When Villas-Boas saw his team concede the goal in the first nine minutes, he was stunned for a moment, and then sat on his chair without moving.
He felt that strength was draining from his body, which was not a good sign.
He quickly realized that this was not going to work and he had to make changes!
No matter what, as the head coach of the team, you must fight to the end!
Now that the team is encountering difficulties and has lost a goal, how can I have the thought of giving up?
So he mustered up the strength to stand up from his seat, then walked to the sidelines, slapped his hands, and shouted loudly to his players: "Don't panic! We still have more than eighty minutes! Time is enough! Steady and calm down.
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However, in such a noisy environment, it is unclear whether his roar was heard by his players...
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At the same time, in another stadium, the City Stadium, home of Nottingham Forest, everyone also heard that Lazio was leading Real Madrid by one goal.
This is a huge stimulus for both teams that are playing against each other.
So whether it was Nottingham Forest fans or Dortmund fans, they shouted desperately into the stadium at this time: "That's a goal! Lazio 1: Real Madrid is ahead!!"
Stimulated by this news, the two teams that were playing against each other began to exert their strength.
Dortmund, who played away from home, attacked more fiercely, while Nottingham Forest, who played at home, defended more actively...
A draw would not be a good thing for both teams.
In a draw, if all three teams have five points, then the relationship between the two sides is the same. They all have the same relationship, and they are all draws.
Then we need to compare the goal difference between the two sides. The goal difference is the same, both are zero.
Next, compare the number of away goals between each other, which is still zero.
Finally, there is the overall goal difference, which is very critical.
Unless Real Madrid loses to Lazio by a big score, Nottingham Forest and Dortmund will not be able to beat Real Madrid for the time being.
In order to ensure that they can qualify, on the premise that Lazio defeats Real Madrid, it is natural to defeat the opponent.
As long as you can win, you will definitely qualify!
One goal stirred up the turmoil in both arenas.
This is the group of death!
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Villas-Boas tried hard to calm down the players, then reorganized the attack and dealt with Lazio.
He kept searching in his mind for experience that could defeat Lazio, mainly looking for it from the game in which he led Manchester City to defeat Lazio.
But today is destined to be the death of Villas-Boas and Real Madrid.
Just when he was searching for a way to defeat Lazio, Lazio scored again
Originally, the decibel level of the Wanda Stadium was always very noisy. Villas-Boas regarded this as background sound and could turn a deaf ear to it.
However, his thoughts were interrupted by a louder noise.
He woke up from his thoughts. Although he hadn't seen what happened yet, he already had a very bad idea in his mind.
So he quickly turned his attention to the big screen in the stands.
As expected, a very cool animation is playing above.
After a burning football exploded, golden light shot out from the sky. After the golden light, a huge Italian word "G01" appeared.
The ball scored again!!
"Edison -" the live broadcast was leading the Lazio fans in chanting.
"Cavani!!!!"
More than 70,000 people chanted one person's name at the same time. The scene was like a tsunami caused by a magnitude 10 earthquake in Haiti!
The momentum that hits you is almost suffocating!
"Lazio leads Real Madrid by two goals! The game has only started for fifteen minutes... It's incredible! It's incredible!"
"Cavani! His fifth Champions League goal this season! After Icardi's injury, the veteran seemed to have suddenly found another spring in his career. He is currently Lazio's top scorer in the Champions League.
Players! There is even a chance to become the top scorer in the Champions League!"
"Real Madrid wants to beat Lazio on the road? And Villas-Boas also said that he will definitely lead Real Madrid out of this group of death? What a foolish dream! In front of Lazio, their dream is fragile!"
"I think Real Madrid will become the first Real Madrid in history to fail to qualify from the Champions League group stage under Villas-Boas..."
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When the cheers of the Lazio fans resounded and swept the entire stadium, the old face of Real Madrid president Florentino sitting on the podium looked very ugly.
But it's not the kind of ugly look with a gloomy face, but the kind of ugly look with a deathly gray face.
Like someone who has been dead for a while.
All his hopes and glory were taken away by Lazio's second goal.
It is absolutely impossible for Real Madrid to reverse Lazio when they are two goals behind.
