Chapter 213: Marching into Meacha
In the eyes of Italian fans, as the flag of the capital team, Roma and Lazio are the banners of the northern team, and the grievances between them can be traced back to the First World War, and until now there are dozens or hundreds of years of grievances, among which there are many entanglements that can not be counted.
Three years ago, Roma and Inter Milan were much more competitive, but with the fall of Roma this season, Inter Milan clearly don't take Roma seriously.
In the first half of the fixture, Inter Milan drew with Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
At that time, Roma was in turmoil, the head coach Drinel had just taken office, and the team was very unstable, but Inter Milan was also unhappy, and Inter Milan was also in turmoil at the beginning of the season, and their table was also very unstable, and the draw between the two teams was not unexpected, thanks to the fact that Roma was playing at home.
Now the home and away positions are changing, Inter Milan is in quite good shape, although Roma's recent form is also crazy, but after all, Roma's opponents are small teams and have not been able to prove anything.
The war was provoked by Inter Milan on its own initiative.
Now in Italy, many teams see Rome as a big cake, anyone wants to come over and get a piece of the pie, Rome has an economic crisis, it looks like it is going to fall apart, all kinds of rumors about Roma players in the media, Inter Milan's mind is the same, they want to poach Rome, they will continue to create rumors, they wish that Rome is as chaotic as possible, especially before the war with Inter Milan, so Inter Milan will continue to make news.
But they didn't expect Rome's counterattack to be so sharp.
It's nothing that the other players are united, Zhang Tiehan's words completely angered Inter Milan, they have never seen such a blunt sarcasm in the media, I don't know Adriano? Don't know Mancini? This is pure irony!
No player has ever said that before, Adriano is fine, although he looks good. But he is only a foreign player for Inter Milan, a Brazilian player. Mancini is a native of Italy, and he is a world-renowned coach, no player likes to offend a well-known coach, which means that he is likely to miss the opportunity to join a big club in the future, isn't this young man afraid?
A lot of people think so. But the Roman media was very happy, these few words of counterattack were really sharp!
So a reporter went to ask Mancini, "What do you think of the opponent in the next round?" Especially the No. 13 Roma who is the top scorer in the Champions League and Serie A scorers? β
Mancini seemed to have known that the reporter would ask, "Who is Zhang?" β
The reporter explained to Mancini, saying that it was Roma's number 13, a big man of 1.9 meters, the one who scored a lot of goals in the league, and then Mancini smiled, "You mean Adriano." He's outstanding! β
The reporter shook his head.
Mancini continued, "Is it Ibrahimovic?" This Swedish genius is really nice......"
He just didn't mention Zhang Tiehan.
In the end, the reporter said Zhang Tiehan a few times, and Mancini seemed to react and said, "It turned out to be the thirteenth of Rome!" I know him, he's only going to play against small teams, that's what the media said before. But Inter Milan is not a small team and he wants to score goals against Inter Milan......
Mancini shook his head.
The reporters around shook their heads.
Some time ago? How long was that? There are also reporters who are involved in covering those news. They remember that it was just a few rounds after the league started, and Mancini talked about it so long. They all blushed...... Will only play against small teams to score goals? It's been like this lately, but Roma's schedule is full of small teams, and they can't do much, not to mention, if you look at Zhang Tiehan's goal now, you will blush if you say it again - he scored in the game against AC Milan. And there was also a goal in the fifth round of last season against Inter Milan, is it really okay to say that? Isn't this a slap in the face?
Looking at the smiling Mancini, they are not easy to say directly, but they also define Mancini - this middle-aged man really doesn't know how to fight with words!
However, they still posted Mancini's words, and it was Mancini himself who was disgraced anyway. He made a fuss about himself, and they didn't have much to say.
Mancini probably didn't expect this, in the Italian football circle, who doesn't know that Mancini is a very gentleman, he won't scold, he won't distort others, let alone have a war of words, obviously what he said to reporters, he also thought about it before he said it, he didn't know what it was for, he only wanted to express it -
I didn't take Zhang Tiehan seriously at all!
