Chapter 320: The Day of Preparation

"Bang!" Listening to the sound of Ronaldo slamming the door hard, the corners of Lao Lei's mouth immediately hung up a smug smile, and he said that it felt good to be in a good mood in the morning. After smiling, he woke up early in the morning and had breakfast, so he immediately turned on the TV again and carefully studied the video of the Italian game.

Among the many football coaches in today's football, the silver fox Lippi can be said to be the most flexible and eclectic in tactical play. Different from Barcelona's ball-controlled play, Lippi's tactical concept is quite similar to Master Jin's Xiao Wuxianggong, while sticking to his roots, he can use any mastery and moves, and the power is not inferior to the original. Of course, the fundamental concept of Lippi's tactics is naturally not as mysterious as the true qi in martial arts novels, and his fundamental is defense.

Unlike the average counter-attacking coach, Lippi has always been more open to attacking. He doesn't actively exclude possession or offense, he just pairs these with his defensive philosophy to build one team after another. For this alone, Lao Lei felt that this old man had already become a grandmaster, and even his mentor Mourinho, who had already become famous in the football world at the moment, was still a little insufficient.

It's not that he takes Mourinho lightly, but it is. In the team that Lippi once coached, there is no shortage of football superstars who are heavily attack-oriented, Zidane, Baggio and others have played under Lippi and achieved good results. But most importantly, while having these attacking superstars who are barely involved in defense, Lippi's team's defense has never been impregnable and unusually solid. But for that matter. There are few people in football who can match it.

It's just that, in Lao Lei's opinion. Lippi's terrifying guidance did not fully translate to the Italians. The reason for this is not that he is not skillful, but that the performance of the Italian attackers is really unsatisfactory. Since the beginning of this World Cup, there has been a lack of highlights. To be honest, if it weren't for the sudden emergence of Grosso's group of Italian defenders, the Azzurri might not even be able to pass the Australian kangaroos, let alone advance to the final.

To be honest, just from the performance of the Italian strikers in this game, Lao Lei felt that the Italian strikers were really a little young, and there was no successor. If the aging of Inzaghi and Piero is really helpless, it is the Roman prince Totti, who has high hopes. The slump of new strikers Gilardino and Toney is something that confuses the whole of Italy, including Lippi.

Not to mention Totti and Gilardino, Toney's slump is undoubtedly the most disappointing. As an Italian local striker who suddenly came out of nowhere, scored 31 goals in a single season last season, and became another Italian striker who successfully entered the 30+ striker club in a single season in Serie A, the 29-year-old Tony who belongs to the late-blooming type is undoubtedly the new pillar of the striker who was most expected by the Italian domestic media before this World Cup.

But his performance with only two goals so far is hard to compliment. Such an achievement. It may be enough to put it on a new World Cup player, but it is too ugly to put it on the new leader of Italy's risk. His sluggish performances make it hard to associate him with the goalscoring maniac who scored 31 goals in a single season in Serie A.

But. I have to say that it is precisely because of the sluggishness of this group of strikers that Lao Lei and Portugal have a lot less trouble. If this Italy team has a sharp forward again, then I'm afraid Lao Lei will have to admit it. Portugal's win rate, at least on paper, has fallen behind. It's not a gap in individual strength, it's a gap in a team's maturity and completion.

If it weren't for the sluggishness of the front. Then this Italy team should be a full-fledged team. This is very similar to Portugal, because Portugal was not at this time. Although very reluctant to admit it. But Lao Lei judged it in his heart. If Portugal had had the squad and personnel they had at Euro 02, he might have had the confidence to wrestle with a fully fledged Italy team, but this one can't. The lack of defensive ability and stability, in Lao Lei's thoughts, is the biggest deficiency of this Portuguese team at this time, and it is the kind that cannot be solved for the time being.

So, to sum up, in terms of Lao Lei's thoughts, this is a semi-mature team against a semi-mature team in the World Cup final, no one has reached the level of perfection, all have distinctive and outstanding qualities, but at the same time they have obvious shortcomings, which can be regarded as half a catty and eight taels, comparable to the kind, at least from the point of view of paper strength.

In other words, the manager's tactical choices will be the most crucial factor in determining the course of the game. Because, judging by the age structure and game experience of the two teams, no one can expect the other team to suddenly play abnormally on the stage of the final, and the probability of such a thing happening is almost the same as expecting a miracle to happen, to put it simply, don't expect anything on this point.

