Chapter Seventy-Seven: Be Careful to Sail the Ten Thousand Year Ship (Ask for a Monthly Pass!) )
Although Lazio insisted on playing defensively, Capello did not let Juventus go on a rampage, or rather besieged Juventus.
Because Lazio's defense is a very versatile defense. Their defensive base is on possession, and since they have the ball at their feet, they can do anything. You can defend, you can attack.
When they defend with that, it's just less through balls and fewer shots. And once they want to attack, it's also very easy, pass the ball straight forward, and press forward as a whole.
So just because Lazio say they're defending, you can't believe they're really defending.
The ball is at their feet, they attack when they want, they defend when they want.
If Juventus thought that Lazio was focused on defense and pressed the attack, Lazio would not mind scoring the Juventus goal. After all, who doesn't love victory?
So Lippi did not dare to make such a decision.
On the contrary, he had to keep the team mindful of the defense and not be taken advantage of by Lazio.
Chang Sheng is a young cunning fox.
Capello didn't believe him.
Because Juventus had been cautious, Lazio had not been able to score until the end of the first half.
Of course, Juventus didn't score either.
The first half was a 0-0 draw.
When both teams left the pitch to go to the locker room, their expressions were calm and relaxed.
Because their goals have been achieved.
For Lazio, if you don't concede a goal in the first half, half of the task is done, and for Juventus, the first half is supposed to be a foreshadowing, and it doesn't matter whether you score or not. The second half was the decisive moment.
※※※
During the fifteen-minute break, both managers praised their teams' performances while reminding them not to take them lightly.
Capello was particularly nervous.
Because he was afraid that the players would end up pretending to be a real show, and Lazio would really score a goal by taking advantage of the loophole. But it's miserable.
So he repeatedly thought about the importance of the players emphasizing acting.
"When you're pressing, you have to keep an eye on what is behind you, Lazio is pushing fast overall! If you're not careful, by the time you react, they'll have already hit the ball into the goal! So there must be no relaxation of the requirements for defense! ”
On the Lazio side, the atmosphere is a little more relaxed.
"Patience, defensiveness. That's all. No matter what Juventus played, we stuck to our strategy. ”
※※※
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Juventus cautiously touched up to attack, and Lazio continued to defend.
It's not a good game like that. Very unsightly.
If it weren't for the fans of both teams, I'm afraid there wouldn't be a few people who wanted to see it.
But this is the main event, and it has to be broadcast live. Not only in Italy, but also in Europe and China.
So Chinese fans watched a slow-paced, lethargic game in prime time.
A lot of people didn't even make it to the end of the game. I turned off the TV and went to sleep.
Someone ran to the Internet to complain: "Who the told me that the Lazio game was the best to watch and watch?" Is it the most hypnotic?! ”
But in Italy, Lazio and Juventus fans don't see it that way.
Although the pace is not fast, the atmosphere is tense all the time.
Because the score is always 0:0, a goal scored by either side will break the deadlock and balance. So who will be able to break the deadlock and balance?
Is it Lazio or Juventus?
Everyone watched the game with great anticipation.
Fifty minutes later, the score was 0:0.
Sixty minutes later, the score was still 0:0.
By the time it was seventy minutes, the score was still 0:0!
Finally someone can't sit still!
Juventus fans in the stands booed. The boos were directed at the away team Lazio and partly at the home team Juventus.
Because Juventus can't even beat Lazio at their home stadium, this team can't be so strong, right?
In this way, the fans will want to put pressure on Juventus and make them work harder. Be sure to win this game at home and beat Lazio!
Then the Juventus players began to get "agitated".
They had a few more long-range shots, and the defenders started to press harder.
※※※
Capello got up from his seat and walked to the sidelines. Pursed lips and folded hands around chest.
He wanted to see if Lazio would be fooled.
At the same time, Chang Sheng also walked to the sidelines. Then slowly squat down.
He also wanted to see if his team could faithfully execute their tactical demands.
※※※
Camoranesine conceded a goal when he cut and the football fell to Lazio's defender Khedira, which is a good opportunity if Lazio are to play a counter-attack!
When Capello saw this scene, he felt a little nervous.
He wanted to see what Lazio would do.
I saw that Khedira did not pass the football to other teammates around him, but directly made a long pass!
It's the rhythm of a quick counterattack!
Here it comes!
Capello even looked forward to seeing the Lazio players rush up with the ball......
Even the commentators were chanting: "Lazio's counterattack!" They're coming!! ”
But when Benzema received the ball, everyone was disappointed.