The pre-match war of words reached this kind of Cheng dΓΉ, as if Mancini was fighting with Zhang Tiehan in the ring, which made many media and fans enjoy watching it, so in the face of Mancini's counterattack, how will the big man in Rome react?
A lot of people are looking forward to it.
But they were disappointed in the end, and then Zhang Tiehan didn't say anything, as if he had admitted defeat, and he didn't even accept the reporter's interview, and finally a reporter tried to stop Zhang Tiehan's car, and Zhang Tiehan had no choice but to say, "That's what he said?" I know. β
And then...... No then.
The reporter waited for a long time to wait for such a sentence to end, their expectations were all disappointed, and at the same time they also felt incredible - is this still the guy who is not afraid of the sky and the earth? How does it look like a different person.
"It's incredible!"
"That guy would say that? He actually gave in to Mancini! β
"I don't know what he thinks!"
"Is he so attracted to Inter Milan that he wants to leave Rome and enter the arms of Inter Milan?"
There was a lot of speculation in the media.
However, other players in Roma, such as Cassano, De Rossi, who are good friends with Zhang Tiehan, and Roma captain Totti, will say a few words to help Zhang Tiehan get ahead.
"He admires Ibrahimovic? It's a shame that the Swedish kid hasn't scored more than half of his goals. β
"Zhang will only score goals with small teams? Ha ha...... That's the biggest joke I've ever heard, no, maybe Mr. Mancini is telling the truth, Zhang also scored a goal in the game against Inter Milan last season, and it seems that Inter Milan are also small teams. β
Cassano pointed out Mancini's own goal with a burst of blood.
This made the Inter Milan players very angry, they didn't know about Mancini's own own goal before, and now that they knew, they naturally had to stand up and fight back for Mancini. So Cambiaso, Stankovic, Cruise, Materazzi, and CΓ³rdoba all stood up to support Mancini, and the formation was really united.
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At this moment, see what Zhang Tiehan is doing?
Zhang Tiehan looked silent in the face of the media, not to mention the reporters, even his teammates in Rome felt very strange, they knew that Zhang Tiehan spoke unscrupulously. It's as if there's nothing in the world he's afraid of.
More than half a season, enough for them to understand Zhang Tiehan!
When Zhang Tiehan first came to Rome, many people thought that Zhang Tiehan belonged to the kind of player who spoke very little, and had a wooden personality, and was very honest and credible, but now they know that Zhang Tiehan looks very wooden, like an honest man, if they really think so, it would be very wrong!
He never suffers in his words. It is estimated that few people in the entire club of Rome can say anything about him, and this is also the case in life, even more so before and after the game.
If anyone provokes Zhang Tiehan, they will really be remembered by this cautious guy!
But...... This time it's abnormal!
Cassano, who was often with Zhang Tiehan, saw what Zhang Tiehan was doing, and he asked suspiciously, "What are you doing?" β
I saw Zhang Tiehan writing on a white vest, it should be said that he was dyed with paint, and the content was very simple. The front of the vest reads, "See? It was Lao Tzu who scored the goal! βγ The back reads, "Hahaha...... Lao Tzu has scored again! β
Cassano was dumbfounded.
Zhang Tiehan is still trying to dye the black paint on the letters.
"This is used after the goal?"
"Of course." Zhang Tiehan pointed to the jersey, "This is for the first goal, and the back is for the second goal." β
"You want to get two more ...... Uh, okay, Zhang. Your idea is so handsome. Cassano covered his forehead helplessly, he could imagine Zhang Tiehan showing this thing to Mancini after scoring a goal, and the middle-aged man's dark face.
But...... It seems to be very interesting......
Cassano sneered and discussed, rubbing his hands together and asking, "Zhang." Can you make one for me? β
"What are you doing here?" Zhang Tiehan stopped what he was doing, turned his head and asked, "Moreover, what do you want to write?" β
"What ...... this?"
