Chapter 391: Lazio's Self-Adjustment

The calmness of Chang Sheng's composure made those Lazio fans watching TV feel at ease.

This Chinese has unwittingly become their backbone.

As long as he doesn't have problems, Lazio won't have problems.

Now Chang Sheng's face is calm, which means that he is confident, he must have expected Manchester United's tactics, so he will arrange countermeasures.

So people are expecting Chang Sheng to step out of the dugout and make adjustments.

However, they never saw Chang Sheng's ass leave the coach's bench.

What's going on?

They were surprised and puzzled.

Can't he see the team's predicament?

Could it be that he saw it, but he couldn't do anything about it?

It's impossible!

How could there be anything that could make Chang Sheng helpless?

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Ferguson is also keeping a close eye on the winning campaign.

He just wanted to see what adjustments Chang Sheng would make.

As a result, Chang Sheng didn't make any moves, he sat in the coach's box, crossed Erlang's legs, and looked very laid-back, as if the team that didn't even have a threatening shot on goal in ten minutes was not his.

But how could it not be his?

Ferguson frowned, not understanding why Chang Sheng would be so laid-back.

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The reason why Chang Sheng is so laid-back is because he has full confidence in his players.

As the most attacking team in Europe today, the vast majority of the opponents it encounters are conservative.

They'll park one, two, or even three or four buses in front of their door.

So Lazio have a lot of experience against the defending team and they know what to do.

Manchester United's defence is tight, but it is not yet to the point where it can break through human perception. This level of defence, Lazio's players see too much in normal games, they know what to deal with.

He didn't even need to make adjustments on the sidelines. They themselves know how to adjust.

For example, Lazio's players are now clearly getting faster to pass back and forth, while their passes are more forward and risk-taking.

Of course, this will reduce their possession and give more possession to Manchester United.

For example, there are some through balls that seem unnecessary, but Lazio will continue to pass them, so that the football will easily fall to Manchester United's side.

Then it was United's turn to keep the ball.

From the outside, it's Lazio's passing errors that are on the rise, and they're losing patience a little bit. So their attack was simpler and more brutal.

That's a good thing for Manchester United.

Because it will make it easier for them to defend.

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That's how Lazio adjusted themselves.

In the eyes of others, this adjustment is idiotic - how can there be adjustments to adjust and adjust, but to adjust themselves worse? It's not as good as before!

At the very least, Lazio's previous performances will not allow them to easily lose possession and will not give Manchester United too much possession. As a result, United will have more attacking opportunities.

Anyway, in the eyes of all the heat, Lazio's performance is getting worse and worse after Manchester United have shown their defensive toughness and determination.

This does not give people confidence in Lazio, it only makes people wonder if they are too confident, and in fact Lazio are not doing as well as they thought......

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Ferguson was also frowning as he watched the pitch.

Lazio were fine outside the 30-metre zone, could pass back and forth, and were still able to pass the ball at high speed.

But once in the thirty-metre zone of Manchester United. Their patience runs out and they keep trying all kinds of through balls, over the top and not over the top......

When everyone has the ball at their feet, their first reaction is not to tear apart Manchester United's defence. It's a direct through ball!

And then ten, such a pass will end in failure.

It's only been 20 minutes since the game, so is Lazio so impatient?

Or are they used to scoring first, so when they find themselves late in scoring? Will the mentality be unbalanced?

He turned his head to look at the coach's bench next door and found that Chang Sheng was still sitting in the coach's seat. But it's not a stilt anymore, but he's communicating something with the two assistant coaches next to him.

Is it a change in the field?

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Chang Sheng and his assistant coach were certainly discussing changes on the field, but they weren't worried about the situation.

"What a clever change! Now it's up to our opponents to take the bait! "Di Matteo was amazed at the self-adjustment of the players.

Rudy Gonzalez said: "It's not enough, if you want to get the opponent to take the bait, you often have to cooperate with your players. ”

Chang Sheng nodded: "I was thinking about this." ”

Then he finally got up from his seat.

But he didn't rush to the sidelines to yell and dance.

That would be an exaggeration.

