Chapter 84 Counterattack

How do you feel about winning this game against Cagliari, who beat you in the last game with a score of 1-0? (News reporter)

We are the biggest national team, beating Cagliari, who are having a flash in the pan this year, is normal for us and we must continue to win more games to demonstrate this. (Count)

You will face Cagliari again in two days so are you telling us that you will be victorious again? (News reporter)

Do you think they will beat us after seeing today's game? (Count)

I can't say that, they are in first place in the championship and only have 2 defeats in 23 games and in this game they were exhausted before facing them. (News reporter)

If they are exhausted, do you think they could recover in 2 days to face us? (Count)

Correct.

Mr Pulga, what do you think of today's game? (News reporter)

Today we were unlucky in the game, even though we were exhausted, we played more and better than them, you can see in the game statistics in the table, we created more shot opportunities, but we lost most of them and those that had a dangerous chance of coming in, we were stopped by the great goalkeeper Buffon. (Ivo)

So does that mean they will win in two days?

Today was one game, tomorrow will be another game, we will prepare even more to beat them, that's something I can definitely talk about. (Ivo)

Apart from the Juventus game, do you feel lucky when in the game in which you lost your opponent who had a chance of scoring and reducing the points draws against Genoa? (News reporter)

No. (Ivo)

Wait! why?

Well we were 5 points ahead of them if they won it would be reduced to 2 and we would still be ahead, I would only consider it lucky if he had the ability to take our position at the top while it is not that for me it is just a coincidence. (Ivo)

Leaving the interview, Ivo heads to join his team and return to Cagliari.

Boss, will I play against Juventus? (Usman)

You will not worry. (Ivo)

I'm sorry I couldn't make an appointment today boss. (Usman)

If every player was like you and apologized for not booking every game we would have a lot of people being punished, just relax today was not our lucky day. (Ivo)

Yes Boss.

When the big day arrived, the players were talking as a group about celebrating by going out in a group.

Here's the thing, if we can win today how about we take a trip somewhere and eat while we celebrate? (Claudia Nainggolan)

This is a great idea, we can take photos of it and put it on social media to rub it in their faces who is the best of the year. (Sofia Moretti (Usman))

I don't know if this could be a good idea, it would be better if we didn't do it, as we are still in the quarter finals if we go through and lose in the semi final, wouldn't that be a bad omen? (Carlota Cossu)

So are you rooting for us to be champions? (Wilian Usman)

Aren't you playing to be champion? (Radja Nainggolan)

Yes, but I'm playing to be champion in the championship in the cup I barely scored in 2 games I only managed to score 1 goal and I don't think I have enough stamina to play in 3 lines when we are in the European Master Cup next month. (Wilian Usman)

And to think that Gladiador would be so greedy to disregard the national cup and instead try to go after the continental cup, I really don't know which of us is crazier. (Andrea Cossu)

Will Uncle be champion? (Manuel Conti)

Well, if we manage to beat Juventus, that's the best chance, son. (Daniele Conti)

The teams are lined up today in an interesting way, don't you think C(Narrator)

Yes, I think they made small changes to the team to play today, I hope this doesn't interfere too much as I'm a Cagliarian Gladiator fan. (Commentator)

From Cagliari we have:

GK Agazzi 1

CB Astori 13 Ariaudo 3 RB Agostini 31 LB Pisano 14

DMF Nainggolan 4 © CMF Slot 11 Dessena 21 AMF Cossu 7

CF Nenê 18 and Usman 10

Meanwhile on the Juventus side we have:

GK Buffon 1

CB Barzagli 15 Chiellini 3 Lucio 2

DMF Vidal 23 CMF Huddlestone 16 Pirlo 21 LMF Giovinco 12 RMF Giaccherini 24

SS Quagliarella 27 CF Matri 22

The game starts with Matri giving the first touch to Quagliarella, Quagliarella touches Pirlo.

Pirlo dominates the ball and passes it to Huddlestone, Huddlestone passes it to Giaccherini.

Giaccherini dominates the ball and dribbles past Nenê, who is in front of him. Slot does not allow himself to be dribbled easily and chases him, returning behind him.

Giaccherini puts the ball forward and quickly advances, running past Nainggolan at the same time, causing Slot to hit Nainggolan, causing the two to get in each other's way, he enters the area and finishes the ball into the goal.

The ball is blocked by Nainggolan who had positioned himself in front of the shooting line which was sent close to the left post of the goal where the goalkeeper was positioned to defend the ball goes up and is punched by Agazzi sent out of the Cagliari area.

Time passes and the two teams continue playing in midfield until Cagliari begins a sensational attack with Cossu, who takes the ball through midfield in the center, dribbles Chiellini, and makes a pass to Usman.

Usman dominates the ball near the edge of the area and drives it with his left leg, pulling it to the left and attracting Bargazli to mark him, Bargazli fully pursues him, scoring from distance and closes Usman, trying to prevent him from advancing along the edge to the center.

Usman inside the area pulls the ball from left to right pulls the ball to the center leaving Barzagli's marking and facing the goal with Lucio in front of him marking him by Zona trying to block shots.

But the block was flawed as it closed the goalkeeper's view of the shot with Usman's right leg into the right corner of the goal, Buffon was unable to see the time of the shot and the ball went straight towards the goal, Buffon even tried to save and defend the goal. shot bouncing towards the ball, but the angle of the shot was very close to the post, leaving no room for the goalkeeper to be able to defend it and the ball entered the goal.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool in the 24th minute of the first half Cagliari scores.

The goal is his Usman. (Storyteller)

Usman runs towards the bench and celebrates with his teammates and the coach.

