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

Chapter 240 Blast 46 Feet!
Due to the super physical load of the Coppa Italia final and the embarrassing situation of only 2 days of rest, Mourinho still made some personnel adjustments in this game.

After all, once at this time due to fatigue instead of fighting injuries, it will not only affect the league and European Cup championships, but also disrupt the players' recovery plans during the offseason.

The three central defenders in this game are a combination of Smalling, Celik and Kumbra, and Spinazzola and Viña are the left and right wingbacks respectively.

Welletu and Volpato act as double midfielders, and Pellegrini and Abraham act as double forwards.

Apart from Patricio, only Chen Xiaoliang started tonight as a player who played a full game in the previous game. He is still a central midfielder and an all-around midfielder.

Venice put up an iron barrel formation, which is different from Rome's system of three central defenders and two wing backs. They are a real five-back system, three central defenders plus two full-backs, and there are full-backs in front of the full-backs.

A pure iron bucket and long pass counterattack formation.

Although it is the bottom team and the total value of the starting lineup is only a pitiful 3930 million euros, players like Ampadu who have been selected for the Welsh World Cup squad and play neutral central defenders in the national team are still not punished.

Also Cesko's Slovenian national teammate, right midfielder Domen Konigoy.

However, the huge gap in strength still made the game a one-sided situation.

Roma bombarded the gates of Venice from the opening seconds.

But after the first cross was ejected, Venice seized their best chance of the whole game, taking advantage of the weakness of the Roma players who were eager to press up after the start of the game, and their bodies had not yet fully entered the state, right forward Alamu went right The cross entered the penalty area, and the left forward Nigerian O'Kelly threw off Kumbra for offside, and the header bounced into the net!
Rome 0 to 1 Venice!
The Roma fans who were still immersed in winning the Coppa Italia before the start of the game immediately cooled down. Mourinho also sat back on the bench in a fit of anger, and then threw away the water bottle beside him.

AC Milan, ranked No. 1 in the league, got off to a slow start and conceded three goals carelessly. Could it be that Venice, who is ranked No. 1 from the bottom, should do the same? !

This goal was like a basin of cold water, which immediately woke up the confused players on the Roman field, and since then began the big counterattack of the game.

With the formation of the half-court siege and the increase in the number of shots, the 72% ball possession rate also created a new high for their league this season.

In the 18th minute, Pellegrini had an excellent free kick opportunity at the top of the penalty area. Pellegrini kicked a beautiful right-footed curve ball, but unluckily hit the top edge of the goal frame and bounced out.

In the 23rd minute, Abraham received a pass from Wellertu on the left and broke into the penalty area. However, facing the attacking goalkeeper Manpa, he adjusted his left and right feet continuously, and finally made a hasty push, which happened to be on the goalkeeper's body , missed single-handedly.

In the 31st minute, Pellegrini suddenly fell when he was running from a set-piece attack. There was a small-scale conflict between the two sides. After checking the VAR, the referee found that Venice's Moroccan winger Kiney deliberately moved towards Pellet. Greene kicked a vital part, and he was expelled with a red card!
Although the balance of the game was tilted, Pellegrini had a painful expression after getting up hard.

Facing the live broadcast of more than a dozen cameras in the audience, he wanted to rub but didn't dare to rub it. The dull pain in his balls made him feel painful every step he took. The free kick was also handed over to Wellertu to take the penalty.

Welletu's subsequent bouncing shot was firmly blocked by Venice goalkeeper Marmpa.

In the 40th minute, Abraham got another one-handed chance. Chen Xiaoliang sent a long-distance pass near the center line. Abraham caught the ball and entered the penalty area from the left. Stopped his knock.

In the 41st minute, Binia's powerful long-range shot was blocked by Manpa with the lower plate.

In the 43rd minute, Pellegrini's free kick was directly saved by Manpa again.

Roma attacked 20 shots in the halftime and hit 8 times, but it didn't play any role.

Mourinho and Foti are also fully aware of a problem. In the case that there is no fulcrum in the penalty area to involve defense, Abraham's individual combat ability will be severely restricted by the opponent's strict defense. Speed, but the lack of confrontation ability and low confrontation enthusiasm prevent him from effectively getting the ball with his back, nor can he carry the opponent's central defender to compete for the top with a header in the penalty area.

This is why he has a household registration book, and Chelsea are willing to sell him, and at the same time spent 1.15 million euros to buy back the strong Lukaku.

