Chapter 177 This time is really a good opportunity for Milan!
That night, all major Italian TV stations broadcast the video of the press conference.
In the video, Chang Sheng sat on the rostrum, Pacheco stood up, and the two looked at each other.
"Your team has encountered a crisis. Except for Handanovic, who has renewed his contract with you? Where is Falcao? You have been saying that you are negotiating with him to renew his contract, why haven't you done so yet?
Talk about it? Maybe after this summer, your team will fall apart. You still want to create a Lazio dynasty. I can only say that you are daydreaming!"
Pacheco pointed to Chang Sheng and made an impassioned speech.
Chang Sheng responded: "Whether I am daydreaming or not is not up to you, Mr. Pacheco. Let the results speak for themselves. Let's not quarrel here, even if you spit out all your saliva."
If you do it, you can't make everyone believe that I'm going to be finished soon. So let's not argue, just wait and see the results. This season, next season, next season. I'll let you see
Look at Lazio dominating Italian football, I will let you see with your own eyes how I conquered this place."
Pacheco raised his head and said: "Then let's wait and see! Everyone present can be a witness!"
"Of course, every reporter present can go back and write that Pacheco and I made a bet." Chang Sheng pointed to the reporters below.
"You all should be witnesses. Pacheco said that I was daydreaming, and I wanted to conquer Italy. Starting from the next game against AC Milan, starting from this season that you think is precarious!"
The live scene ended here, and the camera cut back to the studio. The host patted his chest and looked frightened: "What a thrilling showdown! Chang made bold claims that he would conquer Italy from now on... Didn't he say this a long time ago?
?Haven’t he conquered it before? Ha!”
At this point, the host himself laughed.
"Okay, just kidding. But we can really start to look forward to how Chang and his Lazio will conquer Italy. Such a team is about to be dismantled. I think it would be good if they can not be conquered.
Conquering others... is really difficult. Of course, Chang never takes the ordinary path, maybe he likes to challenge impossible things? In short, my evaluation is that his courage is commendable!"
In another live TV program, a gray-haired old guest shouted: "He is declaring war on all of us! We should make a strong response immediately! Let him know that he is doing this
How stupid! A Chinese trying to conquer Italy? How ridiculous!"
His voice was trembling. Just listening to the voice sounded like he was going to see God at any time.
At the same time, his face was flushed, and he was obviously very excited.
"I don't know where he got such courage... In the first season, his Lazio was second in the league. Later, the Football Association secretary gave them a league championship, which became Chang's capital... Then last season
, Lazio won the league championship. But that was because after the Calciopoli incident, there were no corresponding opponents in Serie A. Lazio won the championship completely without competitors, which does not mean anything. The third season.
This season, Lazio is only two points ahead of Inter Milan... I don’t understand what he has to be proud of. Do the Chinese call this situation 'conquest'?"
A middle-aged male guest in another program pushed up his glasses and curled his lips in disdain.
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Then Lazio ushered in the away game against AC Milan.
Sure enough, as the media speculated, the winning team did not let all the main players play in this game. He gave up part of the main players, and the starting lineup was half the main players and half the substitutes.
Some of the main players did not even come to Milan. They could only watch the game in front of the TV at home and pay attention to the team's performance.
As for whether the team wins or loses, they can't help at all.
Obviously, winning often is to preserve strength for the Champions League match in midweek.
The media are right. If AC Milan wants revenge, this game is really a good opportunity for them.
Even if the Lazio players take the field, they may be thinking about the Champions League in midweek.
Some people are afraid of getting injured and don't dare to give their best in the game.
Chang Sheng also knows how difficult this game is.
AC Milan has 10,000 reasons to beat Lazio. They are full of motivation and full of hard work.
Lazio, on the other hand, felt that because of the Champions League, they were unable to show their strongest strength in the game.
With one thing going the other way, AC Milan's chances of winning will increase a lot.
"After two rounds without a win, we have won two games in a row, but the criticism and disapproval of us from the outside world continues. Just because our last game away win against Empoli was a fluke. We need to use a game
We must win a significant enough game to prove ourselves. In order to drive away those pesky flies, we must win today’s game! The media said that our strength has declined compared with before. Because we gave up half of our main players. But
I want to say that the media is farting! In my opinion, each of you is the best player, there is no distinction between main player and substitute. I believe you can beat AC Milan in the away game!"
When the game was about to start, Chang Sheng said to his players.
Then when the players were about to take the field, he pulled Handanovic, the goalkeeper who started today.
"Boss, I promise that I will not be distracted today, and I will definitely be fully focused..." Handanovich seemed to know what Chang Sheng was going to say to him, and quickly expressed his stance first.
