Chapter 208: Steady and Impatient
Roma fans felt like they were dreaming. Obviously, in the fifteenth minute of the game, the Atlanta goal was a nightmare.
It was like looking forward to dreaming of a beautiful woman, but ended up dreaming of a pig's head.
This was disappointing, but unexpectedly, in the dream, the pig head slowly turned into a beauty again, but the fans couldn't believe it. They thought it was just a fantasy, but now they stroked the beauty's body with their hands. The lubricating and delicate, and smelling the frankincense on the beauty's body again made the fans confirm something - this is a beauty!
Dreams come true!
Roma fans were so happy. Two goals, two real goals, two goals in five minutes, not to mention efficiency, what is important is that Roma is now leading. At the Olympic Stadium, Roma's performance did not disappoint them. After his opponent scored a goal, they equalized the score at the fastest speed and then rewritten the score. Even if they hadn't seen such a Roma in a few years, it was often difficult for opponents to score and Roma also had difficulty in scoring, so one goal was enough to make them sad. Now they suddenly found that Roma scored a good goal, and goals were just like a common occurrence for Roma.
This is their happiest!
At the same time, the fans of Roma were also quite surprised. Both goals were scored by Zhang Tiehan. They were very familiar with Zhang Tiehan. In half a season, half a year, they learned about Zhang Tiehan from goals and media reports, and knew his excellence. But in their opinion, Zhang Tiehan, like other players, was just in good condition and brave performance. Now they found out that other people's goals were a surprise, and Zhang Tiehan's goal was a habit.
Habits and surprises are different.
Surprises happen suddenly, things that I didn't expect before. Habits happen often... They are all used to Zhang Tiehan's goals, so when they see that the goal is still Zhang Tiehan, they just need to call Zhang Tiehan's name.
"Zhang! Zhang! Zhang!" The whole audience was in the same tone.
This made Atlanta fans who came to Rome with the team very uncomfortable. Their mood was completely opposite to that of the fans of Rome. They also had a dream. They dreamed of the beauty at the beginning, but the beauty slowly turned into a pig's head. Then they reached out to touch it without believing it, and the pig's head turned into a stinky dog shit, which made their hands full of stinky smell.
nausea!
Now that Rome fans are shouting to cheer for Zhang Tiehan again, they feel even more uncomfortable. They want to make a sound to compete with Rome fans, but unfortunately this is the Olympic Stadium, the world of Rome fans. They have no way to resist. After resisting a little, they can only bear it silently.
They just look forward to the renewed hope of Atra.
At this time, the protagonist of the whole game obviously did not belong to Atlanta. On the court, Zhang Tiehan stood among the teammates and raised his arms high, clenched his fists. When Totti rushed over, he gave Totti a big hug.
After a while, Zhang Tiehan let go and expressed his gratitude to Toti, "Francisco. You are such a good person..." he said.
Totti's face turned dark when he heard this.
It was his shot, but it was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, and Zhang Tiehan made a shot into the net... If it were really said, it should be his assist, but no one would like this type of assist, and Totti was the same. He really wanted to score the goal... By the way, since Zhang Tiehan came to Rome, Totti's number of goals has been much smaller. Until now this season, he has only scored seven goals in total. Most of the time, he plays the role of assists. His assists have reached fifteen in half the season, which is almost the same as Zhang Tiehan's goal number. There are still several games where injuries were not involved due to injuries.
In comparison, Totti likes the current situation very much.
In the past, Roma did not have a good front line. Montera stood alone in the frontcourt, and no other forward could stand shoulder to shoulder with him, so Toti often played forward. He didn't like that position. He preferred assists and trusted teammates standing in front. He just needed to organize the offense.
Now the team has Casano, Zhang Tiehan is more, and Roma's forward line is much stronger.
As a pure Roman, Toti hopes that the team will be stronger. Zhang Tiehan's performance undoubtedly gave him confidence. What else can he ask for for his teammates who can score goals like this?
...
The Roma player happily celebrated the goal, while the Atlanta player on the other side felt that the ball was lost inexplicably.
In five minutes, they lost two goals in a row.
Especially when the ball possession rates of both sides were similar, Roma was constantly stolen in his half, and their offense was steady and their defense was quite good, he suddenly lost two goals in a row, which was difficult for the Atlanta players to understand.
How did the ball be thrown?
They don't know.
They don't think Roma plays well, because they feel good about the game. At the Olympic Stadium, they are not suppressed, their offense and defense are good, but they just concede the ball. They can only attribute this to Zhang Tiehan's personal ability.
