In the Lazio locker room, the Lazio players seemed quite silent. No one discussed the first half, and no one looked forward to the second half. As for the end of the first half, Lazio hit the crossbar three times in a row during the attack.
, no one talked about it. It was as if they were deliberately ignoring this.
It seems that talking about this will bring bad luck.
When Chang Sheng walked into the locker room, he saw this situation at a glance.
He frowned slightly.
This is not a good sign.
This shows that the morale of the team is declining.
On the one hand, they did not expect that their opponents would be so tenacious, and on the other hand, they did not expect that they would hit the goal post three times in a row, resulting in the ball being unable to score.
Like the Lazio fans outside, they wondered if luck was not on their side in this game.
This kind of doubt is very demoralizing.
When players find that no matter how hard they try, they can't win, their efforts become in vain.
Who wants to do useless work?
They will think that God does not want them to win. This is God's will and cannot be violated.
When they fall into this kind of emotion, their morale will be low and their performance on the court will become even more sluggish.
Chang Sheng feels that the team's tactical problems are not important now, what is important is to get the players back on their feet.
So he stood at the door and knocked hard.
Everyone's attention was attracted by him, and they looked up at Chang Sheng.
Under their gaze, Chang Sheng walked in and closed the door of the locker room.
"Our luck is indeed quite bad. Three consecutive goal posts is probably very rare in world football. But this is just an accident. An accident is an accident. It cannot determine our destiny. Because our destiny is controlled by ourselves.
hands."
Chang Sheng made a clenched fist gesture.
"Now I just want to ask you one thing: Do you really want to win the sixth crown? Are you really determined to win this championship? Don't rush to answer." Seeing a player wanting to answer his question,
Chang Sheng quickly made a gesture to signal them to be calm.
"You should ask yourselves deeply and ask yourself what your attitude is towards this championship. Do you really want it from the bottom of your heart, or do you think everyone is saying you want it? You are embarrassed if you don't want it? If you
If you want to win this championship just because of other people's hopes, then forget it. But if you want this championship yourself, you should know what you should do. Mazembe's tenacity exceeds our imagination, I
I dare say that before this game, many of you may not even be able to spell the name of this team. But their tenacity is actually a test for us to see how determined we are to win this six-time crown.
How determined are we? Are we cowards who back down when encountering difficulties?"
"Since our opponents performed so well and tenaciously, out of respect for them, we naturally have to go all out and show our best selves. This is what we have to do in the second half. You have to make everyone
See how powerful Lazio is!"
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At the same time, in Mazembe's locker room, the club's president Katumbi once again came to the lounge to lecture his players. With an excited smile on his face, he started the first half for the team.
Feel proud and proud of the performance.
During the first half, he was watching the ball on the podium, and in front of him was Mr. Blatter, the president of FIFA. When his team ended the first half without letting Lazio score a goal, the people around him
Everyone was congratulating him, and even Blatter extended his hand to him.
This earned him a lot of face in front of Blatter.
He hoped that the team could perform like this in the second half.
"You did a good job, boys." Katumbi said waving his arms in the locker room, which made him look less like the president of a club and more like his other identity, Katanga Province.
Governor.
"You left Lazio from Europe at a loss. You let the whole world see our power! This is the power of Africa! This year, the World Cup is held on our continent, but the era of African football has not passed yet. Now,
We have a chance to win a Club World Cup championship! We want to dedicate this championship to all of Africa! This is our gift to Africa, and each of you will go down in history!"
The word "gift to Africa" can particularly arouse the fighting spirit of Mazembe's players. Because they are all players from Africa, mainly local players, and the foreign players are also from countries such as Senegal.
They are all native Africans. There is no other race in the team, they are all black.
Such a pure African group is also very touched by this concept.
They are willing to fight for all of Africa.
So they were like a shot of stimulants, screaming and wanting to go out and tear Lazio apart.
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When the second half restarted, the commentators were still on the three crossbars before the end of the first half.
Some people regard this as an interesting episode, while others regard it as an ominous omen.
Everyone's mood is different.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, but Mazembe still insisted on defending and did not attack at all.
