Chen Xiaoliang took the initiative to make changes, which surprised Fiorentina coach Italiano.
He was only about 20 meters away from Mourinho and did not see any members of Roma's coaching staff give any instructions to the players on the field.
Can a central midfielder retreat whenever he wants?
A captain can adjust the team formation if he wants to?
Or had Mourinho already anticipated that he would target Chen Xiaoliang and had already prepared a plan?
Never mind, there is no point in thinking so much. At least everything is going in a direction that is beneficial to Fiorentina. Chen Xiaoliang retreated in front of the central defender. Even if Piatek has received a yellow card and cannot attack him again, the threat level has been greatly reduced.
In a short period of time, Fuzzato became the most frequently seen person on the field.
Fiorentina continued to attack from both flanks. In the 14th minute, Saponara, who was in good form tonight, made a high-quality long shot from the left side of the penalty area. Fuzato made a desperate side dive, but lost the ball at the first try, and then got up and caught the ball.
In the 18th minute, Fiorentina's attack from the left shifted to the right. Nicolas Gonzalez's shot was blocked by Ibanez's body. Then Piatek got the ball and adjusted his shot, but was blocked by Chen Xiaoliang's legs and the ball bounced directly out of the sideline.
While Biraghi was throwing the ball out of bounds on the sideline, Mourinho shouted to the field, then stretched out four fingers and made a tactical gesture.
Veretout and Matic understood immediately after seeing the situation. The former retreated to the right, while the latter moved a little to the left, leaving the middle position to Chen Xiaoliang.
From then on, the formation was completely changed to 3-5-2. With the help of the midfield, the two wingbacks began to face Fiorentina's attacks on both sides and actively looked for opportunities to counterattack.
In the 21st minute, Duncan gained space due to the movement of Sapolana on the left and made a direct cross at 45 degrees. In the penalty area, Piatek, Castrovilli and Nicolas Gonzalez rushed forward together to compete for the point.
The ball was passed with great force and landed close to the small penalty area. Fuzato left the goal line and jumped high, punching the ball far away, but was hit in the chest by Castrovilli who was competing for the header, and fell to the ground.
Since it was a backcourt clearance, the referee did not apply the principle of advantage for the attacking side, but directly stopped the game.
The players from both sides gathered together again and clashed!
The Roma players directly criticized the opponent for kicking the ball too hard, while the Fiorentina players accused the opponent of making up stories.
All of a sudden, Italian, English, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and other languages ​​were everywhere.
In the stands, many Roma fans could no longer control their emotions. Various sentences involving organs and relatives were heard one after another, and they also threw disposable cups and debris into the stadium in front of the stadium security.
Fiorentina captain Biraghi immediately ran over from the left and tried to separate the players from both sides. Chen Xiaoliang did not stop his teammates from expressing their anger, but pulled out Malaysia, who already had a yellow card.
This kid is ruthless and doesn't talk much. If he is taunted by the opponent and then tries to provoke him by reaching out to push the opponent, it would be a waste of time if the opponent hit the person first and our team loses one more person. It would be a waste of time.
Seeing that the situation was somewhat out of control, the referee showed a yellow card to Castrovilli, then sent players from both teams away, leaving only the two captains to give warnings.
"I hope you can tell the players clearly to control the emotions on the field and not to escalate the conflict!"
Faced with the referee's inexplicable words, Chen Xiaoliang and Biraghi didn't say much, they just nodded.
The two men knew very well that Fiorentina was here to cause trouble today, and if Roma wanted to avoid being ambushed, they had to find a way to score a goal quickly to disrupt Fiorentina's plan.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood, why waste time talking to this mediocre referee.
Seeing that the two players were "very cooperative", the referee ran to the side of the court and made it clear to the head coaches of both teams that he hoped to control the emotions of the coaches and substitute players.
Mourinho really felt that good referees in Italy were almost extinct. He controlled the game so badly, condoning Fiorentina's rough actions from the start, and only gave weak reminders when he realized he could no longer control the situation. He really wanted to applaud this stupid referee.
