"Zhang, are you really going to Madrid?" On the training ground the day before the game, Cassano asked Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan frowned, "Why do you say that?" ”

"Everybody's saying it, all the media is saying it."

Cassano stared at Zhang Tiehan carefully, he didn't know if what the media said was true, generally speaking, even if they were teammates, Cassano shouldn't ask this, after all, it was quite sensitive, but Cassano had been thinking about this question, and many people also associated him with Real Madrid, and he hoped to find the answer here in Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan shook his head quite affirmatively, "I don't know any news, my cousin, it's the big guy you saw last time, a big man like me, he didn't tell me about this, those are all rumors, and I haven't received any relevant news from the club." ”

"Maybe Mr. Sensi has already decided?" Cassano guessed, "Otherwise, there wouldn't be so much news out there." ”

"How do they know? Old Sensi decided? Zhang Tiehan still shook his head, "I think, this is the smoke bomb made by Real Madrid, even if Old Sensi decides, he will not let the media know." ”

"That's right." On this point, Cassano still agrees.

Zhang Tiehan is so good in Rome, even if he suddenly wants to sell Zhang Tiehan, Franco Sensi will definitely not let the media know about it too early, the media knows, the fans know, if the Roma fans are sure that the club is going to sell Zhang Tiehan, especially in the middle of the season, it would be strange if they didn't fall out.

Now there are also Roma fans making trouble, but it is not intense, everyone doesn't know if the news is true, but it is speculated that Florentino came to Rome to talk about Zhang Tiehan's transfer, and talking about transfer is completely different from transfer. Florentino can be discussed, but Rome can not be sold, even if Rome has various economic crises, but their economy has not yet reached the stage of collapse.

In particular, this Champions League group stage is crucial.

As long as they can win this group stage and reach the last 16 of the Champions League, it is certain that the club is expected to earn 5 million euros more this year. If they can go further in the Champions League, the income will be higher, as long as they can earn tens of millions of euros, it is still possible for Roma to break even this season, and sell Zhang Tiehan at this critical moment...... Did Sensi go crazy?

Franco Sensi is a businessman, not to mention a businessman, even ordinary people know not to do that.

"So will you leave in the future, like next summer?" Cassano asked.

"Next summer?" Zhang Tiehan shook his head with a wry smile, "Antonio." It's only been half a year, but that's too far away and I'm sure it's not going to leave the team this season, but who knows what the team will be like next summer. ”

"You're right." Cassano said, "Seriously, there have been a lot of problems in the team lately and I sometimes want to leave quickly. My contract has not been signed well. The club didn't want to offer me a big contract. ”

"You're in too much of a hurry." Zhang Tiehan said, "Your contract will expire next year." I think the club is more anxious than you, and if it happens next year, you can leave freely and then you can go to any club in the world. ”

Cassano's eyes lit up, he knew that what Zhang Tiehan said was indeed good, but he hadn't thought about it before.

Free transfers?

A Roma player, a 23-year-old star of the future...... Free transfers? It's kind of hilarious to think about. It's funny and will probably appeal to all clubs around the world, because they only need to pay a little salary to get the 23-year-old future star, and it doesn't matter if the salary is higher, even if they offer an extra 2 million euros a year, it will only be 10 million euros for five years. How much do I have to pay to get Cassano? As far as Cassano's current value is concerned, don't think about it without more than 15 million euros, and if you compete normally, the transfer fee of 20 million euros is the bottom.

Rome wouldn't be stupid enough to do that!

So Cassano's contract must be negotiated, even if Cassano puts forward various requirements, the Roma club can't meet them now, but it must also be discussed, which is why they treat Cassano and Zhang Tiehan differently, Zhang Tiehan's contract is still very long, they are not in a hurry, Cassano is different, the contract expires next year, when they want to talk, Cassano doesn't want to talk about it.

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The next day was the day when Roma faced Real Madrid at the Stadio Olimpic.

Since last night, the whole Real Madrid team came to Rome, and Rome has already had the atmosphere of a big game. Roma fans are famous in Europe, and they are all football hooligans in England, but in fact, there are more gentlemen than Roma fans, as you can tell from the number - more than 50 fans are banned from playing in Rome every year for various reasons.

