On May 11, the day of the UEFA Cup final, new developments regarding the Calciopoli scandal came from Italy.
Juventus Club officially issued a statement announcing the collective resignation of the Juventus Club Board of Directors!
This basically confirms the accusations disclosed by the Juventus club and the media.
In Italy, everyone is paying attention to the progress of the Telephone Scandal.
As for the UEFA Cup final, they seemed not to care.
It was under such circumstances that Lazio entered the final.
Chang Sheng was in the locker room, wearing a neat suit as usual.
Most of the players had already changed their clothes and were sitting in their seats, watching the winner pacing back and forth in the locker room.
After stomping a few times, Chang Sheng stopped, and then he looked at his players.
This is the second time he has reached the finals of a competition after two years.
After not winning a championship for two years, some people doubted whether he had exhausted his talent and started to decline. Some media also laughed at him that he was just a shooting star when he was so famous.
He has performed well in leading the team at Lazio this season, and even this has led to speculation that "someone is above", which shows how far his reputation has fallen.
For Chang Sheng, this game is also an opportunity to prove that he is not dead yet.
He wants those who laugh at him to know that he is still alive and well.
"Guys, when you came to the team, how many of you thought you could participate in this kind of game so soon?" he asked.
No one answered him, because everyone knew that no answer was needed.
No one could have imagined that they would have a chance to play in the UEFA Cup final.
When Lazio began its purge, everyone felt that the team's goal for the new season was to avoid relegation. The players who stayed in Lazio began to prepare for their own escape.
And those young players who have just joined the team only want to be here and have the opportunity to participate in more games. That's all. As for championships and finals, they have never thought about it.
"But we are here, that's all. Looking back, this journey has been pretty smooth. We haven't encountered any big difficulties. But this is not because we are lucky, but because we are strong. Even if there are difficulties,
They were all stepped on by us. The UEFA Cup is a very important game for us. If anyone doesn’t know what this final means, I don’t mind explaining it to you. The 1997-1998 season seven seasons ago
, we reached the UEFA Cup final and faced Inter Milan, and then we lost a clean 0:3. We were beaten without the ability to fight back. Everyone must have seen Ronaldo’s pendulum style countless times.
It was extraordinary. That goal was beautiful, but it is a pity that it was us, Lazio, who provided the background for him. This reality is cruel. The goal that was praised over and over again by people had us as the background. While people praised Ronaldo for his goal,
But he is also laughing at Lazio."
"Now we have this opportunity to wash away this shame. We want to prove to the world that Lazio can not only be the background for others, but can also be the protagonist!"
"I think everyone is very clear about what is happening in Italy now. This matter has nothing to do with us, but it affects us. During this time, the media have been asking us whether we are involved in the Telephone Scandal incident, and even
Some media questioned that the results we achieved were achieved by behind-the-scenes operations. Do they think every team is Juventus? But Lazio is not! We can prove this to the world in this game. What we at Lazio
Every achievement we achieve is earned with our own sweat! Such achievements cannot be tarnished by others!"
Lazio has a majority of young players, and the characteristic of young players is that they "love great achievements." This is not a derogatory term here. Young people like praise and achievements. These are positive and are the driving force for them to continue to improve.
Lazio has achieved enviable results, and young players want to hear praise. Things like "Lazio deserves it!" "This is the best Lazio team in history!"
Rather than "Lazio's results are all obtained by cheating!" "A team that cheats like Lazio will be finished sooner or later!"
When they hear this kind of criticism, they will become angry. They think that the other party has insulted their efforts and insulted their character. This anger will make them motivated during the game.
And what Chang Sheng wants is this kind of result.
Seeing the unhappy expressions on the faces of many young people, Chang Sheng knew that he had succeeded again...
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Facing Lazio, Schalke 04's strategy is to defend firmly, strive not to concede the ball, maintain the stability of the defensive formation, and never let the opponent pull away the defense line easily.
Schalke 04 head coach Mirko Slomka believes that as long as his team does these things, it can guarantee not conceding a goal.
Of course, doing this will inevitably sacrifice the ability to score goals. Schalke 04's focus is on defense, what about the offense?
Don't attack.
Sacrifice goal-scoring ability to achieve an impenetrable defense.
This is what Slomka had in mind.
In the end, he hopes to decide the outcome with Lazio through penalty kicks.
