Chapter 266 Derby 4

"Beautiful!" Tony clapped his hands vigorously. Lucarelli's handling of the ball was simply perfect.

Hugo was overjoyed and stood up from his seat in the stands to celebrate again. Giorgio and others also smiled like flowers. With two goals in hand, this game will be much more stable. The biggest problem for Palermo is that Sonetti does not have the determination to fight to the death. If they can fight like Catania, maybe it will not be like this at all. However, they tried to defend and counterattack, and entangled with Trapani in the midfield. In the second half, Trapani paid some attention to this aspect, and Palermo had very few opportunities.

Zamparini's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. Looking at Hugo's joyful celebration, Zamparini really wanted to beat this grandson. He could foresee that after this game, he and Palermo would be ruthlessly washed by Hugo again!

Lucarelli ran to the main stand on Hugo's side and greeted Tony in the stand!

"He's talking to me?! What have I done to deserve this?!" Hugo was a little stunned.

"Guess what I said to him during the halftime break?!" Tony smiled mysteriously.

"What did you say?!" Hugo asked with interest.

"I said I made a bet with you that he could score in the second half!" Tony laughed, "I told Cristiano that if he scored, you would invite us to a big meal!"

"You're a liar!" Hugo pointed at Tony and laughed, "But this bet is a good one! How about we go to the yacht tonight for a seafood dinner?!"

"Does it count as me?!" Marta also said.

"That's a must?! We'll all go tonight!" Hugo laughed.

"Lucarelli started scoring goals when he came to Trapani. Since Tony was injured, he has scored 4 goals. Today in this very crucial derby, he scored again! Could it be that his good luck is starting to come?!" Siderino joked in the live broadcast room.

"In the first half of the season in Turin, his performance was ridiculously poor. It's hard to imagine that he is worth 4 million euros! Now it seems that if Lucarelli can take on the responsibility of scoring goals during Toni's injury, then Trapani's spending of 4 million euros on him is not in vain!" Paolo Rossi analyzed.

"I heard that during the winter transfer window, Trapani had his eyes on Delvecchio of Roma, but Delvecchio refused to join Trapani. Now it seems that Trapani has found a good replacement!" Sidrino praised Lucarelli's recent performance.

"It's normal for Delvecchio to refuse Trapani. If he goes to Serie B, he will be further away from the national team. I think his choice is right! Trapani is a small team after all. No matter how rich Colelli is, it may be difficult to attract big-name stars. Maybe Guardiola is an exception!" Paolo Rossi laughed.

"Guardiola is a little older after all!" Sidrino said.

The two chatted for a while, Trapani's celebration was over, and the game soon started again. Palermo was now two goals behind, and the morale of the players was slightly low. Trapani showed absolute control of the midfield for a period of time afterwards. Guardiola and Miku seemed to have suddenly clicked with each other. The two began to have a lot of tacit understanding on the court and steadily controlled the rhythm.

Sonetti's choice was also a bit incredible. His change was to let the five midfielders strengthen the defense of the wing, because he saw that Trapani was already going to the wing more, but being led by the nose like this was not a good thing. Now that he was two goals behind, he still couldn't get the courage to burn his boats and insisted on the 541 formation.

Conservative, still conservative!

Hugo shook his head secretly and sympathized with Zamparini. What kind of coaches did you hire? ! Too conservative. What are you still thinking about when you are two goals behind? ! We should strengthen the offense. No matter what Trapani does, we must score goals.

In terms of strength, Trapani's overall strength is higher than Palermo. Zeman's foundation is good. The reason why Palermo was still good in the first half was that their tactics were well targeted and the players were also very hard-working. In the second half, they fell behind by two goals, and this situation disappeared. The strength of the midfield was dispersed, and the control and pressing strength were declining, which made Trapani's midfield raise its head.

After some time, Palermo could not even deploy defense in the midfield, but retreated to the 40-meter area of ​​their own half. Of course, such defense ensured that Palermo restricted Trapani to a great extent in offense, but they could not wait for the opportunity they wanted. Guardiola finally played a role at this time. He directed the midfielders and backfielders on the court. He did not want them to be too forward. He hoped that Palermo's players could press out and press, giving Trapani space to pass forward.

