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

Chapter 344 The unexpected and reasonable red card and Rome's second crown!
Di Maria is too lazy to care about Pogba. He has basically won all the team awards in his career, especially after the success of the Copa America and the World Cup in the past two years. He has no regrets in his career.
I came to Juventus on the one hand because of the Bianconeri's status as a giant in Serie A. I want to continue to shine in the new league and new team. At the same time, I also want to maintain my form for the World Cup. On the other hand, Serie A is relatively slow. It could help him delay his career and enjoy football for a while longer.

But unlike Di Maria, who is becoming more and more Buddhist, this time Locatelli and Rabiot caught up with Pogba after losing the ball and accused Pogba.
Assistant coach Randucci was annoyed. It was obvious that Pogba defended several times in the first half. During the midfield, Allegri also saw him listening carefully to the lecture. Why did he start to walk like a monster in the second half? .

Randucci immediately asked Allegri if he wanted to replace Pogba.

Frowning, Allegri refused, knowing Randucci was right, but he had to gamble because he also knew Pogba's strengths and flaws.

In the previous Juventus career, Pogba, who was poached from Manchester United as a youth player, could show his talent on the offensive end, long-range shooting, dribbling, passing and even fighting for the top. He has all the central midfielders required talents and abilities.

However, at that time, Pirlo and Marchisio were escorting him by his side. Similarly, Matuidi, Kante and others were filling in for him in the national team. Now, Rabiot and Locat Li obviously couldn't reach the level of the year, not to mention that the opponent they faced, that is, the red countryman who had just scored a goal in front of them, was a horrible creature they had never encountered in Italy.

11 vs. 11 is barely a tie, not to mention that there is one person walking and defending with his eyes.

But Allegri can only gamble, he asked Randucci to remind Pogba loudly, and give the French a little more time to see if the situation will improve.

Looking at the bench, there are Facioli and Miretti, who are too young to withstand the torture of Chen Xiaoliang, and Paredes, who is on loan from Paris, has had a big fight with himself because of his lack of playing.

It can be said that any head coach will not hesitate to send Pogba to play among these candidates.

"Beep", the referee whistled, Vlahovic kicked off the ball back with a dignified face, and Rabiot took the ball and started to organize the attack.

Gradually, as more than six minutes passed, Juventus organized two long-range shots, but they were a bit too short, but this is not the point. The point is that Allegri's brows frowned even tighter. Now even he has the idea of ​​​​replacing Pogba.

In the 47th minute, Krstic did not have a chance to break through on the left and chose to return to Danilo. Danilo passed a diagonal pass to Pogba in the midfield.

At this time, Rabiot reached out for the ball on the left rib, but Pogba took a few steps forward. When Chen Xiaoliang was about to approach, he chose to ignore Rabiot and passed it to De Sciglio who inserted on the right. .

De Sciglio made a pass back to the center from the right side of the penalty area, and Vlahovic, who was pulled outside the penalty area, took a shot. The ball missed more under the interference of Wijnaldum.

Then in the 51st minute, De Sciglio made a cross from the right to the middle. Pogba got the ball again and was immediately defended by Chen Xiaoliang.

Seeing that the ball was about to be lost, Locatelli, who retreated, repeatedly reached out to him to signal that he could pass it back. Pogba just didn't pass it, and kicked the ball directly back to the goalkeeper Szczesny.

Immediately afterwards, the ball returned to the frontcourt again. Di Maria, who was holding the ball, wanted to do a two-and-one pass with Pogba in the middle to pass Chen Xiaoliang, but the ball went to Pogba, and Di Maria ran forward. , but Pogba casually passed the ball back to De Sciglio on the right rear, causing Di Maria to express his dissatisfaction by throwing his hands away.

However, just when some teammates couldn't bear it anymore, in the 54th minute, Pogba moved to the center circle on the right side, and after receiving Krstic's cross pass from the left, he adjusted the ball to his right foot and sent a kick directly forward. A flat, fast and accurate over-the-head ball over 35 meters.

