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

Chapter 308 Please close your eyes when it gets dark, please open your eyes for prophets
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it seemed that it had changed from moderate rain to heavy rain. The hair and clothes of the players on the field were already soaked.

Sitting on the coach's bench, Spalletti couldn't help touching his head as he watched the score fall behind. While wiping the rainwater on his face and top of his head, he was thinking about what to do in this game.

Our side missed the goal post once, but in exchange for Chen Xiaoliang's explosive volley to break the goal.

Spalletti always felt that God was not on his side in this game.

At the end of January, although the temperature of 1-5°C was not considered too cold, but with the wind and rain, there was a bit of cold icy rain slapping on the face indiscriminately.

The rain brings not only the aggravation of the physical cold, but too much water on the turf will affect the rolling efficiency of the ball.

Dry turf will increase friction, so the stadium will generally sprinkle the turf before the start of the game.

After wetting the surface with water, it can effectively reduce friction and make the ball roll more lubricious and smoother.

But too much water won't work, as standing water will slow down the ball and affect the grip of the sneaker.

Especially some "vegetable field" courts with poor maintenance or lack of turf drainage function often leave puddles after heavy rain, which seriously hinders the rolling of the ball.

Obviously, there is still a certain gap between the drainage of the Diego Maradona Stadium and the UEFA five-star stadium.

In this kind of weather, playing short passes and long-distance ground through balls will be much more difficult than in normal weather, because the force required will be much greater than usual, which is seriously inconsistent with the muscle memory formed by the stars after long-term training.

Therefore, after the short pass in the backcourt is advanced, the long pass in the frontcourt has become the main offensive method for both sides to send the ball into the opponent's penalty area.

And this kind of offensive method is precisely what Mushiroma, who is famous for counterattack, is good at.

In the 12th minute, Chen Xiaoliang took the ball directly from the midfield. Jin Minzai and Sesco ran to the penalty area line, while facing the pouring rain, they looked up to observe the ball's landing point.

The rain hit the eyes, and one hand of the two was pulling and resisting each other, and the other hand was still swinging to keep the body balanced.

In such a situation of fighting with each other, the ball got lower and lower, and everyone could see that the ball landed in the penalty area.

Looking at Jin Minzai, who had his back to the goal and was fighting Cesko but did not have the upper hand, the goalkeeper Meret was worried and chose to take the initiative.

When he rushed up and was about to jump up and hit the ball out of the penalty area with both fists, Jin Minzai, who had his back to the goal and didn't see it at all, jumped up and fought hard.

Just when Jin Minzai was about to hit the ball, Meret, who was too late to slow down, bumped into Jin Minzai's back, blocking his body from jumping backward, and directly turned his forward clearance into a backward header. rub.

The two chasing full-backs, Di Lorenzo and Rui, took a breath and chased towards the goal at the same time!
On the sidelines of Roma's bench, Pellegrini, Celik and others couldn't help but stand up. If this goal is scored, it will be an own goal gift package from Naples!

But in the end, it seemed that God didn't want the game to lose suspense so quickly. Jin Minzai's header bounced twice on the lawn, almost rubbing the left post and rolling out of the baseline.

Di Lorenzo, who chased back to the goal post, couldn't help holding the goal post and kissing it...

Roma corner.

Dybala walked to the corner flagpole, and after the referee Osatu's whistle sounded, he lobbed a high ball towards the crowd in the middle.

In this level of heavy rain, the ball will be drenched by rain and blown by the wind in the air, and the ball itself is covered with a layer of water. Even he can't completely control his footwork, so he can only go up as accurately as possible. Click to send.

Roma certainly knew the main points of the rain battle, and all the high points rushed into the penalty area.

Cesko took the top off the previous point, and Mancini near the penalty spot hit the ball, but was blocked by Ruy next to him.

The ball bounced to the outside of the penalty area, which was Chen Xiaoliang's area. After receiving the ball, Anguisa and Lobotka, who were originally guarding along the penalty area, blocked it immediately.

This scene is no stranger to Chen Xiaoliang. The last time the two teams met in the league, he was encircled by the Naples midfielder.

But this time they came more proactively.

Lobotka stared from behind, while Anguisa took advantage of Chen Xiaoliang outside the penalty area, directly pressed against his body, and then tried to steal it.

