Chapter 24 Test

The UEFA Champions League draw divided the 32 teams into four tiers based on the team's European Championship points over the past five years. Although Lazio's European war points in the first two years were very low. But because they were the champions of the UEFA Champions League last season, this time they were directly listed in the first tier of teams according to the rules.

It was Liverpool who were squeezed out by Lazio.

This team should have been in the first tier because they won the Champions League in the summer of 2005.

But in this time and space, Liverpool's Champions League champion is gone, and their points are naturally not enough.

In the end, Lazio was divided with Atletico Madrid, Marseille and PSV Eindhoven.

Atletico Madrid and Changsheng can be regarded as teams with grievances.

So this time the group stage is worth seeing again.

After the lottery was over, the reporters surrounded Chang Sheng, wanting to hear his answer to the result of the lottery.

"We have drawn a good lottery." Chang Sheng's standard answer made the reporters roll their eyes.

A reporter protested: "You say that every year, Chang. You are fooling us!"

"That's it!"

"How can it be easy to sign every year?" The reporters echoed.

Chang Sheng spread his hands and shrugged: "But I'm telling the truth, I'm telling the truth, we got a good lottery indeed. Do you want to hear me lie? I can also say what you want to say, but that It's not true, that's pointless."

"What do you think about Atletico Madrid and your team being drawn into the same group?"

"I'm very happy, I haven't been back to Calderon for a long time, I look forward to going back to that stadium again... You all know, I have a lot of affection for that stadium to this day...It's my luck Blessed, I've never lost there..."

Sure enough, it is Changsheng's style!

Journalists rejoice.

This is what I want!

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After the draw ceremony, the next night is the UEFA Super Cup. UEFA officials were all in the stands watching the game.

This game is different from the last Super Cup match between Lazio and Barcelona.

There are no gimmicks in this game.

Everyone's attention to this game is limited to this being a Super Bowl game.

And to see if the winning teams are really going downhill.

The Italian Super Cup was directly ignored by these people. They thought that the game would not have any gold content, and the Italian Super Cup champion did not explain any problems.

The starting lineup for this game is exactly the same as the starting lineup for the Italian Super Cup.

Because this lineup proved its strength in the Italian Super Cup, Chang Sheng is sure to win this Super Cup, and he will naturally not take the risk of using a new lineup.

In this game, where there is a choice, Chang Sheng chose the old man. New players were placed in other positions where there was really no choice.

Such as risk and midfield.

This is the worst loss in summer's big fresh.

Originally, two of the five forwards left, and there were only three left. One of them was the substitute Rocky, and the other was Cazorla, who was swinging back and forth between the midfield and striker. So in the last two games, Cavani has achieved A chance to start.

In the first Super Cup, Cavani did not score.

It was completely different from Falcao's debut.

Falcao scored a goal on his debut that year.

So many people are worried that Cavani will not be able to replace Falcao.

And Changsheng didn't buy any of the forwards who had enough weight this summer.

In this game, the center forward is Cavani, the left winger is David Silva, and the right winger is Cazorla.

After midfielders Khedira, Inle and Nocerino are all gone. Lazio's original five-man midfield has only two left, Modric and Ledesma.

Can't even make up a starting lineup.

The victories of these two games allowed Modric and Ledesma to start, and the remaining one was Motta.

Candreva came on as a substitute.

But there is only one substitute.

What Chang Sheng considers is to let Cazorla continue to be a swingman until Gotze matures.

Now Chang Sheng is using the skill [This is how geniuses are made] on Goce. Goce's talent is already high, so he is improving very quickly.

However, in order to prevent him from bearing too much pressure too early, Chang Sheng has not considered letting him start.

When Gotze matures and let Gotze play the main winger, Cazorla can return to the midfield.

In this way, the staffing of the midfield will not be so stretched.

Lazio lost relatively little on the back line. Although the most people leave, only one is the main force.

Kolarov, Stendardo and Campagnaro are all substitutes.

Only Abate is the main force. But Belletti has the ability to rise to the top.

Compared with Lazio's starting defense in this game, only one person was changed, and Belletti was replaced by Abate. Nothing else was changed.

The goalkeeper is still Handanovic, and Mirant is on the bench.

It can be seen from this starting lineup that Chang Sheng still strives to be stable and secure.

So it's no wonder that some people think that they won the Italian Super Cup championship does not explain anything.

