The focus of the pre-match press conference was still Zaniolo and his poor performance in the previous league game.
Mourinho chose to deal with the matter coldly and did not bring his players to the press conference. After all, he is still under investigation by the Serie A Disciplinary Committee. If he does not keep a low profile in the next few days, he may be punished with a suspension.
It seems like only 10 days of training, but it was not easy for the players.
Dybala and Enzo flew across half the globe, from Europe back to South America, participated in two friendly matches for Argentina, and then went straight to Milan from Jamaica to join the team.
Kva and Gvardiol also played two friendly matches on behalf of their respective countries. Unlike Enzo and Dybala, who are substitutes in the national team, they are the main players.
In addition, Binya, Celik, Malasia and others also participated in the national team's games to varying degrees.
But there is also good news that doesn't seem like good news. Mancini and Pellegrini were not selected for the Italian national team this time, Smalling and Abraham had long been excluded by England as they prepare for the World Cup, Matic has retired from the national team, and Chen Xiaoliang is the only main player in the team who does not even have a chance to play a single national team game.
In addition, the 10 days of recovery allowed Cesco to fully recover from his injury, which still gave Mourinho some flexibility in deploying his troops.
However, the burden of the national team is generally balanced in the competition between strong teams. Inter Milan, which is full of strong players, also faces the problem of a large number of main national team players having to play two games a week and then rush back to the club.
This also greatly increases the difficulty for the coaching staff of both teams to predict the starting lineup of the other side before the game.
The answer was not revealed until the starting lineup had to be reported one hour before the game.
Roma still uses a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting with:
goalkeeper Patricio;
Spinazzola is the right back, Mancini and Gvardiol are the center backs, and Malacia is the left back;
Midfielders Matic and Enzo;
Central midfielder Chen Xiaoliang;
Left winger Kvaratskhelia, right winger Pellegrini, center forward Cesco.
Similar to Cesco's return from injury, Belgian striker Lukaku, who returned from Chelsea on loan this season, also made the starting lineup for this game after a month of recuperation due to a hamstring injury, once again forming the "one tall and one fast" combination familiar to fans with Dybala and Enzo's fellow countryman Lautaro.
Inter Milan's starting lineup used a 3-5-2 formation with two wingbacks on both sides;
Goalkeeper and 38-year-old captain Handanovic;
The three central defenders from left to right are Basatoni, Acerbi and Skriniar;
Dimarco, left wingback, Dumfries, right wingback;
Defensive midfielder Aslani, left center midfielder Calhanoglu, right center midfielder Barrera;
Left forward Lautaro and right forward Lukaku.
The adjustments made by Inter Milan head coach Inzaghi in the starting lineup proved that he had more or less guessed Mourinho's rotation, especially the selection of three central defenders. He did not use the 189cm tall De Vrij and 175cm tall Dimarco who were used more in the past, but instead used 192cm tall Acerbi and 190cm tall Basatoni, two defenders with better air defense, to deal with Roma's heavy reliance on Cesco as the fulcrum in the attack.
In addition, another point that surprised the Roma coaching staff was Asllani, the defensive midfielder position.
Because Brozovic was injured in the national team game and needs to be out for about 45 days, there is a variable in Inter Milan's midfield triangle in this game.
The 20-year-old Aslani is already a main international for Albania. He is 175cm tall and weighs 63kg. Judging from the player's development template, his type is very similar to the injured Brozovic.
He runs actively, has excellent physical strength, good passing and receiving skills, and is proactive in intercepting.
The most obvious weakness is that his ability in close confrontation is slightly poor, but his other physical qualities are relatively balanced, which is exactly the same as Brozovic, who is 181cm tall and weighs 68kg.
But in the final analysis, weight and confrontation are related, but not absolutely. In addition to weight, muscle, body fat percentage, confrontation skills, innate athletic ability, even the player's subjective aggressiveness and playing style will affect the confrontation.
Calhanoglu, who is 178cm tall and weighs 69kg, is 1kg heavier than Brozovic, but the Turkish "Cha King" is one of the weakest midfielders in Serie A in terms of confrontation ability. Barella, who is 175cm tall and weighs 68kg, is one of the midfielders with the strongest confrontation enthusiasm and ability in Serie A.
