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

Chapter 167 Three consecutive victories!Go to the highest hall of world football

"Jose, I don't know if it's my imagination, but if you feel the same way, just..."

On the sidelines, Joao, who was watching the team's performance on the field, was interrupted by Mourinho in the middle of his speech.

"As long as Chen is the captain, the players will be more excited, isn't it?"

Joao found that his own feelings resonated, and said excitedly: "That's right! You also found it?"

Mourinho nodded.

Including the last game against Genoa, as well as in the usual team training, as long as Chen Xiaoliang is the captain of a team in the group confrontation to select the lineup, his players will be a little more excited.

This difference is very subtle, so subtle that it can only be discovered by working and training together day after day, and knowing each other well.

Originally, Mourinho thought that Chen Xiaoliang's performance on the field drove the players to forge ahead, but sometimes it was the same grouping. When he let Pellegrini or Mancini be the captain and Chen Xiaoliang was in a group, Those little excitements were gone.

Mourinho asked João: "Why do you think that is?"

"My career is too ordinary and too short to experience this feeling. Maybe a captain who is reassuring in defense will make the players more at ease?"

Mourinho did not respond.

He didn't know how to respond to such mysterious and mysterious things, because he was also a former professional player whose career was "too ordinary and too short".

Except for the absence of Wellertu and Smalling, Pellegrini and Zaniolo were replaced as starters, and the formation was also adjusted to 4-3-3, and they were still at home, but they were also the absolute main players. I was also trying to find opportunities, but I played significantly worse than the last game.

The frontcourt obviously ran out of space and took opportunities, but the last pass was still not in place;
The defense obviously occupied the position and broke the ball, but the ball from the defense to the offense was always unable to keep up with the speed that the counterattack should have.

It's okay if it takes a long time, but it's only 2 days before Waiters' European Cup group stage, and the main players are still playing.

Obviously the state in training is good, but the performance on the court at the moment is unsatisfactory.

To put it simply, the players can't "hi".

尽管都灵在后场堆了7个球员——3个中卫、2名后腰、2名边翼卫，但他们的控球却占据了66%，简直是反客为主。

Especially Andre Belotti, the single arrow on the Turin striker, the striker who participated in Italy's European Cup victory this summer has tested Patricio's concentration twice in the first 20 minutes of the first half.

If it weren't for the Portuguese goalkeeper struggling to save, the score at this time might have been 0 to 2 behind.

Sidewalk, or sidewalk.

Under the support of the opponent's wing back, midfielder and midfielder, Karlsdorp has been blasted many times in this way.

Mourinho really hopes that tomorrow is January 1, when he opens his eyes, two new full-back aids Celik and Malacia will appear at the Trigoria base.

In the current round of the league that ended two days ago, Juventus defeated Atlanta 1-0 at home, and the points have caught up to 22 points, only 6 points away from Rome;
AC Milan lost 1 to 3 at home to Sassuolo astonishingly;
Inter Milan defeated Venice 0-2 in an away game, scoring 31 points, surpassing AC Milan and ranking second, temporarily equal to Naples, the last player to start this round.

If Rome does not win this game, the ranking will drop from 3rd to 4th, and at the same time, the gap will be further narrowed by Atlanta and Juventus behind them.

But in any case, at this time the game had just started for more than 20 minutes, he could only remind the players on the sidelines to pay attention to the execution of tactics, and he could not replace players or directly replace the captain so early.

But fortunately, although the defense on the right is still bleak today, the defense in the center is still very stable.

Because Chen Xiaoliang was running and covering endlessly there.

It was also the first time for Turin players and coaches to experience this kind of oppressive defense, or a fierce defense that didn't even take a single card.

The two attacking midfielders in Turin, Belgium's Prae and Croatia's Brekalo are almost afraid of being shoveled by Chen Xiaoliang.

No matter how the Turin head coach Ivan Julich protested and appealed, the fourth official could only tell him through repeated communication between the referee and the video referee team that Chen Xiaoliang's steal was very clean.

