Chapter 5 Times Have Changed

Although Isco was injured, Lazio's lineup is still quite strong this season. m

In the goalkeeper position, their main goalkeeper is German goalkeeper Ter Stegen. The 29-year-old goalkeeper was recruited by Lazio to the newly formed youth training camp when he was 16 years old. At that time, Monchengladbach did not realize how good a goalkeeper he was.

So Ter Stegen has been training in the Lazio youth training camp. After he was 19 years old, he was dropped to the first team and played with the team, but most of the time he was a substitute. In order to maintain his game form, he had to be loaned out for three seasons.

Finally, when Handanovic was 32 years old, due to a serious injury, Ter Stegen successfully took over and occupied the main position. Later, after Handanovic recovered from his injury, he became a substitute.

Ter Stegen, who became the main goalkeeper, was only 24 years old at that time. Now he has been standing in front of Lazio's goal for seven seasons. Nicknamed "Little Kahn", his performance has always been very stable. If nothing unexpected happens, he will become the second Handanovic and guard the goal for Lazio until he is old.

The 37-year-old Handanovic has changed from a young rookie to an old goalkeeper. The career of a goalkeeper has always been relatively long, so at the age of 37, he can still maintain his form and play as the first substitute goalkeeper in Lazio. Sometimes, in competitions like the Italian Cup, Changsheng will let Handanovic start, which is also a consolation and gratitude to the old goalkeeper who has been guarding the goal for Lazio for more than ten years.

Although Handanovic is no longer the main goalkeeper, he has been training diligently and waiting for the opportunity to play in the Lazio team. He did not lose his temper and make conflicts in the locker room because he lost his main position.

On the contrary, he gave all his experience and skills to Ter Stegen.

Ter Stegen benefited a lot.

He is currently taking the coaching certificate exam. He plans to be a goalkeeper coach after retirement.

But he has not decided when to retire.

The third goalkeeper is the young goalkeeper that Changsheng picked up from the reserve team this season, Marco Bassong, who is only 20 years old. This is purely to make up the numbers. Although he is training with the first team, he still returns to the reserve team when playing. Participate in the reserve league to maintain his condition.

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In the back line, Lazio mainly has talents trained by its own youth training camp. The youth training system established by Changsheng at the beginning. It has already borne fruit.

This youth training camp not only trained many players for Lazio's first team,

but also earned a lot of transfer fees for Lazio after these players were gilded in the first team.

For example, central defender Tua, after playing in Lazio's first team for four seasons, transferred to Inter Milan for 35 million euros. And Ettore Mendicino, nicknamed "New Vieri", also earned 40 million euros in transfer fees for Lazio.

The captain is José Passarella, who is still the main central defender of Lazio. Although he is 39 years old, his experience still makes him the main central defender of Lazio. But sometimes, he will make mistakes. He is old. There is nothing we can do about it.

Lazio failed in three fronts last season. Among them, the key goal that was eliminated in the Champions League quarter-finals was the mistake made by José Passarella. So after that game, José Passarella was bombarded by the media for more than a week. Even Changsheng was shot.

Some media believed that Changsheng was nepotistic when hiring people, just because he had a good relationship with José Passarella. So he always let José Passarella be the main central defender, which was completely not conducive to the renewal of Lazio's defense line. In the end, Lazio paid the price for Changsheng's stubbornness. If José Passarella had been taken down earlier, perhaps this goal would not have been lost, and Lazio would have been able to advance to the semi-finals...

However, Changsheng turned a deaf ear to this and still trusted his "godson" José Passarella very much. The media scolded for a while, and after seeing Changsheng's stubbornness, they stopped scolding, because no matter how they scolded, Changsheng would do his own thing, and they could not affect Lazio at all, so why should they continue to scold?

The central defender with José Passarella is Alessio Campoli, an excellent player trained in the youth training camp, who was once a highly promising young rookie like Tuya. After Tuya left the team, Campoli replaced him as Lazio's main central defender, partnering with José Passarella.

Campoli looks a bit like Klose when he was young, but he is not a striker, but a central defender.

He was born in 1992 and is only 29 years old now, which is the prime of his life. Except for a few more injuries, he has almost no shortcomings.

