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

Chapter 261 Translation, what is the pattern, the first home game of the new season continues!

After the game, Chen Xiaoliang received 5 hours of training and 2 physical recovery cards.

Training value 9 → 14
Stamina Recovery Card 5 → 7
The opening of the league also means that everything has returned to a new cycle, but the team that ushered in new teammates also added a new chemical reaction.

Whether it is the coaching staff or the players, they all feel the troubles of happiness that they did not have before.

Although the current total number of first-team players is 24, the quality of the frontcourt attack group has improved significantly compared to last season.

The joining of Wijnaldum, Enzo and Dybala not only enriched the candidates in the midfield, but also made the players' competition for playing more intense.

What's more, there is also a secret weapon, Kvaratsheria, which was deliberately hidden by Mourinho for the time being. If you count him, the entire midfield is really a mess.

In Mourinho's plan, he has a prepared solution, but he still needs to wait for someone to join the team.

But the actual development of the situation exceeded his expectations.

First of all, after losing Dybala, Juventus, who wanted to revive the supremacy of Serie A, got in touch with Zaniolo through a third-party scout, hoping that the Italian striker could transfer to join. Around 3000 million euros.

And Mourinho's old rival Conte also got involved and formally applied to Rome to loan Zaniolo.

The loan fee of 200 million euros, plus the buyout clause of 2000 million euros, also set a restriction that the buyout clause must be triggered after Tottenham wins the Champions League seat at the end of the season.

Mourinho asked Pinto not to give a direct reply, but Pinto told him that even if it were to be sold, both prices were lower than the transfer team's expectations.

The funniest thing is that it's not just the Pinto that feels the price is low.

After hearing the news, Inter Milan took the initiative to contact Roma, because Zaniolo was a player that Roma bought from Inter Milan for 2018 million euros in the summer window of 450. 15% of the amount of the next transfer, so they are in debt crisis and hope that Roma can sell a little higher, so that they can get a better share.

But Zaniolo has a huge hidden danger, that is, he has experienced serious injuries such as cruciate ligament rupture in both legs. In the past few years, he was injured twice for almost an entire season. It is difficult for outside teams to be willing to pay a higher transfer fee for him.

Mourinho is inclined to sell in his heart. After all, he still has a transfer budget of about 3000 million yuan, and there are enough midfielders. If he sells Zaniolo, he can save 400 million euros in annual salary. Increase the transfer budget by about 3000 million. Even if the summer window is not used, it is a good idea to make up for the winter window, or even gather together to buy a star next season.

But Zaniolo's recent emotions have affected people around him, and even alarmed the media.

Every day when the players drive to the Trigoria base for training, there will be fans waiting there in advance, in order to ask the players for a chance to take a group photo and autograph.

Although this is not the obligation of the players, everyone knows that these fanatical fans are the bread and butter of a football team, not only because they provide revenue from tickets and merchandise sales, but also because of the sponsorship brought by huge traffic , The growth of advertising and valuation is an important means for the club to achieve profitability and value-added.

Therefore, clubs will require players to treat fans as kindly as possible, and leaving a good personal image of players will also benefit the player's personal commercial value.

However, Zaniolo was recently photographed by fans. When he met enthusiastic fans standing by the side of the car and beckoning for autographs outside the base, he stepped on the accelerator and accelerated to throw off the fans.

Although no one was injured, in the video, the behavior clearly made the public feel dangerous.

Zaniolo's appeal is also very simple, either sell himself, or increase his salary to 600 million euros a year.

His reasons are also very good. In the case of limited playing last season, he basically played as a winger. He scored 12 goals and assisted 3 times in three competitions, but his annual salary is lower than that of a center with 17 goals and 5 assists. Abraham's 550 million euros is even lower than Shalawi's 500 million euros on the iron bench.

But Pinto has rejected Zaniolo's agent on behalf of Mourinho. On the one hand, Shalawi's contract was given by the previous team and has nothing to do with Mourinho and Pinto. On the other hand, 11 goals and 10 assists The former captain Pellegrini only has an annual salary of 400 million. If Zaniolo's requirements are met, it will inevitably break the salary balance in the locker room and cause other players to follow suit.

Furthermore, since he came to the team in 2018, Zaniolo has had two serious injuries and one minor injury due to injuries, from January 2020, 1 to May 13, 2021. He has rested for a total of 5 days Without playing, the club is raising him almost for nothing, and has to pay a lot of medical rehabilitation expenses.

