Chapter 95 The so-called mortal enemy in the same city
Everyone in the Lazio team has been working very hard during this period, working day and night.
The players may be able to relax after training, but the coach does not have this power.
After each day's training, they need to summarize the gains and losses of the day's training, and then get together for a brief meeting to adjust tomorrow's training plan based on today's training results.
Next, Chang Sheng will assign tasks to each coach and let them go home to complete them.
For example, the task assigned to Gao Hongbo is to watch videos of Manchester United's recent games, and then write video reports and submit them to Chang Sheng. Chang Sheng will arrange targeted tactics based on these reports.
This kind of arrangement is not common, mainly because of the special circumstances this time.
Otherwise, there would be no need to mobilize troops and mobilize people like this.
Gao Hongbo was watching the video of the last Champions League match between Manchester United and Lazio in his rented apartment. There was a notebook, a pen, and a remote control in front of him.
Pause recording at any time.
This has already filled several pages.
Then his cell phone rang.
He took it out and saw that it was his wife calling.
"Hello?"
"Lao Gao, the Football Association is going to compete for the position of head coach of the national team. I found a connection and recommended you. The boss said that I want to have a talk with you as a simple inspection."
On the other end of the phone, my wife said.
Gao Hongbo was stunned for a moment.
Is the national football team going to have a recruitment competition?
He was a little surprised: "Really?!"
Isn't it just for this day that he came to Lazio for study tour?
In the past, the selection of coaches for the national team was decided by the Football Association. After Zhu Guanghu failed, the Football Association became more and more inclined to choose foreign coaches, and basically there would be no competition for recruitment.
It's the Football Association that travels all over the world to find foreign coaches, and it has nothing to do with local coaches.
I didn't expect that this time there would be a competition...
This means that this is a selection for local head coaches!
Even local head coaches have the opportunity to become the head coach of the Chinese national team through competition!
Gao Hongbo's goal is to coach the Chinese team. Now that the opportunity is right in front of him, how can he not be excited?
"Of course it's true. Can I still lie to you? This time the Football Association wants to explore a path suitable for the development of Chinese football... The leaders are also very optimistic about you. So let's see if you come back..."
Gao Hongbo nodded and was about to say "no problem", but stopped when he reached his mouth.
He saw the TV screen, and when he pressed the pause button, it happened to be the moment when Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated the second goal.
He remembered. He still has a mission here...
And it is a very important task.
Everyone is playing with their lives, running away and leaving the burden to others... I came here just to study, so I can't help much. Now I have the opportunity to help, but I run away... That's too much.
Isn't that kind of polite?
He does not think that he is indispensable to the Lazio coaching staff, but he can contribute to some extent. These strengths add up to give Lazio a greater chance of eliminating Manchester United in the away game, right?
Everyone has his use. No matter how big or small.
Gao Hongbo does not belittle himself.
"When will you go back?" he asked his wife.
"It's best these two days." The wife replied. After that, she didn't hear her husband's answer for a while, so she asked tentatively: "Lao Gao?"
Gao Hongbo's voice sounded again: "Sorry, I might not be able to go back."
The wife was surprised when she heard her husband's answer.
"What's wrong?"
"I have a mission here."
"What tasks can you have? Aren't you just studying? You can't even get to the coaching bench..."
"This time is different. I have been assigned a task. Lazio's current situation is very bad and requires everyone's strength." Regarding Lazio, Gao Hongbo would say this every time he talked to his wife, even if it was the first time they talked to each other.
Gao Hongbo shared with his wife every bit of his studies at Lazio, his insights and experiences...
So when Gao Hongbo said this, his wife was silent for a while and asked: "How long will it take for you to leave and come back?"
"Thirteenth at the earliest." The fourteenth is the match day between Lazio and Manchester United. Generally speaking, the team will go to the away game a few days in advance, but this time because of the desperate training, it is always difficult to borrow the training grounds of other teams.
Conveniently. The team needs to adapt not only to the playing field, but also to the training field, because not all training fields use the same turf. So this time, Lazio will practice in Melfro until the afternoon of the 13th.
, and then take a plane to Manchester.
Gao Hongbo decided not to go to Manchester. Anyway, if he went, he would just be a spectator in the stands.
When Lazio leaves for Manchester, he will choose to return home.
"Okay, I'll try to help you. But what if it doesn't work?"
Gao Hongbo had already made a decision: "Then give up this opportunity."
"Lao Gao, you..."
"Chang helped me, now it's my turn to help him. Maybe he doesn't care, but I do."