It seems that this is fair and let the managers of both sides decide, but Lao Lei dislikes it very much and hates it very much. The reason is also very simple, he hates all factors and variables that cannot be mastered by himself, especially when they are still very important, even decisive. Rationality aside, judging by his character alone, he couldn't accept the fact that the victory was on Scolari. It's not about trust, it's about strength, that's his nature, it's Mourinho coming, and he's the same.

And this is the main reason why Lao Lei has been watching the game video in Italy in recent days, but he has not gained much substance, but he has always insisted on it. For the sake of Scolari's face as the manager, in the final, he could stick to the opponent's tactical set-up at the beginning. But if the situation is not right, he must have a feasible backup plan that can be implemented immediately, which is the task he has given himself.

Not to mention whether such an attitude is correct or not, it will definitely be an easy task anyway. After all, this can be regarded as Lao Lei's identity as a player, and the so-called silver fox Lippi launched an invisible duel about tactics and strategies, if it were not for Lao Lei's usual basis for a large amount of tactical accumulation, this is a decision to be killed in seconds to the scum.

Moreover, even so, this is definitely a duel with a difficulty comparable to a tightrope walk, after all, the title of the world's famous marshal is not comparable to the experts of the bad street, this is a real talent in exchange for real learning. Rao is Lao Lei himself is also a little heart pounding, especially weak. It is precisely this weakness of heart that makes him particularly constrained in this backup plan, and even a few inconsequential small places have to be thought about inside and out and checked several times.

Of course, Lao Lei's particularly irritable mood during this time is mostly because of this. No, after watching the video of the Italian game for more than 1 hour, Lao Lei lay on his bed again, calculating in his heart when Ronaldo should come back again, just like the great woman who turned into a wangfu stone, the resentment value is properly exploded.

Not to mention how Lao Lei is resentful here, the outside world is arguing about this World Cup decisive battle. Not to mention those irrelevant people who have nothing to do and get involved, the intensity of the public opinion war between the Italian and Portuguese media during this period has skyrocketed to a level comparable to that of the national war. If you remove the elements of the World Cup and football, the wording of these reports is fierce enough to make people believe that the two countries are not the kind of generational enemies who have a very bad relationship and are about to go to war.

There is no doubt that this is an overly fierce battle of public opinion, but it can be considered excusable. The family has been holding back for nearly a century, just waiting for this game to raise their eyebrows. The other is pointing to the world champion to rush the monstrous bad luck of the phonegate scandal to prove that he is still strong. It can be said that the level of desire for this World Cup title on both sides is off the charts.

Based on this, because the head coaches and players of the two national teams are in retreat and have no time to show up and speak, the fans and media of the two countries naturally took over the banner without hesitation. From small layers to celebrities and dignitaries, both sides are all participating in the whole country, and the forced standard is unbelievably high, and the facts once again explain the correctness of the sentence "football is modern warfare".

It is conceivable that this will continue to be the case until the tournament starts, and it will take on an increasingly aggressive stance. However, this is not Lao Lei's business, at most, he will wear a vest from time to time and act as a passer-by on the Internet to eat melon seeds for a while, just to ask for a little fun.

No, because Ronaldo has not come back yet, Lao Lei, who is a little irritable, opened a few fan forums that he is familiar with, and sat back to watch the fans of the two countries tear up and have some fun from the various nonsense they say to enjoy themselves.

However, at this moment, Lao Lei's rare moment of leisure was interrupted by Ronaldo, Cheng Biting Jin, who was killed halfway.

"Hurry up and assemble, Mr. President is here!"

"Bang!"

opened the door, hurriedly left a sentence, and then did not give Lao Lei a chance to speak, turned his head and slammed the door and left, this set of processes, Ronaldo's speed has reached a speed comparable to that of F1 cars, which makes Lao Lei quite stunned and speechless.

This grandson, his speed has improved again

Well, it seems that it is time to find another way to rectify him.

Ronaldo, who was rejoicing in escaping from the tiger's mouth, didn't know that his accidental move actually stabbed Lao Lei's black spot in the abdomen, which deeply accelerated the blackening of his roommate, and also laid a solid foundation for his dire daily life in the next few days. (To be continued......)