On January 8, Rome, at the Stadio Olimpic, Lazio hosted Inter Milan.

"In this game, we can clearly see that Yang Cheng seems to have heard the doubts about him recently, and he has finally made changes and adjustments, and the midfield has arranged a combination of Zanetti, Emerson and Van Bommel to free up Recoba in the front midfield."

"Judging from the scene of the game, Inter Milan still played aggressively despite playing away, while Eriksen lined up his usual 442 tactics, with Vieri and Rivaldo in front of him, followed by Stankovic, Simeone, Dino Baggio and López."

'Eriksen's backline is made up of Pankaro, Mihajlovic, Favali and Cuto, and the goalkeeper is Peruzzi, who has moved from Juventus this season.

This is also Lazio's main lineup this season, but like everyone's first impression when they see this lineup, the sad backline!

There used to be a Nesta guarding, and now, in this game, Nesta is standing at the back of Inter Milan.

Yang Cheng's tactics in this game were also in line with his perception of Lazio, so he asked his players to attack with all their might from the first minute, and he wanted to use Inter Milan's powerful attack to crush Lazio's defense.

After a week of preparation, Inter Milan's focus was on practicing attacking tactics, especially the combination of Recoba and the two strikers.

The game has just begun, and even in the stands of the Olympic Stadium, many Lazio fans have not yet sat on the buttocks, and the players of both sides below the stadium have already begun to enter the white-knuckle battle of bayonets!

Inter Milan, who were the first to kick off, launched an onslaught at the first time.

In the 4th minute, Zanetti made an active forward press, cut off the ball at the feet of Lopes, and quickly launched a counterattack.

Ronaldo was always roaming the Lazio backline, and when he saw Zanetti get the ball, he immediately retreated, and the ball quickly came to his feet, while behind him were the defenders who pressed up.

I saw Ronaldo turn away with a nimble turn, the ball was kicked out, and the man accelerated to catch up, directly past Lazio's defense and into Mihajlovic's defensive zone.

Without a steady Nesta by his side, Mihajlovich's performance this season has been truly tragic, and when he saw Ronaldo break through with the ball, he quickly chose to post it, but Ronaldo's nimble feints, combined with his almost perverted explosiveness, formed a tried-and-true breakthrough.

After passing Mihajlovic's defense, Ronaldo chose to enter the penalty area in the left corner, but Batistuta on the right side has quickly followed, and the Brazilian selflessly chose to cross after seeing Favali pressing, Batistuta jumped to the top from close range and scored with a header, 0:1!

After the goal, Inter Milan's god of war ran all the way, roaring with his mouth wide open, and after coming to Inter Milan, he showed good competitive form, which was already his 11th goal of the season, and his form was very good.

Ronaldo hugged him tightly, and the Inter players kept pouring in to celebrate with the attacker, Batistuta.

Only Nesta, the core of Inter Milan's defence, felt a little concerned after seeing Batistuta's goal, after all, this kick broke the goal of his favorite team!

In the past, he should have done his best to protect the goal for Lazio, but now he ......

It's a really hard difference, but he can adjust well because he's a professional!

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"Erikson must be depressed!" Yang Cheng smiled and swept over Erikson in the distance.

There is a serious shortage of people in the current Lazio backline, Mihajlovic has become very inconsistent this season without the help of Nesta, frequently winning cards on the field, and constantly in trouble, and defenders such as Pancaro and Favali have proven one thing time and again, that is, Nesta is definitely a top player who can change a team's backline.

"I wonder if Craniotti will regret his choice to let go of Nesta, who is in good form at this time a year ago, when he sees Ronaldo break through Mihajlovic so easily?" Even the on-site commentators began to tease.

"Lazio's attacking ability is unquestionable, and the midfield is also very strong, with the midfield having the quality to win the title, but the only thing that will drag Lazio to the title is their backline." ,

The on-site commentator took advantage of Inter Milan's celebration to introduce the current situation of this team with embarrassment.

"Lazio are said to be interested in bringing in Italian defender Lorenzo Amoruso from Rangers, but this player has excelled in the Scottish Premiership and may not be able to play in a team like Lazio that aim to win the title."

From this piece of news, it is not difficult to perceive that after Lazio has gone through a series of money burning, the club's finances, at least Cragnotti's, have been difficult to continue to support, because they have abandoned the top central defenders such as Cannavaro and Thuram in favor of some more practical players.

Yang Cheng didn't pay attention to these, for him, the current situation of his team is not optimistic, he is now thinking about defeating his opponents, continue to chase Roma and Juventus in the standings, he doesn't care about the rest!

Therefore, after Batistuta's goal, he still continued to ask the team to press and continue to attack!

