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

Chapter 259 The last piece of the puzzle in the front field is finally in place

Greater Paris is indeed very strong, but they are not invincible, otherwise they would have raised the big ear cup long ago.

And their weakest point is also their strongest point, which is the fearsome frontcourt Big Three.

Taken out individually, each of these three can become the absolute core of a giant, and in their previous careers, they often played the core role of the team.

But when the three of them combined, they didn't have a power greater than three.

Messi and Neymar are not bad. The two who have worked together in Barcelona for a period of time are very good from the tacit understanding on the court to the personal relationship off the court. Although the two are not the same in terms of self-discipline and dedication, this does not hinder The joint efforts of the two on the occasion.

Before Messi came to Paris, Mbappé once said that Neymar was his friend who talked about everything, but after Messi arrived, due to a series of problems in the team status, the core of the team, etc., the two The relationship between them is getting farther and farther, and even the embarrassment of not passing the ball to each other often appears on the court.

In the end, Pochettino became a scapegoat, and Galti's most important task after coming to Paris is to reintegrate the delicate relationship between the Big Three.

From a tactical point of view, the playing styles of these three all require a lot of ball possession.

There is no problem between Neymar and Messi. Neymar is very willing to make a wedding dress and support for the old big brother in Barcelona.

As a rookie in Paris, Messi has no intention of fighting for the position of the top brother in the team.His status in the world no longer needs to be proved by Paris. He is very willing to serve as an assistant for the two younger brothers and help the team reach the top of Europe.

But only between Neymar and Mbappe, this knot has not shown signs of untying, but it has a tendency to develop into a dead knot.

On the other hand, Neymar and Mbappe contributed very little defensively.

And the 35-year-old Messi can't do what Guardiola did when Barcelona was coaching. The whole time the team lost the ball and formed a double-team with his teammates to get back the ball as soon as possible.

Kvaratsheria is very excited about representing Roma for the first time, and facing a team like Paris.

Even excited a little nervous.

After he came on the field, he played as a left winger and will face Ashraf, who was once the best right back in Serie A.

After helping Inter Milan regain Serie A in the 2020-21 season, Ashraf was bought by Paris for 6800 million euros, and he has become one of the closest players to Mbappe in the team.

When the Roma players saw Kwa playing, they all showed anticipation.

They knew how capable this Georgian lad was. In team training and tactical drills, his dribbling made the defenders complain.

And seeing Mourinho behind Kwa making quick counterattack tactical gestures, his words in the locker room, meeting room, and training field countless times seemed to echo in the ears of the Roma players again.

"My defense is not purely for defense. I can win and lead Inter Milan to become the triple crown, relying on counterattack! It is counterattack!"

"The purpose of our defense is to wear down the opponent's offensive confidence, and then let them press desperately, so that they fall into our trap!"

"Only a sharp counterattack can make them dare not attack recklessly. When attacking, they are always on tenterhooks, afraid of being counterattacked by us!"

"When the opponent has concerns in their hearts, their offense will no longer be resolute."

"This is why the Barcelona team with the peak Messi and the Bayern team that won the Champions League in the second year fell in front of me!"

"Without defense, there is no counterattack!"

"Without a counterattack, it is impossible to defend!"

"There is no perfect defensive tactic in football! Of course, there is no sure-winning offensive tactic!"

"We must combine offense and defense together!"

If Guardiola's football philosophy is "the best defense is not to give the opponent the ball", then Mourinho is "the best offensive opportunities are in defense".

But as football trends have changed, the duo have neutralized their styles in recent years.

Guardiola no longer pursues a super high ball possession rate, and also allows Manchester City's players to play a quick counterattack, and emphasizes the role of crossing, and even bought Harland in the summer for this reason.

And Mourinho also began to let the team not deliberately shrink back when they can attack. From the crazy 9-0-1 turtle bus back then, it has gradually turned to the full attack and full defense mode.

Patricio kicked off, Mbappe did not stare at any defender, Patricio drove directly to Malaysia on the left.

Malaysia pushed forward and Messi blocked his way.

Malaysia passed it to Enzo, and Enzo directly pushed it to Chen Xiaoliang in front.

At this time, Kwa, who had just played, had already advanced near the center line without the ball, and Chen Xiaoliang passed a diagonal pass.

