Chapter 240: Bang 46 feet!

Author: Grayson Gudong

Chapter 240: Bang 46 feet!

Due to the super physical load in the Italian Cup final and the embarrassing situation of only two days of rest, Mourinho made some personnel adjustments in this game.

After all, if you are injured due to excessive fatigue rather than confrontation at this time, it will not only affect the league and the European Cup championship, but also disrupt the players' recovery plan during the offseason.

The three central defenders in this game were the combination of Smalling, Chelic and Kumbra, and Spinazola and Vinia respectively served as left and right wingbacks.

Weilertu and Wolpato serve as double midfielders, while Pellegrini and Abraham have double forwards.

Except for Patricio, only Chen Xiaoliang is the player who played the whole game in the last game and still started tonight. He is still the central defender and plays as an all-round midfielder.

Venice set up an iron barrel formation, which is different from Roma's three central defenders and two side wingbacks. They are the real five defenders, three central defenders and two full-backs, and there are full-backs in front of the full-back.

A pure iron barrel extended pass counterattack array.

Although he is the bottom team and the total starting value of the starter is only a pitiful 39.3 million euros, he still does not punish Ampadu to be selected for the Wales World Cup roster and plays a neutral central defender in the national team.

There is also Cesco's Slovenian national teammate, right-side forward Domen Conigori.

But the huge gap in strength still makes the game one-sided situation.

Rome bombarded the Venice gate from the first second of the game.

But after being pushed out with his head, Venice seized the best opportunity in the game, taking advantage of the weakness of the Roma players who were eager to push up after the start of the game and their bodies had not yet fully entered the state. Right forward Alamu made a cross from the right into the penalty area, left forward Nigerian O'Kelly defeated Kumbra and headed the ball into the net!

Rome 0 to 1 Venice!

The Roma fans who were immersed in winning the Italian Cup before the start of the game immediately cooled down. Mourinho was also angry and sat back on the bench and threw away the water bottle beside him.

AC Milan, which is ranked No. 1 in the league, started slowly and lost three goals casually. Could it be that if you play No. 1 in the bottom, Venice, also wants to do this?!

This ball was like a basin of cold water, which immediately woke up the confused players on the Roma field, and since then, the big counterattack of this game began.

With the formation of the half-time siege and the increase in the number of shots, the 72% possession rate also set their league high this season.

In the 18th minute, there was an excellent free kick opportunity at the top of the penalty area. Pellegrini made a beautiful right-footed arc ball, but unfortunately hit the upper edge of the door frame and bounced out.

In the 23rd minute, Abraham received a straight pass from Weiletu on the left and broke into the penalty area, but facing the opponent's goalkeeper Marenpa, he continuously adjusted his left and right foot, but finally pushed it quickly, just pushing it on the goalkeeper and missed a one-on-one shot.

In the 31st minute, Pellegrini suddenly fell while running on the set-piece offense, and the two sides had a small-scale conflict. After checking the VAR, the referee found that Venice's Moroccan wing forward Kiene deliberately kicked Pellegrini's key part and drove him out directly with a red card!

Although the balance of the game was tilted, Pellegrini, who stood up hard, looked painful.

Facing the live broadcast of more than a dozen camera positions in the game, he wanted to rub it but didn't dare to rub it. Dandan's hidden pain made him feel hurt every step, and the free kick was handed over to Weilertu to take the penalty.

Weilertu's subsequent bounce shot from the earth was firmly swept by Venetian goalkeeper Marenpa.

In the 40th minute, Abraham got another one-on-one chance. Chen Xiaoliang made a long-distance pass near the center line. Abraham received the ball and entered the penalty area from the left. After cutting inside, he wanted to throw away the opponent's defender and shot, the opponent saw through and stretched his legs to block his shot.

In the 41st minute, Vinia's powerful long shot was blocked by Marmpa with the lower plate.

In the 43rd minute, Pellegrini's free kick was saved by Marenpa again.

Roma shot 20 shots in the first half and 8 shots, but they did not work.

Mourinho and Forti also fully realized a problem. When there is no fulcrum in the penalty area to involve defense, Abraham's individual combat ability will be severely limited by the opponent's strict defense. Although he is tall, weight, and speed, his lack of ability to confront the ability and low enthusiasm for confrontation make him unable to effectively hold the ball on his back, nor can he withstand the opponent's central defender heading the ball in the penalty area to compete for the top.

