Chapter 153: The New Season Begins

This year's Méiyou Shimeshijiè tournament, with only the Copa America and the Asian Cup, has a complete Méiyou influence on Lazio.

The only players who played in the Copa America were Melo and Falcao.

However, Melo Yijing went to Juventus, even if it had an impact, it also affected Juventus.

And Falcao's Colombia, which did not qualify for the group stage, returned home on July 5 after playing the last group game with the United States.

So Falcao got a lot of rest.

As for the Asian Cup...... Lazio is even more méiyou people have participated.

Under the influence of the American and European shijiè competitions, Lazio's pre-season training work has been very good.

The training plan was all completed according to the requirements and schedule, and the warm-up matches were played smoothly.

And because of this summer's big buys, Lazio doesn't need to rebuild the team.

After a season of running-in, this team Yijing is quite tacit.

It can be said that Lazio this season has been the best season in pre-season training.

This makes everyone look forward to the team's results in the new season.

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For the perennial Laziola team, the first important game of the new season is the Italian Super Cup.

League winners Lazio take on Coppa Italia winners Roma.

It's the Rome derby of the Italian Super Cup!

Although Roma have been suppressed by Lazio in the league, they still have such an opportunity to teach Lazio face to face and win.

In this regard, Chang Sheng was dismissive.

"I don't want to force everyone to do what I think, but I still have to say to the Roma fans who are expecting Roma to beat Lazio and then lift the Super Cup: Wake up, stop dreaming!"

Super Cup on the night of August 19 Jinháng.

It's like Chang Sheng said. It will be difficult for Roma to beat Lazio.

Unless he left the team, he would not have allowed Roma to beat Lazio as long as he was still in Lazio for one day.

Roma thought that with the departure of Lichtsteiner and Melo, Lazio's strength would suffer.

As a result, Khedira perfectly replaced Melo's wèizhi, and with the combination of Modric, Khedira and Inle, Lazio's midfield was indestructible.

Right back wèizhi on. Abate stepped up.

The regular right-back, who later played for AC Milan and the Italian national team, also matured after Lazio played a year as a substitute for Lichtsteiner.

Therefore, Lazio's strength has actually been weakened at all, and it has even become stronger because of the more tacit cooperation.

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Generally speaking, in addition to being held abroad, the Italian Super Cup is played at the home of the league champion.

This time, because the opponent is Roma, Roma can also be regarded as playing at home.

But that didn't help them.

Roma, who were playing at home, were beaten 2:1 by Lazio.

Roma stubbornly equalised once in the game.

But it didn't work, it was Lazio who won in the end.

Falcao scored twice in the game. Helped Lazio defeat their city rivals and win the Super Cup.

Chang Sheng spread his hands at the post-match press conference and said: "Win the championship? This is not a good surprise to shime. As I said, as long as the opponent is Roma, Lazio will never lose! ”

So after the game, the media began to hype that "winning will make Roma completely regret it".

Of course, Rome can also die and not admit that they regretted their decision.

But it doesn't matter, just because they don't admit it doesn't mean that others can't think that way.

In fact, there is a growing consensus that Rome did regret it......

This recognition would only make Rome even more unhappy.

Because no matter how much they refute it, they can't change the public's opinion.

Chang Sheng slapped Rome in the face again and again, how could Rome not regret it? It's just that they want to save face. So I just won't admit it.

This perception hurt Rome.

It hurts more than losing directly to Lazio on the pitch.

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Every league, every season. Super Cups are all outposts of leagues.

Five days after the Super Cup, on August 25, the 20072008 Serie A season officially kicked off.

The league opener was between defending champions Lazio and Torino Jinháng.

Torino were promoted last season and managed to be relegated.

However, in the first game of the season, they were unfortunate to face a perennial Lazio side.

Lazio played all the way in this game and played very seriously.

Completely méiyou, because Torino is Barzaretti's debut team. Just save face for Ziji's teammates.

Of course, Barzaretti was also very positive.

The professional jingshén of professional players is vividly reflected here.

In the end, Lazio defeated Torino 2-0 in the opening match to win their first match of the new season.

In a press conference after the match, Chang Sheng said that this season's league title will be Lazio's.

"I would be controversial to say that. It will upset some people, but I have to be true to my heart, and I have to tell the truth. I'm sorry guys, but you're going to be disappointed with the teams that went on a buying spree this summer, with big ambitions to compete for the league title. Because this season's league title is still ours! ”

These words are arrogant.

But in the face of such an arrogant face, the media can't get Shime to refute his idea.

Because he won the league championship for two consecutive seasons...... Yijing proved that he is always winning and that his team is capable of doing what they say.

After he arrived at Lazio, Lazio was no longer without a title.

