Chapter 76 There Is Always a Reason for Wanting to Blackmail You

Does Palermo really have a chance to beat Lazio away?

In fact, there is a chance.

And the chances are not small.

Although Lazio won the Club World Cup in Tokyo, this does not explain the problem.

Because the status in the Club World Cup has nothing to do with the performance in the league.

Before, Lazio shook hands with Udinese 3:3 away. Everyone thinks that Changsheng and Real Madrid have affected the team.

Lazio's subsequent performance in the Club World Cup proved that the impact of the Real Madrid incident on the team has disappeared.

Because while the Club World Cup was in progress, the matter about Chang Sheng's possible going to Real Madrid was over. Chang Sheng refuted the rumors, and Real Madrid also announced in a flash that Juand Ramos would succeed as coach.

The iron-like facts prove that Chang Sheng will not leave Lazio, so the Lazio players are also relieved.

Together, they easily defeated two opponents and won the Club World Cup.

But this does not prove that back in the league, Lazio can easily beat Palermo.

Because there is a very important factor in it-physical strength.

Lazio has been on the run since the 16th round of the league. Before playing against Palermo, they have to fly across the entire Eurasian continent twice to play against unfamiliar teams in the far East.

Chang Sheng said at the press conference that he did not take Gamba Osaka seriously. In fact, Italian football agrees with his statement, because the semi-finals of the Club World Cup are tasteless and meaningless.

There is no need to take such an opponent seriously, he can win with any kick, but it is really not worthwhile to pay the price of flying across the Eurasian continent for such a weak opponent.

It's better than the previous Toyota Cup. Just one game, the European champions against the South American champions.

A game determines the outcome, whoever wins wins the cup, and there is no need to rush there more than a week in advance. There is no need to waste physical energy and expressions on meaningless opponents.

As a result, FIFA took over the Toyota Cup. In order to win over the football associations in those disadvantaged areas, for their own votes. A large group of champion teams from various continents gathered together to fight fiercely for several days, and finally a champion was decided.

In the eyes of people in European football, such a game is really boring.

Not all continental champions are strong teams... What are the champion teams of the Africa Cup, Caribbean Gold Cup, Oceania Cup...

Only the champions of Europe and South America have real status in world football.

Now those cats and dogs can enter the house. Played against champion teams in Europe and South America.

Every time the participating teams in the Club World Cup final are the European champions and South American champions, what is the difference between this and the Toyota Cup?

But in order to be able to meet in the final, the two teams have to play a semi-final each...

Isn't this taking off your pants and farting-isn't it superfluous?

So when Chang Sheng expressed his disdain for Gamba Osaka, it caused a great upheaval in Japan, but Italy didn't feel it. They even agreed with Chang Sheng. Chang Sheng said what they wanted to say but dared not say. .

Chang Sheng disdains Gamba Osaka. In a sense, it is questioning and disdain for FIFA.

This kind of thing that blatantly offends FIFA can only be done by a fool like Chang Sheng.

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It is precisely because of the unreasonable design and arrangement of the Club World Cup that the European teams are very dissatisfied.

Because this will greatly reduce the physical fitness of the team. increase the risk of injury to players.

It's hard to say how much physical strength the ever-victorious Lazio still has to cope with this game after going through this long-distance travel.

And it will be Christmas soon, the players are probably not on the court, but thinking about how to go on vacation...

These are favorable conditions for Palermo to beat Lazio away.

So in fact Palermo is quite confident.

Although they don't show it, but internally, they really think so.

Palermo's coach Balardini made it clear to his players before the game, why this game is a good chance for them to beat Lazio?

Just because of the Club World Cup, Lazio exhausted the last bit of physical energy.

"...As long as we can keep putting pressure on them during the game, they will not be able to organize an effective offensive... Then, when their physical fitness collapses, the victory will be ours!"

In the visitors' dressing room at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Ballardini cheered on the Palermo players who had already changed their clothes.

His confidence infected the Palermo players, and they stepped onto the Stadio Olimpico with strong confidence.

They expect a victory.

But from the process to the result, nothing was as good as they imagined.

Chang Sheng did carry out some rotations in this game, replacing many players who had just participated in the Club World Cup final and letting them rest on the bench or in the stands.

