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

Chapter 221

Osmeen got up and took two steps, then bent down and rubbed his legs after confirming that he was all right.

It hurts, it really hurts...

Anyway, I am also an African, strong and explosive, and I was shoveled by an Asian kid, and I didn't even make a foul.

This kid's tackle is still as accurate as before, and he seems to have a bit of viciousness.

Those who knew it was coming to tackle the ball, but those who didn't know it thought it was a flying kick coming over to cripple someone.

Thinking of this, Osmeen spat on the turf.

He knew it was going to be a rough night.

Napoli right-back Sanoli throws the ball in from the right by-line.

Anguiza, Lozano and Lobotka stepped forward to support at the same time, but the Roma team marked everyone tightly.

Sanoli had no choice but to throw it hard, and threw it to Osimhen who was a little further away.

Osmeen, who pulled out of the penalty area, after confirming that there was no one around him, caught the ball and was about to turn around and start it, but just as he turned around, he found Chen Xiaoliang appeared 2 meters in front of him.

hiss…

As soon as he saw Chen Xiaoliang, Osmeen felt his legs ache again.

But the 22-year-old Nigerian international and Naples' number one attacker is also a young and vigorous man. While he is tentatively dribbling forward, slowly eating away at the space and preparing to enter the attacking distance where he can launch a breakthrough, he is observing Chen Xiaoliang Actions.

The tone just now must be earned back!
Are you still called a young man if you are not arrogant?
As soon as Osmeen started, he changed direction to the right and sprinted to the bottom line!

Since Osimhen's speed is recognized throughout Serie A, Chen Xiaoliang, who always keeps a safe distance of more than 2 meters and retreats slowly, can only vaguely see vague movement predictions based on the man-marking attribute.

Although he probably knew a direction, when Osimhen started it in an instant, the speed still shocked him.

Osmeen made a strong move to the bottom, Chen Xiaoliang had no room for a tackle and could only follow step by step.

The two had rushed into the penalty area at this time, and Ibanez, who was in charge of the defense of this area in the original version, took the initiative to retreat to prevent other Naples players from keeping up with the outflanking.

Seeing that Chen Xiaoliang could not be shaken off after three steps, Osmeen began to get close to Chen Xiaoliang, trying to use his body and speed to push him away to create space.

However, as soon as the bodies of the two came together, each of them swayed slightly, and they immediately understood that in this kind of confrontation, no one can help the other with their strength.

Seeing that he was very close to the bottom line and there was no room for breakthrough, Osmeen was going to use an emergency stop and an inside cut to open up the space, or shoot with his left foot or pass the ball to his teammates.

However, at this time he has already entered the range of Chen Xiaoliang's personal defense. The closer he is, the more clearly he can predict his follow-up actions under the effect of the skill [Good at Personal Defense], and the man-marking attribute.

Just when Osimhen completed a series of extremely smooth stepping on the ball, pulling back, changing direction, changing feet, and cutting in, he ran straight into Chen Xiaoliang's body as soon as he started it!
The two fell backwards at the same time!The half of the ball rolled to the outside of the penalty area, and Ibanez went up with a big foot to clear the siege.

The Naples players looked at the referee, but the referee said nothing.

Osmeen was exasperated and slapped the turf angrily.

why? !

As soon as I finished changing direction, the man from the Red Country had already appeared in front of me.

He seemed to be waiting for me to bump into him!
Did he see through my intentions? !
impossible!How long has he been playing football?
Where does the experience of veterans come from?
Osmeen slowly got up, and missed another offensive opportunity, muttering to himself, completely ignoring that Rome had already burned the flames of war to his backcourt.

The players in Naples did not expect that Osimhen would choose to do it alone, let alone that he would directly dribble the ball into Chen Xiaoliang, who was already in his position, in a panic.

Ibanez's clearance ball was grabbed by Weletu, and Malaysia on the left had already run up.

In order to attract the attention of the defense, Welletu deliberately dribbled the ball diagonally to the front right and center, and then waited until Anguisa was about to catch up with him, and then kicked to the front left with a split side. The Malaysian got the ball. , directly preparing to dribble the ball into the penalty area.

Nosali, who was chasing all the way back, couldn't stop Malaysia, and the latter was about to enter the penalty area, so he had to make a tactical foul and stretched out his hand to grab the Malaysia jersey.

The Roma left-back wanted to rush forward to see if he could break free, but the quality of the jersey was too good.

The referee gave Nosali a yellow card and at the same time awarded a free kick about 2 meters from the left side of the penalty area in Rome.

Nosali, who took the card, didn't say anything. As a young player, he could only admit defeat, but central defender Koulibaly was very dissatisfied. He faced Anguisa and Lobo who were out of position because of the attack. Teka is just a spray.

