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

Chapter 245 The 2021-22 Serie A season ends perfectly!
The score of 0 to 3 completely made Turin choose to give up.

We are all decent people, we have worked hard, we have tried, and the young player who gave us high hopes got injured again. If we really can’t play, that’s because of the objective status quo. There’s no need to make trouble with each other in the last ten minutes.

Mourinho replaced Abraham, Celik and Matic in 82 minutes, and replaced Wu Lei, Carles Perez and Volpato in the matchup, but they also felt the excitement of winning the championship atmosphere.

Although Roma no longer organized a full-scale offensive, Chen Xiaoliang still passed Wu Lei a few shots, and everyone tacitly took a few long-range shots from outside the opponent's penalty area, like a team training.

At 89 minutes, the fourth official was also very knowledgeable about current affairs, adding 2 minutes of extra time, which was too little and inappropriate, too much and was incomprehensible.

In addition, the referee blew the final whistle at 91 minutes and 45 seconds, and the players and coaches of Rome were completely excited!
Chen Xiaoliang raised his hands high, turned around, and then lay down on the ground.

At that moment, he only felt that the burden, pressure and energy that had been suppressed for the whole season were completely relaxed.

Soon, the teammates who rushed over one after another came over and leaned over to hug him excitedly.

No matter how these people in the team thought about this boy from the Red Country who had just arrived and had a mysterious background, and no matter whether the season ended, whether to stay in the team or to pack up and go to the next stop to continue his career, at this moment, the whole team Everyone clearly knew that without this young midfielder who ran almost crazily at both ends of the court every game, sent fierce tackles, timely interceptions and precise assists, it would be impossible for Roma to win the championship.

What is even more admirable and terrifying is that no one knows how deep potential he still has.

With 8 goals and 16 assists in the league, he leads the second place Berardi with 2 assists, ranking first in the Serie A assist list.

Looking at the five major leagues, only Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller's 18 assists and Paris Saint-Germain's Mbappe's 17 assists are higher than Chen Xiaoliang.

With 56 successful crosses, he is tied for fifth in Serie A with Pellegrini, which is also the best data among players who do not play wide.

He averaged 13.66 kilometers per game, 4.1 interceptions, and 4.4 steals. Although the last two statistics have declined because he seldom played as a midfielder in the second half of the season and played more as a central midfielder who needs to participate in a large number of offenses, these three This data is placed in the five major leagues, and it is also the only data.

Joan Ameni, who was booked by Real Madrid for 1 million, is the interception king of Ligue 2.9, with an average of [-] interceptions per game.

Therefore, the "Corriere dello Sport", which has been reluctant to boast and advocates a low-key victory on the way to the championship, also published a large number of prepared reports celebrating the championship during the garbage time after the game entered 0-3.

One of them was publicly complaining about Chen Xiaoliang, claiming that the worth of 8500 million yuan could not reflect the ability and performance of the Red Country midfielder.

If his nationality is England, which is subject to the addition of household registration, then he is worth at least 1.5 million.

Mourinho also walked into the stadium, hugged and greeted his disciples one by one with emotion.

After shopping around, the 59-year-old Portuguese sat down beside Chen Xiaoliang.

When Chen Xiaoliang saw the head coach approaching, he also sat up. A group of reporters who entered the field with cameras and cameras saw this scene and immediately swarmed over.

The two knew they couldn't say something personal or deeply personal with the camera so close.

"Coach, we made it!"

"Thank you! Congratulations to you too!"

That's it.

But unlike Chen Xiaoliang, who is one day away from 18 years old, whose eyes are full of pride and ambition, the 1-year-old Mourinho's eyes are red.

Soon, the on-site staff came to inform the players and coaches to go back to the locker room to prepare. The scene needed to set up a stage and enter the final awards ceremony.

Everyone naturally did so immediately.

On the way back to the player tunnel, some old players, such as Matic, Patricio, etc., raised their hands to applaud the fans in the stands, while those young players, Abraham, Cesco, Zaniolo , Mancini, etc., have long been side by side, singing and dancing to cheer up.