This is also why Chelsea are willing to sell him, and at the same time spent 115 million euros to buy the strong Lukaku.

In the fierce battle against the Premier League, where the back line is full of people, centers like Abraham cannot gain a foothold at all.

However, at Chelsea, Lukaku was not doing well. With two rounds left in the league, he only scored 8 goals in 24 appearances. The FA Cup and the League Cup combined together were 3 goals, making the club and fans call him a plagiarism.

Like Abraham, Chelsea originally wanted a center forward who could stand in the penalty area and help the team with the pressure of defense to destroy the city, but Lukaku always liked to roam on the sidelines and used his unreliable crosses to assist his teammates...

Mourinho is naturally familiar with this. When he coached Manchester United, Lukaku was the player he introduced.

However, Mourinho also heard news from Roma scouts that Inter Milan wanted to get Lukaku back next season, but he would still let him partner with Lautaro on the front line.

Thinking of this, Mourinho felt annoyed again when the team's central defender's recruitment issue.

Even if you play Venice, you can lose the goal first. Next season, the three giants will definitely focus on signings, and Napoli will not be idle either. How can this defense line deal with the two challenges of the league and the Champions League?

During the halftime break, he did not make any special tactics, but asked every player to play more simply, especially Abraham. The more he wanted to score the goal, the more he was more careful and dragged on the mud. The more he was not so good, the less he could not score the goal.

He also replaced veteran Matic with active performance, but under the opponent's iron barrel formation, it was difficult to make a difference because of his lack of experience.

Zalevsky, who also had stronger offensive ability, replaced Binia and strengthened the attack on both sides.

At the beginning of the second half, Roma significantly strengthened the routine and number of crosses from the wing.

In the 51st minute, Matic received Pellegrini from the top of the penalty area and knocked back the shot. The shot from his left foot was very strong and the angle was very tricky. Venice goalkeeper Marenpa didn't have time to make any reaction, but the ball finally hit the lower edge of the crossbar with extremely bad luck, rebounded back and hit the ground and bounced high. The central defender Ampadu pushed back to the terrifying Marenpa.

This is Roma's second goal frame in this game. Even the commentator of the Italian Sky Sports, who is paying attention to the league championship competition, Italian national team coach Robert Mancini is saying that perhaps Roma has used up all the remaining luck of the season in the final of the last Italian Cup.

Mancini's words had just finished. In the 55th minute, Roma received a free kick from the left side of the penalty area.

Pellegrini scored a free kick and went straight to the dead corner of the upper left corner of the goal, but what was surprising was that the ball hit the crossbar again.

Pellegrini covered her face with her hands, and she felt speechless.

Seeing that Mourinho could not defeat him for a long time, he replaced Veritu and replaced Sesco.

In the 60th minute, Sesco held back the defense of two central defenders in the middle. Abraham received a pass from Chen Xiaoliang on the left side of the penalty area, and directly shot with his right foot, but the ball was saved by Marenpa.

Roma won a corner kick.

Pellegrini made a free throw, and Smolin jumped up in the middle to compete for the top, and the ball was blocked by Venice's Italian central defender Secaroni on the goal line.

The Roman fans in the stands were making "Oh!" and "ah..." screams with each attack of the team, while Mourinho on the sidelines could only put his hands on his hips and frowned and watched the progress on the field anxiously.

He didn't know what to do. He did everything he could, and he couldn't play on his own.

The deal for the Georgian exponent Kvaratschlia has been finalized, but the players will not come to the team until the team regroups after the offseason in July. The recent news that Juventus' Argentine star Dybala is quarreling a contract renewal with the team is well known, and Roma's director Pinto has also contacted the latter's agent.

In addition, Torino captain Belotti is 29 years old and his contract with the club is about to expire.

After helping Italy win the European Cup last summer, he also wanted to join a bigger team in the final stages of his career to win one or two club-level championships for himself.

Although Belotti has achieved amazing performances of 26 goals in 35 league games in the 2016-17 season, his goal efficiency in the next few seasons was not high, nor was he a pure center forward, but his good physical fitness, header ability and ball control ability allow him to catch the ball in the penalty area and create opportunities for his teammates while creating personal threats.

