Chapter 76 There is always a reason for wanting to hack you
Does Palermo really have a chance to beat Lazio away from home?
In fact, there is a chance.
And the chances are not small.
Although Lazio won the Club World Cup in Tokyo, this does not explain the problem.
Because the form in the Club World Cup has nothing to do with the performance in the league.
Previously, Lazio had a 3:3 draw with Udinese in an away game. Everyone thought that the incident with Chang Sheng and Real Madrid had affected the team.
Lazio subsequently performed well in the Club World Cup, proving that the impact of the Real Madrid incident on the team has disappeared.
Because just when the Club World Cup was in progress, the matter about Chang Sheng possibly going to Real Madrid was over. Chang Sheng refuted the rumors, and Real Madrid also announced in a flash that Juande Ramos would be the successor as coach.
The ironclad fact proved that the winning streak would not leave Lazio, so the Lazio players felt relieved.
Working together, they easily defeated their two opponents and won the Club World Cup.
But this does not prove that Lazio can easily defeat Palermo after returning to the league.
Because there is a very important factor here: physical strength.
Lazio has been on the run since the sixteenth round of the league. Before playing against Palermo, they have to fly across the Eurasian continent twice and play against unfamiliar teams in the far East.
Chang Sheng said at the press conference that he did not take Gamba Osaka seriously. In fact, the Italian football world agreed with his statement, because the Club World Cup semi-finals were useless and meaningless.
There is no need to take such an opponent seriously. You can win by playing casually, but you have to pay the price of flying across the Eurasian continent for such a weak opponent. It is really not worth it.
It was better than the previous Toyota Cup. It was just one game, the European champion versus the South American champion.
The outcome of a game is determined, and whoever wins gets the trophy. There is no need to rush there more than a week in advance, and there is no need to waste physical energy and expressions on meaningless opponents.
As a result, after FIFA took over the Toyota Cup, in order to win over the football associations in disadvantaged areas and for their own votes, they gathered a bunch of championship teams from various continents and gathered together to fight fiercely for several days to finally decide a champion.
In the eyes of people in European football, this kind of game is really boring.
Not all continental champions belong to powerful teams... What are the champion teams of the African Cup, Caribbean Gold Cup, Oceania Cup...
The only ones with real status in world football are the European and South American champions.
Now those cats and dogs can come into the house and play against the champion teams in Europe and South America.
The participating teams in each Club World Cup final are European champions and South American champions. What is the difference between this and the Toyota Cup?
But in order to meet in the final, these two teams have to play a semi-final each first...
Isn’t this unnecessary taking off your pants and farting?
So when Chang Sheng expressed his disdain for Gamba Osaka, it caused an uproar in Japan. Italy had no feeling at all. They even recognized and approved of Chang Sheng. Chang Sheng said what they wanted to say but didn't dare to say.
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Chang Sheng disdains Gamba Osaka. In a sense, he is questioning and disdainful of FIFA.
Only a fool like Chang Sheng could do this kind of thing that openly offends FIFA.
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It is precisely because of the unreasonable schedule design of the Club World Cup that European teams are very dissatisfied.
Because this will greatly reduce the team's physical fitness and increase the risk of injuries to the players.
It's hard to say how much stamina Lazio, which has always won, will have to cope with this game after such a long journey.
And it's Christmas soon. I'm afraid the players' minds are not on the court, but thinking about how to go on vacation...
These are favorable conditions for Palermo to beat Lazio away from home.
So in fact Palermo is quite confident.
Although they didn't show it, internally, they did think so.
Palermo's head coach Ballardini made it clear to his players before the game why this game is a good opportunity for them to defeat Lazio?
Just because of the Club World Cup, Lazio exhausted the last bit of physical energy.
"... As long as we can continue to put pressure on them during the game, they will not be able to organize an effective offensive... Then... when their physical fitness collapses, the victory will be ours!"
In the visiting team's dressing room at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Ballardini was cheering on the Palermo players who had changed their clothes.
His confidence infected the Palermo players, who stepped onto the Stadio Olimpico in Rome with strong confidence.
They expect a victory.
But from the process to the results, everything was not as beautiful as they imagined.
Chang Sheng did make some rotations in this game. They replaced many players who had just participated in the Club World Cup final and let them rest on the bench or in the stands.
