Chapter 152: It turns out that God also has moments of confusion?
Also in the middle, AC Milan's offense is better than its defense.
Kuluic and Bennacer are not strong in defensive ability. Although Kessie is strong in tackling and has excellent physical fitness, his explosiveness and flexibility are relatively weak, which leads to his ability to reach the defensive area quickly.
Of the two central defenders, the 32-year-old Dane Kjaer is experienced and has good frontal defensive abilities, but his running and turning speeds are too slow.
Fortunately, they are used to shrinking their defense, and the central midfielders and wingers will move inward to fill in the positions.
Moreover, under the rotation restrictions of Tomori and Kessie, Sesco's role in the middle was greatly reduced. Roma's quick counterattack was awkward and did not expose AC Milan's shortcomings.
In the 37th minute, Milan won another corner kick.
Bennacer took a tactical corner kick and Theo made a cross with his left foot.
“The ball is going very fast”
"Theo's cross is aimed at the middle!"
"Tomori jumps high!"
"pretty!"
"Chen Xiaoliang overpowered Tomori and headed the ball out of the penalty area!"
"Pellegrini received the ball, pulled it and turned around!"
"Kathy!"
"He destroyed the ball right away. Unfortunately, Roma's counterattack was nipped in the bud by Kessié."
On the court, after defending Tomori, Chen Xiaoliang saw Pellegrini receive the ball. He had already accelerated forward and watched Kessie quickly steal the ball and kick it out of the sideline. He could only slow down and return to his position.
However, when Leo, who was retreating from the penalty area, passed by him, he looked at Chen Xiaoliang as if he was observing a monster.
Why is this guy so fast? He seems to be even faster than in the previous game video?
Isn't he known for his endurance? Why is he getting faster and faster?
Generally, we only know that people who can last long cannot be fast, and people who can be fast cannot last long, but we have never experienced what it feels like to be both long-lasting and fast at the same time.
Chen Xiaoliang also understood his surprise.
In terms of physical fitness, muscles and endurance can be continuously improved through day-to-day training, but it is really difficult to make significant progress in extreme speed.
Not to mention football players, even a 100-meter sprinter who practices speed every day may only be able to improve his personal best after reaching his peak by 0.01 seconds throughout his life, or even fail to do that.
The vast majority of sprinters cannot run the 100m under 10 seconds in their entire lives. Su Bingtian, the sprint king of the Red Country, only ran under 10 seconds four times in world championships during his entire career.
However, Chen Xiaoliang was able to improve his personal speed in a short period of time, which really surprised others.
But it didn't matter. The fact that he and the sisters lived in the same villa had long been revealed by the gossip media. If they asked, he would say it was because Erica, a sprint expert, gave him professional guidance.
The key is that this is not a lie.
Compared to their sisters, Chen Xiaoliang's improvement speed is all-round.
Karsdorp looked left and right for a long time and finally threw the ball out of bounds.
Theo was already pressing forward in front of Zaniolo who received the ball.
Zaniolo wanted to use a feint and a step to speed up to get past Theo, but after trying several times, he failed each time. He had to pass the ball back to Chen Xiaoliang at the left rear.
As soon as Chen Xiaoliang received the ball, Krunic and Leo rushed over from two directions, trying to double-team Chen Xiaoliang.
This is high-pressure defense!
And behind him, Ibrahimovic also surrounded him.
Triple team!
As expected, Pioli made sufficient targeted arrangements. The strong coordination between Chen Xiaoliang and Cesco has attracted the attention of the media and coaching staff of various teams. The lightning goal at the beginning of today's game has increased Chen Xiaoliang's number of assists in the league this season to 4.
In 10 league rounds, there were 4 assists, especially Cesco. Many threatening attacks came from Chen Xiaoliang's crosses and long passes.
Such a player gives people the impression that he is just a defensive engineer with fierce tackles and abundant physical strength.
A big bad wolf makes people feel like a little lamb. Isn’t this a terrifying thing to think about?
