Although Chang Sheng met the fans face to face and finally calmed down the anger of these fans, Lotito also took the initiative to announce that Lazio Club would erect a statue of Chang Sheng outside the new stadium.
However, the failure of Chang Sheng to renew his contract with Lazio still had a great impact on Lazio.
Soon Jose Passarella announced on his personal website that he would also retire after this season.
"I have thought about it repeatedly. After this season, I will be 40 years old and it is time to say goodbye. So I decided to retire after the season."
His announcement was just such a simple sentence.
He didn't say why he wanted to retire. He didn't want to push his boss to the forefront again.
But a thoughtful person might be able to guess it.
Considering the relationship and affection between Jose Passarella and Chang Sheng, just after Chang Sheng announced that he would not renew his contract with the club, Jose Passarella announced his retirement. Would anyone think this is a coincidence?
Just when the training camp before the new season had just started, so many things happened, which had a huge impact on Lazio.
"...The new season hasn't even started yet, and Lazio has already experienced so many problems. It's really hard for people to be optimistic about Lazio's performance in the new season...Lazio has not won the championship for two consecutive seasons. Will they continue to do so?"
Three seasons with nothing?"
During the pre-season training, the media had already begun to look down on Lazio this season.
The main reason is that Chang Sheng's contract with Lazio is not renewed, which really destroys morale.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Lazio is the Lazio that always wins.
Many of these players came because of his name, and they were all trained by him through hard work. They have worked together for many years and have a very deep feeling for Chang Sheng.
It can be said that winning often is the reason, or even the only reason, that they are willing to grit their teeth and endure much more intense training than other teams and endure huge pressure at Lazio.
Just because their boss is always victorious and someone they are willing to follow with all their strength.
This is the winning personality charm.
But if the winning streak is gone, is it necessary for them to stay at Lazio?
Or even if they all continue to stay at Lazio, can they continue to train and compete like this?
Even if no one leaves, will Lazio still dominate the world?
Many people feel bleak when they think about Lazio's future.
When a head coach has led a team for more than ten years, he will definitely leave a very deep imprint on the team. It is no problem even saying that this district team is his team.
When this person leaves, this team will inevitably fall into a trough, because they have lost their soul. They don't know when they will find this soul again, or even whether they will find it.
For a typical example, you can look at Manchester United after Ferguson retired. Moyes' Manchester United and Ferguson's Manchester United are simply two different teams.
Therefore, this season, the last season for Lazio, is destined to be neither stable nor peaceful, but a season of panic.
Everyone will find a good home for themselves this season.
You can't even blame these players, because their head coach, their boss, has taken the lead in escaping...
How can such a team still have fighting ability?
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In fact, for Lazio, it is indeed time to update.
At the end of last season, 35-year-old David Silva chose to retire.
There are also many old men in the Lazio team now. Jose Passarella is still Lazio's main center back at the age of 39. The 36-year-old Modric is still struggling, although most of the time he is only
He can be a substitute for Lazio.
The 37-year-old Handanovic is still Lazio's No. 1, but he is no longer the unbeatable main goalkeeper. Now he is a substitute for Ter Stegen and cannot play a few games a season.
The 34-year-old Cavani is still at Lazio, but he is also playing as a substitute. His current role is somewhat similar to that of Rocchi.
Jose Passarella chose to retire, so these veterans may also leave one after another in the next few seasons.
Their time has passed and they should make way for the newcomers.
Maybe someone will take the first step before they retire.
Someone will leave Lazio early this summer.
Leo Messi, once the all-powerful player of Barcelona, lost his place in Barcelona when he was 30 years old, so Changsheng lured him to Lazio. He played in Lazio for four seasons.
, he was the main player in the first two seasons. In the third season, injuries began to increase and he played fewer and fewer games. Until last season, he did not play in the game for almost the entire season and has been recuperating from injuries.
Before the end of last season, Chang Sheng planned to purge him. Anyway, he is already thirty-four years old and should consider taking care of his retirement.
At the same time, this season, Lazio introduced the 29-year-old Isco from Real Madrid, who is still in his prime. This can be regarded as completely cutting off Messi's "survival path" in Lazio.
There is no longer a place for Messi in the Lazio team.
