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

Chapter 183 Madmen Are Weak?
With one less player, another away game, and the change to play three central defenders, Rome has completely become the side that is under siege.

AC Milan did not want to keep a hand. As the main opponents of the top teams in the current standings, they are now taking advantage of your illness to kill you. It's a slump, and it's best to drop out of the top four.

To this end, Pioli replaced three people, respectively replacing Florenzi with teenager Conte, Krunic with Bakayoko, and Paolo Maldini's son Daniel Maldini. Yas.

As a result, they began to bombard the penalty area indiscriminately, repeatedly using crosses to test Rome's defensive will.

In the 83rd minute, Special Olympics and Tonali hit the wall to cooperate. Special Olympics received the ball on the left side of the penalty area and passed it to Leo who went down the left. Leo received the ball and broke into the penalty area and was blocked by Celik. Special Olympics kicked a pass directly, and Bakayoko who was on the top hit the ball. Patricio saved the bottom line with one hand!
AC Milan corner.

Tonali took a left corner kick, and Ibrahimovic jumped up and shook his head to attack the goal a little ahead of the penalty spot. Chen Xiaoliang deliberately stood by his side, but when Ibrahimovic took off, an obvious movement of pressing down his hand was firmly in place. Pushing Chen Xiaoliang to the ground, the referee turned a blind eye.

Fortunately, the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar and did not pose a threat to the goal.

Patricio quickly reached out to the ball boy for the ball, but this is Milan and San Siro, how could the home ball boy actively cooperate with the visiting team's quick counterattack.

I saw the caddy throwing the ball slowly, with intentionally weak force, and the ball fell to the ground half way between him and Patricio.

Patricio hurriedly ran to pick up the ball, but when he turned his head and prepared to play the ball, AC Milan's players had already re-established their formation, leaving no room for Roma to counterattack.

Patricio had no choice but to face the high-position press of AC Milan's striker, so he had to drive towards the midfield with his big feet.

Pellegrini lost to Bakayoko in the top battle with obvious weakness, and the French midfielder passed to Special Olympics, which means that AC Milan will attack again.

While listening to Mourinho's urging, Karlsdorp stuck close to Special Olympics. He had just played and had a clear advantage in physical strength.

But Special Olympics will not be so stupid as to take the initiative to run and fight against Karlsdorp. He continues to move to the center through short passes, and then repeatedly leaves and enters Karlsdorp's defense zone with and without the ball. To disrupt his normal defensive rhythm.

It is impossible for a right wing back to follow up to the middle of the field in order to defend the opponent's left back, nor is it possible to ignore players coming from the middle because he is staring at other people.

Obviously, Pioli has studied Karlsdorp's defensive characteristics that are easy to lose sight of one another, and his speed and body are not weak.

Bakayoko received the ball from Special Olympics and gave it to Mesias on the right. Mesias also faced Viña who had just played. The Brazilian swayed a few times and found the Uruguayan in front of him. It wasn't messy at all, he simply raised his foot and hoisted it into the restricted area.

Ibrahimovic moved towards the ball again, Kumbra followed closely behind him, and Chen Xiaoliang followed and waited for an opportunity.

Just when the ball was about to fall, Ibrahimovic was about to take off, but Kumbra secretly pulled him to prevent him from jumping up immediately.

Chen Xiaoliang sprinted behind him and jumped high ahead of the ball, and Ibrahimovic just landed on Chen Xiaoliang's body.

Chen Xiaoliang pushed the ball back to Viña on the left before losing his balance. Viña stepped forward to find Sesco, Kalulu blocked in advance, and Gabia destroyed the ball out of the sideline. It didn't work out.

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

[Task progress: 2/5]

Ibrahimovic suffered a dark loss. Seeing Chen Xiaoliang fall to the ground, he spread his resentment on Kumbula, turned around and pushed him away.

Kumbra was an honest man and grinned a few words, but he didn't fight back against Ibrahimovic. Instead, Ibanez and Matic surrounded him.

But the former is here to get back the field, while the latter was a teammate at Manchester United and Ibrahimovic for a short time, and he came up to persuade him to fight.

The Serbian veteran is far calmer than this group of boys. He knows that for Rome right now, what he lacks the most is time, and what he fears the most is that there will be fewer people. Now causing conflicts will only put him in a more unfavorable state.

