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

Chapter 302 Sky-high price!Premier League giants officially poach corners!
In the last game before the World Cup, Roma played against Turin at home. This day is already November 11th, and there are only 13 days left before the opening of the World Cup on November 11th. Mourinho and Chen Xiaoliang discussed and learned about the opinions of the locker room Finally, it was decided to give all players participating in the World Cup except goalkeeper Patricio a holiday in advance, and let them go to meet with the national team.

This is not because he is simply doing favors, but because the World Cup is held in winter, so there is no winter break for this season, and the too dense schedule makes it easy for players to fatigue or even get injured.

Even if he doesn't take the holiday in advance, he will still rotate.

In addition, Italy missed this World Cup, and the Italian players in the team naturally have no World Cup tasks. Therefore, in terms of lineup rotation, the loss of Roma's lineup is not too great.

Patricio was not allowed to leave the team early, firstly because he had given way to the 23-year-old Diogo Costa in the current Portuguese team and became the second goalkeeper, and secondly because of the physical exertion of the goalkeeper It's not big, and you don't need to deliberately rotate it.

In this way, Chen Xiaoliang led his teammates to play in the last game before the World Cup.

In the 20th minute, Pellegrini took a corner kick from the right. Turin midfielder Ricci hit his arm when the ball was fighting for the top and was awarded a penalty kick by the referee.

But when Pellegrini was standing on the penalty spot and preparing to take the penalty, VAR reminded the referee that the ball was first on the head and then refracted to the arm, which was an unintentional handball, so the referee changed the judgment. Legrini also witnessed what is called a boiled duck fly away.

Mourinho also repeatedly complained to the fourth official on the sidelines.

Affected by this, Roma, eager to establish a lead at home, played more impatiently. In the 25th minute, Torino took the ball from the right and made a pass from the midfielder Linetti to the middle of Mancini and Ibanez. Score a nice header.

0 to 1, Rome took the lead in conceding the ball.

Mourinho rushed directly to the sidelines and yelled at the two central defenders, and kept pointing at them with two fingers to his eyes, meaning that he must focus on the field and keep an eye on the actions of the opposing players.

Such a move to interfere with the game immediately attracted the opposition of Turin coach Ivan Julich, and the fourth official also let Mourinho return to the marked command area.

In the away game, Torino, which was still leading by one goal, completely gave up the offense. All the players were huddled in the third area of ​​​​the defense. Ivan Julic also replaced a midfielder and two forwards in the second half. With two defenders out, Roma shot 27 shots wildly, but there was no way to score.

Faced with such a dense defense that is almost rogue, Kwa's breakthrough on the left is not easy. In the densely packed penalty area, even if one passes, there will be a second one behind him. After all, he is a 21-year-old Georgian Messi, not the one originally imported from Argentina at the age of 21.

And Chen Xiaoliang's long-range shot also seemed a bit helpless, facing several layers of defensive formations like anti-theft doors inside and outside the penalty area, and the Turin players also learned from the experience of the previous team, they only blocked Chen Xiaoliang. The platoon blocked the shooting route and the breakthrough route. No matter how Chen Xiaoliang shot, they blocked the hole with their bodies.

In the 89th minute, the game ushered in a dramatic scene.

Kwa, who was off the ball, was brought down by Torino right-back Kofi Gigi with a throw-like action one meter outside the penalty area.

Kwa himself and the surrounding Roma players all raised their hands in protest, and Chen Xiaoliang rushed to the referee to appeal, but the referee refused to make a penalty, and even refused to watch VAR.

Seeing that the score could not be scored for a long time, Mourinho, who was already full of fire in his heart, broke out completely. He rushed to the sidelines and shouted at the referee, questioning his professional ethics and professional ability.

As you can imagine, the stern referee Lapuano came over and gave Mourinho a red card and sent him to the stands.

And the reason he gave is also very clear, that is, the video assistant referee Luigi Nasca clearly told himself that Torino defender Kofi Gigi did not foul.

The reason why Mourinho is so angry with the referee team in this field is not only because of the unfair penalty on the field, but also because Luigi Nazca himself appeared in the 3-4 Lazio game in Spezia last season Seriously misjudged, he was also serving as a video assistant referee at the time.

In that game, he and Luca Pareto, the referee of that game, ignored Lazio's obvious offside and also chose not to watch the VAR replay. end of last season.

Unexpectedly, Luigi Nazca, who came back like Hu Hansan this season, not only failed to improve his professional ability, but would repeat the same ridiculous mistake again.

