Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 56 Against Triestina
In the 41st round, Rimini challenged Triestina in an away game. Needless to say, Triestina definitely wants to win Rimini at home.At the pre-match press conference, their head coach Gostinelli said that Triestina now has no way out, they must win this game, and Rimini coach Accoli also though Terry Estina is a tough nut to crack, but his team also has to win this game.

The two coaches spoke swearingly at the press conference. Everyone thought that this game was destined to be a match of firepower. As a result, as soon as the game started, the head coaches of both sides chose a safe style of play, testing and testing. The defensive system Always focus on the back, first of all based on defense and not giving the opponent a chance, it seems that everyone is thinking that if they can win a goal, they will also win, and they will work hard in the later stage.

So in the first 25 minutes of the match, there were not as many sparks as people imagined. It was like two people practicing Tai Chi. You came and went, creating very few opportunities, and neither of them could hit each other once.

Zhang Yuan was strictly restricted in this game. This restriction is all-round. The opponent is obviously studying him. Not only does he use a special man to mark, but also the space around him is very tight. This kind of defense is very similar to Juventus. The defensive strategy adopted against him in the second half of Sishi did greatly limit his performance. Although Triestina's personal ability is not as good as Juventus, but Triestina is now a battle of life and death. Willing to run, willing to fight, Zhang Yuan really had nothing to shine in the first 25 minutes.

Akori looked at it from the sidelines and thought it was nothing. Zhang Yuan is a player who can play with his brain. There were more breakthroughs and fewer passes, because the midfield support arranged by Akori for Zhang Yuan at the beginning of the game was not enough.He now believes that Zhang Yuan has the ability to pass the ball deadly once he has the opportunity. From his usual training, Zhang Yuan's passing ability has improved a lot.

His self-confidence is correct. In the 30th minute, Zhang Yuan got the ball in the midfield. Although Allegretti, who was defending him, was on his body, the ball was always under Zhang Yuan's control. Far from being able to turn around, he protected the ball and took a step back. Allegretti followed, and another midfielder, Rossetti, double-teamed from the side. Zhang Yuan swept his eyes and chose to pass the ball. Turning around quickly, he kicked a long diagonal pass to the right with his right foot. There was a gap on the right. Moscaldelli was plugging in at high speed. The speed was very fast. The opponent's left forward Marchesetti was overtaken by him. He swept the ball across the middle before the opponent's left central defender Abruzzese made a tackle. Jada got rid of Mignani and followed up with a volley and shot into the lower left corner of Triestina's goal. The opponent's goalkeeper failed to touch the ball , Rimini in the away game took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field, leading the opponent 1:0.

This ball fully demonstrated Zhang Yuan's progress in passing the ball. This long oblique pass was very accurate. It estimated Moscaldelli's sprint speed and successfully completed this indirect assist.

After scoring the goal, the Rimini players are very happy. Now that they are leading, the game will be played better. After all, the opponent’s pressure is what everyone wants to see. Zhang Yuan’s biggest threat is speed and dribbling. He has more space, and Rimini's counterattack is very threatening.

However, Triestina did not adjust his goal in Rimini. Gostinelli did not want to attack but was really afraid of Rimini's counterattack speed. With Zhang Yuan, their counterattack speed is very fast. Pressing up and being counterattacked by the opponent is a great threat. He doesn't want to press down so early. After all, there is still a lot of time.

Triestina did not make adjustments, but Arcori did. He thought that Triestina would not be able to use his advantage if he did not attack. Well, then I will take the initiative to adjust to a defensive posture. He It is very dangerous to increase the number of backcourt passes by players on the field, but it is very dangerous to increase the number of backcourt passes, but I don’t want the child to be unable to trap the wolf, and if I don’t attract the opponent to attack, I will have no chance.

The pass by Zhang Yuan just now was indeed a kind of luck. Even the best passer can create opportunities for the team without passing it once. A scoring opportunity requires the players to move and pass the ball just right at one time.So most of the time, Zhang Yuan's passing can only be quite satisfactory instead of passing threatening balls every time, not to mention that his original passing skills have only improved now.

After Acoli made this adjustment, Triestina pressed on but still didn't attack very aggressively. Gostinelli stubbornly didn't want to leave Rimini a chance to counterattack.

In this way, after 45 minutes, the first half was over, and Jada's goal gave Rimini a temporary lead.

In the second half, Triestina changed his tactics and focused on offense. The 352 formation became a 3322 formation. This is a strange formation with 3 defenders, 3 midfielders, 2 attacking wingers, and 2 centers. They are planning to put all their eggs in one basket. It is true that there are only 45 minutes left. If they do not attack, the victory will not be mentioned. Whether they can tie or not depends on luck.

