As Chang Sheng expected, Manchester United no longer had any plans to bring in Gotze.
Obviously, when they realize that Gotze really comes to Lazio because he admires him, then there is no need for them to waste time and expressions on Chang Sheng.
For those players who do not have professional contracts, the most important factor in whether to let them leave or stay in their original club is the player's own wishes.
If a player is willing to leave, no one can stop him.
But the opposite is also true. If the players themselves don't want to leave, then no matter how many benefits they are promised, it will be useless.
Gotze is a typical representative.
If he is really like what he said, then it would be meaningless for Manchester United to contact him directly.
Gotze won't come.
Just like that, the soap opera about Gotze ended completely.
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After the Genoa game, Lazio ushered in the penultimate round of the UEFA Champions League group stage at home.
Their opponent is Marseille.
In this game, Lazio won 1:0 at home. Changsheng did not send out all the main players, but made rotations.
Players like Candreva and Giroud all started.
What makes Chang Sheng so relaxed is that after defeating Atletico Madrid 9-0 at home, Lazio has already obtained the right to qualify as the first in the group in advance - not only the qualifying of the group, but the identity of the first in the group is also locked in advance.
After four rounds of group matches, Lazio has 12 points and Atletico Madrid has six points.
With two rounds of group matches left, Lazio leads Atletico Madrid by six points. Even if Atletico Madrid wins the last two rounds and Lazio loses all, the two sides will have the same points. Atletico Madrid will also be determined by the outcome of the match with Lazio.
relationship and at a disadvantage.
Therefore, Lazio is guaranteed to qualify first in the group.
In the next competition, Chang Sheng plans to use it to train newcomers.
Because there are still several players in this Lazio team who have never participated in the Champions League, and we should give them experience in the Champions League with an eye on the future.
Because the future was secure, everyone played very relaxedly.
But there is a difference between relaxing and slacking off.
Don't think that Lazio will take advantage of it if they relax. In fact, Lazio's tactical style can only exert its true maximum power when they relax.
After you relax, there will be a lot of impromptu coordination, and this type of coordination is the most difficult to prevent.
Maybe when the football is passed, the heel knocks and the football penetrates the opponent's defense.
This resulted in an unexpected through pass assist.
Or maybe because you have a relaxed mind, you can get past the opponent with any move...
Because of a relaxed mentality, Lazio, with a substitute lineup, narrowly defeated Marseille with a goal at home.
They have won all the group matches so far and accumulated fifteen points.
Although the defending champions have sold several key players, they are still the dominant player in this group.
No one can shake their position in the slightest.
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Back in the league, Lazio defeated Atalanta 2:0 away from home.
The fifteenth round of the league is Lazio's home game against Inter Milan.
In the league, this is the only team that can threaten Lazio.
Originally, even Inter Milan could not threaten Lazio.
But this summer, things are different.
Another madman has arrived in Italian football.
Jose Mourinho officially takes charge of Inter Milan.
His arrival immediately gave Serie A two successful coaches with arrogant personalities.
Nowadays, the media doesn't criticize Chang Sheng very much, and it has something to do with Mourinho.
Mourinho's arrival diverted the media's attention.
What makes the Italian media very unhappy is that the old academics in Italian football seem very incompetent in front of these two crazy young coaches.
Currently, the teams with the best results in Serie A are Lazio and Inter Milan, both teams coached by these two madmen.
It has to be said that the two people have similar temperaments, similar forms and styles, and even the results of leading the team are exactly the same!
After fourteen rounds, Lazio has ten wins, three draws and one loss, with 33 points, scored 28 goals, conceded 9 goals, ranking first in the league with a 19-goal difference.
Inter Milan also had ten wins, three draws and one loss, with 33 points, scored 22 goals, conceded eight goals, and ranked second in the league with a goal difference of 14.
The two teams have the same points, exactly the same number of wins, draws and losses. If it weren't for the gap in goal difference, it would be really hard to tell them apart.
Below these two teams are Juventus with 27 points, AC Milan with 24 points, and Napoli with 24 points. They are the second group.
The first group is Lazio and Inter Milan.
Inter Milan's outstanding performance this season has given fans and media full confidence in them.
Originally, Mancini's Inter Milan had defeated the ever-victorious Lazio, but it took Mourinho only one summer to restore the team's confidence and combat effectiveness.
This championship coach really has two skills.
Of course, although the two madmen have many similarities, they are completely different in terms of tactical styles.
Mourinho's Inter Milan puts more emphasis on defense.
