Chapter 74 Benefit from the lottery results? (guarantee
Celtic reporters hope Lazio can lose at Celtic’s home court!
In other words, he thinks Celtic can beat Lazio at home.
I have to say that this idea is as stupid as if he deliberately provoked Chang Sheng and showed off to Chang Sheng.
No matter how fanatical the Celtics' home atmosphere is, it can't make up for the gap in strength between the two teams.
The Celtics' performance in recent years has been ups and downs, not very good.
Maybe it's because I don't have a rival.
It is not easy for them to break into the top 16 of the Champions League this season.
Facing Lazio, you still want to win. Isn't that really underestimating Lazio?
During the game, Celtic chose a defensive counterattack at their home court, hoping to defeat Lazio through counterattack.
This tactic is naturally based on defense first.
If the defense cannot defend Lazio's offense, this tactic will be useless.
But unfortunately, their defense really couldn't defend Lazio's offense!
In the 27th minute, Lazio finally opened the door to Celtic in a five-minute continuous attack!
"1:0! Cavani!!! Veteran, this is Cavani's sixth goal in the Champions League this season! This number of goals currently ranks third in the Champions League's scorer list this season! It's amazing
!A thirty-five-year-old veteran can actually perform like this in such a fiercely competitive Champions League!"
After scoring the goal, Cavani opened his arms and shouted.
As if showing off his strength to the Celtics fans.
Of course, Celtic fans responded with boos, middle fingers and all kinds of swear words.
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The angry curses from Celtic fans had no effect. After taking the lead, Lazio played with ease and became more relaxed.
Once their entire team relaxes, a lot of what they are good at can be expressed.
They passed the ball back and forth on the court, sometimes even continuously.
A situation that originally seemed difficult to solve, but they just passed the ball three times and knocked it down twice. They actually knocked the football out and left a gap in the opponent's defense!
This is the football that Lazio has insisted on for more than ten years.
Although there are many changes in details and changes in tendencies, as the foundation, these three points of passing, catching and running have never changed.
Lazio knows very well that this is the foundation on which they have settled down.
Of course, it's hard to say whether this team will stick to this style of play after leaving Lazio with a winning streak.
Once an emperor and a courtier, the style and characteristics of Lazio that Chang Sheng spent more than ten years building may disappear under the new coach in just one summer of training time.
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Lazio used passing and movement to toy with Celtic.
Although neither team scored again in the first half, at the beginning of the second half Lazio took advantage of the space left behind by Celtic's eagerness to equalize the score and scored another goal. The game lost its suspense.
In the next game, the Celtics also completely let go and didn't think about conceding or not conceding the ball at all.
They gave up their defensive counterattack style and pressed forward from all fronts, hoping to fight Lazio desperately.
According to their thinking, maybe they thought that if they worked so hard, they could still come back with a draw.
But the truth is cruel. Lazio, who has always won, rarely shows mercy after taking the lead.
If the opponent gives them too many chances, they will score more goals.
In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 4:0. Lazio basically solved the suspense of this quarter-finals in the first round.
Four away goals, a total score of 4:0, what hope does Celtic have?
The second round of the game is meaningless.
At the post-match press conference, Chang Sheng once again showed his unruly side.
"Some people gave us the middle finger in the stands, insulted us with banners and dirty words. I saw it all. So, I wonder if these people like our response? 40. Lazio won a big victory, I hope those Kai
Celtic fans enjoy this game and your defeat."
At the end of the press conference, Chang Sheng finally said this.
His words will naturally make Celtic fans half-dead angry, but it doesn't matter. In the past seventeen years, haven't there been fewer people half-dead mad by him?
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Lazio defeated Celtic in the first round, which seemed to confirm everyone's speculation about UEFA - the lottery drawn by UEFA for Lazio was really good!
This directly saves them the energy of a Champions League game, and they can devote all their energy to the league.
Sure enough, Lazio won the next three league games.
Juventus was affected by the Champions League competition. They won two of the three league rounds, but drew one.
What was originally a one-point lead was overtaken by Lazio at the last moment, turning them into one point behind...
After this, the Juventus club vaguely complained about UEFA's draw results.
"They (Lazio) defeated Celtic 0 in the first round, and they don't have to think about the second round at all. And we have a game against Barcelona in the middle of next week..."
Juventus coach Prandelli complained after being held to a draw by AC Milan.
He blamed it on the opponent he was drawn against.
