Chapter Twenty-Six: Chicken Ribs?
Rudy. Gonzalez's shouting from the sidelines made sense.
When Zenit St. Petersburg realized that Lazio in the second half was completely different from Lazio in the first half, they began to panic.
However, at that time, they were still the leaders, so the panic was limited.
But when Lazio scored, everything was different.
Not to mention the complete reversal of the situation, Lazio also equalized, and in terms of morale, Lazio has surpassed Zenit St. Petersburg.
Coupled with the fact that Arshavin was entangled in Ledesma, there was nothing too good to perform, which made the players of Zenit St. Petersburg a little hopeless.
If they continue to play like this, they don't know if they can win......
This is the most terrifying.
When a team doesn't see hope, maybe it's time for them to finish.
Rudy. Gonzalez is already seeing signs of his opponent's collapse, and he's going to add to the fire.
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After the restart of the game, Lazio was full of momentum, while Zenit St. Petersburg, which was still alive in the first half, wilted directly in the second half.
Until the 77th minute, Arshavin could not get out of Ledesma's entanglement, and Advocaat had to replace him.
And Arshavin's downfall also means that Zenit St. Petersburg has given up the attack.
Indeed, Advocaat then switched on defenders to try to strengthen the defense and dragged the game into a penalty shoot-out.
But alas, Lazio didn't let them get their wish.
In the 82nd minute, substitute Giorgio Chiellini scored his first goal since joining Lazio with a header from a corner!
2:1, Lazio completed the reversal!
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When Lazio took the lead, the tempo of the game fell completely into Lazio's control.
However, they didn't stall at the back. Instead, the siege of Zenit St. Petersburg continued.
Keep plugging, and the speed is still improving!
"It looks like Lazio aren't content with a narrow one-goal win......"
"Lazio is very fast...... I'm not saying that any one of them is fast, but that they are very fast overall! Passing and running and passing, Lazio almost never wastes time on meaningless possession and passing. They have a more purposeful passing......"
Guardiola listened to the voice of the commentator on TV and thought about his argument with Chang Sheng.
Do you want to keep the ball in absolute possession, or do you want to increase your speed?
The two sides are at loggerheads.
Pep Guardiola believes that as long as he can keep the football firmly under his feet. The suspense of the game will be lost, and the victory will definitely be yours.
But Chang Sheng thinks that blindly controlling the ball will sooner or later face the situation of being restricted by the opponent.
The direction of football should not be ball control, but speed.
Speed should be pursued on the basis of possession.
Now he is at his home in Catalonia, where he realizes his ideas.
As he spoke, Lazio scored another goal.
Edinson Cavani's shot was blocked by the goalkeeper before Modric followed up.
Football is a primer.
3:1!
Lazio are two goals ahead of Zenit!
Guardiola turned off the TV and leaned back on the couch and looked up at the ceiling.
With what he knew about Lazio, by the time the game got to this point, Lazio basically won.
Judging by this game. Chang Sheng stuck to his philosophy of speed.
And it turned out well, with a win and a trophy.
And what about yourself?
Can your ideas be proven correct?
Chang Sheng has won many trophies and has not yet won any accolades.
To chase after the man...... It's a bit difficult......
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While Pep Guardiola was pondering his future, the winning side had already completely crushed Zenit St. Petersburg.
Faced with a two-goal deficit, Zenit was helpless.
They were too relaxed at half-time and couldn't get nervous in the second half.
In the end, Zenit St. Petersburg lost 1:3 to Lazio.
Lazio successfully lifted the UEFA Super Cup!
This is Lazio's second title of the new season.
In the post-match press conference, Advocaat complained about the media.
"Before the game, the media told me that Lazio was in ruins, but now I just want to ask them if any of you have ever seen such ruins?!"
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The league hasn't started yet. Lazio have already won two titles in a row.
So in the odds of winning the Serie A in the new season, Lazio is at the top of the list. To be the most favored club.
surpassed Inter Milan, who also has a championship coach, Jose Mourinho, and Juventus and AC Milan.
"It's not scientific!" In the newsroom, Pacheco exclaimed, looking at the odds offered by the bookmakers on the computer screen. It's really unscientific, after nine first-team players, five of them are the main ones. Lazio's strength should be reduced.