So Mourinho is naturally mentally prepared to smash the referee team. In his philosophy of handling things, he must resist when he encounters pressure, and he must fight back strongly when he is unfair. words.

Sure enough, the referee Lapuano seemed to feel that he was a little emotional, and realized that Mourinho and the Roma players reacted so fiercely. It might really be that there was a problem with the video referee team, but the cards that had been drawn were If it is impossible to recover, the game can only continue.

Under such circumstances, Chen Xiaoliang called all the backcourt players to press forward to participate in the attack, while raising the right hand while in possession of the ball, compared to going out to the penalty area to break through the tactical instructions, and also launched the long-useless skill [good at instigating] Audience], constantly encouraging and motivating the home fans to increase the momentum of cheering, and every time the Roma players compete for the top and shoot, they make a neat roar to boost the morale and state of the players.

Under the encouragement of the unfair penalty and the captain and fans, the Roma players completely rewrote the result of the game in the last 5 minutes.

In the 91st minute, Chen Xiaoliang held the ball in the middle to attract three midfielders to block him. He picked a pass from the left to Kwa, who was wandering on the left side of the penalty area. As a result, before Kwa received the ball, he was hugged and thrown by Kofi.· Gigi stumbles again.

This time, the referee Lapuano decisively awarded a penalty in the face of boos swept by the audience.

Pellegrini hit the lower left corner of the goal overnight, and Roma equalized 1-1!

Torino wanted to delay the time after the kick-off, but facing Roma, who was pressing on the whole line, their possession of the ball did not last long, and they ended up being forced to move forward.

Chen Xiaoliang once again held the ball in the middle outside the penalty area.

The more than 5 fans who watched the game all stood up. They did not expect that this seemingly unsuspecting game would have such ups and downs and continue to the last moment of the plot.

Chen Xiaoliang took a step to the right and shot a long shot directly. In order to avoid the blocked moving wall, he chose to kick the elevator ball with the bottom of the inner instep.

Turin goalkeeper Vanja Savic flew to the right, raised his left hand high and rushed upwards, but although he failed to touch the ball, the rapidly falling ball hit the crossbar and bounced back!

Spinazzola chased all the way back and passed the ball back to Chen Xiaoliang again.

At this time, the time was already 94 minutes. The Turin defense line, which was saved by the crossbeam just now and was still in fear at the moment, continued to arrange three people to spread out horizontally on the penalty area line to block Chen Xiaoliang.

Chen Xiaoliang dribbled the ball to the right half, shifted the strong side to this side, and then raised his right foot again, this time sending a half-high pass to the left rib.

There is not much time left, and when the shooting route is blocked, no matter how strong the long-range shooting ability is, no one can guarantee that a forced long-range shot will definitely score a goal at this time.

But he can use his unparalleled sense of presence to attract the opponent's defensive center of gravity and create space for his teammates.

The ball flew to the left, bounced on the ground, and rolled right in front of Matic, who was standing a step outside the penalty area on the left.

Chen Xiaoliang had already rushed into the penalty area at this time. His original idea was to stretch himself to the strong side, then pass the ball to the weak side, let Matic pass, and then he and almost all other teammates in the penalty area to complete the final competition Try hard, or be successful.

Unexpectedly, Matic didn't stop the ball, and his left foot directly slammed on the ball horizontally. The ball bounced twice on the turf, and almost rolled towards the goal quickly against the turf!

And because Sesco, Abraham, Mancini, Chen Xiaoliang and others near the right goal post were trying to fight for the last goal, Turin goalkeeper Vanja Savage consciously moved towards the goal. Down, so as to save the possible header.

Unexpectedly, Matic shot a cold arrow suddenly, and the dense crowd in the penalty area also blocked Vanja Savic's sight, preventing him from reacting immediately.

By the time he reacted, the ball had already rolled into his own goal.

"Loud! Lore!"

At this moment, no matter what language it is in the live broadcast room, the commentators are shouting this word passionately.

All Roma players rushed towards Matic excitedly.

However, Matic, who was 34 years old and had fought the whole game, had no energy to run to celebrate. He just stood there and stretched out his hands, raising his arms and shouting.

Mourinho in the stands stood up and punched, while continuing to point at the referee team who was filthy in his eyes, and he was also muttering words.

Finally, after the re-kick-off in Turin, the referee Rapuano blew the final whistle.

Roma shot 33 shots wildly. After missing a penalty kick and a red card from the opponent, they still killed the opponent with their unyielding will.

At the press conference after the game, Mourinho did not restrain himself at all. He not only angrily scolded the referee for almost ruining a game, but also continuously asked the Serie A league why a player with serious lack of professional ability and who had already been punished The referee returned to the same position, and repeatedly put the referee in question into the Rome game.

