Chang Sheng chose to keep the draw, of course because of the poor venue.
However, he is also confident that the team can achieve a draw.
His confidence comes from his knowledge of Nottingham Forest.
This team's defense is very good, but relatively speaking, the offense is much worse...
Otherwise, why would Tony Twain choose to use defensive counterattack as their common tactic?
If they have very good attackers, wouldn't they choose offensive tactics?
Based on Chang Sheng's understanding of Tony Twain, I believe that he is not a fanatical believer in defensive football. In fact, he is a pragmatist just like himself. He chose to stick to counterattack football just because of this football tactic.
Suitable for Nottingham Forest, relatively easy to achieve results.
That's all.
There is absolutely no other meaning.
So why Nottingham Forest?
Nottingham Forest's strong defensive strength is one of the reasons.
The other flip side is naturally because Nottingham Forest lacks offensive talent.
Tony Twain's Nottingham Forest played 451. Except for the forwards, everyone had to drop deep when defending to assist in defense.
The one who stayed in front and was responsible for the counterattack was Adriano Mock, the current starting forward of Nottingham Forest.
The forward started playing for the Nottingham Forest first team last season.
He has been in the youth team and reserve team before.
He is only twenty-two years old now.
He is short in stature and slightly thin, but he has one characteristic: he is fast enough! Very fast!
So Tony Twain saw him put on the forward line and asked him to be responsible for counterattack.
When Nottingham Forest attacks, they directly find Mock with a long pass from the backcourt. After he gets the ball, he uses his speed to threaten the opponent's defense.
Mock's 100-meter time reached an astonishing 10.56 seconds. In today's Premier League, this speed can rank among the top three.
Nottingham Forest relied on Mock's speed to become fourth in the league last season and the dark horse of the Champions League this season.
The impenetrable defense coupled with Mok's sharp speed attack is Lazio's main tactical style.
Their staffing must also meet these two requirements.
First of all, it is natural to defend well, and secondly, the transition between offense and defense must be fast enough. There are many direct passes and long passes, so the accuracy of mid- to long-distance passes is required for the players.
Such a team mainly passes the ball in a straight line. They are used to counterattacks, so how can they be good at positional warfare?
Therefore, the purpose of Chang Sheng's contraction of defense is to force Nottingham Forest to engage in a positional battle with them.
In this way, the only thing Nottingham Forest can rely on is probably a bad venue.
But no matter how hard Nottingham Forest tries, it's impossible to dig the ground out to look like it's been blasted by landmines, right?
It's so crazy, but it will be punished by UEFA.
So even though the venue was terrible, Lazio's players were still able to cope with it.
The situation was at a stalemate for a while.
Until the end of the first half, Nottingham Forest was unable to break through Lazio's goal.
Of course, the colors of the jerseys worn by the Lazio players also changed to flashy colors - they were all rolling around on the ground, looking very embarrassed.
But no matter how embarrassed they are, for Lazio players, they can leave the field with their heads held high.
Because they did not concede the ball in extremely unfavorable circumstances!
Why are you so embarrassed?
Isn’t it just to not lose the ball?
Now, half of their goal is accomplished. In the second half, as long as they continue to defend like this and don't concede the ball, they will win!
Yes, facing so many unfavorable conditions in the away game, even a draw is a victory for Lazio!
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In fact, when they walked off the court, Lazio's players did appear to be in high spirits, not at all tired from playing under pressure from Nottingham Forest for 45 minutes.
On the contrary, the Nottingham Forest players seemed a little... dazed at the end of the first half.
Yes, it is confused.
When the whistle blew at the end of the first half, the television broadcast gave many Nottingham Forest players close-up shots.
In the close-up shot, the faces of the Nottingham Forest players are a little confused, their mouths are open, and their eyes are unfocused.
If you look at this scene alone, you will think that Nottingham Forest is the lagging side, while the visiting team Lazio has taken the lead early...
England's commentator also seemed very dissatisfied with this result.
"In the first half, we almost had the advantage, but we couldn't score a goal! We had three excellent opportunities in front of the goal! The result? Once our own players were squandered in vain, and
Twice, they were resolved by Ter Stegen's heroic performance... I think this kind of performance is unsatisfactory. There is a popular saying in football circles, that is, 'wasting opportunities will be punished'
There were so many opportunities, but Nottingham Forest didn't seize any of them. So what will happen in the second half? It's really hard to say..."
