After the match against Donetsk, there was a small episode.
Mihajlo Mudric, who played as a left winger on the field, attracted Mourinho's attention.
The 22-year-old Ukrainian winger is very fast and has good dribbling ability. Most importantly, although his main foot is his right foot , his left and right feet are very balanced. He can rely on his burst to cross the ball from the bottom, or he can cut inside to the middle and try to shoot directly.
And unlike the thin Kvaratskhelia, although he weighs only 61 kilograms, Mudrick, who is 175 centimeters tall, has a very solid body and often relies on Spinazzola for one-on-one confrontations during the game.
Mourinho asked Pinto to ask for the price. He was even willing to consider selling Zaniolo and adding El Shaarawy to buy the young Ukrainian player.
However, Pinto's inquiry ended in a very rude way, with the miners offering 70 million pounds.
At this price, it's not enough to sell two Zaniolos.
Afterwards, Pinto asked Riise to "do some work" to see if direct communication with the club didn't work and whether it would be possible to contact the players bypassing the club.
As a result, Reese spent two days but ended up with nothing.
Mudrick has been flirting with Arsenal for a long time, and the player himself hopes to join a top club directly after leaving Shakhtar Donetsk.
Mourinho scoffed at the answer at his training base in Trigoria:
"70 million pounds? Buy him? Are you asking for a crazy price just because someone is paying attention to you? I want to see who is so stupid as to not regard money as money, or who is desperate enough to pay 70 million pounds for him."
He looked at the players who were training on the field, Dybala who was signed for free, Wijnaldum who was on loan, Cesco who was signed for 12 million euros, Kvadrat who was signed for 10 million euros, Malacia who was signed for 15 million euros, and Celik who was signed for 7 million euros.
The total value of these people is less than 70 million pounds, but they have already built half a team.
The air is filled with the fragrance.
It’s just that the team’s final deal has not been finalized yet.
RB Leipzig values ​​Croatian central defender Gvardiol very much, especially as this year is the World Cup year. They believe that the 20-year-old will help Croatia achieve good results in the World Cup.
His worth will naturally skyrocket by then.
Setting any restrictive compulsory buyout clauses at this time may result in potential losses for the club.
Pinto proposed a buyout of 40 million euros, 50 million euros, and even 60 million euros after the end of the loan contract, but all were rejected by Leipzig Red Bull, who demanded no less than 80 million euros.
This means that with the annual rental fee of 8 million euros and the player's own salary cost for this season, it will cost 90 million euros to sign Gvardiol.
The last team to buy a central defender for 90 million euros was Manchester United, and the player they bought, Maguire, has been called an aircraft carrier.
Mourinho hopes to delay the signing and see if there is any central defender in the transfer market who can be transferred permanently and is capable of fighting.
On August 14, the whole team set off for Salerno.
The city is only about 250 kilometers away from Rome, and the team traveled there by bus.
According to the unwritten rules in the football circle, the head coach will usually sit in the front row when taking a plane or bus. On the one hand, it is because of his status, and on the other hand, the head coach is older than the players, and sitting in the front row is convenient for getting on and off.
Then there are the team leaders, captains or locker room leaders. They sit near the head coach for easy communication at any time and to reflect their status within the team.
The seats in the back are basically arranged in order of status within the team, and everyone sits in the back in turn.
The last few rows are usually reserved for young players and substitutes.
Chen Xiaoliang was only 17 years old when he came to Rome. Sitting in the front row were Mourinho, Pellegrini and Mancini. As the youngest player in the first team, he naturally sat in the last row.
Although his status changed completely later and he is now the captain and has the unanimous support of both the local and foreign players in the locker room, and Pellegrini and Mancini have also taken the initiative to give up their seats, Chen Xiaoliang still maintains the habit of sitting at the back when riding the bus.
The person sitting with him was naturally his "little fanboy" Cesco, who was one year older than him.
It was just what he had said to Mourinho before. He already dominated everything on the pitch and in the locker room, and he didn't want to fight for the first place in all the details.
But what’s interesting is that those two positions have recently been occupied by Dybala and Enzo.
Although Pellegrini and Mancini were a little unhappy, when they saw that Chen Xiaoliang didn't say anything, they pretended not to see it.
Just a few days after Dybala joined the team, he witnessed the madness of Roma's training.
