Chapter 208 What if It Rains...? (18/21)

Since Chang Sheng became a professional coach, he has never competed with Sir Alex Ferguson.冰x-on:火! in Chinese

The greatest and most successful head coach in football today is an idol in the minds of countless people.

Chang Sheng liked coaches in his previous life, and Ferguson was one of his idols.

It's just that at that time he could only compete with the virtual Ferguson in the game.

Now he can play live FM, and he can also compete with the real Ferguson.

They have already had a confrontation before the game started.

Before the start of the game, Ferguson hid among a bunch of media and launched a psychological offensive against Lazio.

However, this offensive was resolved lightly by Chang Sheng.

After that both sides quieted down, but that doesn't mean there won't be any fighting between the two.

Ferguson is well-known in English football for being good at using psychological warfare to attack opponents. During his more than 20 years of coaching Manchester United, many famous coaches have fallen under his spit.

He also enjoys the process.

But now in England, there are fewer and fewer people who can stand up to him happily.

After Arsenal had completely degenerated and failed to win the championship for many years, Ferguson was also not interested in "disgraceful" with Arsenal's coach Arsene Wenger.

As for Liverpool, the sworn enemy of Manchester United, Ferguson is too lazy to fight with their manager.

It's Chelsea's head coach Mourinho who has been here for three years, which made Ferguson feel that he is still young...

Unfortunately, Mourinho left soon.

So everyone has rarely seen his remarks against other team coaches in the media.

Now in the Champions League final, he met Chang Sheng.

The old fox versus the little mad dog.

That was the point of the needle.

For Ferguson, anything can be used to do psychological warfare, to put pressure on the opponent.

For example, a simple and ordinary thing like arriving in Moscow,

In the hands of Ferguson. It has become an opportunity for psychological warfare.

Because Manchester United arrived in Moscow three hours earlier than Lazio.

Speaking to reporters at Moscow's Domodov airport, Ferguson said: "We're ahead of them? Ha, that's good, we're already ahead of Lazio!"

Three hours later, when Chang Sheng led Lazio to Domoddorf Airport, the reporters came up to spread the word.

"Ferguson said they had the lead because they got there before you..."

This is not an ordinary joke, Chang Sheng knows that this is Ferguson's psychological warfare.

So he smiled and replied: "There is a saying in China. 'It's better to come early than to be coincidental'. It means that it is useless to come early but not at the right time. Someone can relay this sentence to Mr. Ferguson. I am glad to teach him a Chinese proverb."

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The confrontation between the two did not stop there, but continued.

At the pre-match press conference, the two confronted each other.

When talking about this game, Ferguson said that Manchester United has an advantage because we have rich experience.

"We have players from the 1999 Champions League final in our squad. They are our treasure. They will pass on their experience to their teammates, the youngsters. This is the legacy. And Lazio, What do they have? They don't have a single player in their squad who was in the final of the Champions League..."

An Italian reporter raised his hand and asked: "But Lazio's performance in Serie A can be called dominant..."

Ferguson said with a smile: "This just explains why today's Italian league is no longer the first league in Europe. Even a team like Lazio can dominate in Italy." He shrugged.

The disdain is very obvious.

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Chang Sheng's first reaction when he heard Ferguson's words was to be upset.

But he arrived soon. This should be Ferguson's psychological warfare tactic.

He wants to piss off himself and the team and make the team play out of order.

Anger, sometimes not equal to motivation, but can destroy a successful team.

Ferguson expressed his disdain for Lazio in the tone of a person who has experienced it, which is even more convincing. It doesn't make you think otherwise.

So I almost fell for it.

If you fly into a rage. Then, if you scold Ferguson across the air at the press conference, it will definitely affect your team.

They will lose their correct judgment because they have lost their calm.

At this time, Ferguson would hide in the corner and sneer. Watch your team fall into chaos.

So the best way is not to scold Ferguson for looking down on people, but...

Chang Sheng came to his senses after a brief absence, and he looked at the reporters below.

He knew that those reporters hoped that he and Ferguson would scold each other, which would be both a gimmick and a profit.

But he didn't intend to.

Chang Sheng smiled slightly.

"Ferguson was right. None of us in the team had experience in a Champions League final. But because of that, we were motivated enough to face this game. The road is made. The experience is the same. Won a title , we have experience, which is nothing superior."

Chang Sheng's answer was neither humble nor overbearing, but at the same time he did not lose his composure.

It surprised the reporters present.

They felt that with Chang Sheng's mad dog personality, he would definitely do everything possible to insult Ferguson.

