Chapter 218: Still Unable to Win in a Row

In the last two seasons, Parma and Roma have met three times, winning two and drawing one, and are unbeaten. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info But these data can only be used as a reference, in history Parma is still inferior to Roma, and this season Rome is gaining momentum, it is a Serie A "Tanhua", and the "champion" AC Milan is only three points apart, is a strong contender for the championship.

Zhang Shujie is still suspended, Marino bets on Li Mu, Li Mu was in good shape in the last round, and Marino also hopes that he can continue to bring victory to the team. But......

"It's been 30 minutes now, and Roma are 1-0 at home to Parma. Li Mu, who performed well in the last round of the league, has not had a shot on goal until now!"

Liu Jianhong explained the game to the audience in front of the TV, and this v5 was also broadcast, and the fans were looking forward to Li Mu's wonderful performance, but his state seemed to be very average. There was no shot on goal for half an hour, and there was only one dangerous pass, but Giovinco couldn't get his hands on a clever pass.

Li Mu himself was also depressed, he worked harder in this game than the last one, but it was not as dazzling as the previous one. If he had just recovered from an injury that affected his form, why did he perform so well in the battle against Cesena? and he could feel that there was no problem with the ankle injury himself.

Modesto crossed Li Mu diagonally from the left, Li Mu jumped up and unloaded the ball very elegantly, Cassetti stuck up from behind him, he turned sideways, pulled the ball back with the soles of his feet, and avoided Cassetti's interception. When he was about to go further, Mexs suddenly stretched out his foot and pressed forward, Li Mu didn't control the ball well, his body lost his center of gravity, and the ball was lost after falling.

This scene happened in the penalty area, Li Mu raised his hands and looked at the referee. The referee, of course, understood what he meant, and he felt that Meske had fouled him. However, the referee did not blow the whistle and the game continued.

Li Mu got up from the ground with some dissatisfaction and ran back slowly.

Thirty-five minutes later, he still hasn't shot on goal.

For such a performance, he can't be blamed alone, teammates can't share the pressure with him is also a very important factor, although Giovinco is not bad, but after all, he is not a striker, and his partner Amaury will only stand in the penalty area, waiting for his teammates to pass the ball to him.

Li Mu doesn't like to partner with such a striker, because every time he gets the ball, there will always be at least two Roma players who cover him back and forth, and the forward partner is a very key point at this time. But Amaury was in the penalty area, not moving, always fantasizing that Li Mu could pass the ball to him steadily. As everyone knows, if he stands like this, it is easy to be stuck by the opponent's route, even if Li Mu has the ability to reach the sky, it is impossible to pass the ball out on the route that the opponent guards in advance.

It's no wonder that in the first half, Li Mu has only one threatening pass. And Amaury doesn't seem to understand that as a standing center forward, you have to have him as the core of the team to brush up beautiful statistics, but the core of this Parma team's attack is obviously not the new Amaury.

Marino looked at the performance of the players on the field, and was also a little helpless, Li Mu worked very hard, but some luck was not good. He looked at Palladino and said, "Go warm up until the end of the first half." ā€

Marino didn't think about replacing Li Mu, he wanted to replace someone else.

The camera would turn to the stands from time to time, and Zhang Shujie was hidden in the crowd. He's ready to walk and he'll have to train with the team from tomorrow onwards, and it's been exactly a month from the time he got injured until he recovered.

Zhang Shujie has been frowning slightly, Parma relies too much on Li Mu, and always wants to rely on him and Giovinco to create a spark, but this method is easy to be seen through by the opponent, as long as Li Mu is stared at, Parma's attack power is not a threat at all. Roma's defenders are not as easy to deal with as Cesena, and Li Mu can't blindly go it alone.

Under the attack of Mexes and Cassetti, Li Mu passed the ball to Amaury with difficulty, Amaury raised his foot and was about to shoot, the linesman raised the flag, and the referee blew the whistle at the same time.

He was offside.

There was no controversy about the decision, and Amaury didn't argue, just walked out of the box with his head down. Li Mu shook his head and walked back.

Liu Jianhong said regretfully: "Actually, Amaury's ball is withdrawn a little more, or he should not stand in the penalty area and wait, but insert it from behind the defender, maybe it will be better." ā€

Commentator Zhang Lu said with a smile: "Let's put an afterthought, if this ball is replaced by Zhang Shujie, it may be there." ā€

"Nine times out of ten, Zhang Shujie will not wait in place, he will start from the rear. ā€

When the two said this, the cameraman seemed to cooperate with the two, and pointed the camera at Zhang Shujie in the stands.

