In the end, Lazio beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 away to remain unbeaten in the group stage.

After five rounds of group play, Lazio topped the table with 13 points, qualified one round early, and topped the group.

The next thing is for the remaining three teams to fight for the second place in a group.

Real Madrid's home match with Nottingham Forest ended at the same time.

Originally, everyone thought that Real Madrid, who were cornered, would definitely beat Nottingham Forest at home, and it is hard to say how many goals they can win, but they can definitely win.

Real Madrid fans were still optimistic in the first minute of the game.

Real Madrid has played in the Champions League for so many years and has never failed to even qualify for the group stage.

So no matter what, in the end, Real Madrid will definitely qualify from the group, even if it is second in the group - at this time, Real Madrid fans don't care whether they are first or second in the group.

After they lost to Lazio in the first round of the group stage, the media and fans in Madrid were still discussing whether such a start could help the team win the group.

At that time, in everyone's minds, Real Madrid had no problem qualifying from the group, and Real Madrid didn't put their minds on this at all, but were all thinking about the first place in the group.

From their point of view, only the top of the group is worthy of Real Madrid's aristocratic demeanor. This is true even in the Death Group.

As a result, now, the situation has completely changed. They are fully aware that in today's football, they are no longer the giants of the past.

Four rounds have passed since the group stage, and they are only four points and in second place. And the other two teams are not much different. Such a position obviously does not reassure Real Madrid fans.

Real Madrid fans feel very sad - when did a giant team like Real Madrid fall to the point of competing with two other teams for a qualifying place?

The fans' dissatisfaction with Real Madrid continues.

This dissatisfaction is not only directed at the head coach Benitez, but also against the president of Real Madrid, the 74-year-old Florentino. Perez.

The legendary president, who once single-handedly built the Galacticos, has become the president of Real Madrid for the third time.

He had been away from this position for six years before his third trip out of the mountain. He came back again because he wanted to save Real Madrid again.

Rafael Benitez was appointed as Real Madrid's head coach after his arrival, and he led them to the Champions League final in his first season. This once made Florentino's popularity soar, and everyone shouted "Sure enough, only the old president can save Real Madrid".

Even if they lose in the final, everyone has confidence in this team.

Always believe that next season, Real Madrid will perform better. Because Benitez and the team have a better run-in.

Unexpectedly, the results went from bad to worse.

In the third year, this is the season. It's hard to even qualify for the Champions League group stage.

Naturally, such a performance is unlikely to satisfy Real Madrid's fans and club members.

There are also such voices in the media, believing that although Florentino has successfully built two phases of the Galaxy Battleship, he is old after all, rigid in thinking, slow in response, and is no longer suitable to continue to be at the helm of such a wealthy family.

In other words, it's going to knock him down.

Florentino is under tremendous pressure right now. This is very cruel and unfair for a seventy-four-year-old man. But in the face of defeat, the angry Real Madrid fans don't care about it. They only know that someone needs to be responsible for the failure, and the glory that Real Madrid has lost must be regained, even if it costs blood!

Of course. The pressure on Benitez is even greater.

As the manager of Real Madrid, he has been in this position since the first day. It's like sitting in a crater, and the pressure accompanies him 24 hours a day, never stopping.

So before the home game against Nottingham Forest, the media went viral that this game would be the final match that would decide Benitez's fate, and that if he couldn't win - not a loss, but not a win, so a loss would be the same - he would be sacked.

Real Madrid really has come to fight on their backs.

For this match, Benitez is not inadequately prepared.

Despite this, when the game started, Real Madrid was still a team that habitually underestimated the enemy.

The first time they played Nottingham Forest, they were held to an away draw by Nottingham Forest. But at that time, after all, it was an away game, and they believe that when they return to their home stadium, they will definitely beat Nottingham Forest.

It won't be difficult to take Nottingham Forest.

Even if Nottingham Forest drew with Borussia Dortmund later, it did not change the minds of the Real Madrid players.

Anyway, they have a lot of confidence in their home stadium.

Borussia Dortmund won 3:1 at Real Madrid in the Bernabeu Cup.

With that in mind, they were slow to get into the game.

The result was that they didn't score until the end of the first half.

