Chapter 6 Goals for the Final Season

The records Ji Ming set are not just for Lazio. He also set a series of records in the Chinese national team. He is the youngest player to represent the national team and the youngest player to score a goal in the national team...

Everyone believes that as long as he continues to maintain this pace of progress, his future achievements will be limitless. m

But the only pity is that Chang Sheng can no longer stay with him in Lazio.

After this season, Chang Sheng will leave Lazio.

So where will Ji Ming go from here?

In fact, Xiao Jiming had already made his decision in his mind.

He will wait and see what happens next to see where his godfather will be next.

Then wherever the godfather is, he will go.

Although he did not call Chang Sheng immediately to express his loyalty, it did not affect Ji Ming's feelings for Chang Sheng.

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On the front line, Lazio's lineup is actually very strong. Center Icardi, who was brought from the youth team to the first team by his winning streak, initially only served as a substitute player for the team. Then little by little he became a rotation player, and he learned a lot next to Klose, Rocky and Cavani. This "new Batistuta" grew rapidly.

And eventually became Lazio's main center forward. The 28-year-old Icardi is not only the main center for Lazio, but also the main center for the Argentina national team.

Cavani is now thirty-four years old, and his physical fitness is not as good as before. His physical strength has declined and he has become more susceptible to injuries. So it was natural for Cavani to come on the bench.

Among Lazio's forwards, the number one star is actually Mario Gotze. This player, who was recruited from Dortmund to Lazio by Chang Sheng when he was only sixteen years old, has been playing for Lazio. Now, at the age of 29, he is in his prime, which is the golden age of a player.

He is also the core of Lazio's attack.

After Isco arrived. Together with him, he will form a powerful offensive firepower on both wings.

In fact, even if they win often, they still have to fight for the championship this season. Because they have been empty-handed for three consecutive seasons, this has never happened in the history of winning coaching Lazio.

Chang Sheng will naturally not allow such a thing to happen.

That's why Isco was introduced to strengthen the offensive power.

But no one expected that Isco would be seriously injured as soon as he arrived...

Luck is really extreme.

So now Messi, who was about to be sold, is back on the move for a last ditch effort in the final season of his contract.

In addition, Lazio's striker player is Andrea Borg.

The 26-year-old player once had Gorka teach him a lesson mercilessly when he was in the youth team. At that time, he did not like physical contact, although he had excellent skills and fast speed. Gorka was also dismissed as useless.

If he is as resistant to criticism from coaches as Gorka was when he was young, then maybe he will be like Gorka and retire at a young age without leaving any trace of himself in professional football.

But it's okay. He chose a completely different approach from Gorka. He accepted Gorka's criticism, then re-reflected on his own problems and trained seriously.

His talent was indeed outstanding among his peers, so he was promoted to the first team.

Of course, there are too many people who are better than him in the first team, so he is in the front line of the first team. It is the last option. If it weren't for Messi's injury, he would be ranked behind Messi.

Now, because of Isco's injury, Messi gets a chance again. The same goes for Andrea Berg.

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The above are all the players in Lazio's first team.

It can be seen from this lineup that, except for some old winners, most of them are in their twenties or seventeen years old. The Mesozoic Era, which is in the prime of life.

The strength of this team should be very strong.

It's just that the conflict between Chang Sheng and the club this season has cast a shadow on their future.

Those veterans probably won't have too many ideas. But will these players, who are in their prime, stay at Lazio with peace of mind after Chang Sheng leaves the team?

Maybe they will face constant harassment from other teams from the beginning of this season.

How many people can maintain a normal mind and concentrate on football in such an environment?

So it’s really hard to say what Lazio’s prospects are for the new season.

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Before the start of the new season, Lazio had no games.

They don't need to participate in the Italian Super Cup, nor do they need to play in the European Super Cup, because they didn't win any championship last season.

But that's fine, Lazio doesn't have to travel back and forth - this season's Italian Super Cup is held in Los Angeles, USA - and can train hard at the Formello training base.

