Chapter 25 The Horn of Counterattack

"It seems that Lazio's situation is not good! They may lose to Zenit St. Petersburg...just like Barcelona was defeated by them..." The voice of the Catalan commentator was somewhat gloating.

Chang Sheng is the enemy of Catalonia, they want Chang Sheng bad luck.

Guardiola sat in front of the TV, and he watched the game live at home.

A close-up shot of Chang Sheng just happened to appear on TV.

Chang Sheng in the camera looked calm, as if it wasn't his team that conceded the goal.

Guardiola found that he has been the head coach of Barcelona for more than a month, but he will still unconsciously stand on the anxiety of Lazio to consider the problem.

He also gets anxious when he sees Lazio playing behind.

Fortunately, he now knows his identity, he is a head coach.

So he will consider it from this perspective, if he is Chang Sheng, he will do this in the face of such a situation...

Arshavin is too active, the primary goal is to contain Arshavin.

Because Arshavin's breakthrough can boost morale, every time he makes a successful breakthrough, the Zenit St. Petersburg fans in the stands will cheer loudly.

And amidst these cheers, Lazio's morale is sinking...

Zenit St. Petersburg is like a fish in water amidst the cheers.

He thinks that Chang Sheng should make adjustments during the halftime break. The task of the first half is to concede only one goal...

Catalonia and the commentator are ridiculing Chang Sheng's expressionless face: "He is like running out of a wax museum! Just posing on the sidelines can't make the team win the game, champion Coach! Your ball is one goal behind now! Can't you come up with something? It's useless to be in a daze..."

Guardiola picked up the remote control, changed the channel, and found another TV station that was broadcasting the game.

Finally, the croaking commentary sound ceased in my ears.

The English commentator's evaluation of Chang Sheng is also more objective, at least he will not use Chang Sheng's calm face to ridicule him...

He can fall back into thinking.

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Until the end of the first half,

Chang Sheng always had this expression. Not worried about Lazio's backwardness.

Of course, this may have something to do with Lazio conceding only one goal in the first half.

Although Arshavin is in very good condition, although Lazio is very embarrassed, but no matter what. They held on.

Entered the intermission with a score of 0:1.

A bad state faces a good state. Only one goal was conceded in the first half, but Chang Sheng was already very satisfied.

But he didn't show it at halftime.

He scowled in the locker room.

"How's it going. How does it feel, guys?" he asked in the locker room.

Everyone was silent.

Falling behind in the first half, for the Lazio team, it seems that they have returned to the UEFA Champions League last season.

In that game. Lazio also fell behind by a goal in the first half.

But how can Zenit St. Petersburg be compared to Manchester United?

This is the UEFA Super Cup, not the final of the UEFA Champions League.

"Zenit St. Petersburg is the champion of the UEFA Cup. If you look down on them, you are looking down on yourself. Because we have also been the champions of the UEFA Cup. We also challenged the Champions League champion in the Super Cup and won. So Zenit St. Petersburg Leading us is not a surprise. What matters is not what the opponent is like, but what we do. I believe you have seen Arshavin's speed and personal ability. We can no longer let him do whatever he wants in the second half. Desma. You follow Arshavin closely, interfering closely, and don’t let him get the ball comfortably. You don’t want to break his ball casually, that will only give him a chance to pass you. You just need to stay close to him , Interfering with him, attracting his attention, just give the opportunity to steal the ball to your teammates..."

Ledesma nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, boss, I won't make him comfortable."

Next, Changsheng began to arrange tactics in other positions, the sole purpose of which was to reverse the disadvantage and give the opponent a fatal blow in the second half!

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Meanwhile, in the dressing room of Zenit St. Petersburg, the players were celebrating their lead.

Even head coach Ed Vocarter didn't stop it.

For Zenit St. Petersburg, it is remarkable to be able to lead Lazio in the first half of the game, and to beat Lazio so embarrassingly.

Before the game, even the media in Moscow believed that Zenit St. Petersburg was unlikely to win.

There is a big gap in the strength of the two sides.

But Zenit St. Petersburg led Lazio by virtue of fighting spirit!

Zenit St. Petersburg is obviously better prepared for this game.

They want to prove that what the media says is wrong.

It's really interesting to say that the method Edvocaat uses to motivate players is to let them watch the game video of Lazio challenging the Champions League champion Barcelona as the UEFA Cup champion before the game.

