Chapter 1728 Strategic Deterrence

"You did a good job in the first half. Although you conceded a goal, it's not anyone's responsibility for that goal..."

In the visitors' dressing room, Manuel Piandi, Insubrem's head coach, spoke to the players.

"When any team faces that kind of goal, it is very difficult to defend. Although we have made targeted arrangements for Hu before the game, it is difficult to ensure 100% defensive success. But we still let him in the first half. There is only one scoring opportunity in the field, and I think this is the most remarkable!"

Piandi's tone was impassioned, as if it was not his team that was one goal behind, and then he called Rossini's name:

"Marco."

Rossini quickly straightened up and waited for the coach's order.

"Your attempt was very good. Although you failed, it doesn't mean that this idea is not good. So you should continue to advance in the second half. Of course, the team must also cooperate well. The biggest failure of your advance in the first half The problem is that you don't coordinate with your teammates."

Not only did Piandi not blame Rossini for his self-assessed advance in the first half, but he also encouraged him to continue in the second half. However, as the head coach, he did not blindly praise the players, but also put forward some suggestions-not criticisms, but suggestions, telling the players what they should do next time to be better.

After listening to the head coach's suggestion, Rossini nodded: "I will pay attention next time, sir."

In fact, he himself was also reviewing the mistake in the first half.

His mistake was not only in trying to be a lone hero, but also in not carefully observing the situation around him and taking it for granted.

As a result, when he focused on Juan Ramirez, he ignored Vukovic, who was really facing him.

In the end, Piandi cheered up the players: "Gentlemen, the defending champions have nothing to fear. They did lead us in the first half, and that goal was indeed a beautiful goal. But because of this, I am more grateful to you." Be confident. Because Hudu, who defended you in the first half, could only get into our goal with such a 'genius shot'. What does this mean? It means that they have no better way! So in the second half, we had a full 40 Five minutes can change all that!"

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Rossini, who was encouraged and praised by the head coach, was as if he had been hit with chicken blood. At the beginning of the second half, he passed Vukovic in the midfield and jumped on him to grab the ball.

Then he swung his foot to pass the ball, and the Madrid Pirates' defense line retreated as a whole, but he suddenly dribbled the ball forward!

Fortunately, Tonini returned to the defense in time and interfered with Rossini when he was dribbling the ball, disrupting his dribbling rhythm, which allowed Vukovic to come back and entangle Rossini again.

But even so, Rossini did not concede the ball.

Instead, after protecting the football, he passed the ball to his teammates.

Although this attack was not successful, at least he did not lose the ball, so Insubrei could continue to organize the attack.

"Although Rossini is only twenty-two years old, he already has the demeanor of a general!" He Feng exclaimed.

Although Rossini did not concede the ball, it would be difficult to organize an effective offensive.

It can be seen from his forward penetration this time that the head coach of the Madrid Pirates, Parotti, also made arrangements for this during the intermission.

Tonini's timely return to defense can make up for the disadvantage of the Madrid Pirates with only three players in the midfield.

When defending, Tonini and Camara will change from forwards to full-backs, allowing the Madrid Pirates to have five players in the midfield. Compared with Insubre, who has four midfielders, they have an advantage in numbers.

Insubre, including Rossini, are trying to find opportunities to score goals, but in the face of the Madrid Pirates who recovered their defense, there is not much they can do.

Although Rossini has a good passing ability, Insubre's forwards can't seize the opportunity.

After wasting a few chances like this, Rossini simply took a long shot himself.

But such a long shot does not threaten the ten fingers of the Belgian goalkeeper Heywell.

After the latter jumped out, he didn't even change his expression, and looked calm. It can be seen that Rossini's shot did not pose a threat to him.

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Although Mortensen and Mattioli were successful in defending Houlai in the second half, the score of 1:0 was delayed because Insubre's offense failed to penetrate Hewell's ten fingers. rewrite.

As the game progressed, there was less and less time left for Insubure.

However, the head coach Piandi did not put in more attackers to put all his eggs in one basket.

Obviously, he felt that the 0:1 away loss to the defending champion in the group stage was not an unacceptable result.

Of course he hopes to win, but if he can't win, then a small loss by one goal is better than losing two or three goals, right?

After all, when competing with the Madrid Pirates for the top spot in the group, it is necessary to compare the mutual goal difference. Losing a few goals now may be the key to deciding who is the first in the group and who is the second in the group when the goal difference needs to be compared in the future.

"Piandi slowed down..." first assistant coach Valentine said.

"He obviously thinks a small loss is okay. Shall we take the opportunity to press them up and score another goal?" the second assistant coach Naher suggested.

Parotti shook his head: "No, we are facing an Italian team. So we must be careful of their defensive counterattack. The offense is fine, but we may not score a goal, and they will steal one instead."

Naher is also an Italian. After thinking about it, he felt that what Parotti said made sense.

In fact, Piandi really hoped that the gesture he made could attract the Madrid Pirates to press up and attack, so that Insubret could use the defensive counterattack to score a goal.

It's just that Parotti, as an Italian coach, obviously knows what his compatriots are thinking.

In addition, the Madrid Pirates will usher in the first "Madrid Derby" of the season. Parotti also adjusted the team's lineup, replacing Vukovic, Camara and Tonini successively. Let the main players fully rest as much as possible.

Piandi could see that the Madrid Pirates were no longer thinking about the game in front of them, but he did not change his tactics, letting his team press out to attack and try to equalize the score.

It's not that Piandi doesn't want to—who doesn't want to win?

It's just that if you want to win the game, the price you have to pay is a bit high, and the risk is a bit high.

Because Parotti did not replace Hu Lai.

Don't understand what this means?

This is a kind of deterrence. Keeping Hu Lai on the court can make Insubrei dare not act rashly.

After all, they had to do their best to defend against Hu Lai. If they dared to press up and attack, Hu Lai would teach them to be human every minute.

So in the remaining ten minutes of the game, the teams coached by the two Italian coaches looked like they were staring at each other, and no one made any further moves.

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After the referee blew the whistle to end the game, there was a huge cheer. Corsairs fans in Madrid cheered on their team's two-game winning streak in the Champions League.

Even if you only win one goal, that's still a win!

In the end, the Madrid Pirates beat Insubre 1-0 at home.

This is a completely acceptable result for both teams.

Needless to say, the Madrid Pirates are the winning side.

For Insoubre, losing just one goal is perfectly acceptable. This is an away game after all.

They defeated Weissedov at home in the first round of the group stage~lightnovelpub.net~ So losing a game now does not pose a big threat to their ranking—in this round of group stage, Weissedov The home game with Lyon ended in a 2:2 tie. Both of their teams only scored one point, and the points gap with the Madrid Pirates and Insubret was obvious.

After the two rounds of the group stage, the defending champion Madrid Pirates won two games in two games, accumulating six points and ranking first in the group.

With one win and one loss, Insubre ranked second with three points.

Lyon Lions and Weissedov ranked third and fourth respectively.

Judging from the two rounds of group matches alone, the defending champion still has a great advantage. Regardless of whether the title can be successfully defended, at least the group qualifying is not a big problem.

The victory of this game also helps them compete with Insubre for the first place in the group.

The two teams will have to wait until the last round of the group stage to meet again. At that time, if the suspense of who is the first and second in the group has not been decided, then that game will become a decisive battle to determine the ownership of the first and second . As long as the Madrid Pirates do not lose to Insubre in the away game, they can get the first place.

Of course, if the suspense of the first and second ends before that, then naturally there is nothing to say, and the last match will directly become a friendly match and a shuffling match.

(end of this chapter)