In the Premier League, where the confrontation is fierce and there are many defenders, a center like Abraham cannot gain a foothold at all.

However, in Chelsea, Lukaku is not doing well. With 2 rounds left in the league, he only scored 24 goals in 8 appearances. The FA Cup and the League Cup add up to 9 games and 3 goals. Call parallel imports.

Like Abraham, Chelsea originally wanted a center forward who could stand up in the penalty area and help the team withstand the defensive pressure to overwhelm the city, but Lukaku always likes to wander on the wing, using himself is not very reliable. Crosses to assist teammates...

Mourinho is naturally familiar with this. When he coached Manchester United, Lukaku was the player he introduced.

However, Mourinho also heard news from Roma scouts that Inter Milan wanted to get Lukaku back next season, and let him partner with Lautaro on the front line.

Thinking of this, the problem of the team's central defender signings once again made Mourinho feel a little irritated.

Playing in Venice can concede the ball first for no reason. The three giants will definitely focus on signings next season, and Naples will not be idle. How will the defense deal with the double challenge of the league and the Champions League?

During the halftime break, he didn't particularly arrange tactics, but asked every player to play more crisply, especially Abraham, the more he wanted to score goals, the more hesitant and procrastinated. Can't score.

He also used the veteran Matic to replace Volpato, who was active, but because of his inexperience under the opponent's iron barrel, it was difficult to make a difference.

He also replaced Binia with Zalewski, who has a stronger offensive ability, to strengthen the offense of the two wings.

At the beginning of the second half, Roma obviously strengthened the routine and frequency of crosses from the side.

In the 51st minute, Matic received Pellegrini from a long distance from the arc top of the penalty area and knocked back the cannon. The explosive shot shot with his left foot was very powerful and the angle was very tricky. Venice goalkeeper Marnepa had no time to react The action, but the ball finally hit the lower edge of the crossbar with extremely bad luck, bounced back and hit the ground and bounced high, and was pushed back by central defender Ampadu to the still-shocked Manpa.

This is the second goal frame of Rome. Even the commentator of Sky Sports Italy, who is paying attention to the league championship, and the coach of the Italian national team, Robert Mancini, is saying that maybe Rome won the last match in the Coppa Italia. All the remaining luck of the season has been used up in the final.

Not long after Mancini's voice fell, in the 55th minute, Roma won a free kick on the left side of the penalty area.

Pellegrini directly hit the goal with a free kick, and the ball went straight to the dead corner of the upper left corner of the goal, but what was surprising was that the ball hit the crossbar firmly again.

Pellegrini covered his face with his hands, 1 speechless in his heart.

Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Mourinho replaced Wellertu and replaced Sesco.

In the 60th minute, Sesco blocked the defense of the two central defenders in the middle. Abraham received a pass from Chen Xiaoliang on the left side of the penalty area and shot with his right foot. The ball was saved by Ma Empa.

Roma gets a corner.

Pellegrini made a free throw, and Smalling jumped up in the middle to compete for the top. The ball was blocked by Venice's Italian central defender Ceccaroni on the goal line.

With every attack of the team, the Roma fans in the stands shouted "Oh!" progress on the field.

He didn't know what to do, he did everything he could, but he couldn't play by himself.

The deal of the Georgian superstar Kvaratsheria has been finalized, but the players will not come to the team to report until the team regroups after the offseason in July, and the recent Juventus Argentine star Dybala The matter of renewing the contract with the team is also widely known, and Roma's director Pinto has also contacted the latter's agent.

In addition, Turin captain Belotti is 29 years old, and his contract with the club is also about to expire.

After helping Italy win the European Cup last summer, he also wants to join a bigger team in the final stage of his career to win one or two club-level championships for himself.

Although Belotti scored 2016 goals in 17 league games in the 35-26 season, his scoring efficiency was not high in the following seasons, and he was not a pure standing center, but he had good physical fitness , The ability to compete for the top of the header and the ability to control the ball under his feet allow him to hold the ball in the penalty area and create opportunities for his teammates while creating personal threats.

After all, a lot of the team's offensive tasks this season have been placed on Cesco, who is only 18 years old. In the absence of rotation, when the Champions League next year comes up, such a load and intensity will obviously affect the long-term prospects of a young player. Growth is very detrimental.

In the same way, in order to find a qualified partner and rotation for Chen Xiaoliang, Paris Saint-Germain's Dutch midfielder Wijnaldum's loan negotiations are also proceeding smoothly.

