Chapter 221: An invitation from the German team
The win over Inter Milan was significant for Roma, as Udinese lost to Juventus in another game early in the same round, thus equalling the three-point gap to Udinese and moving up to fourth place in the league on three goal difference.
This result is a result for Roma fans to rejoice!
At the beginning of the game, they even despaired of the team, consecutive losses, continuous problems in the team, all kinds of contradictions in the media about Roma, and rumors of poaching of various players, they even had a feeling that Roma was about to fall apart, and now, Roma is once again in the fourth place in the league.
It was a watershed moment.
Italy has three places to directly qualify for the top 32 of the Champions League, the top three in the league can directly enter the group stage of the Champions League 32, and the fourth in the league also has the opportunity to enter the Champions League, but the fourth in the league needs to participate in a round of qualifiers, but often the opponents in the qualifiers are teams in various small leagues in Europe, such as Greece, the Czech Republic, Wales and other national leagues will compete with the fourth place in the Italian league to enter the Champions League round of 32 qualifications, that kind of opponent is still relatively weak, in short, as long as you can enter the top four of the league, It's like stepping into next year's Champions League.
This is also the goal that Drinel promised in front of the media after taking office.
The top four in the league doesn't seem to be difficult, but in fact, the twenty teams in the Italian Serie A are competing for these four places, in addition to the three teams in the north AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus are aiming for the league championship, others such as Lazio and Roma have no ability to compete for the league title, and they can only focus on the Champions League places.
The top three in the north occupy three of them, and they can only share the remaining one spot.
Seventeen teams are vying for a spot, and the competition is understandably fierce, with Roma also squeezing Udinese out with eight consecutive wins after Christmas. But if there is a slight slack in the future, it will soon be overtaken by Udinese and Sampdoria behind them.
In any case, Rome is now quite successful.
The day after the match, many Italian media outlets reported about the match between Roma and Inter Milan, with a focus on Zhang Tiehan's 'magical' celebration, as well as at the press conference. Zhang Tiehan once again showed the topic of vests, and Zhang Tiehan alone occupied most of the pages of the game, and only a small number of people really reported the game.
Even, the "Courier" only left one sentence for the match between Roma and Inter Milan: "Yesterday, Inter Milan faced Roma at the Meazza Stadium and lost 0:2, and both goals came from Roma's No. 13 Zhang ......"
Next, we began to report the stories that Zhang Tiehan and Mancini had to tell before and after the game.
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At the same time. Roma have turned the page on Inter Milan and they are back in normal training for the upcoming fixtures.
However, there is still a lot of discussion in the team.
What they discussed was nothing more than what Zhang Tiehan did at the press conference, and they discussed and discussed, and finally got a result, "Don't provoke Zhang, his ability to hold grudges is really terrible!" These are Cassano's exact words. He shuddered a little when he thought about Zhang Tiehan's revenge on Mancini. even had a hint of sympathy for Mancini, and many teammates recalled whether they had provoked Zhang Tiehan in their lives.
Even Totti is the same......
When Zhang Tiehan came to the training ground on this day, Totti rarely took the initiative to come over and smile at Zhang Tiehan, "Zhang, do you need any help?" ”
Zhang Tiehan was changing his clothes. He was halfway through his pants, "Look at me, can you help?" Francisco? ”
"Huh?" Totti reacted and immediately said, "That should be your wife's business." ”
"But I don't have a wife yet. That's right. Francisco, you're getting married in June, and then you're going to have a wife, I wish you happiness. Zhang Tiehan Chen pleaded.
"Thank you." Totti said before walking away.
He thought about it again, he really didn't provoke Zhang Tiehan on weekdays, and the relationship between the two should be said to be good...... But just now, what did Zhang Tiehan mean by that? Could it be that I have a wife and he doesn't, so he will be jealous of me and then take revenge on me......?
This inference sounded ridiculous, but it made Totti very worried, and he was sad all day, and after continuous temptation, he made sure that Zhang Tiehan did not have the intention of retaliating against him, so he gave up.
Zhang Tiehan felt inexplicable.
When did Totti become so talkative? They even came to please me...... That should be flattering, perhaps. He didn't understand, and then looked at other people as well, anyway, everyone became very good at talking for a while, Zhang Tiehan shook his head and didn't think much about it, this feeling is really good, everyone in the team gave him a smile, and if there was anything to say, someone immediately helped, and it felt as if he had become the center of the team.