In addition to commentators from England, commentators from other countries also believed that it was a pity that Nottingham Forest had too many opportunities in the first half but failed to seize any of them.
The Italian commentator seemed very excited.
"End of the first half! 0:0! Lazio kept a clean sheet under extremely unfavorable circumstances! This is amazing! Lazio showed us their resilience in this game! People may have forgotten,
Lazio holds the record for the fewest goals conceded in a single season in Europe! In terms of defense, I think they are not afraid of any team!"
When Lazio went to Nottingham, they all thought that Lazio would definitely defeat Nottingham Forest. It was hard to say how many goals they would win, because they had already seen Nottingham Forest's defense. Even Lazio, despite all their efforts, could only score.
If you score one goal, it will probably be more difficult to score more goals.
But no matter what, you can always win.
Who would have thought that after arriving in Nottingham, before the game even started, a Lazio player would be injured during the warm-up, which cast a shadow over Lazio's prospects for this game.
What happened next made Italian commentators dare not expect Lazio to win, and even began to worry that Lazio would lose a few goals in the away game...
Although Nottingham Forest is the biggest dark horse in this group, and the other two teams were tied by them, they did not lose to them. Is Nottingham Forest going to become the first strong team to lose to Nottingham Forest?
The various dangers in the game also kept the commentator in a state of high tension, fearing that Nottingham Forest's next attack would cause Lazio to lose the ball, or the football would bounce around the uneven turf and bypass the goalkeeper.
Stegen, flew into Lazio's goal...
I never expected that Lazio did not concede a goal in such an extremely unfavorable situation!
This excited the Italian commentator.
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Lazio players and Italian commentators were satisfied with the result of the first half, but Tony Twain didn't think so.
His ideal situation is that in the first half, Nottingham Forest completely ends the suspense of this game and makes Lazio completely lose their fighting spirit.
But who would have thought that Lazio would be so tenacious and very solid in defense, which ensured that they didn't miss a single goal!
This made Tony Twain very unhappy.
He believes that there is no problem with the morale of the players and there is no problem with his tactics.
But he underestimated Lazio's tenacity.
In the unfavorable situation of the venue, Lazio solved this problem with very concise defensive actions, trying to minimize the possibility of risks.
Moreover, in this game, Lazio's main goalkeeper, Germany's No. 1 goalkeeper Ter Stegen, also performed very well, trying to keep the goal.
Tony Twain calculated a lot of things, but he did not calculate the performance of Lazio players.
When Lazio's main player was injured during the warm-up, Tony Twain originally felt that he had a chance to win, because this accident would definitely have a big impact on the Lazio players and make them even more timid during the game.
This helps Nottingham Forest seize the initiative and even score goals.
In this situation, what else can Nottingham Forest do?
There seemed to be nothing to adjust during the halftime break.
We can only watch the performance of the players.
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Although he was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart, Tony Twain did not show it.
During the halftime break, he praised the players' performance.
Affirming the players gives them confidence.
Then he told his players to continue playing like this in the second half, and to play harder and continue to put pressure on Lazio's defense.
"Their performance in the first half was very tenacious, but it was just a balloon that looked very resilient. As long as we exerted enough pressure, we could pierce their protective shell and then *
*men!"
Tony Twain can only explain to the players this way now, and then expect that during the game, the bad venue will cause some dramatic scenes in the game...
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In the Lazio locker room, Chang Sheng also praised his team.
Because they were very tenacious in the first half.
As for the tactical arrangements, Chang Sheng doesn't have much to say. Anyway, it's like this, shrink the defense, and then finish with a big kick. Try to minimize the possibility of accidents in the penalty area.
Don't think about anything else.
The more you think about it, the worse your death will be.
In the end, Chang Sheng told everyone with a serious face: "This game is the most difficult game Lazio has faced this season. But this is not a reason for us to surrender. Of course we can choose to lose this game cleanly.
, it should not pose any threat to our group qualifying. But I still don’t want to lose. The situation is very unfavorable, and I still don’t want to lose. We can lose this game, and no one will blame us, but I still don’t want to lose.
.I think this is my stubbornness. This is also Lazio’s stubbornness!” (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