Especially Chen Xiaoliang, during the team confrontation, especially when his team was responsible for defense in the half-court offense and defense drills, he would really go up and make a tackle.
Dybala, who was originally in Juventus, only met Chen Xiaoliang twice a year, and two more times including the Italian Cup. Now that he has come to Rome, he meets him every day. He finally fully understands why this red countryman has the final say in Rome.
But apart from Chen Xiaoliang, Dybala really didn't take other players seriously.
In his seven-year career at Juventus, he won five Serie A titles, four Italian Cups, three Italian Super Cups, reached two Champions League finals, was named Serie A season MVP once, and was the Serie A assists king once. These honors are indeed enough for him to become a leader in the locker room in most teams.
As for Enzo... his teammates are used to him. This guy is straightforward and speaks his mind. He has had conflicts with his teammates during team training several times, but he is not against people. Maybe just now two people quarreled over a ball, and after a while that person fell to the ground, he would run over and pull him up.
After the car arrived at the destination, the team simply walked around the field. Except for Kva and Wijnaldum, who were visiting this field for the first time, everyone else was familiar with it.
After checking into the hotel at night, Chen Xiaoliang replied to a number of text messages wishing the team a good start in the league, and then continued to tinker with the system while lying on the bed.
From July 31st to today, August 15th, I have trained for 14 days. Unfortunately, there are no task rewards for the warm-up match, so I only got 56 training points in total.
Training value 13→69
To make up for the last "shortcoming", Chen Xiaoliang put all points on technology.
Technique 11→14
Training value 69 → 9
It is only 1 point away from 15, which means that except for penalties, free kicks and out-of-bounds kicks, all other attributes will be 15 or above.
This is enough for him to strive for higher personal honors after winning the Serie A season MVP.
But he also knows that once he encounters players like Messi and Mbappe who have super abilities in certain aspects, it will still be very difficult for him to deal with them.
Such people may not be common in Serie A, but on the platform of the Champions League, they will definitely be waiting for you to challenge.
The next afternoon, when Chen Xiaoliang led his team into the Arechi Stadium, the Salernitana on-site announcer extended the voice to welcome the defending champions.
In competitive sports, the champion means everything.
The defending champion's first league game of the season is the opening game of the entire league and has attracted the attention of fans around the world who care about Serie A.
There are many more reporters and cameras on the scene than last year, and even the way the visiting fans look at Roma has changed.
A champion is a champion. Before the game, Mourinho had clearly stated at the press conference that the goal of this season is to defend the title.
He continued to use the 4-2-3-1 formation in this game.
goalkeeper Patricio;
Defenders Celik, Mancini, Ibanez, Spinazzola;
Midfielders Matic and Enzo;
Central midfielder Chen Xiaoliang;
Left winger Dybala, right winger Zaniolo, center forward Cesco.
Kwa was included in the roster, but did not start and continued to sit on the bench.
For this reason, Mourinho also sought explanation and mobilization from him individually.
The opponents in the first two rounds of the league are very weak, namely Salernitana, which was ranked 17th last season and almost relegated, and Macremona, which was newly promoted from Serie B. Mourinho hopes that Kvarner will wait patiently for a while, and after two rounds of the league and the results of the Champions League group draw are announced, he will see how to send him to score.
Today's big teams have extensive scouting systems, and many far-sighted mid-level clubs are also at the forefront.
Although Ralf Rangnick, who coached Manchester United for half a year as interim head coach last season, ultimately failed, the Red Bull scouting system he established as sports director is world-famous in the football circle.
Leipzig Red Bull, Salzburg Red Bull, New York Red Bull, and Brazil's Bragantino Red Bull, Rangnick helped Red Bull establish a scouting system and standards throughout Europe, South America and North America.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just take Liverpool in the Premier League as an example. Since Klopp’s rise to power, they have bought players from the Red Bull system such as Firmino, Mane, Minamino Takumi, Keita, and Cornet.
Not only are there European players, but in addition to Takumi Minamino who is living a small life, South Korea's Hwang Hee-chan is also a Red Bull player. When he was at Red Bull Salzburg, he formed an offensive triangle with Haaland and Takumi Minamino. He currently plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League.
Haaland became a member of Guardiola's team under the attention of the whole world.
In addition to the giants, many medium-sized clubs also "wholesale" in large quantities from the Red Bull system.