After all, in the era of VAR, in the era of the rapid spread of online video, no "thoughtful" referee can risk the world's disgrace by blatantly judging things that are clearly seen in the video. , Put some inclination on things that can be judged or not judged.

Roma's best chance in the first half was a corner kick in the 45th minute. Pellegrini's corner kick found Abraham in the middle, and the latter's header shot was bravely saved by Torino goalkeeper Savic. .

The halftime was flat, 3 to 6 shots, 2 to 4 shots on target, 36% to 64% possession, such a boring scene made the home fans lose a little enthusiasm.

They also want to get Chen Xiaoliang back on the field and humiliate the "Torino Sport" who deliberately provokes troubles, but first of all, these players on the field must work hard.

At halftime, the Italian media specifically broadcast the content of Juventus' post-match press conference, which had ended the game before.

When talking about the "Torino Sport" suspected of deliberately suppressing Chen Xiaoliang, Juventus coach Allegri once again strongly praised Chen Xiaoliang, saying that his performance has already surpassed the U21 category, and he should not only be compared with this age Compared with the players in the segment, but with the players in the entire Serie A.

And as the head coach, he once again emphasized that the behavior of "Torino Sport" has nothing to do with the Juventus club, and Juventus does not need to use this behavior to gain traffic and attention.

Moreover, Chen Xiaoliang, as a representative of young Serie A players, was selected as the top three of the Golden Boy Awards, and Allegri also sent him a congratulatory letter in his own name.

This has also been confirmed by the Club of Rome.

However, Allegri's statement did not reach the Roma locker room immediately.

Mourinho was repeatedly emphasizing the tactics facing the tactical board, requiring the counterattack passing route to be concise and concise, and the offensive and defensive transitions must be fast.

But after the start of the second half, the situation remained unchanged, and Roma's counterattack was still a bit chaotic.

Either blindly wanting to reach the goal in one step, the counter-attack pass is too purposeful, or the last pass is not in place, wasting the high-speed insertion of teammates in vain.

You know, for offensive players, if they run continuously but the ball cannot pass, it will greatly damage their morale and patience, making the offense more impatient and uncalm.

In the 70th minute, seeing that the score was still 0-0, and there was a great possibility of being scored by the opponent if he continued to play like this, Mourinho no longer hesitated, let Wei Letu play, replaced Pellegrini, 4- 1-2-3 became 4-2-1-3, and Chen Xiaoliang moved from the single midfielder to the front again to play as a central midfielder.

And he also asked Pellegrini to hand over the captain's armband to him before leaving the field.

Sure enough, the team's performance picked up.

In the last few games, not only Mourinho, but even Chen Xiaoliang himself has found a flaw, that is, when playing as a single midfielder, because he has to cover the entire midfield alone, the number of times he overlaps and inserts will be greatly increased. reduce.

The defense is strong, but the role in the offense is basically unable to play.

This style of play was very useful when he was in the past stage, because he hadn’t developed the ability to pass and cross at that time, as long as he did a good job in the backcourt, all the broken balls were handed over to his teammates to organize attack.

In Rangers, their offensive power is one of the best teams in the Soviet Super League itself, so it is unlikely that they will not be able to open the situation.

And Roma's attack group is not the best combination in Serie A.

What's more, now, he is already a very important part of Roma's offense. If he plays a single midfielder and only defends but does not attack, it means that the team's offensive methods will lack many combinations and changes.

In layman's terms, a player's outstanding ability will form his significant role on the court, and his significant role will make his teammates rely on him.

Once this effect disappears, teammates will lose a dependency, and it will not be so easy to adapt again.

This is also the reason why many teams will usher in a painful period after the core tactical and big names of many teams are transferred.

Just like Manchester United, since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, he has been trying to reproduce the scene of flying with both wings, but the result is that both wings are abolished.

But to the surprise of the entire coaching staff, Chen Xiaoliang, in addition to maintaining the split in the middle of the midfield in the previous game, also began to actively look for opportunities to pass through, and the ball passed out became more and more coquettish.

