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

Chapter 143 Face the top team!The geniuses of the Red Kingdom create a dream start!

In the third round of the European Cup, a big upset broke out!

Waiters won 1-0 at home against Tottenham Hotspur, who came off the bench a lot.

Going to the Netherlands, Conte did not bring all the main players of the team, including Kane and Sun Xingmin, who stayed in London to prepare for the next league.

For Conte, the European Cup is not in his plan, and the most important thing is to win the Champions League in the league.

I just didn't expect Tottenham, who came off the bench, to play off. I thought I could at least score 1 point in the away game. As a result, Waiters worked hard up and down. The number of shots in the game was 15 to 6, far surpassing Tottenham. In 78 minutes, a shot from the right. A foot pass was passed to the penalty area line, and the left midfielder Witek shot a long shot, hitting Sanchez's leg and refracting into the net.

In this way, after three rounds, in Group G of the European Cup, Roma ranked first with 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 points;

Waiters ranked second with 2 wins and 1 loss with 6 points;

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Mulla lost 0 points in all three games and continued to be at the bottom.

According to the schedule, Rome will continue to play against Mulla at home in the next game, and Tottenham Hotspur will also return to face Waiters at home again, so there is a high probability that Rome will continue to maintain the top spot in the group.

In the match against Mulla, the best player was awarded to Sesco, who scored two goals alone, and did not score a goal in the end. However, Chen Xiaoliang had an assist and gained a total of 7 skill points.

But Mulla's reputation is too low, and the reward coefficient can only be 1, so relying on the BUFF that doubled the reward in the European war this season, he finally got 14 skill points.

Skill value 11→25
A long process of accumulation began again.

At three o'clock in the afternoon that day, Mourinho did not give the players a holiday, because before the game against Naples, this was the only half day available for training.

After lunch, Chen Xiaoliang invited Wu Lei, who lives nearby, to go to the Trigolia base together.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got in the car, Wu Lei smirked when he saw him.

"I'll go, Brother Lei, are you laughing at me too?"

Wu Lei couldn't help it: "Your sister-in-law couldn't help laughing when she saw it."

Wu Lei is still restrained, but when it comes to the training ground, those European teammates are called unrestrained.

Young people in their early 20s like Abraham and Zaniolo are booing even more vigorously.

"Chen, what does that feel like?"

"Does it feel soft on the hands or on the face?"

"Next time I score a goal I'll run to the sidelines and see if any of the hot girls will hug me too."

Men are mixed together, once let go, the direction of this topic can't be stopped!

However, the appearance of Mourinho and the coaching staff immediately interrupted everyone's wretched expressions!

Joao first asked everyone to jog 3000 meters around the venue as a warm-up.

After the warm-up is over, everyone gathers together. Naturally, the main players are in the inner circle, and the substitutes are slightly behind.

Mourinho began to talk about the key points against Naples tomorrow.

Naples has two characteristics, one is average and the other is fast.

Average means that the players in the midfield are even in ability and opportunity. There is no main offensive point that is particularly prominent in a team like Immobile, Kane, Sun Xingmin, and Vlahovic. This also means that defending them difficulty will increase.

As the name suggests, Naples has a group of very fast players. It can even be said that more than half of the team's starting 11 players are very fast!
Right back Di Lorenzo is also the main right back of the Italian national team. At the age of 27, he is in his prime. He has good steals, excellent bursts, and very fast limit speed. He is also good at making assists, but it is not his main strength strengths.

Similarly, the left-back Portuguese Mario Rui has the same characteristics as Di Lorenzo. He is also good at steals, assists are relatively average, and his flexibility and speed are excellent.

As a central defender, Senegal international Coulibaly has all the qualities of a black player, and he is proficient in marking, heading and tackling. The only weakness is the speed of the first few steps when he starts, but once he runs, his The extreme speed is also very amazing.

The other main central defender, Maranos, will definitely miss tomorrow's game due to a thigh muscle injury, and is expected to be replaced by Kosovo central defender Ramani.

