Chapter 214 The Last Stand!The door to the finals!
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Ge Lei Sen Gu Dong
Chapter 214 Last Stand!The door to the finals!
Just as Mourinho expected, when Chen Xiaoliang walked off the field, the audience applauded.
He applauded back as he accepted salutes from his teammates and fans.
However, slightly beyond the expectations of the Roma side, almost all fans stood up, including Lazio fans covered in blue and white.
They are paying tribute to sportsmanship and the birth of a future legend with their actions.
There was no suspense in the rest of the game, Roma did not kill them all, and Lazio lost their spirits and could only accept the defeat.
After the game, Sarri went to the entrance of the bus and smoked five cigarettes to calm himself down.
He perfunctorily answered a few questions about tactics and Lazio's performance in his routine post-match press conference.
The reason for the perfunctory is clear at a glance, just as the reason for the loss is also clear at a glance, and any more words are just repeating the obvious facts.
However, when the reporter asked, "How do you think of Chen Xiaoliang's performance today?", the old coach seemed to be opened up, and said the following words:
"It's been 1996 years since I started coaching the team in 26 and as the head coach. Although I have not been in the top league for a long time in this process, I still think I have seen many players, of course. There are those who are called top players.
Apparently, I met another one today.
I don't want to spend any more time talking about what he did on the court today. Anyone who has watched the game will know that those statistics will not lie.
He taught a lesson to everyone present today, explaining what a professional player is. "
Said, Sarri stretched out two fingers in turn:
"Top performance, top professionalism.
Although his existence will cause us a lot of trouble, I still hope that such a player can stay in Italy and stay here for a long time.
Regardless of whether it is Rome or those big clubs, I hope someone can pay to keep him instead of sending him to Manchester, Madrid, London, Paris or Munich.
He should become the symbol of this country's league, let all the people watching in the world know that Italy has a genius that is not inferior to any genius, there is a fighter who never gives up and is worth learning from all players, and there is a fighter who can help Serie A is going to fight for the top players in Europe, and there is a superstar who may bring Serie A the long-lost Golden Globe Award in the future. "
After saying these words, Sarri also answered the minimum number of questions required according to the regulations, and then got up and left the field.
Mourinho, who originally wanted to talk about it, chose to deal with it coldly after hearing Sarri's praise.
After all, it is not the end of the season to win the trophy. Too much praise will only make Chen Xiaoliang and the whole team the focus and target of other clubs.
He knows well that Roma's strength is far from being able to level the Serie A, and it must be low-key when it should be low-key.
Therefore, at the press conference, he just said that Chen Xiaoliang played a game at a super level, and at the same time the team's state is surprisingly good, but such a good state cannot happen every day. What the team will face next will be How to not get knocked out by Fiorentina in Coppa Italia when trailing by 2 goals.
At the end of the press conference, Mourinho returned to the locker room, and the players were almost packed.
Before leaving, Pellegrini gave Chen Xiaoliang a big hug.
Chen Xiaoliang was named the best player of the game without any suspense. All the tasks were counted together, plus a goal and an assist. He received a total of 12 training points and 2 physical recovery cards.
Coupled with the 4 points I saved from personal training when I had a cold at home for 12 days before the game,
Training value 3 → 27
Stamina Recovery Card 1 → 3
After this game, the standings have undergone a lot of changes.
AC Milan beat Cagliari by one goal in an away game. They currently have 68 points and continue to lead the second-ranked Roma with 2 points by as many as 63 points, leading the standings;
Juventus 2 to 0 Salernitana, Naples 2 to 1 Udinese, both teams seized the opportunity to play at home, and they continued to have the same points with 3 points, but due to Inter Milan 1 to 1 at home Fiorentina failed to win, so Juventus finally returned to the top four in the 30th round of Serie A, while Naples temporarily ranked third relying on the relationship between victory and defeat. Inter Milan can only accept falling out of the Champions League with 3 points destiny;
本轮萨索洛主场4比1斯佩齐亚，与输球的拉齐奥同积46分，排名第6、第7。
The gap between the two leaders of the second group and Inter Milan at the end of the first group has been widened to 11 points. It has been fully declared that in the remaining 8 rounds of the league, the suspense of the championship and the competition for the Champions League seat will only be in the The top five teams unfold.
Teams such as Atlanta and Lazio that could mess up the standings in the past few seasons also completely lost their qualifications to compete under the outstanding performance of the three giants and the two strong teams of Naples and Rome.
The situation is like this, the top five teams have held player mobilization meetings internally, AC Milan is fighting for the long-lost Serie A championship, and the biggest point difference among the other 4 teams is only 6 points, the result is unpredictable, every time The outcome of each round may completely change the ranking of the 4 teams.
But before the mobilization meeting, Pellegrini took the initiative to find Mourinho once.
Mourinho originally thought that he was looking for him because he wanted to raise some tactical and playing ideas.
Indeed, in some previous games, Pellegrini played in the second half as a substitute.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Pellegrini spoke, Mourinho was stunned.
"I think it's time to hand over my captaincy."
Mourinho did not reply immediately, but walked to the automatic coffee machine in the office, slowly made a cup of coffee for Pellegrini, handed it to him, and observed him in this short time expression and demeanor.
After confirming that the other party did not come to lose his temper or complain, Mourinho asked: "Why did you come to tell me this today?"
Pellegrini: "Because the games in the next two months are likely to bring us to a new height, I hope and voluntarily hand over the captaincy to Chen, who is more suitable than me and also More able to lead everyone in the locker room to achieve their goals."
Pellegrini paused: "Actually, I should have taken the initiative to come to you a long time ago."
Mourinho nodded, but still thought for a while before saying: "In your mind, when is the announcement more acceptable?"
"Immediately, immediately and then forget about it and compete for the last two months. Sarri was right, we should keep him, he has something that money can't buy."
Speaking of this, Pellegrini stood up: "No one stipulates that the captain of Roma must be a Roman. If there is, then start with me. If the fans association has opinions, I can communicate, but I believe they must Will support the new captain."
Mourinho agreed and revealed the matter internally in the tactical meeting that followed.
Because he didn't want to involve unrelated personnel, Mancini still retained his vice-captain position, and Pellegrini became the third captain.
There was no speech from the new captain, no handover ceremony, no statement from the players, and no surprise from anyone. It was just a simple verbal notification from Mourinho, and everything happened naturally and naturally.
At noon that day, the club’s official website and Pellegrini’s personal social account released the news at the same time. Unsurprisingly, the die-hard fans expressed their positive approval for the decision while wishing and thanking the old captain for being “high-spirited and bright”. .
That day, the main players only did restorative training such as muscle stretching. When Chen Xiaoliang got home and clicked on the system, he found that the achievement interface was shining with golden light again!
[The achievement of becoming the official captain of the five major league teams has been achieved]
[Achievement Rewards: Resistance to Stress +1, Leadership +1]
Immediately afterwards, there was another dazzling golden light, and the rewards had been transformed into attributes.
Anti-stress 14→15
Leadership 14 → 15
This system is really positive motivation through and through, as long as you have paid, worked hard, and achieved new breakthroughs, you will be given corresponding rewards as soon as possible.
Under the recuperation and rehabilitation of the Roman team doctor, Erica has completely recovered her health. She also bid farewell to Helena and Chen Xiaoliang a few days ago, returned to the German national track and field team, and re-entered training to participate in the summer IAAF World Tour. race.