Cassano really couldn't think of it for a while, he could only regret telling Zhang Tiehan that he would make a decision after thinking about it.
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This is the second time Zhang Tiehan has come to the San Siro Stadium, the last time was against AC Milan, this time it was Inter Milan, but today it should be called Meazza Stadium.
Estadio Meazza is a very special stadium, AC Milan calls it San Siro Stadium, Inter Milan calls it Meazza Stadium.
Named after the San Siro district in the western part of the city of Milan, the San Siro Stadium is admired by professional footballers from all over the world, and many players are proud to have the opportunity to play in this stadium.
The Estadio Meazza is named in honour of the famous player who played for Italy, Inter Milan and AC Milan. In the 1929-1930 season, Inter Milan won the title of Serie A champion under the careful tutelage of the famous coach Arpad Witz, relying on the outstanding performance of the 20-year-old Mayaza and his 31 golden goals. At the same time, Meazza began to make a name for himself in Italian football, with Inter Milan's successive runners-up finishes in the first division between 1932 and 1934 linked to his 62 spectacular goals.
Josep Meaza was the greatest player of this period, scoring 248 goals in 224 games for Inter. Meazza was a typical goal-shooter, which was seen as a very good propaganda tool by the fascists of the time, and they gave a very perfect assessment of Meazza himself, who was also a fascist believer, and when he played for the Italian national team, he would shout Mussolini's name every time he scored a goal.
In the era when Meazza was about to retire, he joined AC Milan and played for the Rossoneri for two seasons, although he was no longer a superstar at that time, but the people of Milan will never forget him, so when someone mentioned that Meazza was another name for the San Siro Stadium, Milan and Inter Milan were all in favor.
Today, the huge stadium with a capacity of 80,000 people is once again popular.
The confrontation between the north and south of Italy football is an eternal topic, and Rome vs. Inter Milan is enough to attract the attention of fans, not to mention, in recent times, both Roma and Inter Milan have achieved quite good results, and fans also hope to see who is better between the two teams.
For Roma, a win over Inter Milan will allow them to take a step further in the league and secure fifth place and a chance to compete for the top four in the league, for Inter Milan, Roma are a formidable opponent in the second half of the schedule, and a win over Roma will give them a chance to compete with AC Milan and Juventus for the league title.
So this match attracted a lot of attention and made the whole Meazza Stadium almost boil.
By noon, a large number of Inter Milan fans had already poured into the Meazza stadium, and many neutral Milan fans and sightseers had come to Meazza to experience Milan's football culture, and this classic match also attracted the attention of the whole of Italy.
The Italian Football Federation postponed the start of the match in order to get more attention to the game, and before the start of the game, the results of the other matches were already in, and surprisingly, AC Milan lost, they lost by one goal away to Siena, while Udinese also lost, they lost away to Messina.
Roma's biggest rival is Udinese, who are fourth in the league and only three more league points than Roma, and if Udinese loses, Roma will be able to catch up on all three points, provided they win against Inter Milan, of course. But in the end, Udinese is better off losing than winning, which means there will be a lot less pressure on their game.
After Zhang Tiehan and his teammates arrived at the Meazza Stadium, they got the news, and the locker room immediately became lively.
"Messina is good!"
"Well done, Messina!"
"Long live Messina!"
All kinds of chanting and touting, as if they had all become Messina fans, in fact, it was just because Messina's opponent was Udinese, in other words, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and Messina's friend helped Roma stop Udinese, which was really beautiful.
"Ahead of Udinese, we'll be in the top four!" Totti clenched his fists and said loudly.
The others followed suit, "Top four!" Top 4! β
If they have no reason to celebrate compared to last season, Roma were second in the league last season, but when it comes to this season, Roma players really have a reason to do so, such a turbulent season, the team was even ninth in the league before Christmas, there is nothing worse than that, obviously suddenly there is a chance to finish in the top four of the league.
Be sure to go for it!
At this moment, Rome's fighting spirit is even stronger! (To be continued......)