When the starting lineup was announced, Forti immediately played Aslani's highlights on the screen in the locker room. When Chen Xiaoliang saw the midfielder who was about to block him, it was as if he saw himself when he first arrived in London at the age of 16.
"Gazzetta dello Sport" wrote a feature article one month after the start of the league, titled "The transformation of the midfield of Serie A giants brought about by the Chen Xiaoliang effect", which specifically mentioned that several head coaches of traditional strong teams this season have all begun to use young midfielders with good physical strength and strong fighting spirit to try to strengthen midfield control.
Scalvini, the 19-year-old Atalanta defender who scored the winning goal against Roma in the last game but was often placed in the defensive midfielder position by Gasperini;
Juventus' 19-year-old Mireti;
AC Milan’s 21-year-old De Katelare;
Even Roma themselves introduced the 21-year-old Enzo, plus today Inter Milan's 20-year-old Asllani, young midfielders have become a trend for a while.
You know, on Inter Milan's bench, there are Gagliardini, Gosens and Mkhitaryan who transferred from Roma on a free transfer. These players who are in their prime or have rich experience can all play in midfield.
However, the Roma players, who were used to being tortured by Chen Xiaoliang on the training ground, had only one feeling after watching Asllani's highlights: he was still a little immature.
When both sides entered the field, Roma was naturally greeted with continuous boos from Inter Milan fans.
The boos were not so loud when the two teams met last season, but now Roma has the highest odds to win the Serie A title, and naturally has become the number one enemy of the two Milan clubs who are aiming to win the title. When enemies meet, they are particularly jealous of each other, so it is reasonable to boo louder.
There were 22 starting players, and the two captains were the oldest Handanovic and the youngest Chen Xiaoliang. The two of them were quite friendly when guessing sides in front of the referee, but Barella behind Handanovic had already cast a ferocious look at Chen Xiaoliang.
Chen Xiaoliang took away his titles of Serie A's top midfielder and Serie A's highest-paid midfielder in just one season, which made Barella vow to take back what belonged to him on the field.
[Enemy detected: Nicolo Barrera]
[Rival Mission: In this game, the rival's passing, stealing, interception, heading, and assists are all no higher than the host's and no goals are scored]
[Restriction conditions: Player rating after the game, enemy rating is lower than the host]
[Mission Reward: 1 Legendary Star Card of the Enemy's Team]
After confirming the task and shutting down the system, Chen Xiaoliang felt his face burning. He looked back and found Barrera's malicious eyes. He raised the corner of his mouth and sneered, then clapped his hands with Handanovic who was wearing gloves, ready to start the game.
Zhan Jun: "The referee for this match is Davide Massaro, a relatively steady referee who doesn't like to issue cards too often. He performed well in the Champions League group stage when Manchester City beat Dortmund 2-1 at home. Now, he blew the whistle, and the focus of this round, Inter Milan vs. Roma at home, officially started!"
Lukaku headed towards his own half and made a classic withdrew kick, and Inter Milan began their own offensive organization.
The first thing Roma did after the opening was to compress their defensive formation. Although this Inter Milan is not good at ball possession, with an average ball possession rate of 54.6% so far this season, ranking fourth in the league, Mourinho still hopes to use a steady start to wear down the opponent's edge, while observing whether Inzaghi has any new tricks today.
Inter Milan's midfield and frontcourt were very active today. From the start, the wingbacks on both sides were running very actively, and Asllani, who was considered a little young by the Roma players, kept moving forward and backward, making himself a passing point when there was no ball, helping the midfield to control the ball.
In addition to intercepting and pressing in the midfield and backcourt, Chen Xiaoliang was also observing Lukaku, whom he faced for the first time.
This Belgian striker, who created a transfer fee of 113 million euros last season and is currently worth 70 million euros, is much more popular on the Internet than players of similar value.
He weighs 94 kilograms and plays as a center forward, but he likes to run to the wings, which makes fans give him a widely circulated nickname - professional winger Lukaku.
Less than half a minute into the game, Lukaku, who was in the frontcourt, did not stay in the penalty area as the Roma coaching staff had expected before the game. Instead, he ran to the junction of Malacia and Gvardiol, ready to connect with Dumfries on the wing at any time.
