Chapter 179: The Situation in Rome
Zhang Tiehan took the penalty kick and kicked the ball to the right side cleanly, and goalkeeper Adler, when the football flew into the goal, pounced on the opposite side, this scene made many fans forget about the goal, but laughed at Adler, even some of the other players in Leverkusen couldn't help laughing, and they didn't realize that something was wrong until they heard it.
Roma, on the other hand, have celebrated the goal!
"The ball is in! Zhang sent the ball into the net and Roma completed the comeback, and they took a 2-1 lead at home! It was a penalty of his own making, and he also scored the ball with the momentum, and when he stood at the penalty spot to take the penalty, many Roma fans began to celebrate. In the months he has been in Rome, Zhang has given Roma fans confidence with a constant stream of goals, and they believe in Zhang and believe that he can score the ball! ”
"2:1, both goals came from Zhang!"
"This young boy has proved himself with a constant number of goals, this is his fifth goal in the Champions League, maybe he should be grateful to Bayer Leverkusen, all five goals were scored against Bayer Leverkusen, if he wins the Champions League Golden Boot this season, Bayer Leverkusen will be indispensable......
The penalty made this time is also related to Zhang Tiehan's recent improvement in foot skills.
In the past, he got the ball in the penalty area, and it was difficult to protect the ball in the face of general defense, after all, the opponent's defense in the penalty area was too tight, and it was really difficult to protect the ball when two or three players came over to cover it.
Now it's different.
As his skills improve, he can get hold of the ball and use his body to protect it, so it becomes difficult for Leverkusen players to grab the ball, and Júnior's fouls are not all impulsive, after all, it is too dangerous for opposing players to control the ball in their own penalty area.
In the past few months, Zhang Tiehan has improved surprisingly much in terms of technology, and he has clearly felt it. If a year or two passes, he believes that his foot skills are by no means weaker than others.
What will it be like then?
"Zhang! He scored five goals in a row, replicating Maradona's 1986 goal against England...... "If you can score like that one day, your skills will be perfect."
Thinking about it, the smile on Zhang Tiehan's face became even thicker.
After the goal, Zhang Tiehan and De Rossi and other teammates hugged each other, and everyone stepped forward to say a word. This also shows Zhang Tiehan's status in Rome.
Totti is the team's number one star and the leader of Roma, but now Zhang Tiehan's status is also close to Totti, and Cassano, Mancini and other old Roma people, this is because he is a German, not Italian, with his appearance, in other teams enough to dominate the locker room, but Zhang Tiehan does not have this idea. He wants to have a good relationship with his teammates, fight for the team together, and compete for various championships.
Looking at the happy picture of the Roma team, the mood of the Roma reporters was complicated.
Zhang Tiehan has a good relationship with his teammates, a good relationship with the club, a good relationship with Roma fans, and an impeccable appearance in the game, but his relationship with them is not good...... The most depressing is. They couldn't find any 'bad news' about Zhang Tiehan, and last time they finally found a photo of Zhang Tiehan and a French woman together. As a result, the Frenchwoman was still his assistant.
And then what?
After the game, they had to praise it again, which was a really bad feeling. But they have to do that, or job security will be the biggest problem.
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In the end, with two goals from Zhang Tiehan, Roma won at home against Bayer Leverkusen and won their second European victory. Winning this one, Roma is still in third place in the group, but the shape is much better. In the other match played at the same time, Dynamo Kyiv and Real Madrid drew 1-1, leaving Roma in third place with six points. Real Madrid and Dynamo Kyiv are tied for top of the group with seven points, while Bayer Leverkusen are bottom of the group with just three points.
With two games remaining, a point down is a lot of chances.
But media analysis pointed out that even so, Rome's shape is not very good, and in the next two games, Roma must achieve at least one win and one draw to have a chance to qualify in the group, otherwise Leverkusen will lose two games, and Roma still has no chance.
If they want to take the right to qualify in their hands, they can't rely on their opponents' performances, and Roma would do well to guarantee two wins to qualify, so that they can qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League.
In addition to the out-of-line shì, the most reported by the media is Zhang Tiehan's state problem.
