Chapter 94 - Chapter 94 Arrogance? Curse? Bad luck.

The last game was wonderful and today we face Everton (Merseyside Blue), look at my happy face :D. (Astori)If it is as it is on paper, it will be a very peaceful game, enough to make you sleepy. (Usman)Hey, you guys, shut up and concentrate! (Ivo)We don't have much to say about the other team, it's a team we've never faced in our entire lives, so focus on trying plays cautiously and try not to risk too many shots. (Ivo)GK AgazziCB Camilleri 2 Astori 13 RB Pisano 14 LB Agostini 31DMF Dessena 21 CMF Nainggolan 4 Slot 11 AMF Cossu 7 ©CF Sau 27 and Usman 10Calm down boss, you put Slot on the field and if you doubt it we have another hat-trick from the gladiator today. (Astori)Rham! Shut up and do the ritual. (Ivo)Today is a special day, we will be playing for the 2nd time in the European Master cup against an English team, so men I want to hear from you, what do we want?!!! (Cossu)The victory!Ariaudo and Conti, who were on the bench, had terrible expressions on their faces, not because they weren't playing, but simply because their physical condition wasn't at its best. in the field.GK HowardCB Heitinga and Jagielka RB Buchenko LB DistinDMF Barkley CMF Fellaini LMF Mirallas RMF Semioli AMF PienaarCF VelliosOe, oe, Cagliari, Cagliari! (Fans)The fans at the stadium were dying to watch the game that would once again be against English teams, this time the team was considered weaker than the previous one, which made the fans cheer for the spectacle when facing a team that entered the top 4 of the league They gave 3-1 and 1-0 to this team that is below them, they are likely to score 4, that is the expectation.Judge Gottlob Meitzen whistles the start of the match between Cagliari and EvertonSaÚ takes the first touch of the ball, Usman passes it to Cossu, Cossu takes the ball and touches it to Usman, Usman dominates and passes it to Slot, Slot passes it to Dessena and the ball is intercepted by Vellios, Dessena, having lost the pass, chases Vellios behind of the ball.Dessena recovers the ball and passes it back to Astori, Astori plays it to Dessena, Dessena makes the heel pass to Pisano and passes, Pisano sees Dessena's advance and makes the pass to him, Dessena receives it in front and passes it to Usman, Usman dominates spins and passes it to Astori who was part of the beginning of the play and was now on the front line, Astori receives it and advances, leading he dribbles past Buchenko and passes it to Cossu, Cossu leads the ball, passes from Fellani, enters the area and finishes the ball with a shot low.The shot is not good, it comes out very weak and ends up in Howard's hands, Howard grabs the ball and then throws it away with a forward kick, the ball goes down the Cagliari field and is contested by Vellios and Camilleri, Vellios wins by heading to Pienaar .Pienaar tries to control the ball in the center of the midfield and fails to pass it to Cossu who was behind him, Cossu takes the ball and passes it to SaU, SaU takes the ball pulling it to the left and makes the pass to Usman at the edge of the area, Usman tries to control the ball by making the protection, but Jagielka breaks through his protection and touches the ball, sending it to Buchenko, Buchenko controls the ball and passes it to Howard, Howard doesn't care about passes on the ground and sends the ball away again.The ball is competed for by Nainggolan and Pienaar, the two fight for it and Nainggolan manages to catch it at the end, Nainggolan continues carrying it and runs towards the right wing, he arrives in a good enough spot and crosses the ball into the area, the cross comes out strong and the ball arrives on the other side of the field.Cossu manages to catch it and plays the ball behind Usman, Usman dominates and tries to take the ball running towards the area, what was unexpected is that Fellani managed to steal the ball from Usman with his reaction when he put his foot on the ball.Fellani takes the ball with him and touches Mirallas, Mirallas touches Pienaar, Pienaar dominates and takes the ball forward, he is attacked by Dessena and the ball is taken away from him, stopping at Vellios' foot, Vellios dominates the ball and takes it backwards , after that he turns and tries a pass to the right flank, the pass comes out weak and the ball stops with Cossu's header to Salu, Salu touches the ball to Cossu and advances, Cossu pulls it, leading diagonally and touches Nainggolan , Nainggolan leads her across the Everton field and tries to pass to Salu who loses the timing of the pass and the ball ends up at Buchenko's foot.Salu chases him, but Buchenko retreats with the ball and tries to pass to Barkley, Barkley tried to move forward and ended up losing the ball to Cossu who stayed in the line of the pass, Cossu takes the ball and tries to pass by Buchenko, the ball goes between his legs and stops on the other side, but Cossu can't get past him and the ball stays with Salu (SaÚ).Salu tries to throw over the top, but the ball hits Jagielka and stops in the middle of the way, not following the pass to Usman, the ball goes back to Salu who tries again, but Usman was already too advanced and it was considered an invalid play.Howard restarts the game by touching the ball to Barkley, Barkley passes it to Buchenko, Buchenko dominates