Thanks to his 18-year-old body, Tang Long’s injury recovery was faster than the team doctors expected.
Three days later, the rib bruise was barely visible, and he practiced with the whole team for 20 minutes that day.
After Mancini and head doctor Siris exchanged views, considering the importance of the upcoming match, he decided to include Tang Long in the substitute list and take him to Lazio.
Chiwo, the first-team coach, thought Mancini was too conservative about this arrangent.
"Boss, why not start Tang? He’s only 18, this little injury is nothing at all. Against Lazio, a direct rival for the Champions League qualification, we need Tang’s midfield coordination and command!"
Mancini replied: "Tang hasn’t had systematic training for three days, his physical condition is still unknown, and he hasn’t participated in the coach group’s targeted training for Lazio. He still needs observation, and if the situation allows, I’ll give him 20 minutes."
In the 17th round of Serie A, Inter took the high-speed train to Roma to face Lazio.
Back in the 12th round of Serie A, Inter had already visited Italy’s capital, playing against Ro at that ti.
Ro and Lazio, like Inter Milan and AC Milan, are city arch-rivals.
In recent years, Italy’s economy has been deteriorating year by year.
Throughout the league, only Juventus owns its stadium with independent property rights; other teams rent stadiums from local municipal departnts.
Like the Milan duo, Ro’s two teams also share one stadium—the Ro Olympic Stadium.
Don’t be fooled by the stadium’s 68,530-seat capacity; it is classified as a big stadium across Europe.
But unfortunately, this is a multi-purpose stadium!
Compared to professional football stadiums, the stands in a multi-purpose stadium are separated from the running field by a wide rubber track.
This not only distances the audience too far from the field, resulting in a poor viewing experience.
More importantly, the stadium’s accumulating sound effect is diocre, making it difficult to create that thunderous stadium atmosphere.
As a result, the stadium’s attendance is low, and when players play, they lack the adrenaline-spurring roar!
For this reason, the Lazio owner made a statent before the season:
"I no longer want to play in this crappy stadium with Ro, after this season, I’ll rent you a new stadium!"
Although he made a Flag, the stadium was chosen, but the precondition was also set:
Lazio must advance to next season’s Champions League!
Joining the Champions League, even if it’s just playing six group matches before heading ho, can harvest fifty or sixty million euros, and there will be future rental fees for the new stadium~
However, Inter Milan is also thinking the sa way!
During the Moratti era, he wanted a new stadium, even having contact with China’s China Railway.
Due to funding constraints, the project was difficult to move forward.
Once the new owner Toshihiko arrived, he also painted a big picture to all the club staff:
"We also don’t want to share a stadium with AC Milan, we’ll build our new stadium!"
At this stage, Inter ranks 7th, Lazio 6th.
This focused contest for next season’s Champions League qualification needs no mobilization; players on both sides are full of motivation.
"CCTV!"
"CCTV!"
"It’s now Thursday morning at 3:40, welco to lock in CCTV5 on ti!"
"You are now watching the 2014-2015 Serie A 17th round match, Lazio’s ho ga against Inter Milan!"
"I am comntator Liu Jiayuan!"
"First, let introduce the starting lineup of the ho team Lazio, the formation is 433."
"German forward Klose starts, the other two forwards are..."
"On Inter’s side, they continue with their 4231 formation used in the last Europa League round."
"Klose himself Podolski as the lone spearhead!"
"A midfield position is Hernanes, on his left, Shaqiri, and on his right, Yuto Nagatomo!"
"Two defensive midfielders are Gualin and del!"
"On the defensive line, Ranocchia and Vidic in the middle!"
"Two side-backs, left Dodo, right Mbaye."
"The Slovenian veteran Handanovic guards the gate."
So slight flipping page sounds ca from the TV.
Liu Jiayuan seed to be checking the information prepared before the match.
"I know everyone is very concerned about Tang Long. According to the latest news from Italian dia, Tang Long was injured in the ribs by Dutch defender Van Dijk in the last Europa League match against Celtic, thus failing to start and appearing on the bench."
The TV screen showed the suit-clad Mancini, pre-match hugging Lazio’s coach Pioli.
Then the cara switched.
Focusing on Tang Long sitting on the bench, he was whispering to Berni beside him.
On the shoulders of both n, each had a brand-new white towel.
Seeing this scene, the live broadcast room imdiately burst into curses!
-[Damn Van Dijk, elbowed Tang Long’s rib, causing a contusion! Why didn’t he go harder and cause a fracture!]
-[I watched that Europa League match, Van Dijk was ssed around by Tang Long like a fool, guess he got emotional!]
-[Mancini too, why let Tang Long in the Europa League, do they really want to win the championship? Wouldn’t reserve for the league be better!]
-[Picking up sesa seeds and losing waterlon, if this match loses, I think Inter can say goodbye to next season’s Champions League!]
-[I watched Lazio’s ball a few tis, this team is very characteristic, its formation was extrely tight in defense, without Tang Long on the field, I estimate Inter would struggle to break!]
-[Manchester United fans chiming in, I don’t care if Inter wins or loses, I only care about when Tang Long returns to play!]
-[Sa here, Premier League fans, if not for watching Tang Long, who would want to wake up at dawn to see Serie A!]
-[No, can’t Serie A learn from Premier League’s match timings? Serie A’s decline has its reasons!]
Munich, within a riverside small tavern.
Wooden bars and tables, exuding a rustic and elegant atmosphere.
On the walls, perhaps hanging certain vintage Bayern posters and pennants.
Fans gathered in various corners, drinking rich foamy dark beer, eyes staring at the TV screen within the tavern showing Serie A matches.
This match is not just an ordinary Serie A duel, but also a direct contest between two legends of German football—Klose and Podolski.
Lazio’s Klose, nicknad God K, headshot bombardier;
Inter’s Podolski, nicknad Prince Podolski.
Both have represented the German national team over a hundred tis and were teammates at Bayern.
"I’ll bet 50 euros that Klose can score two headers in this match!"
"I’ll bet 100 euros, Podolski can break through Lazio’s defense, definitely Inter wins this match!"
The referee’s whistle blew, the whole match officially comnced!
Once Podolski kicked off, he rushed forward, brushing past Klose rushing towards him.
On the substitute bench, Berni took out two binoculars, handing one to Tang Long, both observing the match situation through the binoculars.
"Damn it, every ti at the Ro Olympic Stadium, one has to use binoculars to watch the ga, this damned track is too wide, can’t see anything clearly!"
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