Chapter 148: The White-Hot Competition

Brescia's clash with Lazio is the highlight of this Serie A round. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info: This battle of Tianwang Mountain, which is related to who will win the last Champions League seat, CCTV will naturally not let it go. After a long pre-game preview session, Huang *Jian*Xiang's ears came with a hint from the director.

"It's about to cut into the game scene signal, all units are ready! 5,4,3,2,1! ”

With the countdown of the director, Huang *Jian*Xiang cleared his throat and read the opening remarks of the perennial CCTV commentary.

"CCTV, CCTV, okay, audience friends, now you are watching the penultimate round of the Italian Football League, Brescia away against Lazio, now the two sides have lined up, led by three referees into the stadium, wearing the blue team uniform is the home team Lazio, and Brescia today is wearing their white away team uniform...

This set of opening Bai Huang * Jian* Xiang has been said countless times, and he can recite it with his eyes closed. He will then introduce the starting line-ups of both sides, as is customary, before the game begins.

There was nothing worth seeing at the players' entrance ceremony, and Huang *Jian*xiang lowered his head, browsed the materials in his hand, and prepared to start the next process.

But Director Zhang Luzhang, who was sitting next to him, suddenly exclaimed: "Eh? Zhang Shu this is... What's going on? ”

"What?"

Huang *Jian* Xiang raised his head and looked at the monitor, but after just a glance, his open mouth could no longer be closed.

Zhang Shu's huge close-up appeared on the screen, in fact, this is normal, before the start of the game, the players who can be watched by both teams will be taken care of by the cameraman, giving a few seconds of close-up.

But there was something more underneath Zhang's close-up—a blue rectangle with rounded corners and his name in white English, followed by a small yellow card icon. And at the end is a number 0.

This means that Zhang Shu has received a yellow card in the 0th minute of the game.

"What's going on?" Both men in the studio were amazed.

They have played countless games together, and they have seen countless players play cards, but they have never encountered cards before the game even started.

Soon, the Italian broadcaster explained the cause and effect to them in replay. The scene of Zhang Shu provoking the fans at the scene after the warm-up was replayed.

And as he was about to go back to the dressing room, the referee, who had been notified by the fourth official, stopped him on the sidelines and showed him a yellow card.

When Huang Jian* Xiang and Zhang Lu saw this picture, they didn't know what expressions they should show.

This Zhang Shu is too good at making trouble...

"This is probably the fastest record of getting a yellow card in Serie A, right? The game hasn't started yet... Coach Zhang, many viewers may have doubts, the game has not started, does the referee have the right to play cards to the players? Huang *Jian*Xiang raised questions on behalf of the majority of fans.

"Yes, according to FIFA's rules of the game, referees have the right to use red and yellow cards from the moment they enter the playing field until they leave the field at the end of the match. A complete game, in addition to the 90 minutes of the game, including the pre-match warm-up, entry, and final exit, is included. Many fans may have encountered the situation where the referee still showed red and yellow cards to players or coaches after 90 minutes, but the cards were eaten before the game started, and as far as I know, Zhang Shu should be the first. ”

"Okay, thank you for the popular science guide. We hope that Zhang Shu will not be affected by this yellow card and play his best in the next games. Of course. I also hope that he will control his temper in the future and try to avoid such unnecessary punishment. ”

Zhang Shu was actually a little depressed, although he was already a professional player, he really didn't know that the referee also had the right to play cards before the game started.

Of course, with his character, even if he knows it, he will probably go his own way.

In the dressing room just now, he was criticized by Mazzoni and Baggio Guardiola for half an hour. Fortunately, the referee was merciful, probably not wanting to make too much of a storm and not giving him a red card, otherwise Mazzoni and his teammates would not have let him go so easily.

It's just that after scoring in this game, he can't provoke the fans anymore, Zhang Shu thought in his heart that it would be a tragedy if he got another yellow card.

