champion professor

Chapter 213 The Sad Mendieta

Mendieta grew up in Valencia's youth training camp since he was a child. He was selected from the B team by Ranieri and quickly grew into a main player.

Competent for multiple positions in the midfield, whether it is a right midfielder, a defensive midfielder or even a front midfielder, not only has excellent breakthrough ability from the wing, but also has a fairly accurate placement of the cross.

According to rumors, Mendieta has loved football since he was a child, and even reached the point where he has to hug a football every night to sleep.

Of course, the reason is precisely because Mendieta was abandoned by his mother in the local Castellon monastery since he was a child. He lacks maternal love and only football can rely on him. Playing football is the only thing that can relieve his inner pressure.

But it is this near-dependent love that affects him.

The Italian team is completely different from Valencia's style of play. Mendieta has too much ball possession and is too sticky to the ball, which is not accepted by the Italian team, which pays more attention to tactics.

Although Lazio has squandered a lot of money to buy players like a local tyrant in recent years, and its main formation does not conform to the mainstream of Italy, they are still an Italian team with a unique tradition here.

Although Mendieta is willing to make changes for the team, this deep-rooted thinking is not so easy to get rid of.

It is precisely because of this that Mendieta has never fulfilled his role as a midfielder, but has repeatedly disrupted the team's plan, making the victorious game a draw or even a loss!
However, based on Mendieta's experience of leading Valencia to the Champions League final for two consecutive years, it is not impossible for Eriksson to gamble here. What if Mendieta is particularly suitable for foreign games?
In the first two games against Panathinaikos and Schalke 04, Mendieta did not play, and Lazio also got one win and one draw to remain unbeaten.

Whether the current Eriksson will choose such a risky strategy is still hard to say.

However, after getting the starting list, Shao Bo still shrank his eyes. Fortunately, his body did not jump two feet high to betray him.

Eriksson sent Mendieta, whom Shao Bo had been thinking about day and night, to the battle. Maybe he felt that he should at least give this "Mr. 5000 Million" some chances. Does performance in the league help more?

However, Shao Bo felt that Eriksson's move gave Arsenal a chance instead. Perhaps they thought it was too comfortable to be ranked first in the group and wanted to have some excitement?
it is good!
Shao Bo fulfilled his wish, and hoped that Eriksson would not regret this decision.

Regardless of whether it is a stadium that can accommodate 8 people or 10 people, when it reaches this level, ordinary people will not be able to see the difference.Just like if the assets of the rich are hundreds of millions, there is not much difference between 100 billion and 200 billion in the eyes of ordinary people.

Arsenal is also a team that has fought tough battles in many big stadiums. The capacity of the Olympic Stadium in Rome is not too large.And because of the design of the stadium, the slope of the stands is very gentle, and in the eyes of the players, there is not much oppression.

However, it can also be seen from the name that this stadium was originally built as the main venue of the Olympic Games, and it is still different from a professional football field.It is understandable that it cannot bring enough pressure to the visiting team.

This is Mendieta's first UEFA Champions League match this season. Although his recent performance is not good, Lazio fans still put up banners to support this season's standard king, expecting him to bring new breakthroughs to the team.

No matter what, the fans are pure. Although they hate the players who hurt the club, their love for the players who play for the club is unparalleled—every fan is unique, and no one can Compare individually.

In the stadium that can accommodate about 10 people, there is a clear distinction between red and blue, and it happens that the colors of the two teams also represent the most classic red and blue matchup in the football world.

Although the main color of Rome tends to be dark red, it is very different from the bright red and bright color of Arsenal, not to mention their unique white sleeves.But this does not prevent Lazio fans from comparing it with Roma fans, naturally wearing prejudiced glasses.

Behind the goal has always been an area where diehard fans gather. This is Lazio's home stadium, so the position of the visiting team stand for Arsenal is also the south stand that belongs to the diehard fans of Roma.

Of course, fans of the visiting team can't occupy so many seats.Many Roma fans also took advantage of the sale of neutral tickets to sneak in. Anyway, they had no enmity with Arsenal. Instead, they cheered for Arsenal in the familiar stands, expecting their mortal enemy to be severely beaten.

Roma lost only one more game than Lazio last season, and the two teams competed for the league title fairly steadily.

The result was the loss of this game, which made them miss their first full season championship since the new century.

Roma fans are of course unhappy, but they also qualified for the Champions League by virtue of their second place in Serie A.

