Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 77 A resounding victory over Parma

Olympic Stadium.

The stands were already packed with fans, who were happy to come to the stadium to watch the game, given Roma's strong performance this season.

Italian football has a very clear regional division, but unfortunately, northern teams have always dominated teams from the central and southern regions.

The two teams in Rome, Roma and Lazio, have long lacked the achievements to rival the three giants of the north.

However, Roma still has its most loyal fans who passionately support the team, especially given Roma's outstanding performance this season, going back and forth with Inter Milan in the standings, which makes Roma fans very happy.

Roma fans are hoping their team can continue their winning streak against Parma.

After the match started, Roma launched a major attack on Parma, not only because it was the last match of the first half of the season, but also because winning this match would secure the first half championship.

Moreover, Spalletti has pulled out all the stops: if they win this match, they'll get an extra day off, which is a very effective incentive.

With Roma fielding their full-strength squad at home and their players playing with incredible energy, Parma struggled to contain them.

However, in the first ten minutes of the match, Roma's best performer was Vucinic. Although Vucinic is tall and strong, his breakthroughs on the wing are very sharp. In the 4-2-3-1 formation, Vucinic, as the left winger, fully demonstrated his attacking ability.

Ten minutes into the game, Vucinic had already taken two very threatening shots.

With Shan Yongzhuo at the forefront, he became Parma's defensive focus, but he was surrounded and had few opportunities, even touching the ball very few times.

Roma players and fans are used to it, but Parma players, including their coach Guidolin, are not.

However, it was Shan Yongzhuo who scored the first goal.

In the 18th minute, Totti was brought down by Lucarelli, and Roma won a free kick 25 meters to the right.

"Shall I kick him?"

When Shan Yongzhu tentatively inquired, Totti thought for a moment and then readily conceded the free kick.

The position was good, but to be on the safe side, Shan Yongzhuo unleashed his powerful kick, sending the ball around the wall in an exaggerated arc before it crashed into Parma's goal.

Parma's players felt helpless. They felt they had done a good job defending against Shan Yongzhuo, but there was nothing they could do when the opponent scored directly from a free kick.

In the following match, Shan Yongzhuo was surrounded by opponents, so he simply switched to a relaxed mode, strolling around the field naturally while watching Vucinic and Totti fight hard.

And his teammates also performed admirably. In the 33rd minute, Vucinic scored from a corner kick, giving Roma a 2-0 lead.

Then, Totti scored a long-range shot, extending Roma's lead to 3-0, and Parma seemed to be crumbling.

After halftime, Parma still couldn't come up with any good solutions in the second half, and even with Guidolin constantly shouting from the sidelines, they still couldn't change the situation.

In the 55th minute, Shan Yongzhuo unleashed a whirlwind ground kick, seemingly shaking off Panucci, and then used a ghost-like grappling technique to create shooting space before unleashing a powerful shot that once again pierced Parma's goal.

4-0. At this point in the game, the outcome was basically decided, and Spalletti gradually substituted some of his key players.

Dan Yongzhuo was among those substituted, but he didn't care. He had scored two goals, which was not bad.

After that, the two teams played a symbolic game, with Roma winning 4-0 at home against Parma, securing their last victory before Christmas.

After the round ended, media reports focused on the battle between Roma and Inter Milan.

At the start of the season, Roma dominated the top of the standings with a winning streak, but then faltered one after another. Meanwhile, Inter Milan also suffered unexpected losses and draws in some matches, with the two teams trading baskets in the standings.

Roma ultimately won the mid-season championship, which was somewhat unexpected but also reasonable.

Gazzetta dello Sport offered a widely accepted explanation: "It's not surprising that Roma won the mid-season title. They have a phenomenal striker, Roma's star striker Shan Yongzhuo. In 17 rounds of Serie A, Roma scored a staggering 43 goals, and Shan Yongzhuo himself has already scored 28 goals."

"However, behind Shan Yongzhuo's crazy performance, we should see that the biggest contributor is De Rossi standing behind him."

“De Rossi has been performing exceptionally well this season. He has contributed 13 assists in 17 league matches, 9 of which were directly passed to Shan Yongzhuo.”

"De Rossi's outstanding performance is the foundation for Shan Yongzhuo's many goals."

Gazzetta dello Sport provided compelling data: Shan Yongzhuo is the king of tackles lost in Serie A this season, averaging more than six tackles per game. Furthermore, he is the laziest player in Serie A, averaging only 3800 meters per game, a further decline from his performance in the Austrian Bundesliga.

This statement was widely accepted by the Italian media. The reason is simple: Shan Yongzhuo is a foreign player, and Serie A is the stage for Italian players. Seeing a foreign player, especially an Asian player, dominating in Serie A makes the Italian media feel ashamed.

Therefore, they found the reason from another angle: Roma's second-best assist provider in the first half of the season, De Rossi, became the target of their praise.

Daniele De Rossi, a member of Italy's 06 World Cup-winning team and a key midfielder for the country, was hailed as the successor to Francesco Totti, the Prince of Rome.

With Totti getting older, it seems that De Rossi is the only option left.

However, Roma fans, including De Rossi himself, don't see it that way.

He is well aware of the reason for his many assists. This season, Pizarro's position has dropped back, and Roma's attacks often start from De Rossi. Many times, he only needs to make a long pass forward to Shan Yongzhuo, and then Shan Yongzhuo can complete the goal with a shot without stopping the ball, thus adding an assist to his tally.

"Anyone could have made that assist!"

De Rossi looked disdainful, while Pizarro rolled his eyes. "How about you give me these kinds of opportunities next time?"

"No, no, no," De Rossi laughed. "This is a task assigned to me by the head coach. You need to take on more defensive responsibility."

joke.

Should I give you the assist king title?

De Rossi was just saying it; he's not that stupid.

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