Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 185 Facing two old enemies at the same time!Fantastic start to Rome!

The game against Juventus is looming, and then the bad news comes one after another.

First of all, Mancini, who was sent off in the previous game, was automatically suspended for one round;
Followed by Pellegrini, who accumulated 4 yellow cards and was suspended for one round;
Finally, Zaniolo, who has performed well recently, felt discomfort in his thigh during training. It was checked that it was a muscle strain and he needed to rest for 2 weeks.

In this way, it is equivalent to losing a main player in the front, middle and back courts.

Although Juventus, right back Danilo, left back Sandro and center back Bonucci are all unable to play due to injuries, De Ligt, who did not play in the first round, has performed well recently. It is expected to form a central defender partner with Chiellini.

At the same time, Cuadrado, McKenney, De Sciglio and others can also make up for the impact of the injury.

And the most troublesome thing for Mourinho is that Fiorentina, who had been holding on to the transfer clause, agreed to a week ahead of schedule, that is, on January 1, to fully complete the deal with Juventus, which was originally scheduled for January 10. Vlahovic's transfer on 1th.

This means that in the game on January 1, the striker with the most smooth footwork in Serie A this season and Chen Xiaoliang's old enemy is likely to take out the game against Rome as a gift to claim credit for his new club.

Coupled with Dybala and Chiesa Jr. on the left and right, Juventus' striker suddenly became the combination with the strongest attack power, the most goals and the most attention in Serie A.

This is obviously not a good thing for the Roma team.

Foti took over Joao's work, and analyzed in detail Juventus's usual tactics and each player's personal habits and tactical responsibilities in the pre-match tactical analysis meeting, as well as how to deal with it.

Subsequently, Mourinho arranged the starting lineup.

Central defender Smalling and Ibanez partner, right back Celik, left back Malacia;

In terms of midfield, judging from Weiletu's performance against Lecce, it seems that his "egg" injury has not healed, and he has not been able to make a large-scale interception with his legs, so Matic and Christante has two defensive midfielders;

Chen Xiaoliang is still a central midfielder;
The left winger was replaced by Zalewski due to Zaniolo's injury, the right winger was Mkhitaryan who hadn't started for a long time, and the center forward was still Cesko.

Although Abraham's scoring situation has improved recently, the wing is still not his main position, and the reason for choosing this pair of wingers is more because they need a lot of retreats in the game to help the full backs defend.

Crossing will still be Allegri's main tactic.

At 1:12 on the evening of January 18, players from both sides were already sitting in the locker room of the Olympic Stadium.

When Mourinho saw each other's starting roster announced an hour in advance, even though he had already been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but feel tense-Vlahovic suddenly appeared on the starting roster.

This means that the problem of the fulcrum in the middle that Juventus lacked most before has been solved.

Vlahovic is not Morata with "double reverse feet". He has scored 17 league goals for Fiorentina this season, ranking first in the league. Although the number of goals can also be ranked in the top 8 of the league, it is less than half of Vlahovic's.

Mourinho clapped his hands a few times and reminded the players loudly:
"I believe you all know what kind of head coach Allegri is. His tactical thinking is always to hold on first - then consume - and then reap!"

"So we have to grab the start today! We can no longer be caught off guard by the opponent at the beginning like we did against AC Milan in the last league game!"

"He wants to fight, we can't give him a chance to fight! We can only force them to attack earlier by grabbing the start and scoring one!"

"If we want to stand on the stage of the Champions League in September, we must win today's game! Otherwise, we will not have any room for mistakes in the following games!"

"You know, however, that it is impossible for a human being not to make mistakes."

Mourinho paused and repeated the sentence:

"Yes, it is impossible for a human being not to make mistakes."

"But we made mistakes in the last round, we gave the opponent a penalty! We made a mistake and were cut off by the opponent! We also mistakenly believed that the referee would give us a fair game!"

"So today, this is our home court, and we have to take the initiative back into our own hands!"

"AC Milan won, Napoli won, Inter Milan played later than us. This is what you go through every week."

"I want to tell you guys, forget about this and concentrate on facing the game, but I also want to tell you that if you can't bear this pressure, you will never be qualified to go to the highest stage!"

"Boys, get ready to play!"