But isn't the center of the team Totti?
I don't understand.
Zhang Tiehan didn't care too much, and it was the first round of the Champions League round of 16 in ten days, and Roma's opponent was Manchester United, so his mind was on training.
In the whole of Europe, Manchester United is not the strongest team, even in England now, Manchester United is not as good as the 'nouveau riche' Chelsea, but for Zhang Tiehan, this is the most meaningful opponent, he decided to show well, if he loses to Manchester United, it will be difficult for him to accept, he must work hard, give all the hard work to find a way to score in the game against Manchester United, and even lead the team to win Manchester United.
This is the goal that Zhang Tiehan secretly set.
Manchester United is also an opponent to keep an eye on for Roma as a whole, in fact, it has been a bit difficult for Roma from the game against Inter Milan, and their recent league games, including the Champions League, have been a bit intense against the big teams.
After playing against Inter Milan, the next three rounds are against Juventus, the next five rounds are against AC Milan, and the top three in the north are all met in six rounds of the league, such a schedule is really a bit of a headache, plus there are two rounds of home and away games with Manchester United in the middle, you can imagine how much pressure Rome has during this time.
The win over Inter Milan was just the beginning.
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February 16 is a normal day, and Rome is still training normally, but a piece of news has made it an unusual day.
The message came from Germany.
The new head coach of the German national team, Jurgen Klinsmann, announced a new round of call-up places for the German national team, and Zhang Tiehan's name is prominently listed.
"I don't think there's anything more telling than a goal, Zhang's table is already good enough to be in the German national team, and he's only twenty years old, he'll be the future of German football!" In an interview with reporters, Klinsmann said this.
The reporters were a little surprised.
Based on Zhang Tiehan's performance in the Italian league and the Champions League, if his nationality was Italian, he would probably have been called up as a member of the Italian national team early, but the German team is different, since history, most of the players in the German team are often players in the German league and play for various German clubs.
The German media also believes that this is the only way to form a team of these players, rather than a dozen scattered stars, unless other leagues have German players who are too good on the table, and exceptions can be made in special circumstances.
Obviously, Zhang Tiehan is one of the overseas German players who are too good on the table.
In fact, after Klinsmann took over Worrall's position as the new head coach of the German team, he did not make any changes to the German team, this was to stabilize the German team, but after Christmas, as the original national team players were good and bad, he had to make a move.
First, a couple of older players were dropped from the national team, and then Klinsmann's mind was on finding other replacements.
Zhang Tiehan is one of them.
It is impossible for him to not want to attract attention, after all, he has scored too many goals in Serie A, and the number of goals in the Champions League is far ahead of other stars, this kind of world-class watch will definitely attract attention, and in Germany, only a little attention to international football will naturally know Zhang Tiehan.
In addition to Zhang Tiehan, another player who appears in the new round of the German national team roster and does not play in the German local league is Hutter, who currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League.
Hut's experience is very similar to that of Zhang Tiehan.
As a young man, Hutt spent some time in the Union Berlin academy before being spotted by Chelsea's scouts and taken to London, and has since been in the Chelsea youth team, and is now less than 20 years old and has been promoted to be part of the Chelsea first team, even a year younger than Zhang Tiehan.
Although the two have never met, and even Zhang Tiehan has heard Hute's name for the first time, it is estimated that he will have a sense of pity for each other when he understands their respective experiences.
In the afternoon of the same day, many German media came to Rome for interviews, and Zhang Tiehan also responded, "Thank you for Mr. Klinsmann's evaluation, I am very happy to be in the German team squad, and I hope to add strength to the German team." ”
That's agreeing.
Zhang Tiehan also thought about the problem of his national team before, no matter how he thinks about it, the German team is the best choice, after all, he was born in Germany, the German team is also a world powerhouse, and entering the German team is the biggest help to his career.
He actually wants to play for the Chinese team as well...... But that's too complicated, first of all, he has to give up his German citizenship, which is almost impossible, and then, how much impact does becoming a Chinese player have on him? First of all, in terms of clubs, he has to occupy a place for overseas players, and secondly, there are many problems in living in Germany in the future, not to mention, the Chinese team is too ...... is weak, even if he enters the Chinese team, it will be difficult to change something.
In the end, Zhang Tiehan still chose the German team.
If he has the opportunity to do something for Chinese football in the future, he will definitely have no hesitation, but taking his own life and his career may not even have any effect, and it will be worth the loss to do so. (To be continued......)