Although Brescia can start the Coppa Italia directly from the round of 16 and they only need to beat four opponents to win the title, since the Coppa Italia is a two-legged contest of home and away, so it means that Brescia will have to play eight more games if they want to achieve something, so Mazzoni does not intend to let the team's energy be distracted by this frivolous cup competition. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As the schedule becomes more and more intensive, Brescia has shown fatigue in the Champions League and Serie A double-fronts, and if you add the Coppa Italia, the players who were struggling to support them are bound to be overwhelmed. If greed affects the Champions League and the league, then it is really a small loss.

Compared to the Champions League and the league, the Coppa Italia is almost negligible.

So in the first leg of the fifth round of the Coppa Italia on December 4, Mazzoni sent a full bench squad in the away game against Modena.

Only the young Stankovicius remained in the starting line, while the midfielder was replaced by a single midfielder from Matuzaren. Filippini and Bacchini finally started together again after a multi-game hiatus, with Filippini continuing to appear in the left midfield position, while Bacchini and Caracciolo formed the forward line, and Schop was originally the right midfield position he was best at.

Even in the goalkeeper's position, Mazzoni replaced Castellazzi with substitute goalkeeper Agriadi.

In fact, there was no need for rotation in the first place, and a team's goalkeepers need more stability than players in other positions, and they basically do not suffer from physical fatigue. But this season, Castellazzi's form has been poor, with Brescia conceding goals on several occasions due to his mistakes. The gap between him and Sereni last season is too great, and Mazzoni is now considering putting substitute goalkeeper Agriadi right.

As a substitute goalkeeper, Agriadi had few chances to play, not even as good as third-choice goalkeeper Viviano – at least Viviano was able to play in the Under-19s to maintain his form. And Agliadi can only sit on the bench every match day, which is more than three months.

Of course, Agliadei's mentality is still good, this is a necessary stage for every goalkeeper to get into the position, they need to go through a long period of cold storage, maybe a year, maybe years, even those talents. They are like cheetahs dormant in the grass, waiting for their prey to appear, and whether they will become the main force in the future or continue to return to the bench will depend on whether they can seize those sudden opportunities.

Now the opportunity for Agliadi has come. This game is Mazzoni's chance to give Agriadi, on the one hand, so that he can find the feeling of the game as soon as possible after a long absence, and on the other hand, if he performs well, he may be the one who will appear in front of goal in the league in the future, instead of Castellazzi, who always makes mistakes.

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"Zhang! Come on, eat some of this first! Mrs. Gallo kept bringing out all kinds of food from the kitchen and putting them on the table, "You're welcome, you haven't been at home for a long time!" ”

"Hehe, the club has set me a recipe, of course I don't dare to come often." Zhang Shu unceremoniously grabbed a slice of pizza with his hand, put it in his mouth and chewed it. "Well~~~~~ that's what it smells like! It's over, it's over! Mrs. Gallo, after eating your cooking, I think it's harder to stick to the club's recipes! ”

Mrs. Gallo smiled happily when she heard Zhang Shu's flattery, foreigners' praise is generally very direct, where has she ever felt Zhang Shu's Chinese way of complimenting with twists and turns.

"Hahahaha, it's okay, it's okay, I don't understand the club's set! You can come when you want to come in the future, you see Turio has been eating at home, how strong he grows! She smiled and waved her hand and said heroically.

"People are coming out!" At this time, Turio's brother Augusto reminded him that the attention of the men in the dining room was instantly focused on the television set hanging on the wall.

Zhang Shu didn't even get into the 18-man squad in this game, and it seems that Mazzoni is determined to give up this game, and he doesn't even plan to do any insurance work. When the whole Brescia team went to the away stadium, Zhang Shu, Baggio, Pep Guardiola, Toni and Di Biagio were all left in Brescia to save them from the fatigue of the car and horses and recover their strength.

The time of the game was 7 o'clock in the evening, which happened to be dinner time for the Italians, so Mrs. Gallo asked Turio to invite Zhang Shu to come over for dinner and watch the game together.

"Why didn't Emiliano come today?" Mrs. Gallo, who was in the kitchen, suddenly asked, "Isn't he coming to watch the game with you?" ”

"Vivi is in the squad today, so I'm going to Modena with the team." Zhang Shu explained.

"Oh? Has Emiliano already been able to make the squad? Did he get a chance to play today? Mr. Gallo asked, somewhat excited.

Viviano and Turio's friendship made Madame and Mr. Gallo treat him as if they were their own, and their joy was palpable to hear that Viviano had been made to the 18-man squad.

"I don't think ... There were only 23 people in the first team, and in order to make up the squad of 18 people, Vivi was brought in. Zhang Shu shook his head, "Castellazzi also went, even if there was any accident, it should be Castellazzi." ”

Mr. Gallo was suddenly disappointed.

'Honestly, I think he's a lot more solid than Castellazzi, how many goals have we conceded this season because of goalkeeper mistakes?'

On the TV, the Brescia players have begun to warm up, and Agliardi and Castellazzi are throwing the ball at each other with their hands, familiar with the feel. Viviano, who flashes across the screen, is more like a staff member, helping other players deliver water and towels.

"Tsk... VV, why don't you warm up too! Zhang Shu complained quietly.

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The game started very quickly, and Mazzoni came with an attitude of indifference, even if he lost, it didn't matter, and even Mazzoni had some hope of losing - although he could play with the substitute lineup, as long as it was a game, it would be better to let the players stay at the club for two more days to train and recover.

So for Mazzoni, he wants to end Brescia's Coppa Italia campaign as soon as possible.

