Nottingham Forest fans must still be upset that Jose Passarella's foul on Adriano Mock was not awarded a penalty.
They didn't care that TV replays had proven Jose Passarella's innocence.
Anyway, they just wanted a penalty kick. As for whether they deserved the penalty kick, that doesn't matter at all.
After regaining their composure, Lazio began to try to counterattack.
Nottingham Forest's corner kick went directly to the goal, and was hit directly by goalkeeper Ter Stegen.
The ball was played by Casemiro, who called the captain and passed the ball to the frontcourt.
What should follow should be a counterattack by Lazio.
However, Lazio's counterattack was completely unsuccessful.
Because Gotze received the ball but failed to control it. Not only that, he almost injured himself!
When he stretched his foot to stop the ball, his supporting foot failed to stand firmly. Because there was a hole under his foot, it went straight over. In order to prevent himself from being injured, Gotze had no choice but to give up stopping the ball.
He fell directly to the ground sideways.
Football has also flown far away.
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When Chang Sheng saw Gotze lying on the ground on the sidelines, his heart tightened - no more players could be injured at this time!
Fortunately, Gotze got up from the ground quickly.
At this time, Chang Sheng could no longer think about what a pity it was that the attack failed to succeed.
He saw some clues from Gotze's fall - the half of the City Stadium in Nottingham Forest has the same conditions as the half where Lazio is, and they are both a bad place!
But why didn't Nottingham Forest's players show that they were playing on a bad pitch?
Judging from their pace, it's normal. I thought the court on their side was smooth...
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Seeing Lazio's counterattack disappear just like that, Tony Twain laughed happily on the sidelines.
This was the combat strategy he had worked hard on for more than two weeks.
After bringing the team back from Rome, he put the team into closed training.
Since this week, he has declined all interviews, which has offended many reporters.
But he has to do this, because only in this way can he give Lazio a "surprise".
Now it seems that it is indeed what he wished for.
Lazio would never have imagined that the pitches in the entire city stadium were exactly the same as the one they had chosen.
The turf workers at Nottingham Forest Club spent a whole night without sleep to lay this.
It would not be that troublesome to just lay the turf, but it would be difficult to ensure that the turf of this stadium feels exactly the same as the turf of the No. 1 training ground at the Wilford training base.
The closed training is naturally to let your players adapt to this rotten vegetable patch-like turf.
Only in this way can we ensure that they are not injured during the game.
Of course, the price is not small. In order to adapt to this kind of venue, Nottingham Forest had four players unable to participate in the game due to injuries during training.
After paying such a heavy price, I naturally hope to gain good results in the competition.
This is Nottingham Forest's tactical arrangement at their home court.
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Questions about why the City Ground's turf turned into what it looked like overnight.
Chang Sheng no longer has the time to think about it.
And now is not the time to consider this issue.
Walking in the air was originally a good idea. But now it seems that it doesn't work.
Even if the football is flying around in the air without being affected by the field, the players can't be flying around in the air without falling down, right?
That wouldn't be a football game on Earth.
Although Lazio in its heyday was once known as the "Cosmic Team", Lazio was still composed entirely of people from the earth. It has not yet reached the sky and the earth. My heart is soaring...
If players don't run well on the field, it will affect their ball control. In this way, even if the ball comes in the air, you can't stop it. Just like the time Gotze stopped the ball just now.
If it were a normal field situation, Chang Sheng believed that Gotze would be able to stop this long ball.
As a result, it will be difficult for Lazio to even attack.
So what should we do in the next game?
In a football match, even if you can't win, you can't lose either.
This is the plan to always win.
So he made a decisive decision - stick to it!
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Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Chang Sheng called the Lazio player Gotze who was closest to him and gave him face-to-face instructions.
Gotze then ran onto the court and conveyed his latest instructions to his teammates.
Everyone now knows how to play in the next game.
When Pisa restarted, everyone saw that Lazio had shrunk its defense.
Just like when Nottingham Forest played Lazio in the away game, Lazio also shrank its defense in the away game!
"Lazio has started to shrink its defense! This is really surprising... When will Lazio shrink its defense during the game?!"
Even the narrator found it strange.
Of course, it’s not like there are no people who understand.