Compared with Helena and Chen Xiaoliang who were a little bit reluctant to leave this lively "roommate", the Roma players were even more reluctant to say goodbye to such a handsome "part-time fitness coach".
In the Trigoria base, which is almost all men, Erica's part-time job with the team for the past three months seems to be the most beautiful color among the green grass and green trees for the players.
In this regard, Mourinho is neither against nor support.
He has never forgotten the turmoil that Chelsea's former female team doctor Eva Carneiro created for him, so from the bottom of his heart, he is actually very satisfied with the fact that the club's coaching team and medical team are all men.
But he also understands that properly improving the active atmosphere in training will actually have a positive effect on the player's state and training input.
Therefore, after Erica left, Mourinho, who has always been considered rigid, specially invited the Roma women's football team, which also performed well this season, to conduct internal exchanges.
This young women's football team was only established in 2019, but in the 2020-21 season, they won the Coppa Italia and also entered the Women's Champions League.
This season, like the Roma men's football team, they both rank second in Serie A and are sprinting for the Champions League next season.
The reason why Mourinho did this is that he fully understands in his heart that at this stage of a season, the role of daily training on the main players and rotation players has been to maintain physical condition and relieve accumulated fatigue as much as possible.
It is no longer possible to make fundamental changes in techniques and tactics.
Instead of being tense with high pressure, it is better to relax your mind properly, so as to prepare for the next special life-and-death battle.
The second round of the Coppa Italia semi-finals, vs. Fiorentina at home!
In addition to the good mentality of the players, there is also good news that the right back Celik has rejoined the team for joint training.
But like Spinazzola, who was seriously injured for more than half a year, his state still needs a period of adjustment, and he cannot immediately form a combat power.
And Matic's minor strain has fully recovered and can play for the team at any time.
In this case, the team's only remaining injury number is goalkeeper Patricio with a broken calf.
The 3 days of training and additional training added another 12 training points to Chen Xiaoliang.
Training value 27 → 39
As the time is approaching the end of the season, there is not enough time to accumulate more than 80 training points and increase attributes of more than 15. Chen Xiaoliang decided to use all the points during this period to make up for shortcomings.
So he used 20 points to improve his long shot.
Long shot 14→15
Training value 39 → 19
A little more is one point, and one point stronger is one point.
On March 2022, 3, the team once again sat at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome to face Florence, who came from afar.
Before the game, Fiorentina coach Italiano has already said that the team will do everything possible to ensure that they can win in the two rounds, and their goal this season has been determined to win the Coppa Italia and win next season's Qualification for the Europa League.
You know, this season is the last season in which Serie A has four Champions League places. Starting next season, due to the European War points being surpassed by the Bundesliga, it has become the fourth league in Europe. Therefore, only the top three in the league can qualify for the Champions League, of which the top two Directly enter the group stage, and the third place will participate in the third round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round.
This is also due to the poor performance of all teams in Serie A except Juventus in the Champions League and Europa League over the past few years.
When asked what he thought of Chen Xiaoliang's recent more comprehensive performance and how to deal with it, Italiano first boasted about Chen Xiaoliang's ability and potential, then changed the subject, saying that football is a team sport, and other Roma players Also very strong, "but no matter how the opponent arranges, we are fully prepared."
At that time, the reporters didn't understand what this "full preparation" meant, but soon, they would understand after the game started.
At 18:15 in the evening, players from both sides entered the field.
From Florence:
Goalkeeper Terraciano;
The left-back captain Biraghi, the right-back Venuti, the center back is the Brazilian Igor and the Serbian national team's defensive main force Milenkovic;
The defensive midfielder is Lucas Torreira, who has been selected for the Uruguay World Cup list, the left central midfielder Duncan from Ghana, and the right central midfielder Italian European Cup winner Castrovelli;
Left winger Saponara, right winger Nicolas Gonzalez, member of the Argentina Copa America champion;
The center forward is Piatek, who was selected for the Poland World Cup list and partnered with Lewandowski in the national team.
Here in Rome:
Goalkeeper Fozzato;
The three central defenders are still Smalling who never had a chance to enter the England national team, Ibanez who played once for the Brazilian national team, lost his qualification to play for Uruguay, and has never been called up by the Brazilian national team since then, and the national team. The team is sometimes selected and sometimes not selected, and now even if Italy is selected, Mancini's trio has not played in the World Cup;
The left wing back is Malaysia, who is working hard to be selected for the Netherlands World Cup list, and the right wing back is Viña, who has been selected for the Uruguay World Cup list;
The double defensive midfielders are Matic and Kanter, who have already withdrawn from the Serbian national team. After being injured, they are likely to enter the French World Cup list, but they are also on the bench.
In the position of the midfield trio, Mourinho chose a combination that performed well in the previous game, central midfielder Chen Xiaoliang, No. 9 and a half Pellegrini and center Sesco.
Since these three people belong to countries that have nothing to do with this World Cup, they have all been selected in the World Cup audience list in advance.
If it is said that for Fiorentina, who have two goals in hand, in addition to victory, there are two options on their target list: a tie and a small loss. For Rome, at least a goal difference of 3 goals is the only option.
Moreover, there is no overtime in the Coppa Italia semi-finals this season. Even if the goal difference is 2 goals, the two sides will directly enter the penalty shootout.
Although Fozzato is conscientious, he has limited ability and experience after all. It is not good to save penalties in team training. Therefore, dragging the game to the penalty stage is really not what Mourinho wants to see.
Even in the hearts of some players, if they really entered a penalty shootout, it would be better to let Chen Xiaoliang keep the goal...
But others don't know what's going on, how can Chen Xiaoliang not know, he doesn't have a second legendary goalkeeper's attribute card in his system, even if there is, it will only take 5 shots at most in 2 minutes.
Therefore, winning by 3 goals is the goal of the whole team!
"Beep!"
The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!
From the first second of the kick-off in the middle circle, Roma launched a resolute offensive posture against Fiorentina.
Fiorentina, who led by two goals, played a defensive counterattack with peace of mind.
Fiorentina head coach Italiano and the entire Fiorentina team are very clear that with Roma's performance this season, going to the opponent's home court to play against each other is tantamount to taking a chestnut from the fire. If you don't steal one in time, everything will be fine.
And their coaching staff also carefully watched Roma's last derby against Lazio, knowing that blindly defending may not be able to retreat unscathed.
So Italiano thought of a trick. After 5 minutes of the opening, He Wei and Zhu Xiaoyu, who were commentating on Zhongyang TV, agreed that it was a "lost move".
Chen Xiaoliang, the core midfielder, kept confronting and even fouling.
Anyone who has studied Roma's games this season can easily find that the team's performance is completely different in games with and without Chen Xiaoliang.
After understanding this point, the remaining things became clear—to restrict Chen Xiaoliang so that he could not play his original role.
But this is easier said than done.
Otherwise, how could famous coaches like Sarri, Allegri, and Spalletti fall under the iron heel of Rome?
The Red Countryman's super running ability and almost never-bottomed physical fitness, coupled with Mourinho's flexible use of his unlimited areas, make him a ubiquitous presence on the court and cannot be specially defended.
But Italiano was more direct, to put it bluntly, less face-saving, and more ruthless.
He asked three midfielders, three forwards, and even two full-backs to use "strong confrontation" defense against Chen Xiaoliang as long as he appeared outside the penalty area and far away from the penalty area.
