Chapter 28 This Will Be a Freshman

The technical and tactical training progressed smoothly, and another meal greatly improved the players' favor towards their boss.

For Chang Sheng, everything is ready now, and only the east wind is owed.

The 2005-2006 Serie A season kicked off on August 27th.

The opening game is Livorno vs. "Little Pepper" Lecce.

A day later, each team showed up one after another, and the league was in full swing.

Lazio's first league game is at home against Messina.

The strength of the opponent is stronger than that of Lazio last season. Because as a newly promoted, after the end of the league last season, Messina ranked seventh in the league, higher than the Roman duo.

For such an opponent, Chang Sheng did not dare to take it lightly.

Because the first defeat of Roma he coached last season was given by Messina. That was the second round of the league when Roma challenged Messina away.

Messina's home court is located in Sicily, where the fans are extremely fanatical. Chang Sheng and Rome feel the "enthusiasm" of the Sicilian fans.

Although "Glider" Montella completed a hat-trick in the game, it still didn't help to change the result.

Finally, after 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Roma lost 3:4 away to Messina.

That game was also the trigger for Totti to jump out and speak out against him.

After losing that game, the Italian media laughed at Chang Sheng.

"You can't even win a newly promoted horse, what do you expect Rome to get a new life under his hands?"

"This game fully proved how unsuitable Changsheng is to Italian football. Montella broke out. But it still couldn't prevent the team from losing. Then the responsibility must not be on the players, but on the head coach..."

This was the evaluation of Chang Sheng by the media at that time.

So something to say. In fact, Chang Sheng and Messina are quite related.

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This time, before the start of the new season, Messina met Chang Sheng again, and the psychological warfare before the game must be fought.

Messina's coach Botolo Muti said in an interview with reporters that his team is not afraid of Lazio at all, although Lazio just beat Deportivo 5-0 in the Intertoto Cup.

"I have a psychological advantage over Chang, because we beat him last season." The 51-year-old Muti said half-jokingly. "I hope that in the game at that time, I can successfully bring back the often unpleasant memories."

Roma supporters are also cheering for Messina.

"Messina is the terminator of Changsheng, and the match with Messina will definitely make Changsheng unlucky!"

To this. How did Chang Sheng answer?

He smiled slightly: "Yes, last year I lost to Messina. But that's because I coached Roma, not Lazio."

This answer made him win the favor of the Lazio fans, but it also offended the Roma fans more deeply.

Chang Sheng has been aware of this for a long time, so he will never show mercy when it is time to attack his opponent.

Anyway, when he jumped to his rival in the same city, the Roma fans had already sentenced him to death.

After the news came out, some Roma fans burned Chang Sheng's portrait and the five-star red flag representing his nationality on the street.

This expresses his anger at Chang Sheng.

So Chang Sheng has already offended the Roma fans.

"Corriere dello Sport" advised Chang Sheng not to get carried away before the game. Lest a mistake will cause eternal hatred.

They believe that the reason why Rome, which was victorious last season, lost to Messina in the away game is because the victorious underestimated the enemy.

Chang Sheng was too lazy to fight this kind of slobbering lawsuit with the reporter.

He is well aware of the behavior of the media.

As long as he can lead Lazio to defeat Messina, the media will have nothing to say.

This is what Chang Sheng likes most in the football world. The winner is king. As long as he can win, he is a strong man with the right to speak.

Game after game the victories piled up. In this circle, he can gain a high enough status and reputation.

This is much better than being a grandson with your tail between your legs in other industries.

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The Olympic Stadium in Rome, Changsheng is no longer a stranger.

He came here once when he was not the head coach of Roma. Here he defeated Roma, which was the only victory he led Valencia to Italy as a guest. He firmly engraved his name on the heart of Sensi, the chairman of the Club of Rome, and paved the way for him to coach Rome later.

Later when he became the head coach of the Roma team. This is his home court, and he is more familiar with this stadium.

It's just that he became the master of the thirteenth round of the league before he was kicked out.

When he was kicked out, he never thought that he would continue to stay in this stadium, but changed to another locker room...

Before the official start of the league, Chang Sheng had a sudden whim and came to the stadium alone.

He circled the court alone, trampling the turf on the edge of the court.

He doesn't know how long he will stay in Lazio, but he wants to let this stadium leave his own legend after all.

Although Lotito said that he is planning to build a new football stadium belonging to the Lazio club and will no longer share a stadium with Rome.

From Chang Sheng's understanding of the future, he is very clear that even in the summer of 2012, Lotito did not achieve this goal.

So this Olympic Stadium still has time to allow itself to conquer.

In the end, Chang Sheng stopped in front of the coaching bench in Rome, and he looked at the empty coaching bench.

