Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 57 Season Ending
The strength between Rimini and Piacenza is about the same, and the advantage of host and guest will be more useful, so it is necessary to strive for the advantage of a host.But Mantua is different. In the 41st round, Mantua, Brescia and Bologna all won. The points gap between them has not changed. Destiny is in your own hands.

The last round is destined to be a deadly round, and many teams will die. In comparison, Rimini is relatively easy, after all, it is definitely possible to play the promotion play-offs.Therefore, the players are still relatively relaxed in training. In the final round of preparations, Akori considered that Mantova might attack aggressively. His first consideration was defense. With Zhang Yuan in the frontcourt, the threat of counterattack was great.He once again adjusted Borgia to play a defensive midfielder, allowing Borgia and Cristiano to form a double midfielder. Tee's position remains the same as the left midfielder, Moscalderli is replaced by Baruso, Baruso's defensive ability is better than Moscalderli's, but he is not as good as Moscalderli's offensively, what Akori means It is Baruso who can help defend the center and help Vitiello guard the right.Mantua's main formation is 442, and it must be a fuss on the wing, because they mainly play a double-center tactic, and the two tall centers have outstanding header ability, which is their magic weapon for victory.

After several days of preparations, Rimini played against Mantua at home on June 6. The Romero Neri Stadium was overcrowded. In fact, they don’t need such a huge crowd of people to watch, because Rimini has already won the play-offs They still came, and there were people outside the venue. If Rimini upgrades and really consider building a new stadium, the current stadium is not up to standard at all.

Before the game, the coaches of the two teams had completely different views on the game. Mantua's coach DiCarlo said that his team came to Rimini with the determination to win, which meant that they must win the game.Akori praised Mantua, pointing out that the opponent's offense is very characteristic and threatening, and Rimini will adopt a defensive counterattack strategy, which means that as long as they don't lose, it will be fine!
In fact, after the opening, Mantua really held high the banner of offense, while Rimini was defensive.Mantua's offensive style of play is quite British. They simply play long passes, find two high center forwards, and indeed play two wings, but not much. Instead, they adopt The style of play where the two sides lean toward the center, that is, the center grabs the first point, and the second point is grabbed by the remaining striker or the player who inserts in the middle, or the player who leans from the side toward the center, or passes. Or shoot, their style of play did cause trouble for Rimini, and the protection of the second point is particularly important, and their style of play did not disrupt their defensive deployment, because this style of play does not require too much Lots of offensive players.Akori's tactics of defensive counterattack did not work, and the turnover rate of this long pass was extremely high. Rimini is now called forced to control the ball, and the possession rate always has an advantage.

Since the first plan fails, the second plan is natural. Akori sent a message to the players on the field, changing the defensive counterattack to a ball possession tactic, controlling the ball at his feet, not rushing to attack, and reducing Mantua’s long pass with the ball After all, the opponent's two center forwards are not decorations. They can indeed put great pressure on Rimini's defense. If they are not careful, they may not be a threat but a goal.

The two teams were at a stalemate in the first half. Although Rimini had the upper hand in possession, the possession tactic was not their usual tactic. Under the pressure of the opponent, there were still some mistakes, but the opponent's long pass rushed. Hanging does not work every time. There are indeed several opportunities, but the opponent has not grasped them, and Rimini has several opportunities here, but they have not been able to break through the goal under the opponent's hard defense.

The final score in the first half was 0:0, and no one could do anything about it.

However, at the beginning of the second half, the situation suddenly changed. Mantova pushed forward aggressively, especially in the first half. News came from the other two pitches, with Brescia and Bologna both scoring first, ahead of their respective opponents.This means that if Mantova doesn't press all the way, if they don't strive for victory, they may become No.8 at the end of the game, and they won't even make the play-offs.

DiCarlo also knows that this style of play must be in line with Rimini's wishes, but now he has no choice. In view of Rimini's fast counterattack, he can only send defenders to focus on Zhang Yuan, and Jada Defensively, you have to relax a lot.

Rimini is more strategically reclaimed. Ricciuti and Baruso on the two wings put their main energy into defense, and the front is completely left to Zhang Yuan and Jada to play freely.

Zhang Yuan got several chances in the first half, but he didn’t handle it well, the shot deviated from the post, and once he got the ball he was a little hesitant and missed the best opportunity to pass the ball, the ball was cut off by the opponent, a threatening attack It ended without a problem.