But he held back, he didn't want to be sent to the stands for the fifth time this season.
Seeing this, Forti knew that Mourinho was furious, so he had to give a positive response to the referee and the fourth official.
Even though he was a cautious and nice guy, he couldn't help but get angry when he glanced at the Fiorentina bench and saw Italiano's smug look.
The live broadcast room of Zhongyang TV station was full of comments like "This dirty guy must die a miserable death".
Just as the referee left to look for the two head coaches, Chen Xiaoliang said to Bilaj: "If you like to play like this, I will accompany you to the end today."
Bilagi was surprised, but turned around and said, "Stop talking nonsense to me. If you have the ability, come and try it."
Chen Xiaoliang smiled slightly, without even looking at Biraghi: "Just remember what I said."
At this time, the head coach, who had just finished "communicating" with the head coaches of both teams on the sidelines, heard the fans in the stands making a commotion again. Knowing that something had happened on the field, he quickly turned around and saw Biraghi chattering at Chen Xiaoliang, while Chen Xiaoliang had a sneer on his face and did not speak. When the players nearby from both teams seemed to be about to surround him again, he quickly blew the whistle in his mouth briefly.
When Biraghi saw that the referee was staring at him, he glared at Chen Xiaoliang, then turned and ran away.
There was nothing wrong with Fuzato, and he was back on the goal line after a simple check by the team doctor confirmed that he was fine.
“Beep!”
After a commotion that caused more than 3 minutes to pass, the game continued!
In the 25th minute, after Veretout's pass to Cesco in the frontcourt was blocked by Milenkovic from behind, midfielder Torreira took the ball and launched an attack.
Torreira passed the ball to Castrovilli in front of the right, who dribbled a few steps and passed it to Nicolas Gonzalez on the right.
Nicolas Gonzalez did not want to get entangled with Malaysia, but chose to cut inside and go through the middle to look for opportunities.
Chen Xiaoliang came up.
When Nicholas Gonzalez saw Chen Xiaoliang coming, he cut in from the right and immediately raised his right elbow, swinging his arm and running with his elbow dancing.
In the past, Chen Xiaoliang might have already stepped forward to steal the ball, but at this moment he just followed his opponent and waited for him to make a change first.
Sure enough, Nicholas Gonzalez, who was originally a little afraid of Chen Xiaoliang's defensive ability, saw that the red countryman in front of him was only passively defending and seemed to have no way to deal with him. He thought that perhaps his elbow had a deterrent effect, so he simply got interested, kicked his left foot, and accelerated instantly, trying to shake off Chen Xiaoliang in a short distance and force a shot with the inside of his left foot at the top of the penalty area.
Now that the fish has taken the bait, the fisherman can no longer be polite.
Today the fisherman doesn't use a hook, today he uses a harpoon directly.
Chen Xiaoliang took a step forward with his left foot, lay down, and kicked out with his right foot!
The ball was clearly poked away by his right foot, and then Nicolas Gonzalez's left foot arrived.
All of Chen Xiaoliang's movements are continuous, without any additions or changes.
Nicholas Gonzalez never expected that this red countryman not only had the same short-distance burst ability as himself, but also had such a fast tackle speed!
He didn't have time to retract his legs. In that split second, the control of his limbs couldn't keep up with his brain.
His left foot kicked hard with the inner side of the instep on the sole of Chen Xiaoliang's right shoe as he was tackling the ball close to the ground.
In this case, the instep hitting the studs is not much different from kicking a stone.
Before Nicholas Gonzalez felt any pain, he lost his balance and fell to the ground. After the fall, a piercing pain in his left foot came to his mind. He subconsciously covered his foot and then lay on his side on the ground motionless.
Chen Xiaoliang stood up, clenched his fists, and without lowering his head, he just looked down at the painful opponent in front of him.
Like a general who swept through thousands of troops, he looked down at the defeated soldiers who surrendered to him.
“Crack, crack, crack…”
Reporters around the stadium immediately took pictures with their cameras, clearly recording this scene from every angle!