Pioli is a pragmatic coach and he won't be fooled by this.
And he also realized that although Chen Xiaoliang's long passes were not very effective sometimes, his overall long pass skills were very good , especially his crosses, which were more accurate than the last. However, his dribbling and basic skills were very average. This type of player is most likely to make mistakes under high pressure.
This triple-team made Mourinho in the stands realize that his defensive core could no longer hide his shortcomings.
Gold will always shine, and Chen Xiaoliang is a gold mine!
Krunic blocked Chen Xiaoliang's space to accelerate with the ball, Leo blocked his passing route to Karsdorp, who was closest to the right, and Ibrahimovic blocked his space to pass the ball back to the central defender.
To the left? There seems to be a gap?
Salemacols is already next to Cristante, and if he passes the ball to him, it might be intercepted.
To be on the safe side, Chen Xiaoliang had to kick the ball forward, but it went directly to Kjaer, and AC Milan once again gained possession of the ball for attack.
As a result, the Roma players also discovered that AC Milan had arranged a special pressing tactic for Chen Xiaoliang. When there were similar passing opportunities in the future, the possibility that they would choose to pass the ball to Chen Xiaoliang became greatly reduced.
As a result, Chen Xiaoliang's already limited ball possession became even more scarce, and his opportunities to launch accurate crosses became very few and far between.
Kjaer passed the ball to Kessie, who took a few steps and made a one-two with Theo who was moving inwards. Zaniolo's symbolic defense immediately became a cloud.
In Mourinho's defensive tactics, the two wingers also need to retreat to defend a lot.
But in Rome, this is difficult to implement.
Because no matter whether it is Zaniolo or Abraham, according to the words in the Bible, they really can't play, they don't have the ability...
This is also the reason why Mourinho tends to send Mkhitaryan and Zalewski, who have a more defensive awareness, on some games.
After passing Zaniolo, Kessié dribbled forward, with Chen Xiaoliang in front of him!
He passed the ball to Krunic who was retreating to the front right, and then rushed towards Chen Xiaoliang!
Chen Xiaoliang saw it. It was obvious that the Ivorian guy was going to pass him by running without the ball, and then advance to the front of the penalty area with a two-on-one pass!
Kessie watched the match between Roma and Napoli very carefully.
He may not know about others, but he knows Anguisa, who is also an African-American midfielder.
Chen Xiaoliang's performance in directly pushing Anguisa away in a defense left a deep impression on Casey!
How could a young Asian man have such fighting ability?
Casey has been looking forward to a close confrontation with Chen Xiaoliang!
Barcelona has already sent him an intention invitation. His contract with AC Milan will expire next summer. Barcelona hopes to sign him through a free transfer.
Being at a crossroads in his career, he wants to prove his ability with a good season and win a starting position in Barcelona's player career.
In his mind, he simply couldn't think of a better way to defeat Chen Xiaoliang, the league's hot new star and also a defensive midfielder.
He sank his shoulders, lowered his head, and rushed forward like a bull!
Chen Xiaoliang immediately went over to grab a spot!
Oh shit!
As soon as their bodies touched, Chen Xiaoliang staggered and fell to the ground!
What kind of body is this?!
I have trained my strength to level 15, but when competing with Casey who was running, I couldn't get into position at all.
Is this guy only 20% strong?!
Kessie was feeling proud and was about to head into the penalty area after receiving the ball from Krunic when the referee blew the whistle.
Collision foul!
Casey still wanted to question the penalty, but the referee indicated that he was clearly bumping into Chen Xiaoliang without the ball.
Chen Xiaoliang stood up and thought that today was going to be interesting, with Ibrahimovic and Casey, he met two strong men in a row.
Since I started playing football, this is the first time I have encountered an opponent who made me so embarrassed, and I encountered two of them at once.
Mancini took a long free kick and Abraham got the ball, but the through ball to Cesco was too powerful and was taken away by Tatarusanu.
Milan attacks again!
Still on the left!
This time Theo chose to dribble the ball forward himself.
