Chapter 26: The Madman vs. the Madman (4)
Heading into halftime with a 1-0 lead, the entire Atalanta team looked relatively relaxed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoEveryone quickly picks up the mineral water or sports drink at hand, and quickly replenishes water and electrolytes first. After 45 minutes of such a high-intensity scramble, all the players obviously felt that the consumption of physical energy was much higher than in the previous game, and at this time, Chen Fei actually took out a secret weapon:
"From today onwards, everyone's favorite chocolate or something during the intermission can be stopped. Let's start today, at halftime, eat this, energy bars! That's right, Chen Fei's secret weapon is the energy bar that athletes who participate in endurance events such as triathlons and marathons. However, energy bars originated in the United States in 1985, and it has been less than 10 years since they came out, and many players still don't know the existence of energy bars, "This thing is much more expensive than chocolate!" The price of one of these gadgets is equivalent to 3-5 sticks of the same quality chocolate, so eat and cherish it. β
"Haha!" Everyone in the locker room was amused by Chen Fei's weird promotional slogan, and everyone unpacked it one after another and began to try energy bars.
"It's not as sweet as chocolate, I don't know how it works, but it doesn't feel as greasy as chocolate." Captain Fei Long was the first to comment, not to mention, Fei Long's judgment was really accurate, because the fat content of the energy bar is about 50% of that of chocolate of the same quality, and it is indeed a low-fat content thing.
"It's not the same as chocolate and sugar, and you'll feel like you'll have a longer energy boost after eating it, trust me." Chen Fei naturally knows the root of the energy bar, after all, Chen Fei secretly instructed Pidge to go to the triathlon supplies store in Milan to purchase it, and also specifically instructed Pidge to sign a long-term supply relationship with a supplier if possible. Pidge didn't know what an energy bar was, but he still went to buy it according to Chen Fei's instructions. It was only after listening to the introduction of the staff of the triathlon shop that Pidge was able to understand the energy bar, which was quite popular in later generations.
However, Piggy was cautious, and he only bought one at the time, ready to test the effect of the bar for himself. That night, he ran 5 kilometers at night and ate the energy bar. At this point, Pidge was really convinced by the effect of the energy bar, and he finally understood that this thing must have a good enough effect for the players to eat. So he followed Chen Fei's instructions and negotiated with the owner of the triathlon store to determine a stable supply relationship, which led to the energy bars that the players would eat. Pitch now believes the players will enjoy it as much as he did.
Of course, at half-time, the tactical set-up was also an essential part: "We continued to play like this in the second half, and we had to be more focused defensively. In the 20-minute period of 45-65 minutes, the opponent will launch a very crazy attack, which is both pressure and opportunity for us. Why? Because on the one hand, our own defense will face the opponent's continuous bombardment in the local area, and on the other hand, the opponent's pressure is also an opportunity for our counterattack, and there will be better space for counterattack. β
'At the beginning of the second half we kept the same personnel, but Thomas [Locatelli], you have to warm up when you go out and you probably have to change Domenik [Mofeo] in the second half. Frank, if Thomas comes up, you go back to the middle of the midfield and let Mauricio [Gantz] go to your right and Thomas is still in charge of cutting inside. We had to be more aggressive and we had to be dangerous to have the Dutchman jump out of our defensive box a couple of times in the first half. β
"We still lost too much of the ball in the opponent's second zone, and I told you at the beginning that the ball in the second zone must be protected, especially the one that Alessio was tackled, and there must be no more of it. Also, if you have the chance, you can still shoot two feet from a distance, believe you! Let's do it together! β
"Come on!!" After boosting the morale of the players again, Chen Fei led the players out of the locker room, ready to meet the challenge of the next 45 minutes.
After the players from both sides returned to the field, exchanged the field and tee off, the second half officially began.