The conflict quickly subsided. Karlsdorp threw a sideline ball. Chen Xiaoliang came to the right to catch the ball and directly passed it to Cesco. The ball was returned to Pellegrini behind him.

Pellegrini took advantage of Tonali and Bakayoko before they were close to him, and directly kicked a long-range volley. The ball flew high into the stands, and did not pose a threat to the goal guarded by Maignan.

Missing a short-lived shot in the pan, Roma was once again suppressed in the half.

In the 86th minute, Leo received the ball and broke into the penalty area and crossed the goal. Maldini and Ibrahimovic had two points before and after the ball. The header was pushed out by Patricio. Ibrahimovic, who got up from the ground, wanted to fight for the second penalty. Chen Xiaoliang once again predicted in advance, jumped up early, and pushed the ball out of the baseline ahead of Ibrahimovic!

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

[Task progress: 3/5]

Ibrahimovic wondered, what happened to this kid?Are you following me today?
Chen Xiaoliang also came up with a solution when he had no other choice.

如果纯粹是单对单争顶，以他183的身高、73公斤的体重、加上15的跳和15的强壮，最多只能在195身高、95公斤、同时弹跳和强壮都保持在较好水平的伊布面前，占下三成赢面。

But he is young, with fast explosive power and flexibility far surpassing the 40-year-old Ibrahimovic. If he can't fight hard, he can only take advantage of the opponent's inflexibility, play time difference, take advantage of the lead, and preemptively strike.

Time passed by every minute and every second. After seeing Ibrahimovic being specially targeted by Chen Xiaoliang, Milan no longer focused on him when passing the ball, but frequently chose inverted triangles and crosses in front of the goal.

All of a sudden, there was panic in front of Roma's goal, and everything was in turmoil.

And although he was able to launch a quick counterattack every time he got the ball, after the whole game, Cesko, who had consumed too much energy in the close-to-hand combat with Gabia and Kalulu, no longer had the energy to sprint at high speed.

In the end, Mourinho watched helplessly and dissatisfied with the team's 3-2 loss to the home team AC Milan at the San Siro.

In the interview in the player channel, Mourinho praised the team's performance, saying that the defeat of the game was because "some people forcibly interfered in the game process and did not want Roma to win". The implication is obvious, He pointed all the blame at the referee.

He said that the two penalty kicks were absurd, especially Abraham's handball foul. The rules describe handball, and touching the ball with hand hair is obviously not within the scope of the foul.

The red card given to Mancini is even more fictitious.

If the process of the game hadn't been artificially interfered with, his team would have "dominated the game" long ago.

In the end, he said harshly, saying that he would not participate in the post-match press conference and would accept the personal fine imposed on him by the Serie A Organizing Committee.

Back in the locker room, Joao was nowhere to be found. Looking at Mancini's dodging eyes, Mourinho didn't say anything. He didn't say anything until he flew back to Rome the next day.

But this silent silence made the players even more depressed and tense.

Instead of dying in silence, it explodes in silence.

Obviously Mourinho is not the kind of person who would choose to die.

It's just that they didn't know that a large part of the reason why Mourinho didn't speak was that he really felt unprecedented fatigue and weakness.

But he can't show it, he can't accept others seeing his weak side.

The reason for him is very simple-Joao officially submitted his resignation to the club.

There is no other reason, Paris Saint-Germain has already sent him an invitation, hoping that he can join the coaching staff of Greater Paris. This plan includes serving as the team's assistant coach in the case of "possible changes in the head coach" next season.

And the salary provided by Paris is also significantly higher than that of Rome.

But the reason why Joao has been refusing before is also very simple. His contract in Rome has not yet expired. He hopes to work with Mourinho to succeed in "starting a business" in Rome and once again return to the highest platform in European football—— -The UEFA Champions League.

But since the Portuguese madman came to Rome, he seems to be eager to prove that he is still one of the best coaches in Europe, and has become more arbitrary and moody.

Including being punished to sit in the stands several times because of tantrums and public outbursts, and getting into endless verbal battles with Conte.

These may look like "Mourinho" to the fans, but from an assistant who has followed him for two years, it is obviously very surprising to find that these are not what Mourinho deliberately showed to the outside world. trick, but really part of his character.