In He Wei and Zhu Xiaoyu's commentary, the so-called "strong confrontation" refers to rough body movements and fouls.
It's even a foul that hurts someone off the field.
In the 2nd minute, Chen Xiaoliang pulled to the left to support. After cooperating with Malaysia's short pass, he dribbled the ball past Fiorentina's right winger Nicolas Gonzalez, who came to Chen Xiaoliang with a "ball" I can't beat others", he stretched his legs and tripped Chen Xiaoliang.
Since the game had just started, the referee only gave a verbal warning to Nicholas Gonzalez and did not show a yellow card.
Although the referee didn't say anything, the fall was really hard.
For Chen Xiaoliang, whose dribbling level is not high enough, his dribbling breakthroughs in many cases rely on his teammates to open the distance, one-on-one using speed to burst the opponent, so every time he starts at full speed, his body at high speed.
And the faster the speed, the more fragile the balance of the body will be, the greater the impact force after falling, and the more likely to be injured.
In the 4th minute, Pellegrini received a diagonal pass from Viña in the frontcourt. Facing Torreira's close defense, he dared not be careless and passed back to Chen Xiaoliang behind him. However, Chen Xiaoliang hadn't received the ball yet, so he came over The defending Castrovili's knee hit the back of Chen Xiaoliang's left thigh.
The hard-on-soft ending was that Chen Xiaoliang not only lost his balance and fell on his back, but also his thighs were extremely sore.
However, because the action didn't look big, the referee still didn't give the card. Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, kept asking the fourth official whether the referee would take action only after the player died on the field. ?
The Rome coach's questioning was followed by a warning from the fourth official.
Italiano secretly rejoiced, of course he arranged all of this, and he also knew that this kind of behavior would anger the opponent's coach and players, but whether it was Mourinho's fury, scolding the referee and being sent off, or Chen Xiaoliang's injury Being forced to leave will help him achieve his goal-to keep the victory and enter the final.
Mourinho returned to his coaching area indignantly, full of anger.
But he didn't lose his mind, and he immediately saw his shortcomings in the formation:
In the three central defender system, the two wingbacks, as the team's only full-time full-time players, have to face great pressure on both ends of the offense and defense. , free to go to a certain wing to help the wing back attack or defend.
Under the support system of double defensive midfielders, Pellegrini in front of Chen Xiaoliang is more like a shadow striker surrounding Sesco, so the connection and organization of the midfield will also be borne by Chen Xiaoliang. .
The starting point of this is of course based on the super personal ability and overall situation view of the Red Country midfielder. At the same time, when defending the opponent's attack, it can also rely on intensive regional defense to steal the ball as soon as possible and implement a counterattack.
But there is no second person in the Roma team who can replace Chen Xiaoliang, which means that if Italiano's "damage move" does not reduce Chen Xiaoliang's state through rough actions, or simply hurts him off the field, it is to put him on the field. He made it impossible to connect the local areas and the front and rear courts, and the overall operation of Rome would be greatly affected.
This is the value of a super star, and it is also the weakness of a team whose overall ability is not strong enough.
The teammates on the field also discovered this. Out of the idea of protecting Chen Xiaoliang and giving him some time to find a solution, in the next 5 minutes, the teammates significantly reduced the frequency of actively passing the ball to him.
But in this way, in the arms of Florence, not only did Roma become one less player on the court, but also voluntarily gave up the most comprehensive player.
The two defensive midfielders wanted to play the ball forward, and Pellegrini had to retreat sharply to catch the ball, but once he retreated, it meant that Cesco, who was at the top, was completely isolated on the opponent's back line.
At the same time, in the side attack, without Chen Xiaoliang's large-scale transfer, the side attack will easily form a side attack, and will be forced to pass back and reorganize until it fails to get through.
According to their own responsibilities and tactical requirements, the two defensive midfielders did not dare to press forward, cover the side and support the side attack, because if they did so, if they made a mistake and were intercepted and switched from offense to defense, they would not be able to take the lead. Time to return to the defense zone that you should be responsible for.
Although the banning of Chen Xiaoliang does not mean that the entire team is completely paralyzed, but Roma will definitely not be able to play to the level that the second place in the league should have.
"What should I do?" Mourinho kept asking himself this question in his heart.
The formation of three central defenders is the formation he was forced to adopt after coming to Rome, which was rarely used in his previous coaching experience.
This is inseparable from the player's ability.
It's not that he has never tried a four-back formation, but no matter which two partners Mancini, Ibanez, and Smalling are, the defense will never satisfy him, at least from the results of the strong dialogue. I can't explain it at all.
Smalling is good at filling positions and high-altitude balls, but one-on-one defense, especially when facing small fast players, often becomes an "accident";
Ibanez is good at one-on-one, and his personal defensive awareness, turning speed, and physical fitness are also the best among the three main players, but his defense awareness and coordination are also the worst. In the double central defender system, Often needs another central defender to "wipe his ass";
Mancini is characterized by good ability to play the ball, strong defensive ability, and good ability to grab headers and score goals in the opponent's penalty area, but his speed, confrontation, especially when facing tall, strong centers, He can hardly take any advantage in one-on-one defense, which is also doomed that he can only be a ball defender and a defensive defender, but not a great general among central defenders.
After trying many times, Mourinho will also adopt a double central defender formation when facing a weak team, letting the three take turns to rest, and once facing a strong team or a tough battle that must be won, he will only have three left The only option for a central defender.
The second is the wing. Except for the young Zalewski, this team does not have any full-time wing attackers who can take on heavy responsibilities.
Mourinho's dream template is Robben, Duff, Di Maria, and Perisic when they were playing, but now that wingers are exploding, Roma has even a usable winger. Nothing at all.
You must know that the efficiency of wing backs attacking from the midfield is much lower than the threat posed by the more forward wingers.
So he tried Abraham, Zaniolo, and Pellegrini, but none of them were ideal, let alone the aging Mkhitaryan.
Under such realistic conditions, people's speed is not enough, so they can only rely on the accuracy of the ball to make up for it. Chen Xiaoliang, who has a precise cross, is naturally the best candidate to assist the attack from the side.
This formation can be said to be tailor-made based on the current situation of the team and Chen Xiaoliang's ability.
在过去两个赛季的主流联赛中，以英超为例，4-4-2仍旧是每场比赛最常用的首发阵型，比例为24.3%，紧随其后的是4-2-3-1与传统4-3-3，比例分别是23.7%与23.6%，几乎相同；
三中卫阵型也有，使用最多就是3-4-2-1或3-4-3，使用频率都在10%以上，有两名中锋的3-5-2紧随其后，也接近10%；
And the unpopular formation is not without it. For example, Leeds United, coached by "Chile Madman" Bielsa, used 3-3-1-3, with a ratio of 0.3%, which was only used by their first team.
而穆里尼奥现在运用的阵型，在阵型图上虽然标记为3-4-1-2，但实际上更像是3-4-1-1-1，陈小亮根本就没有固定的区域，这在五大联赛里都是独一份的阵型。
Now, what Florence wants to strangle to death with rough movements is the "1" in the middle. If the waist is broken, the front and back will be completely out of touch.
Although this may not be able to win Rome, Florence's goal today is not necessarily to win, and a draw is enough for them to have the last laugh.
Mourinho's mind is running and analyzing at full speed like a 16-core CPU, but he really can't think of how this team can win the opponent by 3 goals without Chen Xiaoliang.
But while he was thinking, the game was still going on.
