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

Chapter 348 One Sword Once Became a Master of Millions
Speaking of ego, it's not Mourinho's monopoly.

From his first year as the head coach of Barcelona, ​​he yelled the declaration of "play against each other if you have the ability" to all opponents, to bring pass control to Bayern, and to completely build Manchester City that is completely his own tactical design , Guardiola has always considered himself the most devout believer and most representative preacher of offensive football.

It is true that he and his Barcelona with Messi and Habaib, as well as Eto'o, Henry and others have indeed changed the tactical values ​​​​and football development trends in the world football.

What's interesting is that just like where there is yin, there is yang, and where there is cold, there is heat. Some people like oppressive attacks, and some people are destined to like defensive counterattacks that show iron and blood will.

Mourinho was the natural opposite of Guardiola in the football world.

It is also because of this that Guardiola feels more and more disdainful of the old opponent's football. Therefore, although he realized that he should make some adjustments to deal with the change just now, he felt in his heart that In the 2023 UEFA Champions League final, I was still playing against an opponent who used the old-fashioned backward tactics of long pass and lob.

An idealist met a pragmatist. At this moment, Mourinho, who took the lead in making changes, saw that the situation on the field had changed.

Cesko, who was constantly wandering back and forth on the left, prevented Stones from pressing heavily. He stood in this area like a moving stake. As long as the offense and defense switched, and Rome passed the ball from the back, he could Rely on the advantage of altitude to distribute the ball to Chen Xiaoliang or Kwa.

It's these two that are hard to deal with, especially Captain Rome.

As a central defender, Akanji is a full-time full-back who can also play two sides, which means that he is flexible and fast.

But just now Chen Xiaoliang scored the goal and forcibly overtook someone from outside the boundary. He didn't give the Swiss international any time to react.

The players of Manchester City are in hesitation. Whether to continue the siege and then be hit back, and it is the kind of fatal counterattack, or to increase the risk, try to pass more into the penalty area, and create more shots. Open the score ahead of time.

Guardiola has been here for seven years, and he is very clear about the psychological changes reflected in every move of this group of boys on the field.

He raised his right hand high and kept shouting, the meaning was very clear, no matter how the opponent kicked, Manchester City still played according to their established plan.

who is he?He is Guardiola, the creator of the first club in history to win six championships, and the leader of offensive football. He has to retreat and change his tactics for a slight change in his opponent?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Seeing the head coach's emphasis on executing tactics, Manchester City's players settled down and continued to play short passes and cross transfers. They organized back and forth between the left and right ribs, and transferred from the strong side to the weak side, and then from the weak side to the strong side. Then transfer to the weak side for repeated passes to continuously mobilize Rome's defensive positions.

In addition, Seat B, Harland, Grealish and others appeared in and out of the penalty area, unpredictable movements, and transpositions to create gaps in Rome's defense.

In the 23rd minute, De Bruyne faced Wijnaldum's defense after receiving the ball from the right rib, passed the ball to Kyle Walker on the right, and then rushed forward.

This is an obvious two-to-one hit-the-wall coordination. Wijnaldum immediately followed up, and Spinazzola, who was defending Kyle Walker, also took a step back to prevent him from passing the ball back to De Bruyne.

Unexpectedly, De Bruyne's running position was involved. After taking Wijnaldum away, Kyle Walker directly dribbled the ball inward. Chasing hard behind.

In the barrage in the live broadcast room, the fans recognized Guardiola's "whole work" tonight, saying that before the game, they saw that Gundogan, Mahrez, and Foden were not on the team, but they were left behind for a long time. Kyle Walker was very puzzled and questioned when he was in the position, but the fighting spirit and state shown by the England full-back today made everyone forget that he has become a substitute player for Manchester City.

Kyle Walker, who rushed into the penalty area, saw Chen Xiaoliang in the middle and Gwadiol in front of him rushing to double-team him, so he swung his right foot towards the goal and shot vigorously.

No matter what angle or arc he has, if he has a chance, he will kick it first and then talk!
Patricio turned to the right. The ball was too fast for him to catch it directly. He spread his hands and fingers and tried to block it outward.

The ball bounced back in his hand, and Harland, who was wandering in front of the goal, suddenly retreated, jumped sideways at the falling ball, and forcibly hooked with his left foot!

When the ball is not on his side and moves into the penalty area, Matic will retreat and double-team Harland with Mancini one after the other.

But he didn't expect Harland to choose the extremely difficult sideways barb instead of overhead when encountering such a falling high-altitude ball.

Thinking of jumping for the top, he could only watch Harland complete the shot in an unexpected way.