After Roma defended twice, in the 3rd minute, Barella passed the ball to the right from the middle, Lukaku retreated to receive the ball, then turned around and started to move forward.
Enzo quickly pressed forward, and when the two got close, Enzo raised his right arm and bumped Lukaku. As a result, the Inter striker shook a little, but nothing happened. However, Enzo fell backwards as if he had hit a wall.
"Why!"
"Foul! Foul!"
"Referee, are you blind?"
In the stands closest to the field, Inter Milan fans continued to put pressure on the referee Massaro, who stretched out his hands forward to indicate that the attack was in his favor.
Seeing that Enzo, whose ability to compete with him was about the same, was so easily defeated, Malaysia knew that there was no hope in a physical fight, so he had to stretch his legs to intercept the ball. Even if he couldn't get it, he had to disrupt Lukaku's dribbling rhythm.
This trick was really effective. After being hit by Enzo, Lukaku was already stumbling with the ball. When he saw Malaysia coming and was about to use his right foot to cross the ball into the penalty area, the ball was blocked by Malaysia.
However, the referee blew the whistle, indicating that Enzo had committed a deliberate foul, and still gave Inter Milan a free kick opportunity on the right side.
Calhanoglu took the penalty kick and four Inter Milan players in the penalty area rushed forward from right to left. The ball was not kicked high and Lautaro headed the ball backwards before Malaysia. The ball immediately changed direction and flew towards the goal!
Patricio immediately moved to the near point, took the ball into his arms and then fell to the ground and pressed it under him.
Unexpectedly, Lukaku, who rushed too hard in the middle, was unable to control himself. He was afraid of colliding with Patricio and causing a card from the referee, so he could only force himself to fall sideways before the collision. Unexpectedly, he "hit" Mancini, who had stopped and was about to turn around, and pinned the Italian defender under him in an instant.
After falling to the ground, Lukaku quickly got up and muttered a few words of apology to Mancini. Seeing that the referee Massaro did not say anything, he left immediately, and did not forget to give a thumbs up to Lautaro who had just scored a wonderful header.
Mancini was so angry that he felt a tightness in his chest when he fell to the ground. Spinazzola, who was standing by, saw his painful expression and came over to ask him repeatedly: "Are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay?"
Mancini wanted to speak but couldn't, feeling so depressed. He was also a hot-tempered person, so he lay there for a long time, and when he calmed down, he stood up and cursed: "You are pressing down on a 200-pound fat man, do you think you will be okay? Ouch... Shit..."
Lukaku saw that Mancini seemed to be talking about him, so he smiled and pretended not to see it, and quietly walked away, thinking to himself: "Hey, anyway, it's not you who is facing me today, so you can't take revenge on me even if you want to."
In the 8th minute, Roma was in danger again in front of the goal.
Barrera received the ball and walked towards the right side, but Chen Xiaoliang blocked him. The two of them were in a stalemate for a while, one moving forward slowly and the other moving backward slowly. Barrera saw that there was really no space to pass, and at the same time, Dumfries who was cutting in front of him kept asking for the ball, so he had to pass the ball horizontally to Calhanoglu who came to support him. The latter passed the ball diagonally to Dumfries, thus bypassing Chen Xiaoliang's defense.
After receiving the ball, Dumfries formed a one-on-one situation with Malasia. These two players are both members of the Dutch national team's World Cup roster. One on the left and one on the right plays different wing defensive positions respectively. They both came to Serie A in the same season.
However, it was obvious that Dumfries, who was three years older and at home, had more confidence. He took advantage of the fact that Malaysia was not yet stable and was not too far away from him to block him, and made a fake move of explosive acceleration, forcing Malaysia to step back quickly to prevent being passed. Dumfries used the space created and immediately kicked the ball into the penalty area.
Lukaku was dealing with Guevadiol in the penalty area. When he saw the ball flying towards him, he was so delighted.
He experienced a glorious return to the Premier League last season with a fee of 113 million, but his disastrous performance for Chelsea with only 10 goals and 1 assist in 28 appearances made him a big flop in the eyes of Stamford Bridge fans, and he eventually returned to Inter Milan in disgrace.
