Chapter 173 Vote with Your Feet (Thanks to the New Leader for Reading Every Day!)
After eliminating Fiorentina and reaching the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, Lazio will meet their old rivals Inter Milan in the semi-finals. M
The other semi-final is Roma against Udinese.
It should not be a problem to beat Udinese to the final with the strength of Roma.
In this case, if Lazio can beat Inter Milan and reach the final.
Then the Coppa Italia will stage a Rome city derby at the Stadio Olimpico!
It's a really interesting gimmick.
The media began to look forward to it.
Chang Sheng also thought it was a good idea.
What a creative way to beat Roma in the Coppa Italia final!
Of course, first they have to win Inter Milan.
Although Lazio, who has been victorious this season, defeated Inter Milan once in the league, the league is different from the Italian Cup.
Now the four teams that have reached the semi-finals, everyone hopes to win the championship. Even Udinese, who is the weakest, has such thoughts.
For Inter Milan, if Mourinho realizes that he cannot win himself in the league, then he may change his goal.
He is in Porto and Chelsea, that is also the rhythm of at least one championship every year. But when Inter Milan came, the golden body was broken. Last season's league championship was not won, and this season's Italian Super Cup is also gone.
Now the league championship this season seems to be quite hanging, so it seems easier to only have one Coppa Italia left.
Anyway, now he needs a champion. Only the champion can stabilize his handsome position.
If he still wants to continue to be the coach of Inter Milan...
Chang Sheng can imagine that he will face the crazy resistance of Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia.
But he is fearless.
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In the twenty-first round of the league, Lazio played against Chievo at home.
The game was the second of three home games suspended.
It is still an empty stadium with only visiting fans, but the Lazio players have nothing to adapt to.
They entered the game state from the beginning of the game.
Cavani scored the leading goal for Lazio soon after.
But the most remarkable thing about this game was not the game itself, but off the court.
It was the first home game after the Lazio Undisciplined fans called on other Lazio fans to join them against the club.
This game is an opportunity to test just how many supporters the Unteachable faction has drawn.
The Uneducables also came outside the Olympic Stadium before this game. They, like other Lazio fans, were not allowed in.
They didn't want to go in either.
Instead, they tore up banners and slogans in the square, and began to shout slogans against Lotito and Changsheng.
They're putting pressure on ordinary non-extreme fans to switch to the Unteachables instead of Winning.
But it's a pity. When they shouted slogans, very few responded.
These ordinary Lazio fans know that they can't get in, but they still come outside the stadium, which in itself is a support for the club and the team.
They have to fight side by side with their own team, not in the stands, but also in the closest place to the team!
When Cavani opened the scoring for Lazio. The Lazio fans who heard the action on the radio outside the stadium erupted in loud cheers.
It's like they're watching the game from the stands.
Their cheers were so loud that even the Lazio players and coaches inside could hear them through the walls of the stadium.
Although it was separated a bit and it was much smaller, it was indeed the cheers of the Lazio fans.
Standing on the sidelines, Chang Sheng pointed behind him for the Lazio players on the field to see.
He used this action to tell them that you are not fighting alone. Your supporters are still with you.
Sure enough, the Lazio players heard the cheers and their morale was boosted.
As for the more than a thousand Chievo fans in the stadium... who cares about them?
The commentator Caresa was surprised: "The Lazio fans gathered outside the stadium and did not leave. When the game started, they waited outside. I believe these people are the real Lazio fans that are often said. And Not those rat-shit Lazio fans!"
Caresa, the gold medal commentator, also made no secret of his dislike of the extreme fans of the uneducable faction.
Although Lazio can still defend the dignity of Italian football in the Champions League, an unchangeable fact is that the influence of the Italian league in Europe is declining day by day, and the Italian league itself has encountered big problems.
League attendance has been decreasing year by year. The club is struggling to make ends meet, and fans' enthusiasm for football is waning.
Except for Inter Milan and Lazio, when other teams play at home, the huge stadium is basically more than half empty.
The reluctance of fans to come to watch the game is a direct and fundamental manifestation of the decline of Italian football.
Why are fans reluctant to come to watch the game live?
There are many reasons for this.
The first is naturally the well-developed television broadcasting in Italy. A game can be broadcast live by multiple TV stations. In addition, there are various highlights and analysis. Fans can watch the game at home, reducing the cost of watching the game.