Vlahovic suddenly started from Mancini, accurately received the ball from Pogba one step inside the penalty area, then adjusted a step, and directly hit the far corner with his left foot!
Gwadior, who rushed from the center back position on the other side to make up for it, failed to catch up even though he fell to the ground and blocked with a sliding shovel.

Patricio, who stood a little closer to the goal post to block Vlahovic's front, immediately made a save to the left, but the opponent's shot was too fast, and his save was a beat slower, and the ball flew directly into the net.

2 is better than 2!

After the goal, the scene on Juventus' side can be described as a double sky of ice and fire.

The fans naturally cheered in the stands, celebrating that the team withstood the pressure and equalized the score.

Among the players on the field, although they all ran to congratulate Vlahovic immediately, Di Maria, Locatelli and Rabiot did not signal to Pogba like the others, approving his wonderful pass manufacturing opportunities.

Randucci on the sidelines had nothing to say, but Allegri breathed a sigh of relief and said to Randucci: "As long as he plays seriously, he will bring something different to the team."

Although Landucci is an assistant coach, in European football, at the age of 55, he is definitely the best in this position.

It’s just that some people may not be born with the temperament of being in charge of a wealthy family, such as Emery and Pellegrini, while some people are not born suitable to be a head coach, but only suitable as a staff member, such as Queiroz, Meulensteen, Faria , and possibly Landucci as well.

He knew Allegri's intentions, and the lazy Pogba even scored a goal and an assist in a daze, becoming the soul of the game.

But he was always uneasy: "I can only say that I suggest replacing him later, even from the perspective that he has just recovered from his injury."

Landucci didn't say the last sentence. He felt that leaving Pogba on the field was like seeing a time bomb counting down, but he didn't want to dismantle him.

Pogba on the field, while accepting the congratulations of his teammates, enjoyed the cheers of the fans, and he did not forget to turn his head and show his ironic smile again to the three people who did not come to congratulate him.

Di Maria and the other three didn't want to look at him at all, but they just got an assist, and they couldn't do anything about him for a while.

Juventus did not make a substitution, but Mourinho couldn't help but do it first.

Mancini's weakness of turning around and slow speed is well known to everyone. Today, when Juventus is not dominant, a connection between Pogba and Vlahovic plus an individual blast, this The point has been pierced. If left alone, Juventus will definitely seize this point and continue to fight hard.

This is just Vlahovic. If you encounter Manchester City with a strong midfielder and Harland in the front, you don't know what you will be beaten.

He replaced Villa with Smalling, and once again put on a lame formation with an unbalanced left and right. Smalling, who played as a right back, is actually more like a right center back, while Christian, who is a right midfielder, , then move more to the side and rely on to participate in the defense of the side.

The purpose of doing this is to allow Smalling to fill in for Mancini more.

But the disadvantage of doing so is also obvious. Christante is not a person who is good at wing defense. Although he has good stealing ability, his speed is not much faster than Mancini.

This not only reduces the defensive pressure on Krstic on the left, but also allows Di Maria to increase the frequency of actively moving to the left.

In the next 10 minutes, after three consecutive well-placed crosses from Di Maria, Mourinho made another substitution, replacing Christiane with Celik, and simply changed the formation to Three central defenders.

In this way, Wijnaldum became a single midfielder, and the defect of the three central defenders mentioned by Capello in the game analysis also happened to Rome.

But this is not a problem, because they have Chen Xiaoliang.

In the 66th minute, Di Maria made a comeback. After receiving a pass from Krstic from behind, he faced Celik and chose to force his way out.

Today's Argentine is in very good condition, and even in Allegri's mind, this may be the best game that Di Maria has played since he came to the team.

Originally, the team's prior arrangement was to replace him before 70 minutes, but at this moment Allegri asked Moses Keane, who had already warmed up for a while, to wait. Substitute him when his form declines.

Di Maria, who was super strong on the outside, could not completely shake off Celik who had just played. Although his speed ability was still good, his physical confrontation and short-term explosive power inevitably declined due to age.