In the 11th minute, Fiorentina made a big push. The left winger Saponara made a cross from the left side of the restricted area. Piatek nodded the ball behind. The sweaty Ibanez made a big clearance and kicked towards the midfield.
In the middle circle, Sesco wanted to compete for the top to catch the ball, but today the top scorer of Rome can be considered to have met his opponent. Milenkovic, who is also 195 cm tall and weighs a full 92 kg, is in such a fixed-point high ball. Almost had the upper hand in the competition.
When the two took off at the same time, Cesko, who was 15 kilograms lighter and still had his back to his opponent, had no room for confrontation. He lost his balance and fell forward when he was hit by Milenkovic.
The midfielder Torreira ran over to control the ejected ball and hung it into the penalty area again. Piatek retreated and wanted to ferry the header to Nicholas Gonzalez on the right. Chen Xiaoliang judged the landing point in advance and jumped to the top When Piatek saw the ball, he didn't go to the ball at all. He pretended to be an additional action when he was fighting for the top, and put his right elbow on the back of Chen Xiaoliang's neck.
This method of attacking his weaknesses made Chen Xiaoliang immediately lose his balance in the air and fell to the ground.
"Beep!"
The referee blew the whistle immediately, but obviously, Chen Xiaoliang blocked his view and couldn't see clearly the small movements made by Piatek behind his back.
However, the nearby Roman players were all angry, and they rushed to surround Piatek.
Once this extremely dangerous action of attacking the cervical spine leads to injury, it will not only cause a devastating blow to the player's career, but even cause an irreversible disaster to a person's normal life.
Malaysia, who doesn't talk too much, was the first to rush over and hit Piatek with his chest. This Dutchman doesn't speak much Italian yet, but body movements on the football field are more important than verbal responses. more direct.
Piatek wanted to pretend to be careless, but after being bumped head-on by Malasia, he got angry and reached out to push the opponent back.
At this time, the players on both sides became angry. Even Fozzato, Matic, and Biraghi who tried to separate the players from both sides to calm the situation began to say "kind greetings" to each other.
Seeing this, the referee finally remembered that he still had a yellow card in his pocket, and immediately took it out and waved it at Malasia and Piatek.
As the captain of Fiorentina, Biraghi was still very dissatisfied, and told the referee that it was obvious that Malaysia had made the move first, so why not give him a more severe punishment.
Although the referee reacted slowly, he was not blind. Looking at Chen Xiaoliang, who was still lying on the ground and touching the back of his neck, he frowned and warned Biraghi to back off, as if saying with his eyes: "You should order Bilian !"
The Roma team doctor ran into the field, checked carefully and confirmed that there was no problem, Chen Xiaoliang got up slowly, and the game continued.
"Do you have any suggestions?"
Foti couldn't believe his ears, Mourinho would take the initiative to ask him for his opinion, even in such a difficult situation!
Although he is cautious in dealing with things and never forgets Joao's lessons learned, he is by no means a person who has no ideas and cannot think independently.
He can also see that Mourinho is in a state of disarray at this time, and the fact that the opponent has targeted Chen Xiaoliang today is already very clear. style of play.
As the time passed, not only did Roma fail to score, but what was even more terrible was that after losing Chen Xiaoliang's tandem, they hadn't even had a single shot. Malaysia even lost a yellow card. He knew that Murray Neo really needs someone to give him some inspiration.
But Foti still spoke carefully:
"Perhaps it would be better for Chen to step back?"
Mourinho turned his head and glanced at Foti, then turned back and said, "Go on."
Foti: "Piatke couldn't hold back just now, and has already received a yellow card. At least in his area, he can no longer make rough moves against Chen. It is also impossible for the opponent to make a substitution so early. The person with the yellow card is replaced."
Mourinho: "And then?"
Seeing Mourinho's interest, Foti continued: "Let Chen go back. As for how far back, let him decide for himself, while Weiletu and Matic go up front, and cooperate with one side to strengthen. Offensively, but also defensively when the wingbacks press up."
Mourinho seemed to be watching the situation on the field with his eyes, but what appeared in front of him was already the picture described by Foti in his mind.
It wasn't until 1 minute passed that Fiorentina left winger Sabonara cut in from the left and shot over the goal. Mourinho said: "Do you want him to be Pirlo?"
Foti's eyes lit up, and he answered immediately: "Jose, look at my speaking ability, you are more accurate! But I think Chen is more comprehensive than Pirlo in that position."
Mourinho: "More comprehensive..."
Foti has really figured out Mourinho's temper. His words are to remind the immediate boss that Chen Xiaoliang can not only display his passing ability after retreating, but also help the defense to stabilize the defense.
But he didn't dare to say it clearly, because Mourinho is a very controlling person, he can't let Mourinho see that he is a person with many ideas.
Since the leader knows that you have an idea, why don't you say it?
Too much to say, if there is a disagreement with the leader, and it turns out that the leader is right in the end, that’s fine. If it turns out that the leader is wrong in the end, how do you let him step down?The previous assistant coach had already broken up because of this, and Foti didn't want to lose his job because of it.
If you choose not to speak, the leader will have more opinions.The leader will think that your kid is clearly full of ideas, but he just doesn't say anything. What do you mean?Look down on me or wait to see me make a fool of myself?
It's a pity that Chen Xiaoliang didn't know that Foti had these calculations in mind, otherwise he would definitely ask Foti if he likes to watch the Qing court dramas of the Red Kingdom, especially those who pretend to be confused in front of the emperor, and then the emperor immediately kneels when he comes up with an idea The minister who kowtowed and shouted "the emperor is holy"?
Otherwise, how can this "rarely confused" skill be learned so well?So deep in the essence?
What Foti wants to maintain is the old rhythm. The leader asked me and I only said it, and I deliberately said it plausibly, so that the leader neither made the leader think that he was stupid, nor made the leader think that he was so smart that he was threatening.
But the leader didn't ask, he just sat quietly on the side to record and observe.
Never commit crimes against superiors, never overstep one's position, and never overwhelm others.
Foti's choice is not wrong at all, but he doesn't know that the move he is playing now is actually the rest of Mourinho's play back then.
Exactly 30 years ago, when the old England coach Bobby Robson came to Sporting Portugal as the head coach, Mourinho, as a full-time translator, was able to "counterattack" and become an assistant coach, laying a solid foundation for the next generation of famous coaches. What he relies on is not only his own diligence and studiousness, but also his perfect handling of the relationship between himself and Robson, which has completely won the trust of the English and continued to gain support.
It's just that he doesn't need it anymore, and he doesn't bother to act on other people's faces.
"Go and arrange."
Mourinho thought about it, and felt that Foti's method was worth a try, so he spoke.
But Foti didn't move: "Jose, it seems that Chen and you have a telepathic connection and want to go together."
On the field, Fozzato took the goal kick and passed it short to Chen Xiaoliang in front of him.
Mourinho took a closer look, and Chen Xiaoliang almost retreated to a position parallel to Smalling in the middle of the three central defenders, while the left and right central defenders Mancini and Ibanez deliberately distanced themselves to ensure that There are enough support points when the opponent presses high.
In the position of the midfielder, Matic is still in place, but Wellertu has moved forward, as if forming a double central midfielder configuration with Pellegrini on the left and the right.
This is slightly different from Foti's idea, but it is more in line with reality. It is not a very good idea to let Matic, whose running ability declines with age, frequently go to the side.