Leeds United bought four players from Red Bull in the past two summers, including Danish international right-back Christensen, Austrian international center-back Maximilian Wöber, American international midfielder Tyler Adams and Brandon Alonso.
Unlike Porto, Benfica, Monaco and other black shops that have the concept of "don't open for three years, and make money for three years after opening", Red Bull relies on its super powerful scouting system and mainly sells players through wholesale.
The above four Leeds United players together cost 75 million euros, which is very affordable for a Premier League team like Leeds United.
After all, the last-placed team in the Premier League can get 100 million pounds a year just from broadcasting fees. If they spend 75 million euros, they can still save 35 million euros to buy other players.
In addition to the booming Red Bull West, small Premier League teams like Brighton also spend a lot of effort on scouting.
Mourinho told Kwa that if he was willing to search online, he could even see on job search websites that Brighton was recruiting part-time scouts overseas, not only for men's football but also for women's football.
The job requires watching a certain number of games every month, writing scouting reports that meet the requirements, and uploading them to the club's scout database. There will be a full-time senior scouting manager to grade the reports, and reports that meet the requirements will be paid around two hundred pounds.
Under this pervasive "reconnaissance" network, if Kva makes a name for himself in Serie A too early, he will soon be analyzed from head to toe by the three major Serie A clubs and the opponents in the Champions League, which will only make subsequent games more and more difficult.
Kva accepted Mourinho's words calmly. Although he had been a little uneasy before, his performance against Ashraf in the match against Paris Saint-Germain gave him great confidence. He knew that the head coach hoped to make him a sensation in the strong dialogue in the crucial match.
Fortunately, after four years in the Russian and Georgian Premier Leagues, he has enough patience to wait.
On the court, after the game started, there was no suspense in the situation and the scene.
With efficient ball-chasing and direct tactical thinking, Roma leads in all statistics except ball possession.
Continue to suppress Salernitana.
The home team did not want to surrender, and not only sent out three central defenders, two wingbacks, but also three defensive midfielders, trying to contain Roma's center.
But now Roma has Enzo, whose wide range of running coverage in the middle allows Chen Xiaoliang to appear anywhere he wants in the attack without any worries.
On the real-time running coverage heat map, Chen Xiaoliang's footprints were almost everywhere in the home team's half.
But tonight, Zaniolo didn't know what he ate wrong, and he seemed to be possessed by Sterling, playing a flirtatious and happy football.
In the 4th minute, Salernitana's cross pass in the frontcourt was too obvious and was intercepted by Chen Xiaoliang. He then made a long pass directly from the backcourt and the ball fell very comfortably at the feet of the crazy Zaniolo.
Zaniolo dribbled the ball at high speed without any resistance around him. Cesco's running position on the side tied down the opponent's last central defender, Guillaume.
But Guillaume Bournemouth made the right choice by betting on one of the two options and choosing to defend Cesco.
Zaniolo advanced to the left side of the penalty area, almost parallel to the penalty spot. Facing the opponent's goalkeeper Sepe, he made a long shot alone. Without Sepe's reaction, the shot went wide of the far post.
Zhan Jun joked in the live broadcast room, saying that as the defending champion, Roma has a higher status in the martial arts world. According to the rules of martial arts, when fighting with a junior of lower generation, one cannot take the person's life directly, but has to give in for three moves.
Cesco turned around and looked at Zaniolo, with no expression on his face for a long time except for incredible surprise.
However, Cesco certainly didn't expect that this was just the beginning of this "happiness".
I guess Zhan Jun never expected that his words would come true.
In the 10th minute, Chen Xiaoliang got the ball in the backcourt. Zaniolo waved in the frontcourt and Chen Xiaoliang immediately passed the ball from the backcourt. This time it was his signature long pass.
Zaniolo understood what he meant and made a clever offside move, surpassing Salernitana's entire defense line the moment the ball was kicked.
You say he is not good, but his positioning is really good.
But you said he was good, his shot was really good...
The ball fell not far in front of Zaniolo, then bounced high. He rushed forward and unloaded the ball with a handsome and elegant left foot, which not only reduced the force of the ball, but also stopped and broke through without reducing the speed of moving forward.
He broke into the left side of the penalty area and scored more goals this time than last time, even reaching the small penalty area line. I don't know if the opponent's goalkeeper Sepe was stupid or was determined that Zaniolo could not shoot, so he just stayed on the goal line and did not attack.
