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

Chapter 228: The Hand of Fate!The king of Rome scored another goal!
"We can no longer treat him with the original tactics!"

Inzaghi calmed down from the excitement and said to assistant coach Faria.

"He is definitely different from what we analyzed before the game!"

"Quickly remind the three midfielders that they must contain him immediately when defending. Instead of letting him defend him after receiving the ball, try to keep him from getting the ball as much as possible!"

Faris nodded, and hurried over to whisper to Barrera who was celebrating.

As soon as he heard that the head coach wanted to deal with Chen Xiaoliang himself, Barrera's expression changed instantly.

He had long wanted to meet the Red Chinese midfielder head-on for a while.

So far this season, not only has Roma's league points been higher and various competitions have gone further, but Chen Xiaoliang has also been ahead of him in the descriptions of the media and ball critics, as if he is already the number one midfielder in Serie A.

And from the data point of view, Barrera, who has 3 goals and 12 assists in the league, is also behind Chen Xiaoliang, who has 6 goals and 16 assists.

Therefore, the Italian midfielder urgently needs a chance to compete head-on, and use the one-on-one victory in a single game and the team to win the game to prove to the world who is the better one.

He ran to Charhanoglu and Brozovic and informed them of the coach's on-the-spot instructions.

Soon, after Sesco made the seventh center circle ball of the game, the positions of the three midfielders of Inter Milan changed significantly.

When Roma holds the ball, Charhanoglu at the top of the three midfielders is responsible for harassing Chen Xiaoliang who retreats to his own half to get the ball, while Barrera in the middle is responsible for marking after crossing the midfield. Brozovic is still in the midfielder position, in charge of the last gate of midfield defense.

People on and off the field naturally discovered this.

Chen Xiaoliang is of course the first to bear the brunt.

But this is actually the inevitable result of Mourinho's pre-match plan.

So much so that when Foti couldn't help asking him if he wanted Chen to retreat, he confidently said no, and the situation was developing in favor of Rome.

Before the game, the Roma coach called Chen Xiaoliang to his hotel room alone and showed him a clip of the game.

It was the semi-final of the 2011 Champions League. Mourinho, who was coaching Real Madrid, stood on the sidelines and tens of thousands of people at the Bernabeu watched Messi pass five Real Madrid players in a row and then push a goal from the far corner.

Before that, Messi also scored a goal in front of the goal after receiving a cross from winger Afeilai.

In the end, Barcelona won the away game with 2 goals.

Of course, Chen Xiaoliang has seen this goal of five players in a row many times.

Mourinho told him that in that game, he actually arranged a lot of tactics to limit Messi.

Man-to-man defense, zone double-teaming, assist defense at key positions, and even black feet and intentional collisions.

But these failed to achieve results in the end. On the contrary, because too much defensive attention was placed on Messi, it gave Villa, Pedro and others many offensive opportunities.

Mourinho told Chen Xiaoliang that the reason why he showed this video today is to show him that when a person is a threat to a certain extent, all coaches will put a lot of defensive attention on him.

And once too many players approach one person, a large area can be vacated on the court to allow his teammates to get better offensive opportunities.

Mourinho also said that why he likes to counterattack is because when the opponent presses heavily on the offense, there will be a huge space behind for the defensive side to counterattack.

And what about the party controlling it?It seems that the ball is under their feet, but they compress a large number of opponents' players into their own small defensive area, which will cause huge offensive problems for the passing side and make them have no room to start.

Mourinho vowed that the core of Barcelona's ability to rely on pass control to gallop across Europe was Messi's super personal ability and a group of excellent players around him. A crappy impostor can win six titles, while Guardiola can't win the Champions League with Bayern and Manchester City?

It is precisely because of Messi's super ability with the ball and threat without the ball that the side that is compressed in the defensive area still wants him to appear in the area to send several people to double-team him. Also find plenty of room to attack.

It's not that the pass control is strong, it's that Messi is too strong.

When a person's ability is strong to a certain extent, the opponent will change tactics for you.

Mourinho told Chen Xiaoliang that because your defensive ability is so strong that every head coach has a headache, many teams constantly shift back and forth between the two wings to bypass your defensive area.

Now the same, he needs Chen Xiaoliang to show his offensive ability while using non-stop running between the two penalty areas to maintain the intensity of the defense.

Not a certain offensive ability, but all offensive abilities, all displayed in one game.

Harvey is recognized as a legendary midfielder, but when Harvey does not take the ball near the opponent's third zone, he will not make the opponent too nervous, because he does not have a strong direct attack ability.

In this game, Mourinho's goal is to let Chen Xiaoliang get the ball, and the entire Inter Milan will focus on him defensively.

For this reason, he gave Chen Xiaoliang the unlimited right to fire offensively in front of everyone in the tactical meeting before the game.

Therefore, at this time, Xiao Yinzaghi's defensive strategy against Chen Xiaoliang did not surprise Chen Xiaoliang.

He started running, showing his world record running ability, running up and down, left and right in the middle of the midfield infinitely.

In the 56th minute, Welletu received a quick throw from Patricio in the backcourt and passed it to Chen Xiaoliang.

