The buses of the players from both teams have arrived at the scene.
It's only a little after 6 o'clock and the sky in Rome is still bright.
As fans from both sides gradually gathered, the atmosphere around the stadium gradually reached a climax.
Qingshu and Wang Tao were still interviewing. Although they were mentally prepared, Chen Xiaoliang's super high popularity still surprised them!
Especially after Cristiano Ronaldo left Serie A, the league is in urgent need of a new popular star to maintain its popularity outside Italy.
With a huge market behind him and a great reputation in the UK, Chen Xiaoliang was naturally noticed by the league organizing committee. The official promotional video and posters for the Rome derby put Chen Xiaoliang at the center of both teams!
Although his strength is still far behind top stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Mbappe and Benzema, in terms of popularity in the UK and Italy, Chen Xiaoliang is almost catching up with the latter two.
This includes not only his performance on the court, but also his gossip and the female companions around him.
After half a year of research and development, Red Star Erke finally launched the first pair of sneakers tailor-made for Chen Xiaoliang, named the "Conquer" generation, which also became a small highlight of the game.
With a total of 6 hours of team training in the past few days and 10 hours of training squeezed out at home, he now has a total of 36 training points.
However, this amount of training value is of no use in the derby match at hand.
All he can rely on are his existing attributes and resources, his indomitable fighting spirit, and the teammates around him.
In the locker room before the game, Mourinho once again reminded all the players to take this game seriously.
The fact that Lazio was able to finish sixth last season ahead of Roma proves that they are definitely not ordinary teams. At least for Roma, they have no right to underestimate their opponents.
Compared with Juventus and AC Milan, Lazio does not have any super stars in its lineup, but it has excellent players with considerable strength in the front, middle and back lines. Another major feature of this team is that its lineup is very balanced.
On the forward line, there is the Italian national team striker Ciro Immobile. Although no one has ever associated him with the word superstar, he has won three Serie A Golden Boot awards in the 13-14, 17-18 and 19-20 seasons. In the 19-20 season, he even beat the killers in the five major leagues and won the European Golden Boot Award, an award that is enough to symbolize a super striker.
Next to him are Pedro, the former Barcelona meritorious player who had just been sold by Mourinho, and Felipe Anderson, who had played in Serie A, the Premier League and the Portuguese Super League.
In the midfield, in addition to two players who have played for Liverpool, Luis Alberto and Lucas Leiva, there is also Lazio's real core, Milinkovic-Savic.
The Serbian was selected into the Serie A Team of the Season in the 17-18 season, and was named the Serie A Midfielder of the Season in the 18-19 season.
In the past few years, he has been linked with various top clubs during every transfer window, especially Manchester United. Whenever Pogba is rumored to leave the team, the media will say that Manchester United is about to offer Milinkovic-Savic...
This is a midfield combination that has both running ability, toughness, and footwork.
On the defensive line, they have the experienced veteran Acerbi, the prime-year Luiz Felipe and the two full-backs Hysaj and Marusic who are the main players of their respective national teams.
The goalkeeper is the veteran Spanish goalkeeper Reina who has played for many top clubs including Barcelona, ​​Liverpool, Bayern, AC Milan and others.
Since the other two forwards of Lazio except Immobile are already older, Lazio's offensive routine is more inclined to the traditional Italian style of play, emphasizing counterattacks after intensive defense, and creating gaps by constantly switching positions between players. It will not focus on launching attacks from the flanks like Trabzonspor and Fiorentina before.
It is very likely that they will use quick defensive counterattacks as their main offensive means tonight, just like Roma in previous games.
Outside the stadium at this time, Qingshu was interviewing a fan. He was wearing a blue jersey and shorts, with the Lazio team logo painted on his face. He was obviously a fanatical fan of the Blue Eagles.
"What do you think of today's derby?"
The fan and his friends were immediately fired up:
“Ohhhhh!
Lazio must win!
Roma relegated!
Mourinho, get out!
As if realizing that Qingshu was a female reporter from the Red Country, the fan immediately added:
"Chen Xiaoliang is a good player, but it's a pity that he went to Roma! He chose the wrong team! If he came to Lazio, he would definitely form the best midfield in Italy with Milinkovic!"
More and more fans gathered in the Penguin live broadcast room, and they also felt very fresh about the Penguin's attempt.
