Chapter 194 Lose Less and Win? (4/21)

On Monday, Chelsea arrived in Rome and began preparations for the semi-finals.

They borrowed the training base of the Club of Rome in Rome.

This is what the Club of Rome took the initiative to contact.

In fact, Chang Sheng is right. He never thinks that he represents Italian football, nor does he think that his Lazio is fighting for Italian football.

Almost all European countries lack the sense of grand unification.

As in Spain, so in Italy.

The Northern Alliance has always looked down on the Capital Circle and the South, and the Capital Circle has always looked down on the Northern Alliance and the poor ghosts of the South. And the poor souls of the South look down on everything north of them.

Fight for Italy? Do not make jokes!

Italy's interests have nothing to do with us!

A waiter in a Naples hotel can say to a reporter wearing an Italian national team jersey: "Hey, brother! Here, there is no Italy, only Napoli."

So even if the Lazio club is objectively fighting for the interests of Italian football, the Roma club will not cheer for them and bless them.

They took the initiative to help the Chelsea club, just hoping to see their rivals in the same city fall into the sand in the semi-finals.

When Roma were knocked out in the quarter-finals, they didn't want to see their city rivals fare better than they did.

This kind of thing happens often in European football, so no one makes a fuss and blames Rome.

Even in some cases, it wasn't out of hatred.

For example, there is a team going to Manchester to play against Manchester United. It is naturally impossible for them to use Manchester United's Carrington training base, they can only use Manchester City's Carrington training base.

If a team is playing against Manchester City, then they can also use Manchester United's training base.

European football is very open to this kind of mutual help. Because who knows if your team will need such help?

It would be foolish to turn down someone's request for a favor.

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Chelsea spent two days training at their training base in Rome,

At seven forty-five on Wednesday night, they stepped onto the turf of the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

The Olympic Stadium was brightly lit, and the stands were packed.

At a glance, it is all blue ocean.

The passionate Lazio fans have completely turned the stadium into their territory. Although the 3,000 Chelsea fans were concentrated, they couldn't be seen wearing the yellow Chelsea away jersey.

Reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time, Lazio fans exploded with great enthusiasm.

When the players haven't played yet. The live broadcast introduced Lazio's players one by one, and cheers continued to ring from the stands.

Every time a person's name was announced, there was a thunderous cheer.

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When the game started, Grant quickly stood on the sidelines.

Because the game has only started three minutes. Lazio had two fouls, one of which directly overturned Lampard who had the ball.

If you only watch the second round of the quarter-finals, everyone will think that the ever-victorious Lazio will insist on playing this kind of gorgeous offensive football in the Champions League.

But in fact, Lazio told everyone that they also have a very tough side.

Facing Lazio's tough game attitude, Chelsea did not seem to adapt very well.

As Chang Sheng analyzed, this Chelsea team is underpowered.

They have already won the Champions League once, and the sense of urgency and hunger is not so obvious.

Unlike Lazio - none of Lazio's squad has ever won the Champions League. In the UEFA Champions League championship in Real Madrid's centennial celebration, Pavon was overwhelmed by the ever-victorious Valencia at the beginning of the season. So the chance to play in the first team was lost. Didn't even play in the Champions League. Naturally, the Champions League championship that year had nothing to do with him. If you want to win a gold medal, you must at least be on the team's list for the UEFA Champions League. Pavon only entered the group stage list that season, but he didn't play a game. After entering the knockout stage, Real Madrid reported the participating players again. list. Take Pavin down.

Later, Pavon continued to play some Champions League games in Real Madrid, but he never won the Champions League again.

Although such a team lacks experience in the Champions League, they have a strong fighting spirit. Full of energy.

It's completely different from Chelsea.

In addition, Chang Sheng is a head coach with experience in winning the Champions League, he can convey his experience to his players.

How much can make up for the team's lack of experience.

After three seasons of Changsheng's training, Lazio's tactical execution ability is the best in the world.

Chang Sheng said how to play, they will play.

Chelsea hit the iron plate this time!

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Fifteen minutes into the game Chelsea were unable to gain any advantage.

They were suppressed by Lazio and couldn't hold their heads up.

Lazio's offense is already very sharp, and now their hardness in defense is also a headache for Chelsea.

The Chelsea players did not expect that Lazio would play like this at home. They lacked mental preparation, and when they were pressed by the Lazio players, they were in a hurry and made various mistakes.

Lazio capitalized on their error and went one goal into the game.

In the 22nd minute, Lazio intercepted the ball in the frontcourt, and then directly launched a counterattack.

Modric took a powerful long shot directly outside the penalty area.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech dropped his hand when making a save, but Benzema, who was ambushing in front of the goal, caught the opportunity to make a follow-up shot and shot!

Soccer hits the net!

"Benzema! Karim Benzema! Beautiful follow-up shot! He appeared where he should be!"