Celik knew that it would be difficult for him to steal the ball directly from Di Maria's feet, so he simply defended the inside line and harassed him continuously with physical confrontation. If he is small, the success rate of defending him will naturally be greatly improved.

Of course, Di Maria knew Celik's plan. While breaking through, he also sighed in his heart. He was indeed old. After playing for more than 60 minutes, he couldn't make a strong sprint, and his body could no longer keep up with the speed of his brain. Yes, it is obvious that there is a feeling that there is more than enough energy.

When he was 5 years old five years ago, how could a full-back of this rank not be thrown off by himself in a game of speed?

But despite the decline in physical function, his consciousness and technology are still there.

An emergency stop, coupled with a feint that wanted to rush to the bottom line again, deceived Celik's center of gravity involuntarily.

At this moment, Di Maria took the ball to the inside and rushed up to make a successful cut. Although Celik, who reacted, caught up and stuck to him again, at least he opened up the way to the penalty area. .

But just as he was passing by beautifully and then looked up to observe the situation in the penalty area, a figure flashed over, stepped on the ball he waded out, and then turned around in a very short time, and turned to block it with his back. on him.

Di Maria didn't even have time to brake, so he raised his hands involuntarily to protect himself, and then he just felt like he was hitting a concrete wall at full speed. No matter how hard he exerted and how fast he was, the reaction force he received would be as strong. No matter how strong you are, how badly you fall backwards...

[Superstar mission: 5 steals when Di Maria is in possession]

[Task Reward: Di Maria Skill Training Package]

[Task progress: 1/5]

Whoops, Chen Xiaoliang almost forgot that there is still this sub-quest.

While turning off the system that popped up suddenly, he directly made a big slash line over 40 meters, and transferred the ball from the right side near the bottom line to the left side near the center line. Kwa has already rushed forward with a tacit understanding. After 3 seconds, he steadily received Chen Xiaoliang's transfer ball while running and continued to push forward.

Facing Kwa, De Sciglio had to keep backing away, trying to squeeze Kwa to the sideline.

Since he had just crossed the center line, De Sciglio blocked the side again, and Kwa cut in and went to the center.

Pogba disappeared again, Locatelli had to press forward to help double-team.

Kwa made a cross to the middle, and Chen Xiaoliang, who was inserted from the back, rushed over, but this time, there was a black shadow with him, which was Juventus' No. 10 Pogba!

It turned out that Pogba didn't come to the right to help defend, but put his mind on Chen Xiaoliang.

De Sciglio, who was annoyed because of his continuous retreat just now, felt a little more balanced. After all, compared with Kwa, Chen Xiaoliang is the most threatening figure in Rome.

And from Pogba's appearance, he defended very hard this time.

He is not like most of the others on the field. The last time he played against Chen Xiaoliang was in the Europa League. This Frenchman is so conceited that he can hire a professional team to make a documentary for himself at a young age. It is not easy to believe what you have experienced firsthand.

In his cognition, Chen Xiaoliang is the rescue machine in the midfielder position of the Glasgow Rangers.

To score that long-range shot just now was nothing more than a miracle with great effort.

Seeing him chasing after him, Chen Xiaoliang felt in his heart that there was nowhere to find him, and that it would take no effort to get him. He was just looking for him in the second half of the game, so he came to his door right now.

After Chen Xiaoliang strode forward to receive the ball, he immediately slowed down, and when there was no one in front of him, he still dribbled the ball forward to the left.

At this time, Pogba, who was catching up with him, was right behind him on the left. Pogba, whose two big black legs were constantly swinging, did not expect that Chen Xiaoliang would run out of a snakeskin position. up.

Chen Xiaoliang, who had just been hit by Di Maria at high speed and was as indestructible as a concrete wall, fell forward instantly at this moment.

The referee Maria Caputi whistled, and everyone immediately turned their attention to her. Everyone knew that Pogba had a yellow card on his back, and if he received another card, he would go down.

However, the female referee took the foul not out of malice as the basis for the penalty, but verbally reminded Pogba to pay attention to his actions, and then gave Roma a set ball.

