Chapter 80 What a Surprise

The annual Serie A Oscar is a grand event in Italian football.

Just like the annual Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year selection, it's time to reward meritorious deeds.

It means a kind of affirmation and acknowledgment.

Because of Lazio's strength in recent years, they have achieved good results in the Serie A Oscars.

Jose Passarella and David Silva both won the award for the best foreign player in Serie A.

Jose Passarella also won the Best Defender and Handanovic the Best Goalkeeper.

In the audience voting options, Lazio also won the honor of the best team.

This time for the Serie A Oscars, Falcao, who is said to have moved away, will win two awards for best foreign aid and best player.

So this time Falcao will also return to Italy.

It has been half a season since he moved to Barcelona, ​​but his performance in Barcelona is not as good as that in Lazio.

This is no surprise, Chang Sheng has long been aware of this.

In Lazio, the whole team fed him the ball alone, and fed him the top scorer in Serie A and the top scorer in the Champions League. He also won the 2008 World Footballer and the European Golden Globe Award.

Became the first Mr. Golden Globe trained by Lazio, although he was already in Barcelona when he won the award...

After going to Barcelona, ​​he is no longer the core of the team's offense.

The core of the offense is Messi.

Although Barcelona's tactics and Lazio's tactics are in the same line, there are some differences.

For Falcao, he was asked to play for Messi more, to cover Messi.

This is completely different from what Falcao played in Lazio. Falcao couldn't adapt.

The most unacceptable thing is not the decrease in goals, but the change in status.

From an offensive core who let him finish all offenses, he has become a supporting role for Biren to play the ball and run screens.

This psychological gap is somewhat large.

So he was a little depressed in Barcelona.

This time back to Italy. It can be said that it is here to relax.

To be able to meet many of his former teammates at the Oscars may make him feel a little happier.

Being able to let Mr. Golden Globe cover him, it has to be said that Messi is indeed the number one player in world football in the future.

In fact, at this time, Messi does not look like a future ball master, mainly because Guardiola is very aware of Falcao's advantages and disadvantages.

His performance last season was a bit exaggerated. As a member of the winning coaching staff, Guardiola couldn't understand how Falcao became Mr. Golden Ball.

That was the result of sacrificing the scoring ability of other players in the team to highlight Falcao alone.

Lazio will do it. I wouldn't do this myself.

He believes that Messi is obviously more suitable to be the core of the team's offense than Falcao.

Because Messi has the ability to break through with the ball, this completely blows up "Tiger" Falcao.

Taka needs a way to break the balance, otherwise it is easy to be restricted by the opponent's iron barrel formation.

The ever-victorious Lazio chose to increase the overall speed, while Guardiola chose to use Messi's personal breakthrough ability.

In this way, in the team, Falcao's tactical status is naturally not as important as Messi.

It is inevitable to become a supporting role for others.

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Falcao ran into his former teammates at the Oscar venue, and the few chatted before going in.

It's nothing more than asking questions like "how are you lately?"

Lazio is doing very well recently, but Falcao is not doing well recently...

When I first joined Barcelona. Falcao also had a good time, scoring six goals in five games.

But a subsequent injury made him miss the team's game for a month, and Messi used his absence to explode, and when he returned, he was completely reduced to Messi's supporting role.

His scoring rate is still declining, and the number of goals has been stagnant for a long time.

Especially recently, he has not scored in three consecutive rounds.

But Falcao did not show such depression in front of his former teammates.

Although the whole world may know that he didn't play as well in Barcelona as he did in Lazio.

After all, it is still necessary to save face.

If his former teammates knew that he was not doing well, would they laugh at his original decision?

Although he didn't want to leave Lazio at first. But then he felt proud of being able to join a giant like Barcelona.

So in the face of inquiries from his former teammates, Falcao told them how happy he was in Barcelona. How enthusiastic the fans are, how sexy the women are, how amazing the enthusiasm for Barcelona is, everything there feels high-end...

While chatting, several former teammates suddenly moved their eyes from his face to behind him, and shouted in unison: "Boss!"

Falcao was shocked. Then turned to look over.

Not his boss, who is Lazio coach Chang Sheng?

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Chang Sheng nodded and greeted them, and then looked at Falcao.

"Congratulations, Mr. Jinqiu." Chang Sheng stretched out his hand.