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Offense and defense, which is more important, it's hard to say!

But what is certain is that in a strong conversation, defense is the foundation!

Only when the defense is firm, can you have enough strength to attack, a football game is like a person, defense is the person's legs, offense is both hands, only the first to stand firm, can be qualified to wave both hands to attack the opponent!

Today's Lazio is very passive on the field, and it can even be said that they are exhausted, because they can't defend well, and there are loopholes everywhere, Inter Milan grabbed Lazio's defensive loopholes and chased them all over, so that Lazio had no temper, and could only passively defend and parry, and could not organize an effective attack at all.

In this case, Vieri and Rivaldo became decorations up front, but the Lazio backline was under tremendous pressure for this!

After taking the lead, Inter Milan played more patiently, Emerson calmly dispatched in the back, calmly combed the midfield, slowly looked for opportunities, and planned the attack; Lazio's backline is like a tense rubber band, and everyone is scared, worried about whether they will make mistakes and whether there will be holes in the team.

With these two very different mentalities, it is inevitable that Lazio will concede another goal.

In the 32nd minute, Inter Milan launched another wave of attacks, the ball was transferred to the right side, Recoba after a quick breakthrough on the right side, cut inside with the ball, and knocked Ronaldo on the left side of the penalty area, and the Brazilian directly volleyed.

Pancaro defended very well this time, but when he was rushing, he had a misunderstanding with his goalkeeper Peruzzi, who touched lightly, as if to block the ball to Peruzzi, who knows, Peruzzi made a save, and the ball rolled into Lazio's goal.

"Oh, oh, oh my! What's going on? ”

"Pankaro, Pancaro's own goal!"

"Oh my God, this is Pancaro's second own goal of the season and Lazio's fourth own goal of the season, including two for Pancaro and one each for Favali and Mihajlovic, so we can't help but ask Eriksen what is going on with the team he is coaching!"

Seeing his own shot, which actually created an own goal for Lazio, Inter Milan was crazy, especially Ronaldo, who grimaced at Recoba, who pounced, but unfortunately, this goal did not belong to him!

Yang Cheng on the sidelines shook his head, "There have been 8 own goals in Serie A so far this season, and Lazio has accounted for half of them!" ”

"It's still too much pressure on the defense!" Paul Beyer sighed.

He is an expert in defensive organization, and he naturally knows very well that if the own goal is only one and a half, it can be said to be accidental, but just after 13 rounds of Serie A, Lazio has 4 own goals, accounting for half of the total number of own goals in Serie A, and has completely become a veritable own goal team in Serie A, which is abnormal.

The only explanation is that this team's backline is too miserable and the players are under too much pressure.

"Pancaro was obviously agitated and too cautious just now, and Peruzzi was the same, both of them were afraid of making mistakes, and they were both careful to find out each other's intentions, and it turned out that an obvious interception of a pass to the goalkeeper turned into an own goal!" Paul Beyer analyzes their mentality. ,

Yang Cheng couldn't help nodding, although the media bombarded the Lazio players for being careless, in fact it was not, on the contrary, they were too careful, which led to this kind of mistake happening again and again!

"This game doesn't have to be played!" Yang Cheng said with confidence.

Scored 2 goals, he will definitely not press up in the second half like in the first half, he will start to play defensive counterattacks with Lazio slowly, anyway, there are a lot of gaps behind Lazio, as long as you catch it once, they will be finished!

However, Yang Cheng's thoughts did not work, Eriksen directly gave up the second half, and after the break, he did not even adjust the team's tactics, and Lazio looked very chaotic on the field.

Inter Milan also played more safely, after all, the first half was too fierce, and the physical consumption of the players was great, Yang Cheng has always been very particular about fighting to nourish the game, allowing the players to rest and recover in the game, so he slowed down the pace in the second half.

Neither side scored, the result of the match was 0:2, Inter Milan won Lazio away!

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When Yang Cheng walked into the press conference at the Olympic Stadium, he found that in Eriksen's position, it was not the Swede who was sitting, but Lazio's general manager Kragnotti Jr., and Eriksen's assistant Mancini.

'It's a shame that we made the last effort and we wanted to be able to keep him and continue to coach Lazio, but unfortunately he was very disappointed with the current state of the season and came to us as soon as the game was over and told us his decision and we couldn't stop him from leaving!'

Junior Craniotti said a piece of news that has appeared 3 times in Serie A this season, class!

Whether it was Eriksen who took the initiative to resign, or whether Cragnotti and his son fired him, no one knows, it is estimated that only the parties know, but it is certain that the head coach of Lazio does not belong to Eriksen from today.