His frontal defense ability is also excellent, but his speed may be the slowest of all Naples players tomorrow.

Having said that, Mourinho stared at Sesco and Abraham specifically.

In view of the characteristics of the two central defenders' strong frontal defense and ability to compete for the top, tomorrow's game should try to use less high ball passes, but more down triangles and diagonal passes.

Next is the frontcourt.

The two midfielders, Fabian Ruiz and Anguisa, belong to the combination of shooting and interception, but the Cameroonian midfielder Anguiza is not a ball-grabbing machine in the traditional sense. In addition to his physical fitness and stealing ability, he Jiawai has a very good dribbling ability, which is very rare among African midfielders, not a rough waist in the traditional sense.

Left winger Insigne, the main left winger of the Italian national team, and Chiesa Jr. showed their prowess in the European Cup on one left and one on the right. Some, but slightly slower than Chiesa Jr.

The right winger may use Politano, who has performed well recently. Although his limit speed is not fast, the acceleration of the first few steps is quite good. Whether it is cutting inside or crossing, he has a certain degree of accuracy. .

The last is the single striker Osmeen.

The Nigerian 23-year-old striker is simply a speed madman in Mourinho's mouth!

Not only the start-up acceleration is amazing, but the limit speed can even be called one of the fastest in Serie A!

In the Roman team, it is impossible for anyone to catch up with him in a one-on-one run!

With accurate shooting and excellent technique, his only weakness may be his relative lack of heading ability.

Finally, the head coach Spalletti.

The Italian, born in 1959, was the head coach of Rome for a total of 2005 days in the two periods of 09-2016 and 17-2038. After leaving Rome for the last time, he went to Inter Milan to coach for two seasons , and then coached Naples this summer.

He may know the ups and downs of the Roma club better than many new Roma players, especially the few players who came out of the Roma youth academy.

After finishing these, Mourinho began to arrange tactics and preaching list.

The tactical thinking is clear.

In terms of defense, since the opponent is fast, it is necessary to compress the space when defending in the backcourt, especially around the penalty area, so as not to give the opponent a chance to speed up, prevent them from counterattacking, and force them to enter a positional battle. The two wings allow them to play high balls, and headers are their most obvious weakness.

And in the offense, it is to use all the opportunities to switch between offense and defense, hit a quick counterattack, force them to return to defense, and run back to consume their energy!

Hearing this, several fast horses in the Roman formation, like Zaniolo, Abraham and others were very excited.

Especially for these two, they didn't play in the UEFA Cup yesterday, and Zaniolo had to rest for several days because of knee pain, but luckily nothing happened after checking.

If it is a positional battle, facing the opponent's intensive defense, these two attackers are not very easy to use.

On the contrary, such a quick counterattack allows them to give full play to their strengths!

The league leaders, who doesn't want to bring them down!

Performing well in such a game, are you afraid of not having a solid main position?

Mourinho took out his notebook and began to read out the main list, which is also the list for the next group confrontation.

"Patricio!"

"Mkhitaryan, Zalewski!"

"Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez!"

Hearing this, everyone understood that it was time to play three central defenders against a strong enemy again!
"Chen, Weiletu!"

"Zaniolo, Pellegrini, Abraham!"

"Sesco!"

After reading the list, it is a group confrontation.

Since most of these main players did not play in the game last night, Mourinho only asked that they not move too much and cause injuries, and did not let everyone stay strong.

The task of group confrontation is also very clear, the substitute team is responsible for the offense, the main team is in charge, and the offense can only be counterattacked quickly. It is required that each counterattack be completed within 12 seconds from the organization of the backcourt to the shooting of the frontcourt!

In order to ensure the physical strength of the next day, the training of the main players this afternoon was strictly controlled within 90 minutes.

October 10 at 24:16!
After gathering at the Trigoria base, all the players boarded the team bus and headed to the Olympic Stadium!

