Chapter 33: The Burning Roman Derby (Part I)

There are many famous local derbies in Italy, such as the Milan derby between Inter Milan and AC Milan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Juventus and Turin's Turin derby, as well as the most popular Rome derby, Roma and Lazio. Every time there is a Rome derby, Roma have to deploy twice as many security guards as usual to maintain security on and off the pitch. This feud dates back to the founding of the Club of Rome. The Club of Rome was founded in 1927 by the merger of three teams that were then in the city of Rome. Of course, now Roma's city rivals Lazio were also considered in the merger plan, but for various reasons, they did not participate in the final merger. This also laid the groundwork for the Roman derby in the following decades. Every Rome derby means a hot spot, red cards, and all kinds of people turn their backs. Fans outside the stadium mean riots, group fights. The confrontation between the die-hard fans of the two teams in the north and south stands is also a highlight. Totti has played in 41 derbies so far, scoring 11 goals. He holds both of Rome's derby records and is looking forward to his arrival today to continue to rewrite the record.

On 10 September, Roma played Lazio at home. In fact, both teams share the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Rome's new stadium won't be ready until 2018. The Stadem Olimpico in Rome is packed, and the hottest Rome derby is still half an hour away. The north and south stands in the stadium have already begun to exchange scolding one after another.

In the Rome dressing room, new arrivals Raul and Ballack were added to the starting line-up while they were being taught by the veterans.

Liu Xin sat next to Barak, the two of them were teammates and knew each other well.

"Hey, Michael, how's it going?"

"It feels good, it's full of strength. I can't wait to play. Barak had unwavering in his eyes.

At this time, sitting opposite Liu Xin and Barak were Liu Heng and Raul, the two are now friends, the two are in similar positions and personalities, and they have become close friends in football. This is also the first time that Liu Heng has become friends with the former world superstar face-to-face. But Liu Xin looked at the young Barak and thought of the famous Barak's law, and felt a little inexplicably nervous.

The players of both sides are ready, and the captain guesses the coin to pick the side. A hot war is about to break out. Let's take a look at the main lineups of both sides.

The starting lineup of the Roma team is goalkeeper Liu Xin, and the back line from left to right is Digne, Manolas, Nacho, and McConn. The double back is De Rossi on the defensive side and Ballack on the playmaker. In front is Liu Heng, and the two wingers are Salah and Shaarawy. The center forward is Raul. It's still a 4231 formation. This lineup would have been a luxury lineup five or six years ago. Roma also fielded a very young squad today, with three 97-year-old youngsters in the main line-up. Another highlight is whether Liu Heng can score in three consecutive league games.

Lazio's starting lineup is, goalkeeper Marchetti, back line from left to right Koonko, Bishevac, Gentireddy, Lulic. The midfield trio is Onazi, Cataldi, Parolo. The front trident is Nani, Barbosa and Felipe Anderson.

The referee blew the whistle and the first half of Roma vs. Lazio officially began. Roma kicked off first. After the kick-off, the Roma team played very actively in the cheers of the fans in the south stand, and without much temptation, they played against Lazio.

In the fifth minute of the game, after Liu Heng and Shaarawy made a short pass on the right side, Shaarawy burst into the penalty area and crossed, and the Lazio goalkeeper got the ball before Raul. In just five minutes, Raul's erratic movement was already a bit of a headache for Lazio's defenders.

Just two minutes later, the Roma team made a comeback, after the midfielder Ballack successfully stealed, he immediately made a long pass to Salah on the left side, and after Salah received the ball, he did not choose to break through, but cooperated with Liu Heng, who came to respond. Salah ran into the penalty area after passing the ball to Liu Heng, and Liu Heng also understood that he would not stop the ball and pick up the penalty area, such a cooperation Liu Heng and Salah have appeared many times in training. Salah used his speed to wipe out Lazio full-back Lulic before knocking back into the middle of the box where Lazio was open. Nice shots!! The perfect debut!! Ballack got the ball and shot angrily, Lazio goalkeeper Marchetti didn't even have time to react, the ball was already in the goal!! Ballack kicked off his Roma career with a brilliant World Wave. Ballack and his teammates also excitedly ran to the South Stand, which belonged to Roma's diehards, to celebrate. Lazio's players were even in the game when they were scored by Roma Lightning.

The game resumes with Lazio kicking off. Lazio just passed the ball twice, and was easily tackled by Roma, and the current Lazio team is a loose sand, with 11 players doing their own thing, and without cooperation, the trident in the front court is also isolated and unable to get the ball at all.

In the tenth minute of the game, the Roma team launched an offensive again, Ballack launched a counterattack after another successful steal, pushed the ball through the midfield, quickly passed the ball to Liu Heng, and ran to the penalty area. Liu Heng first shook Felipe Anderson who was tackling the ball, and then passed Parolo who came to defend with another ball. Liu Heng was empty in front of him at this time, he was almost on the line of Lazio's big penalty area, and the Lazio defenders at this time did not dare to step forward to defend, they already knew Liu Heng's skills, so they had to mark him in a certain defensive range. This gave Liu Heng a full opportunity to find an angle and shoot from a distance. Liu Heng swung his legs, accelerated, and kicked the ball before Onazi tackled the ball from the side. Liu Heng's shot shot rushed towards Lazio's goalkeeper Marchetti with a strong external spin. Marchetti focused and barely managed to save the ball. Raul!! Raul!!! Raul's brilliant run, the ball went in!! Lazio's backline was comfortably breached by young youngster Raul. Forward-thinking nose, great movement, light shots.

Perfect reinforcements, both youngsters contributed their first goal perfectly. The fans in the south stand began to celebrate wildly, and these two goals should all be attributed to Liu Heng. One perfectly instigated attack, one indirectly created a goal. Liu Heng is unstoppable.

At the end of the first half, Liu Heng's free kick also hit Lazio's goal frame, and unfortunately missed his fifth goal in the league. Lazio's performance was miserable. New boss Pullley has a lot of work to do. If this game is lost again, Lazio have lost two and drawn one of their first three games, and have not won a single game. If he loses to his local rivals today, then the former Italian coach will be scolded to death by Lazio fans