Although Wu Lei has been reduced to a substitute in Lazio, he is still the main core of the Chinese national team, who taught him to be the most experienced in the current national team?

At the age of twenty-nine, he is still a real fighter.

Although he can't play the main team in Lazio, if he is willing to leave Lazio and go to any other team, he may be the main team.

He is still one of the highest players in Asia.

It is normal for such a player to be the main core and captain of the Chinese national team.

When Wu Lei first came to Lazio, he was still a young man of twenty.

After 10 years at Lazio, he is already the most successful player in Chinese football in Europe, and he is the first Chinese player to lift the European Champions Cup.

Such a status in the rivers and lakes has given him a high status in Chinese football.

Although Ji Ming's potential is better than Wu Lei, he is still too young and has a lot of poor experience.

However, everyone also believes that he will be the core of the Chinese team in the next ten years after Wu Lei.

It's been a great process.

The Chinese team always has a core and will not fall into the point of being leaderless.

Wu Lei played the core of the Chinese national team for ten years, and the best result of leading the team was the runner-up in the Asian Cup.

This is mainly because except for Wu Lei, the level of other Chinese players is very different.

Moreover, at that time, the "Star Project" company had just started in China, and the environment of Chinese football had changed too little from before.

But now it's different.

More and more Chinese players are active in European countries and leagues at all levels, and they are the cornerstone of Chinese football.

The level of Chinese players today is much better than that of Wu Lei's time, and the number of registered Chinese players has also risen rapidly.

The success and struggle of these Chinese overseas players abroad has also ignited the fighting spirit of more people to pursue their football dreams.

As a result, more and more children are becoming players.

Now by Ji Ming's side, there are already many talented players of the level, most of whom are playing in the European League.

Same background as playing in the Europa League. It is not difficult for them to understand each other, and they have a common language for their understanding of football, and they have become more and more tacit on the field.

So now the Chinese team finally has hope of reaching the World Cup finals, which is also a normal thing.

In the future, even if Wu Lei goes downhill, the Chinese team will still have Ji Ming.

So what about after Ji Ming?

Everyone has their sights set on Chang Sheng.

It's not that I hope to win and poach another young Chinese player to train in Lazio.

It's because the hope for the future of Chinese football lies in Chang Sheng, strictly speaking, in Chang Sheng's home.

Chang Sheng's son Chang Wei, although he is only 12 years old this year, has already fully demonstrated his football talent.

In the future when Ji Ming is getting older, Chang Wei will be born.

It doesn't matter where his dad goes in the future. I believe that Chang Wei will have a great future under the training of his father.

At that time, the core of Chinese football in the next decade will definitely be Chang Wei.

Starting from Wu Lei, the 30 years of Chinese football have been inseparable from Chang Sheng.

In China. There is even such a voice.

After Chang Sheng broke up with Lazio, in fact, the Chinese Football Association could invite Chang Sheng to coach the Chinese national team.

However, Chang Sheng did not respond to such a voice.

He may be waiting for his son to grow up......

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The first league game after the international break is the ninth round of the league, with Lazio away to Atalanta.

The match was affected by the national team break, and the Lazio players looked tired.

As a result, Lazio drew 1-1 away from Atalanta.

It was Lazio's first draw of the season.

Although they did not win, Lazio rose up the rankings.

They went from third in the league to first in the league all at once!

Because in the same round of the league, Napoli and Juventus, who are at the top of the table, both lost.

Napoli lost 2-0 away to Roma and Juventus lost 4-2 away to Fiorentina.

So. The three teams are tied on 19 points, but Lazio have the advantage in goals scored, goals conceded and goal difference, so Lazio overtook Napoli and Juventus to take first place on goal difference!

In fact, Chang Sheng didn't have much hope for this game. His attention is on the Champions League group stage in midweek.

In the end, the team drew with Atalanta, and he didn't feel anything unhappy.

Unexpectedly, Napoli and Juventus both lost, but instead achieved Lazio's first place in the league.

That's the bonus.

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There's a reason why winning is so important to the Champions League group stage.

In the middle of next week, Lazio host Nottingham Forest, who are fourth in the group.

There are currently two rounds of the group stage. Topping the group is Lazio with six points.

Then in second place is neither Real Madrid nor Borussia Dortmund.

It's Nottingham Forest!

