Chapter 42 Is it a shame to lose to the first in the league? (guarantee
Judging from the past historical results, Lazio and AC Milan can be regarded as a strong dialogue without a doubt.
But if we only look at the current situation, it is not a strong dialogue.
Because AC Milan's performance this season is really bad.
After nine rounds of the league, AC Milan is currently ranked tenth. Such a ranking is simply a shame for a team that won the European Championship two seasons ago!
They have won only three of nine league games, drawn two and lost four.
It's far behind Lazio's seven wins, one draw and one loss.
The much-anticipated strong-power dialogue kicks off on Saturday afternoon.
Lazio faces AC Milan away from home.
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AC Milan's current head coach is their former legendary striker Inzaghi.
After Inzaghi retired, he became a coach and then coached in the youth academy of AC Milan.
There he worked for four years.
Later he was transferred to the first team and became the assistant to the then first team head coach.
Finally, two seasons ago, his coach Luciano Spalletti led AC Milan to the European Championship and then retired.
Inzaghi just stepped forward.
But he must have been unlucky.
Coming on stage when AC Milan had just won the championship, there was a lot of pressure and much attention.
But AC Milan began the natural pattern of decline.
Even the best head coach can't do anything about this.
Because this is the natural law of a team, after winning the championship honor, most players will lose their fighting spirit and motivation to continue fighting.
In this case, what they consider more is not winning games on the court, but contracts, annual salaries and other things.
The players have lost motivation, what can Inzaghi do?
He can only exchange blood, and blood exchange will inevitably bring about a decline in the team's strength.
He doesn't always win, so he can still ensure the team's strength during the replacement process.
So now AC Milan doesn't have any outstanding top players.
Some people jokingly said that the previous AC Milan was a bald loser leading a group of tall, handsome and rich people to play, but now AC Milan is a tall, handsome and rich coach leading a team of losers.
Facing the aggressive Lazio, Inzaghi's AC Milan actually had no good solution.
He chose to defend and counterattack.
Focus on defense, try not to concede the ball first, and then wait for opportunities to counterattack.
When Lazio was at its peak, many teams could only do this when facing Lazio.
Of course, there are also many courageous teams who will choose to use offense to show their football style when facing Lazio.
In the end, they will all die miserably.
Inzaghi's mind is very clear when he is playing football, otherwise he would not be able to score points.
As a head coach, he inherited this advantage.
When facing Lazio, he did not choose to attack rashly, even though his team usually focuses on offense.
He still honestly chose to defend and counterattack.
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After the game started, although it was an away game, Lazio launched a fierce offensive from the beginning of the game.
Constantly impacting AC Milan's defense.
AC Milan, on the other hand, was compressed in its own half and occasionally fought back.
Some commentators were dissatisfied with AC Milan's reaction and criticized it.
"It looks like this is more like Lazio's home court..."
they sneered.
Of course Inzaghi couldn't hear the commentators' sarcasm, but it didn't matter even if he did.
Nothing is more important than winning...
Just make the scene ugly, it's better than losing in the end and looking ugly.
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Inzaghi's choice was right, but the current strength of AC Milan is really very different.
This AC Milan team does not even have one of the top stars in world football.
Those who are somewhat competent are either old or gone.
Everyone else is just a bunch of idiots.
Many of them were promoted by Inzaghi from the youth training camps where he once coached.
How can such a team compete with Lazio?
So twenty minutes into the game, their goal was lost.
Cavani opened the scoring for Lazio with a header!
"Cavani! Beautiful header! Lazio led AC Milan 1:0 in the away game with his header! I still remember the first goal Cavani scored after coming to Lazio, which was against
I entered when I was at AC Milan, it’s really a wonderful cycle!”
After scoring the goal, Cavani rushed back to the coaching bench and hugged Chang Sheng.
He also remembers the first league goal he scored for Lazio, which was against AC Milan.
He was under a lot of pressure at the time, and it was only thanks to this ball that he was liberated.
Of course, the CD the boss showed him before the game also played a very important role.
For a long time, he had always believed that the then Italian gold medal commentator Fabio Caressa really praised him in the game.
Later, after a long time, he realized that it was a fake. The CD was specially commissioned by the boss to be produced by Caresa. It was just a white lie.
He was deceived, but he was not angry.