Casey was full of confidence because of his victory in the previous confrontation. He pressed forward even further than before and hung around Chen Xiaoliang, as if he wanted to try again.
Theo ignored him. His target was the most threatening Ibrahimovic.
Faced with Karsdorp's relentless pursuit, Theo lifted the ball into the penalty area.
Ibrahimovic's right elbow rested on the shoulder of Mancini who was pressing him, and Mancini was unable to even jump.
Ibrahimovic jumped steadily and nodded his head lightly. The ball was about to fall in front of him, but before he landed, Chen Xiaoliang rushed out from the side and headed the ball out!
Ibrahimovic's eyes widened slightly. He never expected that his carefully planned moves would be ruined!
This kid, is he trying to play tricks on me?
In front of Chen Xiaoliang's eyes, the system's small characters appeared:
[Superstar Mission: Win 5 aerial duels with Zlatan Ibrahimovic]
[Task progress: 1/5]
He was just going to chase the ball, but Casey blocked him and tried to control the ball first.
Chen Xiaoliang looked at Casey's slightly raised buttocks and his hands stretched out to both sides, and knew that he was waiting for him to go up and engage in physical combat with him.
He thought to himself: Are you trying to lure me into the trap?
I won’t.
That’s right, Chen Xiaoliang’s physical fitness is indeed good, and he can be clearly superior when facing most of the offensive players in Serie A.
But he also knew that except for his physical fitness which was only at 10, which affected his physical recovery speed and the severity of his injuries, his other physical attributes were all at 15 or higher. However, this was still far from the level of steel bones.
If you really want to reach a level where you can fight almost everyone without being defeated, you have to improve all of them to level 18 at least.
But he never forgot that confrontation is only a means of defense. The real basis of his strength is his unparalleled stealing ability!
With the added bonus of [Good at Ground Tackle], his actual tackling ability has long surpassed the maximum value.
At the moment he didn't rush for the ball, but just followed Casey, waiting for him to catch the ball.
Sure enough, after running a few steps, Casey controlled the ball, but he was also wondering why the Red Country kid didn't come up to grab it? Was he scared by the collision he had just made?
Before he could turn around with the ball, a foot flashed out from under his crotch and instantly tackled the ball under his right foot!
Casey's feet were empty and he immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground!
The referee saw it clearly and it was obvious that he touched the ball first, but he didn't make any comment!
The ball rolled to Zaniolo's feet. He was stunned. He didn't expect that he would get the ball in this way. He quickly dribbled the ball and rushed to the front court!
Theo chased at full speed, his speed was really domineering!
The gap between them was 5 meters, but they caught up in less than 20 meters!
Theo stretched out his right foot towards Zaniolo, and Zaniolo and the ball rolled out of bounds!
This time, the referee ran over blew the whistle.
He Wei: "The referee from Naples, Maresca, showed Theo a yellow card. Roma finally got a good counterattack opportunity but failed to make it happen."
Zhang Lu: "We were very passive this time. In previous games, once the midfield was restricted, Roma would go directly to Cesco from the back. His height, speed and jumping ability, as well as his ability to hold the ball with his back to goal, are indeed difficult for ordinary central defenders to deal with.
I just happened to meet Tomori today. The English have paid great attention to header training since childhood, which has a lot to do with the rhythm and playing style of the English leagues at all levels.
Moreover, Tomori is very fast, which is rare among central defenders. Even if Cesco succeeds in the header, when you get the ball with your back to the goal and want to switch to offense, you have to turn around and look for a breakthrough or passing opportunity. But, Tomori is faster than you and you can't get rid of him.
There was no space to pass the ball at the first moment, and they had to wait for Abraham and Zaniolo to rush up to pass the ball, so the entire counterattack opportunity was missed. This is why Roma's attack was not smooth today."