the ball on the right side of the field and makes a high pass to the center for Vellios, Vellios manages to stop the ball on his chest and protect it against Dessena, Vellios takes the ball and touches Mirallas, Mirallas protects against Agostini and is unable to move, returns the ball behind, the pass goes wrong and the ball is disputed between Usman and Vellios, the two hit each other and the ball falls to Salu who manages to catch it her and retreats to Agostini.Agostini dominates and sees Usman repositioning making a pass over the top to him, Usman tries to dominate it, but the ball runs and is stolen by Reitinga who touches Distin, Distin passes it to Barkley, Barkley takes the ball across the field being chased by Salu , Barkley loses the ball trying to dribble past Dessena.Dessena steals the ball and makes the pass to Salu, Salu sees Usman in front and tries a throw over the top, but Distin was quick enough to position himself in a place to head the ball, sending it towards Barkley, Barkley dominates while being chased by Astori and manages to play the ball to Semioli, Semioli was free, dominates the ball calmly takes it forward, seeing no alternative attack, returns it to Barkley who is free, Barkley takes the ball towards Semioli and returns the ball ball, Semioli tries to drive the ball down the right flank and loses the ball to Pisano.The ball is left and Usman, who had returned to the defense field, manages to catch it, Usman takes the ball to the center and touches Slot, Slot passes it to Dessena, Dessena sends it to Nainggolan, Nainggolan passes it to Cossu, Cossu finds Usman who had advanced with the play, Usman leads the ball, dribbles Jagielka, sending the ball in front and passing behind him, entering the area with the ball.Usman finishes the ball into the goal!The ball goes diagonally low to the right side of the goal, scraping the post, it was the last opportunity to score in the first half.Usman turned his face to the sky and took a deep breath, this mistake was unprecedented it was a perfect chance.In the dressing room the players were in a bad mood, this game was like playing the piano with elbows, it was extremely bizarre, we were dominating the field, but the chances created were few, one came out weak, the other came out strong, the Everton team seemed unfocused and were missing passes. as if it were a lower division team, which made Cagliari's strategy and formation on the field even more pathetic.I was missing a chance to win against a team that doesn't even know it's playing.Cagliari's players returned to the field discouraged, they had everything they needed to take the lead and they failed.Vellios takes the first touch, Pienaar passes the ball to Fellani, Fellani looks at the field and decides to take the ball, he loses his reaction time as Usman manages to reach him and catch the ball by hitting it.The ball leaves his foot and runs towards Everton's goal, Heitinga, who was well positioned, manages to regain possession of the ball, Heitinga touches the ball on the left flank to Mirallas, Mirallas dominates the ball, leads it forward down the flank, dribbles Agostini and plays it to the center to Barkley, Barkley plays the ball on the other side to Semioli, Semioli manages to control the ball and tries to take it to the center dribbling Pisano, the dribble goes wrong making him lose the ball, but Semioli is a player of tough breed bites the bone and doesn't let go, he chases Pisano and manages to get the ball back.Semioli continues his advance down the right flank, passes to Vellios inside the low area, the pass is intercepted by Slot, Slot passes to Pisano, Pisano touches Usman, Usman makes the pass to Cossu and tries to advance on the outside hoping to receive it back, but Cossu is unable to get away from Jagielka who manages to close him down and steal the ball from him.Jagielka touches the ball to Fellani, Fellani takes the ball and tries to dribble Astori, Astori steals the ball and takes the ball to the attack, Astori tries to dribble Barkley and loses possession of the ball, the game was tough in those minutes, Barkley touches Mirallas , Mirallas lures Nainggolan and makes the pass to Pienaar.The ball does not reach Pienaar with Astori managing to intercept the pass and sending the ball to Cossu, Cossu dominated and tried to make a throw over the top for SaÚ, the ball hits Heitinga and goes to the right close to Nainggolan, Nainggolan catches the ball and returns it to Cossu, Cossu again makes a throw to SaÚ, the ball this time manages to enter the area and arrive close to the baseline at the moment when SaÚ manages to reach it and dominate it.SaÚ tries to lead and dribble the players inside the area, but ends up being marked hard by Distin who manages to hit the ball and do body protection sending it to Jagielka, Jagielka kicks it far away from the Everton area.The ball falls towards Dessena and Pienaar who fight for it Dessena wins in the air and puts the ball at Usman's foot, Usman dominates the ball, pulls it, moves it towards Everton's goal and tries to dribble Barkley and Fellani, he doesn't managed to fool Barkley with the feint and lost possession of the ball.Cossu runs after Barkley together with Usman and they do a press with the two trying to close Barkley to get the ball, they manage to make