After seeing the video of the press conference, the fans also left messages saying that when Mourinho was at Manchester United, as long as there were no dead people in the penalty area, he would not get a penalty kick.

But no matter what, getting 3 points has become a fact.

Although the league has only played 15 rounds, because of the separation of the World Cup, the de facto first half of the season is over.

本轮比赛，那不勒斯继续连胜，3比2在主场同样最后一刻绝杀了乌迪内斯，15战12胜2平1负积38分，继续以2分劣势紧追排在榜首的罗马。

AC米兰33分排在第3、尤文和国米同积30分列第4和第5，拉齐奥和亚特兰大同积27分列第6和第7。

Judging from the state and strength shown in the first 15 rounds, this season's championship will be between Rome and Naples, while the top three in the north will compete for two Champions League places, and the remaining European places will be in second-tier teams such as Lazio and Atlanta. Produced between strong teams.

According to the original season arrangement, the remaining players of the team did not have a holiday. They will stay at the Trigoria base for training, especially physical training.

On the one hand, it is to recover the physical fatigue of the first half of the season, and on the other hand, it is to reserve the physical fitness of the second half of the season.

In addition to the resumption of the league in January, all the missing games in November and December must be made up. At the same time, the Coppa Italia will also start, and the schedule will be very dense.

In addition, in mid-January, the team will fly to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to participate in the Italian Super Cup with AC Milan.

After the UEFA Champions League draw in February, the round of 16 knockout rounds will also start, and the main pressure will be in the second half of the season.

Considering that the players participating in the World Cup will end the games at different times due to the different records of the national team, after discussing with the locker room represented by Chen Xiaoliang, the club decided to advance the winter break from December 12th to December 10th. .

December 12th happens to be the start of the World Cup knockout round. Players eliminated from the group stage will return to the club one after another, and the 5th is exactly a week after the final on the 24th. The club is back in training.

Prior to this, Pinto arranged for the team to go to the United States on the other side of the Atlantic for relaxing training according to Mourinho's opinion.

On November 11th and November 25th, the team played two friendly matches with Miami Inter held by Beckham and Los Angeles Galaxy, a well-known American Major League team.

Mourinho also sent young players mainly Volpato and Tasilovic.

The final score of the two games was 0-0 and 3-3.

But to the club's surprise, despite being in the United States and during the World Cup cycle, Chen Xiaoliang's brief appearance and participation in the club's business activities still attracted tens of thousands of overseas Chinese and Asians from all over the United States. The rate turned out to be full.

In particular, many girls of yellow race, even Latino, appeared in the stadium with posters of Chen Xiaoliang, or waited outside the training ground of Miami International, just to get their sweetheart's autograph or group photo.

The management team headed by Pinto realized Chen Xiaoliang's market appeal, but he did not expect that he could have such a strong market power outside the Red Country.

This also affects the decision of Rome's board of directors on a certain matter.

On November 11, Piers Morgan, a well-known British media person, finally released his exclusive interview with Portuguese superstar Ronaldo on the Internet after several days of warm-up.

This interview has different opinions and different evaluations, but it really dropped a shock bomb for the world football before the opening of the World Cup.

Subsequently, under tremendous pressure, Manchester United officially announced the termination of the contract with Ronaldo.

But the outside world did not know that they sent a transfer offer to Roma the day after the official announcement.

Mourinho once thought that Pinto took the initiative to reveal the secret to Manchester United, because the number they gave was the liquidated damages in Chen Xiaoliang's contract-1.5 million euros.

However, in recent years, Manchester United, which has been dubbed the "price-raising alliance" by many media, does not want to be taken advantage of anymore, especially after signing Brazilian winger Anthony for 1 million before the season, but was dubbed by the fans as a spinning top, they are unwilling to transfer. After the news was made public, it was bid by other clubs.

But they may not know that there is a saying in the Red Country that paper cannot contain fire, not to mention that in the Premier League, there is another giant that is far more hungry than them in buying people, that is, after Tuchel is fired, the record will only be worse. , There is no worst Chelsea.

The new boss Burleigh got the news of Manchester United's move from nowhere, and also sent Roma an offer of 1.5 million to buy Chen Xiaoliang.

Roma owner Dan Friedkin, who is based in the United States, personally took over the handling of the two offers. After flying to Miami to condolences to the team, he also communicated with Pinto, Mourinho, and Chen Xiaoliang's agent Ren Lise communicated with each other individually.