Chen Xiaoliang was overtaken by Barrera as soon as he ran out of space. He could only kick the ball and transfer it diagonally to Pellegrini who changed positions from the left to the center.

For a huge midfielder, no one paid any attention to the No. 7 veteran captain of Roma.

Pellegrini took a few steps and took a long shot from outside the penalty area before Brozovic was about to come out to block.

Handanovic fell to the left side to save, blocked the ball with both hands to prevent it from going out of the baseline, and then immediately got up and picked it up.

In the next 5 minutes, although Chen Xiaoliang received the ball greatly reduced because of being marked in turns, he used unlimited running to stir up Inter Milan's midfield defense. Pellegrini, Zaniolo Taking turns from the side to the center, they played the role of a temporary midfielder.

In the 63rd minute, Inzaghi Jr. couldn't sit still.

He replaced Dimarco with Bastoni, and replaced the veteran Dzeko with the Argentine striker Correa, who had already been selected for the World Cup, and the German midfielder. Gosens replaced the Croatian Perisic, who is also not young.

佩里西奇倒不是体力不行，但在国家队不管是4-2-3-1还是4-3-3，让他踢左边锋还是客串左后卫，覆盖的面积与侧重的重心都相对有限。

And under Inter Milan's current three-center back system, he and Dumfries act as full-backs, which means that they have to rush forward to attack and retreat to defend, but tonight's offensive rhythm is as crazy as the 22 people in the audience. The same, causing his physical strength to be exhausted abnormally quickly.

And only 2 minutes later, Roma also made a corresponding substitution.

Spinazzola replaced Celik as right back, and Christante replaced Weilertu as midfielder.

Although Cristant's starting games have dropped a lot this season, his average of 2.3 steals and 1.2 interceptions per game still proves that he is an excellent player who can be reused.

Mourinho made a special statement before the two came on the field, so that the fast Spinazzola side should put more assists on the side. Once he goes up, the space on the right will be filled by the relatively slow Christian. Special to make up defense.

Fully exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses is also an expedient measure made when players' comprehensive abilities are insufficient.

In the 67th minute, Pellegrini received the ball from the left, cut in the middle and then transferred it to Christante who inserted in the back. The latter directly passed the ball to the right to Zaniolo.

Zaniolo's beautiful change of direction accelerated away Bastoni, who had just played for a short time, and volleyed directly from a small angle on the right side of the goal, but the ball was too far away...The ball flew directly to the sideline on the other side , was taken by Dumfries.

In the 70th minute, Inter Milan attacked in a positional battle. Dumfries plugged in on the right side and received a goal from Barrera.

Dumfries swept the goal!

Mancini slapped the horse and rushed to the ball. He tapped the ball before Lautaro, who was behind him, wanted to give it back to Patricio.

But Patricio never expected that he would make such a back pass at this distance instead of clearing the ball directly out of the baseline!

The defender's return pass and the goalkeeper can't catch it with his hands. Once the referee Osatu takes it seriously and awards Inter Milan an indirect free kick in the penalty area, the risk is too great.

In a panic, Patricio could only block the half-height ball with his chest.

Lautaro behind was like a hound smelling blood, and he didn't mean to stop at all.

Patricio hit his chest, and quickly reached out to catch the ball, but Lautaro, who was following, had already reached him, and stretched out his right foot to stab the ball!
The ball suddenly changed direction and hit Patricio's chest again, and then the two of them knocked down together!
The ball rolled into the goal slowly and confusedly.

"yeah!!!"

Intense cheers broke out in the Inter Milan stands!

But as soon as the cheers started, the referee Osatu blew his whistle!
"Beep!"

He crossed his hands and waved outwards, indicating that the goal was disallowed, and then fouled Lautaro for charging the goalkeeper!

The Roma players, who were almost so cold, suddenly warmed up, as if they came out of the water to breathe air after being suffocated underwater for a long time.

On the sidelines, Mourinho replaced Smalling and Mancini, who had a disastrous performance today.

The subsequent game gradually entered the rhythm expected by Mourinho-Inter Milan obviously slowed down. Although they still tried to dominate the offense, they were more and more just in possession of the ball, and could not be as fast as before. The first time rushed to the back of the Roman defense to look for opportunities.

In addition to the overall decline in physical strength, the replacement of Charhanoglu, an important passer in the midfield, is also an important reason.

He was replaced by Gagliardini in the 72nd minute.

From the moment he stared at Chen Xiaoliang, he fell into endless running. Not only did he run much more without the ball, but he quickly counterattacked from the back to the front when he had the ball. When Chen Xiaoliang was in charge, sports that he was not good at, such as physical confrontation, also appeared frequently.

These have seriously led to a decline in his physical fitness.

So much so that after 65 minutes, his counterattack speed could not keep up with other players, let alone compared with those players who just played, not to mention facing Chen Xiaoliang's defense, it was Christant He can also hold his hand and pinch him so that he has no temper.

Without Charhanoglu, Inter Milan is tantamount to lacking a lethal outlet.

