Of course, at that time, there were rumors that Chang Sheng might leave Lazio, go to other leagues, or simply coach the national team.
But Mourinho still firmly chose to coach Inter Milan.
Because based on his research and understanding of Chang Sheng, he does not think that Chang Sheng will leave Serie A.
He is a person who likes to confront the media. He will not do anything the media says.
When the media rushes to say that Lazio is going to die and he has to leave this sinking ship, he often doesn't make up his mind.
Facts have proven Mourinho's analysis correct.
Lazio club later announced that they had renewed their contract with Chang Sheng, and Chang Sheng continued to stay in Lazio.
By this time, Mourinho had already signed a contract with Inter Milan.
Since the start of the new season, Inter Milan has never had the chance to play against Lazio.
But Mourinho knows what to do.
He can compete with Lazio in another arena.
That's the league standings.
The current situation where the two teams have 33 points is the result of his efforts.
In fact, he wanted to surpass Lazio, but unfortunately Lazio fell to third place even though they were winless in the middle three rounds. But they quickly caught up.
Lazio didn't give their opponents many chances.
In this case, let’s decide the winner in direct dialogue!
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Mourinho ultimately did not answer the reporter's provocative question.
The reporters did not intend to let him go just like that.
At the pre-match press conference attended by Chang Sheng later, these reporters asked Chang Sheng the same question.
"You played against each other in the 2004 Champions League final, and your team beat his team that time. Does that give you a psychological advantage?"
Although unlike Mourinho, Chang Sheng was willing to talk about this final. But he still felt that the reporters' questions were stupid.
"What impact does the confrontation four years ago have on the present? Four years ago, I was coaching Valencia and he was coaching Porto. I think this game is of no value to the current confrontation, so you just
Stop asking such idiotic questions."
This is Chang Sheng's interview style, he will ridicule reporters mercilessly.
At first, reporters were not used to it, and they all felt insulted and lashed out at Chang Sheng in the media.
But now, they are used to it. Chang Sheng is like this, with a bad mouth. But it seems that it is almost impossible for him to change this habit. When he encounters things and people that he doesn't like, he will ignore them.
Criticize and criticize without mercy.
Since it can't be changed, and reporters have to interview him and pay attention to him, they can only endure it...
For today's reporters, words like Chang Sheng are no longer offensive. They just regard it as Chang Sheng's mantra.
"But when we asked Mourinho this question, he seemed very angry..."
Chang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Of course he will be angry, because he lost to me. If I lost to him, I would be angry too. You guys really don't open the pot."
Chang Sheng was stunned because he realized how much impact that final had on Mourinho.
He had never considered the impact after the winner was replaced by the loser. He simply thought that he had won and Mourinho had lost, that's all.
But now it seems that a changed victory or defeat can have a profound impact on both sides.
The victory in the Champions League final four years ago gave Chang Sheng endless confidence and strength, making him fully realize that he could go further on this road and that he should become a football coach.
In the same game, the failure had such a profound impact on Mourinho that four years later, when this failure was mentioned again, Mourinho would make people feel angry...
It seems that the failure of this game has left him unforgettable.
So where does this leave him?
Chang Sheng thought about why Mourinho was a madman. This stemmed from his inferiority complex in childhood.
When he was young, Rio Ave led by his father was humiliated by Sporting Lisbon 7:1 in a game in China. At that time, he also experienced a double humiliation. That is, before the game, their team's central defender
Injured, his father originally planned to let his son start the game. As a result, just a few minutes before the start of the game, the president of Rio Ave gave his father an ultimatum: "Either remove your son from the starting lineup."
, or you two get out together."
In the end, Mourinho sat in the stands and watched his father's team being teased and humiliated by their opponents.
Perhaps it was his father's unsuccessful coaching experience that inspired Mourinho's mentality of revenge against fate.
So when he achieved success, he became extremely arrogant.
Chang Sheng also thought about Mourinho's subsequent move to Real Madrid.
There, he struggled with Barcelona, winning and losing.
He thought it might be a good idea to piss Mourinho off completely.