Real Madrid's players are starting to panic a bit.

However, they were still lucky and thought they had 45 minutes left in the half, which was enough time for them to win against Nottingham Forest.

Their goal has also changed from a big pre-match win to just one goal and just win.

However, in the second half, Nottingham Forest's defense was leaky, and Real Madrid became more and more impatient, because they realized that time was running out and Nottingham Forest's goal was so difficult to break down.

They began to panic.

Needless to say, anyone who watches a lot of football can imagine that kind of situation.

Real Madrid are getting more and more urgent, and Nottingham Forest are more and more confident.

In this way, until the end of the game, Real Madrid was not able to break through the goal of Nottingham Forest, and the game was 0:0 again!

Nottingham Forest have one point, three points and are still bottom of the group.

But it doesn't mean anything to Real Madrid. Because Real Madrid's point also got them out of danger.

With five points, they finished second in the group. But fools know that this is not safe at all. Borussia Dortmund have four points, Nottingham Forest have three, and in the final round, there are too many surprises that could happen......

Such a result is absolutely doomsday for Real Madrid.

There are only two ways for them to qualify, one is to beat Lazio away. Only by beating Lazio can Real Madrid take the initiative into their own hands. But after watching the first leg between the two sides, many people didn't expect anything from that.

The second option is a draw with Lazio, and hopefully Nottingham Forest will once again carry on their tradition of defensive tenacity by holding Borussia Dortmund to a draw at home. That's it. Real Madrid will finish second in the group with six points, while Borussia Dortmund and Nottingham Forest will qualify with five and four points respectively.

Now, the second way is even more likely.

It's just that in such an capacity, he came out of the line. For the century-old giants Real Madrid, it is too embarrassing......

Of course, Real Madrid people today should not care about this, they just want to qualify.

As long as they can rush out of this damn death group, they will do whatever they want!

After the results of this grouping came out at first, the media exclaimed that this was the group of death, but the group of death used to trap Lazio.

Unexpectedly, it has now become the death group of Real Madrid......

It's really a trick.

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Real Madrid were held to a draw at home by Nottingham Forest. The next day, the incident quickly became the most sensational news in the whole of European football.

Not that this game is incredible, or how unlikely it is for Nottingham Forest to draw with Real Madrid.

The sensation is not because of this result, but because of another result that extends from this result.

That is, everyone found that for the first time in the history of Real Madrid, Real Madrid may face the dilemma of not being able to qualify for the Champions League group stage!

That's big news. Real Madrid were the first positive responders to the Champions League, having won five in a row in the early stages of the competition, an achievement that made them the best team of the 20th century.

Since then, there have been ups and downs. Either way, they just need to play in the Champions League, which has a group stage. They will definitely qualify from the group stage.

In the 66-year history of the Champions League, Real Madrid have never been eliminated from the group stage.

So Florentino said that Real Madrid is a team with "Champions League blood", and naturally he has a point.

is such a team that has integrated the Champions League into its blood, but it has to face the embarrassing situation of not being able to qualify for the group stage.

It's not big news yet, so what is big news?

Just a day later, Real Madrid announced the departure of head coach Rafael Benitez.

In a press release, Real Madrid thanked Rafael Benitez for his efforts over the past two seasons and wished him the best of luck.

However, such formulaic warmth cannot hide the cruelty of the workplace.

Benitez is also a champion coach, but he was fired after less than two and a half seasons at Real Madrid.

Real Madrid's manager, this position is really not easy to do.

There are also media outlets who are unhappy with Real Madrid's dismissal of Benitez, believing that in the current situation, even if Chang Sheng is in charge, it may not guarantee that Real Madrid will qualify from the group and avoid becoming the biggest joke. And no one is going to take over the hot potato of Real Madrid at this time.

Because everyone knows how bad the situation Real Madrid will face next, it is too difficult to lead Real Madrid out of this group of death, because their opponent is Lazio led by Chang Sheng, Chang Sheng and Real Madrid are mortal enemies, such a good opportunity, how can he give up?

Coaching Real Madrid at this time, once Real Madrid fails to qualify from the group, it is equivalent to engrave his name on the pillar of shame in the history of Real Madrid Club forever!

Who wants to do such a stupid thing?

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