Chapter 43 Tony & # One Hundred and Eighty-Three; Tang En's Confidence (One Hundred and Nine/One Hundred and Thirty-Four)

In the eleventh round of the league, Lazio faced Genoa at home.

In this game, Chang Sheng carried out rotation, and many substitute players got the opportunity to start.

Chang Sheng did this because they were going to expedition to England next.

In the fourth game of the Champions League group stage, Lazio challenged Nottingham Forest away from home.

After the last game, Nottingham Forest head coach Tony Twain clamored to make himself look good.

Some media said that Tony Twain was just bluffing. In the words of Chang Sheng, it was like "the distant bark of a negative dog."

Chang Sheng doesn't think so.

Nottingham Forest can draw with a team like Real Madrid at their home stadium, not just by bluffing.

That must be real material.

You must know that Real Madrid lost to Lazio in the first round of the group stage. For them, the second round of the group stage is not much different from a last-ditch battle.

They are definitely going to win. Even if it is the home ground of Nottingham Forest.

Real Madrid thought so and did the same. They bombarded the opponent at Nottingham Forest's home court for ninety minutes, and then tied with the opponent 0:0.

To say that Nottingham Forest relies on spiritual victory is an absolute misunderstanding.

They really have two tools on defense.

Chang Sheng knew this very well after fighting against them personally.

Although he and Tony Twain often exchanged insults, Chang Sheng did not dare to look down on him at all.

For Chang Sheng, the more aggressively he criticizes someone, the more he cares about and values ​​them.

Those opponents that he didn't pay attention to, those that he didn't take seriously, he didn't even think it was worthwhile to spray them.

He is a famous commander. This saliva is also very valuable, how can you spit it out in front of everyone?

Some people become famous just by confronting him.

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The winning coaching staff this week,

Basically, I didn't care about Genoa, and all my thoughts were on the away game against Nottingham Forest.

They carefully studied the footage of Nottingham Forest's home game against Real Madrid in the second round of the Champions League group stage.

Want to find some clues from it.

However, after researching and studying, it is no different from their tactical performance in the away challenge against Lazio.

On the contrary, Real Madrid must win. But when facing Nottingham Forest, they still underestimated the enemy.

Perhaps it was this underestimation of the enemy that prevented them from winning this game?

But Lazio has already played against Nottingham Forest, and they have already figured out what level they are at. Why does Tony Twain dare to say that he will beat Lazio after returning home?

Where does he rely on?

Chang Sheng frowned and thought about it, but he couldn't think of a reason.

Then the day to play away in the Champions League group stage is approaching.

In the middle, they played a league game with Genoa, and Lazio defeated Genoa 2:0 at home. Continue to lead the league standings.

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When the Lazio team arrived in Nottingham. It received incredible attention from the local media.

Even when Real Madrid came here, it didn't attract so much media attention.

The pick-up gate at Nottingham Airport was almost blocked by these enthusiastic reporters.

In addition to reporters, there were many fans, not only Lazio fans, but also Nottingham Forest fans.

certainly. They are not here to boo Lazio, but to catch a glimpse of the former European hegemon.

In any case, in the past fourteen years, Lazio has been the most successful player in European football, and their glory has left everyone stunned.

At their peak, there were many local fans wherever they went, and that was Lazio's glory.

In the past two years, Lazio has declined. There are fewer and fewer such things.

So when the Lazio players received such a grand welcome outside Nottingham Airport, they were a little flattered.

The questions asked by the local media in Nottingham were not too aggressive, and the atmosphere was generally friendly.

This welcoming atmosphere surprised the Lazio players.

Chang Sheng was even more surprised.

He believed that with Tony Twain's temper, leading the team to Nottingham was nothing more than an adventurous journey into the dragon's den and the tiger's den alone.

I didn't expect it to be so easy...

He even suspected that he had gone to the wrong place and went to Derby County next door - Derby County and Nottingham Forest are mortal enemies, so Derby County fans will naturally be friendly to Lazio, because Lazio is Nottingham Forest's opponent. , they hope Lazio can defeat Nottingham Forest.

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The day before the game. The Lazio team went to the City Stadium in Nottingham Forest for training to adapt to the venue.

everything is normal.

Chang Sheng carefully observed the turf and other facilities of the city stadium and found that they were all normal and there were no problems.

So he dismissed the speculation that Nottingham Forest might tamper with the home ground.

