Chapter Forty-Six: The Incredible Pitch

Nottingham Forest fans must still be in Jose. Passarella vs Adriano. Mock's foul was not awarded a penalty, and he was reeling.

They are not concerned about the TV replays that have proven José. Passarella is innocent.

They just want a penalty anyway, and it doesn't matter if they deserve it.

After relieving themselves, Lazio began to try to counter-attack.

Nottingham Forest's corner went straight to goal and was then played straight out by goalkeeper Ter Stegen.

The football was picked up by Casemiro, who sounded the captain's words and sent the ball to the front.

Next should be a counter-attack from Lazio.

However, Lazio's counterattack was completely unsuccessful.

Because Gotze received the ball but couldn't control it. Not only that, but he almost injured himself!

When he stretched out his foot to stop the ball, he didn't stand firm because there was a hole under his feet, and he went straight to it, in order not to get hurt, Gotze had no choice but to give up stopping the ball.

Fall directly to the ground sideways.

Football also flew away.

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When Chang Sheng saw Gotze also fall to the ground on the sidelines, his heart tightened - there can be no more players injured at this time!

Luckily, Gotze quickly got up from the ground.

Chang Sheng couldn't think about it at this time, how sorry it was that this attack didn't succeed.

He could see some clues from Gotze's fall - the half of the City Stadium at Nottingham Forest was also in the same situation as the half of Lazio, it was a rotten field!

But why didn't Nottingham Forest's players show they were playing on a terrible pitch at all?

Looking at their pace, it was normal, and I thought the court was very smooth......

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Seeing that one of Lazio's counterattacks was gone, Tony. Donn was smiling happily on the sidelines.

This is the combat strategy that he has worked hard for more than two weeks.

After returning from Rome with the team. He put the team into closed training.

Since the beginning of the week, he has refused all interviews, and has offended many reporters for this.

But he had to do it, because only then could he surprise Lazio.

Now it seems that it is exactly what he wants.

Lazio would not have imagined that the entire city stadium would have the same turf profile as the one they had chosen.

It took Nottingham Forest's turf workers a night to lay it out without sleep.

It's not that cumbersome to just lay the turf, but it's hard to make sure the pitch feels exactly the same as the one at Wilford Training Ground.

And closed training, naturally, is to let their players adapt to this kind of turf like a rotten vegetable field.

That's the only way. to ensure that they don't get injured during the game.

Of course, the price is not small. In order to be able to adapt to this kind of field, Nottingham Forest have four players in training who are unable to play due to injury.

Having paid such a heavy price, it is natural to hope for a good result in the competition.

That's how Nottingham Forest are playing at their home turf.

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The question of why the turf of the City Stadium became what it looked overnight.

Chang Sheng didn't have the heart to think about it.

And now is not the time to think about it.

Going through the air would have been a good idea. But now, it seems, it doesn't work either.

Even if the football smashes into the air and flies around. It can be affected by the field, but the players can't always fly around in the air and not get down, right?

That's not a football game on Earth.

Although Lazio in its heyday was once called the "Cosmos Team", Lazio was still composed of all earthlings, and it had not yet reached the sky and the earth, and my heart was flying or something......

Players don't run well on the pitch and it affects their possession, so that's it. Even if the ball comes in the air, you can't stop. It's like the stop Götze had just made.

If it were a normal field situation, Chang Sheng believes that Gotze would definitely be able to stop this long pass.

As a result, Lazio struggled to attack.

So what's next to the game?

Football matches. Even if you can't win, you can't lose.

That's what it means to win.

So he made a decisive decision - to defend it!

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Taking advantage of a dead goal, Chang Sheng called the nearest Lazio player, Gotze, over and gave him a good lecture.

Then Götze ran onto the pitch. Passed on his latest instructions to the rest of his teammates.

Everyone knows how to play the next game.

When pizza resumes. Everyone saw Lazio shrink their defence.

Just like when Nottingham Forest played Lazio away, Lazio also shrank their defense away from home!

"Lazio is starting to shrink their defence! This is quite a surprise...... When will Lazio shrink their defense in the game?! ”

Even the narrator was surprised.

Of course, it's not that people don't understand.

