Chapter 147: Welcome to the Channel
No matter how much Inter hated the game, no matter how reluctant they were, time would not stop and it continued to move forward minute by minute until the game came.
On the afternoon of May 13, Meaza had a special opponent.
When the whole Inter Milan team lined up in two teams outside the tunnel.
There was a flurry of boos from the stands.
No one knows if the boo is booing Lazio or Inter Milan.
Or...... It's a bit of both.
For the Inter players, starting is a testament to their quality, and they train hard every week to be able to start at the weekend.
Starting qualification is something that every player desperately strives for.
But in this game, they certainly won't think like that.
For the starters, many people are afraid to avoid them.
Because the starters have to stand on the pitch and line up to welcome their enemies.
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Listening to the boos outside, the Lazio players looked very comfortable.
"That's how it feels...... Refreshing! ”
Young Benzema said to his team-mates in the dressing room passage.
"Hey guys, we're going out, get ready for their 'welcome'!" Roki, the captain of the game, turned around and shouted to his teammates.
Then the ranks began to move forward.
As they walked out of the passage, the boos from the crowd increased suddenly.
Inter Milan fans can only express their dissatisfaction in this way at this time.
Amid their boos, Lazio's players held their heads high and looked proud.
This is the treatment we get by relying on our own strength, and you are not afraid of us!
We have a clear conscience!
The Inter players standing on the pitch watched the Lazio players walk up on their toes and felt even more uncomfortable - if they could have won the league title, the situation would have been reversed. Lazio players will line up to welcome them......
The Inter players slapped listlessly.
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Chang Sheng crossed his hands in the dugout and watched his players rush through the welcome queue of Inter Milan players.
He thought the guy who invented this ritual in the first place was great!
Accepting a salute from your opponent is also an excellent way to humiliate your opponent.
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Mancini cowered in his seat in the dugout and didn't go out, he didn't even lift his head, he kept his head down, no one knew what he was thinking.
After losing the league title, there were voices in the media to let him go to class.
This time, Moratti, who is known for changing coaches, showed extraordinary patience, once again publicly supporting Mancini, saying that he thought Mancini had done a good job at Inter.
'I will continue to support him in his work and the whole dressing room will support him in his work.'
Despite the support of Mr. President, it seems that Mancini is still not very happy.
He kept his head down and didn't look at the court.
It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game that he raised his head for the first time.
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Roberto Mancini may have gotten an idea of what his side might be like in this game.
So although he raised his head after the start of the game, he did not get up from his seat.
He was dull.
And the team is as dull as he is.
Inter Milan are completely out of form.
They were playing listlessly, running aggressively and passing accuracy was dropping dramatically.
Some balls can be grabbed with just a grab, and the Inter Milan players don't have the heart to do so.
Many times, their defense can even be described as "eye defense". Obviously, Inter didn't want to play well.
After a season's worth of fighting, the league title was snatched away at the last minute, and they had to line up in their home stadium to welcome their opponents who had snatched their title. This is a huge blow to their morale.
They even gave up the Champions League for the league title, which should have been their last straw.
Now they didn't catch it, so they had to drown in the surging floodwater......
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Lazio played very relaxed because Inter didn't really put any pressure on them.
The Lazio players played relaxed on the pitch and did whatever they wanted.
If you have a good mentality, you can kick well.
Lazio opened the scoring in the thirtieth minute.
As they celebrated their goal, there was another wave of boos over the Meazza Stadium.
Affected by the constant wins, the Lazio players now also feel that the boos of their opponents are not so intimidating.
Just take the boos as a compliment and cheer for yourself.
At home, the home fans cheered themselves on.
On the road, the away fans booed them in support.
How easy.
When I think about it, I feel that no matter how loud the boos are, it is not a big deal.
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After the game restarted, Inter Milan, who were one goal behind, still had no intention of getting up.
The other party is so polite, Lazio naturally will not show mercy.
In the second half, Lazio scored two more goals.
Inter Milan only scored a face-saving goal in the last moment, in the face of Meazza's boos.
In the end, Lazio beat Inter Milan 3-1 away.
Completed the double kill against Inter Milan.
After the game, the "Milan Sports Newspaper" angrily denounced Inter Milan as embarrassing and unenterprising.
Complete surrender on your home turf!
And Roma Sport praised Lazio's performance.
After enjoying the welcome salute from Inter Milan's line-up, Lazio's main task for the season has been fully completed.
With two league games remaining, Chang Win intends to make the substitute line-up.
The main players are all rested.
In fact, it's an early holiday.
Basically Lazio's 2006-2007 season is over.
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In the 37th round, Lazio hosts Parma.
The two sides played to a 0:0 draw.
But the score and the result don't matter anymore.