Mourinho is very confident that after Kvaratsheria, he can win these three powerful new aids.

But the long distance can't quench the near thirst, and the game in front of us has to pin our hopes on these players in front of us.

With his critical vision and requirements, especially the experience of coaching giants and leading those stars, he was very dissatisfied with the performance of the players on the field tonight.

But Chen Xiaoliang is the only exception.

In his eyes, this boy from the Red Country will give everything as long as he steps on the court.

The same is true tonight. Chen Xiaoliang has almost taken on all the tasks of transferring the ball from the midfield in the frontcourt. This back pass point to reorganize the offense.

At the same time, in defense, whenever Venice tries to launch a counterattack with a long pass, he is always the first to run back to the backcourt to assist the defender to intercept, or even directly cut off the pass and bring it back to the frontcourt to organize the attack.

But in the face of such an iron barrel formation, one Chen Xiaoliang is not enough. Even if Messi and Ronaldo are a few years younger, they still need the efforts of their teammates to win the game.

What's more, Rome is playing one more player on the field at this time.

In the 65th minute, hard work paid off, and Rome's unremitting mad attack finally reaped results!
Chen Xiaoliang received the ball in the middle outside the penalty area, suddenly changed direction to the right and pulled out the gap to make a move to hit the goal, and then passed a cross to the back point.

Spinazzola, who plugged in at the back point, did not take advantage of the small-angle shot, but volleyed the ball back to the middle with his left foot. Cesko not only attracted two central defenders in the middle, but he dived forward with his head The movement of the ball to attack the goal attracted the attack of the goalkeeper Ma Empa.

However, Cesco missed the ball. Abraham, who was wandering two meters to his right, didn't know whether he was alert or flustered. He used a knee to head the ball into the almost unguarded gate!

Roma finally equalized 1-1!

After finally scoring a goal, Abraham just wanted to rush to the stands to celebrate with the fans when he was pulled back by Pellegrini.

Spinazzola, who provided the assist, rushed into the goal, grabbed the ball under the obstruction of Ma Empa, and ran quickly to the center line.

Equalizing the score only means that you can get 1 point, just equalizing with AC Milan in the case of one more game, and once AC Milan wins against Atlanta at home in San Siro this round, the gap will be pulled to 3 points, which means The championship will remain only a theoretical possibility.

Because of the two matches against AC Milan in the league this season, Roma tied at home and lost away.

According to the rules of the Serie A league, even if the last 38 rounds of the league are all over and the two teams have the same points, it is still necessary to first look at the relationship between the two sides, and then look at the goal difference between the two teams, and then compare the league goal difference, and finally Is to compare the total number of goals scored in the league.

Although theoretically there are still the first four items that still can't tell who is higher and who is lower, and finally the fifth method of ranking is determined by drawing lots, but this kind of thing only happens in theory. In the actual situation of this season, as long as Rome finally draws with Milan have the same points, relying on the first win-loss relationship alone, the top must be Milan.

Therefore, in the last two rounds, Roma must not only win a complete victory, but also make full use of the "advantage" of playing first, create psychological pressure on AC Milan, and then expect them to make mistakes.

After Venice kicked off, Roma quickly grabbed the ball and continued to attack wildly!

Roma's offensive method is also very simple. After Cesko gets on, he kicks a pass from the side and then fights for the top in the middle.

This made Robert Mancini, who was commenting in the Sky Sports live broadcast room, couldn't help but think of when he was coaching Manchester City in the Premier League. At that time, there was a team called Stoke City. This team has become the famous "City in the Sky".

As long as there is a chance, hang in the restricted area.

In sports warfare, if there is a chance, he will play a cross from the side. If there is no chance, he will directly look for the high center forward in front of the backcourt;
Set balls, except those that can be shot directly, no matter what distance, as long as they are within reach, they will all be thrown into the penalty area;

Even for throw-ins in the frontcourt near the sides of the penalty area, they also found an Irish god named Rory John Delap, who can throw the ball from outside the boundary quickly and flatly directly into the penalty area, and Accuracy is more accurate than corners taken with the foot.

This kind of grenade throw-in was once carefully studied by the Premier League teams.

Mancini said with a smile that tonight's Rome is short of such a grenade thrower.

But soon, someone in the Roma team used actions to explain what precision is.

In the 75th minute, Zalewski's cross from the side was pushed out by the Venice right-back Haps. Zalewski was about to throw a throw-in, and Chen Xiaoliang ran to respond.