Finally, the club's performance has improved. Pinto hopes that Zaniolo can fulfill the current contract for another year to repay the club. He will sit down to discuss contract renewal or transfer next summer when the contract has the last year left.

Zaniolo refused, which led to the scene of rough treatment of the fans.

Mourinho didn't want to confront the players directly, he hoped to see if the problem could be solved through the locker room, so he told Chen Xiaoliang about it, and hoped that Chen Xiaoliang would use his control over the locker room and not let Zanio Lowe's negative emotions affect and even drive other players to have adverse reactions.

This is a breeze for Chen Xiaoliang. His "right-hand men" Patricio and Matic in the locker room are both seasoned veterans. Contracts and even attention have long been what they look at.

As for newcomers like Enzo and Dybala, the contract has just begun to be fulfilled, so naturally they will not get involved in this kind of dispute.

The rest of the players knew how much they were worth. What's more, in the first year of Chen Xiaoliang's arrival, he only played for a whole season with a contract of about 400 million yuan before renewing his contract.

As long as you play well, any club will rush to renew your contract, otherwise checks from other clubs will fly in and poach people away immediately.

Chen Xiaoliang found Zaniolo and took the initiative to pull him to sit in a corner seat alone while having lunch in the restaurant.

Zaniolo is a smart man. Despite his arrogance, he saw that Chen Xiaoliang was quite obedient, neither losing his temper nor acting strangely. He said bluntly:
"Chen, I'm 23 years old now. The current competition in the team is too fierce. Money is part of it, but I want to go to a team that can play more games."

Chen Xiaoliang nodded, but as a 985 university teacher before crossing, he would not simply follow the other party's thinking to answer: "You are right, but the competition between Juventus and Tottenham is actually not worse than ours, and To put it bluntly, Juventus may have a better chance, and Tottenham may not get any honor."

Zaniolo didn't want to back down: "I don't want to be a substitute, and I don't like defensive counterattack tactics very much."

Chen Xiaoliang nodded. He knew that Zaniolo could say such words calmly, which proved that he had already decided in his heart: "I will communicate with the coach and Pinto. Everyone's reasonable ideas should be respected. You The idea is that fans who love you even more, right?"

Zaniolo nodded.

"In addition, take me as an example. It's not that the club can't sell you, but it needs a negotiation process. I don't know about the past, but at least when you are injured, they still have high hopes for you."

"Furthermore, I passed you two balls in the last game, and Dybala passed one. If you score both, then maybe Juventus and Tottenham's offer will be higher, and the deal may be done."

"Without performance on the court and professionalism off the court, it is impossible to have a high offer."

Chen Xiaoliang said a few words in a soft and firm manner, among the young people, no one likes to be taught, they just point to the end.

Zaniolo, who has always had a high opinion of himself, has indeed refreshed his three views since meeting Chen Xiaoliang.

I thought I had a talent beyond ordinary people, but compared with Chen Xiaoliang's progress speed, it was not worth mentioning at all.

I thought I had excellent physical fitness, but when Chen Xiaoliang first joined the team at the age of 17, he was faster, taller and stronger than himself.

I thought my skills were the best in the team, but throughout the year, I was not as good as this young man in terms of goals and assists.

It doesn't matter if he is a genius, but he is also very hardworking.

Really fulfilled that sentence, don't be afraid of someone being better than you, just be afraid that someone who is better than you will be more diligent than you.

But what Zaniolo cares most about is the locker room behind Chen Xiaoliang.

If in the middle of last season he was selected as the captain by Mourinho based on his strong strength, the Italian natives were still a little bit unconvinced, but the key superb performance when they cleared the siege against the Milan duo in the season and led the team at the end The feat of winning the championship has made everyone completely admire the new captain.

Zaniolo knew that if he offended Mourinho, at most he would sit on the bench, and when the time came, he would be subdued. Coupled with the needs of the game, it would be over.

But if you offend Chen Xiaoliang, it is tantamount to making an enemy of the entire locker room. At that time, you will be isolated by others and will not pass you the ball when you play. Even Mourinho may not be able to save himself.

What's more, what Chen Xiaoliang said made sense, and he really didn't have any capital to mess around.

So this time, he was completely convinced.

That afternoon, he showed a good training attitude, and when he went back in the evening, he patiently signed autographs for the fans and took pictures with smiling faces.

But why squeeze a smile?

It wasn't because he was dissatisfied, but because there was a scene in the afternoon training that greatly damaged the morale of the entire team.