Coming outside the stadium, the bus was caught in a crowd of red fans!Can only slowly move towards the goal entrance!

For these diehard fans, every weekend home game is their fixed festival!

Whether you have bought a ticket or not, you want to see your favorite team here!

"Crack, clap, clap!"

"The Eternal City! Rome!"

"Crack, clap, clap!"

"The Eternal City! Rome!"

They were chanting slogans frantically!

Many players waved to the fans through the car windows. They dared not open the windows, because passionate fans threw scarves and jerseys into the car windows asking for autographs, and even grabbed the car windows to climb inside...

In Chen Xiaoliang's memory, the night when he won the Soviet Super League championship six rounds ahead of schedule at the Ibrox Stadium was also the scene.

I hope to have a good result against the league leader tonight, and cling to the leading position of the first group.

The road is less than 100 meters away, even with security and police driving away and meeting, the bus had to drive for 10 minutes before entering the stadium.

The players got out of the car one by one, and the fans outside the fence picked up their mobile phones, shouting and taking pictures!

In the interview in the channel before the game, the female reporter Portman who had been waiting for a long time asked Mourinho again about his views on the former Roma coach and the current Naples coach Spalletti.

Mourinho's eyes drifted left and right, deliberately avoiding Portman's clearly visible abyss. He didn't want to be caught by the media in embarrassing shots like Chen Xiaoliang, and then be edited by the tabloids.

"Luciano (Spalletti's name) did a great job at Napoli, but given the quality of Napoli's squad, he deserved it.

Our opponents today are very strong. To be honest, we are not as good as them in the lineup. Although some people will say that we spent huge sums of money to buy people this summer, it is an undeniable fact that Roma lacked signings in the previous few seasons.

And Naples is obviously on the right path. After several years of accumulation, with their current performance, they should take winning the Serie A championship as their goal this season. To be honest, if they don’t win the championship, I will be very upset Accident. "

Portman: "Do you think today will be Naples' ninth consecutive victory?"

Mourinho smiled meaningfully: "Hehe, we will play the football we prepared, but we have no pressure. Even if we score 1 point, it is a victory for us, but for Naples, winning streak The end will most likely mean their mentality will be destroyed."

With today's Internet transmission speed, just 5 minutes after Mourinho's words were released, several Italian media gave the headline "pre-match psychological warfare"!

Compared with Mourinho, Spalletti's interview with Portman was much more low-key. He said that the 8-game winning streak was already an accident, and today's away game against Rome is acceptable.

The media immediately made an analysis, the two coaches are doing their best to decompress the players of the team!
But Portman also asked a question, which annoyed Spalletti!
"The previous teams, including Juventus, did not achieve good offensive results when facing Roma's frontal defense. Do you think your players can break through Chen Xiaoliang's defense today?"

"What? Who?" Spalletti deliberately pretended not to hear, but he couldn't help scolding this innocent female reporter!
What is Breakthrough Chen Xiaoliang?
Could it be that Naples, the leader of the 8-game winning streak in Serie A, came to challenge him, a 17-year-old kid from the Red Country, tonight?
I just don't say it, but this year we really want to compete with the Milan duo for the championship!
Although the kid did defend well, it was because the previous teams were too single in attack!

Unlike us, any point in the frontcourt can initiate an attack, and any player can complete the finish!
"Chen Xiaoliang, Roma's midfielder." Portman explained. As a young and old quack reporter, she also knew that Spalletti was messing with her, but what the reporter had to do was not to let go.

Spalletti "suddenly realized": "Oh! He is a very good player, he is indispensable to Mourinho, but we are a team that pays attention to the whole, and will not be for a certain person to change the game.”

After all, Spalletti left immediately.

Although it seems friendly on the surface, the contest between the two head coaches aiming at 3 points has quietly begun!

Spalletti's assistant, Marco Domenichini, walked away muttering: "What a silly reporter."

But only he and Spalletti could hear the sound.