And he was afraid that if he yelled so much, it would make the players think they were doing something wrong.

No, they didn't do anything wrong.

On the contrary, they did a great job!

Chang Sheng thinks that he has always sat on the coach's bench and stilted his legs, but now he got up and walked to the sidelines for the first time, and this action alone is enough to explain everything.

Opponents will feel unhappy with the players' performances.

So the impatience shown by Lazio was not intentional, but really because Lazio was in a hurry.

Such...... The opponent will be easily deceived.

That's what the Lazio players have made on their own.

They kept passing the ball forward in attack, which was seen by many as a sign of impatience.

But not entirely true.

They seem to be quite anxious, but this action is not just to make others think that they are in a hurry, but also has a practical effect.

That is, if it really succeeds again, won't Lazio earn it?

If they do just like that, then Lazio will no longer have to deceive their opponents, they will use this lead to make a big deal and put their opponents in Lazio's rhythm.

So this adjustment of constantly passing forward is very small. But it has the effect of killing two birds with one stone.

On the one hand, it is natural to deceive the opponent, and on the other hand, it is also the performance of Lazio to strengthen the attack.

So what is the use of this deception?

When football is always at the feet of Lazio players, the United players will defend with peace of mind and concentrate on defending without thinking about anything else.

So even if Lazio used their excellent passing and receiving skills to brush the game to 99 per cent possession, it would be meaningless - it is really possible for Lazio to brush up on possession when the opponent is bent on defending, but what good is that? Possession that cannot be converted into a goal is useless.

To crack Manchester United's dense defense. It's just going to have to make their defense less dense.

How not to be dense?

In fact, it is to let them attack.

How to get them to attack?

Give them the football.

It's as simple as that, but the idea is bold and imaginative.

Because no matter what the situation, it is very dangerous to easily give possession to the opponent.

When football is out of your control, you can't control the game.

So other teams are going to put a lot of emphasis on possession. Possession is also an important statistic in the technical statistics of the game.

Lazio is going to do the opposite.

Give possession to the opposition. It is to induce the other party to misestimate the current situation.

When the United players always have easy access to the ball, they have the illusion that Lazio's attack is nothing more than that, that we are defending well and the opposition are in terrible attacking form.

With this delusion, they are prone to other superfluous thoughts.

It's – if we can intercept the opponent's pass so often, why don't we think about hitting their counter-attack?

Although a 0-0 draw away from home was the goal of the game.

But if we can score. Even if we score just one goal, we have an advantage, right?

In this way, even if we were scored by them next, the score was 1-1. The result of the draw has not changed, but we have one more away goal!

Isn't that more cost-effective than 0:0?

And watching Lazio's attack press on the ground, they are all empty behind them, and our Rooney still has a speed advantage. As long as they play a successful counterattack, they will be the ones who will take the initiative in this game!

The idea of struggling defensive Manchester United. It's going to be tempting.

So, when Manchester United did do it......

When the time comes, they will see Lazio's fangs and claws!

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When Lazio did this before, it was not only Ferguson who acted strangely, but also the Manchester United players. Because Lazio's attitude changed so suddenly.

There is a lack of transition from being patient to suddenly becoming impatient. It's as if someone has flipped a switch, and they collectively switch behavior patterns.

This inevitably leads them to suspicion.

But when they saw that the Lazio manager had finally left his actions for the first time in the game, he walked to the sidelines, his hands on his chest, and stared at the stadium with a serious expression.

They realised that it should be true, that Lazio were impatient because they were slow to find the back of the net!

Look, now even their head coach was angry, so he got up from his seat.

You must know that he has been sitting on the chair before, with Erlang's legs crossed, looking very leisurely. However, in the eyes of Manchester United players, his appearance is really hateful, which means that Manchester United is despised for him!

Now, seeing Chang Sheng standing on the sidelines with a solemn face, Lazio's players are still trying to pass through and through and through pass.

Manchester United's players don't know why, but they are a little relieved.

They have a sense of victory.

Even though they don't have anything yet......

But they are confident about the future. Just as Chang Sheng had hoped, they began to have more ideas.

They're not just content with 0:0 anymore, they want to win!