Chapter 57 Madman Vs. Madman

Of course, at that time it was widely rumored that Chang Sheng might leave Lazio, go to other leagues, or simply coach the national team.

But Mourinho still firmly chose to coach Inter Milan.

Because based on his research and understanding of Chang Sheng, he doesn't think Chang Sheng will leave Serie A.

He is a person who likes to confront the media. He doesn't do what the media says.

When the media rushes to say that Lazio is going to die and he has to leave this ship that is about to sink, he often doesn't group.

Facts have proved that Mourinho's analysis is correct.

The Lazio club later announced that they had renewed their contract with Chang Sheng, and Chang Sheng continued to stay in Lazio.

At this time, Mourinho had already signed with Inter Milan.

After the start of the new season, Inter Milan has never had the opportunity to play against Lazio.

But Mourinho knows what to do.

He can compete with Lazio in another arena.

That is the league standings.

The current situation where the two teams have a tie of 33 points is the result of his hard work.

In fact, he still wanted to overtake Lazio, but it was a pity that Lazio fell to third place even though they were unbeaten in the middle three rounds. But they quickly chased it back.

Lazio did not give the opponent too many chances.

That being the case, let's decide the winner in direct dialogue!

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Mourinho ultimately did not answer the reporter's provocative question.

The reporters didn't intend to just let him go.

At the pre-match press conference that Chang Sheng participated in later, these reporters threw the same question to Chang Sheng again.

"You played against each other in the Champions League final in 2004, when your team beat his team. Does that give you a psychological advantage?"

Although unlike Mourinho,

Chang Sheng is happy to talk about the final. But he still felt that the reporters were asking stupid questions.

"What impact does the confrontation four years ago have on the present? Four years ago, I was still coaching Valencia. He was coaching Porto. I think this game is worthless for the current confrontation, so you just Stop asking such idiotic questions."

This is Chang Sheng's interview style. He would taunt journalists mercilessly.

Reporters were not used to it at first. They all felt insulted and lashed out at Chang Sheng in the media.

But now, they are used to it. Chang Sheng is like this, with a mouth that stinks. But it seems almost impossible to get him to change this habit. When he encounters things and people he doesn't like, he will ridicule and criticize mercilessly.

Since it cannot be changed, and the reporters have to interview him. If you don't pay attention to him, then you have to endure...

For today's reporters, Chang Sheng's words are no longer offensive, they just take it as Chang Sheng's catchphrase.

"But when we asked Mourinho about it, he looked angry..."

Chang Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Of course he will be angry. Because he lost to me. If I lost to him, I would be angry too. You really don't know which pot to turn on."

Chang Sheng was stunned because he realized how much that final had affected Mourinho.

He had never considered the impact of changing from a winner to a loser before. He simply thought he had won. Mourinho lost, that's all.

But now it seems that a changed outcome can have a profound impact on both sides.

The victory in the Champions League final four years ago brought Chang Sheng infinite confidence and strength, and made him fully realize that he can go further on this road and that he should be a football coach.

In the same game, the failure had such a deep impact on Mourinho that four years later, when this failure was mentioned again, Mourinho would make people feel angry...

It seems that the loss of this game made him unforgettable.

So where does this take him?

Chang Sheng thought of why Mourinho is a madman, which stems from his childhood inferiority complex.

When he was young, Rio Avi, led by his father, was once humiliated by Sporting Lisbon 7:1 in a game, and he also experienced double humiliation at that time. That is, before the game, the central defender of their team was injured. His father originally planned to let his son start the game. As a result, just a few minutes before the game, the president of Rio Avi made a final call to his father. Ultimatum: "Either get your son out of the starting lineup, or you two get fucked."

In the end, Mourinho sat in the stands and watched his father's team being humiliated by their opponents.

Perhaps it was his father's not-so-successful coaching experience that inspired Mourinho's mentality of revenge against fate.

So when he was successful, he was extraordinarily arrogant.

Chang Sheng also thought about the fact that Mourinho went to Real Madrid later.

There, he tangled with Barcelona, ​​winning and losing.

