Everyone in the Lazio team has been working hard and working day and night.

The players may be able to relax after training, but the coach doesn't have that power.

At the end of each day's training, they need to summarize the results of the day's training, and then get together for a brief meeting to adjust tomorrow's training plan according to today's training results.

Next, Chang Sheng will also assign tasks to each coach and let them go home to complete.

For example, Gao Hongbo was assigned the task of watching videos, watching videos of Manchester United's recent games, and then writing video reports and submitting them to Chang Sheng. Based on these reports, Changsheng arranges targeted tactics.

Such an arrangement is uncommon, mainly because this is a special situation.

Otherwise, there is no need to be so excited.

Gao Hongbo was watching footage of the last leg of the Champions League match between Manchester United and Lazio in his rented apartment, with a note and a pen in front of him, as well as a remote control.

Pause recording at any time.

It's already a few pages full.

Then his phone rang.

When he took it out, he saw that it was his wife calling.

"Hello?"

"Boss Gao, the Football Association is going to compete for the head coach of the national team, I recommended you by looking for a relationship, and the boss said that I want to talk to you as a simple inspection."

On the other end of the phone, the wife said.

Gao Hongbo was stunned for a moment.

Is the national football team going to engage in competition?

He was a little surprised: "Really?! ”

Didn't he come to Lazio for this day?

In the past, the selection of the coach of the national team was decided by the Football Association, but after Zhu Guanghu failed, the Football Association became more and more inclined to choose foreign coaches, and there would be no competition on the basis of that.

It's all the Football Association looking for foreign coaches all over the world, and it has nothing to do with the head coach of the country.

I didn't expect to have a competition this time......

This means that this is a selection for the Turkish manager!

Even if you are the head coach of the soil, you have the opportunity to become the head coach of the Chinese national team through competition!

Gao Hongbo's goal is to coach the Chinese team. Now that the opportunity is in front of him, how can he not be excited?

"Of course it's true, can I lie to you? This time, the Football Association wants to explore a path suitable for the development of Chinese football...... The leaders are also very optimistic about you. So you see if you're coming back......"

Gao Hongbo nodded and was about to say "no problem", but the words stopped when he came to his mouth.

He saw the TV screen and when he pressed the pause button, it was the moment when Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated the second ball.

He remembered that he still had a mission here......

And it's a very important task.

Everyone was playing with their lives, running away and throwing the burden on the others...... Coming here by yourself is pure learning. I couldn't help much, and now I have the opportunity to help, but I ran away...... That's too unkind, isn't it?

He doesn't see himself as an indispensable part of the Lazio coaching staff, but he can contribute somewhat, and it adds up. You can always give Lazio a better chance of knocking out Manchester United away from home, right?

Everyone has his usefulness, no matter how big or small.

Gao Hongbo is not presumptuous.

"When will you go back?" He asked his wife.

"It's better to be these two days." The wife replied, and after saying that, she had not heard her husband's answer for a while, so she asked tentatively, "Old Gao?" ”

Gao Hongbo's voice sounded again: "I'm sorry, I may not be able to go back." ”

The wife was taken aback when she heard her husband's answer.

"What's wrong?"

"I have a mission on my side."

"What tasks can you have? Aren't you pure learners? You can't even get up to the dugout......"

"This time was different, I was assigned a task. Lazio is in a bad situation right now and needs everyone's strength. "Something about Lazio. Gao Hongbo would say every time he talked to his wife on the phone, and even this was the most talked about between them, Gao Hongbo and his wife shared every bit of what he learned in Lazio and his feelings. What he saw......

So when Gao Hongbo said this, his wife was silent for a while and asked, "Then how long will it take for you to leave and come back?" ”

"Thirteen at the earliest." The fourteenth is the match day between Lazio and Manchester United, in general. The team will go to the away stadium a few days early, but this time it was because they had to train hard. It's always inconvenient to borrow another team's training ground. Teams will need to adapt not only to the playing field, but also to the training ground, as not all training pitches are made of the same turf. So this time, Lazio will be practicing in Melflo until the afternoon of the 13th, and then take a flight to Manchester.

Gao Hongbo decided not to go to Manchester, anyway, he went to be a spectator in the stands.

When Lazio leaves for Manchester, he chooses to return home.

"Okay, I'll fight for you. But what if it doesn't work? ”

Gao Hongbo had already decided: "Then give up this opportunity." ”

"Boss, you ......"

