In the final game, Lazio defeated Dortmund 2:0 away from home and remained unbeaten in the group stage.
After five rounds of group matches, Lazio topped the list with 13 points, qualifying one round ahead of schedule and still ranked first in the group.
The next step is for the remaining three teams to fight for the second place in a group.
Real Madrid's home game against Nottingham Forest ended at the same time.
Everyone originally thought that Real Madrid, who were forced into a desperate situation, would definitely defeat Nottingham Forest at home. It was hard to say how many goals they could win, but they would definitely win.
Real Madrid fans were still optimistic one minute before the game.
Real Madrid has participated in the Champions League for so many years and has never failed to qualify for the group stage.
So no matter what, Real Madrid will definitely qualify from the group in the end, even if it is second in the group - at this time, Real Madrid fans don't care whether they are first or second in the group.
After they lost to Lazio in the first round of the group stage, the media and fans in Madrid were still discussing whether such a start could help the team get first place in the group.
At that time, in everyone's mind, there was no problem with Real Madrid qualifying for the group stage. Real Madrid did not pay attention to this at all, but all considered the matter of being first in the group.
From their point of view, only the top team in the group is worthy of the aristocratic style of Real Madrid. This is true even in the group of death.
As a result, the situation has completely changed now. They fully realize that in today's football world, they are no longer the giant they used to be.
After four rounds of the group stage, they have only accumulated four points and are ranked second. Moreover, the other two teams are not much different. This position obviously does not make Real Madrid fans feel at ease.
Real Madrid fans feel very sad - since when has a wealthy team like Real Madrid been reduced to competing with two other inferior teams for a qualifying spot?
Fans' dissatisfaction with Real Madrid continues.
This dissatisfaction is not only directed at coach Benitez, but also against the 74-year-old Florentino Perez, the chairman of Real Madrid Club.
The legendary chairman who once built the Galacticos has become the chairman of Real Madrid for the third time.
Before he came out for the third time, he stayed away from this position for six years. He came out again because he wanted to save Real Madrid again.
Benitez was appointed as the head coach of Real Madrid after he came out. In his first season, Benitez led Real Madrid to the Champions League final. This made Florentino's popularity soar, and everyone was happy.
He exclaimed, "Sure enough, only the old chairman can save Real Madrid."
Even if they lose in the finals, everyone still has confidence in this team.
I always believe that Real Madrid's performance will be better next season because Benitez has better integration with the team.
Unexpectedly, my grades went from bad to worse.
In the third year, this season, it was even difficult to qualify for the Champions League group stage.
Naturally, such a performance cannot satisfy Real Madrid fans and club members.
There are also voices in the media that although Florentino has successfully built two phases of Galacticos, he is old after all, has rigid thinking and slow reactions, and is no longer suitable to continue to be the helm of such a wealthy family.
In other words, we want to force him to step down.
Florentino is now under tremendous pressure, which is cruel and unfair for a seventy-four-year-old man. But in the face of failure, the angry Real Madrid fans don't care about this.
They only know that someone needs to be responsible for the failure, and Real Madrid's lost glory must be recovered, even at the cost of blood!
Of course, Benitez is under greater pressure.
As the head coach of Real Madrid, from the first day he took this position, he was like sitting in the crater of a volcano, with pressure accompanying him around the clock and never stopping.
So before playing against Nottingham Forest at home, the media went crazy saying that this game would be the final battle to decide Benitez's fate. If he couldn't win - it wasn't a loss, but an inability to win, so losing was also If so - he will be dismissed from get out of class.
It's really time for Real Madrid to make a last stand.
For this game, Benitez's preparations are not inadequate.
Despite this, when the game started, Real Madrid was still accustomed to underestimating its opponents.
The first time they played against Nottingham Forest, they were tied by Nottingham Forest in an away game. But it was an away game after all, and they believed that they would beat Nottingham Forest hard when they returned to home.
It is not difficult to win Nottingham Forest.
Even though Nottingham Forest later drew with Dortmund, it did not change the minds of the Real Madrid players.
Anyway, they have full confidence in their home court.
Dortmund defeated Real Madrid 3:1 in the Bernabeu Cup.
With this in mind, they were slow to get into game shape.
The result of their slow pace was that they didn't score a goal until the end of the first half.
