Chapter 145: Simple, Rough!
Zhang Tiehan was very targeted by Lecce, he knew that it was very difficult to receive the ball by relying on the ground pass, but it was impossible to pass the ball in the air at short distance, and it was very difficult to find opportunities under such a defense.
So Zhang Tiehan retreated.
He pulls back to get the ball, just to find a chance, and the opportunity is actually very simple for him, get over and shoot...... Yes, that's it, Lecce couldn't have imagined that Zhang Tiehan would kick up thirty meters away, and in that position, it would be difficult for them to deal with it.
It's a pity that the ball didn't go in.
But Zhang Tiehan thought of how to deal with Lecce's defense, he could retreat to get the ball, and then shoot with his feet, or he could be in the penalty area, waiting for his teammates to make a long pass to the ball, not to mention the former, the latter is like the traditional English football style of play - long pass rushing, hanging the ball from afar, no matter how good the position of the Lecce player in the middle of it, those are ignored by the football in the air.
Those were the two options he could think of.
He and his teammates couldn't say that, he didn't speak Italian very well, so he could only use gestures to tell them how to pass the ball to him, while he himself used a shot to give his teammates confidence and tell them that if you pass the ball to me, you are likely to score!
If the professionals who advocate the Italian chain defense system know Zhang Tiehan's thoughts, they will definitely be annoyed twice - simple and rough!
However, these two methods are really simple and crude...... No matter how good the Lecce players are defensively, but when the football flies over, they always have to fight for the ball, as long as the scrutiny is about individual ability, not defensive awareness.
This is Zhang Tiehan's advantage.
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The Lecce players didn't know what Zhang Tiehan was thinking, they were still surprised by the shot just now, that position was at least 30 meters away from the goal, if it could be scored, it would definitely be a 'legendary' world wave...... Think about it. The middle circle is only more than 50 meters away from the goal, and the distance of 30 meters is too far and too far, which can be judged to be a safe distance, but after watching this shot, they feel that 30 meters is not safe.
Dangerous...... It's dangerous!
Thinking back to the shot just now, the Lecce players felt chills in their hearts. It was a bit scary, and if it hadn't been for goalkeeper Amelia's quick response and the narrowly missed save, they would have been two goals down.
Trailing by two goals in the first half...... That's almost unimaginable!
In the Italian Serie A, what 2-0 means, everyone knows very well, even if the strongest AC Milan and Juventus are two goals behind Lecce, they have no confidence to say that they can catch it back, let alone Lecce behind Roma. That's almost a sentence to death for them, the death penalty has a reprieve, but to say that you can directly get free, dear, do you think someone will rob the prison?
At the same time, the Roma fans were surprised, but they were even more excited!
The new youngsters are very good at shooting from distance, and that's in the welcome. They know it, but they don't know how good they can be. After all, in the eight-foot crossbar demonstrated by Zhang Tiehan, he set the ball on the line of the big penalty area, which was only 16 meters from the goal.
But now it's thirty meters......
Not to mention ordinary people, even if they are ordinary professional players, if they shoot from this position, when the football reaches the goal, they will not have any power. Not to mention the threat or something, Zhang Tiehan can make the football full of power, that is, the distance is too far, the opposing goalkeeper reacts, but this also proves his excellent long-range shooting ability - he has monster strength and excellent shooting footwork. Not to mention the whole world, but one thing is for sure, he is absolutely top in the Italian league.
If there was one word to describe the mood of Roma fans, it would be surprise!
Amazing!
Then they all know what to do.
Whenever they saw the No. 13 figure in the stadium holding the ball, they began to shout excitedly, they were looking forward to Zhang Tiehan's next shot in this way.
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In the next game, Roma's attacks were frequent, and the threat of attacking again and again also increased, relying on attacks again and again, they controlled the initiative of the game.
Previously, Roma's offensive coordination played very smoothly, but this kind of smooth coordination was difficult to break through Lecce's defense. Now they play more simply, especially in the frontcourt, they always pass the ball to the penalty area, they can't pass it into the penalty area, and they will kick on the periphery when they have the opportunity, they are like finding the backbone, and when they find the opportunity, they kick the ball in the direction of Zhang Tiehan.