Pogba, who escaped, became even more inflated.

The scene where Di Maria knocked himself over just now is still vivid in his memory, but now he turns around and knocks Chen Xiaoliang over by himself.

"What did I say? What did I say? Aren't you weak chickens too good? Just such a brat, how can he be so strong?"

But the referee's whistle just now did startle him. Although his brain circuit is different from ordinary people, it doesn't mean he doesn't understand the reason. Of course he understands that two yellows turn one red.

After standing up, facing Roma who was about to take a set kick, he did not press Chen Xiaoliang immediately, but also wanted to give himself a breath of relief to avoid being noticed by the referee in a short time.

But at this time, Locatelli sent a "divine assist". He said to Pogba:

"Don't target that Asian guy, he's setting you up on purpose, go help De Sciglio defend the Eastern European guy on the right, and leave the Asian guy to me."

It's okay not to say this, but it stimulated Pogba like a reverse aggressive method.

His heart immediately surged up: "What do you mean? If you can't defend against it, it means the opponent is strong. If I can defend against it, it means that the opponent is deliberately showing weakness? Also, if I want to defend against whomever the coach says, it's fine. What the hell are you here to beep with me?" Beep?"

Although he was full of scolding in his heart, he didn't utter a single word. He smiled at Lockatri with his eyes wide open, and trotted towards Chen Xiaoliang.

Locatelli just wanted to stop him, and Roma's set kick had already been fired.

As a teammate, no one knows what kind of strength their captain is, and Wijnaldum is certainly no exception.

As a midfielder, he has often played against Chen Xiaoliang personally in group confrontations, and the devil believes that Pogba can push Chen Xiaoliang down in one-on-one physical confrontations.

When he saw Locatelli and Pogba chattering just now, he knew that it was a Juventus player reminding Pogba that he could not give the Frenchman time to think, and immediately fired the ball. To Chen Xiaoliang.

Chen Xiaoliang was also happy. After receiving the ball, Pogba was next to him.

He didn't know what Locatelli said, but it seemed that at least it didn't work at all.

In this game, Chen Xiaoliang took the initiative to show weakness twice, which was to create an illusion for Pogba that he was still the same self as before. This time, Chen Xiaoliang did not fully speed up and used his body against Pogba's left side. Kawei tried him, but he was already fully exerted physically.

The reason why I didn't speed up completely was that I was afraid that I would throw Pogba off as soon as I rushed out.

Sure enough, Pogba posted it, and he had two consecutive physical advantages, which made it natural to use physical confrontation again in this defense.

The vast majority of people are like this. After taking a shortcut once, they will want to go again next time.

However, when he posted it this time, he obviously felt that Chen Xiaoliang couldn't be pushed at all, like a moving mountain, standing still.

impossible!Absolutely impossible!
I must be careless, the strength is not enough!

Thinking of this, Pogba exerted his strength again, but it was still useless.

Chen Xiaoliang sped up his speed a little, and stuck him in the left rear of his body.

Pogba saw that Chen Xiaoliang was going to completely overtake him, and this would obviously turn all the pens he had just put in front of his teammates into face-slapping material. How could he bear it with his extreme conceit?
"Don't!" Locarlit's cry was not far away, and Pogba's right foot had already shoveled forward from Chen Xiaoliang's left back.

With his muddle-headed tackle ability, even if he doesn't consider the difference in physical fitness, he can't tackle the ball under Chen Xiaoliang's feet once in ten times.

This foot firmly landed on Chen Xiaoliang's left ankle.

"Beep!"

The moment the whistle blew, everyone in the stands and Juventus with normal heads knew that it was over, it was over.

The referee, Maria Caputti, was no longer merciful, and firmly showed Pogba a second yellow card, and then pointed to the sidelines, signaling him to leave the field as soon as possible!
Allegri closed his eyes tightly. He knew that he had lost the bet. He had completely fallen into the opponent's calculations. He wanted to win by surprise. He knew that the situation seemed wrong, but he was reluctant to replace Borg, who could create a crisis on the offensive end. Ba, eventually turned into drinking poison to quench thirst.