This is also when Italy does not strictly control fans.

For example, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Roma fans can set off small fireworks at will, which is inconceivable to the English, but Roma fans have this right, and sometimes they will blatantly say hello to the police with arms-thick fireworks, especially when playing against foreign teams, the management of the Roma police is even more lax.

They did it on purpose.

So Real Madrid, as a friendly club in Rome, did not have a good night in Rome, and the hotel where they stayed could still hear the shouts of Roma fans until 3 o'clock in the morning.

They are singing in groups, more like a carnival, to put it mildly, they are a group of drunken maniacs venting, they are deliberately venting here, the purpose is to affect the state of the Real Madrid players, make them sleep badly, and then the mental state will be affected in the game tomorrow.

On the morning of the match, the Real Madrid players did not sleep well, and after the morning warm-up training, head coach Mariano Raymond Garcia gave the players three hours of free time to return to the hotel to catch up on sleep.

"Everyone is so tired, they didn't sleep well last night, and the Roma fans are so bad." Mariano complained to reporters.

The Rome reporter just laughed.

This kind of important match that determines which team can advance to the last 16 of the Champions League, it is strange that Roma fans do not make a fuss, shouting outside the hotel is still light, if they are ready to set off fireworks for a night.

At this time, the two teams of media had already started a war of words.

Roma's recent results have been poor, including in the Champions League group stage and Dynamo Kiev. In the past four games, he has one draw and three losses, and the results can be said to be a mess.

Real Madrid's situation is quite the opposite.

In the recent La Liga match, Real Madrid won back-to-back big games, beating Mallorca by four goals and beating Real Sociedad by three goals, and Madrid fans were delighted with two games. They are happy with the current state of the team, so the Madrid media are also very confident.

Before the game, they mainly praised the team's defence, especially the two full-backs, Carlos and Salgado.

Some numbers also show that Real Madrid's two full-backs are doing a good job, with 13 rounds of La Liga played, and Real Madrid have conceded just nine goals, which is simply unthinkable in the Queiroz era. Real Madrid have conceded just one more goal than Barcelona's two teams (Barcelona and Espanyol).

Since the '97-'98 season, Real Madrid's defence has never been as strong as it is today. It should be noted that the change of function of the two full-backs played an important role in the "Great Leap Forward" of Real Madrid's goal conceded.

Let's start with Robert Carlos.

Last season, Carlos averaged 3.46 crosses per game. This season, on the other hand, it is 2.69, compared to Carlos' average of 2.5 shots per game last season, and so far in the 13th round of this season, he has 1.6 on that number and has not scored in the league.

In an interview with the newspaper As, Carlos himself explained: "Raymond didn't give me a hard order to assist. Every week the team has two games to play and fitness is also an issue. However, I would say that the assists of Real Madrid's two full-backs are still outstanding in La Liga. ”

Carlos assists with fewer shots, and the benefits are huge.

Of the 54 goals conceded last year. Nineteen goals were scored by Carlos' side. By the end of the year, that number had dropped to just one. The same thing happened with Salgado. Salgado averaged 1.08 crosses per game last season. 0.9 times this year. shots, 2.5 last season and 1.6 this season.

Salgado himself said, "It's impossible for two wing-backs to assist at the same time. Carlos and I understand this. He has more assists than on the right. Because Zizou [Zidane] is in a flexible position, he sometimes pulls into the middle. That's when Carlos needs to pull up the position. ”

The newspaper "As" is right, maybe Real Madrid's attack is no longer dazzling, but the reduction in goals conceded is an indisputable fact.

Both Carlos and Salgado said, "We can only say that our reduction in assists is a factor in the reduction in goals conceded by Real Madrid. There are other aspects as well, and the whole team sees defense as an equal priority. After conceding the goal, they collectively returned to the defense, which is the reason for the qualitative change in Real Madrid's defense. ”

The attack supported by the superstar is certainly gorgeous, but Real Madrid's brilliant achievements in recent years have all been based on defense. In 96, Capello took over, and the first thing was to rebuild the defense and easily win the championship that year. Later, Toshak and Heynckes inherited Capello's defensive system, and in the Bosque era, the defense has gradually matured, and on this basis, it is of course twice the result with half the effort, and it has also created a legend of winning the championship twice in three years.