Chen Hui and Shen Hao sat in the press box, and their opinion of Li Mu was: Although the performance was not very outstanding, it was not bad, but it was a little difficult to support it because of the lack of a good partner.

Giovinco split the ball in the middle, Modesto won the ball and passed to the penalty area, Li Mu did not stop the ball, pulled out his foot and shot angrily, the ball whizzed towards the Roma goal, goalkeeper Sergio did not react to this powerful shot. Just listen to a loud "dang" sound, the ball hit the crossbar, bounced into the sky, and fell out of bounds.

Li Mu kicked the grass clippings on the ground with a look of annoyance. To be fair, his shot was of high quality, and the moment he lifted his foot, from himself, to his team-mates, to the coach to the fans, he thought it was going to be a goal, but the hateful crossbar stopped him.

If it were to be scored, it would definitely be one of the best goals of the round. Even the announcer at the scene had to admit: "This shot without scoring is really wonderful!"

It was Limu's first shot of the game and Parma's last shot of the half. Two minutes into stoppage time, Roma launched an attack when De Rossi played a clever pass to Totti, who leaned on Pasi and fired a long-range shot from the top of the box that flew over the crossbar and into the stands.

The first half was over, with Roma leading 1-0 at home and both teams back in the dressing room. Zhang Shujie in the stands turned his head to look around for Chen Hui and Shen Hao, he knew that the two were sitting in the press box, but because they were too far apart, he couldn't see clearly at all.

Shen Hao and Chen Hui were also looking for Zhang Shujie, and before the game, Zhang Shujie told the two on the phone that they would come to the Olympic Stadium to watch the game. The two looked for a while, but they didn't see where Zhang Shujie was.

It is indeed not so easy to find a person in the Olympic stadium with more than 70,000 people.

The enthusiasm of the Roma fans is very high. After half-time, neither of the top two teams in the table had yet to score, and coincidentally, AC Milan and Napoli were in the first and second places in the table, which was perfect for Roma, who were already in the lead.

The substitutes warmed up on the pitch until the second half of the game soon began and they walked back to the bench. In the second half, Parma made a change to the personnel, with Palladino replacing Amaury and partnering Zhang Shuming in attack. Compared to Amaury, Palladino is more flexible and can advance and retreat.

Roma made no substitutions, the players were in perfect shape, and manager Claudio Ranieri couldn't find a reason to make a substitution. All he has to do is get everyone to keep their form and beat Parma.

Parma's attack improved slightly in the second half, but overall it was still not as good as Roma, and Li Mu told everyone with a long-range shot in the 48th minute that he was starting to find the feeling of the last round. Rome did not dare to be careless, and took strict care of him.

Less than two minutes after Li Mu's shot, De Rossi also replied to him in the same way: This is Roma's home stadium, not Parma!

De Rossi was brought down by A. Lucarelli in the box and the referee did not hesitate to blow for a penalty and gave him a red card.

Parma's players stepped forward to plead, and Li Mu also returned to the penalty area, imploring the referee to withdraw the decision. But this red card is like water that has been spilled, and it is impossible to get it back. What's more, this is still on the territory of Rome, and if the verdict is really reversed, these tens of thousands of Roma fans must not drown him with saliva.

Lucarelli took off his shirt and walked off the pitch with his head down. As he passed by Marino, he didn't dare to look up and walked straight to the locker room.

Liu Jianhong said slowly: "Lucarelli received a red card, which makes it difficult for Parma in the next games. They had to fight with ten!"

Zhang Ludao: "I think Li Mu should be very depressed, he only played six games in 2011, and three of them had teammates receive red cards, accounting for as much as 50%. ā€

"That's true, I hope this bad omen won't affect Li Muyi's fortune throughout the year. Liu Jianhong said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

The penalty was personally taken by the Roman prince Totti, and the penalty was struck to make the score 2:0!

The situation was already very bad for Parma, with two goals down away and one man missing. Not to mention winning the game, you have to thank God forbid to equalize.

It was only 60 minutes into the game, and Parma, who only had 10 men, had a hard time playing the rest of the game. Ten minutes later, the score was still 2:0, and Li Muyin was limited by the number of people in the whole team, so that Roma could be more bold to defend him with two people, without worrying about leaking people.

