Mister Legend

Chapter 363 The Last Week of 2017
On the evening of the 26th, all the team staff and players who returned to the club's residence gathered in the cafeteria for a group dinner, which was considered to be a celebration of the festival and the achievements so far.Although there were no alcoholic drinks, everyone still had a good time, especially Moody Li teased that Cassie flew back to Spain on Christmas Day and received a medal named Avila Responsibility Ambassador. The Turin coach bluntly said that this is a He couldn't figure out what the award was for through Google, which made the people present laugh.

The pleasant atmosphere lasted until Thursday. In the first two Coppa Italia quarter-finals that ended this week, Juventus beat Fiorentina with two goals at home to advance successfully.In the Milan Derby, which has attracted the attention of the entire domestic football world, the Rossoneri, which performed poorly in the league, showed rare resilience. In a stalemate hand-to-hand battle, they relied on 19-year-old Patrick Cutrone scored a goal in the 103rd minute of overtime, eliminated the rivals in the same city 1-0, and won the place to enter the semi-finals.

Cutrone, who was born on January 1998, 1, has a potential of 3 in the FM system, and there is still room for improvement. The current ability of 176 is also considered top-notch in this age group. The famous Li Moody naturally couldn't fail to notice.However, last year and this year, the team director Pantario Longo asked AC Milan twice, and the responses he got were not for sale. It's Ji's plan to pull the young demon into his subordinates.However, watching the young man who is about to turn 130 years old continues to display the ability in the limited playing time, he will continue to feel salivating.

But before Li Mudi could wake up from the fantasy of this genius joining his team, something happened to the team, and it was a very important incident.Belotti sprained his right knee during Thursday afternoon's routine practice without making any physical contact with anyone else.The team medical team immediately conducted an on-site inspection and confirmed that this was probably another anterior cruciate ligament injury.In October, Hong Beibei had been sidelined for a month due to a right knee ligament injury, and even though he chose conservative treatment, he almost missed the two rounds of the World Cup qualifier play-offs against Sweden.

Less than an hour after the incident, the photos of No. 9 of the Torino team being carried away from the training ground in tears were circulated wildly in various media and on the Internet. Everyone was speculating that the top scorer in Serie A last season would It will not become a glass man like Basten and Ronaldo, and he will never be able to get rid of the knee ligament injury.There are also some experts who don't know the so-called nonsense, saying that based on the analysis of the situation shown in the photos, Belotti is likely to have a torn or even ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, and will face an absence of more than half a year.In addition, some people are still gloating that it is fortunate that AC Milan and other giants did not spend the [-] million that has become the biggest joke this summer to introduce this player, otherwise it would be their turn to cry.

Fortunately, the official news of the Turin club's rumors came relatively quickly. On the morning of the second day, director Antonio Comey held a small press conference to report Belotti's injury to the club. The outside world, and responded to the injury.He said that the team's striker did not suffer ligament or meniscus damage, which was an accurate result after a detailed examination by a professional doctor.But although he just suffered an ordinary sprain, considering the previous cases, the team is still not sure how long Belotti will be absent. Before returning to Genoa, Bologna two league games and the Coppa Italia game with Rome.

Just when the Italian media were celebrating the local striker who was in his prime, another piece of news came from Spain that surprised them. Montella, who was dismissed from San Siro at the end of November, found a new job abroad. La Liga powerhouse Sevilla officially announced that "Little Airplane" will take over the team's coach and sign a contract with him until June 11.The former Europa League Triple Crown is currently ranked fifth in the La Liga standings, two points behind Real Madrid ahead of them, and there is still some competition for the Champions League seat.It is worth mentioning that Montella is the first Italian coach in the history of the Sevilla team and the No.2019 Italian coach in the history of La Liga.