This spray woke up Osmeen too. Seeing that the backyard was about to catch fire, Roma's central defenders pressed up together to fight for a header. He hurried all the way back to the penalty area to help defend.

Chen Xiaoliang didn't go up, just like the old routine, he stayed near the center line with Weiletu and Malaysia to defend, and the rest of his teammates basically pushed up.

Pellegrini observed repeatedly at the penalty spot, and when the referee blew his whistle, he immediately ran up and kicked the ball out.

Zhan Jun: "It's a direct attack!"

Zhang Lu: "Oh! It seems to be refracted!"

Zhan Jun: "Yes! I met someone and changed direction!"

"The replay is here! Goalkeeper Meret has already done a good job of catching the ball. When the ball was about 2 meters away from him, when it fell, it was rubbed by the head of his teammate. There was an upward change and it hit the crossbar. It flew out of the bottom line!"

Zhang Lu: "It seems to be a black player, is it Coulibaly?"

After a while, it was played again from different angles on the screen.

Zhan Jun: "It's Osmeen! He has a very high exposure rate in the past few minutes! Could it be that when he was defending just now, he vaguely regarded his own goal as the opponent's goal and wanted to head the ball into the goal?"

Zhang Lu: "Hahahaha."

On the field, the Roma players hugged their heads in regret.

At this time, the clock had been dialed to the 38th minute, and Pellegrini walked to the right corner flag area to take a corner kick.

His teammates changed direction and continued to fight for the top in the penalty area.

Zhan Jun: "The corner kick is taken, and it lands at the junction of the forward point and the center!"

"Zaniolo hit the ball!"

"The ball ran out of space, and the ball was passed, but the top part was not accurate, and it directly became an anti-aircraft gun."

Zhang Lu: "However, Roma's momentum has picked up for a while. Naples didn't hit three goals in the opening 20 minutes. The penalty kick is more like Roma's own mistake."

"Later, I wanted to hit Osimhen again, and I wanted to use his speed to eat Roma's defense, but I didn't expect that the two one-on-one opportunities were destroyed by Chen Xiaoliang."

"Actually, Naples' two wingers played well today. I don't know why after a few attacks in the opening game, they didn't play much later, especially on Insigne's side. There seems to be no movement."

Zhan Jun: "The meritorious captain of Naples can't negotiate a salary with the club. Next season, he has decided to transfer to the MLS to join Toronto FC. It is rumored that the annual salary offered by his new club will be three times his current salary."

Zhang Lu: "It's still too early to go to the American major leagues at the age of 31, but at this time, professional players really have to consider their own income. After all, athletes eat their youth, and they earn a lot of money in just a dozen years of player career." The money has to be enough to spend for the rest of my life.”

Zhan Jun: "According to the news from "Turin Sports News", it is said that Naples originally also took a fancy to the Georgian player Kvaratsheria, but he was cut off by Roma halfway, and the player is more willing to play for Mourinho.

This made Insigne even more dissatisfied. He originally asked to renew his contract with the club and increase his annual salary to 800 million euros, but the club would rather spend 1000 million euros in transfer fees to buy a Georgian player than renew his contract with his meritorious captain. , leading directly to his decision to move to the MLS on a free transfer.

According to the well-known reporter Romano, his basic annual salary in Toronto FC is 1100 million US dollars, and there is also a floating bonus of 400 million. "

Zhang Lu: "That's easy to understand."

Zhan Jun: "However, the captain didn't keep it, and the rookie couldn't buy it either."

On the field, Roma was still actively fighting and counterattacking quickly, trying their best to equalize the score in the first half.

However, although Naples is slightly passive, they are by no means ordinary people who are ranked 4th in the league. After the two crises just now, the defense organization is very orderly at this moment, and Roma has always been within a hair's breadth of scoring.

In the 44th minute, Zaniolo made a pass from the right. The ball was slightly lower. Sesco had no room to shoot after receiving the ball in the penalty area. He chose to pass it back to Wellertu outside the penalty area.

The Frenchman's long-range shot was too angled and missed the post.

In stoppage time in the first half in the 46th minute, Malacia made an assist again and passed a cross pass to Pellegrini in the middle of the penalty area. The latter kicked the goal directly and was knocked down by Naples goalkeeper Meret Hold the ball firmly.

The first half of the game also ended after this shot, and Naples temporarily led 1-0.

In the midfield, Mourinho returned to the locker room without the slightest hesitation and began to make tactical arrangements.

He has thought clearly about the things he should think about before, and now he has to stick to it unswervingly.

Especially the head coach, once there is any wavering, it will have a major impact on the mentality of the players on the field.

