The two national team days have caused many teams to suffer from the "FIFA virus", and Lazio is no exception.

Icardi is not the only Lazio player to have been injured during the international break, as Italy's main centre-back Alexio Campoli also strained his thigh muscles during the game and needs to be diagnosed for six to eight weeks, or two months at most......

Verratti, who is also an Italian international Olympian, was also injured during the game, but fortunately he was only slightly injured and only needed a week's rest.

But despite this, it has also led to a sharp reduction in the number of first-team players in Lazio's fighting power.

In the third round of the league, Lazio face Chievo at their home stadium, which should not be too difficult for Lazio.

However, Lazio lost 1:2 at home to Chievo and lost the first game of the season.

Edinson Cavani started the game in place of the injured Mauro Icardi and his performance was not bad, but it was not good either, and he was decent.

The key is not how Cavani performs.

It's that the whole Lazio team didn't perform well in this game.

The so-called "FIFA virus" does not just refer to players who are injured while playing with the national team.

Even if the players don't get injured and travel long distances to play for the national team and then fly back to play in the club games that are close at hand, it is very tiring.

Players get tired physically and even more so mentally in such a dense schedule.

Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be ups and downs in the state.

It is mainly manifested in physical fitness.

Many of the players who played in the national team were often very tired in the following leagues, unable to run on the pitch, and their legs were like lead.

That was the case with the Lazio players in this game.

That's why many club managers hate what their players play in the national team.

It's okay to talk about the games in Europe, but it's annoying to think about players from South America, Africa and Asia. Because they have to participate in a national team competition, they need to fly tens of thousands of kilometers back and forth, the physical consumption is very high, and the state is up and down, which is of little use to the club.

Chinese overseas players have suffered such hardships.

Why does Magath hate Chinese players in particular? Because every time Yang Chen is in better shape in the club, the national team recruits him to participate in the game, whether it is an important game or not, anyway, it is a national team game. Yang Chen had to go back. After such a toss, his form is gone, and he is still at risk of injury in the national team.

Such a back and forth, no one can stand it. So Magath later annoyed the Chinese players.

Yang Chen can no longer be ranked in Magat's eyes.

There are other Chinese overseas players as well.

There are even players who are working abroad who have received a notice from their provincial football association to return to China to participate in the National Games......

For the sports department of a province. The National Games are of course important, but for Chinese players who are working hard outside, the National Games is really not a game worth flying back to...... But they can't help it, because their roots are in their hometown, and their organizational relationship is in the provincial football association. The Football Association is their direct management department, and they must obey the call of the Football Association, otherwise they will be in Chinese football in the future. Don't even think about it.

In all fairness, even if he is always winning, if his main players are always doing this, he will be beaten into the cold.

As the head coach of the club. A natural exit is meant to be in favour of the club's interests.

A player who is always unable to guarantee that he will be able to play in club games consistently, and who runs to win glory for his country when the club needs him, is unlikely to get preferential treatment at the club in any case.

After all, it's not the national team that pays you a salary. It's a club.

I'll pay you to recuperate in my team, and then go to the national team to contribute all your strength?

Then I'm definitely not going to do it.

There are quite a few clubs that don't like to buy African players either. This is especially true if the following year is the Africa Cup of Nations. For example, Premier League teams.

Because African countries are all played in January, at this time for the Premier League team, the official schedule is the most intensive, the intensity of the game is the highest, the important players in the team because they are African internationals, so they have to go back to participate in the African Cup of Nations, at least half a month of games, who can stand this?

For the more than half a month of the game, the team is still temporarily bringing in a player to replace the departed player during the winter break.

Why bother?

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Lazio's 2-1 defeat at home to Chievo also surprised the media.

Even taking into account the "FIFA virus", Lazio should be able to beat Chievo at home.

Who would have thought that the whole team was out of shape and ended up losing the game.

After Lazio's five-goal away win over Utus, there were a lot of chapters and voices in the media touting Lazio, and they wanted to be more fleshy and more fleshy.

Many people even believe that the match against Utus may be a new start for Lazio's season, indicating that Lazio will rise again.