More importantly, although CNBTV Channel 5 of Zhongyang Television Station often did live street broadcasts before, everyone knows that these were all filmed in advance and sent to the headquarters for review and editing before they could be put on the screen.
The reason for this is that a fanatical Red Country fan called for Geneva to return the money during a live interview with a female host, and this was well known to audiences all over the country and is still talked about today...
Fortunately, the Lazio fan was very considerate and did not scold Chen Xiaoliang in front of the camera.
"Have you heard of Wu Lei?" Wang Tao added.
The fans looked at each other, a little embarrassed, and then continued to shout:
"Lazio must win! Immobile is the strongest! Ooooohhhh!"
Later, the two interviewed several Roma fans, and their evaluation of Chen Xiaoliang was obviously much higher than that of Lazio fans.
But in their hearts, the two local players, Pellegrini and Cristante, are still the most popular among Roma fans.
CNBTV also showed footage of reporters interviewing on the street, but both Lazio fans and Roma fans said that Chen Xiaoliang was the core and highlight of the game, and also said that Wu Lei's appearance would most likely end the game completely.
However, what puzzled the CNBTV director was that the number of people watching online was decreasing, and the audience all went to the Penguin Sports live broadcast room.
[Who the hell wants to see the posed photos there]
[I don’t know how many people these reporters interviewed to put together this paragraph. Not only did they praise Chen Xiaoliang, they even praised Wu Lei, and they were the ones who claimed to be Lazio fans.]
[CNBTV's editors and directors are just like the bosses of the Football Association. They definitely don't watch football.]
8:20pm!
Players from both teams walked out of the locker room, lined up and walked into the player tunnel under the leadership of their captains, waiting to enter!
Chen Xiaoliang and Abraham were still the last two.
And the last one walking on the Lazio side was Milinkovic!
Chen Xiaoliang couldn't help but glance sideways at the midfielder who was praised so highly by Mourinho.
He is 192cm tall, half a head taller than me. His weight is recorded as 76kg, which doesn't look heavy, but the muscles in his arms and legs are well-defined, strong and powerful!
With his crooked eyes and short goatee, he exudes an air of arrogance that shows contempt for his opponents.
Huh? Why is there no nemesis mission this time?
Isn't such a player qualified? His overall strength is definitely not inferior to Vlahovic.
He secretly opened the system and read the description of the rival mission. It turned out that there were three criteria for meeting the criteria for becoming a rival. The first was that the player must be a strong player. The second was that he must be able to compete with the host in all aspects, whether it was competitions, honors, or positions on the field. The third was that the age must be similar.
Milinkovic-Savic is more than nine years older than Chen Xiaoliang and is a well-known player with a long history. There is not much competition between the two.
Just like when talking about Mbappe, people will think of Haaland, and no one will regard Mbappe as the rival of Ronaldo, Messi, Benzema, or Lewandowski...
"Dear fans in front of the screen, welcome to watch the live broadcast of the second round of the 2021-2022 Serie A, the derby between Lazio and Roma brought to you by Penguin Sports!
I am Xu Yang, the commentator for this game. In addition to the familiar coach Zhang Lu, my partner today is a new friend, the well-known internet celebrity Guan Zeyuan. "
Guan Zeyuan: "Hello, fellow football fans."
Xu Yang: "In addition, our two frontline reporters Qingshu and Wang Tao will continue to bring us live footage! In addition to the traditional football commentary today, we also hope that Guan Zeyuan's arrival can bring us different comments from different perspectives."
Guan Zeyuan: "The two teachers are responsible for the explanation, and I am responsible for the poisonous milk."
Zhang Lu: “Hehe.”
Xu Yang: "Zeyuan, what is your prediction for today's game?"
Guan Zeyuan: "I think the two teams are evenly matched. Both teams beat their opponents 3-1 in the first round, but Roma played two more Europa League play-off games, so they are more physically exhausted. So I think Lazio, who are well rested in this game, may have a slight advantage."
【Reverse Poison Milk】
【Guan Zeyuan has begun】
【It seems that Rome can win! 】
Xu Yang couldn't help but snickering, and asked, "What do you predict about Chen Xiaoliang's performance?"
Guan Zeyuan: "I think he will definitely be a focus of this game. Protecting the front of the penalty area, especially how to block Immobile from getting the ball, is his important task. I believe in Chen Xiaoliang's ability."