Lazio has been negotiating with other teams recently. Messi still has a one-year contract with Lazio. If he leaves Lazio this summer, he still needs to pay a transfer fee to Lazio.
Although Messi is already thirty-four years old, Lotito's habit is to squeeze the last remaining value out of Messi.
You must know that Lazio spent 40 million euros to lure Messi from Barcelona. Although it will definitely be a loss if he sells it now, Lotito also hopes to lose less.
The transfer fee was the reason why Messi did not leave Lazio immediately.
Messi also knows very well that there is no place for him in Lazio and it is time to leave.
He didn't complain that Chang Sheng's purge was too ruthless.
Because he already got what he wanted at Lazio.
When he was in Barcelona, he was squeezed out of the core position by Neymar, who was five years younger than him. At that time, Barcelona's media and fans believed that they had found Messi's natural successor, so Messi naturally had no place.
They began to think about selling Messi to cash out, and finally use Messi's remaining value.
So Messi came to Lazio as a loser in the competition.
When he left Barcelona, no one felt sad about his departure. The whole Barcelona was busy cheering for the domestic goal king.
This is the tradition of Barcelona.
When a core shows its age, it will be ruthlessly abandoned.
Rivaldo and Ronaldinho are his examples, now it's Messi's turn.
And it's really ironic. Ronaldinho took good care of him in the beginning, but after he became the core, he caused Ronaldinho's departure. Now he is being beaten by Neymar, who claimed to be here to help him.
Squeezed away, it's really a perfect cycle...
Messi, who came to Lazio like a lost dog, won the European Champions Cup with the team in his first season at Lazio! And Lazio defeated Barcelona led by Neymar in the final! Messi even scored a goal
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Messi completed a perfect revenge.
He feels that his goal of moving to Lazio has been achieved.
So he still has happy memories at Lazio.
Lazio gave him what he wanted and he gave his strength.
According to the boss, there is no debt between the two. You can leave whenever you want without any psychological burden.
So Messi decided to leave. He also wanted to enjoy football in the last few years of his career. Lazio, a place with great pressure, seemed to be no longer suitable for him.
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Messi's departure did not cause much repercussions in the football world.
If he were ten years younger, his transfer would definitely cause a storm in world football.
Now...a thirty-four-year-old veteran who has been injured frequently and almost retired due to injury is leaving...then let him leave, who cares?
No one cares whether he wants to stay in European football, go back to Argentina to retire, or go to the Middle East, the United States, or China to finally make a fortune.
The 34-year-old Messi no longer has the magic power he had when he was 24 on the court, and his market appeal has long since faded.
Even in the same team, there is Gotze who is more dazzling than him. Even the 20-year-old Ji Ming is a young star who is closely watched by the entire world of football.
This is not the era of Cavani, Handanovic, Modric and Jose Passarella, and it is certainly not the era of Messi.
The media didn't pay much attention to Messi's departure, but they paid attention to Isco, the new player who joined the team every day. Even Isco's change of hair style was reported in half a page.
As the core of Real Madrid's offense, Lazio pursued Isco for two seasons. After arduous and excellent negotiations, they finally acquired him with a transfer fee of 60 million euros - in fact, the transfer fee was not high, 6,000 euros.
Ten thousand sounds scary, but considering inflation and this is 2021, this value is really not high.
Being able to poach Real Madrid's absolute main force at this price, I have to say that Lotito is quite capable.
Isco immediately stole Messi's limelight after he arrived, which is quite normal.
Even Messi has no objection. This is the natural law of football. The old must make way for the new. When the newcomers to the team hold up the team's jersey and kiss the team logo to please the fans, they once did this.
The old man who was doing this was probably packing his luggage silently, and then quietly said goodbye to his past few years at the airport.
When he came, he was welcomed by reporters and fans, and when he left, it was good to have his friends in the team come to see him off.
This is somewhat sad, but this is the normal state of football. Messi has seen too much when he was popular. When he was the core of Barcelona, he welcomed and sent away many people. Did anyone care about their psychological feelings at that time? ?
It looks like this is how Messi will end his time at Lazio.
But at this moment, fate suddenly went a little awry...
A week into Lazio's pre-season training, Isco, who had just joined the team, suddenly sprained his knee during training... (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
