Chapter 45 Debugging

The one who said this was Gazzetta dello Sport, which has a high reputation in Italy and even the entire European football world.

They have a lot of influence.

So when the ninth round of the league, when Lazio faced Chievo's iron barrel in the away game, it was not surprising at all.

Naples defeated Lazio with an iron barrel, proving that this team also has weaknesses.

So everyone followed suit.

Completely gave up attacking, just defending.

Even if they can't win the game, they won't lose either.

Facing Lazio, no matter home or away, one point is already a victory.

And how does Chang Sheng deal with it?

Chang Sheng's response is to counterattack quickly!

Lazio still pays attention to ball control. After the opponent has formed an iron barrel formation, they will pass it patiently, slowly circle around, and see the right time for a through ball or a long shot.

This is on the premise that the opponent has already set up a defensive formation in advance.

But if Lazio steals the ball midway and hits a counterattack, this is an opportunity to show Lazio's offensive speed!

This is also the biggest difference between them today and their past.

They don't pass back and forth in the middle and back, even if the opponent's team retreats in place, it doesn't matter, and then start to advance from the back to the front.

In this way they can ensure that the football is firmly in their hands and will not lose possession.

In fact, many of Lazio's super high ball possession rates are "brushed" in this way.

There was no problem before.

But when more and more teams began to use this iron barrel formation to defend Lazio, the problem came.

If you push forward slowly, the opponent has already set up a defense line, and then you can't get out after being killed. What's the point of you besides constantly brushing the ball possession rate outside?

If the speed of propulsion is increased, the problem is solved.

Don't give the opponent time and opportunity to retreat at all! Use the fastest speed to send the football to the place where it can threaten their goal!

And then...it was just a normal game.

After all, no matter how defensive the team is, it is impossible for a game to have no offense at all - not shots, not the number of times the opponent enters the 30-meter zone, but offense, as long as you kick the football forward and cross the midfield , that is considered an attack.

Are there any games without a single offense? Of course there are, but they are too few and too extreme to be of reference value.

Most of the defending teams didn't completely give up on offense. They still had to attack in the 90 minutes of the game.

Otherwise it would be outrageous.

After all, there is no such shameless thing as an attack within 90 minutes... Only Chang Sheng can do it, and most of the others are still a little bit ashamed and need to be shameless.

And when they start an attack, as long as they don't score, Lazio have a chance.

After breaking the ball, play a quick counterattack.

It doesn't sound like a ball-controlling tactic, and it isn't, it's more like a counter-attack.

But who stipulates that the ball control tactics cannot play a quick counterattack?

His ball possession tactics have only one ultimate goal, and that is to score goals.

When pure ball control tactics can't bring goals, Changsheng naturally has to find another way.

Increasing speed on the basis of ball control is the way Chang Sheng explored.

Combination of fast and slow, slow and fast, slow to the extreme, fast to the extreme - if you combine Guardiola's peak dream three and Mourinho's peak Real Madrid, what will it look like?

This is what Chang Sheng is doing, and it is also the fuse that he and Guardiola finally parted ways.

Against Chievo in this game, just let him test this tactic.

So most of the time, the game seemed calm - because Chievo was defending most of the game, and Lazio was not in a hurry, just back and forth.

"This kind of game is not interesting at all... Is this Lazio's training video? They are showing us the results of their passing and running training? But we don't pay for tickets to watch this kind of game!"

"Of course, the problem is not with Lazio, but with Chievo... Napoli has shown a way for other Italian teams. If they want to not lose to Lazio, they have to play like this... It's just a pain for the fans... ..."

Such a big kick will usually end with a through ball or a long shot.

Because the penalty area is full of people, the through ball is not easy to penetrate, so there will be more long shots.

Of course, there are people in the penalty area, and it is not easy to hit the target with long-range shots. Most of the time, the football shot from a long distance did not threaten the goalkeeper, and was shot by Chievo's players in the penalty area—and sometimes, it was blocked by his teammates.

But once Chievo attacks and goes out, the situation will be completely different!

"Chievo's attack...they dribbled the ball up the pitch... oops! The ball was broken! Chiellini was in the right position and cut Chievo's pass with his foot... Lazio's counterattack!"

The narrator's voice is much louder, completely different from the drowsy tone before!

