Greatest Of All Legends-Chapter 594: Vs Napoli II
Chapter 594: Vs Napoli II
Chapter 594: Vs Napoli II
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After the first goal of the game went in, the game heated up further and the Uventus team who had fallen behind their opponents began doing their best to try to find their way back into the game, but the Napoli team on the other hand were doing their best to ensure they ended the first half with their lead intact.
Bernadeschi cut into the Napoli 18-yard box from the right wing after receiving a pass from Bentacur.
His marker immediately tried to block his path, but Bernadeschi’s tricky feet were able to create a little space for him and he hit the ball at goal, not bothering to look for a teammate.
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Ospina jumped into the ball’s path and managed to get his hand to it, stopping the ball from going in.
As the ball bounced off the Napoli goalkeeper, Koulibaly, who was near where the ball landed, hastily cleared it to the left side of the pitch.
{Would that be the final save before half-time? Oh, the Uventus team didn’t waste any time getting the ball back on the field}
Jason had quickly run to the throwing line when the ball was hit out of play, and the ball boy nearby had quickly thrown the ball at him, doing his job with double efficiency, especially since his employers were the Uventus team.
Jason received the ball and quickly threw it back to Alex Sandro who swiftly took control of the ball and sent a pass to Ronaldo, who was holding off Koulibaly with his back.
As the ball reached Ronaldo, he made a one-touch pass to the left, flicking the ball into Jason’s path.
Jason had begun his run as soon as he threw the ball and was now in perfect position to receive the ball, especially with Ronaldo holding off Koulibaly, the toughest defender on the opposition team who had made it his duty to stop Jason’s every attempt on goal.
As Jason received the ball, his marker hot on his heels, Koulibaly quickly disengaged from Ronaldo and rushed at Jason, hoping to block him before he could get in too deep.
Jason used his pace and clever movements to prevent the man from getting too close and kept him alert and when he was almost running off the field in the left side of the penalty box, he twisted his body awkwardly and hit the ball with his left foot, sending a pass back across the face of the goal.
Ronaldo who had been moving in accordance, expecting a pass back from Jason, reacted immediately, but Jason’s cross had been made under pressure and missed Ronaldo entirely, the ball just narrowly going behind the striker.
{Chiesa!!!} the commentator screamed, giving hope to Jason, who had fallen over and Ronaldo, who had missed the ball.
Chiesa had been trailing behind Ronaldo and was in perfect position to receive the pass since the ball missed Ronaldo, and he didn’t think for a second before hitting the ball.
The ball flew off his feet and rose powerfully, flying toward the top right corner of the goal.
{But oh! Over and off target, he’s missed the chance for an equalizer!} The commentator’s words reiterated what the fans had just witnessed.
They crumpled back into their seat, letting out sounds of disappointment.
{His shooting boots are off at the moment} the commentator began, but the referee’s whistle interrupted his commentary.
The referee had blown for the end of the first half of the game, and the players began to head to the tunnels, leaving the fans to entertain themselves for the next fifteen minutes.
Jason stood up from where he had stumbled over after making the cross and began to trudge off the field, disappointed that the team hadn’t been able to equalize the game.
He hadn’t been able to play as well as he usually did, especially now that his opponents were doing their best to keep him from building any momentum.
Especially that Koulibaly guy.
Jason knew that he was still a way off from being called a top player in terms of skill and experience at the top stage of football.
His stats said differently, and that might have gotten to his head a little bit, but facing top-level defenders like the guys in the Serie A was making it clear that he still had a way to go before he could call himself a top player.
Since he arrived in January, he had only scored four goals in the Serie A, which wasn’t a bad number, but compared to actual top players, that was two to three weeks’ worth of work.
If he was going to be facing top defenders like Coulibaly week in, week out, then he had to get better and not be locked down because the pressure had increased.
Jason was deep in thought as he headed to the locker room with the rest of his teammates.
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“We need to do better in the next half,” Pirlo said to his players, who sat around resting.
“We’ve not done enough to get upfront, and the few times we managed to break past them, the forwards have been wasteful… you especially, Chiesa,” the manager said with a stern face, his eyes stabbing daggers into the Italian man.
“The defense has not been as tight as I expected as well. We are leaking at the back and not applying enough pressure up front,”
“That has to change, and now it will be even more difficult than the first half because they’re already in the lead,”
“If we can’t score early enough and they go fully defensive, it would become even worse, so here is what we’re going to do,”
“Our opponents are solid at the back and that makes running in behind or getting the ball in behind difficult,”
“They’re also especially targeting our players on the flanks, doing their best to stop them from getting anywhere near the box,”
“Hence, our best bet is a quick counter using a long ball tactic,”
“We soak the pressure in, bring them onto us, deep into our half while we ensure we don’t collapse on the pressure and lose possession.”
“I have a feeling that even if we do that, their back four will still stay rooted at the back, but we don’t have much of a choice,”
“The wingers should aim to get the ball up front as quick as possible whenever we’re on the attack and the midfielders and forwards must always follow after them to make sure there are always available passing options,”
“The more passing options we have, the more we can stay in control of the ball and the longer we stay in control in their half, the higher our chances of getting a goal,”
“I’ll need more than a hundred percent from everybody if we’re going to pull off a comeback,” Pirlo said to his players, looking around for any body in the starting line-up who had lost motivation.
Luckily, there were none yet, thus he dived back into discussing the second half game plan.
