Chapter 151 The Roman Derby
No city can leave such a heavy mark in the history of human civilization like Rome, and burst out with such dazzling brilliance.
Until now, the majestic pantheon and magnificent Colosseum still remind people to remember its long history and magnificent civilization of more than 2,700 years. The city of Rome seems to be a city left behind from myths and legends. It stands between the seven hills, but it feels like it is in a dream.
"All roads lead to Rome" is a true portrayal of the glory of the eternal city of Rome.
Rome is known as the ‘City of Light’, and God and the Pope use countless churches to spread tranquility and faith to every corner of the city.
Rome is also a romantic city. Between the wishing pool and hundreds of fountains, love stories that have never stopped record everything. Every day here, there are always countless people with dreams, following the footsteps of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Pike, from the Plaza de Spain to the wishing pool, the mouth of truth to the castle of Angels, and finally expressing the heartfelt words "I spent my whole life treasured every minute in this city."
However, Rome is ultimately a city that stands in the sword, sword, blood and sand!
The bloody storm may be the eternity of Rome.
This characteristic was fully demonstrated on the war-football field in peacetime. Judging from the history and development of the club, Rome and Lazio are not considered top families, and are far from being as prestige as Rome in the world. But it was just like Romelus, who was nurtured by a female wolf, who was founded after Romelus killed his twin brother Remos. This pair of brothers in the same city were in the same power and fire.
The Roman Derby is the most intense gunpowder-flavored and fierce battle in Italy and Europe!
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In 1900, Lazio was officially established as the first football club in the Rome region. The reason why it did not adopt the more resounding name "Rome", which is today, was that they did not want to develop locally in Rome.
"The glory of Greece, the solemnity of Rome." This line in the popular poem "To Helen" seems to be tailor-made for Lazio.
Out of his yearning for the Olympics, Lazio even adopted the blue and white colors of the Greek flag as the team's benchmark tone. Even the team logo used an eagle that fluttered its wings and soared - it was a symbol of Zeus, the god of sky and lightning in Greek mythology.
The influence of Greek civilization on Roman civilization was demonstrated in Lazio.
The Roman Club was established nearly thirty years later than Lazio. It was founded by the merger of three clubs at that time. At that time, as a Rome club, Lazio refused to merge. As a result, Rome and Lazio began to have a conflict.
With the development of history, the contradiction between Rome and Lazio is becoming increasingly deep.
In addition to football matches, the two teams are also in the same situation in terms of economy, politics, fans, etc. Most of the supporters of the Rome team live in southern Rome, are relatively poor in economy, and are politically inclined to the left. Lazio's supporters live in northern Rome, are relatively wealthy in economy and support the right wing, so the meaning of the derby also surpasses football and incorporates other elements.
The tragic blood of the Roman derby is even more famous than the unscrupulousness of the Roman city pickpocket.
In 1927, when Fascist official Foschi (later served as the first chairman of the Rome club), proposed to merge and form the Rome team. Lazio was the only one among the four local adult clubs in Rome that insisted on opposing it, which naturally made the Blue Eagles a thorn in the eyes of the newly established Rome. It can be said that the two clubs were full of hatred since the first day of their lives. In addition, the unique bloodline of the Romans made the fans of the two clubs irreconcilable. Ironically
Yes, the Roman fans who Mussolini proposed to establish were more tolerant. However, there were a considerable number of Nazists and racists among the extreme fans of Lazio. The most notorious attack was the 50-meter-long slogan displayed in the North Stand in the 1998/99 season: "Auschwitz (the location of the largest concentration camp in World War II) is your city. The oven is your home!" And their vicious attacks often trigger merciless counterattacks from Roman fans.
Such a strong confrontation, the riots on the court were almost common in the Roman derby. In 1979, a Lazio fan named Papaletti was killed by a firecracker set off by a 18-year-old Roman fan Fiorillo.
In the Roman Derby last season, three Roman fans crossed the isolation belt and spread rumors on the court that a child was hit and killed by a police car outside the court, which caused a big riot.
The derby war was finally temporarily terminated, but the riots were not controlled. In the end, more than 170 people, including police officers who maintained public order, were injured in the conflict. As for fans of both sides fighting off the court after the derby, there are countless people.
The fans are "powerful", and the players cannot be ambiguous. The physical confrontation of the Roman Derby has always been far beyond Serie A. The rough fouls, flying swear words, fists and even Toti's thumbs downward gesture have become the symbols of the Roman Derby. Just as the Romans themselves said, the derby is a derby, a bloody battle isolated from all other events.
Naturally, Lazio and Rome had no choice but to fight to the death.
In the eyes of Rome and Lazio fans, winning the Rome derby is even more important than winning the league championship. As long as you can hit the mortal enemy in the city, no exaggeration can be used.
Derrinel took a fancy to the derby battle.
Although Roma's current performance is not good, and he is completely at the bottom of the Serie A. The UEFA Champions League group stage has also experienced two consecutive losses. His results are extremely bleak, not as good as Lazio, who is in the same city's arch rival. However, as long as he can beat Lazio, he can stabilize the attitude of the fans. As long as the fans can support the team and have confidence in the team, that is the beginning of Roma's rise.