It hit Mancini and popped the bottom line!
Zhan Jun: "Wow! The devil is really extraordinary. If he is replaced by other forwards, he will definitely choose to shoot with a header when he has advantages in height and confrontation, and Harland obviously prefers to use his feet."

Zhang Lu: "Heading seems to have always been his weakness. It's not that he is not good at heading. It seems that he doesn't like to hit the goal with a header. He will use his feet if he can."

Zhan Jun: "Huh? There seems to be a dispute on the field! Players from both sides surrounded the referee! It seems that they raised objections to Mancini's block just now, could it be..."

Since the referee Marciniak has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by UEFA, he has made all kinds of full psychological preparations.

In particular, there is no lack of review of those "famous scenes" that occurred when Guardiola's Barcelona and Mourinho's Real Madrid encountered.

At that time, almost every time the two teams met, it was common for players on both sides to have disputes, conflicts, and surround the referee to appeal.

Seeing the situation in front of him, he knew that what should come had finally come.

Marciniak waved and whistled to drive away the players, while walking to a place where there were few people, listening to the feedback from the video referee team in the headset.

Soon, he made the decision to go to the sidelines to watch VAR himself.

What is different from the past is that although Mourinho and Guardiola would involuntarily look at Marciniak standing in front of the VAR screen, the two did not pay attention to each other at all, and there was no exchange of words. Spray words.

After all, one is 60 years old and the other is 52 years old. They are not the age group where the blood was still there. Now in their bodies, there is only the spirit that is still extremely high.

The players on the field have been separated by their respective captains. Chen Xiaoliang did not look at De Bruyne, nor did De Bruyne pay attention to Chen Xiaoliang.

The screen was switching back and forth, and the fans at the scene could not see the live video, but the fans watching the TV broadcast saw it in front of the screen.

Harland's side hook firmly hit the elbow of Mancini's right hand, and because Mancini subjectively wanted to block, his body also moved to the right, and his arm naturally moved slightly with the body. Open, but not close to the torso.

Zhang Lu: "It depends on the referee how to judge, but I don't think there is any problem in awarding a penalty kick."

Zhan Jun: "It seems that Roma is likely to enter a more difficult situation. Now the ball possession rate on the field is greatly behind. The ball possession rate of the two teams is 72 to 28, which is an astonishing 44 percentage points. In this rhythm Under the circumstances, there are very few offensive opportunities for Rome to launch."

"And unlike the previous pure back-and-forth mode that was criticized for only passing control and no offense, now Manchester City has a big killer like Haaland in the penalty area. His ability to grab points and confront is super. Strong, but the person who has the most say on this may be Mancini who is anxiously waiting for the result of the penalty."

Fan: "I think Mourinho has to consider substituting. Even if the replacements are similar in ability, Mancini can no longer be used. If he continues to play like this, his mentality will collapse. Once the defensive players The mentality is unstable, and what you do next may be worse than sending a penalty kick."

The referee Marciniak looked left and right, and looked back several times. In fact, he had already made a judgment in his heart, and he was just weighing the possible consequences fiercely.

The referee must not only uphold the first principle of fairness, but also properly consider the nature of the game and the expectations of the outside world.

Just like in the 2010 World Cup final, De Jong in the Dutch team kicked Alonso's chest in Spain during the fight. The referee Webber finally only gave a yellow card and issued a warning.

Because it was less than 30 minutes into the game, once there was a red card, the balance of power between the two sides would be severely damaged, and the enjoyment and suspense of the game would likely collapse accordingly.

Fortunately, Spain won in the end, and the controversy over Weber's penalty did not last long before dissipating.

If history goes in the opposite direction, and the Netherlands finally lifts the Hercules Cup, then this penalty will always be destined to become one of the major controversies in the history of the World Cup.

Most of the time, in such competitions, the chief referee considers these factors in the case of cases that can be sentenced or not, and cases that can be severely punished or lightly sentenced. After all, no one wants to live a lifetime under the condemnation of external public opinion.

Marchniak let out a long sigh of relief and turned his head. He knew that he couldn't stand here forever, and if he continued to watch it, he would become watching a series.

Turning his head, he ran back to the field with a determined expression, a whistle, a gesture with both hands, and then pointed to the restricted area of ​​Rome!
"yeah!!!"

On the west side of the stadium, the stands of Manchester City fans erupted into violent cheers, and Manchester City players on and off the field also raised their arms to celebrate the arrival of the "fair penalty".

Zhang Lu: "If this goal is scored, it will be very difficult for Roma to play. One is psychologically, leading at the start and being reversed by two consecutive goals in a short period of time after a dream start. There are too few opportunities to attack, and when Manchester City takes the lead, they will pass and control more calmly, and it will be more difficult to attack."