He wanted to replace Di Maria with Fajoli, but the Argentine veteran rejected him. Allegri respected Di Maria's willingness to fight and replaced Rabiot with Fajoli.

Also as a Frenchman, Rabiot was extremely confused when he saw the electronic card for substitutions. He knew that because of Pogba's stupid behavior, he had also become a victim of tactical adjustments.

When he walked to the sidelines, he wanted to catch up with Pogba and let out a sigh of relief, but was held back by assistant coach Randucci and other warm-up players.

Playing 11 against 10, Juventus, who had lost an important part of the midfield, had a precipitous decline in ball possession. They could only rely on Di Maria to advance with the ball in the frontcourt and struggle to create opportunities for Vlahovic.

But the 35-year-old Argentine's achievements are still difficult to support after all, not to mention that he feels that Chen Xiaoliang seems to be eyeing him today.

In the 70th minute, Di Maria caught the ball in the middle and pushed forward. Chen Xiaoliang rushed over to stick to him, then gently pushed him outward with his body, and broke the ball with a stretch of his foot. 【2/5】

In the 73rd minute, Sesco's shot was blocked, Bremer drove forward, and Chen Xiaoliang jumped up behind him, forcing the ball in front of Di Maria, and then rushed up from behind him. Control the falling ball. 【3/5】

In the 79th minute, Moses Keane on the sidelines waited so long that the flowers all withered, and Di Maria tried to break through on the left flank.

Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaoliang came again.

Di Maria, who tried to take a few steps to widen the distance and pass to Vlahovic, just took two steps before the ball was directly intercepted by Chen Xiaoliang. 【4/5】

The Argentine veteran is also drunk. Even though his 35-year-old body has declined slightly, the 19-year-old boy in front of him will not play like a perpetual motion machine for almost 80 minutes. The speed is still so fast, right? !
He didn't know that Chen Xiaoliang had already used the stamina recovery card (4→3).

He has used various methods. Before being replaced in the 83rd minute, he took a few steps to catch the ball on the right and tried a 33-meter direct long-range shot.

This time he could see clearly that Chen Xiaoliang was in the middle, 5 meters away from him, and Wijnaldum was attacking in his own half and hadn't returned yet.

So he adjusted two steps, pulled the ball out to an optimal distance, which is convenient for the distance to shoot with the greatest strength after the run-up, then stepped out from right to left, left and right, and finally swung his left foot, and kicked with a strong instep kick.

But as soon as the ball went out, Chen Xiaoliang's figure flashed past his eyes like a thunderbolt, and he blocked the shot ball with his right thigh!
As Di Maria's shot went all out, the ball bounced high after hitting Chen Xiaoliang's leg, flew straight into the penalty area, and was picked up by Patricio.

[Superstar mission: 5 steals when Di Maria is in possession]

[Task progress: 5/5]

【mission completed】

Chen Xiaoliang turned off the system immediately, then opened the right trouser leg, and looked at the skin on the outer thigh that was obviously gradually turning red.

For a moment, Di Maria felt that maybe this kick would cause the Asian boy in front of him to be injured and leave the field, and the game might be dragged to a penalty shootout.

However, the next scene almost dropped his jaw!
Chen Xiaoliang tentatively pressed the part hit by the ball with his hand. There was only a little pain on the skin, which let him know that the ball had no adverse effects on him at all.

He didn't pull down the trouser leg with his hands, but lifted his right leg slightly, and stomped heavily on the grass!With inertia, I stepped back the hem of the trouser leg!
And the tense feeling produced by muscle exertion also instantly dissipates all the pain produced after the muscle is hit.

At that moment, Di Maria only felt a sense of fatigue and distress. He really realized that he was old, and he turned his head and waved to Allegri on the sidelines.

Allegri knew what he meant and asked Randucci to tell the fourth official to make a substitution the next time the ball was dead.

