Juventus's flank attack shows no sign of stopping.
Especially on their left side, the more embarrassed Karsdorp was, the more excited Bernardeschi and De Sciglio became.
In order to make up for his mistake, Mkhitaryan and Veretout have already retreated to the backcourt, ready to provide defensive support at any time, and put offense aside for the time being.
In the 54th minute, Cuadrado made a comeback.
Chiesa did the same thing. As long as Cuadrado dribbled the ball on the right, he would enter Chen Xiaoliang's defense area to attract attention.
Chen Xiaoliang raised his left arm to remind his teammates in the penalty area to pay attention to marking, while standing between Cuadrado and Chiesa to block their passing route.
In this situation, regardless of whether Binya can defend it or not, it is better to let Cuadrado cross the ball from the bottom of the penalty area rather than let him pass the ball to the middle.
Viña held on to the left side tightly. He also knew that as long as Cuadrado cut inside, Chen Xiaoliang would help him defend. All he had to do was to prevent the Colombian from passing him and rushing into the penalty area from the outside!
The 23-year-old Binya has dual citizenship of Uruguay and Italy. After spending a good season with the famous Brazilian club Palmeiras and winning the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Cup, he played in the America's Cup with Uruguay in the summer and performed well, which led to Mourinho's purchase.
Compared to Karsdorp, he is a more traditional full-back with good tackling ability. Although his speed and stamina are not excellent, they are still above average. His method of ensuring that he does not make mistakes in defense is very simple, which is to not rush forward easily.
Seeing that the space in front of him was blocked by Bina, Cuadrado had to cut inside, but he was unwilling to enter Chen Xiaoliang's defensive range, so he made a horizontal pass to Bernardeschi who was also moving inward from the wing!
40 meters! Bernardeschi kicks directly!
Weletu rushed over and flew to block!
The fake shot is real!
Bernardeschi shot with his left foot, avoiding Veretout's block!
He wanted to continue cutting into the middle, but as soon as he took a step forward, the ball disappeared!
What the hell! Where's the ball?!
When Veretout's body flew past Bernardeschi's eyes, he saw that it was Chen Xiaoliang who came over to intercept his ball and kicked it towards the front court!
Pellegrini received the ball and immediately counterattacked!
He looked up and saw that Danilo, who had just passed the ball to Cuadrado, had not returned yet, and Abraham had already run into the open space!
The ball was passed!
Abraham dribbled into the penalty area and shot!
The angle is too small! Szczesny stretched out his hand to block it!
Rebound ball!
Cesco steals the ball and shoots!
Tackled by Chiellini!
Roma players immediately surrounded the referee and asked for a penalty!
Joao also walked to the fourth official and complained loudly!
Mourinho stood up from the stands, stretched out his hand, made a gesture of giving a card, and shouted to his team's bench: "Red card! Red card!"
Joao obviously didn't hear it, but the physical coach Lapeti saw it and quickly went to remind the fourth official!
Chiellini was the last defensive player, and he committed a foul in the penalty area, so he must be given a red card!
The whole audience booed loudly!
"Mourinho! Despicable loser!"
"Mourinho! Remember Pogba?"
"Mourinho! You messed with the wrong guy!"
"Mourinho! The best team! The worst coach!"
All the mocking content hit Mourinho's sore spots, especially Pogba. As Juventus' darling, Juventus fans' evaluation of him is very different from that of Manchester United fans. There have been rumors in recent days that Juventus will sign back the French midfielder.
As for the best team, Mourinho always claimed that his team was the best team after losing many games, but the victory was "stolen" by the opponent.
His remarks were also jokingly called "press conference reversal" by fans.
After communicating with the video referee team for a long time in the headphones, the referee finally walked towards the VAR.
The players on the field and the fans in the stands were waiting anxiously, but the audience in front of the screen clearly saw through slow motion replays over and over again that Chiellini poked the ball to the side just before it touched Cesco's ankle .
Huang Jianxiang: "We all saw it so clearly, I believe the referee could also see it clearly. Chiellini used his experience to block the ball first, and then did not deliberately stop the inertial follow-up action, and also tackled Cesco. Cesco is still too young and can only suffer this loss in silence."