After finishing speaking, Mourinho looked at Chen Xiaoliang. Although the two masters and apprentices did not communicate with each other because of the serious and weird atmosphere in the team in recent days, Mourinho still led the team as the last one before walking into the player tunnel. The time for encouragement is reserved for the captain on the field today.

Chen Xiaoliang nodded slightly to him, stood up and said:
"Guys, the head coach has said a lot. I believe you all have it in mind. Responsibility and pressure. You are all professional players. I don't need to share anything."

"But I still want to tell you a good news. Tonight, the opponent's head coach is in the stands."

Speaking of this, Chen Xiaoliang paused for a moment, but except for the young player Ji An, Daerbo and others who smiled, the other players did not express anything.

"I have even better news, our manager is not in the stands."

"Hey, hoo hoo..."

This time, there was more laughter. After Abraham finished laughing a few times, he secretly glanced at Mourinho. His expression was still serious, but his frown was slightly relaxed.

Although it cannot be swept away, nor should it be swept away, the tense atmosphere has obviously dissipated a little.

It is necessary to maintain pressure. Without pressure, players will lose their urgency, but too much pressure will only affect their performance on the court.

"Every time I play an important game, I will set an additional goal for myself. For example, today, my personal goal for myself is to run more than 15000 meters, and then help the backcourt defense, so that their new aid Vlahovic can't play. No goal."

"Of course, there is victory!"

"In this kind of game, we should always come up with something different after completing the coach's tactical arrangement. Only when everyone does more can the team as a whole perform better."

"In the player tunnel later, everyone can think about what else I can do tonight."

"If you go online, read the news, or read fan forums these days, you will be very frustrated."

"The outside world always says that our defense is not good, that we are not good at attacking, that some of us can play because the depth of the lineup is zero, and some people are bought purely for retirement."

"And I only know one thing - when you lose, everything you say is like an excuse"

"I'm very happy that today's game will come so soon instead of waiting a whole week, which means we can answer all doubts with action tonight."

"Come on! Guys! Come out of the locker room with me now, our battle has already begun! In the player tunnel, let us use our momentum to overwhelm them!"

"This is our territory, let them go back to Turin!"

Everyone stood up and formed a circle, with their hands folded in the middle.

Chen Xiaoliang: "One! Two! Three!"

Stretched out: "Go back to Turin!"

Standing in the player's tunnel, Chen Xiaoliang looked calm, his head raised slightly, showing that he was confident and sure to win.

In fact, when he looks at the light at the end of the tunnel, he always thinks of his days in Glasgow, especially the days of walking through the tunnel of the Ibrox Stadium for the first time.

Although the level of football there is lower and the gap is wider, it is purer.

A group of slightly frustrated players who yearn for the five major leagues but may not have the opportunity to play, or where the players who can't get along in the middle of the five major leagues gather.

Less money, less media, less endorsements, but less incidents, fewer conflicts, and less inner thoughts of the players.

There is less pressure from the outside world.

The fans will be very satisfied by reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa League, and winning the league 6 rounds ahead of schedule will definitely move the city for several years.

Not to mention myself at the time, even the well-known Gerrard's news volume in Glasgow for a month was not as high as that in Aston Villa in one day.

And a Japanese forward with a transfer fee of 500 million euros and in his prime can become the main striker of the Celtics, the largest team in the Soviet Super League, and kill the entire league.

And a player worth 500 million and in the golden age can usually only be a substitute who will play after 60 minutes in the top teams in Serie A.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiaoliang couldn't help feeling that football is like a huge pyramid in Europe, where football is at the forefront.

Su Chao is at best the middle layer of the tower, and Serie A is only close to the top of the tower.

The three giants of Serie A are still far from the top of the pyramid, although they are enough to overlook 99% of the clubs in Europe.

This road, how many players are climbing up, can be described as a life of death.

And the closer to the top of the tower, the more disputes and confrontations there will be, and the more conflicts of interest.

There are more and more opponents to defeat.

Thinking about it, Chen Xiaoliang had already walked into the bright light and came to the court.

"Oh!!!!"

"Woo!!!!"

Seeing the home team play, the fans in the Olympic Stadium suddenly burst into cheers as if they were being ignited.

The old routine, after exchanging team flags with Juventus' captain Paulo Dybala on the field, the two guessed, and Juventus attacked first.

