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Chapter 74 Warm-up Match Rome

After stealing the ball, Nick immediately made a long pass, and a black lightning flashed in the penalty area of ​​the Roma team, accurately finding the ball's landing point, and then the ball was pulled up fiercely, and quickly got into the goal of the Roma team!
"Oh, the goal is scored again! It's 3:0. Borussia Mönchengladbach seized the opportunity to counterattack. Eto'o's running position was very accurate, but the entire defense line of the Roma team was left behind by him. Goalkeeper Antonioli didn't dare to attack. This counterattack can be written into the textbook." expanded further.

Director Zhang calmed down instead: "This Borussia Mönchengladbach team is not easy. It seems that this season's Bundesliga structure will be broken. The team has completely formed an offensive and defensive system with Knicks as the core. Such a team is already a strong team. No wonder the Japanese team lost so much. Our Olympic team and Kyoto team have no strength to fight back."

The Roma players were a little confused. They had been attacking for a long time but it didn't work. Borussia Mönchengladbach scored with a long pass. Can this ball still be played?

Totti has put away his contempt for Nick at this moment. Such a young player can have a mature mentality. This player will definitely become his confidant in the future.

After the game restarted, the Roma team still had nothing to do against the frantic pressing of Borussia Mönchengladbach, and for the continuous high-intensity pressing of Borussia Mönchengladbach, the Roma players even suspected that the opponent had taken stimulants.

The Roma team could not function normally, but Borussia Mönchengladbach's counterattack was extremely sharp.

In the 40th minute, after taking the ball with his back to his back, Deisler didn't look behind him at all, and kicked back directly. The ball fell accurately to Eto'o's feet. Eto'o's strong shot from the penalty area line was saved by Antonioli.

In the 43rd minute, Li Yihuan rushed into the penalty area of ​​the Roma team again. After receiving a direct pass from Nick, he hit his heel, passed Cafu and then shot from a small angle. The ball was bravely saved by Antonioli.

In the 44th minute, Deisler's free kick was passed to the back point, and Voronin's header was blocked by Antonioli's magical foot.

The Roma team was completely suppressed by Borussia Mönchengladbach, and there was no other sound in the entire Roma Olympic Stadium except for the crazy cheers of the 'mud' team.

Fortunately, there was not much time in the first half of the game. As soon as the 45th minute arrived, the referee blew his whistle.

In the locker room, Carl looked at his disciples with joy. Borussia Mönchengladbach was running so well, which was beyond Karl's expectations, but Carl knew clearly that if it wasn't for Nick, the team would not be running so smoothly. The importance of this 16-year-old to Borussia Mönchengladbach is beyond words.

"Everyone played well in the half-time game. We scored three goals in Roma and we were able to break the goals of strong Serie A teams three times. This shows that we are fully capable of doing better. This season, I hope everyone can bring something to Borussia Mönchengladbach fans, so I hope you will continue to play at this pace."

"Coach, we will definitely bring down the damn Bayern Munich!"

The players roared.

In the other locker room, Capello said lightly: "Don't be discouraged, everyone. Borussia Mönchengladbach is indeed a strong team. They play fast and shoot decisively, but whether their physical fitness can last 90 minutes is still unknown, so we will continue to stick to our style of play in the second half. Once the opponent's physical fitness declines, we will have a chance. Of course, this is a warm-up match. The opponent is likely to replace a large number of substitutes in the second half. Continue to play with the main force, the first stop of the new season, I hope everyone can make a good start."

After 15 minutes, the players from both sides walked out of the waiting room. As expected, Borussia Mönchengladbach replaced a large number of substitute players, and Nick was not there. Li Yihuan stood in Nick's position. Nick is too important to Borussia Mönchengladbach, and he is also the focus of the opponent's players on the field. The defensive actions of the Serie A team are very fierce.

As soon as the two sides played against each other, the Roma team found that the opponent was still maintaining a strong press, a group of substitute players were still extremely strong, the Roma team was still unable to take over the game smoothly, and Li Yihuan was still able to launch a threatening attack in Nick's position.

