Chapter Seventy-Four: Is This Pride Underestimating the Enemy?

Gamba Osaka thought they had a good chance of beating Lazio as long as they kept attacking.

In fact, that's what they do.

And the Japanese fans in the stands kept booing Lazio or cheering for every attack of Gamba Osaka.

Even if these Japanese fans are not actually Gamba fans in Osaka.

At this moment, they are all Japanese fans, and they are all fighting for Japanese football and the dignity of Japan!

If the enemy is allowed to laugh at them before the game without any retaliation, and they end up losing the match, they will feel that they have lost the face of Japan.

It's about the dignity of the country!

When Gamba Osaka attacked, the stands were cheered by the Japanese fans.

And when Lazio got the ball, Chang Sheng could clearly hear the "Baga" ringing in the stands.

In the past, I could only listen to it in anti-Japanese movies and TV series, but now I can hear it with my own ears on the spot...... Chang Sheng feels that it is really "nostalgic".

Now it is Gamba Osaka who is attacking, and the ghost screams of Japanese fans in the stands are endless.

Looks like they're enjoying it.

Chang Sheng looked back at the stands behind the coach's box.

There, he saw a lot of Japanese fans, they were wearing Osaka Gamba jerseys, some were holding slogans of Abnormal Victory, **, anti-Lazio, and some were holding anti-Italian, Italy is really lying guns......

However, these people don't care about scolding Changsheng and Lazio now, and they have a kind of fanaticism on their faces, cheering for Gamba Osaka.

The corners of Chang Sheng's mouth crooked and sneered.

Happy now, right?

Soon you won't be able to laugh!

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Gamba Osaka's attack didn't work out.

Their attack was halted here in Chiellini.

Chiellini has a lot more appearances than last season, and it is clear that he has played a lot. His status is on the rise.

He is already Lazio's third centre-back. Whether it's Jose. Passarella or Francisco. Pavon, he can play their understudy.

Thanks to his winning rotation policy, Chiellini has also made 14 league appearances so far this season.

You know, the league has only played sixteen rounds so far.

You can play almost every game.

Even if you don't, you can come off the bench.

Winning each game will use up three substitutions.

Giorgio Chiellini may not have been consistent in his regular role in Serie A and the Champions League, but in the Club World Cup, he is a wall of steel against Japanese teams.

This time he cut off the ball of the Gamba Osaka team in Japan, and did not entangle with the opponent too much, and directly passed the football to Candreva in front.

this game. Lazio's lineup can also be used from the side to confirm that the "pride and underestimation of the enemy" do not take Gamba Osaka seriously.

That's the game, like Cavani, Cazorla, Modric, Jose. A major player like Passarella did not play.

Instead, a rotating lineup.

Olivier Giroud in the centre, Gotze and Rocchi in the wingers. The playmakers in midfield were Motta, Ledesma and Candreva Sweep.

At the back, the centre-backs are Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, left-back Coentrão and right-back Cesar Azpilicueta.

The goalkeepers were all changed from Handanovic to Mirante.

This is almost a regular winner in the Coppa Italia.

It can be seen that in the mind of Chang Sheng, the dignified World Club Cup. It's just a notch with the Coppa Italia.

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While Candreva receives the ball, he faces the close marking of Gamba Osaka players.

The Japanese player's job is to keep Candreva from turning.

And Candreva did not turn around, but this does not mean that he was limited by the Japanese players, so there is nothing he can do.

He just didn't want to waste his time.

He directly passed the ball again.

The football passed from the side of the Gamba Osaka players. He could see the ball slicing past his eyes. But because he was blocked by Candreva, there was nothing he could do.

Ledesma received a ball from Candreva.

Likewise, there was a Gamba Osaka player in front of him who was preparing to intercept.

However, Ledesma did not entangle with the other party.

Motta had already retreated to pick him up. And in addition to Motta, there are other players such as Candreva and Azpilicueta.

He has more than enough points to get out of the ball.

One-on-one defense by Japanese players. It didn't work for Lazio at all.

Ledesma passed the ball to Candreva who turned to pick it up.

Candreva gave the ball directly to Mota without stopping.

Motta turned his back to the direction of the attack and knocked the ball with the outside instep. The ball was passed sideways to Gotze.

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The narrator became excited.

Gotze is the brightest player in this Lazio team.

He made a name for himself in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid and now he has a global reputation.

Even in Japan, there are many fans of him.

Especially female fans.

The stands were finally no longer just about Lazio, and for the first time there was a burst of cheers, dominated by female voices.

Of course, it was quickly suppressed by even greater boos.

