It just failed to win two games in the league and was eliminated from the Italian Cup. But if you pay attention to the media reports, you would think that Lazio would fall apart tomorrow.
This is public opinion.
Public opinion cannot cause actual harm to you, but it can affect people subtly.
Chang Sheng doesn't pay much attention to the media because he knows that the media cannot affect him.
But he can't ask his players to be the same as him, and he can ignore public opinion.
Therefore, these media hype and reports will affect the team's performance and results through the players' mentality.
Chang Sheng can no longer sit back and ignore this matter.
Pacheco would not know that he actually provided Chang Sheng with an opportunity to counterattack.
If he was just fixating on Lazio's financial problems, Chang Sheng would really have nothing to say.
But when Pacheco got carried away and planned to attack Chang Sheng based on the team's performance, he gave Chang Sheng an excellent opportunity to counterattack.
Since you have focused all your firepower on my grades, I will use my grades to slap you in the face!
This is what I'm best at!
But first, the locker room must be stabilized.
What can be done to stabilize the locker room?
money?
It's impossible. You can't tell the players that you all have to renew your contract. The club can definitely meet your salary requirements?
The club's finances are absolutely unsustainable.
Like in Getafe, talk about relationships, ideals and love?
It's useless. This is Lazio, and no matter how down-and-out it is, it's still a Serie A team. The players don't like to hear these empty-headed things, and they will only feel that winning is lying to them and taking advantage of them.
In fact, some media recently said that Changsheng is using these players to squeeze young people, taking advantage of their youth and ignorance, and eagerness to play in the first league, to desperately lower their annual salary. It may be useless for one person to say, but it is said
If there are too many people, it will inevitably leave such an impression on the players.
Therefore, Changsheng can no longer use illusory things to make players work for him.
So what to do?
It's actually very simple, just let the players work for themselves.
We need to let them know that playing hard is good for themselves, not the club, but good for him to win. This can fully mobilize the subjective initiative of the players and make them willing to temporarily put aside their differences and work together.
Secondly, there must be a very clear goal. Let these players know which direction to work towards. Playing so hard will have real benefits.
Prior to this, Lazio lacked a clear goal.
Even though we were always winning before the season, we said we would defend the league title.
But the league championship was so good that everyone lacked motivation.
Leading the opponent by seven points in half a season.
Another very important reason is that the league championship has lost its novelty for these players and cannot stimulate these people.
They are players who have won the league championship once. After all, they will always have the honor of domestic league championship on their resume.
It's easy to be satisfied once you have it. Although there are some people who want to successfully defend their title, not everyone will work so hard for a championship they have already won.
It is necessary to find a goal that is not so easy to achieve to always motivate the players. At the same time, this goal must be attractive enough. If it is too inconspicuous, everyone will not be interested.
It's like a carrot on a stick. It's always hanging on the rope, dangling in front of the donkey, attracting the donkey to keep chasing the carrot.
This metaphor is a bit crude, but this is the actual situation.
The team is like a donkey with no motivation. It's like lying in a pile of mud and rolling around, then falling asleep comfortably and unable to get up.
And if Chang Sheng only used a whip, the donkey might kick himself in anger.
Therefore, the winner can only use carrots to attract the donkey's attention and let it get out of the quagmire and move forward.
Every team will face this kind of problem. I don’t think it’s hard to win often.
This will happen to the "Dream Team" Barcelona, let alone your own team?
The key is how to solve the problem?
Guardiola's chosen approach was rational. He retreated when he was at his most glorious, leaving a mess for his successor. In this way, even if Barcelona performed poorly and plummeted, it would not affect his reputation.
This is a very smart approach.
But Chang Sheng couldn't give up and leave.
He chose another approach.
Swimming against the current, he wants to accomplish things that others think are impossible.
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The carrot that Changsheng seeks for these donkeys like Lazio is the Champions League.
But it’s not empty talk like “We want to go further in the Champions League” or “We want to go further in the Champions League”.
What he throws out will be a bombshell!
After a training session, Chang Sheng gathered all the players together.
Then I plan to have a frank talk with them about recent events.
