It is a pity not to score another goal when Schalke 04 was swinging repeatedly.
But Chang Sheng is not in a hurry.
He knew that as long as he kept applying pressure, the opportunity would come back sooner or later.
But we can't be too impatient now.
As long as the situation can be firmly controlled in one's own hands, it is Schalke 04 that should be worried later, not oneself.
Anyway, I am ahead.
Even if the game ends with this score, I will win in the end.
So after he saw Schalke 04 continuing to defend, he fine-tuned it again.
The team no longer continues to scramble for Schalke 04 players in the backcourt, and there are no players for them to grab. Now that Schalke 04 has retracted and continued to defend, Lazio is no longer in a hurry and controls the ball whenever it is available.
Slowly wait for time. If there is no ball, maintain the normal defensive formation and pay attention to defending Schalke 04's counterattack.
After Chang Sheng assigned the task, he returned to the coaching bench, sat down, crossed his legs, and started watching the show.
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When Slomka made a decision in the first half, there was not much time left.
So soon the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.
The score is 1:0, Lazio leads Schalke 04.
Back in the locker room, the players took the time to drink water, eat, and replenish their physical strength.
The tactics of constant victory have particularly high demands on the physical fitness of the players, so the constant victory also places high demands on the team's diet during halftime. It is definitely not like other teams that just deal with it casually. Some teams even directly
Coca-Cola and chicken fried steak are served at halftime...junk food like that.
Lazio's halftime meal supplements were researched by the coaching staff and medical consultants. The drinks are all functional drinks and the food is high-calorie food, and they can take effect quickly. For example, the most representative
...Banana. Banana is a high-calorie food. It can replenish physical strength immediately and make players feel that they have enough food in their stomachs.
There are also various carefully prepared cookies, pastries, etc.
For Lazio players, halftime is often a food tasting where they can eat.
The tables in the locker room are densely covered with all kinds of exquisite delicacies. You can drink drinks and take food at will. Even the coaches who have no physical exertion can't help but take a few bites.
Chang Sheng is holding a cup filled with drinks and stuffing food in his mouth while lecturing the players, which has become a common scene for everyone in the Lazio team.
This halftime break is no exception.
Chang Sheng was holding a cup in his hand and had just swallowed a cookie in his mouth.
Then he began to comment on the players' performance in the first half: "You did a good job in the first half. The effect was very good. Our opponents are already afraid of our long shots. This will bring us an obvious benefit in the second half.
That is when we want to shoot from a long distance, the Schalke 04 players will feel fear and hesitation. We are forcing them to choose a multiple-choice question with no standard answer: they don’t know whether we are going to shoot their body or directly.
Shoot! We already have the upper hand. So in the second half, you just need to keep a calm mind and deal with them slowly. If they defend and counterattack, then we will have limited pressure to prevent their quick counterattack. If they want to attack, then
Just attack them. If you can't score, don't take risks. We are already in an invincible position!"
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Compared with the calm and calm person who always wins, Schalke 04 head coach Mikol Slomka is in much more pain.
Being one goal behind made his plan go haywire. He had no idea what would happen next.
With luck, his team can score a goal through defensive counterattack and equalize the score, and then continue to defend.
But even if they continue to defend, will their team be able to drag the game to penalty kicks as they wish?
It's not like he didn't see how Lazio broke through the dense defense in the first half.
Although Chang Sheng's approach is shameless and shameless, it is very effective.
The football field is a world where the winner takes all.
People can score goals and win games. To the winner, such criticism is like a mosquito bite - although it is a bit itchy and annoying. But it cannot hurt the muscles and bones. It is useless to rely on this to attack the opponent.
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Even if he could equalize the score, Slomka felt his heart sink when he thought about the means of breaking through dense defenses to achieve constant victory.
Playing against such an opponent gives me a real sense of despair. No matter what you do, the opponent will always find a way to defeat you...
How can we still play this game?
But he must make a choice, otherwise the head coach will be undecided, not knowing how to play the game, and how can he expect his team to play well?
In the end, Slomka made the decision to continue to defend and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
But when he thought about the result of evening the score, he seemed a little depressed.
The head coach's emotions can be conveyed to the players. Slomka felt less confident, and this emotion was conveyed to the team, so the players also felt less confident.
It's just that Slomka didn't feel it himself...
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In the second half of the game, the two sides changed places and played again.
No one was replaced.
Judging from the scene, it was no different from the first half. Schalke 04 still continued to defend, while Lazio laid siege.
In the 66th minute, Lazio once again broke the deadlock. Taking advantage of a corner kick, Jose Passarella headed the ball into the goal with his head.
"José Passarella——!! Beautiful header! 2:0! Lazio has sealed the victory! Schalke 04's stubborn defense is of no use under Lazio's strong attack! This game does not belong to Schalke
04,does not belong to Germany!”
