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

Chapter 253 Titans!The man standing behind Messi
For a week, the three trained regularly every day.

The morning is aerobic and fitness training, and the afternoon is tactical coordination and ball training.

Kvaratsheria, who went to the Russian league at the age of 19 and stayed for two years, can take care of himself very well and is proficient in cooking and housework.

Although worth only 1200 million euros, he is already the number one star in his native Georgia.

After winning the best young player in the Russian Super League last season, his playing time had increased significantly last season, but once the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, all aspects of Russia were restricted by the outside world, and football was no exception.

Considering that there are also many foreign players in the Russian Super League, FIFA issued a special permission order to allow foreign players in the Russian Super League to leave Russian clubs through transfers during the non-transfer period.

Suddenly panicked, Kwa also returned to the Georgian team Dynamo Batumi with the help of his original agent for a transfer fee of 800 million euros.

But he knew that his future should not be limited to this place, but after the agent's promotion everywhere, the fact that no club was willing to sign this seemingly thin young man still hit him hard.

Fortunately, everything has passed, and everything in the city of Rome is perfect for him, even beyond the scenes that he could dream of in his original dreams.

The appearance of Chen Xiaoliang and Sesco, two teammates who are similar to his age and also obsessed with football, made him even more excited as if he had found a bosom friend.

On July 7, the Club of Rome issued an official announcement:

"Through intensive work during the offseason, the team has signed three new signings: the Georgian player from Dynamo Batumi, the 21-year-old Hevicha Kvaratsheria, and the player from River Plate. Argentine player Enzo Fernandez, also 21, and free agent Serbian goalkeeper Slavel, 23.

Enzo will be joined by the team after finishing his personal business, while the other two have arrived at the club and will join the pre-season.

Let us look forward to the performance of the three new players this season! "

However, after this announcement was issued, although it received a lot of attention, the comments were biased towards two extremes:

【what's the situation?These two people have never heard of it. They waited in the tree for a long time, and this is it? 】

[The English name of this Kvaratsheria is too long... 20 letters... Chinese is also difficult to pronounce]

[Serie A letter brother? 】

[People in Georgia have the nickname of Georgian Messi]

[Don’t pretend to be 13 upstairs, if you want to say that, I’m still Mentougou Mbappe]

【This Enzo has never heard of it before. He thought that letting Weiletu go would buy a powerful person, but he didn't expect it to be another lottery ticket】

[Is Rome out of money?Still think the lineup is good enough? 】

[Blinds of the ball just opened their mouths, everyone has entered the Argentina World Cup list, don't you know the ball yet? 】

...

The above-mentioned heated discussions quickly spread in major football forums.

After all, Roma will compete in the UEFA Champions League as the Serie A champion in the new season. Sports media from various countries and game scouts from strong teams are paying close attention to their preparations and signings.

Roma's players naturally received the club's first notification about the new aid joining the team. Many players had mixed emotions towards these two unfamiliar teammates.

They know that next season they want to defend their title and continue to advance in the Champions League. Of course, the team needs new aid, but people are realistic. The aid came, and I didn't want the newcomers to further carve up their playing time after they arrived.

Chen Xiaoliang understands this emotion best. Whether he went to Rangers or just came to Rome, he has more or less been questioned by veteran players or the original "talker" in the locker room.

But on the football field, what matters is strength.

Whether it is conquering opponents or conquering teammates, strength is the most important factor.

At first, Chen Xiaoliang was a little worried that Kwa would have negative emotions after seeing many comments on the Internet that questioned him, but Kwa quickly proved his inner strength with actions.

After the team reunion on July 7, although the players who had the task of the national team in the summer were extended for a week and have not all returned, most of them, including the small players of the reserve team, also returned to Trigoli The sub-base began intensive training.

Kwa immediately used a super serious attitude in training, coupled with his team-leading dribbling and breakthrough ability, made many players dumbfounded.

They couldn't believe that the club's scouting system was so strong?Can such a strange person be excavated from an unknown European league?
Ibanez, Smalling, Viña, Matic, Celik, Malaysia, these people have been tempered by Kwa in the team confrontation.

This kind of dribbling with low stride length and high stride frequency made them very uncomfortable for a while.

But Kwa was not complacent about it, because soon his teammates discovered his weakness and targeted it in training, that is physical confrontation.

Matic and Celik, who are not as fast as Kova, will have a physical confrontation with Kova before he catches the ball. Through interference, Kova cannot catch the ball, or cannot start smoothly after catching the ball. In the case of no space , can effectively reduce the success rate of kwar breakthrough.

In order to prevent his teammates from getting on the body in advance, Kwa began to consciously strengthen his running without the ball, especially retreating to take the ball outside the defense zone of the full back and the same side of the midfielder.