As a result, in the immediate aftermath of the league, Lazio gave these people a basin of cold water......

It was a surprise to lose at home to a weak team like Chievo.

This match is also considered by the media to be the biggest upset of the round.

Chang Sheng tried to take the pressure off his players in his post-match press conference.

'It's normal to lose at home, football is round, Chievo played very well in this game, we weren't in good shape, so it's not a big deal to lose. I want to congratulate Chievo, they deserved to win, but at the same time for Lazio it is not the end of the world to lose at home. It's a long season and it's just getting started. ”

Sitting in front of many reporters, Chang Sheng said calmly.

It's completely different from the smile he had on his face after winning the last game.

Football is like this, the winner is king, you win the ball, you are superior, you can enjoy the praise of everyone, you can also express your emotions.

But once you lose, you have to bear a lot of pressure, you will be blamed, you will be scolded by people, and maybe it will lead to problems within the team and make you anxious.

Losing a game like Chievo at home, winning regularly is really under a lot of pressure.

Because I said before that I want to be high-profile, to win the championship, and to show the power of Lazio in front of the outside world again.

As a result, the game was lost.

Of course, it's not just the only one who is under pressure.

Because Cavani did not score in the game that started in place of Icardi, he was widely criticised by the media after the game.

It also puts Cavani under a lot of pressure.

After all, after Icardi's injury, how long did everyone think that Lazio's forward line was in crisis.

Although Edinson Cavani was promoted to the starting position by Constant Victory, the media remained skeptical that he could do anything good.

As a result, Cavani was underwhelmed in this game, which gave the media who were not optimistic about Cavani for a good reason.

After the game, there was a lot of criticism of Cavani in the media.

First of all, Cavani's performance is really not outstanding, and in the case of the wisdom of the people, he has the possibility of being hacked.

Secondly, through Black Cavani, the media can also win in disguise.

If you want to win directly, you can't do it now, it will seem very untechnical. Because even fools can see that after two national team games, Lazio's players are generally tired and out of shape. This is an objective factor, even if he is an immortal, he can't do anything about it. Lazio lost the game because of this, there is no way to do it, and there is nothing to say about failure.

Then this is too low-level to criticize Chang Sheng. If it doesn't work, it will be black.

Through the black players to black often win, it is much more advanced, through the means of packaging, their real purpose is cleverly hidden under the word, people with a heart can naturally see it, and people without a heart tell them in vain.

The media is not in good shape, and then between the lines is not to criticize the winning employment strategy.

A veteran who is almost thirty-five years old would have high hopes for him, and it is really naïve to win often.

The media believe that Icardi's injury, what Chang Cheng should do is to change the formation, change the tactics, abandon the 433, switch to the 442, or whatever other formation, anyway, there is no need for a center forward.

Even if you play in a no-striker formation, you can do it.

But Chang Sheng doesn't need it, and he has to use the veteran Cavani.

This problem is serious in the context of failure.

“…… He may have trusted Cavani. But it's not 10 years ago, and Cavani isn't Klose. Edinson Cavani has proven with his performances that he doesn't deserve the trust of the ever-year. Chang's feelings for Cavani are undoubted, but perhaps it was this affection that blinded Chang and caught him in a whirlpool of feelings. At this time, it was clear that Cavani should be abandoned, and he chose Cavani...... This kind of emotion will ruin Lazio's season! Sometimes, no matter how good things are, there will be a moment when they will go bad, and the same is true for players, just because he was a world-class center forward does not mean that he is still a world-class center forward at the age of 34. Messi's performance against Utus does not mean that Cavani can perform well against Chievo...... Using veterans is to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, and the roots can't last long......"

"The game against Chievo illustrates a problem, that is, there may be a mentality of underestimating the whole Lazio team, thinking that they are playing at home and stronger than the opponent, so it should not be a problem to win this game, even if the performance is not so good, it is enough...... But in fact, Chievo's performance gave Lazio a resounding slap in the face! As a head coach, Chang did not reverse everyone's pride and underestimation before the game, which is probably his dereliction of duty......"

Look, it's still a bit of a question at the end, right?