On February 20, in the 25th round of Serie A, Roma hosted Livorno, which was the last round of the league before the start of the Champions League quarterfinals.

At Christmas, Roma won away at Livorno.

Now that game is only a month and a half away, Roma will play Livorno again, and the Roma media and fans are very confident, not to mention that this is a home game, and Roma are waiting for nine consecutive league wins.

Livorno is not a strong team, but they have achieved good results so far, as of the 24th round of Serie A, Livorno has 32 points and is in ninth place in the league. Despite this, the whole of Italy is not optimistic about them, Roma has won eight consecutive league games, and the Italian media expects Juventus to stop Roma's winning streak strongly, and if it is not Juventus, it will not be a team like Livorno.

But the result was unexpected.

Ninety minutes of engagement ended with Roma drawing 4-4 at home to Livorno.

Eight goals in a game, or a draw, such a score is the first time in Serie A this season, Roma home table Xiàn is good, Zhang Tiehan scored two goals personally, and Totti and Mancini also scored one goal each, even so, they could not stop Livorno's goal.

Roma scored three goals in the first half.

But at the start of the second half, Livorno scored three goals in a row on four counter-attacking opportunities to equalise the scores, and then Roma scored another goal, but Livorno scored a goal before the end of the game to equalize the score again.

No one expected such a result, Roma's table was very good, but it was only limited to the front, Roma's backfield was frequent, and Livorno seized several opportunities and scored consecutive goals. In the end, the two teams played to a 4:4 draw.

After this round, Roma fell to fifth place in the league table, with Udinese overtaking Roma with a win.

After the game, many media reported on the game, and in recent times, many media eyes have focused on Roma's winning streak, with eight consecutive league wins. Even Juventus haven't done so this season, but Roma have done it, and now in the ninth game, their winning streak has come to a halt with Livorno.

Some media sighed, "This is Serie A!" ”

The reason why Serie A can become the first in the world is not only because the league itself can attract stars, but also because the teams in Serie A cannot be looked at small, and it is not strange for a small team like Livorno to win against a strong team such as AC Milan. Not to mention that it was just a draw.

There is also a lot of media talk about Roma's defense.

Roma's 4231 offensive tactics are good, but defense has also become a big problem for them, which has always been a big problem, and now the problem is so big that even their offense can't make up for it.

After the game, Roma's entire backline received criticism, from Perrotta to goalkeeper Pellizzoli, one by one, not only in the media, but in fact. AS Roma are also unhappy defensively, especially in the goalkeeper position. They don't think Pelizzoli has what it takes to be Roma's first-choice goalkeeper, at least not for now.

Pelizzoli had a very bad game, especially against Livorno three counter-attacks in a row, he made two mistakes in his saves, and those two times were chances to save, but he didn't. Some media analysts believe that Pellizzoli's contract expires in June 2006 and it is very likely that he will leave Roma.

Pelizoli had just recovered from a cold, which was a small excuse, but it couldn't be denied. The Italian goalkeeper at the Olympics has been in a dip since last summer and is struggling to compete with substitute goalkeeper Zotti, who has lost his place as the national team's back-up goalkeeper.

After this game, the newspaper "Sport" only gave Pelizzoli a low score of 5.

However, coach Del Neri stepped up to defend his players, "Pellizzoli's table is still satisfactory, conceded a goal? What is this, you can't deny a qiē just because you lost the ball. I firmly believe that in the future, it will still be Pelizzoli who will play the main game, and that will not change. ”

However, after the game, Italian media reported that Roma wanted to find a new goalkeeper, with candidates being Lazio veteran goalkeeper Peruzzi and Udinese goalkeeper De Sanctis.

The news of Peruzzi's arrival at Roma is not a day or two, having played for Roma in the 80s.

De Sanctis has just been selected for the Italian team, although he has not officially played, but according to the current situation of Italian goalkeepers, De Sanctis has a bright future, and the position of the second goalkeeper of the national team should be his.

De Sanctis was also very happy about the possibility of joining Roma, "I am very happy to be selected by such a great club as Roma, Roma are one of the best teams in the league, there are a lot of talented players and the future belongs to them. This will be a key choice, and of course, if Ichi Qiē is true, I will be the second to enter the negotiations, because it will be Udinese selling their own players, not giving them away. ”

Price is also the biggest issue for De Sanctis to join Roma, and Peruzzi has the advantage of being free.

For Rome now, free is of course the best, and if the two are about the same level, Rome's finances will definitely choose free 'products'.

In the Roma club, there is no comment on the media reports, at least there is no voice in the team that Pelizzoli wants to leave, in fact, Pelizzoli has a good relationship with his teammates, and everyone does not attribute the reason for the failure to him, after all, Roma's defense itself has problems, and even Ferrari, who is a defender, feels nothing.

