'll have a holiday! ”
Mertens knew what Gabbiadini craved most right now, and he improvised instructions to Gabbiadini to give him the strongest stimulus for the centre-forward, who had long been hungry for a regular position.
In the fifth minute, Hamsik received a return pass from Mertens near the centre circle and distributed it to Algerian full-back Faozi Ghulam, who had an assist on the left.
Faced with the defense of Li Liang and Malian fullback Almami Toure, Gulam did not continue to break through to the baseline, but took advantage of the situation to wipe Li Liang and cut directly to the middle.
Defender Abdul Aziz Thiam stepped in and Gulam sent a penetrating through ball forward without pause, and Gabbiadini had already understood it and appeared early on the passing route.
He completely relied on the French central defender Abdou Diallo, who was marking him, without making any adjustments, without even looking at the goal and the goalkeeper, he ran towards the ball on the left side of the arc of the penalty area, and volleyed directly with his left foot without stopping during the run!
No one in Monaco expected him to shoot straight at goal, but goalkeeper Benoit Badiashile couldn't react and made a late save to watch the ball roll into the net from his hands.
Yaldim's expression on the bench froze suddenly, he had been mentally prepared for the difficulties he might encounter before the game, but he didn't expect that the opponent would completely tear through his team's defense with just such a relaxed cooperation and pass in daily training.
This lightning surprise goal stunned all the Monaco players on the field, and they watched Mertens laugh and rush to Gabbiadini to celebrate.
Mertens seemed to see tomorrow's holiday beckoning to him, and he excitedly shouted: "Manolo, good job, please keep it up!" ”
On the Napoli bench, Maurizio Sarri looked at Pezia and said to himself: "Are we too conservative? 3 balls is considered a pass, cheap these boys! ”
Li Liang crossed his hands on his hips, depressed, he understood that he had a great responsibility for Gulam's defense just now.
Wing-back Toure has no problem choosing a position, and he will have to defend Gulam to continue to break along the touchline. Then it was up to you to defend the inside line, but it was broken.
He had done his best to chase the defense, but after only about half a second of slowness, Gulam decisively delivered a lethal assist.
As the game resumed, Li Liang concentrated on organising the attack, but he was dismayed to find that his two team-mates in front of him – Quentin Njakutu and Kylian Mbappe from the Central African Republic – were completely confused by their movements.
Mbappe still habitually pulled to the left side, which overlapped with the Brazilian left forward Gabriel Boschlia, who was also too far away from Li Liang; Njakutu left the middle and ran to the right, even blocking the space for Li Liang to continue to advance.
Gulam pressed up fiercely, and Li Liang saw that he had no chance and had to pass the ball back to Diam.
He was annoyed, but helpless.
Before the game, Jardim repeatedly stressed that the two strikers could not be pulled at the same time, and that one of them must always put pressure on Napoli's central defenders, but the two substitute strikers clearly did not play the coach's subordinates.
Li Liang understood that it was not that his two strikers had poor tactical understanding, but because of the presence of the "Black Tower" Koulibaly, their attack could not find a chance in the middle at all.
With an overall rating of 82, Kalidou Koulibaly has incredible speed, he is active on the pitch and has a very good ability to rob head-on, while Mbappe and N'Djakutu are so embarrassed by his defence that they have to try to avoid his defence and look for opportunities on the flanks.
Partnering Koulibaly is the equally fast Italian central defender Lorenzo Tonelli, who is 1.84 meters tall and has an unusually solid defense, a very strong sense of position, and never presses assists.
The two centre-backs covered a huge area of the defence and always allowed Monaco's attack to break up as soon as they entered the 30-metre zone.
Kalidou Koulibaly is very fond of assists, and he frequently presses into the midfield position to receive and distribute the ball, as if he is a midfielder.
In the 13th minute of the game, Kalidou Koulibaly cut off the ball at Mbappe's feet, strode forward with the ball, and passed the ball to Hamsik before Li Liang and Boschlia came up to defend.
Hamsik turned straight and plugged in, Gabbiadini reappeared in the most suitable position, shook off Diallo's marking, won the ball on the left rib of the penalty area and broke straight in, and faced the rush of Badiashile to easily stab the goal with his left foot.
This was the second touch of the ball by "opportunist" Gabbiadini in the whole game, 2:0.