Chapter Seventy-Four: Benefiting from the Lottery Results?
Celtic reporters hope Lazio can lose on Celtic's home turf.
That said, he thinks Celtic can beat Lazio at home.
I have to say that this idea is as stupid as if he deliberately provoked Changsheng and showed off to Changsheng.
No matter how frenetic the atmosphere at Celtic's home stadium is, it can't make up for the difference in strength between the two teams.
The Celtics' results in recent years have been up and down, and they haven't been too good.
Maybe it's because there is no opponent.
It will not be easy for them to break into the last 16 of the Champions League this season.
In the face of Lazio, he still wants to win, that's really underestimating Lazio, right?
At the time of the game, Celtic chose to defend and counterattack on their home turf, hoping to beat Lazio by counterattacking.
This set of tactics is naturally based on defense in the first place.
If the defense can't hold Lazio's attack, this tactic is useless.
Unfortunately, their defense really couldn't hold Lazio's attack!
In the twenty-seventh minute, Lazio finally blasted the door of Celtic open in a five-minute continuous attack!
“1:0! Cavani !! Veterans don't die, this is Cavani's sixth goal in the Champions League this season! This number of goals is currently the third highest scorer in the Champions League this season! It's remarkable! A 35-year-old veteran can have such a performance in such a competitive Champions League! ”
After the goal, Cavani opened his arms and raised his arms and shouted.
As if to show off his strength to Celtic fans.
Of course, the Celtics fans responded to him with boos, middle fingers and all sorts of foul language.
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The furious scolding from the Celtic fans didn't help, and Lazio played with ease and ease after taking the lead.
When their whole team relaxes. A lot of what they're good at can be expressed.
They pass back and forth on the pitch, sometimes even with a single kick.
The situation that seemed to be difficult to solve was poured out by them with three passes and two downs, and it also made the opponent's defense line empty!
This is the football that Lazio has been sticking to for more than a decade.
Although there are a lot of details in the change, the tendency to change. But as a foundation, passing, receiving and running are the same.
Lazio is well aware that this is the basis on which they have made their home.
Of course. After Chang Sheng's departure from Lazio, it is difficult to say whether this team will continue to play this style.
Once a son of heaven and a courtier, Chang Sheng spent more than ten years to build the style characteristics of Lazio, perhaps under the new coach, only need a summer of training time. It will disappear.
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Lazio played Celtic with a passing run.
Although each side did not score again in the first half, Lazio took advantage of the gap left by Celtic's rush to equalize at the beginning of the second half, and scored another goal, and the game lost its suspense.
In the next game, Celtic also completely let go, and didn't think about conceding or not conceding goals at all.
They gave up on the defensive counter-attacking style of play and pressed all the way. I want to fight hard with Lazio.
According to their thoughts, maybe they thought that if they worked so hard, they would be able to fight for a draw and come back.
But the truth is cruel, and the winning Lazio rarely show mercy after taking the lead.
If the other party gives them too many opportunities. They're going to score more goals.
In the end, the score of this match was fixed at 4:0, and Lazio basically solved the suspense of this quarter-final in the first leg.
With four away goals and an aggregate score of 4-0, what hope do Celtic have?
There was no point in the second round.
At the post-match press conference. Chang Sheng once again showed his unruly side.
"Someone gave us the middle finger from the stands, insulting us with banners and dirty language. I've seen it all. So. I wonder if these people like our response? 4-0, Lazio won big, I hope those Celtic fans enjoy this game and your defeat. ”
At the end of the press conference, Chang Sheng finally said.
His words will naturally make Celtics fans half angry, but it doesn't matter, in the past 17 years, are there fewer people who have been half angry with him?
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Lazio defeated Celtic in the first leg, which seems to confirm everyone's speculation about UEFA - UEFA drew Lazio is really good!
This directly saves them the energy of a Champions League game, and they can put all their energy into the league.
Sure enough, in the next three league games, Lazio won all of them.
Juventus, on the other hand, have been affected by the Champions League game. They have won two of the three league games but drawn one.
What was supposed to be a one-point lead was overtaken by Lazio at the last minute, and they fell behind by one point in turn......
After that, Juventus vaguely complained about the results of the UEFA draw.
"They [Lazio] beat Celtic 4-0 in the first leg and they don't have to think about the second leg at all. And we have a game against Barcelona next week......"
Juventus manager Prandelli complained after being held to a draw by AC Milan.