In other words, if Real Madrid wants to qualify now, it can only hope that the team in another stadium will draw and Rao will not continue to score in the next game!
In that case, Real Madrid can also rely on the advantage of total goal difference to become second in the group.
But...with Florentino's understanding of Chang Sheng, is this possible?
This is not the first time he has dealt with Chang Sheng.
He knows very well how deep this man's hatred for Real Madrid is, and he will not let go of any opportunity to humiliate Real Madrid.
He should have known it a long time ago. Given Real Madrid's current situation, it was such a serious mistake to encounter a winning team in the final round of the group stage.
But Villas-Boas's results after leading the team, especially the 81-81 sweep of Osasuna at home in the last round, gave him hope again.
People, there is always some luck in their hearts...
Now, the cruel reality made him know that it was wrong to take chances.
Real Madrid is really going to suffer humiliation like never before in his hands!
For this reason, this old man who truly loves Real Madrid feels heartbroken from the bottom of his heart.
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The news that Lazio was leading Real Madrid by two goals in fifteen minutes also reached the City Stadium immediately.
Everyone is sure. Real Madrid will definitely lose. It just depends on how many goals they lose.
Then there is nothing to focus on, just concentrate on playing your own game.
Want to qualify as a group?
Just win!
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What happened next was like a nightmare for every fan who loves Real Madrid. They wished they could wake up from this dream countless times, but every time they closed their eyes and opened them again, all they could see was
What happened was that their team was slaughtered by Lazio on the pitch.
The score on the big screen is constantly changing.
In the 35th minute, Lazio led Real Madrid by 30, and the scorer was Messi.
In the 44th minute, Lazio 4: leading Real Madrid, the scorer was Verratti.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the commentators thought that although there were forty-five minutes left in the game, there was no suspense at all.
"Forty-five minutes of garbage time, the players of Real Madrid are already zombies... They came to Rome and shouldered a very difficult task. Now that the task has failed, their efforts will naturally be meaningless. The only next step
The suspense is to see whether Lazio will be merciful... But with my understanding of Chang, it is difficult..."
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In the locker room at halftime, Real Madrid's locker room was so quiet that it seemed as if there was no one there, or... it was like a morgue, and there were not more than a dozen living Real Madrid people sitting in it.
Instead of players, there lay a group of cold corpses!
Boas was completely unable to come up with any solution, but he did not give up. He continued to search. Unfortunately, he was sweating profusely and could not find a suitable solution.
The current situation is not much different from a dead end for him and Real Madrid.
Villas-Boas was unwilling to lose the game like this.
He believes that since he can lead Manchester City to defeat Lazio, he can lead the stronger Real Madrid to defeat Lazio.
But how did it come to be like this?
He was stuck in his own world for fifteen minutes, and he didn't come up with any effective solution until the intermission was over.
In the end, he could only yell a few times to let everyone not give up and keep fighting.
But everyone is a professional player and not a child who knows nothing. Of course they want to win. But as the head coach, you didn’t come up with an effective method and just shouted slogans, so what’s the point?
What to use?
Isn't this deceiving people?
Can fighting without methods bring victory?
It's absolutely impossible to be four goals behind.
So the Real Madrid players reappeared on the court and looked frustrated as they waited for the game to start.
The head coach looked at a loss, which made them feel very unsure.
This game has been lost in many people's minds.
And they lost with peace of mind - anyway, it was the head coach who was incompetent and didn't make comprehensive arrangements. It had nothing to do with our performance. We performed very hard, but we had no choice but to end up with such an incompetent head coach, so... it's not us
The question is, if you lose, you lose...
As for Real Madrid's historical glory and the record of never being eliminated in the Champions League group stage, those have nothing to do with them.
How tiring it would be to live with records all the time...
Maybe if this record is broken, it will be more beneficial to Real Madrid's future?
Because you can throw off your baggage and travel light again.
Just think of it as a new era for Real Madrid...
These players just keep comforting themselves in their hearts, giving themselves such a psychological hint that it doesn't matter.
Then, they really feel that it doesn't matter if they lose, and if they lose, they lose.
Under such circumstances, the second half of the game began.
