In the eleventh round of the league, Lazio faced Genoa at home.
In this game, Chang Sheng carried out rotation, and many substitute players got the chance to start.
Chang Sheng did this because they were going on an expedition to England next.
In the fourth game of the Champions League group stage, Lazio challenged Nottingham Forest away.
After the last game, Nottingham Forest head coach Tony Twain clamored to make himself look good.
Some media said that Tony Twain was just bluffing. In the words of Chang Sheng, it was like "the distant bark of a negative dog."
Chang Sheng doesn't think so.
Nottingham Forest can draw with a team like Real Madrid at its home court, not just by bluffing.
That must be real material.
You must know that Real Madrid lost to Lazio in the first round of the group stage. For them, the second round of the group stage was not much different from a last-ditch battle.
They are definitely going to win. Even if it is at home to Nottingham Forest.
This is what Real Madrid thought and did. They bombarded the opponent at Nottingham Forest's home court for ninety minutes and then tied with the opponent 0:0.
To say that Nottingham Forest relies on spiritual victory is an absolute misunderstanding.
They really have two skills on defense.
Chang Sheng knew this very well after fighting against them personally.
Although he and Tony Twain often exchanged insults, Chang Sheng did not dare to look down on him at all.
For Chang Sheng, the more aggressively he criticizes people, the more he cares and values them.
Those opponents he didn't pay attention to, those he didn't take seriously, he didn't even think it was worthwhile to spray them.
As a famous marshal, this saliva is also very valuable. How can I spit it out in front of everyone?
Some people become famous just by quarreling with him.
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The winning coaching staff basically didn't care about Genoa this week, and all their thoughts were on the away game against Nottingham Forest.
They carefully studied the video of Nottingham Forest's home game against Real Madrid in the second round of the Champions League group stage.
Want to find some clues from it.
However, after researching and researching, it was no different from their tactical performance in the away game against Lazio.
On the contrary, although Real Madrid must win, they still underestimated the opponent when facing Nottingham Forest.
Perhaps it was this underestimation of the enemy that prevented them from winning this game?
But Lazio has already played against Nottingham Forest, and they have already figured out what level they are at. Why does Tony Twain dare to say that he will beat Lazio after returning to the home court?
Where does he rely?
Chang Sheng frowned and thought about it, but he couldn't think of a reason.
Then the day to play away in the Champions League group stage is approaching.
In the middle, they played a league game with Genoa. Lazio defeated Genoa 2:0 at home and continued to lead the league standings.
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When the Lazio team arrived in Nottingham, they received unimaginable attention from the local media.
Even when Real Madrid came here, it didn't attract so much media attention.
The pick-up gate at Nottingham Airport was almost blocked by these enthusiastic reporters.
In addition to reporters, there were many fans, not only Lazio fans, but also Nottingham Forest fans.
Of course, they are not here to boo Lazio, but to see the former European hegemon.
In any case, in the past fourteen years, Lazio has been the most successful player in European football, and their glory has left everyone stunned.
When they were at their peak, there were many local fans wherever they went, and that was Lazio's glory.
With the decline of Lazio in the past two years, such things have become less and less common.
So when the Lazio players received such a grand welcome outside Nottingham Airport, they were a little flattered.
The questions raised by the local media in Nottingham were not too aggressive, and the atmosphere was generally friendly.
Such a welcoming atmosphere surprised the Lazio players.
Chang Sheng was even more surprised.
He believed that with Tony Twain's temper, leading the team to Nottingham was nothing more than an adventurous journey into the dragon's den and the tiger's den alone.
I didn't expect it to be so easy...
He even suspected that he had gone to the wrong place and walked to Derby County next door - Derby County and Nottingham Forest are mortal enemies, so Derby County fans will naturally be friendly to Lazio, because Lazio is Nottingham Forest's opponent.
, they hope Lazio can beat Nottingham Forest.
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The day before the game, the entire Lazio team went to the City Stadium in Nottingham Forest for training to adapt to the venue.
Everything is fine.
Chang Sheng carefully observed the turf and other facilities of the city stadium and found that they were all normal and there were no problems.
So he dismissed the speculation that Nottingham Forest might tamper with the home ground.
All in all, Lazio's players completed their pre-match warm-up very smoothly.
During the pre-match press conference, Chang Sheng still focused on spitting at each other with Tony Twain.
Tony Twain called Chang Sheng "arrogant" at the pre-match press conference he attended earlier.
