"Coach Chen Ping is staying for the league. ”

On 5 November 2004, West Ham hosted Lazio.

Because of the war of words between Chen Ping and Lazio head coach Cassel before the game, the game suddenly received a lot of attention. West Ham fans are the most famous "hooligan" fans in England. How could they possibly endure being so underestimated by Lazio, so there were constant boos from the moment the Lazio players came out.

Originally, the influence of the League Cup was getting worse and worse.

However, the match between West Ham and Lazio has received a lot of attention, because the scolding battle between Chen Ping and Cassel also involves the so-called strength of the Premier League and Serie A. Cassel insisted that Serie A is still the best league in Europe, while Chen Ping satirized Serie A, which is already in decline. All of a sudden, it turned into a dispute between Serie A and the Premier League.

Therefore, the competition even alarmed a large number of Italian media. Many Italian media outlets sent reporters to follow this ordinary UEFA Cup group stage. The English media took it even more.

But when he got West Ham's starting line-up, Mortensen was very surprised.

'Looking at West Ham's starting line-up for this game, it was a real surprise and I'm sure no one thought about it. The goalkeeper is Van der Sar, Glenn Johnson, Thomas Repka, Anthony Ferdinand, Layton Bynes in the back, Martin Antony, Leo Koke, Mark Noble and Ashley Young in midfield, and Lambert and Hasselbaink in the front. ”

'For the most part in this game, West Ham were mostly substitutes. The three main players were goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, who switched to Martin Antony at left midfield and striker Lambert in this game. With so many substitutes, I can only guess that Coach Chen Ping is giving up the League Cup game for the league two days later. After all, Coach Chen Ping has just stated that West Ham's goal this season is to win the Premier League. Compared to the Premier League title, the UEFA Cup is indeed not that important. ”

"But I still have to say that Coach Chen Ping is really a surprise. Coach Chen Ping, no one could guess what he would arrange before the game. Looking at the war of words between Coach Chen Ping and Coach Cassel before the game, Coach Chen Ping showed a determination to kill his opponent. Let's all think that Coach Chen Ping will definitely send the strongest lineup against Lazio. It's a pity that we all guessed wrong. ”

Mortenson really smiled wryly.

Chen Ping, the coach, is really elusive. Originally, Chen Ping was so high-profile before the game that he didn't dare to speak to coach Lazio. And Chen Ping's performance at that time was that he must win Lazio and correct the name of the Premier League. Therefore, many people predict that Chen Ping will teach Lazio a hard lesson at home. But when the starting list came out, everyone didn't expect Chen Ping to send a bunch of substitutes.

Chen Ping: What are you doing?

In an instant, Mortensen had West Ham in mind. Chen Ping has personally stated that West Ham's goal is to win the Premier League. Two days after the game, West Ham travel to Southampton.

Chen Ping: This is to give up the League Cup for the Premier League title.

This is the only reason Mortensen can explain. In addition to this reason, Mortensen really couldn't think of the reason why Chen Ping arranged the starting lineup like this.

"West Ham, what is this?"

Getting West Ham's starting line-up was not only Moterson, but also the commentators were surprised. Even Lazio's head coach Cassel was surprised when he got the starting list, and he couldn't understand what Chen Ping was going to do. Because this is completely different from what Cassel knew before.

The Premier League and Serie A, if there are no European competitions, are completely unintersecting, a kind of parallel league. Lazio has also been chaotic this season, with Cassel having no time to study Serie A opponents and where is there time to study West Ham.

So it was just a little bit of a bit of a look at West Ham before the game.

The main thing is to understand the characteristics of West Ham's main players, as well as West Ham's usual style of play. But the starting list he got was completely different from what Cassel knew. The West Ham starting line-up that Cassel had in mind was very different from this one.

Therefore, for a moment, Cassel was stunned.

The starting lineup has changed, and all the work I have done before has been in vain.

"I heard that West Ham's arrogant coach clamored to win the Premier League this season. West Ham are going to play away from home the day after tomorrow, and I wonder if that's why he's sending so many substitutes. ”

Cassel's assistant coach has his say.

Cassel nodded slightly.

For this reason, Cassel is more agreeable. If it weren't for that reason, West Ham would not have been able to field so many substitutes. Thinking about it, Cassel's face became very ugly.

Damn, Chen Ping should be cursed. Now that you've decided to play with a substitute, you're good to be honest. What to do in such a high profile before the game, as if this game was a final. It made Cassel very nervous, so he sent all the main players to prepare to teach West Ham a hard lesson at West Ham's home stadium.

Now that West Ham have sent so many substitutes, Cassel has been in a situation where he can't play cotton.

"Damn it, West Ham shit coach. ”

Cassel was furious.

The Premier League is not friendly to teams in the UEFA Cup, and the same is true for Serie A. In terms of schedules, they will not take care of the teams that play in the League Cup. Two days after Lazio played this UEFA Cup match, they will also play in Serie A.

If Chen Ping hadn't stimulated Kasso before the game, Casso would never have let the main force come out. Instead, they will choose a lineup that mixes the main and substitutes. It was originally a labor expedition, and these main players played this game and returned to Serie A to play.

Lazio is truly out of the box. every day

The goalkeeper is Peruzzi, the backline is Odoro, Siviglia, Negro, Zauri, the midfielders are Dabo, Liverani, Gianni Keda, Di Canio, and the forward line is Rocchi and Muzzi.