From Bayer Leverkusen to AC Milan, from AC Milan to Bayer Leverkusen, Zhang Tiehan has scored goals in recent games, and there is more than one, such a table is really eye-catching, and whether it is with AC Milan or two games against Bayer Leverkusen, Zhang Tiehan has played a very key role.
As Bayer Leverkusen coach Organthaler said, "We didn't lose to Roma, we lost to their number 13." ”
Many media and fans think so.
You can know from watching the match between Roma and Bayer Leverkusen, in fact, Bayer Leverkusen lost two games, but in both games they had the advantage in the shape of the game, the first game was at the Bayer Arena, they completely pressed Roma to play, just past the game at the Olympic Stadium, Leverkusen was also good, and Roma was quite passive in the case of losing Totti and Cassano.
In such a situation, Zhang Tiehan used a score and a penalty to help Roma achieve a reversal, and his role was too great.
After the game, there was no skepticism in the Roma media.
All the media are full of praise and praise, and all kinds of praise are the main theme of the media, as if it was not them who said before that 'they will only play against weak teams', 'rudeness, violence', 'is the reason for Roma's loss', etc.
This attitude of the media also made Zhang Tiehan very happy.
In his opinion, this is the Roman media succumbing to themselves, and sure enough, only with constant goals can these nasty guys shut up, they are like a group of minions, give them a good face, they think you are a bully, go up and down with two punches, and they immediately bow down and bend their knees.
In addition to the report on Zhang Tiehan, the outside world is most concerned about the current situation in Rome.
Speaking of which. The situation in Rome is definitely not good!
Cassano said that after all, there is still Montella who can take his place, and Totti is injured, which is the biggest problem facing Roma, Totti is too important to Roma, Roma without Totti. It's no joke that the table will go down a notch entirely.
With no one in Roma's squad to take Totti's place, Roma can only hope that De Rossi will be better and try not to get too bad.
That's what Drinel thought.
Totti is very important in the team's tactics, and without Totti, only De Rossi can take his place, but De Rossi is too young in comparison. In the game, he also looked immature, and no one could say what kind of table he could have when he started Rome.
Fortunately, there is good news for the team.
For example, due to the two-year broadcast agreement between Roma and Sky Sports Italia a while ago, Sensi promised various benefits came, and the turmoil in the summer made the team very unstable, and many old players even left the team. Even Totti said that he might leave, and the situation in Rome can be imagined.
The money is timely for rain!
The first to pledge allegiance to the team was Roberto Mancini. After the game against Bayer Leverkusen, the media reported that Mancini had successfully renewed his contract with AS Roma, and his contract was signed until 2009.
Mancini was poached from Brazil by Roma at the beginning of last year and loaned to Venezia in the second division for half a season, and after returning to Roma in the 2003-2004 season, he played extremely bravely and was a key figure in Roma's second-place finish in the league last season. After Roma left Samuel and Emerson this season. The club is concerned that retaining the players they have is a top priority, and the agreement between Roberto Mancini and Roma is good news for the team, as Roberto Mancini is Roma's main full-back and has an important place in the team.
After Mancini. It was De Rossi who announced his contract extension with the team, and De Rossi's contract extension is quite important for Roma.
The most successful player in Roma's young player development system has been De Rossi, who has also made it to the first team with Dagstino, Aquilani, De Martino and Sculto.
These youngsters are on the fringes of the Roma team, often playing with the development squad in the youth team, but their names have been reported to the Italian Football Federation and they are all able to represent Roma in Serie A, with Aquilani and Demartino both playing for Roma, and no one doubts that they will be the future of Roma.
Many people in the outside world envy the strength of the Roma youth army, after all, a big club like Roma is generally based on buying stars, and it is amazing that their own youth training system can provide the team with so many players.
De Rossi's successful contract extension has also given other young players confidence in the team.
In fact, De Rossi's contract renewal is also inevitable, as long as he can show a little bit of Xiàn, Roma will definitely renew his contract, the debate is only about the salary, the main thing is that among the Serie A players, De Rossi's salary belongs to the lowest group, his previous contract salary was only 40,000 euros a year, even Milan's metal fabrication workers will not be blushing at this salary, several young players who have just come up from the Roma youth team earn twice as much as De Rossi.
De Rossi is also a member of the Italian national team.
