On the court, the moment the whistle blew, teammates on both sides felt relieved at the same time.
It’s finally over…
Karsdorp and Binya even lay directly on the grass.
Mourinho left the stands surrounded by security guards and went to the players' locker room.
Other players and coaches from both teams walked into the field to greet each other.
Chen Xiaoliang found Chiellini and took off his jersey on his own initiative.
The Juventus captain immediately understood and took off his jersey without hesitation to exchange it with Chen Xiaoliang.
The rising defensive star and the legacy of the legendary center back!
"Well done, boy!" Behind them, Allegri came over, his expression even more embarrassed when he smiled.
"Thank you, I'm very happy to receive your compliment." Chen Xiaoliang responded politely.
Allegri handed Chen Xiaoliang a note with his phone number on it, telling him that he could contact him anytime if he had any questions, and then walked away.
Back in the locker room, no one showed much excitement, as their minds were still recalling the moments before the end of the game.
Although there was a chance to score the winning goal, the score was only 1 point away and turned into 0 points.
Fortunately, Juventus did not have much to do in the face of dense defense in the final stage, and could only rely on repeated crosses to create threats.
Unfortunately, none of the forwards can both stand in the penalty area and move around.
In the luxurious box of the stadium, Juventus chairman Agnelli finally made up his mind and asked the transfer team to officially start the 80 million euro transfer of Vlahovic with Fiorentina.
The post-match press conference was also calm. Mourinho rarely praised Allegri, saying that Juventus under his leadership "has a good balance of tension and is one of the best teams in Serie A."
However, after these words were posted on the Internet, they were jokingly called "Scientifically Raising Embarrassment" by fans - this is a method that fans believe is to praise and reward the opposing coach when he is in danger and facing dismissal in order to maintain his position as coach, prevent the opponent from changing coaches and achieve revival.
However, when talking about the referee issue, Mourinho obviously reached his limit.
"Normally, and this has happened a lot in my career, our opponents did a great job today, their players were very professional, very sportsmanlike, but obviously some people didn't want us to win here.
We could have at least had a penalty, but they combined to kill it.
Listen carefully, I am talking about some people, I am not referring to anyone specifically, otherwise I might have to sit in the stands and watch the game with enthusiastic fans next time. "
The reporter also asked him what he thought of the next league opponent Napoli.
"We will return to Rome tomorrow and after a day's rest we will head to Slovenia, which is very close to Rome, more than 400 kilometers away, and can be reached in an hour by plane, so the players will not be too tired.
However, after playing the Europa Cup on the evening of the 22nd, they will face Napoli in Rome on the evening of the 24th. They are the current leader and in very good form. They have a group of very fast players, and Spalletti has obviously made full use of this advantage.
But you know what I mean, I can't say that it's ridiculous that we are fighting for glory for Italy and at the same time we are being restricted and punished by someone."
The reporter asked: "Like before, do you still think that the tight schedule is unfair to you?"
Mourinho shook his finger: "No, that's what you said, I didn't say anything." Then he stood up and left the press conference.
After flying back to Rome and returning home the next day, Helena was doing rehabilitation training for Erica. After minimally invasive knee surgery, she had been wearing protective gear and using crutches, and needed someone to help her go up and down the stairs at home.
Chen Xiaoliang calculated the time and found that today was the only remaining rest day. He would fly to Slovenia with the team tomorrow. In the next few days, there would be training and competitions. So he took Helena out, saying that he wanted to buy some ingredients to cook a meal for Erica.
But this time when I went out to buy vegetables, I didn’t go to the market in the city, but drove out of the city.
The back seat of the Hot Wheels GSL600-SUV is very spacious, enough for two people, oh no, it is big enough to accommodate all kinds of fruits, vegetables and fresh meat.
Chen Xiaoliang parked the car at a deserted place on the seashore of Ostia Archaeological Park in the southwest of the city and discussed driving skills with Helena.
As we all know, the driving license test is divided into four subjects, and the four subjects are conducted in sequence and strictly in order. You must first start with the theoretical test of subject one, which requires only oral examination, before you can actually get in the car.
Subject 2 is a small road test, which emphasizes skills. Whether it is slowly driving over an undulating road or parking on a slope, it is all about mastering a scale in a small space and preparing for the subsequent driving.
Subject three is a major road test. At this time, whether to speed up, turn around, or shift gears is entirely up to the driver based on the road conditions.
However, when you step on the accelerator at this stage, the roar of the engine will be very loud. If you practice at home, it will affect Erica's rest, so she came here.
Subject four is civilized driving. You should pack up what you need to pack up and go home early.
After all, Erica was still waiting at home, so the four subjects were finished in just two and a half hours, and I spent 10 minutes buying a bunch of vegetables on the way.
