Mister Legend

Chapter 349 The Forgotten Title

Because of the Italian Cup schedule this week, this weekend's league is rarely divided into three days.The traditional strong team that played on Saturday was Inter Milan. They encountered some difficulties in the away game, but with their super high offensive efficiency, they won 3-1 with only four shots on goal. In Cagliari, whose performance has improved significantly, Icardi scored twice and made it to the top of the scorer list.Sampdoria, whose expression far surpassed the predictions of the outside world, had a small upset. They lost three goals in the away game to Bologna, who also performed well this season.

No one paid much attention to the remaining two games. Chievo beat SPAL 2-1 at home, and Verona beat Sassuolo by two goals away, leaving the latter's coach Christian Bucci in a dilemma. get out of class crisis.

On Sunday afternoon, at 14:21 pm (14:0 Beijing time), which is the golden viewing time for Chinese fans, AC Milan ushered in the No.2 round of the league against Turin at their home court.This game is not just an ordinary strong duel, but also a key test for Montella.Although the Rossoneri performed very well at the beginning of the season, after losing 0 to 2 away to Sampdoria in the sixth round, the team's state has experienced huge ups and downs.Lost to Rome 2-3 at home, lost 0-0 in the same city derby "away", was forced 1-2 by Genoa at home, lost to Juventus with two goals at home, and lost Naples [-]-[-] in the last round. The performance shown by the relegation team directly caused the previous top ranking to fall directly to the middle of the standings.

Although No.8 doesn't look too bad, but the Rossoneri are already ten points behind the fourth-placed Torino team. Considering the huge investment gap between the two sides in the summer, which head coach performed better, Obviously everyone is very clear.Before the game, there were rumors from the local media in Milan that "Brother Li" had lost all patience. If the team could not win this game, he would hold a high-level meeting to discuss the issue of coaching, and the number one candidate would naturally be The owner of the club is a Chinese fellow.

At the press conference before the game, when Li Mudi heard a reporter asking him about this matter, he showed a very surprised expression. He immediately denied the accuracy of the rumor, saying that he had never been with AC Milan. There has been contact by the management staff, and the transfer to San Siro midway through the season is completely non-existent.However, Montella, who attended the press conference afterwards, was relatively calm when facing the rumors of getting out of class. He firmly believed that the team's poor performance was temporary. Don't worry about your job.

However, judging from the announced starting roster, the coach of the home team is still very eager to win the game. He changed the usual 3-4-2-1 formation into 3-4-1-2. The tactical style of strengthening offense and striving for goals has been fully exposed.What the outside world is most concerned about is that the two centers, A. Silva and Kalinic, will start at the same time after two months. What kind of effect will they receive? Played enough power to penetrate the main defense line sent by the visiting team.You must know that before this game, they have experienced a 299-minute home scoring drought, and they have been blocked by their opponents for three consecutive home games in the league. The lack of offense is also the most important reason for the team's poor record.

The Turin team is facing a strong opponent away. Although the choice of player positions is the same as that of the opponent, Li Moody still uses the defensive combination of Diarra and Vukocevic in the combination of central midfielders. , Benassi, who only played half a game in the last round of the European war, played the midfielder, while Baselli sat on the bench, and the Italian international team was naturally on the front line.Casey is the best choice for the goalkeeper. The three backs are Kanneman, Ranocchia and Diego Llorente who have the best coordination. People's attention, the coach of the visiting team actually chose Flanagan, an Englishman who rarely has the chance to play since joining the team.

Everyone knows that the Spanish winger Suso is the most threatening point of attack for this AC Milan team. Vulgar passing ability, but because of his better dribbling skills and his left foot against the right, his shot after cutting inside is his real personal killer.Every team that confronts the Rossoneri must do everything possible to try to limit the performance of this winger, and the method chosen by Li Moody is to let Flanagan, who is on loan from the Red Army, smash Suso all the time. Constantly using high-intensity physical contact to consume the opponent, this somewhat weird strategy did receive good results in the subsequent games.

