Chapter 404: Earth Defense War (Eighty-One/One Hundred Thirty-Four)

When Lazio fans were leaving the field one after another, Chang Sheng was already sitting at the post-match press conference, accepting the "indiscriminate bombardment" from reporters. M

This game attracted a lot of media attention before the game, and it was no exception after the game.

After all, a strong team like Juventus could be beaten by Lazio with four goals, and Lazio seemed to be able to do so with ease in the process. If they hadn't retained their physical strength and strength in the end, it was entirely possible for Lazio to score a few more goals against Barcelona.

In fact, Chang Sheng also has something to say.

The post-match press conference is a good opportunity.

Chang Sheng was talking endlessly into the microphone.

"Juventus almost put us in a tough fight, yes, almost. If they kicked and injured a few more of our players." Chang Sheng shrugged into the microphone. "Some people will think Juventus are brave and tenacious, but I don't. I know what they want to do, this is a personal feud between us. But I am sorry that they did not insist on their 'heroic tenacity'... otherwise we will Can score a few more goals!”

Chang Sheng's mouth was full of irritation, and he made all kinds of sarcastic remarks about Juventus.

Originally, the reporters thought that even if Chang Sheng would not show respect for Juventus' tenacity, at least they would not say anything unpleasant.

Unexpectedly, they still underestimated Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng started to criticize Juventus as soon as he opened his mouth.

Although he did not directly say what Juventus was guilty of, everyone immediately understood that he was accusing Juventus of rough fouls during the game.

Of course, Juventus's fouls during the game were quite controversial...

However, Juventus failed to defeat Lazio with this move. Still, many reporters seemed disappointed.

They wanted Lazio to lose, so it was not just the commentators who cheered for Juventus during the game, but also these idle reporters...

Now they are disappointed.

Chang Sheng naturally knew what these reporters were thinking.

He said this not only to Juventus, but also to many reporters present.

sorry.

To disappoint you, we only beat Juventus by four goals...

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A reporter stood up and asked Chang Sheng whether this game would affect the game against Manchester United next week.

Chang Sheng pouted: "No, it won't affect anything. We won the league, and we will also win the Champions League semifinals."

Some reporters criticized that it was too crazy for Lazio to fall back in the backcourt at the last moment of the victory.

Chang Sheng was not polite about this.

"This is our tactics. It's like Juventus' tactics are to kick our players. Which do you think is more unacceptable to you, our cautious tactics or Juventus's aggressive tactics?" "

The reporter was left speechless by Chang Sheng's rhetorical question.

Anyone with a sane intelligence would know that it is obviously wrong to intentionally kick someone.

Chang Sheng has said so. If the reporter still criticizes Lazio, it is obviously wrong.

So he could only sit down angrily. Although he was still a little unwilling, he could only shut up.

Chang Sheng glanced at the reporter and thought, "Why are you so timid?"

I'm still waiting for you to continue sending me ammunition...

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In the end, Chang Sheng laughed at the reporters at the post-match press conference who thought Juventus would cause trouble to Lazio before the game, and then stood up and left the field.

A group of reporters were left looking at each other.

Although Chang Sheng made it very clear. Juventus gave Lazio no trouble.

But there are still some journalists who don’t see it that way.

They think that winning is just a tough talk.

Lazio defeated Juventus. But they played high-speed football for more than sixty minutes. This has a great impact on the players' physical fitness.

Just three days is definitely not enough time to recover their physical fitness.

He is saying now that he just wants to put smoke bombs on Manchester United. After all, no one will admit his shortcomings.

Whether Juventus's game will affect the second leg of the semi-finals between Lazio and Manchester United will naturally be known by the time of the game.

So on the second day. There have been many articles holding this argument in the media.

When Chang Sheng saw these articles, he sneered.

He actually likes the media's publicity.

Because if Manchester United really believes it. That would be a good thing for Lazio.

But... Chang Sheng thought maybe Ferguson wouldn't be such an idiot.

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Just the day after the match between Lazio and Juventus, Manchester United lost cleanly to their arch-rival Arsenal in an away game with a score of 0:2.

At a crucial moment in the race for the Premier League title, Manchester United's six-point lead over Chelsea dropped to three after this game.

This has reached a very dangerous point difference.

Despite this, Ferguson still hid almost all the main players in this game and let the substitutes go to the away game to challenge the "four crazy" Arsenal. It is completely normal to lose the game.

The English media commented after the game that Manchester United's defeat was a strategic loss.

"...Obviously, in the eyes of Sir Alex Ferguson, the Champions League championship is more important than the league championship. In his long years of coaching, if there is any regret, then I think having only one Champions League champion may be considered. Yes. Legendary coach Brian Clough once mocked Ferguson: "I have two things, but he only has one thing." This is what Ferguson always has in mind. Pain. In the summer of 2008, his team had a chance to win the Champions League, but was blocked by Lazio in the quarter-finals. Now they met again, and the first leg was only one goal. Small loss, this is Manchester United's best chance..."