Most of the starters are rotation and substitute players.
But even so, Palermo failed to defeat Lazio away from home.
Let alone defeat, they couldn't even draw with Lazio!
The final score was 4:0, Lazio defeated Palermo at home!
They were not affected by the Club World Cup at all. The whole team was full of energy during the game and still adhered to their fast passing and cutting style.
The outstanding physical performance of Lazio players is astonishing and even the commentator could not imagine.
Of course, none of them thought that Chang Sheng had a competition skill that could slow down physical exertion...
It has been used since the beginning of the sixteenth round.
When he went to Tokyo to participate in the two games of the Club World Cup, he did not take this skill out of the game skill column.
After the upgrade of the [Unstoppable] skill, it now lasts for a shorter time and is no longer infinitely cumulative. It is valid for up to five games.
However, the effect of reducing physical energy has been increased, so it has become a highly used competitive skill.
When the team's physical strength is low, choosing this skill is more useful than choosing other skills.
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After seventeen league rounds, the Serie A winter break is coming.
Lazio is one point clear at the top of the league.
As the winter break is approaching, the media have made an evaluation summary of each team's performance in the first half of the season.
The media did not show mercy to Lazio, who is currently ranked first.
On the contrary, Lazio, which has always been victorious, is the team that has received the most criticism.
This may come as a surprise to some. It ranks first in the league and also won the Club World Cup. How could it receive so much criticism?
However, the media does not draw conclusions from horizontal comparisons, but from vertical comparisons.
"Although Chang never admits that the summer sale turmoil has had an impact on the team, the data does not lie. In fact, in the first seventeen rounds of this season, Lazio achieved twelve wins, four draws and one loss, accumulating 40 points.
Ranked first. And this result is the last from the bottom and the worst among previous seasons and the same period!"
"Chang coached Lazio from the 2005 to 2006 seasons. In the first season, seventeen league rounds were played. Lazio's results were 14 wins, three draws and zero losses, ranking first. After seventeen league rounds in the 2006-2007 season, Lazio had 13 wins.
Two draws and two losses, with 41 points, ranking first in the league. After seventeen league rounds in the 2007-2008 season, Lazio had fifteen wins and two draws, ranking first with 47 points."
"This season, although Lazio still ranks first, both the winning rate and the points are the lowest since Chang coached the team. What does this mean? It shows that after leaving too many main players in the summer, there is no hope for this team.
The strength of the team has had a great impact..."
"What does the Club World Cup mean? This kind of useless competition is not as valuable as the Toyota Cup in the early years... No matter how many championships you win, it is meaningless! And showing off in the Club World Cup does not mean that Lazio can beat the domestic league.
His opponent won the championship. This is completely two different things!"
"Mourinho is chasing after him, which has also had some impact on Lazio... It's only the first seventeen rounds of the league. It's hard to say what changes will happen to the league in the second half of the season.
...It seems that this season, Lazio's slump and Inter Milan's strong recovery will make this season's league championship battle very interesting..."
"Chang is still ranked first, but if Lazio is not careful, they may fall from the first place. For this team, falling from the first place may mean more, and it may affect their confidence.
, fighting spirit has a great impact..."
In short, the media just badmouthed Lazio, and the data they listed seemed quite convincing.
This season is indeed Lazio's worst season.
The winning rate is low and the points are low. Is there any more intuitive data than this?
The final competition is all about points, isn't it?
As a result, my ability to earn points is not as good as before.
Can people not worry about their future?
And those scumbags also have evidence.
The only pity is that the one competing with Lazio for the championship is Mourinho's Inter Milan. It would be great if it were replaced by Ancelotti's AC Milan...
Mourinho is really not very likable...
In the end, even if Inter Milan defeated Lazio and became the league champion, it would not make people feel happy at all.
It's a pity that neither AC Milan nor Juventus, nor Fiorentina, nor Roma, can threaten the status of Lazio and Inter Milan.
They are unwilling to sing praises for Lazio, so are they willing to sing praises for Inter Milan?
If nothing else, this season's league championship should be born among these two teams.
This is a really sad future...
So some people expressed such emotion: "Serie A is really in decline... In the past, Serie A was full of flowers, but now Serie A can only be easily controlled by Mourinho and Chang, two football shames..." (To be completed
