Chapter 137: Kissing the Goddess
Although Benzema's goal didn't score, Chang Sheng saw the looming smile of Lady Luck in it.
This encouraged him.
This shows that Lady Luck is beginning to favor him.
He clenched his fists and kept repeating, "Soon, soon, soon, soon......"
In the thirty-ninth minute, Lazio came again.
This time it was replaced by David. Silva.
Silva dribbled the ball from the wing to the middle and made a move to shoot directly from outside the box, as he had done a few times before, and the Celtic centre-back immediately pounced on him and blocked his long-range shot with his body.
It was at this time that David. Silva slams the ball into the box!
The tall and bulky Celtic central defender couldn't react, making David . Silva buckled.
But this can only be regarded as an ordinary pass.
Next up David. Silva's movements are repeated, demonstrating his ability and flexibility.
David. Silva adjusts faster than anyone else!
He smashed the ball with his right foot, only one step to adjust, and then his right foot touched the ball again, and then flicked the ball to the right side, and the whole person jumped up at the same time.
Just as he was jumping up, he shoveled with one foot on the ground!
Visible David. How timely Silva's action was, if he had been a little late, he would have either been tackled or legged. Either way, it's not good.
Jumped up and flashed David who was tackled by the opponent. Silva landed right behind the football.
He didn't adjust, and once again buckled the football to the right side, and at the same time, his body was short, and he just wiped the ball between the two big men!
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"Oooo David. Silva! Wonderful solo performance! Brilliant in one go! ”
The narrator shouted excitedly.
The Lazio fans in the stands also let out a loud cheer to David. Silva cheered.
See David. Silva tossed and turned in all directions, and in an instant, he connected the four of them. Chang Sheng's excitement.
He felt that the goddess was about to kiss his lips!
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David. Silva was still disturbed as he dribbled past the two big men, stumbling a little on his feet.
So when he came out with the ball, the cadence was messy.
The Celtic goalkeeper was quick to get his shot out of the box.
Who thought of David with his head down and adjusting his pace. Silva inadvertently hit the ball with his toe and then lifted it up. Shoot!
The ball flew over the goalkeeper's head, and the goalkeeper, who lowered his center of gravity and was bent on the ground, couldn't even make any save, he could only raise his head and watch the ball pass him.
The others just froze in place.
The soccer ball fell from behind him...... Goal!
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"Oh oh David. Silva!! Lazio are ahead at home! Nice goal! David. Silva showed us his dexterity and technique! ”
The Stadio Olimpico exploded the moment the football crashed into the Celtic goal.
It's like a volcanic eruption.
The hearts of Lazio fans can finally be put back in their place......
"Lazio took a 1:0 lead in this game, and Lazio also led 1:0 on aggregate!! The deadlock was broken! ”
'Celtic looked right in their tactics, but they were still broken by Lazio, which is a shame...... It can only be said that David. Silva is Lazio's most famous player at the moment! And the Celts are missing such a character! ”
Grandstand David. Silva scored. Chang Sheng raised his arms high and looked up at the sky.
In the night sky, which was lit red, he saw the smiling face of the goddess.
So Chang Sheng also cracked his mouth and smiled.
Although now it's just a one-goal lead.
But he knew that the situation had been opened.
The basis of Celtic's stubborn defense and wanting to drag to penalties is not to concede goals.
As long as they don't concede the ball, they can drag it to the penalty.
But now that they've conceded the goal, it's impossible to keep on like that.
They had to attack. Whether it's a big press or a defensive counterattack, you have to attack.
As long as they attack, there will be an open space behind them.
That's an opportunity that Lazio can take advantage of.
Next. It's just a normal game.
Chang Sheng can sit in the coach's seat, cross Erlang's legs and start watching the play.
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Chang Sheng was right.
When the game resumes. The Celtics adjusted their tactics and began to try to attack.
In fact, if you only analyze it from the surface, the Celtics still have the advantage.
They only need to score one goal to qualify with an away goal advantage.
Lazio will have to score another goal if they want to be safe.
But that's just on paper.
The real game is not such a simple math problem.
The game is firmly in Lazio's own hands, and Celtic want to score? How easy is it to say?
And Lazio are the best at playing games with a lead.
Now it's easy for them to want to score. And Celtic have a hard time scoring goals.
