Chapter 187 Who in the world doesn't know you?
Zhan Jun: "Mourinho did not choose the more expensive Abraham, but chose the young player Gian. It takes courage to make such a decision in such an important game!"
General Fan: "How old is this child?"
Zhan Jun: “18 years old, from Ghana, Africa.”
General Fan sighed: "The trend of younger players in European clubs is indeed becoming more and more obvious. When I was in charge of the team, 20-year-old players were like children and had few opportunities to play. But now a large number of children under 20 in Europe can play as starters."
Of course, Jian came on the field with a mission.
What Mourinho asked him to do was to stick to the wing and suppress Cuadrado's side with constant movement and support. As long as Cuadrado can't get up, Dybala in front of him will lose a lot of support on the wing.
And if Dybala continues to move inward to the middle, Chen Xiaoliang will already be waiting for him there.
Juventus' morale was boosted after scoring three goals in a row, and their offensive became more fierce.
After Kulusevski came on the pitch, like Dybala, he frequently used inward movements to directly challenge the goal.
Allegri and Landucci's plan was also very clear, which was to completely give up fighting with Roma's two full-backs Celik and Malacia, and directly attack the defense area of the two central defenders.
Only in this way can the two full-backs move into the penalty area to help the central defender defend, the wing will be left empty, and the full-backs will have the opportunity to make assists.
Returning to the defensive midfielder position, Chen Xiaoliang focused his attention on defense again.
In the 69th minute, Kulusevski cut inside and Celik followed closely. Kulusevski passed the ball to Dybala in front of the penalty area and then moved forward into the penalty area as if he was going to make a two-on-one pass.
Dybala stepped forward to meet the ball, ready to pass it to Vlahovic on the other side of the penalty area.
But just as he was about to catch the ball, a figure jumped out from behind him and shoveled the ball away one step ahead!
Dybala's right foot, which was originally stretched out to catch the ball, was caught by Chen Xiaoliang's left leg in a sliding tackle and fell to the ground. However, it was too obvious that Chen Xiaoliang touched the ball first, and even his teammates did not raise their hands to ask the referee for a foul.
"This guy! Where did he come from!" Dybala was annoyed and could only raise his hand to signal Kulusevski, indicating that it was his own fault for not paying attention behind him, which led to the ball being intercepted.
Matic, who was nearby, ran over to control the ball and made a long diagonal pass to Gian on the left. After receiving the ball, the young Ghanaian sprinted towards the penalty area. Cuadrado chased back at full speed, first sticking his body to Gian to try to squeeze him out, and then interfered.
Gian stopped suddenly and dunked the ball, but Cuadrado's arm hit him in the face. Gian fell to the ground in pain and the ball was kicked out by Cuadrado.
The referee blew the whistle immediately!
Zhan Jun: "Cuadrado already has a yellow card! Just now, there was an obvious striking motion with his arm. It depends on what the referee will do. If the two yellow cards turn into a red card and he is sent off, then Juventus' situation on the field will take a sharp turn for the worse!"
The referee ran over and first glanced at Gian who was lying on the ground with his face covered. Then, facing Veretout's protest and Cuadrado's defense, he did not take out the card immediately, but covered his headphones and listened to the opinions of the video referee team.
After a while, he blew the whistle to award Roma a free kick on the left side of the frontcourt and gave Cuadrado a few warnings.
And then nothing happened!
Mourinho is very dissatisfied!
He walked towards the fourth official, but before he could say anything, the fourth official gestured to him to return to the coaching area.
Mourinho had no choice but to turn around, put on a weird smile and applaud the players on the field.
Barrage:
[Serie A referees are really invincible]
[Don’t you give me any cards? ]
[I guess Baoqiang told the referee that it was Jian's face that hit his arm, and the referee believed it]
[The referee said that it was too tiring to referee Serie A matches, and wanted to go to Serie B for a two-week vacation before coming back]
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Veretout took the free kick from the wing and sent it directly into the penalty area. Smalling's header was slightly above the crossbar.
Seeing the long-awaited threatening shot, Roma fans finally regained hope and applauded to show their encouragement.
In the next 10 minutes, Chen Xiaoliang, with the assistance of Matic, took turns to resist the repeated attacks and passes from Dybala, Kulusevski and Locatelli to the middle.
Dybala, who did not play in the first game of the first half of the season, suffered two losses in close confrontations with Chen Xiaoliang. Although he was unhappy, he couldn't help but marvel. He originally thought that Chiesa failed to get past Chen Xiaoliang in the last match because he underestimated his opponent. Now he knows that this red Chinese is really good!