Falcao was getting more and more embarrassed.

He also reached out and shook Chang Sheng's hand. But don't know what to say.

If you mix well, you may have some psychological advantages at this time.

But now...

He really couldn't hold his head up in front of his boss.

Of course, Chang Sheng is very aware of Falcao's recent situation, but it is hard for him to say anything on this matter.

He couldn't help Falcao and let him play Gongdou with Messi at the Nou Camp. It is also impossible for him to say that Falcao will come back. Even if Lazio raises the upper limit of the salary cap, it still cannot afford Falcao's number of years.

So he could only pat Falcao on the shoulder, and then walked away.

The other Lazio players also bid farewell to Falcao and left with their boss. Lazio players sit together.

Falcao does not sit with them, he watches their backs from behind.

Suddenly something is not a good feeling.

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The awards were handed out shortly after the awards ceremony began.

As a team that won the Champions League last season and just won the Club World Cup this season, Lazio has once again become a big winner.

Jose Passarella was again voted the best defender. The best goalkeeper is Handanovic.

Among the best teams voted by the fans, Lazio won the best team award.

In addition, the best foreign aid, best player, and top scorer awards all belong to former Lazio player Falcao.

Although he is no longer a Lazio player, he received this honor because of his performance in Lazio.

So it can also be regarded as Lazio's achievement.

Falcao, holding three trophies, said to the microphone: "I want to thank Lazio. Thank you boss. I will always remember the good times playing in Lazio. Without boss, without Lazio, I would not be where I am now. Thank you!"

After Chang Sheng heard his words, he smiled and applauded.

My own players have been cultivated and won glory. This is also my own achievement.

Just like being a teacher, who doesn't want his boos to be successful?

Because that will prove that you are qualified as a teacher, otherwise it can only show that you are not suitable to be a teacher, so don't mislead your students.

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But none of these awards draw much attention.

Even if it's an award like the best player. Everyone didn't care much.

Today, the best coach award, which should have been a supporting role award, has become a protagonist.

Everyone wants to see if Chang Sheng can win this time.

As the head coach of the Champions League champion team, if he still can't win the award, there must be something wrong...

But there are still some people who hope that Chang Sheng will continue to fail to win awards, so that they can continue to gloat.

Look, look, won the Champions League and the Club World Cup, but you can't get the recognition of your peers. How unpopular this man is!

So when the host was about to announce the winner of the best coach award, the atmosphere suddenly became dignified and tense.

The venue was extremely quiet. Quieter than ever.

Some even took full breath.

The host was a little surprised by the sudden silence.

He held the envelope and looked up at the venue.

He saw countless pairs of burning eyes.

He knew what these people were waiting for.

Waiting for the trial of Chang Sheng?

He opened the envelope and pulled out the note paper inside.

Then read: "The best coach of the year 2008..."

Here he paused.

He raised his head again to look at the audience, and he focused his gaze on Chang Sheng's face.

He wanted to see the change of Chang Sheng's expression at this time.

What will he look like?

Nervous or looking forward to?

But he was disappointed, Chang Sheng looked calm, leaned on the chair, crossed his legs. It looks like watching a play.

All right……

The moderator was a little frustrated.

In that second, see what expression you will have!

He didn't bow his head, but watched Chang Sheng and said the name: "It's...Chang!"

The scene remembered a burst of exclamation really gave him ah!

Although the media has been breaking the news before that it may be a constant victory this time, but they may have been there for many years, not even once.

So in the end it was time to really give Chang Sheng this award. Everyone was surprised.

The Lazio players were surprised and delighted. They clapped their hands hard and congratulated their coach.

Everyone turned their attention to Chang Sheng, no matter where they were sitting.

The host kept staring at Chang Sheng.

He thought there might be some surprised expression on Chang Sheng's face.

After all, he has waited so hard for so many years, and he must be very happy to finally have such an acknowledgment.

But let him down again...

When Chang Sheng heard the news, he still had that expression on his face but no expression!

He was neither surprised nor pleased.

Then he got up and walked up to the stage to accept the award.

After receiving the trophy from the host, according to the usual practice, he asked Fabio to give his acceptance speech.

Chang Sheng held the trophy in one hand and the microphone in the other, and said, "I'm really surprised, it turns out that this award really depends on the coach's performance!" (To be continued...)