As a result, Zaniolo's fierce shot from the near corner hit the target and the ball went straight into the stands.
And Sepe also made a contribution again to ensure that the goal was not lost.
Even though he didn't touch the ball twice... he just bluffed twice at the door like a decoration, and Zaniolo kicked the ball away.
In the 18th minute, Salernitana finally had its first shot. Right forward Bonazzoli made a 25-meter long shot, which did not cause any trouble to the stable Patricio, but still broke the embarrassment of 0 shot data.
In the 23rd minute, Chen Xiaoliang was tripped by the opponent's midfielder LS Nacho Monreal when he was advancing in the middle. The Malian midfielder also received the first yellow card of the game.
Roma won a free kick slightly to the right of the center, 29 meters away from the goal.
Zaniolo and Dybala stood on the left and right sides of the free kick, while Chen Xiaoliang stood in the middle of the center parallel to them.
When the whistle sounded, Zaniolo did not move. Dybala raised his foot and took a long shot. The ball went slightly over the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.
This was the Argentine star's first shot in an official match for Roma, and the Roma players on the field and everyone on the bench gave him respectful applause.
However, soon after, happy football reappeared.
Chen Xiaoliang intercepted the opponent's through ball in the middle and passed it to Cesco.
When Cesco retreated, the opponent's central defender Guillaume followed closely. He did not stop the ball and passed it directly back to Chen Xiaoliang.
Chen Xiaoliang immediately passed the ball to Dybala on the right.
Dybala only took two steps. Facing the defense of the opposing captain Fazio, he did not stick to the ball, but made a short diagonal pass to Zaniolo who was running straight into the middle.
The position where Zaniolo ran was exactly the middle position that Guillaume had lost because he was defending Cesco.
He missed the shot from mid-range or close range. I don't know if Zaniolo did it on purpose this time. After receiving the ball, although there was only Sepe in front of him who still didn't attack and whose legs seemed to grow in the small penalty area, he still chose to kick the ball directly on the penalty area line.
But I don't know what he was thinking, he actually used his right foot to push the ball to the right side of the goal although his left foot is dominant.
Sepe knelt on one knee to react, but the ball rolled out of the baseline again...
The game started at 0:30 in Hong Kong time. At this point in the game, many fans left comments in the live broadcast room, asking Zhan Jun to stop saying bad things:
[What did Jun do in the summer? How come he became such a badass...]
【Studied management? 】
[Three moves have been made, Jun Ge, stop talking, if you change to a more reliable striker, we are already leading by 3 goals]
…
The next game was like Roma's offensive drill in the midfield and frontcourt. As the engine, Chen Xiaoliang could make penetrating passes forward at any time and in any area of ​​the court, either directly creating shooting opportunities or helping his teammates create shooting opportunities for them in reasonable positions.
This completely liberated Dybala, who frequently retreated to get the ball and help organize the attack for Juventus last season. He only needed to run in the frontcourt, assist, receive passes and shoot, and did not have to worry about organizing in the midfield or even retreating to defend.
Vaguely, he seemed to feel that the black-haired midfielder who was passing the ball continuously to the front court was Pirlo.
Although he did not have the chance to become teammates with Pirlo, Dybala was coached by Pirlo.
However, with the continuous fierce attack, the goal will be delayed but will eventually arrive.
In the 33rd minute, Spinazzola threw the ball from the left sideline into the penalty area with force. The ball was headed by the opponent's right center back, Tunisian Dylan Bron, and then fell near Cesco.
After a close fight between Guillaume and Cesco, neither of them was able to touch the ball at the first time. The ball was swept by the foot of midfielder Castanos and rolled out of the penalty area, where Dybala happened to be standing.
The Argentine didn't say anything and kicked a powerful shot with his left foot. Facing the densely packed people in the penalty area, the ball hit the defender's leg and changed direction slightly. Sepe blocked the position but watched the ball fly into the goal beside him.
Salernitana 0-1 Roma!
The first goal of the season! Although it was a little dramatic, all the players ran over and formed a circle around Dybala to celebrate.
Big data shows that since Dybala joined the team, the number of female fans following Roma's games has increased by 25%. Many old fans of Serie A and new fans who started to pay attention to Serie A because of Chen Xiaoliang's performance began to discuss who is the "No. 1 in Roma" - the most handsome guy - between Dybala and Chen Xiaoliang.
