Chapter 309 "Tell me loudly, what is my name?!"
After Roma celebrated, a string of white characters appeared on the broadcast screen.
"This is Chen Xiaoliang's fifth consecutive league game in which he has scored a goal, and he has also achieved a goal and an assist in three consecutive games."
Beautiful host Dilita Leotta immediately asked: "Do you think Roma can keep him next summer?"
The answers from the four celebrities were unsurprising - they couldn't keep him.
Matthaus even pointed out directly: "The Roma board's positioning of the team is another Dortmund, not Bayern Munich."
"Can you imagine Bayern selling Musiala, or Barcelona selling Pedri and Gavi?"
"But Dortmund will sell Haaland, and will definitely sell Bellingham next. The only suspense is the price."
"I thought Roma could use this lineup and the bonuses from winning Serie A and consecutive Champions League titles to further strengthen and become a strong team capable of shocking Europe, but judging from their behavior of selling Enzo to Chelsea without hesitation, money is more important to their board than results."
"And it's not just Chen. I don't think Mourinho will stay in the summer either."
"With his resume and influence, if he succeeds again in Rome, there will definitely be big teams willing to hire him."
Rijkaard seemed not to be listening to these things. He just watched the replay of the goal and shook his head in disbelief. He sighed: "In Serie A, no one can stop him from moving forward."
Although many people began to think so, Spalletti was unwilling to accept this fact.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to face reality, but the game is still going on. Even if he wants to admit it, he has to wait until after the game.
As long as the game is not over, he has to do everything he can to limit everyone in the opponent's lineup.
Spalletti made a , and shouted a few words to express his instructions to be implemented as soon as possible.
The Napoli players quickly saw the head coach's instructions, and some of them looked at each other with serious expressions.
But they really had no other choice.
If other Roma players are not in good form, they can still concentrate their attacks on them, but in this game both sides made repeated adjustments, and Mourinho had fully rotated the players in previous games for this purpose. Although it cannot be said that all the players on the field were in great form, they were basically not much different.
In this evenly matched situation, with the addition of Chen Xiaoliang who is clearly a standout from the crowd, even with the advantage of home court, the balance of victory still tilts towards Roma.
Osimhen kicked off and Napoli continued their high-pressure attack.
In the 70th minute, Anguissa held the ball in the middle, with Ndombele and Lobotka supporting him beside and behind him.
On the Roma side, the defensive formation in the middle is still Chen Xiaoliang in front and Enzo behind.
Although Anguiza has good footwork and a strong body, his physical fitness is still slightly inferior to Osimhen.
He pushed forward with his right foot and pushed it to Lozano who was inwards.
The Mexican winger had long since given up on the wing and tried to use his flexible movement to create offensive space in the middle.
Malacia and Binya simultaneously moved inwards to defend. After receiving the ball, Lozano had no way to get rid of it and could only pass it forward to Osimhen who was preparing to .
The ball was passed to him, with Gvardiol staying close behind him and Malaysia coming over to double-team him immediately.
At this time, Anguisa had quietly moved to the right side. Seeing that there was no space to turn around, Osimhen passed the ball back to Anguisa.
The intention of attracting the wing defenders to move inwards and then moving the midfielder to the wing to cross the ball was too obvious. The ball was intercepted by Chen Xiaoliang halfway before it rolled to Anguisa's feet.
Just as Chen Xiaoliang turned around and prepared to start while observing the positions of his teammates, he felt a huge force from his left back, and he lost his balance and fell forward.
“Beep!”
The referee Osato blew the whistle and called a foul on Anguisa. Anguisa spread his hands, looking aggrieved.
Chen Xiaoliang stood up and wanted to take a free kick quickly, but Osato blew the whistle several times and waved his hand to ask Kwa who received the ball in front to kick it back. He also had to say a few words to Anguisa.
Enzo on the side was a little unhappy and said to him: "You don't give us any cards, why don't you let us play quickly."
After Osatu "warned" Anguisa, he heard Enzo say this and turned around and said a few words to him.
After all this trouble, when Malaysia wanted to kick off again, Napoli's formation had already retreated and formed.
At this point in the game, a rainstorm seemed to have passed and the rain began to subside. The players felt much more comfortable, although the water on the court would not completely dissipate for a while.
This also reduced interference between the two sides in the final period of time.
Roma kicked off from the backcourt, and Binya made a long pass to the retreating Sesco. Sesco overpowered Ndombe, jumped high and headed the ball, and the ball found Chen Xiaoliang who was moving diagonally forward behind him.
Lobotka on the side chased after him, and Chen Xiaoliang jumped, trying to use the high altitude advantage to control the ball first.
Unexpectedly, Lobotka, who was only 170 cm tall, also jumped, but he directly raised his elbow in the air and hit Chen Xiaoliang's back.
