Chapter 277 It's All My Fault

From the perspective of a neutral, it is normal to hope that Lazio will lose a game. After all, it is spring when a hundred flowers bloom. If Lazio has always been the dominant family, it is meaningless.

But as a Lazio supporter, that won't work.

It's like China's table tennis has long been dominated by one family, but if the Chinese table tennis team dares to lose the world championship, it will be accused and abused by the Chinese media and fans.

When champions and victories have become a habit, it is even less desirable to lose.

No one wants the team they support to lose. If there is, it must not be true love.

So watching Lazio fall behind from the score to the scene, the Lazio fans' hearts are tight.

Lazio didn't recover until the end of the first half, but they only recovered and still had no energy left to attack.

It would be nice if they can guarantee that they will not concede the ball again.

The first half ended at 2:0, Atletico Madrid took the lead.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, Atletico Madrid players walked off the field talking and laughing.

They were very satisfied with their performance in the first half.

How many teams in European football today can force Lazio into such a mess? How many teams can lead by two goals in the first half?

I'm afraid you won't be able to find a second one.

And they Atletico Madrid did it!

It has only been more than a season since that 0:9 game. There are still many players in this Atletico Madrid team who have experienced that game. The unforgettable pain and shame have always been in their hearts.

Now they are delighted to have a chance at revenge.

And they really might succeed in revenge!

It was a wonderful feeling.

But if they hadn't experienced that 0:9 fiasco, maybe they wouldn't be able to appreciate such deep feelings.

Compared with the elated Atletico Madrid, everyone's expressions were not good when Lazio left the field.

They are tired from idleness,

There is some confusion in the eyes.

Someone hurriedly entered the player tunnel with his head down, unwilling to stay on the court for even a second longer.

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At halftime. The Lazio players thought they would be scolded by the boss.

Because their performance was so bad, they made the boss lose face.

But I didn't expect that after coming in, the boss criticized himself first.

"My apologies to you guys. This game was underestimated by my pride. Put you in danger. I thought we could beat Atlético Madrid easily. But it looks like we can beat them. But we have to give it our all. Go! It was my arrogance that ruined you, and I must apologize to you."

Chang Sheng spoke very sincerely, without putting on airs.

Everyone could feel the sincerity of his apology from his tone and expression.

This actually made the players even more embarrassed.

They feel that even if the boss underestimates the enemy, their performance is too bad.

Because the boss underestimates the enemy and will not be directly reflected on the court. It will not be directly reflected in the game scene.

It is only when they underestimate the enemy and perform poorly that they make the game so ugly.

So although the boss apologized to them, they are the ones who should really apologize.

They made the boss do it.

This shame became the driving force for the second half in the hearts of Lazio players.

Although they didn't say it, everyone has a consensus in their hearts, that is, they must re-prove that Lazio is the strongest team in Europe in the second half, and they want everyone to see a real Lazio!

Chang Sheng was just self-criticizing. Did not criticize the players, nor made any tactical and personnel adjustments.

Because the tactics are fine, it's just that there is something wrong with the people who execute the tactics.

But why didn't Chang Sheng even change people?

Because Chang Sheng wants to take all the responsibilities on himself, and he wants to let the players know. They were right, and it was themselves who were wrong.

In this way, the players in the second half can put down their burdens and fight with all their strength.

They will desperately want to make up for this mistake.

Otherwise, it was all my own fault verbally on my side, and in the end I turned around and changed a few players. Doesn't that mean all he said was fart? The real problem is the players.

Chang Sheng didn't want the players to have such doubts about him.

He wasn't sure the players would, and maybe they wouldn't think so after he did.

But Chang Sheng was unwilling to take the risk.

He and the players are based on mutual trust.

He has to believe in his players and he has to make them feel that trust. In this way, no matter what situation he encounters in the future, he can safely and boldly let the players solve the problem.

After Chang Sheng finished his self-criticism, he left the locker room.

He intends to get out and get some air, but mostly to give time and space to his players.

During the intermission, the players will also adjust themselves.