The price of 1.5 million euros is very attractive for any club, and once this deal comes true, it will refresh the transfer fee records of the Premier League and Serie A at the same time, second only to the 2.22 million euros that Paris bought Neymar 1.8 million euros with Mbappe.

Dan Friedkin did not expect this to happen so quickly. According to his original prediction, it may take Chen Xiaoliang 1-2 years to attract the big bucks from the Premier League giants, but he is a car seller after all. Pinto and Mourinho, who are well versed in the transfer market, foresee that this matter is destined to come soon.

Especially in the past few seasons, when the inflation in the transfer market has become more and more serious, and there are at least 8000 million to as many as 1 million young people with a little talent, Chen Xiaoliang's current explosive performance is completely worthy of this price.

A spinning top can sell for 1 million, and Chen Xiaoliang, who has both feet, feels cheap to 1.5 million Roma fans.

15轮联赛加6场欧冠小组赛，总共21场比赛13球13助攻，直接制造了26个进球，场均1.24个进球。

This means that as long as Chen Xiaoliang plays, the game in Rome will start from 1 to 0.

What's more, his steals, interceptions, and average running distance per game are still topping the Serie A rankings this season. Now that the giants generally lack midfielders, such a young man who has both offense and defense and has not suffered serious injuries will depreciate as soon as he takes a shot Most car sellers think that it will take a year or two for him to be worth 1.5 million yuan.

The quotations of the two Premier League giants have triggered Chen Xiaoliang's termination clause, and the club must notify the player himself and his agent as soon as possible.

But the opinion of the club is still very important. If they want to stay, the club can come forward to keep the players, and they can also offer some additional financial conditions to help keep the players.

If you don't want to stay, the club can also inform the players and agents of their opinions as soon as possible, so as to make the players leave faster and exchange for cash.

Dan Friedkin is tempted, 1.5 million. In Serie A, it means that he can top Inter Milan's three midfielders Barrera, Brozovic and Calhanoglu who are worth 1.4 million euros. In La Liga, you can buy two Casemiro.

As for good players with certain strengths like Pellegrini and Mancini, this number can almost buy half of the team.

Pinto did not express his opinion, because the opinion of the boss already represented his inner thoughts. From the perspective of a professional manager, this is a transfer investment that is enough to help Roma get rid of all debts and maintain it for about 3 years. Added rich and colorful transactions to the personal resume.

However, another reason why he did not express his opinion was that he knew that Mourinho would be furious. He chose to remain silent so that Mourinho could direct his firepower at the boss instead of himself.

Mourinho was as decisive as Pinto expected, but he did not express his position in an angry way.

He clearly told Dan Friedkin that he wanted to keep Chen Xiaoliang until the end of next season no matter what, because in his prediction, the young people in the team this season would try their best to make it in the Champions League after a while. Go further afield and do some extra work in the summer, and next year will be the best time to challenge for the Champions League.

He is confident in persuading Chen Xiaoliang not to trigger liquidated damages and stay in the team.

Dan Friedkin didn't express his position at first, until Mourinho said the sentence: "If you sell him this winter, then I will resign too." After that, he had to respond.

But he can only guarantee that the club will not choose to sell now if Chen Xiaoliang is willing to stay in the team, but next summer, he can't guarantee anything.

Although a little disappointed, Mourinho believes that as long as things don't happen immediately, there will be a turnaround as time goes by. He chose to communicate directly with Chen Xiaoliang separately.

Chen Xiaoliang is much calmer than Mourinho imagined. For him, 1.5 million has nothing to do with him. What is more important is the attitude of Rome and the situation of his potential next home.

He told Mourinho that if the club is united and can make Roma the hegemon of Serie A and be fully competitive in the Champions League, then he is very willing to stay here for a long time.

If the club wants to exchange for cash by itself, he will also consider various aspects of the future club.

Obviously, Chelsea, which is in chaos at this moment, is not a good choice. Although Manchester United, criticized by Ronaldo for nothing, looks better than Chelsea, it is impossible for Chen Xiaoliang to give up Rome's Champions League knockout round and switch to a team that has been frequent in recent years. A Europa League team with coaching changes and fluctuating performance.

The goals of the two are very consistent, so the result of the communication is also very smooth.

Riise accepted the contract offers from the two teams. Chelsea offered a 35-year ultra-long contract with a weekly salary of 10 pounds. Obviously, they wanted to distribute the transfer fee and various expenses over a ten-year period.

Manchester United sent a 20-pound five-year contract with high bonuses.