"This kid... let him toss and see first." Mourinho
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Just as Mourinho expected, when Chen Xiaoliang walked off the field, the audience applauded.
He applauded back as he accepted salutes from his teammates and fans.
However, slightly beyond the expectations of the Roma side, almost all fans stood up, including Lazio fans covered in blue and white.
They are paying tribute to sportsmanship and the birth of a future legend with their actions.
There was no suspense in the rest of the game, Roma did not kill them all, and Lazio lost their spirits and could only accept the defeat.
After the game, Sarri went to the entrance of the bus and smoked five cigarettes to calm himself down.
He perfunctorily answered a few questions about tactics and Lazio's performance in his routine post-match press conference.
The reason for the perfunctory is clear at a glance, just as the reason for the loss is also clear at a glance, and any more words are just repeating the obvious facts.
However, when the reporter asked, "How do you think of Chen Xiaoliang's performance today?", the old coach seemed to be opened up, and said the following words:
"It's been 1996 years since I started coaching the team in 26 and as the head coach. Although I have not been in the top league for a long time in this process, I still think I have seen many players, of course. There are those who are called top players.
Apparently, I met another one today.
I don't want to spend any more time talking about what he did on the court today. Anyone who has watched the game will know that those statistics will not lie.
He taught a lesson to everyone present today, explaining what a professional player is. "
Said, Sarri stretched out two fingers in turn:
"Top performance, top professionalism.
Although his existence will cause us a lot of trouble, I still hope that such a player can stay in Italy and stay here for a long time.
Regardless of whether it is Rome or those big clubs, I hope someone can pay to keep him instead of sending him to Manchester, Madrid, London, Paris or Munich.
He should become the symbol of this country's league, let all the people watching in the world know that Italy has a genius that is not inferior to any genius, there is a fighter who never gives up and is worth learning from all players, and there is a fighter who can help Serie A is going to fight for the top players in Europe, and there is a superstar who may bring Serie A the long-lost Golden Globe Award in the future. "
After saying these words, Sarri also answered the minimum number of questions required according to the regulations, and then got up and left the field.
Mourinho, who originally wanted to talk about it, chose to deal with it coldly after hearing Sarri's praise.
After all, it is not the end of the season to win the trophy. Too much praise will only make Chen Xiaoliang and the whole team the focus and target of other clubs.
He knows well that Roma's strength is far from being able to level the Serie A, and it must be low-key when it should be low-key.
Therefore, at the press conference, he just said that Chen Xiaoliang played a game at a super level, and at the same time the team's state is surprisingly good, but such a good state cannot happen every day. What the team will face next will be How to not get knocked out by Fiorentina in Coppa Italia when trailing by 2 goals.
At the end of the press conference, Mourinho returned to the locker room, and the players were almost packed.
Before leaving, Pellegrini gave Chen Xiaoliang a big hug.
Chen Xiaoliang was named the best player of the game without any suspense. All the tasks were counted together, plus a goal and an assist. He received a total of 12 training points and 2 physical recovery cards.
Coupled with the 4 points I saved from personal training when I had a cold at home for 12 days before the game,
Training value 3 → 27
Stamina Recovery Card 1 → 3
After this game, the standings have undergone a lot of changes.
AC Milan beat Cagliari by one goal in an away game. They currently have 68 points and continue to lead the second-ranked Roma with 2 points by as many as 63 points, leading the standings;
Juventus 2 to 0 Salernitana, Naples 2 to 1 Udinese, both teams seized the opportunity to play at home, and they continued to have the same points with 3 points, but due to Inter Milan 1 to 1 at home Fiorentina failed to win, so Juventus finally returned to the top four in the 30th round of Serie A, while Naples temporarily ranked third relying on the relationship between victory and defeat. Inter Milan can only accept falling out of the Champions League with 3 points destiny;
本轮萨索洛主场4比1斯佩齐亚，与输球的拉齐奥同积46分，排名第6、第7。
The gap between the two leaders of the second group and Inter Milan at the end of the first group has been widened to 11 points. It has been fully declared that in the remaining 8 rounds of the league, the suspense of the championship and the competition for the Champions League seat will only be in the The top five teams unfold.
Teams such as Atlanta and Lazio that could mess up the standings in the past few seasons also completely lost their qualifications to compete under the outstanding performance of the three giants and the two strong teams of Naples and Rome.
The situation is like this, the top five teams have held player mobilization meetings internally, AC Milan is fighting for the long-lost Serie A championship, and the biggest point difference among the other 4 teams is only 6 points, the result is unpredictable, every time The outcome of each round may completely change the ranking of the 4 teams.
But before the mobilization meeting, Pellegrini took the initiative to find Mourinho once.
Mourinho originally thought that he was looking for him because he wanted to raise some tactical and playing ideas.
Indeed, in some previous games, Pellegrini played in the second half as a substitute.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Pellegrini spoke, Mourinho was stunned.
"I think it's time to hand over my captaincy."
Mourinho did not reply immediately, but walked to the automatic coffee machine in the office, slowly made a cup of coffee for Pellegrini, handed it to him, and observed him in this short time expression and demeanor.
After confirming that the other party did not come to lose his temper or complain, Mourinho asked: "Why did you come to tell me this today?"
Pellegrini: "Because the games in the next two months are likely to bring us to a new height, I hope and voluntarily hand over the captaincy to Chen, who is more suitable than me and also More able to lead everyone in the locker room to achieve their goals."
Pellegrini paused: "Actually, I should have taken the initiative to come to you a long time ago."
Mourinho nodded, but still thought for a while before saying: "In your mind, when is the announcement more acceptable?"
"Immediately, immediately and then forget about it and compete for the last two months. Sarri was right, we should keep him, he has something that money can't buy."
Speaking of this, Pellegrini stood up: "No one stipulates that the captain of Roma must be a Roman. If there is, then start with me. If the fans association has opinions, I can communicate, but I believe they must Will support the new captain."
Mourinho agreed and revealed the matter internally in the tactical meeting that followed.
Because he didn't want to involve unrelated personnel, Mancini still retained his vice-captain position, and Pellegrini became the third captain.
There was no speech from the new captain, no handover ceremony, no statement from the players, and no surprise from anyone. It was just a simple verbal notification from Mourinho, and everything happened naturally and naturally.
At noon that day, the club’s official website and Pellegrini’s personal social account released the news at the same time. Unsurprisingly, the die-hard fans expressed their positive approval for the decision while wishing and thanking the old captain for being “high-spirited and bright”. .
That day, the main players only did restorative training such as muscle stretching. When Chen Xiaoliang got home and clicked on the system, he found that the achievement interface was shining with golden light again!
[The achievement of becoming the official captain of the five major league teams has been achieved]
[Achievement Rewards: Resistance to Stress +1, Leadership +1]
Immediately afterwards, there was another dazzling golden light, and the rewards had been transformed into attributes.
Anti-stress 14→15
Leadership 14 → 15
This system is really positive motivation through and through, as long as you have paid, worked hard, and achieved new breakthroughs, you will be given corresponding rewards as soon as possible.
Under the recuperation and rehabilitation of the Roman team doctor, Erica has completely recovered her health. She also bid farewell to Helena and Chen Xiaoliang a few days ago, returned to the German national track and field team, and re-entered training to participate in the summer IAAF World Tour. race.
Compared with Helena and Chen Xiaoliang who were a little bit reluctant to leave this lively "roommate", the Roma players were even more reluctant to say goodbye to such a handsome "part-time fitness coach".