Most of the players who played were rotation and substitute players.

But even so, Palermo failed to beat Lazio away.

Not to mention defeat, even a draw with Lazio can't be done!

The final score was 4:0, Lazio beat Palermo at home!

They have not been affected by the Club World Cup at all. The whole team has plenty of physical fitness in the game and still insists on their fast pass and cut style of play.

The excellent physical performance of the Lazio players is astonishing, beyond the imagination of the commentators.

Of course, none of them expected that Chang Sheng has a game skill that can slow down physical consumption...

It has been used since the beginning of the sixteenth round.

He went to Tokyo to participate in the two games of the Club World Cup, and he did not take this skill out of the game skill column.

After the upgrade of the undead skill, the duration of the effect is now shorter, and it is no longer an infinite accumulation, and the validity period is at most five games.

However, the effect of slowing physical stamina has increased, so it has become a game skill with a high usage rate.

When the team's physical fitness is not enough, choosing this skill is more useful than choosing other skills.

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After the seventeenth round of the league, the winter break of Serie A is coming.

Lazio are at the top of the league by one point.

When the winter break is approaching, the media have made an evaluation and summary of the performance of each team in the first half of the season.

For Lazio, which is currently ranked number one, the media did not show mercy.

Conversely, ever-victorious Lazio were the team that received the most criticism.

This is somewhat surprising-they are ranked first in the league and have won the Club World Cup. How could they receive so much criticism?

However, the media are not making horizontal comparisons, but conclusions drawn from vertical comparisons.

"Although Chang never admits that the turmoil of the summer sale has affected the team, the data will not lie. In fact, in the first 17 rounds of this season, Lazio achieved 12 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, with a total of 40 points. Ranked first. And this result is the bottom one and the worst in the previous seasons and the same period of results!"

"I often coached Lazio from the 2005-2006 season. In the first season, the league played 17 rounds. Lazio's results were 14 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses, ranking first. The 2006-2007 season ended with 17 rounds of the league. , 13 wins, two draws and two losses, with 41 points, ranking first in the league. After 17 league rounds in the 2007-2008 season, Lazio had 15 wins and two draws, ranking first with 47 points."

"And this season, although Lazio is still at the top of the list, both the winning percentage and the points are the lowest since Chang coached the team. The strength of the team made a big difference…”

"What does the championship of the Club World Cup mean? The gold content of this tasteless game is not as good as the Toyota Cup in the early years... It is meaningless to win more championships like this! And showing off in the Club World Cup does not mean that Lazio can beat the domestic league. opponent, won the championship. This is a completely different matter!"

"Mourinho is chasing after him and has also had some impact on Lazio... It is only the first seventeen rounds of the league. It is hard to say what changes will happen to the league in the second half of the season. ...It seems that this season, Lazio's downturn and Inter Milan's strong recovery will make this season's league championship battle very interesting..."

"Chang is still ranked No. 1, but if Lazio is not careful, it may fall to the No. 1 throne. For this team, falling No. 1 may mean more, and it may affect their confidence. , fighting spirit have a great impact..."

In short, the media are bad-mouthing Lazio, and the data they listed seem quite convincing.

This season is indeed Lazio's worst season.

The winning rate is low and the points are low. Is there any more intuitive data than this?

Isn't the final competition all about points?

As a result, the ability to earn points is not as good as before.

Can people not worry about their future?

And those sunspots also have evidence.

The only pity is that Mourinho's Inter Milan is competing with Lazio for the championship. It would be great if it was replaced by Ancelotti's Milan...

Mourinho is really not very likable...

In the end, even if Inter Milan defeated Lazio and became the league champion, it would not make people feel happy at all.

It's a pity that neither Milan nor Juventus, nor Florence, nor Rome can threaten the status of Lazio and Inter Milan.

They are unwilling to sing praises for Lazio, are they willing to sing praises for Inter Milan?

If nothing else, this season's league champion should be born among these two teams.

It's a sad future indeed...

So some people expressed such emotion: "Serie A is really in decline... In the past, Serie A was full of flowers, but now Serie A can only be easily controlled by Mourinho and Chang, the shame of football..."