But this kind of self-adjustment, they are embarrassed to do it in front of the head coach.

In other words, when the head coach is present, they will have a dependent mentality. And when they can't see the head coach, they can stimulate their subjective initiative.

Sure enough, as soon as Chang Sheng went out, the players started a heated discussion and mobilization.

"We shamed the boss, guys!" The team's old captain Rocky clapped his hands to his teammates.

He started this game with the captain's armband and is the real captain.

"We have to pick ourselves up! We can't go on like this. When has Lazio ever been so messed up? Never! So in the second half we had to make some changes. Although the boss took the blame on himself, it wasn't something we accepted. reason!"

Next, a group of players got together to discuss what to do in the second half.

They made their own adjustments to the problems in the first half.

For example, the front and back courts were out of touch in the first half, and the offensive players were too eager to score goals. They wanted to replicate a 9:0, but they rushed too far forward and lost contact with the backcourt.

The distance between players is too large, which increases the difficulty of passing. Make mistakes.

The second half has to shrink to make sure the passes are not too long.

Just like that, the Lazio players made adjustments at halftime.

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Unlike the tense and dignified atmosphere in the Lazio locker room, the Atletico Madrid locker room seemed very relaxed.

They not only lead Lazio by two goals in the score. It has completely overwhelmed Lazio on the scene.

Atletico Madrid players believe that they will definitely win this game.

But this feeling of relaxed atmosphere with the emergence of coach Flores. gone too.

Flores' face was stern, making the atmosphere in the locker room a little chilly.

"What's so happy about this? Seeing you like this. I thought we had a four-goal lead and ended the first half..."

Players in the locker room laughed.

Four goals leading the first half?

The head coach can tell jokes.

Leading by four goals, we won the game. How could it be possible to only lead the first half?

Flores didn't think it was funny at all.

"Is it funny? I'm telling the truth. If you don't score four goals in the first half. Don't talk about winning this game! You have played against them, and more than once, haven't you learned your lesson? ? I originally thought that losing to them 0:9 should allow you to learn enough experience and lessons, at least the next time you see them, you won't be proud and underestimate the enemy..."

Flores continued to speak with a straight face.

His words made many Atletico Madrid players gradually calm down.

The last time they lost to Lazio 0:9, this is the eternal pain in the hearts of many Atletico Madrid players. Looking back on that game now, I still want to have a nightmare.

They are so in full view. Completely mutilated by Lazio.

Their own performance in that game also made them very ashamed. Facing a powerful enemy, they didn't even resist. This has always been the nightmare of those Atletico Madrid players.

"We are only two goals ahead! Two goals behind is not a problem for Lazio! With their attack power, scoring two goals is easy. It can consume our advantage in the first half! What's so easy about it? You should be nervous! If we don't score first in the second half, we're in damn danger!"

When Flores was coaching Valencia, he had a record of playing against Chang Sheng.

Only twice.

At that time, he was young and frivolous, and he was dissatisfied with living in the shadow of Chang Sheng. People always compared him with Chang Sheng, which made him unhappy. He thought that he could break the cloud of Chang Sheng hanging over his head, defeat Chang Sheng, and prove that he was better than Chang Sheng.

The results of it?

In two games, his team lost all!

Only then did he realize that this man's shadow is not so easy to get out of...

This time I came to Atletico Madrid, and I met Chang Sheng again.

He is not as young and ignorant as before.

He worked hard before the game,

Playing against Lazio was like playing a Champions League final.

Although he no longer needs to live in the shadow of Valencia's victories, he still hopes to beat them.

Using the tactics of rushing and hitting, completely disrupted Lazio's offensive rhythm, rude defense and fouls, and scrambling without hesitation, the effect was really good, just in time for Lazio to be proud and underestimate the enemy...

"Two more goals in the second half, only in this way can we guarantee our most basic safety!"

Flores wasn't alarmist, nor was she alarmist.

He really thinks that he must have a four-goal lead before he dares to start thinking about "whether this game can be won".

Now, Atletico Madrid is just off to a good start.

If this is about cheering and celebrating, it's really useless.