Because he experienced the economic crisis in Getafe, Chang Sheng is very clear about the role of money in the football world and attaches great importance to it.
He is not the kind of idealist who chants "football lets politics and money go away".
He knows very well that football, as the world's number one sport, has never been clean.
How could it have such great influence if it was not linked to politics?
From UEFA to FIFA, which level of football federation officials are not politicians? They are all.
Money is even more important.
To put it more seriously, without the intervention of money, modern football would never have achieved such rapid development, and it would be far from becoming the number one sport in the world.
These days, you can't even play amateur football without money. Even if you play amateur football, you still need money to buy jerseys, rent venues and transportation.
The current development of football is accompanied by the comprehensive intervention of commercialization.
Although several teams that Chang Sheng has coached have always been financially tight, he never thinks that there is anything to be proud of. He never thinks that what he insists on is grassroots football. On the contrary, he really hopes that he
One day, if you have a lot of money, why would you want to hit a player who looks like you? If he doesn't come, use your money to hit him until he is convinced!
Just thinking about such a scene makes me feel happy.
Dreams are full, but reality is quite skinny.
But Chang Sheng never thought it was bad for those clubs to have money.
In the eyes of many people, Manchester City is a nouveau riche and is despised. However, Chang Sheng feels that there is nothing wrong with being a nouveau riche.
When they saw Getafe struggling on the verge of bankruptcy, Getafe fans must have hoped that a Middle Eastern tycoon would come over and buy the club, and then let the team spend 100 million a year in transfer funds as they pleased, and build something new by the way.
A modern five-star stadium that can accommodate 80,000 people.
But unfortunately, until the end, Getafe fans did not wait for such a savior.
If Lazio had a lot of money and the confidence to say: "Our team does not make money by selling players," Changsheng would not let his players go. He would lead these players to create a dynasty and a legend.
A few years later, the world football world will leave behind the good stories written by him and his players.
Now, if his players want to pursue their own bright future, winning will not stop them, but it cannot affect the team's performance...
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Chang Sheng doesn't want the team to be affected, but how is this possible?
Chang Sheng's prestige is still there, so people won't show it directly, but Chang Sheng can't control what they think in their hearts.
When a player who was originally concentrating becomes distracted, his performance will naturally not be much better.
During this period, Chang Sheng rotated frequently, more frequently than when playing in the Champions League. This was because he wanted to remove players who were absent-minded in training and in poor condition from the starting lineup, and then replaced them with more reliable players.
It stands to reason that this month should be a good time to stabilize the lineup, gain a bigger lead in the league, and finally seal the victory.
Now...it's all in vain.
On January 24, in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, Lazio lost 1:2 at home to Fiorentina. The situation of advancing to the Coppa Italia semi-finals is not optimistic.
Three days later, on the 27th, in the 20th round of the league, Lazio drew 1:1 with Turin in an away game. They almost lost, if not for Jose Passarella stepping forward in the end.
If you head the football into the Turin goal during a corner kick...
On January 30, Lazio lost to Fiorentina 0:1 in an away game and was eliminated from the competition and missed the Italian Cup semi-finals.
Lazio played three league rounds and three Italian Cup games in January.
There were a total of six games, only the first two were won, and the next three games were lost and one was drawn.
This month, Lazio's performance can be said to be very poor. It has been ups and downs.
In the league, due to two consecutive rounds without victory, their original seven-point lead over Inter Milan became two points...
The competition for the league championship, which was originally without any suspense, suddenly became full of suspense again.
Inter Milan's morale is high and they are sharpening their skills to knock Lazio off the top spot in the league.
Apart from the first time, the media's gloating was naturally inevitable.
As mentioned before, Lazio's strength in Italy has made many people feel bored and offended.
For every failure of Lazio, these media will act as if everyone is celebrating.
This time is no exception.
Lazio's two consecutive games without a win in the league means that Lazio is facing a crisis.
It may be a bit unfair to say that a team is in crisis if it only loses two rounds. How can you let other teams survive? Last season, Inter Milan had a record of four rounds without a win!
But this is the fact. After coaching Lazio with a winning streak, Lazio's longest winning streak is two consecutive games.
Counting this time, there are four times in total.
The first time occurred in the 32nd and 33rd rounds of the 2005-2006 season, with one draw and one loss.
The second and third times both happened last season. In the 15th and 16th rounds, they were winless for two consecutive rounds, with one draw and one loss. After finally confirming to win the championship early, Lazio obviously lost strength, so in the last two rounds
Didn't win either.
