Chapter 177 Ambition and High Guidance (31/15513)
Chapter 177: Ambition and High Guidance
Roma train at a football stadium on the outskirts of London - as Luton struggles to provide them with a slightly better training base.
Ranieri looked at Rome's recent situation with some worry.
Totti is injured!
This is very bad news for Roma. Totti underwent surgery on the meniscus of his right knee a few days ago. The Roma striker, who has scored 16 goals in the last 12 games, will now miss at least 20 minutes. God, for Ranieri, he can only find an optimal combination among the four existing attacking candidates in Rome, Vucinic, Baptista, Okaka and Menez.
Roma have been in poor form recently, they first lost to AC Milan 1-2 on the road, and then lost 0-1 at home to Livorno. The problem of offensive weakness after Totti's absence was revealed.
And the Montenegrin striker Vucinic, who Ranieri relies heavily on, squandered countless opportunities in the game. The Montenegrin striker has not scored in the league this season.
Before Rome went to England, the media in Rome began to discuss whether Ranieri would put Vucinic on the bench in this game and let other offensive players try in the middle.
This game is a crucial battle for Roma, and winning or losing directly affects the group's next ranking trend.
In case, in case Roma lose, it will be difficult for them to qualify for the group, and even a draw is much better than a straight loss.
However, Roma's players still looked very relaxed, and the Roma players on the training ground often laughed.
Beat Luton?
Even if Roma has been in bad form lately, the players don't think this goal is so difficult.
Even though Luton have won so many games, they even beat Chelsea last season. Wealthy teams like Arsenal and Liverpool, but in people's impression, Luton is more associated with words like "grassroots team" and "dark horse".
In the thoughts of the Roma players, the horizontal and vertical are just a third-level team. As long as they get serious, won't they be able to beat Luton?
The Europa League is just the group stage. In the first game, Roma is not ready. In the end, the first place in this group belongs to Roma.
In terms of strength, Serie A tycoon Roma is of course the first place in this group!
Ranieri was acutely aware of the team's mentality.
Fame can really affect people. Even though Luton has won two straight and scored six points in the group stage, the first impression of the Roma players is that Luton is just a weak team in the third tier.
He knows that if Roma's players play with this mentality, maybe Roma will follow in the footsteps of the big teams in the Premier League - Luton is definitely not a team that can be underestimated, fame can only represent the past , not the current strength!
In the afternoon training, Ranieri simply gathered the players together and watched Luton's game video in a conference room.
This is the video of Luton beating Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, and even this season when they drew with Manchester United.
"I know how people feel about the Luton team now. To be honest, when I first heard the name of this team, I felt the same as you." Ranieri spread out. Hand, "It's just a small team, nothing to be concerned about."
"But if we're still thinking that way, we're not far from failure."
Ranieri held out a finger.
"Chelsea! Arsenal! Liverpool! Manchester United!!!"
"Do you think if we play against these teams, we are sure to win?"
Ranieri's words made Roma's players look solemn. These teams are all strong teams in the Premier League. Ranieri asked them if they were sure of winning. In fact, he took care of the Roma players' face-Take Roma current strength,
All of these teams are going to be at a disadvantage.
From the paper strength of the lineup, Roma is far from these teams.
"Everyone take a good look, this is the video of Luton's victory over these teams." Ranieri motioned his assistant to turn on the TV.
"If it's good luck to beat a strong team, then it's not good luck to beat so many strong teams in a row!" Ranieri put his hand on the seat, looking through the frame of his silver-rimmed eyes, The tinker has bright eyes!
"That shows that they are really powerful!!!"
On the TV screen, Luton's goal was edited, and while matching Ranieri's voice, Roma's players gradually became solemn.
The other party.... is really difficult to deal with.
......
Ranieri is using this method to remove Rome's underestimation of the enemy, and Gao Bo has no such troubles.
Luton players know how difficult it is for them to win against those strong teams, and an English League One team underestimating Roma? I'm afraid I'm going to laugh out loud when I say this.
Luton is also seriously preparing for this game, and Gao Bo is now more interested in the Europa League.
Because just before the game against Rome, the football card system suddenly created a task.
"The road to the Europa League!!"
When Gao Bo saw this task, he burst into tears, and finally had a new task. Otherwise, just relying on the experience of one game and one game, this upgrade will take place in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
"Leading the third-tier league team to the top of the Europa League is an unprecedented achievement, and naturally it will be extremely difficult, but when you succeed, the fruit of this success will be extraordinarily sweet!"
"Mission goal: to win the Europa League championship!"
"Mission reward: an orange card exchange coupon! 15,000 experience points!"
Gao Bo frowned a little when he saw this quest reward.
that's it?
Only 15,000 experience rewards.... This system is too stingy...
However, Gao Bo originally planned to fight in the Europa League, so he did not have much to say about the reward of this quest. Even if there is an orange card, it is very good, and the effect of the blue card is very good. This orange What effect the card can achieve, Gao Bo is looking forward to.
Win the Europa League!
This is considered to be famous in European and even world football!
Gao Bo thought of another young head coach, Boas, who was also a disciple of Mourinho after leading the team to win the Europa League, before he was favored by the giants.
However, Boas led Porto, while Gao Bo led Luton!
The two teams are completely unequal in level.
Luton's win in the Europa League is the real shock to the entire European football! !
Gao Bo's ambition lies in this.