Unlike Lazio's mercury-filled offense, their defense is better.
But this is also the reason why Inter Milan can tie with Lazio with 33 points this season and rank at the top of the standings.
Good defense ensures that the team will not concede goals when they are in a deadlock or leading, as they did in previous seasons.
Losing the ball at this time is really demoralizing.
This happened often in Mancini's Inter Milan.
Mourinho's Inter Milan rarely appears.
Today's Inter Milan defense is the best team in Italy.
At the same time, while they improved their defensive hardness, they did not lose much offensively.
They have now scored 22 goals, making them the second-highest scoring team in the league. Juventus, Udinese, and Genoa have scored 21 goals, and AC Milan and Naples have both scored 20 goals.
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From this point of view, the results are still very good.
Of course, it cannot be compared with Lazio. Lazio scored 28 goals in 14 league rounds. It is far higher than other teams.
But winning teams are inherently focused on offense, so it’s not surprising that they score so many goals.
On the other hand, Inter Milan can still guarantee the second-highest number of goals in the league, which is not easy.
As the two best-performing teams in Serie A and the two most unique head coaches, their meeting is naturally very interesting.
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Mourinho and Chang Sheng are both called "madmen" by the media. Logically speaking, it seems that these two madmen should "respect heroes"?
In an environment full of malice toward madmen in Italian football, they should stick together for warmth.
But the actual situation is completely different from what people imagined.
Before the game, Mourinho fired at Chang Sheng.
"I know that before this, the contrast between Inter Milan and Lazio. This is not normal. Inter Milan is a very strong team and should not be unable to win a game when facing Lazio. There must be something in this
There is something wrong. But there is no need to think about the reasons behind this. I believe that from now on, the history of confrontation between the two sides can be more normal..."
A reporter deliberately wanted to make the two people quarrel, so he asked him about the 2004 Champions League final.
This really made Mourinho very unhappy.
His face suddenly became very gloomy.
In the 2004 Champions League final, the high-spirited Mourinho lost to Chang Sheng, which was the most painful thing for him.
Even if he later led Chelsea to defeat AC Milan and win the Champions League, this did not change.
In many cases, the failure of this game even had symbolic meaning in his heart.
He will always be reminded not to be a loser, to succeed, to win, to win at all costs.
He would never forget how everyone praised Chang Sheng, a coach nine years younger than him, after the final.
They gave Chang Sheng all their kind words, which made him feel too disgusting.
But at that time, everyone was so touting the victory, as if they were going crazy.
In addition, he, Jose Mourinho, an equally young and promising head coach, has become the best background for winning games, and has been stepped on in the mud countless times to prove the success of winning games.
Mourinho will never forget the flattering faces of the media towards Chang Sheng and their harsh criticism of him.
These people never imagined how difficult it would be for them to lead a Porto team with few stars to reach the Champions League final.
Is it any surprise for a team like Porto to lose to Valencia, which has players like Ronaldinho, Vicente, Reyes, David Villa, Deco and others?
They have tried their best, but they will still try their best to belittle themselves.
This made Mourinho very unhappy.
Of course, his dissatisfaction with Chang Sheng was not just because of this game.
The grudge between him and Chang Sheng goes back even further, dating back to the summer of the 2002-2003 season.
That year, although the two had never met, they had a close encounter through a transfer.
The result was that Chang Sheng defeated Mourinho. Mourinho did not get the Paulo Ferreira and Carvalho he wanted. On the contrary, Deco, the core midfielder in his team, was poached by Chang Sheng.
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Later, relying on Deco, Valencia, who always won, finally won the Champions League, achieving his triple crown.
And Deco should have been his...
If the damn Porto club management hadn't sold Deco to Lazio, it's hard to say what the outcome of the Champions League final two years later would have been!
Since then, Mourinho and Chang Sheng have never had a chance to play against each other.
He went to Chelsea, which is in the Premier League, and he went to Roma, which is in Serie A.
Later, Chelsea did play against Chang Sheng, in the Champions League semi-finals last season.
As a result, Mourinho had already resigned by that time.
The two sides once again missed the opportunity of such a confrontation.
Therefore, when he was idle at home, he originally had many coaching invitations. Even Barcelona, which he had always wanted to go to.
But he refused without hesitation.
When Moratti extended an invitation to him, he had already decided to come to Inter Milan.
Because I came to Serie A, I had the opportunity to see Chang Sheng again and have a one-on-one opportunity with him! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