Real Madrid's players have begun to panic.
However, they were still lucky, thinking that there were still 45 minutes left in the half, which was enough time for them to win against Nottingham Forest.
Their goal has also changed from a big win before the game to just winning with one goal.
However, in the second half, Nottingham Forest's defense was watertight, and Real Madrid became more and more impatient as they realized that time was running out and Nottingham Forest's goal was so difficult to break.
They began to panic.
There is no need to say more about what happened next, anyone who often watches football can imagine the situation.
The more Real Madrid plays, the more anxious they become, and the more Nottingham Forest defends, the more confident they become.
In this way, until the end of the game, Real Madrid failed to break through Nottingham Forest's goal, and the game ended at 0:0!
Nottingham Forest scored one point and three points, still ranking last in this group.
But this is meaningless for Real Madrid, because this point for Real Madrid does not get them out of danger.
Although they are ranked second in the group with five points, all fools know that this is not safe at all. Dortmund has four points and Nottingham Forest has three points. In the last round, too many accidents may happen...
Such a result would definitely be the end of the world for Real Madrid.
They have only two ways to advance. One way is to defeat Lazio away from home. Only by defeating Lazio, Real Madrid can take the initiative in their own hands for the first time. But after watching the first round of the game between the two sides, many people
None of them have any expectations for this.
The second way is to draw with Lazio, and hope that Nottingham Forest will once again carry forward their fine tradition of defensive tenacity and draw with Dortmund at home. In this case, Real Madrid will rank second in the group with six points, while Dortmund and Nottingham Forest
With five points and four points respectively, Real Madrid qualified.
Looking at it now, the second path is even more likely.
However, qualifying with such an identity is really embarrassing for Real Madrid, a century-old giant...
Of course, today's Real Madrid people shouldn't care about this, they just want to qualify.
As long as they can break out of this damn death group, they are willing to do whatever they are told!
After the initial results of this grouping came out, the media exclaimed that this was the group of death, but it was just a group of death used to trap Lazio.
Unexpectedly, it has now become the death group of Real Madrid...
It’s really a twist of fate.
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Real Madrid was held to a draw by Nottingham Forest at home, which quickly became the most sensational news in European football the next day.
It's not that this game is incredible, nor that Nottingham Forest's draw with Real Madrid is improbable.
The sensation is not because of this result, but because of other results that extend from this result.
That's when everyone discovered that for the first time in history, Real Madrid may face the dilemma of not being able to qualify for the Champions League group stage!
This is big news. Real Madrid was the first active responder to the Champions League. They also created five consecutive championships in the early stages of the Champions League. This achievement made them the best team in the 20th century.
Since then, their results have had some ups and downs, but no matter what, as long as they participate in the Champions League with a group stage format, they will definitely qualify from the group stage.
In the 66-year history of the Champions League, Real Madrid has never been eliminated in the group stage.
So Florentino said that Real Madrid is a team with "Champions League pedigree", which naturally makes sense.
It is such a team that has the Champions League in its blood, but it is faced with the embarrassing situation of not being able to qualify in the group stage.
This is not big news, so what is big news?
Just one day later, Real Madrid announced that head coach Benitez had resigned.
In a press release, Real Madrid thanked Benitez for his hard work with the team for more than two seasons and wished him good luck.
However, such formulaic warmth cannot cover up the cruelty of the workplace.
Benitez was considered a championship coach, but he was fired from Real Madrid after less than two and a half seasons.
Real Madrid's head coach is really not a good position to fill.
Some media are also dissatisfied with Real Madrid's dismissal of Benitez. They believe that under the current situation, even if Chang Sheng is hired as coach, it may not be able to guarantee that Real Madrid will qualify from the group and avoid becoming the biggest joke. And no one will be here at all.
It’s time to take over the hot potato of Real Madrid.
Because everyone knows how bad the situation Real Madrid will face next. It is too difficult to lead Real Madrid out of this group of death, because their opponent is Lazio, led by Chang Sheng. Chang Sheng and Real Madrid are not
What a mortal enemy, how could he give up such a good opportunity?
Coaching Real Madrid at this time, once Real Madrid fails to advance out of the group, it will be like engraving your name on the pillar of shame in the history of Real Madrid club forever!
Who is willing to do such a stupid thing? (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)