However, as a player who can be selected for the Italian national team, Gagliardini is by no means mediocre. Mourinho sent the teenager Volpato in the 75th minute and replaced him with similar physical fitness. The depleted Matic continued to maintain the running ability of the midfielder.

In the 78th minute, Volpato, who had just played, shoveled Correa while defending and received a yellow card.

Seeing that the game was coming to the last 10 minutes, Barrera panted heavily, consciously reduced the frequency of his sprints, and tried his best to keep the defensive pressure on Chen Xiaoliang by moving ahead of time.

But just do your best.

At this time, although he still has plenty of physical strength, just like Dumfries, his explosive speed in sprints and stalemate ability in confrontation are far from what they were at the beginning of the game.

Although Brozovic is notorious for his physical strength in the defensive midfielder position, after nearly 80 minutes and a yellow card on his body, his slow speed seemed even slower when facing Chen Xiaoliang's running.

And Chen Xiaoliang used up the stamina recovery card for this game as early as 63 minutes when Inter Milan made a substitution.

Stamina Recovery Card 2 → 1
One ebb and the other, Barrera and Brozovic increasingly found it difficult to cope with Chen Xiaoliang's endless running, and the balance of the game began to change significantly.

In the 81st minute, Chen Xiaoliang pulled to the left to make a cross. Dumfries blocked the ball with a tackle. Chen Xiaoliang dunked the ball. Although Dumfries withdrew his foot, he could not stop at high speed and finally knocked Chen Xiaoliang down. On the ground, he ate a yellow card and gave Rome a free kick on the left side of the penalty area.

Inter Milan retreated across the board, except for Lautaro, everyone else came back to participate in the set-piece defense.

With 64 points, Inter Milan led the fifth-placed Naples by 5 points before this round. Therefore, if they draw with Roma, even if Naples wins, the two sides will still have 2 points. Still able to beat Naples and ranked fourth.

But Rome absolutely cannot accept a draw!

Abraham came on, replacing an exhausted Zaniolo.

Pellegrini took a free kick, and even Chen Xiaoliang was on the line of Inter Milan's penalty area!
Smalling gets the header!But the position of the top was not good, and the top bounced off the ground to Bastoni's feet, and the latter drove his big feet out!

But the ball was high but not far away, and it was wide enough, and the ball was kicked back to the left corner flag area of ​​Pellegrini's corner kick.

Since the opponent "passed the ball", the linesman did not raise the flag to Pellegrini who was in an offside position.

The Roma 7 took a look and passed the ball towards the penalty spot as Dumfries jumped on him!

Chen Xiaoliang also rushed up!

Near the penalty spot, not long after he played, he was warming up on the sidelines while watching most of the game, and Abraham, who was full of chicken blood and full of passion, leaped high!
He was suffocating in his heart!

Everyone said that I was not good at heading the ball, and everyone said that I refused to work hard!

But what I have is talent!
I just want to prove it to everyone with my actions in this most critical game!

Prove that I am also a good center forward!

Abraham retracted his abdomen and pressed his forehead heavily on the ball!

At that moment, more than 8 people in the packed Meazza Stadium fell silent.

They are all anxiously watching where the ball goes.

Handanovic exhausted all his skills and blocked the ball with both hands, but only 0.5 seconds later, the ball flew into his own goal in a strange way!
Everyone froze for a moment, unable to digest the scene in front of them immediately.

Then the players on both sides turned their heads to look at the assistant referee, then the referee, and found that neither of them said anything.

"Oh!!!"

"what!!!"

Although there were few people, the Roma fans who came to cheer away and everyone on the Roma coach's bench still uttered shouts that could be heard clearly by the entire Meazza!
Mourinho jumped up!

But then, he quickly regained his rationality, and kept waving his hands to signal the players to return to their own half and take their positions. Keep calm, the game is not over!
At this time, in the live broadcast, the camera was aimed at the referee Osatu, who was listening to the words of the video referee team in the earphones.

Lou Yichen: "We watched the replay. The ball Abraham jumped up and headed to the left side of the goal. Handanovic turned sideways and blocked it with both hands. The ball hit Chen Xiaoliang's face impartially. Up! And bounced into the goal!"

"The referee is still listening to opinions, but the broadcaster has already written the score as 3 to 4! The 83rd minute! Roma overtook the score again!"

Liu Yue: "Technically speaking, this is an opportunity he created through his relentless running. But in terms of luck, it can only be said that this is God's will to help Rome."

"Handanovic has done his best. It is not easy to save this ball. Abraham warmed up very well on the sidelines. Coupled with his already excellent physical fitness and height, the jump just now stood out from the crowd in the penalty area. , the top is both powerful and solid.”

"But for things like players scoring goals, it still depends on some ball dribbling."

Lou Yichen: "Let's see! The referee Osatu pointed to the center circle! The goal is valid!"

"Perhaps as Liu Yue said, God also played the strings of fate invisibly, and secretly pushed Rome forward!"

"It's the 84th minute now, and there are about 10 minutes left in the game! Let us witness the end of this epic goal battle!"

　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Bookworm] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [July Snow Night] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　
　
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