Chapter 163: Real Madrid's Dilemma

Although Pacheco is very unhappy, "Milan Sport" is still right, in the domestic league, Lazio is really a rare opponent.

In the thirteenth round, the home game against Parma, Lazio was halfway off the bench in this game because there was also a Champions League group stage with Olympiacos in midweek.

In this way, Lazio still beat Parma 2-0 at home.

Next up is the Champions League group stage.

Before that, everyone thought that the qualification situation for Group C was basically certain.

Ahead of this round of group stage, Lazio are in first place with nine points. Real Madrid were second with seven points, Olympiacos was third in the four-point group, and Werder Bremen was bottom with three points.

In this round, Werder Bremen host Real Madrid and Lazio host Olympiacos.

Although it is said to be an away game, everyone thinks that Real Madrid can definitely beat Werder Bremen.

Not to mention the Lazio game, there was no suspense.

In this way, Lazio has 12 points and Real Madrid 10 points. Olympiacos is still on four points, and Werder Bremen is still on three. The teams that qualified from this group were Lazio and Real Madrid.

In the final round, Real Madrid hosts Lazio and will decide who will qualify as group winners.

Real Madrid will be fighting for honours, while Lazio will be more practical – by topping the group, they will be able to avoid a number of potential opponents and help them go far in the competition.

This is the analysis before the penultimate round of the group stage.

But when this round of group stage is over, everyone realizes that the situation is completely different from what they thought!

Real Madrid lost 3-2 away to Werder Bremen!

Lazio, on the other hand, drew 2-2 at home to Olympiacos.

Now, the situation of this group is much more delicate.

After five rounds of group stage matches, Lazio is in first place. Real Madrid is second on seven points. Werder Bremen was third with six points and Olympiacos was five.

With the exception of Lazio, who qualified early, the other three teams are all likely to qualify from the group.

Real Madrid, who were originally aiming for the first place in the group, found that after Lazio drew with Olympiacos, they even had a suspense of qualifying from the group.

So after the game, the Madrid media accused Chang Sheng of deliberately releasing water. Because in the match against Olympiacos, the constant win did not send all the main players, but as in the last league game against Parma, it was still a mix of general main players and half of the substitutes.

His original intention was to allow more players to gain experience in Champions League matches.

It's just that I didn't expect to be forced to a 2:2 draw by the tenacious Olympiacos in the end.

However, Chang Sheng did not regret this arrangement.

Unexpectedly, this arrangement became a reason for the Madrid media to accuse him.

There's a reason why the Madrid media are so angry.

If they fail to beat Lazio in the final round, they will face a serious challenge to qualify.

Because if Werder Bremen wins against Olympiacos, they will overtake Real Madrid with nine points - and whether they lose or draw, Real Madrid will be eliminated from the competition. They drew with Lazio and got eight points, and the loss to Lazio was seven points, and there was no way to get more than nine.

If Olympiacos beat Werder Bremen at home, Olympiacos would have eight points, while Real Madrid would have to draw at least. After the draw, they were tied with Olympiacos on eight points, but Real Madrid had the advantage in the face of Olympiacos, so they were able to qualify.

Of course, for Real Madrid, the best possible outcome would be a draw between Werder Bremen and Olympiacos.

In this case, Real Madrid can qualify from the group as long as they can draw at home to Lazio.

Of course, if Real Madrid loses...... That's seven points with Werder Bremen.

It is necessary to compare the winning and losing relationships between the two sides.

The relationship between Real Madrid and Werder Bremen is a little more complicated.

The head-to-head results of both sides are one win and one loss, and the result is a draw.

Then comparing the goal difference between the two sides, the total score of the two meetings between the two sides was 4:4, and it was a draw.

Continue to compare the number of away goals scored by both sides when they play each other.

This time, Real Madrid finally took advantage of the situation, with two away goals compared to Werder Bremen......

If Werder Bremen and Olympiacos had been tied, that would have been the result.

Real Madrid still qualified from the group.

But to qualify in such a way would be a shame for Real Madrid.

The most successful team in the history of the Champions League has to be compared so many times to decide whether to qualify......

Shame on you!

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The match that would decide the fate of Real Madrid was not long in coming.

After two rounds of Serie A, the entire Lazio squad is about to embark on their journey to Madrid.

