Lazio's away game against Inter Milan is the focus of this round of Serie A, and it can even be said to be the focus of this season.
Because this is not only a great possibility to decide who is the league champion, this is also a battle between the two best teams this season, the two best head coaches, and two completely different tactical styles.
Contest.
Since 2006, the tactical style of world football has become increasingly conservative.
Speaking of which, this is also related to Lazio and Chang Sheng.
When he was in Valencia, Chang Sheng led Valencia to win the Triple Crown. They played the most beautiful football in Europe at the time and were able to win honors at the same time. This made many teams rush to imitate them, and they also
Looking forward to playing well and winning championships.
There were media comments at the time, saying that Chang Sheng had solved a problem that had been plaguing the football world, which was "having the cake and eat it of winning both the audience and the championship."
As a result, when there were more teams playing offensive football, in order to defeat them, defensive football also began to quietly become popular.
Then, after Mourinho's Chelsea won the Champions League in the 2004-2005 season with sharp counterattacks and impenetrable defense, everyone discovered a new way.
That is defensive counterattack.
As a result, more and more teams are investing in this tactic.
Of course, Barcelona's second dream team briefly revived in the 2005-2006 seasons.
But then in the 2006 World Cup, Italy, which emphasized defense and overall, relied on their magic weapon defense to win the World Cup without being favored by others, which further proved that defense is the mainstream in today's football.
In the 2006-2007 season, AC Milan won the Champions League, which actually relied on defensive counterattack tactics. They maximized Kaka's role in the counterattack, and finally won the Champions League. Kaká also won the Golden Globe Award and the World Footballer of the Year.
And everyone has discovered that although the winning teams of Lazio and Rijkaard's Barcelona are both excellent, they have a fatal flaw. That is that their football style and experience are not generalizable.
The reasons why Barcelona and Lazio have such crazy tactics have their own reasons, and they are very unique reasons.
Not every team can play well and win like Lazio and Barcelona.
Although their football is very advanced, it has high demands on the team and not all teams can play it.
This kind of football naturally has no basis for popularization.
Moreover, Barcelona also had the painful experience of being suppressed by Capello's iron-blooded Real Madrid. Only Lazio is a strange flower that can stand firm, but the success of such a team really lacks the meaning of promotion.
Lazio is special. But other teams are not special, not at all.
What they need is a tactic that is simple, easy to implement and easy to promote and learn.
Defensive counterattack is the best and most classic set of tactics.
It's like Lazio is an antique art piece that although it looks good, is indeed priceless. Not everyone can take out such things casually.
It’s not something that everyone deliberately pursues.
Most teams just need civilian tactics.
The mainstream of tactics in world football is not about who can use this tactic to win the championship, but how many teams use this tactic.
Obviously, there are very few teams like Lazio. However, Chelsea's tactics are very common and any team can play them. Even Lazio sometimes plays defensive counterattacks.
The successes of the Italian national team, Chelsea and AC Milan all prove that this tactic is the most practical, easiest to use, and easiest to achieve results.
Naturally, there are a lot of followers.
Although those who are pursuing football have angrily criticized Mourinho's Chelsea for making no contribution to world football. Apart from winning the first Champions League championship for Chelsea in history, they have left nothing behind for world football.
But who cares?
Who doesn’t only pursue their own interests?
There are so many people engaged in the football industry, why should I be required to be responsible for the development of world football? I just want to win championships for my team. What's wrong?
Besides, is playing good-looking and fancy football the right direction for the development of world football? Playing defensive counterattacks is the regression of world football?
Who stipulated it?
What evidence and data is there to support this view?
Or do they all start with obviously subjective words like "I think" and "I feel"?
In fact, the debate between offensive football and defensive counterattack has nothing to do with the connotation and meaning, and there is no need to rush to the outline.
In fact, it is just a contradiction between pragmatism and idealism.
Although the football played by Barcelona and Lazio is very good and beautiful and very popular, the cost of learning is too high and the gain outweighs the loss. It is not practical at all for most teams, so naturally no one uses it.
Tactics like defensive counterattack are simple and direct. Although they may not look good on the scene, they are practical and can be used by any team, and they are easy to achieve results.
Just like when you're screwing a screw, you don't need a practical screwdriver. You have to learn from martial arts masters to screw it with your bare hands. Have you practiced it before? If not, I'm afraid your hands will bleed, but the screw won't move at all.
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No one is a fool. If you have to learn your complex and difficult things, you may not be able to win a championship even if you study for twenty years.