All done.
After returning home and quickly preparing a table of dishes, Chen Xiaoliang went to bed early.
The twin sisters are at home and there is nothing he can do.
Let’s finish the task first.
In the match against Juventus, the best player award went to Szczesny who made 7 saves. He only completed two tasks: [enter the roster for the next game] and [appear in the next game], and gained 3 hours of training value.
Training value 50 → 53
And because the game was not won, [Exclusive Mission: Win against the Big Teams] was not completed.
However, the mission of becoming Chiesa's rival was accomplished, with his post-match rating being 7.7. Although Chiesa showed threat in the final period, he was only feinting most of the time and scored only 6.9 points.
【Dong Dong Dong】
[It was detected that in this game, the old rival Federico Chiesa did not score any goals or assists]
[Post-match player ratings detected, rival Federico Chiesa's rating is lower than the host's]
[This enemy mission has been completed]
[Task Reward: 1 Juventus Legendary Star Card]
Lucky draw, lucky draw! The long-awaited lucky draw time is here again!
Who will be picked out from the extremely precious star card?
Just please don’t let it be Zoff or Buffon!
Chen Xiaoliang rubbed his hands and clicked to get the reward!
A flash of golden light!
[Obtain a peak Roberto Baggio dribbling attribute card (five minutes)]
[Effect: Technique 19, Dribbling 19]
[Additional skills: Good at escaping from tight pressure]
Nice!
Baggio joined Juventus in 1990 with a transfer fee of 8 million pounds, setting an unprecedented record in football history!
That was 1990!
At that time, the average monthly salary in the Red Country was 168 yuan!
The bus fare at that time was only 10 cents!
At that time, a bottle of Arctic Ocean was only 20 cents!
The housing prices at that time...there were no housing prices at all!
Baggio stayed at Juventus for four seasons, ultimately helping the Old Lady win the league title, the cup and a UEFA Cup runner-up.
With his outstanding performance, he won the two most important individual awards in the world, the World Footballer of the Year and the European Golden Ball in 1993!
He is a well-deserved super legend of Juventus and even the entire Serie A!
Unfortunately, in the penalty shootout of the 1994 World Cup final, Baggio's kick not only destroyed Italy's hopes of winning the championship, but also left his eternal back.
The next day, Chen Xiaoliang felt refreshed!
I have to say that after Helena came back, not only was she no longer lonely at home, but after studying driving skills, she also became more energetic!
Forget it, I’m still a minor and can’t think too much about this kind of thing.
After saying goodbye to the sisters, we came to the Trigoria base to meet up with the team and headed to the airport together!
After the group arrived in Murska Sobota, a city in northeastern Slovenia, they received an unexpected welcome!
It seems that in the eyes of the fans here, the team led by Mourinho is a top-notch super team in Europe!
Especially Cesco, as a super star of Slovenia, was warmly welcomed by his fellow countrymen!
Many local female fans directly held up signs that appeared to have English letters on them, but no one knew what they said!
【Dong Dong Dong】
[Host language difficulties detected]
[System language pack (Slovenian) has been unlocked]
Chen Xiaoliang took another look and found that it was written:
Little Saisai, I want to marry you!
Little Benben, take me away tonight!
However, since no one in the team understood Slovenian, Cesco didn't care.
It was not until Chen Xiaoliang quietly read to Cesco in a standard tone what the girls had written on the bus that Cesco opened his eyes wide in disbelief and his face suddenly turned red!
"Brother, don't tell anyone... otherwise those guys will make fun of me again..."
"Okay, haha!"
However, among the welcoming crowd, Chen Xiaoliang was also welcomed as a hero because of his tacit cooperation and accurate crosses with Cesco on the field!
Mura is a very young team, it was only established in 2012, and it has only been 9 years.
Their predecessor team was disbanded in 2005 due to financial problems.
Well... I believe this is not unfamiliar to the Red Country fans who are familiar with the Red Country Super League.
After the team was rebuilt, it started participating in the Slovenian fourth-level league in the 2013-14 season and returned to the domestic top league in the 2018-19 season. They won the cup championship in 2020 and the league championship in 2021!
This experience is somewhat similar to that of Glasgow Rangers' bankruptcy and reorganization.
It is quite inspiring!
However, their first entry into European competitions was not very smooth. In the first round, they lost 0-2 to Vitesse at home. In the second round, they were defeated 5-1 by Tottenham Hotspur, who were much stronger than them, at the New White Hart Lane.
Therefore, for Mura’s fans, they don’t have any expectations for the results, but just hope that through such European competition opportunities, they can take a close look at those big-name stars!
After arriving at the scene, Chen Xiaoliang was also stunned.
