Chang Sheng, who was standing on the sidelines, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Cavani hit the football into the goal.
Although the goal was scored almost at the end of the first half, it was a bit late.
But no matter what, it's a good thing to score goals.
After taking the lead, the game may become easier to play.
The bottom line for a consistent win is to be able to beat Barcelona by 20 at home, which will make it much less difficult for away games.
At the same time, next door, Guardiola was shouting loudly on the sidelines, reminding his players not to rush or panic.
There are still more than fifty minutes left in the game.
The real battle only begins now...···
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After the game restarted, Lazio took advantage of the momentum they had just scored to launch a fierce attack on Barcelona's goal.
Hope to score another goal before the end of the first half.
However, Barcelona was not affected by the blow caused by conceding the ball. Their defense was as tight as before. When the football was at their feet, they also dared to control the ball and pass it instead of hurriedly kicking it.
Go out and finish your work.
Faced with such a defense, Lazio had no good solution.
Lazio was unable to score again until the end of the first half.
The first half ended with a score of 1:.
Chang Sheng re-adjusted his tactics during the halftime break. In the first half, Faraoni had to keep his messages as simple as possible because time was limited.
So the effect is not very good.
It's halftime now, and he has fifteen minutes to tell the players what they should do in the second half.
What he wants to tell the players is the change of pace
"...Obviously Barcelona wants to use slow to control fast. Now we are not fast, but it does not mean that we will never be fast. What rhythm we have is mainly determined by the situation on the field. Since Barcelona wants to
If they play ball possession with us, then we will compete with them in ball control! But ball control is not our goal. Even if we play in the backcourt for 90 minutes and increase the ball possession rate to 100%, it is meaningless.
When we have the ball, you must always observe. If there is a better opportunity, then decisively speed up! Use the change in rhythm to open up space and find opportunities!"
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Meanwhile, in the Barcelona dressing room, Guardiola kept hammering home the idea that conceding a goal doesn't matter.
"... It doesn't matter if we concede a goal, because even if we only lose one goal in the away game, the situation will still be more favorable to us. So don't panic because of this conceded goal, and continue to play according to the tactics we arranged before.
Before we conceded the goal, the score was still 0:0. You should have seen it in the first half. As long as we play according to the tactics of the first half, there is nothing Lazio can do to us. There was some luck in their goal...
...Don’t think too much. No matter how Lazio changes tactics in the second half, we stick to our own and don’t get into the opponent’s rhythm. This is very important!”
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The fifteen-minute intermission went by very quickly for Chang Sheng.
Because in order for the players to know what to do specifically, it’s not enough to just say one or two general sentences. It has to be specific to all aspects.
In this situation, how should we move and how should we pass the ball? How should we pass the ball and move in that situation? When a teammate is in position A, what should other players do?
These must be explained clearly.
After the fifteen minutes were almost up, Chang Sheng ended his endless midfield adjustments.
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The second half changed sides and the game started again, and the only change from the first half was that Lazio played significantly better.
After making temporary adjustments in the first half, Lazio still seemed a bit hasty.
In the second half, they quickly took the initiative.
Football is basically under their control.
Barcelona can only shrink its defense.
This is certainly not the kind of football Barcelona is good at, but they have no choice.
If they try to regain the field with offense, they may be beaten by Lazio first...
Chang Sheng’s adjustment during the halftime break was still successful.
After Lazio took possession of the ball, it began various changes in rhythm.
These changes make it difficult for Barcelona to guard against.
Just when the advantage of the game was about to tilt towards Lazio, an accident happened.
Goalkeeper Ter Stegen collided with Barcelona center back Camacho while saving a corner kick.
After landing, he held his knees and looked in pain.
Chang Sheng, who was on the sidelines, was heartbroken.
Don't want it?
The team doctor had already rushed up immediately.
Soon he sent back bad news to Chang Sheng.
He made a substitution gesture to Chang Sheng!
"What the hell!"
Chang Sheng cursed.
Ter Stegen is the team's main goalkeeper. His performance in the past games has been very stable. Lazio can advance on three lines this season, and many people have rotated. However, Ter Stegen rarely rotates.
Germany's number one national goalkeeper is the guarantee of the team's defensive stability.