Gamba Osaka's players who faced Götze were also nervous.

Götze is fast and skillful in footwork, maybe you will be passed by him in the blink of an eye.

He didn't even dare to blink his eyes, and looked desperately at Gotze.

"Gotze get the ball! Will he break through! ”

Sharp breakthroughs are what everyone likes to see.

The Japanese players who defended him also put on a decisive posture.

However, Gotze had no intention of fighting him to the death.

After making a breakthrough feint, Gotze split the ball into the middle.

While everyone's attention was drawn to him, no one saw that Giroud had appeared in the deadliest position!

"Giroud—"

At the shouts of the commentator, the French high school striker picked up his foot and slammed the football with the outside instep.

Giroud shot the ball with a tricky shot, sticking to the turf, straight into the bottom left corner of the goal!

Gamba Osaka's goalkeeper couldn't make a save. This kick is really tricky......

Even if he tried his best, he couldn't hold the football, not even the skin of the football.

The narrator didn't even expect the ball to be so easy to get close......

He was stunned for a moment, until the ball rolled up the net, and he shouted: "Giroud!! Corner! Beautiful goal! Lazio took the lead over Gamba Osaka in the fourth minute! ”

The stands at the Tokyo National Stadium suddenly fell silent.

Gamba Osaka fans didn't expect this goal to be so easy to concede......

I only saw Lazio's continuous passes, which tore through their defense and then scored the goal.

When Giroud shot, he didn't even have a Gamba Osaka player around him.

He can get to his feet with ease, even if he's a centre-forward who is better at heading. It doesn't mean that he doesn't have any shooting ability at his feet - he is not Chen Yingying, who has just debuted......

It's like shooting in training, it's too easy for him.

Maybe it's too easy, resulting in a lack of accomplishment in scoring goals.

Giroud didn't even run wild to celebrate after his goal.

He just waved his fist, then turned and ran back.

The rest of his teammates just came up and patted him, and then they went back to their places.

It's a completely different feeling than scoring goals in the league and in the Champions League.

It's not that they deliberately want to disgust the Japanese fans. They really didn't think there was any point in celebrating - the goal was scored four minutes into the game, and the opponent was too weak......

What's the point of scoring more goals for a team like this?

If we celebrate after we have scored a goal, doesn't that show that we are particularly incompetent?

It's just that the knee-jerk actions of the Lazio players are, in the eyes of Japanese fans, a provocation to them.

It was supposed to be a winning thing. Japanese fans are unhappy with Lazio.

They are now very sensitive and vulnerable, so they take every move of Lazio as a provocation and an insult to them.

Lazio did not celebrate, they considered it to be contempt for them.

But what if Lazio celebrates like crazy? They would probably also think that Lazio was showing off their might in front of them.

Anyway, as long as they don't sit upright. No matter what Lazio do, they look problematic.

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The Japanese fans booed, but that didn't help Gamba Osaka equalis.

They were excited to fight Lazio and defeat them by attacking.

Unexpectedly, the game only started for four minutes. They were pumped by Lazio.

What's going on?

Gamba Osaka's players were stunned and a little overwhelmed.

It's not that they are proud to underestimate their enemies. Will it give us an opportunity to take advantage of?

But look at their performance...... Is this a sign of pride and contempt for the enemy?

Don't think we're cheating!

We're also pros, right?

Where is this like pride and underestimating the enemy?!

But judging from Lazio's lineup and the remarks of the head coach before the game, this is the rhythm of pride and underestimation of the enemy!

How could it have changed as soon as the game arrived?

It's not scientific!

There is no objective law in this!

This is not credible!

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The goal was conceded in four minutes, which Gamba Osaka thought was a coincidence, an accident.

When the game resumed, they bounced back and planned to make a comeback.

Another four minutes passed.

In the eighth minute, Lazio scored another goal!

In the same way, Lazio's best succession of quick passes tore through Gamba Osaka's defence before they knew it.

Another conceded goal that wasn't even organized defensively.

"Lazio! Yes! Lazio! Two goals in eight minutes! Gamba Osaka is completely blinded! ”

"It may be unpleasant for Japanese fans to say that, but I still have to say it...... It seems that what is often said is indeed true, Gamba Osaka and Lazio are indeed not a team of the same grade, and he really doesn't need to take this opponent in his eyes! ”

Chang Sheng got up from the coach's bench and stood up and applauded.

That's all he celebrates.

There were no excited hugs, no fist waving, or running wild in celebration.

Nothing.

It was in this bland way that he celebrated his team's two-goal lead over Gamba Osaka.