Chapter 128 Reasons for not winning the first round of the league (guarantee
In the evening draw ceremony, the first to be seated were the eight seeded teams. Lazio, the winning team, was assigned to Group E as the seeded team.
The seed teams in the other seven groups are Bayern Munich in Group A, Manchester United in Group B, AC Milan in Group C, Chelsea in Group D, Barcelona in Group F, Sevilla in Group G and Arsenal in Group H.
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Then came the grouping of teams in the second tier. Real Madrid, as the strongest team in the second tier, was drawn into Group C. They met the Serie A giant AC Milan. The second strongest team in the second tier.
Inter Milan was drawn into Group F with defending champion Barcelona. Another much-watched team, Juventus, was assigned to a group with Bayern Munich.
After that, the draw of teams in the third and fourth pots was uneventful, and there was no absolute death group.
Lazio is in a group with Lyon, Liverpool and Debrecen.
Debrecen is a Hungarian league team.
This group is not strong, Liverpool has been in decline for many years, and Lyon is no longer the Lyon it was when it won seven consecutive league titles. Debrecen has never even heard of it.
With such a group, it will be very easy for Lazio to qualify from this group.
In fact, since Lazio participated in the Champions League, they have basically not encountered any big troubles in the group stage. They have always been able to easily advance as the first in the group.
Therefore, for Lazio fans and media, whether Lazio can advance from the group stage is not a suspense at all.
What they are more concerned about is how far Lazio can go in the elimination stage.
After the lottery ceremony, Chang Sheng told reporters: "The goal for the new season? Of course I hope to go further than last season."
Lazio reached the Champions League semi-finals last season, going further than last season...
Isn't that the final?
Lazio is going to reach the Champions League final in the new season!
The reporters were a little excited.
I wanted to ask Chang Sheng some questions again, but Chang Sheng had already waved his hand and left.
Compared with him, Guardiola is still the most popular among the media.
On the one hand, they are the defending champions, on the other hand, it is naturally because of the grudges between Barcelona and Mourinho.
These two teams together are really full of gimmicks.
Some even think this is intentional by UEFA.
To create a gimmick.
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After the drawing ceremony, the first round of the league of the new season also began.
At this time, August is not over yet, but everyone no longer believes that any players will leave Lazio.
Lazio's current situation is very good, the salary is reasonable, and the most important thing is to win honors. There are indeed not many players willing to leave.
In the first round of the league, Lazio faced Atalanta at home.
Everyone is looking forward to this big win as a good start.
But the result of this game was 0:0. Let alone a big victory, Lazio didn't even win!
For Lazio, who has always been coached by winning teams, this is the first time that they did not win in the first round of the league!
In the past four seasons, Lazio has won every first round of the league, whether at home or away.
And this time I didn’t win!
This is really...unexpected!
After the first round, not only the Roman media, but also the entire Italian media were surprised.
As the defending champion, Lazio is still the favorite to win the league this season. Moreover, Lazio did not sell a single player in the new season, but instead introduced two midfielders. It can be said that their strength has not increased but decreased.
In the first round, against a weak opponent like Atlanta, it should be no problem to win at home. The only suspense is to win a few games.
Who would have thought that Lazio would be tied 0:0 by Atalanta at home!
A draw and no goals!
For Lazio, which has outstanding offensive power, such a result is really rare.
After the game, many media paid attention to the result of Lazio's draw. Those media who have never been accustomed to winning will naturally take the opportunity to ridicule and then use the opportunity to badmouth Lazio.
Some people also explored why Lazio could not win this game.
Unlike the fuss made by the media, Chang Sheng himself seemed very calm.
"In the past, when we lost a game, everyone was paying attention. Now when we just tied a game, the media has paid so much attention. What does this mean? It shows how strong we are. What goals do we have?
How can a team get so much attention and have so many idiots gloat over just a draw? Only us."
At the post-match press conference, Chang Sheng said calmly with his hands spread out.
Of course, if the media wants to criticize him, they can always find something to say.
The media said that Chang Sheng's calm face was just an act because he didn't want to expose his weaknesses, or that he was a tough talker and didn't want to affect his morale.
