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

Chapter 178 Together!Challenge San Siro!
On January 1, the team completed all training during the winter break and took the opportunity to return to Rome.

And before that, that is, on December 12, the club had arranged flights for the players' families to fly back to Rome first, so that all players could enter a state of dedicated training.

To put it more simply, I've had enough fun and relaxed, it's time to take it easy.

Although the joint training time is not long, the three new aids who have played for half a season are in relatively good physical condition, and they can understand and integrate into Mourinho's style of play tactically.

Especially Matic, who came here with the instructions.

His pass from offense to defense on the midfielder is the exclusive charge of Mu's bus to defend against counterattacks.

Soon, the day came to January 1th, and the team also came to Milan, the fashion capital of Italy, to go to San Siro to start the first game of the second half of the season.

During the 12-day winter break training, Chen Xiaoliang accumulated a total of 52 hours of training value through joint training and single training, which allowed him to further improve his attributes, but at the cost of using 3 physical recovery cards.

Training value 30 → 82
Stamina Recovery Card 5 → 2
Now, except for his 18 crossing and 20 steals, which can no longer be increased by adding points, other attributes can be further improved.

Facing the considerable training value accumulated through hard work, he would hesitate for a long time every time it came to this kind of time.

Compensating for shortcomings or growing, both are important in the long run, but it is impossible to take care of both at the same time.

However, the performance of the three new aids finally affected his judgment.

Malasia and Celik's passing ability is relatively average, and whether in positional battles or quick counterattacks, I will often cooperate with them as a central midfielder. Sometimes the ball passed by these two people...especially It is the ball passed during high-speed running. It is often not a half-high ball, or a jumping ball bouncing on the turf. It is really difficult for him to stop the ball with only 10 points...

Coupled with Matic who likes to go straight forward, although his passing ability is very good, the way he passes only depends on the opponent's defensive position and the size of the receiving space. He doesn't care what kind of ball you are good at receiving or not. Which ball to catch.

Sometimes Matic often makes a low and straight kick like a shot or a long pass from 35 meters after the transition from offense to defense. Chen Xiaoliang, who is the hub of the front and rear courts, has to try his best to stop the ball.

And these three new aids, especially Matic, will obviously play an important role in the second half of the season.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiaoliang was heartbroken, and spent 80 training points and added 4 points to stop the ball.

Training value 82 → 2
Stop the ball 10→14
Some people come and some people leave the team.

In addition to Niles being returned to Arsenal at the end of his loan, Calafioli, who can play two-way full-back, was rented out to Genoa, which is on the verge of relegation, where he can ensure his playing time;
The newly bought American full-back Reynolds was unable to adapt to the intensity of the mainstream European leagues, and was rented out to the Belgian First Division team Kortrijk for training, and at the same time gave Celik a place for non-European players;

And the center Maraior, who has been unable to get enough playing time and has no playing time after Cesco came to the team, was rented to the La Liga team Getafe.

In fact, there is a very special loan player in the Roma team. He was also born in Rome and debuted in the Roma youth training camp. The former captain of the team, Florenzi, was once known as the "Three Generations".

After De Rossi left the team, Florenzi, as a young Roman, took over the captaincy of the team.

He has always been a midfielder and was transformed into a full-back by the team. However, he has more than enough offense and insufficient defense. After the arrival of Paulo Fonseca, Florenzi's position was gradually marginalized.

Especially after the team spent 2950 million euros from Juventus to introduce Spinazzola and 1600 million euros for Karlsdorp, Florenzi's playing time was even less.

In the end, the disheartened "third generation" was unwilling to renew his contract with the team and insisted on letting the club rent out himself. Even the arrival of Mourinho failed to change his mind.

In recent years, he has been rented out to Valencia, Paris Saint-Germain and the current AC Milan.

Under Pioli's command, although Florenzi is still not the absolute main force, he also has a fixed rotation of playing time. The two sides also basically confirmed that AC Milan will buy him out before the end of the loan period, making him AC Milan. official member.

At the press conference before the game, Pioli also said that Florenzi will definitely start this game. It feels strange to face the old owner, especially when he was the captain of this team, but he I very much believe that Florenzi will play this game well with extraordinary professionalism.