"Hey, why are these Borussia Mönchengladbach players so strong? Isn't it too wasteful for these players to be a substitute for Borussia Mönchengladbach?" Capello stared at the Borussia Mönchengladbach players with radiant eyes. Such a player who can run is actually a Mönchengladbach substitute player.

In the 53rd minute, Li Yihuan's through ball was delivered directly to Nossa's feet, and Nossa swept the ball to the goal like a pass and shot. Peterson's stab shot from close at hand was still destroyed by Antonioli and fell to the ground.

One minute later, Li Yihuan came again. This time, his shot from the top of the penalty area hit the sole of Tomasi's shoe, which was blocking him, and flew towards the goal of the Roma team. Antonioli broke out in a cold sweat.

But after the ball drew an arc, it accidentally hit the junction of the crossbar and the left goalpost, making a crisp sound, which caused the 'mud' team to sigh.And the Roma fans secretly called it a fluke, this Chinese is also amazing, when will we go to China to find two to try?

Borussia Mönchengladbach's counterattack was sharp, while the Roma players disappeared among the fiercely pressing Borussia Mönchengladbach players. It has always been such a high-intensity press, and the Roma team was completely unable to organize an effective counterattack.

The Roma team is playing very aggrieved now. It feels like they have encountered a mace. The players secretly want to find such a team to warm up.

In the 70th minute, Borussia Mönchengladbach's attack finally came to an end. Karl made a gesture to signal the players to slow down. After all, he didn't seem to fully expose the strength of the team all at once.

The Roma team has finally slowed down, but the current score gap is 3 goals, and it is still very difficult for the Roma team to regain the score.Therefore, Capello did not choose to go shopping with Borussia Mönchengladbach. He then replaced his main players and let the substitute players come up to exercise.

The ensuing game became dull. The Roma team launched several threatening attacks, but Borussia Mönchengladbach's defense was still solid, and the score remained unchanged in the end. After the final whistle blew, the Roma team members walked into the locker room listlessly.

Totti was the first to find Nick and asked to exchange jerseys.

"Nick, are you interested in playing for our Roma team? If you come, we will definitely conquer the entire Serie A and even Europe." Totti began to recruit Nick. Totti has been fighting for the Serie A championship for several years, but there is still no shadow of the champion. If Nick is willing to help him, Totti feels that the championship is sure.

"Hey, Francisco, Roma is your team, and I am the banner of Borussia Mönchengladbach. We all shoulder the heavy responsibility of winning the league championship for our respective teams. Maybe we have little chance to play together." Nick took Totti's jersey and politely declined Totti's invitation. Just kidding, who will come to Rome?I am the boss of Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Borussia Mönchengladbach is not without hope of winning the league championship. After staying in Mönchengladbach enough, there may be a chance to come to Serie A.

Totti smiled bitterly, turned and left.

On the second day, the major European media still left a certain amount of space for this warm-up match. The headline of "Corriere dello Sport" was "Mönchengladbach's fast and pressing style of play made Roma swallow the bitter fruit of 3-goal loss."

"Kicker" magazine praised Borussia Mönchengladbach: Crazy players, crazy games, Borussia Mönchengladbach will bring crazy changes to the new season, Bayern, you have to be careful!

"It is difficult for the prince of Rome to beat the prince of Borussia Mönchengladbach. Nick will be another rising superstar in European football!" - French "L'Equipe" wrote an article that praised Nick. It can be seen that this unit is very optimistic about Nick's future.

The report of "Sports Weekly" tends to be more emotional. For the wonderful performance of Chinese player Li Yihuan, the Chinese media will naturally spare no effort to brag about it. The dual coach of the national team and the Olympic team, Lao Huo, also expressed his opinion immediately. He wants to recruit Li Yihuan into the Olympic team. Li Yihuan is now 22 years old and is a player of the right age for the Olympic team.

The Chinese media are already looking forward to the Chinese Olympic team rushing out of Asia and entering Sydney.

All in all, Borussia Mönchengladbach's victory in this warm-up match still brought a strong shock to European football. Being able to score 3 goals against Roma at Rome's home court, this Bundesliga team has attracted more and more attention.

(End of this chapter)