"The quality of the turf in this game does not seem to be very good. From the perspective of our commentary box, we can see a lot of exposed sand. Before the game even started, a Lazio player was injured while warming up.
Withdrew from the game. Gotze's failure to catch the ball just now has a lot to do with the field. I think Lazio's sudden change in tactics must have realized that the field has a great impact on them. After all, Lazio emphasizes ground coordination.
As a team, they need to pass the football back and forth on the turf. This has very high requirements on the field. On such a field, it is impossible for Lazio to play any threatening offense, so they can only choose to defend.
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After Lazio shrank its defense, Nottingham Forest basically dominated the field.
Nottingham Forest players, who were very familiar with the field conditions, bombarded Lazio's penalty area and the game turned into a half-time attack and defense early on.
Lazio's defense was under tremendous pressure.
Chang Sheng also had to start making substitutions early.
In the 30th minute, he made the first substitution, replacing veteran Messi with center back Ricardo Sepieri.
Strengthen defense.
Messi was replaced entirely due to tactical needs, not because his performance was not good enough.
Messi himself knows it very well.
And to be honest, he is also worried that he will get injured again when playing on such a venue, even more worried about this than young players.
Because he is older, the strength of both his joints and muscles is not as good as before. Young players may sprain their feet and move around when encountering some uneven ground. But if he sprains his feet, I am afraid that this
The season will be canceled again.
So when Chang Sheng replaced him, he was relieved.
So he walked to the sidelines and high-fived his teammates to complete the substitution ceremony.
When the media reporters saw this scene, they all began to look forward to some sideline stories between Messi and Chang Sheng after he came down, such as deliberately turning a blind eye to Chang Sheng's outstretched hand, or walking straight to the locker room with a stinky face...
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He was replaced in just thirty minutes. No one would be unhappy if he was replaced, right?
Not to mention a former world number one player like Messi.
But they were disappointed, Messi simply didn't perform as they had hoped.
After he came off the field, he hugged Chang Sheng, then walked to the bench, took the coat from the coach, put it on, sat on the bench, and started watching the game.
The expression is normal and the behavior is normal.
Everything is completely normal!
It’s completely impossible to see why he was dissatisfied with this substitution...
The reporters in the media box looked at each other in confusion, wondering when Messi had become so good-tempered.
When he was in Barcelona, if anyone had talked about taking him off early or letting him be a substitute in a rotation, it was guaranteed that news of his dissatisfaction would spread the next day, and in the end it would most likely be the head coach who compromised.
But now, just thirty minutes after the game started, he was replaced by the head coach, and Messi showed no sign at all!
If they knew that Messi was actually eager to be replaced, I wonder how they would feel...
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Messi's substitution meant a complete change in Lazio's tactics.
Stop pursuing winning the game and hoping not to lose.
Nottingham Forest will naturally not let Lazio get what they want.
During the closed training before the game, Tony Twain fully considered that Lazio would definitely shrink its defense after the game started.
In response to this possibility, Nottingham Forest has also made corresponding arrangements and training.
So they came prepared.
In the next game, Lazio was forced into the penalty area by Nottingham Forest and looked very embarrassed.
Lazio, on the other hand, completely gave up attacking. As long as the ball was at their feet, they no longer passed it back and forth to delay time. Instead, they directly kicked the ball into the frontcourt with a big kick.
Of course, there is no one in their frontcourt, so Lazio doesn't care about offense at all.
Under such venue conditions, even if it can only draw the opponent, it is already very good...
After all, Lazio was caught off guard by Nottingham Forest. They never expected that the venue, which was normal when they adapted to it one day ago, would change a day later...
It is not easy to not concede the ball in a hasty challenge.
Nowadays, Chang Sheng doesn’t even dare to think about scoring goals. In this kind of football game, he is afraid of overthinking.
Once you think too much, you will expose your flaws and your opponents will catch you.
Safety is the most important thing. Chang Sheng is still a very conservative person at heart. When necessary, there is no obstacle to him sacrificing entertainment. He is not opposed to a draw. After all, a draw is better than losing the game.
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Chang Sheng stood on the sidelines and turned to look at Tony Twain next door. He thought to himself that this must be the fault of this Englishman.
Although I don't know how he did it...
But he won't just give up after the game is over!
Lazio lost a general in this stadium. If he just let it go, he would pretend to be the boss of Lazio players! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