Passarella, who scored the goal, did not celebrate with any teammates. He ran straight back to the coaching bench.
He wanted to embrace and celebrate with the person who was waiting for him with open arms.
When I was in Getafe, I was desperate, and it was this man who gave me a chance to be reborn.
Now when he encounters doubts and challenges in the new environment, Passarella is happy that he can repay his trust and kindness!
Jose Passarella dove into the crowd and hugged Chang Sheng.
Chang Sheng also hugged him hard.
"Good job, Jose! Good job!" Chang Sheng patted his back and said in his ear.
Jose Passarella didn't answer. He just used his arms harder and harder to hold Chang Sheng tightly, as if he didn't want his boss to leave him again.
Then, more people rushed up and completely submerged the two of them.
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"2:0! 'New Nesta' scored the goal that sealed the victory for the team. Although it was only sixty-six minutes, I can say that the suspense of this game has been completely lost. From the first minute of this game
From the first minute, when Schalke 04 chose to retreat and defend, I knew Schalke 04 was going to lose!"
When Schalke 04 head coach Slomka saw Jose Passarella leap high and head the football into the goal, he closed his eyes in pain.
He couldn't hear the TV commentator's words, but he thought the same as the other person - this game was definitely lost...
Lazio's tactics emphasize possession of the ball. Once the football is controlled at their feet, the game will no longer obey Schalke 04's command.
Of course he knew it would be ugly and make a final boring.
But for the sake of the championship, he has to do it.
Now that the championship is obviously out of the question, is it still necessary to do this?
Slomka shook his head.
Now that they are two goals behind, it will be difficult for Schalke 04 to equalize again. Instead of dragging it out until the end of the game, it is better to press out and attack, even if it means death, it must be done spectacularly.
And maybe this kind of desperate measures can achieve unexpected results?
Lazio would never have thought that Schalke 04 would be able to burst out with huge combat effectiveness and energy even when they were two goals behind!
So he walked to the sidelines and called the team's midfielder Altentop while the Lazio players were still celebrating. Then he said to Altintop: "Tell everyone, let them attack."
Altintop stared at the coach with wide eyes. He couldn't believe it. More than a week before the game, the coach emphasized the most on defense. As for offense, he didn't mention a word. Everyone knew that this was going to happen.
Use thorough defense to stop Lazio from scoring.
Unexpectedly, the coach now made the opposite decision.
Slomka smiled helplessly: "Let's attack, Hammett. At least this will allow us to retain our dignity..."
Altintop heard a deeper meaning from the coach's words - the coach may be powerless, and Schalke 04 will definitely lose this game.
So give it a try at the last moment and don't care about the outcome.
Altintop returned to the court with the coach's words and told everyone his latest instructions.
Some people clenched their fists when they heard Altintop repeating the coach's words: "At least this will allow us to maintain our dignity."
Yes, if we can't win the championship, at least we can choose the way to fail and make our failure look respectable...
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When the game restarted, Schalke 04's offense suddenly became fierce. They even gave up their defense and pounced on Lazio's goal desperately.
This sudden and extreme change caught Lazio off guard.
If Handanovic hadn't played high and low in the next game, Lazio's goal would have been penetrated in just five minutes!
"The game suddenly became intense! Schalke 04 changed its previous negative defensive attitude! Handanovic once again made a wonderful save! There are not many opportunities for him to perform in this final!"
"Defend! Focus! Focus!" Handanovic got up from the ground after making a wonderful save, slapped his gloves, and shouted to his teammates.
Chang Sheng turned to look at the coach next door, Slomka.
This is obviously recognized by the head coach. Schalke 04's offense is so fierce, and the players are very consistent. There is no hesitation. When it comes to offense, everyone attacks, and the central defender can overwhelm the center line.
There are still more than 20 minutes left in the game, and if Schalke 04 attacks with all their strength...are they trying to win the game by attacking?
In that case, you can choose to attack the opponent.
But Chang Sheng felt that this was too dangerous. Although he didn't know what Slomka and Altintop said, he could see that the morale of the Schalke 04 players was very high, and all the players were like chickens.
Same as blood.
This is the time when inexplicable scores are most likely to occur.
What a three-minute blackout, what a final buzzer-beater...
At this time, what you should do is seek stability. Stability trumps everything else.
He absolutely cannot press out to attack the opponent. Although he believes in the strength of his players, now that his team is two goals ahead, the players will inevitably slack off, and the opponent's morale is high. This kind of head-on confrontation
, it is very likely that you will suffer a loss. If you lose a goal, the opponent's morale will be boosted, your side will start to feel panic, and the situation will be completely reversed...
This kind of thing must be eliminated if possible!
