Chapter 22: The Forward Crisis
The next day, when Changsheng heard Jose Passarella tell him that everyone wanted to train at normal intensity for the next few days, he was quite surprised.
"Why?" He asked.
So José Passarella told him what everyone had discussed yesterday.
After listening, Chang Sheng was silent.
All four veterans are retiring, and that's a ...... It's a big scene.
And the reason for their retirement turned out to be for themselves, which made Chang Sheng feel a little guilty and a little moved.
In fact, the body and condition of these people are not bad, after all, they have the training skills to win, and they are better than the veterans of other teams, and in Lazio, everyone's competitive state is maintained better.
So if they want to play, they can keep playing.
Of course, when they are gone, they will have no training skills, and it is difficult to say how long they can maintain that level.
"Well, I promise you that it will only start tomorrow. From tomorrow you train with the reserves and the youth team, everything according to their intensity and standards. Chang Sheng said.
In this way, Lazio's veterans were integrated into the youth and development teams, and during the national team break, they trained in the same way as usual.
Everyone's heart is on fire.
Although they are older and less physically fit than before, they are experienced and they believe that they can help the boss.
With this belief, even with the intensity of young people's training, they don't feel that there is anything they can't bear at all.
The youth team is also very excited that these once powerful veterans will appear in front of them and train with them.
These veterans have all been some of the best players in the world. They represent Lazio's most glorious era, and they are the representatives of Lazio.
There are people in the youth team who have grown up watching these guys play. The reason why they chose Lazio is probably also because of the example that these veterans have set for them.
But perhaps because they respect these veterans too much, in training, they seem a little timid when facing veterans.
What else is the effect of such training?
Chang Sheng whistled to pause training and then criticized the phenomenon: "This is Lazio, this is not a nursing home!" Don't think that what is in front of you is fragile items to be handled with care, they are Lazio players, they are all fighters. I've been through more difficult situations than you think! If you show mercy to their men, it will be a humiliation to them, and they will not need you to respect the elderly! ”
The captain of the team, José Passarella, then said: "Yes, we don't miss your 'love', young man. ”
Subsequently. When the game resumed, the veterans showed their professional side.
When young people see that the veterans are working so hard, they are naturally embarrassed to be lazy and distracted in training.
So I came just to maintain the state of recovery training, but I didn't expect it to be under the leadership of a few old guys, and it looked high-spirited.
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When Jose Passarella said that the old guys wanted to contribute to the team, Chang Sheng didn't take their words too seriously.
He thought to himself that there were so many twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old players in his squad who were in their prime. There aren't many opportunities for veterans to play.
But they have this heart, and they have already made themselves very satisfied.
But soon he realized that he was wrong.
But he needs the help of a veteran!
Because it was during the Argentine national team break that Icardi was injured!
And the injury is quite serious!
The next day, Icardi withdrew from the national team and flew straight back to Rome, Italy. He was thoroughly examined by Lazio's team doctor.
The end result was a fractured right calf!
This result means that Icardi will have to rest for at least six to seven months!
What's the difference between this and saying goodbye to the season!
After Isco was seriously injured, Icardi was also injured.
The Lazio front, which has a rich talent pool and needs to get rid of one person, has become a serious injury area.
Icardi's injury has left Lazio with only one centre-forward. That's Cavani, 35.
When the old guys said that they must help the boss, Chang Sheng just felt moved.
Now he didn't just feel moved......
Because he really needs Cavani's contribution!
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After comforting Icardi in the hospital. Chang Sheng frowned when he came out.
In front of Icardi, he had no such expression at all.
He certainly didn't want Icardi to feel any anxious.
Icardi now only needs to go for surgery and recuperate.
He didn't want Icardi to rush back.
Icardi is 28 years old, the year of play, and the golden age of a professional footballer has just begun.
At the age of twenty-eight, he is much more experienced than before, and his physical fitness is at its peak, and it has not yet begun to decline. Highly skilled, conscious, and flexible.
He deserves a better career.
And you shouldn't risk dragging your broken body and forcing the game.
At this time, it is already unfortunate to be seriously injured, and it is necessary to let him recuperate with peace of mind.