Mourinho let Gian, who did not participate in the training, come to the first team to train together. Although the young player's professional attitude after becoming famous made Mourinho dissatisfied, and the club is also dealing with his transfer application recently. That is, Cremona, the opponent in the next round of the league, proposed to buy him for 600 million euros.

But Belotti's inability to join made Mourinho want to check Ji'an again.

And this investigation came to the fore.

In the team confrontation training, Ji'an, who was playing the center of the substitute team, rushed recklessly and knocked down Wijnaldum, who was playing the midfielder of the main team, causing the latter to fall directly to the ground in pain and call for the team doctor.

The team training is not a formal game, and no one will act on the ground. The coaching staff immediately knew something bad when they saw this scene.

The chief team doctor Manara immediately entered the field for inspection. The initial assessment was that he was fractured, and he was carefully sent to the hospital for an X-ray.

The diagnosis turned out to be a fracture of the tibia of the right leg, which would take at least 4 months to recover.

This is also a huge blow to Wijnaldum.

Not only does it mean that he will not be able to represent Roma throughout the first half of the season, but he will definitely miss the World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year.

For him, who is about to turn 32 years old, it means that he will miss the last chance to represent the Netherlands in the World Cup.

As for the perpetrator Ji'an, Mourinho did not blame or reprimand him. He just told Pinto that he decided not to keep the African teenager in the team, and asked Pinto to confirm the text agreement first, and then in the next round against Cremo. After the end of the league in Nana, Ji'an was sold to the newly promoted team.

Cremona's offer to Ji'an was 600 million euros. For a young player who has played less than 10 times in total, this offer is very good.

Wijnaldum's final rental fee is half the salary plus part of the rental fee, which is almost 600 million euros, with a buyout clause of 1000 million euros.

Not being able to play games for half a season is equivalent to paying 300 million euros in vain.

Ji'an's unprofessional attitude in private life, coupled with the low level of investment in training, made Mourinho completely decide to abandon him.

At the same time, Karlsdorp, another old trouble in the team, also received Southampton's loan and buyout clause.

Mourinho hopes to rent him out immediately, which not only saves the team's expenses, but also prevents him from affecting the atmosphere of the reserve team.

These 7 days of training gave Chen Xiaoliang another 28 training points.

Training value 14 → 42
他花了20点加在技术上14→15，又花了5点加在点球上9→10
Training value 42 → 17
The reason for adding a penalty kick is that when I encountered a penalty shootout in the cup match last season, as the captain and leader, it is definitely not good to hide behind and not go up to kick a penalty kick at a critical moment, but it is even worse if I kick it badly.

Throw-in kicks and free kicks will wait.

At 8:22 on August 18, Chen Xiaoliang led the team into the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Dozens of red and yellow team flags fluttered in the stands, and the local fans in Rome finally ushered in the first home game of the new season.

"Defending the title", "Dominate Serie A", "Mourinho leads us to the Triple Crown!", "Real Madrid here we come!" and other slogans abound in the ground-floor stands near the stadium.

The good performance last season gave the fans great expectations, and it is obvious that there are many more media and scouts who came to report on the game in Rome than last season.

In this game, Mourinho made some adjustments to the starting lineup, allowing some players who did not start in the first round of the league to make their debut at home, and at the same time rely on the game to enter the state.

The goalkeeper is still Patricio;

The four defenders from right to right are Viña, Mancini, Smalling, Malaysia;
But the midfielder Christante;

Double midfielders Chen Xiaoliang and Pellegrini;

Left winger Zaniolo, center forward Abraham, and right winger Dybala.

Enzo, Sesco and others temporarily sat on the bench.

Although Wijnaldum is in the hospital ward at this time, having just undergone surgery and watching the game on TV, Mourinho is still full of confidence.

His cards were too good, too many.

Facing the newly promoted players whose combined value of the entire club has only risen to 6985 million, the coverage can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. The single defensive midfielder of director Christian, coupled with Chen Xiaoliang's running protection, is enough to deal with the defense in the middle.

Before the game, Roma also held a small ceremony to officially introduce the fans who have joined the team this season, and let them appear on the sidelines near the player tunnel.
But what's interesting is that when Dybala waved to the fans, there were still some boos under most of the applause.

No way, who made Rome the capital of Italy, and in early June, Dybala had just helped Argentina beat Italy in the European and American Cup.

Moreover, Juventus, where Dybala played before, is also one of Roma's main opponents other than Lazio, the same city rival and number one mortal enemy.