He blamed it on the opponents he had met in the draw.
Juventus and Barcelona, this is really too bad luck.
Juventus didn't play very well in the group stage, so in the end, although they qualified from the group, they finished second in the group, and then they were tied with Barcelona who won the group.
In the first leg, Juventus beat Barcelona 1-0 at home, but this 1-0 victory obviously did not make Juventus feel at ease.
To put it mildly, winning only one goal at home is a defeat no matter who the opponent is. Even the stronger the opponent, the deeper this defeat will be.
Juventus have only won Barcelona by one goal at their home stadium, which means they will have to go to Barcelona's home stadium at Camp Nou in the second leg to fight each other.
It's just too difficult.
Prandley naturally doesn't want his side to be knocked out of the Champions League in the round of 16.
But Barcelona is also a little too strong......
So he had to give up the league for the time being. Immerse yourself in the Champions League.
Prior to the match against Barcelona, Prandelli also fielded a rotation of mainly young players, despite facing an established powerhouse such as AC Milan.
Fortunately, the strength of AC Milan is declining rapidly, otherwise Juventus may not even be able to get a draw.
If Juventus' opponent in the Champions League quarter-finals had not been Barcelona, but had been replaced by a slightly stronger opponent, perhaps it would have been a different story now.
Juventus can also continue to maintain their lead over Lazio in the league.
Although only one point.
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Prandelli spoke, and Chang Sheng naturally would not let go of this excellent opportunity to fight psychological warfare.
He quickly responded to Prandley's words: "Prandley complained about the results of the draw? I really don't know what to complain about. This kind of complaining can only make him look like a child who can't afford to lose. Juventus are now overtaken by us, not because they have been placed with Barcelona. It was because they were beaten by us in the previous battles with us, so that the four-point lead became a one. I think Prandelli is just making excuses for the weakness that Juventus showed after they were beaten by us. ”
He then went on to mention how Lazio handled the same situation.
"To say the results of the draw. No one is qualified to speak of Lazio. We've been put into the group of death, so what? We qualified from the group as top of the group and we kept the pressure on Juventus in the league to overtake them at this point...... Rather than complain about the draw, Prandelli should learn from Lazio. ”
This is a very unkind remark. And the evidence given is also very powerful, and everyone is willing to believe his words as soon as they hear it.
Lazio's performance in the group of death has been seen by everyone, and compared to the tenacious Lazio, Juventus is indeed weak.
In this comparison, Lazio is a pure man who will never flinch and move forward bravely no matter what difficulties he faces. And what about Juventus? It's just a little hairy child who can only cry and go home to find his mother.
The gap is too big, and the contrast is clear......
Prandley was naturally annoyed by Chang Sheng's words.
But he didn't have time to pay attention to Chang Sheng right now. Because he's going to deal with Barcelona.
But he has already made up his mind, when Barcelona is eliminated, he will give Chang Sheng a good look, and let Chang Sheng see who the is the real pure man!
Before the match against Barcelona. Prandelli also uses winning words to motivate and encourage his players.
Tell them not to let an obnoxious guy like Chang Sheng underestimate him.
With the image of a perennial winner in the minds of these Juventus players, Prandelli believes his approach works.
Sure enough, Juventus were quite tenacious away from Barcelona.
They stand on the defensive, defend and counterattack.
Facing the attack of Barcelona. They won't budge.
Barcelona had nothing to do with Juventus in the first 66 minutes.
Their attacks simply couldn't break through the Juventus goal.
However, Barcelona still caught a defensive omission in the 67th minute by Juventus. A goal was scored.
They equalised the aggregate score.
Although the aggregate score was tied, the balance of the game was unknowingly broken.
Juventus' defence is still tenacious, but their fitness is declining dramatically.
Finally, in the 82nd minute, Barcelona scored another goal.
Juventus were cornered.
Prandelli looked anxious on the sidelines as he waved his hand for the Juventus players to attack.
Now Juventus have no other option but to attack.
As long as Juventus can score one more goal, the aggregate score will become 2:2, but Juventus will eliminate Barcelona by an away goal advantage.
So in fact, even if it is two goals behind, it is not the end of Juventus.
But the key point this time was that Barcelona scored the second goal too late, leaving too little time for Juventus to equalise.
If Barcelona were two goals ahead at the start of the second half, then Juventus would have to give it a go and fight with Barcelona. The odds of taking Barcelona are there.
Now...... Pray to God and expect a miracle.