After the match, the Italian Football Federation presented Lazio with the championship trophy for the season.
The Olympic Stadium became a sea of joy.
The team then headed to Plaza de España to celebrate their league title with the fans.
However, while the players and fans enjoyed the joy of the championship, Chang Sheng and Lotito were in the corner discussing the team's plans for next season.
"Do you want to continue selling people next season?" Lotito asked for a long victory.
Chang Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "I think this sentence should be asked by me, Mr. President." ”
Lotito smiled too, realizing what the problem was.
Whether or not to sell depends on the club's finances. If the club is financially healthy, Chang Sheng's brain is pumping out before he keeps selling players. Anyway, he also cultivated it with hard work.
Lotito shook his head: "I'm afraid you'll have to sell players, Chang." ”
"But we can't sell it anymore." Chang Sheng was not surprised by this answer, he nodded.
It really can't be a big sale.
The reason why he dared to do this last season was because he had to do it in order to clear enough salary space. After all, the cleanup of the team's original players at that time was not thorough enough.
On the other hand, because most of these players can't afford to sell at a low price, they naturally have to deal with it at a low price.
And at that time, it was just in time for the phone gate, and there was a possibility in the transfer market that would make him fish in troubled waters. If Juventus had not had an accident, it would have been almost impossible for Moggi Jr.'s GEA company to buy so many Italian players at a low price when Italian football was still in the sky with one hand.
And now, this favorable factor is gone.
Secondly, he doesn't need to be so aggressively sold and purged.
Because in last summer's transfer move, Lazio's main framework has been built up by Constant Win.
The next thing is to adjust the various positions.
And the money that used to be made by selling ten people, maybe now it is enough to sell one.
No matter how you collect it, it is also a league championship team, and the players here are naturally much more valuable than before.
After receiving Tsuna's answer, Lotito expressed his support for Tsuna.
"It doesn't matter who sells or buys, the club has your back."
He said.
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There are really few people who want to sell.
He can't move most of the players, these are his own team.
This summer, perhaps the most profitable is the main midfielder in his team, the core of the midfield, Melo.
Under his own hands, Melo has grown into a core of midfield that is both offensive and defensive.
The defense is fierce and the ability to organize the attack is also excellent. He has a record of multiple goals and assists.
The only problem is that Melo is still as short-tempered as ever, and he often eats cards on the court.
However, Chang Sheng did not deliberately correct his problem.
Because he knows Melo won't stay in the team forever.
Although he is the main core in Lazio, he has not won the championship less. But he'll definitely go to bigger teams.
It can even be said that because he succeeded in Lazio, he is even more leaving.
The reason is wages.
Lazio has a salary cap system, with a maximum salary that no one is allowed to exceed.
Even if he is the team's number one star, the salary of the head coach is the same.
That's two million euros.
Up to two million euros.
Lazio's maximum salary is two million.
Constant victory is two million.
He is also the only player in the team with such an annual salary.
The vast majority of Lazio's players are young, at the beginning of their careers, and it is normal for them to have low incomes at this time. No one will complain about anything.
But Merlot is different.
Melo was a Brazilian, a black Brazilian, and like the vast majority of other black Brazilian players, he came from a slum background. A large group of brothers and sisters in the family.
This made him value money from a young age.
He doesn't play for any ideals, it's simply for money.
When he's not yet famous, it's okay to let him accept a low salary.
But when he becomes famous, gets better and better, and becomes a big star, he will naturally not be willing to take an annual salary of 900,000 euros a year.
He needs a higher salary. This salary is well over two million euros.
And that's something that Lazio FC can't satisfy him.
Since you can't be satisfied, you have to leave.
Neither Lazio nor Chang Sheng are hypocritical.
Players have to leave because the club can't afford a higher salary, that's normal. Anyway, Melo didn't cultivate it himself, and he didn't have much affection for Lazio.
So let's go, let's go, let's get together and disperse, and don't say bad words after breaking up.
However, Melo has to leave and earn enough transfer fees for Lazio......
I'm sure Merlot thinks so too.
The transfer value is the most straightforward way to indicate a player's status, just like the annual salary.
How could Melo, who demanded a high annual salary, not ask for a high value?
He hopes to go to a wealthy family, hoping that the wealthy family will buy him at a sky-high price, and satisfying his vanity is still secondary. On the other hand, the sky-high value is also something that reflects the strength level and status of a player, and with this value, it is also convenient for Melo to make more money in the future.
So although Melo has attracted the attention of many teams, it is not so easy to take Melo, who still has two years of contract with Lazio, away.
From now on, Lazio's players will never accept cheap prices!
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ps, ask for a monthly pass! Ask for a commuter pass! The monthly pass situation is still not good, can't we make it to the first group?