Chapter 113 The Easiest Champion

After being eliminated by Bayern Munich, Lazio now only has domestic competitions left, and the league championship is basically locked. Now Changsheng pays more attention to the Italian Cup.

He has been in Italy for five years and has never been involved in the Coppa Italia.

This time, since his team has reached the semi-finals and won the first round against Juventus, why not go all the way to the final and finally win the championship trophy?

Last season, Lazio won a "double crown" of the Champions League and the league championship. This season, he plans to win a domestic "double crown novel chapter".

Regardless of whether the Coppa Italia is tasteless or not, it is also an honor. How can there be no honor in one's own honor book?

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In the game against Udinese on the weekend, Changsheng made a rotation, but in fact there is nothing to rotate because there are not many players.

Then Lazio was tied 1:1 by Udinese at their own home court.

Of course, Inter Milan also failed to win. They were tied 2:2 by Chievo in the away game.

After losing to Lazio at home, the Inter Milan players realized that their goal of working hard for a season had come to naught, and their morale had been hit hard, so this game was not able to win.

With only three rounds left in the league, Lazio is still six points ahead of Inter Milan, and the league champion basically has no chance to run.

In the following week, Lazio challenged Juventus away, which was the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final.

This time, Changsheng sent the strongest lineup.

The purpose is to beat Juventus away and advance to the final.

After all, in the first round, Juventus had an away goal, and Lazio only led Juventus by one goal.

The difference is not huge.

However, Juventus and Lazio are different in this game, they did not send the strongest lineup. It's a configuration of half the main force and half the substitute.

Because now Juventus is going to compete with Fiorentina for the fourth place in the league, which is to compete for the qualification for the Champions League next season.

Juventus are now fourth.

There are only three points more than Fiorentina. With three rounds left in the league, anything can happen.

Compared with the Champions League qualification, the Coppa Italia semi-finals are not such an important game.

If it weren't for the fact that the opponent was Lazio. Juventus may directly send a full substitute lineup.

On the one hand, he has no other distractions, and he is going to the finals, but on the other hand, he has to be distracted by the league, wanting to compete for the top four in the league.

The result of this game can be imagined.

Lazio defeated Juventus 2:1 in the away game, eliminated Juventus with a total score of 4:2 in the two rounds, and advanced to the final.

Their opponent in the Coppa Italia final is Sampdoria.

A once strong team...

The Coppa Italia final will be played in the middle of the week after the thirty-sixth round of the league.

At that time, perhaps the ownership of the league title has already come out, and Lazio can concentrate on the Coppa Italia final.

This is not good news for Sampdoria.

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Before the Coppa Italia final, the biggest good news for Lazio is that David Silva, who was seriously injured in the game against Atletico Madrid, can finally come back!

When David Silva was injured. The media reported using "almost absent for the entire season", but no one thought that David Silva would be able to return before the end of the season, because this kind of "almost" turned into "definitely" in the end.

But I didn't expect David Silva to come back as promised!

His comeback is indeed a major benefit for Lazio, which is full of injuries.

After serving as the main force for most of the season, Gotze is physically too much. Now he needs to rest, but suffers from the fact that there is no substitute to replace him. So he can only support it hard.

Now that David Silva is back, Gotze can get plenty of rest.

David Silva's comeback. Let the Lazio fans be very happy, and the Lazio players also welcomed David Silva's comeback.

In the thirty-sixth round of the league, Lazio challenged Palermo away.

Considering that midweek is the Coppa Italia final with Sampdoria, Chang Sheng still continues to rotate in this league.

David Silva replaced Gotze in the starting line-up.

The media is very interested in David Silva's comeback campaign.

Of course, everyone didn't have much hope for David Silva's performance in the first game of his comeback.

After all, this is his first official game after recovering from injury for most of the season. Although he has already played practice matches in training, can practice matches be compared with official matches?

The final game. David Silva's performance is very mediocre, and the impact of being injured and not playing for a long time is still obvious.

He couldn't find the rhythm in the game, and he was a little at a loss.

His running ability has not recovered, and he rarely chooses to dribble in games. You must know that dribbling was his trademark before. He can always use his excellent personal skills to break through the opponent's defense at critical moments. Then open the deadlock for Lazio.

In this game, the Lazio team's mind is not in the league, but in the Coppa Italia final in the middle of next week.

In the end, Lazio drew 0-0 with Palermo in the away game.

Inter Milan beat Siena 3-0 at home.

Only four points away from Lazio.

There are two rounds left in the league, and they still have hope.

