Chapter 137: Starters and Substitutes
Although Serie A has now been surpassed by the Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga, in China, Serie A is the first league to be introduced, so Serie A's fan base in China is still quite solid.
In the middle of the night in Beijing, in the studio hall of the National Sports Channel, the opening of Serie A cannot be missed, not to mention the Chinese players.
In the studio at this moment, Duan Huo, a famous football commentator on the sports station, and Zhang Lu sat in the studio together, "Welcome to watch tonight's live broadcast of the opening of the Serie A season, I am Duan Huo, Zhang Lu." ”
"There are three games in Serie A tonight, Inter Milan against Palermo, Juventus against Parma and Lazio against Chievo."
"Although there are two giants today, I believe that as a Chinese fan, everyone must be the Lazio team, because in the past summer, Lazio was a player, a player from China, Lin Dong."
"Coach Zhang, do you know this player" Finally, Duan Huo looked at Zhang Lu.
"Hey~~~ I think there shouldn't be many people who don't know this player now, of course, they may know this player named Lin Dong from the other side," Zhang Lu said.
"Lin Dong, 184 tall and 78 kilograms in weight, once played for Seoul FC in South Korea, but he didn't seem to have played even a game for Seoul FC, and during his two years at Seoul FC, Lin Dong seemed to have been isolated by his teammates and coaches."
"If you introduce it in the way of the players, this has already been introduced, if we change the way, it will take a little time, during the time of playing for Seoul FC, Lin Dong made his debut in the Korean entertainment industry as a singer, and also achieved very good results."
"All the way to development, from singer to actor, before officially joining Lazio, he also entered the European and American entertainment circles, and with such achievements in the entertainment industry, he unexpectedly ran to play football, which is really incomprehensible"
"Of course, what makes it even more difficult for us to understand is that Lazio's coaching staff actually signed Lin Dong, and even put Lin Dong in the first team in the new season, and according to the news from Italy before the season, it seems that Lin Dong has also been valued by the head coach Rea, whether it is in a friendly match or in the Europa League Cup."
"Does Director Zhang think that Lin Dong is likely to appear in today's game?" Duan Huo asked.
"It's really hard to say, we don't get much information about Lin Dong, and from the limited machine games, Lin Dong's performance is not very good," Zhang Lu looked at the information in his hand and replied.
"But no matter what, as a Chinese, since Lin Dong has stood on the stage of Serie A, then, let's look forward to it, after all, Chinese football ~~~" Zhang Lu did not continue to speak, but the next meaning, as long as you understand football, you basically know.
"The starting list of both sides has just been sent in front, and it is a pity that Lin Dong is not in the starting list, but in the substitute list, there is Lin Dong's name."
At this moment, in China, there are nearly 10 million fans who are paying attention to this game, and when Lazio's starting squad comes out, although these fans can't help but show a trace of disappointment, but more of a performance that is really like this.
Of course, there are a small group of people who are not like this, when they see the list, they are more scolding the head coach of Lazio, scolding him for not giving Lin Dong a chance to appear, you know, they stay up all night just to watch Lin Dong.
It's the same in South Korea, where they don't care about the Italian league, they only care about who they want to see.
In a certain dormitory, there is also a person who is directly related to Lin Dong staying up late, even if they have to fly to Taiwan, China tomorrow for a concert, but Lin Dong doesn't know all this, because at this moment he is making final preparations for the stage.
It's no joke that the five major leagues have the lowest attendance, and today's game is the first game of the new season for Lazio, but the huge Stadio Olimpico in Rome is just half full.
In the dressing room of the home team, the old coach Rea did not impassionedly encourage the players, this is not the style of the old coach, he is more to tell the players what they should pay attention to.
For example, watch out for the combination of Chievo's two strikers, one old and one young, with Paloski young and driven, Pelissier experienced and both very good pace.
To this end, Lazio sent a combination of Biava and Dias, and although Biava is 35 years old, he is the most stable link in Lazio's backline.
Dias is a Brazilian defender who came to Lazio in the 09-10 season and has been playing in the Brazilian league before that, and has a good ball game, and of course the defense is also very good, otherwise he would not have been a consistent partner with Biava last season.
Although the forward line is not dominant, according to Lazio's midfield, it should be an absolute advantage, however, when the game started, Rea found that he had miscalculated.
The midfield duo of Bradley and Heitmai limited Lazio's midfield combination with their excellent movement, and Bradley, who has just moved this season, has been doing quite well.
The American midfielder only cost Chievo a million euros, but in this game, he played at a level worth tens of millions.
In the sixth minute, Chievo from home unleashed a brilliant attack, and Palowski, who was seen as the successor of Inzaghi, completed a dangerous shot.
Pelissier's frantic run in the box caught the attention of two Lazio centre-backs, and then Lazio crossed low into the box from the flank, and Paloski cut in from behind to shoot hard.
Fortunately, Lazio goalkeeper Bisari was focused enough, and the Argentine, who had been a substitute goalkeeper for three years, has finally got the chance to start, so he naturally wants to show and strive for the main goalkeeper.
This summer, the former main goalkeeper Muslera wanted a salary increase, but Lazio refused, and the two sides fell out, and Muslera was sent to Turkey, where he swapped owners with Kana.
Then Lazio bought Marchetti from Cagliari, but Rea did not give Marchetti the main goalkeeper, but let him compete with Pisari, so there was Pisari.
Compared to Lazio's two short centre-backs, Chievo's centre-backs are quite tall, reaching 1.9m.
Therefore, in terms of headers, Lazio did not gain any advantage, and in this game, Lazio started with two veterans, Klose and Roki, and Kozak and Lin Dong were on the bench.
Due to Klose's good performances in previous friendlies and Europa League qualification, the game was given special care, so Klose did not have any good shots on goal throughout the first half.