Claudio Ranieri began to make targeted substitutions, first replacing Totti with Baptista in the 73rd minute and then replacing Adriano with Simplicio in the 77th minute.

Adriano was once the king of Meazza, but he didn't stay on the throne for long and was quickly pulled down by the fans. He came to Roma last summer in the hope of regaining his top spot, but the Stadio Olimpico fans only recognized Totti, and the 29-year-old Adriano did not get enough opportunities.

It was his fifth appearance of the season and he didn't have a shot, not even a shot on goal, and he didn't score a goal all season. When he walked off the field, there were no cheers, no boos, and the fans looked like a passerby, watching him and Simplicio high-five before walking to the bench.

Marino also used a second substitution, with Argentine defender Bulvo, who joined the team in the winter, replacing Modesto, and this substitution made Parma's attack a little less powerful, and it seems that Marino did not want to lose too ugly.

In the eighty-fourth minute of the game, Parma got a good opportunity to counterattack under the laxity of Rome, Morrone made a long pass in the backfield, Li Mu took the ball under the bag of Mexes and Cassetti, and accelerated and rushed over with a ball, Mexs chased back, Li Mu stumbled into the penalty area, knocked on the middle before falling to the ground, Palladino grabbed the point and shot but was saved by Sergio, but the ball was not out of bounds, Parma continued to attack, Giovinco and Roma defender Juan came from behind, neither of them touched the ball.

The ball slid out of the six-yard box, Morrone slapped his horse to catch up, and stabbed the ball into Reese's leg for another line change, and Sergio made a save, only to watch the ball go into the net.

Parma pulled a point back, and with only 10 men, they pulled a point back. It was a goal that sparked morale in the entire Parma squad and they wanted to pull another goal in the little time they had left.

If there were eleven people present, it would not be impossible to rely on the momentum of the ship. But there are not enough people on the Parma field, and once the attack does not go in and is counter-attacked by Roma, it will be very dangerous. Liu Jianhong also said: "Parma is completely desperate, both horizontal and vertical are lost, it is better to fight!"

Li Mu and Giovinco had shots blocked by the goalkeeper and Parma missed two great chances to equalise in the space of three minutes. Roma began to counterattack, and Simplicio and Baptista, who had just come on the field, were full of energy and did not feel tired no matter how they ran. Simplicio squeezed past Morrone and passed the ball to De Rossi, who ran more than ten metres with the ball, spotted Parma's defensive holes and stuffed it to Baptista.

Mirante gave up the goal behind him and went out to the penalty area, Baptista shot with a pick, Mirante jumped with all his strength, the ball rubbed his fingertips around, and fell towards the back goal. Bulvo rushed up and made a diagonal tackle, but it didn't get it, and the ball eventually fell into the goal.

3:1! Roma leads by two goals. And there is only one minute left in the game.

Li Mu looked at the big screen outside the venue, the bright red score stinged his eyes; Zhang Shujie also looked at the big LCD screen, which showed the time of 89′21"; Chen Hui and Shen Hao sat in the press box, silent.

Marino walked back to the bench from the sidelines, and everyone knows what that scoreline represents. Ranieri and his aides smiled and applauded the Roman soldiers. In the stands, the jubilation of Roma fans contrasted sharply with the frustration of Parma fans.

Stoppage time was the same as the first half, two minutes later, when Parma had a shot on goal that was completed by Palladino but not scored. Even if you score, it doesn't matter if you win or lose the game.

At the end of two minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle punctually. Roma beat Parma at home, the Red Wolves' first win over Parma in almost two years, and they still have the potential to win the league title.

Parma, who has Li Mu, failed to win two consecutive victories after all, and now he is shaking hands with all the players and managers of Roma, but at this moment, the cheers of Roma fans suddenly became louder, more than double that just now. Zhang Shujie seemed to think of something, and subconsciously looked at the big screen.

This round of Serie A has all ended, only Roma won the top three teams, AC Milan, which ranked first in the league, was forced to draw at home by Napoli, who ranked second, so the situation in the standings has also undergone some changes, AC Milan continues to be at the top of the table, Roma rose to second, and Napoli fell to third, but these three teams are only one point apart, and in the end everyone has the possibility of winning the championship.

Zhang Shujie doesn't care who the league champion is, he only cares about Parma. Although Parma lost this game, they did not drop in the rankings and remained in twelfth place.

The players slowly walked from the pitch to the locker room, and the huge green field gradually emptied. Zhang Shujie had also stood up, turned around and walked outside the court.