Chapter 95 The So-Called "Mortal Enemy in the Same City"

Everyone in the Lazio team has been working very hard during this time, working around the clock.

Players may also be able to relax after training, but the coach does not have this power.

After each day's training, they need to summarize the gains and losses of the day's training, and then get together for a short meeting to adjust tomorrow's training plan based on today's training results.

Next, Chang Sheng will assign tasks to each coach and let them go home to complete.

For example, Gao Hongbo was assigned the task of watching videos, watching videos of Manchester United's recent games, and then writing video reports and submitting them to Chang Sheng. Based on these reports, Changsheng arranges targeted tactics.

Such an arrangement is not common, mainly because of the special circumstances this time.

Otherwise, there is no need to mobilize the teachers so much.

Gao Hongbo was watching the video of the last UEFA Champions League match between Manchester United and Lazio in his rented apartment. In front of him was a notebook, a pen, and a remote control.

Pause recording at any time.

There are several pages written on this.

Then his cell phone rang.

He took it out and saw that it was his wife calling.

"Hello?"

"Old Gao, the Football Association is going to compete for the head coach of the national team. I found a relationship and recommended you. The higher-ups said they would have a talk with you as a simple investigation."

On the other end of the phone, the wife said.

Gao Hongbo was stunned for a moment.

Is the national football team going to compete for employment?

He was a little surprised: "Really?!"

Isn't it just for this day that he came to Lazio to study?

In the past, the selection of coaches for the national team was decided by the Football Association. After Zhu Guanghu failed, the Football Association became more and more inclined to choose foreign coaches, so basically there would be no competition for recruitment.

It's all about the Football Association looking for foreign coaches all over the world, and it has nothing to do with the local head coach.

I didn't expect to engage in a competition this time...

This means that this is a selection for a local head coach!

Even if it is a local head coach,

There is also an opportunity to become the head coach of the Chinese national team through competition!

Gao Hongbo's goal is to coach the Chinese team. Now that the opportunity is in front of him, how can he not be excited?

"Of course it's true, can I still lie to you? This time the Football Association wants to explore a path suitable for the development of Chinese football... The leaders are also very optimistic about you. So let's see if you come back..."

Gao Hongbo nodded and was about to say "no problem", but the words stopped on his lips.

He saw the TV screen, and when he hit the pause button, it was the moment when Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated the second goal.

He remembered, he still has a mission here...

And it's an important task.

Everyone was playing with their lives, ran away by themselves, and passed the burden to others... I came here purely to learn. Can't help much, now I have the opportunity to help, but run away... Isn't that too unkind?

He doesn't think he is indispensable to Lazio's coaching staff, but he can also contribute to some extent, and these forces add up. It can always make Lazio more likely to eliminate Manchester United in the away game, right?

Everyone has his use, no matter how big or small.

Gao Hongbo did not underestimate himself.

"When will you go back?" he asked his wife.

"It's best to be these two days." The wife replied, and she didn't hear her husband's answer for a long time, so she asked tentatively: "Old Gao?"

Gao Hongbo's voice sounded again: "Sorry, I may not be able to go back."

The wife was taken aback by her husband's answer.

"What's wrong?"

"I have a mission here."

"What tasks can you have? Don't you just study? You can't even get to the coach's seat..."

"It's different this time, I've been assigned a task. Lazio is in a bad situation right now and needs everyone's strength." About Lazio. Gao Hongbo would say it every time he talked with his wife, and even this was the most talked between them. Gao Hongbo shared with his wife every bit of what he learned in Lazio and his insights. His experience...

So after Gao Hongbo said that, his wife was silent for a while, and asked, "Then how soon will you be able to leave and come back?"

"The thirteenth at the earliest." The fourteenth is the match day between Lazio and Manchester United, generally speaking. The team will go to the away game a few days in advance, but this time because they have to practice hard. It's always inconvenient to borrow another team's training ground. It's not just the playing field that the team needs to adapt to, but also the training ground, as not all training grounds use the same turf. So this time, Lazio will practice at Melflo until the afternoon of the 13th before flying to Manchester.

Gao Hongbo decided not to go to Manchester. Anyway, he went to be a spectator in the stands.

When Lazio leaves for Manchester, he will choose to return home.

"Okay, I'll help you fight for it. But what if it doesn't work?"

Gao Hongbo had already made a decision: "Then give up this opportunity."

"Boss, you..."