Even if he can't play for himself anymore, that's nothing.
Now Chang Sheng is frowning because Icardi's injury is really big for the team.
Lazio's forward line turned out to be Icardi and Cavani playing center, the main center forward was Icardi, and Cavani was a substitute. Coming off the bench, or starting occasionally, after all, when you are old, your ability in all aspects is not as good as before.
But it's enough to play as a substitute.
One main force and one substitute, this is a very reasonable configuration.
But now, the main center forward is injured and Cavani has to step up, so who will be his substitute?
There is no one left.
Isco was seriously injured and missed a season.
Mario Goetze and Messi are both wingers and can't play as a center forward.
Andrea Borg is also a winger. I can't play center.
So it was only a 34-year-old striker Edinson Cavani who fought hard all season.
Just thinking about it, I feel that the future is worrying......
Although Chang Sheng once won the treble in the 2010-2011 season, relying on Klose.
But the situation was different at that time, first of all, Klose was thirty-two years old at the time, and he was still at the tail end of his career, and he was in good shape. Secondly, Klose also has a substitute, and that is Rocchi. It was the outstanding performances of the two veterans that guaranteed Lazio to win the treble that season, but Klose alone was not the work.
But now? Cavani is 34 years old, and the difference between 34 and 32 is only two years, but the physical fitness and condition of the players are very different.
Otherwise. Will Everwin be determined to let Cavani play as a substitute before then?
And Cavani has no substitutes at all.
So the situation in Lazio is much more difficult now than in the 2010-2011 season!
Frowning his brows, Chang Sheng heard Jose Passarella relay the words of the old guys, and smiled bitterly.
I really need them......
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The next day, after the remaining players had been training normally, Cavani found a winning spot.
"What a coincidence, I was just going to look for you. Edison. Chang Sheng smiled when he saw that Cavani actually took the initiative to find him.
Cavani, however, knew that the boss was just forcing a smile.
Isco and Icardi were seriously injured in quick succession, which was a heavy blow to Lazio's attack.
What he should do at this time, he knows very well.
So he took the initiative to find the boss.
"I'm ready if you need me, boss!" Cavani said.
Chang Sheng smiled again.
But this time it's not a forced smile.
"You're going to be under a lot of pressure, Addison." Chang Sheng didn't say anything to Cavani. There was a more in-depth conversation straight away.
"Didn't you say that to be a professional footballer, you have to come under a lot of pressure to be a professional player in Lazio. The pressure is even greater. I've been here for more than a decade, and I'm not going to be crushed in the last season. Cavani said confidently.
Chang Sheng looked at Cavani's confident face, and he saw something more in it.
After Isco's injury, veteran Messi stepped on. Now Icardi is injured. It's the veteran Cavani again.
Before this summer, he thought that the players of Lazio's golden generation should gradually retire from the stage of history. This world is for the players who are playing for the age.
Unexpectedly, in the end, he still had to rely on these old guys......
Looking at these familiar names and faces, he felt as if he had traveled back in time to ten years ago.
Ten years ago, Edinson Cavani was young, and Messi was still the number one player in the world.
As a result, in the blink of an eye, both of them have become veterans.
Although the veteran is old, his heart has not disappeared.
Chang Sheng saw the fighting spirit in Cavani's face.
He had seen this feeling in Messi's eyes before.
As a result, Messi performed well in the match against Utus, helping Lazio beat Utus 5-0.
He believes Edinson Cavani can be a successful replacement for Icardi.
Even if he is old, the veteran has the advantage of being a veteran.
The only problem is that the season is long and Edinson Cavani has been outstanding in one game, so can he maintain his good form throughout the season?
I'm afraid it's hard......
What should I do if I am not in good shape?
Substitution?
Obviously no, because there is no one to change.
I'm afraid that the only way to do this is to work on tactical adjustments.
When Cavani was not in good shape, he bypassed him and let him only be used as a bridgehead or a front, and in the end it was not him who played a decisive role, but Götze, Messi, and Borg.
Chang Sheng felt a headache at the thought that there were only four people left in the front line with six people in the past.
This season...... We're just getting started!