Time passed by minute by minute, and it was already more than 80 minutes. Trapani hadn't scored, and Palermo had no way to deal with Trapani. Due to the difference in morale, the intensity of this derby had decreased, and Palermo's players were not even that tough, which undoubtedly meant giving up the game.

Lombardo started to make substitutions, and Mascherano, Mascara, and Mauri got the chance to come on as substitutes.

Zamparini looked at Sonetti directing from the sidelines and it was as if he had kicked the head coach to the ground. But would it be useful to fire the head coach? To be honest, he didn’t know. Before the game was over, Zamparini would He left the stadium angrily. Of course, he didn't want to face Hugo when he left so early. He knew that Hugo would definitely want to find him and talk to him about the game, but he didn't want to at all. Talk about this game.

With the referee's whistle, the derby ended. Trapani defeated Palermo 2:0 at their "home court" and scored another three points, with 51 points and temporarily taking the lead. The top spot, how long it can sit here depends on Sampdoria's face.

Hugo had a happy smile on his face and high-fived everyone. The first half of this game was not easy, but it became much easier in the second half. Although he failed to score more goals, winning the game was enough. Makes him happy.

Sonetti looked sad at the post-match press conference, "We made some mistakes! We should have avoided conceding two goals!"

He did not admit that Palermo played poorly. He just thought that Trapani was lucky. "I don't think we fouled. That free kick didn't exist at all. That goal changed the trend of the game! I think we deserved it." One point up!”

Lombardo's view is of course completely different from his. "This was a difficult victory. They caused us some troubles, but we controlled the rhythm very well. We created more opportunities. We are The best team, we deserve to win the game!”

“Cristiano’s goal?! We all know he’s a genius! He’s scored like this on the training ground, it’s the first time on the pitch, but I’m not surprised at all, I feel for him Happy! I hope he can continue this good form, because we still have many tough battles to fight!”

"It is said that Arsenal's Cristiano is very interested?! Mr. Lombardo, do you think he will leave Trapani?!" a reporter asked.

"It's normal for a big team like Arsenal to be interested in him. In fact, I've heard that many teams are interested in him! I believe he will stay and the club attaches great importance to him!" Lombardo did not shy away from answering C Regarding Ronaldo's question, he also hopes that Ronaldo will stay.

The press conference after the game was relatively peaceful, because the head coaches of both sides did not have a deep hatred for each other, but the game was a game, but the boss would not be like this.

The next day Hugo went to Rome on a business trip and ridiculed Zamparini in a television interview.

"We proved with our strength that we deserved to win. We are the best team in Sicily! As expected, Zamparini will definitely fire Sonetti! I sympathize with Mr. Sonetti again!"

"I also sympathize with the Palermo fans. They must be very disappointed! But I want to say that if they really want Palermo to rise, then they should get rid of Zamparini. He is not willing to spend money and he will not bring Palermo down. Don't do it well! He has no ambitions. Buying Palermo is just an advertisement. Everyone knows that he needs the brand of Palermo to expand his business in Palermo. I have to say it is a very smart move. But this is not a good thing for Palermo fans!”

"Any boss who doesn't want the team to win the championship is not a good boss! In this regard, Zamparini is definitely not a good boss. He takes far more from the team than he gives!"

Hugo's high-pitched remarks almost drove Zamparini crazy. He felt that Hugo was the real troublemaker in Italian football. Not only was he unforgiving, but he was also changing the current Italian football. situation, although this situation is what he expected.

Hugo did not come to Rome just to talk to the media. In fact, he came for the sports communication company. Now Hugo has to worry about this. In the past, he had already planned it. He was sure that this This time he was not sure, he had to worry about a new field.

"We can start with small events and events and slowly accumulate experience. There are still more than two years until the next round of bidding for broadcast rights, and we can be fully prepared!" Garlando began to ask at the meeting Hugo described some ideas for the new company's goals.