At the beginning of the second half, as Chen Fei expected, the old coach Zeman began a crazy counterattack, starting from the top of the arc of the Atalanta penalty area. The three strikers left no stone unturned to roam in front of Atalanta's penalty area, trying to threaten the home team's goal in such an extremely risky way. However, goalkeeper Ferron played a careful eye: every time his defender was forced to pass back to his ball, he picked it up with his hands to delay time and ensure possession. When Chen Fei saw this scene for the first time, he felt very weird, so he asked Adrio beside him. Adrio was a little confused by Chen Fei's sudden question, and Chen Fei knew that in fact, the rule that the goalkeeper could not deliberately receive the return pass with his hands had not been officially implemented, so many people didn't know.
But in fact, at this time, FIFA was already brewing this rule, and it was officially released and implemented at the World Cup in the United States more than half a year later, so even if Ferron can still be opportunistic now, there is only half a year left. For Chen Fei, no matter when this rule is implemented, it will definitely appear, then Chen Fei will definitely make some adjustments to the changes in this rule in advance, and he has indeed started to do this since this game, of course, this is a later story.
However, as time went by, Chen Fei could already clearly find that Zeman's team had temporary physical problems due to high-intensity pressing, and his own people who had eaten energy bars seemed to be slightly more optimistic than them. Take off your coat and get ready to play! β
'We saw Atalanta make a change at this point, replacing Mofeo on the pitch with 17-year-old Thomas Locatelli. The youngster is playing for the first time in an official league match. What is Chen Fei's intention in replacing this young player at this time? Mr. Zhang, please give us an analysis. Song Shixiong's voice still came out of the TV.
"Hehe, this Locatelli, it's Chen Fei in the youth team, a player who likes to use. As for him, his speed is not slow, and his foot work is okay, he belongs to such a rising star with more potential in this youth team. Then I guess that since he came up to replace Mofeo, it should be to let Sozer go to the middle. Locatelli could stay on the right or switch positions with Gantz on the left, and we'll see how Atalanta play the next game. Zhang Lu is worthy of being a senior commentator, thousands of miles away, and he really guessed Chen Fei's intention to replace him, because Chen Fei did arrange it this way at halftime.
"Thomas, you switched places with Mauricio when you went up, and your in-cut was brought out by me when I was in the youth team, and I believe in you. Remember the essentials of cutting inside and don't get stuck in the middle of a defensive circle of a few people. The choice after the incut can be lived, and there is no problem if you have the opportunity to play by yourself, if not, you can pass on the side and behind you, you have to judge according to the situation on the field. You can see how Mauricio did the inchement just now, he did a good job and I hope you can do the same. Chen Fei gave a few last words of advice before Locatelli came on the court, and at this time, Mofeo also happened to walk to the substitution area, high-fived Locatelli, and then high-fived Chen Fei. Good job, Domenik! Chen Fei didn't forget to encourage the little lucky star of Mo Feio.
Although Chen Fei estimated that Zeman's team would be a little physically exhausted, he never thought that as soon as Locatelli came on the field, he participated in the attack for the first time, and brought another goal to Atalanta!
In the 68th minute, Locatelli had just come on for 3 minutes and had a great chance! Foggia's midfielder Stroppa made a mistake and sent the ball straight to Atalanta's Brazilian midfielder Alemao. Alemao naturally did not refuse this big package, and directly dialed the ball horizontally to Tacinati next to him, and Tacinati received the ball and made a pass directly near the line of the penalty area on the left! Locatelli, who was still cruising near the left touchline, suddenly ran into the middle and controlled the ball just before the central defender Chamot, who was on top of the opponent. Seeing Chamot coming over to grab it, Locatelli made an unbelievable move! It's just that he kept making small steps in front of Chamot, and then took advantage of the moment when Chamot kicked out, and flicked the ball to the outside of his outstretched foot, and then the whole person also quickly followed up and passed Chamot!
That's right, this action is one of the tricks that Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta is famous for, "croquettes", because the small steps when passing are like chopsticks stirring when croquettes are stirring, so it is named. If you want to ask where this action came from, it is naturally inseparable from Chen Fei.
