Chapter 410: Qualified to Be Arrogant (Eighty-Three/One Hundred and Thirty-Four)

After a fifteen-minute halftime break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.

Neither side made any substitutions.

This is normal. This lineup is the most suitable for both sides in this game.

So there is really nothing to change.

At the beginning of the second half, after a fifteen-minute break, Manchester United continued to press high and create trouble for Lazio.

And Lazio adopted a new method to deal with Manchester United.

They no longer passed and cut quickly, but directly passed from the back!

This is completely inconsistent with Lazio's tactical style, but it really appeared in Lazio!

Even the commentator was surprised.

"Lazio actually played a long pass?"

"Are you seeing it right? Lazio kicked a long pass directly from the back!"

"Is this really Lazio? This is really not a Premier League team?"

What made the commentators even more frustrated was that Lazio's long pass was actually very decent!

This was not a choice made in a hurry at all.

From these long pass attacks, we can clearly see that Lazio is very skilled. It can be seen that they have also done this kind of training in their usual training...

The weakness of high-pressure pressing is the huge space behind.

Although Lazio's fast pass can quickly transfer the ball to the front, it still needs to fall back several times.

And the long pass is simple.

Just pass it forward with a big foot to Klose. Use Klose's header to control the ball.

This is much faster and more concise.

You can directly hit behind Manchester United.

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This change was really unexpected by Manchester United.

They thought Lazio was just passing quickly.

Unexpectedly, Lazio actually played the long pass!

And it was very good!

Facing such Lazio, Manchester United had no choice.

They pressed high. Lazio played long passes. If they shrink their defense, Lazio will play positional warfare with them.

This is called "there is always one that suits you".

In the 67th minute, Lazio used a long pass from the backcourt to directly send the ball to Klose's head.

The German air master jumped up and used his head to pass the ball to Mario Gotze who came up to meet him.

Gotze dribbled the ball and broke through. Entered the penalty area.

Then facing the attacking goalkeeper Van der Sar, he easily lobbed the ball into the empty goal!

"3:1! The total score is 4:1! Lazio will win!!"

The commentator said.

"A team that is good at controlling the ball is playing long passes and lobs. What's more terrifying is that they are playing very well!"

He told the truth of the matter.

When Lazio learned more tactics and could play better. That was really... despairing.

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Gotze's goal finally made Changsheng stand up from his seat. He walked down the coaching bench and applauded and cheered.

Just like the people around him.

When Lazio led Manchester United 2:1, he was worried, and when he led 3:1, he was not completely relieved.

Until now, with a total score of 4:1, he finally felt relieved.

This game cannot be escaped!

In this way, Lazio will definitely enter the Champions League final.

Entering the final means that they are one step closer to defending the triple crown.

The opponent in the final, if nothing unexpected happens, will be Barcelona.

But it doesn't matter. Whether it is Barcelona or Real Madrid, Lazio has the confidence and ability to beat them.

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The next game lost suspense, and Changsheng also began to make substitutions.

Since advancing to the semi-finals is a foregone conclusion, why waste the physical strength of his players?

And if the chance of injury increases, it will not be beautiful.

In a very short time, he used up all three substitutions.

Manchester United seemed to have lost their spirit.

Even if they wanted to compete, they would definitely not be able to compete with Lazio.

Lazio used their actual performance to prove how strong they are.

Manchester United has no doubt that if they continue to fight Lazio to the death, Lazio will show their claws again.

Then poke a few more holes in Manchester United.

They are fully capable of doing so.

When both sides slowed down the pace, the excitement of the game was naturally greatly reduced.

Both sides were not thinking about the game.

Lazio was thinking about the Champions League final.

And Manchester United had to focus on the domestic league. They are now only three points ahead of Chelsea in the Premier League, and this gap is too dangerous.

In the end, the game ended with a score of 3:1.

Lazio eliminated Manchester United with a total score of 4:1 and entered the final first.

The only thing Manchester United can be proud of is that they have finally become the first team in the Champions League that can break through Lazio's goal...

But what is there to be happy about?

They were still eliminated.

And their "feat" was not even mentioned after the game...

"The game is over! Lazio defeated Manchester United 3:1 in the away game, eliminated their opponents with a total score of 4:1, and entered the final! Before that, Chang once said that he wanted to defend the Triple Crown. At that time, many people Ridiculed. But now it seems... he and his team are indeed moving towards this goal little by little! After winning the league championship six rounds in advance, this is their first Champions League final in four years! They made it to the finals three times, and they won the championship the first two times! “What about this time?”

