Chapter 173: Use your feet (thanks to the new leader for reading books every day!)
After eliminating Fiorentina and reaching the semi-finals of the Italian Cup, Lazio will meet their old rival Inter Milan in the semi-finals.
The other semi-final is Roma facing Udinese.
With Roma's quality, it shouldn't be a problem to defeat Udinese and reach the final.
In this case, if Lazio can defeat Inter Milan and reach the final.
Then the Coppa Italia will stage a Rome derby at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome!
This is really an interesting stunt.
The media are beginning to look forward to it.
Chang Sheng also thinks this idea is a good one.
Beating Roma in the Coppa Italia final was so creative!
Of course, first they have to win against Inter Milan.
Although Lazio, which has been victorious this season, has defeated Inter Milan once in the league, the league and the Italian Cup are different.
Now among the four teams that have reached the semi-finals, everyone hopes to win the championship. Even the weakest Udinese has this idea.
For Inter Milan, if Mourinho realizes that he can't compete with him in the league, then he may change his goals.
In Porto and Chelsea, he was able to win at least one championship every year. But when he came to Inter Milan, his golden status was shattered. He couldn't win the league title last season, and he also lost the Italian Super Cup this season.
Now that the league title this season seems to be pretty close, the only thing left is the Coppa Italia, which seems relatively easy.
In any case, now he needs a championship. Only a championship can stabilize his coaching position.
If he still wants to remain the head coach of Inter Milan...
Chang Sheng can imagine that he will face the crazy blocking of Inter Milan in the Italian Cup.
But he is fearless.
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In the twenty-first round of the league, Lazio faced Chievo at home.
This game is the second of three home games suspended.
It was still an empty home court with only visiting fans, but the Lazio players had nothing to adapt to.
They entered the game from the beginning of the game.
Cavani soon scored the leading goal for Lazio.
But the most eye-catching thing about this game is not the game itself, but outside the stadium.
It was the first home game after Lazio's incorrigible fans called on other Lazio fans to join them in their fight against the club.
This game is an opportunity to test how many supporters the Uncivilized Faction has attracted.
The Incorrigibles also came outside the Stadio Olimpico before the game. Like other Lazio fans, they were not allowed in.
They didn't want to go in either.
Instead, they pulled out banners and slogans in the square and started chanting slogans against Lotito and Chang Sheng.
They are putting pressure on ordinary non-extremist fans, hoping that they will support the unceachables instead of supporting the winning team.
But it is a pity that when they chanted slogans, very few responded.
These ordinary Lazio fans know they can't get in, but they still come outside the stadium. This in itself is support for the club and the team.
They have to fight side by side with their team, not in the stands, but also in the place closest to the team!
When Cavani opened the scoring for Lazio, the Lazio fans who heard the live broadcast on the radio outside the stadium burst into loud cheers.
Just like they are watching the game from the stands.
Their cheers were so loud that the Lazio players and coaches inside could hear them through the stadium walls.
Although it was separated and much smaller, it was indeed the cheers of Lazio fans.
Chang Sheng, who was standing on the sidelines, pointed behind him and showed it to the Lazio players on the court.
He used this action to tell them that in fact you are not fighting alone, your supporters are still with you.
Sure enough, the Lazio players heard the cheers and their morale was boosted.
As for the more than a thousand Chievo fans in the stadium... who cares about them?
Commentator Caressa was surprised: "The Lazio fans gathered outside the stadium and did not leave. When the game started, they waited outside. I believe they are what is often called the real Lazio fans.
Not those rat-shit Lazio fans!”
Caressa, the gold medal commentator, also made no secret of his disgust for the extreme fans of the Uncultivated Faction.
Although Lazio can still defend the dignity of Italian football in the Champions League, an unchangeable fact is that the Italian League's influence in Europe is declining day by day, and the Italian League itself has encountered big problems.
League attendance is declining year by year. The club is seriously unable to make ends meet, and fans' enthusiasm for football is waning.
Except for Inter Milan and Lazio, when other teams play home games, the huge stadiums are basically more than half empty.
The reluctance of fans to come to watch games is a direct manifestation of the decline of Italian football, and it is also the most fundamental manifestation.
Why are fans reluctant to come to watch the game?
There are many reasons.
The first is naturally the well-developed television broadcasting in Italy. A game can be broadcast live on multiple TV stations, and there are also various highlights and analyses. Fans can watch the game at home, reducing the cost of going to the game.
