Chapter 184: One of the brightest teams in Europe
Inter's defeat in the Coppa Italia did not affect their performance in the league.
Perhaps, it was the defeat in the Coppa Italia that strengthened their belief that they must beat Lazio in the league!
So in the same round of the league, in another match played at the same time, Inter Milan beat Cagliari 3-0 at home.
The two teams are still eight points apart.
In the next round of the league, both sides will have the problem of playing in the Champions League.
So in the next league, it is estimated that they will not go all out, but will choose to stay.
Inter Milan challenge Chelsea. It was two gimmicky matches, with Jose Mourinho's current club facing off against his former club.
It has been two seasons since Jose Mourinho left Chelsea and Chelsea fans still miss him.
Of course, he will be remembered by the English media.
This game makes them very excited.
There's so much to say about the madman's return to Chelsea.
Compared to the games against Inter Milan, the perennial Lazio opponents have slightly fewer gimmicks, and there are no games for Inter Milan that are more worth paying attention to.
Lazio's opponent in the quarter-finals is Porto from Portugal.
If you want to talk about gimmicks, there are also digging.
But it's not interesting.
It is nothing more than that when Chang Sheng was in Valencia, he once led the team to defeat Porto led by Mourinho in the Champions League final, and the feud between Chang Sheng and Mourinho began.
But now six seasons have passed, and Mourinho has long said goodbye to Porto, who have changed from players to managers.
So there is little point in hyping up this topic, and it is estimated that there are very few people interested.
It's Mereles playing against his old club, and it's worth mentioning.
Once the main defender of the Portuguese giants. Abandoned by the club because of a serious injury last season...... In this way, there are some highlights.
As for the feud between Changsheng and Porto, it's too far-fetched.
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In the twentieth round of the league, four days before the match against Porto, Lazio played Parma away.
The indoctrins still haven't been given a single ticket for this game.
But no one cared about them anymore.
Their topic is now outdated.
The Unineditable now have to accept this arrangement no matter how much they grit their teeth, that is, they will not be able to go to the away field......
Of course, they would never have imagined that the Lazio club would not only deal them with such a simple blow......
Against Parma, the wins were not as one might think. A rotation will be sent away from home to rest the main players.
Instead, it went directly to the main force.
Such a team beat Parma 2-0 away.
And the absent-minded Inter Milan were held to a 0-0 draw away from home by Napoli!
It was such a surprise.
It wasn't the surprise that Inter Milan were held to a draw away from Napoli, who have improved significantly since their return to the first division.
Surprisingly, Inter Milan drawn, Lazio did not. Inter Milan absent-mindedly. Lazio remained preoccupied, as if it weren't the Champions League quarter-finals four days later.
During this time, the media was hyping Mourinho's revisit to Stamford Bridge, but ignored the news from Chang Sheng's side.
Everyone thought that Chang Sheng would follow the usual practice of temporarily abandoning the league before an important match.
Parma are not an underdog either, and they are playing at home.
Who would have thought that Chang Sheng had taken advantage of this opportunity for everyone to relax and grab three points......
This time. The difference between Inter Milan and Lazio is even greater.
From the original eight points to ten points!
The timing of the two matches was the same, so Mourinho only found out about the result on Lazio's side after his own match.
When Mourinho found out about the result of that game, his face suddenly became very unpleasant.
The Coppa Italia is on the verge of elimination, and the league has been stretched to 10 points.
Could it be that Inter Milan has been empty again this season?
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The reason why the constant win will be all the main players in the league. It's because he doesn't intend to continue with this line-up in the away game against Porto.
From this time on, Lazio had to fight for the league, cup and Champions League.
It's also physically demanding for the team.
Last season, Lazio almost collapsed at the end because there were too many injured players. There is no rotation, and there are some positions where only one person is struggling to support them. As a result, in the end, Götze fought until he was physically exhausted. The fitness of the whole team has been greatly affected.
This time, we need to learn a lesson and avoid injuries and physical exhaustion.
So he's going to use the rotation from the start.
Against Porto, the winner sent a substitute rotation lineup.
This line-up is actually enough for Porto.
Chang Sheng now has a very small difference in strength between the two sets of lineups.
It's also hard to tell who is the main player and who is the substitute between Motta and Cazorla.
Because both of them have played about the same time, and their roles are also very important.
So in fact, there is no difference between the main substitution in the Lazio team, it is only convenient for the media to call it, so the main force and the substitute are used, and the latter is called in general terms by rotation.