Zhang Shu's yellow card was just a pre-match episode, and with the referee's whistle, the drama, which had been in turmoil since before the game, finally kicked off.

In the pre-match pick, Baggio gave Brescia the lead and won the right to choose the venue, but Lazio were also given the right to kick off.

As soon as the game began, Lazio launched a strong attack on Brescia's goal. They were at home in this game, and Zhang Shu's pre-match remarks completely angered them, although they did not perform well most of the time in this difficult second half of the season because they did not receive wages for a long time, but now they have reached an agreement with the club, coupled with the previous entanglement between the two sides, the whole Lazio team is only focused on winning today's game.

More than 60,000 Lazio fans in the stands were very pleased with the spectacle, and they cheered for the team with a deafening cheer. “forza! lazio! The slogan resounded throughout the Olympic Stadium.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Lazio's players were even more vigorous, and they poured into Brescia's half like a tidal wave, ready to completely crush Brescia's defense with a continuous attack.

In the first five minutes of the game, Lazio had a succession of chances, first Stankovic's shot hit the leg of the Brescia defender and bounced off the line, and then Inzaghi Jr.'s penalty area was pressed under Sereni.

A few minutes later, a foul was committed on Brescia outside the box, and Mihajlovic's free-kick grazed the crossbar and flew off the line.

In the eyes of the fans and the Lazio players, they are getting closer and closer to scoring. It feels like they can put football in Brescia if they push hard.

In this mentality, they pressed even higher.

Mancini watched Lazio press Brescia in the half, leaving a large gap at the back, and his heart was slightly uneasy.

In this match, according to his pre-match thoughts, Lazio did not necessarily have to win. As long as they can get a draw at home, they can still hold Brescia behind them by a point. Next, a last-ditch win over a desperate Udinese side will secure a top-four finish in the league.

Therefore, it stands to reason that the team that needs to attack desperately should not be Lazio.

But the match was out of his control from the start, and the players were thrilled before the game, eager to humiliate Zhang Shu and Brescia with a massacre. Coupled with Zhang Shu's provocation to their fans before the start of the game, the Lazio players are now like red-eyed bulls, with only Brescia's goal left in their eyes.

Need to make adjustments? But the current situation of the team does look really good, and even he thinks that if he continues to play like this, it will be a matter of time before he scores a goal. Although the bottom line of this game is a draw for Mancini, if he can win, he will be able to lock in the top four of the league one round in advance... This may be like an apple beside a poisoned serpent in the Garden of Eden, constantly sending seductive messages to him.

Mancini kept hesitating in his heart, unable to make up his mind.

Mancini was an excellent coach who won the Coppa Italia with the bankrupt Fiorentina as soon as he debuted, and at that time he had not even obtained a coaching certificate, and it was only thanks to the Italian Football Federation that he could become the manager of Fiorentina.

But he also has his own shortcomings, when it comes to on-the-spot command, he is indecisive and conformist, and almost never makes changes until he is forced to do so. Mancini generally never changes his team's tactics before half-time and rarely makes substitutions before 75 minutes. When there is a problem in the team, he always pins his hopes on the player's self-adjustment or sudden outburst, lacks the courage to change, and wastes a lot of time in hesitation.

Soon, though, as if to help him make up his mind, Brescia broke through Lazio's door on a counter-attack.

In the 21st minute of the game, Zhang Shu, who had moved from the left side to the middle, received a pass from Guardiola. Taking advantage of the fact that Lazio's formation was not compact enough, Zhang Shu sent the ball into the space behind Mihajlovic who had the assist.

Baggio understood and cut diagonally into the box from the middle, and in the face of Stamm's interception and Miha's pursuit, Baggio glanced sideways at Peruzzi, who was guarding the near post, and directly used his right foot to pick up the lower part of the football flying from his right back.

The ball changed direction in an instant, flying towards his left, past the long legs of Stam's flying tackle and over Peruzzi's head, before suddenly falling into the back of the net.

