Chapter Seventy-Five: Stepping on Lazio's Corpse to Win the Championship in Advance? (First Update)
David. Silva's brilliant goal gave Lazio the lead and made him a figure of renewed interest in the Spanish media.
Lazio is now almost the largest concentration of Spanish players overseas. David. Silva, Jose. Passarella, Francisco. Pavon.
Among them Jose. Passarella and David. Silva has what it takes to make the national team.
In fact, the head coach of the Spanish national team, Aragonés, is indeed paying attention to Lazio.
Because Lazio's head coach is a perennial winner, the young man who once led a second team to beat him. The football I play in Spain is also inspired by the constant wins.
However, these two players still have not been selected for the national team, despite their ability.
Aragonés may have wanted to observe more.
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Sevilla FC trailed 1-0 to Lazio at the end of the first half.
That's not a good thing.
They were conceded an away goal in a two-legged game and they had to score more to make amends.
However, after the half-time adjustment, Sevilla not only did not score more goals, but also allowed Lazio to score more goals......
Lazio's quick cross-cutting combination was uncomfortable for Sevilla. Especially the Spanish team, who were accustomed to the slow passing tactics of Valencia before.
Although Lazio still insists on passing and cutting the ball, they are much faster than when they were in Valencia.
Sevilla looked uncomfortable.
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Lazio scored two more goals in the second half.
It wasn't until the end of the game that Sevilla Fabiano pulled a goal back, and finally did not get a bald head at home by Lazio.
But such a score has basically declared them eliminated from the tournament.
Who can believe that Sevilla can come back from the road?
Valencia did it against AC Milan and that doesn't mean all Spanish teams can come back against Italy.
Not to mention that the director of Valencia's reversal is always winning. And he is now the head coach of Lazio.
Despite the pre-match Juander. Ramos used the constant wins and Valencia to fight each other, ignoring Sevilla to motivate his players. But the gap in strength makes Sevilla still unable to face Lazio.
The final score was 3:1, with Lazio taking home a win and three away goals.
The suspense of the second leg has been lost.
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After putting the strategic focus on the UEFA Cup, Lazio's performance in the league began to fluctuate a bit.
After all, young players, lack consistency, it is difficult to maintain the same form on both sides at the same time.
Back in Italy, Lazio drew 3-3 at home to Empoli.
Juventus, on the other hand, beat Treviso 1-0 away.
The gap between the two teams has widened to four points.
Chang Sheng doesn't care.
Lazio are 17 points clear of fifth-placed Fiorentina and have all but secured a Champions League spot with six games remaining.
Of course. It would be great if you could qualify directly for the Champions League without having to qualify for the Champions League.
Then make sure they are in the top two of the league.
Now third in the league is Inter Milan, who are six points behind Lazio.
There is also a dispute.
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April 6, the second leg of the League Cup quarter-finals. Lazio drew 1-1 at home to Sevilla.
The aggregate score is 4:2 to advance to the semifinals.
He finally made it past the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup!
Next up they will face Steaua Bucharest in the semi-finals.
As long as they can beat their opponents, they can reach the final and fight the winner of Schalke 04 and Middlesbrough for the title.
With six rounds of the league remaining, Chang Win doesn't plan to put too much effort into that, just to make sure the team can qualify directly for the Champions League.
In other words, Lazio's opponent is Inter Milan, not Juventus.
In fact. Even Lazio is third in the league......
At that time, Juventus was deprived of the Champions League qualification, and Lazio and Inter Milan automatically entered the substitute, the second and first place in the league respectively, and they could also participate in the Champions League directly.
Round 33. Lazio lost 3-2 away to Siena, while Inter Milan and Juventus both won.
Juventus were left farther and farther away, while Inter Milan were chasing after each other, with only three points to go.
But the good news is that the Milan derby is next. AC Milan host Inter Milan.
The final result of this game was a narrow 1-0 win over Inter Milan at their own home stadium.
Lazio, on the other hand, beat Livorno 3-1 at home to reopen the gap between Inter Milan.
As for Juventus? Of course. They won again without any suspense.
The gap between Lazio and Juventus is now seven points, six points behind Inter Milan, nine points behind AC Milan and fourteen points behind Fiorentina. With just one more win, they will qualify for next season's Champions League, either directly in the main draw or in the play-offs.
