No matter how much Inter Milan hates this game, and no matter how reluctant they are, time will not stop its pace, it will still move forward minute by minute until the game comes.
On the afternoon of May 13th, Meazza faced a special opponent.
When the entire Inter Milan team lined up in two lines outside the tunnel.
There were bursts of boos in the stands.
No one knew whether the boos were booing Lazio or the underwhelming Inter Milan.
Or... both.
For Inter Milan players, starting the game is a recognition of their own strength. They train hard every week and maintain good performance, just to be able to start the game on the weekend.
Starting qualification is something that every player desperately pursues.
But in this game, they definitely won't think so.
For the first time, many people are afraid to avoid it.
Because as a starter, you have to stand on the court and line up to welcome your enemies.
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Listening to the boos outside, Lazio's players seemed very comfortable.
"This feeling... feels good!"
The young Benzema said to his teammates in the tunnel of the locker room.
"Hey guys, we're going out, get ready for their 'welcome'!" Rocky, the captain of this game, turned back and shouted to his teammates.
Then the team began to move forward.
When they walked out of the aisle, the boos suddenly grew louder.
Inter Milan fans can only express their dissatisfaction in this way at this time.
Amidst their boos, Lazio's players held their heads high and looked proud.
This is the treatment we get by relying on our own strength. Even if you boo, you are not afraid of us!
We have a clear conscience!
The Inter Milan players standing in the stadium looked at these Lazio players walking up arrogantly, and felt even more uncomfortable - if they could win the league championship, the situation would be reversed. Lazio players would line up to welcome them
them……
Inter Milan's players clapped listlessly.
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Chang Sheng stood on the coaching bench with his hands on his hips, watching his players file through the welcoming queue of Inter Milan players.
He felt that the guy who invented this ritual was so great!
Accepting your opponent's tribute is also an excellent way to humiliate your opponent.
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Mancini huddled in the coach's seat and did not go out. He didn't even raise his head. He lowered his head. No one knew what he was thinking.
After losing the league championship, there were calls in the media for him to be fired.
This time Moratti, the president who is known for changing coaches, showed extraordinary patience. He once again publicly supported Mancini, saying that he thought Mancini did a great job at Inter Milan.
"I will continue to support his work and the entire locker room will support his work."
Despite the president's full support, Mancini still doesn't seem very happy.
He lowered his head and did not look at the court.
It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle to start the game that he raised his head for the first time.
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Mancini may have had an idea of how his team might perform in this game.
So although he raised his head after the game started, he did not get up from his seat.
He acted very dull.
And the team is as dull as he is.
Inter Milan is completely out of form.
They played listlessly, their running was not active enough, and their passing accuracy also dropped significantly.
Some of the balls can be snatched away just by grabbing them, but the Inter Milan players have no intention of doing so.
Many times, their defense can even be described as "eye defense". Obviously Inter Milan didn't want to play well.
After striving for the goal for a season, the league championship was snatched away by others at the last moment, and they still had to line up at their home court to welcome the enemy who took away their championship. This was a huge blow to their morale.
For the sake of the league championship, they even gave up the Champions League, which should be their last life-saving straw.
Now that they didn't catch it, they had no choice but to drown in the torrential flood...
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Lazio played very relaxedly because Inter Milan really didn't create any pressure on them.
Lazio's players played very relaxedly on the court and played as they pleased.
If your mentality is good, you can play well.
Lazio scored the first goal in the 30th minute.
When they were celebrating their goal, the Meazza stadium was filled with overwhelming boos again.
Affected by the constant winning streak, Lazio players now feel that the boos from their opponents are less intimidating.
Just regard the boos as praise and cheers for yourself.
At home, the home team fans support themselves with cheers.
In the away game, fans of the visiting team booed in support of them.
How simple.
When I think about it this way, I feel that no matter how loud the booing is, it is nothing special.
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After the game restarted, Inter Milan, which was one goal behind, still had no intention of rising.
If the other party is so polite, Lazio will naturally not show mercy.
In the second half, Lazio scored two more goals.
Inter Milan only scored a face-saving goal at the last moment, despite the boos from Meazza.
In the end, Lazio defeated Inter Milan 3:1 away from home.
Completed a double kill against Inter Milan.
After the game, Gazzetta dello Sport angrily criticized Inter Milan for being disgraceful and showing no ambition.
Complete surrender on your home court!
Corriere dello Sport praised Lazio's performance.
After enjoying the welcome tribute from Inter Milan, Lazio's main tasks for this season have been completely completed.
With the remaining two rounds of the league, Chang Sheng plans to use the substitute lineup.
All the main players rested.
In fact, it's even a holiday in advance.
Basically Lazio's 2006-2007 season is over.