Kwa immediately cut in the middle after receiving the ball. Seeing that Ashraf did not come up to stop him, he continued to dribble the ball until Sanchez came to defend him.

Chen Xiaoliang stepped forward to respond, and Kewa immediately sent back to Chen Xiaoliang.

Chen Xiaoliang dribbled the ball forward and in the middle, Sanchez saw that Kewa walked away, and immediately came to defend Chen Xiaoliang.

At this time, Malaysia, who was still in the backcourt on the left just now, advanced at high speed, actively entered Ashraf's defense zone, and made preparations to catch the ball.

Chen Xiaoliang immediately passed a pass to Kwa who ran behind Ashraf on the left without the ball, and Kwa rushed to the left baseline after receiving the ball!

Under the running support of their teammates, the two passed back and forth to the vicinity of the penalty area of ​​Paris!
Ashraf chased him, and his speed was very fast. When Kwa just took the ball to the ribs of the left penalty area, Ashraf chased him back.

Before Ashraf could fully speed up, Kwa immediately spiked the ball and cut into the middle of the penalty area.

Ashraf immediately adjusted his direction and headed towards Kwatie again!
Just when Ashraf's outstretched leg was about to reach Kewa, Kewa shook his right foot and kicked the ball from Ashraf's crotch. He passed!
Mourinho was standing on the sidelines at this time. After changing sides in the second half, the left side was not far in front of his eyes. Seeing Kwa continuously changing directions to play Ashraf, he showed a confident smile.

After Ashraf found himself being passed through the crotch, it was too late to chase Kwa. Although his starting speed and limit speed were much faster than Kwa, this place was already in the restricted area, and he didn't have enough There's room to play with his superhuman speed.

Kwa came to the bottom line, and Donnarumma approached the near post early as if he was facing a big enemy.

Kwa rubbed his left foot lightly, and the ball flew towards the place between the penalty spot and the penalty area line!

Sesco takes off!But it's over!Even Ramos and Marquinhos, who defended him closely, also fell to the top together!

The ball falls backwards!
Abraham suddenly went forward and grabbed a shot at the back post before Kimpembe could react!

No matter how fast Donnarumma reacted, he couldn't jump from one post to the other in an instant.

2 to 2!Roma equalized the score!

Cesko smiled and pulled Abraham up, and the two jogged to Kova to celebrate.

Even with full confidence in Kwa, Mourinho and Chen Xiaoliang did not expect him to score a goal as soon as he came up, and he still passed Ashraf through such beautiful continuous dribbling.

At this moment, Naples coach Spalletti was very angry while watching the broadcast in front of the TV. He complained alone in the room: "This was originally my player! You stole him!"

On the sidelines, Galti smiled helplessly, and asked Joao again: "Is this Mourinho's secret weapon?"

Joao had to admit it and nodded silently.

He thought to himself, so many things happened in the half year since he left Rome?

When doing tactical analysis for the players before the game, Joao, as an assistant coach, could hardly get much analysis report on Kvaratsheria from the expatriate scouts of Paris. Timeout is one of the few records of playing time.

Although he is famous for his dribbling there, the overall level and defensive strength of the Russian Super League cannot be compared with the five major leagues.

As for the Georgian League, there may not be as many scouts there as there are in Japan's J-League, which has seen less and less attention from European scouts in recent years.

This time it was Mbappe's turn to kick off, and the French superstar was obviously displeased.

With the current level of attention in Paris, if this game is lost, some media will say after the game that "the team leads when Messi and Neymar are on the court, and Mbappe loses when he is on the team." such words.

As for the die-hard fans of Messi who always think that Mbappe should humbly let Messi be the boss of the team, let alone.

The game continues.

Gradually, the movement routes of Roma's players on the field changed a little.

Abraham, who played right winger, began to move inward frequently, wandering around Sesco.

As a central midfielder, Chen Xiaoliang often moves to the right side, repeatedly cooperating with Binha and challenging Nuno Mendes' nerves.

In addition to keeping an eye on his idol Messi in defense, Enzo occupies the middle of the midfield as long as Chen Xiaoliang overlaps in offense, and is responsible for supporting and reorganizing.

The tacit understanding and trust established by the four players of similar age during the extra training was gradually reflected in this strong dialogue.

