Chapter 315: The Divine Punisher from Heaven (Part 2)
3-0, leading 3-1 in the aggregate. During the halftime break, both teams returned to the locker room, thinking about how to deal with possible changes from the opponent in the second half.
Unlike Dortmund, which has no way to retreat and must attack, Roma has obviously more options for playing.
Mourinho was hesitant, so he kept explaining Dortmund's tactical arrangements, but did not decide how to play in the second half.
If he were allowed to choose, he would definitely choose defensive counterattack, which is more in line with his inner habits and can also cope with Dortmund's inevitable intensified offense in the second half.
But the reality is that today's 3-0 situation was not achieved through counterattack.
So he turned his eyes to Chen Xiaoliang. Generally speaking, doing this after he finished speaking meant that the captain could lead the team in shouting slogans and then walk out of the locker room to prepare for the second half of the game.
It’s just that today it’s a little early, and there are still 6 minutes before the start of the second half.
Chen Xiaoliang is so smart, and he has been with Mourinho for almost two years, so he has a pretty good understanding of his temper, personality, and habitual way of thinking .
He stood up and walked to the middle of the locker room, but instead of calling everyone forward, he said something else first:
"In my hometown, there is a very popular TV series recently, and there is a character in it that is loved by many people."
"One of his lines has become a catchphrase for many people."
Chen Xiaoliang raised his right hand, extended his index finger, and pointed to the ground as he spoke.
“The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish!”
"Many people asked before the game whether Roma could turn the tables, whether they were only good at bullying, and whether many of them were in the knockout stage for the first time, whether they could adapt."
"It's 3-0 now, 3-1 on aggregate, we've proved halfway, but it's not enough!"
"I've said everything I needed to say at the end of the last round. Now I just want to say, if they want to fight, then we'll play with them!"
"Not only do we need to tell them how to write the word Rome, but we also need to tell them about the opponents we will encounter later. No one who comes here will be able to escape unscathed!"
“Come, come, come…”
The teammates were so excited by what Chen Xiaoliang said that when they saw him finally waving for everyone to come over, some of them threw away their towels, some clapped their hands vigorously, and then they all walked over and formed a group.
"Rome!"
"Champion! Champion!! Champion!!!"
On the other side, the situation on the field was destroying the spirits of Dortmund players.
They must attack and use offense to make up for the 2-goal difference, but many people began to doubt whether they can do this.
The two veteran players, Reus and Hummels, who are also captains, kept shouting to encourage their teammates, but they are relatively quiet by nature and do not like to fight, so naturally they could not say anything too inflammatory.
Similarly, despite his outstanding coaching performance , Terzic, who is only 41 years old, has not experienced many Champions League knockout rounds.
Bellingham had mixed feelings. At the beginning of the season, he watched Haaland leave for the Premier League. Not only was he a main player for Manchester City, he also became the second most valuable superstar in football. You know, he was a player who was not even qualified to participate in the World Cup.
As for myself, my performance in the World Cup was acceptable, but England failed to surpass France and go further. Although the outside world's evaluation of me was much better than Pedri and Gavi, Enzo suddenly appeared and joined Chelsea for a sky-high price just a few days after arriving in Europe and became a main midfielder.
Last summer, Dortmund insisted on not letting me go, and I was already a little unhappy. Now my mind is full of thoughts about improving my stats in Dortmund, and at the same time trying to get 1-2 championships, so that my value can go up a step further. This way, this summer, those clubs that have been flirting with me for a long time will surely send me a high offer and a big contract, so that I can secure my position as a main player in a giant club in one fell swoop.
Originally, defeating Chen Xiaoliang, who was also worth 100 million, was the best chance to move up, but today not only was the team's defense poor, but they also conceded three goals in the first half, including follow-up shots and back hooks, stealing the spotlight and almost becoming a background board.
The more he thought about it, the more upset he became. He was only thinking about how to improve his performance in the second half, so he had no time to encourage his teammates.
As a result, when both sides returned to the court to prepare to start the second half of the game, their mentality and morale were completely different.