The main players are basically on it. Inzaghi Jr. did not come to London because of an injury.

"Attack, attack. In the first half, I solved the battle, and in the second half, I saved my strength. ”

In the face of these nobodies at West Ham, they are really nobodies. This time, the players sent by Chen Ping, except for Repka who is a Czech international and Lambert who is currently the top scorer in the Premier League, are not well-known. It is not well-known in England, and even less so in continental Europe. Many of them had never even heard of them, and the information gathered did not contain detailed information about them.

In the face of these unknown people, Cassel's idea is simple. Settle the battle quickly, then give the main players a second half rest for the next round of Serie A.

"Otto, Otto is fast. However, Otto could not get rid of Antony, and Odor forced a cross that was picked off by Van der Sar. ”

Di Canio flicked off Leo Koke and shot from distance, and the ball bounced off Repka's body. ”

Cassel thinks he's been fooled.

For Chen Ping's malice, he must teach this young coach who doesn't know the height of the sky a good lesson. Therefore, as soon as the game began, Lazio attacked all the way and wanted to use the attack to defeat West Ham.

The same goes for Lazio players.

Chen Ping's sarcasm for Lazio, including "if Lazio can win the Serie A championship, the coaching industry will be launched", is a naked contempt for Lazio. Although Lazio does not have a chance to win the Serie A title now, they are still very angry when they are directly said in this way. Therefore, they will also be hoping to beat West Ham at home to West Ham.

"Liu Yu, do you see? This is the consequence of an immature head coach to the team. ”

Lazio attacked on all fronts, but Chen stood steadily on the sidelines, not in a hurry at all. On the contrary, he was in a very calm mood, even with a smile on his face, and said to Liu Yu: "The most important quality of a head coach is not to be emotional. It doesn't matter what style of manager you have, no matter what kind of problems you have, the first thing you have to do is to be calm. You can use your passion to get the players emotional, but you can't get excited. The first thing a truly successful coach needs to learn is to be calm. Lazio, the manager, committed the manager's taboo, and I stimulated me a few times before the game, and the whole person was so emotional. The result of emotion is poor judgment and decision-making. ”

"You look at the Lazio squad. Both full-backs are strong in attack and weak in defence, but fortunately in Lazio's midfielders, with the exception of Di Canio, the rest of the players are very good defensively. Italian football is known for its stability, and the midfielders and full-backs cooperate with each other, which can not only make up for the defensive holes left by the strong and weak full-backs, but also strengthen the lack of good attacking players in the midfield. It's a pity that the Lazio coach himself is in a hurry, and the players are also anxious. The link between the defensive midfielders and the full-backs is gone, and those defensive midfielders are constantly pushing forward, leaving plenty of space at the back. That's the space I'm going to use for this game. ”

Lazio's head coach, Cassel, is still too tender.

Seeing Lazio's performance after the opening, Chen Ping was already in control. The Italian team is not the kind of team that attacks the opponent and solves the opponent in a few clicks. This is even more true of Lazio.

Dabo, Liverani and Gianni Keida are all good midfielders, but they are all very good defensive midfielders. According to Lazio's line-up, they should work closely with the full-backs. Protect the space left by the full-backs and then use Odd and Xwuri as wing-backs to make up for Lazio's lack of wide players. When the flanks are opened, the defense of the opponent's middle will inevitably weaken.

This is the time for DiCanio's genius to show his strength.

It's a pity that Lazio coach Cassel was too anxious and infected the Lazio players. Lazio players were in full swing, thinking that they would be able to quickly defeat West Ham. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean that if you are fully involved in the attack, your attack will increase.

On the contrary, if there is no coordinated offense, the offensive efficiency will be lower.

Chen Ping is ready to give up the League Cup competition and focus on the Premier League. But it's not that you really don't want the League Cup, just deal with the League Cup. For Chen Ping, any game is all about going all out. The so-called abandonment of the League Cup is just that it will not use a lot of main players to play the League Cup, and it will keep the main players to play in the league.

But what if the substitutions are activated?

Even if the substitute is used, Chen Ping will have to compete with Lazio.

"Yes, teacher. ”

Liu Yu nodded.

Following Chen Ping for a few months, Liu Yu has indeed learned a lot. In particular, Chen Ping seems to have a lot of emotional changes on the surface, but Chen Ping is very calm during the game. Many of the so-called facial expressions are deliberately made. This is a skill that cannot be learned by relying on books.

"Otto, it was Otto who got the ball again. After the start of this game, although Lazio strengthened their attack, the quality of the attack was not very good. Otto made several hits down the right flank, but they were all too reluctant. Otto, Otto is going to force a cross again!"

Otto is in good health and fast, but after meeting Martin Anthony, he can't get rid of Martin Anthony. It's really because of Odo's characteristics that he was killed by Martin Antonic.

Not to mention that Baines was staring at him from behind.

But Otto still forced a cross.

Most wide players, as long as they have a solid foundation, will not be too off-the-beaten-path in the absence of defenders. But under the pressure of the defenders, the players who can make good crosses, they are all top wide players. Obviously, Odd is not such a great wide player.

Under the pressure of Martin Anthony, there is no good ball at all.

"The ball was passed too deep and Van der Sar took it directly. Van der Sar kicked the ball and Lambert leaned on Negro...... Lambert, who played the ball down the right flank. Ashley Young is fast, Ashley Young passes!"