After everything was done, Juventus set up a battle:
Center Vlahovic, this is his Juventus debut,

Left winger Chiesa, right winger Dybala, Dybala has been injured this season, but he also has 5 goals and 3 assists in the league, which is one of Juventus' absolute offensive centers.

American right midfielder McKennie was introduced from Schalke 2050 by Juventus for 04 million euros last summer. He has good physical fitness and is more defensive in ability;

Bentancur in the left midfielder and Locatelli in the middle of the midfield;

The two full-backs are De Sciglio on the left and Cuadrado on the right. The 34-year-old Colombian veteran plays as a right-back in this field;
The central defender did not send Chiellini to assist Dericht as Mourinho expected, but replaced the 27-year-old Rugani;
The goalkeeper is still Szczesny.

Because he criticized the referee after the last round of the league game against Naples, Juventus coach Allegri was fined in the stands, and his assistant Randucci was replaced by his assistant coach Randucci standing on the sidelines.

Just as the referee was about to blow his whistle to start the match, Chen Xiaoliang's system rang first.

【dong dong dong】

[Old enemies detected: Vlahovic, Federico Chiesa]

[Enemy Mission: In this game, the enemy's passes, steals, interceptions, headers, and assists are all less than the host's and no goals are scored]

[Restrictions: After the game, the player's score, the enemy's score is lower than the host's score]

[Mission Reward: 1 legendary star cards of the team where the enemy belongs]

Although he was mentally prepared, Chen Xiaoliang was a little surprised at this moment.

If you really want to face two old enemies in the same scene.

Moreover, the content of today's mission also confirmed his thoughts. The requirements of the mission of the enemy will change with the change of his position.

When it is a defensive midfielder, it is more defensive, and the task requirement becomes to prevent the old enemy from scoring and assisting.

But right now, playing an all-round midfielder requires both offense and defense. It is impossible to concentrate on defense. The comparison with the old enemy is the overall performance.

"Beep!"

The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!
Vlahovic passed back to Locatelli, and Juventus' midfield players rushed forward!

Just like the first match, they want to grab a start!

Locatelli made a diagonal pass to McKenney on the right, and McKenney went straight to Sedibala!

Facing Malaysia, Dybala didn't procrastinate at all, he cut inside and walked in the middle, facing Cristante with a curved kick to hit the goal!

Although the force was good, the angle was too straight, and Patricio directly hugged him and threw himself under him.

The Portuguese goalkeeper stood up immediately after confirming that there was no interference around him, and kicked the ball to Mkhitaryan on the right.

Mkhitaryan received the ball without confronting De Sciglio head-on, and directly slashed it to Sesco.

Cesco went straight to catch the ball, and Rugani pushed him close to the body and shot from a small angle. Szczesny blocked the ball at the near post!

General Fan Da was invited as a guest commentator in the Penguin live broadcast room.

Zhan Jun: "The tempo after the opening of the two sides was very fast! In just 2 minutes, two shots inside the goal frame were completed! Blessed are the fans who stayed up late in the early morning!"

General Fan: "It feels like neither side can afford to lose this game. If a team like Juventus does not enter the Champions League, the negative impact will be huge."

Zhan Jun: "The impact on the club's financial situation is also huge!"

General Fan: "That's right."

Zhan Jun: "Which team does Lao Fan support tonight?"

General Fan: "Of course I support Roma. I believe that many fans who watched the game in the live broadcast room also came for Xiao Liang." He paused, "Of course there is martial arts."

Zhan Jun: "Currently there is news, such as the well-known transfer reporter Romano revealed that Roma has finalized the transfer of Georgian winger Kvaratsheria, and the player will join Roma after the summer window opens.

However, due to the limited non-European quota of the team, it is very likely that Wu Lei, who has not played many games in the league this season, will be sent back to the Espanyol club after the loan expires. I wonder what Lao Fan thinks?Do you think Wu Lei can achieve a breakthrough in Serie A with the strength of Wu Lei? "

General Fan paused for a moment.

At this time, Mkhitaryan stood on the corner kick and kicked the ball forward!
Smalling from the previous point slammed the header and headed towards the middle. Cesko in the middle was under the close marking of De Ligt.

Juventus started their slow "old lady" attacking mode.