But actually Chang Sheng is really peaceful.
Let alone a draw, even if it was a defeat, he would be very calm.
The reason for not being calm is that after encountering such an unfavorable situation, you don’t know the reason, so you can’t calm down and become more anxious.
Or another possibility is that you know the cause but don't know how to solve it.
Lazio's current situation does not fall into any of the above categories.
There are many reasons why Lazio failed to win in the first round. For example, in the first round of the new league season, the players' condition is not very stable. Some are good and some are bad.
The team's state is unstable, coupled with the poor performance of the offensive core David Silva in this game, it is not unbelievable that they did not win against Atlanta.
Problems with player status are minor issues and can be adjusted.
The key is David Silva.
Many media also mentioned David Silva's poor state in this game.
David Silva started this game. Before the game, everyone was very optimistic about his starting performance.
I also believe that David Silva can help Lazio win games better after his return. After all, he is the core of Lazio's offense.
In the last few rounds of the league last season, David Silva actually returned, but at that time he only played as a substitute and had very little playing time. Everyone knew that this was to allow him to find his game form. After all,
I haven't played a game for more than half the season, and I need to find my form after returning from injury.
So in fact, in the last few rounds of last season, David Silva was not in good form, but no one criticized David Silva because everyone knew that he was looking for form. It is normal to perform poorly and perform well.
Then there is no need to look for status.
But after a summer of training and warm-up matches to adapt, it would be wrong if David Silva still needs to find his form.
Therefore, before this league game, everyone was looking forward to Silva.
He did not play in the Super Cup against Inter Milan, not even as a substitute, so the first round of the league became his first official game of the new season. Everyone wanted to see what David would look like after a summer of recovery.
Has Silva found his form?
The results were disappointing.
David Silva's performance in this game can be described as "like sleepwalking", which is slightly inadequate.
He never missed the ball in the game, and never missed a successful breakthrough. It was impossible to say that he didn't work hard, and he wanted to work hard, but he just couldn't get through it.
His previous sharp explosive power and breakthroughs were gone. It was like he was under some kind of magic. They all disappeared overnight!
In the warm-up match, this problem was not too obvious. In the official league, when he faced Atlanta's tight defense and gave him less space, his breakthrough disappeared.
For some balls, if it had been him before the injury, he might have accelerated and changed direction and passed the opponent.
But now, he accelerated, but he failed to break through the opponent, and he changed direction and failed to get rid of the opponent.
In the end, he had no choice but to pass the football back.
There were also times when he thought he could get past the opponent, but in the end he handed the football to the opponent.
Scenes like this don't happen once or twice in this game, but often.
As long as David Silva gets the ball and plays according to his previous playing habits, he will encounter these two results.
In the end, until the end of the game, he had no outstanding performance. After the game, he was even bombarded by the media, who believed that he should be mainly responsible for the team's draw.
The influence of the media is great. After their hype, everyone thought that David Silva was the reason why Lazio failed to win against Atalanta in this game.
Regardless of whether this is true or not, at least everyone believed what the media said.
This may have a big impact on David Silva.
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Lazio didn't win the game, and they always won very calmly.
However, the media bombarded David Silva so much, but he could not remain calm even though he was victorious.
He can take criticism from the media, but his players can't.
He wants to support his players.
At the same time, he also has to solve the problem of David Silva.
That is not a problem that can be solved by repeatedly stating that he trusts David Silva in front of the media.
At this time, talk is of no use.
Fortunately, Chang Sheng, as a time traveler, happens to know how to solve David Silva's problem.
Because in that time and space that Chang Sheng was very familiar with, David Silva encountered almost the same problem as now.
He has also been injured.
But this did not make David Silva fall, but instead achieved greater glory.
Later he became the core offensive player of the Spanish national team and Manchester City.
How did he get out?
Maybe David Silva can come out on his own, but since he has always won, there is no need for his disciples to take detours. If they can take a shortcut to success, then take the shortcut.
The road is full of thorns, just walk on your own.
There is no need to drag everyone along with you. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)