champion professor

Chapter 214 The Sad Mendieta

The host who explained to the British fans is naturally an Englishman from the BBC. He has no clear club affiliation, and every time he explains the UEFA Champions League, he will be more biased towards the teams from England.

This time, with a corner kick, Arsenal equalized the score, which is quite satisfactory when the game has not passed for a long time.

Under the attention of close to [-] Lazio fans, it is impossible for the Blue Eagles to admit defeat at home. They are full of fighting spirit. Even if they just lost a goal, they also said to themselves in their hearts: nothing, this is not a goal lost in a sports game. Wouldn't it be good to enter one?
What the local tyrants invest in is a team composition that is superior to the whole of Europe. Even if it is a substitute lineup, it is enough to compete for a certain championship.It's just that extensive injuries have hit them too hard, especially Craniotti, who has made many large investments in Lazio.

Whether it is Abramovich's money strategy at Chelsea, Real Madrid's one-year superstar policy, or the large sums of money burned by several oil giants in the Middle East, their source, or pioneer, is Cranioti.

Out of his loyalty and love for the club, Craniotti, who started from scratch and won a huge fortune, entered the club he followed since childhood. At that time, he was just relegated Lazio hovering between Serie A and Serie B.

In addition to the Italian Cup in 1958 and the Serie A championship in 1974, Lazio had nothing in 92.It was Craniotti's arrival that changed everything, allowing Lazio to close the gap with other clubs and to be on an equal footing with clubs like Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan.

The total investment of more than hundreds of millions of dollars has won several championships for Lazio, but it also greatly affected Craniotti's cash flow.

From a competitive point of view, Lazio has gone to glory, but economically, the team's own hematopoietic ability is not enough to make up for Cranioti's loss.

Now Craniotti has encountered a hurdle in his life. Although the Cirio Group in his hand has grown and grown through continuous acquisitions, problems continue to occur frequently.

At present, a court has sent him a subpoena, requiring him to defend the case of suspected tax evasion.

Craniotti really loves this club. He was born on the [-]th anniversary of Lazio's establishment. Even if the company's cash is insufficient, he has not reduced his investment in Lazio.

Even this summer, in order to continue strengthening the team, Craniotti deliberately borrowed another 1 million US dollars from the company Cirio Group, and this money became the last one that crushed him. straw.

But now that he is in a depressed mood, he specially came to watch the game in the box of the stadium, hoping that his team can defeat the foreign enemy at home, so that he can feel a little comfort.

"Fuck these British guys!" When Lazio scored the first goal, Craniotti shouted excitedly, just like the fans in the stands outside the box.

However, when Arsenal scored the equalizer goal, Craniotti sat there with a blank face, and said to the friend beside him: "It doesn't matter, Lazio will score soon, look at the goal Dieta, I have faith in him!"

Mendieta, whose transfer fee is close to 5000 million, is Lazio's main signing this season, and it is also a manifestation of Cranioti's deep love for the club.

Although he sometimes appears too fanatical and irrational, he doesn't see that the club can't go on without him, but Craniotti is still willing to sacrifice himself to lend money from the company to the club.

He just believes that Mendieta, who can lead Valencia to the finals for two consecutive years, will definitely bring changes to Lazio.

Although the head coach Eriksson hopes to win another league championship and complete the three consecutive league championships that few people in Europe have achieved, let alone Serie A, Craniotti wants Lazio to have a role in the Champions League. breakthrough.

Although he also felt that it was unrealistic to win the championship in one year.

Whether in the league or the Champions League, Mendieta has high hopes.After all, in the team, he has the highest transfer fee and the highest salary. Could it be that he is not allowed to be the core of the team, but to provide for the elderly?
Neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona can do such a prodigal thing.

But can Mendieta satisfy the appetite of the boss, the expectations of the fans, and the requirements of the head coach?
This game will tell the difference.

Arsenal's biggest signings are all below 1000 million pounds. Compared with the local tyrant Lazio, they look like a "proletarian" team.

Counting the entanglements of World War I and World War II, the match between the two teams can be described politically as "national hatred, national hatred, and class antagonism".

Suddenly thinking of these things, Shao Bo inadvertently laughed.

But the people on the side didn't care, thinking that Shao Bo was just happy for the excellent situation that the team is currently controlling.

Lazio conceded a goal at a corner kick just now, and they wanted to take the lead again in the sports battle, but their passes were frequently cut off by Arsenal players, and their shots were always blocked. Instead, Arsenal shot a few shots. With a high-quality shot, he almost completed the overtake.