However, Li Moody is obviously not in the mood to pay attention to events such as whether his colleagues have found a new job. He once again held a temporary meeting with all the staff after the training on Thursday to discuss with everyone and decide to reduce the training intensity of the players again. , to prevent other injuries.And this overly cautious approach also made many of the team's main players fail to adjust to the best state before the start of the league on Saturday, which led to some difficulties for the head coach in the formation of troops.

Fortunately, the Red Bulls are facing Genoa, which is not strong at home and is temporarily ranked No. 15 in the standings.Considering that the team will have a cup match with Roma next Tuesday, many rotation players will enter the roster or even the starting lineup in this league again, allowing the bookmakers to temporarily adjust the odds. .

The home team played in a 4-4-2 formation in this game. Although Cassie's finger contusion has basically recovered, Li Moody still put it in the stands. Serbia's young goalkeeper Milinkovic Savic for the first time Got the chance to start in Serie A.Among the four defenders, the two young full-backs, Dimarco and Dickman, both played, and the defense in the center was played by veteran Moretti and Diego Llorente.In the midfield, Lars Diarra, Baselli, Boyer and Edra start together. The latter two are considered wingers as guest wingers, but they also carry a lot of defensive tasks.Immobile and Manuel Pellegri are the forward double strikers. After Belotti was injured, they are the only center forwards in the first team. To supplement the vitality of the bench, the coaching staff recruited from the youth team. Temporary call-up of German striker Johannes Eggerstein, in case of accidents.

And even if such a weird lineup was announced early, it didn't make the Genoa coach Balardini who just took office in early November relax a bit. He still played a more defensive 11-3 in the away game. -5-1 formation, in which the three players in the middle of the midfield all appeared in the position of the back midfielder after the kick-off. This iron barrel formation is tight enough.When attacking, the frontcourt is handed over to the midfielder Morocco international Tarabut and the forward veteran Pandev to fight the simplest counterattack. Except for the two wing midfielders who occasionally step forward to help, the rest of them are almost very simple. Rarely will enter the front area of ​​the home team's penalty area.It is precisely by relying on this kind of defensive defense that the Griffin Legion was able to maintain the score at 1-0 during the intermission, and their ball possession rate was only 0%, and the number of shots was only one time, which was completely behind. situation.

However, just like the Spanish derby last weekend, the passive defense will always consume the physical energy of the side quickly. Even if the Genoa players did not adopt high-position presses, they still arranged defenses in their own half. In the trenches, facing the home team's continuous transfer of the ball back and forth, they were doing tenacious resistance under tremendous pressure. When the game entered 10 minutes, it was a bit unsustainable.

No.70 In the second minute, Benassi, who came off the bench, sent an exquisite through ball, allowing Pellegri to get a good chance to kick the goal after entering the penalty area.In desperation, the visiting team's central defender Spoli made a somewhat reckless steal not only did not resolve the danger, but tripped the Turin teenager from the side.The referee's whistle sounded without any surprise, and the penalty kick was also very firm.Although Immobile's strong shot was predicted by Palin, but the speed and angle of the ball were almost perfect, and the ball was accurately drilled into the lower right corner of the goal. Unable to attack, he took an important lead at the critical moment before the psychological fluctuations occurred.

After 7 minutes, Lars Diarra's sudden pull to the right caused a brief defensive loophole for Genoa's defensive players. His strong cross after passing the unresponsive Uruguayan winger Laxalt was just a coincidence It hit the outstretched arm of central defender Lianke, who had switched from Turin in the summer, and more coincidentally, the Brazilian happened to be standing inside the penalty area.Although there is a suspicion of a ball hitter, but because the arm of the central defender of the visiting team is spread out of the body, and it has indeed seriously changed the route of the pass, the referee once again whistled for the death penalty.After unsuccessful protests from the Genoa players, Immobile stepped up to the penalty spot again, and this time the goal went more smoothly. He tricked Perrin and easily sent the ball into the same position as before.