After the game started, the situation fully verified Mourinho's self-confidence.

Roma's control on the field can no longer be described as a rainbow, it is simply devastating.

在控球率49%比51%还落后客队2个百分点的情况下，射门数基本上是以5比1的方式在增长，而其中罗马有60%的射门都是禁区内完成的，而克雷莫纳则几乎都是远射。

However, Abraham's old problems still haven't improved much, as if he was infected by Zaniolo, both of them mentioned happy football.

In the 8th minute, Chen Xiaoliang immediately sent the ball to the left and passed it to Dybala, who was unmarked. For such a huge goal, you don’t kick up, down, left, or right, just kick towards the goalkeeper...

Italian fans have given a new name to Abraham's type of striker: blunt striker.

Like a blunt-edged kitchen knife, it danced with a cold light, but the opponent didn't even have a blood mark when it was cut.

And he was not alone. In the 18th minute, under the support of Dybala on the left and Xiaoliang Chen on the right, Zaniolo continued to dribble forward along the middle, surrounded by four players on the opposite side. spectacular.

But when the Italian took a step into the penalty area, he didn't expect to pass to Dybala, who could catch the ball on the left, and Chen Xiaoliang, who could shoot directly at the goal after catching the ball on the right, chose himself. shoot.

I don’t know what happened. This season, Zaniolo likes to hit the far corner. In the last game, both feet missed the post. This time, he simply chose to hit the top corner with a burst shot. The fans behind the goal presented a new Serie A football.

Dybala was very upset, but restrained his temper and made a pass gesture to Zaniolo.

During those years at Juventus, he also saw someone who played football like this, but that man has five Golden Globe trophies and five World Player of the Year honors, and the head coach has to follow his habits Arrange tactics.

At that time, Dybala often sat on the bench, so he endured it. After all, it was more or less reasonable to give way to Ronaldo, one of the peerless twins.

And you Zaniolo's kicking like this counts.

Just as Zaniolo was about to make a gesture to fight back, he saw Chen Xiaoliang waving at the two of them, gesturing them to return to the defensive position, so he waved his hand and ignored Dybala.

Mourinho on the sidelines is very dissatisfied, but he can't get angry now. After all, he is under the watchful eyes of everyone. No one wants to be discovered by the media at the beginning of the season that the team has internal conflicts.

In the 25th minute, Chen Xiaoliang retreated to defend an old opponent - last season's UEFA Cup final Feyenoord's striker Desersers, who joined Feyenoord on loan from Genk, Belgium for a season, and this season. Bought by Cremona for 650 million euros to play in Serie A.

The Nigerian striker, whose skin is not too dark due to his obvious mixed race, did not flinch from facing Chen Xiaoliang. He was very dissatisfied with the defeat in the Europa League final.

With a height of 185 centimeters and 77 kilograms, he was about 10 meters outside the penalty area in the middle and accelerated with the ball towards the front right. He also raised his arms and put on a posture to crush Chen Xiaoliang with his body.

Chen Xiaoliang turned sideways and turned his back on Desers, and ran at a high speed, his right shoulder directly touched the opponent's left shoulder. After the collision, Desers swayed to the right and almost fell down.

Obviously, he didn't expect that the people from the Red Country beside him had such strength, otherwise he might have just fallen down and cheated a foul by diving.

After Desers adjusted his balance, he was about to regain control of the ball that was rolling forward rapidly, but before his left foot reached out to touch the ball, Chen Xiaoliang's right foot had already poked out, destroying the ball.

Poor Desers, the ball missed, but his left foot was tripped by Chen Xiaoliang's outstretched leg. Running at high speed, he was unprepared. Although he subconsciously supported the turf with his hands, he fell face down A dog eats shit.

However, Malaysia caught up with the ball on the wing, and Roma had already launched a counterattack. The referee glanced at Desers who was lying on the ground, speechless and a little dazed, confirmed that he was fine, and immediately turned to look at the frontcourt.

Malaysia advanced a certain distance along the wing. Seeing the opponent's right-wing defender Giglioni approaching him, he immediately passed it to Pellegrini in the center.

Pellegrini did not stop the ball and pushed directly to the right side of the penalty area. Abraham received the ball with his back.

Facing the double-teaming of the two, Abra rarely had the opportunity to turn around and get rid of it, and knocked back to Zaniolo who ran up.

Zaniolo made a change of direction at the top of the penalty area, passing Cremona's midfielder Piquer and rushed into the penalty area. He was about to take a left-footed shot, but was shoveled by the opponent's 33-year-old Romanian central defender Kirikesh. Strong.