Entering the locker room, almost everyone is laughing in a state of total relaxation.

After a while, after those young clowns came back, the locker room was filled with celebratory songs again.

Chen Xiaoliang also echoed them.

Then after one song was sung, Abraham and Zaniolo asked him to lead a song.

Chen Xiaoliang was taken aback, thinking that I'm pretty good at singing love songs, but it's the first time I've sung a winning song.

He thought for a while, and sang aloud:
"Champion, Oh Wey!"

"Champion, Oh Wey!"

"Oh Wey, Oh Wey, Oh Wey!"

The players were taken aback when they heard this, especially those players who had been in the Premier League, Matic, Abraham, and Patricio were even more taken aback.

Suddenly the whole locker room fell silent.

Abraham said quietly: "Boss, why do you sing the Manchester United team anthem..."

Chen Xiaoliang was stunned, thinking: After a long time, this is the team song of Manchester United?How the hell did I know, isn't this sung by many clubs?

But how could this group of people, who were filled with a happy atmosphere from their hair to their toes, be embarrassed by such a small oolong.

Although it is an English song, this section of the song is indeed sung by everyone in the football community, and it has long gone beyond the scope of a Manchester United club. Milan and Juventus have sung this section together after winning the championship. For Roma players who lack championship experience, this is still a relatively new experience.

Pellegrini immediately sang along, and the dressing room was on fire again:
"Champion, Oh Wey!"

"Champion, Oh Wey!"

"Oh Wey, Oh Wey, Oh Wey!"

Just after the two ends were sung, Mourinho came in.

He was also stunned.

He has been the head coach of Manchester United for more than two seasons and has been in the Premier League for many years. How could he not have heard this song.

I'm taking Rome, I'm in Turin now, who the hell is taking the lead in instigating rebellion?To stimulate me?
Seeing the change in the head coach's face, everyone became quiet again.

At this time, Chen Xiaoliang walked to the table in the middle of the dressing room, put his hands on the table, and said loudly:

"Now, we are the Serie A champions, not only the champion belongs to Rome, but the whole of Italy belongs to Rome! Lao Tzu is the champion! We can sing whatever we want!"

After finishing speaking, he lifted the table with both hands. Now, even Mourinho smiled and joined the dressing room that could no longer be described as burning, and it was clearly "exploding".

"Oh!!!!!!"

"yeah!!!!!!"

After everyone had a high in the locker room for a while, they began to dress up.

The staff who prepared the props of the club will distribute the prepared clean golf pants to each player, whether they are on the field or on the bench.

Several people who pay attention to appearance are still combing their hair and applying hairspray in the mirror

It’s not about being handsome, but returning to the field to receive medals, hold up the gold cup, and take photos with the players. These are destined to be commemorated and remembered for a lifetime. Everyone wants to keep the best moment.

On the field, on the side of the stadium near the player tunnel, the championship platform has been arranged, the exit of the player tunnel has also been arranged, and the arch covered with Serie A logo and sponsor logo has been placed.

Officials from the Italian Football Association, Serie A League officials, members of the board of directors of Roma Club and Torino Club who came to the scene, as well as the coaches and support staff who will not be on the field to receive the award, have already lined up on both sides of the podium like a V shape. The line of sight is aimed at the player channel.

Since it is a league game, there is no award-winning link for the runner-up.

Notified by the staff, the packed Roma team was arranged in the player channel according to the order of appearance arranged in advance.

The announcer starts shouting:
"Number 1, Rui Patricio!"

Then Patricio stepped out from behind the archway, in focus on dozens of shots, amid cheers from the crowd.

Unlike usual, Patricio, donning the same jersey as the rest of the players, rather than his usual goalkeeper jersey, made his way onto the podium through the blue carpet all the way to the podium, before Serie A president Los Angeles. Renzo Cassini lowered his head slightly in front of him, allowing the latter to put the championship gold medal around his neck, then shook hands and stood at the designated position on the stage, waiting for the next teammate to come on stage.