Chang Sheng responded at the pre-match press conference: "I think Mr. Tony Twain is more arrogant." He spread his hands and smiled. "I have nine Champions League titles, and Mr. Tony Twain has
What?"
In fact, it is a very dishonest thing to use the honor you have earned to pressure others. After all, Chang Sheng is older than Tony Twain and made his debut earlier.
So he must have received more honors.
Doing this has the meaning of elders bullying younger ones.
But Chang Sheng did just that and didn’t think there was anything wrong with it at all.
And the media didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did.
Obviously everyone is familiar with Chang Sheng's style of doing things.
This is his controversial side.
People who like him like him very much, and people who don't like him dislike him very much. There is never a compromise. As long as you know him as a person, your opinion of him will definitely be one of these two.
Chang Sheng uses his own honor to pressure Tony Twain, which is obviously bullying.
However, Tony Twain’s method of winning often cannot be helped.
Who makes him really inferior to Chang Sheng in terms of honor?
He coached Nottingham Forest for seven years. In these seven years, he won two lower-level league championships, an FA Cup championship and a League Cup championship. Apart from this, he had no other honors.
He has never won a Premier League championship. Not counting the Champions League this time, he has participated in the European war three times and failed to win any of them.
Compared with Chang Sheng, who was open and cheated, Tony Twain was indeed weak.
Therefore, looking at the smiling Chang Sheng, Tony Twain naturally had no choice but to hold this breath in his chest, waiting for tomorrow's game to teach the arrogant Chang Sheng a lesson.
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At the pre-match press conference, Tony Twain once again showed his confidence.
"We can definitely beat Lazio. Because I believe we can!"
Naturally, this statement was considered by the media to be a typical bluff because it contained no real substance at all.
Chang Sheng, like other media, was surprised that Tony Twain was so confident.
But he couldn't find a reason.
So in the end we can only regard this matter as Tony Twain's psychological warfare.
But... what kind of psychological warfare is this? How can he affect himself and Lazio's players?
Chang Sheng has no idea at all...
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The game came as scheduled the next day.
When the players go out to warm up, Chang Sheng prepares for the game in the locker room. This is his habit. He rarely, if ever, goes out to watch the team warm up on site.
At this time, he was the only one in the locker room, and he could enjoy the rare tranquility.
In an increasingly stressful situation, this is a great opportunity to relax and unwind.
But today was a special situation. He had just fallen into deep thought when the door to the locker room was knocked open.
He raised his head and glared in displeasure at being disturbed.
Then he saw Thiago limping in with the support of the team doctor.
"What happened?" Chang Sheng stood up and asked with a frown.
"Uh... Chang, Thiago injured his ankle during the warm-up..." the team doctor also frowned.
"Wei hurt your ankle? What's going on?"
Injury during warm-up before a game is not unheard of. This is not an incredible thing.
But it would be very troublesome to encounter such a thing.
Because we need to temporarily adjust the starting lineup.
Thiago was the starting player in this game. Now that he is injured, he needs to be replaced.
Fortunately, I used rotation so that everyone could cooperate with each other, otherwise it would be really troublesome.
But he wanted to ask clearly what caused Thiago's injury.
Just as the team doctor was about to answer, the door was knocked open again.
Chang Sheng turned his head and looked over. He was suddenly worried that another wounded person would be brought in.
Fortunately, this time it wasn't one person limping in, pestering another person, but the popular assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez.
"often."
He glanced at Thiago and then said to Chang Sheng: "There is a problem with the pitch at Nottingham Forest."
Chang Sheng was surprised: "Is there a problem? What problem?"
“It’s completely different from yesterday when we got used to the venue!”
Chang Sheng smiled: "Why is it different? Couldn't they just change the stadium?"
Rudy Gonzalez smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid they just changed the stadium..."
Chang Sheng's eyes widened: "If we hadn't been together for more than 20 years, I would have thought you were kidding me, Rudy."
"According to the reactions of the players who were warming up, the field was uneven and soft. Playing on it was like playing on a rotten vegetable patch! If you are not careful, you can easily get injured. Thiago was just warming up.
I accidentally stepped into a pit and injured my ankle..."
He pointed at Thiago, and the team doctor who was supporting Thiago nodded and confirmed Rudy Gonzalez's statement.
Chang Sheng looked up at the ceiling.
Well, now at least I know why Tony Twain is so confident that he can defeat us... (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)