At the same time, Paris' offense seemed to be turned off.

Kewa's active performance directly put Ashraf, who was facing him, in the backcourt and did not dare to step forward at will.

Even if the former best right back in Serie A wants to press up, the captain Marchinhos behind him will remind him to return to the defense quickly.

Once the mysterious Georgian winger on the opposite side dribbled the ball into the penalty area and attacked him one-on-one, the Paris captain was not sure that he could guard him.

On the right side, Nuno Mendes, who was caught by Chen Xiaoliang in the first half and couldn't catch up with his bare feet, saw Chen Xiaoliang's edge and Vinia's support, so he could only retreat silently and try to compress the space behind him. Let yourself stand closer to Kim Pembe to prevent Chen Xiaoliang from hitting behind him through a hard trip or two-on-one cooperation.

After that, Kwa successfully passed Ashraf twice in a row, so that Verratti and Sanches did not dare to press too high.

After the two legs are lame, even the waist can't stand up.

Under the system of three central defenders, once the wing falls, the central defender on this side will step forward to make up for it, and Rome sent two 195-height high center forwards in the penalty area.

One person is fine, but two people running and changing positions continuously disturbed the three central defenders.

As a result, Messi and Neymar could only withdraw more and more, turning into central midfielders to ask for the ball to organize offenses.

And after Neymar got the ball many times, he didn't pass it to Mbappe...

Director Mu is alone and helpless in front, and can only wait for the ball passed by Messi.

Although he is very talented and capable, facing a group of defensive players in front of the goal, without the cooperation of his frontcourt teammates, he can only forget the goal and sigh.

Despite this, these three superstars still relied on their super personal ability, and played several threatening offenses under the help of Messi.

In the 62nd minute, Messi's midfielder received a pass from Sanchez and dribbled the ball forward.

After all, it was a friendly match. When Enzo was marking his idol, he didn't immediately adopt a tough shoveling action, allowing Messi to throw himself away with a light change of direction.

It was followed by an inward Malasia, before Messi could reach him before passing Neymar to the left.

After taking the ball, Messi changed his direction and ran to the left in an instant. Neymar knew it, turned around and pushed the ball back to Messi. Messi came to the middle, and Cristante was in front of him. He passed it into the penalty area Mbappe who retreated to meet him.

After Mbappe received the ball, Messi was still cutting diagonally from the center to the left, and Mbappe and him completed another collision with the wall.

Everyone just watched Messi hit the wall twice and ran from the right to the left of the penalty area like a walk.

Binha and Mancini surrounded them, behind them were Cristante and Ibanez, who surrounded Mbappe who was ready to go in front of the goal after the ball.

Messi took two steps quickly and suddenly knocked his heel, and passed it to Neymar, who was one or two meters outside the penalty area.

The King of Argentina has attracted all the defensive players along the way through continuous pass and cut cooperation, and the rest is waiting for Neymar to attack the goal!

The Brazilian also seemed to have felt Messi's good intentions. After he caught the ball, he saw that the defensive players in the area where he looked were at a certain distance from him, so instead of shooting, he adjusted it and turned the ball to the right. Flip sideways, ready to hit the goal well.

At this time, the Paris left-back Bernat, who was warming up on the sidelines, had already shouted several times: "Back! Back! Back!"

However, compared to the noisy environment where tens of thousands of people were seated, and Neymar, who was intoxicated in his own world, this shout failed to attract anyone's attention.

Before Neymar could shoot the goal, there was a "bang", and the ball he had thrown had been tackled by a white shadow that he had no time to see clearly, and even knocked himself to the ground!
"what!"

Just hearing Neymar's scream, he fell to the ground, hugged his calf and started rolling.

One roll, two rolls, three rolls... until it turned to the fifth one, it probably stopped under Messi's reminder.

"This is a warm-up match, just lie down for a while and get up."

After the ball was shoveled out of bounds, Chen Xiaoliang, who got up slowly, could vaguely hear what the club king probably said to Neymar.

The referee didn't say anything. After all, it was a clean tackle. His right foot was close to the ground without any bright spikes.

The right foot hit the ball first, and the knee of the left leg hit Neymar's footing.