Six months ago, a year ago, it was here that he started his journey to conquer Italy.

At that time, he was full of ambition, and with the halo of the Triple Crown and the youngest champion coach in the history of the Champions League, he came to Rome, the eternal city.

He thought he would crush Rome and conquer the Apennines.

Unexpectedly, within half a season, he was kicked out and suffered the worst defeat since he became the head coach.

That kind of pain even made him feel like he hadn't seen it for a long time. The last time he felt so humiliated was when he had not yet become the head coach. At that time he was still coaching Real Madrid's children's team.

Then when he became the head coach of the first team, the aura that accompanied him was all victories and championships. He has become a person who is omnipotent in the eyes of ordinary people. No matter how difficult the situation is, he can lead the team to the championship.

Even he himself didn't think he could lose.

As a result, at this time, he encountered Waterloo in Rome.

Let him understand that he is not yet invincible.

Although he can handle "the most complicated dressing room in La Liga", he can't handle the Roma dressing room with Totti.

Although he can defeat enemies on the field, he has nothing to do with the Sensi family, which is deeply rooted in Rome.

The experience in Rome will be a valuable one for him.

But the way of getting out of class and many things after get out of class made him have deep resentment towards the Club of Rome.

Fortunately, Lotito gave himself such a chance to prove his worth and his mistakes right under Sensi's eyes.

This experience in Rome became his source of motivation.

Now he looks at Roma's dugout. The former self was standing here directing the game.

Starting tomorrow, I will be directing the game next door.

It will be a new life.

It's Lazio's and its own.

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Messina did come to the Olympic Stadium with the mentality of causing trouble for Changsheng and Lazio.

Judging from the first ten minutes of the game, they were able to beat the victorious Roma last season, and finally ranked seventh in the league, and it was not all luck.

This small Italian team plays the most traditional Italian football - defensive counterattack.

Deploy heavy troops at the front of his own penalty area, and then wait for Lazio to attack. Once Lazio had just been intercepted in the middle of the attack, they immediately counterattacked. However, they don't invest a lot of troops in the offense. They only rely on the small-scale cooperation of two or three people in the frontcourt. If they can score, they will score. If they can't, they will be pulled down.

They came here with the mentality that even a point counts as a win.

Many teams hate playing against such opponents. Because the game will be played very awkwardly, as if you are stuck in a quagmire, no matter how much ability you have, you will not be able to use it at all.

After a game, it may be dull and there are no exciting scenes.

Fans tend to dislike defensive counter-attacks. Also for this reason.

Last season, the victorious Roma lost to Messina away. Messina also played a defensive counterattack, but in that game Roma was a bit too back. Montella scored three goals, all of which allowed Messina to score four goals with defensive counterattacks...

Even Chang Sheng didn't understand how the game was lost...

But this is not important anymore, anyway, the team that Sheng Sheng now coaches has also changed to Lazio.

After a summer of running-in and training, this Lazio team is no longer what it used to be. Chang Sheng, who follows the team every day, naturally knows the team's progress and capabilities best.

If Messina's coach Muti still looks at Lazio with old eyes, Chang Sheng doesn't mind letting him die...

The Italian media always said that Changsheng's tactics would fall into the quagmire of Italy's defense and could not be used. Because the Italian team will never give him the space and time he needs to win.

In fact, what these media said has some truth. Italian football attaches great importance to defense, so they have strict restrictions on space and time in the game.

Directly copying Valencia's set, it really can't be mixed here.

But the improved mad dog tactics are different.

Because after speeding up, the impact force is enhanced.

In the face of a mature defensive system, it is not necessarily possible to find loopholes by constantly back and forth on the periphery.

If you never try to get in, then the opponent's defense will not take any hit.

Now Changsheng wants every offensive player in Lazio to turn into a battering ram and hit Messina's gate.

Constantly using speed and technology, as well as passing and cutting cooperation to attack Messina's defense, completely disrupting their defensive strategy, creating a gap that may become a breakthrough for Lazio in every place, and the situation where the flames are everywhere, let Messina Losing composure in defense, taking care of one thing and losing another.

This is why Changsheng requires every player to have a balanced all-rounder ability when signing up. Defensive midfielders must be able to rush up and kick, and then they are qualified.

When Chang Sheng puts this team together, they will show terrifying strength.

It is indeed a good idea to take Messina for surgery.

Because their defense is very typical, and the core tactical concept of many other Italian teams is the same.

Although his own tactics performed well in the Intertoto Cup, after all, they were all unexpected Italian teams. So far, he has not had any serious exchanges with Italian teams except for the warm-up match. pass.

He wanted to see if his improved tactics could really help him conquer Italy! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (m) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)