Terzic made a desperate move and replaced left-back Guerrero with right winger, American teenager Reina.
In this way, the four-man defense was changed to a three-man defense, with Bellingham retreating to the middle and playing as a central midfielder with Ozcan, plus the defensive midfielder Emre Can, and the midfield was also a regular three-man configuration.
Reus played as attacking midfielder behind Allais, with Reina on the right and Adeyemi on the left.
This formation is 3-3-4 when attacking, and 3-5-2 when defending with the two wingers retreating a little.
Terzic's idea was good, but driven by the eagerness to score goals, the players basically only executed 3-3-4 and there was no sign of 3-5-2 at all.
This made the two wingers, Kvart and Dybala, very happy.
Under normal circumstances, no coach would just put one defender on the wing to defend these two players.
Although in the tactical arrangement, the two central midfielders Ozcan and Bellingham still have the task of pulling to the side to assist in defense, Ozcan occasionally checks on Dybala, while Bellingham keeps pressing forward and almost plays as a double attacking midfielder with Reus.
Less than five minutes into the second half, although Mourinho looked serious on the surface, he was actually very happy in his heart.
I have never seen a fish jump out of the water to bite the hook before the hook has even entered the water.
With five men piled up in front, Dortmund's forward movement could only rely on risky long passes or long-distance passes.
In the 51st minute, Wolf, who played as a right center back in the second half, made a straight pass to Bellingham who kept asking for the ball. Chen Xiaoliang didn't even need to take action for this kind of ball. Wijnaldum, who was eager to make up for the two missed scoring opportunities in the first round, had been waiting for a long time like a hunter. He took a few steps forward and intercepted the ball halfway, and then made a long diagonal pass to Dybala who was unguarded on the right side.
Dybala took several steps and Ozcan came over to harass him. He passed the ball horizontally to the left to Cesco who retreated to receive the ball.
Cesco took the ball with his back and passed it to the left to Chen Xiaoliang who came in from the center circle.
Chen Xiaoliang took a few steps and Emre Can came up to block him. He then passed the ball to Kva on the left again.
Wolf, who played as a right center back and was afraid to move too far to the side, was not at all next to Kva. When Chen Xiaoliang passed the ball, Kva had already entered the side of the penalty area.
Wolf stepped forward to defend head-on. Kva dribbled a few times but did not choose to force a breakthrough. Instead, he passed the ball back to Chen Xiaoliang who had advanced to the inside of the arc.
Emre Can once again defended Chen Xiaoliang head-on. Chen Xiaoliang took a feint to the right and found that the German midfielder was not fooled. He thought that he was worthy of being a star who had won the Champions League and played for three top clubs.
If technology can't solve the problem, then use violence.
He pushed the ball to the left and started at full speed. Emre Can is indeed knowledgeable and experienced in major competitions, but no matter how good the AE86 is at the five hairpin turns on Akina Mountain, it can't compete with the F1 on the straights. Chen Xiaoliang got past him in two steps and created a body length of shooting distance.
Kerber, Chen Xiaoliang glanced at him out of the corner of his eye. In the last game, it was this man who turned sideways at the last moment to block the forced shot after he fell to the ground.
This revenge must be avenged.
Now, Chen Xiaoliang can shoot with his right foot or his left foot, he can shoot from the upper corner or from the ground, he can shoot from the near corner or from the far corner. Kerber is like a helpless target, not knowing how the bullet will come at him.
Chen Xiaoliang swung his right foot and landed quickly!
He stepped on the grass and made an adjustment, but at this moment, Kerber squatted down and prepared to make a save, and Chen Xiaoliang immediately pushed the ball into the far corner with the inside of his left foot.
The ball was not fast at all, but it passed through the crotch of Hummels who stretched out his legs to block it, and then rolled into the goal between his fingertips and the goal post as Kerber fell to the ground and dived sideways.
Zhan Jun: "This ball goes in! 4-0! Hat trick!"
Zhang Lu: "Oh! Hahaha! This is unbelievable! He is fighting like crazy! Hehehehe!"