He was originally quite confident about this season. After all, in his previous two seasons at Inter Milan, he made 72 league appearances, scored 57 goals, and won one Silver Boot and one Bronze Boot, both of which were symbols of the top killer in Serie A. What's more, he lost both times to Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo, who was in good form, so it was not shameful at all.
But I don't know what happened this season. He was injured frequently at the beginning of the season and didn't score a goal in 4 appearances, which made him anxious. Today he returned from injury and it was a focus game again. He hoped that his teammates would pass the ball to him more so that he could break the drought as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Lukaku raised his butt and trapped Gvardiol behind him.
Gvardiol, who will only be 21 in four months, was surprised by the power coming from Lukaku's butt.
Whether in his hometown Croatia or in the Bundesliga, he has never encountered a striker as strong as this. With such strength and balance, it's like a truck parked in front of him and he can't even move it.
Guvardiol tried to push, but Lukaku stuck his butt up and didn't move at all, and Guvardiol was unable to jump properly.
As the ball was about to fall, Lukaku stood up with his back to the goal and jumped, without even looking at the direction, he headed the ball!
However, his legs were rooted to the ground, and he could not push forward. After he jumped up, he was still hit by Gvadior, and his body shifted slightly, and the hit hit the back of his head.
The ball fell towards the goal in a confused, soft and weak manner, neither high nor far.
Lukaku is in poor form, but Lautaro is in the limelight. He is currently on the scorer list with 6 goals, only behind Osimhen who has exploded for Napoli this season.
He started moving when Lukaku was competing for the header, and before Mancini could react and Patricio could make a save, he pushed the ball that was about to fall to the ground towards the near post with his right foot. The ball passed over Patricio's fingertips and rolled into the goal!
The Meazza was shaken instantly! Cheers, roars, and protests were heard everywhere.
Lautaro ran to the sidelines to celebrate, and Lukaku ran over with a smile and hugged him from behind, thinking that even if he didn't score, it would be good to get an assist.
But before everyone finished celebrating, Barrera noticed something wrong. The referee Massaro stood still, listening to his headphones, and didn't even raise his hand to point to the center circle. Although the linesman didn't raise the flag or make any expression, it was a clear sign that the referee was communicating with the video referee team.
He was not the only one who realized this. Chen Xiaoliang also ran over. Others saw it and realized that something seemed to have happened.
But everyone who gathered around didn't know what to say. No one was sure whether it was Lukaku who committed a foul when competing for the header, or Lautaro who violated the rules when trying to score.
Lautaro, who ran all the way back, fearing that the goal would be blown off, repeatedly told the referee that his limbs were definitely not on the parallel line to surpass Mancini at the moment he started.
Massaro finally made the VAR gesture, pushed away the players surrounding him and ran to the sidelines.
Zhan Jun: "I've played the slow-motion replay many times. Lautaro should not be offside."
Zhang Lu: "Lukaku didn't commit any fouls, it was just a normal physical confrontation. If you want to talk about pushing, it was Gvardiol who pushed. He had to push because he couldn't handle Lukaku's body."
Zhan Jun: "VAR has not drawn the offside line yet, but the time period when we look at the referee Massaro was watching was not the moment when Lautaro rushed forward to score, but the position of Lukaku when Dumfries made the cross!"
"It looks like he was offside! When Dumfries passed the ball, Lukaku's first reaction was to move forward, but he probably saw the ball was behind him, so he took a step back and trapped Gvardiol behind him."
Soon, the appearance of the offside line on the screen also confirmed Zhan Jun's observation. The referee Massaro turned around and made a VAR gesture, then waved his hands twice in succession, indicating that the goal was invalid and Roma took a free kick in their own penalty area!
The fans at the scene could not see the VAR playback, and when they saw the goal was blown off, they immediately started cursing:
"Black whistle! The referee took the money!"
"Why change the decision? There was no offside at all!"
"The Football Association is trying to send Roma to suppress us through Roma!"
"It's so fake! I won't watch fake things again!"
Such sounds are heard one after another, but not only do they have no effect on the players on both sides who are communicating with the referee on the field, even the referee and substitute players on the sidelines, and even the cameraman, do not care about these sounds.
After buying tickets and entering the stadium, fans naturally have the right to express whatever they want as long as it does not violate the rules of the event, and they do not have to worry about whether their emotional remarks are logical and factual.