Chen Xiaoliang made a pass with his right foot to the left rear, and the ball rolled while throwing water droplets towards Matic who was lying in ambush.

The Serbian veteran swung his left foot and took a long shot. Lozano, who retreated, pressed his hands tightly to his chest, and flew over to block the heavy artillery from the bottom line.

Roma takes a second corner from the left!

The dense rain fell, and the referee Osatu, including the referee, was constantly wiping his face with his hands to remove the rain.

Dybala took a corner kick again, but this time it was not a lob, but a lob to Chen Xiaoliang outside the penalty area on the left.

Tactical corner kick!

When he found that the ball was going towards Chen Xiaoliang, Di Lorenzo jumped on it immediately.

Chen Xiaoliang received the ball and then cut in to the right.

Then, Anguisa came up, and Chen Xiaoliang continued to cut in and dribble the ball horizontally.

Lobot came up, and Chen Xiaoliang was still leading, until Osmeen, who retreated to defend, also blocked it. In an instant, four Naples players in blue jerseys followed Chen Xiaoliang to intercept horizontally!
"Oh..." The fans of the home team in the stands couldn't help but let out a restless voice. In this battle, they really rushed to defend the Roma captain.

Seeing that the shooting space was completely blocked, Chen Xiaoliang swept forward with all his right foot, and picked the ball to Spinazzola on the right before falling to the ground.

The "Wei Yi Zuo" in the European Cup shot at the goal, and the ball hit the side net.

For more than 4 minutes, 4 shots were taken, and 2 corner kicks were caused in the middle. After losing the ball, Naples was suppressed in the penalty area and could not get out.

Spalletti did not wait for the warm-up, and directly asked assistant coach Marco Domenichini to replace Argentine forward Giovanni Simeone, and replaced the Portuguese left-back Rui who was only 168 tall.

After the players came on the field and told the coach's tactical intentions to the players on the field, Roma also found that Naples' formation had become a three-center back. Increased the intensity of defensive retracement.

And Osmeen no longer came back to defend, but Simeone behind him turned back and forth between the front and back courts.

The formation generally became a 3-5-1-1.

This is an adjustment for the rainy battle, increasing the defense against high-altitude balls in the penalty area, and allowing Osimhen to always act as a fulcrum in the frontcourt.

But it's also a gamble.

In the 28th minute, Lozano dribbled the ball from the right side of the front court and broke through the bottom. During the run, he suddenly passed the ball back in an inverted triangle half-high. Attack the goal, the ball slightly higher than the crossbar.

The threatening attack that finally appeared this time also gave the Naples fans the hope of turning defeat into victory. In the heavy rain, their cheering sound was still neat and loud.

Three minutes later, Roma returned the favor. Kova faced Lozano, who was mediocre defensively, on the wing. Play the ball early before range.

Seth dived and bombed in the middle, overwhelming Jin Minzai, but the ball was saved by Meret, who is in good condition today.

Seeing that other players in the frontcourt gradually lost in the heavy rain, only Osmeen created opportunities back and forth in Roma's defense, and Naples' passing points became more concentrated.

In the 42nd minute, Simeone avoided Chen Xiaoliang, received the ball from the left side of the cover, and passed the ball low and straight to Osmeen who retreated out of the penalty area.

On the right side outside the penalty area is Enzo's defense zone, and he followed Osmeen closely all the way.

Osmeen opened his hands and stuck him firmly behind him. Then, at the moment of receiving the ball, he knocked the ball behind his left side with his left foot, and then exerted force with his right foot. The whole person turned 180°, directly from the Enzo flashed to the left.

A combative person like Enzo would not admit defeat. He also turned around as fast as he could, then stretched out his right hand to pull Osimhen's clothes, and called for Spinazzola to double-team him with his left hand.

Osmeen flipped his left hand back to open Enzo's hand holding his jersey, then stepped on the ball to stop suddenly, his buttocks pouted slightly, and Enzo, who had no time to brake, hit his back and fell backwards to the ground!
"Yeah!" Seeing Enzo's embarrassment, the fans of the home team in the stands cheered immediately!
Osmeen didn't give Spinazzola a chance, and a step inside from the right was a burst shot one meter outside the penalty area.

Patricio swooped sideways and lifted the ball over the bar with one palm.