"Chiellini passed the football to Ledesma, Ledesma passed it to Cazorla, and Cazorla passed it to Belletti who inserted in the back! Lazio has advanced the football to Chievo's 30 meter area!"

The narrator exclaimed.

Yes, this is the football Changsheng wants Lazio to play!

Combine speed and control...and that's unbeatable!

Of course, Lazio is not very skilled now.

"Belletti's cross... ah, the landing point is not well controlled... the football is cleared!"

Too many pass and catch turnovers when they make quick referrals...

These mistakes will ruin their great chance to fight back, just like this time.

It will also make the players who run up have to turn around and run back, and their physical energy is consumed in this back and forth sprint.

But the victorious Lazio still insists on this style of play.

Chang Sheng is very clear that if Lazio wants to dominate the world football for a long time and create an immortal legend, this is the only way out.

David Silva's injury is seen by the media as a crisis for Lazio.

But for Chang Sheng, this is instead an opportunity for Lazio, an opportunity for Lazio to break the boat and change.

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In the game against Chievo, the final score was 0:0. Lazio's quick counterattack failed to score, and Chievo naturally had no ability to threaten Lazio's goal.

Neither side scored a goal.

The commentator didn't get excited a few times throughout the game.

The games are dull most of the time.

Naples beat Lazio away, and Chievo drew with Lazio at home.

The results of these two games seem to really prove the "Gazzetta dello Sport" argument is correct.

The victory of one game can be said to be accidental, but what about two games?

Well, it's also possible that two games could be considered a coincidence.

But there are only three things-there is a similar saying in the West, called "the third magic" (rd_me_ky)-what if the third game is still the same?

Is it not accidental but inevitable?

In the third game, Lazio drew 0:0 with Catania at home.

After the game, the media couldn't wait to announce that they had found the secret to deal with Lazio!

"Combined with the previous 1:1 draw with Bologna, Lazio has been unbeaten for four consecutive league rounds! It has broken the record for the longest unbeaten streak since Changsheng became the head coach of Lazio!"

"Last season also started with a loss to Naples... They have a four-game winless game! One win and one tie in the league, two losses in the Coppa Italia and were eliminated by Fiorentina! Now Lazio is in crisis again... But this time with the It was different last time. Last time the team was completely troubled by internal and external problems. But Chang Sheng’s excellent psychological adjustment ability successfully resolved the crisis. What about this time? Use it! The 'Mad Dogs' are collared, chained to cages, and can't go anywhere!"

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When the media were so excited to announce, they completely forgot that in the third game, Chang Sheng used rotation and was not the main force at all.

So it is not too surprising to be drawn by Catania at home...

No one will see that Lazio's pass success rate during quick counterattacks in this game is gradually improving...Of course, even if they see it, they will selectively ignore it.

But fortunately, Chang Sheng himself did not ignore it.

He saw the team's progress from some statistics in the game.

In quick passes, Lazio's pass success rate is on the rise, and Lazio's effective shots are also starting to increase.

This shows that the performance of the players is getting better and they are more adaptable to the team's tactics.

So Chang Sheng is actually not worried about the things that the outside media said. These three games are just him debugging the team.

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Chang Sheng doesn't care, but some people care, and they care very much.

For Atletico Madrid, this is their great opportunity!

David Silva was injured, and Lazio were in a situation where they didn't know what to do.

After three consecutive league rounds without victory, Lazio's morale and confidence have fallen to the bottom!

Seeing those media reports proves this even more!

And three days later, they will challenge Lazio at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. This game may allow them to get the situation back!

They came to Rome with such good wishes, and then prepared for this game at the training base of the Club of Rome.

This time, they also enjoyed the treatment that Lazio had when they came to Madrid.

At the press conference before the game, Aguirre said that the team's goal is to strive to qualify from this group as the number one in the group.

Because the first place in the group can bring practical benefits, that is, being able to avoid the first place in other groups in the draw of the Champions League quarter-finals.

If you're lucky, you might even come across a very weak second place in the group.

In this way, Atletico Madrid can go one step further and reach the quarterfinals...

For Atletico Madrid, this is a remarkable result!

For Aguirre, this is an important step in proving that he can coach a giant.

Atletico Madrid is a quasi-rich family. If he can lead Atletico Madrid to achieve good results in the Champions League, he will naturally attract the attention of the rich. How did he come to Atletico Madrid in the first place? Isn't it because coaching Osasuna performed well?