Chapter 23 The International Toto Cup

In order to be able to concentrate on preparing for the new season, Changsheng asked Lotito not to arrange any commercial competitions.

Although other teams went to Asia and the United States and made a lot of money, these have nothing to do with Lazio now.

Lazio does not even have chest advertising sponsorships, but it cannot use the team to participate in global tours and commercial competitions to make money for the club.

Chang Sheng made this clear to Lotito in advance. Touring will hurt the team and it will make the team's training impossible.

When the new team needs various adjustments, this approach is very harmful to the interests of the team.

The best thing to do is to stay at the Formello training base and not go anywhere.

So in the summer of 2005, when Real Madrid set foot in China again, Lazio concentrated on training at the training base on the outskirts of Rome.

Some of the warm-up matches arranged are all chosen to be played in the training base, and tickets are not even sold to the public, and they are not open to the public.

Except for the media allowed by the club, no one in the other media can get in and get first-hand information.

The victorious Lazio is as mysterious as it doesn't exist in this world.

The training is completely closed, and the competition is also closed.

Only in the Toto Cup, people can see what kind of team the ever-victorious Lazio is.

Or from the performance of the Toto Cup, we can speculate on the tactics and lineup that such a Lazio team will adopt in the new season.

Naturally, Chang Sheng is so closed not to keep secrets, but just to keep the team from being disturbed. Put all your energy into training in the most precious time.

It makes sense for Chang Sheng to do this, because he is pressed for time.

Intertoto Cup matches often start very early.

Lazio because it is a Serie A team. So they don't need to start from the first round. But even so, Lazio's first Toto Cup match was still very early. On July 17, the whole Lazio team was still in the physical training stage at this time, and they didn't practice tactics at all.

In this game, the reporters naturally couldn't see anything at all.

Even so,

With the help of the skills of winning three games, such a patchwork Lazio still defeated Tampere, a team from the Finnish Super League, 2:0 at home.

After the game, the media in the city of Rome said that the victory of this game cannot explain how high Chang Sheng's coaching level is. It also cannot tell us how good Lazio are, how high the quality of those players is.

It can only explain one problem - the opponent is too fucking weak!

Such a disorganized team was able to beat the opponent 2:0, and people can only draw such a conclusion.

This game is the first leg of the third round of the Intertoto Cup.

The second round will be played on July 22.

At that time, Lazio had just finished the physical training stage and entered the technical and tactical training stage.

But because the training has been increasing, there will be a short gap in the physical fitness of the players at that time.

There is still an away game to play... Whether the current two-goal lead can be maintained by then is really hard to say.

If Lazio has made such a big fuss, it will be eliminated in the third round of the Intertoto Cup. That would be a joke...

※※※

Everyone is waiting to see Chang Sheng's joke.

It's a pity they didn't see it.

On July 22, in an away game against Tampere, Changsheng used another lineup. Lazio finally tied the opponent 1:1 in the away game and advanced to the semi-finals with a total score of 3:1.

Next, as long as Lazio wins another semi-final. You can qualify for the UEFA Cup this season.

Although the away game was a bit embarrassing, they still advanced.

The media held back their words and waited to laugh at Chang Sheng, but they didn't expect to say anything at all...

This hurt a lot of media.

But the date of the Intertoto Cup semi-final is very close, starting on July 27th.

So those media who are full of bad water still have a chance.

※※※

The team has officially entered the stage of technical and tactical training.

The two games against Tampere became a ready-made example of constant victories.

Before starting training, Chang Sheng showed the whole team the videotapes of the two games. He wants to tell everyone why the team is playing like this. Facing a weak team like Tampere, they can only narrowly win and advance...

What problems in the game can be solved by his tactics,

After watching the game video, coupled with Chang Sheng's commentary, I believe that many Lazio players should have a basic understanding of Chang Sheng's upcoming new tactics.

Then go deeper.

Now Lazio's first-team lineup mainly consists of these people: goalkeeper Peruzzi, Handanovic and the third goalkeeper De Angelis drawn up by the youth team.

Central defenders Jose Passarella, Pavon, Stendardo, Cribari, Campagnaro.

Full-back Odo, Zauri, Pasquale and De Silvestri, who was transferred from the youth team.

Midfielder Liverani, Gianni Keida, Modric who returned to the first team from the reserve team, Melo, Marchisio.

Forwards Pandev, Rocky, David Silva, Benzema and Borriello.

The first-team lineup of 22 people is not too many, but considering that Lazio will definitely fight on a single line this season, the first-team lineup of 22 people is enough for most games, except for the unlucky ones who won the victory and encountered Injury Tide achievement mode.