"How did this kid practice? He... When did he have such a strong ability to pass the ball forward?"

This time it was not only Joao, but even Mourinho's other two cronies, fitness coach Carlos Lalin and analyst Giovanni Serra, were surprised to ask questions.

As coaches in charge of training and analysts who collect battle reports and analyze data to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the team, they want to know exactly what training methods allow a young player to improve so quickly.

Mourinho nodded with satisfaction and thought to himself: If I knew how to practice, wouldn't I have trained everyone like this?

However, Gerrard once mentioned it to him on the phone, and it was also recorded in Chen Xiaoliang's transfer scouting report:

"In addition to maintaining daily extra training, the player will also repeatedly watch the edited video produced by the club's analysis team at night, so as to understand every tactic assigned by the coach and the playing style and style of the opposing player."

Although there are two girls hidden in the golden house, there are no messy lace news. The training base and home are two points and one line. In addition to training, it is extra training. It is okay to recommend suitable signings to the club.

Mourinho thought about it, and couldn't help admiring: Where can I find such a player?
On the field, in the 77th minute.

Facing the pressure of Turin's Serbian midfielder Lukic, Chen Xiaoliang turned the ball forward from Christiane with his back and rubbed it with the outside of his foot to the right, and passed it to Zaniolo who was cruising to the left.

Zaniolo broke through the penalty area obliquely, and Czech central defender David Zima, who came off the bench at halftime, squeezed Zaniolo to prevent him from drilling inside.

Zaniolo had no choice but to pull the ball and step on it, and then pass it back with his left foot to Chen Xiaoliang on the penalty area line on the left side of the top of the arc.

Lukic, who was retreating, rushed forward to press again, but Chen Xiaoliang still kept the ball, knocked the ball with his heel as if he had eyes in the back of his head, and passed it to Christante who was behind him on the right.

The Italian international kicked a shot 23 meters away from the goal outside the penalty area, and the ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal!

Turin goalkeeper Savage flies to save the ball!
The central defender Bremer kicked the saved ball forward. Belotti leaned on Wellertu and unloaded the ball. Using his physical advantage, he turned around and wiped the Frenchman past.

Seeing that the frontcourt got the ball, the two wingbacks and two midfielders on the side of Turin immediately started to rush forward at full speed.

Belotti secretly felt that there was something going on in his heart. Just after Kristante shot from a long distance, he was still in the frontcourt. Wellertu was passed by him again. There were only two central defenders in front of him. After his teammates came up to support him, he could form more Play less situation!
While running forward with the ball, he raised his head to observe the situation on the left and right.

Brekalo from the left is coming up!

Prae on the right is also beckoning!

Ibanez came up to interfere with him, and Mancini kept backing away.

Just when Belotti came to the penalty area of ​​Rome and was about to give the right point to Prahe, he only heard his teammate yelled at him. Before he could react, his right foot with the ball was tripped and he staggered towards before falling.

The referee stopped the game!

Belotti immediately raised her hand angrily!Yelling it's a backside foul!
Roma's players looked calm.

The referee also ran all the way, panting for Belotti to stop complaining.

He only saw Chen Xiaoliang rushing all the way from outside the penalty area in Turin, rushed straight to Belotti and then cut off the ball with a sliding tackle, but his line of sight was blocked by Chen Xiaoliang's back, and he couldn't see clearly the moment of the tackle.

As the referee's first reaction told him, it might be a foul.

However, Chen Xiaoliang was also specifically discussed among the referees when they focused on discussing controversial precedents at regular meetings.

The conclusion drawn is: This is a very crisp defensive player.Although he often makes a lot of defensive moves and is used to using sliding tackles and even behind-the-back tackles, but almost every time he challenges VAR, he can see that he first touches the ball and then touches the opponent's body. Joint actions should be avoided as much as possible.

Good reputation in terms of sportsmanship, no record of malicious fouls.