Now this situation is suitable for Zhang Yuan's performance. In the 56th minute, Ricciuti made a long pass from the left. The ball was fast and large. Zhang Yuan easily accelerated and overtook the opponent's defender, and successfully got the football. Instead of rushing to cross, he walked into the penalty area, attracted the attention of the remaining central defender, watched Jada's running position, and made a diagonal pass before the opponent went up to the penalty area. Jada bypassed the opponent The central defender received the ball in front of him, but instead of catching the ball directly, he tapped it with his heel. After Zhang Yuan passed the ball, he walked horizontally towards the penalty area. The two of them were equivalent to a two-for-one cooperation, which successfully drove the movement of the two central defenders. Da heel knocked, Zhang Yuan did not stop the ball and took advantage of the opportunity to push the far corner. This time Zhang Yuan did not waste the opportunity and hit very accurately and hard. The opponent's goalkeeper failed to stop the ball. The ball scored and Rimini led 1:0.

After Zhang Yuan scored the goal, instead of kneeling in the corner area, he turned around and found Jada and gave him a tight hug. Most of the credit for the goal should be credited to Jada. It is very comfortable to keep up with the push shot from a distance.

The audience at the scene also cheered, calling Zhang Yuan's name, and after hugging Jada, the two walked side by side around the baseline and waved to the fans at the scene.

After scoring a goal, Akori was more relaxed. With a goal in hand, he made adjustments more easily. After applauding, he sat back on the head coach's bench with ease.

Rimini scored a goal, DiCarlo was very depressed, but this kind of result was also expected by him. He already had the premonition that Rimini scored first in arranging that kind of aggressive tactics, and now Rimini really scored. Although he was a little frustrated with the ball, he comforted himself that maybe it was okay, there was no way to retreat, maybe the attack went smoothly, and Mantua would win in the end.

Another advantage of Mantua's double center tactics is that it is easy to create chaos in front of the goal. For example, set kicks are their chance to score. They also failed to seize the few opportunities they had.

After scoring the goal, Rimini began to play ball possession tactics according to Akori's request, trying to control the ball under his feet, but just like the first half, Mantua did not lose confidence. After all, to be honest, this is not The relegation battle is a battle to secure a place in the play-offs. Losing is not a catastrophe, so they are not nervous. They fight more aggressively than in the first half. It is difficult for Rimini to really pass the ball. After all, their personal ability There is still a big gap with the top pass and control teams, and the usual tactical drills do not pay much attention to ball control tactics.

The two sides couldn't play their own tactics like this, but instead became a war for possession of the ball. As a result, the two sides failed to create any good opportunities for a long time.Until the 81st minute, the stalemate on the field was broken again. Baruso intercepted the opponent's ball in the frontcourt and passed it to Zhang Yuan in the middle. After scoring a goal, Rimini led 2:0. After this goal, Rimini basically won the game. Akori then replaced Zhang Yuan and Ricciutti, replaced by Cassione and Moscaldelli changed the formation to 451, allowing Jeda to go up front alone, while hoarding heavy troops in the midfield to strengthen midfield possession and pressing.

Even though Rimini scored two goals and Mantova still didn't give up, I have to admire their willpower and spirit, but these two alone are useless. They still failed to break through the gate of Rimini in the end. Soon, Brescia and Bologna, which started at the same time, ended one after another. The two teams won by coincidence, and Mantua only won the eighth place. This season is over for them.

Rimini won and secured the fourth position. Piacenza tied but still kept the fifth position. Rimini's first opponent in the play-offs has been decided, which is Piacenza .

The audience fell into a carnival, as if they had been upgraded, but in fact Rimini still needs to play at least four games to upgrade.There are also a lot of fans waiting for autographs outside the stadium today. Naturally, the most people are looking for Zhang Yuan's autographs. Just kidding, he is the hottest new star in Serie B recently.

This season's Serie B is over, Juventus ranked first without any suspense, Naples won second, and they will be promoted directly. Genoa is only three points away from Naples. They lost the chain at a critical moment and had to play a playoff. Their opponent will be Brescia. This opponent is not too weak, and they have to be careful.

The saddest one is probably Mantova. They defeated Genoa in the penultimate round and helped everyone successfully hold back Genoa's pace. However, they lost to Rimini in the last round. I didn't get any, and I was completely making wedding clothes for others.

(End of this chapter)