After being eliminated by Bayern Munich, Lazio now only has domestic competitions left, and the league championship is basically locked. Now the most important thing for winning is the Italian Cup.
He has been in Italy for five years and has never participated in the Italian Cup.
This time, since his team has reached the semi-finals and even defeated Juventus in the first round, why not go all the way to the final and finally win the championship trophy?
Last season Lazio won a "double" of the Champions League and the league championship, and this season they plan to win a domestic "double".
Regardless of whether the Coppa Italia is tasteless, it is still an honor. How can one lack honors in his honor book?
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In the weekend match against Udinese, Chang Sheng made rotations, but there was actually nothing to rotate because there were not many players.
Then Lazio was tied 1:1 by Udinese at home.
Of course, Inter Milan failed to win either. They were tied 2:2 by Chievo in the away game.
After losing to Lazio at home, Inter Milan players realized that the goal they had worked hard for all season had come to nothing. Their morale was greatly affected, so they were unable to win this game.
With only three rounds left in the league, Lazio still leads Inter Milan by six points, and the league championship is basically out of reach.
The following midweek, Lazio challenged Juventus away in the second leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals.
This time, Chang Sheng fielded the strongest lineup.
The purpose is to defeat Juventus in the away game and advance to the finals.
After all, Juventus had an away goal in the first round, and Lazio was only one goal ahead of Juventus.
The difference is not big.
However, Juventus and Lazio were different in this game. They did not field their strongest lineup, but a configuration of half main players and half substitutes.
Because Juventus now has to compete with Fiorentina for the fourth position in the league, which is to compete for qualifications for next season's Champions League.
Juventus is now ranked fourth, only three points ahead of Fiorentina. With three rounds of the league left, anything can happen.
Compared with qualifying for the Champions League, the Coppa Italia semi-finals are not that important a match.
If it weren't for the fact that the opponent was Lazio, Juventus might have directly sent out a full substitute lineup.
On the one hand, they are focused on going to the finals, but on the other hand, they are distracted by the league and want to compete for the top four in the league.
The result of this game can be imagined.
Lazio defeated Juventus 2:1 in the away game, eliminated Juventus with a total score of 4:2 over two rounds, and advanced to the final.
Their opponent in the Coppa Italia final was Sampdoria.
A once strong team...
The Italian Cup final will be played in the middle of the week after the 36th round of the league.
By that time, perhaps the league title has been decided, and Lazio can focus on the Coppa Italia final.
This is not good news for Sampdoria.
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Before the Italian Cup final, the biggest good news for Lazio is that David Silva, who was seriously injured in the match against Atletico Madrid, can finally come back!
When David Silva was injured, the media reported that he was "almost absent for the entire season", but no one thought that David Silva could return before the end of the season, because this "almost" would not be available until the end of the season.
In the end, it all turned into "yes".
But I didn’t expect that David Silva would actually come back as promised!
His comeback is indeed a major benefit for Lazio, which is full of injuries.
After serving as the main player for most of the season, Gotze is physically exhausted. Now he needs to rest, but there is no substitute to replace him, so he can only support it hard.
Now that David Silva is back, Gotze can get enough rest time.
David Silva's comeback made Lazio fans happy, and Lazio players also welcomed David Silva's comeback.
In the thirty-sixth round of the league, Lazio challenged Palermo away.
Considering that midweek is the Italian Cup final against Sampdoria, Chang Sheng will continue to rotate in this league.
David Silva replaced Gotze in the starting lineup.
The media is very interested in David Silva's comeback.
Of course, everyone didn’t have high hopes for David Silva’s performance in his first fight back.
After all, this is his first official game after recovering from injury for more than half a season. Although he has already played practice games in training, can practice games be compared with official games?
In the final game, David Silva's performance was very average, and the impact of being injured for a long time without playing was still obvious.
He couldn't find the rhythm in the game and was a little at a loss.
His running ability has not recovered, and he rarely chooses to dribble by himself during games - you must know that dribbling was his trademark before. He can always use his excellent personal skills to break through the opponent's defense at critical moments, and then
Open the deadlock for Lazio.
In this game, the whole Lazio team's mind is not on the league, but on the Italian Cup final next week.
In the end, Lazio tied with Palermo 0:0 in the away game.
Inter Milan defeated Siena 3:0 at home.
Only four points separate us from Lazio.
There are still two rounds left in the league, and they still have hope.