Compete with Chen Xiaoliang?
Even the reporters on the sidelines clearly remembered that four days ago, there was also an Italian Serie A team here, with head-on collisions and tackles. In the end, everyone from the coach to the players of that team shuddered at the sight of Chen Xiaoliang and called him the warrior of the Colosseum.
Why is there someone out there who is still determined and wants to give it a try today?
This time it was the turn of the Fiorentina players to rush over. Several of them surrounded the referee to ask for an explanation, several surrounded Chen Xiaoliang and cursed at him, and one or two people observed Nicolas Gonzalez and called for the team doctor to come in.
Nicolas Gonzalez, a member of Argentina's Copa America champion team, has been included in the first round of preliminary roster for the Argentina World Cup. Judging from his stable selection for the national team in recent years, as long as he does not get injured and his form does not continue to plummet, Argentina national team coach Scaloni will definitely take him to Qatar.
So Nicholas Gonzalez, who was lying on the ground with his hands covering his feet, was feeling resentful.
On the one hand, it was naturally directed at Chen Xiaoliang. Subjectively speaking, he could have retracted his foot from this tackle, but Chen Xiaoliang was obviously fighting back. Few professional players would allow themselves to be slaughtered and become lambs on the chopping board of their opponents.
Thinking of this, he was more blaming the club's head coach Italiano.
When Italiano proposed targeted tactics against Chen Xiaoliang before the game, there were actually different opinions within the team.
Especially those players who are going to compete in the World Cup.
It’s not that he is unwilling to play hard and give his all for the club, but such an obviously targeted arrangement, especially by Roma’s official announcement of the new captain, can easily arouse contradictions and conflicts between the two sides.
Once emotions are raised, everyone's actions will become more and more exaggerated. Besides, Chen Xiaoliang is not a newcomer that no one knows. In Glasgow, he is called the next Gattuso. Can such a person be easily provoked?
But the players could see that Italiano wanted to win too much. He knew that playing honestly might not help him maintain the two-goal difference when he was playing away from home and Roma was almost full.
Players are also not allowed to openly oppose the head coach. Although many people have their own ideas, no one dares to be the first to express public opposition.
There are still seven months until the World Cup. For many players, this is the chance to make one last effort and catch the last train. If they are hidden by the club or put on the bench, it would be a bad situation.
Bilaji, who was already a little angry at Chen Xiaoliang's words, became even angrier when he saw Chen Xiaoliang looking down at Nicholas Gonzalez. He rushed over and bumped into him chest to chest, and even hit Chen Xiaoliang's forehead with his forehead.
Seeing the two captains arguing with each other, wouldn’t the other players be outraged?
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!"
The referee's whistle was almost like that of a ticket seller at a bus station in the last century. He immediately took out a yellow card and gestured to Biraghi.
The Fiorentina players immediately surrounded the referee to ask for an explanation, constantly accusing Chen Xiaoliang of committing a serious foul that caused the player to be injured and should be sent off.
If it had been in the past, the referee could not bear the pressure and was a little blind, and he might have given both sides a slap on the wrist and also a yellow card to Chen Xiaoliang. But now there is a video referee system and VAR on the sidelines. Even without these, it was clear that Chen Xiaoliang's tackle just now touched the ball first, and Nicolas Gonzalez couldn't stop his foot and kicked the sole of Chen Xiaoliang's shoe.
In other words, if Chen Xiaoliang had made the tackle half a second earlier, Nicolas Gonzalez's shooting foot might have hit the inside of Chen Xiaoliang's calf, and now it would be Chen Xiaoliang who was lying on the ground waiting for the team doctor's confirmation whether he could continue the game.
The slow-motion footage was replayed over and over again, showing the clean tackle and the lack of counterattack in the face of Biraghi's provocation. Fans around the world who were watching the game live saw the entire process clearly.
At the same time, the video referee team members in the referee's headphones were also repeatedly confirming with the referee what had just happened in the video playback room inside the stadium.