To put it bluntly, Pioli is not satisfied with the result of the first round of the 3-3 draw by Rome at the Olympic Stadium in the first half of the season. This time in San Siro, he not only has to win, but also wins a "killing heart".

Mourinho, however, is full of confidence in the game.

Not for anything else, just because almost half of AC Milan's main players were unable to play in this game.

Casey, Barlow Toure and Ben Nasser, three players of African descent were recruited by the national team to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations held in Cameroon;

In defense, goalkeeper Tartarusanu, team captain and vice-captain Romagnoli, and Calabria who started the game last game are all injured and will definitely miss this game. Also missing is the starter Veteran Kjaer and Tomori.

Good guy, counting it this way, 11 of the 7 AC Milan starters who fought at the Olympic Stadium in the first round of the league were unable to play.

As for Roma, not only the new aid is in place, but the main players are all healthy, and the impact of the African Cup is too small to be ignored for the team.

At present, only No. [-] goalkeeper Forzato and long-term illness Spinazzola are missing, and only Diawara, who has been sent to the reserve team by Mourinho, and the hard-hitting substitute Daryl are recruited by the African Cup. Bo.

In this case, any coach would feel that tonight would be the perfect moment to overthrow the seven-time Champions League winner at the San Siro.

The major media also expressed a consistent view of AC Milan.

Even the spinach handicap has become a handicap in the away game of Rome.

Of course, there is inevitably a little "green" in the thousands of flowers. "Turin Sports News", as the number one black fan of the iron-clad Rome and Chen Xiaoliang, continuously released various "unfavorable" news:
"The generals are at odds, Pellegrini has been isolated in the locker room, the identity of the captain exists in name only, and the Chen Xiaoliang faction completely controls the right to speak"

"The newcomers are in conflict. The arrival of the three new aids caused strong dissatisfaction among Wellertu, Karlsdorp, and Binia. Some players supported behind them, accusing Mourinho of breaking his promise"

"Roma's transfer expenditure this season has reached 1.4 million euros and will be sanctioned by UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act.Roma boss: If it happens, Mourinho will be fired »

"Chen Xiaoliang has issued an ultimatum to the club. If he does not give the highest salary in Serie A, he will move to the Premier League in the summer window"

In the face of these news, Mourinho did not respond at all at the press conference, and only said one sentence:

"I don't want to add clicks to some media, they are waiting for my response, and then they will make a fuss about my response. It will never end. Once that happens, then they are the winners."

On the other hand, Matic, who accompanied Mourinho to the press conference for the first time, praised the harmony and unity of the Roma dressing room, and said that the players are all ready to win the championship under the leadership of Mourinho.

However, under the pen of the "Turin Sports News" reporter, the story has become another look:
"Matic used the praise of the unity of the Roma dressing room to insinuate that the factions in the Manchester United team are at odds with each other"

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This is good, not only successfully helped the Roma team ridicule the Serie A powerhouses, but also led the war to Manchester.

"Turin Sports Daily" approach naturally has reasons behind it.

At the end of the first half of the league season, Juventus is only 4 points away from No. 3 Naples. The transfer of 8000 million Mr. Vlahovic has been negotiated, and only the final details are finalized.

Fiorentina are planning to delay the release of the Serbian striker to Juventus until mid-January.

After all, Vlahovic's feet are hot now. In the 19 league rounds in the first half of the season, he scored 16 goals, ahead of Immobile and Lautaro, and ranked first in the scorer list.

And Juventus is also facing the pressure of the schedule when they are eager to see through, but have to wait for more than half a month.

In this round, their opponent is Naples, their direct competitor for the fourth round, and in the next round, they will challenge Rome away.

In other words, for the three teams of Naples, Roma and Juventus, the results of the first two games in the second half of the season will determine the tone of whether they can enter the top 4 throughout the season.

The best result is of course two consecutive victories in direct dialogue, so that not only can Juventus be directly promoted to No. 4, but also greatly narrow the gap with Rome.

The worst result is two consecutive losses, and Naples and Rome have another two consecutive victories, the gap will be widened to 9 points, and it will be very difficult to catch up later.

As the mouthpiece of the "Turin Sports News" at this time, of course, must be fully fired.