After the opening, the home team quickly entered the state, and they took advantage of the convenience of the favorable location and people to press out without any temptation.In the 5th minute, Suso cut in from the right and sent a straight game with his left foot under the interference of Flanagan. Kalinic stopped the ball with his thigh and flashed past Ranocchia, and a single-handed shot missed ten meters from the goal. Out of the left post, but the linesman has already raised it to indicate that the Croatian striker is offside.Although he did not concede a goal, Li Moody was obviously very dissatisfied with the team's defense this time. He came to the sidelines and yelled at several players in the back line. It is easy to pass the threatening ball.

Sure enough, in the ensuing confrontation, Flanagan began to frequently use strength and tireless entanglement so that Suso had to give up his personal breakthrough many times, and handed over the responsibility of offensive organization to Monterey in the middle.However, the Spanish winger is not just idle. In the 13th minute, he still relied on his agility to deceive the reckless Turin left-wing back and won a free kick about 28 meters away from the goal for the team.And the 24-year-old winger also took this opportunity to show his set-piece skills. He kicked a direct shot with his left foot, with excellent strength and angle, and went straight to the upper right corner of the visiting team's goal. Fortunately, Cassie's reaction was very good. Quickly, a wonderful flying save lifted the ball over the crossbar. This attack and one defense are definitely eligible to be included in the highlights of football programs.

It is not the character of the Red Bulls to blindly defend. They quickly found a chance to counterattack. Lars' long pass accurately found the top of Belotti's head. The latter pressed Bonucci and gave the ball to Immoby. lai.However, when the current Lazio striker forcibly entered the penalty area and was about to hit the middle, the tall and long-legged Romagno used his toes to block the baseline. pose a deadly threat.Benassi's immediate corner kick was barely missed by Belotti's header, but he kept reminding the home team players not to be careless.

Ten minutes later, AC Milan's tactical corner kick created chaos in front of the Turin team. Bonucci's late shot was blocked by his former partner in Bari, Ranocchia. "Basic" emotional drama.Immobile quickly counterattacked the home team. He turned around and volleyed past Donnarumma's ten fingers in the penalty area, but was signaled by the bottom line referee that there was a handball when the ball was stopped. Naturally, the goal was invalid.

But only in the first half, Montella's team had a greater advantage, no matter in terms of possession time or the number of passes and shots, they were ahead of the visiting team.However, the performance of the two forwards, A. Silva and Kalinic, was a bit bad. The former even stabbed the ball directly out of the sideline when no one was pressing, and the latter was even blocked. Xi's play, was tricked by the old goalkeeper when he stepped forward to press the ball and turned around to smash the ball, which became another wonderful scene.In the first 45 minutes, these two people combined only contributed two shots and none of them hit the target. I am completely sorry for their high value when they joined in the summer.

Before the half-time break, Suso shot an anti-aircraft shot from the right side of the penalty area for the home team, while Ranocchia received a free kick from Benassi and went wide for the visiting team. Neither side could rewrite the score and could only lead Returning to the locker room with a 0-0 result, hoping to make another breakthrough in the second half.

In the first half, AC Milan made 5 shots and 2 shots on target, and Torino missed all 3 shots. All of them were the worst records of the two teams in the first half of the league this season.Although the competition looked intense, there were not many truly threatening attacks, which was in line with the basic law of competition between general strong players.

After the rematch, Casey used his body in the backcourt to knock down Benassi, who was dribbling the ball. The referee Irati did not interrupt the game, allowing AC Milan to play a quick counterattack.Bonucci drove straight in from the right, and then cooperated with Suso to kick the wall, and then shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area and hit the side net.Li Moody once again expressed his strong dissatisfaction on the sidelines. Today's referee on duty can be regarded as a big nightmare for the Red Bulls. The 38-year-old referee blew the whistle on their home defeat by Naples with three goals last season. Some of his penalties are always controversial, and the Turin coach suspects that this person may be a Juventus fan.