As he pasted tiles representing players' numbers on a tactical whiteboard, he said:

"You all know where we are now, plus pre-season, nine months! If we're fourth and we're six points away from fifth, maybe we can take a break and tell When I meet a strong team, I can try my best to keep a tie and get 9 point, and then get enough points from the middle and lower teams to ensure that I can enter the Champions League."

"But we are now in second place! If we win today, we are still only 2 points away from the first place!"

"If we can maintain this point difference, the pressure will be on them! As long as this pressure exists, they will not dare to make mistakes, and once they have this psychological pressure, I believe they will definitely lose points!"

"It cannot be said that we played badly in the first half. We made a mistake and gave the opponent a penalty, but we have to find it in the remaining 45 minutes!"

"Celik, you played great today, but I need to step up the attack in the second half, so, Mkhitaryan, you go up in the second half."

Both expressed their understanding of Mourinho's intentions and rose to shake hands in the dressing room.

Then Mourinho gave a detailed account of how Zaniolo used Cesco's attack and the route of Pellegrini and Veretura.

But after all, they are all offensive routines.

And it is a posture that except for the goalkeeper and the three central defenders, everyone must participate in the offense.

Finally, with 3 minutes left, Mourinho mentioned defense:
"Run, run, run, everyone!"

"Once the attack is over, the wingbacks immediately counter-run and retreat, and everyone in the center and front field counter-attacks on the spot, slowing down the opponent's counter-attack speed!"

"Use running to kill opponents! Their average age is older than us, and their running ability in midfield is weaker than ours!"

Mourinho didn't say any more, but tapped twice on the No. 33 tile that he had just placed on the wing to demonstrate the wing attack routine.

Chen Xiaoliang understood what Mourinho meant.

Run, defend.

Non-stop running and desperate defense.

He stood up and led everyone to shout:

"Rome!"

"For the championship!"

"Rome!!!"

"For the championship!!!"

After returning to the court, Spalletti still sat firmly on the coach's bench.

He knew Mourinho would be desperate to score goals, and he would do the same.

Which coach can choose to be conservative and refuse in the face of the league champion who is so close?
So he was not idle in midfield. He replaced Sanoli, who had a yellow card, with Tuanzebe, the England defender who was rented from Manchester United.

Tuanzebe will soon be 25 years old. After Manchester United had a period of continuous playing experience in the first team, he was gradually put on the bench and waited for the opportunity until he did not know whether he could change his career. loan career.

First one and a half seasons at Aston Villa, then half a season at Napoli.

Compared with Sanoli, his offensive ability is worse, and his feet are thicker, but he is a central defender, and his defensive ability and physical fitness are significantly better than the former.

When necessary, he can also shrink into the penalty area and act as a temporary central defender.

Obviously, Spalletti, who had a goal in hand, did not choose to play against Mourinho. He wanted to keep the fruits of victory, and then kill the game with a counterattack when Rome was impatient.

The conspiracy of both sides is open and honest, and the rest is the players' impromptu performance.

"Beep!"

The second half begins!
The first to complete the shot was Naples.

In the 48th minute, Lozano dribbled the ball from the right to break through Wellertu's defense and chose to cut in the middle.

Chen Xiaoliang did not choose to post it, because he knew that once he got close, Lozano would definitely choose to transfer the ball.

Osmeen in the penalty area behind him has already started, Ibanez is close to him, and Lozano can pass at any time.

After taking two steps to approach Chen Xiaoliang, the Mexican winger pushed the outside of his right foot and sent the ball to Osmeen, who had already run to the corner of the small penalty area.

Osmeen took two steps out to catch the ball and shot, but the angle was too small and it hit the outside side net.

Zhan Jun: "It seems that in the second half, Naples still played against Osmeen. Lozano's pass was very sudden. Xiao Liang blocked the position, but did not intercept the ball."

Zhang Lu: "The way he defended this ball is very correct, it can be said to be the standard answer."

"His position just now can prevent Lozano from continuing to cut inside and hit the goal, and it also blocks the route for him to pass the through ball to Osimhen on the inside, so we see that the ball passed by has already run. Once Osimhen is in position, he has to run two steps outside to catch the ball."

"Don't underestimate these two steps, which left plenty of time and space for Ibanez and further narrowed Osimhen's shooting angle, so it finally hit the side net."

Although he did not pose a threat, Chen Xiaoliang still reminded Malaysia on the left, indicating that he should return to the defense faster. At the same time, he also reminded Wei Letu that he would rather put the side to the bottom than give the opportunity to break through. .

Naples has no high points in the middle, and Osmeen is dominant in speed, but in height, he is 186 tall and alone in the penalty area, plus Lozano of 175 and Insigne of 163, they have no chance to grab the header. Little advantage.

And Rome also began to try to organize an attack on its right.