However, big data soon gave the answer.
Among female fans in South America, Dybala has a clear advantage, while Asia, especially East Asia and Southeast Asia, is Chen Xiaoliang's natural home ground.
In Europe, contrary to expectations, Chen Xiaoliang, who is taller and plays aggressively, is more popular among southern European female fans. It may be that men in southern Europe are generally gentler, so female fans prefer different "tastes".
Similarly, in Eastern and Northern Europe, where the customs are obviously more sturdy, Dybala, with his baby face, starry eyebrows and sharp eyes, is more popular among the "queens".
In the 38th minute, Salernitana's Dutch midfielder Wehner helped the team complete the second shot of the game, which was still a long shot and still posed no threat.
In the 44th minute, seeing that the first half was about to end, Enzo and the opponent's forward were entangled and destroyed the ball. Matic, who was assisting in defense, poked the ball to Zaniolo who retreated to the front to participate in the defense.
Zaniolo, who missed three one-on-one opportunities in a row, also realized that he did not check the almanac before going out today, and retreated more often to participate in defense and pressing in subsequent games.
At this time, he got the ball and started to move forward at high speed. After constantly adjusting the direction slightly, he ran 30 meters, and finally, under the double-team of three people, he lightly kicked the ball with his left foot and passed it to Dybala in front.
The linesman did not raise the flag, and the opposing team's captain Fazio was dragged further back on the other side. Dybala, who successfully got past the offside, took two steps into the penalty area and used his left foot to push the ball into the far corner on the right side of the goal from the left side of the penalty area.
Sepe fell to the ground with all his strength to block, but it was too late!
"Bang!" The ground ball hit the post and bounced back crisply, and Cesco followed up with a shot!
It hit the opponent's left wing-back Mazzocchi who was desperately retreating to defend!
"oops!"
“I’ll go!”
Roma's bench uttered two consecutive groans. Mourinho's butt first left his seat slightly in excitement, wanting to stand up and celebrate after the goal, but immediately sat back down, then left his seat slightly again, but sat back down again in disappointment.
The ball bounced out of the penalty area!
A flash of white light passed by!
With a "bang", the ball turned into a white shadow!
"when!"
The ball flew over the heads of everyone in the middle, hit the bottom of the crossbar and bounced on the ground!
Sepe immediately turned around, fished out the ball, and held it tightly in his arms!
“Beep!”
Before Dybala, Zaniolo, Cesco and others, who raised their hands with excitement, could go to the referee to appeal, he had already blew the whistle and pointed to the center line!
Everyone ran over immediately. Enzo, Cesco, Celik and others, as well as several substitute players, all ran over and stood in a row. Although other veteran players like Matic didn't know what was going on, they guessed that there must be something mysterious, so they also stood over.
Chen Xiaoliang shouted: "Comrades, thank you for your hard work!"
The players shouted: "Serve the fans!"
It is obvious that this Chinese sentence was taught to them by Chen Xiaoliang, as the sounds of the sentences spoken by the different people are slightly different.
The foreigners were so excited watching this scene that the fans from the Red Country burst into laughter, which was a perfect example of cultural export.
Zhan Jun was speechless for a moment, and he and Zhang Lu laughed out loud in the broadcast studio.
71-year-old Zhang Lu almost laughed to death.
The camera turned to Mourinho. He had no idea that the kids had rehearsed such a scene. He couldn't help laughing and shaking his head like an old father looking at his silly son.
"Xiaoliang is such a naughty boy. He's so interesting."
Zhang Lu calmed down and said, "But it also shows that Roma is very united now. We didn't see this kind of situation at the beginning of last season, let alone in the second half of last season."
Zhan Jun: "Zhang Zhi is right! It is obvious that Roma played very efficiently at the beginning of today's game. Even though they missed three one-on-one chances, they did not become impatient and still executed the overall tactics step by step."
"It's already the injury time of the first half, the score is 0-2! It won't be long before the referee blows the whistle to end the first half after Salernitana kicks off in the midfield. I wonder what new tricks the two teams will come up with next."
"Will Roma let new player Kvaratskhelia play for practice? You know, he only played about 40 minutes in the match against Paris Saint-Germain in the entire pre-season warm-up match."
"Will Salernitana send out the 39-year-old veteran Ribery to make use of his remaining energy? With his experience and skills, he can still help the team's organization and offense by playing for half a game!"