This is a very good idea.
From a strategic point of view, there is no problem at all and there is a possibility of success.
Because as long as the game can be dragged to a penalty shootout, all the advantages Lazio had before will be in vain.
What running, what passing, what passing and cutting coordination, dazzling... it's all gone.
Penalty kick competition is about psychology and luck.
At this point, Slomka firmly believes that the German team has an absolute advantage in this regard!
Penalties can never defeat a German team!
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Under this guiding ideology, in this final, Schalke 04 shrunk its defense from the beginning, allowing Lazio to besiege from the outside. As long as they didn't score, they could do anything.
He gave up possession of the ball and directly gave up all the space outside the 30-meter area, allowing Lazio's players to kick back and forth outside. He watched the ball possession rate rise suddenly and remained unmoved.
In a football match, the maximum number of starters for one side is eleven. There are so many football fields, but there are only so many people. If you want to cover everything and take care of every position, it is impossible. Just spread eleven people over
There is simply not enough to see in the entire stadium.
But if you want to shrink all eleven people into the penalty area, it will suddenly look very crowded and will not give the opponent any space or time.
This is Slomka's tactical thinking.
His team huddled in the penalty area, making it impossible for Lazio to penetrate.
No matter how exquisite the pass is, nothing can be done at this time.
Because there is no space for Lazio to exploit!
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"This is really the most boring and ugly UEFA Cup final I have ever seen!" the commentator shook his head and sighed.
After a good UEFA Cup final, Schalke 04 ended up like this...
"Speaking of it, this seems to be the strategy that everyone will choose when encountering a winning team. The last finals with a winning team was the UEFA Champions League final in the 2003-2004 season. In that game, Mourinho's Porto
When facing Valencia, which has always won, they also adopted a completely defensive tactic. Of course, they still lost the game in the end. But for now, defending is indeed the most effective way."
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Schalke 04 cowered and defended, while Lazio was under siege. This kind of game is really not good to watch.
It would not be bad if Lazio could regularly threaten Schalke 04's goal.
The problem is that after Schalke 04 tightened its defense, Lazio couldn't score, and the game was not good to watch.
But both sides of the game don’t care whether it’s good or not…
Especially Schalke 04. They just want to win.
Slomka felt a little proud when he looked at Lazio, who could only shoot from long range and make crosses.
The game time passed minute by minute, and his own goal remained motionless.
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Chang Sheng really did not expect that Schalke 04 would defend so thoroughly in this game.
Because Schalke 04 has never used such passive and conservative tactics in a game before.
When Chang Sheng saw this scene, he knew why Slomka did what he did.
They want to push it to a penalty shootout.
Although he also arranged for the team to practice penalty kicks before the game, it was simply a routine matter.
He believes that the focus of Schalke 04's pre-match preparations must be penalty kicks.
They spent a lot of time and energy on the penalty shootout.
The goal is to beat Lazio in a penalty shootout.
If you think about it carefully, this is indeed the surest way to defeat Lazio.
You must never let the other party succeed.
Considering that this game was the finals, Chang Sheng focused more on defense, so the game skills he chose were defensive skills such as [Offside Trap], [Iron Warrior] and [Secondary Defense].
Unexpectedly, Schalke 04, which had been playing offense in the previous games, suddenly switched to defense, and defended very resolutely, so much that even Chang Sheng did not expect.
As a result, his three game skills are almost useless.
Maybe only one [Iron Warrior] can be of some use.
At this time, you can no longer rely on competition skills.
There are many ways to break a dense defense, one is set-piece, one is long-range shot, and one is the player's personal performance.
Because there are special training skills for set pieces, Lazio's ability in set pieces is still good.
But the most important thing is actually the long shot.
Long shots not only have the chance to go directly into the goal, but can also create panic for the opponent.
Because when they discovered that Lazio players' long-range shooting percentages were very high, they could no longer sit back and enjoy the goal without any worries.
When they want to rush out to block and defend Lazio's long-range shot, loopholes will naturally appear in the airtight penalty area behind them...
In this game, Chang Sheng didn't use skills like [Precision Strike], but he believed that his team's long-range shots would be good without competition skills.
So he stood up, whistled, and after attracting the attention of his players, he made a long-shot gesture towards them:
Long shot!
Whether it's shooting at the goal or shooting at people!
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