Before leaving Lille to join Mourinho's team, Joao, who was careful and conscientious, also had a detailed understanding of the personality and personality of this character coach.

Frankness, true temperament, arrogance, arrogance, loyalty, and going its own way, these labels have become polarized evaluations of Mourinho in the media.

Obviously Joao chose the former, as many media wrote, what he did at Chelsea and Real Madrid were "deliberate", and through these explosive remarks and contradictions, all the attention of the outside world was diverted to himself body, thereby decompressing the players, so that they can stay away from the harassment of the spotlight and the stalking of the unscrupulous media.

But obviously, after Mourinho had no scruples in this game and got angry with Joao in public, Joao no longer had any doubts in his heart.

When an assistant's advice is no longer needed by the head coach, it is naturally time for him to leave.

Since Paris Saint-Germain is willing to directly pay the liquidated damages in Joao's contract, which is "negligible" for them, the Roma club has no way to forcefully retain this dedicated assistant coach.

Mourinho didn't ask the assistant who had worked with him for more than two years to explain anything. He just wished him all the best in the future when he packed his luggage and left the Trigoria base for the last time.

Then appointed the young coach Salvador Ray Foti, who had just joined the club's coaching staff, as an assistant coach.

The news was also briefly published in the corners of Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere dello Sport.

Neither party responded to what happened or why.

And news without content naturally won't attract the attention of the media, so this matter quickly disappeared.

Foti is 33 years old and was also a striker before retiring. He played for Sampdoria, Lecce and Venice. He retired due to injury at the age of 27 and then worked as a coach.

His previous job was as an assistant coach to the coach Giampaolo in the Turin team. After Giampaolo was fired by Turin in January 2021, he also left together. Austria recruited to Rome.

Unexpectedly, after only 2 months, he became the assistant coach of this famous coach.

Obviously Foti is a smart man. Although he only got along with him for more than 2 months, he has figured out Mourinho's temper.

He has also been watching the matter between Mourinho and Joao.

Therefore, as the newly appointed assistant coach, he conscientiously completed all the tasks assigned by Mourinho, and carefully prepared every game report, analysis report of the next opponent, and tactical planning, but he should not speak. , When he shouldn't make suggestions, he always keeps silent and never talks too much.

Even if what Mourinho said was contrary to what he thought in his heart, he would carry it out without hesitation.

And just after the team returned to Rome, Pinto and Riise also sent "good" news to Mourinho. Batumi Dynamo striker Kvaratsheria agreed to join the team, and he is very willing. Playing under Mourinho and coming to the top stage of Serie A to express himself.

Dynamo Batumi are also willing to release him for 1000 million euros.

But the player himself put forward a condition. He hoped to have a phone call with Mourinho in person to know clearly the position and arrangement of the future head coach for him.

If it was changed two days ago, Mourinho would not even think about it, he would have rejected this request immediately, and told Pinto to let the Georgian whose name grows so long that he always mispronounces it wait for three months until he Figure out whether you want him or not before deciding whether to talk to him or not.

However, Joao's silent departure and the loss of the team because he did not follow the advice revealed the weakest part of his heart.

Under the strong suggestions of Pinto and Riise, he still carefully watched the technical video and detailed report of Kvaratsheria edited by the club's transfer team, and finally called the other party, and It is promised that he will serve as the main offensive position of the left winger in the team, and at least get the main rotation position.

Of course, apart from the recommendations of Pinto and Riise, as well as the recommendation of Chen Xiaoliang behind Riise, what prompted him to change was that he learned that Naples was secretly contacting the Georgia striker, hoping to buy him.

This aroused Mourinho's winning heart, especially after he experienced an important defeat in an important game and the departure of his cronies, he urgently needed a victory to revive his spirits.

No matter what the victory is, even if it is to snatch a player from the direct competitor's head coach Spalletti, it is a victory and it will make him feel extremely refreshed.

Chen Xiaoliang was also very happy.

He naturally knows better than anyone how much energy Kvaratsheria, who came to Serie A half a year later, can explode, and how much he can improve Roma's offensive combination tactically.

But what he didn't expect was that his halfway interception not only ruined the business of the Naples club, but also ruined the people behind the business that helped the club run this business.

The ones who live in the shadows and don't quite show their faces.

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