Seeing that Roma could not gain any advantage on the flanks and also had trouble gaining ground in the middle after changing its formation, Landucci also began to make substitutions.
He replaced Bentancur with 25-year-old Brazilian midfielder Arthur, and swapped McKennie with Arthur, with McKennie playing as left midfielder and Arthur as right midfielder.
The intention of this move is obvious, which is to let the Brazilian who comes on later and has plenty of energy to help Cuadrado fight against the motivated Gian.
Despite tying the score, Juventus did not want to abandon their "hiding" tactical thinking.
According to the three-step strategy of "first survive - then consume - finally harvest", now it is time to consume almost all the energy. After tightening the fence and ensuring that we don't lose the ball again, we can try to "harvest" the opponent after 75 minutes.
This is also the time period when Juventus makes relatively concentrated substitutions.
In the 76th minute, they almost achieved it.
McKennie, who came to the left, is still actively looking for opportunities, but after half a season in the team, his performance on the court always seems to be a little out of the system.
After receiving the ball from De Sciglio, McKennie tried to pass it to Vlahovic in the penalty area, but his power was not strong enough and Smalling headed it in advance outside the penalty area.
However, after so many years in Rome, Smalling still hasn't changed his bad habits that he had when he was kicked out of Manchester United - rashness.
Instead of heading the ball far away, it went towards his own goal, causing the ball, which was originally a short pass, to fall in front of Vlahovic by accident!
Ibanez was stunned. He didn't expect his partner on the field would actually pit him like this! He quickly came up and stuck to Vlahovic.
Juventus' 80 million pound man has been waiting for the whole game and finally got this godsend opportunity. How could he miss it easily!
He leaned against Ibanez with his back, and secretly grabbed Ibanez's jersey through the referee's right hand to prevent him from jumping.
"The ball was taken off by Vlahovic!"
"Left foot shot!"
"Ibanez falls to the ground to block!"
"It's a fake move!"
"After fooling Ibanez, Vlahovic adjusted the ball to his right foot!"
"Get ready to shoot into the far corner!"
"It's Chen Xiaoliang!"
"Wow! This goal was very thrilling! Chen Xiaoliang's clearance went straight to the goal, like a shot, but fortunately the ball ended up in the stands. Patricio broke out in a cold sweat in front of the goal!"
General Fan: "Xiaoliang was very brave in this shot. He was really brave. The probability of an own goal with this shot is too high."
Zhan Jun: "What if we choose to clear the ball towards the sideline?"
General Fan: “In theory this is better, but in reality it is difficult to do. We can see it easily through the screen, but on the court it is a matter of a split second.
It wasn't a good idea to kick to the left just now, as it would easily hit Vlahovic and cause unpredictable consequences.
It doesn't work to kick the ball backwards, because Kulusevski is behind Xiaoliang, and it's hard to kick the ball backwards, so it can't be kicked far.
To the right is not an option. In just a split second, while Vlahovic was adjusting his spike, if Xiao Liang adjusted his pace and changed his clearance foot to the left foot to sweep to the other side, it would be very difficult in such a short time. After all, when people are in the most urgent situation, they must think of the most convenient and fastest way. "
Zhan Jun: "Juventus was almost defeated! Vlahovic was very upset and missed the opportunity, covering his face with his hands! But they still have a chance for a corner kick!"
Dybala took a corner kick from the left and the ball had a very strong rotation arc!
Since Dybala is left-footed, the ball will spin towards the outside of the right side of the penalty area.
When the ball passed the middle, De Ligt and Vlahovic jumped high!
Ibanez, Smalling, Matic and others who were defending also jumped up to compete for the header!
However, the ball all flew over their heads and headed towards the back point!
On the penalty area line, De Sciglio had been lying in ambush for a long time. Malacia and Veretout, who were blocking in the penalty area, did not regard him who was wandering outside the penalty area as their primary defensive target.
De Sciglio kicked the ball with the instep of his right foot, and suddenly with a "bang", the ball flew towards the goal like a rainbow!
Patricio flew to save the ball, but it was out of reach!
"Bang!" With a crisp sound, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back!
“Ugh…!!!”
All the Roma fans in the stadium sighed with relief after the false alarm.
Smalling, who had almost caused the team's entire night's efforts to go to waste, jumped high to head the ball as it fell, and headed it out of the penalty area before Kulusevski. Relying on his experience, Matic predicted the landing point of the ball in advance, moved out early, and kicked it to the front right with his left foot.
