Chapter ninety-eight
In the second half, the two sides exchanged courts and fought again. Catania's formation turned back to 433 as Conte expected. Obviously, after pulling back a goal, the opponent chose a safe way of playing.
In this way, the effect of Piacenza after the formation change can be said to be immediate.
After Naingran came on the court, Piacenza's dominance rose sharply. Whether it was interference with Catania's offensive midfield or blocking the opponent's forward line, Naingran accomplished very well with the cooperation with Marchisio.
In terms of offense, Naingran, who is also given offensive responsibilities, relies on his abundant physical strength to continue to run around the backcourt of his team's backcourt, and has continued to cooperate well with Padalino. The two of them transported shells to the new front trio in the frontcourt.
At the same time, the all-round Flocari obviously adapted to the position where the left winger was slightly retracted. He began to use his dribbling skills on this road. When facing Catania's right-back Mattias Sylvester, with sufficient experience and skillful footwork, he turned the left road into one of the many threat points for Piacenza.
Under such a situation, the situation in Piacenza is naturally very good. As the away fans continue to cheer, the advantage on the field begins to grow bigger and bigger like a snowball.
From the start of the second half to the next twenty minutes, Piacenza completed the goal of completely controlling the situation. Conte's reprimand of the blower during the break obviously played a role. After Greco was replaced directly in the halftime, the group of players who finally got the chance to play began to burst out more energy.
Conte was very satisfied with the situation on the court on the sidelines. Catania's camp has been compressed to a few points under the suppression of Piacenza. Except for the two forwards left by the frontcourt, almost all Catania's other players began to participate in the defense in their own half.
However, one thing that made Conte a little dissatisfied, that is, in these twenty minutes, although Piacenza steadily completed the suppression of Catania, there were few threatening shots. The few threatening balls were saved by Catania's hot-formed goalkeeper, which was definitely not good news.
Generally speaking, a situation where you win the team but not win the ball often means that there will be variables, so Conte kept frowning while standing on the sidelines.
"Piacenza has now completely taken over the situation, and Catania has fewer and fewer opportunities."
Liu Jianhong has been explaining the game to fans during this period. His judgment on the situation on the field is almost the same as Conte: "However, we all know that football is round, and sometimes disadvantages do not mean that we cannot win, so the result of the game is hard to say."
Yes, Catania did not choose to give up the hope of attack even when he was pushed back to his half by Piacenza. The team's two faster forwards, Mascala and Kisin Morimoto, were both placed in Piacenza's halftime waiting for an opportunity.
And opportunities always come.
This was another threat to Piacenza's shot. Cassia received a high-altitude ball from Flokari on the left in the penalty area and headed the ball directly, but because of the interference of Catania's central defender beside him, the ball was finally carried into his arms by Catania's goalkeeper Thomaskositsky.
Then, Kositsky directly threw the ball and launched a counterattack. Catania's counterattack this time was quite concise. The goalkeeper threw the ball and looked for the back midfielder, and the back midfielder passed the ball directly to the forward.
This also led to Piacenza's players not having time to make effective responses. When Naingran, who first reacted outside the penalty area, came to the opponent's back midfield, the ball was already teleported to the frontcourt by a long pass by the Catania player.
At this moment, there were only three players in the Piacenza half.
Mascala received a long pass from his teammate in the middle circle. He was experienced and chose to stop and take action when facing Marcisio's upward robbery. He saw him swing the falling ball directly with his right leg and pushing it hard. He passed through Marcisio, and then re-controlled the ball from a position not far behind Marcisio.
On the left side of Mascala, another striker, Kisin Morimoto, who stayed in the frontcourt, had rushed towards the goal of Piacenza in parallel with him. In this way, the scene was directly in a two-on-two situation.
"Mascala is very fast in Catania's counterattack!"
In the commentary, Liu Jianhong's shouts woke up a large number of fans who were sleepy in front of the TV because they frequently did not score goals. Everyone cheered up and watched Catania's attack very nervously.
Tonucci and Avogadri were constantly retreating at this moment. The two were too insignificant for the entire half. They began to subconsciously reduce the defense area. As long as they could force the opponent's forward to stop in front of the penalty area, the teammates who were chasing back could support them in time.
Unfortunately, sometimes the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is skinny.
Mascala almost tried his best in this hard-earned counterattack. After dribbling, he burst out with a flying speed, which made Tonucci and Avogadri's retraction tactics a piece of nothing.
After Mascala pushed the ball forward from the right, Tonucci had to play a chase battle with Mascala. The final outcome was that Mascala, who was several positions behind Tonucci, came from behind and overtook the central defender in front of him and took the lead in controlling the ball again.
By this time, Mascala had already arrived at the position in front of the penalty area. He swung his legs and shot. Maurantanho, who was standing in front of Piacenza, was very energetic and prepared to save the ball.
"Maskara! Get up! This is, fake shot and real transmission!!!"
Liu Jianhong's heart was already in his throat. At that moment, Mascala's movements were too real. Even he deceived him, not to mention the concentrated Malantanho, the goalkeeper's center of gravity was lost.
The ball was pushed to the left side of the penalty area by Masca. There, where he used his running speed without the ball to throw away Avogadri, Takasin Morimoto, who was directly in place. With a light push, the ball rolled into the goal from Maurantanho.
"Catania! The ball is in! Morimoto's goal helped Catania surpass the score, which is incredible."
On and off the court and in front of the TV, countless people were stunned when they saw the scene in front of them. Catania's counterattack this time can be said to be clean and neat, with almost no place to criticize. Piacenza, who had the advantage at the last moment, became a backward side at this moment.
At this moment, on the screen, the happy Takasuke Morimoto was celebrating selflessly.
Chapter completed!