Chapter 50 Is this the treatment for the away team's star player? A masterful inside cut!
Chapter 50 Is this the treatment for the away team's star player? A masterful inside cut!
Four o'clock in the afternoon.
The Roma coaching staff and players arrived at the San Siro stadium, officially named the Meazza Stadium, by bus.
All belonging to the Milan City Hall.
AC Milan and Inter Milan share the same home stadium.
Outside the stadium, many die-hard home fans gathered to hurl insults at the Roma players inside the team bus.
Players who performed well, such as Dzeko, Chang Huan, and Alisson, were the most "popular".
Chang Huan is visiting an away game for the first time as an opponent of a top-tier team.
He looked at the hostile home fans and initially felt a little flustered.
However, possessing the characteristic of composure, he quickly adjusted his mindset.
The louder the home fans shout, the more afraid they are.
If they were just ordinary, unremarkable players, would these fans go to such lengths to wage psychological warfare?
Clearing his mind, his gaze towards the Milan fans became indifferent.
"You little rascal, you're a real freak."
Sitting nearby, Lorenzo Pellegrini remarked, "How can you remain completely unaffected by the Milan fans hurling insults at you?"
Chang Huan shrugged and said, "They only hurl insults and even abuse at players they perceive as a threat."
"You have a really good attitude."
Lorenzo Pellegrini followed Chang Huan out of the car in line, but... I always felt there was something unspoken in what he said?
Ok?
He stepped off the bus, paused, and craned his neck to listen.
It seems... Milan fans didn't criticize themselves!
All Roma players were guided by staff to the passageway leading to the away team's locker room.
Head coach Di Francisco brought Dzeko to the pre-match press conference.
Chang Huan, having changed into his training shirt, followed his teammates through the player tunnel onto the field.
The 80065-seat stadium delivers an incredibly powerful sensory experience.
This wasn't the largest professional football stadium he had ever been to, but it was the largest professional football stadium he had ever entered as a player!
Three days ago, we played an away game in the Champions League. To get used to the field, we mainly jogged and stretched, and practiced light tactical coordination.
About half an hour has passed.
Head coach Di Francesco and Dzeko arrived at the stadium.
The entire pre-match practice session lasted ninety minutes.
A great battle is imminent.
Both sets of fans are intentionally hyping up this highly anticipated match.
The two teams are not derbies, but they are rivals at the top level of Serie A culture and competition.
First, there is the conflict between cities.
One is the national capital, and the other is the economic center.
They naturally dislike each other.
Rome's owner, Pallotta, is also a troublemaker. In a reporter's interview, he said meaningfully, "Only a madman would borrow money to buy people."
These words were clearly directed at Li Yonghong, the Chinese owner of AC Milan, and were a sarcastic remark about his borrowing 3.3 million euros from Elliott Management to complete the acquisition and player purchases.
Milan fans are still very supportive of owner Li. Buying players worth nearly 200 million euros is real money, regardless of whether it's a loan or not.
They all defended their boss and hurled insults at Rome's owner, Paquetá.
Roma fans, while also dissatisfied with Paqueta, could not tolerate Milan fans hurling insults at them.
As a result, the online war of words between the two sides' fans quickly turned into a real-life verbal battle.
On the day of the competition.
AC Milan fans, taking advantage of their numerical superiority, taunted the Roma fans outside the police line.
"Wolf shit! You poor bastards in the capital, your number of championships doesn't even equal our last few!"
"Always number two!"
"A city of beggars! Southern Italian mutts!"
"You live off benefits, we live off jobs! Shut up!"
……
Roma's strong performance in the league and Champions League this season gives fans confidence.
He didn't hesitate to retort.
"Northern money-grubbers, a mercenary workforce that achieves results through money!"
"Nursing home! Can you see our point-based taillights now?"
"Keep borrowing money to buy more people! It's still not enough!"
Milan! The city of sissies!
The fans from both sides became increasingly agitated as they exchanged insults. In areas where security was inadequate, some fans stopped hurling insults at each other and instead punched the other side in the face.
Fortunately, the Milan police responded quickly, preventing individual conflicts from escalating into group incidents.
The match will start at 6 p.m., making it the second-to-last night of this round of Serie A.
The entire Roma team departed at approximately four o'clock.
Chang Huan, sitting by the window, looked out of the bus.
The densely packed Milan fans held up banners, slogans, and graffiti that were highly abusive and mocking.
