Chapter 112: The Collapse of Idealistic Idols

At the last minute of the game, the score was still 0:1, and Inter Milan, who was playing at home, fell behind.

Mourinho was in a hurry.

Cruise, Crespo, these strikers who can be replaced are all replaced.

This is Mourinho's typical style when he needs to fight the spot - relying on numerical pressure and momentum improvement to break through the opponent's defence.

Although the game of football is not a simple math problem where one plus one equals two, the more people the better.

But Mourinho has occasionally worked wonders when he does so.

This time, maybe it's just hoping for a miracle effect.

But......

But not every time.

However, when Lazio recycled all the fronts, the addition of strikers only made Lazio's penalty area more crowded and less space.

Football, on the other hand, is a game of space. The attacker has to work hard to create and use space, and the defender has to work hard to compress and eliminate the limiting space.

Now Inter Milan has three strikers in one go, resulting in Lazio's penalty area full of people, where is there any space?

Just look at Inter Milan's midfielders passing the ball back and forth outside Lazio's penalty area, but they can't find the right way to get the ball out.

They lack space.

Chang Sheng sacrificed time in order to compress space, and he could allow Inter Milan players to pass the ball back and forth on the outside, because he knew that it was not a threat to the goal, no matter how calm those Inter Milan players were when they got the ball, they didn't have a chance, they just didn't have a chance.

Mourinho frowned and stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets.

He was also anxious to see that his team couldn't score a goal despite having the advantage of possession.

114 league games unbeaten at home......

Jose Mourinho gritted his teeth.

I'm really unwilling!

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"The referee was looking at his watch and the game was going into stoppage time...... Lazio still leads Inter Milan with a score of 1-0. Time is running out for Inter...... If Jose Mourinho is to keep his record of 114 consecutive league games unbeaten at home, his team will have to score a goal! ”

The commentator reminds Inter.

The Inter players also know that time is running out.

So they don't have to bother finding any slots.

Take the ball outside the box. Pass the ball if you have the chance, and shoot straight away if you don't have a good chance!

Or simply pass the ball high from the flank to the middle, hoping that Crespo, Cruz and Ibrahimovic will get their hands on the header.

As Inter made their final sprint, Lazio felt a lot of pressure in front of goal.

Even Jose. Passarella is no longer as calm as it once was.

At the ninety-first minute. Crespo finally grabbed the penalty in front of goal. And then a powerful lion flick its head!

The ball went straight to the corner!

There were even some excited Inter Milan fans who had already jumped up and cheered in advance!

But at this time. A hand flew over and bounced the football out with the tip of its finger!

"Handanovic - !! He made a world class save!! ”

Crespo landed with his head in his hands and looked at the goal in disbelief.

He had a perfect ball, but he didn't expect to be pounced by Handanovic with the tip of his fingers!

Mourinho leaned back on the sidelines. He also looked very annoyed.

It was at this time that Chang Sheng also made a third substitution.

He replaced Cavani with Rocchi.

Striker for striker, counterpoint substitution.

This does little to strengthen the defense.

So the substitution is not intended to strengthen the team's defense.

Mainly to stall for time.

If you make a substitution after stoppage time, even if you delay a little time, it will not be possible to make another stoppage time before the end of stoppage time.

So this time is a good opportunity to delay time.

Chang Sheng only used up two substitutions before the victory, and the third substitution has been useless, just waiting for this opportunity.

Of course. The premise is that he has a lot of faith in his team's defense and knows that they can't be breached by Inter, otherwise it won't work.

Now, Lazio's performances have proven that they are worthy of the trust they have in their manager.

Dense and clean defense. Mourinho's side were not given any chance at all.

Cavani walked slowly to the sideline in the face of the boos at the Meazza Stadium, and then hugged Rocchi to complete the substitution.

And at this time, there was still more than a minute left before the end of the game.

Mourinho kept protesting to the fourth official on the sidelines: "They are deliberately stalling for time!! ”

Of course, such protests are useless.

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Crespo's header was Inter's last great chance of the game.

But alas, Handanovic's explosive save prevented Inter Milan's chance to equalize.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the commentator shouted.

"One hundred and fourteen! Unbeaten at home in the league! That's the end of it! ”

The televised broadcast instantly hit Mourinho's face and gave him a close-up.

