Roma is a football club based in Rome, the capital of Italy, and the team logo looks a bit like a rhinoceros, but it is actually a giant wolf nursing two babies.

Normally, football is based on the economy, and AS Roma is located in the capital of Italy, but it was not until the late 90s, when Maradona left Napoli and Sampdoria were relegated to the second division, that Roma entered the ranks of the "Seven Sisters of Serie A".

It may seem counterintuitive, but the reason is simple.

Although the Club of Rome is located in the capital of Italy, the Italian royal family, the Agnelli family, is an industrial-dominated supergroup, and Turin is the industrial center of Italy.

Therefore, the Agnelli family did not support Rome in the capital, but Juventus in Turin.

That's why Juventus and Milan have always been at the top of Serie A.

Juventus is supported by the royal family, while Milan has the highest GDP in Italy, with an economy almost equal to that of Turin and Juventus combined.

The Club of Rome, although located in the capital, does not have the same financial slumps as other giants.

However, while most players in the world are profit-seeking, of course, football is a profession in its own right, and it is understandable to go to a team that is better treated, but there are always one or two exceptions that can satisfy the romantic feelings of the fans.

Totti, the wolf king of one man and one city, is the most typical example.

Totti was born in Rome in 76 and was invited by AC Milan when he was 13 years old, but he refused to leave the city he had always loved, and joined the club Roma, which was not counted as the "Seven Sisters of Serie A" and hovered between 7 and 15 in Serie A all year round, and became a member of its youth academy.

Then, it was the beginning of the legend.

There is no doubt that Totti is the most talked about [one person, one city] story by fans around the world in the last decade, and Chen Mo is the successor of this decade.

The two are very similar, but the difference is that Totti is because his family has been a die-hard fan of Roma for generations, and he has liked Roma since he was a child, while Chen Mo decided to stick to Arsenal halfway because of Wenger's kindness.

The two had different ideas at first, but in the end, they were on the same path.

Therefore, before the start of the Champions League knockout match between Arsenal and Roma, fans all over the world were full of expectations, and there were topics about Chen Mo and Totti on the Internet every day.

In the midst of such anticipation, on February 25, 2009, surrounded by countless fans, the Arsenal team bus slowly drove into the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

The Stadio Olimpico is a huge stadium with a capacity of 105,000 spectators, but this stadium is not unique.

In the same way that Milan share the same stadium, Roma and Lazio share the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Very good.

went to the locker room of the stadium, looking at the non-slippery floor in the locker room, and the bathroom sprinkler head with normal heat and cold, Chen Mo nodded with satisfaction.

Football has a home-and-away advantage, not only in the whistle and the fans on the field, but also in other aspects.

For example, the Camp Nou has the largest turf area in the world, and it is much larger than Chelsea's Bridge in terms of length and width.

This is mainly because Barcelona plays possession, and the larger the field, the more suitable it is for them to possess the ball; In this case, the smaller the court, the more suitable it is for defense, and the more suitable it is to counterattack.

In addition to the size of the pitch, there are also teams that inject more water into the turf before the game against teams with strong possession, making it more difficult to pass the ball.

These routines are there, and the locker room is naturally the same.

Chen Mo has even encountered the kind of away locker room like an ice rink before, it is slippery when you walk up, and the water in the bathroom is cold and hot, and at the same time, the walls of the locker room are also very thin, and you can always hear the home fans shouting outside the wall during the whole halftime.

Of course, there is clearly no such away disadvantage here.

This is mainly due to the fact that Roma share the pitch with Lazio, so the dressing rooms on both sides are doing well.

However, Arsenal did not pay attention to these small things, and everyone was changing their clothes while listening to Wenger pressing in front of the tactical board.

But there's not much to say.

Although this game was hyped because Chen Mo and Totti were both captains with strong mental attributes, in fact, the gap between Roma and their Arsenal was still quite large.

Roma's side is mainly supported by Totti in the front line and De Rossi in the midfield.

Totti is a second striker with a bit of a forward attribute, who can pass and shoot, but mainly shoots, and the passing aspect is not the top.