There is no use pretending to be deaf and evading.
If you want to win the support of the players, you must be sincere.
"I think everyone has heard about the recent events. For a while, we became the target of public criticism. Lazio was in a state of chaos and seemed to be over at any time. Our performance on the court was not good either, so we were eliminated from the Italian Cup.
, our lead in the league has gone from seven points to two points now. The situation is not good, guys. And I have to admit that some of the media are right - if you want to get more from the club
It will be difficult to get an annual salary of more than two million euros here."
Hearing what Chang Sheng said, the coaches next to him looked at him in surprise - how could you say this as a head coach? Although this is true, but if you admit it, doesn't it demoralize you?
Sure enough, the players' expressions changed when they looked at Chang Sheng.
In the beginning, some people had illusions.
I feel that as the team's performance improves, perhaps the rule that the annual salary cannot exceed two million euros will become obsolete and it is time to revise it. Now is the best time.
Unexpectedly, Chang Sheng poured cold water on them, leaving them disappointed.
Chang Sheng naturally saw their disappointed and surprised expressions.
He continued: "I'm sorry, this is the truth. Of course, I can also lie to you and say that after this game is over, we will talk about a new contract and we will definitely meet your requirements and so on. Then when the season is over, you can do whatever you want.
What's going on? But I can't do this. Our cooperation is based on mutual trust. Now let me make it clear to you. Everyone knows the club's financial situation, why do we set a maximum annual salary standard of two million? Because
We cannot afford a higher salary budget. Every player who enters the team should know this. This standard will not change until we pay off the debt, no matter who it is, no matter how big he is
No matter how famous you are, how good your performance is, I’m sorry, but we can’t change your salary to more than two million.”
A coach wanted to stop Chang Sheng. He felt that if Chang Sheng was allowed to continue talking like this, Lazio's morale might hit rock bottom.
However, interrupting Chang Sheng in front of all the players would be too disrespectful to Chang Sheng.
So he had no choice but to pull the arm of assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez and motion him to stop Chang Sheng.
The relationship between Rudy and Chang Sheng is very important. The Lazio coach believes that if Rudy came forward, Chang Sheng would not lose his temper.
But Rudy Gonzalez shook his head: "No, no need. There won't be any problem if you say this often."
The coach looked at Rudy in surprise and thought that these two people were crazy.
He turned his attention to another coach, Guardiola, for help.
Guardiola smiled at him: "There is always a reason for saying that."
The coach finally gave up...
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Chang Sheng continues to open up to his players.
"I know some of you feel that you can get a higher salary, an annual salary of more than two million. There is no problem, this is your freedom. But what I want to say is, as long as you are still my team, you will still be able to earn a higher salary.
Lazio players, you must listen to me, train and compete well for me, and do your best for Lazio's victory!"
Chang Sheng raised his voice and had a completely different temperament from the previous "intimate brother".
"If you think that the salary Lazio gives you is lower than what you pay, you are not willing to play for the club. If you are smart people, you should also know that this is not actually fighting for the club. You are fighting for yourself. Even if you
If you want to transfer and get a big contract, won't your buyers look at your performance? With your poor performance in these few games, do you think you can still get a multi-million contract?"
"I know the club can't give you too much money. It's normal if you have resentment because of this. It's okay for you to find a way out for yourself privately - I'm serious, everyone has the right to choose, choose to leave or
Stay, the power belongs to you, I will not make any interference, even if one of you decides to leave, I will not put him in the cold palace. Gianni Keda's contract with the club expired, and he chose not to renew it.
, I knew about it half a season in advance, and then he was relegated to the sidelines?"
"But I think even the players who want to transfer should know that they have to work hard to express themselves, so that they can earn a big contract from the new club! Now, I provide you with an opportunity. Neither for me nor for the club.
And the chance to work on yourselves. This is the time to rewrite your destiny, guys. It's something that really makes a name for itself. I ask you... do you like the Champions League?"
The Lazio coach who was shaking his head when talking about this before heard this sentence suddenly raised his head and looked at Chang Sheng in surprise.
Just like him, opposite him, there was also a group of Lazio players with surprised faces!
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