However, what surprised him was not that Mura's home stadium, Fasanerija Municipal Stadium, had only 3,782 seats, but the strong football atmosphere around the stadium!
This small town with a population of less than 12,000 people was like welcoming a carnival. More than 4,000 people gathered around the stadium as if they had no work to do. Some lay on the nearby hillsides, and some climbed onto the surrounding rooftops, holding Roma scarves, wearing Cesco's jerseys, "peeking" at Roma's adaptive training.
Later I learned that many local business owners took the lead in announcing a two-day holiday, just to see the beauty of Rome!
Mourinho, who wants to be the protagonist wherever he goes, naturally feels good about such popularity.
However, winning the game steadily and getting three points are the goals that must be achieved in this game!
Taking into account the strength of the opponent and the fact that they would play Napoli, who had won eight consecutive league games, in two days, Mourinho still made many rotations.
In the goalkeeper position, number two goalkeeper Fuzatto started for the first time this season.
The right back is Karsdorp, the left back is Niles, and the two central defenders are Trippi and Smalling.
Chen Xiaoliang continued to start in the defensive midfielder position. Mourinho knew very well that the team's defensive performance would be completely different with or without him on the field.
Partnering with Chen Xiaoliang is Cristante, who has been a substitute in recent games;
Attacking midfielder Mkhitaryan, left winger Zalewski, right winger Carles Perez;
In the single striker position, Mourinho also fully considered the expectations of his hometown fans and chose Cesco.
The game starts at 18:45 on October 21, 2021!
Although Roma put in a lot of substitutes, the gap in strength between the two sides was indeed quite obvious.
After ten minutes of probing as foreplay, due to the opponent's limited offensive capabilities, Cristante's position kept moving forward, and as the game went on, it turned into the single defensive midfielder full coverage mode that Chen Xiaoliang was most familiar with.
In the 11th minute, Roma scored the first goal!
Cristante assisted in the frontcourt and received the ball from Mkhitaryan. He wanted to pass the ball outside the penalty area, but the midfielder Kozar who was defending him slipped for some reason. Cristante took a long shot directly and blasted a world wave from 32 meters!
Roma leads by 1 goal away from home!
With 57% of the ball possession, Chen Xiaoliang also pressed forward.
In the 14th minute, he made a cross from the left side. Because it was his left foot, although the attribute of 15 was already considered skilled, there was still a slight gap compared to his right foot, so the pass was a little bit bigger.
There was no space for Cesco to shoot when he received the ball, so he could only jump up and head the ball back, but Zalewski who followed up shot the ball too high.
The home team then launched a counterattack, but due to the speed of advancement, in the end, whether it was a breakthrough in the middle or a cross from the wing, it all became an increase in the number of interceptions, headers and clearances in Chen Xiaoliang's data column.
In the 32nd minute, the opponent's No. 10 attacking midfielder Horvath was tackled by Chen Xiaoliang during a two-pass combination. He became angry and made an elbowing motion when trying to steal the ball. He was directly sent off by the referee!
As a result, the game, which was already clearly divided into strong and weak teams, completely became a one-sided offensive drill .
Mourinho opened his notebook and continued to write and draw on it.
After all, it would be a bit too pretentious to go to the sidelines and shout loudly when the team is absolutely leading. It is rare for the team to sit on the bench and quietly change its posture to show its crazy charm.
In the 41st minute, Roma counterattacked, Chen Xiaoliang passed the ball directly to Cesco, and Cesco immediately passed it back to him!
They have practiced this routine many times during extra training!
On the surface, it is no different from the usual center pass, both of which temporarily divert the attention of the opponent's defensive players by transferring the ball, but in fact, Chen Xiaoliang is trying to trigger the attribute improvement brought by the tacit understanding value!
At this point, after more than two months of competition and training, the tacit connection between him and Cesco finally reached bright green, which means full!
After cooperation, the technical attributes of two people can be increased by 4 points in a short time!
As for how short this "short time" is, he also tested it in training, and it was about five or six seconds.
This kind of cooperation can raise his attributes that have not yet been upgraded and are only at 10 to 14. He may not be able to dominate against a strong team, but facing a weak opponent like Mura, he can shine!
But he didn't want to score a goal himself. The purpose of this game was very clear, which was to let Cesco show off in front of his fellow villagers!
Facing the Mura midfielder Kozar who had just slipped and lost points, Chen Xiaoliang simply changed direction and accelerated to shake him off.
When Mourinho saw this, he put down his notebook and watched the field seriously.
The audience in the stadium actually burst into cheers!
Cesco makes a diagonal run and Chen Xiaoliang passes the ball straight forward!
Cesco shoots!
Mura goalkeeper rushed over!