All the players on the Roma bench jumped up, and Mourinho couldn't help laughing, but kept shaking his head in disbelief.
He instructed Forti to prepare to replace some rotation players, as there was no suspense in this game.
Forti was also very happy. Everyone knew that the team could imagine which team would be the next opponent. He asked Mourinho: "Jose, do you want to replace Chen and let him have a rest?"
Mourinho: "What are you thinking? If this is a league match, we will see each other sooner or later. We should give others face so that we can meet each other in the future. It's okay to replace him. But this is the Champions League knockout match. In the last game in Westfalen, did they give us face?"
"I'm not like some people who put on airs and have to replace one or two people when leading by a large margin to show that they are indifferent. Today, since this kid wants to take these brats for revenge, let them have enough trouble. There is no difference between 4-0 and 8-0. It's too late to keep a low profile now."
Forti didn't expect to be criticized for asking a question out of kindness, so he quickly nodded and ran to the side to let Pellegrini and others warm up and get ready to go on the court.
Barrage:
[The Pope comes, and all beings retreat]
[The one in front, what Pope? This is God possessed]
[Xiaoliang is too much for using the Champions League knockout stage to improve his statistics, but I like it very much]
[After tonight's game, will Bellingham lose 20 million, or will Xiaoliang increase 20 million? ]
[They have a household registration booklet, so they can’t fall]
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Zhang Lu: "This game can be regarded as Roma's best offensive performance this season, not just because of the high number of goals. The series of passes from the backcourt forward, from left to right and then from right to left, fully utilized the width of the field, and the passing lines were very clear."
Zhan Jun: "It is indeed as Zhang Zhi said. Not only Roma was in exceptional form today, Xiaoliang also completed his first hat trick in the Champions League!"
“It also helped him become the first Asian player to score a hat trick in the Champions League elimination match!”
"At the same time, he surpassed Rooney, who completed a hat-trick at the age of 18 years and 340 days. At 18 years and 286 days, he became the second youngest player in the history of the Champions League to complete a hat-trick. The first one is Real Madrid legend Raul, who was 18 years and 114 days old!"
"But those two achieved their records against relatively weaker opponents in the group stage."
"In addition, Xiaoliang's assist hat trick in the 6-1 group match against Red Bull Salzburg is also the youngest record in the history of the Champions League."
"According to the comments from the fans, 'There's nothing much to say, just come and worship!'"
Zhang Lu: "Today was truly amazing. I would say it was the most amazing game in this magical season. The future is limitless."
On the Dortmund side, Terzic seemed to feel that he had to do something. He replaced the center forward Haller, who was invisible today like Moukoko in the previous game, with substitute striker Doniel Malen.
When Ale left the field, he kept his head down, muttering to himself in dissatisfaction.
Mukoko, who was sitting on the sidelines, understood this kind of pain.
What does it mean to be invisible? If the ball can't be passed, how can it not be invisible?
Referee Gzubyuk blew the whistle for the opening kick-off, and Dortmund kicked off from the center circle for the fifth time.
The referee from the Netherlands knew that he would most likely referee a game that would go down in history today. He did not want to leave a stain in this game that was destined to be discussed repeatedly by all parties after the game, so he tried his best to balance the situation on the field, especially the actions of the players on the lagging Dortmund side, to avoid disgusting fouls such as revenge or sneak attacks out of anger.
In the 59th minute, Roma made the first wave of substitutions earlier than usual.
Wijnaldum, Dybala and Smalling were replaced by Perrone, Abraham and Ibanez.
Mourinho hopes that these two players can find their feeling more in the game and play a bigger role in the rotation in the next league. As for Ibanez, he hopes to reverse his state and avoid being affected by the previous own goal.
I just didn't expect this "feeling" to come so quickly.
In the 61st minute, Cristante made a long shot from behind, which hit the blocking body of Hummels and bounced out of the bottom line, and Roma won a corner kick on the right side.
Pellegrini kicked the ball, which flew very high and landed directly on the far side of the back post.
Guevadio and Sule were fighting nearby, and there were also crazy Chen Xiaoliang and Cesco in the middle. A group of Dortmund players gathered here to defend these important targets, and completely ignored Malaysia who sneaked in from outside the penalty area.
