Chapter 5: The Defending Champion's First Battle of the New Season (Part II)

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Prandelli, whose face was extremely ugly, slammed the door of the locker room shut. The players became nervous when they saw the manager's unusual behavior and movements (Prandley has always been a good old man who has always been suave.

After a pause of a few minutes, Prandley spoke: "That's how the defending champions are?" Where's last season's hard work? I didn't see it anyway! Fausto (Rossini), what about your header? Except for that crossbar, you didn't even get the next header! Domenico (Mofeo): You're really a good old man, don't we need money to buy balls? How do you always give the ball to the fans at a free kick! And the Zenoni brothers, what about your speed? How slow as a turtle! Sometimes the strikers are in the box, and a few of you midfielders are still 40 meters away, why do you leave such a large area? Do you grow wheat for pasta? "After a series of shots, the players, whether they were named or not, buried their heads one by one. After venting, Prandelli's mood calmed down a little. Then it was time to adjust the tactics of the second half: "Don't make big adjustments to the formation in the second half, still maintain the formation we used in the first half, add up the speed of the two wings, reduce the distance between the three lines a little, and try not to leave the opponent a chance to fight us counterattack." We were behind in the second half, so we need to step up. Alessio, your task is very heavy, because you can't press up, there are enough people in front of you, and you have to be responsible for protecting the long pass and the area behind you. Marco (Zanchi) and Simeone (Pavan) are clever when defending, and the two little men on the opposite side are actually nothing to fear, kill them. Well, the second half is about to begin, so let's get into the game! ”

Chen Fei found that Prandelli still hadn't made targeted arrangements for Piero, and shook his head helplessly. Of course, with his current status, and the fact that he has just joined the team, many things are indeed inconvenient to do too much. Let's wait and see, maybe Piero was just a little flash in the first half, maybe not in the second half! Chen Fei prayed.

In this way, Chen Fei sat on the coach's seat with mixed feelings. At the beginning of the second half, Atalanta really followed Prandelli's instructions, and the three lines were pressed in an all-round way, and compared with the first half, the battle line extended much towards Juventus's half. Prandelli's deployment paid off in the 18th minute of the second half and 63 minutes into the game. Pawan cut off Roki's foot one-on-one at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and then passed directly to C Zenoni on the left without hesitation, who met the ball directly and plugged it straight forward, the ball almost moved forward against the sideline, and then accurately found D Zenoni next to the sideline. Dzenoni managed to control the ball before it went out of bounds and then sped forward at full speed. Zenoni's start is a signal for the full line of counterattack, so, the midfielder's Mofeo, striker Rossini and Locatelli started at the same time, Zenoni attracted the opponent's right back and right central defender to join forces to grab, knowing that there is no chance of winning with one enemy and two enemies, Zenoni picked the ball to the top of the arc of the penalty area, where he just waited for Locatelli who was inserted in front, Locatelli took the ball and adjusted it slightly, and shot directly from a distance! I saw that the ball was impartial and flew towards Rossini, and then smashed into Rossini's body, changed the running line, and flew directly to the other side of the goalkeeper's save. At 1-1, the defending champions took advantage of a dribble to equalize.

After Atalanta's goal, Prandley's face eased a little at this time, and Chen Fei was able to ease his nervousness a little. However, no one could have imagined that next, one person completely took over the game, and it was Piero who scored a brilliant lob in the first half.

In the 67th minute, just four minutes after Atalanta equalised, Juventus launched a quick counter-attack with a cleared corner. Centre-back Loria headed Mofeo's corner kick out of the penalty area, and then was waited for by Piero outside the box, and the rest of the time became Piero's one-man show. Piero received the ball and turned straight away and began to accelerate with the ball, and the first to go up and try to stop Piero was D Zenoni, who had just made up from the right flank and made up the middle. As a full-back, D Zenoni does not have the same defensive ability as his brother (C Zenoni can play both full-back and full-back), Piero faced him, only made a change of direction feint, and shook D Zenoni to the center of gravity, and then was calmly passed by Piero.