As long as Lazio can't win the last two rounds and Inter Milan wins two consecutive victories, it will be fine.

Chang Sheng is not worried that the league champion will fall to Inter Milan in the end.

It is too low to expect Lazio to lose or tie in the last two rounds.

As long as Lazio wins one game, Inter Milan will not be able to win the league championship.

When the Coppa Italia final is over, Chang Sheng will give the team two days off before playing the last two rounds of the league. Chang Sheng believes that Lazio will definitely be able to hold the league championship in his own hands.

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The midweek Coppa Italia final is coming soon.

David Silva did not start this game, and now he is Gotze's substitute.

Sampdoria's strength is not strong. After 36 league rounds this season, Sampdoria ranks thirteenth.

But this ranking is not just the reason for their lack of strength. There are other reasons as well.

They paid more in the Coppa Italia, and their performance in the league was naturally weak.

They are playing so hard in the Coppa Italia because the winner of the Coppa Italia can qualify for the Europa League next season.

But it doesn't make sense now.

Because their opponent Lazio has already qualified for the Champions League next season.

According to the rules, if the champion of the Coppa Italia has already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, then the Europa League qualification that should have belonged to the Coppa Italia champion will be replaced by the runner-up of the Coppa Italia.

So now Sampdoria has definitely qualified for the Europa League next season.

That being the case, what reason do they have to work hard in this game?

If the opponent's strength is similar to them. They fought hard to win the Coppa Italia, which is worth the effort.

But now the strength of their opponents is too different from them. In the league this season, Lazio defeated Sampdoria 2:0 at home and 3:1 away. The two teams are not at the same level at all.

No matter how hard they tried, Sampdoria could not beat Lazio, which made many Sampdoria players have no motivation to pursue victory.

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In the Coppa Italia final against Sampdoria, Lazio sent a full lineup. And the players are motivated.

What they are after is different from Sampdoria. They don't have any qualifications for the Europa League, they only want the championship.

Get this championship honor that they haven't gotten their hands on yet!

So Lazio's fighting spirit is very strong.

On the one hand, he has no fighting spirit, and on the other hand, he is menacing. What the end result will be, naturally there is no suspense.

After 90 minutes of contest, Lazio defeated Sampdoria 3:0 and won the team's first Coppa Italia!

Now in Changsheng's honor book, he has won all the cup champions in his country.

in Spain. He led the team to win the Copa del Rey three times, and in Italy he also had a Coppa Italia.

As a champion coach. Deserved!

And Sampdoria, who lost the final, has nothing to be sad about. They have already ensured their qualification for the Europa League next season.

This is what the club values ​​most, because it means an extra income.

Many teams desperately pursue the Coppa Italia championship, not just for a championship, or the main purpose is not for that championship, what they value is the qualification for the European war next season.

Europa League prize money is hardly worth mentioning for the giants. But for those middle and lower teams, it can be worth a year's budget.

It can even be said that whether they can participate in the Europa League is a watershed between life and death for some teams.

In professional football, money is the most important thing. is the foundation of everything.

No money, don't talk about anything.

Lazio also lived through such a hard life at the beginning, and the bonus of more than two million in the Europa League felt like a lot.

Now that they can participate in the Champions League, such a small amount of money is no longer in their eyes.

The prize money for the Champions League group stage is equal to all the prize money for the Europa League winners.

They want the Coppa Italia champion, and Sampdoria want to qualify for the Europa League next season.

It can be said that everyone is happy and everyone takes what they need.

So the atmosphere of this final was very friendly, even a bit too friendly. Otherwise, how could Lazio beat Sampdoria with three goals and easily win the championship?

This championship can be said to be the easiest domestic cup championship Chang Sheng has ever won.

In Spain, the three Copa del Rey champions have also experienced some hard work.

The only exception is this Coppa Italia.

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Lazio, who won the Italian Cup, are only one league away from their domestic double.

As long as they beat their opponents in the next round of the league, they can win the championship one round ahead of schedule.

Of course, this round of the league is not easy, because their opponent is Regina.

This team is currently ranked second to last.

This does not mean that they are weak, but it only means that they will work hard in the game against Laziod. Because they want to relegation.

They are now 30 points, and they only need four points to get out of the relegation zone.

So they will definitely do their best in this game.

As long as they can beat Lazio on the road, they are only one point away from relegation.

At the end of the league, generally speaking, the relegation team is more difficult to play than the championship team.

If Lazio takes it lightly, it is not impossible to lose this game. (to be continued...)