On February 20, in the 25th round of Serie A, Roma faced Livorno at home, which was the last round of the league before the start of the Champions League 8-point 11 final.

At Christmas, Roma defeated Livorno away.

It's only one and a half months away from that game. Roma's media and fans are very confident when they fight against Livorno again, not to mention that this is a home game, and Roma is waiting for nine consecutive league wins.

Livorno is not a strong team, but their performance is still good. As of the 24th round of the Serie A, Livorno has 32 points and ranks ninth in the league. Despite this, Italy is not optimistic about them. Roma has won eight consecutive league wins in a row. Italian media is even more looking forward to Juventus' strong stopping Roma's winning streak. Even if it is not Juventus, it will not be a team like Livorno.

But the result of the game was unexpected.

The ninety-minute battle ended, and Roma drew 4:4 at home with Livorno.

Eight goals in a game ended in the draw. This is the first time in the Serie A this season. Roma performed well at home, Zhang Tiehan scored two goals in person, and Toti and Mancini also scored one goal respectively. Even so, they could not stop Livorno's goal.

Roma scored three goals in the first half.

But at the beginning of the second half, Livorno scored three goals in a row with four counterattack opportunities, equalizing the score. Then Roma scored another goal, but Livorno scored a goal before the end of the game to tie the score again.

No one expected this result. Roma performed well, but it was limited to the frontcourt. Roma had frequent loopholes in the backcourt, and Livorno seized several opportunities and scored consecutive goals. In the end, the two teams tied 4:4.

After this round, Roma's league ranking fell to fifth place, and Udinese surpassed Roma with a victory.

After the game, many media reported on the game. In recent times, many media have focused on Roma's winning streak and eight consecutive league wins. Even Juventus has not achieved such a result this season, but Roma has done it. Now in the ninth game, their winning streak has stopped on Livorno.

Some media sighed. "This is Serie A!"

The reason why Serie A has become the world's number one is not only because the league itself can attract stars, but also because no teams in the Serie A can be seen as small. It is not strange for small teams like Livorno to win strong teams such as AC Milan, let alone just a draw.

There are also many media discussing Rome's defensive issues.

Rome's 4231 offensive tactics are good. But defense has also become their big problem, which has always been a big problem, and now this problem is so big that even their offense cannot be filled.

After the game, Roma received criticism from the entire defense line, from Perrota to goalkeeper Perizoli, they received criticism one by one, not only from the media, but in fact, the Roma clubs are also dissatisfied with the defense, especially the goalkeeper position. They believe that Perizoli does not have the ability to become Roma's main goalkeeper, at least not at present.

Pellizzoli's performance in this game was very bad, especially when facing Livorno three counterattacks in succession. He made two mistakes in saves, and both of them had the chance to save, but he did not. Some media analysts believe that Pellizzoli's contract expired in June 2006, and the possibility of him leaving Rome is very high.

Pellizzoli just recovered from a cold, which is a small excuse, but it cannot be denied that the main goalkeeper of the Italian team at the Olympics has declined since last summer and it is still difficult to compete with the substitute goalkeeper Zoti. The national team's substitute goalkeeper position has been lost.

After this game, "Milan Sports" only gave Perizoli a low score of 5 points.

However, coach Del Neri still stood up to protect his players. "Pellizoli's performance is still satisfactory. Conceding a goal? What's the matter? You can't deny everything just because you concede the goal. I firmly believe that in the future, Pelizoli will still play the main player, and this will not change."

But after the game, Italian media reported that Roma hopes to find a new goalkeeper, candidates are Lazio's old goalkeeper Peruzzi and Udinese's goalkeeper De Sanctis.

It has been a day or two that Peruzzi joined Rome. He played for Rome in the 1980s.

Desanctis has just been selected for the Italian team. Although he has not made an official appearance, according to the current Italian goalkeeper status, Desanctis' future is bright, and the position of the second goalkeeper of the national team should be his.

Desanctis was also very happy when talking about the possibility of joining Rome, "I am very happy to be chosen by a great club like Rome. Rome is one of the best teams in the league, there are many talented players there, and the future belongs to them. This will be a key choice, of course, if everything is true, I will be the second to enter the negotiations, because it will be Udinese selling his own players, not giving away."

Price is also the biggest problem for Desanctis to join Rome. Peruzzi's advantage is that it is free.

For Rome now, free is of course the best. If the two people have similar levels, Rome's finances will definitely choose free 'products'.

In the Rome club, they did not comment on media reports. At least there was no voice in the team that Pelizzoli was leaving. In fact, Pelizzoli had a good relationship with his teammates, and no one attributed the reason for the failure to him. After all, Rome's defense itself had problems, and even Ferrari, as a defender, felt that it was nothing.