Barkley lose possession and the ball ends up in a direction close to Semioli who desperately tries to get it first than Cossu and manages to catch up By doing a cartwheel and stretching her foot as much as possible to hit the ball, the ball goes towards Slot who manages to catch it.Slot makes the first pass to Nainggolan, Nainggolan dominates with his right and makes the pass with his left leg to Usman, Usman dominated the ball and drove towards the goal he tried to dribble Heitinga and almost lost the ball being pushed to the right side from the area, Usman slows down and thinks about what to do next, he takes a breath and pulls the ball to his right leg and touches SaÚ with a low pass.SaÚ simply shoots the ball first time into the right corner of the goal!The ball is saved by Vellios who leans against the post to close the goal, the ball goes up and towards SaÚ who approaches it while being marked by Buchenko. Buchenko tried his best to block SaÚ, but SaÚ is strong and tenacious to force the melee and head the ball.But the header comes out very hard and the ball goes over the goal, giving the Everton team a scare.Usman and SaÚ are unable to remain calm and scream in frustration at this failed opportunity, it was the best shot that happened in the match and the goalkeeper was heavily responsible for keeping the score 0-0.Damn it! (Usman)Shit! (SaÚ)With the failure of this play, Ivo decides to remove Saú from the field and replace Nenê.On Everton's side, there were two substitutions to play the final half of the second half, which saw Mirallas and Semoli leave for S. Naismith and Eduardo.They were adding new blood to be able to hold off the Cagliari team or get the opportunity to take the final lead in the first game.The game resumes with Howard sending the ball to the center of the field, the ball is contested by Cossu and Fellani, Cossu wins and heads the ball into Everton's field, the header sent to Everton is returned to Cagliari's field by Jagelka who stepped forward to prevent Usman from being able to dominate her.Fellani controlled the ball, turned and threw the pass to the right flank, Eduardo, who was positioned in that region, ran after the pass.Eduardo manages to dominate it and leads it inside the Cagliari area. He tries to dribble Pisano to continue approaching the goal, but he loses possession of the ball. Pisano, who managed to defend the play, takes the ball and kicks it out of the field. side.With the ball gone and 74 minutes on the field, Ivo decides to remove Usman from the field.Usman leaves the field disappointed with himself this time he couldn't achieve what he wanted today it was a frustrating match, the team was worse, but he managed to stay not because of technical ability or strategy, but by luck, with his departure comes Larrirey in the field.Eduardo takes the ball to the side, throwing the ball to Fellani, Fellani is unable to control the ball perfectly, but he manages to maintain possession of it and at the same time remove the marking to enter the area on the right side, he touches Eduardo who advanced in that direction, Eduardo dominated the ball and crossed into the area.The cross goes over everyone and finds Pienaar inside the area, Pienaar misses the header and the ball goes to the left side of the area, Pienaar chases the ball and is defended by Camilleri, Pienaar takes the ball away from the area and watches inside the positioning of players within the area.Pienaar makes a cross into the area, the ball goes down close to the small area where Eduardo is positioned between Pisano and Dessena manages to go up and head the ball, the header is perfectly sent in the wrong direction and goes out on the right side of goalkeeper Agazzi to the bottom line.Eduardo was unable to remain standing after this magnificent mistake and wasted opportunity and fell to the ground for a few seconds with his hand on his face.Everton fans started applauding him to boost his morale.The game resumes with Agazzi playing the ball to Camilleri, Camilleri dominates and runs slowly taking the ball to the right wing, getting close to Agostini he touches the ball, Agostini receives the pass leads the ball dribbles Vellios heading towards the center and makes the pass to Nainggolan, the pass is intercepted by Neville, Neville plays the back heel pass at Barkley.Barkley dominates and passes it to Fellani in the center, Fellani receives it, leads slowly across the Everton field and touches the ball to Distin on the left flank, Distin makes a long first pass to Eduardo on the right flank, Eduardo dominates the ball and tries to put it in front for moving forward leading to what was his biggest mistake, as Pisano, who was retreating, had a great reaction and hit the ball and he ended up tripping because there was no ball where he put his foot.Pisano gets possession of the ball and leads the left wing, moving towards Everton's field, he finds himself face to face with Bunchenko, if he manages to overtake him he would have the left wing entirely free to the left side of the area, Pisano decides to pull through the center and touches the ball to Slot, Slot dominates, leads and makes a pass over the top to Cossu, Cossu chases the ball and enters into a tackle(dispute for the ball where two or more individuals hit it at the same time) against