My name is Colani

Chapter 224 New Season First Round 2

Matarese was generous and praised sincerely: "What's the name of your big guy?! Toni, he won't suffer any loss in Serie A with his physique!"

"Mr. Matarese, thank you for your compliment. His name is Luca Toni. I spent a lot of money to get him a few years ago. My efforts have paid off. He has grown rapidly, has a high goal efficiency, and is also very good at making passes, but he is a little slow!" Hugo laughed.

"I really hope my team can also dig out such young people!" Matarese sighed.

"Hahaha!" Hugo laughed, "Mr. Matarese, your team has not had enough talents! Isn't that Cassano produced here?! He made you a lot of money!"

Hugo's words are not compliments. Bari has produced many talents in recent years, but they were all sold by Matarese.

"That's thanks to Roma!" Matarese said proudly. Selling Cassano for nearly 30 million US dollars is definitely a high price, ridiculously high. Of course, it also benefits from the deformed football market in Italy.

"He is really not worth that much! Born in a good time, it also helps you!" Hugo teased, satirizing that Cassano's level is not that high.

"Well, that kid is a bad boy. It's right to send him away. You'll see, there will be headaches for Roma!" Matarese commented on Cassano. This was private. Cassano was very dishonest in Bari, which made Matarese dissatisfied. However, Matarese has been praising Cassano to the sky in the media so far.

Hugo smiled and said nothing!

The game on the field continued. After a while, Trapani obviously slowed down the pace. This is why Zeman wanted Miku. Miku actually likes the position of front midfielder on the left, and he is a typical strong attack but weak defense player. It is not okay for you to let him participate in defense. However, in Trapani, Zeman has high requirements for him. Zeman hopes that they can control the rhythm, which means that he is in the midfield position at certain times, close to the midfield, and cannot move forward too much. Of course, the choice of timing depends on himself.

Barry's pressing was not very fierce. He was probably frightened by Trapani's strong attack fifteen minutes after the start, especially in the winger and full-back positions. Trapani's two wingers are very fast, and the defender Grosso is a little slower, but Bosingwa is also very fast. Trapani players have forced overtaking many times on the field, and Barry is exhausted.

Trapani is now slowing down the pace, but Bari is still afraid of Trapani's wing attack, and the formation has not dared to press too much. Miku's organization and coordination are in good shape, and Mascherano and Meireles behind him form a triangle with him, which is convenient for triangle pass control.

Bari has not launched any decent attack for a long time. Matarese looks unhappy when he sees that the team can only make long passes gradually. Not only is Bari not good at this, but Trapani's central defender is also not good. Hugo was surprised to find that Pepe played very well in the first half, and finally there was no header. Several headers were all successful. Bari set up two strikers, but they were no match for Natali and Pepe in physical confrontation.

What made Hugo regretful was that Trapani's score in the first half was still 1:0. There were many opportunities created, but they were a little short of scoring. Bari's defenders made several timely rescues in front of the goal, and the arrival rate was relatively high.

Matarese went somewhere during the halftime break. Giorgio teased him in a low voice: "He must have gone to the locker room! If they can't even beat us today, they will be too embarrassed!"

"This is their home court!" Hugo nodded with a smile.

Hugo knew very well what Trapani was afraid of. Trapani was most afraid of the kind of team with control, who could slow down the pace and patiently look for results. If Bari relied on itself as a relegated team in Serie A and Trapani as a newly promoted team in Serie B to force an attack in the second half, then Trapani would not be afraid. Everyone would let go and see who had better luck.

After waiting for a while, Matarese came back. Hugo quickly teased him: "It seems that Mr. Matarese went to cheer up the team!"

"No, I went to the toilet!" Matarese denied it.

However, in the second half, the Bari team also followed Trapani's example and attacked to see who could outlast the other.

Hugo was too optimistic. Miku had just joined the team and was not familiar with the team. His teammates also needed time to adapt to his style. He was also changing his style to adapt to the team. In the first half, he seemed to be controlling the midfield. In the second half, Barry strengthened the pressing. Miku made a pass error in the 56th minute. He failed to form a tacit understanding with Mascherano and sent the ball directly to the opponent's striker. The opponent was not ambiguous. A beautiful two-pass cooperation broke into the penalty area. Kameni had already left the goal and was shot by No. 9 with a light lob, which penetrated Trapani's goal!

