The day of decisive battle is coming in the blink of an eye.!
On the match day, starting from the afternoon, people began to gather around the Wanda Stadium, Lazio’s home stadium.
However, most of them are not Lazio fans, but fans of the visiting team Real Madrid.
This time there were 5,000 Real Madrid fans here. They all came to cheer for their team. They hoped to contribute to the team in the last battle and allow them to perform exceptionally and defeat Lazio away from home.
However, Lazio did not fulfill their wishes and were not moved at all by the persistence of the Real Madrid fans. They only gave Real Madrid 2,000 tickets for away team fans.
In other words, of the more than 5,000 people who came, not more than half were able to enter the stadium to truly cheer for the team.
Such a small number of people are useless in front of more than 70,000 Lazio fans!
Moreover, they will be arranged in the uppermost corner of the stands. The view from that place is not good. If you don’t use a telescope, you can’t see anything there.
Even if you shout till your throat is broken, it won't affect the people in the stadium.
Before the game, some Madrid media criticized Lazio's approach as unethical.
In response, Lazio Club responded: "How to arrange the visiting team's fans is our business, and you are not qualified to dictate."
He has a very tough attitude and doesn't even bother to make excuses to cover up.
But this is also the domineering attitude that Lazio Club has developed over the past ten years.
They didn't take Real Madrid seriously at all.
Although Real Madrid is known as the best team of the 20th century, that honor belongs to the last century after all and has no meaning at all to Real Madrid now.
On the contrary, in the past ten years, Real Madrid has not won a single European honor, and it is inseparable from Barcelona in La Liga. In terms of performance and influence in the past ten years, they are far behind Lazio.
Lazio certainly has reason to look down on them.
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Lazio's tough attitude made many Madrid media very unhappy. They all hope that Real Madrid can give the arrogant Lazio a head-on blow in the away game, defeat Lazio, and qualify for the winning group!
Real Madrid Club also attaches great importance to this game. Real Madrid Club Chairman Florentino led a group of club executives to Rome in person to cheer for his team.
Secondly, Villas-Boas started training in isolation a week ago, just to prevent the players from being disturbed and train seriously.
Moreover, Real Madrid's players are also in good condition. Because of the rotation, their main players have been rested, and there are no serious injuries.
Real Madrid has a well-organized team and a strong team. Before the away game, they defeated Osasuna in the league and beat Osasuna 81 at home.
This big victory restored the confidence of the players and swept away the haze caused by the team's ups and downs under Benitez's leadership.
The atmosphere within the Real Madrid team suddenly improved.
There are no more rumors of discord in the locker room or rumors that a certain player is about to transfer and leave.
Everyone is smiling in front of the camera.
Some reporters from the Madrid media couldn't help but lament that this kind of Real Madrid is the Real Madrid that can bring us hope. The Real Madrid club decisively dismissed Benitez and chose Villas-Boas. It was absolutely right!
Villas-Boas also proved with a hearty 81 that he is Real Madrid's "right man"!
This sounds very disgusting, but the media is like this. When it comes to praise, it can be as disgusting as possible. When it comes to derogation, they can weave any reason into your head and put it on your head. Rhythm is something they don't have at all.
Sweeping Osasuna at home in 81 really gave Villas a lot of confidence, and he felt very good and even a little overwhelmed.
Therefore, at the pre-match press conference, Villas-Boas stated that his mission is to lead Real Madrid to defeat Lazio, and said that he did not care whether Lazio rotated in the last game.
"I am very familiar with Lazio and I am very familiar with Chang. I have this confidence!"
In addition to his necessary responsibilities as the head coach of Real Madrid, Villas-Boas's excitement is also related to his grudge against Chang Sheng.
Not to mention that he has played against Chang Sheng many times as Mourinho's assistant coach.
Let’s talk about what happened after he went solo.
The first time he coached a wealthy team was at Porto, where his predecessor was dismissed due to a loss to Chang Sheng, and he took over as his replacement.
How similar is it to today’s situation?
At that time, Villas-Boas was also very high-spirited and wanted to defeat Chang Sheng to prove his ability.
As a result, he was severely beaten by Chang Sheng.
Fortunately, this failure did not affect his coaching career - because at that time, no one expected him to really lead Porto to victory, except himself.