Although the speed is fast, this kind of collision will hurt for a while at most, and will not cause injuries to both parties.

As a gesture of friendliness, Chen Xiaoliang stood up, walked over and stretched out his hand to pull Neymar up.

Galti, who arrived at the post on July 7, worked 5 days full of time.

The opponents in the previous warm-up match were rookies, and they made four or five at every turn. The main players did not suffer any challenges. However, in today's dialogue with the new Serie A champion, he discovered that this superstar aircraft carrier was hiding on the deck. The next problem is far more than he imagined.

With a heavy heart, he said to Joao, "Let them attack again, it's almost time."

Joao nodded, shouted a few words to Nuno Mendes who was going up to throw a sideline ball, and then asked the few people who were warming up on the sidelines to take off their vests and prepare to play.

Nuno Mendes turned his head and yelled at his teammates a few times, and waved again, so Verratti, Ashraf, and Ramos all ran over to participate in this "final attack".

The sideline ball was thrown, Neymar caught the ball, looked up and saw Chen Xiaoliang standing not far from the middle, and his calf hurt faintly.

Abraham didn't give him time to stick to the ball, so he went straight up and stretched his feet to steal the ball, and Kristante also took advantage of the situation to wrap up.

Neymar caught the ball with both feet and swung it forward from behind!The rainbow is amazing!

The ball flew over Cristante's head and Neymar's men flashed past him.

"It's really beautiful to get rid of two people at once!"

But before the broadcast commentary of France 4 finished speaking, Neymar only felt his eyes go dark, and then fell to the ground again.

This time he couldn't roll anymore, he just felt his nose was sore, his eyes were full of stars, and while his ears were accompanied by buzzing screams, he heard someone arguing next to him.

The replay clearly showed that the ball that Neymar picked up had just landed and bounced on the grass. Before he could control the ball, Enzo rushed up without saying a word and swung his kick to clear the siege. The ball just hit the inside Mal's face...

Nuno Mendes on the side looked confused, while Mbappe stood in the penalty area and held back his smile.

Marchinhos, who is also a Brazilian, rushed over and pushed Enzo away. Enzo immediately turned his head and was about to fight back.

As the two favorites of the World Cup at the end of the year, the odds of winning this year's Brazil team are far higher than that of Argentina, and the top two teams with France.

The media has been fanning the flames for a long time, coupled with the generational grievances, it will inevitably affect the players.

Fortunately, Messi and Ramos came to separate the two.

When Enzo saw that Big Brother was coming, he immediately changed from a Tibetan Mastiff to a Chihuahua.

"What the hell is this..."

Galti waved his hand, Joao nodded in understanding, and the fourth official began to hold up the electronic number plate continuously, almost dislocating his shoulder.

Messi, Neymar, Verratti, Ashraf, Ramos, Marquinhos, Nuno Santos, Donnarumma, almost half of the team was replaced.

But Mbappe, who had just played and hadn't sweated yet, was left behind.

Replaced with a group of young players such as Ekitiq, Harbi, Mukil, Emery and so on.

Especially Emery, whose full name is Warren Zaire Emery, has almost been selected for the French youth training national team of all ages. At the age of 15, he became the main force of U19 in Paris. Was promoted to the first team by Galti.

Although Chen Xiaoliang has just turned 18, Emery, who is also a B2B midfielder, has been hailed as "the next Chen Xiaoliang" by many French scouts.

Mourinho saw that Galti took the initiative to admit defeat, and asked Foti to arrange a substitution.

Chen Xiaoliang, Enzo, Cesco, Mancini, Ibanez, Patricio were replaced by Volpato, Tasilovic, Faticanti, Kramisis , Sviral and other young players.

Seeing this scene, the fans agreed that although the warm-up match was less than 30 minutes away, the curtain had actually come to an end.

Some spectators at the scene have left the stadium early in order to prevent a collective exit after the game and traffic jams on the surrounding roads.

However, they never expected, never expected that a group of young people from the two teams would blow up a youthful storm on the field.

On one side is Mbappe, on the other side are Kwa and Abraham, the midfielders are all under 24 years old, and finally have the opportunity to perform in front of the club king and tens of thousands of fans present. They are desperately showing their talents talent.

