The next day Chang Sheng met Di Matteo in a suit in Formello.
He took the initiative to extend his hand to DiMatteo: "Welcome back, Robert."
The reason why Chang Sheng said this is because Di Matteo was once a member of Lazio.
Di Matteo is an Italian player, but he is Swiss. He was born in Switzerland, and since his parents are both Italian, he later became an Italian citizen.
He started his career in the Swiss League, and later in 1993, he was spotted by Lazio and transferred to Lazio.
In 1994, Lazio was coached by Czech coach Zeman. Lazio at that time and Lazio today were somewhat similar in football philosophy, both insisting on offensive football.
Because Zeman is a coach in the Apennines who is famous for his insistence on offensive football. Like Chang Sheng, Lazio Zeman also uses a 433 formation. Di Matteo was arranged by Zeman as the core organizer of the midfield, appearing in the middle.
Although the results of that Lazio team were not very good and they did not win any important championships, they played really well.
Di Matteo is in the middle, with Dutch international Owent and former Milan player Fosse on the left and right. The three forwards are the famous Signori, Casillas and Boksic. The team's formation presses forward and the offense is smooth.
The scene is very entertaining and full of passion!
At that time, Lazio often played various big scores, such as beating Foggia 7:1, Fiorentina 8:2, Sampdoria 6:3, Napoli 5:1...
Di Matteo played an important role in it.
Later, Di Matteo moved to Chelsea, and the transfer fee of US$6.8 million created the highest transfer fee among Chelsea clubs at the time.
At Chelsea, Di Matteo reached the peak of his career. However, due to serious injuries, he finally announced his retirement in 2002.
Today, twelve years have passed since he left Lazio.
Now he's finally back.
Di Matteo also had some feelings when he heard Chang Sheng's first opening remarks.
Although Chelsea was his most successful club career, it was Lazio that made him a world-class star.
He also has great affection for Lazio.
When he left Lazio in 1996, Lazio fans even surrounded the club's headquarters and demanded the transfer contract be cancelled.
He really didn't expect that he would be able to return to Lazio.
"I heard Mr. Chairman say that you asked me to be the assistant coach by name, Mr. Chang?" Di Matteo asked.
Chang Sheng nodded: "Yes, Guardiola is gone, I need an excellent assistant coach, and you were the first thing I thought of."
"But why did you choose me? I have no coaching experience at all before..."
Chang Sheng was stunned for a moment and realized that he had made a mistake.
He chose Di Matteo based on the opinions of those who had experienced it. But for Di Matteo himself, and everyone at this time, no one knew that he could lead Chelsea to the first goal in the club's history as a firefighting coach.
A Champions League winner.
"Uh..." Fortunately, Chang Sheng has a quick wit. He immediately said: "Because you are one of the most successful stars in Lazio's history, I believe you can help Lazio, just like what you did on the court.
It's the same, but now the work is moved from the stadium to the training ground."
Chang Sheng looked at DiMatteo sincerely.
"Lazio is reborn from the ruins and needs people with Blue Eagle genes like you, Roberto."
These words made Di Matteo sigh, because as soon as they met, he was affected by Chang Sheng's words: "Welcome back, Robert." Therefore, his emotions inevitably fell into the memories of his Lazio years.
At this time, Chang Sheng said this, and Di Matteo naturally remembered his experience at Lazio. The valve of memory opened, and past experiences poured out like a tide, drowning him.
At that time, Lazio was very high-spirited. Although they had not won the championship, they were playing football that attracted the attention of the whole of Italy.
How similar is it to Lazio, who is always winning now? It's just that Lazio, who is always winning, has a championship.
Seeing that Di Matteo was a little distracted, Chang Sheng struck again while the iron was hot: "Let those who think Lazio will sink, look, the eagle should be in the sky!"
Di Matteo nodded: "That's right, it should be in the sky!"
Later, Di Matteo recalled what Chang Sheng said when he and Chang Sheng met for the first time. He smiled and told reporters that he had been fooled by Chang Sheng and fell into the psychological trap prepared by Chang Sheng.
That time he could only follow the winning rhythm.
In the end, he echoed Chang Sheng very bloody.
"Innocent and childish, like a child who is not yet underage."
"Then do you think you shouldn't have chosen Lazio?" the reporter asked.
Di Matteo shook his head: "No, being tricked by Chang Sheng into boarding the ship was the most correct decision I made in my life!"
Roberto DiMatteo, who looked like a Buddha, said seriously.
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Di Matteo has officially joined the winning coaching team. All he has to do is learn to adapt to the winning tactics as quickly as possible.