Just like in most European countries, fans can say a player is a cat or a dog, and others can at most say he has no morals, but they won't take him away. But if someone imitates a monkey or an gorilla towards a black player, then after the game, as long as the player and the club insist on pursuing the matter and there is video footage at the stadium, then the hat of racial discrimination will be thrown out, and the serious case will be fined and detained, or even banned from entering the stadium for life.
Apart from this, the most common thing is that whenever the score results of a major competition or final are completely opposite to one's own pre-match predictions, or support for the team, or betting situation, then it must be the overwhelming "match-fixing", "script", "manipulation" or "capital".
How many people in this world are willing to say that they are stupid, willing to admit that it is their greed that controls their brains to spend a lot of money to buy footballs, and that they are kidnapped by meaningless face and have to pretend to be cool and guess who will win or lose with others?
Since I will never make mistakes, then of course others are the ones who make mistakes.
Therefore, the more important the game, the more accusations of match-fixing there will be.
Because of the above reasons, the more famous the player is, the more negative comments he or she will see on personal social media every day, not to mention the countless such situations on third-party websites and forums.
Take Messi and Ronaldo, two of the most popular players in today's football world, for example. Among their diehard fans, there are as many curses and insults against the other side as there are words of praise for one side.
It is natural for players to be criticized when they play badly and the team loses. Even though football has long evolved to an era dominated by capital and traffic, offline fans are still the most important group, and no top club dares to underestimate fans' criticism of the team's performance.
But criticism of results and groundless accusations like losing is match-fixing, and insults like calling Messi a dwarf just because one likes Ronaldo, are two completely different things.
This is like when a person makes a mistake at work, the leader can criticize him for being careless, not paying attention, or even lacking work ability. But if he is accused of having an intellectual disability inherited from his family, or even that he is a spy sent by a rival company to bring down the company, that would be difficult for anyone to accept.
Therefore, for the players, coaches, and referees involved, if they have to pay attention to and respond to every comment, then basically everyone’s life will be over.
There were loud curses in the stands and arguments on the field.
The hot-tempered Barella and Mancini, who was also unhappy tonight, had a quarrel. The former ridiculed Roma for only profiting from the referee, while the latter hit back that Inter Milan would always blame the referee for their losses.
The good-tempered Massaro did not play his cards directly. Instead, he warned the two men and then called the captains of both teams to warn them again.
This short pause in the game also allowed the players on both sides and the home fans to calm down a little.
Lukaku, who was offside, was the one who stayed out of the matter. At the beginning, his eyes were wide open and his hands were spread out to express his surprise when the goal was invalidated. Later, he scratched his head while watching Barella arguing with the referee, and finally walked up to Lautaro to say hello and express his apology.
But the verdict is the verdict, and even if Barrera is unhappy, he has to accept it.
However, the two consecutive threatening attacks still surprised the Roma players. The dark, strong and fat man seemed naive, but his ability to attract defense and restrain defenders in the offensive third zone was really amazing.
Seeing that it was already the 12th minute when the game resumed and Roma had not made any shots during this period, Chen Xiaoliang decided to retreat significantly to help with defense, stabilize the defense first, and then consider counterattack.
In Inter Milan's previous games, Dzeko started and Correa was rotated. Today, Lukaku was on the field. They also realized that the Belgian striker is really effective in the frontcourt, especially when he passes the ball half-high to him. As long as he keeps his position, it is easy for him to bypass the midfield led by Chen Xiaoliang and intercept.
In the 16th minute, Inter suddenly accelerated in the midfield pass. Barella cut in from the right to the middle, attracting the defensive attention of Enzo and Matic. Then Calhanoglu, who was in control of the ball on the left side of the midfield, made a direct overhead pass, bypassing Chen Xiaoliang who was intercepting in the middle, and went directly to Lukaku who was bullying Malaysia on the right again.
Malaysia is 169cm tall and weighs 67kg. Although he is not a pushover and is usually tough and courageous in defense, he was helpless when faced with Lukaku, who is several sizes bigger than him and the ball was thrown in the air.
Chen Xiaoliang had already guessed that Calhanoglu would repeat the same trick, so when he saw him pass the ball behind him, he immediately turned around and pounced on Lukaku where the ball landed.