Chang Sheng patted him on the shoulder: "Imagine, Samir. When you stand in front of the goal, there is a Range Rover worth 80,000 euros parked in the goal behind you. That is your favorite car.
...If anyone dares to shoot your car with a ball, you will fight those bastards for your life!"
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The game started with wild boos from AC Milan fans because Lazio kicked off first.
But soon, the initiative of the game fell into the hands of the home team AC Milan.
Although Chang Sheng was in the locker room, for the purpose of encouraging the players, he said that there was no difference in the strength of his two lineups.
But in fact, there are indeed differences between the two lineups.
For example, he did not use Falcao at the center position, but used Rocchi. Rocchi is very diligent and loyal enough to the team. However, his ability is still far behind Falcao.
Secondly, in the right wing position, Benzema rested and Cazorla started.
Cazorla's foot skills are excellent, but his speed is not fast, and his ability to break vertically is far inferior to that of Benzema. This will inevitably lead to Lazio's right-side attack not being as sharp as before.
In the midfield, Modric, as the team's midfield commander, continued to start. However, Khedira behind him was replaced by Ledesma. The midfield combination was Modric, Ledesma and
Inle.
In addition, Pavin also got a chance to rest in this game, and Stendaldo started in his place.
In terms of strength, Stendhal is not as good as Pavin. Faced with the successive attacks of Inzaghi, Kaká, Seedorf and Pato, it is also doubtful whether he can withstand the attacks.
At the right back position, Balzaretti also rested, and his replacement was Kolarov.
On the right back, Abate got the opportunity to continue to start. He was able to face his former club.
The goalkeeper position is still Handanovic. Apart from the Slovenian goalkeeper, Lazio has no other reliable goalkeeper available.
Look at this configuration. You can see how much pressure Handanovic will be under during the game.
AC Milan, on the other hand, has all their main players and has no intention of saving any effort for the away game against Arsenal.
In AC Milan's starting lineup, the most eye-catching player is not Kaka, not Inzaghi, not Pirlo, not Seedorf... but Alexander Rodriguez da Silva, also known as
"Pato".
Although the Brazilian striker who just joined AC Milan in January this year has not played a few games, he has already conquered AC Milan fans and the critical Milan media through his outstanding performance.
In his first league game for AC Milan, he scored his first goal. In addition to one goal, he had a total of five shots in that game. Four of them hit the goal frame.
Inside.
"Gazzetta dello Sport" said after the game that "a future star is rising."
In fact, Pato has joined AC Milan a long time ago. Last summer, Pato joined AC Milan.
However, Pato was not yet 18 years old at the time. According to Italian domestic law, only those over 18 years old can sign a professional contract. His birthday is September 2nd, and he will not be able to sign a professional contract with AC until September 2nd.
Milan signed a professional contract. However, the deadline for team registration was before then, which meant that Pato could not register at all.
In addition, there are regulations in Brazil that players under the age of 18 are not allowed to play abroad. Therefore, AC Milan could not bring Pato.
But AC Milan played some tricks.
They attracted Pato, but they did not sign a professional contract with him, nor did they announce his transfer. For half a season, they allowed Pato to train with AC Milan. However, without playing in games, the team's roster was
Can't find him.
They also reached an agreement with Internacional, Pato's original team. During this period, Pato was still a player of the Internacional team, but he was training with AC Milan.
So it does not count as "going abroad to play football before the age of eighteen." He did go abroad, but he did not play football... He just took advantage of the loopholes stipulated by the Brazilian Football Association. The international team also agreed to help out of financial considerations.
AC Milan. After all, Pato's transfer can bring them a transfer fee of 22 million euros. For Brazilian clubs, this is a huge sum of money!
The Brazilian Football Association and AC Milan even had a lawsuit over this matter.
After Pato turned eighteen, AC Milan officially signed a transfer contract with Internazionale de Brazil during this winter break. Pato transferred from Internacional to AC Milan for a transfer fee of 22 million euros.
Pato was also able to sign a professional contract with AC Milan.
Then he played in the first league game after the winter break.
Pato's technical skills are deeply loved and favored by AC Milan fans and celebrities.
Fans even feel that Pato is the key figure who can break the deadlock between AC Milan and Lazio.
Whether it's Kaka or Inzaghi, they have already played against Lazio, and Chang Sheng can always think of a way to deal with them.
But it seems Pato is different.
Pato is a newcomer, he is brand new to Lazio.
Chang Sheng must lack understanding of Pato. With only a few game videos, what can he know?
In this game, if AC Milan wants to defeat Lazio, it will have to rely on Pato!