The ball seemed to be returned to the other body in the same way, first hitting the ball, and then hitting the leg. Kirikesh's defense was also crisp and neat.

But because Zaniolo dribbled the ball, he faced the goal obliquely, pulled out the angle and prepared to kick sideways to hit the goal. Unlike Desers who broke through straight forward, Zaniolo lost his balance and right shoulder Land first.

He fell to the ground and rolled half a circle, his left hand was covering his right shoulder, and his eyes were closed tightly in pain.

As a profession with certain risks, professional players, like soldiers and fighters, have received "wrestling" training in youth training since childhood.

From how to defuse the impact of a fall, how to avoid injury, how to perform your hands and feet when you fall to achieve the most shocking "visual effect" to increase the chances of fouls and cards for the opponent, and even how to "perform" after falling to the ground, It's all taught by the coach.

It's just that some coaches teach simply to prevent injuries, while some film and television academies teach in depth, and even cultivated the kind of Busquets who didn't forget to open his hands covering his eyes to observe the audience's reaction to him after falling to the ground. How to evaluate the performance of the textbook plot.

For an unpretentious and boring fall like Zaniolo, both sides on the field can tell at a glance that this guy is really serious.

Manara, who had just accompanied Wijnaldum back to the club after the operation, rushed into the field and asked Zaniolo, who was lying on the ground, to stay still. He used stroking and questioning to judge the injury. Almost between ligament strain and avulsion fracture.

Although it is not as serious as Wijnaldum, this game will definitely not be played.

Manala took his arm on the uninjured side, helped him to his feet, and walked slowly to the sidelines.

Although he was a little unhappy just now, Dybala, together with other players and tens of thousands of fans in the stands, gave Zaniolo a blessing and applause of encouragement.

Mourinho urgently replaced the Polish teenager Zalewski who had not had time to warm up.

After the substitution is completed, the game continues.

But there is one thing to say, Roma's offense became smoother after Zaniolo left the field.

The 20-year-old Zalewski was named one of the top 442 most anticipated rising stars in Europe by the well-known British sports media "50" in the summer, but he doesn't have as many small things in his heart as Zaniolo.

As long as there is a chance on the wing, he will go forward, and as long as he goes forward to get the ball, he will focus on creating opportunities for the three big brothers to pass the ball.

This willingness to play as a green leaf is well integrated into Chen Xiaoliang and Dybala, who already like to play pass and cooperate.

In the 36th minute, Malaysia sent a pick pass, Zalewski ran all the way to the bottom, and passed the inverted triangle to Chen Xiaoliang on the penalty area line.

Faced with the blockade of central defender Kirikesh and midfielder Askaciwal, Chen Xiaoliang pulled up his legs and prepared to "shoot furiously", but the old trick was repeated. The fake shot was passed to Di who rushed into the penalty area on the right. Barra.

After receiving the ball, the handsome Argentine showed everyone what is called a textbook push from the far corner without defense.

With his left foot, he made a beautiful curve ball. The arc of the ball just went around the right hand of the opponent's Romanian goalkeeper Ladu who flew to save, and then spun into the goal and hit the inside left net.

Perfect shot!A golden left foot like Messi possessed!

In terms of the fineness and smoothness of his skills, Dybala is really the strongest among the players who have been teammates with Chen Xiaoliang.

In the 37th minute, Roma led 1-0 at home!

Scored in two consecutive games, and spared no effort to run and connect on the field, so that the fans of Rome completely accepted this Argentine who was the core of the rival Juventus!

And Dybala also thanked the fans by patting the team badge on his chest after scoring a goal.

Then he turned around and hugged Chen Xiaoliang.

A talented attacker, the last thing he likes is to run out of space, but the ball cannot be passed from midfield.

In the situation that he could force a shot just now, he passed it to himself who was unguarded for the first time, helping himself to score the second goal in the league, and let Dybala further understand why this 2-year-old boy can be so good. Convinced by Mourinho and the whole team.

Shooting is a matter of blood spurting, but shooting in will make the whole audience excited.

For a man, it's really not easy for him to give up the chance to shoot at a critical moment.

Mourinho on the sidelines saw that Chen Xiaoliang and Dybala showed a fiery state at the beginning of the season, and they called each other very much. He couldn't wait to start looking forward to the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League group stage next week!
　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Pengzhou Kaneshiro Takeshi] for the 4 monthly tickets!
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