But this also has its disadvantages. The farther away from the penalty area, the longer the distance he needs to advance with the ball, and the number of defenses he will face will increase accordingly.

All of this is naturally what Mourinho wants to see most. An excellent rookie allows his teammates to accept new challenges, and teammates also have their coping methods to help the rookie continue to grow.

Coupled with Kewa's humble but somewhat sullen personality and the full support of captain Chen Xiaoliang, Kewa was quickly recognized by his teammates.

And his dribbling breakthrough is also famous in the club. Many young players from the youth training team will come to watch him play and ask him for tips on dribbling and ball control.

A week later, Pellegrini, Spinazzola and other players who participated in the European and American Cup and other national team competitions in the summer also returned one after another.

The club also issued a second official announcement for fans:

"The team has confirmed the loan of Dutch midfielder Wijnaldum with Paris Saint-Germain. The player has arrived in Rome and has passed the medical examination. He has officially become a member of Rome in the new season!"

"At the same time, as part of the loan agreement, we will travel to Paris on July 7 to play a friendly against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes."

"While introducing new aid, the team's Albanian central defender Kumbra has confirmed that he will be loaned to the Eredivisie Heerenveen in the new season, and another young midfielder, Gambian player Darbo, will be loaned to the Turkish Super League. I also wish them rapid growth during the loan process!"

Compared with the previous one, the official announcement this time received praises on the whole:

[Du Mu!In the five years of Liverpool, he has made great contributions! 】

【With Du Mu, should we use Li Bai next time (dog head)】

[Could it be that the fans sprayed too much last time, knowing that buying a 21-year-old midfielder is a bit perfunctory, so they rented Wijnaldum specifically? 】

[Xiao Liang in the front, Du Mu in the back, the interception and stealing ability of this midfielder hasn't taken off yet? 】

[With Du Mu, playing some weak teams can let Xiaoliang take a break]

[But what does it mean to rent Kumbra?He has only three central defenders, enough for rotation? 】

...

On this day, Wijnaldum and Enzo came to the club to report at the same time.

Compared with the little-known Enzo, Wijnaldum, who has won three heavyweight championships in the Premier League, Champions League and Club World Cup as a main player, is obviously more respected and welcomed.

However, Mourinho is not worried that the relationship between the players will be discordant, because he has a captain who can completely control the locker room.

Even the well-informed Wijnaldum was amazed by the young new captain's ability to control.

The simplest example, when Matic and Kristante are discussing things on the court, Chen Xiaoliang walks over to find them, they will immediately stop the ongoing conversation, and then quietly listen to Chen Xiaoliang and them the words said.

Fortunately, Chen Xiaoliang is a yellow-skinned and black-haired red national. If his nationality is Portugal, then Wijnaldum will definitely think that this guy is Mourinho's biological son.

A natural question came to the mind of the Dutch midfielder: why?
After just the first day of training, the answer is self-evident.

Whether it's around the pile, running back and forth, or small-scale tactical cooperation and team confrontation, Wijnaldum found that he seemed to have lived for nothing for 30 years. The 18-year-old Chen Xiaoliang showed almost none of his abilities. under.

At the same time, there was another thing that surprised him.

The 21-year-old Enzo Fernandez, the name Wijnaldum heard for the first time today, after a day of training, made him have a question in his heart:
Since Roma has already signed him, why should they come to rent me?

The temperament displayed by the 21-year-old teenager in training is completely the demeanor of a battle-hardened general.

At this point, the same idea also arose in the hearts of Matic, Kristant and others.

Cristant instantly felt that the pressure of playing competition in the new season had increased sharply, while Matic faintly began to think about which year it would be more appropriate to retire.

Unlike the shy and sullen Kvaratsheria, Enzo is a vigorous and decisive person, daring to speak and act, and his character is as tough as his playing style.

When warming up for the ring, he frantically grabbed the ball back and forth like a mafia thug chasing the passer with a knife in his hand, but in the afternoon's intra-team confrontation, he played as a midfielder on the bench, Chen Xiaoliang, who is playing central midfielder for the main defensive team.

At that scene, Foti was worried that the two would fight.

Facing Chen Xiaoliang's long-range shot, En Zuo Na really tried his best to block it. He used his feet as soon as he could get out, and his head as soon as he stretched his neck.

And when Chen Xiaoliang wanted to drive forward with the ball, he tripped and bumped his shoulders, and Enzo used it all.

The funniest thing is that when he helped defend Kova once, he saw Vinia being passed by Kova outside the penalty area, and he went up and knocked Kova down. Rapetti, who was acting as a temporary referee, showed a yellow card.

Then Enzo didn't reach out to pull his teammates to stand up, but he said loudly to Binha: "I already have a yellow card, next time you will foul."