This simple offense is very effective.
Zhang Tiehan's first choice to get the ball is always to shoot, but when he can't find a chance, he will pass the ball out, most of the time there is no chance, he always has Lecce players around him, after receiving the pass, it is difficult to even have space to get up, Cassano also got two chances, once when the ball was in the air, he was very flexible to deceive the defender with his movements, hooked the ball to his feet to complete a threatening push.
"Zhang! Well done! Although he didn't score, Cassano still gave Zhang Tiehan a thumbs up.
The ball just now, Zhang Tiehan passed to a good position, and Cassano had only one defender by his side, so in this case, he had the opportunity to show his footwork in front of the goal, and he almost scored the ball.
Zhang Tiehan could only smile bitterly.
Lecce is getting tighter and tighter against him, and it is difficult for him to find good chances, most of the time, the ball is flying through the air and he can only pass the ball to his team-mates with the top of his head.
However, it has deepened his cooperation with his teammates.
After a few times, he also knows how to pass the ball, but if he has a good opportunity, he will definitely choose to shoot, before the end of the first half, Zhang Tiehan completed a total of four shots, scored two goals, and the other two shots were completed later, these two shots are not much threatening, but Zhang Tiehan can complete two shots in the case of the opponent's defense is so tight, it is already good, and every time he shoots, can make Lecce nervous.
At half-time, Ezio Serra boosted morale and told his players to continue playing like this in the second half, asking them to pass the ball to Zhang Tiehan more.
Zhang Tiehan's expression made Ezio Serragon take a long breath.
Temporarily becoming Roma manager, Ezio Serra was under too much pressure, he was just an ordinary assistant coach, only thirty-five years old, and suddenly became Roma manager. This made him not mentally prepared at all, he only knew that Zhang Tiehan was in good shape, the training table was also very good, and his personal ability was good, so he let Zhang Tiehan start.
There were a lot of doubts in the media before the game.
But Zhang Tiehan is good now, and he can also take a long breath. At least he didn't misuse people, and maybe the fans will praise him for his insight, much better than Worrall...... Of course, Ezio Serra still knew that he could not compare to Worrall, after all, Worrall was a European coach, and he was just a rookie in the coaching world, and he was not fully qualified for the role of head coach.
Ezio Serra knew that he was also an interim manager, and that Roma would be able to finalize a new manager in a few days.
Even so. Ezio Serra also wanted to prove his ability, he was still very young in the coaching profession, many coaches were still players at his age, and if he could make Roma achieve good results during his short period as acting manager, it would be of a big difference in his future development.
After the first half of the game, he also saw that the best state of the team was Zhang Tiehan. And Zhang Tiehan can play a limited role in regular offense. He's not really integrated into the team's tactical system yet, but he's so good at his individual that few players can match him, so finding a way to pass him would make Roma's attack a threat.
A qiē is as simple as that.
In contrast, the Roman regular advance. It was difficult to break Lecce's defense, and choosing to trust Zhang Tiehan was a bet for Ezio Serra, and if he won, then Zhang Tiehan would be recognized by Roma fans. At the same time, he also successfully completed the task.
Lost...... Actually, it was nothing, just a failure.
In any case, he is just an assistant coach and no matter how good he leads Roma to results, he will not continue to sit in this position in a few days' time.
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After the start of the second half, Roma continued to attack.
Roma players were more resolute in passing, such as Totti, such as Mancini, Perrotta, Montella and others, who would pass the ball to Zhang Tiehan when they had the chance, and they seemed to be firm in the second half of the first half.
It seems that Zhang Tiehan seems to have become the core.
This is not the case.
The core of Roma has always been Totti, and Totti is responsible for organizing the attack, it can be said that before the shot, the tactics have been revolving around Totti, he leads the attack of the whole team, he dominates Roma's offensive, but in the final shot, they must choose a point, Zhang Tiehan's point became the best choice. Totti is the core, but he is not a striker, he is not a real goalscorer, he is better at cooperating with his teammates to complete the attack, in fact, Totti does not score the most goals in Roma every season, like last season, Totti's goals are only third, and Roma's top scorer is Montella, who has scored 23 goals in a single season.