You can't talk nonsense these days. The same swearing is rude at best when it is used by old white men, but it will immediately become blatant racism and sexism when it is used by blacks and women. It will also be overwhelmed by overwhelming politically correct saliva.

Can't be bothered, can't be bothered.

"Welcome to the 9th round of Serie A brought to you by Penguin Sports! Rome will face Naples, which has won 8 consecutive victories and ranks first in the league at home at the Stadio Olimpico! I am Shi Qingsheng, and I am commenting with me today. It's former international footballer Liu Yue!"

Liu Yue: "Hi everyone, I'm Liu Yue."

In the Penguin live broadcast room, Shi Qingsheng and Liu Yue sat in front of the commentary stage and started their work. At this time, the red country was close to 0:[-].

Although it still does not adjust the game to noon like the Premier League, Serie A has tried its best to advance the focus of each round to 18 o'clock local time, which is around 0 o'clock in the Red Country time, based on the consensus of the clubs. Take care of Asian fans.

Since the latitude of Italy is much lower than that of England, the daytime is very long. Rome, which is close to the Mediterranean Sea, will not be completely dark until 21-22 in the evening. For the Serie A organizing committee, the start of the match is already the limit of the players, clubs and local fans that can be won.

I think the reform of the Premier League at the beginning was implemented after breaking through the obstacles of all parties, and finally created the glory of the first league.

Shi Qingsheng: "In the previous eighth round of the league, Naples beat Turin 1-0 at home. Naples' Nigerian striker Osmeen scored with a header, helping the team achieve 8 consecutive victories in the opening season, and continued to rank firmly in the No. 24 spot with 1 points. [-];

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Lazio defeated Inter Milan 3-1 at home, giving the Nerazzurri their first defeat of the season. Lazio ranked seventh with 12 points, and Inter Milan ranked third with 7 points;

After the 1-1 draw between Roma and Juventus, Roma scored 17 points with Inter Milan, ranking fourth due to goal difference, while Juventus ranked eighth. "

Shi Qingsheng broadcasted Roma's starting lineup to the screen, and continued:
"Napoli's starting lineup for this game is as follows:

Ospina
The four defenders from left to right are Mario Rui, Coulibaly, Ramani and Di Lorenzo;
Two defensive midfielders Fabian Ruiz and Anguiza;
Front midfielder Zelinski;

Two wingers, Insigne on the left and Politano on the right;
Advance striker Osmeen! "

"What's Liu Yue's opinion on today's important event?"

Liu Yue: "I think Naples has a slightly better chance of winning in the away game. On the one hand, their state this season is really too good. Not only have they won 8 consecutive victories, but they have also scored 19 goals, averaging 2.4 goals per game, conceding only Scored 3 goals, and the offensive and defensive statistics are the first in the league.

On the other hand, Roma has not found a solution to the loopholes in the two-wing defense this season. Judging from the roster just issued in this game, Mourinho has re-adopted the tactics of three central defenders, and this season he used three central defenders in Rome In the most recent games, their ball possession rate will be more than 10% lower than that of their opponents, and their offense will also be based on counterattacks. It depends on whether they can withstand Naples' offense. "

on the field!
Pellegrini and Insigne, as the captains of both sides, completed the side selection under the notarization of the referee!

The players of the two teams also stood on their respective halfs!

At this time, in the chief VIP box of the stadium, Roma boss Dan Friedkin was watching the game with his new partner in the club and his old friend Boss Wu!
他花了5.91亿欧元从前任老板帕洛塔手中买下了球队86.6%的股份，每1%折合682万欧元，吴老板可是溢价40%，给他注资1.28亿欧元从公开市场回购了其余的所有股份，每1%折合955万欧元！
Right now, the goals of the two people are very consistent. It will take three years to Mourinho. After the three-year team building period, the club must be able to generate positive cash flow and achieve book profits. The increase achieved a substantial increase in the valuation of the club.