Guan Zeyuan: "The gap in the tactical level of the two sides is still very obvious."

Zhang Lu: "I don't agree with this, hehe, the player's ability itself is quite inferior, like Mancini, he can do everything, but if you let him defend Harland alone, he really can't do it Now, just change the coach, change the tactics, if you ask Guardiola to be the head coach of Rome, Mancini can't do it or can't do it."

"The gap between the players themselves is obvious. Mourinho has no second way of playing. Letting this defensive line press against Manchester City to grab the ball will only lead to a worse loss."

Zhan Jun: "That's right, especially the Italian international players in the Roma team, such as Spinazzola, Cristante, etc., also play Italian defensive counterattacks in the national team."

Guan Zeyuan: "I agree with this point. I believe fans must think of something when they hear this. There is a team that has changed many head coaches and even invited the World Cup champion coach, but they still can't play well, right? , Uncle Fan?"

Fan showed his classic smile: "How many people have changed each term... huh? Although I entered, it's useful!"

Before he finished speaking, the entire screen of the live broadcast was already filled with bullet screens of [Change soup but not medicine].

Harland took the penalty kick. He placed the ball on the penalty spot, took a few deep breaths, then stepped back slowly, waiting for the referee's whistle!
Behind the Roma goal in the first half was the stands where Manchester City fans gathered. At this moment, they were very quiet and did not interfere with Haaland.

Zhan Jun: "Haaland has a record of missing penalty kicks this season. In the second Champions League game against Bayern, he kicked a shot and flew away. But after that, Guardiola still supported him to continue to serve as the goalkeeper. The team's first penalty shooter, I don't know how he will deal with Patricio!"

"Beep!"

The referee Marciniak whistled. Except for the two players in the penalty area who were taking the penalty and preparing to save, the rest of the players on both sides were slightly bent outside the penalty area, ready to rush in immediately.

Harland started a run-up, and after a simple and powerful three-step run-up, he volleyed the ball vigorously with his left foot to the right of the goal!

Patricio analyzed Harland's penalty kick data before the game and knew that he likes to shoot hard, so while betting on one side of the goal, he moved two steps ahead of time and bet on his left side!

Zhan Jun: "I caught the ball!"

"Bounce back on the post! Make another shot!"

"Harland! Majin Buu! The penalty kick was saved, and he made a follow-up shot and scored another goal!"

"Not only eat children raw, but today, facing the 35-year-old goalkeeper Patricio, he eats everything!"

Fan: "It's not easy for Patricio to make the first save. After throwing out, he bounced on the post and bounced back. It can only be said that the goalkeeper's luck is not very good today."

Zhang Lu: "Oh, indeed, it's not bad if you can touch the ball in this kind of save. With such a fast speed, you can't grasp the shape of your hands at all."

In 26 minutes, 1 to 2, Roma changed from the leading side to the trailing side.

Harland ran to the sidelines again and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Patricio kicked the ball into midfield, then stood helplessly on the goal line with his hips akimbo, staring blankly ahead.

In front of him, there was Mancini, who was also at a loss. Although the frowning Gwadio patted him to express encouragement, the Roma vice-captain knew that he had become a drag on the team today.

He tried his best, but the strength of his opponent was beyond his imagination.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Giroud, Lautaro, Osimhen, Immobile, Lukaku, Dzeko, none of these famous strikers galloping in Serie A is as full of endless vitality as Harland , giving him an unprecedented sense of oppression.

Coupled with the unfamiliarity between the two sides, Mancini can't predict what Harland will do next, just like the handball just now, he was obviously going to take off to block Harland's header, but he didn't expect This guy actually came with a sideways barb...

"Fuck, I actually met a pervert again!"

Mancini couldn't help but cursed him.

"Why should I say again?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help looking at Chen Xiaoliang.

The man who "inherited" the captain's armband from Pellegrini at the age of 17 has just finished waving his arms and encouraging the Roma fans in the stands to cheer in unison, and is now shouting encouragement to his teammates.

Yes, he's a pervert too...

Mancini couldn't help but think of the team's incredible journey in the past two years. The most obvious sign, apart from the championship trophies that exceeded expectations time and time again, is the young man wearing the captain's armband on his left arm. Adversity, offense, or defense, is ubiquitous and omnipotent.

Looking at Chen Xiaoliang who has finished encouraging the frontcourt and is yelling encouragement to Wijnaldum and Matic at the moment, maybe the next one will be yelling at himself, Mancini knows that their captain will not give up, and never gave up anything about football.

