Chapter 188: Successful Completion of the Mission
Mancini became the target of public criticism for a while. Because his words after the game were indeed too prestigious.
Losing was enough to make Inter fans sad. As the head coach of Inter Milan, he even said such unmorale words.
This is simply making the Inter fans even more aggrieved.
It's just that the enemy laughs at us, so what's the matter for your own people to come out and sing about us?
On the same day, the official website of Inter Milan poured into many Inter Milan fans, who left messages on the website, asking the club to expel Mancini now!
"We made such a coward the manager of the team for four seasons, no wonder we only won one Coppa Italia in four seasons!"
"Fuck off Mancini! Inter Milan doesn't need such waste! ”
"As much as I hate Chang, I'd rather let Chang come as the manager of Inter Milan than let Mancini continue to be our manager! Let him go! ”
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Of course, in such a one-sided condemnation, Chang Sheng did not forget to fall into the ground.
He left a message mocking Mancini on his personal website: "If I were Mancini and said such things, I wouldn't have to wait a month and a half, I would resign now." Because I don't deserve to be the manager of this team anymore, I have failed to live up to the trust placed in me by the players, the fans and the club's board. Neither man nor a manager should raise their hands in surrender before the results are out! ”
Many media quoted Chang Sheng's words to criticize Mancini, making Mancini even more of a big ......
Finally, under heavy pressure, Mancini came forward the next day to clarify.
"I didn't give in early, in fact my team and I will continue to pursue the league title and will not give up until the last second! I just said I would leave Inter at the end of the season. I don't understand why everyone is misinterpreting me as surrendering early? There are seven rounds left in the league and everything is still possible! ”
But not many people believe his words.
Because his previous passage spread more widely. More impact.
Just like in the era of Weibo, the number of retweets and attention of rumors is always much higher than that of refuting rumors.
After the momentum got up early, no matter how Mancini refuted the rumors, it was useless.
Inter Milan fans ran to the team's training base, Pinettina, holding banners in protest, demanding that Mancini resign now and not wait for the end of the season.
An excited Inter Milan fan said in an interview with a TV reporter: "Let him get out of here now!" There are seven rounds left in the league. We are eight points behind. Yes, theoretically, we still have the possibility of catching up. But only if the team can't be under his leadership, under his leadership, we can't catch up with Lazio in our lifetime! We've put up with him for four seasons! Four seasons! Having won the Coppa Italia, what else does he bring us? There is only helplessness again and again! Looking at Lazio going to win a third league title, what about us? Nothing! ”
After he finished speaking, the Inter Milan fans who were watching next to him applauded vigorously and cheered loudly.
"Well said!"
"That's right! All right! ”
In the face of the protests of the fans, Mancini took a tough attitude: "I will stand on the last shift. I will not resign early. As I said, this month and a half will be my last month and a half at Inter. I'm not going to backtrack. ”
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By the time the Inter fans had rushed to the training base to make a fuss, the entire Lazio squad had already flown to London.
On the plane, Chang Sheng flipped through the latest "Milan Sports Newspaper", which reported on Mancini's affairs.
Seeing this, Chang Sheng smiled.
He knows that this season, Inter Milan will not be able to threaten him no matter what.
What did Mancini's stupid fork think at the time?
Although it is true that he did not say that he surrendered early, he had just lost to Lazio. At such a critical moment, he suddenly said that he would not continue to coach the team, isn't that an early surrender?
Such a serious blow to the morale of the players. He, a coach who was born as a fan, knew that he must not do it, but he didn't expect Mancini, a player, to make such a mistake......
Well, the league has been worry-free. Inter Milan, who were eight points behind, voluntarily gave up and surrendered early. Roma are 14 points behind and Juventus are 18 points behind.
Now he can put all his energy into the Champions League without any distractions.
That's why he gave his all against Inter Milan and didn't even think about the Champions League.
Once again, the facts proved the correctness of his choice.
If there is no victory in this game. Could Mancini have had such an idiotic thing under pressure?
If Mancini hadn't said that, would Inter Milan have civil unrest?
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Those who thought Lazio were playing their best against Inter Milan because they had given up the Champions League were stunned when they saw Lazio's starting line-up against Arsenal.
Because the winning is often in the away game against Arsenal. All the main forces were also dispatched!