Looking at Emery, Chen Xiaoliang really felt a bit like himself, grabbing the ball was like robbing a bank, as if he would be caught by the police if he was delayed for a second, without delay.

It's just that his stealing accuracy is still a lot worse than that of himself who was at full value after the 16-year-old "Dong Dong Dong"...

In the remaining 25 minutes, Kwa completed a hat-trick of assists and helped Abraham score two more goals. The England forward also scored a hat-trick at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

In addition, Christiane also scored a penalty kick awarded after Kimpembe handball.

On the other side, Mbappe is even more ruthless. He scored 4 goals alone. The 18-year-old Kramisis and the 22-year-old Bianda are still playing U19 Serie A, and the other was on loan last season to play in Ligue [-]. , Where have I faced a top striker like Mbappe.

In the end, after a wonderful goal match, Paris won 6-5 at home, and both sides were happy.

Although the court was once tense, the optimist Neymar still happily shook hands with every Roma player after the game.

Chen Xiaoliang also exchanged jerseys with him, and the two of them pose for a while with their shirts off to the reporters who gathered around them.

Messi's jersey was snatched by Enzo first, and the other Roma players could only sigh in awe, and turned to Messi and others to take a group photo.

But Enzo promised in the locker room that after the World Cup, he must bring back a national team jersey signed by Messi to all coaches and players.

The teammates asked Mourinho to witness, lest Enzo renege, Mourinho laughed.

Although they lost the score in the end, the media other than "Torino Sport" on the second day believed that Roma was the team that performed better in this game. It's over, the remaining small players are playing against each other, and it doesn't represent the true strength of both sides.

Even the media "French Football", which hosts the Golden Globe Awards, believes that tactically, Mourinho's children performed better, and Paris is still in chaos after the coaching change.

Not surprisingly, Kwa's performance has attracted the attention of the media.

However, not long after he played, Paris replaced a bunch of young people on the defense line, which made his delicate dribbling and changeable extraordinary skills questioned by many tricky fans as "bullying children". When encountering official games and main defenders, they may not be able to use them.

Kwa himself didn't care at all.

The overall good performance of the team gave the players a lot of confidence. Before returning to Rome, everyone watched the video of yesterday's game on the plane.

What are you looking at?See how many times you have confronted the Big Three, and even appeared in the same camera.

Even the substitute goalkeeper Svilar, who was scored four times by Mbappe, watched over and over again how Mbappe scored the ball into his fingers...

After returning to Rome, the team restarted pre-season training the next day.

And a strange and familiar person also joined them in training together.

The club announced on August 8:
"The team has signed a three-year contract with free agent and Argentine striker Paulo Dybala. The player has arrived in Rome and passed the medical examination, officially becoming a member of Rome in the new season! He will wear No. 21 The jersey will compete in all competitions in the new season!"

Although he was once an opponent, almost everyone in the Roma team knows what kind of player Dybala is.

At the same time, the head coach of the Argentine national team Scaloni is also looking forward to the combination of Dybala and Enzo in Rome.

The improvement of the state and the joining of strong players have changed the atmosphere of the team from the dullness before the warm-up match. Everyone is also fully aware of how to deal with strong teams and how to implement them if they want to go further in the Champions League in the new season. tactics.

Six days later, on August 6, with such a confident and pragmatic attitude, they ushered in the last warm-up match against Ukrainian powerhouse Shakhtar Donetsk at home.

The Ukrainian team, which suffered heavy losses due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, has been unable to compete head-on with Roma, which is playing at home.

In this game, the trio of Chen Xiaoliang, Cesco and Kwa did not start. Wijnaldum was placed in the central midfield position. Dybala started as the right winger, Zaniolo left winger, and Abraham single arrow. .

Although it is the first time to play for Roma, Dybala's delicate footwork and proper handling of the ball in the frontcourt made Chen Xiaoliang, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, applaud him.

In the end, Dybala made two passes and one shot, with one player and one goal for the trident in the frontcourt, plus a goal by the teenager Beauvais and an own goal by the opponent. Roma won 5-0 at home, ending all the warm-up matches this summer and only staying for a week After that, he went to Salerno to play away against Salernitana in the first round of the Serie A opener.

　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Super Chubby] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the senior director of the club [Rabbit Gas__Forever Dropping God] for the monthly ticket!

　　
　
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