Mancini smiled wryly in his heart: "Forget it, just be ashamed. With this little ability, I have already accepted my fate. People like me are destined not to be the protagonist, nor can they become superstars. At worst, they will fight until they have nothing and go back and be ridiculed." .”

"But if I don't fight tonight, even I will look down on myself."

The Roma captain's statement to the stands for the first time is undoubtedly declaring to the fans that even if they are reversed, the team will never give up.

Seeing such a firm performance by the players, the fans cheered up again, showing all their strength, waving the flag, singing, singing, shouting, and clapping.

They are the No.12 people in Rome. As long as the 11 people are still fighting, they will fight side by side with them to the end.

Mourinho on the sidelines was distraught after conceding the ball.

As a bystander, it is impossible for him to be unaware of the situation on the field at this time.

But after seeing the obvious changes brought about by Chen Xiaoliang's encouragement to fans and teammates, he shouted at the players who were about to kick off:

"Attention please!"

Then hold up your right hand and stretch out three fingers.

Barrage:

[Is the bird crazy?Playing like a dog and still dreaming of the Triple Crown? 】

[This is completely crazy...]

[No, it should be to tell the players that the third one will definitely be lost, hahaha]

【Ugly football does not deserve to win the championship】

As the fans on the Manchester City side started the collective taunting mode, the fans on the Roma side immediately hit back:

[Gua has the best odds of the Champions League every year, loses every year, and is worth so much more than other teams. I am ashamed to say that my tactics are ahead of an entire era]

[Worth of 10 billion hits 5 million, just one goal ahead, it's crazy, it seems that I forgot how I was educated by Real Madrid last season]

...

Unlike fans who don't know what's going on, the players naturally know the meaning of Mourinho's gesture.

"Beep!" The referee Marciniak whistled again, Dybala kicked the ball into the backcourt, and Roma began to attack.

Since it is a positional battle, Manchester City, except Grealish and Harland, are still in front, and the others take the initiative to retreat, especially Stones. Seeing Cesko standing on the left rib area again, he also moved over to prepare to help defend .

Coupled with Kwa, Spinazzola, and Wijnaldum, who had already made a little advance, the left side suddenly became a densely populated key area.

But this time Matic didn't play the ball to the left. After Gwadior passed the ball to Harland before he was pressing, the Serbian veteran took the ball forward for a while until the B seat moved and blocked In front of him he stopped while pulling the ball.

He passed the ball to Celik's feet on the right, and Glarish immediately rushed over. Celik didn't dare to hold the ball, so he passed it back to Matic.

Seat B made a gesture to intercept, Matic took the initiative to run forward to meet the ball, and then passed his left foot directly behind Ake on the right!
In an instant, the Manchester City players who focused on defending the left side of Roma immediately wondered:
Um?Everyone is here, why did the ball go to the right? !

Dias glanced at Dybala not far in front of him, and he was still in the middle when he should have appeared on the right.

"That's not right, who is the ball passed to?"

When Dias looked at Dybala in front of him and expressed doubts, Dias saw Chen Xiaoliang running from the middle to the right about 10 meters behind Dybala.

At this time, Ake was jogging towards the ball with his back. In his field of vision, there were no Roma players rushing up on this wing. He was going to take the ball forward after receiving the ball and then play the ball. Pass to the midfield teammate to organize.

"Ack! Ack!"

Dias yelled at the top of his voice. Since Ake was far away from the coach's bench, he couldn't hear Guardiola's shouts at all, and he could only hear Lu Dias's shouts in the penalty area.

Ake glanced back subconsciously, shit!Suddenly I was startled, but it was too late to make another move.

I saw that Chen Xiaoliang overtook him in an instant, caught up with the ball and unloaded it!
"What the hell is this?! I've seen a direct pass, but I've never seen such a far pass!"

However, Ake is by no means an ordinary person. He knows that if this kind of mistake occurs on the training ground, he will definitely be singled out and scolded by Guardiola, who is extremely demanding of details.

The memory formed by his muscles prevented him from chasing the ball, but retreated quickly to the bottom line, blocked Chen Xiaoliang's inside line, and deliberately kept a distance of about 2 meters.

If you want to advance, let you advance, as long as the defense line in the middle is in place, what can you do if you advance alone, but if you want to pass me, there is no way!
Chen Xiaoliang dribbled the ball in small steps and advanced two or three meters forward, while Ake kept retreating.

And just when the two were testing each other, the players in the middle of both sides began to fully gather in place. Roma's three lines were stretched very far. Although Wijnaldum also pressed up, the defense still retreated very deep.

It's not that they don't want to go, but that if they do, they really won't be able to go back.