"This is the general you spent 6 million to buy! I don't think he is that good!" Matarese was full of energy at this time.

"The flaws do not cover the merits. The game is not over yet. It's too early to draw such a conclusion now! Mr. Matarese!" Hugo snorted twice. The problem exposed by this ball was that the players were not tacit enough, and the turning of the defense line was too slow. Natali could not keep up with the opponent's pace at all, and this guy did not take a foul! I would rather give Barry a free kick in front of the penalty area!

Miku was very upset, but he did not blame Mascherano. This situation was the responsibility of both of them.

Zeman specifically called Miku aside and told him to stick to the team's style and his own way of playing. Then he called Mascherano to his side and told him not to blame himself and to have confidence!

Zeman never hesitates to encourage young players.

The two sides began to fight on the court. The scene was really thrilling and exciting. Hugo, Matarese and others were concentrating on the game.

"Fuck!" Hugo shouted and slapped his thigh, "You can't shoot like this! Stop it!"

Hugo was talking about Pepe. Pepe wasted a great opportunity. Miku, who was not worth 6 million in Matarese's mouth, made another overhead pass. Pepe rushed over and volleyed. Sorry, it flew, hit the plane!

"No one defended him at all. Simeone actually shot such a quality shot?!" Hugo complained to Lu Fan with his hands spread out.

This kind of volley is not that simple. Pepe's mentality is not right. It is estimated that he wanted to exert too much strength and passed it!

However, Hugo's regret did not last long. Soon, 3 minutes later, in the 71st minute, Bari became lax. Miku swam to the left to pass the ball, Toni headed the ball, and the second point was a shot by young player Cristiano Ronaldo, which went straight to the lower left corner of Bari's goal.

Let Trapani overtake the score once. This goal boosted the morale of Trapani, who was slightly at a disadvantage in the early stage.

"Good boy, I knew he could do it!" Hugo paid attention to Matarese and clapped his hands and praised him. When Trapani scored the first goal, Matarese was still a little generous. He was not optimistic about Trapani's strength. He did not believe that his team could not beat Trapani, but now it has given him a profound lesson. This team is not as weak as he imagined!

Matarese looked very unhappy with a dark face, but Hugo was still clapping and cheering as if he didn't see it!

This goal is very meaningful to Ronaldo. It is his first goal in a professional game and also his first goal for Trapani. He didn't expect it to be so smooth.

He played happily on the court today. Zeman has always been generous with his freedom. Of course, the whole tone of the team is still centered on Miku, but the wingers on both wings also have considerable freedom. Ronaldo likes to play tricks. During the training, Zeman taught him to play more concisely. He did not allow Ronaldo to have a pedigree, but did not want Ronaldo to show off too much! Overall, Ronaldo was obedient today and did not show off his tricks too much. You must know that excessive showing off will not only make teammates dissatisfied, but also the opponent's defenders will not be satisfied, and it is easy to cause intentional harm from the opponent.

After scoring, Ronaldo's self-confidence increased a lot, and he began to show off his knowledge on the court. At the beginning, people couldn't keep up with him a few times, which really made him look bad. Later, people couldn't keep up with him and began to be rude to him, whether with or without the ball, they were very rude.

The young Ronaldo's legs must be bruised after he leaves the court!

Of course, his show-off also reduced Trapani's offensive efficiency. He always wanted to be more aggressive, which led to Barry's higher defensive rate. Zeman, who was dissatisfied, replaced him in the 80th minute and used Luriga.

When he arrived at the edge of the court, Zeman exchanged a few words with Ronaldo, saying that I gave you freedom not to let you play casually, but to understand how to form a linkage with your teammates. You can't do this!

Ronaldo could only listen to Zeman's lecture honestly. Hugo saw this scene in the stands and smiled knowingly. Young people are like this, they are easy to get carried away!

After that, neither side was able to score. At the end of the game, the score was fixed at 2:1. The visiting team Trapani won and got a good start in the new season.

Trapani completed a total of 24 shots in the whole game, but only 7 shots were in the middle of the goal. The shooting accuracy was a bit poor, but fortunately there were two goals! Bari did not have many chances in the first half, but they adjusted their tactics in the second half and made an effort. They also had 16 shots in the whole game, which was no less than Trapani's number of shots in the second half. However, their shot accuracy rate was higher, with 10 shots hitting the goal frame. Fortunately, Trapani has a good goalkeeper!

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