But why is Lazio, which has declined, still able to rank first in the odds?
Is it just because of winning two Super Cups?
But what's the point of that kind of chicken rib game?
The real test is in the league!
Pacheco thought about it for a moment and began to write a Lazio chapter of the team's outlook for the new season.
From the team's signings, to the club's financial situation, to the team's form and the manager's tactics.
Pacheco was thorough and then concluded that Lazio were not optimistic about defending their league title for the third time in Serie A!
'Of course, if the goal is only the Champions League. Lazio should be achievable. In fact, for Lazio, being able to participate in the Champions League every year is already a great achievement......"
Then the league began.
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Having just played in the UEFA Super Cup, Lazio's first round of league fixtures was in the final game.
On the night of September 1, Lazio took on Cagliari away.
It was Lazio's first appearance in the league in the new season, and it was a game that was in the spotlight.
Although Lazio won two Super Cups, authoritative media such as "Milan Sport" said that Lazio's two Super Cups were chicken ribs.
The league is the real test.
Anything can happen during a long season.
This is the first game of the league. Perhaps some clues can be seen.
More than 40 media outlets gathered at the Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari's home stadium, to get a closer look at the game.
Before the game, the focus of the media coverage was also on this match.
Before the start of the game, Chang Sheng said to his players in the locker room.
"Right now, out there, there are more than forty media outlets following us. Do you know what that means? This means a lot of stress! Chang Sheng said. Because our every move is left under a magnifying glass by the multimedia, they try to find fault with us in the smallest detail. And then prove our failures. We can't let them get their way, guys. We can't be losers, no one likes to lose, there can only be one champion in a league season, we have to be the only one! I know it may make you nervous, especially the players who have only joined this season, but from now on you have to learn to adapt to this is Lazio football, football that is always under pressure! I hope that after a season, you can proudly say to others: 'No amount of pressure can break me.' Because I'm a Lazio player! ’”
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The Lazio players, who played under tremendous pressure and under the tinted magnifying glass of others, faced Cagliari's stubborn resistance away from home.
As in the Super Cup, it was the first goal to concede.
In the 30th minute, Cagliari scored the first goal to break the deadlock on the field.
But unlike the Super Cup, this time, Lazio didn't wait for half-time to make adjustments.
They equalised five minutes after conceding the goal!
"David. Silva! Nice curling ball from outside the box! The soccer ball went around everyone and into the back corner of the goal! ”
David after the goal. Silva spread his arms and ran wild on the pitch.
For those new Lazio players. That pre-tournament remark might have made them feel stressed.
But David. Silva will definitely not be under pressure.
He has been at Lazio for three seasons and this is the fourth.
He's used to the feeling of playing under a boss.
When he was a Valencia youth player. He has heard rumors about the boss. At that time, in the Valencia echelon, the boss was a mythical figure. There seems to be no one in this world who can stop him from working miracles at all.
That's the style of winning when he was in Valencia, so he can adapt very quickly.
After arriving at Lazio and really starting to work with the boss, Silva always trains hard in training. When you get on the pitch, you give it your all. Although his goals and assists last season were down from last season, this does not mean that his performance has decreased, on the contrary, he has performed better than before. Because when it comes to key balls in key games, David . Silva is making rapid progress. He scored a lot of key goals last season.
Falcao and Benzema both scored goals. In order to allow Falcao to sell for a good price, Chang Sheng sacrificed David. Silva, but even so, David. Silva did not complain, but repeatedly savior at critical moments.
In the new season, Chang Win intends to make David. Silva is the heart of the attack. Because whether it is Cazorla or Götze, or Cavani, Rocchi, Giroud, these people are not qualified to be the core of the attack.
Cazorla's ability is fine, but he is constantly swinging in midfield and up front and cannot be the core. Gotze is talented, but he's too young to play this kind of high-intensity game in a row.
Cavani is still a half-finished product and needs to retrain himself. In Naples, he didn't train him very well......
So now the most mature person on the front line is only David. Silva too.
"This game David. Silva is in very good shape! He looked active from the very beginning of the game! In the summer, he turned down offers from a number of big clubs, opting to stay and renew his contract with the club. And often succeeded in leaving David. Silva, which can be regarded as keeping Lazio's attacking power......"
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