Chapter 402: Ruthless
While the commentators criticized Lazio's approach as too vile, too utilitarian, and unsportsmanlike, they heard the cheers of tens of thousands of Lazio fans.
It made them a little embarrassed.
Especially the commentators who were just saying, "I don't think even the Lazio fans themselves would want to accept winning the game like this", it felt like they had been slapped in the face by the Lazio fans.
How embarrassing it is, how embarrassing it is.
Lazio fans obviously don't see anything wrong with that, as long as they can win.
Victory, this is a Lazio tradition.
And it's definitely not "art football" and "pretty and good-looking".
In fact, before Chang Sheng came to coach Lazio, if you asked Lazio fans what the tradition of Lazio was in this team or this club, they would most likely be speechless and completely unable to say.
Because there was no such thing as a tradition in the previous Laziogens.
In fact, the vast majority of teams are like this, there is no tradition to speak of, or they themselves do not know what tradition is. Maybe they can say that the last five or six years have been traditional, but what about the future?
Lazio is the same, there is no tradition to speak of.
Until the arrival of the ever-victorious.
He injected Lazio with victory after victory, championship after title.
Since then, people have become accustomed to Lazio winning and Lazio winning the championship.
They began to think that this should be the tradition of Lazio.
From now on, Lazio should uphold this tradition.
Only victory is eternal, and only victory is worthy of praise.
If we can't win, then we're nothing, even if we're good.
Fifty years later. People look back at the history of Serie A and remember that there hasn't been a season of titles, but who knows who wins the fair play award every year? Even the media themselves don't advertise much, they can use a full page to promote the new champions, but will they use the same amount of publicity to promote the winners of the Fair Play Award?
No, it won't.
That's why it's said that football is a world where the winner is king.
That's how society and the world view champions and losers, so why not allow teams to pursue champions?
Lazio were able to win at the back and the Lazio fans will be delighted with the tactical wisdom of their manager.
They don't think there's anything to be criticized for it at all.
There are many things that are more utilitarian and ugly than Lazio, and they are definitely not a "minority" in world football. The reason why they exist and form their own genre naturally makes sense.
Lazio fans who knew which commentators used words like "ugly" and "utilitarian" to criticize their team would be spat at the suit-clad criminals.
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The cheers of the Lazio fans weren't just cheering for Lazio either.
Their loud cheers are also stimulating the players of Utus.
It's like a provocation.
They were demonstrating against Utus.
This kind of demonstration made the players of Utus very unhappy. They felt ridiculed for their efforts, which was more difficult for them to accept than overcoming them.
So the Utus player, who felt offended, couldn't hold back anymore and rushed up.
They want to round them in the Lazio half, then cut off their ball, and then launch a counterattack on the spot and score the Lazio goal!
They want to show Lazio how good they are at Utus!
So to the cheers of the Lazio fans, the Utus players finally crossed the midfield. Rushed to the back of Lazio.
Chang Sheng, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene.
That's what he wants to see.
Thank you Lazio fans.
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Just as Utus rushed up to grab the ball, Lazio also changed abruptly.
Their passing in the backfield suddenly picked up.
It's completely different from the slow, laid-back passing style of the past.
Suddenly, it seemed murderous.
Then it's like the engine has been started, and now it's just a test warm-up stage.
Wait until the engine speed reaches a certain level. As soon as you step on the accelerator, the car rushes out like a wild horse!
Utus's top grab is the foot that stepped on the accelerator.
When enough of them came in, the Lazio players slammed the ball from a cross to a straight pass!
Then, without giving Utus any time to react back to the defense, Lazio's pass was very fast and passed the ball all the way to the 30-meter area of Utus!
It's all a one-kick pass!
Such a counterattack is an eye-opener!
When Utus realizes that something is wrong. And it is already too late to start shrinking back to defense......
Rocchi gave the football to David Silva. David Silva is deep in the box!
Gianluigi Buffon once again showed what he was capable of as a top three goalkeeper in the world and saved the shot.
