Mancini became the target of public criticism for a while because his words after the game really destroyed his prestige.
Losing the game was enough to make Inter Milan fans sad. As the head coach of Inter Milan, he actually said such demoralizing words.
This simply makes Inter Milan fans even more frustrated.
It’s okay for the enemy to laugh at us, but what the hell are you doing when your own people come out to badmouth us?
On the Internet that day, Inter Milan's official website was flooded with many Inter Milan fans. They left messages on the website, demanding that the club fire Mancini now!
"We actually let such a coward be the team's head coach for four seasons. No wonder we only won one Coppa Italia in four seasons!"
"Get out of here Mancini! Inter Milan doesn't need such trash!"
"Although I hate Chang very much, I would rather let Chang be the head coach of Inter Milan than let Mancini continue to be our head coach! Let him go!"
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Of course, amidst such one-sided condemnation, Chang Sheng did not forget to add insult to injury.
He left a message on his personal website mocking Mancini: "If I were Mancini and said this, I wouldn't have to wait a month and a half, I would resign now. Because I am no longer worthy of being the head coach of this team.
Coach, I have betrayed the trust placed in me by the players, fans and the club's board of directors. Neither a person nor a head coach should throw up their hands and surrender before the results come out!"
Many media quoted Chang Sheng's words to criticize Mancini, making Mancini even more of a leader...
Finally, under heavy pressure, Mancini came forward to clarify the next day.
"I did not surrender in advance. In fact, my team and I will continue to pursue the league championship and will never give up until the last second! I just said that I will leave Inter Milan after the end of this season. I don't understand why everyone
Do you want to misinterpret it as my early surrender? There are still seven rounds left in the league, and everything is still possible!"
But not many people believe what he said.
Because his previous words had a wider spread and greater influence.
Just like in the Weibo era, the number of forwards and attention of rumors are always much higher than that of refuting rumors.
After the momentum started early, no matter how Mancini tried to refute the rumors, it was of no use.
Inter Milan fans went to the team's training base, Pinetina, to protest with banners, demanding that Mancini resign now and not wait until the end of the season.
An excited Inter Milan fan said in an interview with a TV reporter: "Let him get out now! There are seven rounds left in the league. We are eight points behind. Yes, theoretically we still have the possibility to catch up. But the premise is that the ball
The team cannot be led by him. Under his leadership, we will never be able to catch up with Lazio in our lifetime! We have endured him for four seasons! Four whole seasons! We won an Italian Cup championship and he also brought us
What? I just feel helpless again and again! Looking at Lazio, they are about to win the third league championship, but what about us? Nothing!"
After he finished speaking, the Inter Milan fans watching on the side applauded vigorously and cheered loudly.
"Well said!"
"That's right! It's all right!"
In the face of the fans' protests, Mancini had a tough attitude: "I will stand for the last shift. I will not resign early. I said, this month and a half will be my last month and a half at Inter Milan. I will not resign.
I don’t intend to go back on my word.”
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When Inter Milan fans ran to the training base to make noise, the entire Lazio team had already taken a plane to London.
On the plane, Chang Sheng flipped through the latest Gazzetta dello Sport, which reported on Mancini.
Seeing this, Chang Sheng laughed.
He knows that no matter what, Inter Milan can no longer threaten him this season.
What was this idiot Mancini thinking at the time?
Although he did not literally say that he was surrendering in advance, but at such a critical moment when he just lost to Lazio, he suddenly said that he would not continue coaching the team. Wouldn't that be surrendering in advance?
Such a serious blow to the morale of the players. As a head coach who was born as a fan, he knew that he must not do it. He did not expect that Mancini, who was born as a player, would make such a mistake...
Well, the league has no worries. Inter Milan, which is eight points behind, gave up on its own initiative and surrendered in advance. Roma, which is fourteen points behind, and Juventus, who is eighteen points behind, are even less of a concern.
Now he can put all his energy into the Champions League without any interference.
That's why he gave his all in the game against Inter Milan and didn't even think about the Champions League.
Facts once again proved that his choice was correct.
If he hadn't won this game, Mancini might have had a seizure under the heavy pressure and said such idiotic words?
If Mancini had not said this, would there have been civil strife at Inter Milan?
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Those who thought that Lazio played their main players and went all out in the game against Inter Milan because they gave up the Champions League, when they saw Lazio's starting lineup against Arsenal, they and their friends were shocked.
