Chapter 25: The Clarion Call for a Counteroffensive (Second Update)
"Looks like Lazio is not in a good situation! They may lose to Zenit St. Petersburg...... It's like Barcelona was beaten by them......" The Catalan commentator had a bit of schadenfreude in his voice.
Constant victory is the enemy of Catalonia, and they hope that constant victory will be unlucky.
Pep Guardiola sat in front of the TV as he watched the game live from his home.
Close-ups of Chang Sheng happened to appear on TV.
Chang Sheng in the camera has a calm face, as if it was not his team that lost the goal.
Pep Guardiola has found himself as Barcelona manager for more than a month, but he still unconsciously thinks about Lazio's anxieties.
He is also anxious when he sees Lazio playing behind.
But it's good that he knows who he is now, he's a manager.
So he's going to think about it from that point of view, if he's always winning, he's going to do it in a situation like this......
Arshavin is too active, and the first goal is to contain Arshavin.
Because Arshavin's breakthrough is a morale booster, every time he makes a successful breakthrough, the Zenit St. Petersburg fans in the stands will let out a huge cheer.
And in the midst of these cheers, Lazio's morale is declining......
Zenit St. Petersburg was at home to the cheers.
He thought that Chang Sheng should make adjustments at half-time, and the task of the first half was to concede only one goal......
The narrator of Catalonia is mocking Chang Sheng's expressionless face: "It's like he's running out of a wax museum!" It's just posing on the sidelines, but there's no way for the team to win the game, the champion coach! Your ball is now trailing by one goal! Can't you just come up with something about it? It's useless to be in a daze......"
Pep Guardiola picked up the remote control, switched the channel and found another TV station that broadcast the game live.
Finally, there was no more noisy commentary in my ears.
The English commentary's evaluation of Chang Sheng is also relatively objective, at least he will not ridicule Chang Sheng's calm face......
He can get back into thinking.
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Until the end of the first half, Chang Win was always on this expression. It doesn't look like I'm worried about Lazio's backwardness.
Of course, this may have something to do with the fact that Lazio only conceded one goal in the first half.
Although Arshavin is in good form, although Lazio is very embarrassed, but anyway. They held on.
Entering the halftime with a score of 0:1.
The state is not good, and the face is in good shape. Only conceded one goal in the first half, but in fact, he was already satisfied with the winning lot.
But at half-time he didn't show it.
He kept a straight face in the locker room.
"How. Guys, how do you feel? He asked in the locker room.
Everyone was silent.
Falling behind in the first half made it seem like a return to last season's Champions League for Lazio as a team.
In that game. Lazio also trailed by a goal in the first half.
But how can Zenit St. Petersburg be on par with Manchester United?
This is the UEFA Super Cup, not the UEFA Champions League final.
"Zenit St. Petersburg is the winner of the League Cup, and if you look down on them, you look down on yourself. Because we were League Cup winners ourselves, we also challenged for the Champions Cup in the Super Cup and we won. So it's no surprise that Zenit St. Petersburg is ahead of us. It's not what happens to our opponents, it's what we do. I'm sure you've seen Arshavin's pace and individual quality, and we can't let him do whatever he wants in the second half. Second half Ledesma. You follow Arshavin closely, close to him, and don't let him get the ball comfortably. Don't just break his ball, that will only give him a chance to pass you. You just have to stick to him, interfere with him, get his attention, and give the chance to break the ball to your teammates......"
Ledesma nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, boss, I won't make him comfortable." ”
Next, Chang Sheng began to arrange tactics in other positions, and the only purpose he did was to reverse the disadvantage and deal a fatal blow to the opponent in the second half!
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Meanwhile, in the dressing room of Zenit St. Petersburg, the players were celebrating their lead.
Even head coach Advocaat didn't stop it.
For Zenit St. Petersburg, it was remarkable to be able to lead Lazio for the first half of the game and beat Lazio so badly.
Before the game, even the media in Moscow thought that Zenit St. Petersburg wanted to win unlikely.
There is a big gap in the strength of the two sides.
But Zenit St. Petersburg was stunned to lead Lazio with his fighting spirit!
Zenit St. Petersburg was clearly better prepared for this match.
They want to prove that what the media says is wrong.