And then everybody used it.
The game against Porto, even if it is not the main force that everyone thinks, is still very strong.
Even if it's an away game, it's not too much of a problem to come back with a draw, right?
The goal of winning is to win the top final, and if you can't even get past Porto, then what else can you win?
This is not called pride and underestimation of the enemy, this is called domineering.
In the years when Barcelona Dream III was at its peak, there was also this kind of domineering.
Other opponents don't pay attention to it at all, even if they have such an attitude, they can win.
Now in this time and space, Pep Guardiola's Barcelona has such signs this season.
Apart from a few really strong opponents, Barcelona are particularly easy to deal with other teams.
The two most eye-catching teams in European football today are Pep Guardiola's Barcelona and the perennial Lazio.
The former swept in Spain. Except for Real Madrid, no other team is in their sights.
In the 22 rounds of the league, Barcelona won 17 games, drew 4 games, lost only 1, and ranked first in the league with 55 points, two points ahead of Real Madrid.
Twelve points ahead of third-placed Valencia. The "Western Super League" has begun to take shape.
Lazio are even more remarkable, they haven't lost a game in Serie A without losing a season. Twenty-two wins, two draws and zero losses! Accumulate 68 points ahead of Inter Milan and rank first!
In Spain, there are also Real Madrid and Barcelona, and in Italy, Inter Milan has worked very hard, but the result is still very much behind Lazio...... Serie A is all Lazio's one-man show.
And the meeting of these two teams is probably all European...... No. It's a big event that the world of football is looking forward to!
What happens when two teams with deep roots meet each other?
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In the away match against Porto, Lazio ended up drawing 1:1 with Porto.
Lazio didn't win, but they didn't lose either, and they had an away goal in their hands.
For Lazio, it's actually the same as winning.
Because the next leg is at Lazio's home ground......
Lazio directly doubled their combat power at home without explanation.
Porto root didn't stand a chance.
So after this game, even the Portuguese media were not optimistic about Porto after playing so badly at home. You can also turn the tables away from home......
"It's our home stadium and we didn't send out the best team! Before the game, we also thought it was a disdain and mockery from the opposition to Porto...... But now it seems that it is often true, Lazio really has no reason to waste time on such a team! ”
But in reality, the media wronged Porto. Porto didn't play badly, it was Lazio who was too strong.
When Lazio's mad dog tactics got on the running, Porto couldn't keep up with the tempo at all......
Their front, centre and back have all fallen into Lazio's hands, and they can only passively follow along.
It was remarkable to be able to draw 1-1 at home to Lazio.
The head coach of Porto after the game. Portugal's experienced veteran coach Suado Ferreira admitted: "We are not on the same level as Lazio. That sounds frustrating...... But that's the difference between Portuguese football and Europe's top football......"
As a result, the old marshal's statement incurred the fate of his dismissal.
Coming to the home stadium and not winning is enough to make the Porto fans and management breathless. As a result, the old marshal also said such words to lower morale.
That's simply to grow the morale of others and destroy the prestige of one's own family!
Chang Sheng didn't expect that such a game that he didn't pay attention to would lead to the dismissal of an old Portuguese coach......
And it made him lie down.
Everyone said that Chang Sheng really deserved to be a "coach killer", and how many head coaches who played against him were out of class?
When he was in charge of Valencia, he successively dismissed Barcelona coach Antic and Van Gaal, and Real Madrid coach Bosque. Now he is in charge of Lazio, and the veteran coach who is quite famous in Portugal has been dismissed.
Ferreira has been in charge of Porto since 2006 and has brought five domestic titles to the Portuguese giants in three years. It can be described as a meritorious service, and as a result, he was dismissed when he was dismissed......
Chang Sheng's title of "this peer killer" is really not called in vain!
But Chang Sheng felt that he had wronged himself......
You know, he didn't say anything excessive.
He did not mock Porto or happily recall the time when he beat Porto to win his first Champions League......
As a result, he didn't cause trouble, but he did.
The Portuguese media also ran to ask Chang Sheng, who had returned to Rome, what he thought about it.
Chang Sheng thought it strange at first, how did he know what was happening in Portugal when he was in Rome?
Later, I listened to the presentation of the Portuguese journalist.
He understood what was going on.
So he replied with a sneer: "What does this have to do with me? Porto's dismissal of the old coach is their own business, you come and I ask what is the opinion, what can I think? I don't think anything! ”
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ps, I'll try to get a little more as much as I can!
A little more on the basis of ten more!