Although Wijnaldum was a little confused by the intensity of the training in the Roma team, he also showed a first-class level with experience.

Mourinho stood aside, hands on hips, silent.

In fact, my heart has already burst into laughter.

Even after watching more videos and scouting reports, it is still not as real as what he saw with his own eyes. After a day of observation, the performance of Wijnaldum and Enzo really made him unable to be more satisfied.

But this was far from enough. He asked Chen Xiaoliang to lead everyone to do relaxation exercises after training, and then walked back to the office ahead of time, where Pinto was waiting for him.

"Jose, Belotti refused to lower his salary requirements and insisted on asking for 400 million euros a year, and Dybala did the same. In addition, you also proposed to loan Leipzig Red Bull's central defender Gwadiol, and the other party gave 800 million. rental fee in euros.”

"So the reality now is that you can choose two out of three at most, and I don't have the money to help you get all three."

Mourinho's face darkened, Pinto's words swept away his good mood in training just now: "I just want to ask you a question."

Pinto: "Please tell me."

Mourinho: "The head coach will be dismissed for his poor performance in leading the team. If the director in charge of transfers can't buy the people the team needs, shouldn't he also leave?"

Pinto was a little annoyed: "Please pay attention to your wording, Jose, I am now the general manager of the club."

Mourinho slapped the table: "So what? You are talking about this in front of me? Moratti, Woodward, Florentino, Abramovich, and that Levi, you are in front of me. Put your qualifications in front of you?"

Pinto knew he was in the wrong, and softened his tone: "Jose, if I can, let alone three, as long as the rules allow and the money is enough, I am willing to buy thirty people!"

"But it's not that we don't want to spend money now, it's that we must operate in strict accordance with UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act!"

Mourinho: "This is your business! You should find a way to overcome the difficulties instead of complaining to me about the same thing after two months! And we just sent Kumbra away! You So I came to me and said that I can only choose two out of three, so if Leipzig Red Bull does not let go, then not only did I not get a central defender, but I also lost an available player!"

Pinto sighed: "I have already taken a big risk for you, Jose, once you violate the Financial Fair Play Act, it is a small matter to be fined tens of millions of euros, and you will not be able to transfer in the next two transfer windows." , and even being deprived of the European qualifications, no one can bear it! When the time comes, not only I will leave, but you will also have to leave together!"

Mourinho: "And then? Is this the risk you took for me? Tell me the rules again?"

Pinto: "Let me tell you this, I didn't even tell the boss! This year's revenue budget is calculated based on the fact that the league can enter the top three and the Champions League must reach the top eight!"

"And a lot of money in it is actually not in place!"

"You know, whether you win the league championship or not, the difference in direct prize money between the champion and No.3 is not that big, but there is a big difference in the final prize money, tickets, and broadcasting share between being eliminated in the Champions League group stage and reaching the top 8. gap!"

"If the final result is the top 16 of the Champions League, then I may terminate Wijnaldum's loan in advance to reduce wage expenses. If the group stage does not appear, then not only must the loan be terminated, but also a player must be sold in the winter window to make it possible. The loss figure does not exceed the rule limit."

"If you want all three, you have to reach the Champions League final! Jose, can you guarantee it?"

"Originally, we could solve it by attracting sponsors, but who knows that those two countries will fight in Tamade. Now you know the economic environment in Europe as a whole. Energy costs have skyrocketed, oil prices, transportation costs, and even northern Europe. Hotel prices have also started to rise, maybe in winter, people can’t even afford heating bills, and stadium operating costs have increased, but we can’t tell fans that tickets have risen, all of which have a great impact on football!”

After hearing Pinto's remarks, Mourinho came to discuss with him when he knew that he was really out of luck: "Dybala, Gwadiol, I have nothing to say to you, the great president manager."

Pinto sighed, nodded silently, and then quietly left Mourinho's office, not forgetting to close the door gently before leaving.

Mourinho wanted to light a cigar or a cigarette to calm down, but he had no habit of doing this, so he had to make a cup of hot coffee.

He knew that Roma suffered too many losses in the past few years, otherwise they would not have sold the club to the Friedkin family.

And Rome is not Paris. Companies under the Qatar Sovereign Fund can be used to increase capital through backdoors. No matter how much money is spent, it will never lose money.

And also actively cooperated with UEFA in broadcasting, competitions, and opposition to the UEFA Super League, both giving money and standing, and finally made the Financial Fair Play Act a piece of paper in front of him.

Pinto could only obey the rules obediently.

But this also means that he can still only have two centers available in the new season. If any one is injured, Zaniolo or even Pellegrini will have to play forward.

The distraught Mourinho looked out the window, finally having some comfort.

The extra training team seems to have new members. In addition to the trio of Chen Xiaoliang, Sesco and Kwa, Enzo, Wijnaldum and Zaniolo have also joined in. The new goalkeeper Svela Er became their sparring partner.