Because the economic situation in Italy is getting worse year by year. If everyone's life is not good, naturally there is no spare money to spend on leisure and entertainment.
The second is that most of the stadiums in Serie A are dilapidated and the facilities are outdated. Not to mention the safety hazards of watching football in such a stadium, there is no enjoyment at all. If you go to the toilet, you will find that there are eight urinals in one toilet that are broken. Who wants to go?
The problem of the stadium is related to the special background of Italian football, which involves a direct conflict between the club and the city council that owns the stadium. I won't say more.
The third reason is why Caresa hates extreme fan organizations like the Uneducable.
Stadium violence makes many people reluctant to go to the scene to watch the game. People just want to go to the stadium to watch a football game with their partners and family on weekends and cheer for the team they support, but they don't want to lose their lives there.
The extreme fans, especially the notorious ones, are aggressive in their games. You don't even know what it is about you that annoys them. They'll beat you up -- and that's pretty light, or go to God.
The problem of violence on the stadium in Italy is endless. As a football hooligan who is as famous as England, English football knows how to deal with it. What is Italian football? Only indulgence and complicity.
April 1962. The first football fan died in Italian football history. Italian Serie C Salernitana vs Potenza at home. When Potenza was awarded a penalty, the team's supporters rioted in displeasure. During the conflict, the police were forced to shoot and fifty-seven people were injured. Praitano became the first person in the history of the Apennines to be killed by football violence.
From that day on, Pandora's box was opened.
On October 28, 1979, Rome played against Lazio in the Rome derby. A group of Lazio fans in the stands were attacked by fireworks projected by Roma fans. Paparelli, 33, was shot and killed instantly, and the killer turned himself in a year later.
On March 22, 1982, Roma lost to Bologna away. The visiting fans set fire to the train on their way back to Rome, killing a 14-year-old Roma fan.
On February 8, 1984, after the Italian Cup match between Udinese and Tristina, a 20-year-old fan named Forlan was arrested in a conflict. But he was released immediately, fell into a coma the next day, and died 21 days later.
On September 30, 1984, Milan played against Cremona in Serie A. Fonchese, a 21-year-old Milan fan, was stabbed to death by Centrone, an 18-year-old youth who was also a Milan fan. Thought it was an away team fan.
On October 9, 1988, Ascoli played against Inter Milan at home. Inter Milan fans besieged the home team fan Filippini with sticks and stones after the game. He died eight days after suffering serious injuries.
The riots in 1995 were the first time in the history of Serie A that a game was suspended due to stadium violence. It was Genoa's home game against Milan. Twenty-four-year-old Genoa fan Spagnolo was stabbed to death by Milan fan Barbaria during the pre-match conflict. The murderer actually hid the knife under a red and black scarf. After hearing the news, the captains of the two sides agreed to terminate the game at halftime, and with the permission of the referee and the Football Association, the entire round of Serie A was postponed for two weeks a week later.
Sicily, Italy is one of the hardest-hit areas for football violence. During the Sicilian derby between Messina and Catania in 2001, the 24-year-old home team fan Curo was hit by a bomb and has been in a coma. Days later die.
In 2003, Avellino vs Naples. Paternio, a home fan, was chased by a group of Napoli fans and died two days later after falling from the third tier of the stands.
On January 27, 2007, players and fans from both sides clashed in the center of the field during the match between Samartinis and Cancele in the Italian Serie D. Forty-four-year-old Samartinis manager Rikoursi came in to persuade him. But he was kicked in the brain by opposing players and fans to death.
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Those bloody incidents above are just the tip of the iceberg of football riots and stadium violence in Italy.
In Italy, watching football has increasingly become a high-risk entertainment, so who would want to come to the scene to seek death?
No one came to the stadium to watch the game, and the level of Italian football would naturally only get lower and lower.
Therefore, Caresa firmly supports the Lazio club's own clean-up actions.
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When those Lazio fans were cheering and jumping outside the stadium, the faces of the extreme fans of the uneducable faction were very ugly.
They shouted slogans outside the stadium for a long time, but they did not attract the support of these people.
On the contrary, when Lazio scored a goal in the broadcast, these people became excited and excited.
Obviously, these Lazio fans have voted with their feet-they choose to stand with Changsheng!
For the first time, the unteachables, accustomed to running rampant among the Lazio fanbase, felt that they might lose...
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