Chapter 397: Pressing Vs. Quick Pass

Carresa is right. We cannot judge whether Lazio has given up the game from the starting lineup.

For general teams, this trick is applicable. General teams will have two lineups, one is the strongest main lineup, and the other is the weaker substitute lineup.

Almost all teams have a clear distinction between the main lineup and the substitute lineup. Many people are trying their best to get into the main lineup.

This is the competition within the team.

But there is no such thing in Lazio.

Lazio implements a very thorough rotation, and because the strength of more than 20 players in the first team is relatively close, it is difficult to say who can play the main and who can play the substitute.

The lineup arranged by Changsheng is also not divided into strong and weak. Some players who are considered strong in this lineup are not there, but other players who are also recognized as strong by everyone are still there.

So we cannot simply judge and analyze whether Lazio takes this game seriously from the lineup list.

For example, the current game against Juventus.

Balzaretti and Azpilicueta did not start, replaced by Coentrao and Faraoni. In the midfield, Ballack and Modric did not start, replaced by Meireles and Hernanes, and center forward Rocky replaced Klose.

Five people were rotated, but in the remaining positions, Lazio still had David Silva, Gotze and Jose Passarella, Chiellini, and Ledesma, and goalkeeper Handanovic was not rotated.

Would anyone say that such a lineup is weak against Juventus?

To see whether Lazio really gave up this game, we have to see their performance in the game...

As a result, at the beginning of the game, Lazio launched a fierce attack on Juventus' goal.

This is their home court, and there is definitely no reason to shrink the defense.

And Lazio's rhythm in the offense is very fast.

This rhythm makes everyone see at a glance-Lazio definitely has no intention of giving up this game!

"Lazio intends to fight Juventus to the death in the league! Perhaps in their eyes, winning the league is more important than defending the Champions League title!" said a commentator.

"Chang must be crazy. Which is more important, the Champions League or the league? Anyone with a discerning eye can see it at a glance. I don't know what there is to hesitate about..."

"Try your best to fight Juventus, and then lose heroically to Manchester United away?"

Everyone finds Lazio's arrangement incomprehensible.

"Of course, there is also this possibility. Chang is confident that his team can solve Juventus in the league and Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals. But... is this possible? You know, these two teams are not easy to chew... They both have the belief and reason to win. If you want both wins, it is very likely that the result is that you can't win both."

The commentator's analysis is correct. Chang Sheng really wants to win both games.

But he thinks that Lazio may be empty-handed, which may not be the case...

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Juventus started the game with the belief of fighting Lazio to the death. Their actions were quite rude during the game, and they made flying tackles many times, which caused boos from Lazio fans in the stands.

The referee had to whistle frequently to stop the game and warn Juventus players.

However, after 15 minutes of the game, no Juventus players received yellow cards for fouls.

Overall, the referee was gentle today.

Of course, he is a gentle referee himself, and his card-issuing rate in Serie A is very low.

If it were Changsheng in the past, he would definitely be entangled in this during and after the game, holding on to this matter and making a fuss.

But now. When the referee did not issue a yellow card, Changsheng sat in the chair of the coaching bench without any reaction.

It looked as if this person had nothing to do with him.

This was certainly not because this matter had nothing to do with him, but Changsheng knew that he had defeated Juventus. This kind of thing was not a big deal.

He was too lazy to quarrel with the other party. As long as he could beat Juventus, he would be the winner, and the winner did not care about the mood of the loser.

Juventus acted ruthlessly. They thought that this would curb Lazio's attack.

That was naive!

Changsheng had fully considered this before the game, so the whole team made corresponding countermeasures.

He would naturally not let his players be shoveled over by the opponent at will.

To deal with Juventus' fouls. Just make sure that the football stays as little as possible under your feet.

When the football is not under your feet, Juventus' fouls are meaningless, and fouling players without the ball is very serious, which cannot be solved by a verbal warning.

I believe that Juventus' players dare not do this and will try to avoid it.

And if the scramble does not cause a steal or foul, it will bring danger to their own defense, so when Juventus finds that their scramble speed cannot keep up with Lazio's passing speed, they may be afraid to use their weapons.

Therefore, as long as the speed is increased, Juventus' foul tactics will lose their effect.

As the saying goes, the world's martial arts can only be broken by speed, as long as the speed is fast, it is almost invincible.