And then there was this time.
For the media, this is already a big crisis for Lazio!
The key is that the gap is huge. Everyone was saying that it would not be a problem for Lazio to win the league title this season. As a result, within two rounds of the league, Inter Milan has caught up, going from a seven-point lead to a two-point lead... If
If Lazio is really reversed by Inter Milan in the end, these media will have every reason to laugh at Chang Sheng. It is really interesting to see such an arrogant person deflated on the spot!
Lazio was also eliminated from the Coppa Italia.
The season hasn't even ended yet and we have already lost a championship.
That's it now, the media can laugh at Chang Sheng and Lazio.
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"...Lazio's rapid development has always been a miracle in Italian football. They jumped from a team on the verge of bankruptcy to a league champion in less than...a season. Chang is a coach from China.
Coach, Lazio under his leadership is like the economic development of China. It is advancing at a rapid pace with an annual growth rate of 8%. This speed of advancement makes the whole of Europe feel shocked and frightened because this is not normal, this is not a normal situation.
The normal development trajectory of a team... Now, Lazio's development has obviously reached a bottleneck. Because the players who played for Lazio at the beginning have more needs, and the Lazio club is unable to meet these needs. This is how the contradiction was born.
...If this contradiction is not resolved, I boldly predict that this will be the beginning of Lazio's collapse. They will gain nothing this season!"
After the last letter under the Breno Pacheco bridge, he pressed the Enter key hard and then raised his arm. His body also leaned forward and backward with this movement, as if he was playing the end of a piece of music.
One note is the same.
Pacheco was very satisfied with the manuscript he had just written, it was like a classic song.
He was intoxicated with it.
When the whole of Italy said that Lazio was the invincible armada, he did not believe in evil and stood up for himself.
Finally, through his unremitting efforts and diligent pursuit, he successfully found Lazio's weakness!
As the saying goes, no matter how strong a fortress is, it will eventually be breached from within...
Watching Lazio lose consecutive games, being eliminated from the League Cup, and only two points behind Inter Milan in the domestic league, Pacheco felt quite accomplished.
If Lazio is really the Armada, then he is the hero who single-handedly sunk the Armada!
He is the hero who saved Italian football!
What would happen to Italian football if Chang Sheng continued to be successful?
The country will not be a country!
At that time, everyone will think that the winning style is good, and everyone wants to be a head coach like that. They have a weird situation. They have arrogant personalities, and they look down on the traditions of their predecessors. They challenge authority, and they confront reporters.
...Is this okay?
If things go on like this, Italian football can only be a mess!
Now just one winning streak has already caused headaches for Italian football. If there were a few more... it would be too scary to imagine!
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"Chang's Dream of a Dynasty", an opinion piece written by Pacheco, appeared prominently in the latest issue of "Gazzetta dello Sport".
"... Generally speaking, we call a team that can win the league championship for three consecutive years a dynasty. For Lazio, who always wins, they are living such a dynasty dream. They have already won two league championships.
As long as they win it again, they can create a sky-blue dynasty in Italian football... But unfortunately, it seems that it is time to wake up from this dream..."
This article basically has the same theme throughout: I am not optimistic about Chang Sheng and I am not optimistic about Lazio.
Pacheco cited various examples to illustrate why it is impossible to lead Lazio to three consecutive championships with constant victory, some of which are convincing and some of which are controversial.
Because it was an article in "Gazzetta dello Sport" and because it was highly recommended by the editor-in-chief, Pacheco's article had a wide impact.
Some Chinese media even translated the full text and reprinted it in their own newspapers.
The media hyping this up is like they are having a carnival.
Similar smear practices have been done before, but every time they succeeded, the danger was saved.
But the media firmly believe that Chang Sheng will not be able to escape this time and will definitely fail!
Because this matter is related to money.
And money, Changsheng is powerless.
It was impossible for Lazio to meet the salary requirements of those stars. They could only let these players leave and watch the team that had always had a strong fighting capacity be dismembered and eventually fall apart.
This kind of thing has happened countless times in world football, and no team has been spared.
Those teams that lack foundation and financial strength, even if they achieve short-term success, are just cultivating stars for wealthy teams.
To become a giant, you need not just a few talented players, but also sufficient foundation.
The heritage includes an excellent and glorious history and strong economic strength.
And does Lazio have these?
They can only become poor lambs to be eaten in a world of predators of the jungle.
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