Osmeen, who was wearing a mask, saw that the goal was missed. He lowered his head and regretted for a while, then turned his head and looked back at Enzo coldly, and said in Italian:
"Just you? Also allocated 1.2 million?"

Enzo had only been in Italy for half a year, and he was far from proficient in Italian. Coupled with the rain and Osmeen's strong black African accent, he couldn't understand what the other party was saying.

But it's not a good thing to think about it.

Naples took a corner kick, the ball was too low and was directly kicked out of bounds by the previous point of Malaysia.

Soon, the first half ended in the high-altitude ball bombing under the heavy rain.

Back in the locker room, Mourinho did not make any adjustments to the tactics, but warned the players not to think that Naples would give up easily. Their performance this season is the best proof.

Subsequently, according to the first-half data compiled by the data analyst Giovanni Serra, Mourinho began to mention the performance of individual players, and then arranged Pellegrini, Cristante, etc. according to physical energy consumption. People start warming up.

In the locker room on the other side, Spalletti is almost like a hysterical speech, boosting the morale of his disciples.

He criticized the team's performance in the first half for being too "girly", like a group of girls waiting to dance with the guests on the field.

body punching, no;
Reasonable foul, no;

Not even a shocking yellow card.

Neither this, nor that, but no luck, so how can it be converted into a goal?

He replaced Zelinski, who was in mediocre form after the World Cup, and replaced another black midfielder, Ndombele.

Back in the stadium, the huge Maradona TIFO was once again pieced together by the fans in the stands with pieces of jigsaw puzzles in their hands.

The long-haired old football king seemed to be watching every move on the court, and the slogan that the Naples fans chanted in the rain was to bring back the glory to the city.

People here can't forget the Serie A championship that the short Argentine brought them, and they have been away from this honor for 33 years.

Roma kicked off in the second half, and the team's tactics did not change in any way, either going straight from the side, or passing a long pass to the front of the penalty area. In short, as long as there is a chance, they will hit the frontcourt. .

Naples has strengthened the running strategy in the first half. During the offense, it is always guaranteed that 5-6 players gather in the offensive third area. Passes can be passed from the wing, and Di Lorenzo, who plays the right center back, will Press up and make a long pass into the penalty area.

After the halftime break, the players seemed to have been given a shot of chicken blood by the coach Spalletti, and their physical strength recovered slightly. At this time, they continued to press forward one after another.

Such a crazy offensive quickly achieved results.

In the 52nd minute, under the frontal defense of Spinazzola, Politano forcibly made a pass from the left. Matic pushed the ball in the middle, and Ndombele received the ball outside the penalty area and passed it again. Politano, the latter kicked in the second pass. Simeone took off in front of him, and Mancini followed suit. As a result, both of them fell to the top, which also covered Osimhen at the back post.

Although Gwadiol was always close to Osmeen's body, Nigeria was not prepared to head the ball at all.

He flew up, raised his strong black right leg in the air, and used his ankle to block the flying ball towards the upper corner of Rome's goal!
Patricio didn't expect him to make such a move at all, because from the defensive position, Gwadiol's movement has blocked all possible header routes of Osimhen.

But his strong physical fitness allows the Serie A top scorer this season to use other parts of his body to shoot whenever needed.

Patricio opened his arms to expand the defensive area, and the ball did hit his right arm, but it was a step too late, and the ball had already crossed the goal line as a whole.

At the beginning of the second half, Naples, who played at home, equalized the score!
Rijkaard: "Gwadiol's defense is fine, but Osimhen's performance is too good. When the forward has a flash of inspiration and makes an action beyond common sense, it is difficult for the defender to defend, because for the defender, Going beyond common sense usually means risk and mistakes."

Capello: "Napoli did the same thing as many other teams, that is, bypassing the middle lane, bypassing the area where Chen Xiaoliang is located, and with such heavy rain today, it is almost impossible to execute short pass penetration. Under the new tactics, the test for the central defenders of both sides will be very big."

"Spalletti took the lead in making a change, abandoning the wing and defending the center. Obviously, Mourinho's double central defender can't prevent Osimhen now. We will see if he will change the formation next. .”

Heavy rain and constant running back and forth, even if there is a break in halftime, will still consume a lot of energy for the players on the field.

Mourinho made adjustments 3 minutes after conceding the goal, but in a way that surprised Spalletti and Capello.