At that moment the coach was surprised that Usman was shouting so much and celebrating the goal so much when normally he only makes a small gesture to the fans. This goal was a small micro hole in the dam called Usman and it exploded.

The Juventus players were angry and sad because they were overconfident about beating Cagliari, the team they beat three days ago and were now losing before the first half had even ended.

But their minds were not shaken by the goal but awakened by having conceded the goal.

The game continues to be a slow midfield game for the next 15 minutes until before the end of the first half, in the last minutes of the first half, Juventus manages to develop an intense attacking capacity over Cagliari with Giovinco attacking from the right flank, advancing, carrying the ball. while being marked by Dessena and Pisano.

Neither of them can reach him so they block him. Giovinco notices this factor and makes a cross into the area.

The ball was going to be headed by Matri who missed the header and the ball went to the other side towards Quagliarella.

The ball is headed by Quagliarella and hits Agostini who was marking him, the ball that hits Agostini goes back to Quagliarella's back.

Quagliarella turns around, picks up the ball and tries to make a pass to Matri, but the ball hits Nainggolan and moves back to stand in front of the goal and it is blocked and deflected to the other side where Quagliarella chases it and manages to shoot it into the goal, the ball is simply sent like a missile close to the small area, goalkeeper Agazzi's reaction was not enough to catch it and it enters the right corner of the goal.

Gooooooooooooooooooooool! From Juventus.

He scores again against the Cagliari team.

Quagliarella!

In the 41st minute of the game he makes the Juventus fans see again the greatness of the team on the field returning to the peak of the game returning the game to a draw.

Cagliari 1 x 1 Juventus.

The players who returned to help with the defense put their hands on their faces to keep from screaming.

The game continued 1-1 until the end of the first half.

Are you okay Radja? Agostini?

I'm fine and to think that I would fail in my job of helping the defense and I was used for him to make a pass for himself and unmark himself Quagliarella was a genius in that play. (Nainggolan)

And at that moment I just realized the weight of the captain's bracelet in this game. (Nainggolan)

Sorry it was my fault he managed to play inside the area due to my failure to mark him from the outside not the inside.

The focus now will be on us going strong in the second half, we won't be able to last 120 minutes so we have to decide in the 90 minutes, only then can we move on to the next cup match.

The game continues to be a slow midfield game, because after the start of the 2nd half Juventus focused entirely on staying on defense, as they had managed 3 shots in the first half while Cagliari managed 1 and that 1 was the goal as well as In the last game they were cautious about Cagliari's efficiency this day.

The entire 2nd half, the Cagliari team focused on keeping possession of the ball and trying to attack, but most of the moves were disarmed by Lucio, Chiellini and Vidal.

Cagliari's moves were being blocked with full force by Juventus who were playing with 11 players in the defensive field so as not to lose the game. They realized that they had greatly underestimated their opponent to an unbelievable level.

But the Cagliari team was unable to create many opportunities besides the one that scored the goal at the beginning, they spent the entire time being blocked and knocked down by the players, as they were being aggressive, they stopped focusing on the referee about the fact that they were being knocked down on the field and focused only in layered plays that if one was knocked down, the closest one assumed the duty of continuing the play.

The game was approaching the end of the 2nd half in stoppage time.

Cepellini, who had entered the game, played the ball to Slot, Slot made a magnificent pass to Usman.

Usman dribbled past Bargazli and Chiellini, entering the left side of the area, finished the ball into the goal.

The shot is saved by Buffon who sends the ball to the right side of the area.

Cagliari soldiers Sau and Nenê were positioned in that place, both of them were free to hit the ball. It was at that moment that Juventus felt that their arrogance had destroyed their game today.

Sau caught the ball and managed to touch it straight into the goal.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!! Cagliari breaks the tie and it's his Sau he scores the goal in the 92nd minute of the game in stoppage time at the end of the tunnel there was a light and that light was created by 4 players who positioned themselves and made a final attack.

He came like a killer in the middle of the night and finished the job done by Gladiator, I think this goal was unbelievable they made history by taking out Juventus in the final stages of the game after practically making Juventus suffer the entire game trying to defend them it's like If they wanted, it gives hope that Juventus would go through to the next phase. This game was scary for many people who watched it and will be a historical memory for many people who will watch it in news recordings and even in celebration tables. (Commentator)

I also think that this Cagliari team from 13-14 is the scariest team of all time, the strongest team than the 69-70 era where they were champions and had the striker who scored the most goals for Cagliari in the entire history of the game. club. (Storyteller)

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Why are you making that face? (Radja Nainggolan)

No, we said we were going to celebrate after winning the game, but where are we going? (Wilian Usman)

Somewhere nearby like Foghorn's, a wonderful restaurant in Cagliari. (Radja Nainggolan)

That's good, if it was somewhere like a theater or a music show like a bar I would have to go home. (Daniele Conti)

We will probably only eat desserts if we go to this place. (Sofia)

Is bad? (Wilian Usman)

No, but practically in the next game you might end up feeling heavy after eating so much. (Claudia Nainggolan)

Since we're going to eat, have you thought about what you're going to order? (Carlota Cossu)

No. (Andrea Cossu)

What kind? (Wilian Usman)

There's panna cotta. (Sofia)

Panna Cotta? Wilian Usman

It is a dessert based on a cooked cream and flavored with vanilla. (Sofia)

There's also Zeppole. (Carlota Cossu)

Zeppole? (Usman)

It's a dessert that looks like a sweet donut, based on chous dough and pastry cream filling. It can be fried or baked so you can taste more than one flavor and more than one type. (Carlota Cossu)

I hope to survive to see tomorrow. (Wilian Usman)

Hahahhaha whoever gives it whatever you think it will be delicious, don't worry. (Sofia)

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