Sitting in his place, reduced to a supporting role in this press conference, Yang Cheng suddenly had some sympathy for Eriksen's plight.

He tried desperately to keep his job in the summer, even if he let Nesta go, and even shouted that Lazio has the most luxurious squad in the world and will definitely play the most beautiful attacking football.

However, as the season progressed, Lazio's defense became more and more porous, and the results never entered the ranks of the champions.

'We will find a suitable manager as soon as possible after Eriksen's departure, and Mancini, the team's assistant coach, will be the interim manager! Craniotti Jr. pointed to Mancini, Eriksen's assistant.

"I'm sorry for Sven leaving, but this is professional football, we won't fall because of it, and I hope our players can show more professionalism and work ethic to help the club get through this!"

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Lazio fans were generally happy about Eriksen's departure, as evidenced by the jubilant scenes of Lazio fans in Rome after the game, who even shouted slogans to see Eriksen out of Rome.

"Fans are always weird, they always have to lose it before they understand how precious they are!" Bergomi smiled a little wryly.

Yang Cheng couldn't help but nod, that's why he chose to leave Kaiserslautern!

If you retreat bravely, you can leave your best side in the hearts of the fans forever, and become the insurmountable peak of a team, and no one can surpass him!

"Lazio won't win the title again this season!" Yang Cheng is very sure of his judgment.

After this change of manager, no matter who comes, Lazio is bound to experience a turmoil, and the team's combat effectiveness will definitely be damaged, and it will be difficult to attack the championship.

However, coincidentally, after this round of battles, Parma lost 0:2 at home to Regina!

There is no doubt that the former is a Serie A powerhouse and the latter is the vice-president of the season, but Parma lost to the vice-captain at their own home stadium, and Reggina striker Dionnicki scored twice in a row to finish off Cannavaro.

The striker, who just joined Reggina during the winter break, was completely worth the ticket price, and Parma also ushered in a two-game losing streak at home! From this game, all came to an amazing conclusion!

Lazio's defeat came from selling Nesta before the season, while Parma's defeat came with Thuram's injury absence!

However, at the end of the game, Parma rioted, with angry fans attacking their team, and manager Malesani was only able to leave the stadium under police escort, but the angry fans attacked the team bus and insulted the team star even more.

Parma's boss Tanzi announced Malesani's sacking as soon as the game was made, and Parma will begin their search for a firefighting manager.

However, the departure of these two teams from the championship circle could not stop Roma at all, who beat Atalanta 3-0 away in the round of 13.

Capello finally got the player he wanted, and successfully established the main core of the three lines of Roma City, namely Totti in the front, Tomasi in the midfield, and Samuel in the backline.

Juventus drew 3-3 with Fiorentina at their home stadium, which also allowed Inter Milan to catch up, and the two teams were equal on points, but Inter Milan was second in the league on goal difference, and Juventus fell to third.

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A week later, Inter Milan welcomed Parma without a leader.

Inter Milan at home beat visiting Parma 3-1 thanks to a brace from Ruud van Nistelrooy and Batistuta, making it two wins in a row since the winter break.

The media also generally affirmed the situation at Inter Milan, but they all took credit for themselves.

According to their words, Yang Cheng wisely chose to adjust, replacing the underperforming Andrea Pirlo with Zanetti, which made Inter Milan's midfield very competitive.

"Zanetti's defence is significantly better than Pirlo's, which makes Zanetti's midfield more solid, and Recoba can concentrate on attacking, and the Inter trident once again shows a strong attack."

"We have to marvel at Yang Cheng's wisdom, he chose to compromise with the fans and the outside world, he knows very well that if you want to achieve results, sometimes you shouldn't make such and such compromises, in fact, the result turned out to be his compromise right, Zanetti has performed well in two consecutive games!"

Whenever Yang Cheng sees this kind of newspaper and commentary, he has a feeling that he wants to cry, but he also wants to laugh, how can this group of muddy balls seem to say that Inter Milan won because they were talking nonsense in the newspaper?

"There's no way, they'll have to rely on their mouths to hit you!" Paul Beyer smiled wryly.

But it is undeniable that Zanetti has been in good form lately, and Yang Cheng can hardly think of any reason not to use him.

Pirlo was pressed to the bench for two consecutive games, not even a minute of chance, which shows how good his form is, but Yang Cheng always believes that Pirlo is one of the most perfect pieces of the puzzle in Inter Milan's midfield, but he needs patience.

Especially when he was about to leave the Pinetina base after training, and he was even more convinced of this when he still saw Pirlo alone, on the small training ground, practising his free kicks again and again.

God is fair, and when He closes one door for you, He opens another door for you!

The point is, when the door opens, are you ready?

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