Unexpectedly, he didn't say any bad words!

This is really...

It makes people feel like the sun is coming out from the west.

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That night, when Ferguson saw the video of the press conference on TV, he narrowed his eyes and smacked his lips.

This Changsheng is not easy to deal with...

I tried to provoke him again and again, but he just couldn't be fooled... Didn't the media say that this is a violent and irritable young man? It's easy to get carried away.

But why in front of him, he behaved normally, with no weakness to catch at all.

Or was he faking it, and he was actually irritated by himself, but he just didn't want to let himself know?

If this is the reason, then it's easy to handle.

As long as Chang Sheng is angry. There is always room to exploit.

Ferguson got up and turned off the TV.

Getting ready to give the team a tactical meeting.

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At the same time, in another hotel, Lazio's tactical meeting was almost over, so Chang Sheng didn't see the video of the post-match press conference at all.

At today's tactical meeting, Chang Sheng focused on the question "If it rains tomorrow, and the rain is not too light, what should we do?"

The players all thought it was strange—the sun was shining brightly today, and the weather forecast didn't say it would rain tomorrow. Why did the boss suddenly say this?

Chang Sheng could see the puzzled eyes of these players.

But he couldn't explain it to them.

It was impossible for him to say that because he came from time travel, he knew it would rain in tomorrow's game.

if that is the case. Without Ferguson's psychological tactics, Lazio would already be in chaos-who would want to play under such an unreliable head coach?

So Chang Sheng can only explain to the players: "This is a possible situation. Isn't the purpose of preparing for the game just to beware of various possible situations?"

Then it started to talk blah blah blah.

In fact, the main point is to try to pass the ball as little as possible, because the turf is wet and slippery, and the football will roll faster on the turf. hard to control. If you pass the ball directly, you will make more mistakes. This can lead to easy loss of possession and handing over the football to the opponent.

And he guessed that Manchester United would simplify their style of play and make more use of high-altitude balls to bomb. So give up possession of the ball so easily as little as possible.

At the same time to increase the long shot. On rainy days, the football will sink after it gets wet, and its strength will be greater, plus there is water on the ball skin. More slippery, the goalkeeper is easy to release.

At this time, the strikers must pay special attention to the second landing point.

If the opponent's goalkeeper drops his hand, he must run to the corresponding position as soon as possible. Supplementary shot.

In addition, set kicks are also the main way to score goals in rainy days.

Most of the Lazio team is small, and the headers in the offense mainly rely on the backcourt players, especially the two central defenders.

So when there is a set piece in the frontcourt, both central defenders have to go up and fight for the top. In this way. Who will cover the gap they leave?

This also has to be said in advance, otherwise there may be chaos in the game-I think you should defend. So I didn't go. You think I should go on defense, so you don't go, and as a result, no one goes, leaving gaps and loopholes there...

Long shots plus second point control and set kicks, this is the main way to deal with this game in rainy weather.

For this reason, Chang Sheng intends to use all the game skills in this field in this game, such as the game skills to enhance the long-range shooting rate, the game skills to control the second landing point, and the game skills to increase the success rate of the top. Now he can place four game skills at the same time, and the remaining game skill can be used to enhance physical confrontation ability.

In this way, basically even if it rains, Lazio can fight against Manchester United without losing the wind.

Otherwise, if you still insist on ground passing and running cooperation, the error rate will be too high.

In addition, the defense emphasizes the anti-high ball and the opponent's long-range shots.

It's not a secret tactic to shoot long shots in rainy days. Every fan knows it, and it's impossible for Ferguson not to think of it.

It's just that he doesn't know that it will rain tomorrow. But if it really rains in tomorrow's game, Ferguson doesn't need to draw any time to adjust his tactics, and he can complete the change of team tactics soon.

Moreover, there are many good long-range shooters in Manchester United's formation, Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Scholes...these people are all capable of deciding the outcome of a game with a single long-range shot.

Chang Sheng dare not take it lightly.

In addition, in terms of scrambling for high balls, the English team also has a talent advantage.

He asked the two central defenders to be tough when competing for the top in the penalty area, and strive to control the first landing. Other players outside the penalty area control the second point of attack, forming a three-dimensional and complete defense line, which does not give Manchester United the opportunity to use the second point of attack to launch a second attack.

After all this was said, Chang Sheng said the penalty again.

He always has to consider the possibility of a penalty shootout.

If there is a penalty shootout again, last year's scene must not be repeated.

After confirming that all aspects have been clarified, Chang Sheng waved off the meeting.

I have to rest early today, and tomorrow will usher in... a long day.