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Although he felt unhappy after losing the game, Ferguson still shook hands with Chang Sheng in a very graceful manner.

Then he turned and left.

Chang Sheng then stepped onto the court to celebrate the victory with his players.

Reaching the Champions League final is a historic moment.

Because he made his players more determined about the path they should take.

He has proven with actual results that he can do what he says.

There is no reference point for the road after this. There is no map, so groping forward in the dark requires courage, confidence and trust.

"Whether you like his personality or not, you have to admit it. He is the best head coach of this era in the world, bar none!"

The television broadcast focused on Chang Sheng.

Even England's commentators made this comment after the game.

Being able to conquer the enemy has shown the power of Changsheng.

The main reason is that Chang Sheng insists on using offensive tactics at Old Trafford, which is a very risky but tense tactic. Countless people were impressed by it, and even their opponents couldn't find a reason to try to cheat Chang Sheng.

If you defeat Manchester United with defensive counterattacks, your opponent can also say that "the bus tactic is an obstacle to football" and give yourself many reasons for failure.

But now, they have nothing to say.

Chang Sheng chose to attack in the away game! And he even won!

Before the game, many media believed that Chang Sheng would be wiser and would choose defensive counterattack. After all, they have a one-goal lead and they are also very good at defensive counterattacks.

Just do that. There will always be an excuse for those who don't like Lazio.

Unexpectedly, Lazio, which has always won, completely blocked the mouths of those trolls with the most indisputable reasons.

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at the post-match press conference. Chang Sheng revealed his ambition: "Final opponent? Barcelona or Real Madrid? No. I don't care who our final opponent is. Because that doesn't make sense to me. No matter who the final opponent is, Lazio is going to win the championship." . This will not change depending on the opponent. I made it clear that the Champions League championship is ours!”

He made his goal so straightforward before the final. No reporter will jump out to criticize him for being arrogant and disrespecting his opponents.

In fact. Even if Chang Sheng doesn't respect his opponent, now it seems that he has every reason to disrespect his opponent...

A team that can lead its team to a complete victory to win the league championship and a complete victory to reach the Champions League finals really has the confidence to say this.

There is another thing that proves the self-confidence of winning.

Just one day after the second leg of the semi-final between Lazio and Manchester United, all bookmakers in Europe stopped accepting bets on Lazio winning the Champions League.

This shows that bookmakers are very optimistic about Lazio winning the championship. They believe it is meaningless if people continue to bet on Lazio winning the title. Prior to this, they had repeatedly raised the odds of Lazio winning, and continuously reduced the amount of bonuses that could be obtained by betting on Lazio to win, but this still could not stop lottery players from enthusiastically optimistic about Lazio and voting with their feet.

So in the end, the bookmaker had no choice but to announce that it would stop accepting bets on Lazio winning the championship.

This incident became a great anecdote.

That night, Lazio’s opponents in the Champions League final were revealed.

Barcelona tied with Real Madrid 1:1 at home, eliminated Real Madrid with a total score of 3:1, and met Lazio in the final.

This is the second time Barcelona and Lazio have met in the Champions League and the first time they have met in the Champions League final.

This encounter between Chang Sheng and Guardiola's master and apprentice has once again become the focus of attention.

Chang Sheng talked about this in an interview with reporters the next day: "I sent him (Guardiola) a text message as soon as possible to congratulate him on leading the team to the final. Then I also told him that he His luck ends here, because his opponent is me!”

At this point, he even laughed.

Appear confident.

Of course, his appearance fell into the eyes of the Catalan media, and they naturally couldn't stand it.

They would have a lot of words to scold Chang Sheng, but Chang Sheng was tired of hearing these words.

Successful people are always prone to a lot of criticism, and he is used to it.

He has more things to do now than arguing with the media.

Every game in the league must be played well, in addition to the Champions League final and Coppa Italia final - although there is still a second leg of the semi-finals with Roma in the middle of the real Coppa Italia final, but the constant victory has automatically ignored Roma, he believes Your team will definitely reach the finals.

With all these games to consider, how can he have time to argue with the media?

And wouldn't it be better to slap them with results after the game against Barcelona?