Although the Biancocelesti won the championship with some luck, it was well deserved. Team Starlight Glimmer, defensive end has Nesta, Favali, mikhailovich, Cotto and other famous players, center and frontcourt are also talented. Nedved, Veron, Conceicao, Simone, Salas, Inzaghi, Mancini, Lopez and Bogesic were all famous players of that era.
Twenty years seems to be a cycle. Lazio began to decline slowly after winning the championship in 2000. Until last season, the team's best league result was only the third place, and even several seasons were fighting for relegation. Now, after a lapse of 20 years, Lazio has once again become the champion team in Serie A, and even the opponents who compete for the championship have not changed.
At present, Lazio's helm is Inzaghi, who has set a record for the team in the 20-year Champions League. Among his teammates, Mancini and Simone have already become world-famous coaches. At present, Lazio, led by filippo inzaghi, lags behind Juventus, the top of Serie A standings, by only 1. As long as the state of the whole season continues after the Serie A rematch, the Biancocelesti is likely to return to its peak in 20 years.
Compared with Juventus, Inter Milan and Naples, Lazio's stars are slightly dim, and the average value of players is even lower than that of AC Milan, Rome and Atlanta. So why did Lazio become the favourite team to win the championship? What's remarkable about this team?
The stability of a coach is extremely important for a team. This season, Serie A giants have changed coaches. Surrey took over Juventus, Kong Di coached Inter Milan, Fonseca took over Rome and Gianpaolo coached Milan. Among the top teams, only Naples and Atlanta have not changed coaches. However, due to poor performance, Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti was dismissed, and so was Milan coach giampaolo. Surrey and Kong Di have made good achievements in coaching the team, but their stability is not good. Bamba Juventus played many passive scenes at the beginning of the season. Among the above-mentioned strong teams, only Atlanta and Lazio have performed steadily throughout the season. Atalanta coach Gasperini took over in the summer of 20 16. This season is his fourth season of coaching the team. He and Inzaghi are the longest-serving coaches among the 20 Serie A teams. The two stable players have one thing in common: the coach has coached the team for many years.
In fact, Inzaghi's understanding of Lazio goes far beyond his four years as a team coach. After 20 10 retired from lazio, inzaghi became the coach of lazio youth team, and gradually became the coach of U 17 and U 19. 58 wins 19 during the coaching period.
20 16 April, Lazio lost in the Rome Derby 1-4. At that time, coach Pioli was dismissed, and Inzaghi was appointed as interim coach of Lazio. His Serie A debut, Lazio easily beat Palermo 3-0 away. After taking over seven rounds of the league, Lazio scored 4 wins and 3 losses, and the overall performance was not bad.
In the following seasons (16/ 17), Inzaghi successfully became a full member, and in the first full season of officially coaching the team, Lazio finally won the fifth place in the league, which was already very good at that time, not to mention that Inzaghi was only a rookie coach at that time.
Due to the lack of money in the club, Lazio basically loses its main players at the end of each season, and the newly introduced players are basically players of average value. However, Inzaghi teaches students in accordance with their aptitude, and Lazio's strength is relatively balanced every season. 17/ 18 season, lazio scored 89 goals in offensive firepower, which is the best in serie a, but it is a pity that the team was defeated by inter Milan at home in the last round of the league, and finally scored points with the two teams tied.
This year is the fourth year that Inzaghi coached the team. With other teams changing coaches in succession, it is inevitable that Lazio will make rapid progress in maintaining stability. In recent years, little Inzaghi has also shown good coaching ability and improvisation ability. Lazio's overall performance has not fluctuated much, and many players have played a valuable role under Inzaghi.
Inzaghi also has absolute authority in the team. As a well-known player in the golden age of Serie A, Inzaghi Jr. has the same personality charm as Cannavaro, and Lazio's fast-paced play is also pleasing to the eye, and the team's offensive firepower is excellent every season.
After Inzaghi took over Lazio, the team basically lost its absolute main force at the end of each season, from candreva to Lucas lucas biglia, Keita to Anderson and Defree. But signing the Biancocelesti is also very targeted.