Next, the second hurdle that Piero faced was the Tacinati who had played in the first half. As a result of Prandelli's instructions, Tacinati was not involved in the corner, just in the centre circle ready to stop Piero. Tacinati chose a sliding tackle in the face of Piero's breakthrough, but this sliding tackle did not tackle the ball or the person, because Piero saw Tacinati sliding and very cleverly chose to flick the ball in the opposite direction of Tacinati's direction, and the moment the ball was about to touch Tacinati's foot, the ghost moved away from Tacinati's toes, and just like that, Tacinati was once again passed by Piero! Piero, who passed Tacchinati, continued to move forward at high speed (of course, compared to the real high-speed progress of Maradona and Caniggia, Piero just drove his speed, and the absolute speed was not particularly fast), in addition to goalkeeper Ambrosio, only the central defender Zanchi (178cm) who did not participate in the corner kick attack due to his lack of height and stayed in the backfield. In the face of Piero's high-speed attack, Zanchi was caught off guard, and in a panic, he actually knocked down Piero who was almost a single knife in the penalty area!

Of course, this scene did not escape the eyes of the referee, who blew the whistle in time and pointed to the penalty spot! And, to make matters worse, the referee called Zanqi, who caused the accident, to his side and pulled out a small thing that no one wanted to see - a red card. As a result, due to a reckless foul that ruined the opponent's goalscoring chance, Zanki had to bear the consequences, which was to go straight to the dressing room to shower. Piero single-handedly completed a long run from the edge of his own box to the opposition's penalty area, and created a penalty that forced the defending champions to face an embarrassing 10-on-11 situation for at least 23 minutes. Due to Piero's brilliant performance this time, the visitors' bench was boiling. All the coaches and substitutes jumped wildly and cheered on Piero's magical solo run as if the game was over and they had won.

And Chen Fei and Prandelli on the sidelines saw this scene and covered their eyes in unison. At this time, Prandelli's bowels were full of remorse. Although Chen Fei reminded Prandelli before the game, Prandelli did not attach too much importance to the peculiar ideas of this Chinese, and even after being scored by Piero in the first half, he still did not arrange targeted tactics, but he felt that this little man was not bad, but it was difficult to say whether he could continue to play. As a result, Piero's solo breakthrough really shocked Prandelli, and at the same time really began to value Piero's value, at this time, his mind echoed Chen Fei's analysis of Piero before the game: "This kid's ability on his feet is particularly balanced, but the speed level is not very prominent, don't give him space to shoot long in front of him, don't let him run calmly, let a defender stick to him like chewing gum, guard against him must be careful, don't be confused by the small movements at his feet, If you are passed by him, you are in danger. Oh yes, in case he is single-handed, when the goalkeeper pounces on him, you have to use various words and actions to interfere with him, and the interfered Piero will lose the crosshairs of the shot, and his psychological quality needs to be improved. ”

Prandelli made a change, replacing striker Locatelli with centre-back Vincenzo Chianese and calling Tacinati to his side: "Your next task is to stick to him like chewing gum as soon as you see that little man approaching your zone, and never give him room to handle the ball." Watch out for his little moves, you guys can be easily fooled. Like Chen told you, find the place where the rope is knotted. He's definitely not fast, and you should be able to keep up with him. Alessio, you can! Tacchinati, who was teased twice by Piero, heard Prandelli's words, and the young man's blood suddenly surged, thinking of the dilemma of being played by Piero just now, Tacchinati clenched his fists: "Don't worry, coach, I will do my best!" Then, Prandelli called Ambrosio to his side again: "Marco, in case you are singled out by that kid, be sure to disturb him with fancy movements, even trash talk, and don't let him approach you easily!" Ambrosio nodded heavily. After arranging all this according to Chen Fei's suggestion, Prandelli sat back in his place and said to Chen Fei next to him: "I have arranged it according to what you said, see how the effect is." Chen Fei said, "I think it will have some effect." "Actually, I'm still playing the drum in my heart, after all, as a fledgling rookie coach, so reckless and the head coach put forward his own suggestions, it doesn't hurt if the effect is good, if the effect is not good, it is easy to be distrusted by the head coach and affect his future work. But now that the matter is already a certainty, Chen Fei has no way to say anything.

