Chapter 22: Fighting Serie A Again

After Roma finished the first leg of the Champions League qualifying round and won by a big margin, the atmosphere in the team was very harmonious and the team was much better than before. The current Roma www.biquge.info the most neat and powerful squad in recent years, and the club's president Palotta for Spalletti's goal in the new season is to win the second Serie A title, enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and win the Coppa Italia. Spalletti has a lot of work on his shoulders, and he's going to have to put these talented players together as quickly as possible to get the most out of them. Roma have not had much transfer news lately, with only one confirmation that Roma have successfully sold Ljajic to Valencia for €10 million. They will now have to concentrate on preparing for the upcoming Serie A first round of the new season against Chievo.

August 21 at 6 p.m. at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. The first round of Serie A matches is about to begin. The Roma and Chievo players were already on the pitch ready to start the game. As the broadcast camera zoomed in, it was found that Liu Heng did not appear in the starting lineup, and the Brazilian star Gerson replaced him. Spalletti appears to be preparing for a Champions League qualifier in midweek. The starting line-up of the Roma team is like this, No. 1 Liu Xin, No. 2 Rudiger, No. 3 Digne, No. 4 captain Naeng, No. 6 Strumman, No. 8 Perotti, No. 14 Gerson, No. 11 Salah, No. 22 Shaarawy, No. 23 Nacho, No. 44 Manolas. The Roma formation is still 4231. Chievo's starting line-up is No. 1 Bisari, No. 5 captain Gambellini, No. 8 Radovanovic, No. 12 Cesar, No. 18 Gobby, No. 19 Castro, No. 21 Frei, No. 23 Bielsa, No. 40 Mpoku, No. 43 Palowski and No. 56 Hatmagi. Chievo is in a 442 formation. Last season, their manager Malan managed to lead Chievo to the top 10 of the table. They are looking forward to the next level in the new season. Today was also the first time Roma's Brazilian star Gerson made his first appearance for Roma, and his performance is worth looking forward to.

Chievo team, known as the Flying Donkey team by Chinese fans. There are also many stars from the Chievo team, such as Corradi, Perrotta, Bierhoff, Amaury, Obiena and a series of national stars. Chievo have excelled in Serie A at the turn of the century, finishing at the top of the table every season, including one year as a substitute in the Champions League. In recent years, the Chievo team has lost its former style and gradually flattened out, fighting for relegation every year. Last season's outstanding performance reminded fans a bit of the glory of those years.

The referee blew the whistle and the game began. Chievo kicked off first. Chievo centre-back Gobby stoed the fast forward Mampoku and was brought up by Rudiger, before Stroman took the ball and pushed forward, where he played the ball to Gerson. Gerson faced defender Radovanovic, he had no intention of passing, he was ready to get past Radwanovic. Radovanovic's precise tackle made it easy to snatch the ball. Gerson also understood that Serie A was not to the point where he could play however he wanted. Radovanovic was also the two players who found the front line with a long pass. Palowski, a former AC Milan player, ran to the edge of the box to get the ball, and Roma centre-back Rudiger also ran out to defend Paloski. Palowski saw Mpoku running and passed to Mpoku with a straight kick, and Mpoku shot at goal!! Liu Xin's beautiful save, Liu Xin blocked the ball with his chest, and Na England arrived to control the ball. Just now, the back line of the Roma team was stunned again. Rudiger left a huge space for Mpoku at the back, with no other Roma team-mates to fill in and Manolas not marking Mpokou. That gave Chievo the chance to go close to finding the back of the net. Liu Xin clapped his hands loudly after making the save, signaling the defenders to cheer up and concentrate. The game continued, under the watchful eyes of the Roma fans, the Roma team did not have the style of a few days, the Roma team played chaotically on the field, without any rules, the defenders did not go through the midfield to find the front court directly after the ball, but the front court players often could not grab the first landing point, and there was no role in the front court. Spalletti motioned to his players from the sidelines to slow down and play short balls. But Chievo's full-court pressing tactics had to keep Roma at their pace, and Roma now lacked a player on the pitch who could hold the ball. The fans of the Roma team began to miss Liu Heng a little. In the 25th minute, Roma slowly regained some game form, and the cooperation of the four people in the front field increased. Gerson picked up the ball in front, and this time he didn't choose to pass, but distributed the ball to the feet of Salah on the left, who bobbed in place a few times, shook some open space and crossed into the box, which was pushed out of the box by Chievo centre-back Gambellini. Stroman got the ball and Struman was ready to shoot from distance!! The ball went in!! Strumman shoots with the outside of his instep. The ball drifted in an eerie arc into the far corner of the goal. Chievo goalkeeper is no match for Sarri. Roma were lucky to have a 1-0 lead over Chievo. However, the Roma fans did not stop cheering, and the race was back on the same page. Chievo kicked off the ball from the halfway line and made a series of passes, before Palowski flanked in front of goal to complete the final blow. The Roma backline didn't put up any resistance and conceded the ball in a daze. Although Liu Xin's fingertips touched the ball and changed direction, the power of the ball was very strong, and the ball still went into the goal. Liu Xin frustrated and fished out the ball from the goal and kicked it out. He couldn't roar anymore now. He hasn't been in Rome for long, and he doesn't know the temperament of his team-mates right now. The first half ended in such a chaotic performance. Roma were lucky not to drop another point in the final moments. Mpoku's header hits the crossbar.