Heitinga, Cossu wins and the ball passes behind Heitinga, stopping at Larrivey's foot.Larrivey, the lucky guy, got an opportunity near the edge of the area, he controlled the ball, spun and finished from the edge of the area into the goal, the shot went low and diagonally to the left corner of the goal.Howard managed to react quickly enough, jumping and using his elasticity to get his right hand on the ball and manage to stop it and catch it, ending Cagliari's total attacking opportunity.Howard held the ball for a certain amount of time then threw it away with his hands sending it towards Fellaini, the throw ends up being a mistake, as NenÊ was in front of Fellaini and ends up managing to dominate the ball in the chest.NenÊ takes the ball across the Everton field trying to create another opportunity to finish the ball in the goal, he pulls the ball to the right and continues with it looking for an opening for a throw into the area for Larrivey, but all NenÊ manages to do is send it a pass to an empty area after Distin returns to defend the area, Larrivey manages to reach the ball and dominate it, Larrivey takes the ball and makes a turn trying to attract the defenders to advance towards him, failing which he makes a pass to the wing right of the Everton box in Nainggolan.Nainggolan with his brilliant mind manages to hold on until Larrivey arrives, Larrivey manages to enter the area and Nainggolan manages to make the pass to him, Larrivey is close to the penalty line on the right side surrounded by Distin, Heitinga and Fellani, Larrivey manages to shoot the ball, but it hits Heitinga who is blocking the goal and goes up close to the baseline.Howard comes out of goal to catch the ball before it can be headed by Larrivey, stopping yet another Cagliari attack.Howard throws the ball away again, this time the referee blows the whistle for the end of the game.Everton's players leave the Cagliari field with expressions showing small smiles, generating a draw away from home means they have gained a huge advantage against the Cagliari team, Cagliari were unable to impose themselves playing at home, imagine playing away from home.He managed to command the statistics on the field 6 shots 3 of them accurate 52% of the ball possession on the field in total in the second half and dominated the first half having 60% of the time with the ball, but the main objective they were unable to obtain, which it was simply completed as a failed mission.You played well today men, be relieved, I know very well how much you gave your best, we have come much further than many generations of our club, I am happy to be with you here and now where we have come. (Ivo)Boss. (Usman)We still have one game to conclude. (Usman)I know. (Ivo)No, boss you don't know, since I came to this team I realized that my previous team was much more confusing than I thought, they had no offensive capacity besides me and I'm not much better than I was at the time, I don't I have much more experience than I had when I started my career, I only left there for 1 year and in that 1 year I achieved much more than if I had stayed there for 3 years, that's what I think. (Usman)Having reached 5th place playing only half of the end of last season far exceeded my expectations. (Usman)What this kid said is correct, we practically have a lot of pressure on our hands, but we have 3 tournaments to play and we have a chance to make history in all three, so I really don't think you should say that now just because we drew in the first match when we still We have the second game to participate, we cannot forget that we reached the semi-final of the Italian Cup and that is a huge achievement. (Slot)Thanks men. (Ivo)While the group was expressing their feelings and thoughts, Cossu the team captain in that match suddenly started to smile.Rhum rhum rhum rhum (Cossu)Shshshshssh (Cossu)Hahahahaahaha (Cossu)To think that we would be sad to be drawing at home, losing the advantage to advance to the next round of the Tournament in which we didn't even have hope of winning the first phase, that's hilarious. (Cossu)Priririrmirm (cell phone ringing)Ivo answers his cell phone and begins to receive news from the president that players who did not participate in the next games or matches this season could participate in the trip and receive a free trip around the city he was going to as part of a celebration for the employees.With the increase in the team's place in the world rankings, they would now have more possibilities to receive credits and sponsorships in addition to new fans, which would mean that there would be more contributors to the team, they had left 101st place and climbed to 75th. placed.GK Avramov 25 Other Positions (-)Nationality ServiceAnnual Salary 350,000 Market Value 504,000Height 175 Age 19 Stronger Foot LeftAttack 67/99 Defense 44/99 Body Balance 73/99Stamina 76/99 Top Speed 80/99 Acceleration 80/99 Agility 77/99Responsiveness 71/99 Dribble accuracy 75/99 Dribble Speed 78/99 FK accuracy 67/99Short Pass accuracy 69/99 S. Pass Speed 70/99 Long Pass accuracy 72/99 L.Pass Speed 73/99Shot accuracy 66/99 Shot Power 74/99 Shot Techinque 68/99 Techinque 76/99Swerve 71/99 Header 71/99 Jump 75/99 Aggression 77/99 Tenacity 67/99 Teamwork 68/99Form 3/8 Weak Foot Accuracy 4/8 Weak Foot Use 4/8 Injury ASkills-