Now the Roma players are playing with Zhang Tiehan as the last point of attack, and they were still carrying out a propulsive cooperative attack before, but when they find it difficult to move forward, they will choose to find Zhang Tiehan's position and try to pass the ball over.
That's the case with every offense.
This style of play makes Roma seem to have conceded a lot less, because they will not risk using their cooperation to break through Lecce's defense, but it is difficult to score, just use long passes, plus sometimes Zhang Tiehan will also retreat to get the ball, before the close shot, their error rate is greatly reduced.
Of course, at the same time, Zhang Tiehan is under a lot of pressure.
Half of the goals conceded were on him, and the Roma players seemed to be transferring the pressure to him, but Zhang Tiehan enjoyed the pressure, with the constant support of his teammates, he played quite actively in the front, and the occasional shot on goal always made the Lecce players panic.
In the face of Roma's simple and direct attacks again and again, Lecce players played quite passively, they even wanted to scold their mothers angrily, and more importantly, they were tightly sealed near the penalty area, which was completely useless in front of Rome's attack.
No matter how good their defensive position is, but the ball is always flying through the air, and they can't do anything about it.
Some senior fans, commentators, and reporters also saw the situation of the game, at the beginning of the first half, Zhang Tiehan was defended very deadly, and it was difficult for Rome's attack to penetrate Lecce's defense, but now Rome has changed an offensive method, they do not pursue a series of chamfered corners, cooperate with the ball to pass into the penalty area, but use long passes to hang high, and use long shots to try to score.
This way...... It's simple, brutal.
But it works!
Sometimes they stand in front of the penalty area, see the Roma players get up, don't even defend, but retreat into the penalty area, to stop Zhang Tiehan, Cassano, Roma players take the opportunity, take two steps forward, or pass the ball to a better and more suitable position, as a result, Lecce is completely disrupted.
Lecce coach Zeman stood on the sidelines, anxiety written all over his face, but he couldn't do anything.
He is not the kind of manager who is adaptable, otherwise he would not have experienced a failed memory in Rome, he also has good points, such as digging out some young people, accurately judging his ability based on a player's table, etc., these are what Zeman is good at, so during his tenure as head coach in Rome, he brought a lot of excellent players to Rome.
But now that Lecce is in trouble, Zeman can't think of anything to deal with for a while, so he can only let the players strengthen their defense against Zhang Tiehan.
But on the field is not better than off the field.
Roma has eleven players, even in the front court there are Cassano, Totti, Montella, Mancini and other outstanding players, each of them has to be marked, each one must pay attention, it is good to be able to divide two people to defend Zhang Tiehan, sometimes in order not to miss people, one of them has to make up for the defense, Zeman's idea is good, but it is difficult for Lecce players to do a good job.
In this situation, Roma are playing more and more smoothly.
In the seventy-first minute, taking advantage of a mistake by a Lecce player, Zhang Tiehan received a pass in front of the big penalty area, shook it for a while, and after freeing up space for shooting, he got up directly, the position of the ball was very close, the ball speed was very fast, Lecce goalkeeper Amelia's vision was blocked, and he didn't have time to react at all, so he could only watch the ball fly by at hand and could not do anything.
The moment the ball flew into the goal, the Roma fans shouted excitedly.
Chelgar, the commentator of the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, also continued after reporting the goal, "...... A long shot from Zhang! He scored the second goal for Roma and he scored twice! In this game, I think our biggest gain is to see Zhang's play, he does not lose 14.5 million euros, and his choice with two goals is right! ”
"Ezio Serra's choice was also correct, before, Worrall didn't even let Zhang play, not even a substitute position, and Ezio Serra chose Zhang, he let Zhang start, and Zhang also repaid Serra's trust with two goals!"
"By now, I don't think anyone will question Zhang anymore, his goal is so beautiful! Two goals, a header and a long-range shot, all very clean and eye-catching......" (To be continued......