The referee repeatedly drove away Fiorentina's players and was even ready to threaten Torreira, who kept pestering him, with another card.
Now, Italiano realized that something was wrong:
"Oops, this kid has taken over the guest's role!"
In this match, he instructed his players to make bigger moves in order to disable Chen Xiaoliang, but the current situation is that his players are being provoked by Chen Xiaoliang, and they are like queuing up to ask the referee for a yellow card to disable themselves!
He quickly called for assistant coach Nicolino to bring several substitute players into the field and pull the out-of-control player away from the referee.
However, it was too late, as Torreira, who had shouted the loudest, also received a yellow card.
In addition, the team doctor has requested a stretcher from the sidelines. Nicolas Gonzalez probably has no broken bones, but to be on the safe side, he definitely cannot play in this game.
The price of one conflict - one injured player plus two yellow cards, Italiano was furious.
"cazzo!"
He couldn't help but swear using Italy's classic national curse.
French winger Ikone came on as a substitute.
Roma takes a free kick.
Fozato still passed the ball to Chen Xiaoliang who was lagging behind. Chen Xiaoliang controlled the ball but did not pass it away immediately. Instead, he dribbled forward slowly and glanced at Piatek from time to time.
Forti: "Jose, this is the first time I see Chen have emotions."
Mourinho sneered: "This kid has so many tricks up his sleeve."
Chen Xiaoliang was indeed angry. Originally, this match was a comeback for him where he had to win by 3 goals and fight back. However, he did not expect that Florence insisted on adding more drama. Not only did they want to win in the end, they also wanted to target him and even destroy him.
This is just like the head-on confrontation against Lazio in the last match where the bravest one wins. If he admits defeat or escapes today, won't all his opponents in the future be able to take advantage of this and send a few rough and thugs to deal with him?
He was thinking clearly:
"What we need to do today is just these ten words: strike the first blow to avoid a hundred blows!"
It seems that defeating the honest Lazio is not enough. Today we meet the dirty Fiorentina, so we must defeat them as well. No matter how many people in Italy want to try in the future, we must defeat them all until no one plays the game in such a vicious and dirty way anymore.
Piatek was looked at with contempt by Chen Xiaoliang, and he felt that he would appear a bit cowardly if he didn't go up and press the ball a few times.
He pounced on Chen Xiaoliang who had just run out of his own penalty area and stretched out his legs to try to steal the ball.
However, as soon as he stretched out his legs, Chen Xiaoliang passed the ball to Binya on the right.
Piatek braked quickly, but still bumped into Chen Xiaoliang. Although he had obviously reduced his strength, Chen Xiaoliang fell down!
“Beep!”
What the hell! Piatek, Italiano, and even other players and coaches of Fiorentina felt a chill in their hearts!
The referee trotted over, took out the clipboard on his chest and took a look. He found that Piatek already had a yellow card. The game was only in the 30th minute, so he gave Piatek a few warnings and awarded Roma a free kick in the backcourt.
Piatek, who had escaped death, was heartbroken. His only thought at the moment was to run away quickly and never provoke the 17-year-old boy from the Red Country again.
Chen Xiaoliang still didn't say anything. He was dancing with a sword, but his aim was not to send off Piatek, but to target Fiorentina's captain, left-back Biraghi, who also had a yellow card.
Starting from this free kick in the backcourt, Roma's attack all revolved around this right side.
Bigna, Veretout, Chen Xiaoliang, Pellegrini, several people took turns to move to the side in deep or shallow positions in the opponent's half, constantly using various long and short passes to attack the flank defended by Biraghi.
The foul committed by Piatek on the edge of the cliff just now was still vivid in Biraghi's mind. Even if Biraghi was very angry, he had to defend honestly and did not dare to make any excessive movements.
Chen Xiaoliang still retreated to the defensive midfielder position and did not press forward too much, because Fiorentina's left winger Saponara and left center midfielder Duncan in the nearby area were still resolutely implementing the head coach's targeted deployment, ready to actively confront Chen Xiaoliang at any time.