Back on the pitch, it was a bit surprising that Juventus did not take the penalty from Piero, as Atalanta expected, but another striker, Tommaso? Rocchi (Tommaso Rocchi), in fact, this Rocchi is definitely a famous goalscorer, the future Italian international, who became famous for Lazio and made great contributions to Lazio as the captain. Rocchi slowly walked over to the ball, fine-tuned its position, and then stepped back to run. The referee confirmed that everyone had exited the box, blew the whistle and Rocchi started to run and hit a half-high ball that was off the left. Goalkeeper Ambrosio judged the right direction and also touched the ball, but the ball did not leave the field, but bounced back to the direction of the penalty spot, and Rocchi followed up with a follow-up shot to make it 1-2

Subsequently, as Chen Fei expected, something unexpected happened to Prandley. After Prandelli adjusted according to Chen Fei's suggestion, Piero suddenly seemed to become a completely different person in the next ten minutes: Tacinati followed him like a shadow by his side, trying to break through, and no matter how realistic his feints were, Tacinati also stood still; Passing the ball, it is often judged by the Atalanta players to fill the pass line and clear the ball, as if his every move was seen through by the Atalanta players. After all, Piero is only 20 years old now, and he is not as experienced and mature as he was later when he became captain, and the young and vigorous Piero also received a yellow card in the 81st minute for protesting against the referee's decision to drop the football. Seeing this scene, Prandelli gave Chen Fei a thumbs up. But how could the zebra prince be so willing to throw in the towel?

So, in the 83rd minute, Piero seized the opportunity of Tacinati's distraction and flashed past Tacinati, who came back to his senses and found that something was wrong, and immediately chose a tactical foul and put down Piero on the spot, of course, at the cost of a yellow card and a free kick about 30 meters from the goal. It's a very comfortable distance for a free-kick master, and certainly for Piero. At this time, a scene that Piero did not expect appeared: the walls of people in Atlanta actually began to trash talk: "Haha, son from Padua, go back to your hometown, you don't deserve to play in such a good club!" "Your ball can't go over my head, just like you're not jumping high enough for me, oh oh!" At first, Piero could turn a deaf ear, but then he really couldn't hold back, and when he shot at goal, he was a little venting and kicked the ball high. As a result, the ball, like an anti-aircraft gun, was sent directly to the stands.

However, even if Piero had squandered the free-kick, the score was still 1-2 and the defending champions were in a difficult position as the clock wore on. As a result, the lifesaver finally appeared at this time.

In the 89th minute, D Zenoni received a through plug from Frio, and instead of choosing the edge as usual, he chose to accelerate directly after raising his head to look at the field. As a result, the Juventus defenders were caught off guard and brought down Zenoni from some 25 yards out and Atalanta had a valuable free-kick opportunity before the end. Of course, it was Atalanta's current No. 1 free-kick taker, Domenico, who was in charge. Mofeo. Mofeo picked up the ball on the ground and placed it at the place of the foul. "I'm not a good old man! And the ball is expensive。。。。。。 Mofeo thought. In fact, before the penalty just now, Chen Fei deliberately called Tacinati to his side and asked him to pass a message to Mofeo: Just play like training, I saw that you scored 2 free kicks in training, where did that state go? Mofeo exhaled heavily, then slowly ran and got to his feet. The moment the ball touched his foot, he instinctively thought it might be, but he didn't dare to look at it, because he knew what it would mean if the ball didn't go in. As a result, it was the cheers of his teammates who woke him up, and he opened his eyes to see the ball lying quietly in the net. At this time, Mofeo chose to take off his jersey and ran wildly and roared all over the field. In this way, he vented the tension and depression in his heart. His teammates also accompanied him all over the field, and in the end, I don't know who got up, but everyone pressed on Mo Feio and stacked Arhat. In the end, the referee intervened and the players ended their celebrations.

Three minutes of stoppage time passed quickly, with Mofeo's 89th-minute free-kick pulling the defending champions back from the brink of defeat in the opening game, before Atalanta drew 2-2 at home to Juventus.

After the game, the most asked questions by reporters were about Piero, the best player of the game. Piero single-handedly tore apart the defending champions' defence, scoring a goal and creating a penalty. Prandelli told reporters: "Yes, this lad from Padua is very skilled, he should have the quality to play for the national team in the future. If I were the coach of the national team, I would really want him. Piero himself said in an interview after the game: "Thank you to the other coach, it is indeed my dream to play for the national team, and if I have the opportunity, I will be very willing to wear the blue Italian shirt." ”

Chen Fei knew that the road to defending the title this season would be very difficult, although he did not lose the first game, but from the problems exposed, it was not optimistic。。。。。。