Sun Jihai: "Chiellini had to handle the ball this way. With such a short distance, if he just made a tackle, he wouldn't have enough time to exert force and the ball wouldn't be able to go far.
At that time, besides Cesco, there were also Abraham and Pellegrini in the penalty area. If the ball fell into the feet of the Roma players again, they would shoot again.
So he simply knocked Cesco down when he touched the ball first, avoiding the subsequent risks. However, it was a natural and coherent action. He must have known that the referee would definitely watch VAR for such a foul. "
Sure enough, the referee ran back into the field, made a TV square with his hands, and then gave a corner kick gesture!
Abraham was still complaining, but Cesco stood calmly at the point in charge of the corner attack.
Juventus retreated across the board, Pellegrini took the corner kick again to the back point, two Juventus players stood still at the back point, and Mancini continued to do nothing.
Chen Xiaoliang couldn't help but shook his head.
The opponents saw through it and deployed double defense at the back point, and then opened up...
If he were still in Rangers, he would definitely go up and remind the corner kick taker to adjust his thinking and make more changes.
But the time is not right for Rome right now.
Although the proportion of Italian players has decreased a lot since Mourinho's arrival, and even in the fixed starting and rotation, there are only four people left: Pellegrini, Mancini, Zaniolo and Cristante, and after the nightclub scandal, the Italian social circle can no longer dominate the dynamics and opinions in the locker room.
But this does not mean that foreign players can be superior to them.
Especially for Roma fans, they don’t know the inside story of the locker room. They only know that the tradition of a Roman captain has lasted for more than 20 years and it cannot be changed just like that.
Why should a 17-year-old defensive midfielder from the Reds who has only been in the team for three months be made captain? Not to mention Mourinho, even the Pope of the Vatican would not do that!
Moreover, Pellegrini has performed well recently both in the club and the national team. His number of goals is higher than Abraham and he currently ranks first in the team.
If Chen Xiaoliang wants to become the core and leader of the team both on and off the court, he needs more performance and results.
Juventus took a goal kick and the player in the backcourt passed the ball back to prepare to move forward.
Chen Xiaoliang looked at Chiesa, who was still wandering in the front court with an expressionless face.
The contest between the two seemed to have never started, but the game time had already reached 60 minutes.
Shots 6 to 12, ball possession 45% to 55%, pass success rate 83% to 88%, corner kicks 0 to 4.
Roma, playing away from home, was leading in all statistics, but the score was 1-0 to Juventus.
Joao asked Mourinho through PAD whether he wanted to make a substitution. After all, he had asked several players who were preparing to warm up in the locker room during the midfield to warm up fully and be ready to play at any time.
Mourinho replied asking him to wait.
Can Marayol and Wu Lei replace Abraham and Cesco?
Can Carles Perez replace Mkhitaryan?
Calafiori is not as good as Karsdorp, Cristante moves too slowly, and although the young player Darbo is very hardworking, he has no experience after all.
If the score is 1-1 now, facing Juventus' counterattack, it might be better to replace the team with new players, but for now Mourinho still hopes that these main players on the field can equalize the score first.
On the other hand, Juventus coach Allegri also remained on the sidelines.
The expression hasn't changed, the eyebrows haven't changed, the posture hasn't changed, and naturally the lineup doesn't need to change either.
But then again, he is such a passive person, why would he move when his opponent hasn't even made a move on him?
After defending against Juventus' three-pronged attack in the second half, Roma started attacking again.
In the 63rd minute, Veretout made a header pass from Cesco and shot a long arc ball. The ball just missed the goal!
In the 65th minute, Binia, who was not very active, also assisted and entered the penalty area after continuous cooperation with Abraham. His inverted triangle after dodging was blocked by Bonucci and went out of the baseline!
There was panic in front of Juventus' goal again!
Pellegrini continued to take the corner kick, still at the back post!
The difference is that this time not only Mancini was crouching at the back post, but Cesco also rushed there after the kick-off!
He jumped high and headed the ball back!