Isn't it just a yellow card? Those who have eaten it should be quiet, and those who haven't eaten it can continue to eat it.
Chen Xiaoliang was not in a hurry to lure the two men. His current goal was to concentrate his forces to attack Biraghi.
He Wei: "After the continuous clashes between the two sides just now, the game has finally returned to its normal rhythm, and Roma's offensive has gradually become more obvious."
Zhu Xiaoyu, who has been dubbing for "World Football" for many years, has also gradually begun to become a commentator for the game. Many Red Country fans said that his voice was "extremely familiar" after hearing it.
Zhu Xiaoyu: "Roma's current playing style makes me feel like they are using military tactics."
He Wei: "Oh? Which one of the military tactics is it?"
Zhu Xiaoyu: "Surrounding the point and attacking the reinforcements. From the beginning, the two sides repeatedly fought for Roma's right side. Even if Fiorentina defended and transferred the ball to the other side, Roma would still play back to the right side after getting the ball.
Biraghi had a yellow card, and both Pellegrini and Veretout were trying to break through him, so it depended on whether he would use his body to defend.
Seeing their captain suffer a loss, Duncan nearby and even Sapolana in front could only support Biraghi by returning to defense in a big way.
Although Roma's attack has not yet opened up, the wingers and midfielders have retreated significantly, making Fiorentina's attack on this wing completely threatening."
He Wei: "Attack instead of defend, surround a point and attack reinforcements, why do you make me feel like Mourinho is reading the art of war instead of the recipe?"
"Hahaha." The two laughed.
But unlike the relaxed atmosphere in the Red Country live broadcast room, Italiano couldn't laugh at all.
He began to waver. Should the brutal plan against Chen Xiaoliang continue?
Although most players have not received any cards and can continue to commit fouls, the situation will become very passive when more people receive yellow cards, which is happening clearly before our eyes.
Mourinho was not calm either. Although he seemed to be gradually taking the lead on the field, the score was still 0-0.
There were fouls, conflicts and injuries in the first half, and the time has passed to the current 32 minutes, but the actual effective game time is only about 16 minutes. We will be thankful if we can add 5 minutes in the first half. If we continue to waste time like this, no matter how dirty the opponent's tactics are today, the outcome is destined to be written by the winner.
On the field, Veretout attracted Biraghi's defensive attention on the flank, Pellegrini dribbled to the right bottom line and made a cross, Sesco jumped up to compete for the header, but failed to head the ball due to the interference of Milenkovic. Fiorentina's right-back Venuti got the ball and made a long pass directly to the feet of the new right winger Ikone in front.
Malaysia was really ruthless. He also had a yellow card on his back, but he did not act as timidly as Biraghi on the opposite side of the court. He headed the long pass out of bounds and his body hit Ikone who also jumped in mid-air.
Venuti threw the ball out from the sideline, and Castrovilli passed it horizontally to the middle and tried to give it to Piatek who was retreating, but the ball was intercepted by Matic who had predicted it in advance. "Ma Xiangqian" looked up and saw only Cesco in front of him and was being stared at by Milenkovic, so he had to pass the ball back to Chen Xiaoliang behind him.
"superior!"
After receiving the ball, Chen Xiaoliang did not move immediately. He stepped on the ball and shouted, and his hands swung from back to front to encourage his teammates to move forward.
Seeing this, Matic also ran forward, and Chen Xiaoliang passed the ball back to him, but at this time Castrovilli and Duncan had already moved to the middle to defend Roma's center.
Matic passed the ball back to Chen Xiaoliang again, and Castrovilli immediately rushed over, leaving Duncan behind to block Chen Xiaoliang's pass to Matic.
Chen Xiaoliang raised his right foot and looked to the right front wing to prepare for a long pass.
After being suppressed for a while, Biraghi and Saponara immediately realized that Chen Xiaoliang was going to make a long pass directly to the sideline, and quickly retreated inward to prepare for defense.
Who knew that after the ball flew out, it actually passed to the left side!