Gao Hongbo calmly hung up the phone.
Put the phone aside, pick up the remote control, press the play button, start watching the game video again, and continue your work.
It was as if nothing had happened just now.
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One day later, Gao Hongbo received another call from his wife, telling him that the leader, considering his special situation, had specifically allowed him to postpone it for a few days, but the 14th was the deadline.
Gao Hongbo breathed a sigh of relief.
Although his wife was very resolute in her answer at first, in fact he still did not want to miss this opportunity. After all, there are not many opportunities to compete for the national team coach. Although national teams at other levels have long been accustomed to competitions, but
In the men's adult national team, such an opportunity is still rare.
This gives local coaches a chance to prove themselves.
After Zhu Guanghu's failure, local coaches can clear their names again.
Now he doesn't have to give up this opportunity.
The only thing he had to consider was how to say goodbye to Chang Sheng.
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The weekend league is coming soon.
This Rome derby has attracted much attention because it is sandwiched between two Champions League quarter-finals.
Will Chang Sheng give up the game with Roma? Or will he give up the Champions League?
While the media outside are still speculating, no one knows that the controversy within Lazio has long been over. They will not give up the Champions League match against Manchester United, nor will they give up the league match against Roma!
This is what the boss said: "grasp with both hands. Both hands must be strong"!
Changsheng regards the game against Roma as a warm-up match for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals to adjust the players' condition and give Motta more opportunities to adapt to the feeling of being the core.
If Roma found out, they would probably go on a collective rampage if Chang Sheng used them as warm-up opponents...
Ten minutes before the local derby with Roma, Chang Sheng was in the dressing room of the Stadio Olimpico. He said to his players: "I said, we will use the Roma flag in this game! We want Manchester United to know, don't give a damn
I thought they had won!"
In fact, winning often can also allow the team to deliberately lose to Roma, and then create an illusion for Manchester United that Lazio is unsustainable, allowing Manchester United to underestimate the enemy.
But by doing so, the possibility of deceiving the old fox Ferguson is very slim. On the contrary, it will also damage the morale and confidence of the Lazio players.
Before an important game, lose another important game...Only an idiot head coach would do this. The key to determining victory or defeat is people, human spirit and morale. Losing an important game is absolutely impossible to improve players
Their morale will only undermine their confidence. The gain outweighs the loss.
And if Lazio goes all out against Roma, then maybe it will actually deceive Ferguson, making him think that Lazio has tried its best in the league, so there will be no spare energy to play in the Champions League again.
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Before the game, everyone was speculating on Chang Sheng's attitude towards this game, and the answer was Lazio's starting lineup.
So everyone is guessing Lazio's starting lineup.
This time, Chang Sheng announced the official starting lineup only two hours before the game.
Everyone was surprised to see that Chang Sheng actually sent out all the main forces he could!
But... Ledesma, who received a yellow card in the first leg of the game in midweek and was suspended in the middle of next week, did not appear in the starting lineup.
He was replaced by Candreva.
This makes everyone wonder that Ledesma was suspended in the Champions League and not in the league.
He can play normally in the league. Why not let him play?
His importance to Lazio is self-evident, and anyone who really understands football can understand how important he is.
If you really don't want to give up the league, then you should let Ledesma play. Anyway, he won't be able to play in the first game next week. You don't have to worry about wasting energy. Instead, you have to give time to rest for the players who will play next week.
But the winning streak gave Ledesma a break and he sat on the bench.
So Chang Sheng’s arrangement is really hard to understand.
But there's actually nothing I can't understand.
If everyone views this game as a warm-up match for the game next week, they will all understand that to win, they need to use Rome to train their troops!
Lazio's starting line-up in this game will also be Lazio's starting line-up in the next away game against Manchester United.
Starting in the midfield were Motta, Candreva and Cazorla.
Starting up front are Gotze, Cavani and Rocky.
The back line remains unchanged from the previous game.
Left back Balzaretti, right back Belletti, center backs Jose Passarella and Francisco Pavin.
Goalkeeper Handanovic.
Roma did not meet everyone's expectations. They fielded their entire main lineup, and all their strongest players who could play were on the field.
Even a fool can see the attitude of wanting to fight Lazio to the death.
Sure enough, when Lazio was in the most critical situation, how could they have the nerve to call themselves "rivals in the same city" if they didn't add insult to injury and go in for a last-ditch attack?
Because they believe that when they encounter the same situation, Lazio will definitely come forward to hit the target.
This is the tacit understanding of being "dead enemies in the same city". (To be continued...)