It's really a matter of the team's value and salary.

In the salary system of the Roma club, the frontcourt players account for the vast majority, Totti, Montella, Mancini and Del Vecchio have the highest salaries, and there are Zhang Tiehan, Cassano, De Rossi and others below, and the income of the defender Ferrari can only rank in the third echelon, not to mention other defenders.

On the one hand, the salary also represents the value and strength.

Now Roma's defense, including the goalkeeper, can be won for 20 million euros, which is equivalent to Cassano's value alone, not even as good as Zhang Tiehan and Totti, and it is normal for such a weak backline to be weak. The media always emphasises Roma's defensive problems, and the club is also dissatisfied with the back, but the club has not invested any money, and the team's poor defense can be explained.

Of course, explaining not explaining is one thing, at least this season. There can be no more changes to the team.

Drinel has been trying to solve this problem, especially before the big game with Manchester United, if you just count on this backline, to play 4231 offensive tactics to fight Manchester United, it is no different from eggs hitting stones, losing is almost inevitable, after all, Manchester United's defense is very solid, and the offensive ability is by no means comparable to a team like Livorno.

It's too late to make big adjustments, and Drinel has to start small. He can only let the team strengthen the full-court pressing, and at the same time let the frontcourt players do more running, and ask to be careful not to press too far forward when attacking, so as to minimize the possibility of the opponent playing a quick counterattack.

Before the game against Manchester United, Roma began training in this area.

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Manchester United, who are far away in Manchester, England, are also preparing for the Champions League round of 16.

Ferguson arrived at the training ground early that morning, when he arrived. Most of the Manchester United players are already on the training ground, but Cristiano Ronaldo is missing.

Ferguson immediately frowned. "What about the Cristiano?"

Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know.

Ferguson's brow furrowed even tighter, but he didn't say anything, just asked everyone to start warming up, and he sat on the sidelines and gave some training instructions to the assistant coach.

That's when C-Ronaldo appeared at the training ground.

Ferguson immediately called C-Ronaldo over and shouted angrily, "Why did you come so late? ”

Ronaldo hurriedly lowered his head. I made an excuse, "Traffic jam." ”

Ferguson knew he was lying as soon as he looked at him, and the old man was even more annoyed, he pointed at Ronaldo's nose and said angrily. "Go and run five laps around the training ground, and you won't be allowed to participate in training if you don't finish it!"

When C-Ronaldo heard this, he immediately shrugged his head.

The first-team training ground at Carrington's training base is larger than the average football field, nearly 600 meters in one lap, and three thousand meters in five laps.

Rome was unwilling.

But even if he didn't want to, he knew that he couldn't offend Ferguson, and the only thing he could do was to run the full five laps as Ferguson demanded, otherwise he would definitely not have a starting position in the next league game.

This is not C-Ronaldo's imagination.

Alex Ferguson is simply synonymous with Manchester United, and he has been the manager of Manchester United since the formation of the English League.

Manchester United has had many stars, such as the talented goalscorer Yorke in the 90s, the 'winger' Giggs who still plays for Manchester United, the 'heartthrob' Beckham all over the world, and the current striker Van Nistelrooy.

Manchester United have too many stars to count.

However, no other star is more important in the United team than Alex Fergusonga, as David Beckham has confirmed.

Ever since Manchester United won the Treble in '99, David Beckham's name has gradually become louder in the hearts of fans, and his precise 'scimitar' passes throughout the game have contributed to Manchester United's championship success.

In just a few years, David. Beckham has already won the title, and there is not a single fan in the whole world who does not know the name.

But so what?

When Beckham and Alex Ferguson had some personal conflicts, he had no choice but to pack up and leave Manchester United and head to Madrid, Spain, to readjust to life.

Beckham, who had a conflict with Ferguson, did nothing other than leave to consolidate Ferguson's majesty.

C-Ronaldo can be said to be the replacement that Ferguson found for Beckham's departure, and he also did a good job, after coming to Manchester United, C-Ronaldo's table xiàn is quite good, from the substitute to the main team, after becoming the main team, he quickly won the recognition of Manchester United fans with his excellent table, and his fame is getting bigger and bigger.

Once Portugal's most promising rising star, he has now become a mainstay for Manchester United, a world-class player of strength and icon.

C-Ronaldo is still very successful at Manchester United, but there is a precedent for Beckham, even if he looks good, he does not dare to go against Ferguson.

But he still felt that Ferguson was making a big fuss and was five minutes late...... As for being subjected to such severe corporal punishment?

What C-Ronaldo doesn't know is that Ferguson has not been in a good mood recently, and there are a lot of reasons for this, which is because of another star in Rome, Italy, his name is Zhang Tiehan. (To be continued......)