Now at the most critical moment, he is injured!
And I don’t know if it’s just one injury or if I’ll miss multiple games.
If the injury is only for this one game, it will be fine, but if you have to miss more games, then it will be a big problem...!
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For now, it doesn’t matter whether Ter Stegen is injured for one game or several games.
Someone always needs to be replaced.
The substitute goalkeeper who always wins is basically Handanovic who is selected into the squad.
Although Handanovic is older, his physical fitness is not as good as before, especially his explosive power and quicker reactions.
However, his rich experience and accurate position selection are still much better than those young goalkeepers.
However, most of the time Handanovic sat on the bench.
He only played in a handful of cup matches.
Chang Sheng rotates in many positions, but in the goalkeeper position, he always advocates stability and continuity.
When Handanovic was the main goalkeeper, almost no goalkeeper could shake his position.
The same is true now when it comes to Ter Stegen.
Therefore, what worries Chang Sheng the most is that Handanovic has too few opportunities to play. How is his condition?
But I can’t care about that much now.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, Handanovic didn't even have time to warm up.
When Ter Stegen was injured, Handanovic had already been replaced by assistant coach Rudy.
Gonzalez called the experienced Rudy to warm up.
Gonzalez has already seen that Ter Stegen may not be able to hold on.
The scene where Ter Stegen and Camacho collided was being replayed over and over again on the television.
Ter Stegen's knee collided with Camacho's elbow.
The collision between the two hardest parts of the human body caused Ter Stegen's knee to lose.
But this may not be the most deadly.
The most fatal thing was that after he collided with Camacho, he lost his center of gravity and fell down.
When he fell down, Ter Stegen's knee hit the ground directly, with no cushion at all!
This is the main reason why he cannot persist in the game.
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Handanovic briefly warmed up for two minutes before being pushed onto the court by Chang Sheng.
He replaced Ter Stegen.
The thirty-seven-year-old goalkeeper once again took to the field, but his figure was already a little fat and out of shape.
However, his appearance still received applause from many Lazio fans.
For these Lazio fans, Handanovic is a reminder of the good old days.
Handanovic has been playing for Lazio since Chang Sheng first came to Lazio. Counting on the fingers, it has been seventeen years.
He was Lazio's main goalkeeper during its most glorious period and a legend in the history of the Lazio club.
Although now he has been pushed to the bench by Ter Stegen.
But the honors between the two people are completely unequal. Even Ter Stegen respects Handanovic very much.
Because when Lazio was at its most glorious, it was this old goalkeeper who now looks a little fat, guarding Lazio's goal.
"Chan replaced Ter Stegen and replaced Handanovic! Although the Lazio fans at the scene gave Handanovic warm applause, I believe they were just out of regret for the past.
Just doing this out of nostalgia does not mean that they think Handanovic can be a perfect replacement for Ter Stegen..."
The commentator was pessimistic about Lazio's prospects in this game.
His pessimism is justified. Handanovic has basically played few games this season, and not just this season, this has been the case since two seasons ago.
So is such an old goalkeeper who has been away from the team for a long time coming to save Lazio, or push Lazio off the cliff?
Handanovic walked to the goal amidst the puzzled looks of many reporters and commentators.
He looked back at the goal behind him, and suddenly felt something strangely familiar.
Strange because he hasn't stood on such an important stage for a long time.
It's familiar because there's still the same goal behind it. It's 7.32 meters long and 2.44 meters wide. It's not smaller or bigger.
Handanovic turned his head and looked at the goal, confirming his position between himself and the goal.
Then he looked away and tightened his gloves.
Be prepared to save the corner kick - Ter Stegen knocked the football out before Camacho, so it was still a corner kick.
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When the corner kick was taken again, Barcelona center back Camacho, who had collided with Ter Stegen before, jumped up hard and planned to use his head to equalize the score for his team!
But he didn't hit the ball!
At the same time, what appeared in front of him was a pair of gloved hands!
Handanovic leaps to attack!
But Handanovic also failed to hit the ball!
The ball flew over the two of them!
No one expected that the two people in front missed the ball at the same time!
When the football flew through the middle, no one reacted. When the goal was reached, Barcelona forward Neymar jumped up without anyone marking him and then shook his head to attack the goal!