"Chang helped me, and now it's my turn to help him. Maybe he doesn't care, but I do. ”

Gao Hongbo calmly hung up the phone.

Put your phone aside, pick up the remote, press play, start watching the game video again, and get on with your work.

It's like nothing happened.

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A day later, Gao Hongbo received a call from his wife, telling him that the leadership had specially allowed him to postpone it for a few days in consideration of his special situation, but the 14th was the deadline.

Gao Hongbo breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he was very resolute in answering his wife, he actually didn't want to miss this opportunity. After all, there are not many opportunities to compete for the coach of the national team, although other national teams have long been accustomed to competition, but in the men's senior national team, such an opportunity is still rare.

This is a chance for the Turkish coach to prove himself.

After Zhu Guanghu's failure, the local coaches can make a name for themselves again.

Now he doesn't have to pass up that opportunity.

The only thing he had to think about was how to say goodbye to Chang Sheng.

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The weekend league is just around the corner.

The Rome derby is in the spotlight because it is sandwiched between two Champions League quarter-finals.

Will Chang Sheng give up the game against Roma? Or will the Champions League be abandoned?

While the media outside was still speculating, no one knew that there was no controversy within Lazio - the Champions League game against Manchester United would not be abandoned, and the league game against Roma would not be abandoned!

This is what the boss calls "two hands." Both hands must be hard"!

Chang Sheng used the game against Roma as a warm-up match for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final tie, to adjust the form of his players and give Motta more opportunities to get used to the feeling of being at the core.

If Roma knew about it, they would be used as warm-up opponents by Chang Sheng, and it is estimated that they will go on a collective rampage......

Ten minutes before the local derby against Roma, Chang Win was in the dressing room at the Stadio Olimpico and said to his players: "I said that this game is going to take the Roman flag!" We're going to let United know, don't think they're going to win! ”

In fact, a regular win can also make the team deliberately lose to Roma. Then create an illusion that Lazio is unsustainable for Manchester United, and make Manchester United underestimate.

But in doing so, there is very little chance of fooling Ferguson's old fox. On the contrary, it will also damage the morale and confidence of Lazio's players.

Lose another important game before one big game...... Only an idiot manager would do that. The key to winning or losing is the person, the spirit and morale of the person. Losing an important game is never going to boost the morale of the players. It will only undermine their confidence, and the gains outweigh the losses.

And if Lazio gave it their all against Roma, then maybe they would really deceive Ferguson, making him think that Lazio had done their best in the league and would not have the energy to play in the Champions League again.

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Before the game, everyone was speculating about the attitude of Chang Sheng towards this game, and the answer was Lazio's starting line-up.

So everyone is guessing Lazio's starting list.

This time, Chang Sheng announced the official starting lineup only two hours before the game.

Everyone was surprised to see that Chang Sheng actually sent all the main forces he could send!

But...... Yellow card in the first leg of midweek. Ledesma, who led to a suspension in the middle of next week, was not in the starting line-up.

He was replaced by Candreva.

This is strange to everyone - Ledesma was suspended in the Champions League, not in the league.

He's playing normally in the league, so why not let him play?

He speaks volumes about how important Lazio is, and anyone who really understands the game can understand how important he is.

If you really don't want to give up the league. Then Ledesma should be played, anyway, he can't play in the middle of next week, so he doesn't have to worry about wasting energy, but he has to make time for the players who play in the middle of next week to rest.

But the winning leaves Ledesma rested. He sat on the bench.

So the arrangement of Changsheng is really incomprehensible.

But there's nothing I can't understand.

If you look at this game as a warm-up match for that game in the middle of next week, you will understand that the winning of the game is to use Rome to train the troops!

Lazio's starting role in this game is also the starting point for Lazio in the next game away to Manchester United.

Starting in midfield were Motta, Candreva and Cazorla.

Up front were Gotze, Edinson Cavani and Rocchi.

The back line is unchanged from the previous game.

Left-back Barzaretti, right-back Belletti, central defenders Jose Passarella and Francesco Papa.

Goalkeeper Handanovic.

The Roman side was not to be expected. They were sent with an all-main lineup, and the strongest players they could play were all played.

The attitude of wanting to fight with Lazio is obvious to fools.

Sure enough, when Lazio was at its most critical, if he didn't fall into the well and went up to mend the knife, how could he be embarrassed to call it a "sworn enemy in the same city"?

Because they believe that when they encounter the same situation, Lazio will definitely come up to make amends.

This is the tacit understanding of being a "mortal enemy in the same city".