This is actually a matter of the team's value and salary.

In the salary system of Roma, frontcourt players account for the vast majority. Toti, Montera, Mancini and Delvicio have the highest salary, followed by Zhang Tiehan, Casano, De Rossi and others. The income of the defending player Ferrari can only rank in the third echelon, let alone other defending players.

On the one hand, salary and benefits also represent value and strength.

Now Roma's defense, including goalkeepers, can be won by 20 million euros, which is equivalent to Casano's worth alone, and is not even comparable to Zhang Tiehan and Toti. It is normal for such a weak defense line to be weak. The media always emphasizes Roma's defense issues, and the club is also dissatisfied with the defense, but the club has no investment. The team's poor defense can be explained.

Of course, explanation or not explanation is one aspect. At least this season, the team will not be able to change any more.

Drinel has always tried to solve this problem, especially before the battle with Manchester United. If we only rely on this defense line to play the 4231 offensive tactics to fight Manchester United to the death. It would be no different from an egg hitting a stone. Losing is almost inevitable. After all, Manchester United's defense is very stable, and its offensive ability is definitely not comparable to a team like Livorno.

It is too late to make big adjustments. Delren can only start from a small aspect, and he can only let the team strengthen the pressing of the whole game. At the same time, let the frontcourt players run more, and when attacking, they require careful not to press too far, and try to minimize the possibility of the opponent making a quick counterattack.

Before the match against Manchester United, Roma began to train in this area.

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Manchester United, far away in Manchester, England, is also preparing for the Champions League round of 16.

That morning, Ferguson came to the training ground early. When he arrived, most Manchester United players were already on the training ground, but C-Ronaldo was missing.

Ferguson immediately frowned, "Where is the Cristiano people?"

Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know.

Ferguson frowned even more, but he didn't say anything, just asked everyone to start warm-up training, and he sat on the sidelines to give some training instructions to the assistant coach.

It was then that C-Ronaldo appeared in the training ground.

Ferguson immediately called C-Ronaldo over and yelled, "Why did it come so late?"

Ronaldo hurriedly lowered his head and found an excuse, "traffic jam."

Ferguson knew he was lying when he saw him. The old man was even more angry. He pointed at Ronaldo's nose and said angrily, "Go and run five laps around the training ground. You will not be allowed to participate in training until you finish running!"

C-Ronaldo immediately shrugged his head when he heard this.

The first-team training ground at Carrington Training Base is larger than an average football field. It is nearly 600 meters in one lap, and 3,000 meters in five laps. Even football players are panting and exhausted after running three thousand meters. He didn't expect that this would be the result of being five minutes late.

Rome was reluctant.

But even if he doesn't want to, he knows that he can't offend Ferguson. The only thing he can do is to run five laps as Ferguson asked, otherwise he will definitely not have a starting position in the next league.

This is not C-Ronaldo's random thoughts.

Ferguson is simply synonymous with Manchester United. Since the establishment of the British Union, Ferguson has been Manchester United's head coach.

Manchester United has appeared many stars, such as York, a talented scorer in the 1990s, who still plays for Manchester United's "king of the wing" Giggs, and Beckham, who is "heartthrob" all over the world, is now the forward pillar Van Nistrui.

Manchester United can't count the stars.

However, no star is more important than Ferguson in Manchester United, which was once confirmed by David Beckham.

Since Manchester United won the 1999 triple-championship, David Beckham's name has gradually become louder in fans' discussions. He passed the ball accurately in the game with his "scimitar arc" and made great contributions to Manchester United's championships.

In just a few years, David Beckham has been praised for his reputation. No fan in the whole world doesn't know that this name is not available.

But so what?

When Beckham and Ferguson had some personal conflicts, he had to pack his luggage and leave Manchester United, and rushed to Madrid, Spain to adapt to life again.

Beckham, who had a conflict with Ferguson, had no effect except leaving to consolidate Ferguson's majesty.

C-Ronaldo can be said to be the replacement Ferguson found for Beckham's departure, and he did a good job. After coming to Manchester United, C-Ronaldo performed quite well. From a substitute to a main player, he quickly gained recognition from Manchester United fans with his excellent performance and became more and more famous.

Once he was the most promising star in Portugal, but now he has become a mainstay of Manchester United, a world-class star with strength and idols.

C-Ronaldo is still very successful at Manchester United, but with Beckham's precedent, no matter how outstanding he performs, he will not dare to fight Ferguson.

But he still felt that Ferguson was making a big deal and was five minutes late... As for the serious corporal punishment?
Chapter completed!