At this time, Ikone was still near the Roma penalty area. Venuti had just thrown the ball out of bounds and was still waiting for the response and had not returned to the defense area. Castrovilli was in front of Chen Xiaoliang again. The Malaysian who was running forward quickly got the ball and directly broke into the Florence penalty area from the left rib!
In an instant, the players from both sides on the strong right side immediately rushed to the left side. Whether it was for support or defense, they did not dare to delay for even a moment.
The right back was absent and the right center back Milenkovic had to mark Cesco. However, the clever Cesco ran to the right side of the penalty area and took Milenkovic away, causing the other center back Igor and midfielder Torreira to rush towards Malaysia at all costs.
Malaysia is still dribbling the ball! Dribbling diagonally towards the bottom line of the penalty area!
As soon as Malaysia crossed the offside line, Pellegrini and Cesco in the penalty area also moved forward towards the goal, pretending to receive the cross pass in front of the goal and shoot!
Mourinho has opened his arms that were originally crossed in front of his chest, because he saw that the player who has been with him for many years has quietly appeared in front of the penalty area!
Malaysia rushes to the end line and prepares to kick!
Igor and Torreira rushed forward, Igor fell to the ground and slid to block Malaysia's passing route, while Torreira prevented Malaysia from passing and continuing to break through to the goal!
Malaysia spotted the route and pushed hard with his left foot!
He Wei: "Malaysia, it's an inverted triangle!"
"Matic! Left-foot shot!"
“A neat goal!”
"Roma faced many difficulties at the beginning of this game! But they found ways to overcome them one by one!"
"Finally, we scored the first goal in the 33rd minute. The score is temporarily 1-0, but the total score of the two rounds is still 1-2. Fiorentina is still in the lead!"
Zhu Xiaoyu: "It feels like Fiorentina's mindset was not completely focused on the game tonight. The defense on this ball was too chaotic. The defensive midfielder was taken away in the penalty area, the full-back didn't come back, one of the central defenders went to make up for the defense, and the other just watched Cesco. The two central midfielders were still staring at Chen Xiaoliang in the midfield. Matic ran all the way to the penalty area from behind, but no one was defending him."
He Wei: "That's right! The front of Florence's penalty area is as empty as a street at three in the morning!"
"If I remember correctly, this should be Matic's second goal since coming to Roma and his first cup goal! It is also Malaysia's first assist!"
"We saw Cesco immediately run into the net, pick up the ball and run towards the center circle."
"Mourinho on the sidelines and Chen Xiaoliang in the back were both calling on their teammates to return to their positions and continue the game."
Zhu Xiaoyu: "From past experience, once Mourinho's club is united and dedicated, it will eventually achieve good results."
He Wei: "I also saw a lot of comments from fans in the live broadcast room. Let's judge whether Chen Xiaoliang contributed the most to this goal? What do you think, Xiaoyu?"
Zhu Xiaoyu: "If you ask me, it's definitely that Roma had been focusing on the right side for a while, and Xiaoliang's long pass just now fooled all the Fiorentina players, making them think that Xiaoliang would continue to pass the ball to the right side for a strong attack, creating a cover for Malaysia's forward run."
"The reason why Matic was able to move forward without any scruples and without being followed by the opponent was because Fiorentina's two central midfielders, Castrovilli and Duncan, focused their attention on Xiaoliang and ignored the seemingly slow Matic."
Although there was some flattery among compatriots, many fans, whether in the live broadcast room or in the stands, were praising Roma's new captain.
Now many people held up Chen Xiaoliang's posters and showed the No. 33 jerseys they were wearing to the camera.
“Beep!”
Piatek returned to the center circle and kicked off. It was the 34th minute.
Italiano was disturbed to find that almost a third of the way through the game, Roma had pulled one back.
With about 60 minutes left, it was becoming very difficult for them to maintain their one-goal lead.
Now there are two paths in front of him, either to defend and counterattack, trying not to lose the ball until the last moment, or to let go and attack, if you score, I will score, I will also score.
