"Roma is ambitious in the new season, especially since they just bought Veron, plus the previous veteran Blind, the outstanding performance of Van der Sar and others, Roma's strength has improved a lot. Although Balbo has left the team, Roma's
The strength has not suffered a big loss, but the instability factor has been eliminated. Balbo has good strength, and he will definitely have opinions on being a substitute for a long time. Going to Valencia is a good thing."
Director Zhang started to look forward to Roma’s season with a smile.
Huang Jianxiang was equally beaming and said: "The transfer window is about to close, but Roma may still surprise us. I don't know who Roma wants to sign, but I have a hunch that it will definitely be a big-name player."
"Hey, when we talk about big-name players, we have to talk about Ronaldo's transfer. It's been a big deal lately."
"Hahaha, yes, the news from Barcelona is very interesting."
Naturally, Barcelona cannot let go of a superstar like Ronaldo who is so seamless.
Originally, Barcelona was renewing Ronaldo's contract, and Barcelona president Gaspart was ready to celebrate. Ronaldo's agent went out to answer a phone call.
When he came back, although he was very polite, his behavior completely changed.
The terms that were originally agreed upon came to the chairman's office and there were all sorts of nitpicks. Barcelona agreed to renegotiate and met several new demands put forward by Ronaldo's agent. His agent would immediately add new demands and satisfy them again.
Add to that, it gets more and more outrageous.
After talking to his agent, Ronaldo also said sorry to Barcelona and that he wanted to go to other clubs to make a lot of money, and then the two of them flew to Italy.
Because La Liga must set players' termination clauses, Inter Milan paid US$24 million the next day, directly triggering the termination clause.
As for why the transfer fee was more than US$24 million, the main reason was that Barcelona was unwilling to give in and complained to FIFA. FIFA established an arbitration committee to discuss the matter. The extra amount was a fine against Inter Milan.
This incident caused a big fuss.
That's why Ronaldo's transfer has been delayed for so long.
Director Zhang and Huang Jianxiang were both laughing at it.
In fact, Inter Milan suffered a loss in this matter.
After all, triggering the termination clause is completely in line with the regulations of La Liga, but because Moratti is unwilling to do anything and is more "easy to bully", if it were Real Madrid, Bayern or Juventus, he would directly challenge you.
Although Barcelona got millions more, they didn't want the money. The membership-based club was not short of money and had no time to sell top strikers.
The only one who has nothing to lose is Ronaldo and his agent.
This time, among the three parties, they were the only ones who took advantage.
Ronaldo received a salary of US$4 million, as well as an annual sponsorship of US$1 million from Pirelli Tire, a subsidiary of Mora, plus US$1.5 million per year from Nike, Ronaldo's salary from this year, 1997, has reached US$6.5 million.
Only when you are living in this era can you understand how outrageous this contract is.
This is equivalent to the astronomical contracts of Neymar and Messi later. His salary can match that of two or three equally top players.
Even Lin Supo couldn't help but be speechless.
These oil-playing Italians are really willing to spend money.
The old Sensi also gave him a "loyalty bonus" of US$1 million in exchange for not transferring in the summer.
After receiving the money, of course you have to behave well.
Lin Supo is getting off to a good start today.
Ancelotti also gave the boss face, and basically all the new players got opportunities, especially Veron, who had just arrived for a few days, and he was assigned to start the game.
Totti has more opinions on this.
He doesn't like Veron that much.
While waiting for the kick-off, I complained to Lin Supo: "One annoying Argentinian left, and another one came."
Lin Supo didn't say anything. Although Totti had a problem with the ball and he likes to get more balls when playing, Veron is indeed a bit incompatible with the team now.
After the game started, this problem became apparent.
Last season, Roma played a fast-paced game, playing fast and slow. When passing the ball, the ball was not released with one kick, but it was not too sticky. Basically, Totti or Shaparev dribbled the ball in the frontcourt.
Attract the opponent's defensive attention and look for opportunities to pass the ball or shoot yourself.
But what's Veron's style of play?
Veron likes to dribble the ball, break through his own dribbling, and then find opportunities to pass the ball.
This kind of performance made Roma's frontcourt very uncomfortable.
So after the game starts, you can often see scenes like this.
Roma passed the ball quickly, and Totti rushed forward. Veron still got the ball in the midfield and struggled with the opponent. After passing the opponent's player, he found that there were no teammates in front of him to respond.
Ancelotti watched anxiously from the sidelines.
Even Director Zhang, who was optimistic about Roma at the beginning, couldn't help but said: "Roma's rhythm is a little wrong. There is a serious disconnect between the midfield and the frontcourt."
Can it be serious?
Everyone has gone up, but you are still dribbling.
If you think about it carefully, there are very few or basically no core backcourt players these days, and this style of play was only pioneered after Pirlo moved to Milan.
The main reason is that the stars in the frontcourt like to stick to the ball.
Every star has a unique skill, either fast or good dribbling, so they are the main players.
Most of the backcourt just pulls the opponent's formation.
There are very few people who truly control the rhythm.
Thinking about it this way, Lin Supo knew why Veron's performance became worse and worse. Although his performance at Chelsea was just okay, he was not worthy of his transfer fee.
Veron is the kind of player who needs the whole team to play around him. In this era of superstars, some are incompatible with wealthy clubs.
After more than 20 minutes of the game, Lin Supo felt that Veron was in trouble in Rome.
In the next game, Roma still didn't play smoothly.
When the first half was about to enter overtime, Roma got a free kick. Under Ancelotti's instruction, Totti reluctantly gave it to Veron, who successfully scored with a direct free kick.
In the end, Roma defeated the home team 0:1 in an away game.
Although Veron scored the winning goal, Roma players did not like Veron that much.
We are all professional players and we all know the problems of the team.
Normally, neither Tomasi nor Gattuso will intentionally take the ball too much. At most, they will protect the ball when they are pressed, and they will definitely pass the ball whenever they have the opportunity.
Veron always likes to break through in the middle and pass the ball after reaching the frontcourt.
The defense in the middle is relatively tight, so it takes a lot of time to go back and forth.
Even Shaparev, who has always been easy to talk to, doesn't like Veron very much.
After all, the offensive linemen are the boss these days.
Are you a backcourt player who always wants to go to heaven when you get the ball?
Among the competitors, except for Milan, which drew, all other teams won relatively easily.
This situation makes Roma players even more dissatisfied.
You played well in the friendly matches in the summer, but you won’t be able to play football as soon as you join the team. Don’t you understand whose problem it is?
Ancelotti, who has a less tough personality, also finds it difficult to handle. If things continue like this in the locker room, he may become the first coach to be fired this season.
The "good old man" gritted his teeth and placed Veron on the bench in the roster for the next game against Juventus that was announced in advance!
