Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 48 Europa League Draw

Roma's victory over Juventus is definitely something that makes the Roma club, fans, and Roma media very happy.

After all, Juventus is an old rival, one of the traditional top three in the north. Last season, they finished second and reached the round of 16 in the Champions League, which can be considered a resurgence.

With four goals in two matches, Shan Yongzhuo, who topped the scoring charts, immediately became a darling of Roma fans.

"Roma's best signing in recent years!"

This is the consensus among the Rome media and fans.

However, the Milan derby stole the spotlight in this round of matches.

Because in this Milan derby, AC Milan suffered a humiliating defeat at home.

AC Milan suffered a humiliating 0-4 defeat at home to Inter Milan, marking their first Milan derby of the new season since Kaká's departure.

The Italian media's attention was entirely focused there, hoping to glean some explosive news from Mourinho's outspokenness. However, the Special One merely offered Leonardo some very friendly advice and did not take advantage of AC Milan's misfortune.

This greatly disappointed the Italian media, so they were left with no choice but to kick AC Milan when they were down.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Roma. Roma, who quietly took the top spot in the standings with two consecutive wins, enjoyed a rare moment of peace and quiet.

The Serie A schedule is generally quite relaxed, with 15 days in between after the second round of matches.

However, Roma still has to play the second round of the Europa League qualifiers in the middle of the season, and with the score of 1-3 away in the first round, this match basically serves as a training exercise.

The next day was a day off, and Shan Yongzhuo bought a simple gift and went to Totti's house.

Shan Yongzhuo arrived around noon, and the Totti family gave him a warm welcome.

Totti's wife, Irali Blasi, who was making lunch, also lit up when she saw Shan Yongzhuo and started chatting with him.

Of course, most of the time Blasi did the talking and Shan Yongzhuo listened. They talked about everything from football to China and finally to girlfriends. Blasi was very enthusiastic, a little too enthusiastic, which made Shan Yongzhuo feel a bit awkward.

Are all Italians this enthusiastic?

"Or is it the influence of a fatal temptation?"

"Damn it, why can't this skill be changed from a passive aura to an active spell?!"

Seeing this scene, Totti's face darkened. Although he was absolutely confident that his wife would not betray him, seeing her so enthusiastic towards Shan Yongzhuo...

This feeling is still not good.

"Is this guy really that attractive? Is he even more attractive than me?"

Totti unconsciously began to doubt his own charm.

However, the atmosphere at lunch was quite nice, although Shan Yongzhuo wasn't very used to Italian lunches.

Moreover, Blasi seems to be very concerned about Shan Yongzhuo's personal issues.

"Shan, you're 19 and still don't have a girlfriend?"

“Uh…” Shan Yongzhuo was embarrassed. “Yes, my family is very traditional, and they don’t allow me to date so early.”

Let the parents take the blame for this.

Blasi laughed and said, "You should find a girlfriend. You know, Francisco had a girlfriend when he was 15."

"Ahem." Shan Yongzhu coughed awkwardly.

However, he noticed that Totti's expression didn't change at all; in fact, he seemed rather smug.

Ok……

Totti felt the lunch went very well, though he was glad his wife was a little less enthusiastic.

In Totti's view, his friendship with Shan Yongzhuo had made great progress, and if it continued to deepen, he would definitely be able to learn Shan Yongzhuo's profound magic.

However, Shan Yongzhuo didn't enjoy the meal as much.

Blassie kept saying she wanted to introduce him to a girlfriend, which made Shan Yongzhu a little resentful. "With my looks, do I even need to go on blind dates?"

"If I had the means to have a girlfriend, I would have had one long ago!"

"Perhaps, he might have accepted Unia back then..."

"However, Blassie is still very pretty and sexy, so her friends probably aren't too bad either..."

"No, she's much older than me, so wouldn't her friends be much older than me too?"

"Isn't this a bit unfair..."

On the way back, Shan Yongzhuo had some wild thoughts, but after thinking about his pitiful endurance, he realized he was really overthinking it.

At least until he gets back to normal, he's not qualified to have a girlfriend.

But when will lasting peace return?

That requires goals, lots and lots of goals.

and so……

"I will train hard, acquire the skills as soon as possible, and then score more goals!"

Roma's training proceeded as usual, and subsequently, in the second round of the Europa League play-offs, a reserve Roma team secured a resounding victory at home against Kosice, thus advancing to the Europa League group stage.

After the playoffs concluded, the group stage draw began quickly.

Shan Yongzhuo and his teammates watched the draw ceremony at the club.

"We should be the strongest team in the Europa League, no matter who we face," De Rossi said confidently, seemingly unconcerned about the draw.

Shan Yongzhuo, however, did not see it that way. Although he did not recognize most of the teams in that long list, there were still a few teams that he had heard of in his previous life.

For example, Valencia, Hamburg, PSV Eindhoven, Benfica...

In his view, a team that even a casual fan like himself knows must be a very strong team, and Roma should not be drawn into the same group as them.

When his teammates heard Shan Yongzhuo's remarks, they all burst into laughter.

Finally, Totti, who was determined to befriend Shan Yongzhuo, patiently explained to him: "Shan, we are on the same level as these teams, so we won't be drawn against them in the group stage."

"No? That's great." Shan Yongzhuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Shan Yongzhuo was very happy to be able to play in the Europa League. He naturally hoped to go as far as possible so that he could play more games and score more goals.

"What's so great about these teams?" De Rossi said dismissively of Shan Yongzhuo's performance. "We'll definitely beat them when we meet them."

"That's right, those teams are nothing special."

"We are strong enough to win the Europa League."

"..."

His teammates were boasting excitedly, but Shan Yongzhuo ignored them and patiently watched the group draw.

However, Roma wasn't particularly lucky, as they were placed in Group E, drawing Basel of Switzerland, Fulham of England, and CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria.

Leaving aside CSKA Sofia, Basel and Fulham are among the stronger teams in the second and third tiers.

However, Totti and his teammates clearly didn't take Basel and Fulham seriously.

Shan Yongzhuo felt the same way; he thought everything was very stable.

Basel? Fulham? CSKA Sofia?
None of the three teams had ever heard of them. Teams that are unheard of are naturally not great teams and certainly cannot be a match for Roma.

This kind of team would be a good opponent for me to rack up goals!

(End of this chapter)