After all, this season, the team's large number of offensive tasks have been placed on Cesco, who is only 18 years old. In the absence of rotation, the load and intensity of the Champions League will obviously be very unfavorable to the long-term growth of a young player.

Similarly, in order to find a qualified partner and rotate for Chen Xiaoliang, Paris Saint-Germain's Dutch midfielder Wijnaldum's loan negotiations were also going smoothly.

Mourinho is very confident that he can win these three powerful new players after Kvaratskhelia.

But far water cannot quench near thirst, and the game in front of you still has to be hoped for by these players in front of you.

With his picky eyes and requirements, especially his experience of coaching giants and leading those stars, he felt very dissatisfied with the performance of the players on the court tonight.

But Chen Xiaoliang is the only exception.

In his eyes, this red country boy will fight everything as long as he steps on the court.

The same is true tonight. Chen Xiaoliang took on almost all the midfield transfers in the frontcourt, constantly using his nearly infinite running to open up the gap, allowing the ball to run at any location to be blocked from running, and he can have his own return point to reorganize the offense.

At the same time, in defense, whenever Venice tried to counterattack with a long pass, he was always the first to run back to the backcourt to assist the defender in interception, and even directly cut off the pass and then brought it back to the frontcourt to organize the offense.

But facing such an iron barrel formation, Chen Xiaoliang is not enough. Even if Messi, who is a few years younger, Cristiano Ronaldo comes, he needs his teammates to work together to win the game.

What's more, Rome on the field beats one more person at this time.

In the 65th minute, hard work pays off, and Rome's continuous and unremitting attack finally reaped the results!

Chen Xiaoliang received the ball in the middle outside the penalty area, suddenly changed direction to the right and pulled out the gap to make the action of shooting, and then passed a cross to the back point.

Spinazola, who was inserted into the back point, did not shoot at a small angle, but used her left foot to volley back to the middle. Sesco not only attracted two central defenders in the middle, but his header diving forward attracted goalkeeper Marenpa to attack.

However, Sesco did not hit the ball. Abraham, who was wandering two meters to his right, did not know whether he was agile or panic, but he pushed the ball into the almost unguarded gate with a knee!

Roma finally tied the score 1-1!

After finally scoring the goal, Abraham was about to rush to the stands to celebrate with the fans when he was Pellegrinila returned.

Spinazola, who gave the assist, rushed into the goal, grabbed the ball under the obstruction of Marmpa and ran quickly towards the center line.

Equalifying only means you can get 1 point, just to equalize AC Milan with one more game. Once AC Milan wins at San Siro’s home game against Atlanta in this round, the gap will be further 3 points, which means that the championship will only have theoretical possibilities.

Because of the league twice this season against AC Milan, Roma tied at home and lost away.

According to the rules of Serie A, even if the last 38 rounds of the league are all over and the two teams are the same, they will first look at the winning or losing relationship between the two sides, and then look at who has more goal difference in the match between the two sides, then compare the league goal difference, and finally compare the total number of goals scored in the league.

Although there are still the first four items in theory, it is still impossible to tell who is higher or lower. In the end, it has to decide the fifth item of ranking through draw lots, this kind of thing only happens in theory. Based on the actual situation of this season, as long as Roma finally scores with Milan, relying solely on the first item's winning or losing relationship, Milan must be the one in front.

So in the last two rounds, Roma not only had to win, but also had to make full use of the "advantage" of the game first to create psychological pressure for AC Milan, and then expect them to make mistakes.

After Venice kicked off, Roma quickly grabbed the ball and continued to attack!

Roma's attack method is also very simple. After Cesco got on the side, he made a cross from the side and then competed for the top in the middle.

This made Robert Mancini, who was commenting on Sky Sports live broadcast room, couldn't help but think of when he coached Manchester City in the Premier League. There was a team called Stoke City. At that time, the head coach of Welshman Tony Price led the team into the famous "Sky City".

As long as you have the chance, you can hang into the restricted area.

In sports games, you will play crosses from the wing, and if you don’t have the chance, you will directly look for the high center forward in the frontcourt without the chance;

Except for those who can shoot directly, no matter what distance it is, as long as it is, they will be hung into the penalty area;

Even the outbound balls near both sides of the penalty area in the frontcourt, they found an Irish god named Rory John Drapp, who could throw the ball from outside the boundary quickly and flatly directly into the penalty area, and the accuracy was more accurate than a corner kick with his feet.
To be continued...