He squinted; it was clearly impossible for him not to be angry.
But they also knew that the smartest way to compete was to help the team beat AC Milan at the San Siro!
Sitting in the front row, De Rossi, a perceptive man, noticed that Chang Huan seemed to be influenced by the Milan fans. He turned around, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry about it. Just play the game you've trained for, and I believe you'll become a hero of Rome."
"Me too."
The Roma players, including Dzeko, Strootman, and Kolarov, looked at Chang Huan with eyes full of support and trust.
Chang Huan felt the support from her teammates and smiled knowingly.
Although he didn't care about the Milan fans who were trying to mess with his mentality, his teammates didn't know that.
We must accept the friendly signals they are proactively sending.
As the Roma players entered the stadium one by one through the players' tunnel.
A chorus of boos descended from the sky.
The loudest boos before the game came when the announcer announced the away team's roster.
It was overwhelming and swept across the entire venue.
Chang Huan felt the overwhelming atmosphere of fervor (cursing sounds) and, while his teammates were stretching, he switched to a system page that was only visible to himself.
Points Mall.
I used up 1000 of the 1000+ (1232) points that I had painstakingly accumulated.
Exchange: Level 3 (Advanced → Proficient) Skill Upgrade Card.
Increase the progress to 18.87% and upgrade the "Internal Cut" skill to "Mastery" level!
Cut inside (Master): Your dribbling rhythm becomes increasingly powerful and varied. Your unparalleled ball control increases the accuracy of your follow-up shots/long shots by +5 for each successful dribble (Note: This effect can be stacked up to 3 times).
"this……"
Chang Huan stared in amazement at the simultaneously appearing text analysis.
The current long-range shooting stat has been improved to 61 through daily training, which means that once you cut inside and get past three people in a row, you can temporarily raise the stat to 76!
The numerical value isn't particularly high, but... the improvement is significant.
In addition, with his dribbling and ball control both at 90, his excellent form plus a bit of luck will undoubtedly pose a huge threat to Donnarumma guarding the goal.
Even a goal!
Then... we'll be able to shut the home fans up.
Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, revealing a triumphant and expectant smile.
"Cough~ What are you laughing at?"
El Shaarawy nudged Chang Huan with his elbow.
"I just remembered something funny."
Lorenzo Pellegrini immediately became interested: "What's so funny?"
"I watched a movie called 'The Mermaid' last year."
Two Italian national team players: "..."
Chang Huan smiled and blinked, and the subtitles that only she could see disappeared.
They felt an even stronger desire to earn more points.
The skill level of cutting inside past three players temporarily increases shooting/long-range accuracy by 15 points. What about reaching the pinnacle level?
Reaching the pinnacle?
Shortly after, the Italian Serie A league announced the starting lineups submitted by both sides.
The home team, AC Milan, adopted a 3-5-2 formation.
Goalkeeper: Donnarumma
Center-backs: Romagnoli, Bonucci, Musacchio
Wing-backs: Ricardo Rodriguez (left), Borini (right)
Midfielders: Çalhanoğlu, Biglia, Kessie
Forwards: Andre Silva, Kalinic
The away team's starting lineup was still the commonly used 4-3-3 formation.
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Defenders: Kolarov, Fazio, Manolas, Bruno Perez
Midfielders: Nainggolan, De Rossi, Strootman
Forwards: El Shaarawy, Dzeko, Chang Huan
Chinese fans waiting for the AC Milan vs. Roma match and seeing Chang Huan's name on the roster knew they had to stay up all night.
And... the timing is also relatively friendly.
It was midnight on Monday, and I finished watching it around 0 a.m.
Let's refresh Dongqiudi and Live9 again...
There's plenty of time!
Before this round's key match, Serie A has completed six league games.
League leaders Napoli secured a 3-0 victory over Cagliari to maintain their lead at the top of the table.
斯帕尔1:1克罗托内、都灵2:2维罗纳、拉齐奥6:1萨索洛、贝内文托1:2国米、切沃2:1佛罗伦斯
The first ten minutes of the match.
The match preparation bell rang in the locker rooms of both the home and away teams.
The players from both sides intentionally formed a circle to encourage each other.
As Roma players headed towards the players' tunnel, head coach Di Francesco called out to Chang Huan: "Chang."
"Boss, hmm?"
Di Francesco was about to say something, but seeing the eager look in Chang Huan's eyes, he smiled and raised his arm, saying, "Go for it!"
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