Chapter 169 Change

The nine days are not long or short.冰x-on:火! in Chinese

Nine days passed quickly when everyone was training hard.

In the blink of an eye, nine days passed.

Before deciding who can enter the roster, Chang Sheng asked all the players to do a body side.

It turned out that three people failed to meet the standard.

There is also a main player Benzema among these three people.

Chang Sheng stood in front of Benzema with an apologetic expression.

Benzema also knew what was waiting for him, he lowered his head.

"It's really that close, Karim." Chang Sheng said to him. "But I'm sorry, this is a rule and everyone must abide by it. So, you go to the reserve team for a week. When your body meets the requirements of the first team, I will let you come back."

Benzema didn't say anything, he already knew the coach's style. He is very concerned about discipline.

Originally, he thought that he would be able to reduce the fat content to a standard state after a few days of assault, so as to increase his explosive power.

Unexpectedly, this is not the case.

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In this way, Kareem went to the reserve team to report. In the first game of the new year, when Lazio played against Genoa at home, the player who appeared in the starting right wing position was not Benzema, but Cazorla.

Benzema didn't even make the squad. He watched the game from the stands.

Lazio defeated Genoa 2:1 at home. Although Cazorla didn't score a goal, he had an assist and was very active.

Benzema watched the performance of his teammates in the stands, and he knew that even if he returned to the first team, it did not mean that he could return to the main lineup immediately. To get the main lineup, he will have to work harder. Then snatch the main position from Cazorla's hands...

The media didn’t question why Benzema didn’t play the game, because Chang Sheng often plays rotations, it’s normal for which player to play and which player doesn’t play, it’s nothing surprising, if you have to ask, Chang Sheng has 10%* *Both answer: "Because I'm on rotation."

What's the point of asking such a question?

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a week later,

Benzema and two other players returned to the first team. After inspection, their bodies are up to standard.

Chang Sheng felt that this problem was solved.

The team will start the journey of the second half of the season full of fighting spirit.

The holiday situation is just a blip.

Unexpectedly, he later discovered that everything actually started from that holiday.

Three days later in the Coppa Italia, Lazio defeated Reggina 3-0 at home and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Lazio, who have won seven consecutive victories in all competitions, look to be on the right track.

Nobody can stop them.

Immediately afterwards, Lazio ushered in their first defeat in the league.

Nineteenth round. They lost 1:3 away to Naples!

Cavani started in this game, but he played as a right midfielder and his performance was mediocre.

His contribution to this victory in Naples is very small.

Even the commentator didn't expect Lazio's first league defeat to come just like that.

Before the game, everyone thought that although Lazio was playing away, it was not a big problem to play newly promoted Naples.

I didn't expect to lose...

This failure may be considered accidental.

But then "Gazzetta dello Sport" revealed that Nocirino was dissatisfied with playing on the bench and hoped to get more chances to play.

The reporter reporting this article is still the same Breno Pacheco who reported Falcao's possible transfer before.

The article said that the reporter interviewed Nocerino, and that Nocerino was not very satisfied with his current situation. Lazio's midfield includes Modric, Khedira, Inle, Ledesma, Cazorla, Nocerino. Among them, Cazorla often played cameos between the striker and the midfielder. So in fact, the only players who are really fixed in the midfield are Modric, Khedira, Inler, Ledesma and Nocerino.

In each game, Lazio's midfield is three people.

Three of the five started and two came off the bench. It stands to reason that this should be a very reasonable configuration.

In addition, Changsheng plays in rotation, and every player will have many opportunities to play.

So Nocerino actually has a lot of opportunities to play.

Counting starting and substitute appearances last season, he had 21 appearances in the league.

As a non-main player. Opportunities like this are rare.

But Nocerino seems unwilling to continue to be this rotation player. He hopes to get more opportunities to play.

"...I am almost twenty-three years old, and I think I am ready to accept the test of higher intensity competition..."

Through the media, Nocerino issued such a request to Chang Sheng.

In fact, the team is dissatisfied with its current situation. It is very common to ask the head coach.

But Nocerino made Chang Sheng very unhappy by doing so.

Because he didn't come directly to himself. The evil is to speak out through the media!

What does it mean? This is hoping to let the media put pressure on him... thus forcing him to agree to his request.

