Chapter 122: Heaven and Hell

After losing to Sampdoria, they immediately won by a big score against Reggina, proving that this time the defeat was just a coincidence, and Lazio was just a little bit unlucky.

This failure will have no repercussions.

And so it is.

The fourth game of the Champions League group stage.

Lazio beat Olympiacos 3-1 at home.

In the tenth round of the league, Lazio defeated Empoli 3:0 away.

In the eleventh round of the league, Lazio broke out again, defeating Udinese 5:0 at home!

In the twelfth round, Lazio once again played a big score, defeating Messina 4:1 away.

Lazio's state during this time has been nothing short of terrifying.

Reggina won 4:1, Olympiacos 3:1, Empoli 3:0, Udinese 5:0, and then Messina 4:1. Nineteen goals have been scored in five games.

After 12 league games, Lazio have scored 31 goals in the league, the most of any team in Serie A.

They also scored thirteen goals and conceded only one goal in the group stage of the Champions League, which is one of the best in Europe in terms of attack and defence.

Data is boring, but data doesn't lie.

It's hard to imagine that this is a team that has only been put back together this summer.

“…… What kind of magic did Chang do to Lazio? What makes this team completely different from what we remember? ”

"Our journalists have followed Lazio and they don't look like a team that has only been playing together for a few months......

“…… The urine test results proved that the Lazio players were not taking any banned drugs and that their results were credible. Then the question arises, is it really normal for such a result to happen to Lazio? I didn't mean to belittle them, I just felt weird......"

"The attack power is the highest in Europe, and such Lazio has surprised the whole of Europe. Journalists flocked to Lazio's Fermelo training base to find out the secrets of Lazio's success...... If you want me to say, what is there to visit? The reason why they have been able to achieve such results is very simple, there is only one reason, and that is that their head coach is Chang! Think about Getafe, think about Valencia, as long as it's a team that you always coach, isn't it so surprising? ”

The rise of Lazio was followed by media across the continent.

Although Roma finished fourth, the results were not bad, but in the light of Lazio, Spalletti's Roma were not worth mentioning.

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On November 22, the penultimate round of the Champions League group stage, Lazio had to travel to Shakhtar Donetsk away.

Heavy snow has begun to fall in Ukraine at the end of November.

In order to avoid injuries to the main players, Chang Sheng did not let those main players go to Donetsk in the ice and snow.

Anyway, his team qualified early after the last Champions League group game.

The only suspense now is to win the group, but Chang Win does not think Valencia, who are five points behind him, can turn the tables around.

So both he and the team can approach this away trip to Eastern Europe with a relaxed mindset.

It doesn't matter if they lose the game.

In the end, they drew 1-1 away at Shakhtar Donetsk.

Valencia, on the other hand, beat Olympiacos 2-0 at home.

With the final round of the group stage remaining, Lazio are three points ahead of Valencia.

If Valencia can beat Lazio in the final round, the relationship between the two sides will be even, and it will depend on the goal difference between the two sides.

However, it is difficult for Valencia to take advantage of this.

On the road, a perennial Lazio scored four goals against Valencia.

So back on their home turf, can Lazio still lose five goals to Valencia?

It's almost impossible.

So in fact, the first and second places in this group have been decided, which is Lazio and Valencia.

As for the final round of the group stage, it has lost its significance in terms of results.

No matter what the commission looks like, it will not affect these two teams to qualify.

But it's going to be intense, it's still going to be in the spotlight.

Because this is a match between Lazio and Valencia, because of the feud between Changsheng and Valencia.

In European football, there will always be such a match to catch people's eyes.

Chang Sheng once again became the protagonist on the stage.

The match between Lazio and Valencia was on December 5, two weeks later.

Prior to that, there were two Serie A matches.

They are Lazio at home to Ascoli and away to Livorno.

In the home game against Ascoli, Lazio won 3:1, and in the away game against Livorno, Lazio drew 2:2 with their opponents. Because there is a match with Valencia next, Chang Sheng did not play the main team, and the players were a little lax.

The draw resulted in Lazio falling from the top of the league to second place.

The first place in the league is occupied by Inter Milan with 36 points.

