Chapter 102: The Last Home Field
Naturally, there are special people to negotiate with Lotito, the Lazio club, and the local bank.
Chang Sheng left this to Kate. Gracie didn't care after that.
His main job is to lead the team to win.
In the Champions League, Lazio reached the final against Paris Saint-Germain.
Because of the investment of Middle Eastern capital, this French powerhouse has worked hard for more than ten years, and it can be regarded as a well-known and strong team in Europe.
Unlike those teams that die out after a while, Paris Saint-Germain's level has always remained at a fairly high level.
In recent seasons, they have won three consecutive Ligue 1 titles, and there is still a lot of hope for this season to win four consecutive league titles.
They are said to be aiming to surpass Lyon's Ligue 1 for seven consecutive titles. Of course, Lazio's record of eight consecutive titles in the five major leagues is also in their goal.
This season, Paris Saint-Germain has also performed well in the Champions League.
They made it all the way to the semi-finals, and faced defending champions Chelsea in the semi-finals, and they completely beat their form.
In the first leg, they drew 1-1 away from Chelsea, and in the second leg, they won 3-1 at home to eliminate Chelsea led by Roberto Di Matteo on aggregate and reach the Champions League final for the first time in their history.
Paris Saint-Germain is very serious about reaching the final this time.
Because the past ten years have been the time of rapid development of Paris Saint-Germain, they were even once considered quasi-giants, so that no one dared to despise them.
Many people think that if Paris Saint-Germain can win a Champions League title, they can remove the word "quasi" and become a real giant.
This is what Paris Saint-Germain can only dream of.
It doesn't matter how good Lazio has been in the Champions League this season. They're going to fight Lazio too.
And get this championship.
To this end, after the Champions League semi-finals, Paris Saint-Germain coach Barthez has launched an offensive.
In his post-match press conference after the knockout of Chelsea, he also spoke about his opponents in the final.
'Lazio are a very respectable opponent, they are very strong, you can see it from the teams they knock out. But I have this ambition and I want to beat them. Because no one is more hungry for this championship than we are! ”
This was very polite at first, but then it became murderous.
Barthez's bald head glistened in the light.
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Barthez naturally wanted to provoke and win a war between him.
But Chang Sheng ignored him.
After reaching the final, he only thought about the league.
Before the tournament is over. There will be no Champions League final.
This is a time when the question of who will be in the Champions League final can be ignored at all.
In the league, his team is still three points behind Juventus.
But to be honest, Lazio's hopes of winning the title are already a bit slim.
With three rounds of the league remaining, Juventus are three points ahead of them.
As long as Juventus doesn't make mistakes, Lazio won't play!
Chang Sheng also understands this, so he told the players to just give it their all. Don't think about what your opponent is like.
In the 36th round of the league, Lazio hosted Verona.
Juventus host Atalanta.
In the 37th round of the league, Lazio challenged Inter Milan away.
Juventus take on Roma away.
In the 38th round of the league, Lazio challenged Bologna at home.
Juventus host Cagliari.
Judging by the matchups in these three games, the only one who can cause problems for Juventus is probably Roma.
But Rome won't be counted on at all.
Because of the poor relationship between Rome and Lazio, Rome will definitely not let go of this opportunity to make the city's sworn enemies unlucky.
It's been many years and the title race has nothing to do with Roma. Now they finally have a chance to decide who wins the league. Do you think they'll let it go easily?
Chang Sheng didn't expect Rome to help him at all.
It seems that you can only rely on yourself and win all three games first.
Do your best, and settle the destiny of heaven.
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In the 36th round of the league, Lazio hosted Verona.
This game is always won and rotated. The main players who participated in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final in midweek were given a chance to rest. Especially the veterans, who are not as fit as they used to be and need more time to rest.
Despite this, Lazio beat Verona 4-1 at home.
Meantime. Juventus also beat Atalanta 2-0 at home.
Prandelli is getting closer and closer to defending the league title.
In the 37th round, Lazio challenged Bologna away. Juventus, meanwhile, away to Roma.
Lazio beat Inter Milan 2-0 away in this game, while the match between Juventus and Roma was quite interesting.