There is no such thing as "we", just one person, one Benzema.
Benzema got the ball and he started dribbling forward.
He didn't pass the ball because he didn't have a teammate around him who could pass the ball. The vast majority of Lazio players are still at the back...... And there was no intention of coming up to help.
Benzema didn't take the ball too far and when he ran into Cannavaro, he dropped it under pressure from the experienced world-class centre-back.
Lazio's counter-attack was over.
It came so fast and ended so quickly that people didn't even react.
Capello was surprised, staring blankly at the pitch, even though his team had begun to reorganise the attack, he did not react.
This is Lazio's counterattack?
When did Lazio's counter-attack become so weak?
Just one Benzema? Do they think Juventus' defense is paper-mâché?
Wrong!
Capello turned his head to look at Chang Sheng, who was still crouching on the ground.
He felt that this should be specially arranged by Chang Sheng.
When Lazio had a chance to counter-attack. Nor will they invest too many troops in the counterattack, at most two people, most of them just Benzema.
Doing so is the safest way not to put your own backline in danger.
Capello, who understood, spat hard in his heart: What are you doing so carefully?!
※※※
Chang Sheng couldn't hear Capello's inner disdain for him, and he was slightly relieved to see his team's performance on this counter-attack.
He believes that as long as they continue to hold on like this, Juventus will be out of line sooner or later.
When he was in Spain, some media commented that Valencia's defense was a suffocation of opponents.
Now he is going to use this trick to make Juventus completely lose his temper!
Since I said that I wanted to be an uninvited guest, then I really came to be an uninvited guest, and don't think I'm bluffing.
Although this uninvited guest is a little obscene. But no matter how obscene it is, it is also an uninvited guest, as long as it can make the host unhappy, the uninvited guest is considered to be cool.
Chang Sheng saw the team's performance and was relieved. He got up from the ground and returned to the dugout.
Rudy. Gonzalez turned to look at him. He shrugged: "We're going to Juventus to death." ”
※※※
Five minutes later, Capello was sure that it was deliberately arranged by the Lazio coach Chang Sheng!
No matter how much space Juventus has exposed, Lazio just doesn't take a step beyond the thunder pool, and has a chance to counterattack, and it also makes Benzema or David. Silva handled it on his own, and at most it was a little bit of coordination between the two men.
But most of the time. It's all alone.
There's a fart threat to such a counterattack?
Yes, there is really no threat. Because he always wins, he doesn't expect to score goals on a counter-attack like this.
Juventus wanted to lure him out, and he just started to be a turtle with a shrunken head!
The five-minute game made Capello vomit blood.
He really wanted to take the tweeter and yell at Chang Sheng: "The dignified champion coach, so seedless!" If you have the ability, you come out and fight us to the death! ”
But he realized. If Lazio continues to play like this, then I am afraid that he will really have to give everything he has and rely on his strong strength to tear apart Lazio's defense......
He began to make substitutions.
After the three substitutions were quickly exhausted, Juventus went on the offensive even harder.
Lazio can't get five kicks in a row – they used to be able to do more than a dozen in a row.
Most of the time. In order not to let Juventus break the ball, they had to kick their big feet forward. I don't care if I pass or not, I can get my teammates at my feet. Anyway, just stay away from the danger zone.
The boos in the stands were louder, and it was clear that even fools could hear that the boos were directed at Juventus.
The home team had the advantage and couldn't even take a turtle with a shrunken head, much to the displeasure of Juventus fans.
The Juventus players are also upset - is this still a decent game?!
We're looking for a serious game with you, but check you guys! You're just going to shrink back and forth in your own half! Where do you play football like this?
You're tarnishing football!
Defiling yourselves, too!
Juventus, bent on revenge, is getting closer and higher.
A lot of people even thought that Lazio would definitely put together a nice counter-attack and score.
But Lazio still held the penalty area steadily, did not press easily, and did not express at all the intention of relying on counterattacks to score.
Capello shook his head, he had seen the caution of Chang Sheng.
It seems that if he can't get his team on the score in the remaining ten minutes, the game will end 0-0......
It was at this time that Lazio once again launched a "counterattack".
Francisco. The ball that Pavon drove to the front court fell right at the feet of Benzema.
Then Benzema didn't even look back, and rushed forward with the ball.
Of course, as before, he was still the only one, and there was not a single Lazio player wearing a sky-blue jersey within a radius of 15 meters around him......