Some critics have long pointed out that Mariano is smarter than Queiroz in that he can get superstars to run for him on the pitch.

So Ronaldo is more willing to run, Raul can even return from the opponent's penalty area to his own penalty area to participate in the defense, Guti accepts the new role of "back midfielder", and even Zidane is willing to take on defensive tasks. Samuel is gradually adapting, Pavon is missing last season's frizz, Elgra is still brave, and back to Carlos and Salgado, the two have fewer assists, but the defense is up.

In addition to the defense, what gives the Madrid media confidence is that the team has blossomed on multiple fronts recently, no, it should be said that the superstars are in good shape, in recent games, Ronaldo, Beckham and Zidane have scored goals, they rely on strong individual ability, and they are unreasonable to tear apart the opponent's defense and score the ball.

Such a state of affairs has given confidence to the Madrid media and fans.

Relatively speaking, Roma have nothing to do, but they are not without words, and there is nothing to talk about in Rome recently, and they have begun to talk about Real Madrid's shortcomings, such as their recent games, and the Roman media have questioned the integrity of Real Madrid.

Although Real Madrid won both games, Real Madrid "only saw the stars, not the whole" on the field, and only relied on the individual ability of the stars to solve problems.

"They're just stars and we rarely look at Real Madrid from the direction of a team." So commented the newspaper "Roma Sport".

But they also have to talk about Rome, after all, Real Madrid has a lot of problems, they are also Real Madrid, they are called the 'Galaxy Battleship', if Rome has nothing to do, how can it defeat the powerful Galaxy Battleship?

When the Roma media refocused on the team, they found that the only one they could praise was Zhang Tiehan.

There is no doubt about Zhang Tiehan's status, but Zhang Tiehan has always been associated with Real Madrid recently, so the Roman media does not want to mention Zhang Tiehan, but there are still many media to interview Zhang Tiehan.

Before the game, in the Olympic Stadium, Zhang Tiehan was surrounded by reporters in the mixed area.

The media have always wanted to interview Zhang Tiehan, because of the recent news, the news linked Zhang Tiehan and Real Madrid, and they want to know the authenticity of this matter.

"Real Madrid? That's our opponent. ”

Zhang Tiehan felt that he should still clarify the rumors, after all, they all said that he was going to transfer to Real Madrid, but he didn't receive the news at all, "I didn't receive any news, the club didn't, there was no gossip, and even my agent didn't know where the news came from." ”

The Madrid journalist immediately explained 'kindly', "Mr. Perrotta came to Rome to discuss with Mr. Sensi about your transfer, maybe you can wear the Real Madrid shirt next year." ”

"So what do you think of this game?" Another Madrid journalist asked.

"I'm glad that Mr. Perrotta appreciates me." Zhang Tiehan laughed, which made the Roman media stunned, they thought that Zhang Tiehan would not express his yearning for Real Madrid...... Before the war, it was impossible for others, Zhang Tiehan, it was really very possible.

But Zhang Tiehan's next words immediately let the Roman media know that they think too much, Zhang Tiehan can give them a headache, and it can also give the Madrid media a headache.

"Thank you! Really, I thank Mr. Perrotta from the bottom of my heart for his appreciation, so I decided to give Real Madrid a gift during the game. Zhang Tiehan said with a smile.

Some Madrid journalists felt that something was wrong.

But there are still reporters who ask for some reason, "What gift?" The other reporters all sighed with their foreheads clutched.

Sure enough, Zhang Tiehan then said seriously, "As a striker, my gift is, of course, to score goals, since Mr. Perrotta appreciates me, then I will score a few more goals in the game, then Real Madrid can go to the League Cup, with the strength of Real Madrid, in the League Cup will definitely be invincible, when the time comes, a League Cup champion will not be able to run, I think a champion as a gift, Mr. Perrotta will be very happy." (To be continued......)