"Number 2, Rick Karlsdorp!"

Although the situation in the team is already very embarrassing, and Xia Chuang is destined to leave the team, Karlsdorp still played many times for the team, and he deserves the championship medal. It will embarrass him, so this time in Turin, although there is still no Dutchman in the squad, he is still brought along.

"Number 3, Roger Ibanez!"

"Number 4, Brian Christian!"

...

Except for Chen Xiaoliang, the rest of the players entered the arena in order of numbers.

Although they are away, the Turin fans don't seem to want to miss the championship award ceremony, and politely joined the fans from afar in Rome to give these players applause and cheers.

When Abraham and Zaniolo came to the stage, they each held a large bottle of champagne in their hands.

In this way, players came on stage one by one, until after No. 87 substitute goalkeeper Fuzato and No. 92 Shalawi, the broadcaster reported the name:

"Master, Jose Mourinho!"

At this time, the players who were already standing on the podium excitedly looking forward to the final round applauded to welcome their mentors into the arena.

Through the arch, Mourinho hugged the boss Dan Friedkin and his son Ryan Friedkin who stood in the queue on both sides, then high-fived with other people present, and walked onto the stage to receive the medals.

After he put on the medal, he turned his head and stretched out his right hand towards the stands, making a "2" hand shape.

Lou Yichen: "Ah! Let's see! At the award ceremony of the Coppa Italia, Mourinho stretched out a finger. We are still guessing what he meant. Now it seems that it should lead Roma. The number of championships won this season has increased!"

Liu Yue: "Congratulations to Mourinho, this championship is indeed too important to him. Even though Roma spent a lot of money to introduce many players before the season, most of the predictions did not include them in the consideration of the championship."

Lou Yichen: "For them, the season is not over yet! It depends on whether they can win the third championship of the season at the Air Stadium in Tirana, the capital of Albania, on May 5!"

Mourinho stood among the players and waited with them for the last one to appear.

"The 2021 Copa Award winner, the league assist leader this season..."

"Number 33, the captain of Rome!"

"Chen! Little! Bright!"

Amid the applause of everyone, Chen Xiaoliang came out from behind the arch, raising his hands high in greeting.

He also walked to the side of the boss and his son, shaking hands with them.

However, as the last link, after he was put on the medal, he walked to the high platform behind the back door of all the players.

In the middle of it, a gold-plated trophy with a round bottom, thin columns, and a large circular opening is placed there.

Chen Xiaoliang, who was wearing the captain's armband, picked him up, walked down from the high platform, walked around to the front of all the players, stood in the middle, and suddenly raised the trophy high above his head!

"Snapped!"

"Oh!"

"Bah!"

The entire podium was instantly filled with fireworks!Fireworks bloom in the sky!

The whole team jumped up!
"Champion, Oh Wey!"

"Champion, Oh Wey!"

"Oh Wey, Oh Wey, Oh Wey!"

Everyone danced and sang for a while, Chen Xiaoliang handed the trophy to Patricio, and the players lowered and lifted the trophy one by one under the alignment of the camera, and the fans in the stands followed them Move, and shout out "Yeah!"

This time, Chen Xiaoliang left the busiest group of people and found Mourinho who was already standing aside silently watching the players celebrate.

The two hugged each other.

Facing his lover, Mourinho said: "Promise me, we must achieve greater success next season."

Chen Xiaoliang laughed: "Isn't this what I should tell you? But coach, you said that we have won the league championship, what can be considered a greater success?"

Mourinho knew that Chen Xiaoliang had no good intentions, so he asked with a crooked smile, "What do you think?"

Chen Xiaoliang laughed again: "That must be the Italian Super Cup! Hahahaha!"

Mourinho: "Fuck you boy... that game is the platform to evaluate whether a player is a real star, and it is also the best game on the planet."

Chen Xiaoliang: "Coach, we seem to have another game, right?"

Mourinho: "We will definitely win that game, no, we already won."