But there is one thing that Italiano must do no matter which path he takes, and that is to "get rid of" Chen Xiaoliang!
Most of the results of Roma's several games this season in which Chen Xiaoliang did not play were not ideal. Even Roma's diehard fans have to admit that the performance was a level lower with and without him.
However, what made Italiano embarrassed was that Chen Xiaoliang, who had retreated in front of the central defender, would basically not enter the defense area of ​​other Fiorentina players except center forward Piatek. Except for Piatek, Ikone, Sapolana, Castrovilli and Duncan who did not receive a yellow card had no chance to have close contact with Chen Xiaoliang.
But soon, a corner kick opportunity on the field gave Italiano inspiration.
In the 39th minute, Ikone made a cross from the right to the front point, Piatek shook off Smalling and rushed to the front point to shoot, but the ball was saved by Fuzato and went out of the bottom line. The referee awarded Fiorentina a corner kick.
Chen Xiaoliang was arranged to block the back post according to the set-piece tactics, but Fiorentina's highest point, Milenkovic, was also arranged to roam at the back point in the set-piece attack.
There are no chances of contact in mobile warfare, but aren't there plenty of opportunities in set-piece attack and defense? !
Italiano quickly shouted and gestured to the captain Biraghi who was preparing to take a free throw, signaling him to move back.
Biraghi didn't understand at first. He thought that the team's established corner kick tactics were to target Milenkovic, and they had been training in this way. Why did the head coach have to pay special attention to it at this time?
When he saw Italiano then called Castrovilli and Duncan to go to the back point, he understood instantly.
The Fiorentina captain sighed secretly in his heart. It would be fine if they won the game tonight, but if they lost, it would be really embarrassing to lose the ball.
The people on the Roman side, including Chen Xiaoliang, knew that Florence had bad intentions when they saw the situation they were facing.
Bigna, Matic, Pellegrini and Mancini followed their defensive targets and moved to the back post.
The referee whistles! Biraghi takes a corner kick!
The ball passed the penalty spot and everyone at the front post and flew straight to the back spot!
Duncan did the same move as a pick-and-roll for Milenkovic, helping him block the man-to-man Mancini!
Saponara, who was wandering in front of the goal, pretended to run out to compete for the header, but he was actually using his body to block Fuzato, preventing him from rushing out to hit the ball in the first place!
Seeing that Milenkovic was about to jump up and head the ball without any defense, Smalling in the middle and Matic nearby rushed over and jumped hard!
But this 195 cm tall Serbian central defender with excellent jumping ability is really a monster in the air. The two veterans could barely reach his ears, let alone head the ball.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Xiaoliang immediately abandoned the goal and jumped high, trying to use his body to block the ball headed by Milenkovic!
At this time, the closer you get, the larger the angle you can block.
There's Fuzato in the middle of the goal and Malaysia at the front post. As long as I try my best to block it, I should be able to stop it!
Milenkovic also saw Chen Xiaoliang coming forward to block, he shook his head in the air and shot the ball towards the middle!
Fuzzato subconsciously raised his hand and blocked the ball with his right hand, but the ball did not bounce far and flew near the penalty spot.
Torreira, who was lying in ambush there, made a volley shot. Ibanez and Veretout rushed to block the ball, but the ball hit them and bounced out!
"Handball!"
“Handball!!”
All Fiorentina players raised their arms in an instant!
However, the coach and substitute players watching on the sidelines saw several people fall down at the back post.
“Beep, beep, beep!”
The referee blew the whistle again and rushed into the penalty area!
The director hasn't figured out what happened yet and is still looking for the replay of Torreira's shot.
He Wei: "Slow motion shows that the ball did hit Veretout's right arm!"
Zhu Xiaoyu: "But this ball shouldn't be counted. His hands were crossed and pressed against his chest. He was a standard ball hitter."
He Wei: "When encountering such a situation, the referee must listen to the opinions of the video referee team as soon as possible."