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In the 37th round, Lazio faced Parma at home.
The two sides tied 0:0.
But the score and the result are not important anymore.
After the game, the Italian Football Federation awarded Lazio this season's championship trophy.
The Olympic Stadium has become a sea of joy.
The team then headed to the Plaza de España to celebrate their league championship with their fans.
However, while the players and fans were enjoying the joy brought by the championship, Chang Sheng was discussing the team's plan for next season with Lotito in the corner.
"Will you continue to sell people next season?" Lotito asked Chang Sheng.
Chang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "I think this is what I should be asking you, Mr. Chairman."
Lotito also laughed, realizing the problem.
Whether Chang Sheng sells players depends on the club's finances. If the club's finances are healthy, Chang Sheng will continue to sell players out of his wits. After all, he has worked hard to cultivate his own players.
Lotito shook his head: "I'm afraid you have to sell players, Chang."
"But there can be no more big sales." Chang Sheng was not surprised by this answer, he nodded and said.
It really can't be a big sale.
The reason why the winning team dared to do this last season was partly because it was necessary to clear up enough salary space. After all, the cleanup of the team's original players at that time was not thorough enough.
Another aspect is that most of these players cannot afford to sell them at a high price, so naturally they can only be sold at a low price.
And at that time, he just caught up with the phone call, and there was a possibility that he could fish in troubled waters in the transfer market. If nothing happened to Juventus, Moggi's GEA company would still be covering the sky with only one hand in Italian football, so he wanted to offer a low price.
Buying that many Italian players is almost impossible.
But now, this favorable factor is gone.
Secondly, he doesn't need to sell and clean up so much.
Because in last summer's transfer action, Lazio's main framework has been built by Chang Sheng.
The next thing is to adjust the various positions.
Moreover, the money earned from selling ten people in the past may be enough from selling one person now.
No matter what, it is still a league championship team, and the players here are naturally much more valuable than before.
After receiving Chang Sheng's answer, Lotito expressed his support for Chang Sheng.
"No matter who sells or buys, the club will support you."
he said.
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There are really not many people who want to sell Changsheng.
He won't move most of the players, they are his own team.
This summer, perhaps the most profitable player is Melo, the main defensive midfielder and core midfielder in his team.
Under his own hands, Melo has grown into a core midfielder with both offense and defense.
He is fierce in defense and has excellent ability to organize offense. He has many goals and assists recorded.
The only problem is that Melo's temper is still as bad as before and he often gets cards on the court.
However, Chang Sheng did not deliberately correct this problem of his.
Because he knows that Melo will not stay in the team forever.
Although he is the main core player at Lazio and has won several championships, he will definitely go to a bigger team.
It can even be said that because he was successful at Lazio, he wanted to leave even more.
The reason is wages.
Lazio implements a salary cap system, which has a maximum salary standard and no one is allowed to exceed this standard.
Even if you are the team's top star or a winning head coach, your salary is the same.
This standard is two million euros.
Limited to two million euros.
Lazio's highest salary is two million.
Changsheng means two million.
He is also the only player in the team with such an annual salary.
Most of Lazio's players are young people and are in the early stages of their careers. At this time, their income is generally not high, which is normal. No one will complain.
But Merlot is different.
Melo is a Brazilian, a black Brazilian. Like most other black Brazilian players, he was born in a slum and has a large family of brothers and sisters.
This made him attach great importance to money since he was a child.
He doesn't play football for any ideal, it's simply for money.
It's okay for him to accept a low salary when he's not famous yet.
But when he becomes famous, gets better and better as he plays, and becomes a big star, he will naturally not be willing to take an annual salary of 900,000 euros.
He needs a higher salary. This salary is far more than two million euros.
And this is something that Lazio club cannot satisfy him.
If you can't be satisfied, you have to leave.
Neither Lazio nor Chang Sheng are hypocritical people.
It's normal for players to leave because the club can't afford a higher salary. Melo wasn't trained by himself anyway, so he doesn't have much affection for Lazio.
So if you want to leave, just leave. Let's get together and part ways easily, and don't say bad words after the breakup.
However, if Melo wants to leave, he must earn enough transfer fees for Lazio...
I believe Melo thinks so too.
Transfer value is the most straightforward way to indicate a player's status, the same as annual salary.
How could Melo, who demands a high annual salary, not demand a high net worth?
He hopes to go to a wealthy club and hope that the wealthy club will buy him at a sky-high price. Satisfying his vanity is secondary. From another aspect, the sky-high price is also something that reflects a player's strength and status. With this price, it is also convenient for Mei
Luo will make more money in the future.
So although Melo has attracted the attention of many teams, it is not easy to take away Melo who still has two years of contract with Lazio.
From now on, Lazio players will never accept low prices!
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