So he's not giving up the Champions League, he's going to have both the league and the Champions League!
Facing Arsenal away from home, considering that three days ago there had been a fierce 90-minute battle with Inter Milan.
The goal set for the team is very realistic, there must be away goals away from home, and if you can draw the opponent it is a good victory.
If you pursue victory, you will pay too much price, and it is not recommended to win often.
Chang Sheng intends to save the decisive battle for the home field.
As for Lazio's performance at home, Chang Win has always been very convinced.
This team is like a chicken at home, and can sweep through all opponents in the cheers of Lazio balls.
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Once the match started, Lazio had the football firmly empty from the start, but were in no hurry to attack.
They were slowly wrestling with Arsenal.
Both teams play some of the best football in European football today, and their styles of football are even somewhat similar.
Originally, everyone was looking forward to a wonderful battle against each other.
But Chang Sheng didn't let them get their wish.
He is well aware of the power of Arsenal. They eliminated AC Milan in the quarter-finals.
Chang Sheng would rather sacrifice ornamentation than make sure the result satisfies them.
So in fact, there is still an essential difference between him and Arsene Wenger.
Arsene Wenger would rather not win the title than stick to his style of play and style.
Winning can't be done.
In some ways, Arsene Wenger is a martyr. And Chang Sheng is a speculator.
Lazio kept the pace of the game very slow.
Most of the time it's just passing back and forth. Passed and passed to the front, and then saw that the momentum was not right, and then passed back.
Lazio in this game is not the same as Lazio in these two seasons, although Lazio's football in these two seasons also emphasizes possession, but more emphasis on speed, change of pace.
In this game, Lazio only emphasized possession. It's a bit like the Valencia team of the past......
When you can't break through the opponent's door with your offense, you drag the opponent to death with pure possession.
Arsenal are familiar with this, as they have played against a winning Valencia once before.
That's still 20022003 season.
At the time, Arsenal were a first-class powerhouse, and they won the Premier League the following season unbeaten in the following season.
But it was such a team, and there was nothing they could do against Valencia, who were always winning at the time. At their home stadium, Arsenal played a 0-0 draw with Valencia and went to Valencia's home stadium. They lost 1:2. As a result, he did not qualify from the second round group stage.
Arsenal got into this rhythm, it was like going into the mud.
Now Arsenal feel like they're in the mud again......
They can only pick up the speed when they attack, but most of the time, the football is at the feet of Lazio.
It wasn't easy to get the ball off Lazio's feet because their players were very skilled in passing the ball back and forth.
Secondly, even if you break the ball, it is not easy to organize the attack.
Lazio players will pounce on you at the first opportunity, including those who have conceded the ball.
This kind of pressing in every corner of the court. It also made the Arsenal players very uncomfortable.
No matter how Arsenal said at the beginning, there were Bergkamp, Ljungberg, Pire and Henry, and they couldn't do anything with the tactics of winning constantly.
The current Arsenal is much weaker than the original Arsenal. Today's Lazio has grabbed a lot more than Valencia at the beginning, and Arsenal is playing very painfully.
In the 35th minute, Falcao finally scored an away goal for Lazio!
It was also his sixth goal in the Champions League this season!
"Look at the performance, look at him! Such a center forward is worth all the price paid by the giants! The Italian commentator shouted excitedly.
Since the phone gate. Everyone says Serie A has fallen. There are no big stars left in Serie A.
But now Falcao, the superstar who grew up in Serie A, has earned enough face for Italian football!
The Italian commentator didn't care if Falcao was poached or not, whether it was good for Lazio.
Chang Sheng is cheering for his players with open arms.
Wenger was not far from him, frowning. Put your hands in your pockets.
In recent years, this has always happened to Arsene Wenger.
The army of kings who were undefeated in forty-nine games back then can't even find a shadow now...... It's really embarrassing.
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Arsenal did score in the end, after all, it was at their home stadium.
They equalised, but it was difficult to win.
The final score was 1-1, with Lazio getting an away goal on the road, in addition to a draw.
Perfectly completed the task assigned to them by Changsheng.
With this draw and an away goal in their hands, Lazio returned to Roma satisfied. A week later, they will face Arsenal at the Stadio Olimpic.
Lazio's chances of qualifying are not small.
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(To be continued.) )