Football: Invincible starting from krypton gold

Chapter 121 Rome
In the quarter-finals, Mainz will be host first and then away. On April 4, Mainz will first face Roma at their home stadium, the Opel Arena, and then the second match between the two teams will be at Roma’s home stadium, the Stadio Olimpico, on April 16.

The Roma Club was founded in 1927. Because the team emblem uses the city emblem of Rome - a red wolf breastfeeding two babies, the Roma team has the name of the Red Wolves in Serie A. The Roma team has won a total of 3 Serie A championships and 9 Italian League Cup championships in history. The game with the city rival Lazio is also called the Rome Derby by Serie A fans.

However, Rome this season can be said to be very unfortunate. Prandelli, who had just taken over the team in 2004, became the head coach of the Roma team. Within a few months, Prandelli's wife died of illness, and then Prandelli resigned. In seventh place, this is a long way from the club's expectations.

On April 4, the Roma team arrived in Mainz and started training immediately.

Wöhler said in an interview with reporters afterwards: "I still know the Bundesliga very well. Although Mainz is currently ranked first in the Bundesliga, I don't think it is possible for Mainz to win the Bundesliga again this season. As far as I know, Mainz is currently in trouble in the Bundesliga. This is the reason for the lack of stamina of a team. This is the background of the team. This is not a problem that can be solved in one season. Mainz has a long way to go to build a team. In fact, their biggest mistake is that they should not put this pressure on a young team As an 18-year-old player, although Chen Xiao is very strong and can be said to be a well-known rising star in Europe this season, he is still too young and needs more games to hone. Regarding the result of this game, I think we will win the final victory."

After listening to Wöller's words, the reporters were very happy. Since this season, no one who has underestimated Mainz has ever had a good result. How cruel the words before the game are, how embarrassing they are after the game.

Mainz, as always, performed very low-key before the game.

At 4 pm on April 16, the first game of the quarter-finals between Mainz and Rome officially started with the referee's whistle.

Mainz continued their starting lineup: goalkeeper Wiese, four defenders Gabriel, Van der Meyden, Toby, Nigte, double midfielders Albertini and Petit, left and right wingers Chen Xiao and Quaresma, forward forward Di Natale.

Under the leadership of Vorrall this season, Roma mainly plays the 41311 formation. The goalkeeper Pellizzoli, the four defenders are Panucci, Mex, Keforet, Candela, the midfielder De Rossi, the three midfielders are Mancini, Dacourt, Perrotta, and the forwards are Totti and Cassano. However, from the formation point of view, Totti is behind Cassano.

After the start of the game, Mainz showed their style of play to the fullest, attacking at the beginning, and Rome, which has always been slow, was beaten by Mainz in the first 15 minutes after the opening.

However, Pellizzoli's state today is very brave. If it weren't for Pellizzoli's wonderful performance, Mainz would have taken the lead within 10 minutes of the opening. After attacking for nearly 15 minutes, Mainz saw that there was no way to take the lead, so they immediately retracted their formation according to the established tactics, but their defensive strength in the midfield was stronger.

The slow and slow Roma has also gradually regained its form and began to strengthen its offense. To be honest, although Roma’s performance in Serie A this season is not very good, its strength should not be underestimated. The strength of the team’s core Totti is very strong.

However, there is a player in the Mainz team who is very familiar with Totti, and that is Albertini. The two were direct opponents in Serie A. In this game, Klopp also arranged for Albertini to mark Totti.

After Rome gradually moved the formation forward, Chen Xiao was able to find more opportunities.

In the 24th minute of the game, Mainz ushered in their first goal of the game.

Troshovsky retreated to participate in the defense and teamed up with Petit to snatch the football from Perotta's feet. After getting the damaged ball first, he passed the ball directly to Chen Xiao on the side. As soon as Chen Xiao got the ball, Panucci pounced on him.

After feeling the strength of Panucci, who was close to him, Chen Xiao suddenly pushed back hard, and then picked the ball with his left foot, and the ball went directly over the head of Panucci, who was defending with a low center of gravity, and Panucci was suddenly pushed by Chen Xiao. He was a little unprepared, and his feet staggered.

Chen Xiao's breakthrough made Panucci unable to react in time, and he didn't even have time to use fouls. De Rossi, who was preparing to help defend, was not a speed player, so after Chen Xiao passed Panucci, there was a smooth road ahead.

After rushing to the bottom line, Chen Xiao looked up at his teammates and saw that only Di Natale was in the penalty area, and he was tightly controlled by Roma's central defender. Seeing this, Chen Xiao did not pass the ball immediately, but directly cut into the penalty area. It was the only choice, and he aimed to block Chen Xiao's passing route.

But will Chen Xiao fulfill his wish?After seeing Mex's intention, Chen Xiao suddenly dribbled the ball horizontally, and then swung his right leg to shoot. After seeing Chen Xiao was about to shoot, Mex was not sure what was going on behind him.It was just a fake move, Chen Xiao made another light buckle, and a Marseille round directly blocked Mex from behind, and Mex didn't dare to make any big moves, so he could only use small movements to influence Chen Xiao at an angle that the referee couldn't see.

At this time, the situation became clear. Now Chen Xiao can shoot and pass the ball. Pellizzoli, who performed well in the first 20 minutes of the game, saw Chen Xiao blocking his own defender behind him, and quickly stepped forward to block Chen Xiao's shot. Seeing Pellizzoli who had lowered his center of gravity, Chen Xiao showed a slight smile, and the tip of his right foot flicked the ball. Pellizzoli looked back when the official football fell into the goal.

1 to 0, Chen Xiao once again used his personal ability to give Mainz the lead.

After scoring the goal, Chen Xiao came to the main stand as usual and showed his number and name to all Mainz fans.

(End of this chapter)