You must know that in order to capture the hearts of these youth team children, Chen Fei made a lot of fancy moves in the first training session, and how could the adolescent boys let go of this show-off little skill? Naturally, he is pestering Chen Fei, and he must learn these things. Chen Fei had no choice but to use these outstanding skills as a reward for their good training performance, and taught them to some youth team activists, including Locatelli, Mofeo, and the Zenoni brothers. But at the same time, Chen Fei also warned them that these things can be tried on the field, but they must master them well, and the timing of use is also very important. No, Locatelli made his first appearance for the first team, and he came to play like this. Not to mention, the effect is really good, not only did he pass Chamot, but he also happened to have a chance to pass to the unguarded Sozer! As a result, Locatelli was not greedy, and with a push of the arch of his foot, the ball rolled straight to Sozer, who had successfully countered offside. Sozer naturally laughed at this golden opportunity, raised his foot and shot angrily, and the ball went into the net, 2-0!
After the goal, Sozer was the first to find Locatelli, who had passed the ball to him, and went over to pat him on the head and thanked him. Other teammates also came up to congratulate the two on their wonderful performance, as for Locatelli, he completed such a wonderful assist in his debut, naturally it was like in a dream, and his mouth was open and he was about to stuff a duck egg! He looked at the team's bench and met Chen Fei, who was celebrating, Chen Fei also noticed Locatelli, raised his thumbs up with both hands, and gave him a big thumbs up.
At this time, it was Zeman's turn to wonder: You fight like this, it shouldn't be much better than the physical exertion of my teammates? How do you feel that this Atlanta is still so fierce at this time? What the hell is going on? It's just that when Chen Fei introduced the energy bar to the team members, he stated to the whole team that as a confidential item, no one was allowed to disclose it. Therefore, Zeman's confusion may continue for a while. The abundant physical fitness of the Atlanta players left a preliminary impression in the heart of the old coach, so that no matter what team Chen Fei takes in the future, as long as he meets Zeman's team, the old coach will tell his players that the other party's people are generally in good physical condition, so they must pay attention. Moreover, what Chen Fei didn't expect was that it was precisely because of the arrival of his little butterfly that a major event in the history of Italian football was triggered earlier than the real history, and the initiator of this event was still the old coach Zeman! A number of stars, including Zidane, Inzaghi, Piero and others, have been investigated by the court for being involved in this matter, and the level playing field in Italian football has also been questioned since then. Of course, that's an afterthought.
But how could the old commander Zeman be willing to disarm and surrender at this time? Soon, he also made adjustments, and he made two substitutions: replacing the in-form central defender Chamot in this game, and the Dutchman Roy, who was entangled by Montero in the front line, and replacing the central defender Bucaro and the center Mandeli, intending to continue to increase the pressure on Atalanta's half through substitutions.
After this substitution, Foggia found a good opportunity in the 76th minute: Atalanta took a corner kick, which was cleared by the newly substituted central defender Bucaro outside the penalty area, and fell right at the feet of Di Biagio, so Di Biagio did not hesitate and advanced directly, ready to launch a counterattack. He himself took 15 meters forward, and when he looked up, the Russian striker Krivanov was on the parallel line of the opponent's left side of the defense, and he hit it over the top. Krivanov unloaded the ball and kicked straight from 26 meters from the goal! The ball hit the frame in the top right corner of the goal, bounced off and returned to the field, where it was confiscated by Ferron. Unexpectedly, Ferron's next scene embarrassed the entire Atlanta team and disrupted Chen Fei's deployment to a certain extentγγγγγ
After Ferron got the ball, he ran two steps forward, ready to vigorously open his hand to throw the ball to Poselli on the left, but it didn't work out, and a funny scene happened: Ferron's arms were raised high, his shoulders turned, and he pulled out like a windmill, but he didn't expect that the ball was like a ghost, and he didn't take it off for the first time, but slowly aimed at the direction of the goal with the inertia of the shoulder rotation, and then flew away from the goalkeeper Ferron's gloves like a ghost!! I saw that the ball bounced on the ground and then moved quickly in the direction of the goal, and although the goalkeeper Ferron tried his best to chase back, he still couldn't prevent the ball from crossing the goal line as a whole! 2-1, a strange mistake by Ferron actually gave the Fogians a glimmer of hope for the score.