In the field of pragmatism, Mourinho is naturally a leader and has become a representative figure. Because he also uses football in Inter Milan, which is simple and direct, and the effect is good. If Lazio is not too perverted, Inter Milan should be able to win
to the league championship this season.
In terms of idealism, Chang Sheng is naturally the most representative figure. Along the way from Valencia, his team played the most beautiful football, pleased the audience, and was able to win the championship. There is no one more successful than this.
Are you an idealist?
He completely reversed the impression that idealists are always synonymous with tragedy, and he made idealism shine again. It was he who gave those idealists who were struggling in the football world a reason to continue to adhere to their ideals...
The above are all evaluations of Chang Sheng by a certain magazine.
But if Chang Sheng knew that these media actually selected him as the representative of idealists, he would definitely feel that these media really like to speculate...
In fact, he is a pragmatist through and through. After experiencing the failure in his previous life, how could Chang Sheng be an idealist?
Of course he has his own ideal and has been working hard towards this ideal.
But at the same time, he is also a pragmatist. Since he knows that there is a shortcut on the way to realizing his ideal, why doesn't he take it?
A true idealist would rather walk on a road full of thorns and possibly die on the way, but insist on walking his own path.
And a pragmatist like Chang Sheng will not hesitate to choose the shortcut that is easier to take. Even if this road is the road that others have traveled, he doesn't care.
This is his true face as a pragmatist.
Pragmatists only consider the results, not the process.
Chang Sheng chose offensive football and tikitaka, but precisely because he knew that doing so would lead him to victory. If he didn't know the future trend, he might have chosen defensive counterattack.
Just like Tony Twain who traveled back in time in 2007, Guardiola's brilliant achievements with Barcelona and the Spanish national team were all after 2008. Twain didn't know that he would naturally choose Capello after returning.
That "the ball control is useless" theory.
To put it bluntly, these two are pragmatists.
As a result, due to the media’s misinterpretation, Chang Sheng and his Lazio team became the last holy place for idealists...
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Another example that proves that Chang Sheng is not an idealist at all is that when the Italian media are discussing the importance of this game in terms of the future development trend of football, Chang Sheng does not care about the future trend of football at all. He only considers one thing.
How to beat Mourinho's Inter Milan at San Siro.
I have the belief to win, but to win, belief alone is not enough. We also need correct tactics and strong execution.
Will Mourinho's team play attacking football at their home stadium?
Chang Sheng doesn’t think so.
Although Lazio's situation is not good, this starting lineup can be regarded as the main force.
And he has already said that Lazio will play offensive football. Therefore, Mourinho is more likely to play defensive counterattack.
But Chang Sheng believes Mourinho will ask for a goal.
Don’t play offensive football, but ask for goals. Isn’t it very contradictory?
In fact, there is no contradiction at all.
Just emphasize efficiency during defensive counterattacks.
As long as the efficiency is high enough, defensive counterattacks can also score four or five goals in a game.
Think of Mourinho's Real Madrid, that is the most typical representative.
Moreover, many people misunderstand defensive counterattack. Defensive counterattack does not mean being passive and conservative, but it is just more secure.
Therefore, Chang Sheng guesses that Inter Milan will definitely emphasize efficiency in counterattack.
To be on the safe side, they won't press out if they have a chance to counterattack. They will only choose the best opportunity.
Once, twice, three times, that's it.
If you can score a goal every time, a virtuous cycle will form in the end.
It will definitely be a devastating blow to Lazio's morale, because it will give people the illusion of "however they fight".
In addition, Inter Milan will definitely emphasize the concept of scoring first at its home court.
Because as long as they can score first at home and take advantage of their home court, they can maintain a morale advantage over Lazio, which will also be conducive to the development of their tactics.
Therefore, Lazio mainly arranges countermeasures for their defensive counterattack and when they want to score first.
Regarding Inter Milan's defensive counterattack, Chang Sheng's choice is naturally to control the ball. As long as he controls the football at his feet, the opponent's counterattack opportunities will definitely be reduced accordingly.
As for scoring first, winning often does not require the team to hold on and defend solidly. For Lazio, this is a good opportunity...
In fact, there is nothing to say tactically. The key is actually the performance of the players on both sides, especially the Lazio players.
Because they had experienced a series of fierce battles before, their physical fitness, state and psychology were unstable...
This winning streak cannot be controlled. Whether it is competition skills or training skills, there is no stable state. (To be continued...)