"Zhang Shu is straight stopper, Baggio receives the ball! No stop ball, shoot! The ball is in! A beautiful lob shot from the corner of the small penalty area, Peruzzi did not react! ”

From the time of Brescia's counterattack, there were sporadic boos over the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, and when Dao Zhang Shu got the ball, the boos instantly became the only sound on the field, and when Zhang Shu passed the ball and Baggio followed up with a crisp shot to score, the stadium suddenly became quiet.

The Lazio fans in the stands hugged their heads in pain, they couldn't understand, didn't we press the opponent to fight? How did Brescia score on the first threatening counter-attack?

After the goal, Baggio ran to Zhang Shu, hugged him, and then they ran back together.

Although this is Baggio's 197th Serie A goal and is within easy reach of a record 200 Serie A goals, Baggio, who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, does not celebrate wildly, he just runs back slowly, occasionally high-fives with his teammates who come up to congratulate him.

But the rest of his teammates weren't as calm as Baggio.

Tony caught up with them from behind, "Robbie, your shot is fantastic!" It's like a work of art! ”

He thought about it for a while, and added another sentence to Zhang Shu, "Zhang! You're beautiful, too! ”

"Of course!" Zhang Shu unceremoniously accepted the praise from his teammates.

Tony put his arm around his shoulders and discussed with him, "You can pass me two of these good balls too!" ”

Zhang Shu just looked at him with suspicion, "Are you sure you want me to pass you such a ball?" Passing it to you, you can't handle this kind of ball with weights like the captain."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Shu immediately shook off Tony and Baggio with an arrow and fled towards the team's half.

"Stinky boy, I'll kill you!" Tony yelled and chased after him.

Mancini stood on the sidelines, his brow furrowed, and it looked like he was trying to figure out what to do.

However, in fact, the situation of falling behind by one goal still did not make up his mind.

Baggio's goal seemed to him to be a flash of inspiration for the stars.

At that time, the ball came from behind Baggio's right, but the goal was on his left, and under normal circumstances, the average player would choose to stop the ball and adjust before shooting. Even if it's a direct shot, it's a powerful volley that turns around.

However, Baggio chose to hang the ball without stopping, and this way of handling the ball is definitely not something that ordinary players can replicate.

Brescia have stars who can change the situation of a game with a single flash, but Lazio also have so many stars in their squad, won't they shine?

What if we let the team reclaim their defense now and lose the chance they should have scored? Now the score is already behind, if we can't equalize as soon as possible, the next game will not be good.

If Mancini's previous struggle was that he wanted his team to take the lead before conceding a goal, his current struggle has become that he is reluctant to give up a possible equaliser.

This dilemma has been repeated many times in his coaching career, and each choice has been a painful process.

Most of the time Mancini has been stuck with this struggle, and his luck has always been good, and luck has always favored him again and again. So this time, he still chose to wait, waiting for God to favor him again.

The goal also infuriated the Lazio players, or rather, they themselves were in a state of hot-headedness.

At best, this kind of state will stimulate the fighting spirit and passion of the players, and make them more positive in the game, but the disadvantage is that they are hot-headed and unable to handle the football calmly on the pitch.

When the game resumed, they did not retreat from their defense, but launched a more frantic attack.

In a sense, Mancini is also the right choice not to make adjustments, after all, in the current situation of Lazio's players, even if Mancini asks them to recycle most of the players, he will not listen.

At that time, some people still think about attacking, and another small number of people follow the coach's instructions to defend, which will cause chaos on the field.

So it's better to go with the flow and let all the players unify their minds.

However, Brescia today also has the belief that they must win, and the players at the back are united, keeping Lazio's furious attacks out again and again, while the players in the front field attack the opponent's weak defense from time to time, hoping to expand the score again.

After Brescia broke the deadlock, the match officially got to a fever pitch and both sides were looking forward to stabbing each other in the heart before they could succeed. (To be continued.) )