General Fan continued the topic he didn't talk about just now:
"After all, Xiao Wu is 30 years old. According to the imaginary age, he is 31 years old. From the perspective of a forward, even if he has not gone downhill, he is still at the end of his golden age."

"His skills and habits have been fixed for a long time. Unlike Xiao Liang, he is only 17 years old, and he can improve in almost every game. Every coach, every teammate, and every opponent he meets can let him learn something new. It is very difficult for Xiao Wu to learn any new skills at this age."

Zhan Jun: "What about the philosophy of football?"

General Fan: "Oh, you've hit the spot! Many people always say that you can learn ideas when you go out. I'm an experienced person. Our group was not young when we went out. What ideas do you think we learned? ?

Conversely, is the concept of the most developed place in European football so easy to learn?If it is really so easy to learn, the Football Association does not need to send 30 to 50 officials and coaches to Europe for three years to study for three years. After 10 years, our country’s philosophy will not be the same as that of Europe?

impossible.

Philosophy needs to grow and learn in this kind of football environment since childhood before it can really be learned.

I saw that many fans in the barrage disagreed, so I just asked, for example, in Spain, is the youth training concept and football concept of Real Madrid and Barcelona that every club and every team knows?Obviously not.

You said that in the same city, the Spaniard plays the same football as Barcelona?Obviously not. "

Zhan Jun: "Even changing a coach sometimes will change the team's tactical thinking."

General Fan: "That's right. So don't say that we are so far away from Europe, and there are differences in culture, language, and way of thinking. It is two clubs in the same city. Everyone has different ideas. Like Xiao Wu After staying in Europe for three or four years, how could it be possible to learn concepts.”

"Look at Japan learning from Brazil, how many years it has been learning, how many Brazilian foreign aid and coaches it has hired, and a group of Brazilian players have also been naturalized, from the earliest Ramos and Lu Bisu, to the later Mito and Tanaka Tokata. Wang, it took decades to achieve today’s results, how can ideas be so easy to learn.”

"But there are fans who say it, so why go out?"

"You have to wait for me to finish."

"Going out is a must. If conditions permit, the sooner you go out, the better. We always say that football should start from a baby. When I was a child, I went to Europe to train and train with their youth training, just like now Xiao Liang set up the youth training camp in Glasgow Rangers, and asked Xu to guide the 10-year-old children in the Chongming base to train for one year."

"In this year, you can say that you can learn earth-shaking things. It is definitely impossible, but this is an opportunity. If you can't learn concepts, you can increase your understanding and broaden your horizons. Once you play well, you can stay in the echelon of European clubs. , Then in time, after 1 or 5 years, when these kids are 10 years old, he will definitely be different from the young players who have always been in China."

"Even if he doesn't play out, he can still be a youth training coach."

"It's really difficult for Xiaowu to stay in the five major leagues. Although he played well in the European Cup this year and scored 4 goals, he didn't know 5 goals. However, the gold content of the European Cup and the level of opponents are far inferior to Serie A. It also confirms Director Xu's evaluation of him, which is probably at the level of La Liga."

"But I don't think it's important. This year, let's see how a club like Roma, which can be regarded as a big team in Europe, operates and manages, and see how a famous coach like Mourinho trains. Even next season There is no way to stay in the team, which is also a very precious resource.

Like Ji Hai, he has maintained a good relationship with Manchester City until now, and is also doing some youth training through this relationship. "

"These things are very small in isolation, and only when people continue to join in can they produce qualitative changes in the end."

General Fan was talking, and the time has reached the 7th minute.

Zalewski cut in from the left and crossed to Mkhitaryan, who was also inward. The latter shot a long shot and hit De Sciglio who was following the defense and popped out of the baseline.

Roma got a corner kick again, and all the high points in the team rushed up.

Mkhitaryan raised his hands and drove forward again!
"Sesco!"

"Header!!!"

"Szczesny didn't touch it!"

"The goal is scored!"

"Juventus made a major mistake in the set-piece defense! Both Dericht and Rugani thought that the other party would follow Cesco. When Rugani reacted, it was too late! Cesco was almost Headed the ball inside the near post without any defense!"

"In the 7th minute, Roma made a fantastic start! 1-0 lead at home!"

　Thanks to the club director [Xiaoxiao, I was wrong] for the monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)