Such a clean record and good reputation will undoubtedly make Chen Xiaoliang be removed from the blacklist of the referee's priority "care" and added to the white list of trust.

Therefore, although the referee stopped the game according to the first reaction, he did not make a penalty immediately.

He listened to the earphones and repeatedly confirmed to the video referee team. After getting an affirmative answer, he told everyone that there was no foul, and the ball was handed over to Roma to kick-off in the penalty area.

Belotti and his teammates pestered the referee, appealing to him to check the VAR, and vowed that Chen Xiaoliang must have fouled.

The referee ignored it and blew the whistle to let Roma kick off.

And just as the Turin players reluctantly left the referee and prepared to return to their positions, Christante was about to take a free kick and kicked it forward with a long-distance low and straight pass!
Chen Xiaoliang has taken care of him, try to use a low and flat ball for the ball passed to him, otherwise it will be "difficult to catch".

His teammates thought it was because of his habit of playing football, but in fact... How can a person with a stop attribute of only 30 catch a long pass from a high altitude of more than 10 meters... If there is an opponent player pressing by him, it is simply a matter of fact. Just throwing the ball to the opponent...

In just a few seconds, the ball arrived, and a line of small characters appeared in the system:
Stamina Recovery Card 4 → 3
Chen Xiaoliang, who was still in front of his side's penalty area just now, ran outside the opponent's penalty area again, and Lukic, who was defending this area, was still on his way back from the counterattack just now!
At this time, there were only three central defenders in Turin's penalty area, and on Roma's side, Zaniolo, Sesco, and Abraham hadn't returned to defense at all just now. At this moment, they rushed into the penalty area again after a few trots.

4 to 3 in the frontcourt!

Isn't this the counterattack situation that Belotti wanted just now?

Chen Xiaoliang wanted to pass the ball straight to Cesco, after all, the ball to him had the highest success rate, but Cesco's position was relatively to the right, and there was Torino central defender Buonciorno on the passing route.

Abraham was in the middle of the battle with Torino's ace defender, the Brazilian Bremer.

Both are worth 4000 million euros, but Abraham, who is more dominant in height and weight, can't take advantage of the slightest advantage in hand-to-hand combat, and he can't even get stuck in the position by Bremer.

There was no choice in this situation, Chen Xiaoliang dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area, and raised his foot 1 meter behind the penalty area line to shoot!

David Zima, who was defending Zaniolo, immediately stepped forward to block!
This guy can score a super burst shot from 40 meters away. Isn't this distance giving him points? !
Thinking in my heart, David Zima strode forward with his right leg like a split to block the shot line!
The opportunity is coming!

He was waiting for which of the opponent's central defenders could not help but pounce on him first!
Chen Xiaoliang rubbed the ball, the ball flew up slightly, and flew towards Zaniolo on the left.

Zaniolo didn't stop the ball and volleyed directly!
This explosive shot from the penalty area line gave Savage no time to react, and blasted into the goal from the right side of his body, knocking the entire net into the air!

1 to 0!Zaniolo scored his third league goal of the season!
The Roma fans who were bored for most of the game can finally sing and wave their flags!
They sang the world-famous nursery rhyme "Brother Jacques", which is also known as "Two Tigers" by people in the Red Country.

"Brother Turin, Brother Turin"

"It's weird, it's weird"

"If one does not have the top four, one will be relegated"

“What a pleasure, what a pleasure”

Erica and David Jr., who came to watch the game in the home box, danced and sang along with the fans.

Turin coach Ivan Jurich's face was livid, thinking that I have provoked someone, and Juventus' mouthpiece is belittling Chen Xiaoliang, why take the anger on me Turin.

But no matter what he thinks, the fact that the whole stadium is ruled by Rome cannot be changed.

Chen Xiaoliang's forward move once again cut off the connection between the opponent's left, center, and right lines in the center and front field. Once Turin is in a dead end on the wing, he can only pass back to the center back to completely reorganize. Unable to press forward.

Mourinho is very satisfied, and after the change, it can be said that everything is going well.

