Chapter 31: This Is the Death Gang? Ha!
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After the game against Modena, Lazio are back on the road, this time in the Champions League, where they host third-tier side Borussia Dortmund in the second round of the Champions League group stage.
When Lazio was first assigned to this group, many people felt that UEFA was deliberately blackmailing Lazio and putting them in the most powerful group of death, just to make Lazio die without a place to bury.
As a result, in the first group stage, Lazio faced Real Madrid, the strongest team in the group, and won easily!
This has made many people fall through their glasses and be completely unexpected.
There are also many doubts about whether then Borussia will be able to hold off Lazio on the road.
Originally, everyone thought that Lazio would be in the group of death and would definitely play hard, even those who had confidence in Lazio felt that Lazio might be able to qualify, but they would have to pay a heavy price.
Unexpectedly, in the first game, Lazio beat Real Madrid 2:0 away.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere of this group of deaths became a little weird.
After the first round of the group stage, UEFA also praised Lazio on its official website as an old powerhouse, and it still played well in the group of death.
Many people can see UEFA's helplessness and depression from this.
They actually want Real Madrid to beat Lazio.
As long as Lazio has a little bit of something to hack in this game, UEFA will definitely not be polite.
But Lazio played very well in that game, suppressing Real Madrid tactically, and the player's performance was much better than that of Real Madrid's players, so it was natural to win in the end.
Such a performance makes UEFA unable to find an excuse even if it wants to black Lazio.
So I can only praise Lazio's performance with a bitter face, after all, this is a game that the whole of Europe is watching. If after this game, UEFA has not indicated anything at all. That would be unusual, and it would give more evidence to those who were already deliberately targeting Lazio in the black UEFA era.
So they pinched their noses and did things that made them very unhappy.
Against Borussia Dortmund, UEFA is now counting on nothing.
Lazio's team is too nervous, playing a strong team is like playing chicken blood, playing a weak team but ups and downs, knowing that they will not be assigned to any group of death, they will be divided into the weakest group, so maybe Lazio's qualification process can be tortuous......
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Before the match against Lazio, Dortmund manager Rangnick took the lead in psychological warfare.
'It's away, but we're fearless. Lazio's home stadium is nothing to be afraid of. It's just a normal game. ”
This is a constant win in the previous two seasons. It is estimated that this level of psychological warfare will be dismissive.
But this time, he responded: "Yes, it's just a normal Champions League game. It doesn't mean anything special, you don't have anything to hype up our and Dortmund gimmicks. We didn't play them very often because most of the time we were in the Champions League. ”
At first, everyone thought that what Chang Sheng said was very ordinary, and it was no different from nonsense. But when I heard him say the last sentence, everyone realized that Chang Sheng was still in Black Dortmund!
That sentence doesn't mean that Dortmund didn't have good results in the past. There is no guarantee that they will play in the Champions League every year, so Lazio has no chance of playing Dortmund?
Sure enough, Chang Sheng's sentence made the Dortmund media angry enough.
How can Dortmund be as unbearable as Chang Sheng said?
Borussia Dortmund have also played in the Champions League in six seasons over the past decade, including one in the last four. It's just that in recent seasons, Dortmund's results have declined. Before that, he had not reached the Champions League for three consecutive seasons. That's why they've been relegated to Pot 3 this season.
Dortmund played most of their Champions League games under Jurgen Klopp, which was Dortmund's golden age.
Later, with the departure of the players. The team fell apart, Klopp was no longer magical, and could only choose to leave, and Dortmund fell into a period of slump.
Fortunately, they have returned to the Champions League this time, which has made Dortmund fans full of hope for the future of the team. They hope this is another brilliant start for Borussia Dortmund.
Such words of constant victory are to rub salt in Dortmund's wounds.
The behavior of turning over old accounts is the most annoying to everyone.
The media was angry enough, but Dortmund coach Rangnick was silent.
Fighting war of words was not what he was good at. He just wanted to boost the morale of his team, after all, this is an away game, and the opponent is the old powerhouse Lazio, who just beat Real Madrid 2-0 away, which should not be underestimated.
However, he found that in terms of his ability to fight war of words, he was far from Chang Sheng.
Instead of spending all your time on this, you should feel comfortable doing what you are good at.