After all, this was completely different from the tactical style he was used to.
Tiki-taka is a tactic that is both simple and complex.
Before truly mastering it, he can start by arranging team training and various trivial matters. Taking over some of Rudy Gonzalez's originally complicated work, Rudy can concentrate on tactical training.
Lazio sold nine people in one go this summer and bought nine more.
It means you need to start over and adjust.
The winning coaching staff actually has a heavy task.
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After the team started training, many people came to the training base every day, especially after the quarrel between Chang Sheng and the extreme Lazio fans, even more fans came.
Of course not extreme fans, but ordinary fans.
They are here to support Chang Sheng, and Chang Sheng cannot be allowed to fight alone with extreme fans.
In addition, there are various engineering vehicles.
August passed in this lively and bustling atmosphere.
In the blink of an eye, the new season is about to begin.
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On August 25, Lazio faced Roma at home. This was the first game of the new season - the Italian Super Cup.
Last season's Italian Super Cup was also a clash between Lazio and Roma.
Last season, Roma won the Italian Cup, so they competed with Lazio for the Italian Super Cup.
On August 30, in the European Super Cup, Lazio faced UEFA Cup champion Zenit St. Petersburg.
In addition, on August 29, Chang Sheng will go to Monaco to participate in the Champions League draw ceremony and the award ceremony for the best of last season's Champions League.
Starting from the first Super Cup, Lazio's new season begins.
Just like last season, the first game of the new season starts with the Rome Derby, which is really memorable.
Although it has become a habit for Lazio to win against Roma, as Chang Sheng himself said, "Would you be surprised to breathe?"
Lazio's victory over Roma was as normal as breathing.
But Chang Sheng started preparing for this game a week before the game.
He wants his players to understand, especially those who have just joined the team, that even if it is a game that Lazio will win easily, they must prepare carefully. Otherwise, how will they win?
From the perspective of outsiders, Lazio can beat Roma every time. What do they rely on to win in the first place? The result of winning every time is serious and hard training and targeted tactical arrangements.
The players were just strolling around on the court, winning easily. But that doesn't mean they could be strolling around on the usual training ground.
Chang Sheng believes that if you sweat more during training, you will cry less after the game.
Those new players who joined the team only now understood why Lazio could dominate Serie A for three consecutive seasons.
It's not because the overall competitiveness of Serie A has declined, as the outside world says. The real reason is because of Lazio's serious and responsible attitude and never-relaxed spirit.
The overall competitiveness has declined. Lazio can at least guarantee qualification for the Champions League every season, but if they want to win the league championship, relying on a decline in competitiveness is obviously not enough.
Only with this serious attitude and hard training can one become a true king.
And once the kings are satisfied with their achievements, don't train seriously, and just deal with the competition casually, the dynasty is not far away from being destroyed.
But after watching Lazio's pre-season preparations, every new player who joins Lazio will realize that the media thought Lazio would be finished, and they might be disappointed in the end...
Such a team that constantly strives for self-improvement, never relaxes its demands on itself, and never stops moving forward... It would be really difficult to destroy it.
These people also fully realize what a great team they have joined!
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This year's Rome derby is different from previous years.
Because this year the president of the Roma Club sitting on the podium watching the game will no longer be Franco Sensi, but his eldest daughter, Rosella Sensi.
Because old Sensi passed away a week ago.
Many people believe that the death of old Sensi will open a new chapter in the hatred between Chang Sheng and Roma.
The hatred between Chang Sheng and Roma should not be as high as it used to be.
So Lazio may not necessarily win every time they meet Roma...
Saying this may not necessarily make Roma fans happy, but it will be a fact that maybe Franco Sensi's death will be a good thing for the Roma team.
"Turin Sports" once wrote: "After the death of Franco Sensi, the derby between Lazio and Roma can finally return to normal. Roma should be able to win him back from Lazio. They have clashed in recent years.
Disadvantage, because Chang Sheng’s hatred of Rome is fading over time..."
The public statements of these media can be seen by everyone.
When Di Matteo saw this report, he smiled and put the newspaper aside. Although he had not finished reading it, he felt that it was meaningless and there was no need to read it.
Although he didn't spend much time at Lazio, based on what he saw and heard in the past half month, he really felt that the words of "Turin Sports News" were silly and naive...
Roma think they can win?
Look at the efforts everyone at Lazio has put in for this game. He really doesn’t believe Roma can win!
He also understood why Lazio could dominate Italian football for three consecutive years and even win the Champions League in the last year under such circumstances!
God rewards hard work!
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