Chapter 74 Benefit From the Lottery Results?

Celtic reporters hope Lazio can lose the game 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 and not very good.

Maybe it's because there is no opponent.

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 counterattacks.

This tactic is naturally based on defense first.

If the defense cannot defend Lazio's attack, 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!!! The veteran will not die, 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 of Celtic fans had no effect. After taking the lead, Lazio played with ease and became more and more relaxed.

After their entire team relaxed. Many of the things they are good at can be expressed.

They passed it back and forth on the court,

Sometimes it's even a continuous kick.

The situation that originally seemed difficult to solve, but they passed the ball three times and knocked it down twice, and they actually knocked out the football 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, the tendency changes. But as the foundation, the 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. After leaving Lazio with a winning streak, it's hard to say whether this team will stick to this style of play.

Once an emperor and once a courtier, the style and characteristics of Lazio that Chang Sheng spent more than ten years building may only require one summer of training time under the new coach. It will disappear.

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Lazio used passing and movement to play with the Celtics.

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 across the board. I want to fight Lazio.

According to their thinking, maybe they thought that if they worked so hard, they could come back with a draw.

But the fact is cruel. Lazio, who has always won, rarely shows mercy after taking the lead.

If the other party gives them too many chances. They will score more goals.

In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 4:0. Lazio basically solved the suspense of this quarter-finals in the first round.

Four away goals and a total score of 4:0. What hope does the Celtics 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 all of this. So. I wonder if these people like our response? 4:0, Lazio won a big victory, I hope 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 all of 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 minute, turning them into one point behind...

After this, the Juventus club vaguely complained about UEFA's draw results.

"They (Lazio) defeated Celtic 4-0 in the first round. 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 tied by Milan.

He attributed this to the opponents he drew.

Juventus and Barcelona, ​​this luck is really too bad.

Juventus did not perform well in the group stage, so although they qualified in the end, they got the second place in the group, and then they were grouped with Barcelona, ​​the first in the group.

In the first round, Juventus beat Barcelona 1:0 at home, but this 1:0 victory obviously could not make Juventus feel at ease.

To put it bluntly, winning only one goal at home is a failure no matter who the opponent is. Even the stronger the opponent, the deeper the degree of failure.

Juventus only won one goal against Barcelona at home, which means that they have to go to Barcelona's home ground, Camp Nou, in the second round to fight the opponent.

This difficulty is too great.

Prandelli naturally does not want his team to be eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League.

But Barcelona's strength is too strong...

So he had to give up the league temporarily. Dedicated to the Champions League.

Before the match with Barcelona, ​​despite facing a veteran team like Milan, Prandelli also sent out a rotation lineup mainly composed of young players.

Fortunately, Milan's strength is declining rapidly now, otherwise Juventus might not even get a draw.

If Juventus' opponent in the Champions League quarter-finals was not Barcelona, ​​but a slightly stronger opponent, then perhaps the situation would be different now.

Juventus can still continue to maintain its lead over Lazio in the league.

Although it is only one point.

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Prandelli has spoken, and Changsheng will naturally not miss this great opportunity to play psychological warfare.

He responded quickly to Prandelli's words: "Prandelli complained about the draw? I really don't know what there is to complain about. This kind of complaint only makes him look like a child who can't stand losing. Juventus is now overtaken by us not because they were grouped with Barcelona. It's because they were defeated by us in the previous match, and the four-point lead became one point. I think Prandelli is just making excuses for the weakness shown by Juventus after being defeated by us."

Then he mentioned how Lazio handled the same situation.

"As for the draw result. No one is qualified to say Lazio. We were grouped in the death group, so what? We qualified from this group as the first in the group, and we have always kept pressure on Juventus in the league, and finally surpassed them at this time...Prandelli should learn from Lazio instead of complaining about the draw result."

This was very impolite. And the evidence provided was also very powerful, and everyone was willing to believe his words as soon as they heard it.

Everyone has seen Lazio's performance in the death group. Compared with the tenacious Lazio, Juventus is indeed weak.

In this comparison, Lazio is a real man who will never retreat no matter what difficulties he faces and will move forward bravely. And Juventus? It's just a little kid who can only cry and go home to find his mother.

The gap is too big, the contrast is clear...

Prandelli was naturally very angry with Changsheng's words.

But he has no time to care about Changsheng now. Because he has to deal with Barcelona.

But he has made up his mind. When Barcelona is eliminated, he will show Changsheng a good show and let Changsheng see who is the real real man!

Before the game against Barcelona. Prandelli also used Changsheng's words to stimulate and encourage his players.

Tell them not to let such an annoying guy like Changsheng look down on them.

With the image of Changsheng in the hearts of these Juventus players, Prandelli believes that his approach is effective.

Sure enough, Juventus performed quite tenaciously in Barcelona's away game.

They relied on defense and counterattacked steadily.

Facing Barcelona's attack. They did not give up an inch.

In the first 66 minutes, Barcelona had no way to deal with Juventus.

Their attack could not break Juventus' goal at all.

But Barcelona still seized Juventus's defensive omission in the 67th minute. Scored a goal.

They tied the total score.

Although the total score was tied, the balance of the game was broken unknowingly.

Juventus' defense was still very tenacious, but their physical strength was declining sharply.

Finally, in the 82nd minute, Barcelona scored another goal.

Juventus was forced into a desperate situation.

Prandelli's expression on the sidelines was very anxious, and he was waving his hands for Juventus players to attack.

Now Juventus has no other choice except attacking.

As long as Juventus can score another goal, the total score will become 2:2, but Juventus will eliminate Barcelona because of the advantage of an away goal.

So even if they were two goals behind, it wasn't the end of Juventus.

But the key this time was that Barcelona scored the second goal too late, leaving Juventus too little time to equalize the score.

If Barcelona had been two goals ahead at the beginning of the second half, then Juventus could have just given it a try and fought Barcelona. There was a chance of defeating Barcelona.

Now... we have to pray to God and hope for a miracle.