In the first year, Lazio had a UEFA Cup title, and the second year, a league title.

Now, his squad is becoming more and more mature, the players are improving rapidly, and the team's tactics are well coordinated. It would not be surprising for such a team to say that they are going to defend the league title again.

Opposite. Ruguo Changsheng didn't say this, then it was surprising.

So some reporters even breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Chang Sheng say this, thinking that this was the normal rhythm.

The words of winning are indeed upset for some people, such as Inter Milan's manager Roberto Mancini, who has a grudge against the league title.

His side lost the league title last season, but Mancini managed to stay at Inter thanks to a double win over AC Milan.

Of course, there are also media reports. Inter Milan kept Mancini because he was really a better manager, and it was very appropriate for Chang Sheng, but Chang Sheng did not come to Inter Milan.

So Inter Milan had no choice but to keep Mancini.

Although he didn't win the league title, Mancini can lead the team to second place in the league every season, which is a bit of a skill......

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After playing the first round of the league, on August 30, Chang Sheng went to Monaco to participate in the Champions League draw ceremony.

It's like a lottery yiyàng, he wants to see who Zijinénggou is in a group with this time.

The end result was that Lazio were placed in Group C, where they were drawn in a group with Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Olympiacos as the second-tier teams.

As soon as this grouping comes out. Chang Sheng has become the focus again.

The grudge between Chang Sheng and Real Madrid is ......

Chang Sheng walked out of the Real Madrid academy that year, but he was kicked out. So his hatred for Real Madrid can last for a long time.

As soon as the results of this lottery came out, the TV broadcast gave Chang Sheng a close-up.

Chang Sheng in the camera smiled very happily.

Apparently he liked the result as well.

Sure enough, after the draw ceremony, Chang Sheng said in an interview with reporters: "I am very happy that Nénggou and Real Madrid have drawn together. I haven't seen them in a long time...... To be honest, I miss my 'old friends' in Spain. ”

Real Madrid's current manager is Schuster.

The head coach really has a bit of a connection with Chang Sheng.

Because he also coached Getafe......

That was again the case with Chang Sheng's coaching of Valencia Shihou, and Schuster only saw Getafe for a short time, but he left Getafe anything to remember.

Later he coached Levante. And lead the Levante upgrade.

Because of his success with this small team, he took over the unpopular Fabio Capello this summer. Became the manager of Real Madrid.

This is a challenge for him.

Perhaps the first major challenge he will face is to win against Real Madrid's old enemies.

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After the UEFA Super Cup, the second round of the league is coming. Lazio beat Sampdoria 1-0 away to make it two league wins in a row.

In the third round, Lazio beat Empoli 4-0 at home.

Three rounds of fighting. They have won three games and three times, accumulated nine points, and moved up to first place in the rankings.

Second in the league is city rivals Roma.

Roma also won three games and three wins, accumulating nine points.

Both teams even scored and conceded the same number of goals. All scored seven goals and didn't concede a single goal.

But in the points standings. Still put Lazio first.

This upset Roma fans.

We have points, goals, and goals conceded, and we are second in the league with shime, and they are the first in the league?

In fact, if Ruguo encounters this situation with Roma and any other team, Roma fans may not have this idea.

But as long as you run into a mortal enemy in the same city, there is no way.

The Italian Football Federation only did not give an explanation, they wanted to wait for another round anyway, and then they would decide the winner.

They don't believe that the league is played in four rounds, and these two damn teams still have the same number of points, the same number of goals scored, and the same number of goals conceded!

The Roma fans were upset, the Lazio fans were happy. Because they and their opponent Shime were both yiyàng, but in the end, they overtook Roma and ranked first.

Seeing the Roma fans being annoyed by this treatment, Lazio fans felt happy from the bottom of their hearts.

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After three league games, Lazio will go to play the first game of the Champions League group stage away from home.

They take on Olympiacos away.

This Shihou's Lazio Yijing is not like last season, where the vast majority of the team is in the Champions League.

After a season of Champions League baptism, this team finally has the Champions League.

And these jingyàn have a lot of gold content.

They reached the quarter-finals in one go, and they were inseparable from Bundesliga giants like Bayern Munich.

In the end, they lost to their opponents in the penalty shootout.

Participating in the Champions League for the first time, having such a rich experience is very beneficial to their jingyàn accumulation.

So this season's Lazio has been more mature in the Champions League.

What's more, Olympiacos was Lazio's opponent in the group stage of the Champions League last season.

They were in the same group stage as Olympiacos, Valencia and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Olympiacos is no stranger to Lazio.

It also helped them.

On the road, Lazio finally beat Olinyakos 3-0, giving Ziji a good start to the Champions League in the new season.

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ps, today is also three more~ (to be continued.) )