So for a week in a row, Delren was preparing for the Derby battle.
At the same time, the smell of gunpowder in Rome became stronger.
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At this time, as long as you walk into Rome, you can feel the atmosphere of the coming of a war. Many fans wearing Rome and Lazio jerseys gathered on the streets, and it felt like the war was about to begin. If you don’t know, you would think that there was a rebellious war in Italy. Rome will be captured, and the real situation is almost the same. In a week, every Roman policeman was facing a great enemy.
The media war has begun.
Lazio began to laugh at Roma's results this season, "They only won one game in five league rounds, and they will see them in Serie B about next year."
Roma fought back, "Lazio can only participate in the League Cup..." This is talking about Lazio's results last season, Roma is Italy's second place, while Lazio can only be sixth place.
Lazio immediately responded, "They participated in the UEFA Champions League, but they haven't scored a point yet. In two months, they probably won't even be eligible for the League Cup."
This still talks about the achievements of Rome.
According to the rules of the UEFA Champions League, the first and second teams in the group stage can directly advance to the knockout stage. The third team can participate in the League Cup, and the last team can only leave the European League.
This is just the saliva of the two teams supporting the media.
The battle between the fans of the two teams is much more popular. When Rome fans and Lazio fans meet on the street, it may be the beginning of a fight. Recently, there are more than a dozen fights every day, and that is not a one-on-one fight. It is a group. In the morning, it was even a melee between dozens of people, and more than twenty people were sent to the hospital afterwards.
Rome has never lacked football violent people.
After the incident, Roman police quickly spread throughout the city, with more than a dozen people wearing police uniforms patrolling everywhere in each neighborhood. At the same time, the city of Rome issued new measures, which stipulated that any fan organization would not be allowed to gather in any form before the Roman Derby.
Only gatherings with a scale of more than 20 people must be approved by the police station.
Such regulations have some effect. At least in the next two days, the fights have been greatly reduced. However, there are still many fans wearing jerseys of two teams on the street. They are walking on the street, holding various slogans, but they are not gathered together in groups of three or three, and there are police officers patrolling around.
As long as the fans don't make trouble, the Roman police will turn a blind eye.
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At the same time, Zhang Tiehan's life was not affected much.
All of Rome cities are talking about the Roman derby, but Zhang Tiehan feels very unfamiliar. He knows the Manchester derby, but it is not so popular at all. As for his opponent Lazio, he doesn't know much, but he just knows that team is very good, especially a few years ago, that team has produced many stars and the results are also top in Serie A.
But now Lazio's performance is not very good, at least they can't catch up with Italian giants like AC Milan and Juventus.
He had no idea about the Roman derby mentioned by his teammates.
Derby? Not just a league game.
That's how he sees it.
As for the excitement of hearing the Derby, it has nothing to do with Zhang Tiehan. He just thought that there must be many fans paying attention to the next league, so he will work hard to perform well and strive to score a few more goals.
This attitude makes Zhang Tiehan the most indifferent person in the team.
"Don't you understand? As long as you can beat Lazio with a goal, you will become the hero of Roma!" Casano kept saying the derby, "This is the derby of Roma, but be careful at that time, those Lazio people will not show mercy."
Zhang Tiehan rolled his eyes.
However, Casano's first sentence is very attractive... As long as you can score Lazio's goal, you will become a hero of Roma, which is really a shortcut to be recognized by fans.
Until now, Zhang Tiehan's only trouble is that he is not very famous in Rome. It should be said that he has no status in the hearts of Rome fans. He needs to be recognized by fans, otherwise he is like a "player" in the Rome team and is an irrelevant player at all.
This doesn't work! Absolutely not!
Thinking of Casano's words, Zhang Tiehan's eyes lit up.
Thinking of the Roman media's reports a few days ago, Zhang Tiehan clenched his fists hard. If he could become a hero of Rome, he would definitely get the support of many Roman fans. What would you say by using birds? That's the time for me to slap you on the cheek!
Sexy sex...
Hehehehehehe.
Zhang Tiehan has motivation, and he is somewhat looking forward to the game starting soon.
In recent times, Zhang Tiehan has made significant progress in tactical training. In order to perform better, he will be very serious in tactical training every day. Even if he returns home, he will think about what he has gained today and how he should run when his teammates run to get a better chance.
These require a little experience to accumulate.
Growing up is not just about having magical powers and secret skills. Even if he has an advantage over others, he still needs to make progress, rely on training, experience, and tacit understanding with his teammates. Zhang Tiehan has been working hard and accumulating experience. He believes that as long as he can truly integrate into the team and cooperate with his teammates, there will be no problem. Then it will be his moment to soar to the sky.
What can a goal be scored at that time?
That's much easier!
Being able to score goals and score more goals is Zhang Tiehan's hope. At the same time, he also hopes that he can use goals to drive the team's performance to improve. Derrinel is anxious about the team's performance, and Zhang Tiehan is also anxious. Derrinel is because of his work, and Zhang Tiehan comes to Rome for the championship.
Without a champion, what are you doing here?
Chapter completed!