[Shit, it’s over]
[After the game, Mourinho: This is the worst performance I have ever seen Chen Xiaoliang perform]
[Is Chen Xiaoliang going to be substituted at halftime? 】
Xu Yang: "Let's see, the players from both teams are walking into the stadium! In Roma, news just came from the front that Pellegrini had leg discomfort during the pre-match warm-up and was temporarily replaced by Frenchman Veretout! The one walking in front is the vice-captain Mancini!"
[Fuck! This poison milk took effect so quickly? ]
[It's over... Rome is in danger...]
【Didn’t we agree not to use Guan Zeyuan first? 】
"Compared to the previous match, Roma's starting lineup for this match was Ibanez back as the left centre-back, Chen Xiaoliang as the single defensive midfielder, with Veretout and Cristante in front of him.
At the same time, due to the absence of Zaniolo and Pellegrini, Mourinho sent El Shaarawy, who scored in the previous game, to the left winger position, and Mkhitaryan was still the right winger. Abraham still firmly occupied the starting position at the front. "
Zhang Lu: "This is the strongest lineup Mourinho can bring out."
At this time, the Olympic Stadium in Rome has turned into a pot of shabu-shabu hotpot.
Behind the goals on both sides is a sea of ​​blue jerseys and blue team flags and a fire scene of red jerseys and red team flags.
The competition between the fans of both sides had already begun before the players entered the stadium.
They shouted slogans that belittled each other, sang their own team's anthem, and when the live commentator announced the starting lineup, they praised their own players at the top of their voices and booed the opposing players.
After both sides entered the stadium and the players greeted each other, Mourinho took the initiative to walk to Lazio's coaching area and hugged and greeted Lazio head coach Maurizio Sarri!
Both sides line up, the referee blows the whistle, and the game begins!
Amidst earth-shaking shouts, Lazio, who had gained possession of the ball, immediately launched a fierce attack!
Derby! Where is the temptation?! Where is the foreplay?! It’s all about sex from the first minute!
Immobile kicked the ball from the center circle to Milinkovic-Savic behind him, and then rushed towards the Roma half!
Abraham rushed towards Milinkovic-Savic, who did not linger and directly passed the ball to Pedro on the right, then ran up diagonally.
Pedro took a few steps, El Shaarawy went up to block, Pedro dribbled and flicked the ball, and passed it back to Milinkovic-Savic!
Chen Xiaoliang has appeared beside him!
From the front of the penalty area to the midfield line, it's all my territory!
The battle between the two teams' midfielders, which had been hyped by the media for a long time before the game, was about to begin at the beginning of the game!
Milinkovic was also very curious about Chen Xiaoliang.
Sarri, the veteran coach who led Chelsea to win the Europa League and Juventus to two Serie A titles, is by no means a man of undeserved fame. Like Mourinho, he carefully analyzed the characteristics of Roma players and told them in tactical meetings very early on.
Especially Chen Xiaoliang! In Sarri's evaluation, this guy is simply a monster that can give any opponent a headache!
But the stubborn Italian old man will never change his playing style because of this.
On the court, Milinkovic took a few steps sideways with the ball, and Chen Xiaoliang kept pressing forward!
But Felipe Anderson and Immobile on both sides began to retreat to support!
The distance to the goal is still 35 meters, so there is no need for Chen Xiaoliang to stick too closely to him.
There was no need for Milinkovic-Savic to stick to the ball and entangle with Chen Xiaoliang for too long here. He passed the ball to his midfield partner Lucas Leiva next to him.
The first showdown between the two ends here!
At this time, Gerrard was watching the game and browsing his phone leisurely in front of the TV.
He couldn't help but smile when he saw Lucas Leiva catch the ball.
The old teammate texted him the other day: "The next game is against the monster you created."
Gerrard replied: "That kid is born a freak, good luck to you."
Lazio controlled the ball in the backcourt for a while and played a small-scale cooperation on the right side.
Right-back Marusic, Pedro and Milinkovic-Savic cooperated in passing the ball and exchanging positions, and soon left El Shaarawy, who was not very active in defense, behind.
Binya felt like he was facing a formidable enemy and didn't dare to rush forward blindly. He kept retreating towards Marusic who was dribbling the ball!
Chen Xiaoliang ran over, ready to defend him at any time!
When Pedro saw Chen Xiaoliang coming, he immediately passed the ball to Milinkovic-Savic, and Chen Xiaoliang moved to block it!
At this moment, Immobile in the frontcourt made a sharp advance and came to the gap between Ibanez and Mancini!