Mourinho looked upset – anyone could see he had a reason to be upset. Because his team lost at home, his 114-game unbeaten run in the home league is a thing of the past! ”

The unhappy Mourinho didn't even come up to shake hands with Chang Sheng, but turned around and walked directly to the player's tunnel.

Of course, even if he wins this game, he won't shake hands with Chang Sheng.

His attitude towards constant victory is very clear - they are definitely not friends, and since they are not friends, why should they be hypocritical? Either of them didn't care about demeanor anyway.

As for Chang Sheng, it is naturally impossible to wait for Mourinho to shake hands with him, he knows Mourinho's character very well.

He walked up to the Meazza Stadium with his fists held high and celebrated the hard-fought victory with his team to the boos of the Inter fans!

He's won a lot of victories and today was definitely not the prettiest or the most important.

But he felt that today's victory was particularly significant.

Because it was a victory that could have been won by the team in extremely difficult circumstances that could have decided the league title!

More important than the three points is the courage of the team in such a difficult situation!

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At the post-match press conference, a reporter asked Chang Sheng: "As a representative of offensive football." Lazio played an ugly game, although they got the three points in the end......"

Chang Sheng unceremoniously interrupted the reporter's question: "Ugly? For me, it's the cutest and most beautiful thing in the world. The sexiest thing is three points! I love three points more than anything! ”

"The Collapse of the Idealist Idol". After the game, the media published such a journalist opinion piece.

Elaborates on how Chang Sheng, as an idol of an idealist, has fallen.

Chang Sheng didn't even have the idea of rebuttal.

For these negative dogs of life. People who have obviously failed a lot, but have to use "I am an idealist" as a cover to cover up their incompetence and weakness, often win and have no time to care about them.

It's been so hard for everyone. Don't demolish them yourself......

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After all, the criticism of Chang Sheng's loss of ideals is a minority, and more media have not bothered to pay attention to such idiotic things, and this kind of thing is only done by the media that claims to be very literary and artistic.

The vast majority of the media are more concerned about the impact of this game on the trend of Serie A this season.

Lazio are as many as six points ahead of Inter Milan after winning away from home.

With four rounds left in the league, this point difference can be said to be decisive.

Inter Milan will have to hope that Lazio will not win three of their remaining four league games if they are to win the title.

Judging by Lazio's current form, it is unlikely that they will win all the games that follow. But the chances of winning just one out of four games are still too low.

And they can give up the Champions League, which has little hope, and focus on the domestic league, so that their fitness is no longer an issue.

Anyway. Inter Milan have little hope.

So in fact, Inter Milan have lost hope of continuing to compete for the league title after losing this game at home.

That's why Mourinho is so angry.

Not only is his unbeaten home league unbeaten golden body broken, but he still has the hope of competing for the league title.

What is the purpose of a season's work?

Isn't it just for this championship?

Now there are four rounds left in the league, but I have been kicked out of the ring for the championship......

Tragedy!

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After the match against Inter Milan, despite the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich in midweek, Chang Win gave his side a full day off.

The match against Inter Milan has fully demonstrated Lazio's current fitness crisis.

After several high-intensity games in a row, Lazio can't fight even if they want to.

Even if it's a Champions League semi-final in midweek, a perennial win will have to rest the players.

Of course, some media interpret this because Chang Sheng has decided to give up his performance in the Champions League semi-finals.

Chang Sheng didn't talk nonsense with the media.

In the Champions League semi-finals in midweek, the home game against Bayern Munich, Chang Win still sent the strongest lineup, and there was no intention of giving up.

Lazio drew 1:1 with Bayern Munich at home, and although they did not lose to them, they were eliminated by Bayern Munich because of the aggregate score of 2:4.

Since the UEFA Champions League was restructured in 1991, no team has been able to successfully defend the title.

Lazio, who have always won, have not been able to escape this fate.

The media was not surprised that Lazio were eliminated from the competition, and after the second leg of the match against Manchester United, everyone actually knew.

Lazio was able to fight to this point with such a set of remnants, and did not give up until the end, only because of the lack of strength, they were eliminated by Bayern Munich, and the performance was already very good.

Especially at home against Bayern Munich, knowing that they had no chance, they still played tenaciously and finally drew 1-1 at home to Bayern Munich without losing the game.

As a former champion, they maintained their dignity as European champions.

It is really a crime of non-war to be eliminated this time......

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