Chapter 13 New face

Sassolo, Italy.

Mape Tricolor Stadium.

This round is the 20th round of Serie A, and it is also the first day of the second half of the Serie A season.

Lazio will face Sassuolo away from home!

At this time, in the fan stands.

A group of Lazio fans composed of hundreds of people.

I have already sat down and waited for the start of the game.

Today is an away game.

This part of the fans who came to the away field to cheer for Lazio are undoubtedly the absolute loyalists of the team!

Lazio ranked 5th in the league last season.

This also makes many Lazio fans have great expectations for the team's performance this season.

At the beginning of the season, Lazio's football market was also very popular.

But the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment!

After half a season.

The poor performance of the Lazio team also completely made the fans lose their patience!

The league fell to the 10th place all the way.

It is seriously inconsistent with the expectations of the fans!

In the first half of the season, the number of fans watching the team's away game was once as high as thousands.

Now there are only a few hundred people left!

"In the first game of the second half of the season, Lazio's players must do their best! Give a good start to the second half of the season!"

"Isn't the goal of this season to hit the top four in the league and qualify for the Champions League? In the second half of the season, we must catch up!"

"The first half of the season was so bad, and it's not so easy to make a big change in the second half of the season!"

"That's right! During the winter break, the team did not have a strong recruitment at all, and there was no fundamental growth in strength. How can we counterattack?"

"Don't you pay attention to the transfer operation of the team during the winter break?"

"It's not that the team didn't recruit, but it didn't spend a lot of money to recruit!"

"It is said that a midfielder was rented from Liverpool for free!"

"Free rental? Is this player reliable?"

"That's true! Look at it! There is a new face on the big list of the team's game!"

"New midfielder! It's the one who was loaned from Liverpool!"

"Check the player's information quickly!"

"This player is a British player who grew up in England's youth training. He should be a little better, right?"

"No! This player is only 16 and a half years old?! I'll check... Sure enough! Zero appearances in the Premier League! It's over! It's not just a zero appearance in the Premier League... This player has no record of playing in official professional games at all!"

"Ah? You're not kidding, are you?!"

"A pure whiteboard young player?!"

At this time, Lazio fans in the stands complained one after another.

The team's financial situation is not ideal, which is well known to the fans.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there is no big help during the winter break!

It's just that many people didn't expect it at all.

The team's only support during the winter break was so unreliable.

This makes many Lazio fans not only disappointed, but even angry!

However.

After the game starts.

The situation that made the fans angry and helpless really came!

Today, the team's opponent is Sassuolo.

It is currently ranked 11th in the Serie A.

Follow Lazio closely on the standings!

If you face Lazio, who ranked fifth in the league last season.

Maybe the whole Sassuolo team will still be afraid.

But this season's Lazio is not as fierce as last season!

In the ranking of the standings, the two teams are still close to each other.

This makes Sassuolo fully believe.

Lazio, which is a strong team in Serie A, has completely fallen to Pingyang this season!

It's just the same grade as them!

Therefore, this game.

Sassuolo, who is sitting at home, aims to get all three points!

Moreover, Sassuolo is only two points behind Lazio in the standings.

If he wins at home this time, Sassuolo will be able to overtake Lazio in the standings!

By the way, Lazio will be kicked from the top 10 in the league to the 11th place!

The game began.

Sassuolo has the advantage of the home field.

Come up and launch a fierce attack!

Accompanied by the cheers of more than 20,000 Sassuolo fans in the audience.

The fierceness of Sassuolo's offensive.

It also makes the whole Lazio team exhausted!

In this game, Sassuolo's starting formation is 442!

Among them, the double strikers Zaza and Beraldi.

It is the absolute trump card combination on the team's offensive line!

Both of them are the best of the young generation of Italian front-line players!

Last season, they were also selected for the Italian national team!

In the German transfer market.

Zaza's value reached 18 million euros.

And the value of Beraldi, who can be both a center and a winger.

It's even as high as 30 million euros!

Perhaps such a player's value is difficult to get into the eyes of a top rich team.

But for a middle and lower league team in Serie A.

A front-line combination worth nearly 50 million euros.

It's definitely quite extravagant and threatening!

And the pair of front-line combinations also gave Lazio a head-on attack in the first half!

The 19th minute of the first half.

Zaza received a midfielder Bridget's midway pass.

Use your strong body to get rid of the interference of Lazio's central defender Defri.

He then turned around and hit the goal with a low shot.

Take the lead in rewriting the score on the field!

This goal immediately made Sassuolo's morale like a rainbow!

Defender Defri shook his head helplessly.

As the young mainstay of Lazio's rear line.

Defry's defense against Zaza has always been very successful before!

But Sassuolo's offensive was too fierce.

Wave after wave of offensives, people are completely overwhelmed!

As a result, without stopping it once, the opponent found a chance to break the goal!

Lazio fans in the stands sobbed!

It's not easy to play away games.

Now he is still in the first ball by the home team.

Then there is no doubt that the next game will definitely be more passive!

As a result, what are you afraid of?

The game lasted until the 36th minute.

Sassuolo striker Bellardi also showed the gold content of his 30 million euros!

After receiving a pass from his teammates on the side, he quickly broke through with speed!

Lazio full-back Ladu, who is watching his guard.

Although I tried my best to defend.

But he was still thrown away by Beraldi with the advantage of speed!

In the end, Beraldi quickly cut into the penalty area.

Shoot the ball into Lazio's net again!

2:0!

This goal made the whole Lazio team completely fall into hell!

Coach Pioli, who directs the team's defense on the side of the field.

At this moment, the angry player shouted:

"Let's defend together! Why doesn't anyone cooperate to defend up?!"

"Is it just to make it easy for him to cut inside?!"

"Ziani, are you blind?! Defrey is following Zaza. Who are you following? Is it special and air-proof?!"

"It sees that Ladu can't defend it, why don't you hurry up to make up for it?"

"Ladu, you are also a complete fool! If you can't pull the opponent outside the penalty area, you will commit a foul!"

"You don't have that defensive ability, and you can't even do tactical fouls?!"

"You play gentleman sports for me on the football field?!"

Pioli was also so angry!

In today's game, Lazio's plan is to take all three points away.

No matter how bad the situation is, if you take ten thousand steps back, you should at least keep a draw and retreat with your whole body!

As a result, the opponent directly scored two goals in the first half!

What the fuck are you doing?!

In fact, Pioli knows it very well.

Losing two goals in a row in the first half, the defenders certainly have certain responsibilities!

But to the bottom of it.

Or because Sassuolo's offensive was too fierce!

The reason why Sassuolo was able to launch an offensive unscrupulously on the offensive side.

The fundamental reason is that Lazio's side did not put too much pressure on the opponent in terms of attack!

If the opponent has no defensive pressure, he will naturally put out more energy on the offensive side!

If the situation on the court continues to develop.

Then Lazio will be more passive next!

This game is not a draw.

Maybe you will be humiliated by the opponent's big score!

Now Lazio wants to live.

You must have a shot of tonic on the offensive side!