Chapter 395 1 Generally Speaking... (Seventy-Eight/One Hundred Thirty-Four)

Changsheng's reaction surprised many people.

His team only won one goal at home, what's there to be happy about?

For many teams, if they only won one goal in the first round of home games, it should definitely not be a happy thing. The head coach should definitely be frowning and worried about the second round.

It's not like Changsheng... He actually smiled, as if his team defeated Manchester United by three goals...

Look at the players of Manchester United, they only lost one goal, although they were the losers, but their faces were filled with excited smiles.

It's as if they won the game.

Their smiles made Lazio's small victory seem to be a failure...

So those people didn't understand why Changsheng was happy.

In fact, the players of Lazio didn't understand it very well.

They decided that their performance was not good.

After leading by one goal, they still couldn't score in the face of Manchester United's dense defense.

This made the players of Lazio feel that they didn't play well in this game.

Like others, they thought it was dangerous to win only one goal in the first round.

They were worried that they couldn't make it to the Champions League final.

But when they looked up, they saw the boss's smiling face.

So they were all confused.

Changsheng's smile has many meanings. Sometimes, he will smile even when he is very angry.

But the players who have followed him for so many years are still very familiar with what every smile of their boss means.

His current smile is definitely not "smiling with a knife in his heart".

He is smiling from the heart, happy, satisfied, and... all positive emotions.

So the players are very puzzled as to why their boss has such an expression.

In the locker room,

Changsheng answered their doubts.

"If we can win a big victory at home. Of course we hope to win a big victory. But if we don't, there is no need to rush to get angry. There is nothing to worry about. We are the winners. Why should the winners be sad? Even if we are only one goal ahead, so what? Who stipulates that a team that only wins one goal in the first round cannot advance? Manchester United thought they were sure to win? Very good, guys, we Lazio specialize in dealing with those self-righteous people!"

Changsheng's words made the Lazio players regain their confidence.

Yes, we have the boss.

If the boss is here, what do we have to worry about?

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At the post-match press conference. Changsheng also showed his confidence.

When many reporters questioned Lazio's performance in the first round, he snorted disdainfully: "We are the winners, and you are questioning the winners' performance. I really don't understand where you get this arrogance from."

He spread his hands: "Yes, we only beat Manchester United 1:0 at home. But is there anything wrong with this? Do you think this score will lead to our elimination?"

A reporter shouted: "Isn't it? We only won one goal at home. What should we do when we go away?"

Changsheng rolled his eyes: "It seems that many people have determined that we will encounter trouble away from home. What gave you such an association? I think it has nothing to do with our score in this game?"

Another reporter Said: "Manchester United performed very tenaciously in this game. Since they can make Lazio suffer a hard battle away from home, why can't they perform better at home?"

Changsheng nodded: "Well said, why can't they perform better at home? Then why can't we perform better than them away from home?"

"They are playing at home..."

"Yes, they are at home, we are away. This season, we have won all away games in the Champions League, so far. We have scored ten goals away from home and have not conceded a single goal. How many teams in the entire European football world have such away performance this season?"

Changsheng's question made the other party speechless.

"You can't answer it, right? Because there is none. Except for our Lazio, you can't find a second team in the whole of Europe! With such away performance, why do you think we will be in danger at Old Trafford? Is Old Trafford more terrifying than the Allianz Stadium, Schalke, and White Hart Lane?"

A group of reporters were so shocked by his question that no one raised their hands to question.

After Changsheng taught this group of self-righteous reporters a lesson, he stood up and left.

Afterwards. All major media reported Changsheng's confrontation with reporters at the press conference.

"... Chang seemed very confident!"

"Chang said that winning only one goal in the first round was irrelevant to the overall situation, and the team that would eventually go to Wembley would still be Lazio..."

"Even though they were only one goal ahead, Changsheng still smiled. He had a heated argument with reporters at the post-match press conference..."

"What Chang said makes sense. Lazio has already won the Serie A championship in advance. Next, they only need to concentrate on preparing for the Champions League. And what about Manchester United? They are currently six points ahead of second-placed Chelsea in the Premier League. This advantage is huge, but with four rounds left in the league, there are still other possibilities. Therefore, Manchester United must still invest more energy in the league, which will affect Manchester United's preparations for the Champions League semi-finals..."

