Chapter 47: Fighting the Blue Eagle
The days of training pass in a flash, but in the career of every professional team member, it is this daily training that occupies the most important part.
The day before the game started, Conte was very satisfied with the players' condition. He left everyone in the team's tactical room again after training.
As always, before every game, the head coach has to talk about the team's tactical arrangements, the opponent's threat points and playing styles.
As the head coach, Conte almost immediately began to collect information about his opponents in the next round after the first round, and then continued to focus on the players' training days.
When the team members were sitting together, all that was left was a video of less than two hours and a few pages of text.
While the team members were listening attentively, Conte began his own explanation.
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Lazio, a team with blue and white as the background color of the team, can be said to have many strong players in the team now.
Although it does not have countless super stars like the major Serie A giants, the overall strength of this team is still very strong.
Before playing against Piacenza, the team had won two consecutive victories. In those two games, Lazio first swept Fiorentina with a score of 3-0, and then easily defeated Torino 3-1.
It is not difficult to see that this is a team with excellent offensive ability, but its defense is relatively inferior.
It can still stabilize the situation when dealing with teams like Turin and Fiorentina, but when facing teams that really have explosive points, it is unsatisfactory.
In the third round of the league, Lazio lost to AC Milan with a big score of 1-4, and the entire defense line was almost beaten by the unstoppable Milan stars.
The only stable point for the team's defense is Lichsteiner who keeps filling up the teammates at the right back position of the team and shouts loudly to try to boost morale.
After analyzing the characteristics of this team, Conte already had a curse to deal with the opponent. Piacenza was not afraid of offensive opponents, but was afraid of teams that mainly focused on shrinking tactics.
Since Lazio likes to play offense, he has absolutely confidence in his team's forward line and has made the decision to play against the opponent.
The players naturally had no objection to the head coach's arrangements, and nodded after Conte expressed his tactical intentions.
Conte then still brought out his most convenient 433 formation. The three forwards were from Cassia in very good shape recently as the center, and the two forwards on the left and right were Liu Feng and Aubameyang.
Unlike Aubameyang, Liu Feng's position is not a pure winger. When Conte puts him in this position, he deliberately leans him inward and tells him that he has the freedom to decide his own way of attack.
Genius needs freedom, and mediocre people need to follow the command step by step. This is Conte's inner thought.
A player like Liu Feng is worse than forcing him to play as he wants, so that he can gain enough autonomy. Only the freely flying eagle can arouse people's exclamations.
At the same time, after arranging the team's forward personnel in advance, Conte also emphasized that Liu Feng's opponent Lichsteiner was very strong and hoped that he would pay attention in the game.
Then, Conte reported the midfielder who went to Rome with the team.
Naingran, who has been in good shape, was selected again, and the steady Marcisio continued to play as the midfielder, while Nocerino was unlucky for an accidental injury in training not long ago.
Therefore, Padalino successfully returned to the starting position again.
On the back line, the young Scapelli was in a state of obvious depression despite playing all over the game for five consecutive rounds, so Conte put him on the bench.
In this game, the team's central defender was paired by Astorri and Gadri, and as for the two full-back positions, Westri and Wolfre are still the roles.
After arranging the team's tactics and roster candidates, Conte waved his hand to signal the players to disband on the spot. Tomorrow morning, they will take the team bus to the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
There was no dream all night, the next day, amid the shouts of some fans who could not follow the team to go on a long journey, the Piacenza team bus once again embarked on the long league journey.
The Olympic Stadium in Rome is full of people.
As one of the traditional seven sisters in Serie A, Lazio has a considerable number of fans in the local area. This team that won the European Cup and Serie A championship at the end of the last century has a deep foundation.
In recent years, under the leadership of coach Decio Rossi, Blue Eagles have played offensive football in Serie A. This approach is naturally very popular with fans and has attracted a large number of fans for this team.
In the distant China, this team also has a large number of fans.
However, unlike the entire home court support team, when Lazio stood opposite to Liu Feng's team, a large number of Chinese Blue Eagles fans turned to Piacenza.
After the similar hot game before each round of the league began, both teams returned to the locker room and waited for the game to begin.
As the referee on duty and the referee team led the two teams out of the player channel, the time for the game to officially begin is getting closer.
"CCTV, CCTV, Hello everyone, I am Liu Jianhong."
On CCTV, Liu Jianhong has become a regular commentator of Piacenza's game, and fans are still very interested in his commentary.
As for Duan Xuan, who appeared with Liu Jianhong during the match between Piacenza and Inter Milan, the game did not appear in the commentary room.
It is said that CCTV has begun to try to improve the football game commentary effect by inviting guests, but that is the next story.
"The captains of both sides have completed the game and the competition begins soon."
On the court, Lazio, who won the game in the rock-scissors, chose the ball, while Liu Feng chose the half-court closer to the visiting team's fan zone.
With the referee whistle whistle, Simeone Inzaggi, who was standing at the midfield serving point, pushed the ball, and the strong showdown officially kicked off.
"Give them good looks!!!"
On the side of the court, Lazio's coach Rossi shouted at his players.
In the last two rounds of the game, Lazio scored repeatedly in the first 20 minutes of the game, which is naturally a reflection of Rossi's tactical arrangement.
As soon as the ball kicked off in this game, Lazio, who controlled the ball, simply turned the ball to the frontcourt after a simple back-up. There is no doubt that they are also trying to give Piacenza a head-on blow to the popular newly promoted team.
"Pay attention to defense."
On the sidelines, Conte's expression became unprecedentedly serious. He had discussed the Blue Eagle tactics with the players and knew very well that Lazio liked to attack at the beginning of the game, so he made arrangements early.
On the green field, the players who had been preparing for Piacenza were not attracted by Lazio's back-field foot.
When they finished their half-time formation, they were ready to face Lazio, who was pressing against the army.
The war is about to break out.
Chapter completed!