Chapter 272 Advance to the final
Only one step away from the Serie A championship, when he turned his head, Perugia turned his attention to the European Cup Winners. It turned out that there seemed to be no place where Perugia could be difficult to get.
In the first leg of the match against Chelsea, Perugia defeated his opponent three goals away, and it was also a victory when Bruno sat on the bench as a temporary coach to direct the game. If it were Bruno, it would be three goals.
In the second leg, how big a wave can Chelsea make?
It is generally believed that even if Perugia sends a second-tier lineup, Chelsea will not have a chance to turn around. After all, Perugia's second-tier lineup is at least at the mid-level of Serie A, and Chelsea may not dare to say that they will win.
Chelsea coach Viali also inevitably said pessimistically that although Chelsea will fight to the last minute, their European battle path this season may have come to an end. After all, many times, their absolute strength is not varied by human will. Moreover, their desire to win may not necessarily be stronger than Perugia.
Perhaps Chelsea's only chance is that Perugia underestimates the enemy, sends out a second-tier lineup and is too relaxed, so that Chelsea has an opportunity to take advantage of it.
However, this kind of script is often just wishful thinking of some people and does not have practical guiding significance, because you cannot treat reality as a dream.
Chelsea's script is right. Perugia did send out a second-tier lineup. After all, she just had a big fight with Juventus, and returning to the Serie A will be the key battle for Perugia's championship. Perugia needs to keep the lineup intact.
However, even Perugia's second-tier lineup is not something Chelsea can easily defeat.
Chelsea played well at the home court of Perugia, which even Bruno had to admit that Viali's team seemed to have played the best game of the season.
With Chelsea's Premier League team, the top team in the Premier League, playing a desperate battle with a loafer, which is in line with the psychological expectations of most people - even if they are eliminated, they must show off their momentum.
Perugia's second-tier lineup's ability to withstand pressure is actually average. Even if their potential is no less than that of the main players, they are played in key battles after all, and their psychological ability to withstand pressure is slightly worse, giving Chelsea an advantage.
Chelsea took the lead in the first half, and Zora's goal seemed to have given Chelsea a chance to turn the tables, and Chelsea attacked even harder after scoring the goal.
In the last moment of the first half, Perugia was even suppressed into his penalty area for a while, and could not even counterattack. Chelsea's fierce offensive wave after wave, making people breathless.
It was not until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half that Bruno breathed a sigh of relief.
It's finally over.
If Chelsea scored two goals in the first half, Perugia will only have one goal left, which will undoubtedly make the game situation confusing.
Bruno doesn't like this situation where he can't control the situation. He must firmly take the game into his own hands.
During the break, Bruno won the first half without hesitation, Galas, who made a fatal mistake in the first half, and also played the Dinghai Shentou Matrazi. He needed Matrazi to command the team's defense.
Mistakes are actually not scary. Every player cannot escape the possibility of making mistakes on the court. If it is just a mistake, Bruno will not necessarily blame Galas.
But the problem is that Galas played too relaxed in the first half, or his attitude was not correct, perhaps he felt that there was no suspense in Perugia's advancement.
Once the mind is relaxed, the body will naturally relax, and mistakes will naturally occur.
So, Bruno has to replace Galas because you don't know when this big thunder will explode.
When he bought Galas, Bruno knew that Galas' defense was like a double-edged sword. He didn't know when he would hurt him when he stabbed someone, but Bruno felt that he could train Galas and let him get rid of this problem.
But now it seems that I may have overestimated myself, at least my transformation is not successful now, and Galas seems to have entered the thunder stage early.
Well, maybe I am not omnipotent and not that great, I must admit this.
While replacing Galas, Bruno also replaced Pauletta with Gattuso, which was a substitution for tactical considerations.
The team's formation has become 451, which has enhanced the defensive power in the midfield. Now that things have come, Bruno does not intend to continue playing against Chelsea. It is better to kill some of the game as soon as possible.
Ravanelli, who was keeping his comeback, pressing in the frontcourt, giving full play to his characteristics and perhaps creating some unexpected effects.
This time, Perugia's midfielder has completely become a production line composed of multiple meat grinders. When opponents pass, they may turn into meat foam.
The adjustment effect was good. After the start of the second half, although Chelsea's attack was still fierce, they often could not pass Perugia's meat grinder midfield smoothly. Even if they could hit Perugia's penalty area, it would be difficult to threaten Perugia's goal with the neat formation of Perugia.
In terms of defense, perhaps Perugia is not the best in the world, but with Perugia's tactical system, they are not afraid of any opponents.
Chelsea became more and more impatient. After several helpless against Perugia's midfielder, Viali made a desperate bet and replaced with high center forward Flo, forming a three-forward formation, completely giving up defense. The momentum of wanting to die with Perugia made Bruno unable to help but sigh.
I forgot how Viali's coaching performance was later, but at least now, Viali is absolutely qualified as a coach, and his performance deserves his respect.
But this obviously won't be the ideal world for you, me, everyone. Football has to decide the winner. Even if you respect your opponent, Bruno cannot give up his own interests to fulfill Chelsea. This is a game where you have to decide the winner.
Moreover, in order to express his respect for Chelsea, Bruno knew that Perugia would play the best game so that Chelsea would be eliminated and there would be no more regrets, because it would be unfair to lose to Perugia.
Before Chelsea's life-threatening attack, Perugia's defense line was solid and there was no flaw at all. Matrazi's command gave Perugia's back line the style of a top-level defense line. In fact, they already have such abilities.
In the last moment, Chelsea could only get opportunities through frequent crosses, which is the only way they can create threats so far.
However, as Flo received a cross from Clark and headed the ball out of the goal, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game.
In this way, Perugia defeated Chelsea with a score of 3:1 in two rounds and advanced to the final of the European Cup Winners.
Chapter completed!