Chapter Twenty-Nine: Lazio as a New Born
David. Silva is the main weapon that often breaks through dense defences.
His excellent dribbling and passing ability can disrupt opposition defences.
No matter how tight Messina's defense is, there are always loopholes to exploit. This gap is that if someone takes the ball unreasonably into the penalty area, a defender is obviously unstoppable, what should Messina do at this time?
If one defender can't do it, he must play another defender, and two defenders will be caught in the middle of David. Silva.
But in this way, the defense in other areas is bound to weaken because there are fewer people. The number of people on the pitch is fixed, and one more person in one place means one less person in another place.
That would give other attacking players a chance to take advantage of it.
But if you have to keep the defence intact and leave Silva's breakthrough alone, Silva will definitely break through to the goal and shoot. That's just as dangerous.
At the time of Valencia, the regular winners were Ronaldinho and Reyes, and now David is the same. Silva has taken on such a task.
Messina didn't know anything about the player, didn't know his technical characteristics, and naturally didn't know how to defend.
In fact, apart from winning constantly, few people in world football know about Silva. Because before that, Silva was only a member of Valencia's B and C teams.
He is still a nobody in world football, and everyone is completely unfamiliar with him.
Face David. Silva's breakthrough, Messina's defense gradually began to struggle.
When they drew more people to temporarily contain David. After Silva, Lazio's other attacking points began to erupt.
Liverani suddenly accelerated in midfield and broke forward.
Originally, the defensive focus was on David. Messina's players on Silva were caught off guard.
By the time they split up to defend Liverani, there would be more space at the back.
At this time, Livilani calmly passed the football to Pandev in front.
Pandev became the last straw that broke Messina's defense. Because Messina used the last part of his forces to defend Pandev, Roki was left unattended!
Pandev was a clear threat with the ball in the box than Roki without the ball.
But Pandev didn't shoot. After attracting the attention of the opposition defence in the box, he gave the football to Rocchi.
For a shooter like Roki, it's so easy to get the ball in this situation!
As an Italian player, he has been in Italy for many years and has rarely been able to shoot so easily in a game. As a striker. In the past, he was always surrounded by opposing defenders, and between his front and goal, he was also blocked by players from both sides.
It's like shooting in training!
Roki now fully appreciates the power of the boss's new mad dog tactic......
Use constant passing and running, and then integrate individual breakthroughs, and finally achieve the purpose of tearing apart the opponent's defense and making the opponent's tight defense meaningless.
That's amazing!
Roki didn't care about continuing to sigh in his heart, and after getting the ball, he shot directly with his feet!
Because of the proximity. Coupled with Rocchi's preparation, Messina's goalkeeper had nothing to do with the shot, although he made a save, but the speed was much slower.
"Roki is pretty!! Pretty!! Lazio is ahead!! 1:0! Lazio is ahead! ”
The Olympic Stadium erupted in loud cheers.
The sound resounded through the sky, and the earth shook!
In the first game of the new season for Lazio, they got off to such a fantastic start!
Who would have thought that we were a team that was on the verge of bankruptcy a few months ago?
The Lazio fans in the stands were cheering to their heart's content.
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Chang Sheng was not so excited, he just stood up and applauded the goal. Then he high-fived his assistant coaches one by one.
This is the result of the hard work of the coaching staff.
Our tactics were perfect!
He didn't even glance at Botolo next door. Murty's expression.
It has been proven that Messina is not his opponent, and there is no need for him to pay more attention.
He was going to conquer Italy. The opponent is not a team of Messina's level.
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Botolo. Muti was on the sidelines, watching the Lazio players celebrating in the stadium. Before the game, he was really confident that he would look good on the team that wins on the road......
didn't expect his team to be so vulnerable and scored a goal by the opponent so easily.
Chang Sheng didn't look at him, but he turned his head to look at Chang Sheng, who was celebrating the goal with his colleagues.
Lazio had never played this tactic before. Obviously, this is the new tactic of that Chinese.
It's a bit similar to Chang Sheng's tactics in Rome, but it's different.
The most important thing is speed. With speed, everything is different. It's as if the world is completely different.