"The quality of the turf didn't seem to be very good, and from the perspective of our commentator's bench, you could see a lot of bare sand. Lazio had one player retire injured in the warm-up before the game even began. Gotze's ball just now didn't catch it well, and it also has a lot to do with the field. I think Lazio's sudden change of tactics must have been a realisation of how much the venue has affected them. After all, Lazio are a team that emphasizes ground coordination, and they need to pass the ball around on the turf. This is very demanding on the venue. On a field like this, Lazio can't play any threatening attacks, so they can only choose to defend......"

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After Lazio contracted their defense, the pitch was basically Nottingham Forest's world.

Nottingham Forest's players, who were familiar with the pitch, bombarded Lazio's penalty area with an early half-time attack.

Lazio's backline was under a lot of pressure.

Chang Sheng also had to start making substitutions early.

In the thirtieth minute, he made his first substitution, with centre-back Ricardo Bush. Sepieri replaces veteran Lionel Messi.

Strengthen the defense.

Messi was substituted solely because of tactical needs, not because he didn't perform well enough.

Messi himself knows it.

And let's be honest. Playing on such a field, he is also worried that he will get injured again, even more than the younger players.

Because he is older, whether it is his joints or muscles, the strength is not as good as before. Young players may encounter some uneven situations, and they can bend their feet and be active. But if he breaks his foot, I'm afraid he will have to be reimbursed again this season.

So when he saw Chang Sheng replace him, he was relieved.

So he walked to the sidelines. High-fives with teammates completed the substitution ceremony.

When those media reporters saw this scene, they began to expect Messi to come down and Chang Sheng to have some sideline stories, such as deliberately turning a blind eye to Chang Sheng's outstretched hand, or walking straight to the locker room with a stinky face......

It's only been thirty minutes to replace someone, and no one will be unhappy if they are replaced, right?

What's more, it was Messi, who was once the number one player in the world.

But let them down. Messi simply didn't have the kind of performances they had hoped for.

After he got off the court, he hugged Chang Sheng, then walked to the bench, took the coat handed by the coach, put it on, sat on the bench, and began to watch the game.

The expression is normal. Behaves normally.

Everything is completely normal!

I can't see what he is dissatisfied with this substitution......

The reporters in the media table looked at each other, and they couldn't figure out when Messi's temper was so good.

When he was at Barcelona, who would have talked about replacing him early or making him a substitute in the rotation. It was guaranteed that the next day there would be news of his dissatisfaction, and in the end it was mostly a compromise from the manager.

And now, just 30 minutes into the game, he was replaced by the head coach. Messi didn't even say anything!

If they knew that Messi would have liked to be replaced, they wondered how they would feel......

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Messi was replaced. It means that Lazio's tactics have undergone a complete transformation.

No longer seeking to win this game, but hoping not to lose.

Nottingham Forest, of course, won't let Lazio get their way.

In the pre-match closed training session, Tony. Don fully considered that Lazio would certainly shrink their defence once the game started.

In response to this possibility, Nottingham Forest has also made corresponding arrangements and training.

So they came prepared.

In the next game, Lazio was pressed into the penalty area by Nottingham Forest and looked very embarrassed.

As for Lazio, they also completely gave up attacking, as long as the ball was at their feet, they did not pass back and forth to delay time, but directly kicked the football to the front.

Of course, they didn't have anyone up front, and Lazio didn't care about attacking at all.

In such conditions, even if you can just force your opponent to equalize, it is already very good......

After all, Lazio were caught off guard by Nottingham Forest, and they had no idea that the pitch that was normal when they adapted to the pitch a day ago would change a day later......

In a hurry, it is not easy to not concede a goal.

Now Chang Win doesn't dare to think about scoring goals at all. This kind of football game is afraid to think too much.

Once you think too much, you will show flaws and you will be caught by your opponents.

Safety is the most important, Chang Sheng is still a very conservative person in his bones, and when necessary, sacrificing ornamentality has no obstacle for him. He is not averse to a draw, after all, a draw is better than a loss.

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Chang Sheng stood on the sidelines and turned his head to look at Tony next door. Donne, he thought to himself, this must be the work of this Englishman.

I don't know how he did it, though......

But when the game is over, he won't just give up!

Lazio lost a big player in this stadium, and if he just left it at that, he would be the boss of the Lazio players!

ps: Today is the tenth watch, big madness!

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Goal, top 10 in the overall list!

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