Cesco hits him through the crotch!
The ball goes in!
Mura 0-2 Roma!
The fans in the stadium went wild, shouting Cesco's name!
"Benjamin! Benjamin! Benjamin!"
Cesco rushed towards the fans on the sidelines to celebrate passionately. He was also very excited to score a goal in his hometown!
Chen Xiaoliang ran over to celebrate together!
Suddenly! In the first row of stands in front of him, a beautiful woman with a broad mind hugged him!
Hug him tightly!
It's like a lock from UFC!
Chen Xiaoliang felt a little suffocated!
He struggled to break free! He pushed forward with his hands!
However, it was like pushing on a yoga ball, soft and unable to exert any strength!
In the end, it took the combined efforts of Karsdorp and Zalewski to pull him out!
Chen Xiaoliang quickly ran away, but couldn't help but look back. The beautiful woman was still excitedly opening her arms waiting for him to enter her arms!
"Fuck!" Mourinho cursed with a smile!
Joao glanced at him and deliberately joked: "Jose, do you want to experience it too?"
Mourinho smiled and pushed him: "You... I mean, this kid can actually show off and give assists!"
Joao: "He has improved a lot in zonal marking recently. He is no longer just running around in the backfield chasing the ball like before. It seems that it was right to invite De Rossi to give him special training that day! Next, we will see whether we can tap his potential in offense."
After 4 minutes, the first half ended!
In the second half, Mourinho replaced Mkhitaryan to give him a good rest and save his energy for the next league game.
In the 54th minute, Carles Perez broke through on the right and passed the ball directly to Cesco!
Facing the goalkeeper, Cesco chose to lob the ball and score another goal!
0 to 3!
Roma secures victory!
In the 60th minute, Mourinho simply replaced Cesco, Chen Xiaoliang and Karsdorp with Wu Lei, Darbo and Calafiori. Except for Smalling and Cristante, he almost sent out a lineup of all substitutes.
In the 82nd minute, Trippi accidentally handballed while defending in the penalty area and was awarded a penalty by the referee.
Mura's main striker Mura Hussenovich scored a face-saving goal in one fell swoop.
The final score was 1 to 3, and Roma successfully got three points!
After the game, many players came to exchange jerseys with Cesco. Cesco had to ask Mourinho for help. Mourinho was very considerate of the feelings of the new baby. He asked the players to return to the locker room, sign the names of the entire team on brand new spare jerseys, and presented them to the players who played for Mura as gifts!
This move became a popular story among Slovenian media and fans after the game!
The Portuguese madman has gained a wave of fans again!
On the front page of the media, besides his photo and Cesco celebrating after scoring, there was also a photo of Chen Xiaoliang being hugged tightly by that beautiful woman...
However, Chen Xiaoliang and his teammates, who were in a hurry to catch up with their schedule, did not see it.
The next day they rushed back to Rome without stopping.
Chen Xiaoliang had just driven home from the training base when he received a call from Riise, who was in Wolfsburg, Germany.
While he was answering the phone, he saw that Helena, who came out to greet him, did not look well. On the other hand, Erica, leaning on a cane, had a smirk on her face.
"What's up? Mr. Riise, how's your transfer negotiation going?"
"Duoduo is a little hesitant because Roma can't promise him an absolute starting position . I just arrived in Wolfsburg and have an appointment to meet in Baku tomorrow."
"Well, good luck, what's up?"
"By the way...you're popular again today. A new sponsorship invitation came in early this morning. It's a big order!"
"Oh? Why am I so angry again?"
"Don't you know? The photo of you being entangled by that hot girl at the stadium yesterday went viral on the Internet!"
"What?! Don't hang up, let me take a look!"
He opened the webpage, entered his name, and clicked "News".
A bunch of photos and captions appear!
Red Country Media: "Chen Xiaoliang is so strong and brave that even a hero can resist the temptation of a beauty!"
Italian media: "The Sri Lankan striker scored two goals to ensure the team's victory, and Roma's iron waist remained unmoved in the face of passionate fans!"
British media: "Chen Xiaoliang is loved by everyone. I wonder what other female fans will think after seeing him?"
Scottish media: "Slovenian fans showed the real way to limit Chen Xiaoliang!"
All of them have the photo of himself being hugged by a female fan!
Cao!
"Fuck, what should I do? I didn't know the fans there were so crazy!"
Chen Xiaoliang picked up the phone and said this very loudly, of course, on purpose for Helena to hear.
"That's great. Hehe, isn't this an advertisement? Big brand! Two-year contract, 800,000 Euros per year! Just say a few words and do a few actions!"
"What brand? What product?"
"NEWAYA Men's Refreshing Body Lotion!"
"Cao!"