If you don't have the speed, you can use a tight defensive formation to drag the opponent into the quagmire, but once you increase the speed on the basis of ball control, the opponent can use the speed to break down their own defense.
Maybe after a long time of research on your own. You can figure it out.
But now...... This Lazio is inexplicable.
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After Rocchi's goal, Lazio opened the game.
Messina struggled with Lazio's quick cross-cutting runs, and they couldn't keep up with Lazio's tempo at all.
They could only watch as Lazio used their passing and speed to cut Messina into countless pieces.
The same is true in defence, with their high post defense and pressing, so that Messina can't even pass the ball in front.
Messina was only able to play on his own and was completely unable to form a connection.
What else is there to threaten such a team?
Lazio eventually defeated Messina 3-0 at home.
It can be regarded as revenge for Chang Sheng.
Chang Sheng said in an interview after the game: "Welcome Messina to revenge next time." ”
Muti was silent.
Lazio performed flawlessly, showing their tactics to the fullest. Messina had to accept the loss.
After the game, some media praised Lazio's tactics.
"They play a fast, positive, very spectator football...... The soccer ball is constantly flowing on the pitch, like flowing water, and there is no time to stop at all. The game has been in a high tempo from start to finish, which is breathtaking. Lazio players always find the direction of the ball, and in a game we rarely see a Lazio player holding the ball and then stopping to look around, or hesitating and not knowing who to pass the ball to. But with Messina, we have seen this many times. What does this mean? It shows that the Lazio players know very well in their hearts, their running position is also very skillful, when a player gets the ball, the other players will automatically run and run to the right position, and then the Lazio players who take the ball don't need to think and observe at all, just pass the football over......"
"The tactics of this Lazio team and the tactics of Valencia and Rome look the same on the surface, but there are differences in nature. That is, the tactics of this team are more fluid, emphasizing the running of man and ball as one, rather than the previous separation, either the ball run or the man run. In previous Valencia games, we often saw Valencia's players standing in the midfield and then passing back and forth, not rushing forward, just waiting for the opponent to pounce and show their flaws. Lazio is different now, they are running both men and balls, and they can no longer see two people passing back and forth, but they are not advancing a metre forward. ”
'I think that's what Chang Sheng is talking about, when he was at Roma, he was going to do this and he was trying to change it, but it was very difficult in the team's training. Because some people are not willing to accept this arrangement, it means that they will put in more runs in the race. But to be honest, the veteran players who have already won the championship are not willing to put in so much labor...... This is one of the points of contradiction between the two sides. This kind of reform of Chang Sheng was carried out with great difficulty in the confrontation with the team, and as a result, he was out of class after only thirteen league games. The tactical reforms he advocated were naturally stillborn...... Now I don't know how Rome feels when they see this newborn Lazio......"
The media is a natural wallgrass attribute, they can scold you to the blood, but they can also easily blow you into the sky.
So don't be surprised that the media are touting Chang Sheng and Lazio so much.
Because what Lazio showed in this match was a real surprise!
Even Lazio fans were pleasantly surprised.
Although they also saw some clues in the previous Toto Cup, the completion of the team's tactics at that time was obviously not as high as it is now.
It doesn't look so good to fight.
The winning team really looks like one day at a time.
Every time I watch a Lazio game, I can make Lazio fans feel fresh and make new discoveries.
Lotito is also in a good mood, Messina is not a strong team, but in the opening stage of the league, being able to easily beat the opponent with such a huge score still makes him full of hope for the future of the team. And you must know that when Lazio last played Messina last season, Lazio lost to their opponents.
Now winning Messina without fighting back gives him a sense of revenge.
Most importantly, through these games, he has strengthened his belief in letting Chang Sheng coach Lazio, and he is convinced that he has made the right decision.
The future of Lazio is indeed in this young Chinese man!
Playing well and winning, Lazio is sure to become a special part of Italian football.
The revival of Lazio is just around the corner!
The next day, photos of Chang Sheng appeared in the major Italian media.
The Chinese set sail again at the Blue Eagles, and this time, it seems that he really wants to come to give Italian football a good look! (To be continued)