Because Lazio is still the same lineup as last season.

How long can this lineup last?

This is what everyone doubts.

Chang Sheng has heard these voices before, he is too lazy to argue with those who don't understand anything but prefer to pretend to be experts.

What good does it do for you to argue with an idiot other than to prove that you are better than an idiot? And does the fact that he is better than an idiot need proof?

Winning the championship is the most important thing.

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The game against Zenit was in a tussle from the very beginning.

It can be seen that Zenit is well prepared. Maybe they played this game like a Champions League final.

It's different from Lazio's mentality of a warm-up match.

And it can also be clearly seen that Zenit is in good condition.

That's perfectly normal.

Because the Russian Super League is underway at this time, and it has already played more than half. The Zenit St. Petersburg team has adjusted the league for most of the season and is in its best state.

And what about Lazio? The league hasn't started yet. After one and a half months of pre-season preparations, the mental, technical, physical and tactical states are still being adjusted. very unstable.

The lack of game form among the players is the biggest problem right now.

Playing a game is like riding a bicycle. You have just started riding, even if you can ride a bicycle, you will still be a little jerky. But if you bike to school and work every day, you can even do your homework while cycling...  

Zenit St. Petersburg is now doing homework while cycling. And Lazio is still getting used to the feeling of cycling.

So in the 28th minute, Lazio wanted to concede a goal first.

It was Arshavin, who performed well in the European Cup, who scored the goal!

"Arshavin!!!" The narrator cheered.

He cheered from the bottom of his heart, even though he was not a Russian commentator, but he was able to see Lazio falling behind in the game... Such a scene is rare!

Besides, if Lazio loses...then everyone will be happier!

Because if a team always wins, always wins, it will inevitably make neutral people feel boring.

If someone can break Lazio's monopoly, it must be everyone's hope except Lazio supporters.

"Zenit St. Petersburg put together a beautiful attack before Lazio's goal! Arshavin dribbled into the penalty area and scored! He continued his excellent performance in the European Cup!"

Arshavin and his teammates are celebrating the goal.

But Chang Sheng stood expressionless on the sidelines.

There is no way to lose this ball.

Arshavin forced a breakthrough. Rely on speed to eat Pavon hard.

Pavon was not the kind of defender who was fast and turned around quickly, so he was wiped in by Arshavin. There was no suspense about what happened next.

Arshavin, who is in good form now, has no reason to miss this goal...

At the beginning of the season, I pulled up and changed the first-team lineup with nine players. It is normal to have ups and downs.

And there is still a lot of time, Chang Sheng is not too flustered.

His eyes were fixed on the field, constantly changing targets.

He is watching the performance of each player.

Especially those new to the team.

The European Super Cup can be regarded as a European war. This is a workout team.

And Zenit's performance is very good, the team is behind. It can be regarded as creating a good environment for these new players how to play against the wind.

This is a test for the whole Lazio team, especially for those new players.

Lazio will have hearty victories, and there will be games in unfavorable situations. If they encounter unfavorable situations, they will lose. Such Lazio does not deserve to be called a new life.

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After Zenit St. Petersburg took the lead, the game became smoother. They seem to see hope of beating Champions League champions Lazio.

The Russian fans in the stands gave out Ula Ula cheers, cheering Zenit.

The commentator kept praising Arshavin's performance, and said that it won't be long before the star will not stay in Zenit St. Petersburg, and he will not stay in the Russian League. Because Russia can no longer satisfy the star's ideal of spreading his wings and flying high.

Lazio, on the other hand, was beaten a bit by Zenit.

Pavin was a little confused by Arshavin. There was no other way, so Jose Passarella had no choice but to come up to help him.

But the result of helping him is that there will be gaps in his defense zone.

So Zenit St. Petersburg will make a fuss about this, which makes Lazio even more uncomfortable. If Pavin was left alone, Arshavin might turn his side into a sieve.

"Arshavin is in very, very good form today! No matter how he played! The goal just now, if Lazio's goalkeeper Handanovic hadn't rubbed his fingertips, maybe the goal would have been scored again... It seems that it is often Our team is really likely to be blown up in this game!"

With the voice of the narrator, the TV broadcast gave Chang Sheng a close-up.

In the camera, Chang Sheng did not frown and look anxious, but remained calm.

It was as if the team that was beaten so embarrassingly was not his team...

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(To be continued.)