As long as Lazio can't win in the last two rounds and Inter Milan wins two consecutive games, that will be fine.
Chang Sheng is not worried about losing the league championship to Inter Milan in the end.
Expecting Lazio to lose or draw in the last two rounds is too low a probability.
As long as Lazio wins one game, Inter Milan will not win the league championship.
After the Coppa Italia final is over, Chang Sheng will give the whole team two days off before playing the last two rounds of the league. Chang Sheng believes that Lazio will be able to capture the league championship in his own hands.
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The Italian Cup final in midweek is coming soon.
David Silva did not start this game, and now he is Gotze's substitute.
Sampdoria is not strong. After thirty-six league rounds this season, Sampdoria is ranked 13th.
But this ranking is not only due to their lack of strength, but also other reasons.
They paid more in the Coppa Italia, so their performance in the league was naturally weak.
They play so hard for the Coppa Italia because the winner of the Coppa Italia can qualify for the Europa League next season.
But it's meaningless now.
Because their opponent Lazio has already qualified for next season's Champions League.
According to the rules, if the winner of the Coppa Italia has already qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League qualification that should have belonged to the Coppa Italia winner will be replaced by the Coppa Italia runner-up.
So now Sampdoria has definitely qualified for the Europa League next season.
In this case, what reason do they have to fight hard in this game?
If their opponent's strength is similar to theirs, it would be worth their while to win the Italian Cup.
But now the strength of their opponents is too far behind them. Lazio defeated Sampdoria 2:0 at home and 3:1 away in the league this season. The two teams are not at the same level at all.
Despite all their efforts, Sampdoria was unable to defeat Lazio, which left many Sampdoria players with no motivation to pursue victory.
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In the Coppa Italia final against Sampdoria, Lazio fielded its full lineup, and the players were high-spirited.
What they pursue is different from Sampdoria. They don't want to qualify for the Europa League, they just want the championship.
Get this championship honor that they have not yet touched!
So Lazio's fighting spirit is very strong.
One side has no fighting spirit, and the other side is fierce. There is no suspense about what the final result will be.
After ninety minutes of competition, Lazio defeated Sampdoria 3:0 and won the team's first Italian Cup!
Now in the honor book of constant victory, he has also won all the cup championships of his country.
In Spain, he led the team to win the Copa del Rey three times, and in Italy he also won an Italian Cup.
As a champion coach, you deserve the title!
Sampdoria, who lost the final, has nothing to be sad about. They have already ensured their qualification for next season's Europa League.
This is what the club values most, because it means an extra income.
Many teams are desperately pursuing the Italian Cup championship, not just for a championship, or the main purpose is not for the championship, what they value is qualifying for the European competition next season.
The prize money from the Europa League is almost nothing for the wealthy teams, but for those mid- and lower-tier teams, it can be worth a year's financial budget.
It can even be said that for some teams, whether or not they can participate in the Europa League is the difference between survival and death.
In professional football, money is the most important and the basis of everything.
If you don’t have money, don’t talk about anything.
Lazio also went through such hard times at the beginning, and the bonus of more than two million in the Europa League felt like a lot.
Now that they can participate in the Champions League, they no longer care about such a small amount of money.
The prize money for the Champions League group stage is equal to all the prize money received by the Europa League winning team.
They want the Coppa Italia title, and Sampdoria want to qualify for the Europa League next season.
It can be said that everyone is happy and everyone gets what they need.
Therefore, the atmosphere of this final was very friendly, even too friendly. Otherwise, how could Lazio defeat Sampdoria with three goals and easily win the championship?
This championship can be said to be the easiest domestic cup championship Chang Sheng has ever won.
In Spain, the three Copa del Rey champions also experienced a hard battle.
The only exception is this Italian Cup.
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Lazio, who won the Italian Cup, are only one league away from winning their domestic double.
As long as they defeat their opponents in the next round of the league, they can win the championship one round ahead of schedule.
Of course, this round of the league is not easy because their opponent is Regina.
This team is currently ranked second to last.
This does not mean that they are weak, but it can only mean that they will fight tooth and nail in the game against Laziod because they want to avoid relegation.
They now have 30 points and only need four points to get out of the relegation zone.
So they will definitely try their best in this game.
As long as they can beat Lazio on the road, they are only one point away from relegation.
At the end of the league, generally speaking, relegation teams are more difficult to beat than championship teams.
If Lazio takes it lightly, it is not impossible to lose this game. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)