Many people may have forgotten the failure of that game soon. Only Villas-Boas still keeps it in his heart.
He thought it was the humiliation given to him by Chang Sheng, so he slapped him hard in front of everyone.
He will always remember this slap in his heart!
This slap is also a constant reminder to him and a source of motivation for him to strive for growth.
Whenever he encounters setbacks, encounters difficulties, and doubts himself, he will think of this slap in the face. Then he will cheer up again.
Because he hasn’t returned the slap to Chang Sheng yet!
When he coached Manchester City, he defeated Lazio two seasons ago.
That night Boas got himself drunk.
But after waking up, he felt childish.
Because the game at that time was not a big deal for Lazio.
Lazio had already determined in advance to qualify first in the group, and Manchester City had long lost hope of qualifying.
In the last game, Chang Sheng didn't send any main players at all, so losing to Villas-Boas was quite normal.
This kind of competition is ignored by others. I am the only one who is so excited. It is really embarrassing...
Since then, Boas has been waiting for a better opportunity for revenge.
Until Real Madrid fired Benitez, he realized that his opportunity for revenge had come!
His predecessor was dismissed, he was appointed halfway, and he faced Lazio, who always won.
But this time there's something a little different.
Real Madrid still has hope of qualifying, as long as they can beat Lazio.
As for Lazio, they did not send out substitutes to humiliate him in this game, but went all out.
Only by defeating Lazio like this can Villas-Boas feel that he has succeeded in revenge and truly returned the slap to Chang Sheng!
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There were still ten minutes left before the match against Lazio. Villas-Boas stood in the locker room and passionately mobilized before the game.
"This is our last chance. Should we become a hero or a reviled loser? In this game! The glory of Real Madrid cannot be destroyed in our hands! For victory, for glory! Forget the past.
Our record against them, and then give everything we have in this game! Go all out!"
Boas waved his arms vigorously without saying a word.
In the end, his hair was messed up, but he didn't pay attention to it at all.
At this time, he had almost fallen into a state of madness.
He believes that Real Madrid's players are also infected by his burning fire of fighting spirit and are burning.
Then keep burning!
Go out there and burn everything down!
The aggressive head coach came out with an aggressive eleven.
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Meanwhile in Lazio's dressing room, the atmosphere was less enthusiastic.
Chang Sheng said to his players: "Although we have qualified from the group and are first in the group, we must show our sportsmanship to the world. Take every game and every opponent seriously and go all out.
Defeating them is our greatest respect for them! I think Real Madrid will also be happy to do so."
Then he waved his hand and the players came out.
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Everyone is looking forward to this fierce battle like Mars hitting the earth.
No matter who wins or loses, this scene must be intense, lively and beautiful. The best game process is full of suspense and constant climax. Another group fight, two yellow cards and so on... all the elements of a classic battle are there.
Got it together.
Dreams are always very beautiful and full, but reality is cruel and skinny.
Real Madrid, who had a great goal in mind and would get goosebumps just thinking about it, was hit in the head by Lazio nine minutes into the game!
"Mario Gotze——!! G————!! He opened the scoring for Lazio! Only nine minutes have passed since the start of the game! Lazio took the lead at home!"
When the Germans were running wildly to celebrate, behind them were the bewildered Real Madrid players.
They stared blankly at the background of Gotze running wildly, or stared blankly at the football in the goal that had stopped jumping.
They still can't accept it at all, and they can't understand why they lost the ball less than ten minutes after the game started?
Is their performance not good enough?
Their state entering the game was already considered fast...
But Lazio is damn faster than them!
From the very beginning, there was a series of stormy offensives, which made Real Madrid unable to lift its head.
Coupled with the overwhelming shouts at the Wanda Stadium, the Real Madrid players' minds were racing and their bodies were unconsciously a little stiff - these were things they didn't know and didn't react to at the time.
By the time they reacted, the football had already stopped in their goal.
Real Madrid captain and center back Varane was particularly helpless. He put his hands on his hips with a grimace and faced all this, not knowing what to do.
There seemed to be a string in my heart... that was broken.
He had a very bad feeling that this trip to the Wanda Stadium might have a very bad ending...