He paused: "But I'm only telling you this, you can't tell them."

"What are your plans at the end of the season? You have to take a good rest, listen to me, stop training, your body needs to relax completely so that you can regain a good state in the next season, always so tired, the excitement of the body cannot be maintained of."

Chen Xiaoliang nodded: "It's time to take a good rest. I plan to go back to the Red Country. Since I arrived in London, I haven't been back in the past two years."

Mourinho: "Look at your parents and friends, it's okay, pay attention..."

Mourinho originally wanted to say pay attention to self-discipline and pay attention to work and rest, but he immediately realized that his instructions like an old father were completely unnecessary. Do more reminders on self-discipline.

Chen Xiaoliang asked: "Pay attention to what?"

Mourinho: "Be careful not to get fat."

Chen Xiaoliang: "Hahahaha! It's too fake, coach, that's not what you wanted to say."

No matter how exciting the celebration is, there is an end, especially in the away game.

After being crazy for a while, everyone surrounded the trophy and returned to the locker room, continued to sing for a while, then packed up their things and returned to the hotel to rest.

Early the next morning, under the arrangement of the Serie A league, the local city hall dispatched police cars and police motorcycles to clear the way for the team's bus. They arrived at the airport without any hindrance and flew back to Rome.

When it landed, the city government of Rome also organized a grand celebration ceremony. The plane passed through the water gate fired by two fire trucks with high-pressure water guns, and lowered the gangway on the tarmac. Mourinho was the first to walk off with the trophy airplane.

Thousands of fans sang the team anthem at the airport, welcoming their hero's triumphant return.

But when they walked out of the pick-up gate, the team was stopped.

A glamorous stewardess dragged a tray and walked up to Chen Xiaoliang. Behind her was a bald, white-haired, glasses-wearing politician who was stupefied when the stewardess lifted the red cloth off the tray with a smile on his face. Chen Xiaoliang of China wore a crown made of plastic...

"I am Berto Gualtieri and on behalf of the citizens of Rome I congratulate you on your achievements and also on your 18th birthday."

As soon as the words fell, several "bang bang" paper crackers sounded in the hands of the stewardesses on both sides, and strands of colorful paper tapes and pieces of paper floated down towards the players.

Then there were excited fans singing happy birthday and reporters swarming.

For this politician who has just been elected mayor of Rome for a year, this kind of superficial work that can please the citizens, is low-cost, and can win votes is absolutely not to be missed.

The embarrassed Chen Xiaoliang hadn't had time or even needed to respond, the mayor had already skillfully made a gesture of celebration, stood in the C position, and left a freeze-frame picture in the long guns and short guns of the reporters.

Of course, the club and the city government have already discussed various matters to celebrate the championship parade, especially to regain the Serie A championship after a full 21 years, which is an extremely important event for the entire city.

But that day is definitely not today. The season is not over yet, and the team still has a planned training schedule.

Although the behavior of the politicians was somewhat pretentious, Chen Xiaoliang was very moved by the birthday song of thousands of fans who picked him up at the airport.

Many of them wore No. 33 jerseys, held up posters and slogans with Chen Xiaoliang's name on them, sang and shouted with tears in their eyes, and welcomed the return of their king.

The coaches and players smiled and applauded and watched.

At the age of 18, you can drive on the road by yourself, you can sign a professional contract with the club, and you will not be deported by the police as a minor when passing through some "colorful" places in Rome.

After finally getting on the bus, I got out of the airport, passed through layers of surrounded people, and drove back to the Trigoria base.

Outside the gate of the base, there were still a large number of fans and media waiting, and the players had to wave to them through the car windows.

Friedkin and his son, who had returned to Rome in advance by private plane overnight, led all the staff of the club to applaud the triumphant heroes in the lobby of the office building.

After winning the Coppa Italia last time, both the board of directors and the coaching staff headed by Mourinho asked the players to forget the celebration as soon as possible, but now that they have won the league title, how to celebrate well is already the club's final task for the current season up.