But it is not easy for him to pounce on the football in a hurry, and he should not expect to lift the football out of the bottom line, or how far to play......
The football that he pounced on first fell to the ground, then bounced up, and it bounced right in front of the goal!
After passing the football to David Silva, Rocchi did not stay where he was to watch the play, but continued to step forward, even though he knew that David Silva would not pass the football back to him again, that would be too complicated and meaningless.
But he still stepped forward, which Chang Sheng repeatedly emphasised in the team's training, and the movement after the pass was very important.
He did exactly what he was asked to do, and now he's in front of the football!
And he's the only one!
Barzagli, who had been following him when he had stepped forward, was caught by David Silva's shot and slowed down to allow Rocchi to get ahead.
Now Roki is jumping to the top of the bouncing football!
His forehead was firmly hit with a football!
The football thud and flew into the goal!
Buffon, who had already fallen to the ground, had no more energy left to defend the Utus goal, and could only watch as the ball crossed the goal line and crashed into the net......
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The commentator who was previously criticizing Lazio for being utilitarian and conservative and shameless. At this time, they all lost their voices.
Even if it's just for a moment......
They did open their mouths, but they didn't make a sound.
When Utus pressed up to grab the ball, they were still cheering for Utus.
Now in the blink of an eye, in less than a minute, Lazio has a three-goal lead over Utus!
This is the first time that Utus has stepped forward to force Lazio!
Lazio's efficiency, this attack power......
So that many people who even want to hack them can only be dumbfounded at this time.
In terms of football alone, Lazio's performance was impeccable.
In the face of Utus's pressing, they were calm and unfazed, and then it was time to counterattack. Ruthless, without the slightest hesitation.
Even if it's a villain, this villain can't be faulted.
"Pull ...... Lazio scored again! 3:0! They have a three-goal lead over Utus on their home turf! ”
"The most terrible team in the world to play defensive counter-attacks is probably Lazio, but luckily most of the time they don't have to defend and counter-attack......"
"Utus just tried to come forward and press, and it ended up like this...... This is Lazio's silent warning to Utus - don't cross the line. Die by crossing the line! ”
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Del Neri stood on the sidelines, numb to the goal he had conceded, and he had guessed such an outcome when he saw Utus coming forward to press.
Lazio's move is really ruthless.
Constantly throwing his feet in the backfield to stall for time while trying to provoke Utus.
If Utus doesn't come up, they'll fall like this until the end of the game.
And if Utus can't stand such a game and comes up and grabs...... This conceded goal is their end.
So what should Utus do?
Continue to stay in the backfield. Or is it the possibility of conceding more balls to force the whole field?
It was a choice that Del Neri had not made for a long time.
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"It's cruel...... The heroic and unyielding Utus once again fell to the guns of Lazio, and their opponent was a demon who killed without blinking. But will Utus be able to stand up again? "The narrator is very sensational.
Can Utus still stand up?
This issue is a concern of many people.
Lazio and Chang Sheng are the exceptions, they don't care.
Utus stood up again. Then give them another shot. Knock them down, and if Utus is going to get up, repeat the process.
Anyway, as long as Utus doesn't give up, then Lazio won't give up either. And they will continue to do so.
Utus stood up once, and Lazio made up for it.
Stand up once. Make up for a shot.
It's a big deal to refresh their own record of single-game win-loss scores.
They don't have any pressure at all.
But there will be pressure on Utus.
Can they really afford such a big defeat?
At 0:1 they are scrappy, and at 0:2 they can not care. It's 0:3 now, and you still don't care?
What about 0:4, 0:5, 0:6?
There are always times to be afraid, right?
Anyway, it wasn't Lazio who conceded the goal, so they didn't care at all whether Utus would continue to get up or not.
The same is true for Changsheng.
So while everyone was still worried about whether Utus could continue to pick himself up, the Lazio players were celebrating the goal and looked very happy.
Such a scene fell into the eyes of those fans who sympathized with and supported Utus, and naturally they did not have a good impression of Lazio.
However, Lazio did not need their favor, and their disgust could not make Lazio lose the match.
Who cares about them?