Juventus and Barcelona are really unlucky.
Juventus didn't perform very well in the group stage, so in the end, although they qualified, they finished second in the group, and then they were placed with Barcelona, which was first in the group.
In the first round, Juventus narrowly defeated Barcelona 1:0 at home, but this 1:0 victory obviously did not make Juventus feel at ease.
To put it bluntly, winning only one goal at home, no matter who the opponent is, is a failure. Even the stronger the opponent, the deeper the degree of failure.
Juventus only defeated Barcelona by one goal at their home court, which meant that they had to go to Barcelona's home court, Camp Nou, to fight their opponent to death in the second round.
This difficulty is really too great.
Prandelli naturally does not want his team to be eliminated in the last sixteen of the Champions League.
But Barcelona's strength is too strong...
So he had to give up the league temporarily and devote himself to the Champions League.
Before the game against Barcelona, despite facing an established team like AC Milan, Prandelli also fielded a rotation consisting mainly of young players.
Fortunately, AC Milan's current strength has declined very quickly. Otherwise, Juventus might not even be able to get a draw.
If Juventus' opponent in the Champions League quarter-finals was not Barcelona, but a slightly stronger opponent, then maybe it would be a different story now.
Juventus can also maintain their lead over Lazio in the league.
Even if it's only one point.
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Prandelli has spoken, and Chang Sheng will naturally not let go of this perfect opportunity to engage in psychological warfare.
He quickly responded to Prandelli's words: "Prandelli complained about the draw result? I really don't know what to complain about. This kind of complaint can only make him look like a kid who can't afford to lose. Juventus
The fact that Barcelona is overtaken by us now is not because they were grouped with Barcelona. It is because they were defeated by us in the previous contest with us, so the four-point lead became one point. I don't think Prandelli can do it.
It's just an excuse for the weakness Juventus showed after they were defeated by us."
Then he mentioned how Lazio handled the same situation.
"When it comes to the draw results, no one is qualified to say Lazio. We were assigned to the group of death, so what? We qualified first in this group, and we have always maintained a lead over Juventus in the league.
The pressure finally surpassed them at this time... Instead of complaining about the draw result, Prandelli should learn from Lazio."
His words were very impolite and the evidence he gave was so powerful that everyone was willing to believe what he said.
Everyone has seen Lazio's performance in the group of death. Compared with the tenacious Lazio, Juventus is indeed weak.
In this comparison, Lazio is a pure man who never backs down no matter what difficulties he faces and moves forward courageously. But what about Juventus? They are just a little kid who only cries and goes home to find his mother.
This gap is too big, the contrast is clear...
Prandelli was naturally very angry at Chang Sheng's words.
But he doesn't have time to worry about winning now, because he has to deal with Barcelona.
But he has made up his mind. When Barcelona is eliminated, he will give Chang Sheng a good look and let Chang Sheng see who is the real pure man!
Before the game against Barcelona, Prandelli also used words of victory to stimulate and encourage his players.
Tell them not to let an annoying guy like Chang Sheng look down upon.
With the image of winning in the hearts of these Juventus players, Prandelli believes that his approach is effective.
Sure enough, Juventus performed very tenaciously in Barcelona's away game.
They base their defense on defense and counterattack steadily.
Facing Barcelona's attack, they refused to give an inch.
In the first 66 minutes, Barcelona had absolutely no way to beat Juventus.
Their offense simply couldn't break Juventus' goal.
But Barcelona still took advantage of a defensive oversight by Juventus in the 67th minute and scored a goal.
They equalized the total score.
Although the total score was a draw, the balance of the game was unknowingly broken.
Juventus' defense is still tenacious, but their physical fitness is declining sharply.
Finally, in the 82nd minute, Barcelona scored another goal.
Juventus was cornered.
Prandelli looked anxious on the sidelines and was waving his hands for the Juventus players to attack.
Now Juventus has no other choice but to attack.
As long as Juventus can score another goal, the total score will become 2:2. However, Juventus will eliminate Barcelona because of an away goal advantage.
So in fact, even if they are two goals behind, it is not the end of Juventus.
But the key this time was that Barcelona scored the second goal too late, leaving too little time for Juventus to equalize.
If Barcelona leads by two goals at the beginning of the second half, then Juventus would probably give it a try and compete with Barcelona. There is a chance of winning Barcelona.
Now... I have to pray to God and hope for a miracle to come.
