Chapter 77 The Last Battle
Serie A~~~ Guys~~~ We are only one game away from Serie A, as long as we can win Catania, we can go to the top league in Europe and play against the best players in Europe.
Whether it's me or you, everyone's pursuit is the same, fame, fortune and winning on the court, I'm not afraid of your jokes, since I decided to become a coach, I have dreamed of becoming the head coach of a team.
I did it, and I'm lucky because the dream took me just over three years to become the youngest head coach in world football today.
But it's just the beginning. In my dream, being a head coach is only the first step. Now, I will realize the second dream, enter Serie A and play in the best league in the world.
What about you? Are you ready to join me in the best league in football today? Finally, Li Yi asked loudly.
Upgrade~~~ We're going to Serie A neatly unified, and the players responded with the most direct roar to Li Yi.
Very well, now go out and defeat the last enemy in front of you the voice fell, and the door of the locker room was directly opened.
As the Cagliari players walked out of the locker room, the door to the visiting team's locker room also opened.
The eyes met, as if countless sparks were shining.
Cagliari wants to be promoted and wants to go to Serie A, Catania also wants to stay in Serie B.
Under the leadership of the referee Garibel, the two sides began to enter the final battlefield, the battle of life and death.
After the referee brought the players into the court, the two coaches met on the sidelines. Like the same, the two coaches had sparks in their eyes.
As for the verbal confrontation, there was already a contest before the game, so the two of them didn't talk nonsense, and returned to their positions directly after shaking hands.
On the pitch, the game has already started at the referee's whistle. In this game, Cagliari returned to the regular lineup, with Langella and Esposito partnering on the striker.
Ribery and Valbuena on both sides, Conte and O'Neal in the middle, Lopez, Rami, Loria and Cudini on the back line, and goalkeeper Pantanelli.
The last change was to catch the opponent by surprise, and Li Yi also wanted to completely seal the victory in the last game. However, the outstanding performances of Lecce and Palermo made Li Yi's calculus fail.
And not only did his calculus fail, Catania broke out with great power in the final battle of life and death, defeating the incoming Livorno at home, thus clinging to his hope of staying in Serie B.
O'Neal took the ball, and the Cagliari midfielder did not pass the ball this time, but chose to dribble the ball into Catania's half, and then chose to pass the ball out after attracting the attention of the defenders.
Ribery, this has almost become a regular routine in Cagliari's offense. According to a data from All Market, O'Neal's chance of passing the ball to Ribery is as high as 67%.
What if the odds are high? Isn't Ribery worthy of O'Neal's passing? And what if the opponent knew? Stealing the ball at Ribery's feet is not an easy task.
Foul~~~ Red card~~~ Catania's defensive player's flying shovel is completely from the person who ran. Since the stealing of the ball cannot be easily stolen, then use another way to stop it.
This is murder! Li Yi immediately jumped out and shouted at the fourth official on the sidelines.
Please pay attention to your words. The fourth official was unmoved and looked at Li Yi indifferently.
Perhaps it was because of the fact that the game had just started, and because Catania was a relegation player again, the referee Garibal didn't draw his cards, but only gave a warning.
Seeing this situation, the Cagliari players couldn't help but want to find the referee's theory. Fortunately, O'Neal stopped the player at this time, and Ribery also stood up.
On the sidelines, Li Yi has also been dragged back by Kadinich and Parilla.
The players, the referee theoretically, might get a card, and Li Yigang shouted that the fourth official might also get a card, and it was still a red card.
Cagliari people like Li Yi very much, and even support Li Yi, but as far as Italy is concerned, Li Yi is an outsider, and most Italians do not like Li Yi, including the referee on the court.
On the pitch, the game has restarted, Cagliari also completed the first attack, a header rushed to the top, O'Neill took a set kick, and Langella beat Malusi in the penalty area to head the goal.
It's just that this header is not threatening. Although Malusi didn't get the first spot, the defense did a good job. Rangela's header was almost no threat.
But this header was just the beginning. Soon, Cagliari made a comeback. It was still Ribery. Catania was obviously unable to prevent Ribery's breakthrough without fouling.
Shoot~~~ It's a pity~~~ Esposito's shot was slightly off, and the ball rubbed the goal post and flew out of the bottom line Ribery cut inwards after breaking through to attract the defense, then crossed the ball into the penalty area, Espoo Sito rushed into the penalty area at high speed without making any adjustments and shot hard.
In the seventh minute, Cagliari's third wave of attacks arrived as scheduled. This time, it was replaced by the cooperation between the right and the middle. The forward thrusts of Conte and O'Neill created an emptiness on the right. Valbuena took advantage of the situation to cut into the penalty area, and then Conte made a straight pass, and Valbuena received the pass and shot decisively.
Luck is not on Cagliari's side Valbuena's shot finally hit the post.
The gap in strength is obvious. Catania's first shot came in the ninth minute. Michele Fini made a pass from the back and the experienced Taldo beat Lamy for a header.
Serie A is rich in old demons, and the older you get, the more demons. There is such a player in the Catania team, that is Michele Feeney who sent the ball for Taldo.
In 1974, Feeney was 29 years old, but so far he has been playing in the second and third divisions. In the original history, Feeney did not have the opportunity to play in Serie A until two seasons later, and the more he played, the better.
Speaking of which, in the original history, Feeney and Cagliari still have a fate. In the 07-08 season, Feeney transferred to Cagliari, and it was also in Cagliari that he performed well in consecutive seasons. Many people remember this veteran.
Feeney is also the player that Cagliari focuses on defending in this game, but the reason why Li Yi focuses on defending Feeney is not because of his career trajectory.
Li Yi is not a machine, it is impossible to record every player's career, and besides, Feeney is not that kind of famous star.
The reason why Li Yi focused on defending Feeney was because of the scouts' eyes. Under the eyes of the scouts, Li Yi found that there was a question mark behind the player's C-level strength.
This is the first time Li Yi has seen such a situation.