Football: Banned for life, forced to travel to Europe

Chapter 122 Unpopular

If wishing was regarded as a game character, when he was heading the ball just now, the three skills of [Sky Fighter], [Iron Man] and [Dribbling] must have been lit up at the same time.

Making a wish is like an angry bull, forcefully knocking away two defenders, and using his horns to teach the head coach who looked down on him...

Gonzalez seemed shocked by the wish, "Luis, I take back what I just said. Xu's header is not good, but extremely good. I have never seen such a good header."

Enrique was a little surprised, his assistant had never praised others so much, "Even Klose is not as good as him?"

"Klose's heading skills are better, but Klose is only 1 meters, and Xu...his latest height is 84 meters, and his weight is 1 kg heavier than Klose. This is a heavy-duty tank."

"It's a pity that we are not a heavy armored brigade, so we don't need this kind of heavy tank."

After working with Enrique for more than two years, Gonzalez certainly knows his character, so he no longer persuades him, but concentrates on watching the game, but his attention is now on making wishes.

Although Gonzalez agrees with Enrique's tactics, he also has his own understanding. He does not reject high center forwards, but likes them very much.

He believes that the high center forward has a great tactical role. Not only can it be used as a pile to cooperate with the two front midfielders, but it is also a sharp weapon to break dense defenses. Unfortunately, he is not the head coach.

Neither side scored again in the ensuing game, and the 60-minute training match ended 1-1.

Enrique did not summarize the analysis, but directly asked the players to go to physical therapy. He said to Gonzalez, "There are a lot of problems. It seems that I will have to work overtime tonight."

Gonzalez nodded, knowing that Enrique was going to edit the video of the players overnight. With the video, it would be much more intuitive to talk about tactics.

That night, the lights in Enrique's room didn't go out until four o'clock in the morning. The next morning, he appeared in front of the players in good spirits and led them to practice offensive routines.

Gonzalez has to sigh with emotion that Enrique is very energetic, which is also a necessary condition for being a head coach, and he cannot envy him.

In the next half month, Enrique has been leading the Roma players to familiarize himself with his tactics, but the time is too short, and the players can only barely understand the superficial, which is also reflected in the friendly match.

In half a month, Roma played three friendly matches, and the strength of the opponents was not strong.

They won 3-0 against Sudi Road, a team in Group B of Serie C, and made a wish to score a goal with a long shot. Totti scored twice, but the content of the game was very constipated. The three goals were a reflection of the player's personal ability. Nothing to do with tactics.

Warsaw, the team that won the Hungarian First Division 1-0, still wished to use a corner kick to score a goal, but Enrique was very dissatisfied, and the team's tactics still did not play out the content.

In the last friendly match, Roma defeated La Liga powerhouse Valencia 0-3, and Enrique's team was directly sieved.

After playing the game against Valencia, Enrique directly led the team to Bratislava, the capital of Czechoslovakia. He was very dissatisfied with the team's performance, and instead of giving the players a holiday, he chose to continue to familiarize himself with his team. tactics.

A week later, it will be the Europa League play-offs.Roma will be away to challenge the Czechoslovak Super League giants - Bratislava.

August [-]th, Bratislava Municipal Stadium.

Enrique's starting lineup has been adjusted again. The 1-meter Burdisso replaced the 82-meter Kjaer. Burdisso's passing is better, and Enrique still pays more attention to the ball.

Among the three midfielders, Gago was temporarily sidelined by Enrique, and he didn't even make the squad. He was replaced by the 31-year-old Brazilian midfielder Simplicio. He had a better understanding of Enrique's tactics during this period. Thorough, won the head coach's favor.

The three forwards are still Totti, Bojan and Lamela.

Wishing did not start, but sat on the bench.

Roma's official commentator Alessandro is not as passionate as Silva. He explained slowly but logically, "Roma has invited the legendary Barcelona player Enrique to coach the team this season. The team has undergone a major transformation, with great changes in tactics and personnel, and we can see that Enrique's starting lineup has changed six players compared to last season."

"Obviously the players haven't adjusted well yet. They seemed a bit at a loss on the field. There were a lot of mistakes in passing and cutting. After 70 minutes of the game, Roma hadn't had an absolute chance. In contrast, Bratislava's style of play was very different. Simple and effective, they have a 4411 formation, only striker Seb in front, he has three feet, forcing Scott Lunberg to make two excellent saves."

"If this continues, Rome is in danger."

Not only the commentator saw the problem of Roma, but even the wishing also saw the problem. Roma's offensive routines are not familiar with it, and they cannot form threatening shooting opportunities. Now the team needs a player who can solve the problem to stand up.

But Totti is not this type of player. Totti's passing is elusive, and his long-range shots are also quite standard. But now that Bratislava is retreating, Totti, Bojan and Lamela have not formed a tacit understanding. His passing was hard to find two.

It is unrealistic to expect Totti to send the ball to the goal with several people in a row.

And Bojan's dribbling is excellent, but he can't pass others. He usually relies on shifting speed and changing the center of gravity to deceive opponents, but when Boyang takes the ball, he is double-teamed. There is no room for play at all.

As for Lamela, he is completely out of the system. He works hard, but it is useless.

No. 705 minutes, Enrique took the lead in making adjustments. He replaced Lamela with Pollini, and replaced Pjanic, who had no achievements, with Perotta, preparing to continue to strengthen midfield control.

Seeing Enrique's substitution, Alejandro put forward different opinions, "We spent 2200 million euros in the summer to introduce a 1-meter high center forward from Benfica, why not try to replace Xu? His header and long-range shots are the sharp weapons to break the dense defense."

Gonzalez asked the same question, "Luis, do you want Xu to play? We need his header."

"No." Enrique rejected the assistant coach's proposal without even thinking about it, "The scene is still under control now, and my tactics are fine."

After more than 20 minutes, the scene still did not improve. I made a wish and went to warm up several times, but I still haven't received Enrique's call.

Gonzalez reminded, "Heinze has a problem with his physical strength. Do you want to replace Juan? Sebo's speed is very fast. We must pay attention to his counterattack."

"Juan's passing is not good ... look again."

Before Enrique finished speaking, Bratislava had an excellent chance to counterattack!

The newly replaced Pollini dribbled the ball and was cut off. Bratislava's right back Paschek didn't even look at it, and directly drove the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot. Sebo grabbed the first point.

Sebo ran wildly, and Heinze chased after him, but he felt that he could not keep up after running a few steps. In desperation, he grabbed Sebo's jersey tightly, and the two fell together on the ground. land.

"Heinze's foul was very timely. The place of the foul was nearly 40 meters away from the goal, and it was relatively biased. This yellow card was worth it."

Enrique immediately replaced Heinze, who had no physical strength, with Juan. The three substitutions were exhausted. Wishing knew that he would not be able to play, and was very disappointed.

He felt that there was a problem with Enrique's substitutions. Juan was only 1 meters, and it was better to substitute him for defense than to substitute himself. At least Wish's header was very good, which could help the team defend free kicks.

Enrique paid the price for his substitution, Bratislava took a free-kick and their centre-back Dobrota headed past Juan, who had just come on.

Bratislava beat Roma 1-0 at home, a big upset!