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

Chapter 92: The First Star Player (Please Give Me a Reward)

"But our schedule is no easier than Arsenal's. Considering the depth of our squad, the challenges we face are also great, so this unbeaten run is also valuable."

"We have played six games this November, and there are still two games to go. Thirty days, eight games, an average of one game every 3.75 days."

"Anyone who plays football should know how torturous this schedule is."

To be honest, this schedule is indeed a bit inhumane.

The Italian Football Association expanded Serie B this season, which really made things difficult for Palermo. Who can survive 46 league games?
The few draws they had were mostly due to preparation for the UEFA Cup, where they had to rotate their players in the league.

Palermo fans have reason to believe that if they have fewer games, their performance in both the league and European competitions will be better.

……

【Luca Toni is very happy that he can temporarily rank first in the Serie B scorer list. The 16-game unbeaten streak in the league has made him begin to believe that he may really become a stronger striker. He has been promoted from a "top five league" player to a "star player"! 】

[Your team has a "Star-level" player, and you will be rewarded as an all-round striker]

[All-round striker: Star-level skill. The player's confrontation, dribbling, shooting, positioning, heading and other abilities are all improved. After five consecutive shots without scoring a goal, the strengthening effect is doubled until a goal is scored.]

Luca Toni's promotion came at a very timely moment.

The high intensity and important competitions brought about his transformation.

And [Super Striker] is undoubtedly a skill that is extremely suitable for Luca Toni.

It also fits He Tianqi's tactical positioning of Tony.

This skill even has a one-to-zero attribute.

Especially after five shots, his attributes were further improved and Tony basically reached his peak level.

However, He Tianqi has a different idea about using this skill.

He has a bold idea!

If I feed Tony with shots like crazy and then activate the enhancement effect, but don't let Tony score goals and instead let him assist, organize, and interfere with the opponent, then... wouldn't there be a super Tony throughout the entire game?

A super Toni who has the confrontation like Drogba, the technique like Ibrahimovic, the shooting like Trezeguet, the positioning like Inzaghi, the passing like Totti and the impact like Vieri!
"Old Carney, come to my office and let's work out a tactic that will make the center forward shoot crazily." He Tianqi was excited.

What would happen if Luca Toni was given 20 shots, four or five times in a row?
A humanoid Gundam?
He was looking forward to it.

……

November 27th, the second leg of the UEFA Cup second round.

The Westfalenstadion was packed.

As a well-known devil's home field in Europe, the Hornets occupied all the seats.

The whole city is filled with people wearing golden armor, and the pink and black colors seem so out of place.

There have been no major changes to the lineups of either side.

On Dortmund's side, the forwards are still Jan Koller and David Odonkor, one tall and one fast.

Moreover, the former is ridiculously tall, 2.02 meters.

The latter is incredibly fast, reportedly running 100 meters in 10.5 seconds.

It is several levels faster than the fastest Valencia in Palermo.

In the first leg, the two forwards each scored a goal.

In midfield, Tomas Rosicky is the template for Modric, and was recently called "top Modric" by Dortmund to mock Palermo.

Midfielder Sebastian Kehl is a promising star in Germany's midfield and backcourt, and will become Dortmund's captain in the future. Of course, he will also encounter the Hornets captain's curse, becoming a glass man and being hindered by injuries.

Kyle also scored a goal in the last game.

The central defenders in the back line include players such as Walnes.

The goalkeeper is Weidenfeller.

Palermo's formation is:
Ribery, Toni, Eduardo

Arteta, Toure, Modric

Valencia, Vidic, Barzagli, Zaccardo

foster

——The goalkeeper in the last game was Foster.

Because there are too many games this season and Handanovic cannot take on all of them, Foster has many opportunities to play.

As a result, in the last game, he made a butter hand and caused the team to lose the ball.

Many people thought that He Tianqi would replace him this time.

But in terms of counterattack awareness, Foster is stronger than Handanovic, so He Tianqi continued to choose Foster in this series.

It was Handanovic who strained his shoulder during training!

(Foster: Didn’t we agree that I would start even if Handanovic wasn’t injured?)
(He Tianqi: Do you believe this?)

It seems that there is no change in Palermo, so the German media said that He Tianqi has run out of tricks.

But in fact, Palermo's tactics are completely different from the previous game.

In this game, they will firmly implement the "Feed Tony" tactics!
At the same time, He Tianqi had studied Dortmund's tactics thoroughly. He and Old Cami prepared several changes in advance to solve the problem of on-the-spot command.

He Tianqi gave Old Kami three tips and asked him to open them and look at them when he encountered difficulties.

With a whistle, the game officially begins.

……

In the first ten minutes, Palermo played more actively.

Continuously press in the frontcourt.

They are executing this tactic more and more effectively.

During the period, Luca Toni made a shot, but it was threateningless and was hugged by Weidenfeller.

In the stands, Dortmund fans continued to cheer for the team.

This made the Hornets on the court more motivated.

Rosicky, who was holding the ball and controlling the tempo, realised this but was unable to stop it.

They were leading 3-1 in the first round. If they play cautiously and focus on defense in this game, they will definitely advance to the next round.

But they can't be complacent.

Because this is Westphalia!

How big is the difference between Rosicky, who doesn't control the tempo, and Modric?

In the 13th minute, the Hornets finally came out and took the initiative to attack.

However, Toure, who was assigned the task of "marking Rosicky" by He Tianqi in this game, directly put pressure on Rosicky and then completed a steal.

He felt that defending Rosicky was similar to defending Modric, and it would not be difficult after getting into physical contact.

Rosicky made a foul gesture on the ground.

The helpless look on his face with his hands spread out was similar to Modric's.

The referee did not think it was a foul.

The ball came to Ribery's feet. He accelerated and decelerated continuously, started with a third gear lob, cut inside, and tried a lob shot from the left side outside the penalty area.

Weidenfeller was in good shape and saved the ball.

Tony got the first point, but his shot was too long and the ball was touched by Wallace, changing its position.

Tony failed to grasp the position of the football and hit it into the stands.

Hornets fans jeered.

Is this Palermo's starting center?

Isn’t it too bad?

But He Tianqi silently raised two fingers.

Twice.

(End of this chapter)