Chang Sheng once again used his "closed training" set of weapons.

During this period, the media always came to the Fermelo training base to harass the team because of their contract renewal issues with the club, because Jose Passarella announced his retirement, and because Isco was injured...

In order to allow all players to have a quiet training time, and at the same time calm down those players who are worried, and let them understand that they are still the head coach of Lazio, so they should not disturb their thoughts...

In the training plan for the new season, Changsheng temporarily adjusted the time of physical training and increased the content of physical training, allowing players to conduct more physical training and reserve more physical fitness for the new season. The proportion of tactical training has decreased. Anyway, this team has been working together for many years, and they already know enough about their own tactics.

Physical training, in Chang Sheng's opinion, is disciplinary training, which can calm the players and keep them disciplined. They are exhausted from practicing every day, so naturally they have no time to think about anything.

Even if the winning team is to leave, it will be next season. Before that, he was still the head coach of Lazio.

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On the first day of the team's closed training, Chang Sheng gathered the players and gave them a speech.

"I'm sorry to have made such a big noise before the start of the new season, which has caused some panic now. I can also delay it until the end of the contract. But I think that may have a greater impact on the team. The first two This season, we have a strong lineup, but we have achieved nothing. I think this has a lot to do with it, so I decided to make it clear to everyone in advance, so that everyone will not waste their energy on such meaningless things.”

"I have one last season left in my time at Lazio. This last season, I don't want to see you go by in such a muddle. Yes, after I leave, you may have some other ideas. This I can't control you, that's your freedom. In fact, even if you want to leave now, I won't stop you, but since I'm still your head coach, I ask you to listen to me."

"In this last season, I have only one goal - to win the championship." Chang Sheng raised a finger. "We have been without a championship for two consecutive years, and I absolutely cannot stand three consecutive years without a championship. So in this last season, I hope you will work hard with me. Fight for the championship! Some people say that the era of Lazio is over. , I think this may be because we have been too peaceful these years, we rarely do this kind of thing, guys, so we are looked down upon by them, they think we are easy to bully! Guys, this kind of thing happened before! It’s unimaginable! Whoever dares to say such things in front of us without opening his eyes will get his face swollen!”

"So, guys. We should really reflect on it. Our performance in the past two years has been really bad. We just took a nap, and those clowns couldn't wait to jump out and make their presence felt. Now, we must To end this situation, even if we don't know where we will be after this season, that is not a reason for these clowns to ride on our necks and run wild! Let them understand how stupid they are and show us our power again, That’s what I’m going to do in my last season here!”

"I hope you can follow me. In the last season, let us regain our majesty and tell them that our era is not over yet!"

He didn't say "belongs to Lazio's era", he said "belongs to our era", maybe because this is not just Lazio's era...

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After the players resumed normal training, Rudy Gonzalez handed over the command of training to the second assistant coach Nesta, then walked to the sidelines and gave Chang Sheng a thumbs up.

"The sword never grows old, wonderful speech!"

He said to Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng smiled: "What I said is true. There are many voices in the media that are unfavorable to us. Their analysis is clear and logical. At first glance, it really makes sense. I am worried that the team will be affected. Their impact. But we really need to be more aggressive.”

"You have been much quieter in the past few years. Some people say it is because you are old." Rudy Gonzalez smiled.

Chang Sheng snorted: "Taking care of them has nothing to do with age."

"So, where are we going after one year?" Rudy Gonzalez is a member of the winning coaching team. Wherever the winning coaching team goes, he will definitely follow.

Like him there is fitness coach Elias Dominic. The three of them are the original partners and will definitely follow Chang Sheng.

As for other people, it's hard to say...

Chang Sheng shook his head: "I don't know. I will not accept any invitation from any team before the end of this season."

"Speaking of which, has a team approached you?"

"Yes, there are quite a few."

Rudy Gonzalez smiled: "This is normal. If you say it, you won't have to worry about finding a new home."

Chang Sheng patted his head: "You reminded me. I have to make a statement, otherwise the teams that come to me will annoy me to death."