The two sides just had a 3v3 offensive and defensive confrontation at the front of the penalty area. Enzo played one-on-one with Chen Xiaoliang time and time again, trying his best to get past him, but every time Chen Xiaoliang intercepted the ball in various ways.

Unwilling to admit defeat, he retrieved the ball and continued to challenge Chen Xiaoliang.

Break it, do it again, break it again, do it again.

Then he turned around and switched sides, Enzuo continued to stare at Chen Xiaoliang for defense, and from time to time defended him with the defensive method Chen Xiaoliang used against himself just now.

On the other side, Zaniolo is also competing with Kewa.

Zaniolo was originally the player with the most dribbles in the Serie A Roma team last season, but seeing Kwa today, his sense of crisis also increased sharply, and he took the initiative to choose to stay and join the captain's extra training team, wanting to watch it up close See how the Georgian managed to master the ball with such proficiency.

Wijnaldum's joining is not purely for additional training. At the age of 30, he has reached the point where he needs to be scientifically coordinated in the arrangement of physical recovery and training volume, so as to reduce fatigue as much as possible, maintain state, and extend the training time. career.

It's like Matic, who is 34 years old, and he needs to practice more. The more you practice, the more likely you are to get injured.Occasionally, when stretching and relaxing on the sidelines, he would watch a group of boys practice more, and sometimes he would yell twice when he saw a good ball, but he would never participate in it.

Wijnaldum is simply curious about the two young midfielders, Chen Xiaoliang and Enzo, and they want to cooperate in the future, so they just stay and participate.

This kind of new aid can create a good competitive atmosphere in the team as soon as it arrives in the team, and at the same time integrate into a small circle of serious training and mutual learning. Not to mention Mourinho, Chen Xiaoliang is also very happy.

Due to Enzo's hard work, the extra training only lasted about 30 minutes and ended, and everyone was already sweating profusely.

En Zuo, who was already the main midfielder in River Plate, admired Chen Xiaoliang very much, and he played against each other and cherished each other.Although they didn't say anything, when the group returned to the locker room, Enzo, who was walking in front, took the initiative to stop and let Chen Xiaoliang, who was behind him, enter the room.

Chen Xiaoliang also took the initiative to show his favor. After changing the laundry, when he drove home with Cesko, he also took Enzo who had just arrived and hadn't bought a car, and sent him back to his residence.

"How was it? How did you feel on the first day?"

Chen Xiaoliang asked Enzuo.

Enzo thought for a while: "The training here is more rigorous, and the items are divided into more detailed ones. It's a little different from when I was in Argentina, but as I thought, everything is fine."

Cesko, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, looked back at Enzo: "You really work hard. I always thought that Ryoko was the only person who worked so hard in training."

Sesco spoke barely fluent Italian, but Enzo didn't have time to study, so Chen Xiaoliang had to translate into Spanish.

Enzo is very serious: "This year is the most important year in my career in my opinion, Serie A, the Champions League, and the World Cup. This is an opportunity I must seize."

Chen Xiaoliang: "Stay healthy, no problem."

Cesco: "Brother, don't be so anxious, try to live every day, and sometimes you have to rely on luck, especially the World Cup, which happens every four years. There is too much uncertainty."

Enzo: "You're right, but I don't have a second chance."

Cesco: "What? You're only 21, and you've already been selected for the World Cup squad. Does that mean you have no chance? Ryoko and I call it no chance..."

Enzo: "No, not for me."

Talking here just arrived at the destination.

Chen Xiaoliang: "1 years is too long, seize the day and have a good rest."

Enzo thanked the two and entered the room alone.

Sesco: "This little brother is really a man who doesn't talk too much. He is admirable and a little scary. I hope he can withstand the pressure of the World Cup."

Chen Xiaoliang: "He is not purely for himself."

Cesco: "Who is that for? Winning for someone else?"

Chen Xiaoliang smiled meaningfully: "That's the idol of the whole people in their country, aren't you also clamoring to play Paris?"

Only then did Sesco understand that Enzo hoped to help Messi realize his dream in the last World Cup.

Refreshing statistics, breaking records, winning championships, winning honors, and even playing for the country and winning cups with idols are the goals of those professional players who are climbing to the top.

Cesko couldn't help thinking about what his goal should be, and this optimistic and innocent forward fell into rare contemplation.

　Thanks to the club's chief director [Yu Qingfeng] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Visible Invisible Man] for the 4 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Pengzhou Kaneshiro Takeshi] for the 4 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Sister Yousan is as stable as poi] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [MochizukiウPoet] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the club senior director [Tloml_Mei123] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Weird] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Ancestor of the Panda] for the monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)