Their purpose is very clear, which is to delay the decision to a penalty kick.
Chang Sheng thought that during the closed training, they should have focused on penalty kicks.
If they are really dragged into a penalty shootout, it's hard to say whether Lazio can win.
Because Lazio doesn't practice penalty kicks.
Chang Sheng knew what the opponent would do, but he thought that with Lazio's strength, if they couldn't resolve the battle in ninety minutes, it would be too weak.
So he didn't practice penalty kicks, but mainly practiced "how to break dense defense".
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As the game progressed, everyone found that Mazembe was still tenacious, so more and more people supported Mazembe. Even the commentator hoped that Mazembe would win the Club World Cup, because this would make history.
.And if Lazio wins the championship, it will have no special meaning to everyone...
It's nothing more than one more six-time champion in European football.
And if Mazembe wins the championship, it will be of great significance to African football...
So everyone hopes Mazembe wins the championship.
Some people even think that the current situation may be controlled by FIFA.
In fact, when Mazembe reached the final, there were voices similar to this. Conspiracy theorists believed that letting Mazembe enter the final was FIFA's intention. FIFA hoped to take this opportunity to show its goodwill to Africa.
This may be in return for the African Football Confederation's support for Blatter.
Otherwise, it is really difficult to explain why Internacional Brazil lost to Mazembe. Of course, conspiracy theorists cannot see Mazembe’s super tactical execution and highly targeted tactics in the game.
They will only think that there is a conspiracy behind all games where weak teams defeat strong teams. For example, when Porto was able to reach the Champions League final in 2004, it must be because gambling syndicates manipulated the Champions League...
But at that time, everyone just thought it would be good if Mazembe could reach the final.
Now it seems that conspiracy theorists suddenly feel that FIFA is indeed amazingly courageous!
They not only want Mazembe to reach the final, they also want Mazembe to win the Club World Cup!
I would like to take this opportunity to criticize UEFA, which has always been in opposition to FIFA.
Aren't you Platini's "favorite general" who always wins?
Okay, then I, Blatter, will make your love lose six crowns!
Of course, these are all the thoughts of conspiracy theorists.
This argument is actually quite popular among many fans.
Because everyone especially likes this kind of street stall and small magazine quality story.
As for conspiracy theories hurting players and teams who work hard and give their best, conspiracy theorists don't care.
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To be fair, Mazembe's performance in this game was indeed very good. Without conspiracy, it is not impossible for them to draw with Lazio.
Otherwise, how can we say "football is round"?
Mazembe is indeed weak, but if they all perform beyond their level, then anything is possible.
In the second half, Lazio also made tactical adjustments and played more aggressively, proactively, and faster.
When Lazio picked up the pace, Mazembe began to feel difficulty.
Their defense was airtight in the first half, but gradually began to struggle in the second half.
From the 55th minute on, Lazio further accelerated the pace. Even though Mazembe huddled in the penalty area, he felt tremendous pressure.
At this time, they discovered that the Lazio in the first half was not the full Lazio.
When they defended the score of 0:0 in the first half, they were indeed a little proud in their hearts, feeling that Lazio was nothing more than that.
But now they know how wrong they were!
Now this is Lazio's complete form!
Just the speed alone was a bit overwhelming for them.
Not to mention their passing and cutting cooperation, as well as the individual players' performance...
In the 61st minute, Lazio launched a quick attack. They passed the ball from the wing to the center so fast that Mazembe could no longer keep up with their rhythm.
Finally, during this quick pass, Modric found a defensive hole in Mazembe's defense and stuffed the football through it.
Wherever David Silva appeared, he shot directly with his right foot. The football bypassed Mazembe's goalkeeper and then went directly into the far corner of the goal!
After everyone was stunned for a moment, they all shouted: "The ball has been scored!! David Silva Lazio broke the deadlock! They finally took the lead! 1:0!"
David Silva opened his arms and turned around and ran towards Modric who passed the ball to him.
Chang Sheng, who was on the sidelines, also took a deep breath, then raised his arms and shouted.
This is really not easy. After sixty minutes, Lazio finally scored! (To be continued...)