"Chang helped me, now it's my turn to help him. Maybe he doesn't care, but I do."

Gao Hongbo hung up the phone calmly.

Put the phone aside, pick up the remote control, press the play button, start watching the game video again, and continue your work.

It was as if nothing had happened just now.

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A day later, Gao Hongbo received another call from his wife, telling him that the leader had allowed him to postpone the meeting for a few days in consideration of his special situation, but the 14th was the deadline.

Gao Hongbo heaved a sigh of relief.

Although he answered his wife was very firm at the beginning, in fact he still didn't want to miss this opportunity. After all, there are not many opportunities to compete for the coach of the national team. Although other national teams have long been accustomed to the competition, such opportunities are still rare in the men's adult national team.

This is a chance for the local head coach to prove himself.

After Zhu Guanghu's failure, the local coaches can make a name for themselves again.

Now he doesn't have to give up this opportunity.

The only thing he needs to consider is how to bid farewell to Chang Sheng.

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The weekend league is coming in a blink of an eye.

This Rome derby has attracted much attention because it happens to be sandwiched between the two Champions League quarter-finals.

Will Chang Sheng give up the match against Rome? Or will you give up the Champions League?

While the outside media were still speculating, no one knew that there had been no controversy within Lazio for a long time-the Champions League game against Manchester United would not be given up, and the league game against Rome would not be given up either!

This is what the boss said, "grasp with both hands. Both hands must be hard"!

Changsheng used the match against Rome as a warm-up match for the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, to adjust the players' state, and at the same time give Motta more opportunities to adapt to the feeling of being the core.

If Rome finds out, they are used by Chang Sheng as warm-up opponents, and they will probably go berserk collectively...

Ten minutes before the derby with Rome, Chang Sheng was in the dressing room of the Olympic Stadium and said to his players: "I said, this game will take the flag of Rome! We need to let Manchester United know, don't fuck I thought they had won!"

In fact, winning often can also make the team deliberately lose to Rome. Then create an illusion that Lazio is unsustainable for Manchester United, making Manchester United underestimate the enemy.

But in doing so, the possibility of being able to deceive that old fox of Ferguson is very slim. On the contrary, it will damage the morale and confidence of Lazio players.

Losing another big game before one big game... only a moron manager would do that. The key to winning or losing is people, their spirit and morale. Losing an important game will never boost the morale of the players. It will only hurt their confidence, and the loss outweighs the gain.

And if Lazio goes all out in the game against Rome, then maybe it will really deceive Ferguson, making him think that Lazio has tried its best in the league, so there will be no spare energy to play in the Champions League.

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Before the game, everyone was guessing what attitude Chang Sheng would use to treat the game. The answer was Lazio's starting list.

So everyone is guessing Lazio's starting lineup.

This time, Chang Sheng only announced the official starting list two hours before the game.

Everyone was surprised to see that Chang Sheng had dispatched all the main forces he could!

But... a yellow card in the first leg midweek. Ledesma, who was suspended in the middle of next week, did not appear in the starting lineup.

Candreva replaced him.

This makes everyone strange-Ledesma was suspended in the Champions League, not in the league.

He can play normally in the league, why not let him play?

His importance to Lazio is self-evident, and anyone who really understands football can understand how important he is.

If you really don't want to give up the league. Then Ledesma should be allowed to play. Anyway, he will not be able to play in the middle of next week, so there is no need to be afraid of wasting energy.

But Changsheng let Ledesma rest. He sat on the bench.

So Chang Sheng's arrangement is really incomprehensible.

But there's actually nothing I don't understand.

If you look at this game as a warm-up match for the game in the middle of next week, you will understand-Chang Sheng is going to use Rome to train!

Lazio's starting game in this game is also the starting game of Lazio's away game against Manchester United.

Thiago Motta, Candreva and Cazorla started in midfield.

Goetze, Cavani and Rocky started the striker.

The back line has not changed from the previous game.

Left back Balzaretti, right back Belletti, centre-backs Jose Passarella and Francisco Pavon.

Goalkeeper Handanovic.

Rome did not go as expected. The full main lineup was sent, and the strongest players they could play all played.

Any fool can see the attitude of wanting to fight Lazio.

Sure enough, at the most critical time in Lazio, how could he call him a "mortal enemy in the same city" if he didn't make trouble and went up to make up for it?

Because they believe that when they encounter the same situation, Lazio will definitely come up to make up for it.

This is the tacit understanding of being a "mortal enemy in the same city".