On the contrary, he was even more grateful to his boss.
This is why he is willing to stay in Lazio and has not left for more than ten years.
He is willing to go through fire and water for such a boss, and as long as the boss needs him, he will never leave Lazio.
Now that Icardi is injured, he has taken on the heavy responsibility of the team's offense. He not only needs to score goals, but also serves as a frontcourt fulcrum for the team's offense. As a center, if he cannot play in the frontcourt
If you hold the ball, other teammates will not dare to press forward boldly.
And he completed the task well.
Even if he didn't score a goal, Changsheng would still support him, not only because of the emotional factors, but also because his performance was really outstanding.
As a center, sometimes if you don't score, your performance will not be bad.
Cavani's affection for Chang Sheng, and Chang Sheng's trust in Cavani, have become a legend in football for more than ten years.
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After Cavani scored, the game became much easier for Lazio.
Because the game entered Lazio's rhythm.
AC Milan, which relies on defensive counterattacks, can only press out and attack.
This is their home court, and after all, AC Milan is also a powerful club, having won the Champions League just two seasons ago. Fans still have high expectations for this team.
The team's performance this season has been unsatisfactory, and Inzaghi has felt tremendous pressure.
If you lose the game at your home court due to a useless defensive counterattack, then the fans will probably be even more angry, right?
So even if he knew he was outmatched, Inzaghi had to bite the bullet and attack at this time.
If the defensive counterattack strategy fails, then pursue a spectacular defeat.
Chang Sheng is not the kind of person who shows pity to others.
He will not give up with respect just because of the courage shown by AC Milan.
He will only be secretly happy - since you are so cooperative, I won't be polite!
So in the remaining games, Lazio scored a total of two more goals.
AC Milan's offense was indeed effective, and they scored a goal.
In the end, the score of this game was 3:1. Lazio, who played away from home, defeated AC Milan, won their first victory, and continued to rank first.
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At the post-match press conference, Inzaghi, as the loser, was bombarded by the media. The reporters asked him if he was too conservative when he chose to defend and counterattack at his home court. Is it because of this conservative mentality that he was so conservative?
AC Milan lost the game.
Inzaghi naturally did not admit this. He said that he lost the game only because the strength gap between the two sides was too big.
"We tried everything we could, but we still lost the game. Because the strength gap between us is too big, this is football. Sometimes the strength gap is too big, and it is beyond your control."
Naturally, Inzaghi's attitude did not satisfy the reporters.
However, after Chang Sheng came, he also spoke for Inzaghi, which many reporters did not expect.
With his bad temper that always wins, he actually speaks for his opponents, which is really rare.
"AC Milan is conservative? No, I didn't see it. In fact, they chose the right approach - I said that before they conceded the first goal. But it is a pity that we are stronger than AC Milan.
As a head coach, there is nothing I can do about this. For those who think AC Milan can be more active, the answer to you is the game after AC Milan conceded a goal. In addition, of course I also hope that AC Milan
They attacked us from the first minute and then we didn't just score three goals in this game..."
Chang Sheng's words left the reporters speechless.
This is a roundabout way of slapping them in the face...
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After the game, Italian media reported that Inzaghi would be fired due to the loss to Lazio.
Chang Sheng found it funny when he heard this. He left a message on his personal website to ridicule these self-righteous reporters: "When will losing to Lazio become a criterion for dismissal? Isn't it normal to lose to Lazio?
If you lose to Lazio and you will be fired, then all Serie A teams must prepare at least three head coaches every season, right? If Inzaghi is fired, it must have nothing to do with this game. Don't make it sound like Lazio
What a surprise it was to win against AC Milan! Isn’t it embarrassing to be defeated by the team ranked first in the league?!"
Chang Sheng's speech was quickly shared throughout the online world.
Everyone said that Chang Sheng’s words were good, and Chang Sheng’s scolding was wonderful! They have long been dissatisfied with the reporters’ grandchildren!
Subsequently, the AC Milan club also issued a statement, refuting media rumors that Inzaghi would be dismissed.
"...We have great trust in Mr. Inzaghi's work and we will not fire him because of the loss in this game..."
Fortunately, the top management of AC Milan club is still clear-headed.
But maybe they are thinking this way - with AC Milan's virtues, who would be better to coach instead of Inzaghi? (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