Gostinelli set up this formation and made it clear to attack, but he put the main energy of defense in the middle, and the two sides are equivalent to basically giving up. His starting point is that Zhang Yuan and Jeda are very threatening in the middle. Big, it is enough to defend the two forwards, let them cross from the wing, anyway, the headers of these two forwards are not strong, and the threat should not be great.

But he obviously forgot that Zhang Yuan was swimming in the frontcourt, and Zhang Yuan quickly let him know that the tactical arrangement was wishful thinking.Zhang Yuan saw that the opponent was hoarding heavy troops in the middle, so he shifted the focus of his activities to the side. Allegretti naturally followed suit, and the defense system of the defense also tended to Zhang Yuan's side. As a result, the defensive strength in the middle was weakened a lot. Cristiano started to move forward, and Ricciuti also moved to the middle from time to time, and there were more opportunities to threaten Triestina's goal.

In the 61st minute, Zhang Yuan received the ball while running, then smashed through Allegretti's crotch, and then went around to get the ball. Allegretti pulled Zhang Yuan's jersey while Zhang Yuan was turning, and Zhang Yuan Seeing that the ball is about to lose control, he can only choose to pass the ball. Who should he pass it to?He passed to Ricciuti, who moved to the middle. Ricciuti made a long-range shot and dunked, passed Kiriazis, and then picked a pass to the penalty area. Jada never competed with the opponent. Nani pushed it out again, but the ball was not far away. Ricciutti regained control of the ball and made a through pass to the left. Zhang Yuan had already run into place, followed by Allegretti who was chasing him, but His speed couldn't keep up with Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan didn't stop the ball but chose to knock back to the center. Ricciuti followed up with a push and the ball went through the opponent's goalkeeper's armpit and into the net from the center.

In the away game, Rimini led by 2 goals. Gostinelli was very depressed. The opponent's counterattack was really fast. He had no choice but to keep going like this.

Of course Akeli was very happy. This situation was what he wanted to see the most. The more space the opponent gave Zhang Yuan, the greater the threat. He applauded the disciples on the field.

During the celebration, the audience booed harshly, and they didn't know whether to boo Rimini or Triestina or both.

After the game restarted, Triestina let go of his hands and feet to attack instead, regardless of his head. As a result, Rimini got more chances, but they were all wasted. Zhang Yuan wasted twice, once was He dribbled the ball and shot it with one foot, the ball was high, and the other time he received a return from Jada. His soles slipped, and the shot was weak and the opponent's goalkeeper easily got it.

Triestina's crazy attack was not without gains. They finally took advantage of a corner kick in the 88th minute and Kyriazis scored a goal, but their goal luck for this game ended there. , and in stoppage time they failed to break through the Rimini defense line again, the final score was fixed at 1:2, and Rimini won a precious victory in the away game.

After the game, the happiest thing for the Rimini players was not that Rimini defeated Triestina, but that Mantua defeated Genoa at the same time, so that the points gap between Rimini and Genoa narrowed to five points , although Piacenza also won, but even if Rimini lost against Mantua in the last game, they can still get a place to participate in the play-offs, either fourth or fifth.

The pressure has eased, but the players in Rimini have not relaxed yet. After all, No.4 has the advantage of being at home. Don’t underestimate this advantage. When playing at home, the home stadium will be full, and the home fans will cheer for the home team. At the same time, it will also bring huge mental pressure to the visiting team. It is impossible to say that the opponent's players will have a mental breakdown. Just imagine that all kinds of abuse will be heard endlessly, and all kinds of weird interference methods will annoy you, which will inevitably affect the mood of playing football. Malfunction is also very possible.What's more, the away game can adopt a safe style of play, and the home game can make adjustments based on the previous example of the away game.But it’s different if you take the home game first and then the guest. If you adopt a safe strategy at home, it’s not so easy to think about it when you’re away. Many teams that play first at home and then away play at home and want to get the advantage of scoring first. Of course, it is necessary to base themselves on defense, but most teams choose to attack rather than defend at home, unless It is a weak team. From the beginning, they made up their minds to play defense or fight with the opponent until the penalty shootout.

In addition to Juventus, Naples and Genoa, the strength of the other teams in Serie B this season is not much different. Otherwise, everyone will not fight for promotion and relegation this season. It's over, it's not until the last round and everyone is still fighting, and there are a lot of teams fighting.

(End of this chapter)