In short, Lazio's players completed the pre-match warm-up very smoothly.

At the pre-match press conference, Chang Sheng still focused on spitting at each other with Tony Twain.

Tony Twain called Chang Sheng "arrogant" at the pre-match press conference he attended earlier.

Changsheng hit back at the pre-match press conference: "I think Mr. Tony Twain is more arrogant." He spread his hands and smiled. "I have nine Champions League titles. What does Mr. Tony Twain have?"

In fact, it is a very ungentlemanly thing to use one's own honors to suppress others. After all, Changsheng is older than Tony Twain and debuted earlier.

So he must have won more honors.

Doing so is a bit like an elder bullying a younger person.

But Changsheng did it, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

And the media didn't think there was anything wrong with him doing it.

Obviously everyone is familiar with Changsheng's style of doing things.

This is his controversial side.

People who like him like him very much, and people who don't like him don't like him very much. There is no compromise. As long as you know him, your opinion of him must be one of these two.

Changsheng used his own honors to suppress Tony Twain. This is obviously bullying.

But Tony Twain can't do anything about Changsheng's behavior.

Who made him really inferior to Changsheng in terms of honor?

He coached Nottingham Forest for seven years. In those seven years, he won two lower-level league championships, one FA Cup and one League Cup. Apart from that, he had no other honors.

He had never won the Premier League championship. Not counting this Champions League, he had participated in three European competitions, but he had not won any.

Compared with Changsheng, who was so good, Tony Twain was indeed weak.

Therefore, looking at the smiling Changsheng, Tony Twain naturally had to hold his breath in his chest. Waiting for tomorrow's game to teach the arrogant Changsheng a lesson.

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At the pre-match press conference, Tony Twain once again showed his confidence.

"We can definitely beat Lazio. Because I believe we can!"

This statement was naturally regarded by the media as a typical bluff, because there was no real substance.

Changsheng, like other media, was surprised that Tony Twain was so confident.

But he couldn't find a reason.

So in the end, he could only regard this matter as Tony Twain's psychological warfare.

But...what kind of psychological warfare is this? How can he affect himself and the Lazio players?

Changsheng had no idea...

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The game came as scheduled the next day.

When the players went out to warm up, Changsheng was preparing in the locker room. This was his habit. He rarely, or even never, went out to watch the team warm up.

At this time, he was the only one in the locker room, and he could enjoy the rare tranquility.

Under increasing pressure, this was a good opportunity to relax.

But today was special. He had just fallen into deep thought. The door of the locker room was knocked open.

He was very upset to be disturbed and looked up.

Then he saw Thiago limping in with the help of the team doctor.

"What happened?" Changsheng stood up and asked with a frown.

"Uh... Chang, Thiago sprained his ankle during the warm-up..." The team doctor also frowned and said.

"Sprained ankle? What happened?"

It's not uncommon to get injured during warm-up before a game. This is not incredible.

But it's very troublesome to encounter such a thing.

Because the starting lineup needs to be adjusted temporarily.

Thiago was the starting player in this game. Now he is injured, and he has to be replaced.

Fortunately, he used rotation so that everyone can cooperate with each other, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

But he wants to find out what caused Thiago's injury.

Just as the team doctor was about to answer, the door was knocked open again.

Chang Sheng turned his head and looked over. He suddenly worried that another injured person would be sent in.

Fortunately, it was not one person who limped in with another person this time, but the assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez who was in a hurry.

"Chang."

He glanced at Thiago, and then said to Changsheng: "There is a problem with Nottingham Forest's stadium."

Changsheng was surprised: "There is a problem? What problem?"

"It is completely different from when we adapted to the field yesterday!"

Changsheng smiled: "Why is it different? Could it be that they have changed the stadium?"

Rudy Gonzalez smiled bitterly: "I am afraid they really changed the stadium..."

Changsheng widened his eyes: "If we had not been partners for more than 20 years, I really thought you were kidding me, Rudy."

"According to the reaction of the players in the warm-up. The field is bumpy and soft. Playing on it is like playing on a rotten vegetable field! If you are not careful, you will easily get injured. Thiago accidentally stepped into a pit during the warm-up just now, and then sprained his ankle..."

He pointed at Thiago, and the team doctor who was holding Thiago beside him nodded, confirming Rudy Gonzalez's statement.

Changsheng looked up at the ceiling.

Well, now at least I know why Tony Twain is so confident that he can defeat us... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (m). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m to read.)

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