He replaced Matic and Dybala with Viña and Celik.

On the left, Viña played as a wing-back in front of Malaysia, on the right, Celik dropped back to play as a full-back, and Spinazzola moved forward to play as a wing-back.

Enzo is in the middle of the single midfielder, while the positions of Kwa and Sesco in the frontcourt have not changed.

This also means that Rome is on the right and has no wingers.

But in the astonishment of everyone, the Naples players quickly felt the difference.

Rome, which has two full-backs on each of the two sides, made it almost impossible for Naples to use a breakthrough in the heavy rain to get close to the penalty area to make a cross, except for a super long-distance 45-degree cross.

The farther the cross, the longer the distance, the worse the accuracy, the more reaction time the defender has, and the lower the success rate of the attack.

Spalletti has ignored the rain at this time, standing on the sidelines, drenched in the same rain as the players on the field.

He touched his rain-soaked head again, and cursed Mourinho inwardly.

Hitzfeld hit the nail on the head: "Mourinho used another angle to solve the problem of air defense in the penalty area."

"Usually most coaches will choose to increase the central manpower to deal with the high-altitude ball like Spalletti, but Mourinho adds a pair of wing backs on both sides of the penalty area, which can attack Naples wide players at any time. Create a double-team, so they can't get close to the sides of the penalty area."

"If it wasn't for the heavy rain, facing such a formation, Naples could still use the penetration in the middle to shift the focus of attack, but the rain is getting heavier and heavier today, and the speed of the ball on the ground is getting slower and slower. Second, the reason why Spalletti played side Lu, just wanted to bypass Chen Xiaoliang in the middle lane, and returning to the middle lane meant that he himself denied his own tactics and went head-to-head with the strongest defensive link on the opposite side."

The other three celebrities and legends in the live broadcast room didn't know that Heathfield was the matter of Grandpa Helena, and they were all thinking in their hearts, why this old German coach admired Chen Xiaoliang, a native of the Red Country, so much, or he didn't open his mouth, and he just opened his mouth. Suddenly exaggerated.

However, Spalletti and his players had no choice. Facing the trap set by Mourinho, they had no choice but to jump in, because if they continued to cling to the wing and hit hard, they could only waste offensive opportunities again and again.

Osmeen also saw that the team was trapped on the wing, so he took the initiative to retreat out of the penalty area and began to help the players on the wing.

In the 65th minute, just after Chen Xiaoliang used up his stamina recovery card (2→1), the Nigerian player retreated not far from the top of the arc, received a pass from Ndombele, and tried to attack in the middle.

There is no doubt that Chen Xiaoliang is standing in front of him, and Chen Xiaoliang also knows that Osimhen is looking for him.

In the last match, the irony of sitting at the children's table for dinner broke the mentality of this African who had a painful experience in Wolfsburg, and now, he is here to avenge his revenge.

Osmeen dribbled the ball in a short frequency and moved forward slowly.

In the heavy rain, every step he takes up and down can throw a burst of water droplets on the turf.

Chen Xiaoliang could clearly see Osimhen's next move, which meant that Osimhen's dribbling ability was not too high, but he was not careless, because the Nigerian did not rely on his control ball and technique.

Sure enough, Osmeen suddenly started to the right!He took two hard steps and pulled the ball out of a safe enough distance from Chen Xiaoliang, then raised his left hand and rushed towards the penalty area!
But at the moment when he rushed to the right, Chen Xiaoliang also completed the movement to the left, and the two seemed to be in sync.

This surprised Osmeen.

No matter how fast the reaction is, it is not so fast!This clearly predicted his actions!

But Osmeen was not reckless enough to score by passing the entire back line by himself, he knew where his strengths were.

It doesn't matter if you can't get rid of Chen Xiaoliang, he points the ball to the right with his right foot, where Anguysa is already in position, and then there is a two-pass one-catch shot that catches Chen Xiaoliang with a counter-run and plugs in!

Everything is remembered, this is also a mid-lane breakthrough tactic specially created by the team for itself.

If the forward penetration is blocked, there is also a variant of passing back to Lobotka and then hanging in the penalty area.

After scoring the ball, Osmeen immediately started to speed up and rushed towards the penalty area at the fastest speed in the state of no desire.

