Chapter 42 Is It Embarrassing to Lose to the No. 1 Team in the League?

Judging from the past historical results, Lazio and Milan can be regarded as a strong dialogue without a doubt. M

But if we only look at the current situation, it is not a strong dialogue.

Because Milan's performance this season is really bad.

After nine rounds of the league, Milan is currently ranked tenth. Such a ranking is simply a shame for a team that won the European Championship two seasons ago!

They have won only three of nine league games, drawn two and lost four.

It's far behind Lazio's seven wins, one draw and one loss.

The much-anticipated power play kicks off on Saturday afternoon.

Lazio faces Milan away from home.

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Milan's current head coach is their former legendary striker Inzaghi.

After Inzaghi retired, he became a coach and then coached in Milan's youth academy.

There he worked for four years.

He was later transferred to the first team and became an assistant to the then first team head coach.

Finally, two seasons ago, his coach Luciano Spalletti led Milan to the European Championship before retiring.

Inzaghi just stepped forward.

But he must have been unlucky.

Coming on stage when Milan had just won the championship, there was a lot of pressure and a lot of attention.

But Milan began the natural pattern of decline.

Even the best head coach can't do anything about this.

Because this is the natural law of a team, after winning the championship honor, most players will lose their fighting spirit and motivation to continue fighting.

In this case, what they consider more is not winning games on the court, but contracts, annual salaries and other things.

The players have lost motivation, what can Inzaghi do?

He could only exchange blood.

A blood exchange will inevitably bring about a decline in the team's strength.

He doesn't always win, so he can ensure the team's strength during the replacement process.

So now Milan doesn't have any good top players.

Some people jokingly said that in Milan before, a bald female coach led a group of tall, handsome and rich players to play, but now in Milan, a tall, handsome and rich coach leads a female football team.

Facing the aggressive Lazio, Inzaghi's Milan actually had no good solution.

He chose to defend and counterattack.

Focus on defense, try not to concede the ball first, and then wait for opportunities to counterattack.

When Lazio was at its peak, many teams could only do this when facing Lazio.

Of course, there are also many teams with courage when they face Lazio. Will choose to use offense to show their football style.

In the end, they will all die miserably.

Inzaghi's mind is very clear when he is playing football, otherwise he would not be able to grab points.

As a head coach, he inherited this advantage.

When facing Lazio, they did not choose to attack rashly. Although his team usually focuses on attacking.

He still honestly chose to defend and counterattack.

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After the game started, although it was an away game, Lazio launched a fierce offensive from the beginning of the game.

Constantly impacting Milan's defense.

Milan, on the other hand, was compressed in its own half and occasionally fought back.

Some commentators were dissatisfied with Milan's reaction and criticized it.

"It looks like this is more like Lazio's home court..."

they sneered.

Inzaghi naturally couldn't hear the sarcasm of these commentators, but it didn't matter even if he heard it.

Nothing is more important than winning...

If the scene is ugly, just make it ugly. It's better than losing in the end and looking ugly.

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Inzaghi's choice was right, but the strength of this Milan team is really very different now.

This Milan team does not even have one of the top stars in world football.

Those who are not good enough are either old or gone.

Everyone else is a bunch of idiots.

Many of them were promoted by Inzaghi from the youth training camps where he once coached.

How can such a team compete with Lazio?

So the game lasted twenty minutes. Their goal was lost.

Cavani opened the scoring for Lazio with a header!

"Cavani! Beautiful header! Lazio led Milan 1:0 in the away game with his header! I still remember the first goal Cavani scored after coming to Lazio, which was against Milan. It’s a wonderful cycle!”

After scoring, Cavani rushed directly back to the coaching bench. Then he hugged Chang Sheng.

He also remembers the first league goal he scored on behalf of Lazio, which was against Milan.

He was under a lot of pressure at the time. It was only thanks to this ball that he was liberated.

Of course, the CD the boss showed him before the game also played a very important role.

For a long time, he had always believed that the then Italian gold medal commentator Fabio Caressa really praised him in the game.

Later, after a long time, he realized that it was a fake. The CD was specially commissioned by the boss to be produced by Caresa. It was just a white lie.

He was deceived, but he wasn't angry.