The gap between the two goals completely ended the suspense of the game. In the end, the Turin team had a 66% ball possession rate and an overwhelming advantage in terms of shooting statistics, 15 of 6 to 2 of 0, relying on Immobi Lai's two penalty kicks won the Griffin Legion in a poor overall state smoothly, and bid farewell to the brilliant and great 2017 with a victory.

In the remaining Serie A matches of this round, the top two teams in the standings both won away games. Among them, Hamsik scored three consecutive goals to help Naples beat Crotone and Juventus 1-0. It won Verona 3-1, and the top two continued to lead the entire league.The rest of the strong teams had no wins. Roma was forced 1-1 by Sassuolo at home. The two strong dialogues between Fiorentina and AC Milan, and Inter Milan and Lazio also ended in a draw.The most surprising and surprising team is undoubtedly the deputy squad leader Benevento. They finally scored the first Serie A 3 points in team history in the final game of the first round of the league this season. Simo Korda scored a goal in the scrimmage in the No.604 minute. This team, which created the worst start record in Serie A, still had a bowl of hot dumplings before the arrival of the New Year.

After the 48th round of the league, which is exactly half of the schedule, the White Dolphin and the Old Lady occupy the top two positions in the standings with 47 and 41 points respectively, while Inter Milan, which has suffered four rounds of invincibility, has 42 points and [-] points The Turin team surpassed from behind and slipped out of the European qualification zone, while the Red Bulls entered the top three again after a lapse of three months.

The same team that temporarily occupies the position that can obtain tickets to the European League is the capital duo. Roma with 37 points and Lazio with 33 points also maintain the pressure on the teams ranked third and fourth, and they all have one game less. Once the make-up match is over, the point difference with the team in front may be further narrowed. It is still unclear how the qualifications for the European war next season will be allocated.

Ranked seven to ten are Sampdoria with 30 points, Fiorentina with 27 points, Udinese with 27 points and Atlanta with 26 points. Among them, Sampdoria and Udine also lost a game and reached the top six. There is still no small hope.It is worth mentioning that after Udinese fired Del Neri and hired Odo in late November, they even completed a wave of strong rebound in the league with 11 loss and 1 wins and the winning streak is still continuing. Soaring from the edge of the relegation zone to the front of the standings, it can be said to be one of the most attractive teams in the recent period.And Odo's reputation has also been rapidly improved in the Italian football circle, and some people have already added him to the ranks of the most promising young coaches.

With only 7 wins, 4 draws, 8 losses and 25 points, AC Milan temporarily ranks No.11. It can be said that it has formed a huge contrast with the investment of more than [-] million euros in the summer. However, the club executives who have already fired Montella have no turning back. Let's go, unless the performance declines again, Gattuso's coaching position must be maintained at least until the end of the league. The damage to the team caused by frequent coaching changes is incalculable. No normal club will make such a choice. Palermo, who has a coaching maniac chairman, has gone to the second division to hang out.

In the relegation army, apart from Benevento with only 4 points, it is still difficult to stage a miraculous comeback, Genoa with 17 points, Spal and Crotone with 14 points, and Verona with 12 points These four teams have to continue to work hard to stay in the top league. They also happen to be the few clubs that have invested the least in the summer transfer window. This is basically consistent with the basic laws of modern football that financial resources determine results.

On the scorer list, Inter Milan's Icardi leads with 17 goals, followed by Immobile with 16 goals, followed by Dybala with 14 goals, Quagliarella with 12 goals, and Mohamed with 10 goals. Tens and 9-ball Higuain.Belotti, who missed many games due to injury, tied for seventh place on the list with 8 goals. From the perspective of average goal efficiency, he is still a top killer in Serie A, although not as hot as last season. , but it is still worthy of the salary the club gave him.

After all ten games are over, the time will come to the late night of December 2017, 12. In one more day, this year will completely become history.Although the media and some fans are willing to make a summary or evaluation at the end of the year, the head coaches of each team will definitely focus on future personnel adjustments and tactical improvements. The time given to myself is too short, so I still have the mood to think about the past.

(End of this chapter)