After Chang Sheng finished speaking to Di Matteo, he stood up and walked to the sidelines.
He was chanting Modric's name.
"Luca! Luca!"
After Luka Modric heard Chang Sheng's roar, he turned to look at Chang Sheng on the sidelines.
Then he saw Chang Sheng make a gesture.
He understood the meaning of that gesture.
The boss indicated that the side channel could be opened.
Just like what was said at halftime.
The first is a strong attack in the middle. Once the strong attack in the middle allows Inter Milan to put the focus of defense on the middle, they can consider moving to the side.
Now that Lazio has scored a goal in a strong attack from the center, Inter Milan has completely shifted their defensive focus to the center.
This can be seen from the last two minutes of the game.
Modric knew what to do.
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After Chang Sheng arranged for Modric, he turned to assistant coach Rudy and shouted: "Rudy, let Giroud come back from the warm-up area!"
Rudy Gonzalez was stunned for a moment and soon understood what Chang Sheng wanted to do.
He wants to play something simple and rough!
So he ran to the warm-up area.
Di Matteo has another problem: "You want to replace Cavani? This way our offensive routine will be too simple and it will be easy to be restricted by the opponent..."
Chang Sheng smiled: "No, I won't replace Cavani."
"Then you let Giroud appear..."
"Who stipulated that the last center forward must be replaced by the next center forward, Robert?"
While he was talking, Giroud had already ran back. He was still breathing a little, so it was obvious that he had rushed back.
He is looking forward to being able to come on as a substitute.
Chang Sheng looked at him with a look of excitement and anticipation, and said to him: "Are you too tired from the warm-up? Olivier? Look at how out of breath you are... Calm down your mood, I asked you to go up there to be the ultimate.
, not for experiencing the game. Stay calm."
Giroud immediately closed his mouth, his expression was serious, and his breathing was even.
Chang Sheng then nodded: "Very good. You go up and be the center forward. At the front, this is your best position, and then do what you are best at." Chang Sheng pointed.
Giroud understood what this meant.
Header!
At 1.94 meters tall, he is really good at doing this.
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After explaining Giroud, Chang Sheng whistled towards the court.
After Ledesma, who was picking up the ball, heard the whistle, he turned around and kicked the football directly out of the sideline. Of course, the place where the football went out of bounds was not far from Inter Milan's bottom line.
This is one of Lazio's small tactics, which is required for winning.
When Chang Sheng needs to make a substitution, he is impatient to wait for the ball to die naturally.
In this way, the opponent may be able to make Lazio unable to replace anyone for several minutes. From Chang Sheng's point of view, the situation in a football match changes rapidly, and a few minutes of inaction may miss an opportunity to determine the outcome of the game.
So he told his players that if his team needs to make a substitution during the game, unless the opportunity is good, just kick the football out of the sideline and let him make the substitution. Especially when the game is nearing the end.
The signal is his whistle.
It's very close to the end of the game now. And Ledesma doesn't think it's a good chance to score when he gets the ball.
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When Caressa saw Giroud standing on the sidelines, jumping up and down to move his body, he was still surprised: "Do you often have to replace Cavani? But although Cavani did not score, his offense in the frontcourt
The pivot did a great job... What's the point of replacing Cavani with Giroud? In a strong attack in the middle, Giroud doesn't have much use other than being a wall for his teammates. But Cavani can also complete this job..."
The commentator of China Central Television would not question Chang Sheng, but would try to follow Chang Sheng's thoughts and say: "Maybe Chang Sheng wants the center to go deeper and go into the small penalty area to hit the wall and cooperate? In this case, Giroud
It’s more suitable than Cavani…”
But when the fourth official raised the sign, everyone realized that they had guessed wrong.
The one who Chang Sheng replaced was not Cavani, but Motta!
A center replaces a defensive midfielder. This is definitely not a matchup substitution!
"Center in double figures...what is Chang going to do?" Even Caressa couldn't see through this time.
The commentator on CCTV only said one word: "Uh..."
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The TV broadcast gave Chang Sheng a close-up shot, which seemed to express their doubts.
Giroud and Cavani are both centers, and this kind of center is not a "center forward" in the broad sense. Any player who appears in the penalty area to score goals is called a center forward.
This kind of center is a "center forward" in a narrow sense. He is a center who can stand in front of the goal, rely on his body and skills to help his teammates play the ball, and can also shoot and score goals himself.
