We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 76: The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and Showing Their Magical Powers (PK in progress, please read on)
Vidic's long passes are no longer as good as they used to be.

But at this stage, it's okay.

After all, central defenders these days are mostly rough guys.

What's more, He Tianqi specially arranged a counterattack tactic, and Ribery and Eduardo were always paying attention to Vidic's movements.

After losing the ball, Torino was eager to catch up and continued to attack.

He Tianqi immediately asked the players to adjust their formation appropriately on the sidelines.

The Turin players attacked fiercely for more than ten minutes.

I almost treated the game as an offensive training.

The difference between a match and training is that… in training, you can ignore what happens after losing the ball, but not in a match!
boom!
Quagliarella made a long shot.

But Barzagli blocked his shooting angle, so the kick was very straight.

boom!
Handanovic saved the ball.

The smile on Quagliarella's face froze.

This young goalkeeper is actually better than Sicignano?

Quagliarella was very sure that Sicignano would most likely not be able to save this world-class shot from him, as that guy was very weak.

(Sicignano:???)

Wait, what about football?

Quagliarella turned around and saw Modric.

"Guard him!" Quagliarella shouted.

But it was too late.

boom!
Modric shot without stopping the ball, and his [Rocket pass and shot] was fast and accurate with the help of his [Falcon 6] sneakers.

Near the center circle, Eduardo, who started early, deliberately slowed down for two steps when he reached the midfield line, and then accelerated again and rushed out.

"Eduardo! This is a super one-on-one opportunity that is even bigger than the Vidic + Ribery combination just now!"

"This is the most tacit Croatian connection in Palermo!"

"Torino's goalkeeper strikes out."

"Eduardo shoots...it's a lob! The Torino goalkeeper can't touch the ball!"

"GOAL! 2-0! Palermo scored two consecutive counterattacks! Torino's defense is too bad!"

On the field, Torino's defenders raised their hands to indicate that Eduardo was offside.

But neither the linesman nor the referee thought so.

Because when Modric passed the ball, Eduardo was still in his own half.

There is no offside at this time.

That's why Eduardo slowed down before the halfway line.

As a fox in the penalty area, you don’t have to learn anything well, but you must learn the offside rules well.

This offseason, He Tianqi assigned Eduardo the homework of studying the offside rules.

Including interfering with the opponent in an offside position, etc.

He Tianqi looked at the Palermo players who were celebrating passionately, then turned around and sat back in the coaching seat.

This wave is stable.

Hang up and hang up.

As a result, eight minutes later, Torino had a shot from a corner kick that was caught by Quagliarella.

After the ball hit Vidic, Quagliarella made a follow-up shot and scored.

Two consecutive attacks broke through Palermo's gate.

Backfire on the old master!

2-1, Torino scored a goal.

He Tianqi jumped up from his seat at that moment.

However, what made him happy was that after scoring the goal, Quagliarella refused his teammates' celebration and made a gesture of pressing down with both hands.

He still has feelings for Palermo.

Especially He Tianqi, who taught him a lot and helped him make great progress.

Of course, if Quagliarella continues to score, it will be cause for celebration. …

"What are you doing? Press forward? Chiellini, Modric, Arteta, tighten up your midfield!"

"Ashley Young, Zacardo, when you find an opportunity, go up and help the team attack!"

"Tony, you don't need to retreat too much, Eduardo will connect the midfield and frontcourt!"

He Tianqi called out the names repeatedly on the sidelines.

The players whose names were called were extremely nervous.

After all, everyone saw what happened to the players who were named last time.

The effect is also immediate.

Palermo successfully controlled the ball in the midfield and backcourt.

And took the football across half court.

As soon as they crossed half court, Eduardo came over to support.

Modric passed the ball to Eduardo, who knocked it back.

boom!
Modric passes the ball into the wall.

Beside him, Zaccardo flew out.

The Torino full-back, whose attention was attracted by Eduardo, reacted and chased back immediately, but it was obviously too late.

boom!
Zaccardo sent a cross from the right.

Although he only has the skill of [Defensive Full-Back], he is still capable of basic wing-arounds and crosses.

After all, he is a [Top Five League Level] player.

In terms of comprehensiveness, he is much better than professional players like Ashley Young and Valencia.

In the middle, Luca Toni, who was originally at the back line, immediately ran forward, jumped up and headed the ball.

The reason why He Tianqi transferred [Basic Header] from Vidic to Luca Toni is that this skill is used more frequently by the latter.

And it serves the offense.

In football, offense obviously takes priority over defense.

Because only goals can change the score.

Swish!
Luca Toni made a high-quality header and the ball went straight into the net.

"GOAL! Three to one!"

“Palermo played very strongly!”

"This time it's a connection between the two new players!"

"Zaccardo is good at both offense and defense. After failing to compete for the starting lineup at Bologna, no one expected that he would join Palermo in Serie B."

"Luca Toni, a grassroots player, has obviously entered his comfort zone. Although he has not been very successful in Serie A, he has had a highlight moment in Serie B where he scored 15 goals in a single season."

"He Tianqi's adjustments had an immediate effect. It was easy for goals to be scored when he was directing on the sidelines."

Three to one, that’s not a small score.

This nearly thirty-minute confrontation also made the Torino team realize that the group of "pink noobs" on the opposite side did not seem to be that bad.

The initiative began to be in Palermo's hands.

Arteta used his excellent control skills to clear the ball for Modric many times and help Modric clean up dirty balls.

The so-called dirty ball cleaning refers to the ability to deal with dangerous balls.

For example, the opponent launches continuous pressing, forcing your teammates to lose the ball, so your teammates can only be forced to pass the ball.

Even if this kind of ball is passed to a teammate, it can easily be intercepted by the opponent or cause the teammate to be intercepted.

So when many players are intercepted, it is not their fault, but it may be the fault of the passer, because the ball was originally passed dirty.

In this situation, the ability to successfully protect possession of the ball, remove the ball and create range for the opponent is the ability to clean up the dirty ball.

Arteta, a product of La Masia, has excellent ability to clean up dirty balls.

In the future, Manchester City's B Silva will have a strong ability to clean up dirty balls.

Whenever Manchester City encounters this kind of pressing dilemma, they usually look for him to clean up the mess.

On the contrary, because He Tianqi's training direction for Modric is mainly "accelerator", his dribbling, confrontation and other abilities improve much slower and he always creates dirty balls.

(End of this chapter)