The fans were stunned for a moment. There was no one there? !
Mkhitaryan and Celik both retreated to their own half to defend.
No, looking again, there is a person running towards the right side!
But given the distance and the speed at which the ball was flying, it was already 77 minutes, how could he catch up?
Stamina recovery card 1 → 0
Just when many people thought that the kick was going to go out of bounds, Chen Xiaoliang seemed to be resurrected, and took powerful steps at an astonishing speed, and unexpectedly caught the ball!
No one was more excited than Cesco in the middle.
De Ligt and Rugani are not there, and the ones marking him nearby are Cuadrado and Arthur who stayed in the backcourt.
He cruised forward on the offside line, waiting for Chen Xiaoliang's pass to fly towards him.
Locatelli in the middle was chasing back, and De Sciglio, who had just volleyed the ball, was also desperately trying to defend.
But as Chen Xiaoliang galloped forward, there was only a flat plain in front of him.
McKennie originally wanted to come over to interfere with Chen Xiaoliang's advance, but Cesco's rapid forward advance made him dare not let go of the Roma's main center and let Cuadrado defend alone.
Faced with this dilemma, the American midfield chose to retreat simultaneously and wait for the right opportunity to make a decision.
However, just when Chen Xiaoliang had run about 10 meters past the midfield line, he suddenly slowed down, looked forward, adjusted his pace, and kicked the ball with the inside of his right foot, which passed under his feet.
It's spread already?!
McKennie, who had just decided to retreat slowly, was secretly surprised and immediately moved towards Cesco.
No matter how accurate the pass is, the player must receive the ball in the middle and shoot to score a goal. As long as you defend Cesco who receives the ball and prevent him from comfortably advancing and shooting, you can defend it!
The ball spun inward in the low air and rolled towards the three people who were running forward.
McKennie, who was in the front, fell to the ground and stretched his legs to intercept the ball, but the ball passed by his toes!
McKennie, lying on the ground, turned around in horror and looked towards his own goal, only to see Cuadrado holding down Cesco to prevent him from shooting.
However, the ball bounced in front of them, and Cuadrado was surprised to find that at this distance, even if Cesco stretched his legs as straight as possible, he could not reach the ball!
The ball was passed too far!
However, McKennie, who was still on the ground, was suffocatingly discovered that there was a red figure on the left!
Both of them focused their attention on Chen Xiaoliang and Cesco, and did not notice the unknown African guy!
Felix Afena Gyan!
The ball rolled to the feet of the 18-year-old Ghanaian youngster and seemed to stop automatically. Cuadrado chased back all the way and fought closely with the player, but he had no time to turn around and block Gian!
Gian received the ball with his left foot and gently adjusted it to his right foot. He looked up at Szczesny's position and glanced at the upper left corner of the goal!
He knew that the time had come for him to become famous with one goal!
Gian calmly raised his right foot and hit the lower half of the ball hard!
The moment he shot the ball, Chen Xiaoliang jumped up excitedly, as if this could give strength to his teammates in his sight!
Szczesny subconsciously raised his right hand. He didn't expect that the young substitute would shoot over his head!
Zhan Jun: "Jian!"
"Knock on the door!"
“This ball goes in!!!”
"In the 77th minute! The 18-year-old young player Gian helped Roma score a goal to regain the lead. The score is now 4 to 3!"
"This game is destined to remain in the fans' memory for a long time!"
"Roma had just luckily blocked De Sciglio's goal with the crossbar, and then launched a quick counterattack, with Chen Xiaoliang making another soul-stirring cross!
Cesco feinted in the middle and ambushed Gian at the back post, scoring a goal that will make him famous all over the world!
Don’t worry about having no friends on the road ahead, everyone in the world knows you! "
After scoring the goal, the Roma players were extremely excited, especially Gian, who ran towards the coaching bench almost crying.
He hugged Mourinho tightly as if he was grateful to his father!
The Portuguese madman was cheering for his team's counterattack goal just now, but now he is hugging his beloved disciple like an old father, patting his back repeatedly to express encouragement!
Mourinho made the right bet!
Instead of choosing Abraham, who is more famous and has played more games, he chose Gian.
If he loses a bet like this tonight, he will inevitably face waves of questioning from the media and fans after the game!
Being a football head coach is a high-risk job that walks between heaven and hell and tests your heart pulse at all times!