Although Giroud also has skills with his feet, he relies more on his body. He is 1.94 meters tall and weighs 88 kilograms. Such a body is not comparable to that of Cavani, who is 1.84 meters tall and weighs 71 kilograms.
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What is the use of a center with two overlapping positions on the court at the same time?
In the close-up shot, Chang Sheng has returned to the coaching bench and sat down in his seat.
He also picked up a bottle of water, unscrewed the cap, took a sip, and kept holding it in his hand until it crackled.
Mourinho doesn't really want a draw, he must win.
Then the reason why he still let the team defend is very simple, it is just to delay until time is running out, and Lazio becomes impatient.
At that point, it will be Inter Milan’s opportunity.
And what I have to do is to prevent him from succeeding.
As long as Lazio takes the lead, Mourinho's wishful thinking will naturally come to nothing.
In fact, this time it is a race against time. Whether it is Lazio or Inter Milan, the opponent is time.
Lazio must score first with little time left before the end of the game.
Inter Milan is just the opposite, trying to prevent Lazio from scoring before then.
Chang Sheng raised his head and looked at the big screen at Rome's Olympic Stadium, which displayed the score and time.
In the 73rd minute, Lazio tied Inter Milan 1:1.
When will Inter Milan's timetable for regular wins arrive? It's meaningless to know this. Anyway, Lazio just needs to score goals as soon as possible, the sooner the better.
So he went up to Giroud.
Isn’t it very simple to use wing tactics with a high center forward to do what you have to do?
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"Cazorla got the ball on the wing. He faced Maicon's defense. Maicon was about three meters in front of him, blocking Cazorla's breakthrough route..." Caressa told the audience
Let us introduce the current situation on this court.
Everyone, including Maicon, believed that Cazorla would either break through or pass the ball to Modric, who came up to meet him, then use a cross pass to tear open Inter Milan's defense, and finally pass straight into the penalty area.
But unexpectedly, Cazorla did not break through on his own, nor did he pass a short pass to Modric or anyone else to connect with him.
He made a direct pass!
Cross from a 45-degree angle!
The football just flew from the air into the penalty area!
The commentators, fans, and reporters all looked at the football drawing an arc in the air in amazement and could not say a word.
If there is no collective memory problem, this high ball cross should appear for the first time in this game!
"Olivier Giroud!!" Caressa's exclamation was like a thunder that exploded over the Olympic Stadium!
I saw Giroud already leaping high in the air. There was not a single Inter Milan player beside him!
Because no one would have thought that Lazio would take the aerial route!
Giroud resisted the football hard under such circumstances!
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When Giroud pushed the football towards the goal, the Inter Milan fans in the stands and in front of the TV were in despair.
Let this high center forward jump up and head the ball near the penalty spot, and there is no one to defend him... What is the concept of that?
The football flies towards Inter Milan's goal!
Just when everyone was in despair, Inter Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar stepped forward. He jumped into the air and stretched out his right hand almost instinctively.
With a snap, the football hit his palm. Then it bounced up, crossed the crossbar, and flew out of the baseline...
Everyone was frightened.
It took about two seconds before anyone reacted.
"Ahhh! World-class save! Julio Cesar! He saved Inter Milan!!"
Caresa leaned out, covering the earphones with one hand, holding the microphone in the other, and roared with all his strength.
At the same time, there was a loud roar in the stands of the Olympic Stadium.
This is the regretful performance of Lazio fans after seeing the football not being scored.
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"Beautiful! If it weren't for Cesar, Inter Milan would have gone to hell by now!"
"Amazing save! San Giulio!!"
Commentators everywhere are praising Cesar in their own way.
Mourinho on the sidelines looked exhausted after the disaster.
Just when Giroud jumped high and headed the football towards the goal, he really thought he was dead...
But less than a second later, Cesar saved his heart.
After feeling lucky that he and the team were still alive, he turned to look at Chang Sheng next door.
Quite the opposite to him. Chang Sheng held his head in his hands and bent his body, looking very annoyed.
Yes, he has reason to be so upset.
Because his team almost did its best just now.
Just the last little bit left...
Mourinho thought so in his heart.
Even if it were him, he would do the same thing.
But unfortunately, since you are just a little bit close, I will not give you another chance!
I have seen through your plan.
It's nothing more than using crosses from the wing and letting high center forward Giroud fight for the header...
Now on the court, Inter Milan's main center back combination of Cordoba and Samuel are not very tall, so it is understandable to let Giroud head the ball.
