Let's talk about the Coppa Italia for the first time today: Lazio vs Juventus!
Fans know that these two teams, Lazio just want to rush to the league and don't want to fight for the cup, while Juventus is bent on winning the Coppa Italia and don't want to fight for the league.
It makes sense, then, that Juve can take the lead in the first leg.
Will Lazio change their attitude towards the cup competition today? Probably not.
But it may not be so easy to surrender.
Lazio were easily beaten by Juventus in the first leg, although there is a problem of fighting spirit, but more importantly, they are experimenting with new formations.
For the first leg, Lazio used a 3421, three-centre-back formation.
It was the first time that Lazio had played in a back four for the first time since Maurizio Sarri took charge on 9 June 2021, playing in a back four for the first time.
Then, Lazio, who only have two or three days of training, will definitely not run in well.
What's worse is that Patrick was injured at half-time, and Caselle was temporarily substituted.
So, we saw that Lazio's three centre-backs were full of mistakes, a lot of mistakes.
For example, after conceding the first goal, why did right centre-back Caselle and right-wing-back Marusic look at each other and spread hands with each other?
Just because of the leakage, they all think it's the other party's pot.
The second goal was the same centre-back error, with the difference that this time it was Roma Jr.'s turn to lose his place and Caselle was forced to fill in the position. But I didn't make up for it, and I still conceded the goal.
The two goals conceded were mainly due to Lazio's own mistakes, and the central defenders couldn't figure out who should defend them.
In fact, when Patrick was not injured in the first half, Lazio was also a disadvantage, but it was still able to withstand it.
But after Patrick was injured, the formation was not well run-in, and he temporarily changed the defender, which was even worse, and it was naturally difficult to avoid mistakes.
If Lazio hadn't made a mistake, would Juve have scored two so easily?
In fact, Lazio's new coach Tudor is very familiar with Juventus, because he was Juve's chief assistant coach before, and he only left after Azio arrived at Juventus.
Now Juventus have many advantages and disadvantages, Tudor can see more clearly than others.
In the first leg, Tudor had just taken office, and he had just changed formations, so it was normal to play badly.
Now that they have played four games at three centre-backs, and they are familiar with the home stadium again, there may not be so many mistakes.
As for Juventus, they are now two ahead and don't need to take the initiative to attack.
And they have three main players who will be suspended for the final if they get another yellow card, which may make them have some scruples.
A few days later, it will be a home game against Milan, which is basically a six-point battle to determine the runner-up of Serie A.
Well, they probably don't need to work too hard today.
Therefore, if you consider it all things considered, although there is a big gap in the strength of the two sides.
But what do you think of Lazio's ability to defend their home stadium?
Well, for today's other competitions, Xiaojiu will still send you text analysis in the evening. If there is anything unclear, you can ask me, "Watch the ball and see clearly", we will see you soon!
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