Chapter 105 Welcome to the Old Trafford Colosseum!
When Rocky scored, Ferguson looked blank and chewed gum mechanically.
If you just look at his face, no one would know what he is thinking.
In fact, there is no need to guess what he is thinking.
Because he didn't think about anything.
At this point in the game, Lazio can be considered a winner.
The total score is three goals behind, and Lazio also has two away goals. How can we play this game?
Although you can’t give up until the end of the game, you still have to have some basic sense, right?
The score of this game, does Manchester United still have hope?
He sat on the coach's bench and looked at the court expressionlessly.
There are traces of the failure of this game. Looking at it now, it is that he ignored those two Lazio players who did not look very impressive.
Candreva has been a substitute this season and has played many positions. He has played as a central midfielder, full midfielder and defensive midfielder. He even played as a full-back for more than 20 minutes in a league game.
There is no fixed position or fixed job. It feels like Chang Sheng is using it as a panacea, letting him go wherever he needs people.
It's no wonder that such a player performs well.
This kind of player may become a good role player, but it is absolutely impossible to expect him to break out and determine the outcome at critical moments!
The other Rocchi is more famous. Of course, he is the captain of Lazio. This identity once made people think it was a joke. In Chang Sheng's first season at Lazio, Rocchi's role was obvious, but he never really became Lazio.
The core of the attack.
The person who scored the most goals for Lazio in the first season was Pandev. In the last two seasons, it was Falcao, and even Benzema scored more goals than him.
So in this fourth season, he was completely reduced to a substitute and didn't even start in the Champions League, so it's not surprising.
Moreover, Rocky's problem is that when he plays as a winger, he has no speed, no breakthrough, and no crosses. He plays as a center. He needs to compete with Cavani and Giroud. Naturally, he lacks playing opportunities.
Therefore, when analyzing the starting lineup for Lazio's match against Roma before the game, Ferguson did not pay enough attention to these two people.
In fact, in that game, the performance of these two people was very average, which was in line with Ferguson's positioning of these two people as "role players."
Perhaps Ferguson thought so and allowed them to play for a long time, just to make up a starting lineup of eleven people...
Unexpectedly, Chang Sheng actually gave them important tasks!
Ferguson had a sophisticated eye and naturally did not believe that these two people were a temporary impetus. Then he took care of his Manchester United.
If there were no special pre-game tactical arrangements and targeted training, why did these two people appear so perfectly?
After losing the ball, I analyzed the two lost goals and their game trajectories, and found that there are actually traces to follow...
Candreva appeared many times in the area where he finally shot. At first, he thought it was a coincidence, or he didn't notice it at all, but he didn't expect that people had been planning it.
Rocky was unknown before, and no one took him seriously. But he appeared in the most critical place when he should have appeared the most...
These are obviously targeted arrangements.
Taking full advantage of the characteristics of both of them...
Ferguson turned to look at Chang Sheng. This young Chinese indeed had two skills... He successfully used his habitual thinking and cognitive blind spots.
Who would have thought that Candreva and Rocky, the two most unknown people, would become the key players in determining the outcome of this game?
However, Ferguson's admiration was not based on tactics, but on psychological adjustment.
Especially for Candreva, for a role player like this to have the courage to take responsibility at critical moments, Ferguson must have something unique if he wants to win often.
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Not only did Ferguson know that Manchester United was doomed in this game, but the Manchester United players on the pitch also knew that they were doomed.
It's just that they are not as easy to talk to as Ferguson.
The pain of defeat coupled with their hatred for Lazio made their mentality unbalanced in the subsequent games.
We lost to Lazio in the final last season. I originally thought I would take revenge this time, but now I see that I can’t take revenge...
But for the players, there are other ways to get revenge!
In the 81st minute, when Belletti came up to assist, Evra tackled him to the ground.
This time it was much heavier than when he overturned Gotze before!
Because Evra directly kicked Belletti's ankle with a flying shovel spike!
"Oh my god! Judging from the slow motion, Belletti's ankle has almost reached 90 degrees!"
Belletti lay on the turf in pain, clutching his ankle.
Next to him, Lazio teammate Cazorla was roaring at the referee, while Cavani immediately rushed towards the tackler Evra.
Of course, no one was as excited as Chang Sheng. Chang Sheng raised his middle finger to the court, and then shouted loudly: "Evra! Evra! Look at my mouth: I'll fuck you!!"
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Next, Cavani rushed in front of Evra and pushed the French full-back who had just gotten up to the ground.
Evra covered his face and screamed, rolling on the ground.
Rooney ran up to express his dissatisfaction for his teammate, and stretched out his hand to strangle Cavani's neck.