In an instant, Milinkovic-Savic suddenly spread his legs and made a lob pass!
The ball arrives and the person arrives!
This ball is not offside!
Ibanez and Mancini rushed up to double-team!
But Immobile would never give them a chance! Ibanez was horrified to find that when he turned around to chase, he was already more than three meters away from Immobile!
And Immobile started earlier than them and the speed has been increased!
At this time, not only the two central defenders, other Roma players, everyone on the bench, but also all the fans at the scene and in front of the screen were on edge!
The ball gradually fell and Immobile was about to catch it!
Patricio rushed out! Seeing that the two central defenders were offside, he decisively left the goal and attacked!
Seeing that the distance was not enough, Immobile unloaded the ball and then dribbled it, and directly used the arch of his foot to cushion the half-fallen ball! He wanted to cushion the shot and score!
Patricio jumped high and headed the lob shot out from outside the penalty area!
Xu Yang: "Beautiful! Milinkovic-Savic's pass was really beautiful, and Immobile's movement was also decisive and fast. Fortunately, Patricio was experienced and acted in time, otherwise Lazio would have been one goal ahead at the start of the game."
Zhang Lu: "Whether it is Roma or Rangers, their previous opponents often choose to go around to the wing to launch an attack when facing Chen Xiaoliang. Today Sarri gave another option. My midfielder will not get close to you. If you don't come out, I will play on the wing. If you go to the wing, I will play back to the middle. If you come out from the middle, I will hang behind you and use the flexible movement of the three forwards to attack behind your defense line."
Guan Zeyuan: "Patricio is worthy of being the goalkeeper hand-picked by Mourinho. This shot was so timely. He is worthy of being the European Cup champion goalkeeper!"
Facing the ball headed by Patricio, Chen Xiaoliang judged the landing point accurately and got into position in advance to prepare for the ball.
However, behind him, Milinkovic also ran up.
Chen Xiaoliang opened his arms and used his body to block the position!
However, when he jumped up with all his strength, Milinkovic-Savic, who was stuck behind him, pushed Chen Xiaoliang's body in the air forward like a heavy truck full of cargo!
"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle. Milinkovic-Savic committed a foul and Roma got a free kick.
Oh shit!
Chen Xiaoliang stood up from the ground, amazed!
What kind of body does this guy have? Did he grow up on hormones? How can he have such great power when he charges?!
He even doubted whether his 15 strength, 15 balance and 15 explosiveness were real!
The game continues!
Because the goal was almost scored, Roma's defense and midfield consciously retreated a little, and took advantage of Lazio's passing errors to launch two counterattacks.
However, due to too few troops in the frontcourt, the cooperation between Abraham and Mkhitaryan failed to break through the opponent's defense.
10th minute.
Lucas Leiva's long shot was caught by Patricio.
The Portuguese goalkeeper kicked the ball, Abraham headed the ball and it bounced to Luis Alberto's feet!
Luis Alberto immediately made a long pass to Felipe Anderson who was already on the left!
The ball was intercepted by Chen Xiaoliang halfway through its roll!
Chen Xiaoliang looked up and saw Veretout waving for the ball! There was no opponent's player guarding him!
Chen Xiaoliang passed it straight over!
But Lucas Leiva saw through his intention and interrupted him!
Lucas Leiva passed the ball forward and Immobile who was retreating received the ball!
Ibanez didn't dare to be careless and followed him out to defend!
Immobile didn't stick to the ball and passed it directly to Pedro on the right!
Pedro received the ball and passed it into the penalty area at a 45-degree angle!
Milinkovic-Savic has already run along the middle at high speed!
The only person around him is Mancini!
Pedro's cross landed in a perfect spot. Milinkovic-Savic jumped lightly, his body glided a short distance in the air, and the ball hit his forehead right on the spot!
Mancini had no time to get close to him, and although Patricio attacked, it was too late!
Milinkovic almost headed the ball into the empty goal!
1-0! Lazio is leading!!!
After the goal, Lazio players came forward to celebrate.
But Milinkovic lay on the ground motionless, and he kept waving his hands when his teammates came to greet him!
Seeing that the situation was not good, the teammates immediately waved to the sidelines and called for the team doctor to come in!
Slow motion showed that after the header, he collided with Patricio who came to save the ball, and his head hit Patricio's hand that was stretched out to hit the ball!
