Chapter Seventy-One: The Mountain in Prandelli's Heart

To the cheers of the Juventus fans, Casemiro cut off the ball to put an end to Juventus' attack, and then instead of coveting possession, he quickly passed the ball away.

After Wu Lei received the pass, he turned around and went to the side.

Right wing-back Faraoni, who stepped in at the back, received the ball and dribbled forward.

In the process of dribbling he and retreated to catch himself Mario. Götze made a two-over-one wall-to-wall fit.

Dodged Juventus' first line of defence and continued to rush forward.

Next, everyone thought he was going to continue to break through, but when he crossed from the bottom, he suddenly sent a diagonal cross at a 45-degree angle!

The soccer bypassed most of the Juventus players and fell to the top of the arc of the penalty area.

Here, Lazio's centre-forward Edinson Cavani leaps high, but instead of heading straight at goal, he ...... Pass!

He gently swung the ball diagonally in front of him, and there was an empty space!

And, Mario. Götze is thrusting forward at high speed!

Cavani swung the ball right in front of him. He didn't need to slow down at all, just rush in!

That's what Götze did.

After he saw Cavani's ferry, not only did he not slow down, but he accelerated and rushed forward!

"Mario. Gotze! ”

To the commentator's exclamations, Götze used his thigh to stop the soccer ball in the air.

Immediately afterward, he picked up his right leg again.

But this time it wasn't a direct shot, but a ...... Cross!

Juventus goalkeeper Perrin and the rest of the defenders have made his side of the attack the main attack.

Anyone who gets the ball in this position, the first choice is always to shoot, so this side is the biggest threat, and you have to block it here.

Who would have thought that Götze didn't shoot on goal. It's a cross!

The ball was swept by him, changed direction and flew towards the back of the goal!

Everyone's eyes shifted with the football, and saw the Argentine veteran Messi shoot the horse, and then stab it cleanly!

The football flew into the Juventus goal without any suspense!

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The Juventus players and fans were stunned as they watched the football in the goal, watching Messi and the other Lazio players hug and celebrate, and they didn't even know how the ball was lost.

Are they not well defended?

Are they distracted?

They've done everything they could, but why did they concede the ball?

The first two games. They were all scored in less than five minutes of the opening game. Before the Juventus players could react to what was going on, the Lazios began to celebrate the goal.

They played very well in this game, they didn't concede a goal for 10 minutes, and they were full of confidence in the next game.

What did you think, how did you think of it......

It's not that they're defensive. It's just that Lazio's goal was late.

Ten minutes later, Lazio scored right away. If you don't count these ten minutes of play, it is still equivalent to Lazio scoring at the beginning of the game.

The goal was scored in 12 minutes, and Lazio's goal was quite early.

So no matter what, Juventus can't escape the fate of conceding goals very early......

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After Lazio's goal, there were four thousand Juventus fans in the stands, but at this moment. They are also useless.

The banners they hung outside the railing, clinging to the railing, hung limply low.

Their insults and attacks on Lazio were more like a slap in the face of the goal they had conceded.

Wanda Stadium. At this moment, it was all cheers from Lazio fans.

The cheers suffocated the silent Juventus fans and gave them a hint of despair......

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The journalists who supported Juventus also looked helpless in the face of this conceded goal.

How is it that Lazio always scores first, no matter what?

Juventus can sweep the entire Serie A. But why is it that Lazio is not in a rut?

Usually they play against other teams and they are very solid. Aggressive.

From the very beginning of the game, the initiative fell to Juventus.

How can you play against Lazio, from the very beginning of the game, the initiative is in the hands of the opponent, and how can you not return to your side?

It's a really confusing question.

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Leaving the confusion to Juventus, Lazio went on the attack.

This time, unlike the Coppa Italia semi-finals, after taking a one-goal lead, Lazio did not keep falling in the middle and back, but continued to attack!

Seems to want to score more goals!

A one-goal win at home is not enough for Lazio!

And after conceding a goal, Juventus will certainly not be willing to lose the game like this, for Prandelli, there is no second way to go, that is, to win.

Since you are already behind, you have to attack.

Although the offense will take a huge risk.