"Ferguson bets heavily on the Champions League, and I hope he is right. Otherwise, it is very likely that he will end up with the league championship and the Champions League championship, neither of which... But in general, the situation is favorable to Manchester United. Although Lazio won the last round of the league They scored four goals to beat Juventus. But Juventus also struggled with Lazio for half the game, while Manchester United hid all their main players and recuperated at their home court... Manchester United really had a chance of winning this game. Very big!”

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After the thirty-fifth round of the Premier League ended, the media in England began to hype the Champions League. Amid all this hype, the voice that is optimistic about Manchester United is the mainstream.

The key is that Manchester United's performance in the last round gave these people confidence.

They believe that if Manchester United maintains this state in the second round, it will have the advantage of home court and physical strength. Beating Lazio at home shouldn't be a problem.

The most important thing here is the physical advantage.

With the demonstrations of Naples, Milan, Juventus and other teams, everyone now knows that the most effective weapon against Lazio is physical fitness. As long as your physical fitness is better than theirs, then you can suppress them.

Lazio is said to be very powerful, what an invincible team, what a Cosmos team... The secret is very simple, it is physical fitness. Their physical fitness is better than most teams, so they can always gain an advantage.

But if there is an opponent with better physical fitness than them. Then their advantage is very small. Although there are still. But it is also within the normal category. It won't be as exaggerated as it is now.

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The second leg of the Champions League semi-finals actually started when the entire Lazio team arrived in Manchester.

The media gathered in Manchester, paying attention to this focus battle.

Compare this match between Lazio and Manchester United. On the other hand, Guardiola's Barcelona and Mourinho's Real Madrid "UEFA Champions League El Clasico" both seem less attractive.

After all, Barcelona and Real Madrid are still considered teams on earth.

Barcelona used to be high, but after playing two rounds of semifinals with Lazio last season. He was knocked off the clouds by Lazio and returned to the ground.

However, the match between Manchester United and Lazio was given such an interesting title by the English media:

"Earth Defense War!"

This means that Lazio is an alien team and Manchester United is the defender of the earth. If Manchester United can defeat Lazio, then it will be considered a successful defense of the earth...

In fact, this game does deserve such a name.

Before Manchester United faced Lazio at home, many European football celebrities and professionals were enthusiastically providing advice and reference to Manchester United.

Mourinho, who has had many experiences with Lazio, said in an interview that he had called Ferguson and discussed how to deal with Lazio.

"...The characteristic of Lazio is that their passing is very smooth. Once Lazio passes the football, their offense will be difficult to defend. So the most important thing is not to allow them to run the football smoothly."

Mourinho told reporters that this was the advice he gave Ferguson.

In addition, Milan head coach Allegri also told Ferguson through the media: "Physical fitness is very important, but more important is how to distribute physical fitness reasonably. If you use up all your physical fitness in the first half, the team will definitely collapse in the second half. of……"

Juventus head coach Del Neri, who just finished the game with Lazio, also said: "They are very fast, which is their biggest feature and threat. So try to compress their space and time..."

In addition to these coaches, there are also many football celebrities and experts who provide advice to Ferguson through various methods.

These people help Manchester United so selflessly, naturally they all have one purpose, that is, they hope that Manchester United can defeat Lazio.

So one Manchester United team gathered the wisdom of other teams.

This scene is really like an American Hollywood science fiction blockbuster, where global forces are gathered to jointly fight against alien invaders.

Some English media even gave Manchester United a new name, called the "Manchester United Football League".

Chang Sheng had another interpretation of this matter.

"Actually, the six major martial arts sects besieged Guangmingding."

He told his coaching staff.

Rudy Gonzalez and Di Matteo asked at the same time: "What is the 'six major martial arts sects besieging Guangmingding'?"

Chang Sheng was about to open his mouth when he suddenly felt that this matter was particularly troublesome to explain. He had to start with "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber". Then he had to explain what "martial arts novels" were. To explain "martial arts novels", he naturally had to introduce the author Jin Yong. Going back further, it was the traditional cultural background of martial arts novels in China...

Chang Sheng felt that if he explained all of this clearly, it would probably take several chapters, which would be naked padding to make up the word count.

So he waved his hand: "To put it simply, a group of people with different thoughts but all high-sounding names gathered in a place called "Guangmingding" under the banner of "doing justice for the heavens", intending to jointly eliminate the big villain."

"Are we the big villain?" Di Matteo asked.

Chang Sheng nodded: "Of course, we are the big villain. We were besieged by those righteous people and the situation was very critical. But..."

He changed his tone and smiled: "The big villain will definitely win in the end!"