Lazio was not strong at that time.

Then tell everyone that Lazio can beat the powerful Dream Team 2, and we can also beat the powerful Lazio.

Now they were forty-five minutes away from completing the task. So everyone couldn't hide their excitement.

When the time was almost up, Advocaat stopped the players.

"Okay, boys. The second half is about to start, let's talk about the main points of the second half..."

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When the second half of the game started, the Zenit St. Petersburg players who played still had smiles on their faces that had not had time to disappear.

On the other hand, the Lazio players all looked solemn.

"It seems that St. Petersburg will win this game!" The commentator said after seeing the comparison of the expressions of the players of the two teams.

"The St. Petersburg players look relaxed. The Lazio players are very tense, under pressure..."

But soon, the narrator realized how wrong he had said before!

In the second half, after Chang Sheng's careful adjustment at halftime, Lazio's performance was significantly better than that in the first half.

Arshavin also soon found himself confronted with tenacious resistance.

Lazio's midfielder Ledesma has been defending him closely. And Ledesma didn't defend himself to steal the ball, he just stuck to himself. He will go wherever he goes.

Then continue to interfere with yourself personally.

Then cooperate with other Lazio players to steal their own ball.

I put all my energy into dealing with his personal interference, how can I deal with the steals from other Lazio players.

Especially Jose Passarella, the best defender in the Champions League last season. His top tackle is very quick and accurate. When he was close to Ledesma, the speed advantage could not be brought into play. So he can't rely on speed to forcibly break through...

Only compare footwork with the opponent.

This is what Jose Passarella is most afraid of.

When Arshavin was contained, the attack of Zenit St. Petersburg was immediately frustrated.

Lazio took advantage of the situation to regain the initiative.

And after the running-in in the first half, Lazio gradually recovered its form in the second half.

Their proudest passing streak increased when the football fell to their feet. Active pass turnovers are decreasing as they were in the first half.

David Silva and Cazorla almost attacked from the position of right midfielder.

At the beginning of the attack, Cavani would go to the opponent's goal, pressing the opponent's back line to the ground and dare not step forward.

Once Lazio's offensive attack hit the front of the penalty area, he immediately and resolutely retreated to respond, maintaining close enough contact with the forward line.

This is Lazio's attack.

The distance between everyone is very suitable for short passes, rather than driving forward casually.

At the same time, Cavani's retreat also created a problem for Zenit St. Petersburg's back line.

To follow or not to follow?

Follow, there is nothing behind him. Both David Silva and Cazorla would immediately cut inside and then Lazio's midfield would send a deadly through ball. At that time, it will be a one-handed goal directly facing the goalkeeper!

Not with?

Let Cavani take the ball easily, and he has more choices. He can play with Modric and other teammates. You can also turn around with the ball by yourself, and then enter the shooting range... At that time, the defender will appear very passive.

Zenit St. Petersburg immediately felt the enormous pressure, which came from Lazio, the European champions.

No matter what the outside world says about the ruins of Lazio, at least judging from the current experience of Zenit St. Petersburg players, if this Lazio is in ruins... then how terrible would Lazio be in its heyday?

The players of Zenit St. Petersburg can't even imagine...

In the 61st minute, Zenit St. Petersburg finally couldn't hold it anymore.

Their defense came crashing down.

Just like the multiple choice questions they faced before.

Cavani dropped back, followed by the Zenit St. Petersburg centre-back.

Instead of passing the ball to him, Modric slammed it straight into the penalty area.

Cazorla cuts inside obliquely, receives the ball, and is not offside, he lifts his foot and shoots!

Soccer hits the net!

"Cazorla! Cazorla! Cazorla! Cazorla-la la la la la la la la!!!"

The Spanish commentator was extra excited. Because it was their country's players who scored the goals. Cazorla's outstanding performance has already qualified for the national team.

So the Spanish commentator was very excited to see Cazorla's goal. This shows that another outstanding player has joined the Spanish national team!

After the goal, Cazorla tore his jersey excitedly, and he was quickly overwhelmed by his teammates who were equally excited.

Chang Sheng walked out from the coach's bench, raised his hands high, and celebrated the goal.

This ball blew the horn of Lazio's counterattack!

Rudy Gonzalez yelled into the field from his side: "Good job! Guys! Just play like this! They are finished!" (To be continued)