However, when he found out excitedly that he had thrown off Chen Xiaoliang, and glanced back at where the ball passed to him had flown, he found that Enzo had already passed the ball to his own half!

Anguisa, who hadn't reacted yet, was still bending his knees, trying hard to make a retreat.

What's happening here? !

It turned out that when the ball was just kicked towards Anguisa, Enzo behind Chen Xiaoliang stepped forward and broke the ball.

Just as Osmeen was rushing forward, Chen Xiaoliang rushed towards Naples' half in the opposite direction at the same time.

Not only did Chen Xiaoliang predict Osmeen's actions, but even Enzo also predicted his actions!

The ball was flying in the sky, and Chen Xiaoliang rushed on the ground.

When it came to the top of Lobotka's head, the Slovak midfielder from Naples only felt as if a golden-winged roc was flying by his side.

With a height of 170, he couldn't stop Chen Xiaoliang's advance, let alone stop Chen Xiaoliang from jumping up and lightly nodding the ball forward with his head to throw himself away.

Chen Xiaoliang, who controlled the ball in an arc in the front court, dribbled forward with the ball.

Still firing three arrows at once, Kewa on the left and Cesko moved slightly to the right, and the two moved back in front of Chen Xiaoliang with Naples' defense line.

In a three-on-three fast attack, the attacker is in a state of complete advantage!
At the top of the fast arc of the penalty area, Jin Minzai stood in front of him, while Di Lorenzo and Rahmani could only retract, otherwise Chen Xiaoliang might kick and shoot at any time, which is equivalent to exposing goalkeeper Meret directly to him. within the firing range.

Chen Xiaoliang changed direction to the left, and Kwa inserted into the penalty area from left to right.

The three central defenders of Naples can only follow the movement of the two and try their best to block the space in front of the goal and the route in front of the two.

Suddenly, Chen Xiaoliang kicked the ball with his left foot!

Jin Minzai stretched his legs and couldn't block it in time, slipped and fell to the ground in the splits, and still didn't forget to look back at the trajectory of the ball!

Is it a lob? !

No, the ball turned!

It's late, Cesco!
Rahmani immediately rushed to take off, but the inspinning ball passed over his head. Rahmani adjusted his steps and struggled to maintain balance, and then stretched out his legs to block Cesko.

Cesko, however, neither directly headed nor unloaded the ball with his feet.

He took half a step back, unloaded the ball with his chest, then flicked the ball up with the thigh of his left leg, and bounced it onto his right foot, and he jumped into the air with one kick!
What far corner, what push, Cesko's kick hit Meret's face.

The ball flew into the goal between his subconsciously raised hands and above his head!
Although Rijkaard is a famous star of AC Milan, when he saw such a simple, smooth, tacit understanding and passionate counterattack, he still couldn't help standing up and applauding:
"We seem to forget that there is another talent on this team! It's just that his personality is a bit quiet compared to others."

Matthaus obviously didn't care about this: "I want to see what happened to the defense just now."

The director must have noticed this too, and the playback shot came soon.

Only then did everyone see a small shot. When Chen Xiaoliang was facing Osmeen's single defense just now, he pointed to his left with his right hand on his back and pointed at Enzo behind him!
On the other hand, Enzo firmly believed in the command of the captain in front of him, and immediately made an interception forward!

Barrage:

[Fuck!O prophet! 】

【Chen Xiaoliang: Everything is under control】

[What's the point of kicking, the next move has been seen through by him]

[Xiao Sai finally scored a goal, and has been doing green leaves recently]

[Just for this ball alone, if Enzo is worth 1.2, Xiao Liang shouldn't be worth 2.4 million? 】

...

The newcomer Perrone, who was watching the TV broadcast in the dormitory of the Trigoria base, couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise.

Seeing the scene where Chen Xiaoliang led Enzuo, his hands trembled slightly.

Many people say that the World Cup created Enzo, but the scene in front of them is clearly telling those people that it is the experience in Rome in the past six months. The experience of gnawing down one strong enemy after another behind the captain gave the Argentine enough ability to assist Messi to reach the top and become king in the World Cup.

No one's success comes suddenly, it's just the brilliance after hard work.

Perrone was very excited, wishing to see his new captain tomorrow, and then take a closer look at what kind of magic he used to make this group of teammates surround him so unitedly.

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