In just over a minute, Chen Xiaoliang was attacked from behind again and fell to the ground.
“Beep!”
Osato stopped the game, trotted over, drove away the Roma players who were putting pressure on him, then called Lobotka out alone, chattering again, and still just gave a warning without giving a card.
Enzo was furious now, he rushed forward and pointed at Osato and questioned loudly, but Osato was straightforward this time and directly gave Enzo a yellow card.
Now Mourinho could no longer sit still, and went to find the fourth referee in the rain to protest strongly, but the result was predictable, it was of no use.
Chen Xiaoliang pulled Enzo away and said to him, "It's okay, come for me."
Enzo cursed: "Fak, this lousy referee, a yellow card is a yellow card, anyway, this is my last Serie A game, damn!"
Chen Xiaoliang reminded him: "If you are sent off, this game will be difficult to play."
Enzo: "Captain, I can't hold back this!"
Chen Xiaoliang: "I have to endure it even if I can't help it. I told you it was directed at me, and who said I should endure it."
After saying that, he pushed Enzo away from the referee Osato.
Taking advantage of a dead ball, Forti replaced Dybala with Pellegrini.
Pellegrini took a direct free kick, the ball had obvious inward rotation and hit the post and went out of the goal without any reaction from Napoli goalkeeper Meret.
Rijkaard said in the broadcast room: "Napoli used their last resort to try to restrict Chen Xiaoliang."
Capello had no expression on his face, but his tone was a little regretful: "Back then, Van Basten was repeatedly injured by such targeted fouls, and eventually ended his career early."
Matthäus still spoke in his usual tough and unyielding style: "Any player who wants to be a superstar will face such a situation. This not only tests a player's willpower, but also requires the player to have a physique that can withstand collisions and not be seriously injured. Many talented players fall on this link."
While Chen Xiaoliang was comforting his teammates to prevent the team's atmosphere from being affected by the opponent's behavior and thus affecting the direction of the game, he was waiting for Meret to take the goal kick.
He told Enzo not to get carried away so as to avoid being sent off with two yellow cards and one red card due to his impulsiveness, but this did not mean that he was ready to let those guys off.
Meret took a goal kick and the game continued.
Napoli continued to lob high balls into the penalty area. Although Roma's defense cleared the ball again and again, the pressure on the defense increased as their physical strength declined.
Mourinho replaced Cesco and Spinazzola and sent on Abraham and Zalewski, hoping to use speed to continue to attack Napoli.
At this time, scoring another goal can end the game faster than defending to the end.
In the 81st minute, after Osimhen received a long pass in the penalty area and headed the ball high, Roma immediately pressed forward and Patricio kicked the goal kick directly to the front court.
Enzo protected from behind while Chen Xiaoliang ran while observing where the ball would land.
It was Anguisa who was coming towards him.
The two men jumped up at the same time, one in front and one behind, to meet the ball. After jumping, Chen Xiaoliang even judged whether Anguissa would continue to target him.
The result was not beyond his expectations. The instruction given by Spalletti on the sidelines was indeed to "ruin yourself."
Chen Xiaoliang swung his hands upwards to help him jump, and "naturally" spread his elbows in the air. Using his jumping advantage, he placed his left hand on Anguisa's right elbow that was stretched out to hit him.
He just contracted his waist and abdomen, and at the same time pressed down with his left hand, pressing down Anguisa's hand that was pushing towards him, and also limiting his jumping height.
Then he hit the ball hard with his forehead, and then he screamed "Ah". The ball bounced forward and was caught by Lobotka, but Anguisa fell to the ground.
Osatu, who was watching carefully from the side, clearly saw that Chen Xiaoliang hit the ball first, but he didn't understand what happened next. So he waved his hands to indicate that there was no foul and the game should continue, asked the VAR referee team to review the process through the headphones, and at the same time glanced at Anguisa who fell to the ground.
Anguisa was seen curled up with his hands on his head, but there was no sign of bleeding.
It is impossible for the referee to stop the game every time someone falls to the ground. If he really wants to do that, once he encounters an actor like Busquets, every chance of the opponent will be strangled in the cradle because of his deliberate falling to the ground.
Lobotka, who received the ball, wanted to see what happened to Anguissa, but after landing, Chen Xiaoliang rushed to his side in an instant as if he was equipped with an electromagnetic catapult.
Lobotka wanted to turn around to protect the ball, but Chen Xiaoliang slid towards him without saying a word.
This scene is very familiar to the fans of Roma. When the studs on the soles of his feet cut off the ball, one of Chen Xiaoliang's calves, thighs, knees or even upper body would always knock the opponent to the ground due to the high-speed impact.
Poor Lobotka didn't even realize what was happening because when he was halfway through pulling the ball, his left foot was knocked down by Chen Xiaoliang's right leg, and he fell backwards and heavily to the ground.