Rome sent out basically a youth army, and from the very beginning of the game it was clear that they were going to release water.
The reason given by the Roma manager before the game was that the players needed to rest and prepare for the Coppa Italia final - this is a lie, with two weeks to go before the Coppa Italia final, why prepare so quickly?
This youth army also struggled against Juventus.
In the end, Juventus beat Roma 6-0 away!
At the post-match press conference, Chang Sheng couldn't help but ridicule Roma.
He applauded at the press conference: "I would like to congratulate the Club of Rome, they have once again refreshed the shameless lower limit!" In this game, anyone with a discerning eye knows what is going on. So no one should pretend to be garlic. All I can say is that Rome will be punished for doing so! ”
The Romans, for their part, did not respond to Chang Sheng's comments, knowing in their hearts why they were doing this, and they were at fault.
Silence at this time is the best response.
As for the constant threat of victory...... Who cares what a man who is about to leave Lazio says? He won't be the manager of Lazio next season, what madness is he? Isn't Lazio a soft persimmon in front of Rome that they knead casually?
Rome doesn't believe in retribution, but Lazio may have to taste it......
Juventus' big win away from home to Roma basically meant that Lazio's chances of winning the league were slim.
In the final round, Juventus was on their home turf. The opponent is the underdog Cagliari again, is there any suspense in this?
Although Cagliari still has to fight for relegation, Juventus also has to fight for the title. Both sides have absolutely good reasons to compete for hard power, and the hard power must be Juventus' victory over Cagliari.
Juventus only need to draw Cagliari to win the title, which is simply too easy for them.
So before the final round of the league, the Italian Football Federation brought the league trophy to Turin, and they also believe that Juventus will definitely win the league title.
As for Lazio's side?
Because there is little hope for Thailand. There was not even a backup plan arranged, that is, no FA officials were sent to Rome with a spare trophy.
What if Lazio did come back from behind to win the title?
There are no ifs.
No one believes Lazio can still reverse Juventus.
Because it's not a Lazio thing, if the last round is Lazio away to Juventus, then probably 60 percent of people will believe that Lazio can win.
But now, Lazio want to win the title. The most important thing is to see Cagliari.
If Cagliari can beat Juventus, Lazio can win the title. Otherwise, it's useless to say anything.
Can Cagliari?
Although Cagliari must beat Juventus to avoid relegation, no one is optimistic about them.
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Despite the possibility of missing out on the league title, Lazio fans have sold out all their tickets for this game.
Some tickets are reserved for a week before match day, and are mostly loose tickets.
As a result, all these tickets were sold out in just one day.
Those who start late will either find scalpers to buy tickets at a high price. Either that, or go outside Wanda Stadium on match day and hope someone can sell their tickets before the game starts.
But even if that's the case, I'm afraid it will be difficult to buy tickets anymore.
Even if the ticket in the hands of scalpers is high, there are people who want it. As for refunds or something, it's even more impossible. Even if someone is unable to attend the game, they will not transfer their ticket.
This is the same idea as those who grabs scalpers at a high price.
It was the last home game at Lazio, and the ticket was already worth a fortune in its own right. It's a very rare souvenir.
No one wants to miss a game like this, or a ticket like this.
At this moment. No one cares about league titles anymore.
Although Chang's last season wanted to end Lazio's embarrassing situation of two consecutive seasons without a championship, Lazio fans felt that Chang no longer needed to prove anything with titles.
His past victories are enough.
They just wanted to come and enjoy their last days in Lazio.
Say goodbye to an old friend who has been with them for 17 years at home.
In the last game, perhaps farewell and sorrow are the main theme of the game.
The various fan clubs have also organized their own fans, and they have only made a lot of slogans, banners and posters thanking Chang Sheng.
When the time comes, it will be shown, and Wanda Stadium will completely become a special game that wins forever!
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At Juventus' home stadium, Prandelli and his disciples are desperate to win the league title.
And at Lazio's home stadium, it was a parting feeling.
Just look at the atmosphere of these two home stadiums, and you can guess the result.
Lazio seem to have given up on their own efforts to win the league title.
That's why they focused on saying goodbye.
But it doesn't matter to Juventus, they don't need to look at Lazio's face, they just need to play their game.
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