The technical and tactical training progressed smoothly, and another meal greatly improved the players' favor towards their boss.
For Chang Sheng, everything is ready now, all he needs is the east wind.
The 2005-2006 Serie A season kicked off on August 27th.
The opening game is Livorno vs. "Little Pepper" Lecce.
One day later, each team appeared one after another and the league was in full swing.
Lazio's first league game was at home against Messina.
The opponent is stronger than Lazio last season. Because as a newly promoted team, after the end of last season's league, Messina ranked seventh in the league, higher than both Roma.
For such an opponent, Chang Sheng does not dare to take it lightly.
Because the first defeat that Roma suffered when he coached last season was caused by Messina. It was in the second round of the league, when Roma challenged Messina away from home.
Messina's home stadium is located on the island of Sicily, and the fans there are extremely fanatical. Changsheng and Roma feel the "enthusiasm" of Sicilian fans.
Although "Glider" Montella completed a hat trick in the game, it still did not help change the result.
In the end, after ninety minutes of fierce battle, Roma lost to Messina 3:4 in the away game.
That game was also the trigger for Totti to speak out against him.
After losing that game, the Italian media ridiculed Chang Sheng.
"If you can't even win against the newly promoted team, how do you expect Roma to gain new life in his hands?"
"This game fully proves how unsuitable Italian football is for winning often. Even Montella broke out, but it still couldn't prevent the team from losing. Then the responsibility certainly does not lie with the players, but with the head coach..."
This was the evaluation of Chang Sheng by the media at that time.
So if you want to say it, Chang Sheng and Messina are actually quite related.
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This time, before the start of the new season, Messina once again encountered a constant victory, and the psychological warfare before the game must be fought.
Messina's head coach Bertolo Muti said in an interview with reporters that his team is not afraid of Lazio at all, even though Lazio just defeated Deportivo La Coruña 5-0 in the Intertoto Cup.
"I have a mental advantage over Chang because we beat him last season." The 51-year-old Muti said half-jokingly. "I hope that the game can successfully bring back Chang's unpleasant memories.
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Roma supporters are also cheering Messina on.
"Messina is the finisher who always wins. A match with Messina will definitely make Chang Sheng unlucky!"
How did Chang Sheng respond to this?
He smiled slightly: "Yes, I lost to Messina last year. But that was because I was coaching Roma, not Lazio."
This answer won him favor from Lazio fans, but also offended Roma fans even more.
Chang Sheng has long been aware of this, so he will never be merciful when attacking his opponents.
Anyway, when he jumped to his rivals in the same city, Roma fans had already sentenced him to death.
After the news came out, some Roma fans burned Chang Sheng's portrait and the five-star red flag representing his nationality in the street.
This is an expression of anger towards Chang Sheng.
So Chang Sheng has long ago offended Roma fans.
"Corriere dello Sport" warned the victors before the game not to get carried away, lest one mistake would lead to eternal regrets.
They believe that the reason why Roma, which was always victorious last season, lost to Messina in an away game is because they underestimated their opponents.
Chang Sheng was too lazy to fight such a verbal dispute with reporters.
He is very aware of the behavior of the media.
As long as he can lead Lazio to defeat Messina, then the media will have nothing to say.
This is what Chang Sheng likes the most in the football world. The winner is king. As long as he can win, he is the strong one with the right to speak.
By accumulating victory after game, one can gain a high enough status and reputation in this circle.
This is much better than being a grandson with your tail between your legs in other industries.
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Rome's Stadio Olimpico is no longer unfamiliar with winning games.
He had been here once before when he was not the head coach of Roma. He defeated Roma here. It was the only victory he led Valencia to Italy, and his name was firmly engraved on the president of Roma Club Sensi.
This paved the way for him to later coach Roma.
Later, when he became the head coach of Roma, this was his home stadium and he became more familiar with this stadium.
It's just that he was kicked out after only thirteen rounds of the league.
When he was kicked out, he never thought that he would still stay in this stadium, but he would just change the locker room...
Before the official start of the league, Chang Sheng suddenly came to the stadium on a whim and alone.
He circled the court by himself, trampling all the turf on the edge of the court.
He doesn't know how long he will stay at Lazio, but he ultimately wants to leave his own legend on this stadium.
Although Lotito said that he is planning to build a new football stadium belonging to Lazio Club and no longer share a stadium with Roma.
He knew very well that he could win often and knew that even by the summer of 2012, Lotito had not achieved this goal.
So there is still time to conquer this Olympic Stadium.
Finally, Chang Sheng stood in front of the Roma coaching bench and looked at the empty coaching bench.
Half a year ago, a year ago, it was here that he began his journey to conquer Italy.
