Chapter 31 This is the group of death? Ha! (Guarantee
After the game against Modena, Lazio was back on the road, this time in the Champions League. They faced the third-tier team Borussia Dortmund at home 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 assigning them to the most powerful group of death, just to make Lazio die without a place to die.
As a result, in the first group match, Lazio faced Real Madrid, the strongest team in the group, and won easily!
This shocked many people and was completely unexpected.
So whether Dortmund can successfully stop Lazio in the away game, many people are now skeptical about this.
Originally, everyone thought that Lazio would be stuck in a group of death and would have a hard time playing. 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, Lazio defeated Real Madrid 2-0 away from home in the first game.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere of this death group became a little weird.
After the first round of the group stage, UEFA also praised Lazio on its official website as a veteran and strong team, and it still performed well in the group of death.
Many people saw UEFA's helplessness and depression.
They actually want Real Madrid to beat Lazio.
As long as Lazio can be hacked in this game, UEFA will definitely not be polite.
But Lazio played very well in that game, tactically suppressing Real Madrid, and the players' performance was much better than that of Real Madrid's players, so it was natural to win in the end.
This kind of performance makes UEFA unable to find an excuse even if they want to blackmail Lazio.
So I can only praise Lazio's performance with a grimace. After all, this is a game that the whole of Europe is paying attention to. If UEFA doesn't show any expression at all after this game, it would be too abnormal and would give a lot of trouble to those who would otherwise
Just as Black UEFA deliberately targets people at Lazio to provide more evidence.
So they pinch their noses and do things that make them uncomfortable.
In the match against Dortmund, UEFA has no hope for anything now.
This Lazio team is too nervous. Playing against strong teams is like giving them chicken blood, but playing against weak teams is ups and downs. After knowing not to assign them to a death group, they will be assigned to the weakest group. Then
Maybe Lazio’s qualifying process will be more tortuous...
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Before the game against Lazio, Dortmund's head coach Rangnick took the lead in conducting psychological warfare.
"Although it's an away game, we have nothing to fear. There's nothing scary about Lazio's home game. It's just an ordinary game."
If this had been a consistent win in the first two seasons, I would probably have dismissed this level of psychological warfare.
But this time, he responded: "Yes, this is just an ordinary Champions League game. It has no special significance. Even if you want to hype up the gimmick between us and Dortmund, there is nothing to hype. The number of times we have played against them
Not much because most of the time we are in the Champions League."
At the beginning, everyone thought that what Chang Sheng said was very ordinary, even no different from nonsense. But when they heard the last sentence he said, everyone realized that Chang Sheng was still in Dortmund!
Doesn't that sentence mean that Dortmund has not performed well in the past and cannot guarantee to participate in the Champions League every year, so Lazio has little chance to play against Dortmund?
Sure enough, Chang Sheng's words made the Dortmund media very angry.
How can Dortmund be as unlucky as the winning team says?
In the past ten years, Dortmund has participated in the Champions League for six seasons, and reached the semi-finals once. However, in recent seasons, Dortmund's performance has declined. Before that, it had been in the Champions League for three consecutive seasons.
They have not even reached the Champions League. This is why they have been classified as a third-tier team this season.
Dortmund was coached by Klopp most of the time when they participated in the Champions League. That was Dortmund's golden era.
Later, as the players left, the team fell apart, and Klopp lost his magic and had no choice but to leave. Dortmund fell into a trough for a period of time.
Fortunately, they have entered the Champions League again this time, which makes Dortmund fans full of longing for the team's future. They hope that this is the beginning of another glorious start for Dortmund.
Words like this about being victorious are just rubbing salt into Dortmund's wounds.
Everyone hates the behavior of settling old scores.
The media were so angry that Dortmund coach Rangnick remained silent.
War of words is not what he is good at. He just wants to boost the morale of his team. After all, this is an away game and the opponent is the old and strong team Lazio. They just defeated Real Madrid 2:0 in the away game. This is not allowed.
underestimate.
However, he found that in terms of his ability to fight words, he was far behind Chang Sheng.
Rather than spending all your time on this, it is better to do what you are good at with peace of mind.
So he shut up.