So when Pinto reported to Dan Friedkin that he wanted to buy someone in the winter, he readily agreed.

Money is not an issue as long as UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations are met.

"Beep!"

The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!
Roma, who got the ball first, started their attack!
Mourinho emphasized again in the locker room before the game!

The offense of this game must be fast!Whether it is a long pass or a fast short pass, it must be ensured that someone from the left, center and right will be at the forefront when the counterattack is initiated!

And for the first time, he clearly requested that when launching a counterattack, if the players in the backcourt have no better outlets, they can hand the ball to Chen Xiaoliang as soon as possible!
Obviously, in the last game against Mulla, the tacit cooperation between Chen Xiaoliang and Sesco completely touched Mourinho's heart!

Not only is the cross accurate, but he can't run to death, and his speed is very fast. Even if he presses up to attack, he can quickly return to his position. In normal games, he should save some use. In such an important game, he has no reason to hide it. up!
After Abraham kicked off, he handed it to Pellegrini behind him, and Pellegrini immediately gave it to Zaniolo on the right.

After getting the ball, Zaniolo didn't choose to divide the ball when facing Insigne who was grabbing up the first time, and he swayed the ball between his feet and swayed to the right, easily throwing Insigne away!

Seeing this, Mourinho was very satisfied. It seems that Zaniolo is very online today!
Although the cruciate ligaments of both legs have been ruptured, the long-term postoperative recovery and tenacious rehabilitation training have made the young Zaniolo not reach the pre-injury level in terms of instant burst, but his limit speed has increased. No reduction, and because of the painful experience of serious injuries, he paid more attention to the exercise of his body muscles, resulting in an increase in the strength of the whole person!

What he thinks in his mind now is that since he is in a good state today, he should simply bring more after the opening game to create opportunities for other teammates!
Spalletti and his assistant coach Domenichini on the sidelines said: "Sure enough, it is the wing. Mourinho still has two brushes. He wants to push our wing players out of the depth by pressing on the wing. , so as to stay away from their restricted area.”

But Mourinho was thinking: "Zaniolo is in a good state, but why is he starting to dribble the ball again! After passing one person, pass it quickly! What I want is the speed of the ball!"

Just as the two head coaches were thinking about each other, a scene that made the Roma fans cheer appeared.

Zaniolo, who ran across the halfway line with the ball, was looking up to observe the positions of his teammates. Naples midfielder Fabian Ruiz rushed over.

Facing Ruiz who was about to get close, Zaniolo first slowed down, then turned his body sideways, towards the middle of the court.

He acted like he was going to pass to Pellegrini in the middle, or to pass directly to center Sesco!

Ruiz immediately moved his position and blocked his way out of the ball!
Spalletti made key deployments before the game. Roma's new Slovenian striker is very good at holding the ball with his back and fighting for the header. We must focus on cutting off the connection between the two wings and him!

Ruiz had just made a blocking posture, and the Kosovo defender Ramani behind him immediately clung to Cesko.

He is serving as a man-marking defender today, and his task is very simple, that is, to defend Cesko closely in the open battle!

Coulibaly next to him acted as a defensive defender to supplement his defense.

Naples left back Mario Rui also double-teamed up!
Behind him is Insigne, who was thrown away just now!

Naples' defensive attitude is very clear, either the ball is intercepted here, or the ball is intercepted after Zaniolo's pass, in short, it is necessary to switch offense and defense as soon as possible and launch a counterattack!

But just when Spalletti and the Naples players who double-teamed Zaniolo were full of confidence, thinking that Zaniolo would definitely score the ball, Zaniolo threw the ball into Rui's crotch One poke, then one acceleration to start!
Just like that, he broke through the double-teaming circle of the three!

Spalletti was stunned!Is this all right? !
When did Mourinho allow his players to stick to the ball so much? !Could this be his main tactic today?

"This ball is beautiful!"

Shi Qingsheng yelled in the live broadcast room!
"Zaniolo beat Rui Rui of Portugal and Ruiz of Spain!"