Pires made a 45-degree diagonal pass from the left wing, and Henry faced Peruzzi and scored.

The ball went in! 2:1!

Arsenal successfully overtook the score!
After many fruitless attacks, Arsenal finally got a goal in the open battle and returned the favor.And this goal is derived from their perfect breakthrough against Lazio's defensive front.

Taking advantage of the situation that Nesta's ability to let go will be greatly weakened when he is facing players with relatively good physical strength, Ibrahimovic and Henry cooperated to stand on the route that Nesta rushed over in advance.

Obviously, this is Nesta's collision with Ibrahimovic, but the latter has nothing to do, but it affects Nesta's return to defense.

Colonnese, on the other hand, couldn't catch up with Henry's wind-like forwardness at all, and could only watch his back drifting away—no!After the brilliant shot from inside the penalty area, Henry paused for a moment before going around the back of the gate to shake his arms at the visiting fans who followed his team.

This is the interaction between players and fans. Henry did not forget that so many fans came to Rome from London to watch Arsenal's game and their victory!
Arsenal completed a high-quality attack and successfully overtook the score.

This made Craniotti, who was still murmuring that Lazio would definitely lead again, shut up, without saying a word, with an indifferent expression.

But soon, Eriksson adjusted the line, and Lazio started the final counterattack in the first half of the game.

After Simeone steals the ball in midfield, he chooses a long pass. Crespo stops the ball in the penalty area to get rid of the shooting angle. David Seaman confiscated the ball. Two minutes later, Arsenal failed to make an offside, and Higuain broke into the penalty area to shoot and was blocked.

After the 2-minute stoppage time sign was raised in the first half, Veron made a pass from the outside, and Nedved knocked horizontally at the first time, but the unattended Mendieta's shot was blocked by Campbell because of too long adjustment time live.

"Damn it!" Nedved spat fiercely on the grass.

What a beautiful pass just now, just taking advantage of the gap in Arsenal's defense, and shot again, Nedved himself didn't believe that he could still pass such a beautiful pass, but the hateful Mendieta wasted this opportunity!
This is almost a one-handed goal, and there is still so much time to adjust. I knew it would be better to pass it to Crespo or Inzaghi.

Perhaps for atonement, after grabbing the ball again, Mendieta dribbled the ball inside and cut in, but it was a pity that he shot high from the outside again.Then his teammates didn't pass the ball to him. At the end of the first half, Veron went straight to the left wing, David Seaman chose to attack, Stankovic chose to lob, and the ball flew out of the baseline against the crossbar.

A whistle signaled the end of the first half.

hateful!

The Lazio players who led first and then fell behind in the first half were a little upset, but most of them now think about how to get the score back in the second half.

The fans in blue also believed in the team and believed that they could recover their strength after a short break at halftime and win this game!
You know, they have not lost in the group stage of the Champions League. If they win this game, they have great hopes of entering the next stage of the group stage.

The country has won the league championship for two consecutive years, and the fans also hope to make a breakthrough in the Champions League.

This is where the contradiction between the head coach and the fans and owners lies, with Eriksson paying more attention to the league results, while others think about how to go further in the Champions League.

The expectations of the two are different, which led to the reason that although Lazio spent a lot of money to buy Mendieta, it has not been arranged to become the core of the team.

Now that Arsenal have overtaken the score, they can breathe a sigh of relief.

Lazio originally moved to an offensive football team after a huge investment. To deal with this kind of team that is very similar to Arsenal in the later period of Arsene Wenger's coaching, Shao Bo feels that there is still a lot of experience that can be used.

Strict defense is not enough, and it is unrealistic to play counterattacks in front of them with super offensive power. However, Shao Bo has always followed the path of defensive counterattack, and he will not give up at this time.

After the players returned to the locker room, Shao Bo began to assign them new tasks.Since this is Lazio's home court, they will not be reconciled to such a score.

In addition, in terms of strength on paper or the ranking of world clubs, Lazio is a team that is much higher than Arsenal, and they may not have too many concerns.

"Be careful of their offense in the second half, we will still stabilize the existing defense, and then follow the sneak attack style!"

The players rested in the locker room to relieve pressure, and Shao Bo explained the essentials of tactics.

"Isn't this a bit wretched?" Scratching his head, Henry muttered with a smile.

"Haha, yes, but that's what wins! Guys, don't any of you hate winning?"

(End of this chapter)