Rome.

When the Leverkusen team arrived at the door of the hotel, all the players were pulling suitcases, but Zheng Zhi was empty-handed, wrapped in a thick down jacket and followed behind the team.

His actions deceived the Italians and the spies of Lazio, who came here today to travel and cheer for the team as a cheerleader.

The Italian media were apparently more focused on football than the German press, with reporters flocking to try to interview Bayer Leverkusen's players, but Worrall ordered no one to be interviewed, leaving reporters in the dust.

"Tsundere Germans."

"Wait to be abused by Lazio!"

"At least give them a 0:3."

The correspondent of Roma Sport gritted his teeth.

The reporter of the newspaper Sport Milano was a little skeptical.

"Why is Zheng here?"

"Unscientific, huh?"

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Two German teams took the lead. Although everyone is an opponent at home, everyone still hopes that other teams can also advance in foreign competitions.

Zheng Zhi and Beinricht turned on two televisions in the hotel and watched the games between Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin, respectively.

It wasn't a day of martyrdom for the German legion, but an auspicious day, with Bayern Munich narrowly beating Rangers and Hertha Berlin breaking through with the help of the Turks despite losing to Chelsea.

Hertha Berlin, in particular, was so lucky.

Chelsea topped the group with a victory, and French midfielder Didier Deschamps, who had won the Champions League with Marseille and Juventus, opened the scoring in the 11th minute when he opened the scoring for Iranian striker Ali? Daei broke the ball at his feet, shook off two defenders and fired a shot from 25 yards out that hung into the right corner of the goal.

Hertha Berlin grew desperate after conceding the goal, with Chelsea taking control of the situation, with Hertha Berlin scoring a decent shot in the first half and Gianfranco Zola narrowly missing from two free-kicks from five yards out in the box.

The game was played in London, but there was only one Englishman on the pitch – Chelsea captain Wise – who set up Spanish defender Ferrer for the goal in the 44th minute with a pinpoint pass.

In the second half, Hertha Berlin coach Luber brought on Greek midfielder Konstantinidis and Croatian striker Alasic and asked the team to pick up the tempo, and in the 52nd minute, teenager Deisler shook off Ferrer and fired a shot that hit the right post.

When the news of AC Milan's equaliser broke, the Hertha Berlin fans gave their first cheers.

The great Milan lost and said goodbye to the Champions Cup.

AC Milan were dramatically knocked out by Turkish Galatasaray and head coach Zaccheroni was almost stunned by the fact.

"It's hard to accept that one minute you have the hope of qualifying for the Champions League in your hands and the next you have nothing," Zaccheroni told Italiana.

AC Milan were still leading 2-1 until the 86th minute and were on the verge of qualifying for the second stage, but Galatasaray suddenly scored twice in four minutes to win the crucial game 3-2. The result means AC Milan don't even qualify for the UEFA Cup by taking a step back.

'I saw a lot of players sitting in the dressing room, with their heads down,' Zaccheroni said, 'and we have to accept that and get in tune as soon as possible. ”

But Zaccheroni said he doesn't plan to make major changes to the squad. 'I didn't expect it to be like this at all, because I always wanted to go forward in the Champions Cup.

'I don't want to make excuses after the game because maybe our biggest mistake was not keeping the ball. He also criticised the team's backline, unguarded when the unnoticed Galatasaray team's Sukkur headed in from close range, "In this case you have to keep an eye on the opposing player, but we don't. ”

Zaccheroni also hinted that too much pressure was also a cause of the defeat, especially in the last moments, when the atmosphere was so tense that the players were a little out of control, "The pressure on the players in the last few minutes may have been more than they could handle. ”

Now, out of Europe, AC Milan's focus will be on defending the Serie A title.

But want to defend your title in Serie A?

Gotta ask Lazio.

After a dazzling start to Serie A and the Champions League, Serie A Lazio coach Christian Eriksson is now counting on his side being the best in Europe.

So far, Lazio have played a total of 16 games, nine in Serie A, six in the Champions League, one in the UEFA Super Cup (against Manchester United) and have not lost one. After a 4-0 blow to Verona on Sunday, Lazio are three points ahead of their closest rivals, Juventus, and are top of the Serie A table.

Eriksen even went so far as to say: "We are the best team in Europe and I hope that by the end of May next year I can say that, only then will it make sense." Of course, it would be great if we could still be like this, but it is not easy to stay in this state all the time, and it is important to be good at dealing with difficulties. ”

But he added: "As long as we can keep that form for an hour in every game, we're going to really be the best team we can be." ”

Lazio have a number of good players in the team, such as Veron, Simeone, Almeida, Nedved and Conceição. The key figure is undoubtedly Veron, who is described by Roma Sport as "the man who will win the title for Lazio". ”

A true all-rounder, Verón not only scored goals himself, but also constantly fed cannonballs for Chilean killer Salas, and was in pretty good form. Last Sunday, Veron scored from a corner and had two assists.

And "Roma Sport" also predicted that Veron is in good shape, the Chinese are not there, and Lazio will definitely be able to win at home.

Spinach also thinks Lazio will win. With one and a half goals at home, Chiguoguo is not optimistic about Bayer Leverkusen.

Lazio fans are more confident.

"Bet on it."

"3:1, 15 times."

"4:0, 50 times."

"4:0 is not impossible, our recent minimum consumption is four goals, and it is no problem to play Bayer Leverkusen."

Indeed, Lazio fans have reason to be arrogant, and in the last four games, none of them have been scored by less than four goals.

"The Chinese are not there,"

"Haha,"

"There's no problem, that Ballack can't do it, and if you play Emerson, it's even more perfect."

Emerson would have wanted to cry if he had heard it. Lazio fans think he'll continue to be a score-giveaway boy if he's going to behave so badly......

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