But in the end, Zhan Jun still underestimated the determination of the two head coaches.
Not only did they underestimate Mourinho's determination to keep Kva hidden, they also underestimated the determination of Davide Nicola, who took over the team halfway through last February and finally helped Salernitana to avoid relegation.
For some reason the latter thought they could still struggle after falling behind by two goals, and in the 54th minute they took the initiative to replace midfielder Castanos with former Bayern star Ribery.
With 9 Bundesliga titles, 6 German Cup titles, 1 Champions League, 1 Club World Cup and 1 UEFA Player of the Season award, Ribery is an absolute legend in European football with his outstanding achievements and numerous honors.
But he is 39 years old after all, and his current worth of 1 million has objectively demonstrated his competitive ability.
He is indeed ahead of all the players in the team in terms of experience, small skills and overall view, but in terms of physical fitness, Ribery, who became famous as a winger with speed and dribbling when he was young, can no longer run fast. He cannot continue his career like Ibrahimovic by relying on excellent physical conditions.
In fact, he was considering whether to retire before the season. After all, Salernitana's goal in the new season is still to avoid relegation, and he increasingly feels that his body is rapidly deteriorating.
But the head coach and teammates hope that he will hold on a little longer. They all respect this French legend. Therefore, Ribery agreed to play for about half a season to see if he can still play when he is about to turn 40.
In this match, David Nicola must have regretted sending Ribery into the field after the game. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that in the fight with Chen Xiaoliang, Enzo, and Wijnaldum, a substitute in the second half, the French legend looked old and tired, and was simply unable to cope with the repeated bombardment of this group of young people.
Maybe he originally wanted to try for another half a year, but maybe after this game, Ribery would reconsider his decision.
Time is fair. No matter how great a legend is, it cannot defeat the natural law of birth, aging, sickness and death.
And the football world will always welcome a new generation of hope after a generation of superstars grows old.
As physical strength declined and the main players received cards, the midfield control further decreased, and Roma's attack became more fierce than in the first half.
In the 57th minute, Chen Xiaoliang received a pass from Wijnaldum on the right and passed it horizontally to Spinazzola on the other side.
The great Italian left-back dribbled the ball continuously on the wing, and after making two changes of direction in front of the opponent's defender Dylan Bron, he pushed out a soul-stirring through pass with his right foot. Sesco, who had been hiding behind Guillaume Bourne, immediately moved forward and shot at the near corner at a small angle. Sepe had no time to block it, and the ball once again broke through Salernitana's goal.
Roma leads by !
The game had lost its suspense at this point. Before Chen Xiaoliang could even think of using the energy recovery card, the fourth official raised a sign to inform him to clock out.
Cristante replaced him as defensive midfielder, and Wijnaldum moved to the central midfielder position.
Abraham replaced Cesco.
In the 76th minute, Volpato replaced Enzo again.
In the 86th minute, Cristante made a straight pass from the midfield, Dybala in the frontcourt received the ball and passed it across the middle, and Wijnaldum followed up and shot into the goal!
The linesman then raised his flag to signal offside, but after Dybala's appeal, the referee confirmed with the video referee team that the goal was valid!
In the end, Roma defeated Salernitana 4-0 away and got off to a good start in the new season!
Dybala also won the best player of the game in his debut thanks to his performance of one goal and one assist.
After a night's rest, everyone immediately rushed back to Rome.
And on the second night, the remaining games were all played.
Lecce lost 1-2 to Inter Milan at home. Lukaku, who returned to Serie A, scored a goal in the first 2 minutes.
Juventus beat Sassuolo 3-0 at home, Vlahovic scored twice;
AC Milan defeated Udinese 4-2 at home;
Verona was defeated 2-5 by Napoli at home.
Interestingly, all 10 games in the first round were decided, with no draws.
In the end, with the advantage of goal difference, Roma with 4 goals beat Napoli with 3 goals and topped the league table after the first round.
The 2nd to 7th places are Napoli, Juventus, AC Milan, Atalanta, Fiorentina and Inter Milan respectively.
"Roma Sports" and "Gazzetta dello Sport" used the headlines "The Wolf is Coming" and "Roma's Newcomers' Military Parade in Salerno" respectively, focusing on the momentum of Roma's opening match.
Many people have begun to imagine what kind of glorious moments this team can bring to Italy on the Champions League stage.