But Chen Xiaoliang is naturally not interested in caring about these things.

Before every game, he would sit on the toilet in the bathroom after he was fully dressed.

It's not that I was impatient before the game, but to open the system and check the game props, especially the most critical number of stamina recovery cards.

But there is another very important thing in this game that he has to keep in mind, that is, the [superstar mission] between him and Ibrahimovic has not yet ended.

[Superstar Mission: Win 5 summit fights with Zlatan Ibrahimovic]

[Mission Reward: Zlatan Ibrahimovic Skills Training Package]

[Task progress: 1/5]

Due to the abandonment of Tottenham Hotspur, it has been determined that there will be no chance to play against Tottenham this season. The [superstar mission] between him and Harry Kane has been determined to be impossible to complete, so the fight against Ibrahimovic is particularly special. precious.

But unexpectedly, he saw a series of tasks in the system that he had been ignoring before...

[Exclusive mission: win when facing the giants]

[Task Reward: Randomly get a Legendary Star Card (5 minutes) of the giants]

[Mission progress: Manchester United has been defeated (April 2021, 4)]

[Task Reward: Obtain a Peak Beckham Free Kick Attribute Card (5 minutes)]

The two lines above have changed from gold to gray.

[Task progress: Inter Milan has been defeated (December 2021, 12)]

[Mission Reward: An Inter Milan Legendary Star Card]

Unexpectedly, after completing the mission with Varela's old enemy, he missed a chance to draw a card!

"dong dong dong"

But this is not the system's notification sound, but someone knocking on the door outside the toilet.

"Chen, okay, I want to zoom in too."

It's the stupid Abraham.

"almost ready."

Chen Xiaoliang hurriedly received the reward.

The golden light flashed again.

[Obtain a Peak Samuel Marking Attribute Card (5 minutes)]

Although the card income system, the two lines of Inter Milan's task turned gray again, and then a new line jumped out:
[Task Progress: Against AC Milan (January 2022, 1)]

[Mission Reward: An AC Milan Legendary Star Card]

Although Samuel can be regarded as a legend of Inter Milan, he is also a legend of Roma. In the lineup that won the Serie A championship in the 2000-01 season, Totti, Montella and Batistuta naturally contributed, but Samuel Muel is also an indispensable defensive pillar.

Chen Xiaoliang pretended to be nonchalant, turned off the system, flushed the toilet, and opened the door.

"Chen, what do you eat? Why is there no smell at all?" Abraham asked as he took off his pants impatiently.

"What the hell..." Chen Xiaoliang hurriedly fled the scene in the middle of speaking.

The site that was bombed by Abraham could kill people the next day.

2022年1月6日19点30分，双方球员已经站在了圣西罗的球场内！

The largest stadium among the Serie A teams has another name, Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.

This is the home court shared by the Milan duo, and 75923 tickets were sold out early.

The two sides unanimously formed a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The stretched Pioli chose many young players to play:

The goalkeeper is the No. 1440 goalkeeper Frenchman Maignan. He was bought by Milan from the Ligue [-] champion Lille for [-] million euros in the summer window this season. Due to injuries in the first round, the No. [-] goalkeeper Tatarusanu play;
The right-back is Florenzi, who was loaned to AC Milan by Roma. When he was queuing up in the player tunnel, he saw that two-thirds of the 11 starters in Roma's formation didn't even recognize him. The old captain was even more determined to leave Roma. ;

The central defenders are the 2800-year-old French monster Kalulu and the 21-year-old Matteo Gabbia worth 22 million euros, and the left back is wearing the captain's armband and the team's core Special Olympics;

The double midfielder is the 21-year-old Tonali and Krunic who played the midfielder in the first round;

The front midfielder was replaced by the 22-year-old Spanish midfielder Braim Dias on loan from Real Madrid;
The left winger is the 22-year-old Belgian striker Sale Marcos, who performed mediocrely on the right in the first round, and the right winger is the 30-year-old Brazilian striker Mesias on loan from Crotone;
The center is the French veteran Giroud;

Ibrahimovic was not scheduled to start this game.

Due to the "Turin Sports Daily" fanning the flames, the game attracted many Manchester United and Premier League fans who supported Mourinho to watch.