Although Lukaku looks stupid and actually is stupid, he is still an excellent player anyway. His humble style of loving to give people likes also prevents him from being blindly arrogant despite his high price and big contract.
As soon as he saw Chen Xiaoliang coming over, he immediately wiped the ball with his left foot after unloading it, then turned around and made a signature dribble!
If it were someone else, this kind of explosive run into the inside might not be difficult for Malaysia. He could get close to the opponent, or even use small movements to pull the ball hard. As long as he doesn't give up his position, even if the opponent player catches the ball, the full-back can still form a secondary defense immediately.
But the two's ability to fight was too different...Malasia pushed hard twice in a row, but all he encountered was the combined force of his own reaction force and Lukaku's huge force pushing him out. After the second push, he was completely out of position, and Lukaku occupied the inside line with his body, and even got half a body length ahead.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Gvardiol came out to make up for it, but he was afraid that Lukaku would make another rhinoceros-like charge, so he did not press forward, but kept a distance. After all, there was no shooting angle at the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, and if he could not break through, the only way was to cross the ball.
Lukaku stopped, controlled the ball and turned around, but didn't want to stay too long and be caught up by Malaysia, so he dribbled the ball with his right foot, left foot, left foot and right foot. Seeing that Guevadiol didn't fall for his inexplicable dribbling moves at all, he finally decided to cut back and kick the ball with his left foot!
Just when his left foot was about to touch the ball, Chen Xiaoliang rushed over like a fly, and a sliding tackle left a clear mark on the grass. His left foot tackled the ball very accurately, and the ball immediately flew out of the baseline.
Chen Xiaoliang, who was rushing towards the baseline, brought his right foot back and touched the right foot of Lukaku who was walking on the right side of the road towards the penalty area. Even at such a high speed, Chen Xiaoliang still felt like he had hit a pillar.
Seeing Lukaku staggering and falling down, Chen Xiaoliang shouted in his heart:
not good!
Then, I felt as if I had been hit by an earthquake and a house had collapsed. My chest felt tight and my eyes went dark.
What the hell! What kind of body does this guy have?
In terms of weight and confrontation ability, Manchester United's 100-kilogram Maguire is also the strongest champion in head-on confrontation, but that guy does not have the explosive power and speed of the black guy in front of him.
Chen Xiaoliang felt a tightness in his chest, but he couldn't help laughing.
Damn, I am so lucky to meet such a person on the court.
It turned out that Lukaku's supporting leg was hit by Chen Xiaoliang, and he immediately lost his balance. However, relying on his weight and balance ability, he did not fall down immediately. Before he was forced to fall forward on Chen Xiaoliang, he at least stretched out his hand to support the floor.
Roma's teammates were worried and couldn't help laughing when they saw their captain, who looked young and handsome on the court, being pinned down by a huge guy with a jet-black body.
Gwadior was the first to act mischievously: "Captain, hahaha, are you okay? Hahaha, it looks like you won't die."
At this time, Lukaku had already supported himself to stand up, and his first reaction was to turn around and give a big thumbs up to Calhanoglu who was standing in the midfield watching the fun not far away.
"Cough cough cough..." Chen Xiaoliang took a few deep breaths and finally caught his breath.
"You guy, I'm just filling in for you."
Chen Xiaoliang stood up and patted Gvadior's butt.
Although the new Croatian player on loan cannot be said to be completely obedient to the captain who is younger than himself, Chen Xiaoliang's quick, decisive, resolute and professional ethics in games, training and in dealing with the Zaniolo issue over the past month have greatly won his respect and favor.
In Croatia, everyone regards Modric, who is 37 years old, successful and has won club honors that are recorded in history, as a national hero. The midfield master has won the recognition and respect of the world with his diligent professionalism in the club and his enthusiastic and unreserved patriotic spirit of serving the country after joining the national team.
To put it bluntly, whether it is the club or the national team, for a player with high professionalism, both are above his own personal interests and personal career.
Sometimes, Gvardiol couldn't help but feel that Chen Xiaoliang also had similar qualities to Modric, but the young Roma captain was more direct and more willing to express himself.
Sure enough, Chen Xiaoliang got up and came to find him:
"He is too heavy and too strong in confrontation. If you fight him head-on, you will definitely suffer a loss."