While the team doctor was examining Milinkovic-Savic, the live director turned the camera to Chen Xiaoliang again.
The ball was lost just now because of his mistake in passing the ball through the middle !
[Fuck, this is the first time I’ve seen Chen Xiaoliang lose the ball due to a major mistake…]
[At this moment, Pogba is possessed]
[One person wrote in blood, asking Guan Zeyuan to shut up! ]
[Pedro's cross is really accurate. It's not the man looking for the ball, but the ball looking for the man]
[Why are you, Guan Zeyuan, going to nurse Chen Xiaoliang for no reason? ]
[34 years old, 5 La Liga titles, 3 Champions League titles, 3 Copa del Rey titles, 2 Club World Cups, 1 Premier League title, 1 Europa League title, 1 FA Cup, 3 European Super Cups, and most importantly, 1 World Cup and 1 European Cup. Sabres can say to all the players present, you are all my younger brothers]
In the live broadcast room, Xu Yang and Zhang Lu were also analyzing the goal that had just been lost.
Although they believe that this goal was largely due to the same reason as the previous attack, in that both made full use of the space behind Roma caused by the upward movement of the back line of defense, it cannot be denied that the starting point of this attack was Lucas Leiva who intercepted Chen Xiaoliang's ball.
At that time, Cristante, Veretout and others were in the opponent's half, preparing to launch a second attack. The sudden loss of the ball left them no time to return to defense.
After Milinkovic adjusted himself, he stood up and returned to the game after the team doctor confirmed that he was fine.
The referee also showed Patricio a yellow card!
All the Lazio fans in the stadium sang the battle song tailor-made for him!
On the sidelines, Mourinho had a complicated expression.
He looked at Chen Xiaoliang, who had a serious and thoughtful expression on his face, and knew that this was the price of a young player's growth, but no one wanted such a price to happen in such a crucial derby!
On the other side of the coaching booth, Sarri celebrated excitedly. After pumping his fists a few times, he secretly walked to the side of his seat, took out a cigarette, put it to his nose and took a few puffs... even though the cigarette was not lit at all...
We were one goal behind after 10 minutes of the game, and it was a derby game!
For Roma, the pressure is now completely on them!
After scoring a goal, Lazio played more steadily. The players in the midfield and backcourt tightened their defense and refused to press forward easily.
Apart from Abraham who still has some physical conditions, El Shaarawy and Mkhitaryan on both sides are good at mobile warfare, and high-altitude positional warfare is not their advantage at all.
But Roma did create opportunities.
In the 14th minute, after Chen Xiaoliang got the ball, he passed it to Binya on the left before Milinkovic-Savic came up to steal the ball. The Uruguayan took advantage of the gap on the opponent's right and rushed straight to the bottom line. Before Marusic came forward to press, he passed the ball to Veretout in the middle!
The Frenchman made a lob pass towards Cristante at the back post!
Cristante got in and shot, but the shot at close range was like an anti-aircraft gun and went straight into the third-tier stands!
In the 16th minute, Mkhitaryan won another corner kick opportunity for Roma.
Veretout took a corner kick, Ibanez headed the ball at the front point, but the ball went over the crossbar!
Under the fierce attack, Roma players missed two excellent scoring opportunities, which seemed to give them a chance to equalize the score.
However, it was with this mentality that Lazio made a comeback!
In the 19th minute, Cristante got the ball in front of the penalty area and was about to pass it to Abraham but was blocked by Milinkovic-Savic.
The Serbian who scored the goal took control of the ball and passed it straight to the front court.
Immobile, who had retreated to the center circle, received the ball and turned around to move forward at high speed!
Felipe Anderson on the left and Pedro on the right, three-line fast break!
Immobile started moving to the left under Mancini's defense!
Felipe Anderson moved behind him and pretended to receive the response!
Pedro, who had been on the right, began to move towards the middle!
With just one dribbling and two runs, right-back Karsdorp and center-back Mancini were both deviated from the positions where they were supposed to be!
Immobile was about to run to the left penalty area line when he suddenly stopped, turned around, and pushed the ball to the middle with his dominant right foot!
Pedro, who was making a run from the right to the middle, kicked the ball with just the right amount of force right on the edge of the penalty area!
Patricio fell to the ground and made a great save!
But the ball still went into the goal along the inside of the right post!
2 to 0!
After scoring the goal, Pedro didn't care that Roma was his former club and celebrated excitedly with his teammates!