Because Italy's economic situation is deteriorating year by year, if everyone's life is not good, they will naturally have no spare money to spend on leisure and entertainment.
The second is that most of the Serie A stadiums are dilapidated and have outdated facilities. Watching football in such a stadium is not only a safety hazard, but there is no enjoyment at all. When you go to the toilet, you will find that there are eight urinals in one toilet.
It's bad. Who wants to go?
The stadium issue is related to the special background of Italian football. This involves direct conflicts between the club and the stadium owner, the city council, so I won’t go into detail here.
The third reason is why Caressa hates extreme fan organizations like the Uncultivables.
Violence in the stadium makes many people reluctant to go to the stadium to watch football. People just want to go to the stadium to watch a football match with their friends and family on the weekends and cheer for the team they support, but they don’t want to risk their lives.
Leave it there.
Those extreme fans, especially the notorious extreme fans, are full of aggression during the game. You don't even know what you did to piss them off, they will beat you up, which is relatively light.
.Otherwise go to God.
There are endless problems of stadium violence in Italy. As a football hooligan who is as famous as England, English football knows how to deal with it. What does Italian football have? There is only indulgence and complicity.
In April 1962, the first fan died due to football violence in the history of Italian football. Salernitana in the Italian Serie C played a home game against Potenza. When Potenza was awarded a penalty kick, the team
The fans rioted due to dissatisfaction. During the conflict, the police were forced to open fire. Fifty-seven people were injured, and Praitano became the first person to lose his life due to football violence in the history of Apennines.
From that day on, Pandora's box was opened.
On October 28, 1979, during the Rome derby between Roma and Lazio, a group of Lazio fans were attacked by fireworks thrown by Roma fans in the stands. The 33-year-old Paparelli was hit and died on the spot. The murderer was one
Surrendered later.
On March 22, 1982, Roma lost to Bologna in an away game. Fans of the away team burned a train on their way back to Rome, and a 14-year-old Roma fan died in the flames.
On February 8, 1984, after the Italian Cup match between Udinese and Tristina, a 20-year-old fan named Fran was arrested during the conflict, but was immediately released. He began to coma the next day.
Died one day later.
On September 30, 1984, during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Cremona, the 21-year-old Milan fan Fonchesse was stabbed to death by the 18-year-old Centrone, who was also a Milan fan. The former was killed by the murderer.
Mistakenly thought they were visiting team fans.
On October 9, 1988, Ascoli played against Inter Milan at home. After the game, Inter fans attacked Filippini, a home team fan, with sticks and stones. As a result, he died eight days after being seriously injured.
The 1995 riot was the first time in the history of Serie A that a match was suspended due to stadium violence. It was Genoa's home game against AC Milan. The 24-year-old Genoa fan Spagnuolo was beaten by Milan fan Bale during the pre-match conflict.
Barea stabbed him to death with a knife. The murderer actually hid the knife under a red and black scarf. After hearing the news, the captains of both sides agreed to terminate the game at halftime. With permission from the referee and the Football Association, the entire Serie A match one week later was postponed for two weeks.
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Sicily, Italy, is one of the areas hardest hit by football violence. During the 2001 Sicilian derby between Messina and Catania, 24-year-old Cuero, a fan of the home team, was hit by a bomb and has been in a coma. Fifteen
The queen of heaven died.
In 2003, Avellino played against Naples. Home team fan Paterno was chased by a group of Naples fans. He fell from the third-floor stand and died two days later.
On January 27, 2007, during a match between Sammartinis and Cancerese in the Italian Serie D league, players and fans from both sides clashed in the center of the field. The 44-year-old Sammartinis manager Ricursi entered the field to persuade him.
However, he was kicked in the brain and died by opposing players and fans.
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The bloody incidents mentioned above are just the tip of the iceberg of Italian football riots and stadium violence.
In Italy, watching football has increasingly become a high-risk entertainment, so who else is willing to come to the scene to seek death?
Without people coming to the stadium to watch football, the level of Italian football will naturally only get lower and lower.
Caressa therefore firmly supports the Lazio club's own clean-up operation.
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While those Lazio fans were cheering and jumping outside the stadium, the faces of the uncivilized extreme fans were very ugly.
They chanted slogans outside the stadium for a long time, but failed to attract support from these people.
On the contrary, as soon as Lazio scored on the broadcast, these people became excited and climaxed one after another.
Obviously, these Lazio fans have voted with their feet and they choose to stand with Chang Sheng!
For the first time, the uncultivated faction that was used to running rampant among Lazio fans felt that they might lose...
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