It's funny to say that Advocaat's use to motivate his players was to show them a video of Lazio's match against Champions League winners Barcelona as League Cup winners before the game.
Lazio was not strong at that time.
Then tell everyone that Lazio can beat the powerful Dream II team, and we can beat the powerful Lazio as well.
Now they have forty-five minutes left to complete the task. So everyone couldn't hide their excitement.
When the time was almost up, Advocaat stopped the players.
"All right, boys. The second half is about to start, so let's talk about the main points of the second half......"
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At the start of the second half, the Zenit St. Petersburg players who came out on the field still had smiles on their faces.
On the other hand, the Lazio players have solemn faces.
"It looks like St. Petersburg has won this game!" The commentator said after seeing the contrast in the expressions of the players of the two teams.
"The faces of the St. Petersburg players looked relaxed. The Lazio players were very nervous and under pressure......"
But soon, the narrator realized how wrong he was in what he had said!
In the second half, after the careful adjustment of Chang Win at half-time, Lazio's performance was clearly better than the first half.
Arshavin soon found himself in a stubborn resistance.
Lazio's defender, Ledesma, has been defending him closely. And Ledesma didn't defend himself to break the ball, he just stuck to himself. Wherever he goes, he goes.
Then constantly interfere with yourself.
Cooperate with other Lazio players to break their own balls.
His energy is all focused on dealing with his personal interference, how can he deal with the tackles of other Lazio players.
Especially Jose. Passarella, last season's Champions League defender of the year. His top tackles were very quick and accurate. When he was close to Ledesma, the speed advantage could not be brought into play. So he can't force his breakthrough with speed......
Only compare footwork with the other party.
Jose. That's what Passarella fears the most.
When Arshavin was contained, the Zenit attack in St. Petersburg was thwarted.
Lazio took advantage of the situation to regain the initiative.
And after the run-in in the first half, Lazio gradually regained their form in the second half.
When the ball fell to their feet, the successive passes they were most proud of increased. Turnovers are decreasing, as in the first half.
David. Silva and Cazorla attacked almost from the right midfield.
At the beginning of the attack, Cavani will go to the opponent's goal and press the opponent's back line to the ground.
As soon as Lazio's attack hit the edge of the penalty area, he immediately retreated resolutely to meet and maintain enough close contact with the forward line.
That's what Lazio are attacking.
The distance between everyone is good for short passes, not just big feet.
At the same time, Cavani's retreat also created a problem for the Zenit St. Petersburg lineback.
To follow or not to follow?
With, behind his own is empty. David. Silva and Cazorla will immediately cut inside into the box, and then Lazio's midfield will deliver a lethal through-ball. When the time comes, it will be a one-on-one ball directly against the goalkeeper!
Don't follow?
Let Cavani get the ball with ease, and he will have more options. He can play with Luka Modric and other team-mates. You can also turn around with the ball and then go into range...... At that point, the defender will appear to be passive.
Zenit St. Petersburg immediately felt the pressure coming from Lazio, the European champions.
No matter what the outside world says about the ruins of Lazio or something, at least judging from the current feelings of the players of Zenit St. Petersburg, if this Lazio is all ruins...... So how terrifying should Lazio be in its heyday?
The players of Zenit St. Petersburg could not have imagined......
In the sixty-first minute, Zenit St. Petersburg finally couldn't hold it anymore.
Their defense crumbled.
Just like the multiple-choice questions they faced before.
Cavani retreated, followed by the Zenit St. Petersburg centre-back.
Modric didn't pass the ball to him and went straight into the box.
Cazorla cut diagonally, received the ball, and was not offside, he raised his foot and shot!
Football hits the net!
"Cazorla! Cazorla! Cazorla! Kasso-Lala!! ”
The Spanish narrator was particularly excited. Because it was the players of their country who scored the goals. Cazorla's outstanding performances have already qualified for the national team.
So the Spanish commentator was excited to see Cazorla score. This shows that the Spanish national team has another excellent player to join!
Cazorla tore his shirt excitedly after the goal, and he was soon overwhelmed by his equally excited teammates.
Chang Sheng walked out of the dugout, his hands held high, and celebrated the goal.
This ball sounded the horn of Lazio's counter-attack!
Rudy. Gonzalez shouted into the arena from his side, "Well done! Guys! Just kick it like that! They're finished! ”
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