Whether it was Di Maria's heroic counterattack just now, or Moses Keane's running around, they failed to pose any threat to Rome's backcourt.

Although the besieged Roma encountered Juventus' full defense, they still found a chance in the 88th minute.

Kova cut in from the left and crossed the center. Chen Xiaoliang held Facioli with his back and pushed the ball back to Matic, who came off the bench. The Serbian veteran shot straight to the right above the goal and was caught. Szczesny tried his best to block it with both hands!
Danilo immediately raised his leg and turned around to clear the siege, and kicked the ball out of the penalty area. Gwadiol, who had already pressed on to attack the third area, unloaded the ball and directly hoisted it to the penalty area.

Gwadiol is considered "gentle". His two companions, Smalling and Mancini, have been standing in the Juventus penalty area for a while. Pinazzola has two full-backs, Vlahovic has already left the field, and Allegri has made up for Bonucci, forming a four-back situation.

The defense of the three looked at Moses Keane for one point.

The ball flew in. Cesco and Bremer were at a slight disadvantage in the air battle in this game. It was not that he couldn't jump, but that the Brazilian was much stronger than him, even if they both took off at the same time. , Bremer can also squeeze him out of his original position in the air.

But this time, Cesko put in all his strength, got stuck with his back, and then jumped up vigorously to rub the ball back.

It's not that he doesn't have the desire to kill, but being pragmatic and willing to contribute to the team, he knows that there are still several teammates waiting for opportunities in the penalty area. This is the time when he should play the most role as a fulcrum!
The ball flew back to the right post, and Smalling, like an alley-oop, jumped up and shook his head to head the ball towards the goal.

Szczesny also worked hard, he did not hesitate to collide with Smalling, and rushed up to block the ball at close range.

His judgment was not wrong, and the ball was blocked again by his action like a block in volleyball!

The ball fell to the ground, and Smalling stretched out his foot to push after landing. Szczesny subconsciously blocked it with his leg, and blocked Roma's shot for the third time!
Bounced up, and this time Bremer, who was facing the goal, made a backward clearance. He didn't use the header, and it was difficult to exert force with his back to the outside of the penalty area. At the critical moment, he kicked the ball out with a barb !
Whether it is offensive or defensive, both sides are fighting!
Matic unloaded the ball from his chest 5 meters outside the penalty area and passed it to Chen Xiaoliang, the most trusted person in the team.

Chen Xiaoliang dribbled the ball to the left rib. Facing the blocking of Facioli and Locatelli, he first made a shot to test whether the two would make a misjudgment, but they didn't know they were tired. He was still too focused and was not deceived by fake moves at all.

But when Chen Xiaoliang's right foot fell, he deliberately kicked empty, then pushed his left foot to the top of the arc on the right, and passed the ball across to Dybala who cut in from the right to the middle!

Dybala catches the ball on the right side of the top of the arc and shoots, a full-fledged arc shot straight to the upper left of the goal!
Szczesny, who had already fallen to the ground twice in a row because of the flying pounce, finally failed to reach the position in time this time, and watched helplessly as the city gate finally fell...

3 is better than 2!

This is a goal that completely determines the title of the champion!

Dybala frantically ran to the bench and hugged Pellegrini, Perrone and others!
At this time, how violent the boos from Juventus's stands were, and how shocking the cheers from the stands in Rome were!
In the live broadcast room, Capello shook his head, while Totti stood up excitedly and shouted loudly.

The Italian coach said 10 minutes ago that Juventus will not be able to defend like this. If they defend like this, it will be difficult for Roma, and Roma will not be able to compete for the triple crown today.

Five minutes into stoppage time, Roma was still attacking, and Juventus defended until the last moment for the face of the veteran giants and the team with the most Coppa Italia titles, after all, they did not concede a goal.

Referee Maria Caputi blew her final whistle of the game!
The 2022-23 Coppa Italia season is all over. Roma defeated Juventus 3-2 and won the championship for the second consecutive year. This is also the 11th time for the team to win this trophy!
Now, before Rome, there is only one opponent, one final, and one chance to go down in history!
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