Gwadior sneered, but did not reply with disdain: "Captain, I have seen this a long time ago, so I deliberately kept a distance from him just now."
Chen Xiaoliang continued, "His explosiveness is pretty good, but he's too heavy, so his ability to change direction in a small space is poor, and his dribbling skills are not good either. In the next game, don't try to fight him. Whenever he dribbles the ball up, try to cut him in the middle. You don't have to kick him every time, but use cutting in the middle to scare him."
"As long as he changes direction quickly to the sides, his weaknesses of poor ball control, slow turning and rough dribbling will be exposed. At this time, if you stretch your feet to steal the ball, with your ability, you will basically be able to do it well."
"Also, there is too much space on the wing, and there is Dumfries to take care of. Malacia can't handle him alone. Once Lukaku moves inwards around the penalty area, you can take the initiative to attack."
"He likes to go out of the penalty area, so you should accompany him out of the penalty area. Outside the penalty area, you can kick without worrying about anything, and your success in defending him will be higher!"
Gwadior was both surprised and delighted.
What made me happy was that it sounded so damn comfortable that our captain actually praised me to my face for being able to steal the ball from a striker like Lukaku with almost no delay.
What is surprising is that in just one short confrontation, Chen Xiaoliang could accurately combine a player's weaknesses with the defensive strategy against him. This kind of judgment, which is usually only made by veteran players based on rich experience, was actually demonstrated in an 18-year-old player who was only in his third year of playing in the professional league. It is really incredible.
Inter Milan took a corner kick, Calhanoglu took the ball. Inter Milan was very stable today. Acerbi did not join in the corner attack, but kept staring at Cesco from behind.
Without the highest point, the defensive pressure in Roma's penalty area was reduced a lot. Matic found the right point and headed the ball out of the penalty area before Dimarco.
Enzo got the ball and seeing that there was no good receiving point around, he did not hesitate and pushed forward at full speed with the ball.
Because he knew that at this moment, his teammates behind him would definitely rush forward with all their strength to join the counterattack.
Sure enough, before he could get the ball out 15 meters, Kwa, Chen Xiaoliang, Pellegrini, Malaysia and others rushed up from the left, middle and right respectively.
Enzo looked up and saw Chen Xiaoliang raising his left arm and stretching it to the left front.
Enzo understood what he meant and made a straight pass to Kwa who quickly made a run on the left.
Skriniar was still running back after competing for a header, and the only person next to Kva was Dumfries who was running closely on the inside.
Kva slightly increased his speed for a beat, then adjusted his direction and rushed towards the side of the penalty area at a 45-degree angle. In this way, Dumfries, who was running in a straight line, immediately caught up with him.
Kva pushed the ball slightly with his foot, causing Inter Milan fans to open their mouths wide. The ball went right between Dumfries' legs as he ran forward. Then Kva immediately accelerated again, instantly shook off Dumfries and rushed into the penalty area!
The young player Aslani who stayed behind retreated to defend at all costs. At this time, he had already run to a position one step into the penalty area and blocked Kva.
Kvaneg cut in and changed direction, then aimed at the right side of the goal and forced a inward shot. Handanovic made a desperate save, but at this time he didn't care about the shape of his hand and the direction of the save. The fact that he was able to react so quickly and save the powerful shot when only one teammate interfered with the shooting space was enough to show that this veteran is fully capable of being the captain and starter of the Serie A giants.
"Oh!" the fans exclaimed!
However, the story is not over yet. Pellegrini, who is as eager to make a contribution as Abraham and Lukaku in both teams, although not known for his speed, also rushed forward this time. He met the ball saved by Handanovic in the penalty area and immediately shot!
The ball was hit so straight! Handanovic made two saves!
"Oh!" The fans exclaimed again, even louder than the first time.
The ball accidentally bounced to Cesco who was fighting with Acerbi in front of the penalty spot. He had no time to think or observe, and subconsciously raised his foot to shoot, but the ball missed and hit Acerbi and bounced behind the penalty spot.
Chen Xiaoliang had already rushed to the top of the penalty area, while Barrera, who stayed behind, had been blocking Chen Xiaoliang's forward route. Seeing the ball rolling over, both of them rushed forward at the same time!