His calculations were good, but at the same time he did so by exposing the inside of the team's locker room, providing excellent hype fodder for journalists who fear that the world will not be chaotic.

Now Lazio's performance is so good that it has become the target of public criticism. The media must really want to trouble Lazio... However, because Chang Sheng has very strict management of the locker room, he does not allow players to talk about things in the locker room during interviews. matter.

So the media have been unable to find suitable materials and excuses.

As a result, Nocerino's complaint now gave the media such an opportunity!

Sure enough, there was a reporter's comment column below the report of Gazzetta dello Sport, which talked about the crisis within Lazio.

"In the eyes of most of us, Lazio is a united team. They are closely united around the coaching team with Chang as the core, working hard towards a common goal. But Nocerino's words make We realized that maybe that wasn't really the case..."

"When Chang was in Spain, the Spanish media gave him a nickname, which was not very pleasant. But Chang himself was complacent. 'Tyrant', people in Spain call him that. This nickname is actually very appropriate, because Chang's way of controlling the locker room is really no different from a 'tyrant'. He has a high-pressure rule on the inside, and anyone who dares to challenge his authority will be put in the sidelines. Let's think about Zahovic in Valencia at that time , His experience can be said to be very typical... But as the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance. So there is actually an undercurrent in Lazio's locker room... Let me say the simplest thing-who would like to How about getting an annual salary of no more than two million euros?"

The author of this reporter's opinion column is also Breno Pacheco.

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After training resumed on Monday, Chang Sheng found Nocerino.

"What did you think, Antonio. Can you tell me what you thought when you were interviewed by this man?"

Chang Sheng asked Nocerino in a bad tone.

Nocerino defended with a look of panic: "The reporter misinterpreted my words... I didn't say that!"

Chang Sheng folded his arms around his chest. Leaning on the back of the chair, looking at Nocerino: "Then what did you say?"

"Uh... I just... uh..." Nocerino couldn't speak.

"You hope to get more chances to play? Antonio? Congratulations now. You won't get any more chances to play." Chang Sheng didn't have the patience to wait for him to say, he could guess it, so he told Nocerino Said, he made the final judgment.

Nocerino looked up. Some looked at Chang Sheng in horror.

"I can't let my players form such an impression in their minds that as long as I go to the media to complain and make trouble, I can get what I want, whether it is playing opportunities or salary. Even if I originally planned to give You have more opportunities to play, and now it's gone."

Chang Sheng spread his hands.

"I'm sorry, Antonio. But this is the discipline of the team. Everyone must abide by it. I remember when you first joined the team, someone should have told you that things in the locker room are not allowed to be disclosed to the media..."

Nocerino was a little anxious: "But this is not something inside the locker room, this is my business..."

"You can talk to me if you want. I have never refused to talk to any player individually. The door of my office is always open to you. Why don't you come to me and talk to the media?"

Hearing this, Nocerino was a little frustrated, and he lowered his head again. Weakly said: "I just talked about it in passing..."

"You should know that when reporters interview you, they will set up many traps. They are just waiting for you to step on them. You are not a kid who just debuted, Antonio. You are responsible for what you do."

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In this way, no matter what Nocerino thinks in his heart, he must accept the punishment given by Changsheng-a three-match ban within the team. Then take a look at the aftermath.

But the Nocerino incident was just an introduction.

Chang Sheng keenly discovered some problems from this incident.

The first is the media reporters making waves. "Gazzetta dello Sport" seems to be eyeing their own locker room this time.

The second is that there is an undercurrent surging within the team.

They are at the top of the league table, and even if they lose a game, they are still four points ahead of the second-placed Inter Milan.

In the Champions League, they easily qualified in first place in the group stage.

The team's performance has exceeded everyone's expectations. This is their third season and the second season after the big change.

To be able to have such a performance, even the Lazio players did not expect it.

Happiness seems to come too suddenly.

When victory has become a habit and become a habit, how many people will care about it?

At this time, players are not thinking more about winning on the court. After they become famous, they should think about their income.

This is human nature.

But this will affect the team's combat effectiveness. When everyone's mind is not on the game, how to play the game?

Chang Sheng connected Nocerino's incident with the team's performance during the holidays before, and found a clue.

Something seems to be going on inside this team.

And this kind of change is what Chang Sheng does not want to see.

To put it bluntly, this team is losing the motivation to struggle and move forward a little bit.