The Stadio Olimpico in Rome erupted in cheers as Benzema kicked the football into the goal.

The cheers almost turned the entire stadium upside down!

"Lazio took a one-goal lead at home! They have the upper hand on the way to the final!"

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After conceding the ball, Chelsea tried to launch a counterattack. However, they were stubbornly blocked by the Lazio team in the midfield and their own backcourt.

Changsheng emphasizes tough defense. Just to prevent Chelsea from having an away goal.

Generally speaking, away goals will boost the morale of the visiting team and allow the visiting team to play more calmly.

This is what Chang Sheng does not want to see.

He's going to demoralize Chelsea and throw them into a complete panic.

When a team loses its composure, there is nothing left but death.

When Chelsea attack they are always blocked by two or three players and then the ball is intercepted.

Even if they pass the football, it will be difficult to organize an effective offense.

Because their passing routes were blocked by Lazio.

As for Lazio, through constant frontcourt pressing, it made Chelsea uncomfortable. Also created more shooting opportunities for himself. The more shooting opportunities, the more goals will naturally follow.

This kind of high-position pressing is not mainstream in Rijkaard's Dream Team 2, and it was really carried forward in Guardiola's Dream Team 3.

But what Guardiola's dream team is most afraid of is an iron-blooded team like Chelsea.

Then why can Lazio, who uses the tactics of the dream team three, be able to restrain Chelsea?

very simple. Because Lazio is tougher and more iron-blooded than Chelsea.

And Guardiola's dream team lacks this tough iron-blooded style. For a long time, they have been criticized for being too soft, falling down at the first touch, flopping, relying on referees... etc. have become the labels of Barcelona. Whether they admit it or not, most fans think so Barcelona.

In Lazio, you don't see diving for profit, and you don't see your teammates fall to the ground, and a group of people run to besiege the referee. You can't even see the "actor king" who collapsed at the first touch, covered his face with his hands and peeked through his fingers.

Lazio have Barcelona's tactics. Learned from Barcelona's strengths. At the same time they have the same iron spirit as Chelsea.

It's almost invincible.

So even someone like Pacheco has to admit that the only way to beat Lazio is to dismantle them from the inside.

Or, it is just waiting for time, after they reach the peak, they start to lose motivation and reason to continue to struggle. And go downhill.

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Lazio, leading by one goal, played more easily, while Chelsea, which was behind, became more and more impatient.

Until the end of the first half, Chelsea did not equalize the score.

If it weren't for Cech's outstanding performance, their goal might have been pierced three times...

But one hand is no match for four punches. A tiger is no match for a pack of wolves.

Cech may not last long like this.

If the situation still cannot improve in the second half, let Lazio play against Chelsea.

During the intermission, Chang Sheng did not praise the players for their performance, but asked them to work harder.

"We're only one goal ahead of Chelsea! It's not okay! If Chelsea lose one goal away from home, it's their victory. So we have to score more goals. Put more pressure on Petr Cech!"

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Grant made adjustments in the second half. If Lazio is allowed to beat up in the second half, Chelsea will be dead.

So the tactics must be adjusted, that is... defensive counterattack.

Reduce the backward pass in the backcourt and midfield, everyone shrinks in the 30-meter area, and directly goes to the frontcourt to find "Warcraft" Drogba with the ball.

It doesn't matter even if this kind of counterattack can't score the goal, as long as it can not concede the goal.

A 0:1 away loss is not shameful, even a victory.

In this way, when returning to the home court, there is room for maneuver.

That's why it's good to have the guest first and then the host's schedule.

Chang Sheng quickly discovered Chelsea's adjustment.

Grant is planning to lose less and win more...

I absolutely cannot let him succeed.

Lazio is not afraid of dense defense. Their tactics determine that they will encounter this situation many times in the game.

Teams that are not as strong as them will choose to shrink their defense, and there are not many teams that dare to play against them.

Facing a dense defensive team, Lazio has two options. One is to use constant inversions to attract the opponent's defensive attention, tear apart the line of defense, adjust the opponent's defensive center of gravity through continuous passing, and then gradually increase the speed until the opponent's speed of adjusting the defensive center of gravity can no longer keep up. There will naturally be holes in the fucking defense.

Another method is long-range shots and set-pieces. These are all conventional tactics, and every team knows it.

The first method can be regarded as Lazio's unique cheats.

Naturally, anyone can pass the ball, and it is not a problem to back and forth. But to pass the ball with purpose, and to be able to quickly find the opponent's flaws in the pass, then not all teams can do it.

Not to mention that it's all done with very fast delivery.

Sometimes watching Lazio pass the ball backwards is like speeding up the video. The opponent gradually lost sight of one thing and lost another in this kind of exhaustion, and finally let Lazio find a flaw, and then... a fatal blow!