After receiving the ball thrown by Zalewski, Chen Xiaoliang took a direct kick against the opponent's retreating forward O'Kelly, but passed the ball straight to Zalewski who threw the ball from the outside line and plugged in.

After the ball was passed, Chen Xiaoliang approached the penalty area obliquely, taking advantage of the momentary shift of sight of the surrounding defenders.

Zalewski, who received the through ball, immediately knocked back, and then passed the ball to Chen Xiaoliang, who went back.

Chen Xiaoliang, who was catching the ball on the penalty area line on the right side, saw that the distance was close enough, and kicked his right foot directly. This time, he made a direct pass, and he was looking for Sesco, who had an incomparable understanding with him!

The Slovenian dropped back the moment the ball left his feet, and then immediately reversed forward.

With this retreat, not only did he not have any possibility of offside, but he also shook the players marking him for no reason.

Sesko, who was plugged in, jumped slightly, retracted his waist and abdomen, and exerted force on his back. The ball hit his forehead accurately like a cruise missile with precision guidance, and instead bounced rapidly towards the goal!

However, after the Venice goalkeeper Mampa was practiced by the Roma attack group all night today, his nerves seem to have been opened up. The super-fast reaction of the top ten saves scooped the ball sideways, and blocked the lightning-like header with his left hand.

However, after all, two fists are no match for four legs. Zalewski, who rushed into the penalty area after Chen Xiaoliang made a pass, received the rebound ball by accident, and then raised his foot and slammed into the goal.

Even though Ma Empa can lower the dragon by [-] blocks, he can't turn himself into a three-headed six-armed man, so he can only fall to the ground and watch the ball being shot into the net silently.

Rome 2 to 1!

This is also the second league goal of the Polish teenager Zalewski this season!But it is a ball worth thousands of gold!
He rushed to the stands excitedly, took off his shirt and threw it high!
The fans in the stands rushed towards the edge of the stands like an ebbing wave, shouting at their heroes!

On the bench, including Mourinho, all the coaches are celebrating with their arms raised.

After the kick-off in the middle circle of Venice, the game completely entered the "walking mode" in Rome.

The Red Wolves, known for their busses and counterattacks, began to control the ball seamlessly in the midfield, and the ball possession rate soared to an unprecedented 82%.

Venice also knew that no matter how difficult it was to build, they stopped struggling after fighting for a while.

There is one thing to say, as a team with extremely limited investment and relatively thin staffing, being able to rank fifth in Serie B in the 2020-21 season and rush to Serie A this season through the promotion play-offs has created a lot. Miracle.

But relatively speaking, for a team that can only rank fifth in Serie B, it is indeed an impossible task to relegation in Serie A.

Mourinho used up his substitutions in the following time, and replaced Ibanez, Wu Lei and Bove, especially the latter two, who did not play much, were energetic and aggressive, and helped the team on the field On the other hand, he resolutely turned his feet and pressed down, and controlled the ball to the last moment.

In the end, after 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew his whistle in the 93rd minute, and the game ended. Roma won the first place with 46 shots, 16 shots on target, 80% possession rate, and 20 corner kicks. With 37 rounds of league victories, they are temporarily ranked first in the standings with 84 points, leading AC Milan by 1 points in one more game!
The 46 shots also created the second highest record in the five major leagues after 09, second only to the 2019 shots created by Atlanta in 47 against Empoli.

With the crazy data of this game, Roma ranks first in Serie A with an average of 19.5 shots per game.

After the game, Mourinho proudly stated at the press conference that the team's offensive system has become more and more mature.

When asked what he thought of Milan's game tomorrow night, he did not respond positively, leaving only one sentence: the standings will answer everything.

　Thanks to the club's chief director [Yu Qingfeng] for the 6 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Yiyang 233] for the 8 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [MochizukiウPoet] for the 9 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Chen Zhu Zhu Zhu] for the 6 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Chen Zhu Zhu Zhu] for his great sponsorship!

　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Chengnan West] for the 6 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Yan Yao Xin Miaosen] for the 4 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Wenrun is me] for the 4 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Lengyue Dragon Emperor] for the 3 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [milk and soy milk] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Nothing to do 3 2 1] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Remarks, the 46 shots in this ball are true and the 20 corner kicks are also true (the two teams add up to a total of 22 corner kicks)
　　It is also true that 46 shots are the second highest in the five major leagues after 09.

　　It’s just that the Roma team without Chen Xiaoliang couldn’t win without hitting one more player and shooting 46 kicks.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)