As for De Rossi.

Some people call De Rossi a defender-type midfielder.

To put it simply, Roma sells defenders every year, but Roma's defense is stable every year, and those defenders who are sold can't develop in the end.

Therefore, many people think that De Rossi covered up the shortcomings of those Roma defenders back then.

But actually, this kind of talk is a bit nonsense.

Defenders and midfielders complement each other, without a good midfielder, the defender is uncomfortable, without a good defender, the midfielder is just as uncomfortable.

De Rossi scored six goals last season, and normally it is very difficult for the midfielders to score goals because they are too far from the goal, and Roma is not a pressing style of play like Barca, and the midfielders do not move around the top of the opposition's arc.

In this case, he can still score six goals in the back, which means that in many cases, he De Rossi will press into the midfield to participate in the attack.

If the midfielder wants to be freed up, either other midfield teammates will be dragging their feet to fill in, or the back line will be fierce and able to withstand the pressure from the back.

Of course, whether De Rossi is strong or not, Chen Mo doesn't care, what he cares about is the data of De Rossi's 6 goals, which actually exposes Roma's tactical system on paper.

Obviously, under Roma's tactical system, De Rossi needs to be often inserted in the middle as a midfielder, and if Roma's midfielder is inserted, they Arsenal can do more in the forward position.

What Chen Mo can think of, Wenger can also think of, so he has always emphasized that he needs the center to retreat from the forward position and pull the opponent's central defender out.

Attacking the point, but these words are too emphasized, and Arsenal's starting center forward in this game is Da Luo.

He's an experienced pure-blooded centre-forward who is very good at making the most of space.

However, in the cheers of the fans, Arsenal actually played a little uncomfortable shortly after the start of the game.

The main reason is that the Roma side knew that they couldn't attack Arsenal, so they shrank directly behind after the opening and directly engaged in defensive counterattacks.

Serie A defenders, Cannavaro, Nesta, Maldini are all defenders in Serie A, this is not because of Serie A's outstanding people.

Everything happens for a reason, Serie A has a defender because Serie A advocates defense, and Serie A is most famous for chain defense.

In Serie A, which advocates defense, it is naturally easier to produce defenders, and the standard of defenders is generally higher.

In the face of this Roma team that retreated from the whole line, Arsenal did not find any opportunities in the opening stage, but Chen Mo was not in a hurry, just firmly controlled the ball at his feet and took his teammates back and forth.

Normally, if you keep falling but don't get an offensive opportunity, this is a useless backfoot, but it will give the opponent more opportunities.

But in football, every game is completely different.

When they can't find a chance, Arsenal have too much possession and it is indeed easy to give a chance to counterattack, but how did Roma's attack come about?

De Rossi, a midfielder, needs to be involved in the attack to play better!

If Arsenal can't find a chance in possession of the ball, Roma will have more counter-attacks, and the more Roma counter-attacks, the more opportunities Arsenal will find!

Dancing on the Blade.

However, Chen Mo is not false at all, first of all, he is confident that his ability to grasp opportunities on his side is stronger than that of Rome, and secondly, this is Rome's home field, and away goals are more advantageous!

Moreover, this is Rome's home stadium, Chen Mo doesn't think that Rome will defend the whole game at his home stadium.

Things are going on like Chen meditating.

Throughout the first half, Roma kept dragging behind the defense and didn't take the initiative to grab, but at the beginning of the second half, Roma changed formations.

They seemed to want to catch Arsenal off guard, and as soon as the whistle blew, they went straight to the whole field.

But it's a pity that Chen Mo has long been on guard.

In the 53rd minute of the game, De Rossi, who had been dragging behind, pressed to the area in front of the midfield and began to press, and as he moved forward, Da Luo immediately sank from the center forward position to the forward position.

Da Luo sinks, it stands to reason that Rome's two central defenders have to come out with one, but Rome has also made a plan.

Instead of the centre-backs coming out, another Roma midfielder was given a midfield position to fill the space.

The idea is very good, but unfortunately it still can't be broken.