The Celtics fought back because of the limited number of troops put into it, and there was no David. Players like Silva and Karim Benzema are extremely capable individually, so they can't threaten Lazio's goal.
In order to be able to threaten Lazio's goal, they will have to play more players in attack. So. There are fewer troops at the back.
What does it mean to take care of one or the other? It's called taking care of one or the other!
Lazio made adjustments to Celtic's adjustments and played with ease.
In the second half, Celtic found themselves unable to play like this, as the backline could concede goals at any time. So they re-shrunk their defense, hoping for the same counterattack as they did when they hit the big luck.
They also hope that Lady Luck will favor them.
Pity......
They didn't seem ready to meet the goddess.
By the 80th minute, they had not been able to find the back of the net against Lazio.
There are still ten minutes left, and at this time, Celtic can't care about it so much, and simply press hard, hoping to equalize.
At this time, even after they knew they had done it. will be beaten by the other party, and he doesn't care about it.
Anyway, at the last moment, either you die or I die. At this time, if you look ahead and look ahead, it will really be over.
In the face of this onslaught from Celtic, the Lazio players did not panic.
They have a firm grip on the football at their feet. Spend as much time as you can, and ten minutes were actually pretty fast with their back-and-forth passes and possession.
Their tactics were successful.
Until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Celtic were unable to score a goal to equalize.
The final score was 1:0, and Lazio defeated Celtic at home to eliminate their opponents with an aggregate score of 1:0 and advance to the quarterfinals.
When the game was over, many Lazio fans breathed a sigh of relief.
They are not as calm and calm as Chang Sheng.
For the last ten minutes, they were worried all the time, for fear that the other party would suddenly go out of their shit luck. Scored a goal like this. Then I really want to cry without tears.
Fortunately, this time Lady Luck stood firmly behind Lazio. Even after being besieged by Celtic in the last ten minutes and bombarded with high-altitude balls, Lazio did not concede a goal.
Of course, it would be unfair to Lazio's players to attribute Lazio's victory solely to the favor of Lady Luck.
In the final moments, Celtic adopted the Scottish team's traditional long-pass rushing play, which was simple and rough. Save time and don't need to have a lot of possession. As long as you can pass the ball. Then give it to the center forward in front of the goal.
At this time, Jose. Passarella and Pavon, the two tall centre-backs, played a very important role, jumping up again and again, battling Celtic players for headers, and most of the time they grabbed the spot. Even if he couldn't grab the point, it interfered with the Celtic player's header shot.
It took a lot of pressure off Handanovic.
That's why people say that "Lady Luck only favors those who are prepared" and "Luck takes care of the strong".
If Chang Sheng hadn't paid attention to training his highball defence, and if his centre-back had been short and his header wasn't good enough, he might have lost by now.
As for what Lady Luck favors...... That's just a joke.
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"Mancini if he had watched the game live in front of the TV. He must be upset right now. His team had been eliminated a day earlier, losing and losing and losing humiliating! He must have hoped that someone would be able to accompany him. It looks like Lazio is the most likely...... But after a 90-minute game, Lazio beat Celtic by one goal, and they were angry with the Scottish team and Mancini......"
The TV commentator did not forget to tease Mancini.
Mancini was sitting in front of the TV watching the game at this time, and he naturally heard the voice of the commentator.
His face was a little unsightly.
But he didn't advance to the quarterfinals because of Lazio. He was simply because of the narrator's ridicule of him.
In fact, Lazio made it to the quarter-finals and he was very happy. It's not pretending to be happy, it's happy from the heart.
Because the further Lazio go in the Champions League, the more they have to be distracted.
He struggled and wavered in the league and the Champions League. Sooner or later, such a multiple-choice question will also be placed in front of Lazio, who has always won.
Is it the Champions League?
Or is it a league?
Mancini wants to win the Champions League, and in that case, he will have to abandon the league Mancini does not believe that the winning squad can cope with the two-front battle.
If you give up the league, you will have no opponents in the league.
The league title is almost within reach!
The league title belongs to Inter Milan, and as for the Champions League, let Lazio and AC Milan fight to the ground!
Mancini was not happy to be ridiculed by the host, but he was still happy when he thought about the bright future of Inter Milan in the league. Even the suspension of players didn't affect him. (To be continued.) )