Foggia's players on the field, the bench, including the fans who accompanied the team, all laughed wildly when they saw this scene, and Zeman, who was already flamboyant, laughed so much that tears came out, and the atmosphere on the home side was only two words: embarrassment. The fans at the scene were silent, and the home team's bench was also a vivid picture of wanting to laugh but not laughing, and holding back internal injuries!
The Foggia player, who recovered a ball in such a special way, began to feel like a chicken blood again, and Zeman played his last card at this time: replacing Stropa, who really couldn't run, and replacing another midfielder, Seno, with the intention of not putting his midfield at too much disadvantage through this adjustment of alignment. Of course, Chen Fei is definitely not good at his peers, and he also played his next card: "Damiano (Zenoni), take off your coat and get ready to go!" β
What everyone didn't expect was that Chen Fei's next adjustment was actually a young man, and it was none other than Damiano Zenoni, the younger brother of the Zenoni brothers! And the moment the substitution card was raised, the fans at the scene were also stunned: how could it be replaced by Gantz??
However, Gantz himself saw the moment the substitution card was raised, but he was grateful to Chen Fei. Not only because Gantz had a beautiful goal in this game, but the coordination of that goal was designed by Chen Fei during training; It was even more because Chen Fei was paying attention to him at all times, knowing that he also had a big problem with his physical ability, and he might have cramps not long after he ran again. Gantz walked off the pitch slowly with a smile on his face, clapping into the stands to thank the fans as he went. The fans also reciprocated, applauding and cheering for Gantz's wonderful performance and tenacious struggle in this game.
This was another substitution, with the arrival of D Zenoni directly replacing Gantz's position, and then Atalanta's front court had a feeling of "full resurrection". The intensity of pressing up front began to increase again, and the pressure on Foggia's wings increased dramatically, and finally, Atalanta seized a chance at the last minute to give the Foggia a fatal blow.
In the 89th minute, Argentine center Rodriguez, who had no highlight after that header assist, finally got a chance to perform, and this time the cooperation was quite traditional, simple and direct. I saw that "Stuffy Gourd" Poggi snatched the ball from Krivanov and went directly over the top to find D Zenoni, who was cutting forward at high speed in his own half. The Foggia left-back, who was scared by the Atalanta side cut, subconsciously chose to block the line of Zenoni's inchement, but Zenoni didn't want to cut inside at all, but continued to take a step to the sideline, and the stride meteor chose to go down! At this time, due to the lack of time, the Foggias were pressing on all fronts, and there were only two central defenders, Di Biagio and the goalkeeper left in the backfield. On Atalanta's side, Zenoni's start was the beginning of a full-front counterattack. Locatelli, Rodriguez, Soze, and Tacinati all increased their speed and rushed to the opponent's half, and for a while, Foggia's half actually formed a 5-on-3! As we all know, once the attacker plays more and less in the process of counterattacking, it is often a huge threat to the defender, and this is indeed the case. Zenoni cut in at high speed and crossed to the edge of the box, but the cross went wide and the ball fell to the back post. But that didn't stop anything, as Locatelli received the ball at the back post and struck the middle again, and Rodriguez rushed in to push the ball into the goal. 3-1οΌ Atalanta finally killed the suspense of the game at the last moment.
There were no major injuries or interruptions in this game, and the suspense on the result was not much, and the stoppage time of the second half was only 2 minutes. As soon as the time came, the referee blew the final whistle. Chen Fei stood up from the coach's seat and shook hands with Zeman who was walking towards him. Zeman also expressed his appreciation for Chen Fei: "Well done Chinese boy, I am not wronged to lose." β
"Thank you, Mr. Zeman, you've done a great job too." Chen Fei naturally responded politely.
Finally, the dialogue between the two madmen ended with the victory of the "Chinese madman" Chen Fei. However, after all, this is only the beginning of the journey led by Chen Fei, although the first step of the Long March has been taken, the long road behind is still full of thornsγγγγγ