Roma, who attacked the opponent fiercely, not only failed to equalize the score, but was instead scored a goal by the opponent again through a quick counterattack!
The Roma players stood on the field, looking at each other in bewilderment. The game had only been going on for 20 minutes and they were already two goals behind. Even many Roma fans began to worry that if the game continued like this, it would turn into a tragedy for Roma!
Xu Yang: "Coach Zhang, your analysis just now is correct. It seems that Sarri has really studied Roma's defense thoroughly."
Zhang Lu: "These two goals were very obvious. You focused on defending Immobile today, but I used Immobile as the starting point for the counterattack and let other offensive players in the midfield and frontcourt finish the attack.
Moreover, several Lazio frontcourt players have certain offensive capabilities. Even if Chen Xiaoliang has strong defensive capabilities, it is unrealistic to expect Chen Xiaoliang to be able to stop the opponent's fast break by himself when facing three or four opponents running at high speed on the left, middle and right sides of the court during such a high-speed counterattack. ”
At this time, some Italian media on the Internet have even come to the conclusion that "Milinkovic-Savic won the match against Chen Xiaoliang"!
Similarly, the media also believes that Mourinho has been completely defeated in the competition between the two head coaches, even though he has only coached the team for two months.
In the next 10 minutes, the two sides exchanged blows several times, and it seemed that Roma was still in the upper hand.
Lazio will try their best to launch a quick counterattack almost every time they get the ball. Whether it is a breakthrough on the wing, a straight pass through the middle or a long pass behind the back, they will not give up any opportunity.
In the 26th minute, Cristante passed the ball to Abraham, and the England striker dribbled into the penalty area. Facing three defenders, he chose to pass the ball back to Veretout who was running behind. Veretout's shot was saved by goalkeeper Reina.
In the subsequent corner kick, captain Mancini headed the ball against the goal post, but he did not have time to make a follow-up shot when the ball bounced back, and Reina saved it from the ground.
The continuous missed opportunities seemed like a repeat of the story that happened 10 minutes ago.
The high catch and defense of the old Spanish goalkeeper Reina also proved to everyone that he still has the ability to dominate the game.
Sure enough, in the 33rd minute, Lazio's left-back Hysaj made a super long-distance pass to Immobile who was running forward at high speed!
The same routine was used twice in a row. This time Chen Xiaoliang was well prepared. After Ibanez was dodged by Immobile who suddenly started, Chen Xiaoliang, who had returned to defense in advance, stuck closely to the Italian striker!
The ball fell near the penalty spot, Chen Xiaoliang leaned on Immobile and headed the ball back to clear it. Ibanez, who was chasing back at high speed, wanted to head the ball to Patricio, but he didn't expect the force to be too great and it slipped over the crossbar and went out of the bottom line.
Fans from both sides exclaimed at the same time!
But I was sighing, I almost made a mistake! Shit...
The other side was sighing, it was almost a mistake!!! Damn!!!
Lazio took a corner kick, and Chen Xiaoliang relied on more accurate prediction to head the ball out of the penalty area before Milinkovic, thus defusing the attack.
All the Roma fans in the stadium still gave Chen Xiaoliang encouraging applause!
So far in the game, except for the pass error just now, his performance remains the same as usual, with solid defense and fierce fighting.
However, in the 37th minute, Lazio launched another quick counterattack!
Acerbi passed the ball to Milinkovic in the backcourt, and the Serbian rushed forward with the ball towards Chen Xiaoliang!
This time Milinkovic did not choose to dodge. He seemed to want to use his body and skills to crush Chen Xiaoliang and completely destroy his confidence!
Chen Xiaoliang will never miss this opportunity!
He ran a few steps backwards towards the route of Milinkovic-Savic with the ball, stepped accurately, found the right moment, and used his full stealing ability and the skill of [being good at ground tackle], as if he was possessed by Gattuso again, and tackled Milinkovic-Savic, who was taller, bigger and stronger than him, down with the ball!
But before the Roma fans could applaud and celebrate, Luis Alberto next to Milinkovic controlled the rolling ball and made a long pass directly into the penalty area!
Immobile started at high speed again, almost squeezing through the space between Mancini and Ibanez, unloaded the ball, and then shot a powerful shot that hit the side net!
Fans from both sides exclaimed again!
Chen Xiaoliang stood up and saw this scene, and finally couldn't help but explode!