Ibanez headed the ball in the middle!
The ball flies to the upper left corner!
Szczesny blocked it!
The ball bounces back!
Abraham shoots!
Szczesny, who was still on the ground, used his body to block the ball again!
Danilo quickly cleared the ball and didn't kick it far!
Veretout shoots from the penalty area line!
The power was a little too strong and the ball went over the crossbar!
The Frenchman who missed a penalty in the first half really wanted to score a goal for the team to atone for his mistake!
Barrage:
[Excuse me, what are we kicking? ]
[A skinny camel is hit by a bird]
[What are you kicking? Isn't it always a blind kick? ]
[Don't ask for too much, think about Pirlo and Sarri, these people are a few years older, if they can win this game, it will be four consecutive wins]
[Roma will face three teams and can play with such pressure in every game. I will be happy even if I lose]
[If Roma players had better shooting skills, I would have written a long article about this game]
【A-Jong is fired! 】
…
Watching the goal being bombarded by the opponent, Allegri wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, so he just stood on the sidelines and watched the players on the field.
At this moment in his heart, the biggest hope is to be able to maintain the score of 1-0 until the end of the game and get 3 points!
However, it is obvious that some people in Juventus can no longer stand the current situation.
If we continue to be beaten like this, sooner or later 3 points will become 1 point, or even be reversed!
Seeing that Cuadrado was blocked on the right, De Sciglio on the left became active again.
He initiated a high-speed short pass cooperation with Locatelli in front of him, created a gap, passed Mkhitaryan and passed the ball directly to Bernardeschi!
After the 27-year-old Italian received the ball, he saw Karsdorp rushing to steal the ball and just dribbled it out!
Before Karsdorp had time to turn around, Bernardeschi bypassed him from the outside of the sideline and rushed forward!
Overtaking on the curve outside the penalty area!
Karsdorp was shocked!
I am not Bartra of Barcelona! I don’t want to be overtaken by other cars on the curve to be played over and over again in every corner of the earth for the rest of my life!
This is no longer a question of whether or not I can keep my starting position in Roma, it is a question of my professional dignity!
This thought flashed through Karsdorp's mind instantly, and he tried his best to chase back!
After Bernardeschi caught up with the ball, Karsdorp caught up with him within a few steps!
Seeing that he couldn't force his way into the penalty area, Bernardeschi just made a cross with his left foot!
Locatelli and Bentancur join in again!
The ball was passed to the penalty area line!
Chiesa flashes out, ready to volley!
Before he could swing his foot, a figure flew over from behind his right and kicked the ball directly into the stands!
Chiesa quickly retracted his feet and looked carefully!
Why is it this Red Country kid again!
I had clearly tricked him by running in reverse just now, but he actually caught up with me? !
Or did he see from the beginning that my counter-run was a fake? !
De Sciglio threw the ball out from the sideline, and Chiesa moved to the left to ask for the ball!
Chen Xiaoliang also realized that this guy was about to take the lead in the attack!
This is what a star player should be like. When the team’s offense fails to open up the situation, use his personal ability to tear open the defense and create opportunities!
Just as Chiesa received the ball, the clock reached the 70th minute!
Physical strength recovery card 3→2!
Chen Xiaoliang fully charged his health and ran to the back of Weletu!
Veretout tried to steal the ball, but Chiesa passed him with a fried meatball. When he looked up, he saw Chen Xiaoliang!
Seeing that the two defensive midfielders had gathered in the middle, the left and right full-backs also retreated to the left and right sides of the penalty area.
Roma's defensive strategy instantly changed to allowing Juventus to play high crosses from the wing, blocking the triangle and frontal penetration!
Chiesa, who has already accelerated, changed direction to the right and dribbled the ball!
His pace and change of direction speed are second to none in the entire Serie A! Even in the European Cup, he is Italy's sharpest weapon on the wing!
The previous match had allowed Chen Xiaoliang to witness the speed of this Italian genius, but this time was different. The game had already reached the 70th minute. Although Chiesa had not consumed too much physical energy in the attack, a large number of offense and defense transitions would still consume a lot of energy, but now he was full of physical energy!