From the beginning of the game, Lazio has been speeding up and accelerating.

Juventus players did use foul tactics to stop Lazio's advancement at the beginning.

But they soon found that they had a problem.

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When the ball was passed to Ledesma, he did not stop the ball or turn around, but directly knocked the ball back to Meireles.

Seeing that the ball was immediately passed by Ledesma, Juventus player Marchisio, who was originally planning to press him, immediately changed his mind and did not move forward, but retreated to his position.

What he was afraid of was that if he came up to press, but failed to grab the ball, he would form a gap behind him, and be caught by Lazio... You know, Lazio's ability to seize opportunities is quite strong.

Their head coach Del Neri repeatedly emphasized to them before this game that they must not give Lazio the opportunity to do so.

To beat Lazio, first of all, you must ensure that you do not lose the ball first in the game.

Once you lose the ball first. Then everything is over.

If you don't lose the ball, even if you can't score, you can still get a draw in this game.

Once you lose the ball, you will lose!

Anyway, other teammates are responsible for the ball passed back by Lazio.

Seeing the ball being passed to Meireles, as expected, another Juventus player rushed up immediately, intending to steal the ball or interfere with Meireles.

According to his speed, he can almost reach Meireles with the ball. So as long as Meireles stops the ball or makes a slight adjustment, he will be stuck by the opponent. At that time, whether he wants to get rid of it or pass the ball, it will become very difficult.

So Meireles can't stop the ball.

Meireles didn't stop the ball, he still kicked the ball out!

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Lazio kicked the ball out one after another.

The football kept rotating quickly under their feet.

And Juventus did not give up their tactical strategy because of this. They still pressed Lazio's players.

Whenever possible, they would never give up the rush.

In fact, Del Neri also guessed that Lazio would do this.

Because they used to use the same trick to deal with other teams that pressed them.

Since everyone is studying Lazio now, it is natural to study it thoroughly. This past experience has long been turned over by everyone.

Del Neri couldn't have been unaware of this.

He also asked Juventus to press like this because such pressing could force Lazio to continue this fast one-kick pass.

He analyzed Lazio's game videos and found that Lazio's fast one-kick pass success rate was not high.

It was too difficult to do so after all.

As long as he could always put pressure on Lazio, Lazio would make mistakes in this continuous and long-term fast one-kick pass.

Once a mistake occurs. It will be seized by Juventus.

Then Juventus's chance appeared!

Del Neri's idea was indeed good. Lazio's players could not maintain this fast one-kick pass rhythm for a long time.

So they also made a lot of mistakes in the game.

And these mistakes were indeed used by Juventus.

There were also several times that threatened the goal guarded by Handanovic.

However, Lazio did not try to slow down the pace.

With Juventus's pressing method, the probability of dying by slowing down the pace is higher.

So Changsheng would rather bear such mistakes and keep the speed at a very high state.

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One side pressed the defense. But it could not guarantee to stop Lazio's attack.

The other side's continuous one-foot pass was pleasing to the eye, but there were also many mistakes, which increased the risk to the goal.

In this game, the two sides were so tit-for-tat, attacking and defending each other. The game was very intense.

As a neutral fan, this game was very enjoyable to watch.

Because the game was not one-sided. Both sides had opportunities.

And the game was very fast, whether it was Lazio or Juventus.

Not to mention Lazio's fast one-foot pass, Juventus chose to counterattack quickly in the offense. As long as they could intercept Lazio's ball, they would immediately launch a fast counterattack.

The two sides went back and forth, and the offense and defense transitions were very fast.

So neutral fans will be very excited to watch.

But this is not a good thing for Lazio fans.

Originally, Lazio had a great advantage in the league, and they rarely encountered such a evenly matched situation.

So Lazio fans are used to Lazio pressing the opponent and then winning the game easily.

Now such a game makes them feel the long-lost "tension", and they don't like this feeling at all.

But they also know that the current situation is not very favorable for Lazio, so it is normal to have such a situation.

Juventus seems to be well prepared and aggressive, and their physical fitness seems to be very good, and there is no sign of exhaustion at all...

Many Lazio fans frowned in the stands.

They are worried about Lazio.

Can Lazio break through the blockade formed by Juventus and Manchester United this time?

(To be continued)

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