The Dutch left-back stood in place and pushed the ball hard towards the goal. Kerber jumped up and stretched out his right hand to block the ball!
The ball bounced to the middle in a parabola. Cesco jumped first, and Schlotterbeck who was defending him and Wolf on the side also jumped up immediately.
All three of them fell to the ground, but Chen Xiaoliang behind Cesco jumped up!
At this moment, all he was thinking about was helping his teammates pass the ball, expanding the score, destroying the opponent, and allowing more teammates to gain confidence by scoring goals.
So he headed the ball towards the right post, where Abraham and Ibanez were.
The ball flew over, and Abraham jumped high relying on his height and long legs, and headed the ball into the goal with all his strength!
Kerber is indeed a good goalkeeper. Having just completed a jumping save, he has now moved to the right goal post and made two wonderful sideways saves.
The ball bounced back to the middle of the penalty area!
Sesco wanted to jump up, but seeing that he could not compete with him in the high ball, Wolff reached out and pulled Sesco, wanting his teammate Strobeck to head the ball out.
Unexpectedly, after this pull, Cesco was not stupid and immediately fell on Wolff, and Wolff lost his balance and hit Strobeck, and the three of them fell to the ground like crabs .
The referee Gezubyuk had the whistle in his mouth for a long time, but he did not blow it immediately because the ball fell in front of Chen Xiaoliang again!
There was no way out now. The three people in front of him all fell to the ground, and there was only the goal in front of him. If he didn't cherish the opportunity, even God would be displeased.
Chen Xiaoliang leaned forward, dived forward, hit the ball with his forehead, and headed the ball straight towards the left goal post.
Poor Kerber just got up from the right goal post and ran over desperately but couldn't catch up. He slid to his knees and could only watch sadly as the score was rewritten to 5-0.
Zhan Jun: "This ball...goes in again! A hat trick! I believe all the fans who stayed up late to watch the game tonight must be going crazy!"
Zhang Lu: "When the ball comes, it can't be stopped."
The last time the Olympic Stadium in Rome was so crazy was the Champions League match when they reversed and eliminated Barcelona.
Not only did many grown men take off their shirts and shout loudly under the cold February moon, even several curvy female fans did the same thing, swinging their special breastplates filled with steel rings a few times and throwing them forward, attracting a frenzy of grabs from the male fans in the next level of the stands.
The director didn't even have time to blur the scene and quickly moved the camera away.
Barrage:
[Cameraman, I advise you to be a decent person. Why don’t you show it to us after you’ve finished watching it yourself? ]
【Visual G】
【Have you seen the one above? 】
[Bullshit, that happened in Stand G]
…
The fallen Strobeck actually didn't see clearly who knocked him down, but he was so angry that he ran directly to the referee Gzubyuk and asked him why he didn't blow the whistle.
Gzubyuk explained to him at first, but when he saw the "culprit" Wolf also running over to make trouble, he directly showed him a yellow card.
Good boy, you secretly pulled people into the penalty area and ran over to fan the flames. Gejubiuk called him aside and warned him.
The broadcast camera replayed his little action again and again, but the fans in the stadium could not see it, and the Dortmund bench was also questioning the fourth official.
Wolfe knew he was in the wrong, so after giving the warning he shook his hands twice in pretended dissatisfaction and ran away guiltily.
Terzic was completely aware this time that the game was over, and he knew even more that if he lost again, the coaching position he had waited so long for would be in jeopardy.
With a wave of his hand, he replaced the left back with Paslack and the midfielder with Dahoud, replaced Reus and Adeyemi, and changed the formation to 4-3-3, directly ordering the team to retreat and play a defensive counterattack.
If we can score another goal on the counterattack...we can’t lose the ball anymore.
But things in this world are not what anyone wants them to be. Terzic doesn't want to lose the ball again, but Chen Xiaoliang doesn't want to.
Although the full retreat did strengthen Dortmund's defense, in the next 10 minutes, Roma's offensive space was significantly reduced, and they turned more to positional warfare and ball-holding offense, but the opportunity still came in the 72nd minute.