After taking two steps back, Chiesa came within about two meters of Chen Xiaoliang!
A faint phantom appeared, which was the predicted direction of Chiesa's breakthrough with the ball given by the marking attribute!
Although he was dribbling the ball towards Chen Xiaoliang's left side at the moment, the phantom was towards the right side!
Sure enough, Chiesa made a feint, dribbled the ball to his left foot, and then accelerated with a dribble!
"Bang!"
He crashed straight into Chen Xiaoliang! The ball was also cleared by Chen Xiaoliang one step ahead!
What the hell?!
Chiesa glanced at the referee and still said nothing!
He couldn't believe it!
Why did Chen Xiaoliang, who was on the right side just now, already wait on the left side after I changed direction in an instant? ! It was as if he was waiting for me to hit him!
Veretout, who had just been dribbled past by Chiesa, controlled the rolling ball and made a long diagonal pass to Cesco in front of him!
On the penalty area line, Sesco leaned on Bonucci, and even though Bonucci secretly pulled his jersey, he still took the ball off!
Cesco did not try to turn around and control the ball to launch an attack. He knew the defensive experience and skills of the two Xuanming Elders. When it came to the details of controlling the ball in a small area, he was no match for these two legendary central defenders. But when it came to physical strength and speed, the young him had a greater advantage!
Cesco pushed the ball back to Pellegrini behind, then turned around and ran into the penalty area!
Pellegrini, who received the ball, understood what he meant, picked up the ball, passed it over the top, and passed it back to the penalty area to Cesco who was making a forward run!
Huang Jianxiang: "Sesco trapped Bonucci behind him and took the ball away again!"
"At this moment, there is only Szczesny in front of him!"
"Chiellini pounces!"
"Cesco kicks!"
"Chiellini fell to the ground and slid to block the shooting path!"
"Cesco hits the ball!"
"Not a shot!"
"The ball was passed sideways to Abraham on the left!"
"Empty Gate!"
"Abraham gave it a nudge!"
“The ball goes in!”
"Roma equalized the score in the 71st minute!"
Xu Yang: "Although it was Abraham who scored the goal, the credit for this goal should still be credited to Cesco."
Huang Jianxiang: "From the steal in the backcourt to the lob pass in the frontcourt, Roma's goal took almost 10 seconds!"
Xu Yang: "Chiesa's attack just now was not very reasonable. He wanted to break through Chen Xiaoliang head-on, but was blocked, which immediately led to a switch in offense and defense on the field."
Sun Jihai: "He has no choice. Now Roma focuses on protecting the two wingers. If the full-backs are not enough, the wingers will come in. If the wingers are not enough, the defensive midfielders will come in. There are layers of defense.
According to the usual practice, the wing and the middle are combined. If Juventus cannot play smoothly on the wing, they should make some efforts in the middle, attract the attention of the defense and then distribute to the wing. They should not cling to the wing.
Xu Yang: "It's getting late. The players on the wing obviously didn't have the explosiveness they had in the first half when Bernardeschi sprinted the ball just now. Karsdorp chased him back and he could only force a cross."
Huang Jianxiang: "We saw that Roma's players were celebrating and Allegri was preparing to make a substitution."
On the court, Abraham ran over and picked up Cesco!
If they were not both men, he would have wanted to kiss this big Slovenian babe in front of him!
So fragrant!
He did all the dirty work of getting physical with the central defender, blocking the position, and trying to grab headers, and he only needed to run into the gap and wait for the position!
Who can not love such a striker partnership!
"Xiao Sai, I will definitely send you one next time!"
"Okay! Brother Tammy!"
Look at this, this ability to seize opportunities, this pattern of serving the team. When Abraham goes back, he will tell Mourinho that Cesco must start every game in the future!
Of course, I will be the first to release it with myself...
The other Roma players are also very excited!
It's been 70 minutes! Finally we've equalized!
Especially those newcomers who just came to Rome suddenly felt that the Serie A giants were nothing special! It seemed that the Roma that had repeatedly rushed to the second place in Serie A and was just a little bit away from winning the championship again was back!
