Chapter 418 The Eagle and the Lion (Act 1: Starlight)
The glorious days of the Blue Eagles are unforgettable. The double championship in the 1999-00 season reached the peak of history. Unfortunately, the team owner ran into big trouble. The current Lazio owner is a strict financial manager and creditor.
Bank. It was Lazio fans who tried their best not to sell out all the club's well-known stars.
However, even so, they still defeated the ambitious Inter Milan in the last game of last season, and even beat the aliens to tears, causing the latter to leave for Spain.
The old tiger is here!
Young coach Roberto Mancini took over the job, and with his familiarity with Lazio, he still kept the team's European hopes after Nesta, Veron, Boksic, Salas, and Nedvěd left one after another.
When the theme song of the UEFA Cup played in the stadium, the live broadcast cameras from all over the world scanned the two teams in turn, and each of the world-famous stars, at least the faces that are familiar to Chinese Serie A fans, flashed in turn: coach Mancini, goalkeeper
Then came the Austrian referee Plautz. Every face he glanced at would attract fanatical shouts from the north stand.
Then, the camera passed by Lazio, who wore blue and white jerseys, and arrived at the visiting team, who wore red, black and yellow jerseys.
The head coach, Mr. Jimbos, has a straight windbreaker and tight sunglasses. This coach from a backward country has been playing offensive football for a season and a half, driving this young army to attack crazily from beginning to end, even in defense.
An aggressive temperament.
The "mysterious Tübingen" comes mostly from his training!
Mr. Kimbos, who has been on the cover of several fashion magazines, stayed in the camera for three seconds before reluctantly leaving. Then came the veteran goalkeeper Lucas, the veteran full-back Lyon, the central defender Luo Tongliang, and the full-back Zhang
Yong Hai. Defensive midfielder Boateng, offensive midfielder Chen Yang, left midfielder Wang Ai, right midfielder Ozil, attacking midfielder Per Mertesacker, forward Bai Guanghai, Qu Bo. There are also fierce expressions on the bench.
The disheveled old lion is eager to try.
Although Lazio fans did not give the visiting team much applause, people still felt a "star-studded" feeling in their hearts. Both teams had prepared their strongest lineups for this 16-to-8 match in the UEFA Cup.
The home team Lazio's recent league matches have not gone well. They have lost four consecutive games and are far behind Juventus at the top of the list. For Lazio, who aims at the European Champions Cup, the UEFA Cup is useless. However, they cannot give up. Last year
Lazio, who also won the Coppa Italia, might be left empty-handed this season if they lose to the away team.
The visiting team has less pressure than the home team in the Bundesliga 2, and its championship status is stable. Of course, it has the energy to take care of other games. Bai Guanghai, who has scored 8 goals in six games, ranks first in the UEFA Cup scorer list. He scored the same goal as
The stupid Delai stayed far away.
More than 300 fans who came from Tübingen shouted the names of the players after the singing stopped, and began to entertain themselves by singing "Forever" in the South Stand to the bench filled with veterans.
This catchy, passionate and heroic song, with increasing momentum and even a bit of a playful team song, has gradually become known to the public since it resounded in Tübingen, and even led to the highly anticipated new album of the Era band.
Got up.
Another reason why this game attracted great attention from the outside world was the direct dialogue between Wang Ai and Mihajnovic. Wang Ai and Carlos scored two free kicks respectively in the game and have been hailed as the best football players in the world.
One of the most exciting games in history and a classic game of free kick technology.
As the earliest famous and recognized free kick master, Mihajnović is already 33 years old, while Wang Ai, who is opposite him, is only 15 years old. When the players of both sides shook hands, the 185-centimeter Miha looked down at 168
Wang Ai's childish face smiled involuntarily: "Dr. Wang, you are great!"
Wang Ai also smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Xinisa, learn from you!"
This interaction, which lasted less than five seconds, only caused the team to pause for a moment, but after being captured by the live broadcast camera, it made people look forward to this game even more.
The referee said seriously to the two captains, Favalli and Bai Guanghai, that this game is attracting the attention of the world, don't cause a scandal, I will definitely be rude.
The two captains each nodded.
Under the lights of Rome's Olympic Stadium, the turf was slightly yellow, and the players on both sides wore long-sleeved jerseys. The temperature of five degrees above zero did not reduce the excitement of the game at all. Amid the cheers of the crowd, the expression of the referee Plautz
He blew the whistle seriously and forcefully.
In this game, the head coaches of both the home and away teams humbly stated before the game that the other team was a strong team, and there was no smell of gunpowder before the game. In fact, they were telling the truth. When guiding the team to prepare for the game, they all focused on defense.
Consider it the focus.
Faced with the overwhelming momentum of the German youth army, Lazio, which had been losing blood continuously, did not dare to be careless. And when they challenged the quasi-rich club in an away game, the Tübingen people led by Mr. Kimbos had no confidence.
Although they have defeated many Bundesliga teams, there are not many that can truly be called tough battles. Most of the Bundesliga teams in the German Cup are half-hearted.
Therefore, in the first five or six minutes of the game, the tactics of both sides were actually relatively conservative. Although on the surface, the Tubingen people were still aggressive, but people who have watched their games know that this is just the habit of the little lions.
Just because it roars sexually doesn't mean it's really going to pounce.
The "pressing style" that Mr. Jimbos has officially evolved from "pressing and sieging" has this characteristic. They are already defending, but you still feel out of breath.
In the CCTV commentary box, guest Zhang Lu saw that the game situation was stable and started to bring up the topic: "Jianhong, I still can't believe this is true. You said that when we broadcast Lazio vs. Inter Milan in May last year
, can you imagine today, just ten months later? How could a group of Chinese people have arrived here? Not only that, but they have suppressed Lazio and can only play defensive counterattacks?"
Liu Jianhong smiled and said: "I'm afraid no one would have thought of it, including the fans who were watching the game with us at that time. Didn't the German media report that this was the Miracle of Baden? But Teacher Zhang, what are your predictions for the outcome of this game? Picture
Can Bingen Juniors, the dark horse in the UEFA Cup, be able to get away with it? We all know that as the UEFA Cup progresses, the opponents we will encounter will probably become stronger and stronger. According to our existing data,
, although the UEFA Cup is not the top European competition, there are still first-class teams such as Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, Liverpool in the Premier League, Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, Hertha Berlin, Malaga in La Liga, and Porto in the Portuguese Super League.
At least among the five major leagues, only Tübingen Youth is in the second league. Looking at it this way, there are so many strong players."