In those two league games, Lazio beat Siena 1-0 away and Catania 4-1 at home.

Falcao scored twice in the final game.

The tally of league goals has reached twelve.

His agent Claudio. Mosio felt the time was ripe.

So the day before the team left for Madrid, he found a regular winner in the office of the head coach of the Vermelo training base.

"I'm here to talk to you about Falcao's new contract. My players and I don't think the 500,000 euros annual salary is very much in line with his current performance. ”

Claudio. Mosio sat on the couch in the manager's office, while Chang Sheng sat behind his messy desk.

Because of the angle, Mosio could only see half of Chang Sheng's face, and sometimes he couldn't even see half of his face. Because it's all blocked by the monitor.

Chang Sheng leaned back and leaned back in his chair.

Now, Massimo couldn't even see the last half of his face.

Chang Sheng's voice came from behind the monitor.

"Yes, no problem, we can talk about a new contract." Chang Sheng replied.

But in fact, Chang Sheng does not have much hope that Falcao can successfully renew his contract.

Lazio can give Falcao an annual salary of up to two million.

That's a lot of money for Falcao. But when Falcao becomes the Serie A Golden Boot, he may not be in sight...... The most important thing is that his agent will not look at it.

If Falcao transfers to other teams, they can get an annual salary of five million, which is still "up"!

Compared to five million, two million is really nothing.

Brokers are typically profit-seeking and can make five percent of five million, so why only make five percent of two million?

Before the crucial match against Real Madrid, Falcao's agent came to him, and to put it bluntly, it was a kind of invisible demonstration - my team is important to your team, I hope you will seriously consider this and give us a contract that we are happy with!

Because of the away game against Real Madrid, Falcao will definitely start.

When the time comes, seeing Falcao's outstanding performance, Chang Sheng will naturally give Falcao a big contract.

chose to talk to myself about the renewal of the contract at this point in time, I have to say, Claudio. Mosio is quite level.

But...... Didn't he know that Lazio had a salary cap system?

Or does he think the paycap shield will be broken because of Falcao?

How is this possible?

Lazio's current economic situation is such that it is absolutely impossible to let go of this salary cap system.

The standard of a maximum salary of two million euros cannot be moved. Even if you win constantly, you can't exceed this standard.

And why did Falcao break this salary cap?

If Falcao's agent thought his players were unique and indispensable to the Lazio squad......

Excuse me...... I also have Cavani waiting to be summoned in Naples.

In fact, Falcao will eventually be sold, the difference is only that it is sold late and sold early.

Chang Sheng hopes to sell it later, but if the situation on Falcao's side does not allow it, he will sell it if he sells it, as long as the price is right.

From Getafe onwards, no one in his team has been indispensable.

If someone wants to threaten themselves with team status, Chang Sheng doesn't mind letting them know who gave them that team status......

"After the game against Real Madrid, let's talk about the new contract."

Chang Sheng just sent Claudio away. Mosio.

Mosio also had nothing to say.

Now for the team, playing Real Madrid away is indeed the most important priority.

Although Lazio have already qualified early, they will be fighting for the top spot in the group. Even if it's not for the sake of winning the group, it's just a personal feud between Chang Win and Real Madrid, so they have to win this game.

If Madrid's media still fantasize that Lazio will let them go, I'm afraid they will be disappointed.

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When Lazio arrived in Madrid, Chang Sheng told a crowd of reporters outside the airport: "If you are still fantasizing that Real Madrid will beat Lazio at home and then make it out of the group...... I've got to say, sorry I might have let you down. ”

"It seems that the situation at Real Madrid is not good......" After listening to Chang Sheng's words, a reporter who was doing the live connection said to the host in the back.

And Chang Sheng said so, Calderon is not good at being sentimental this time, and he praises Chang Sheng.

Both sides can only be silent.

Schuster was under a lot of pressure.

If Real Madrid don't make it out of the group stage, it's going to be a big deal......

Real Madrid fans are also lamenting why they have always won when they need it most?

The feud between Chang Sheng and Real Madrid gave him enough reasons to take out Real Madrid.

Now, if I ask many Real Madrid fans if they regret their friendship with Chang Sheng, it is estimated that many people will say that they regret it...... (To be continued)