Both teams retreated to their respective halves to prepare for the restart.
But before that, the fourth official was still holding up the number plates one by one.
Moses Keane out, Morata in!
Bernardeschi out, Kulusevski in!
De Sciglio out, Sandro in!
However, on the Roma side, after Mourinho applauded and celebrated, he still did not give the order for substitutions!
“Beep!”
The game continues!
When Chen Xiaoliang saw Bernardeschi and De Sciglio on Juventus' left being substituted, he knew that Allegri would continue to work on the left and attack this weak road, but he didn't expect that Chiesa and the new Kulusevski swapped positions!
It was obviously Allegri's tactical arrangement! After Kulusevski came on the court, he shouted a few words to Chiesa and made some gestures!
Chiesa went to the left winger position!
"Let's switch. You go to the left. Remember to pay attention to the new player Ski."
Chen Xiaoliang ran to the right and said something to Wellertu.
The French immediately moved to the left! Resolutely follow the leader's orders!
On one hand, there is the old traditional giants who were unwilling to defend for 70 minutes and see the three points fly away!
On one hand, the team that has been attacking relentlessly for 70 minutes is on the verge of a comeback and is the traffic leader this season!
Both sides finally let go of their psychological burden and fought with all their might in the last 20 minutes!
The two new players on the left side of Juventus are slower than the two players who just replaced them, but at this moment, they have unparalleled physical advantage.
Mkhitaryan had basically no offensive performance today. All his energy was spent on assisting defense on the right side. When he saw the two new players coming on, he moved his position back even further.
However, the next few offensive attempts were undoubtedly a blow to Juventus' flank!
In the 74th minute, Pellegrini's long shot was blocked. Sandro got the ball and launched a counterattack, making a long pass to Chiesa in front of him!
Chen Xiaoliang and Chiesa sprinted side by side for 20 meters, and Chen Xiaoliang headed the ball out of the sideline!
When the two were running, they happened to pass by the substitutes' bench. The coaches and substitutes of both sides saw two wind-like figures, one red and one white, flash past their eyes!
Allegri's face did not show any uncalmness, because he had already learned about every aspect of Roma in detail with the coaching staff before the game!
He knew that Chen Xiaoliang's physical strength was amazing, and it seemed that he never got tired!
But when he was standing in the coaching area on the sidelines and saw with his own eyes the young man from the Red Country flashing past him like lightning, his heart was still touched!
Although Allegri was not a very successful player when he was playing football, he played for Serie A teams for a long time.
He once played against Sacchi's AC Milan and saw Van Basten score a hat trick in front of him!
At that time, AC Milan also had great names such as Ancelotti, Baresi, Costacurta, Albertini, Maldini, Donadoni, Rijkaard and Gullit, who influenced the development of football in later generations!
However, he really couldn't believe that even someone as great as Rijkaard could not compare with Chen Xiaoliang in terms of sustained running ability!
It's already 74 minutes! Chiesa's speed has slowed down a little, why is this red countryman still consistent? !
He's only 17! How did he grow up?!
Why didn't Juventus' damn scouting team put him on the list!
This was his tactical idea!
After the start of each half, we would attack once each and then try to score a goal with a counterattack. If the score could not be opened, we would fight with Roma until the 70th minute and then use the advantage of the bench to use a last-minute attack to win the victory!
The reason why he made such a decision is that in terms of starting lineup, Juventus does not have a very obvious advantage, but in terms of substitutes, the Zebras are much stronger!
To this end, he specifically asked De Sciglio and Bernardeschi to take on offensive tasks, allowing Chiesa, who was more flexible in running, to roam and attract the attention of the defense, creating space for other teammates, and also to save energy!
He thought this was a trap set by himself, but now it seems that he has fallen into the trap set by Mourinho!
On the field! Chiesa is still trying!
As the son of a former international player, influenced by his father, he began football cultivation and training at an early age!
Compared to his father who plays in the penalty area and as a center forward, he prefers to break through and shoot in open areas!
By winning the European Cup in the summer, he has proved to the world how good he is!
Although the league had a bad start this season, the team adjusted!