He Wei: Coach Zhang Lu is right. In fact, from the card Theo received this time, we can see that when Milan pressed forward, especially on the left, Theo frequently inserted himself. The attacks launched from him accounted for almost three-quarters of all Milan's attacks. I think Mourinho can let the team consider focusing on this route to put more pressure on Theo who already had a yellow card. "
Zhang Lu: "That's right! Hehe, that's absolutely right. But sometimes, bystanders see things more clearly than those involved. Mourinho is still in the stands today. I really don't know if he has a better way to solve the current offensive problem."
Karsdorp stepped forward to take the free kick.
Behind him, Krunic was staring at Chen Xiaoliang.
In this type of set piece, they must not be allowed to make a cross-field pass.
However, Roma's central defender did not press forward. Karsdorp passed the ball to the middle and Pellegrini received the ball.
Kessie came up to block the attack, but Pellegrini knew that this guy was not easy to deal with, so he moved the ball around and dribbled to protect it.
At this time, Abraham came over from the side!
While Tomori was still staring at Cesco, Abraham inserted himself into the junction of the defensive zones of Milan's right-back Calabria and center-back Kjaer.
His defensive pressure can be said to be the lightest among Roma's three forwards!
But he waited for a long time and couldn't get the ball to attack.
Pellegrini made a through pass and Kessie was very depressed!
Abraham received the ball on the left side of the penalty area and dribbled horizontally along the penalty area line!
Kjaer followed laterally, but his speed was obviously not up to par!
In this situation, Abraham has the chance to shoot directly at any time!
As expected!
Just when Kjaer was obviously out of position, Abraham took a step forward with his left foot, lifted his right foot backward, and swung the ball towards the lower middle of the ball!
Looking at the amplitude and strength, Kjaer determined that this was not a fake shot, and he tackled desperately to block the ball.
However, the distance he was behind just now was too obvious.
"Abraham shoots from the edge of the penalty area!"
“Very fast!”
"Tatarusanu dives sideways!"
"He used his fingertips to touch the edge of the ball at the last moment, causing a goal that should have been scored against the inside of the goal post to fly out of the bottom line!"
"Tatarusanu has done a great job!"
“It seems that after Maignan was injured, Tatarusanu, who has been in the starting lineup for consecutive games, is in very good shape.”
"Rome's long-awaited attack!"
“And now they get another corner kick.”
Now, Mancini and Ibanez both ran up, and Cesco, Zaniolo and Abraham also stood in the penalty area waiting for the corner kick.
This season, Roma has scored quite a few points from set pieces, although they have also lost a lot of points from set pieces.
Pellegrini raised his hand, the referee blew the whistle, and he ran up and exerted his strength!
Front point!
The iron tree blooms, Pellegrini kicks the ball forward!
Did he kick it?
AC Milan, which had heavily defended the middle and back points, had only Leo defending at the front point. Zaniolo jumped up at the front point and headed the ball hard, and the ball flew to the near post!
Tatarusanu is still in the middle.
But the ball, which was so close, hit Theo's face who was guarding the near post!
The ball was moving at an extremely fast speed and hit Theo's face with great force. It bounced quite a distance and was directly passed in the air by Krunic who was cruising on the penalty area line to Ibrahimovic who was standing in the center circle!
The unlucky Theo and the miserable Zaniolo covered their faces with their hands at the same time, one with facial pain and the other with heartache!
Ibrahimovic saw that Chen Xiaoliang, who was staying in the backcourt, had come to him. Facing the flying ball, he did not choose to catch the ball. Instead, he raised his right foot and hooked it backwards, then turned around instantly, and rushed forward with the ball at the same time!
He actually used the scorpion's tail to make a human ball!
Chen Xiaoliang had never expected this kick!
However, in terms of speed, the 40-year-old Ibrahimovic was no match for Chen Xiaoliang. Chen Xiaoliang caught up with him before he had run a few steps!
Ibrahimovic blocked the ball with his body, dribbled the ball forward and rushed towards the penalty area.
What he can rely on is his skills that get better with age and his never slacking off and hard training so as to always maintain a strong body of high standards!