At that time, he was very ambitious and came to Rome, the eternal city, with the aura of winning the Triple Crown and being the youngest champion coach in the history of the Champions League.
He believed that he would defeat Rome and conquer the Apennines.
Unexpectedly, less than half a season later, he was kicked out and suffered the most painful defeat since he became the head coach.
That kind of pain even made him feel that he had not seen it for a long time. The last time he felt such humiliation was when he had not become the head coach. At that time, he was still coaching the children's team of Real Madrid.
Later, when he became the head coach of the first team, his halo was filled with victories and championships. He became a person who seemed to ordinary people to be omnipotent. No matter how difficult the situation was, he could lead the team to win the championship.
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Even he himself didn't think he could lose.
As a result, at this time, he encountered Waterloo in Rome.
It made him understand that he was not yet invincible.
Although he can handle "the most complicated dressing room in La Liga", he cannot handle the Roma dressing room with Totti.
Although he could defeat the enemies on the field, there was nothing he could do against the Sensi family, which was deeply rooted in Rome.
The experience in Rome will be a valuable experience for him.
But the way he finished class and many things that happened after class made him deeply resentful of the Club of Rome.
Fortunately, Lotito gave himself such an opportunity to prove his worth and his mistakes right under Sensi's nose.
This experience in Rome became a source of motivation for him.
Now he is looking at the Roma coaching bench, where he once stood directing the game.
Starting tomorrow, I will be directing the game next door.
This will be a new life.
It belongs to Lazio and it belongs to us.
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Messina indeed came to the Stadio Olimpico with the mentality of causing trouble for Chang Sheng and Lazio.
Judging from the first ten minutes of the game, they were able to defeat Roma, which was always victorious last season, and finally ranked seventh in the league. It was really not just luck.
This small Italian team plays the most traditional Italian football - defensive counterattack.
They deployed heavy troops at the front of their penalty area, and then waited for Lazio to attack. Once Lazio intercepted the ball mid-attack, they immediately counterattacked. However, they did not invest many troops in the offense, and only relied on the two or three people in the frontcourt.
Cooperate in a small area, score if you can score, and pull down if you can't. At least it will not affect your own defense.
They came with the mentality that even one point counts as a win.
Many teams hate playing against such an opponent, because the game will be awkward, like being stuck in a quagmire. No matter how much ability you have, you can't use it at all.
After a game is played, it may be boring and there will be no exciting scenes.
Fans often don't like defensive counterattacks for this reason.
Last season, Roma, which had always won, lost to Messina in an away game. Messina also played defensive counterattack. As a result, Roma was too weak in that game. Montella scored three goals, which were even able to defeat Messi.
Na scored four goals through defensive counterattacks...
Even Chang Sheng didn't understand how he lost this game...
But this is no longer important. Anyway, the team that Zheng Sheng is now coaching has been changed to Lazio.
After a summer of running-in and training, this Lazio team is no longer what it used to be. Chang Sheng, who follows the team every day, naturally knows the progress and capabilities of this team best.
If Messina's head coach Muti still looks at Lazio with old eyes, Chang Sheng won't mind letting him die in peace...
The Italian media always say that the winning tactics will get stuck in Italy's defensive quagmire and cannot be used because the Italian team will not give him the space and time he needs to win.
In fact, what these media said has a certain truth. Italian football attaches great importance to defense, so they have strict restrictions on space and time in the game.
Directly copying what Valencia does, you really can’t get along here.
But the improved Mad Dog tactics are different.
Because after increasing the speed, the impact force increases.
Facing a mature defensive system, it is not necessarily possible to find loopholes by constantly moving back and forth from the outside.
If you never try to attack, then the opponent's defense will not suffer any impact.
Now that the victory is constant, every offensive player in Lazio can turn into a battering ram and hit Messina's gate.
Constantly using speed and technology, as well as passing and cutting cooperation to attack Messina's defense, completely disrupting their defensive strategy, creating a gap where Lazio could break through, and a situation where flames were everywhere, making Messina
Lose your cool in defense and focus on one thing and the other.
This is why Chang Sheng requires every player to have balanced and versatile abilities when recruiting players. Defensive midfielders must be able to rush forward and kick, then they are qualified.
When Chang Sheng brings this team together, they will show their terrifying strength.
It is indeed a good idea to perform surgery on Messina.
Because their defense is very typical and has the same core tactical concepts as many other Italian teams.
Although his tactics performed well in the International Toto Cup, after all, they were unexpected Italian teams. So far, except for the warm-up matches, he has not had any serious interactions with the Italian teams. Pass over.
He wants to see if his improved tactics can really help him conquer Italy! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