He couldn't accept that he was inexplicably and helplessly defended by a rookie kid from the Red Country!
Pass him! Then break into the penalty area and create scoring opportunities, which is the most important task of a winger!
He waited for 70 minutes, not just to help his opponent put on a defensive show!
The focused Chiesa began to cooperate more actively with his teammates, especially with the newcomers Kulusevski and Sandro!
In the 77th minute, Kulusevski received a pass from Locatelli and passed the obviously exhausted Veretout in the middle. Veretout knocked him down during the pursuit and was shown a yellow card by the referee!
Mourinho quickly informed Joao and replaced Veretout with Cristante.
Cristante, who had been warming up on the sidelines since the second half, finally got on the court...
Juventus free kick outside the penalty area!
Locatelli did not choose to pass the ball directly into the penalty area, but passed it to Sandro on the left!
Sandro crosses the ball!
Although Morata headed the ball under the double-team of Cristante and Ibanez, his head went off target!
Vina cleared the ball with a long kick, Danilo recovered the ball, and Juventus organized an attack again!
Danilo passed the ball to Cuadrado, but the Colombian did not choose to break through and instead made a direct cross!
This time it was Bentancur, who headed the ball in front of the goal!
Passed it back to Morata behind him!
It's still Morata!
Near corner! Less than 2 meters away from the goal!
Patricio desperately moves to the left!
Morata raised his foot and shot!
Empty door!
Hit it too high!
Morata kneels down!
Allegri almost knelt down to him!
All the Juventus fans in the stadium covered their heads and faces, unable to believe it!
Barrage:
[Double reverse feet, no other choice, basic exercise, don't be surprised, everyone sit down]
[Even My Grandma Can Enter Series]
[Your grandmother only has one weak foot, Morata has two]
[Why replace Keane! One Enrique, one Ajong, insist on using Morata, sooner or later you will suffer the consequences! ]
[Why are all the messages from Juventus fans? Where are the Roma fans? Isn't Roma known to have the most fans in the world? ]
[No comparison, no harm. Cesco is really good.]
[Cesco only cost 12 million, Morata's performance is worth 2 million, not more]
…
Huang Jianxiang: "We saw many fans complaining about Morata's shooting skills in the comments, but from Allegri's point of view, at this stage of the game, we need to attack in the penalty area, and we can only rely on him. Even if Dybala is not injured, there is no way to compete for headers in the penalty area."
Xu Yang: "Yes, it is understandable that Keane was replaced after fighting for so long. He still needs to maintain a high point in the penalty area, otherwise the cross can only be a low ball, and Roma's defense will be more targeted."
Sun Jihai: "It's really hard to evaluate Morata. I haven't seen many of his games, but the fact that he can get a starting or rotation position in top teams like Real Madrid, Chelsea, Juventus and Atletico Madrid proves that he has the ability."
Huang Jianxiang: "Reporters once asked Spanish coach Luis Enrique why he refused to give up Morata, which shows that the Spanish media are also dissatisfied with him.
Enrique gave the media a list of numbers. In the history of the Spanish national team, the only one who scored more goals than Morata in the first 41 games was Villa. Torres and Raul were not as good as him.
Looking at the current players, the only one who performed better than him in the first 41 international matches was Harry Kane. Mbappe, Lewandowski and Lukaku did not score as many goals as him.
The implication is that Morata's goal efficiency is higher than these super strikers."
Xu Yang: "But Klinsmann's evaluation of him was more accurate. He was in the right place at the right time, but he failed to get the ball into the goal in the right way."
Sun Jihai: "Yes! He can run out of chances, just like just now, but he can't score! This will hurt morale and affect the outside world's evaluation of you."
On the field! Patricio kicks off!
In the heart of the Portuguese goalkeeper, he was feeling extremely lucky that Morata's shot, which was so good that even his grandma could score, didn't go in!
He carefully kicked the ball to Mancini, and the time came to the 79th minute!
Roma patiently organized their attack.
Mourinho and Allegri both watched the progress on the field with serious expressions!
Who will have the last laugh depends on the remaining ten minutes!