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
However, the referee blew the whistle several times in a row, making the audience in the live broadcast room realize that what happened in the penalty area seemed to be more than just the suspected handball just now.
“Ouch!”
Accompanied by He Wei's exclamation, the camera finally showed the audience in front of the screen what had happened!
However, since it is customary not to replay controversial shots such as fouls and offsides in stadiums, the audience in the stadium did not know what had happened.
"That's too bad! Castrovilli's goal was too bad!"
He Wei and Zhu Xiaoyu were extremely angry.
He Wei: "Xiaoliang jumped to block but didn't touch the ball. When he landed, Duncan curled up under him, like a subconscious action of self-protection, but it caused Chen Xiaoliang to fall on him, losing his balance and rushing forward with his head, while Castrovilli shrugged his shoulders at this time!"
The slow motion was played again.
"It was this shrug that caused Xiaoliang's face to hit his shoulder!"
"There was a very clear shot just now, Xiaoliang was lying on the ground with blood all over his face!"
"The Roma team doctor rushed into the field, Mourinho and Forti complained loudly to the fourth official!"
“This ball is really bad!”
"The first half of today's game was one of the dirtiest games this season, or even in all the years I've watched football. Fiorentina committed the first foul after the start with a strong purpose! They physically collided and attacked Xiao Liang even without the ball!"
Zhu Xiaoyu: "According to the current practice of mainstream European leagues, injury shots, especially serious injuries and bleeding shots, will not be replayed to prevent adverse effects on the audience, especially minors."
"But from a distance, I could clearly see the team doctor trying to stop Chen Xiaoliang's bleeding and communicating with him loudly, trying to understand his condition through the conversation. This included whether his spine, cervical vertebrae, facial bones were fractured, and whether he had any symptoms such as concussion."
The fans at the scene slowly realized what was happening and burst into loud boos and curses.
Faced with Mourinho's violent questioning, the fourth official chose to appease him. After all, as a member of the referee team, he had already understood the general situation through his headphones, and he also knew that Fiorentina had done something too ruthless.
"Stretcher coming in!"
"Oh, it looks like the situation is very bad!"
For a long time afterwards, He Wei and Zhu Xiaoyu did not speak.
I really don’t know what to say.
Mourinho had Volpato warm up and ready to go at any time.
“System system!”
【Boom boom boom! 】
Although Chen Xiaoliang felt a little dizzy, the system panel that appeared in front of him was the same as usual, which made him feel relieved.
He clearly remembered that in the last match against Inter Milan, he was kicked by Barella and broke his bone. The system immediately popped up a warning window to remind him to use the injury recovery card.
There were no prompts today, which means I didn’t suffer any serious injuries.
He was lying on a stretcher, hearing the team doctor's questions and the huge applause from the Roma fans. He touched his lips and nose and saw blood on his hands.
Veretout and Cesco, who were escorting the stretcher, kept comforting him: "Chen! Brother Liang! How do you feel? The team doctor said it's okay!"
He was carried to the coaching seat on a stretcher. Mourinho walked straight up to him and looked at Chen Xiaoliang while asking the team doctor about his condition.
The team doctor told Mourinho that Chen Xiaoliang had to be carried directly into the player tunnel to stop the bleeding first, and then confirm in detail whether his nose was broken.
Mourinho quickly waved his hand to tell them to go quickly and not delay treatment, but a hand grabbed him. He looked down in surprise and found that it was Chen Xiaoliang who reached out and grabbed him tightly!
"Give me some time! I want to come back!"
Chen Xiaoliang spoke very loudly and he held Mourinho's hand very tightly!
However, as soon as he opened his mouth, the blood that had stopped a little began to flow out of his nostrils again.
Mourinho, Forti and fitness coach Lapetti beside him, team doctor Federico Manara who was accompanying the stretcher, four stretcher workers, nearby teammates, and even the fourth official were all shocked by this scene!
How could this person be a wounded soldier? This person was a reincarnated killer, with rage in his eyes, blood spurting from his mouth, and he seemed to want to eat his enemies alive!