The Roma players who had been feeling tired just now, now seemed to be energized. They rushed towards Gian, knocked him to the ground and pressed him under them !
The first effort is strong, the second becomes weaker, and the third is exhausted.
When Landucci looked at the frustrated expressions of the Juventus players on the field and felt the pain in his own heart, he realized how much of a blow this goal had been to morale.
From 3-0 to 3-3, they finally saw the dawn of victory and wanted to end the game in one go, but they didn't expect that God would not favor them.
What De Sciglio just did was called a volley. If he had used a little less strength, the people hugging each other and celebrating at this moment might be the ones wearing white jerseys, instead of the red Roma jerseys.
But in football, there are only results, no ifs.
Even as an assistant coach acting as the commander, he still has to do something.
He turned around and waved his hand, replacing the captain Dybala with veteran Chiellini.
When this substitution was made, the Juventus fans who traveled with the team to the away game and the Juventus fans who were watching the live broadcast in front of the screen did not understand.
After all, Dybala scored a goal in this game and frequently moved in the middle, making him one of the most active players on Juventus' field.
But Landucci had a different plan.
He let Chiellini sit in the middle, Rugani on the left and De Ligt on the right, changing to a three-center-back role, letting Cuadrado and De Sciglio make more forward assists, and then let Arthur and McKennie act as midfielders on the left and right of Locatelli, and push Locatelli up to play as a front midfielder to connect the two teams.
This is equivalent to giving up harassment in the middle and instead playing crosses from the flanks, allowing Kulusevski and Vlahovic to use point-grabbing and high balls to attack Roma's central defenders.
However, he overlooked one thing.
This is the home ground of Roma.
Not the Allianz Stadium in Turin.
When Dybala saw his number on the electronic substitution card, he walked to the sidelines very reluctantly, with unhappiness written all over his face.
But he was still quite polite in front of Chiellini, took off the captain's armband and handed it to him, but without any communication with Landucci, he directly put on the warm jacket handed to him by assistant fitness coach Enrique Maffei and sat on the bench.
Roma fans naturally did not miss this opportunity. They reoccupied the stadium with songs that were choreographed about Juventus.
The content includes but is not limited to relegation, match-fixing, and the departure of a series of players in the past and now.
For example, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, and Thuram, these stars left the team without hesitation when Juventus was relegated in 2006, as well as Cristiano Ronaldo who just left at the beginning of this season, Chiellini who will also leave after the end of this season, and Dybala who is in the midst of a contract renewal storm.
The shrill singing floated into the ears of every Juventus player.
If it were just those shameless "greetings" and insults involving their families, it would not cause any waves for these professional players.
But it is precisely these words that the club cannot retain players, or does not want to retain players, that are more lethal to the Juventus team, which seems to be in a bit of a turbulent situation now. It is not clear whether it is rebuilding, but it looks like it is rebuilding anyway.
Pirlo failed, brought back Allegri, but still failed.
Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is gone. Although the situation is not much better after returning to Manchester United, the sensational effect and traffic effect he created are obviously higher than when he was at Juventus.
Vlahovic was bought for 80 million in the winter transfer window. No one knows whether this was a planned transfer or a panic buy as the club was about to be eliminated from the top four in the league.
In short, when everything seems to be in disorder, everyone will doubt their future and stability here.
Some players just want a job, a decent job, and a giant club like Juventus can definitely satisfy them, but they are afraid that they will be excluded from the club's plan during the reconstruction and be sold instead.
Some players want to become the core, want to become the leader and soul of the team in the post-C Ronaldo era, and lead the team to a comeback.
And some people came here just for the championship. The current embarrassing situation in the league results itself makes them dissatisfied, and the chaos in the club's plans makes them increasingly uneasy. They are afraid that staying here will only waste their time, stay away from trophies, and even further away from the ranks of top stars.
So, in this atmosphere where everyone has their own ulterior motives, Allegri led this veteran giants to stumble, always trying his best to get closer and closer to the top of the league.
However, in the Premier League, there is a ready-made example.
When future plans are unclear and team building has no direction, spending hundreds of millions of pounds every year will only give yourself a laughing stock title of "price-raising league".
The replacement of famous coaches one after another has only brought disappointment to the fans again and again.
On the field, after the restart, Juventus, who had made substitutions, did not play the way Landucci wanted.
Vlahovic seemed unable to connect with his teammates and get any truly threatening opportunities in the penalty area. He was replaced by Morata by Landucci in the 84th minute, ending his debut for the Zebras.