It's just that the third UEFA Champions League game belonging to Roma will not be played until tomorrow. Taking advantage of today's free time, Roma fans just came here, looking forward to the defeat of the archenemy, and saving all the victorious character to Roma.

After the start of the game, Arsenal did not make the Roma fans happy for too long, and soon they conceded a goal in the away game.

"What the hell!"

"It's so embarrassing!"

The Roma fans sitting on the side are not too far away from the Arsenal fans, but most of the Arsenal fans can't understand Italian. Looking at these guys shouting excitedly, they thought they were cheering for their team Cheer up.

Unexpectedly, less than 10 minutes into the game, Arsenal conceded a goal first, and the corner of Shao Bo's mouth twitched a little... Your sister didn't follow the script!
Shao Bo originally thought that Lazio's combat effectiveness would decline after Mendieta played, but he didn't expect that Arsenal's players had never found their form.

Directly let the Lazio players find an opportunity, pass the ball to Crespo, and the latter scored a header.

However, Shao Bo also noticed that Mendieta's problem is still there, and the goal just now has nothing to do with him.

Thinking of this, Shao Bo decided, at least the main route is not a problem.

Taking advantage of this loss, Shao Bo called Pires over and whispered a few words.

Conceding a goal, the Arsenal players felt a little pressure, and they began to take this game seriously.

Probably the last time Shao Bo defeated Schalke 04 in a strategizing, and the experience of playing with their goalkeeper gave the players a wrong impression that Shao Bo would still use superb psychological methods to win.

In fact, Gilberto Silva, who joined this year, thought that this was the result of Shao Bo using some kind of mysterious magic from the ancient East.

South American players can be regarded as the most superstitious group of people in football, but this also happens to facilitate the communication between Shao Bo and him. Even though he doesn't have much time on the court now, he still has no complaints.

When Mendieta is on the court, he will be arranged to be the core of the team's playmaker, but his style does not match the Italian team.Just like PS game discs cannot be directly installed on XBOX, Mendieta is now having this problem.

It's just that since this is a tactic arranged by the head coach, many Lazio players can only abide by it.

The goal just now was said to be their lead, but it was more because Crespo saw Campbell's negligence that he got this opportunity.

After conceding the ball, Arsenal regained their strength and regained their form. The game has just started. The sooner they lose the ball, the sooner Arsenal can come back and even overtake!
The tight defense immediately blocked Lazio's offense.

Simeone made a cross from the left, and Crespo volleyed from 20 meters away.Soon, he hastily kicked at the front of the penalty area and the ball went wide of the far post.

Crespo, who had just scored a goal, was a little discouraged again. These two strikes were not like actions that a top shooter can make.

Moreover, Arsenal is not a team that makes people shoot and not fight back, they are experts in counterattacks!Gilberto Silva caught the ball at the feet of Simeone, who dribbled it in from the halfway line and handed it to teammate Pires, who fired his left-footed shot wide of the right post from 25 meters away.

This shock made Peruzzi break out in a cold sweat. Pires' kick was much more accurate than Crespo's. Because of Shao Bo's request, Arsenal's team always aimed at positions that were particularly difficult to save.

It's a pity, if the wind is stronger, maybe this ball will go straight to the upper right corner of the gate and be scored.

After the third counter attack, Arsenal got a corner, Henry took the right corner, Peruzzi picked it up and let it go, Ljungberg chested the ball to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the big man volleyed with his left foot Shot into the net.

Another Champions League goal!
An equalizer goal!

Ibrahimovic stood there, roared at the fans behind the gate, and nodded.

Behind the gate were the fans of the visiting team who came to Rome all the way from London. When they saw Ibrahimovic's celebration, they immediately sang Ibrahimovic's song happily.

The Roma fans were very happy to see them equalize the score so quickly. Some excited Roma fans took off their coats to reveal the dark Roma jerseys inside.

oh?The Arsenal fans on the side were a little surprised, but seeing that they were celebrating this goal like myself, no matter whether they knew a foreign language or not, the Arsenal fans who were seated near the aisle would shout: "Hey, Dude!"
"This is the first set-piece of the game. Unexpectedly, Arsenal seized the opportunity and equalized the score! There is still a lot of time in the game, what kind of performance will the two teams offer for everyone?" Excited The commentator also cheered for Arsenal's equalizer.

　After the exam, I was busy coding at night... It was so hard, I wish all the friends who took the exam today pass!Also ask for a ticket and a reward!
　　
　
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