So he shut up.
Chang Sheng is too lazy to chase and fight, Rangnick is not the kind of person who is good at spitting, and a war of words with him, even if he wins by a big score, he has no sense of accomplishment, and Chang Sheng can't experience the pleasure of completely abusing a strong opponent.
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Dortmund faced Nottingham Forest at home in the first round of the group stage, and the result was a 0:0 draw with Nottingham Forest, which can be regarded as a small upset.
If it weren't for Lazio's very comfortable 2-0 win away to Real Madrid, Dortmund would have been on the front page.
Nottingham Forest's defensive counter-attack made it difficult for Dortmund.
Facing a team in the fourth pot who have not been able to win, Dortmund will have more pressure on them if they want to qualify.
So this game Dortmund must win.
That's why Rangnick wants to cheer up the team by playing against the winning team before the game.
But it doesn't seem to work very well.
After the start of the game, Lazio launched a fierce attack on the Borussia Dortmund goal at their home stadium.
This is Lazio's home stadium, and Lazio are not going to play any counter-attacking or shrinking defense.
This is true no matter what opponent you are facing.
That's how Lazio have that confidence.
Dortmund also didn't expect Lazio to maintain such attacking intensity from the first start of the game, which left them a little at a loss.
Chang Sheng is right, Dortmund have rarely played against Lazio, and even if they can break into the Champions League, they will rarely run into Lazio.
Lazio are on the hunt for the title, and it would be nice for Dortmund to make it past the group stage.
The two teams are not on the same level at all.
So Dortmund doesn't know Lazio very well. Especially in the first three seasons, they did not qualify for the Champions League.
They were ill-prepared for how to play against Lazio.
As soon as he came up, he was stunned by Lazio's fierce attack.
In the 27th minute, Lazio took the lead and took the lead at home.
The goal turned Wanda Stadium into a sea of joy.
Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, are under a lot of pressure away from home.
Lazio scored another goal in the second half to lead Dortmund 2:0!
Although Dortmund pulled a goal back after ten minutes.
But five minutes later, Lazio doubted the color and scored another goal!
In the end, 3:1, Lazio defeated Dortmund at home.
The two strongest opponents in the group of death were both won by Lazio, which was really something that many people did not expect after the results of the group.
Originally, it was intended to trap Lazio's group of death, but unexpectedly, it turned into a stage that set off Lazio's radiance......
UEFA must be upset right now, right?
What made UEFA even more upset was Chang Sheng's speech at the post-match press conference.
A reporter stood up and asked Chang Sheng, what do you think about winning so easily in the group of death.
Chang Sheng asked rhetorically, "You say this is the group of death?" ”
Then he laughed.
"I don't really think it's a death group. If this is the Death Group, allow me to laugh for three minutes. ”
Chang Sheng didn't really laugh for three minutes, he just laughed for three seconds.
But just three seconds were already a slap in the face of UEFA.
But that's not forgotten.
After laughing, Chang Sheng said to the reporters: "After the group draw ceremony came out, you wanted me to talk about my views, but I didn't talk about it." Why didn't I talk about it? That's why, I don't think I need to say anything about a very ordinary grouping. What do you think? Just win! ”
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The day after the game, major European media published a photo of Chang Sheng at the post-match press conference in a prominent position, and then put Chang Sheng's words next to the picture, which was very eye-catching.
Some media even made headlines directly with Chang Sheng's words.
"This is the Death Group?"
“…… There is a deep disdain in the rhetorical question. I think he did that, because the group of death, which is known as the strongest, allowed Lazio to easily win two in a row, and the two strongest teams in the group stage lost to Lazio one after another......"
"The concept of the 'Group of Death' has really become a joke now. In the strongest group of death, Lazio is far ahead with two consecutive wins. I think the first place in this group is definitely Lazio's, and it is impossible for other teams to threaten their position......"
UEFA published another article once again praising Lazio's performance in this game.
It's really heart-wrenching to see - if you don't want to praise, don't praise, why do such a thing that goes against your will? Look at you, look at you, how stiff this smile is, how sour the wording......
If you know now, why bother in the first place?
Don't you know the temper of victory?
He is spring-like, and the more you put pressure on him, the harder he will resist!
Didn't you put him in the group of death to embarrass you? To be continued)
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