In addition, there are two players from the youth training camp, both born in 1994, now both are 27 years old, and are the middle-aged generation of Lazio. They are Joseppi Elets and Ricardo Sepieri.

In terms of ability, they are weaker than their predecessors, so they can only play as substitutes. But it is only because they are in Lazio.

If they were in other teams, they would have been the main force long ago.

The main right back is Faraoni from the Lazio youth training camp. He played as a central defender in the Lazio youth team, partnering with Tua, and was later transferred to the first team by Changsheng. Because there were too many central defenders in the first team, he was transformed into a right back and played as a substitute for Azpilicueta.

Later, Azpilicueta went to Chelsea for a transfer fee of 40 million euros, and Faraoni officially became Lazio's main right back. Until now, he is Lazio's undisputed number one choice on the right side.

His substitute is Albertani, a 1998 young player trained by Lazio's youth training camp, who is only 23 years old.

The main left back is Santon from Inter Milan's youth training camp. This player born in 1991 became famous very early, but he fell quickly and later went to Newcastle.

Changsheng brought him back from the cold England, so Santon became another proof of Lazio's Midas touch.

In Lazio, Santon became a main player after two seasons of training, squeezing Balzaretti to the bench. Balzaretti retired five years ago, and no one can shake Santon's position.

His substitute rotation player is Bocchetti. Bocchetti, 35 years old, is old and can only play as a substitute.

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In the midfield, Lazio is full of strong players. The 36-year-old Modric is no longer the organizer and commander of Lazio. He can only play as a substitute.

Thiago Alcantara is a talented player trained by Barcelona's youth training camp La Masia. He is from a famous family. His father is Mazinho, a Brazilian national team player who won the World Cup in the United States in 1994.

Later, he moved to Bayern Munich and followed his mentor Guardiola. Four seasons ago, Changsheng dug him from Bayern Munich to Lazio.

Let him take over Modric's job.

He did a great job.

But now he is 30 years old and is facing the threat of young people. His position is about to be lost...

Marco Verratti is an Italian midfield star bought by Lazio from Paris Saint-Germain. Born in 1992, he is now 29 years old and is also in his prime. In the midfield, he and Thiago formed the core of the organization. The two cooperated well. He was praised by the Italian media as "Pirlo II", which shows his playing style and level.

Casemiro is the toughest player in Lazio's midfield. He used to play in Sao Paulo, and later Lazio dug him to Lazio's youth training camp, so he can be regarded as an outstanding player produced by Lazio's youth training camp.

He has a tough style and also has the delicate footwork of Brazilian players.

He was originally selected to the first team because Ledesma left the team. He is Ledesma's successor.

Wu Lei, a Chinese player brought to Lazio from Shanghai East Asia Club by Changsheng in the 2011/2012 season, created many firsts for Chinese players - the first Chinese player to play in Serie A, the first Chinese player to score in Serie A, the first Chinese player to win the Serie A Best Foreign Player Award...

Wu Lei, born in 1991, is now 30 years old. As he gets older, his physical explosiveness has declined and his speed is not as fast as before, but his position has also changed from a frontcourt freeman to a back midfielder, becoming an organizer.

Currently, he is mainly rotating in Lazio.

The last one, do you know who squeezed Thiago, a famous player from a famous family, to leave Lazio?

Do you remember the son of the middle-aged reporter Ji Leng, Xiao Jiming?

That's right, the demon who was discovered by Changsheng to have a potential of -10 has now become a talent, and it is he who makes Thiago pale in comparison.

He made his debut in the first team at the age of 16, and scored a goal in the first team at the age of 17. Later, due to the oversupply of talents in the first team, he was loaned out for a year and returned to the Lazio first team at the age of 18.

He was only a substitute in the first season, but in the second season, which was last season, he made both Thiago and Verratti feel threatened.

At the age of 19, he was quite a general in the midfield, calm and composed, and his overall view was amazing.

His excellent mid- and long-range passing ability made him an excellent midfield dispatcher.

In addition to organizing the offense, he also has a long-range shooting ability, which is his main scoring weapon.

Last season, he played 30 league games for the Lazio first team, scored five goals, and had eight assists. His performance was amazing.

It is said that he has become a hot candidate for this year's European Golden Boy Award.

He will be the future hope of Lazio, the Chinese supernova Ji Ming!

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