"Lazio's performance on the road this season is indeed very good, which may give Chang confidence. But please don't forget, now is the Champions League semi-finals, whoever can win can advance to the final. In this context, Manchester United will definitely explode with strong fighting power at their home court, which is completely different from Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 who surrendered from the beginning of the game! If Chang still looks at this game from the old perspective, then I wouldn't be surprised if Lazio get knocked out at Old Trafford..."

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For a time, the media was filled with expectations for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

The first round had just ended, and the media was already hyping up the second round.

Everyone is looking forward to the game coming a week later.

But of course it's impossible. There is still a league game on the weekend, which neither of us can escape.

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Ferguson expressed his confidence after the game to win the second leg and eliminate Lazio.

After the first round of the game. Ferguson was in a good mood.

This mood is reflected in the fact that when he is interviewed by the media, he will also joke with reporters.

Ferguson certainly has reason to be so happy.

Because the team's performance after conceding a goal made him happy, he also saw the confidence to win Lazio in the second round.

Of course, Ferguson is not happy for such a simple reason.

Some media above analyzed that Lazio is in a better situation than Manchester United because they have already won the championship in advance, so they do not need to struggle in the league and can be free to concentrate on dealing with Manchester United.

But in fact, as Ferguson knows, the real situation is exactly the opposite of what this media said.

Lazio does not have to compete for the championship, but they still have to compete for something else. That would end the season with a complete league win.

This makes them unable to relax in every league game.

Especially next, Lazio's opponent is Juventus, and their only advantage is that they play at home.

Manchester United's opponents are not weak either, and they are away from home - away to Arsenal.

However, Ferguson has already decided that he will completely give up the away game against Arsenal.

It doesn't matter if you lose the game. The purpose is to allow the main lineup to rest and recharge their batteries to face Lazio at Old Trafford in the middle of next week.

Although Manchester United has not locked up the championship yet, Ferguson is not worried about this at all.

Even if they lose to Arsenal and allow Chelsea to catch up with three points, Manchester United still has a chance to decide the outcome in one game - in the thirty-sixth round of the league, Manchester United will face Chelsea at home. At that time, Manchester United and Lazio finished the game. Just enough to deal with Chelsea at full strength.

As long as Manchester United can defeat Chelsea at home and expand the point difference to six points, then Manchester United basically has nothing to worry about in the last two rounds.

So this league. Manchester United can afford to lose, but Lazio cannot afford to lose.

If Lazio, which cannot afford to lose, struggles with Juventus in the league and wastes too much energy, its away games will naturally be affected.

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Ferguson's analysis is good. It is indeed impossible for Lazio to give up the game against Juventus.

And Juventus also knows that Lazio will face Manchester United in the middle of next week, so they don't mind taking advantage of it at all. Fighting against Lazio in this weekend's league match.

They are forcing Lazio to choose one of two options: lose to us and lose their record of undefeated league wins? Or will you fight us to exhaustion and then be eliminated by Manchester United?

For Juventus, this may be their best chance to defeat Lazio this season.

Before the game, Tuttosport said directly that Juventus was going to cause trouble for Lazio.

Their goal is to beat Lazio.

Tuttosport also advised Lazio to abandon the league and focus on the Champions League.

The reason they gave is that after the restructuring of the Champions League, no team can defend the title. Lazio is the most promising team. If they are eliminated because of a deadlock with Juventus, it will be really worthless.

Anyway, Lazio has already won the league championship, so there is no need to try their best in the next games...

In fact, everyone knows what Lazio is going to do now. After all this, Lazio must be aiming for a complete victory in the season.

They only have four league rounds left.

"Turin Sports News" naturally knows it, but they still say this because they cannot understand the ambition of winning. They feel that they have already won the league championship and there is really no need to continue to waste so much energy in the league. Anyway, Lazio's goal is to defend the Triple Crown. After winning the league title, the Champions League title is the most important.

This is the difference between mediocre mortals and great people.

They felt that Lazio pushed themselves too hard and it was unnecessary.

Chang Sheng feels that if you want to be famous forever and achieve a great cause that no one can do, then you have to work harder than ordinary people.

This kind of thinking is incomprehensible to many people.

They will feel that winning is asking for trouble, and in the end they will only fall behind.

Why bother?

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