In the Trigoria base, which is almost all men, Erica's part-time job with the team for the past three months seems to be the most beautiful color among the green grass and green trees for the players.
In this regard, Mourinho is neither against nor support.
He has never forgotten the turmoil that Chelsea's former female team doctor Eva Carneiro created for him, so from the bottom of his heart, he is actually very satisfied with the fact that the club's coaching team and medical team are all men.
But he also understands that properly improving the active atmosphere in training will actually have a positive effect on the player's state and training input.
Therefore, after Erica left, Mourinho, who has always been considered rigid, specially invited the Roma women's football team, which also performed well this season, to conduct internal exchanges.
This young women's football team was only established in 2019, but in the 2020-21 season, they won the Coppa Italia and also entered the Women's Champions League.
This season, like the Roma men's football team, they both rank second in Serie A and are sprinting for the Champions League next season.
The reason why Mourinho did this is that he fully understands in his heart that at this stage of a season, the role of daily training on the main players and rotation players has been to maintain physical condition and relieve accumulated fatigue as much as possible.
It is no longer possible to make fundamental changes in techniques and tactics.
Instead of being tense with high pressure, it is better to relax your mind properly, so as to prepare for the next special life-and-death battle.
The second round of the Coppa Italia semi-finals, vs. Fiorentina at home!
In addition to the good mentality of the players, there is also good news that the right back Celik has rejoined the team for joint training.
But like Spinazzola, who was seriously injured for more than half a year, his state still needs a period of adjustment, and he cannot immediately form a combat power.
And Matic's minor strain has fully recovered and can play for the team at any time.
In this case, the team's only remaining injury number is goalkeeper Patricio with a broken calf.
The 3 days of training and additional training added another 12 training points to Chen Xiaoliang.
Training value 27 → 39
As the time is approaching the end of the season, there is not enough time to accumulate more than 80 training points and increase attributes of more than 15. Chen Xiaoliang decided to use all the points during this period to make up for shortcomings.
So he used 20 points to improve his long shot.
Long shot 14→15
Training value 39 → 19
A little more is one point, and one point stronger is one point.
On March 2022, 3, the team once again sat at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome to face Florence, who came from afar.
Before the game, Fiorentina coach Italiano has already said that the team will do everything possible to ensure that they can win in the two rounds, and their goal this season has been determined to win the Coppa Italia and win next season's Qualification for the Europa League.
You know, this season is the last season in which Serie A has four Champions League places. Starting next season, due to the European War points being surpassed by the Bundesliga, it has become the fourth league in Europe. Therefore, only the top three in the league can qualify for the Champions League, of which the top two Directly enter the group stage, and the third place will participate in the third round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round.
This is also due to the poor performance of all teams in Serie A except Juventus in the Champions League and Europa League over the past few years.
When asked what he thought of Chen Xiaoliang's recent more comprehensive performance and how to deal with it, Italiano first boasted about Chen Xiaoliang's ability and potential, then changed the subject, saying that football is a team sport, and other Roma players Also very strong, "but no matter how the opponent arranges, we are fully prepared."
At that time, the reporters didn't understand what this "full preparation" meant, but soon, they would understand after the game started.
At 18:15 in the evening, players from both sides entered the field.
From Florence:
Goalkeeper Terraciano;
The left-back captain Biraghi, the right-back Venuti, the center back is the Brazilian Igor and the Serbian national team's defensive main force Milenkovic;
The defensive midfielder is Lucas Torreira, who has been selected for the Uruguay World Cup list, the left central midfielder Duncan from Ghana, and the right central midfielder Italian European Cup winner Castrovelli;
Left winger Saponara, right winger Nicolas Gonzalez, member of the Argentina Copa America champion;
The center forward is Piatek, who was selected for the Poland World Cup list and partnered with Lewandowski in the national team.
Here in Rome:
Goalkeeper Fozzato;
The three central defenders are still Smalling who never had a chance to enter the England national team, Ibanez who played once for the Brazilian national team, lost his qualification to play for Uruguay, and has never been called up by the Brazilian national team since then, and the national team. The team is sometimes selected and sometimes not selected, and now even if Italy is selected, Mancini's trio has not played in the World Cup;
The left wing back is Malaysia, who is working hard to be selected for the Netherlands World Cup list, and the right wing back is Viña, who has been selected for the Uruguay World Cup list;
The double defensive midfielders are Matic and Kanter, who have already withdrawn from the Serbian national team. After being injured, they are likely to enter the French World Cup list, but they are also on the bench.
In the position of the midfield trio, Mourinho chose a combination that performed well in the previous game, central midfielder Chen Xiaoliang, No. 9 and a half Pellegrini and center Sesco.
Since these three people belong to countries that have nothing to do with this World Cup, they have all been selected in the World Cup audience list in advance.
If it is said that for Fiorentina, who have two goals in hand, in addition to victory, there are two options on their target list: a tie and a small loss. For Rome, at least a goal difference of 3 goals is the only option.
Moreover, there is no overtime in the Coppa Italia semi-finals this season. Even if the goal difference is 2 goals, the two sides will directly enter the penalty shootout.
Although Fozzato is conscientious, he has limited ability and experience after all. It is not good to save penalties in team training. Therefore, dragging the game to the penalty stage is really not what Mourinho wants to see.
Even in the hearts of some players, if they really entered a penalty shootout, it would be better to let Chen Xiaoliang keep the goal...
But others don't know what's going on, how can Chen Xiaoliang not know, he doesn't have a second legendary goalkeeper's attribute card in his system, even if there is, it will only take 5 shots at most in 2 minutes.
Therefore, winning by 3 goals is the goal of the whole team!
"Beep!"
The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!
From the first second of the kick-off in the middle circle, Roma launched a resolute offensive posture against Fiorentina.
Fiorentina, who led by two goals, played a defensive counterattack with peace of mind.
Fiorentina head coach Italiano and the entire Fiorentina team are very clear that with Roma's performance this season, going to the opponent's home court to play against each other is tantamount to taking a chestnut from the fire. If you don't steal one in time, everything will be fine.
And their coaching staff also carefully watched Roma's last derby against Lazio, knowing that blindly defending may not be able to retreat unscathed.
So Italiano thought of a trick. After 5 minutes of the opening, He Wei and Zhu Xiaoyu, who were commentating on Zhongyang TV, agreed that it was a "lost move".
Chen Xiaoliang, the core midfielder, kept confronting and even fouling.
Anyone who has studied Roma's games this season can easily find that the team's performance is completely different in games with and without Chen Xiaoliang.
After understanding this point, the remaining things became clear—to restrict Chen Xiaoliang so that he could not play his original role.
But this is easier said than done.
Otherwise, how could famous coaches like Sarri, Allegri, and Spalletti fall under the iron heel of Rome?
The Red Countryman's super running ability and almost never-bottomed physical fitness, coupled with Mourinho's flexible use of his unlimited areas, make him a ubiquitous presence on the court and cannot be specially defended.
But Italiano was more direct, to put it bluntly, less face-saving, and more ruthless.
He asked three midfielders, three forwards, and even two full-backs to use "strong confrontation" defense against Chen Xiaoliang as long as he appeared outside the penalty area and far away from the penalty area.
In He Wei and Zhu Xiaoyu's commentary, the so-called "strong confrontation" refers to rough body movements and fouls.
It's even a foul that hurts someone off the field.