Gotze came up to help his teammate, but was pushed to the ground with a backhand slap from Rooney.
Players from both sides fell to the ground, and the scene suddenly became extremely chaotic.
There were players from both sides coming to the place where the incident happened. Obviously, they were not here to break up the fight!
The success of winning before the game aroused the fighting spirit of the players. Fighting spirit is reflected in football and non-football, but it is an adrenaline rush.
As for Manchester United, their mentality was unbalanced because they were eager for revenge but ultimately failed.
So the two sides were at odds with each other... and it was a fight!
Motta gave Carrick another shot through Chiellini.
Of course, he didn't get a good result himself, so Leo Ferdinand kicked him in the crotch.
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"Oh oh oh oh! The real climax of this game finally came with less than ten minutes left in the game!" The neutral commentator, who was afraid of chaos in the world, shouted excitedly.
"Evra's tackle was obviously wrong... This is a concrete manifestation of Manchester United's unbalanced mentality! He should have received a red card. But Cavani's action was too extreme..."
"Liar Evra! Cavani just pushed him in the chest, and he fell down with his face covered!" the Italian commentator shouted excitedly.
The Manchester United fans in the stands also let out deafening boos, drowning out the referee's sharp and rapid whistle.
The conflict lasted for about three minutes before being stopped by the intervention of the referee, two linesmen and a fourth official.
However, both sides paid a heavy price for this.
Evra, who committed the foul, must have received a red card. Cavani, who was the first to cause the conflict, also received a red card.
In addition, "boxing champion" Rooney, who choked Cavani and beat Gotze, was also sent off with a red card.
Gotze, Chiellini, Motta, Rio Ferdinand and Carrick all received yellow cards.
Of course, Chang Sheng was also kicked out of the stadium with a red card.
Because he gave the opposing player his middle finger.
Although the referee did not see it at the time, the fourth official informed the referee later, so after dealing with the players, the referee ran over and handed Chang Sheng a ruby God of War card.
Of course, Chang Sheng could actually argue that he was just making a tactical gesture.
Dang Chang Sheng is not such a useless person. He is a good man who does things like a good man. Chang Sheng never shirks his responsibilities and does what he does.
And if the gesture he just made was a tactical gesture, people have to believe it...
Just now, he showed his middle finger with both hands, which is a standard insulting gesture.
The commentator and his friends were stunned when they saw the referee constantly giving out red and yellow cards.
"This is... so exciting!"
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This focus battle, the highlight, finally ended in such a heavyweight group fight.
The next ten minutes of the game were simply insipid compared to this group fight, making people want to doze off...
Only group fights can give them a surge of adrenaline!
From the moment the game restarted until the end, everyone kept talking about the group fight.
The slow motion of the TV broadcast also continuously replayed this period of the game. From different angles and camera positions, this sudden group fight was panoramically displayed.
Some commentators also shook their heads: "It's a pity that it's not a Rome derby, otherwise I could have said 'Welcome to the Colosseum'! Of course I can only say now: 'Welcome to the Colosseum at Old Trafford!'"
Some people are also paying attention to Chang Sheng’s middle finger. Thanks to the developed TV media, if there weren’t so many camera seats, maybe Chang Sheng’s classic move would have been missed...
In the picture, Chang Sheng raised his middle finger with both hands, gesticulating toward the court and shouting.
"What is he shouting?"
Some of the commentators can read some lip shapes. But they only know that Chang Sheng called Evra's name at the beginning, but they don't know what Chang Sheng shouted after...
The scene was too noisy. It was all booing from Manchester United fans, and it was hard to hear what Chang Sheng was shouting.
But I believe that after the game, reporters will be very interested in it.
At the post-match press conference, everything about this conflict will become the focus...
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Because Manchester United was sent off two men at the last moment, they were unable to score a goal, let alone win the game.
So in the end, they lost to Lazio 0:2 at home and were eliminated with a total score of 5:2.
Of course, none of this matters anymore...
The Manchester United fans kept booing and booing.
The game could be said to have ended with boos.
After the game, Ferguson quickly left with a gloomy face. He didn't even go to comfort his players who lost...
It can be seen that this game made him very unhappy from the process to the result.
As for Chang Sheng, he also came down from the stands and quickly walked into the players' tunnel. The TV broadcast gave him a close-up shot, and there was no trace of the joy of advancing to the semi-finals on his face.
Although Lazio defeated Manchester United in this game, it was considered a miserable victory.
There were too many things that Chang Sheng wanted to say, and too much anger that he wanted to vent.
These will also be held at the post-match press conference... (To be continued...)