In this lineup, Chang Sheng intends to not fix the starting lineup until the league officially starts.

Because his tactics do not have a real main lineup, anyone must be able to be the main team. Otherwise, as long as one of the main players cannot participate in the game, the team's performance will plummet. This kind of thing won't let it happen.

Just like standardized production, when a certain player in a position is injured or in a downturn and he has to replace him, he knows that the substitute player is completely reliable. And can immediately replace the injured player.

These players may not have as many opportunities to play as the core players. But they also have to play their roles, and it is Changsheng's job to try to smooth out the strength gap between the main force and the substitute.

However, from these two Toto Cup games, Chang Sheng found that Pavon's performance was not good.

It was only then that he remembered that he seemed to have said that he wanted to talk to the other party...

But it seems that the timing is not particularly good...

※※※

Lazio's opponent in the semi-finals of the Intertoto Cup came out soon, and it was Marseille.

Many media in the city of Rome have said that when they meet Marseille, it can only be that Lazio has suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck.

Because as far as the current Lazio team is concerned, it is absolutely impossible for them to eliminate Marseille.

At that time, I can finally laugh at Chang Sheng unscrupulously.

July 27, the first round of the semi-finals. Lazio hosts Marseille.

Lazio failed to win this much-watched game.

They were tied 1:1 by Marseille at home.

Pavon started the game, but after the intermission, he was replaced by Chang Sheng with Stendaldo.

Because Pavon's performance in this game was really bad.

His performance in the back line is no different from his performance at Real Madrid.

Indecisive in defense, bad sense of position, don't know what to do.

His amateur performance made Jose Passarella next to him the world's top central defender. The title of "Nesta's successor" is well-deserved!

Some media criticized Pavon's performance after the game. Chang Sheng, who thought he never misread, finally misjudged once this time!

"I don't know why he brought this waste from the Bernabéu... I once wondered if Changsheng took some measures and finally succeeded in saving the lost lamb of Francisco Pavon. But unfortunately, I started and ended I guessed wrong about the process!"

※※※

Chang Sheng thought it was a good thing that Pavon couldn't understand Italian so far, otherwise the criticism from these media would be enough for him to drink a pot every day.

But maybe this is the perfect time to talk to Pavon?

Although Pavon's mood is very low, Chang Sheng still intends to pour another basin of cold water on him.

He wanted Parter to realize exactly whose responsibility his own problems were.

At this time, only a little more drastic means can be used.

Like lukewarm water. That doesn't work.

So on the second day after the match against Rome, Pavon was called into the head coach's office by Chang Sheng.

"I remember I once said, I want to have a good talk with you. Unfortunately, I have been busy before, so I didn't have the chance. Now the opportunity has come, and we can finally sit down and have a good talk. Francisco."

Chang Sheng didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point.

Pavin sat on the sofa without saying a word.

"You think you got where you are. It's all my fault, don't you?"

Pa Wen glanced at Chang Sheng. Although he didn't speak, Chang Sheng still understood his eyes: "Isn't it?"

So Chang Sheng laughed.

"But actually, I think you should thank me. Because I let you escape that sad place in Real Madrid."

Seeing Chang Sheng's triumphant look, Pavon finally couldn't hold back, and said: "I love Real Madrid, I don't think that's my sad place, coach."

"Call me the boss." Chang Sheng corrected his mistake in addressing him, and then continued: "You are doomed to have no future in Real Madrid. It's the same whether you have me or not. It's just a matter of time."

"I don't believe it." Pavon looked at his future head coach stubbornly. He is not at all worried about losing the opportunity to perform because of contradicting the coach of the group.

He even wished for this, because he didn't want to work for Chang Sheng, he hoped to force Chang Sheng to take the initiative to sell him, it didn't matter where he went, as long as he could get rid of Chang Sheng.

Seeing such a stubborn Pavon, Chang Sheng smiled: "Well, let's analyze and analyze, Francisco. What do you think is the biggest reason why you didn't succeed?"

Pavin felt that Chang Sheng was insulting himself by asking this question, because it was forcing him to recall the unbearable past...

So his face is very ugly.

Chang Sheng saw it and guessed it.

"You think I'm asking you to recall that 5-0 game? Wrong, let me tell you frankly, your biggest problem is your poor psychological quality! A twenty-five-year-old person, why is your psychological quality like a long What about a young child? When you encounter some setbacks, you think about giving up and giving in. A player like you will have no future until he retires! Don’t even expect to succeed at the Bernabeu!"

Chang Sheng gave Pavon a blow in the head! To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (an.) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.