Several players in the frontcourt of Napoli were dumbfounded, as if their retreating steps were no longer under their control, and their eyes were all focused on the two teammates lying on the ground.
Osato put the whistle in his mouth, but the problem was that VAR did not remind him, and he did not see Chen Xiaoliang commit a foul. The player had already entered the penalty area. It was unreasonable to stop the game at this time, and it would inevitably be protested by Roma.
Chen Xiaoliang stood up to chase the ball. When Jin Min-jae in the penalty area saw the ball rolling over, he immediately reacted and rushed forward.
The fans on the field may not have figured out what Chen Xiaoliang wanted to do at this time, but the two head coaches on the sidelines and the four famous players in the live broadcast room have already discovered his purpose.
Chen Xiaoliang, who got closer to the ball, raised his right foot and made an attempt to shoot with the outside of his foot. Seeing this, Kim Min-jae screamed in his heart "Oh no!" and, unable to slow down, he quickly raised his hands to protect his head.
In the end, Chen Xiaoliang kicked the ball with a falling leaf, and the ball bypassed Kim Min-jae who dived to block it and flew towards the goal, slightly higher than the crossbar.
Kim Min-jae, who was lying on the ground and protecting his head, breathed a sigh of relief as if he had escaped death...
At this time, Osatu finally blew the whistle, stopped the game, and walked towards Anguisa and Lobotka who were still lying on the ground.
The home team fans in the stadium booed, and only the small group of Roma fans gathered cheered.
VAR once again confirmed that Chen Xiaoliang's movements were indeed big, but they were all reasonable continuation of the scramble for the ball. He did not deliberately increase his strength or change the direction of his force to attack the opponent after touching the ball, so he really could not be called for a foul.
Napoli's team doctor came in quickly, but as two people fell down at the same time, he was too busy to handle the situation.
In slow motion on the broadcast screen, Chen Xiaoliang's forehead hit Anguisa's right ear directly after the header. Although it is not like the temple which has no bone protection, it is also a relatively soft part of the skull.
After being tackled, Lobotka stood up soon after, cursed a few words but knew he was in the wrong, so he did not go up to Chen Xiaoliang to argue.
The team doctor diagnosed Anguiza as possibly suffering a concussion and unable to continue the game. Spalletti asked his assistant coach to replace him with striker Raspadori and replaced Lozano with Elmas. He then walked to the sidelines and directly confronted Osato, accusing him of doing nothing and condoning violence on the field.
Osatu was furious, thinking, "Damn it, your players just forced themselves on the other side, and I gave them enough face by only calling a foul card. Now you have the nerve to accuse me of condoning violence?"
Just as he turned around and was about to walk over to warn Spalletti, Chen Xiaoliang rubbed his forehead and walked ahead of him.
He rubbed his forehead because his head hit Anguisa's cheek, and he was actually in pain...
The teammates watched their captain walk towards the opposing coach and feared a major conflict might break out, so they immediately ran over to try to stop the two sides from getting angry.
Chen Xiaoliang pointed at Spalletti and said, "Do you know what nickname the fans in Glasgow gave me when I was in Glasgow?"
Enzo, who ran over and heard this, was happy, but he felt very happy in his heart.
Spalletti yelled: "What the hell do I care about your name! You butcher!"
At this time, the two men seemed to have changed their appearances. Enzo held Chen Xiaoliang's hand and pulled him back. Matic and others on the sidelines came over to stand between the two. Osato, who originally wanted to attack Spalletti, also became a peacemaker.
Chen Xiaoliang backed away, putting his left hand behind his left ear and said, "Speak louder! What am I?! I can't hear you!"
Enzo thought of his national team teammate Lisandro Martínez.
Every time he played, fans in the stands would hold up a special Argentine flag. In the middle of the blue and white flag was not a sun logo, but a butcher knife.
In Britain, which has a long-standing feud with Argentina, Lima won the trust of fans at Manchester United's home ground with his strong performance, and this flag also appeared in the stands of Old Trafford.
His nickname is the same as Chen Xiaoliang's, "Butcher".
This was the first time Enzo saw Chen Xiaoliang get angry today, and what he found most interesting was that he could have clearly hit the ball at Kim Min-jae with his last kick, but because Kim Min-jae had not actively invaded him before, he chose to end the shot with a falling leaf kick.
But the other two guys who had been looking for trouble before were in a bad situation.
Osato sent Spalletti to the stands and, as a balance, showed Chen Xiaoliang a yellow card.
Enzo: "Cao, Captain, I'm glad I didn't mess with you in training."
Chen Xiaoliang spat on the ground, not to vent his anger, but as a common move by players during games:
"If a tiger doesn't show its might, it's like I'm Hello Katie."
Then he shouted to several teammates nearby: "Less than 10 minutes left, take them down!"