Seeing the majestic Serie A giants send a boy scout, and there are several players on loan, they are used to the Premier League giants buying and selling at a low price.

[Serie A can't afford people?Why so many rented? 】

[Serie A is based on its economic strength. If you rent it, you don’t need to support it. If you play well, you can buy a few more. If you can’t play well, you can pay less and return the goods without pressure.]

【Rome almost feels like Real Madrid in Serie A...】

[Real Madrid?Salavishen's star player, Mkhitaryan's abandoned player, Abraham's Chelsea substitute, Smalling's Manchester United bench, Patricio's Wolves star, tell me which one does Real Madrid like? 】

...

Amidst the turmoil, Chen Xiaoliang and Special Olympics represented the two teams and the referee finished choosing sides. Everyone stood on both sides, and the game was ready to start!
Roma's three new aids all started:

Left back Malasia, right back Celik, center back Smalling and Ibanez;

Double midfielder Matic and Wellertu;

Central midfielder Chen Xiaoliang;

Left winger Abraham, right winger Zaniolo, and center Sesco.

In addition to the three-point rotation of Pellegrini, Cristant and Mancini, this is currently the strongest lineup in Rome.

The starting lineup of the two sides, the average age of Rome is 26.1 years old, worth 2.9 million euros, AC Milan is 25.5 years old, worth 1.9 million euros.

For the first time in many years, Roma was able to straighten up in San Siro and face AC Milan with a strong attitude.

"Beep!"

The referee whistled and Giroud took the lead!
Worth comes down to value, and injury is injury. Mourinho is not the kind of young head coach who will be dazzled and change tactics when he sees an advantage. The tactics he formulates are still the team's magic weapon - defense fight back.

After the start of the game, AC Milan did not show stage fright due to the absence of a large number of main players. These young players were full of vitality, and instead played several consecutive waves of offense.

Special Olympics continues to attack on the left, but Celik's defense is very stable, preventing penetration or passing. The 45° long pass away from the penalty area can be blocked if it can be blocked, but it can't be blocked. Dribbles the ball into the box.

Seeing that Roma's defense on the right had improved significantly, Special Olympics immediately adjusted his style of play, re-emerging the adduction tactic, and frequently pulled to the center to participate in the attack.

In the 3rd minute, Krunic and Special Olympics switched positions. Krunic made a cross from the left rib and was ejected by Smalling. Wellertu's header was not far enough to clear the siege. With a cold arrow, Patricio made a sideways save!
Rome broke out in a cold sweat!
However, the cold sweat has not dissipated, and a bigger crisis has come.

In the subsequent corner kick attack, Special Olympics was about to take a corner kick, but the referee blew his whistle!

Everyone turned their heads and saw that he was covering the earphones, so they knew that something was wrong!

Sure enough, after listening to the video referee team for a while, the referee ran to VAR to watch it repeatedly, and then turned around and awarded AC Milan a penalty!
Mourinho is blinded!

The players on the Roman field were also stunned!

The referee ran back to the field and showed Abraham a yellow card!Signal him to deliberately handball in the penalty area!

The replay in the live broadcast room is very clear. When Special Olympics took a long shot just now, Abraham, who was actively replaying the replay, subconsciously leaned to the left, trying to block the flying ball, but his left hand naturally touched the ball slightly. Soon, this slight touch of body hair did not change the flight trajectory of the ball at all, but it was still discovered by the "sharp-eyed" video referee team!

Abraham was very angry!He wanted to catch up and find the referee to argue.

But already carrying a yellow card, doing so is tantamount to wanting to end early!
Chen Xiaoliang went up and pulled him away, and replaced Matic, Wellertu and others to argue with the referee.

Although the result cannot be changed, reasonable pressure will affect the referee's subsequent penalty scale.

"Why didn't you wash your hands after you just finished? Your hands are so smelly."

Chen Xiaoliang pushed Abraham hard.

"I'll pass the ball to you later, and we'll get the score back!"

Abraham nodded gloomily, and sniffed his left hand again.

"It doesn't smell much, I always wipe it with my right hand."

　Thanks to the club director [Haval University] for the monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)