Chang Sheng is too lazy to pursue and fight hard. Rangnick is not the kind of person who is good at spitting. If you start a verbal war with him, even if you win by a big score, there will be no sense of achievement. Chang Sheng has no sense of defeating a strong opponent.
The pleasure of being completely beaten down.
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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 was considered a minor upset.
If Lazio hadn't easily defeated Real Madrid 2:0 away from home at the same time, Dortmund would have been on the front page.
Nottingham Forest's defensive counterattack made it difficult for Dortmund.
Facing a fourth-tier team that failed to win, Dortmund will be under greater pressure if they want to qualify.
So Dortmund must win this game.
That's why Rangnick wanted to cheer up the team before the game by playing against Chang Sheng.
But the effect doesn't seem to be very good.
After the game started, Lazio launched a fierce attack on Dortmund's goal at their home court.
This is Lazio's home court, and Lazio won't play any defensive counterattacks or huddle up on defense here.
This is true no matter what opponent you face.
Lazio has such confidence.
Dortmund did not expect Lazio to maintain such offensive intensity from the first start of the game, which left them a little at a loss.
Chang Sheng is right. Dortmund has rarely played against Lazio. Even if they can break into the Champions League, they will rarely encounter Lazio.
Lazio is chasing the championship, and it will be good if Dortmund can get through the group stage.
The two teams are simply not on the same level.
Therefore, Dortmund does not know Lazio well. Especially in the first three seasons, they were not qualified to participate in the Champions League.
They were ill-prepared for how to face Lazio.
As soon as they came up, they were stunned by Lazio's fierce offensive.
In the 27th minute, Lazio took the lead and took the lead at home.
This goal turned the Wanda Stadium into a sea of joy.
Dortmund is under tremendous pressure on the road.
Lazio scored another goal in the second half and led Dortmund 2:0!
Although Dortmund pulled a goal back ten minutes later.
But five minutes later, Lazio doubted the color and scored another goal!
In the end, Lazio defeated Dortmund at home 3:1.
The two most powerful opponents in the Group of Death were both easily defeated by Lazio. This was something that many people did not expect after the group results came out.
It was originally a death group that wanted to trap Lazio, but unexpectedly it turned into a stage that set off Lazio's brilliance...
UEFA must be very unhappy now, right?
What made UEFA even more unhappy was Chang Sheng's speech at the post-match press conference.
A reporter stood up and asked Chang Sheng what he thought of winning so easily in the death group.
Chang Sheng asked in reply: "You said this is the group of death?"
Then he laughed.
"I really don't think this is a group of death. If this is a group of death, then please allow me to laugh for three minutes."
Chang Sheng didn't really laugh for three minutes, he just laughed for three seconds.
But these three seconds were already a slap in the face of UEFA.
But this has not been forgotten.
After laughing, Chang Sheng told reporters: "After the group drawing ceremony, you asked me to talk about my views, but I didn't talk about it. Why didn't I talk about it? This is the reason. I don't think I need to talk about an ordinary person.
What opinions do you want to express in the grouping? Just win!"
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The day after the game, major European media prominently published photos of Chang Sheng at the post-match press conference, and then placed Chang Sheng's words next to the picture, which was very eye-catching.
Some media even directly used Chang Sheng’s words as a headline.
"This is the group of death?"
"...Chang's rhetorical question was filled with deep disdain. I think he did indeed do this, because the so-called strongest group of death allowed Lazio to easily win two consecutive games, the strongest group in the group.
The two teams lost to Lazio one after another..."
"The concept of 'Group of Death' has indeed become a joke now. In the most powerful group of death, Lazio is far ahead with two consecutive victories. I think the first qualifying spot in this group must be Lazio, and the other teams
It is impossible for the team to threaten their status..."
UEFA published another article, once again praising Lazio's performance in this game.
This is really heartbreaking to see - if you don’t want to praise, then don’t praise. Why do you do something against your will? Look at you, look at you, how stiff your smile is, how sour the wording is...
If you knew it now, why bother then?
Don’t you still know Chang Sheng’s temper?
He is a spring. The more pressure you put on him, the harder he will resist!
You assigned him to the death group. Isn't it clear that you want Chang Sheng to embarrass you? (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)