"Insigne hasn't reacted yet, watching Zaniolo run to the baseline without moving!"

"The moment he surpassed others, Cesko also rushed to the penalty area!"

"Zaniolo changed direction and dribbled the ball into the box!"

"There are no defenders in front of him!"

At this moment, the Roma fans in the Olympic Stadium shouted wildly!

Chen Xiaoliang, who was still in the backcourt, instantly started running to the frontcourt!
Zelinsky next to him was stunned!

What does this kid want?And what speed is this?Isn't he a back waist?Why can you run so fast? !
At the age of 17, his hair has not yet fully grown. If this continues for another two years, won't his speed at the age of 19 be...!
Chen Xiaoliang's sprint to the right instantly attracted the attention of Ruiz and Insigne.

This Serie A standard king is also the object of Spalletti's key analysis before the game!
The coaching staff has made it clear that the Hongguo midfielder has a very accurate long pass ability, especially in crosses!

As long as he appears in the ribs and wings, he must be strictly guarded against!

With Zaniolo stepping into the penalty area in front, Sesco in the center and Abraham on the left are already running to find a gap to catch the ball!
Pellegrini made a tacit gesture of waving for the ball!
The reason why he said he had a tacit understanding was because he knew that Zaniolo would not pass the ball in this situation!
Beckoning is to help him divert defensive attention!
However, the impression of the past can't stand Mourinho's strict demands!
Facing Ospina who has been blocked in the near corner, Zaniolo is not sure!

After all, this opportunity is great!He doesn't want to waste either!

If there is no goal, it is good to get an assist!
Facing Coulibaly who was rushing over, Zaniolo slowed down, shook his ankle, and pushed with his right foot!
Inverted triangle!
It's Abraham!Coulibaly ignored Zaniolo in order to block him!
And Pellegrini and Sesco helped him attract all the defensive attention around him!
Facing the football, Abraham twisted his body, swung his long black legs, and hit the ball with the back of his instep!
"boom!"

A flat thunder!
Abraham shot a violent shot on the left penalty area line with all his strength!
however!
His characteristic of shooting like Meng is happening again!
The angle is too straight!It was like kicking at Ospina's body!
The Naples goalkeeper struggled to save the ball to the right!

Naples right back Ruy caught the ball and was about to kick a long pass to launch a counterattack!
Chen Xiaoliang!
Starting from the backcourt, he came over and stretched out his legs to grab the ball before Rui turned around before he could react!

Rui lost his footing and fell to the ground!

The line referee who was close at hand didn't say anything!
Near the bottom line, Chen Xiaoliang made a cross with his left foot!Make an inward rotation!
Abraham, Sesco, and Zaniolo rushed to the top one after another!It was a little bit short of not being able to reach the top!

Biography big?
Everyone looked up and watched the ball fly!

Ospina didn't respond!

The ball actually spins into the far corner!It landed on the inside side net of the goal!
Roma fans all stood up and jumped wildly!Shouting at the top of my voice!

"Very beautiful!"

Shi Qingsheng and Liu Yue couldn't help shouting in the live broadcast room!

"24 seconds!"

"24 seconds! Roma scored!"

"It was Chen Xiaoliang who scored the goal!"

"Fantasy start!"

"Let's see the expressions of the coaches on both sides!"

"Apparently they didn't expect the game to start this way either!"

"Spalletti kept shaking his head! Yelling at the players on the pitch!"

"Mourinho also asked the celebrating players to return to their positions quickly! After all, this game has just begun!"

"Chen Xiaoliang passed the ball and shot it, confusing all the Naples defenders!"

"The ball draws a suffocating beautiful arc in the air!"

"This goal is also the club's second fastest goal after Totti's 2009-second goal in the Europa League on August 8, 27!"

"It is also the fastest scoring record in Serie A this season, and even in the five major leagues!"

"Tonight, this record belongs to Chen Xiaoliang!"

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