Big star?
Big stars always have a person's ability to change the game, so they can become big stars. Zhang Tiehan obviously belongs to this type of star. His current number of goals is in the top three in the league and the first in the Champions League. Such world-class stars are naturally quite strong, which is why they conced two goals in a row.
But the special performance of stars is not regular after all, and they cannot continuously perform special performance, and they just create a miraculous explosion suddenly.
So Atlanta players are not much worried. They also want to work hard to equalize the score in the near future. As long as they can equalize the score, their situation will improve.
After the game started over, it can be seen from Atlanta's offense and defense that they were not affected by Zhang Tiehan's goal. They worked hard to attack, defend and play hard. Every player worked hard and fought fiercely. Their offense was very strong and their defense was also very stable.
"Just play like this, we have a chance!" Atlanta coach Andrea Mandolini thought silently as he watched the game.
Mandolini is 45 years old. He was once a defender. He played for clubs such as Udinese and Inter Milan in the 1980s. He was also a little famous at the time. After retiring, he started coaching. Last season, he led Atlanta to upgrade successfully and has also gained a lot of recognition for his coaching ability.
However, this season, Mandolini's performance in leading the team is not very good.
But the media, including Atlanta fans, understand that after all, Atlanta has played in the top leagues in history, one hand can count them. There is also a gap between their lineup and players and other Serie A teams. Most of the players are Atlanta locals. Due to the club's economic problems, they did not buy powerful players in the upgrade last summer.
Therefore, Mandolini's coaching ability is still recognized.
He is also very confident. The reason why he has been losing before is more due to the strength of the players. After all, the team is too young and Roma is also very young, but their players are all big stars. In comparison, what is Atlanta?
It can be said... nothing.
What Mandolini can do is to lead the team to achieve better results. As for relegation, he no longer expects it. He only hopes to experience the experience of playing in the First Division this season and will lead the team from the Second Division next year.
Facing Roma, Mandolini had never thought about winning, but seeing the team's current game, he found that the team still had a chance.
If they can beat Roma away, this is definitely good news for Atlanta, and it also means that the players can regain their confidence. These three-pointers are also very important. Maybe they have a chance to relegate?
Mandolini was not sure, but he was also sure of the current situation. He believed that the team performed well. As long as they could score a goal to tie the score, they would have a greater chance in the second half. On the other hand, Roma performed very impatiently in the offensive performance and did not perform very well. If it weren't for the opponent's No. 13 individual ability, Roma would still be behind now.
The game on the court seemed to be the same as Mandolini thought. Atlanta played steadily, promoted the offensive kicks stably, and the defense was orderly. Roma played very impatiently. As soon as the football reached Roma's feet, they were eager to pass the ball near the penalty area, and were defended by Atlanta several times in a row.
The same is true this time.
Roma's backcourt Toti passed Mancini, but Mancini did not stop at all and dribbled the ball forward quickly. The Atlanta players were surprised. When they wanted to chase him, Mancini ran away. However, the Atlanta players were not panicked. This situation happened many times. They just ran back and paid attention to the defensive formation.
At this time, Mancini dribbled the ball to the bottom line. He glanced at the penalty area and directly made a cross.
Outside the penalty area, Zhang Tiehan and Totti rushed forward suddenly. The Atlanta defensive players next to them chased desperately, but Zhang Tiehan's speed was not something that ordinary people like them could catch up. When the football flew over, Zhang Tiehan had already pulled one of them down. Totti on the other side also attracted the attention of two defensive players. However, when the ball came over, they found that Totti had no chance at all, and it was too late to defend Zhang Tiehan.
They could only watch Zhang Tiehan push the ground hard with his right leg, then he immediately rose up and pressed his head against the football.
Bang!
A muffled sound rang.
Everyone nearby heard it, and all the fans who were sitting in front of the TV watching the game also heard it. They were surprised that a header could make such a sound... Many people's first reaction was that the header must have a lot of strength.
Atlanta goalkeeper has the most say.
He was watching Zhang Tiehan jump up and header. The position was about six meters away from the goal. This distance was quite close, but if the header was still a great chance to hit the ball. However, when Zhang Tiehan headed the ball, he paid close attention to the football. When he realized the direction of the football, he found that it was too late to move any more.
But the Atlanta goalkeeper still rushed to the side symbolically, and the football flew under him and hit the grass and bounced into the goal.
Chapter completed!