Arsenal's left and right wingers are Bale and Di Maria, although Bale's skills are not too good now, more often than not, he is an overtaking monster, but Di Maria on the right side can play as a side midfielder.

With the Roma midfielder adducting in the middle because of Ronaldo, Di Maria, who has been in the right winger position, directly retreated to the right forward area!

Empty!

The right forward area is empty!

At the moment when Di Maria retreated, Chen Mo directly shouldered De Rossi and sent a straight stopper.

Seeing this, the Roma left full-back immediately went up to make up for Di Maria, but at the same time as he went up, amid the exclamations of global fans, Arsenal right-back Zambrotta had quickly descended from the wing.

Yes, the purpose of Da Luo's retreat is to create opportunities for Di Maria, and Di Maria's retreat is to create opportunities for Zambrotta, and when Zambrotta goes down to the side without defense, Bale on the left, Da Luo and Chen Mo in the middle, and Di Maria on the right in the middle, rushed into the Roma penalty area for the first time.

Four-man outflanking in the penalty area!

There was no suspense, Berta Rodi Maria pushed the entire back line of Roma directly in front of the goal!

The penalty spot is empty!

Zambrotta did not hesitate, and directly sent an inverted triangle cross of the boccia ball, and in the next second, Chen Mo, who rushed to the penalty spot, directly pushed the ball with his right foot and easily pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.

One to zero.

With Chen Mo's goal, the game basically came to an end.

Roma were able to resist Arsenal's attack throughout the first half because they had been defending to the death, but how can they defend now that they are behind?

You have to attack and it will give Arsenal more chances.

There was no suspense, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was also fixed at 3-1.

Lost at home, but the Roma fans were not too uncomfortable, after all, Rome's strength was indeed not the top, but when they saw Chen Mo and Totti exchanging No. 10 jerseys in their hands, and after hugging, the audience resounded with long-lasting applause.

It's not a show, to be honest, Chen Mo really admires Totti.

Even in the period before the introduction of Ronaldo, he asked Wenger if he could get Totti to Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger did make an offer for Roma, but Totti turned down Wenger's offer in the face of the temptation of an honour at the end of his career, as well as a higher salary.

Chen Mo has always admired this kind of chivalrous person, and even invited Totti to go to London early in the second round after hugging, and he will make an authentic Argentinian barbecue for Totti.

Away win, Chen Mo was quite happy after the game.

But soon, he was a little uncomfortable with the news reports.

[World Sports: 6:0! 87% possession! The team's pass success rate is 94%! Messi's hat-trick, Iniesta scored twice! In the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, Barcelona defeated the French giants Lyon! 】

[Marca: Dream three set sail, teenager Busquets showed a perfect performance far beyond his peers, he is the last piece of the puzzle for Guardiola! 】

[The Times: Arsenal's strongest opponent appears!] 】

Six to zero!

Or playing Ligue 1 Lyon!

The whole world was stunned!

The current Lyon is not the Lyon of the future, the current Lyon is a proper French hegemon, from 01 to last year, Lyon completed the French League seven consecutive hegemony!

Seven Ligue 1 titles in seven years!

It belongs to an era that has ruled Ligue 1!

But this Lyon team was kicked 6-0 by Barcelona!

And it's six to zero in a completely crushing nature!

Not to mention ordinary fans, even Chen Mo was shocked.

To be honest, he knows how strong this Barcelona team is, and he also knows that this Barcelona team lost to Arsenal in the Champions League last season, a big reason is that the back position is not suitable, but he still didn't expect Barcelona to be so strong!

87% possession, what a concept.

It's equivalent to Lyon not touching the ball much in the whole game!

Lyon, who has just completed seven consecutive Ligue 1 championships, can't even touch the ball in the face of Barcelona!

And Messi scored a hat-trick in the first half!

This is a historic level of midfield control, and a historic level of lethality!

There is no doubt that after this game, Chen Mo, who had won three Champions League and three Golden Ball awards, had actually become a little desireless in his heart, and once again felt great pressure!

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