At the beginning of the second half, the Roma team made two changes in a row, Liu Heng replaced Gersson, and Totti replaced Perottti. This is not the first time that Liu Heng and Totti have appeared at the same time. This is Liu Heng's second trip to Serie A. Two years ago, they had created some miracles, but unfortunately Liu Heng's performance was too poor and he returned to the Rome reserve team. Spalletti's two substitutions meant that his pre-match tactical thinking was all pushed to a rebuild. The current Roman team is missing Liu Heng, just like missing a key screw, it can't work. And Totti's play is to stabilize the morale of the army, improve the quality of shooting, and at the same time use Totti to attract the defense and create opportunities for Liu Heng to score after cutting. In Liu Heng's three-year career, he has played a total of four positions: left and right forward, forward midfielder, and center forward. It can be seen that his comprehensiveness also stems from his own conditions. He can shoot and pass the ball with both feet. There is no such thing as a backward foot. The second is that his big-picture vision and ball control skills are unique. Italy's assessment in this regard is that Pirlo has been seen. Finally, there's the dedication, it's hard to see him sloppy on the pitch and he's always at the top of the pitch. At the beginning of the second half, Liu Heng used his foot skills in exchange for a yellow card from the opponent. Chievo's players felt that there were too many players to focus on in the second half. De Rossi took a free kick created by Liu Heng and was pushed out of the bottom line by fullback Cesar. Roma win a corner from the right. Liu Henglai took the penalty, ran away, the ball turned to the middle of the penalty area with a strong spin, and Manolas inserted it to grab the first point!! The ball bounced high over the goal. The Chievo goalkeeper broke out in a cold sweat. The Roma team, under the leadership of Totti and Liu Heng, attacked the goal of the Chievo team round after round. The fans had a hunch that the next goal would come in the next second, but the second by second piled up, and the goal did not come. The game time was 80 minutes in the blink of an eye, and the score was still 1-1. Chievo has already used up three substitutions. Roma still have one substitution. Roma had just completed their 21st shot of the game from distance, which was saved by Chievo goalkeeper Bisari. The corner kick was replaced by Salah's penalty, and Liu Heng cruised near the line of the big penalty area. Salah takes a corner, it's a tactical corner! Salah's ball followed the predetermined trajectory to find Liu Heng who was ambushed on the line of the big penalty area, and Liu Heng did not have any defenders in front of him. Chievo defended desperately for 35 minutes, and this time they relaxed, and they paid the price for it. Liu Heng comfortably got the ball and shot from a distance. GOAL!!! The ball went into the left corner of the goal like a cannonball. Chievo goalkeeper Bisari couldn't do anything this time around, standing there watching the ball go in. Roma once again used a long-range shot to break through Chievo's goal, and once again struggled to overtake the scoreline. Liu Heng didn't look very excited after scoring the goal, and pointed to the sky with his finger to comfort Liu Hengxian. Liu Xin was also doing the same thing in the backcourt at this time. They all thought of Liu Hengxian. Roma fans also burst out with the greatest enthusiasm of the whole game at this time, hoping for the stars and the moon to finally wait for the goal of the Roma team, and it was their Liu Heng who scored the goal. They excitedly shouted Liu, Liu from the stands. In the end, the Roma team withstood Chievo's final counterattack, and with Liu Heng's flying immortal at the last moment, they defeated the Chievo team with difficulty and made a good start. This can be regarded as a good start to the Serie A journey of the new season. Spalletti will strengthen defensive training in future training, and such a defense will obviously not be able to support the Roma team fighting on the third line. The current Roma team feels a bit top-heavy.

After the game, Liu Heng also deservedly became the best player of the game. In the rating of "Goal", Liu Heng received the highest score of 8.5. Their evaluation was that "Liu Heng was conscientious on the defensive end, used his skills and ball control on the offensive end to create many chances, and finally used a long-range shot to help Roma end the game and win the game." Chinese Liu shines again in Italy!! “