Such a team that has only returned to the Champions League after 40 years. It is worthy of being the biggest dark horse in the Champions League this season.

In this group of death, they are undefeated with Lazio!

Lazio are on a two-game winning streak, while Nottingham Forest are drawing two.

Against Borussia Dortmund they were a draw and against Real Madrid they were also a draw.

The result of both matches was the same - 0:0.

Nottingham Forest didn't score, but they didn't concede either.

You must know that the three strong teams in this group are all good at attacking, not to mention Lazio, Real Madrid and Dortmund are both teams that play attacking football, and their attacking power is very terrifying.

Even Lazio conceded a goal in two games when they faced them.

Only Nottingham Forest have not conceded a goal against them!

Nottingham Forest, who have drawn two games, are currently second in the group with two points.

Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, are both drawn and lost, accumulating only one point.

And the dignified Spanish supergiants Real Madrid are also at the bottom of this group.

Because there were no goals, one less than Dortmund, who scored one goal, Real Madrid finished fourth in the group. That is, the penultimate ......

Benitez is said to have been given an ultimatum by the Real Madrid club hierarchy after the draw against Nottingham Forest.

If he can't win the Champions League group stage, he'll have to get out of class.

So this match with Dortmund will be his life-and-death battle.

It's a good thing he's playing at home, otherwise it's even more dangerous.

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That's why Chang Sheng should pay attention to this game.

The previous two games have proved that Nottingham Forest are definitely a tough team to play against.

Because, their defense is just too good......

To be able to concede a single goal against Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund is indeed a very high level.

Dortmund aside, the first game against Nottingham Forest. Dortmund may still be a little arrogant and underprepared.

However, Real Madrid were different, having lost their first group game to Lazio, so they will surely go all out in the second game in their rush to victory.

In fact, this is exactly what happened.

Real Madrid bombarded the away stadium for 90 minutes without scoring a goal......

After Lazio relied on attacking football to achieve great success. More and more teams are also raising the banner of attacking football.

For a time, attacking became the mainstream trend in European football.

The team that defended with all its might was criticized by public opinion.

So a team like Nottingham Forest looks weird in today's environment.

They relied on these two games to pick up two points and finish second in the group.

There are already such voices. Some media said that if such a team broke into the round of 16 of the Champions League, it would definitely be an insult to the Champions League, the world's highest level football competition......

The match against Nottingham Forest, for Lazio's attack. It will also be a very difficult task.

Both the winning and coaching staff have taken a closer look at the footage of Nottingham Forest's game and found that this is not actually a team that only defends, and they have their own unique features in attack, but overall. Their overall style is really defensive counter-attacking.

Solid defence and sharp counter-attack, these eight words can well sum up the characteristics of this team.

In their coach Tony. Under Donn's leadership, Nottingham Forest played a kind of football that was out of step with the era. With this football they qualified for the Champions League, and with this football they eliminated Lyon. Entering the Champions League, they are currently unbeaten and second in the group thanks to this kind of football.

Donn's team's defensive tactics in the game have been dubbed "wall defence" by the English media, meaning that their defence is like a wall.

Everyone stopped a bus in front of the goal, and they built a wall directly in the penalty area to completely seal the goal!

A lot of teams are helpless against their defenses.

Then when it came to the big attack, the back line was unconsciously empty.

At this time, Nottingham Forest counterattacked fiercely, and the efficiency was very high, and a counterattack could complete the game.

In the Champions League qualifiers, that's how Lyon died.

After losing 0:3 away to Lyon, Lyon returned to the home stadium and planned to use the attack to get rid of the opponent.

Not long after the game started, they did score a goal to make the aggregate score 1:3, so that there were only two goals missing.

Lyon's morale was boosted, and they attacked more desperately, turning a blind eye to the defensive gaps behind them.

In this way, Lyon bombarded Forest at home, and instead conceded four goals.

All four of Nottingham Forest's goals were scored on the counter-attack by defence.

It didn't take long for Lyon to find out they had made a mistake, but they had no better choice but to attack. Of course, if they attack, they will concede more goals, but if they defend, the current score is enough for them to die.

In the end, it was Nottingham Forest who scored four goals in one go and completely locked up the promotion spot.

In the end, Nottingham Forest defeated Lyon 4-1 away and eliminated Lyon with an aggregate score of 7-1.

How to break down this dense defense of Nottingham Forest will be a problem for the whole Lazio team.