Seeing Chen Xiaoliang rushing forward and raising his right foot to shoot, Barrera immediately fell to the ground and stretched out his left leg to tackle!
"Bang!"
The ball was like a cannonball one meter behind the penalty spot. Handanovic, who had just stood up, had his vision blocked by Acerbi and Cesco. By the time he saw the ball, it had already flown in front of the goal line.
In the end, this fierce shot hit the goal in front of the Inter Milan players' eyes full of despair!
Zhan Jun: "This ball goes in! Four consecutive shots from Roma in the counterattack! From four players, Xiaoliang finally shot with his right foot in the penalty area, giving Roma the first chance in this strong dialogue!"
"You can draw a bow like a full moon, Chen Xiaoliang, shoot the wolf in the sky!"
"But we see that after the goal, the feud seems to continue! Barrera walked towards Chen Xiaoliang with a fierce look in his eyes! He was talking confidently!"
Zhang Lu: "Hey, this ball is brilliant."
It turned out that after the ball was kicked out, the ankle of Chen Xiaoliang's shooting foot collided heavily with the ankle of Barrera's tackling foot!
Although the ball diverted most of the force of the shot, Barrera's left leg was still kicked back. Then the bulldog-like Italian midfielder immediately stood up and walked towards Chen Xiaoliang with two eyes that seemed to be emitting fire!
Chen Xiaoliang was equally furious. This was obviously a dangerous tackle. If he had been faster, it would have been his studs that would have hit his ankle!
Neither of them spoke. One didn't allow the other to celebrate the goal, while the other didn't want to celebrate at all and just wanted to end it here.
Players from both teams rushed forward immediately, most of them were trying to stop the fight, but there were also tough guys like Dumfries who rushed over and seemed to add fuel to the tense atmosphere.
After conceding a goal, Handanovic, a veteran after all, was a little unhappy. He came over and pulled back Barella who was reluctant to let go, then waved his hand and asked the Roma players to disperse quickly.
Although Barrera did not move forward, he raised his right hand and pointed his index finger at Chen Xiaoliang, meaning just wait and see.
Chen Xiaoliang also raised his right hand, palm facing up, and hooked the four fingers outside the thumb inward a few times, meaning I'm waiting for you.
At this time, Enzo suddenly changed from protecting Chen Xiaoliang to rushing towards Barrera.
The players on the side immediately grabbed him.
Chen Xiaoliang was also stunned: "Fuck, what are you doing?"
Enzo spat on the ground: "He looks so arrogant, I really want to go up and beat him up!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting a little heated, the good-tempered Kwa quickly advised: "Captain, calm down! Don't be impulsive."
Chen Xiaoliang held the two players and refused to let them leave, then signaled the other players to return to their positions and prepare to continue the game.
He glanced around and saw that everyone around him had walked away. He let go of Kwa's right hand, covered his mouth and said:
"That guy can't stand losing. I will continue to tease him. Next time, he will definitely stare at me like a mad dog on defense and deliberately come to me on offense. This way, he will easily lose his defensive area in the transition between offense and defense."
"Enzo, we can switch positions. You can help Matic keep an eye on Calhanoglu. He has good footwork, but he is slow and soft. You will be able to handle him."
Then he turned to Kva and said, "Hervicha, once Barella is not defending in the middle, don't bother with Dumfries and Skriniar. Just dribble the ball to the top of the penalty area and go after that 20-year-old kid. He is Inter Milan's weakest point on the field!"
"After you pass him, it's up to you whether to pass or shoot!"
Enzo's overflowing anger and Kva's overflowing worry disappeared in an instant.
The two men's expressions could not hide their inner exclamation: Shit, Chen was just teasing that guy? He wanted to make him lose his mind? !
Enzo: "Boss, you are the best actor."
Kwa was embarrassed to be as straightforward as Enzo: "Captain, you... are awesome..."
After the two of them finished talking, they returned to their seats. But joking aside, they both gave Chen Xiaoliang a look of confirmation!
At this time, Chen Xiaoliang returned to his position and looked at Barrera again, and found that the guy was still staring at him.
Chen Xiaoliang had no expression, nor did he look away. His eyes only showed one meaning:
No matter what the enemy is, we will get rid of it all at once tonight.
If you want to do it, I will accompany you until you submit.