Because Chang Sheng also sent out all the main players in the away game against Arsenal!
So he didn’t give up on the Champions League, he wanted both the league and the Champions League!
Playing against Arsenal away from home, considering that they just had a fierce battle with Inter Milan for 90 minutes three days ago.
The goals set by Chang Sheng for the team are very realistic. They must score away goals in away games. In addition, if they can draw their opponents, it will be a good victory.
If you pursue victory, you will pay too much price, so Chang Sheng does not recommend it.
Chang Sheng intends to save the decisive battle at home.
I have always believed in Lazio's performance at home and winning.
This team is as good as a chicken at home, and can sweep all opponents amidst the cheers of Lazio fans.
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After the game started, Lazio kept the ball firmly open from the beginning, but was in no rush to attack.
They are slowly dealing with Arsenal.
The football played by these two teams is the best in European football today, and their football styles are even somewhat similar.
Originally, everyone was looking forward to a wonderful offensive battle.
But Chang Sheng didn't let them get what they wanted.
He is well aware of the power of Arsenal. They eliminated AC Milan in the quarter-finals.
Chang Sheng would rather sacrifice the viewing pleasure to ensure that the results satisfy them.
So in fact there is an essential difference between him and Wenger.
Wenger would rather not win the championship but stick to his own style of play.
It's impossible to win all the time.
From some perspectives, Wenger is a martyr. Chang Sheng is a speculator.
Lazio controlled the tempo of the game very slowly.
Most of the time it's just passing the ball back and forth. It's passed to the frontcourt, and then when the momentum isn't right, it's passed back again.
The Lazio in this game is different from the Lazio in the past two seasons. Although Lazio's football in these two seasons also emphasizes possession of the ball, it puts more emphasis on speed and changes in rhythm.
In this game, Lazio only emphasized possession of the ball. It was quite similar to the previous Valencia team...
When you can't break through the opponent's goal with offense, use pure ball control to drag the opponent to death.
Arsenal are quite familiar with this, as they have played against the ever-victorious Valencia once before.
That was back in the 2002-03 season.
At that time, Arsenal was still considered a first-class team, and they won the Premier League championship the following season with an unbeaten season.
But even such a team had nothing to do against Valencia, which was always victorious at the time. At their home court, Arsenal drew 0:0 with Valencia and went to Valencia's home court.
.They lost 1:2 and therefore did not qualify from the second round group stage.
Arsenal fell into this rhythm, as if they were in a quagmire.
Now Arsenal feel they are in trouble again...
They can only speed up when they attack, but most of the time, the football is at Lazio's feet.
It's not easy to steal the ball from Lazio because their players are so skilled at passing the ball back and forth.
Secondly, even if you intercept the ball, it is not easy to organize an offense again.
Lazio players will rush to attack you at the first opportunity, including players who lose the ball.
This kind of pressing in every corner of the stadium also made the Arsenal players very uncomfortable.
The Arsenal team back then also had Bergkamp, Ljungberg, Pires and Henry, and they couldn't do anything with the same winning tactics.
Today's Arsenal is much weaker than the original Arsenal in terms of strength. And today's Lazio is much stronger than the original Valencia. As one goes, the other makes Arsenal play very painfully.
In the 35th minute, Falcao finally scored an away goal for Lazio!
This is also his sixth goal in the Champions League this season!
"Look at this performance, look at him! Such a center is worth every price paid by the giants!" the Italian commentator shouted excitedly.
Since Calciopoli, everyone said that Serie A has declined. There are no big stars in Serie A anymore.
But now Falcao, a superstar who grew up in Serie A, has earned a lot of face for Italian football!
The Italian commentator doesn't care whether Falcao being poached is good for Lazio or not.
Chang Sheng cheered for his players with open arms.
Wenger was not far next to him, frowning and putting his hands in his pockets.
In recent years, this situation has always happened to Wenger.
The team that was undefeated in forty-nine games back then is now nowhere to be seen... It's really sad.
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Arsenal finally scored a goal, after all, this was at their home stadium.
They equalized the score, but it was difficult to win.
The final score was 1:1. Lazio got an away goal and a draw in the away game.
They perfectly completed the tasks assigned to them by Chang Sheng.
With this draw and an away goal, Lazio returned to Rome contentedly. A week later, they will face Arsenal at the Stadio Olimpico.
Lazio's chances of advancing are not small.
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