Football: Invincible starting from krypton gold

Chapter 123 The silver lining

After the game restarted, the Roman team, which fell behind by two goals, launched a fierce attack on Mainz's backcourt under the command of Völler.

No team can guarantee that such a crazy offense will be able to withstand it.

Faced with such a crazy attack, Mainz can only retreat across the board first, looking for opportunities to counterattack.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Totti received a pass from Cassano in the middle and took a long shot. Fortunately, Wiese was very focused, but Totti's shot was so powerful that Wiese could only punch the ball out of the baseline. Roma won a corner kick.

Perotta's corner kick directly found Totti in the middle, and Totti slid the ball back. Cassano's close-range shot from the latter point accidentally hit the plane. Such a good opportunity was not grasped, and Vorrall jumped on the sidelines anxiously.

In the 71st minute of the game, the Roma team made the second substitution. Völler replaced forward Montella and De Rossi. Now the Roma team played a 433 three-forward formation on the field. Klopp looked at Völler frequently on the sidelines. He really didn't expect that the head coach, also from Germany, would be so crazy.

As the saying goes, if you want to kill it, you must first make it crazy. The Roma team, which has been so crazy in offense, finally paid the price after countless failures.

In the 78th minute of the game, Roma's pass near the center line was directly intercepted by Petit. Then Petit directly passed the ball to Roma's backcourt with a long pass. At this time, Roma's entire defense line was near the center circle, and there was only Pellizzoli in the whole backcourt. As for why this happened, because it has been less than 10 minutes. The line moved forward little by little.

Pettit's pass was very powerful, and a figure in a red jersey appeared from the crowd near the middle circle. It turned out to be Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao rushed towards the football with all his strength, and Pellizzoli was also rushing towards the football. From a distance, Pellizzoli had some advantages, but Chen Xiao, who was accelerating at full speed, had a speed that frightened the entire Bundesliga defense. Gradually, as the two of them got closer to the ball, Chen Xiao's distance disadvantage became less and less. Pellizzoli touched the ball before, Chen Xiao poked the ball forward, and the football passed Pellizzoli who had not come yet and turned around. Then Chen Xiao directly passed Pellizzoli from the left.

3 to 0, Chen Xiao successfully staged a hat-trick, and once again relied on his personal ability to send Mainz a foot into the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.

Klopp on the sidelines was very excited and knelt directly on the sidelines. Klopp had to admit the importance of Chen Xiao in the team. This kind of player was born for football.

In the 79th minute of the game, Mainz had already led Roma by three goals. Such an advantage was unimaginable before the game. Everyone knew that Mainz was very strong, but no one expected that they could achieve such a big lead against a strong Serie A team like Roma.

The Mainz fans on the sidelines couldn't help but began to sing victory songs.

People say that extreme joy begets sorrow, and this is what Mainz is now.

After Mainz scored the third goal, almost everyone thought that Roma would not be able to resist. Even Klopp thought so. In the 84th minute, Klopp directly chose to replace the three main players of Albertini, Petit and Chen Xiao.

But in the 88th minute of the game, Klopp immediately regretted his choice, because the Roma team scored, and it was Totti who was thwarted by Albertini and Petit throughout the game.

看到己方最后取得了一个客场进球的沃勒尔，也一下子安静的做到了替补席上，3比0和3比1可是两个截然不同的概念，3比0基本是没有什么希望了，3比1就代表罗马回到主场只要进两个球并保证不丢球就能淘汰美因茨。

Klopp sat on his seat with a gloomy face. No one knew what he was thinking, but it is certain that Klopp should bear at least half of the responsibility for the goal. This is the price a young coach should pay.

This ball is like a blemish, which dilutes the mood of the fans singing and dancing in the stands because of the victory.

After the game restarted, less than 5 minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Although a goal was conceded, the game was won after all. The Mainz players collectively expressed their gratitude to the fans of the home team. After returning to the locker room to wash up, Chen Xiao followed Klopp to attend the post-match press conference.

In an interview with reporters, Wöller once again said confidently: "The loss in this game today made me feel the strength of Mainz, but this is not the end. We have an away goal. I believe that when we return to Rome, we can do a lot of things with this goal. I believe that the final winner will definitely be us."

When asked about his performance against Chen Xiao, Wöller changed his words this time: "Chen is a phenomenal player, do you know that? I saw Maradona from him, and I saw myself. Really, he doesn't look like an 18-year-old player at all. When he plays, you will have the illusion that this is a 28-year-old player. Such a player is born for football. I really envy Mr. Jurgen. It is every coach's dream to coach such a player. What I have dreamed of, here I would like to persuade Loew to quickly include this player in the German national team, I believe that as long as the German national team has Chen Xiao, there will definitely be a qualitative change.”

And Klopp said in the face of the reporter's question: "It is indeed an uncomfortable thing to concede a ball, but we only conceded one goal, and we also scored three goals. No team can guarantee that they will not concede a goal. I think it doesn't matter if we concede a goal. As long as our offense is always better and sharper than the enemy, then I believe that no matter where we play, the final winner will always be us."

At the press conference, Chen Xiao, who was asked by reporters again about joining the national team, replied: "I'm still thinking about it, but the most important thing for me now is to do a good job in the club. After these things are over, I will seriously consider this issue. Besides, I am still young, and I will have more choices in the future."

(End of this chapter)