Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 165 Blue Eagle vs Black Chicken

"Uh, this is your new teammate, Stefano Mauri."

In the first training session back in Italy, head coach Pioli introduced Xia Chuang’s last new aid to everyone, and at the same time smiled apologetically to the captain and defender Radu:
"Stefan, I'm sorry."

Radu laughed, walked out of the queue, and hugged Maoli fiercely:
"I've only been captain for a month, why are you back?"

Mauri patted his partner hard:
"I thought about it for three months and finally decided that if I had to choose a place to retire, it would make more sense here."

Since 2005, he has played for Lazio for ten full seasons, dedicating his youth and peak to this team.

In the past ten years, he has accompanied Lazio to relegation, and also to qualify for the Champions League. Although the contract was terminated a few months ago, after careful consideration throughout the summer, the club and the players decided to continue.

Lu Feng didn't know much about Lazio's history, and he had only heard the name of the old captain of the Blue Eagles, and he didn't have any contact with each other, so he just expressed his welcome to Mauri with applause like Mauricio and other new players.

"I was relieved to see that most of the players came back healthy, with the only exception...our young defender De Vryl was injured."

Pioli was a little helpless, because De Vrij was the only post-90s among the main defenders, but he turned out to be more vulnerable than other pre-85 veterans.

He pulled himself together and opened the notebook in his hand:
"From today until the next international match day, we will play 4 league matches and 2 Champions League group matches. The six opponents are Udinese, Paris Saint-Germain, Naples, Genoa, Verona, and... …real Madrid."

He prolonged his voice a little while looking at the expressions of the players.

Most of the people have serious faces, and some stunned young people are eager to try and excited, and it is inevitable that some people's eyes flicker and show timidity.

These are all human feelings. After all, among the six teams, Udinese is not weak, Naples is like a wolf, and Paris and Real Madrid are obviously better. They have to play four fierce battles in a month. Being a head coach is really stressful.

"Because Klose will not be able to recover in the short term, we will make relatively large adjustments in our offensive tactics. Lu, compared to the traditional center, I hope that your position can be slightly retreated and sidelined, and you are more inclined to be a center forward." A left winger, so that you can maximize your speed advantage, what do you think?"

Pioli publicly solicited Lu Feng's opinion, and he obviously put himself in the right position.

Since the head coach is so courteous and virtuous, Lu Feng also agreed very simply:
"My best position is the left winger, but coach, you must take into account that I may not be able to help the full-backs much on the defensive end."

Pioli rubbed his forehead:
"Your task is to attack and destroy their defense. Unless there are special moments, you don't need to worry about defense."

Lu Feng was deeply moved by the high expectations placed on him by the head coach, and he immediately issued a military order:

"We will definitely win these six games!"

Pioli was taken aback by his statement:
Did this kid not hear clearly?
These six opponents are not just giving away points, there are also super local tyrants Paris and Champions League overlord Real Madrid!
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Thanks to his early return to Italy, during the few days from September 9th to 6th, Lu Feng was finally able to calm down and carry out systematic training.

If he had a "fierce battle" with the Maldives on September 9 as planned, and returned on the 7th, he would have to adjust the time difference after landing. When he finds his training status, the next game is already in sight.

Although for most professional players, they are used to traveling frequently for the national team and club, but if they can reduce some burdens and maintain a better state, who would not want to?
On the afternoon of September 9th, Lazio sat at home and ushered in the opponent in the third round of the league, Udinese.

Although Udinese is not as deep as Juventus and Milan, it is barely a traditional team, especially between 2010 and 2013. It has entered the European war zone for three consecutive seasons, and it is quite likely to become an emerging giant. ambition.

However, as Di Natale gradually aged, a large number of powerful players such as Sanchez, Asamoah, Handanovic, Basta, and Benatia left one after another, and Udinese's strength declined rapidly. -Only ranked 2014th in the 15 season, only one step away from the relegation zone.

The stingy Lazio club president spent more than 2000 million euros in the summer window to introduce new aid, while Udinese not only had no net investment, but instead achieved a profit of 4000 million euros by selling players!

When Lu Feng saw the opponent's starting 11-man roster, he was a little sad to find that he didn't even know any of them!
The only Di Natale who has heard the name is still sitting on the bench!
It's no wonder that this old Serie A monster born in 1977 is 38 years old, one year older than Klose!
What's the point of playing against such an unknown opponent? -
The game was played in heavy rain.

The fans in Italy are not as enthusiastic as in England. In such bad weather, almost half of the seats in Rome's Olympic Stadium, which can accommodate 72000 people, were left empty.

Since the ownership of this stadium belongs to the municipality, and it is shared by Lazio and Roma, and concerts are contracted from time to time, the maintenance of the venue is not very ideal. At this moment, it is raining heavily, and the turf will soon become muddy.

The slippery turf is the enemy of skilled players. Those actions that require delicate ball control will only slip and fall over and over again under such conditions. Even Lu Feng has to be extra cautious.

For him, the good news is that Udinese has deployed a defense line of three central defenders to strengthen the protection of the center, but their wings undoubtedly exposed huge gaps!

In the 11th minute of the first half, the old captain Maoli who had just returned sent a through ball. Lu Feng caught up with the ball on the edge of the penalty area. The embarrassed defender then volleyed and hit the upper right corner of the net!
1-0!

Only 7 minutes later, Lazio got another chance. Candreva shot from a long distance. Although the goalkeeper made a wonderful save, he accidentally let go because the football was too wet. Lu Feng, who had been cruising on the left side of the penalty area, instantly turned As an afterimage, with a light tap of his left foot, the football got into the net from between the goalkeeper's legs!
2-0!

Falling behind by two goals in 18 minutes, Udinese had to change to 4231 again, wanting to give up the number advantage in the midfield and instead stabilize the defense.

But Lazio did not agree!

In the 26th minute, Mauricio made a long pass from the backcourt to the right. Candreva crossed the center line and then shifted in a wide range. The instep completes the action of unloading the ball.

Maybe it was because the rain was too heavy, or maybe he didn't use his usual left foot. With Lu Feng's technique, he made an obvious mistake, and the football rolled directly three meters away...

The Udinese central defender, who had already had no time to make up for his position, was overjoyed and rushed forward, but before he could get close to his goal, he saw Lu Feng catch up with the football, and then swept the ball into the penalty area!
The central defender suddenly felt a chill!
But a thought jumped out of his mind:
The stop just now...wasn't a mistake at all? !
Lazio's No. 1 player... wanted to draw himself out from the start? !

Keita, who was ambushing near the penalty spot, was empty in front of him!
He just stretched his feet facing the football, and the football was pushed into the goal by him!

3-0!

In less than half an hour, the "black chicken" who was a guest at the Olympic Stadium in Rome was pecked into a drowned chicken by the blue eagle in the heavy rain!
(End of this chapter)