legendary worker

Zaccheroni is crazy.

After Chelsea kicked off, the Lazio players rushed up.

They are going to start pressing Chelsea up front.

Possession is not Chelsea's strength.If facing some teams with excellent possession of the ball, Lazio's style of play will undoubtedly die.After a few passes, Chelsea lost the ball.

Lazio started to attack.

The current Lazio is based on Mendieta as the core of the midfield.Behind him are Stankovic and Simeone.

So soon the ball was passed to Mendieta's feet.

Mendieta took the ball, and the Lazio fans cheered.

As a player introduced this season with 800 million euros, he carries great expectations from Lazio fans.After Veron, whom Lazio fans liked very much, left Lazio, they hoped that Mendieta could replace Veron.

And they have such confidence.

Mendieta's performance in Valencia was really good.How good is it?

At that time, Mendieta was compared with superstars such as Zidane and Rivaldo.His performance in recent years has been amazing, and he was selected as the best midfielder in Europe twice in a row.

Mendieta's performance in the past two years has attracted the pursuit of many European giants.

Mendieta's reputation is so high that the official World Cup website commented on him: "Mendieta, who was born in Bilbao, is one of the best midfielders in the world. His speed and direct bottom line The combination of vision and long-time Valencia captain's leadership has led the Mediterranean club to two consecutive UEFA Champions League finals. If Guardiola is the engine of Spain's midfield, then Mendieta is the national team's doer, super free person and commander in chief."

This is Mendieta now.

After Mendieta received the ball, he didn't pass the ball but directly handed the ball to Fiore on the right.

He is very beautiful.

But there is a lot of pressure on him.

A transfer fee of 800 million euros.This is a transfer fee that can be ranked at the top of the European football transfer list.With 800 million euros on his back, how could he not be under pressure.

Even the pressure is not normal.

Although it has only been two months since he came to Italy, Mendieta has already felt the difference between Italian football and Spanish football.The difference between Lazio and Valencia.

Valencia is a team that defends and counterattacks.

But Cooper asked everyone to defend back then, and Mendieta alone did not have this requirement.

He let Mendieta give full play to his talents.

With such support, Mendieta gave full play to his genius.Pass, pass, shoot, do whatever you want.Also created a brilliant Mendieta.

But when he got to Italy he understood.

He no longer has such privileges.

Although Zaccheroni is an offensive madman, he has the same requirements for all players, and Mendieta is no exception.Mendieta also needs to press and defend.And Italian football is different from Spanish football.

Their control over space is tight.

Let Mendieta play very limited.

Fiore is ready to break through.But seeing that Thorin had taken his position, Kewell was already returning.So the ball was handed back to Mendieta in the middle.

"Fiore, he gave the ball back to Mendieta!"

The moment Mendieta took the ball, Lampard rushed up.

Lampard is an English midfielder.Although not good at defense, but the defensive ability is definitely not weak.The feet are also very clean.

Mendieta's technique is very good.

Mendieta saw Lampard coming, smashed the ball with his right foot and accelerated past Lampard.It's a pity that although Lampard passed, he was still greatly disturbed by Lampard.

After passing, he barely controlled the ball.

When he just stabilized, he saw a black shadow again.

"Williams. Williams...Mendieta lost the ball."

Mendieta was directly intercepted by Williams.

Of course, this shouldn't be the case with Mendieta's strength.When Mendieta was in Valencia, this situation was not only encountered once or twice.Because in Valencia he is the most famous.

So many teams focus on marking Mendieta.

Two or three men guarding Mendieta happened a lot.But Mendieta has always faced that situation with ease.

Too bad it's stressful now.

And just arrived on a new team.Teammates are not very familiar.So coordination is also problematic.

This time the ball was lost.

Not once.

Soon everyone found out.Mendieta, who once conquered European football, and the magic power of Mendieta who came to Lazio with 800 million euros seems to have disappeared.You can't see his extraordinary and elegant passing on the court.

What people saw was Mendieta's mistakes again and again.

The ball was intercepted again and again, and the pass was missed again and again.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Mendieta conceded the ball again.

Simeone's pass has some errors.It was not sent directly to Mendieta's feet, but slightly deviated from Mendieta.Both Williams and Mendieta are fighting for the ball.