The news was quickly leaked by Romano and other well-known transfer reporters. Real Madrid also released the news through the mouthpiece "Marca". They will take Chen Xiaoliang and Mbappé in the summer. Joan Armeni and Valverde form the new midfielder, and the latter will replace Benzema as the team's striker.

After a week of pretentiousness, Riise clearly replied that the two clubs did not intend to transfer.

Manchester United gave up the second offer, and Chelsea had planned to make a second offer to further increase Chen Xiaoliang's weekly salary, but soon, they sent a new transfer application of 1.2 million euros to Roma. Others are Enzo Fernandez, who became a blockbuster in the World Cup.

During the winter break, Chen Xiaoliang flew directly to Qatar from the United States together with Helena, Sesco, Kwa and others, and watched several knockout matches live, including the final where Argentina won the Hercules Cup.

Two of his teammates, Enzo and Gwadiol, went through this World Cup and completely exploded.

For many players, the World Cup is a top platform where "ten years of hard work no one knows, and once the gold list is heard all over the world".

When everyone returned to Rome to regroup, the Trigoria base also hosted a celebration banquet for Enzo and Gwadio, and the two also showed their medals to their teammates and coaches.

He also received unanimous attention from the giants, but there is no pressure on the loaned Gvadio. His home team is Leipzig Red Bull. human.

Enzo, on the other hand, was caught in a tangle.

First of all, under the condition of promising to keep Chen Xiaoliang, Enzo's 1.2 million has become a huge and irresistible temptation.

Besides, it is true that Pinto believes that the team cannot do without Chen Xiaoliang, but Enzo is far from being inseparable.

And the price of 1.2 million is enough to buy a qualified replacement in the winter window.

After Enzo learned of the club's opinion, he also intends to leave.

Chen Xiaoliang communicated with him alone, and Enzo had no reservations about the teammate he admired the most besides Messi.

"Captain, in the national team, in front of me is the great Lionel Messi, no one will compare me to him."

"Whether it's Aguero and Higuain in the past, or Di Maria and Lautaro now, in my eyes, anyone around him is just a green leaf, let alone me who is only 21 years old."

"Here it's different. All the young players who play in Europe will live in your shadow. People will compare me to you all the time because you are only 18 years old."

"Messi took me to the World Cup, and I performed very well. I won the World Cup Best Newcomer Award, but I know that if you can appear in that place, this award is destined to be yours."

"Now that the heat of the World Cup is still there, Chelsea is looking for talent. They are willing to pay such a high transfer fee for me, and they also agreed to give me an annual salary of 1000 million euros."

"It's not that I don't have confidence in myself, but I don't know if in the summer, when the World Cup is forgotten by people, and the rest is the impression of the league and the Champions League, there will be no team willing to pay this price for me."

"Because even if we achieve very fantastic results, when the outside world mentions Rome, you will be the first to think of it. Here, I will always be your green leaf."

"If the club keeps me, maybe I will consider staying here to finish the Champions League, but now the boss has clearly told me that he wants to send me away in exchange for cash, so if I stay, I will be a bad person inside and out."

"I want to play in the Premier League, and I also want to go to a real giant, so that I will continue to be followed by the entire football world, and this annual salary will also greatly improve the lives of me and my family."

When Chen Xiaoliang heard this, he didn't say anything more to persuade him to stay.

For professional players, the most golden age is only 10 years. During these 10 years, they have to earn enough money to spend their entire lives and to support their families.

10 years is neither short nor long, Enzo has confided in himself, and there is no need for him to talk about high-sounding chicken soup.

He said to Enzo: "Rise will help you deal with the transfer. I wish you all the best in London."

En Zuo pulled Chen Xiaoliang back: "Captain, let's go together, so that I can continue to stand behind you to pass the ball to you and help you defend together."

Instead, like a big brother, Chen Xiaoliang patted Enzo on the shoulder: "We will definitely meet in the Premier League in the future, but not now."

He pointed to the direction of Mourinho's office: "If it weren't for him, I might not have the opportunity to become a player. I owe him this debt, and I must pay it back."

After sending Enzo away, Mourinho came to ask Chen Xiaoliang how the talk went. Chen Xiaoliang told him truthfully that he did not keep Enzo.

Finally, he added: "Coach, you are right, you can't expect every boss in this world to treat football as a pure game and hobby like White Turban and Abramovich, this boss..."

When Chen Xiaoliang said this, he shook his head.

　Thanks to the club's chief director [Yu Qingfeng] for the 2 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the club executive director [Yi Daoxiao] for the 20 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the club executive director [wenzis521] for the 6 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Unawakened Dreamer] for the monthly pass!

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