Although if Mourinho is angered, there is a certain chance that the other party will turn into a ferocious lion and bite him.
But risks and opportunities coexist.
Inter Milan's performance since the new season has been very stable.
If their head coach loses his cool, maybe this team can lose it too.
So he added: "That game was the first time I won the Champions League in my life. It was very important and sweet to me. Of course, it was definitely a nightmare memory for Mourinho. That's why he
He would be so angry. Fortunately, he won the Champions League with Chelsea, otherwise I don’t think he would have appeared on Inter Milan’s coaching bench today..."
He secretly ridiculed Mourinho that if he didn't have a Champions League title at Chelsea, he would be an ordinary head coach and would be completely impossible to compare with himself.
Chang Sheng cannot see what it will look like when these words finally reach Mourinho's ears.
But through the competition, I believe he will find some clues.
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Reporters want to see Chang Sheng's performance and like to hear Chang Sheng say this.
Compared with Mourinho, they now feel that winning often is cuter!
Because he will cooperate with the media!
Although not many times.
The reporters originally planned to use the 2004 Champions League final to provoke a war between the two men.
Now their goal is achieved.
That night, all TV stations were playing the video of Chang Sheng at the pre-match press conference.
His words were played out faithfully, and the directors did not even make any embellished editing or quotations out of context.
Just present it to the audience truthfully.
Everyone saw the joking smile on Chang Sheng's face when he said those words.
Obviously, he is remembering his glorious achievements in the confrontation with Mourinho, and at the same time he is mocking the loser Mourinho.
The host used his own explanation to give the best footnote to Chang Sheng's expression.
"Chang and Mourinho have only played against each other once in history, but this time it was the most important Champions League final. In this final, Chang defeated Mourinho completely. At the age of thirty-one, he became the first player in European football.
The youngest Champions League champion coach in the history of the club! It can be said that Mourinho’s failure made the young Chang..."
Of course, that doesn't mean that no one spoke up for Mourinho.
Pacheco of "Gazzetta dello Sport" spoke highly of Mourinho in his column.
"After the defeat in 2004, most people may have been hit and had no fighting spirit... But Mourinho is not an ordinary person. In just one year, he led Chelsea, who was coaching for the first time, to the Champions League.
! He defeated AC Milan in Athens in 2005 and won the Champions League that year... The championship was a year late, but it is better late than never. This victory really started to make him famous..."
Pacheco is a supporter of AC Milan. Why does he cheer for the head coach of Inter Milan?
Because through his observations in the past few months, he discovered that AC Milan is no longer good, and only Mourinho's Inter Milan is the team that can truly threaten Lazio, which has always won.
In line with the concept of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", he chose to support Inter Milan and Mourinho.
In this upcoming showdown, Pacheco hopes that Mourinho can defeat Chang Sheng so that he will have a reason to laugh at Chang Sheng.
With everyone's attention, this focus battle finally comes.
This game is not an Italian national derby, or even an ordinary derby.
But this game attracted everyone's attention.
China Central Television even sent a commentator to the scene to provide commentary.
You know, in the past, such treatment could only be enjoyed in games like Milan Derby, Spanish El Clasico...
This game has received such attention, mainly because it is a confrontation between two of the most unique head coaches in today's football, and one of them is Chinese.
Chinese fans and media will naturally pay special attention.
In addition to CCTV commentators, there are also many Chinese media who came from China specifically to cover this game live.
Not only China, this game was also broadcast live to more than 130 countries and regions around the world, and more than 70 media of various types gathered at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
Because this is the confrontation between two of the most unique people in football today, and because this is the reunion between Chang Sheng and Mourinho after the 2004 Champions League final. One has become a godfather-like figure at Chelsea, and the other is on the verge of despair.
Lazio came out of trouble and regained a new lease of life.
The 2003-2004 Champions League season was once considered the most boring season and the most boring season. Because of the lack of wealthy teams, the last two teams to reach the finals were ordinary people.
But then everyone felt that this year's Champions League would leave a mark in history, because this Champions League final gave birth to two great championship coaches and two madmen.
Nowadays, madman vs. madman, who is crazier? (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