Afterwards, the home team almost played a brilliant match. A. Silva passed the ball with his heel. Kalinic's one-handed push from the edge of the penalty area was blocked again by Cassie, who was offside, and this time it was still offside first. attack.Today at the San Siro Stadium, the former double captain of Real Madrid and the Spanish national team seems to have returned to the peak state when he was 30 years old. His reaction and prediction are the best in the world, which caused great psychological pressure for the players of the home team who were eager to score. As a result, in the pursuit of angles in the next 20 minutes or so, they were never able to get a shot within the range of the kicked ball.

After Montella saw that the situation was getting worse, he successively used Calhanoglu and Cutrone to appear successively, replacing Bonaventura and Kalinic, trying to continue to maintain pressure on the offensive end through personnel adjustments .And Li Moody also removed Belotti and Benassi at a similar time, allowing Falke, who is more physically fit, to use his speed advantage to cause greater damage in the counterattack.But the two teams did show the high level that a strong Serie A team should have on the defensive end today. Whether it was Cutrone's sudden shot or Immobile's volley shot, neither of them created too much for the goalkeepers of both sides. big difficulty.

However, when the game came to the last 5 minutes of regular time, this slightly dull matchup ushered in a rare climax. No. In the 806th minute, the home team was close to a lore. After adjusting the formation, Barre, who turned into a left winger, passed the defense. Bonaventura directly kicked a pass. With Bonucci's post-defense diving to the top, the ball bounced off the ground and was blocked by Donnarumma, who reacted as fast as lightning. Falke, who came off the bench, made a supplementary shot from close at hand and was returned to the defensive position. Tolivo blocked it in front of the door.All members of the visiting team held their heads in their hands and looked extremely regretful. Li Moody outside the field even pulled off his first-class hair. After being recorded by the camera, it became one of the jokes of the fans.

Affected by this ball, the morale of the Turin players gradually dropped, and they were suppressed by a wave of strong attacks by the home team who had escaped from death, and they were no longer able to attack the opponent's goal. The AC Milan players formed a siege in the remaining few minutes, and they almost verified another old saying "There will be blessings after death".In the second minute of stoppage time, A. Silva grabbed the ball in the middle of the penalty area and distributed it to his left. Calhanoglu faced Diego Llorente's flying block ten meters in front of the goal. The foot kicked the ball into the air, making Montella, who couldn't sit still outside the field for a long time, turn black.

In the last minute of the game, Suso's tenacious breakthrough helped AC Milan win the final corner kick. After he sent it quickly, he was cleared and ejected by Ranocchia who had grabbed his position.Montolivo found the second spot at the top of the penalty area and directly chose to volley with his left foot. The ball passed through a crowd of as many as ten players and was blocked by Bonucci in the last position to the right. Couter Rone shoveled in an empty goal from the edge of the post, and the entire San Siro erupted in cheers.But without waiting for the visiting team's players to protest, the referee Irati blew his whistle under the performance of the bottom line referee, indicating that Bonucci was already in an offside position when he touched the ball, so the goal was invalid. Second goal disallowed.

Even though AC Milan was trying to persuade the referee to change the penalty, Irati, who was backed by VAR, did not waver. After driving away the home team players who came to appeal to him, he directly blew the whistle to signal the official end of the game. It was announced that the two teams could only shake hands 0-0 in the end.

For this result, Li Moody is a little dissatisfied. Although the Turin team is slightly behind the opponent in terms of statistics, but judging from the absolute number of opportunities obtained, the Red Bulls have to do even better, but Today Milan's goalkeeper and defense really played very well, defusing many threats from the visiting team, which is also helpless.However, he never imagined that AC Milan, which in his opinion was lucky enough to get a point from Turin, was not satisfied, which also made his previous title of "head coach killer" appear in everyone's hearts again. Right now, because Montella is out of class.

　Thanks to the book friend who fell in love with the bad boy of philosophy for the reward, thank you!
　　
　
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