In the 2nd minute, Chen Xiaoliang pulled to the left to support. After cooperating with Malaysia's short pass, he dribbled the ball past Fiorentina's right winger Nicolas Gonzalez, who came to Chen Xiaoliang with a "ball" I can't beat others", he stretched his legs and tripped Chen Xiaoliang.
Since the game had just started, the referee only gave a verbal warning to Nicholas Gonzalez and did not show a yellow card.
Although the referee didn't say anything, the fall was really hard.
For Chen Xiaoliang, whose dribbling level is not high enough, his dribbling breakthroughs in many cases rely on his teammates to open the distance, one-on-one using speed to burst the opponent, so every time he starts at full speed, his body at high speed.
And the faster the speed, the more fragile the balance of the body will be, the greater the impact force after falling, and the more likely to be injured.
In the 4th minute, Pellegrini received a diagonal pass from Viña in the frontcourt. Facing Torreira's close defense, he dared not be careless and passed back to Chen Xiaoliang behind him. However, Chen Xiaoliang hadn't received the ball yet, so he came over The defending Castrovili's knee hit the back of Chen Xiaoliang's left thigh.
The hard-on-soft ending was that Chen Xiaoliang not only lost his balance and fell on his back, but also his thighs were extremely sore.
However, because the action didn't look big, the referee still didn't give the card. Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, kept asking the fourth official whether the referee would take action only after the player died on the field. ?
The Rome coach's questioning was followed by a warning from the fourth official.
Italiano secretly rejoiced, of course he arranged all of this, and he also knew that this kind of behavior would anger the opponent's coach and players, but whether it was Mourinho's fury, scolding the referee and being sent off, or Chen Xiaoliang's injury Being forced to leave will help him achieve his goal-to keep the victory and enter the final.
Mourinho returned to his coaching area indignantly, full of anger.
But he didn't lose his mind, and he immediately saw his shortcomings in the formation:
In the three central defender system, the two wingbacks, as the team's only full-time full-time players, have to face great pressure on both ends of the offense and defense. , free to go to a certain wing to help the wing back attack or defend.
Under the support system of double defensive midfielders, Pellegrini in front of Chen Xiaoliang is more like a shadow striker surrounding Sesco, so the connection and organization of the midfield will also be borne by Chen Xiaoliang. .
The starting point of this is of course based on the super personal ability and overall situation view of the Red Country midfielder. At the same time, when defending the opponent's attack, it can also rely on intensive regional defense to steal the ball as soon as possible and implement a counterattack.
But there is no second person in the Roma team who can replace Chen Xiaoliang, which means that if Italiano's "damage move" does not reduce Chen Xiaoliang's state through rough actions, or simply hurts him off the field, it is to put him on the field. He made it impossible to connect the local areas and the front and rear courts, and the overall operation of Rome would be greatly affected.
This is the value of a super star, and it is also the weakness of a team whose overall ability is not strong enough.
The teammates on the field also discovered this. Out of the idea of protecting Chen Xiaoliang and giving him some time to find a solution, in the next 5 minutes, the teammates significantly reduced the frequency of actively passing the ball to him.
But in this way, in the arms of Florence, not only did Roma become one less player on the court, but also voluntarily gave up the most comprehensive player.
The two defensive midfielders wanted to play the ball forward, and Pellegrini had to retreat sharply to catch the ball, but once he retreated, it meant that Cesco, who was at the top, was completely isolated on the opponent's back line.
At the same time, in the side attack, without Chen Xiaoliang's large-scale transfer, the side attack will easily form a side attack, and will be forced to pass back and reorganize until it fails to get through.
According to their own responsibilities and tactical requirements, the two defensive midfielders did not dare to press forward, cover the side and support the side attack, because if they did so, if they made a mistake and were intercepted and switched from offense to defense, they would not be able to take the lead. Time to return to the defense zone that you should be responsible for.
Although the banning of Chen Xiaoliang does not mean that the entire team is completely paralyzed, but Roma will definitely not be able to play to the level that the second place in the league should have.
"What should I do?" Mourinho kept asking himself this question in his heart.
The formation of three central defenders is the formation he was forced to adopt after coming to Rome, which was rarely used in his previous coaching experience.
This is inseparable from the player's ability.
It's not that he has never tried a four-back formation, but no matter which two partners Mancini, Ibanez, and Smalling are, the defense will never satisfy him, at least from the results of the strong dialogue. I can't explain it at all.
Smalling is good at filling positions and high-altitude balls, but one-on-one defense, especially when facing small fast players, often becomes an "accident";
Ibanez is good at one-on-one, and his personal defensive awareness, turning speed, and physical fitness are also the best among the three main players, but his defense awareness and coordination are also the worst. In the double central defender system, Often needs another central defender to "wipe his ass";
Mancini is characterized by good ability to play the ball, strong defensive ability, and good ability to grab headers and score goals in the opponent's penalty area, but his speed, confrontation, especially when facing tall, strong centers, He can hardly take any advantage in one-on-one defense, which is also doomed that he can only be a ball defender and a defensive defender, but not a great general among central defenders.
After trying many times, Mourinho will also adopt a double central defender formation when facing a weak team, letting the three take turns to rest, and once facing a strong team or a tough battle that must be won, he will only have three left The only option for a central defender.
The second is the wing. Except for the young Zalewski, this team does not have any full-time wing attackers who can take on heavy responsibilities.
Mourinho's dream template is Robben, Duff, Di Maria, and Perisic when they were playing, but now that wingers are exploding, Roma has even a usable winger. Nothing at all.
You must know that the efficiency of wing backs attacking from the midfield is much lower than the threat posed by the more forward wingers.
So he tried Abraham, Zaniolo, and Pellegrini, but none of them were ideal, let alone the aging Mkhitaryan.
Under such realistic conditions, people's speed is not enough, so they can only rely on the accuracy of the ball to make up for it. Chen Xiaoliang, who has a precise cross, is naturally the best candidate to assist the attack from the side.
This formation can be said to be tailor-made based on the current situation of the team and Chen Xiaoliang's ability.
在过去两个赛季的主流联赛中，以英超为例，4-4-2仍旧是每场比赛最常用的首发阵型，比例为24.3%，紧随其后的是4-2-3-1与传统4-3-3，比例分别是23.7%与23.6%，几乎相同；
三中卫阵型也有，使用最多就是3-4-2-1或3-4-3，使用频率都在10%以上，有两名中锋的3-5-2紧随其后，也接近10%；
And the unpopular formation is not without it. For example, Leeds United, coached by "Chile Madman" Bielsa, used 3-3-1-3, with a ratio of 0.3%, which was only used by their first team.
而穆里尼奥现在运用的阵型，在阵型图上虽然标记为3-4-1-2，但实际上更像是3-4-1-1-1，陈小亮根本就没有固定的区域，这在五大联赛里都是独一份的阵型。
Now, what Florence wants to strangle to death with rough movements is the "1" in the middle. If the waist is broken, the front and back will be completely out of touch.
Although this may not be able to win Rome, Florence's goal today is not necessarily to win, and a draw is enough for them to have the last laugh.
Mourinho's mind is running and analyzing at full speed like a 16-core CPU, but he really can't think of how this team can win the opponent by 3 goals without Chen Xiaoliang.
But while he was thinking, the game was still going on.
In the 11th minute, Fiorentina made a big push. The left winger Saponara made a cross from the left side of the restricted area. Piatek nodded the ball behind. The sweaty Ibanez made a big clearance and kicked towards the midfield.