On the contrary, he was even more grateful to his boss.

This is why he is willing to stay in Lazio and has not left for more than ten years.

He is willing to go through fire and water for such a boss. As long as the boss needs him, he will never leave Lazio.

Now that Icardi is injured, he has taken on the heavy responsibility of the team's offense. He not only needs to score goals, but also serves as a frontcourt fulcrum for the team's offense. As a center, if you cannot hold the ball in the frontcourt, other teammates will not dare to press forward boldly.

And he completed the task well.

Even if he didn't score, Chang Sheng would still support him, not only because of the emotional factors, but also because his performance was really outstanding.

As a center, sometimes it doesn't mean that you perform poorly if you don't score.

Cavani's feelings for Chang Sheng, and Chang Sheng's trust in Cavani. It has become a legend in football for more than ten years.

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After Cavani scored, the game became much easier for Lazio.

Because the game entered the Lazio rhythm.

Milan, which relies on defensive counterattacks, can only press out and attack.

This is their home court, and after all, Milan is also a powerful club, having won the Champions League just two seasons ago. Fans still have high expectations for this team.

The team's performance this season has been unsatisfactory, and Inzaghi has felt tremendous pressure.

If you lose the game at your home court because of a useless defensive counterattack. Then the fans will probably be even more angry, right?

So even if he knew he was outmatched, Inzaghi had to bite the bullet and attack at this time.

If the defensive counterattack strategy fails, then pursue a spectacular defeat.

Chang Sheng is not the kind of person who shows mercy to others.

He will not give up with respect just because of the courage shown by Milan.

He will only be secretly happy - since you are so cooperative, I won't be polite!

So in the rest of the game. Lazio scored two more goals in total.

Milan's offense was indeed effective, and they scored a goal.

In the end, the score of this game was 3:1. Lazio, who played away from home, defeated Milan, won their first victory, and continued to rank first.

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At the post-match press conference, Inzaghi, as the loser, was bombarded by the media. Reporters asked him if he was too conservative when he chose to defend and counterattack at his home court, and whether it was because of this conservative mentality that Milan lost the game.

Inzaghi naturally did not admit this. He said that he lost the game only because the strength gap between the two sides was too big.

"We tried everything we could, but we still lost the game. Because the strength gap between our two sides is too big, this is football. Sometimes the strength gap is too big, and it is beyond your control."

Inzaghi's attitude naturally did not satisfy the reporters.

But after Chang Sheng came. Speaking for Inzaghi was something that many reporters did not expect.

With a bad temper that always wins. It's really rare that he would speak up for his opponent.

"Milan was conservative? No, I didn't see it. In fact, they chose the right approach - I said before they conceded the first goal. But it is a pity that we are stronger than Milan. As a Head coach, there is nothing we can do about it. For those who think Milan can be more active, this is the answer to you after Milan lost a goal. In addition, of course I also hope that Milan will start from the beginning of the game. One minute they attack us and then we don't just score three goals in this game..."

Chang Sheng's words left the reporters speechless.

This is a roundabout way of slapping them in the face...

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After the game, Italian media spread rumors that Inzaghi would be sacked due to the loss to Lazio.

Chang Sheng found it funny when he heard this. He left a message on his personal website to ridicule these self-righteous reporters: "When will losing to Lazio become a criterion for dismissal? Isn't it normal to lose to Lazio? If you lose to Lazio and you will be fired, then all Serie A teams must prepare at least three head coaches every season? If Inzaghi is fired, it must have nothing to do with this game. Don't make it sound like Lazio. What a surprise to win against Milan! Isn’t it embarrassing to be defeated by the team ranked first in the league?”

Chang Sheng's speech was quickly circulated throughout the online world.

Everyone said that Chang Sheng said it well, and Chang Sheng scolded it wonderfully! I have long disliked the reporters’ grandchildren!

Subsequently, the Milan club also issued a statement, refuting rumors in the media that Inzaghi would be dismissed.

"...We have great trust in Mr. Inzaghi's work and we will not fire him because of the loss in this game..."

Fortunately, the top management of Milan Club is still clear-headed.

But maybe they are thinking this way - with Milan's virtues, who can be better to coach instead of Inzaghi?

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