It was as if he wanted to vent all the frustration that had been accumulating in his heart due to the mistake and loss of the ball just now!
He waved his hands vigorously and shouted at Mancini and Ibanez, who looked scared:
"How many times! And you still let him hit you from behind! What the hell are you thinking?! Do you still want to win?! Fuck!!!"
His action shocked Mourinho and Milinkovic-Savic, who were also angry on and off the field.
Milinkovic originally wanted to find Chen Xiaoliang to argue about the tackle just now, but now seeing the internal conflict between him and his teammates, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and returned to his position.
Mourinho also wanted to warn the two central defenders, but Chen Xiaoliang said what he wanted to say. In order to avoid conflicts between the players on the field, he clapped loudly and reminded the players to stay focused.
To ease the atmosphere, Joao half-jokingly said, "Jose, I didn't expect this kid to learn Italian so quickly."
Mourinho shook his head. He was not in the mood to joke.
Joao understood Mourinho's concerns. If the players on the field continued to be so anxious and the opponent scored another goal in the first half, even if they returned to the locker room and made personnel and tactical adjustments, the possibility of reversing the score in the second half would be very low.
Ibanez felt a little ashamed after being yelled at by Chen Xiaoliang, especially because Chen Xiaoliang's voice was so loud that not only his teammates but even many fans could hear it.
Mancini, the captain on the field, had a face full of anger. Not to mention a young new player like Chen Xiaoliang, even a veteran new player like Patricio who had won the European Cup could not criticize him so loudly on the field like this.
However, when Mancini saw Mourinho clapping and speaking immediately after Chen Xiaoliang's roar, he swallowed the greetings on his lips.
But no matter what their mood was, the two central defenders knew in their hearts that if they were hit from behind by Immobile again and again like this, not only Chen Xiaoliang, but also the media and fans the next day would spray them to death with a barrage of saliva.
In the 39th minute, Karsdorp and Mkhitaryan made a two-pass combination on the right. Mkhitaryan passed the ball to the top of the penalty area. Abraham retreated and shot a curved ball, but Reina saved it again!
Corner kick!
At this time, the time had entered the 40th minute. Seeing that the first half was about to end, the Roma players themselves realized that there was less and less time left for them.
Especially in this game, four or five excellent opportunities were created, but they were all saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Reina!
This corner kick may be the last good chance in the first half!
Manic, Ibanez, Cristante, Abraham, Karsdorp, Chen Xiaoliang, almost all the players over 180cm tall rushed into the penalty area.
Mancini and Chen Xiaoliang were roaming at the back post, Abraham and Karsdorp were moving back and forth in the middle, Ibanez was lurking at the front post, and Cristante was standing behind the penalty spot.
Mkhitaryan raised his hand, took a run-up and kicked the ball!
This kick doesn't even look like a cross, it's more like a curved shot!
The ball was kicked to the front point at a very fast speed. Ibanez looked back at the moon and the ball flew into the net at the dead corner between the near post and the crossbar!
The score is 2 to 1! Roma scored a goal!
All the players of the Roma team ran up and hugged Ibanez, shouting loudly to celebrate!
Especially Chen Xiaoliang, who grabbed Ibanez's shoulders and shook him a few times!
Captain Mancini rushed into the goal, picked up the ball and ran towards the center circle!
Lazio goalkeeper Reina hit the goalpost heavily in order to save the ball!
Xu Yang: "Reina's shot was out of reach, the score was 2-1, Roma seemed to see hope of equalizing or even turning the game around."
Zhang Lu: "This ball is too close. It is really difficult for the goalkeeper to save it. Reina has tried his best."
Guan Zeyuan: "Veteran Reina, in his nine years at Liverpool, was the one who defended the goal and fought Manchester United until the end of the league to decide the champion. At this moment today, he would rather fight with the younger generations to save this ball!"
After the kick-off, Lazio controlled the ball for a long time to kill time, and Roma did not press on a large scale.
Soon, after one minute of stoppage time in the first half, the game entered halftime.
[I used to believe in science until I met Guan Zeyuan]
[Ten thousand people wrote in blood, asking Guan Zeyuan to shut up! ]
[If Roma loses this game, the culprit will be Guan Zeyuan]
[Don't worry, Guan Zeyuan has already started nursing Reina]
[If we lose this game because of that mistake, Red Star Erke’s new pair of shoes won’t be sold...]
Mourinho: I'm actually fine
【Hahahaha! You are not very good! 】