He kept moving the ball with his right foot to create a safe space to prevent Chen Xiaoliang from suddenly falling to the ground and clearing the ball away.
But before he took a few steps, he found that Chen Xiaoliang's strength was getting stronger and stronger, and he almost couldn't bear it!
What's going on? What did this Red Country kid do? Can his power be increased on the spot?
The excited shouts from Milan fans disappeared soon after, as they found that the tall Ibrahimovic was staggering under Chen Xiaoliang's close defense!
Cathy, who was watching all this from behind, was also stunned!
That's Ibrahimovic. When it comes to body control, Kessie is better than anyone else but Ibrahimovic.
During team training, Casey, who used to be a big shot, always obeys him when he sees the big brother.
Now, I'm so embarrassed by this kid?
That's impossible. When I collided with him just now, I didn't feel that Chen Xiaoliang had enough strength to compete with Ibrahimovic.
What made him feel even more unbelievable was that Ibrahimovic finally chose to stop in order to prevent the ball from being lost, and he bent over and arched his back to hold on to Chen Xiaoliang!
The Roma players who returned to defense quickly caught up and surrounded Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic did not dare to pass the ball back blindly and had to kick the ball towards the Roma goal!
However, the hasty shot did not pose a threat to Patricio, who jumped up steadily to catch it.
A great one-on-one opportunity that could have been created was missed!
Ibrahimovic, who was standing there, hadn't come back to his senses yet. He frowned and looked at Chen Xiaoliang, as if asking, "What on earth did you do?"
Of course, he would not really ask. How could God ask a mortal for an answer?
If that's the case, wouldn't 40 years of pretending be exposed today?
Chen Xiaoliang looked at his surprised eyes and said, "So God also gets confused sometimes?"
Seeing that his thoughts were seen through, Ibrahimovic found it interesting from the bottom of his heart!
This kid is interesting! I've never seen him before!
The 40-year-old has played in many leagues and thinks, "What kind of scene have I not seen?"
Unexpectedly, in the last days of his professional career, he would meet such a child, which rekindled his curiosity and interest!
"I take back what I said before. I will remember you now. Your name is Chen Xiaoliang, and you are now qualified to challenge me."
Chen Xiaoliang laughed and retorted: "It is my honor to defeat you."
He was not disrespecting Ibrahimovic, but in the competition on the field, he could not show any compromise or cowardice to the opponent.
No matter how harmonious and respectful the off-court situation is, the court is a battlefield where everyone fights for themselves.
Besides, Ibrahimovic is not really delusional. His arrogant quotes are both part of his character and a means for him to intimidate his opponents.
Ibrahimovic did not continue this brief war of words.
His extremely rich experience in competitions allowed him to quickly figure out what was going on.
In the confrontation with himself just now, Chen Xiaoliang made perfect use of the rhythm between his steps, choosing the moment when each step was about to fall but had not yet fallen, to interfere with himself!
And this moment is exactly when the power of the supporting foot is about to be completely removed, and the stepping foot is about to hit the ground and then transform into the supporting foot to continue running forward. It is also the moment when the power of both feet is the weakest!
So when he stood firmly, both legs became supporting feet, and Chen Xiaoliang could no longer carry himself.
This guy! He's only 17 years old! He can defend better than those defenders who are in their 30s and have played for most of their careers!
Ibrahimovic, who practiced Taekwondo for a long time when he was young, has learned some Asian culture, which naturally includes the traditional culture of the Red Country.
He had heard that there was a philosophy in the Red Country called the combination of hardness and softness, and he had even seen people from the Red Country demonstrate a martial art that was different from the fierce kicks and attacks of Taekwondo, which emphasized using softness to overcome hardness.
I didn’t expect to experience it on the football field!
Ibrahimovic's fighting spirit is fully burning!
The ball lost just now was a very embarrassing thing for him, especially losing one-on-one to a 17-year-old kid.
This dealt a heavy blow to his career as a pretentious person.
So for the rest of the game, he planned to teach this kid a lesson and make him remember the name Zlatan forever.