Chen Xiaoliang moved to the left side of the center to receive the ball. Bellingham retreated and stuck to Chen Xiaoliang from behind, trying to steal the ball, but was afraid that Chen Xiaoliang would use his speed to throw him away, so he pulled his right arm with his left hand and kicked the ball.
The problem was that Chen Xiaoliang was already prepared. He arched his back and stretched out his hand to stop him while preparing to speed forward to get rid of him.
Bellingham has been feeling frustrated so far. Not only did he have a poor performance throughout the game, but the team also lost miserably. If the defense can't even hold up, one can imagine how the media and fans will ridicule him after the game.
With hatred in his heart, he kicked Chen Xiaoliang's right leg hard, tripping him to the ground.
“Beep!”
Faced with such a player who actively looked for trouble, the referee Gezubyuk gave him a yellow card without hesitation.
Bellingham wanted to explain, but seeing that Gzubyuk asked him to leave as soon as possible and made a gesture for the home team to prepare for a free kick, he had no choice but to spread his hands and walk away.
On the left side of the penalty area, 35 meters away, Pellegrini walked over and Kva was also nearby.
Cristante, Guadiol and Ibanez also entered the penalty area.
Pellegrini is good at arc balls with the inside of his right foot. This angle is suitable, but the distance is too far and beyond his reasonable shooting range.
He and Chen Xiaoliang covered their mouths with their hands and discussed something there, pointing at Kwa on the left and then pointing at the penalty area.
Kerber didn't buy it. He kept adjusting the three-man human wall and asked his teammates in the penalty area to keep a certain distance while defending to avoid being opened up by the opposing players through off-ball screens.
“Beep!”
The referee Gejubiuk blew the whistle, and Chen Xiaoliang slowly walked to the right rear of the penalty spot, as if he was going to retreat and prepare for defense.
After he got into position, Pellegrini started his sprint!
Right foot, swing back, land, jump up from the wall!
The ball passed to the right, in front of Chen Xiaoliang!
As soon as the ball came out, Chen Xiaoliang had already started to run. It was easy for the people to jump up from the wall, but it was difficult for the people to land when they were in mid-air.
Emre Can rushed over from the penalty area line, but he was too far away and out of reach!
Chen Xiaoliang rushed forward in three steps, using the inertia of his running start to increase the force of his leg's forward swing, and kicked the ball with the instep of his foot in the lower middle part!
"Bang!"
The first pop is the sound of the ball popping out after it hits the ball!
"Bang!"
The second crisp sound was the sound of the ball hitting the left post!
"yeah!"
The third cheer from the entire stadium was the sound of the ball hitting the inside of the post and bouncing into the goal!
Zhan Jun: "Another victory, five men have won the championship! No words can describe this game and Xiaoliang's superb performance!"
Zhang Lu: "No praise is too much."
Zhan Jun: "But Zhang Zhi, there is more than one incredible thing! In another Champions League quarter-final that was held at the same time, Manchester City, who was also playing at home, was already leading the visiting team 6-0, and the devil Haaland also scored 5 goals!"
Zhang Lu: "Wow! This is really interesting. All ."
Zhan Jun: "But Guardiola has already substituted Haaland over there, and Xiaoliang is still on the field. There are less than 20 minutes left in the game. I wonder if Xiaoliang can further expand the score and achieve the miracle of 6 goals in a single game!"
Zhang Lu: "Given his condition today, any result is possible. Look at the Dortmund players, they don't have any spirit at all. It feels like they are suffering to stay on the field. They must want to finish the game quickly and go home quickly."
After celebrating the goal, Chen Xiaoliang waved to Mourinho on the sidelines.
Mourinho pointed at the bench with his index finger, and Chen Xiaoliang smiled and shook his hand.
The master and the apprentice exchanged opinions in a tacit and concise manner.
Futi: “Really not changing?”
Mourinho: "Hurry up and sit down and watch. You may not get to see a game like this once in your lifetime. Enjoy it."