Chen Xiaoliang suddenly sank his shoulders and made a gesture with his right foot to push the ball towards the baseline.

The first reaction of Ake, who was engrossed, was that Chen Xiaoliang was going to eat himself raw with speed after hitting the ball, and immediately took a step back.

Chen Xiaoliang's right foot pushed the ball forward to the left, and took advantage of the interval of Ake's retreat to rush towards the right corner of the penalty area!

"not good!"

Only then did Guardiola understand what the opposite side was trying to do by pulling the center forward and putting them in such a formation!
It turns out that the fulcrum pulling the side and the dense accumulation of offensive players on the side are all pretexts. Their goal is to use the posture of playing high and low to pull Stones away, forcing him to go to the side to support Kyle, who is relatively weak in the air Walker and Akanji, in this way, Rodri becomes a single midfielder in the middle, and the ribs on both sides, especially the right rib on the weak side, are all exposed!
The real individual blasting is not on the left, but on the right!

Just like singles in basketball, all players pull apart, let your ace player play one-on-one singles with the opponent's defensive player!

At this time, Ake, who knew that he had been cheated, immediately walked sideways into the penalty area, and Rodri, who found Ake had been thrown off at the top of the arc, also rushed over, wanting to form a double team with Ake again!
Chen Xiaoliang has rushed to the corner of the restricted area on the right.

He advanced too fast. At the same time, except for Dybala in the middle who entered the penalty area, Kwa and Cesko, who were feinting from the left, were not able to enter the attacking position.

And because he cut in from the right, Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson's position is also closer to the right post.

For a moment, Chen Xiaoliang murmured in his heart: "Three years! Finally standing here today!"

"Those great gods who have been recorded in history in the past, today I will use your strength to win this great game that is enough to record us in history!"

[Peak Robben's in-cut shot card has been used, left foot +2, left foot 20, shot +2, shot 18]!
[Activated skills are good at long-distance shooting]! !

[Activated skills are good at powerful shots]! ! !
At that moment, Rodri and Ake, who were closest to Chen Xiaoliang, seemed to see that the jersey on Chen Xiaoliang's body visibly agitated in the stadium where there was no wind, and the source of this energy seemed to come from his body!
As for Guardiola on the sidelines, his position at this moment happened to be in a straight line with Chen Xiaoliang and the goal.

These three people saw the same thing from three different angles.

That is, Chen Xiaoliang used his left foot, which he seldom used to shoot, half a meter outside the penalty area line on the right side of the penalty area.

All the movements are very similar to the legendary Dutchman who can only make an inside move from the side, but the kicked ball is nothing like it.

There was hardly any arc, like the sword aura pierced by a straight long sword, it flew to the left side of the goal!
"Dang! Bang!"

The two crisp sounds were different, but they seemed to come out almost at the same time!
The ball hit the lower edge of the crossbar with a crisp sound for the first time, and then bounced heavily down on the lawn inside the goal line with a second muffled sound!

Ederson, the Brazilian who is tied for third in the world among goalkeepers, failed to respond to the shot. In his subconscious, in theory, such a shot should not have occurred.

Guardiola froze for a moment, the hands that were originally used to direct gestures froze in front of him.

He didn't expect that there would be a saboteur in his tactics, let alone that this person could forcibly equalize the score in an unreasonable way.

At this time, he realized that if the game continues to be stubborn, he may miss the Champions League trophy again.

Harland, who was in the distance, froze for a moment, then watched the Roma players rush towards Chen Xiaoliang to celebrate like crazy, with a smile still on his face.

"Very good, such an opponent is very interesting!"

And when Mancini, who had staged a rich inner drama just now, rushed over to hug Chen Xiaoliang, his eyes were almost red!

Whether the captain is not the captain, desperate or not, at this moment, even if he unconditionally entrusts his career to this man, he will admit it!
In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun couldn't find the right words to accurately describe the scene at this time, except to follow the replay and recount the scoring process just now.

He was speechless, and those few people only had modal particles such as "Oh!", "Ah!", "My God!" echoing in the live broadcast room.

At this time, in the stands facing the crowd of celebrants in Rome, in a small area of ​​Red Country fans, a small poster attracted the director's attention.

Maybe they couldn't understand the above words at all, but they were still magnified and displayed in front of fans all over the world.

The cardinal, the pope, those are all European cultures.

In this poster, in addition to the eye-catching No. 33 jersey, Xiao Liang is depicted as a swordsman holding a sharp sword and fighting all armies alone.

There were seven words written on it, and Zhan Jun saw these seven words and finally found the words that best describe the situation:
Yijian was once a master of millions!

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