In the middle circle, Sesco wanted to compete for the top to catch the ball, but today the top scorer of Rome can be considered to have met his opponent. Milenkovic, who is also 195 cm tall and weighs a full 92 kg, is in such a fixed-point high ball. Almost had the upper hand in the competition.
When the two took off at the same time, Cesko, who was 15 kilograms lighter and still had his back to his opponent, had no room for confrontation. He lost his balance and fell forward when he was hit by Milenkovic.
The midfielder Torreira ran over to control the ejected ball and hung it into the penalty area again. Piatek retreated and wanted to ferry the header to Nicholas Gonzalez on the right. Chen Xiaoliang judged the landing point in advance and jumped to the top When Piatek saw the ball, he didn't go to the ball at all. He pretended to be an additional action when he was fighting for the top, and put his right elbow on the back of Chen Xiaoliang's neck.
This method of attacking his weaknesses made Chen Xiaoliang immediately lose his balance in the air and fell to the ground.
"Beep!"
The referee blew the whistle immediately, but obviously, Chen Xiaoliang blocked his view and couldn't see clearly the small movements made by Piatek behind his back.
However, the nearby Roman players were all angry, and they rushed to surround Piatek.
Once this extremely dangerous action of attacking the cervical spine leads to injury, it will not only cause a devastating blow to the player's career, but even cause an irreversible disaster to a person's normal life.
Malaysia, who doesn't talk too much, was the first to rush over and hit Piatek with his chest. This Dutchman doesn't speak much Italian yet, but body movements on the football field are more important than verbal responses. more direct.
Piatek wanted to pretend to be careless, but after being bumped head-on by Malasia, he got angry and reached out to push the opponent back.
At this time, the players on both sides became angry. Even Fozzato, Matic, and Biraghi who tried to separate the players from both sides to calm the situation began to say "kind greetings" to each other.
Seeing this, the referee finally remembered that he still had a yellow card in his pocket, and immediately took it out and waved it at Malasia and Piatek.
As the captain of Fiorentina, Biraghi was still very dissatisfied, and told the referee that it was obvious that Malaysia had made the move first, so why not give him a more severe punishment.
Although the referee reacted slowly, he was not blind. Looking at Chen Xiaoliang, who was still lying on the ground and touching the back of his neck, he frowned and warned Biraghi to back off, as if saying with his eyes: "You should order Bilian !"
The Roma team doctor ran into the field, checked carefully and confirmed that there was no problem, Chen Xiaoliang got up slowly, and the game continued.
"Do you have any suggestions?"
Foti couldn't believe his ears, Mourinho would take the initiative to ask him for his opinion, even in such a difficult situation!
Although he is cautious in dealing with things and never forgets Joao's lessons learned, he is by no means a person who has no ideas and cannot think independently.
He can also see that Mourinho is in a state of disarray at this time, and the fact that the opponent has targeted Chen Xiaoliang today is already very clear. style of play.
As the time passed, not only did Roma fail to score, but what was even more terrible was that after losing Chen Xiaoliang's tandem, they hadn't even had a single shot. Malaysia even lost a yellow card. He knew that Murray Neo really needs someone to give him some inspiration.
But Foti still spoke carefully:
"Perhaps it would be better for Chen to step back?"
Mourinho turned his head and glanced at Foti, then turned back and said, "Go on."
Foti: "Piatke couldn't hold back just now, and has already received a yellow card. At least in his area, he can no longer make rough moves against Chen. It is also impossible for the opponent to make a substitution so early. The person with the yellow card is replaced."
Mourinho: "And then?"
Seeing Mourinho's interest, Foti continued: "Let Chen go back. As for how far back, let him decide for himself, while Weiletu and Matic go up front, and cooperate with one side to strengthen. Offensively, but also defensively when the wingbacks press up."
Mourinho seemed to be watching the situation on the field with his eyes, but what appeared in front of him was already the picture described by Foti in his mind.
It wasn't until 1 minute passed that Fiorentina left winger Sabonara cut in from the left and shot over the goal. Mourinho said: "Do you want him to be Pirlo?"
Foti's eyes lit up, and he answered immediately: "Jose, look at my speaking ability, you are more accurate! But I think Chen is more comprehensive than Pirlo in that position."
Mourinho: "More comprehensive..."
Foti has really figured out Mourinho's temper. His words are to remind the immediate boss that Chen Xiaoliang can not only display his passing ability after retreating, but also help the defense to stabilize the defense.
But he didn't dare to say it clearly, because Mourinho is a very controlling person, he can't let Mourinho see that he is a person with many ideas.
Since the leader knows that you have an idea, why don't you say it?
Too much to say, if there is a disagreement with the leader, and it turns out that the leader is right in the end, that’s fine. If it turns out that the leader is wrong in the end, how do you let him step down?The previous assistant coach had already broken up because of this, and Foti didn't want to lose his job because of it.
If you choose not to speak, the leader will have more opinions.The leader will think that your kid is clearly full of ideas, but he just doesn't say anything. What do you mean?Look down on me or wait to see me make a fool of myself?
It's a pity that Chen Xiaoliang didn't know that Foti had these calculations in mind, otherwise he would definitely ask Foti if he likes to watch the Qing court dramas of the Red Kingdom, especially those who pretend to be confused in front of the emperor, and then the emperor immediately kneels when he comes up with an idea The minister who kowtowed and shouted "the emperor is holy"?
Otherwise, how can this "rarely confused" skill be learned so well?So deep in the essence?
What Foti wants to maintain is the old rhythm. The leader asked me and I only said it, and I deliberately said it plausibly, so that the leader neither made the leader think that he was stupid, nor made the leader think that he was so smart that he was threatening.
But the leader didn't ask, he just sat quietly on the side to record and observe.
Never commit crimes against superiors, never overstep one's position, and never overwhelm others.
Foti's choice is not wrong at all, but he doesn't know that the move he is playing now is actually the rest of Mourinho's play back then.
Exactly 30 years ago, when the old England coach Bobby Robson came to Sporting Portugal as the head coach, Mourinho, as a full-time translator, was able to "counterattack" and become an assistant coach, laying a solid foundation for the next generation of famous coaches. What he relies on is not only his own diligence and studiousness, but also his perfect handling of the relationship between himself and Robson, which has completely won the trust of the English and continued to gain support.
It's just that he doesn't need it anymore, and he doesn't bother to act on other people's faces.
"Go and arrange."
Mourinho thought about it, and felt that Foti's method was worth a try, so he spoke.
But Foti didn't move: "Jose, it seems that Chen and you have a telepathic connection and want to go together."
On the field, Fozzato took the goal kick and passed it short to Chen Xiaoliang in front of him.
Mourinho took a closer look, and Chen Xiaoliang almost retreated to a position parallel to Smalling in the middle of the three central defenders, while the left and right central defenders Mancini and Ibanez deliberately distanced themselves to ensure that There are enough support points when the opponent presses high.
In the position of the midfielder, Matic is still in place, but Wellertu has moved forward, as if forming a double central midfielder configuration with Pellegrini on the left and the right.
This is slightly different from Foti's idea, but it is more in line with reality. It is not a very good idea to let Matic, whose running ability declines with age, frequently go to the side.
"This kid... let him toss and see first." Mourinho
At this time, on the big screen at the top of the stadium, the game timer just jumped from 12 to 13.
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(End of this chapter)