The income of his teammates in the national team is a lot higher than that of him, De Rossi's contract expired in 2006, and Roma was naturally reluctant to let go of such a baby, more than 20 days ago, the agent Berti had negotiated with the club on De Rossi's contract renewal, but the difference between the two sides on wages was still quite large.
De Rossi does not want to leave Roma at the moment, but with his contract expiry approaching and his performance getting better and better on the field, it is becoming more and more likely that he will leave Sensi.
With De Rossi's example, he will certainly not be a flash in the pan, having scored on his first appearance for the national team and now the eyes of Inter, AC Milan, Juventus and Manchester United are on the talent. De Rossi doesn't want to "climb to the top", he doesn't demand much, as long as he can match the salary level of Roma's main players - that is, around 1.8 million euros a year.
Zhang Tiehan has an annual salary of 2.4 million euros, his contract cannot be compared with Totti's 5 million sky-high contract, but it is also a high-priced contract in Rome, not to mention the table xiàn or anything, his contract is slightly higher than Del Vecchio and Mancini, worse than Cassano and Montella's contracts.
Of course, he has only been moving to Roma for less than half a year, and it is a bit impractical to change his contract now.
According to this standard, De Rossi's requirements are actually not high, the salary of 1.8 million euros is slightly higher than that of players such as Ferrari, although he is not the absolute main force of Roma, but De Rossi is young, strong, and talented, and is fully capable of getting such a contract.
The Club of Rome is certainly aware of the situation.
One thing is certain, the later Rome's decision comes, the worse it will be for them.
De Rossi also knows this: "Thanks to my cousin in Rome, winning the European Youth Championship with the Under-21s and being called up to the national team, I know that I am worth a lot more now than I used to. ”
If Roma had been able to reach an agreement with De Rossi a year ago, his salary would have been around 800,000 euros, but now if he has to renew his contract with De Rossi for another five years, Roma will have to spend a full 10 million euros more than a year ago.
"I'm willing to stay at Rome for the rest of my life, but I don't want to play for free just for the sake of honour." De Rossi made it clear.
In the end, Roma relented and successfully renewed his contract with De Rossi.
After that, many players began to negotiate contract extensions with the club, and after a large amount of income, the Roma club offered very lenient terms, which made most of the players very satisfied.
The renewal of the contracts of one player after another is good news for Roma.
But at the moment, apart from player contract extensions, the team's results are a big problem. The Champions League is something for the team to consider, and the domestic league must also be considered, and the results of Roma in the first ten rounds of four wins and four draws are really a bit poor, and if the team wants to qualify for next season's European competition, they must work hard from now on.
In the Italian league, the top three in the north are all difficult to gnaw bones, fortunately, Roma has already experienced the top three games, drawing with Inter Milan, losing to Juventus, and defeating AC Milan, such results are not bad, but if you want to advance in the league rankings, it is not enough to be 'not bad', you must do better.
In addition to the top three in the north, Roma beat local rivals Lazio, which was also a good result, the only problem was that they conceded too many points in small teams.
This is a big problem.
In fact, other teams, including AC Milan and Juventus, have the same problem, their Champions League, when they meet opponents in the league, they are often quite good, but many times in the face of small teams, there will always be inexplicable embarrassment, none of these small teams in Serie A are easy to mess with, and it is not unusual for one not to pay attention to losing at home.
It is undeniable that this is also the charm of Serie A, where it is not necessarily the strongest teams to win, and it is normal for small teams to turn the tables away from home.
Drinel has given a game plan for the near future.
The eleven games before January, which did not play against big clubs, are a period of time for Roma to compete for Champions League qualification next season, and this period will be particularly important.
In the plan, Roma will try to win against smaller teams, and some difficult opponents, such as Udinese and Sampdoria, can be changed or even waived.
According to this plan, eight of the eleven games must be won and more than 24 points can be won before Roma can have a chance to compete with AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan and other teams in the top three of the league next year, and try to qualify for the Champions League next season.
If they can't meet the requirements, or even fall too far behind, Roma will have to focus on qualifying for the League Cup.
This put a lot of pressure on Rome.
Especially now that Totti is injured, in the past five league games, Totti will definitely not be able to play for Roma, and it is really difficult to predict what kind of journey Totti can get without Totti's team. (To be continued......)