It's a pity that life is not as good as expected, maybe Modena is too weak for the current Brescia, maybe it is that Brescia's substitute players rarely have the opportunity to perform, and the enthusiasm is higher. In short, although it was away from home, and although they sent a squad full of substitutes, Brescia still maintained a balance with their opponents. When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the two sides were tied 0-0.

"Hey~ It's not bad, we seem to have a little more chances, I feel like we have a chance to win away from home."

Zhang Shu carefully studied the data panel displayed on the TV screen, and from the data, Brescia had two more shots on goal than the opponent, and the possession rate was also more than 55%, which means that Brescia even has a slight advantage.

He didn't know Mazzoni's thoughts, in Zhang Shu's simple brain, playing football was to win. It was impossible for him to strategically give up a win. Even if he doesn't play, he wants the team to continue to win game after game.

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In the dressing room in Brescia, the atmosphere was relaxed. Being able to hold the opponent down on the road gives these substitutes a lot of confidence. They believe that if they keep playing like this, even if they can't beat their opponents on the road, they will be fine with a draw.

When the time comes to return to the home field, will they still lose to the other side?

Even if we're just a substitute, don't underestimate us.

Looking at the elated appearance of the players, Mazzoni certainly will not discourage the players' desire to win at this time. It doesn't matter if the game is won or lost, but as the head coach of the team, he can't clearly get the players to give up the game, which is a matter of principle.

So he chose to wait and see, if he can win, of course, it is good, if he can't win, it doesn't matter.

Agliadei was also pleased with his performance in the first half, which he played quite solidly and did not have too dangerous shots on goal, so that he still had some regrets in his heart.

At present, his performance can only be regarded as decent, and if he wants to be brilliant, he needs the cooperation of the other party.

The opponent's quality is really not good, and Agriadi has no chance to make a good save.

"Let's have some challenging shots in the second half." He prayed silently in his heart.

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Agriadi's idea soon came to fruition and Modena had a very good chance early in the second half. Modena midfielder Aleretti took a free-kick from near midfield and hoisted the ball straight into the box, where striker Campedelli headed home from the edge of the six-yard box.

Since the ball was passed from behind, Campedelli's ball was a little awkward, and after the ball fell, he pushed it down and bounced high again, looking more like a hanging door, the ball was not fast, but the angle was tricky.

"Mine!" Agliadi roared, took two quick steps back, and leaped high.

As a goalkeeper, it's his favourite ball right now, with his slow pace giving him plenty of time to react and move. And the tricky angle makes it look spectacular.

"This save will be replayed at least 3 times!" He thought to himself with some pride.

The football slowly fell from the air and headed towards the dead corner of the goal, but Agriadi's hand was already waiting there, his right hand clenched into a fist, and swung it out hard before the football was about to fly into the goal, and the fist hit the bottom of the ball hard, and the football instantly changed direction and flew high into the sky.

"Beautiful!" He cheered for himself, the ball would definitely fly out of the bottom line, and the goal was safe.

However, he has not forgotten the fundamentals of being a goalkeeper, and although the danger has been removed, his eyes are still firmly locked on football. And the body that has been trained countless times will make the action of landing on its own.

"Ah!!h But in the next second, Agliadi let out a scream.

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"Beautiful save!" Fabio cheered for Agriadi when he knocked the ball off the line, but he immediately saw the Brescia goalkeeper fall to the ground with a painful expression.

"What's wrong? Let's take a look at slow motion. Ouch!!! ”

In the slow motion of the replay, it was clear to all the viewers that the falling Agliadei was the first to fall on his toes, but instead of stepping on the solid turf, he stepped on the foot of another Modena player.

As a result, the fragile ankle underwent a terrifying deformation in an instant, and the entire ball of the foot was tilted to the side at a distorted angle, making people can't help but let out a moan when they look at it.

'Agliadei is going to be very difficult to keep playing anymore, this level of deformation, if you're lucky, it's just a sprain, if you're unlucky, you'll have ligaments and bones, and Brescia is in trouble.

'Poor Agriadi, this is his first game for Brescia this season and he has been doing very well before, but his good performance was interrupted by this accident and maybe we will see him again in a month or two. For a goalkeeper, he may lose more than just a month or two. ”

Fabio said solemnly that as a commentator, the last thing he wanted to see was the injury of the player. That kind of picture will make everyone's chest tremble.

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When Agriadi fell, Mazzoni nervously stood up.

The victory in this match is not important to him, but Agriadi's health is important.

The young back-up goalkeeper had already impressed him and Mazzoni had planned to let him try it again in the next league game.

As a result, who knew he was actually injured??

"It seems that we can only continue to use Castellazzi."

Somewhat annoyed and a little helpless, Mazzoni turned his head sideways and glanced at Castellazzi. The 28-year-old goalkeeper is already standing up and undressing to warm up.

The other substitute goalkeeper, 18-year-old Viviano, was still sitting in his seat and did not move, just looking at him with eager eyes.

Mazzoni suddenly hesitated, and he looked up at the stadium, where the team doctor who had already entered the stadium was making a substitution gesture to him.

He kept weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

This game was originally to find Castellazzi's replacement to let Agliadei play, but now that Agliadei is injured, it looks like he will not be okay for a while, so isn't all the work in vain? Even if there is only one option left for the team's main goalkeeper, the team must prepare a relatively reliable substitute for him.

Viviano is already the only substitute goalkeeper in the case of Agriadi's injury, but he has not played a single senior game now.

Anyway, this game was ready to give up, even if it was lost, it didn't matter.

Mazzoni is determined that not only this one, but also the next Coppa Italia, will be used to allow Viviano to gain experience as a senior team.

While Castellazzi is also unlikely, it is something the team must be prepared for.

Finally, he made a bold decision.

"Viviano, you go warm up."