The remaining ten minutes passed in a flash, and the score of 1-0 remained unchanged.

Three consecutive victories in all competitions won by Roma.

Turin, on the other hand, relied on its tenacious defense to avoid a disastrous defeat like Genoa.

With this victory, after 14 rounds of the league, Roma accumulated 31 points and continued to beat Inter Milan with the same goal difference. They ranked second in the league, still 2 points behind Naples.

Soon, fans discovered that Pascal Ferré, editor-in-chief of "French Football", posted a new update on his Latte account:
"Counting the assists in this game, Chen Xiaoliang's assists in Serie A this season have risen to 9, surpassing Sassuolo's Italian international Berardi, ranking first in the league, which is mainly due to Roma In a big victory against Genoa, Chen Xiaoliang gave Sesco a hat-trick of assists.

So far, he has ranked first in the three lists of interception, steals and assists in Serie A.

#2021金球奖##2021科PA奖#
@Team News @ Serie A League @ Roma Football Club”

Fans, look again, this is the first post by Pascal Ferré within a month, and the previous one was the official wording "The 2021 Golden Globe Awards Ceremony is scheduled to be held on November 11"!

And the next day, in the early morning of November 11, the famous Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano also released a meaningful news:
"According to my sources, Messi's family has gone to Paris to meet him, Lewandowski will also receive an important award, and the result of the Copa Award may shock everyone!"

Another famous "Sky Sports" Mateo Moreto also posted a dynamic, only a short line:

"Messi's friends know it, and a newspaper will be outraged when it sees a certain award presenter tomorrow, let's wait and see."

Chen Xiaoliang packed her luggage, and rushed to the airport to fly to Paris with Helena, Erica, Riise, and David.

Two days ago, the selection organizing committee had sent a notice, telling Chen Xiaoliang that in addition to the accompanying staff, he could also bring several relatives or friends to attend the awards ceremony.

Riise was very happy when he received this notice, because according to the usual practice, this is the treatment that only the top three of a certain award will receive.

It was already the evening of the 29th when they arrived in Paris. The organizing committee took the group to the designated hotel, which was already surrounded by layers of security. Many media reporters and fans waited outside the hotel for the arrival of their idols.

The streets of Paris have been lined with slogans for the Ballon d'Or awards. In recent days, as the annual football event approaches, this European metropolis has once again become the focus of the world.

Mourinho called at night and asked Chen Xiaoliang if his journey was going well.

Chen Xiaoliang replied that everything was fine.

When Mourinho asked him what he was doing and was answered that he was running and training in the gym, the Portuguese madman laughed on the phone.

"I'm really convinced, just give yourself a day off, and take your friends tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to go around the city secretly. But you are a big star now, be careful not to be recognized, otherwise there will be big troublesome."

"Coach, there is still a game at noon on the 31st. I have informed the club to directly buy me a flight from Paris to Bologna tomorrow night."

Mourinho laughed again: "Joao told me, I asked the club administration not to buy you a plane ticket."

"What?!" Chen Xiaoliang on the other end of the phone was taken aback, and the other guests in the hotel gym were startled by a loud cry.

"You go back to Rome directly, and take a good rest these few days. As the head coach, I order you to relax."

"Coach, there is no problem with my body at all. I have rested for 12 days a while ago."

"Did you rest well in those 12 days? I know you didn't stop training when you were at home.

You have to learn to enjoy life and face life. In our line of work, the psychological pressure and physical pressure are equally great.

Your work attitude is of course worth learning from other players, but the life of a professional player is not just training and winning or losing. You have to learn to adjust and relax. This is a good thing for your family, friends and your own mentality.

Listen to me, take a good rest these days, leave Bologna's away game to your teammates, you have to focus on the next two important games, especially the next one! "

"Okay, I see."

After Chen Xiaoliang hung up the phone, he had to accept Mourinho's arrangement, but he still ran the treadmill at the time set before going back to his room to rest.

(End of this chapter)