In the next game, the two sides officially entered the offensive battle.

It's a completely different story from last week's Coppa Italia semi-final.

Three days ago, everyone was complaining that the strong dialogue between Lazio and Juventus was disappointing and in vain.

This match was the right thing to say about the conversation between the two finalists.

But it soon became clear why Juventus did not dare to press up and attack in the last game.

Lazio scored another goal in the 40th minute to make it 2:0!

When Lazio took a two-goal lead in the game, the game was largely out of suspense.

The Lazio fans in the stands cheered for the victory.

They can already be sure. Lazio will definitely win this game and Juventus in direct conversation!

As a result, Lazio and Juventus are only one point separated.

The second half of the season has just begun, and with only one point missing, anything is possible.

Maybe Juventus will lose the next game? Then it was overtaken by Lazio.

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At half-time, Prandelli made a number of personnel changes in an attempt to salvage the slump, albeit two goals behind. But Prandley didn't give up – and neither could he.

Lazio did not make any changes.

Juventus stepped up their attack, and Lazio did not shrink their defense to play defensive counter-attacks.

Instead, go on the offensive!

Winning this game is a decision to win Juventus supporters!

You say we're passive and conservative? Okay, then we'll crush you with an attack!

You say we rely on intrigues? Okay, we'll win you all right!

In the 61st minute, Lazio scored their third goal of the game.

Throughout, Juventus didn't take the initiative in the game, and despite their attacking prowess, it felt like they were being led by the nose by Lazio. There is no initiative of its own at all.

And their offense is simpler and more monotonous in comparison.

Anyway, looking at Juventus' performance, you don't believe this team can beat Lazio in this game. And it's not because Lazio already have a three-goal lead over Juventus.

Even when the score is 0:0, there is no chance that Juventus will win.

“…… There may be Juventus fans who are haunted by their back-to-back defeats to Lazio and feel incredible. There are many reasons for Juventus. But the truth is often brutal, and the truth is that Juventus are no match for Lazio at all. If it weren't for Lazio's own problems this season, they would have finished top of the league by now. But the game against Juventus was not a long contest, it was a winner-or-lose game. Lazio plays Juventus, always very energetic...... Therefore, it is not so surprising that Juventus have lost to Lazio in a row. ”

The commentator's words will upset many Juventus fans.

But what can they do besides being unhappy?

Isn't what the narrator said wrong?

Is there anything Juventus can do to beat Lazio?

No. Nothing.

Their experience and ability to be at the top of the league didn't help them at all against Lazio.

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Three goals behind. Even the Juventus players themselves have lost their fighting spirit.

It's too painful to play in a game like this, and you know you can't win, so how can you guarantee motivation?

The Juventus players on the pitch began to get out of the motion. And he didn't want to press out and attack.

To go out and attack is to die, and to die even worse.

Between the grievances of death and the worse of death. The Juventus players decisively chose to die.

For this independent choice of the players, Prandelli did not interfere, did not yell at the sidelines for the players to press out and attack, and continued to attack.

The players themselves are reluctant to do this, and even if he insists on it, the result will not be too small.

He just lowered his head and sighed.

Lazio, Winning ...... It's like a mountain in front of me.

Ten years ago, he was in front of him, and he had been trying to make his way towards the mountain, hoping to climb over him.

So he worked hard and struggled for ten years, leading Juventus to win the league championship and become a champion coach.

Ten years have passed, and he always thinks that he can't talk about climbing over the mountain, but he can always start climbing the mountain, right?

So he looked up again, and to his despair, he found that the mountain was still in front of his eyes, and it looked the same as it had been ten years ago!

For ten years, he didn't dare to stop rushing for a day, but it turned out that the distance between himself and the mountain had not been narrowed at all, or even if it did, this distance was insignificant compared to the original distance between the two.

Only then did he realize that he had overlooked a very important issue - he had been moving forward and working hard in the past ten years, but his opponent was also constantly moving forward and working hard!

That's it, Juventus lost this game.

In the league, they are only one point ahead of Lazio.

The whole task is to try to maintain the advantage of staying in the league and then finally be able to suppress Lazio and win the league title!

It's better to beat Chang Win like this than to lose all at once, right?