In the 51st minute, Zaniolo received Chen Xiaoliang's wide-ranging long pass from the left side in the ribs of the restricted area on the right and then cut inward. After being blocked by Lobotka, he turned around and passed back to the right side. on Zalewski.

The Polish teenager passed a sling to Pellegrini who was obliquely in the penalty area. The latter volleyed from a small angle and was held in the stomach by Meret.

In the 55th minute, Fabian Ruiz knocked down Zalewski in the middle, and Pellegrini directly took a free kick 10 meters before the center line and passed it into the penalty area. The ball is powerful, but it misses the right post!
On the sidelines, Mourinho continued to pace slowly back and forth following the transfer of the ball between the two halves.

Forty, who knew he should say more today, asked in a low voice: "Jose, do you want to change Sesco? I feel that he is not in a good state today, and he hasn't created too many good opportunities."

Mourinho knew that this cautious assistant was trying to cater to himself today, and replied kindly: "Wait a little longer, maybe this kid is waiting too."

Mourinho was right, Sesco was indeed waiting.

As the bridgehead, he only has one shot so far in this game. The rest of the time is either fighting for the header to ferry or returning to his teammates, or retreating to catch the ball to help transfer to the other side, and running to attract the ball without the ball. Defenders defend and create shooting space for teammates in the midfield.

As Rome's top scorer, he is indeed too quiet. Compared with Pellegrini and Zaniolo, who have had several chances to shoot, he is so quiet that he is even a bit bleak, making people vaguely forget that he is still on the field.

It's not that Mourinho didn't have the same idea as Foti, so he stared at Sesco for a while.

But he found that the 18-year-old Slovenian didn't have a trace of impatience on his face, as if everything was well planned and developing according to his plan.

For this calmness and confidence, Mourinho is willing to bet on him.

You know, this kind of gambling is destined to become a key topic of discussion among fans and the media after the game.

If you win the game and make the right bet, that's called trusting your disciples and insisting on not substituting them;

If you lose or make a wrong bet, you will immediately become stubborn and just refuse to change to someone in better condition.

After all, for the media and fans, only two lips and ten fingers are needed for the final judgment, and it is the parties on the court who bear the pressure during the process and the results after the game.

But soon, Mourinho's trust was rewarded.

In the 63rd minute, Lobotka's ankle was so twisted that he couldn't hold on, and Spalletti replaced Zelinski.

After Lobotka was injured, Chen Xiaoliang took the initiative to kick the ball out of the sideline, so after Zelinski came on the field, Naples kicked the ball lightly to Forzato.

Fuzato threw the ball to Chen Xiaoliang, who kicked it directly to Wellertu in front of him.

The Frenchman took a few steps, attracted the double-teaming of Anguisa and Zelinski, and passed the ball back to Chen Xiaoliang, who was keeping up with him far behind. Sesco.

At this time, Kosovo defender Ramani was marking him, and Coulibaly was responsible for making up and clearing.

Sesco couldn't be more comfortable receiving Chen Xiaoliang's ball. He picked up the ball and headed it to Pellegrini who inserted in the back.

Coulibaly immediately blocked the line of the penalty area, and Zelinski also rushed a few steps to surround him.

Anguisa was still staring at Wellertu over there, and Pellegrini did not have a strong ability to escape in a small area, so he had to pass back to Chen Xiaoliang again.

Seeing that he couldn't penetrate the front, Chen Xiaoliang immediately moved to the left.

After receiving the ball, Malaysia confronted Tuanzebe head-on for a while, but failed to create a breakthrough line after several attempts. At this time, Pellegrini stretched out his right hand, and Malaysia understood and kicked with his left foot. Diagonal pass straight in, anti-offside Pellegrini has appeared in the penalty area!

Ramani and Coulibaly immediately rushed to Pellegrini, who seemed to be going solo from a small angle!

Coulibaly filled the position very quickly, and Pellegrini found that he was already blocked in front of him before he adjusted.

On the penalty area line, Anguisa and Zelinski immediately retreated into the penalty area.

Pellegrini did not choose to force the kick, but passed back to Chen Xiaoliang who was outside the penalty area!
There is no one in front of Chen Xiaoliang at the moment!
He kicks right away!
Anguisa and Zelinski, who had just returned to the penalty area, rushed forward desperately!

Chen Xiaoliang rubbed the outer instep of his right foot, and the ball flew towards the far post!
A figure flashed forward. At this time, he was surrounded by another midfielder, Fabian Ruiz, who was returning to the defense. This flash also completely threw him away!

Meret knew something was wrong, so he immediately attacked and wanted to destroy it in advance!

But the striker wearing the No. 20 jersey didn't even have to jump, he just flicked his head while running forward, and the ball bounced into the inside of the far post!

　Thanks to the club's chief director [Yu Qingfeng] for the monthly pass!

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(End of this chapter)