16/ 17 introduced Inmobile, Alberto and Felipe to become the mainstay of the Biancocelesti team for four seasons. Inmobile became the most stable striker in Serie A, Alberto was selected for the Spanish national team, and Felipe was also selected for the Brazilian national team.
In the 17/ 18 season, there are also three players who are of great significance to lazio. Lucas, who was depressed in Liverpool, became the stealing king in Serie A, center caycedo became the super substitute of the Biancocelesti, with excellent efficiency, and Maruzzi guarded the right side of the team.
18/ 19 introduced Correa as successfully as acerbi, Correa gradually matured and was selected for the Argentine national team, and acerbi became a world-class central defender.
Only after the end of last season, Lazio did not put down its absolute main force. Instead, the team got the right winger lazari who performed well in Spal. Compared with Marus, lazari's assist ability is better. Obviously, Lazio have ideas this season.
From the first full season of 16/ 17, Inzaghi Jr. took over, the central axis of Lazio began to be built. Until the arrival of accel's match last season, the defensive end of the team was centered on Archer, with midfielder milinkovic in charge of scheduling, Alberto delivering shells and Inmobile in charge of the final strike. Lazio takes these four players as the core, with solid defense in the backcourt, tacit cooperation in the frontcourt and full offensive firepower. These four players also have good statistics this season. Inmobile topped the Serie A scorer list, Alberto topped the assists list, and accel scored four goals as a central defender.
The stable lineup configuration also makes Lazio's offensive means very rich. Lazio can pose a threat to opponents whether it is a cross from the side or an attack in the middle. Moreover, the team's counterattack ability is excellent, and several offensive players have strong ability to advance with the ball, and the cooperation is very tacit. Lazio scored 37 goals through assists this season, second only to Atlanta. On the front line of the team, Inmobile is in a brave state, and the two strikers Correa and caycedo have strong mixing ability. No matter who starts, they all cooperate with Inmobile.
Several offensive players also made good use of their technical advantages to make a penalty. The team made 14 penalties, most of which were in Serie A, in which Correa, Inmobile and caycedo made three penalties, Alberto made two penalties, and milinkovic, acerbi and lazari each made 1 4 penalties, but Lazio missed three penalties in 14 penalties, while caycedo, Correa and Inmobile.
Lazio's five midfielders have their own duties, and two wingers, lazari and Lulic, have excellent ability to go up and down. Both of them have strong assists, and their defense changes with the five defenders from time to time. These two players also have good defensive skills.
The middle three people have a clear division of labor, and Lucas is mainly responsible for cleaning up. In the first season of joining Lazio, Lucas won the Serie A steals, and this season, he is still in a state of undiminished, and is currently ranked fourth in the steals list. Milinkovic can attack and defend, but he is also responsible for connecting the team. Alberto is the offensive brain of the team. After last season's downturn, Serie A assists the king to find the state, and currently ranks first in the assists list.
Lazio, on the defensive end, focuses on the three-center defense system this season, and accel is the anchor of the team's defense. Although Felipe is not tall, he is full of mobility and excellent speed, which complements the other two central defenders. In addition, although veteran Radu is out of form, which is the most worrying part of Lazio's defence, Radu is experienced on the whole and plays well. At present, Lazio has only conceded 23 goals, which is the most stable defense in Serie A..
Lazio are also very good at scoring goals with set-pieces and have scored goals with set-pieces seven times this season. Alberto's footwork is excellent, and he has a strong ability to grab points in Neimen Mobile, milinkovic and acerbi.
To sum up, we can see that Lazio's overall style of play is mature this season, the team's offensive routines are rich and diverse, and the three central defenders on the defensive end complement each other. Goalkeeper Strakosa has maintained unprecedented stability this season, and with coach Inzaghi who has coached the team for many years, Lazio's stability is not available to any Serie A team.
At present, the time for the semi-finals of Serie A has been officially announced. Compared with the top Juventus, Lazio can go it alone, and it can devote itself to the league. The long river of history is also strikingly similar. The situation in Serie A 20 years ago was very similar to today. Juventus are in the lead, but there are not many advantages. Lazio competed with it for the championship. At that time, the third place in the league was Inter Milan. Now the third place in Serie A is also Inter Milan. Who can win the league title as scheduled at the end of the season, the Bianconeri continue to run happily or the Bianconeri Lazio?