Because Lazio had lost to Sampdoria before, now in Serie A, only Inter Milan has not lost.

Inter Milan have strengthened a bit since getting Ibrahimovic and Vieira, but the main thing is that the main rivals before have mostly languished.

Roma started well, but lacked stamina.

Now it seems that only Lazio can compete with Inter Milan.

Last season Lazio and Juventus were in a rivalry, and this season their opponents have been Inter Milan.

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The match between Lazio and Valencia is one of the most watched matches in Europe.

Ahead of this game, Flores changed their arrogance from the previous game and made a very low-key statement that they are not here to compete for the top spot in the group.

"There is no suspense about the first place in the group, although the media says that it is theoretically possible...... But that's only theoretical. We came to Roma with a relaxed mind......" Flores said in his pre-match press conference.

And that's exactly what he did.

In this game, he replaced a lot of main players and gave many young players opportunities.

As for Soler? He didn't come to Rome at all, and when reporters asked the club's general manager, Carboni, to which he replied: "Mr. President has some personal matters to deal with. ”

What private matter?

Carboni didn't say.

But everyone can guess.

Soler just didn't want to come to Rome to accept the humiliation again.

He already had a premonition of the outcome of this match.

Even if Flores is on the full main lineup, it can't change the result in the end.

Valencia will definitely lose to Lazio.

Even because he was watching the game from the sidelines, maybe Lazio would score more goals to humiliate themselves like chickens.

So Soler simply didn't come, he wouldn't give Chang Sheng a chance to continue to humiliate himself on the spot.

Sure enough, Soler didn't come, Flores softened again, and Lazio was much gentler in this game.

In the end, Lazio beat Valencia 2-0 at home.

Won the group with an undefeated record and advanced to the round of 16.

While many teams are struggling to qualify from the group, the winning teams never seem to have to worry about not getting out of the group.

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After qualifying for the Champions League group stage, UEFA held a draw for the round of 16.

The teams that top the group are all away and then home.

Lazio, as the team that won the group, drew Celtic, who were second in Group F.

That's a good signing, because Celtic aren't a very strong team.

After the draw, Chang Sheng ignored the Champions League, for him, the league is more important. You know, this season's goal is to win the league with dignity.

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In the next league game, Lazio will face tough opponents in a row.

In the league, Lazio face Fiorentina, Roma, Inter Milan and Parma before Christmas.

The match against Inter Milan will be a crucial battle to determine who will win the winter break, if nothing else.

Now Lazio is one point behind Inter Milan for the time being.

The competition between the two sides is fierce.

And Fiorentina, under Prandelli, also performed well. At present, after 14 rounds of league matches, it is fifth with 23 points.

Roma have been the most improved team this season, with 10 wins, two draws and two defeats under Spalletti to sit third with 32 points.

Of these, only Parma have a poor score, now with nine points, second from the bottom.

In the fifteenth round, Lazio challenged Fiorentina away.

The two sides fought fiercely for 90 minutes, and finally Lazio lost 1:2.

Lost their second game of the season.

Inter Milan beat Empoli 3-0 away from home, and the gap between the two sides was widened to four points.

For a time, the media was thunderous.

Lazio's defeat can be described as joyful.

In fact, the last time Lazio lost to Sampdoria, there was no such reaction, even though it was Lazio's first defeat of the season.

Because at that time, even if Lazio lost to Sampdoria, Lazio was still the first in the league. There's really nothing to be black. If Lazio loses a game and goes black, it will be too dark.

But this time, things are different.

Lazio lost and the gap between them and Inter Milan, the league top, widened.

This fact emboldens those who want to win and Lazio, and makes them feel that the time is ripe for them to finally say what they are holding in their hearts.

As a result, the media was filled with all sorts of ridicule and ridicule.

This scene is really dizzying.

The situation changed so quickly that they didn't even react.

In the first half of the chapter, it was still said that Lazio was invincible, but in the second half, Lazio suddenly suffered two consecutive rounds of winlessness, from the first place in the league to the second place in the league, and was further and further left behind by Inter Milan......

The first half of the chapter is heaven, and the second half is hell.

After the loss, the media was full of ridicule for Chang Sheng and Lazio.

It was as if the end of the world in Lazio had come......