This is what Lazio have been striving for for a season.
When they first stated this goal, it even caused ridicule.
Think they're out of their own pockets.
Now such voices have long since disappeared.
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and the semi-finals of the Bucharest Star, there is not much suspense.
Although Lazio lost 0:1 in the first leg away, fools can see that Lazio has the advantage. They conceded just one goal and when they returned to their home stadium, Lazio would transform into a terrifying demon that mercilessly devoured the Bucharest Stars.
After the game, Chang Win said he was confident that the team would advance to the final.
He wasn't worried about the second round at all.
It's the weekend league that's important.
Recently, Lazio has shifted their focus to the UEFA Cup, and their results and performances in the league have not been consistent enough. In the last ten rounds of the league, six wins, two draws and three losses.
The one that was originally biting Juventus was gradually thrown off.
The league champion, the constant victory, don't think about it now. But he must keep the Champions League qualification, especially the second place in the league.
Unfortunately, the weekend's league fixture was Lazio's away game against Juventus.
In their first meeting with Lazio, Juventus lost 1-0 away.
Now this match is the perfect opportunity for them to get revenge.
And it's important to note that Juventus now have 88 points, seven ahead of second-placed Lazio.
If they can beat Lazio at home, they will win the title three rounds early!
What's cooler than stepping on a throne on the corpse of a direct competitor?
Juventus will not let go of such an opportunity.
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Can Lazio win away from Juventus?
Chang Sheng carefully considered it and thought that the odds were very low.
But football games are either won or lost.
In a game that can't be won. Do your best to be undefeated.
That is, a draw.
Chang Sheng thinks that being able to take a point away from the hostile Alpi Stadium is something for himself and Lazio to walk out with their heads held high.
So Chang Sheng put the tactical tone of this game on "defense".
Defensively, defended in every way possible.
If you don't let Juventus score, it doesn't matter if you don't score.
It had to be a draw anyway.
And because of this. A week in advance, the winning coaching team began to prepare for the Juventus game.
The training plan was adjusted, and basically nothing was done for the Bucharest Star, so on the road, Lazio lost to the Bucharest Star.
Therefore, losing only one goal will make Chang Sheng feel that it is not a big deal.
In such a situation. Conceding only one goal away from home is a good performance.
Against Juventus, it's about defending.
In addition to defense or defense.
In order to defend, Chang Sheng plans to play a group of players who have ball control skills at their feet and are good at passing.
The aim is to defend with the ball in passing.
Just keep the football firmly under your feet. Coupled with excellent technique, you can minimize the risk of your goal.
This set is to control the ball to the extreme.
In the past, the usual victory was to emphasize control regardless of offense and defense.
Now he's emphasizing speed and impact in his offense. It's in defense that control is emphasized.
At the end of the week, Lazio left for Turin in the north.
When they set off. Hundreds of Lazio fans saw them off at the airport, chanting anti-Torino, anti-Juventus, anti-Holy League.
Italy is a strange country, a country that is very discriminatory and exclusionary from outsiders, and it is also the same within them, with northerners looking down on the central Lazio regionals, as well as southerners. And the people in the middle look down on everyone except their surprises, and the people in the south look down on everyone in their north......
In football, Napoli has been playing against teams such as Lazio, Roma, Milan and Juventus for many years.
Roma and Lazio have been at odds with the northern triumvirate.
And there are contradictions within the three northern powers, but in terms of general interests, they are for the sake of safeguarding their own interests
When Lazio arrived in Turin, Chang Sheng spoke to the media at the airport.
Facing the microphones and cameras of many reporters, Chang Sheng chuckled and said: "I know that Juventus said that if they can beat us at home, they can win the championship three rounds early. It's going to be a feast for them to win the title. I'm sorry, but I'll say that what I'm best at doing is smashing the field. If the Juventus are ready to celebrate the title at home, I will be happy to pour cold water on them. ”
The reporters heard Chang Sheng's words, and their hearts said that this is really Chang Sheng's style.
But if you say such things in such a high-profile manner now, aren't you afraid of being slapped in the face?
Chang Sheng didn't seem to have thought about it at all.
When he finally left, he turned around and pointed to the camera: "I'm sorry, we are not on the invitation list...... Freeloader! ”