The welcome ceremony at this moment is just an appetizer. Before the players disband and go home to rest, the owner Dan Friedkin publicly stated that at the end of the season, all players will be distributed to all players according to the amount set in the pre-season budget. And because the club Winning the championship and qualifying for next season's Champions League will not only increase a lot of predictable income at the competitive level, but also attract many new sponsors to join at the commercial level. Xia Chuang's board of directors will still build the team according to the three-year plan The strategy continues to invest heavily to build a more competitive lineup.

The crowd broke up one after another amidst applause, while Chen Xiaoliang and Cesko were left behind, as well as their manager, Riser.

In the club's boardroom, the two players signed their names to new contracts with vice chairman Ryan Friedkin under the spotlight of cameras.

In the afternoon, the club posted the good news on the official website.

"The club has signed a new five-year contract with Chen Xiaoliang and Cesco"

Fans have praised:
【Very good!A new contract, at least you don’t have to worry about being bought during the summer transfer window]

[The new contract is 1100 million euros. Although this is already a top-level contract, it still confuses me to rank behind Brozovic and Sandro. Why do they get more than Chen? 】

【弗拉霍维奇赛季28球5助攻，陈小亮13球23助攻，DV9的年薪竟然比陈还高200万欧元】

[Roma is not a wealthy family after all, this contract is already the highest price in history]

After signing the contract, Chen Xiaoliang and Cesko got into the car, left from the side gate of the base, bypassed a large number of reporters at the main gate, and went home directly.

The club has hired 24-hour security outside the duo's residence to deal with the harassment of paparazzi who get wind of it.

Mourinho also gave the pair of young talents who combined to score 38 goals and provide 33 assists an extra day off.

After the winter break, Chen Xiaoliang spent a day and a half without training or extra training for the first time. He and Helena were tired of each other, waiting for all the results of Serie A, and trying their best to relax their bodies to welcome the end of the season a match.

Another day passed, and the results of the last round of Serie A were all announced.

Fiorentina lost 0 to 2 at home to Juventus, while Naples and Inter Milan beat Spezia and Sampdoria by 3 goals away and at home respectively.

Although AC Milan has missed the championship, it still conscientiously defeated Sassuolo 0-3 in the away game.

Finally, the 2021 rounds of Serie A in the 22-38 season are over, and the rankings are as follows:

No. 1, Rome, 87 points;
No. 2, AC Milan, 85 points;
No. 3, Inter Milan, 76 points;
The above three teams directly enter the UEFA Champions League group stage next season;
No. 4, Juventus, 74 points, will enter the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League next season;

No. 5, Naples, 74 points, relying on the relationship with Juventus, Naples unfortunately ranked No. 5 and entered the Europa League group stage next season;

6th, Lazio, 62 points, because the Coppa Italia champion Rome won the Champions League qualification, so Lazio won the Europa League group stage qualification next season;
7th, Atlanta, with 55 points, qualified for the UEFA Europa League next season. If Roma wins the UEFA Europa League this season, then the UEFA Europa League group stage qualification award will be awarded to Atlanta;
No. 8, Fiorentina, 53 points, whether Viola can enter the European war will depend entirely on Roma's performance in this season's European Cup final;
No. 9, Sassuolo, 53 points;
No. 10, Verona, 53 points;
11th, Torino, 46 ​​points;
No. 12, Udinese, 46 points;
13th, Bologna, 44 points;
14th, Empoli, 39 points;
No. 15, Sampdoria, 36 points;
No. 16, Spezia, 34 points;
No. 17, Salernitana, 29 points;
Finally, the three clubs who will be relegated to Serie B next season:

18th, Cagliari, 29 points;
19th, Genoa, 27 points;
No. 20, Venice, 27 points.

So far, for Chen Xiaoliang, his dreamy first journey to the top five leagues has come to an end.

The award of each individual award of the league will also be announced soon.

　Thanks to the club's chief director [Yu Qingfeng] for the 3 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Fusheng Liquor] for the 3 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [_Xuanxuandi] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)