Maybe it would be a good idea to piss Mourinho outright, he thought.

Although provoking Mourinho, there will be a certain chance that the opponent will turn into a ferocious lion and bite himself.

But risks and opportunities coexist.

Inter Milan's performance since the new season has been very steady.

If their head coach loses his cool, maybe this team can lose his cool too.

So he said again: "That game was the first time in my life to win the Champions League. It is very important and sweet to me. Of course, it is definitely a nightmare memory for Mourinho. That's why he Would be so angry. It’s a good thing he won the Champions League at Chelsea, otherwise I don’t think he would have been on the coaching bench of Inter Milan today…”

He secretly ridiculed that if Mourinho hadn't won the Champions League at Chelsea, he would be an ordinary head coach, and it was completely impossible to compare with himself.

These words finally reached Mourinho's ears. Chang Sheng couldn't see what it would look like.

But through the game, I believe he should find some clues.

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The reporters hope to see Chang Sheng's performance, and they like to hear Chang Sheng say so.

Compared with Mourinho, they now think Changsheng is cuter!

Because he will cooperate with the media!

Although not many times.

The reporters originally planned to use the 2004 Champions League final to provoke a war between the two.

Now their purpose has been achieved.

that night. Various TV stations are broadcasting Chang Sheng's video at the pre-match press conference.

His words were faithfully played out, and the directors didn't even make some embellished editing and out of context.

Just present it to the audience.

Everyone saw the playful smile on Chang Sheng's face when he said those words.

Obviously, he is nostalgic for his brilliant achievements in the confrontation with Mourinho, and at the same time he is mocking the loser Mourinho.

The host even used his own commentary to make the best footnote for Chang Sheng's expression.

"Chang and Mourinho have only played once in history. But this time is the most important Champions League final. In this final. Chang beat Mourinho. At the age of 31, he became the European football player. The youngest UEFA Champions League coach in history! It can be said that Mourinho's failure made the young Chang..."

Of course, it doesn't mean that no one speaks for Mourinho.

Pacheco of Gazzetta dello Sport spoke highly of Mourinho in his column.

"After the defeat in 2004, the average person would have been beaten without fighting spirit...But Mourinho is not an ordinary person. He led Chelsea to the Champions League for the first time in just one year. !He beat Milan in Athens in 2005 and won the Champions League that year... a year late for the title. Better late than never. This victory really started his reputation..."

Pacheco is a supporter of Milan, why would he wave the flag for the coach of Inter Milan?

Because through these months of observation, he found that Milan is no longer good, and only Mourinho's Inter Milan is really likely to threaten the team that often wins Lazio.

In line with the concept of "the enemy of the enemy is a friend", he chose to support Inter Milan and Mourinho.

In this upcoming matchup, Pacheco hopes that Mourinho can beat Chang Sheng. In this way, I have a reason to laugh at Chang Sheng.

With all eyes on, this battle of focus is finally coming.

This game is not some Italian national derby, not even a normal derby.

But this game has attracted everyone's attention.

China Central Television even sent a commentator to the scene to explain.

You know, in the past, only the Milan Derby, the Spanish national derby... such games were treated like this. to enjoy.

This game has received such attention, mainly because it is a confrontation between two of the most individual head coaches in today's football, and one of them is Chinese.

Chinese fans and the media will naturally pay special attention.

In addition to the commentators of CCTV, there are also many Chinese media who came here from China to report the game live.

Not only in China, this game was also broadcast live to more than 130 countries and regions in the world, and more than 70 various media gathered at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Because this is the confrontation between the two most personalities in football today, and because this is the reunion between Chang Sheng and Mourinho after the 2004 Champions League final. One became a godfather figure in Chelsea, and the other brought Lazio, who was on the verge of extinction, out of the predicament and regained a new life.

The 2003-2004 season of the Champions League was considered the most dull and boring season, and it was considered the most glamorous, because of the lack of giants, the final finalists were two civilian teams.

But then everyone felt that this year's Champions League will leave a strong mark in history, because two great champion coaches and two madmen were born in this Champions League final.

Madman vs. madman, who is more mad?