Mendieta was the first to get the ball.But he didn't have full control of the ball, like an amateur player.The first hit failed to stop the ball, but the ball bounced out.Then tried to take possession of the ball again, but was hit hard from the side by Williams.

Of course, Williams didn't hit people casually.

He put his foot in front of Mendieta and controlled the ball with his right foot.Then he slammed Mendieta hard with his body.

Who is Williams?

That was the monster that even Effenberg was ejected from.In the Premier League, players like Keane and Vieira are physically inferior to Williams.

Williams is called a monster in English football.

Even those big guys in English football are afraid of Williams' tyrannical body. The 1.7-meter Mendieta is even more so.

Hit by Williams, he flew out directly.Smaller than Williams.Totally a kid.

Lazio players thought Williams was fouled.

But the referee thought it was a normal collision.Moreover, Mendieta did not control the ball, which was within the scope of the two sides' competition.

Therefore, there is no foul.

"Mendieta, Mendieta. He was directly hit by Williams. But this is not a surprise at all. There are not one or two players who were ravaged by Williams in the Premier League. Not long ago, Effenberg did not Also learned the power of Williams."

Since Su Yun turned Williams into a midfielder, his style of play has changed a lot.

When Deschamps was around.In addition to running and intercepting in the midfield, Williams has a huge offensive power from the back.

But now he is in charge of the entire team's offense.

"Williams, the pass...it was a great pass. Perfect for Poborski with his speed."

Three backs.

It's really not that easy to fight.

In the past, Lazio still played four backs, but Zaccheroni wanted to play three backs.Lazio players haven't quite gotten used to it yet.So there is some confusion about the positioning.When there are three defenders.The requirements for the two wingers are high.

Of course, in addition to the two full-backs, the requirements for the two midfielders are also very high.

Simeone and Stankovic have to protect the two sides at any time.

It's a pity that neither Cesar on the left, nor Simeone or Stankovic have fully adapted to the three-back.

But Williams accurately found the loopholes in Lazio's defense.

Pass to Lazio on the left.

And it just happened to pass into an empty space.Let Poborski play his speed to the fullest.

"Poborski, he's so fast. Why can't Allardyce use such a good player!"

"Poborski, he got the ball... Favalli, Favalli couldn't stop Poborski, Poborski he had already wiped it in."

Poborski is very good in this kind of counterattack.

Facing Favalli after receiving the ball, Poboski made an inward cut, but soon it was a breakthrough.Leaving Favalli behind directly.

"Poborski, pass the ball!"

Poborski's pass was very accurate and found Zola.

Zola didn't stop the ball.Instead, push the ball gently down the middle.

"Zola, it's Lampard! Shot!"

"goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"One to zero. One to zero. Lampard opened the scoring for Chelsea."

Countering is easy.

Just a few passes.Williams passed to Poborski, and Poborski passed to Zola.And Zola made a light pad at the end, and sent the ball very easily to Lampard's running route.

Just a few passes, but Lazio's strong defense, Simeone, and Stankovic were all fooled.

Zaccheroni.

Crazy has a price.

"Mendieta, Mendieta. As a player worth 800 million euros, he has no performance in front of Williams. Neither Effenberg nor Mendieta can beat Williams."

When Mortensen explained, he never forgot to praise Williams.

Zaccheroni was furious.Yelling on the sidelines, very dissatisfied with Mendieta's performance.

Mendieta looked at Zaccheroni.

Just shook his head slightly.

He knew that he was very responsible for the conceded goal just now.And in the first few 10 minutes, Mendieta also knew that his performance was poor.But what he needs right now isn't the coach's rebuke.Instead, I hope to see the coach's opinions and encouragement.

Suddenly Mendieta regretted it.

Regret coming to Italy.

Although it has only been two months since he came to Lazio, Mendieta is really disappointed.

I may really be wrong.

Su Yun applauded from the sidelines while feeling sorry for Mendieta.When watching the Valencia video, Su Yun was very surprised by Mendieta.Because in Su Yun's view, Mendieta is a real genius.

The best midfielder in European football.

pity.

This is acclimatization.

Same as Veron.Maybe a talented midfielder like Mendieta was completely lost in this transfer.

Transfers need to be cautious.