Chapter 134 The same multiple-choice question (thanks to the millions of gods!)
In the twentieth round of the league, Lazio defeated AC Milan 3:0 at home.
After the game, no media members were surprised, said it was incredible, or that it was an upset.
Although Lazio's players don't seem famous enough, this team as a whole is really strong.
It's normal for them to double-play a team like AC Milan this season.
In the same round of the league, Inter Milan defeated Fiorentina 3:1 at home.
Although they lost to Lazio, Inter Milan's self-regulation ability is still very good, and they quickly resolved the crisis with a victory.
In the standings, Inter Milan continues to bite Lazio with a two-point gap.
As for Roma, they have fallen behind a long time ago. They are eight points behind Inter Milan, who is second in the league. They are even ten points behind Lazio, who is first.
Looking at this pace, Lazio and Inter Milan are basically competing for the league title this season.
The difference of two points is not much, any team has a chance.
If both sides don't relent, they may have to wait until the 36th round of the league, when Inter Milan plays Lazio at home, to decide the outcome.
There are still sixteen rounds to go before that time. Who knows what will happen in these sixteen rounds?
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In the twenty-first round of the league, Lazio defeated Palermo 3:0 away from home, and Inter Milan defeated Sampdoria 2:0 away from home.
In the 22nd round of the league, Inter Milan lost to Roma 1:3 at home in the league.
However, Lazio did not win either. They were tied 0:0 by Chievo at home.
The point difference between the two sides widened to three points, still a negligible lead.
In the 23rd round, Lazio defeated Atalanta 1:0 away from home, and Inter Milan defeated Chievo 2:0 away from home.
In the twenty-fourth round, Inter Milan, who played first, defeated Cagliari 1:0 at home. Then Lazio defeated Turin 2:0 at home.
In this game, Changsheng did not send all the main players, because Lazio will go to Glasgow, Scotland to challenge Celtic in the next week.
That was the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
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Winning games allowed the team to recharge their batteries, but the result of the away game against the Celtics did not satisfy him.
Lazio, which used all its main players, drew 0:0 with Celtic in the away game.
The biggest problem with this team is the lack of experience in playing in the Champions League.
No one on the front line has experience in the Champions League.
Falcao, Benzema, David Silva and Rocchi have never played in the Champions League.
Falcao doesn't even have European experience.
The situation in the midfield is slightly better than that of the forward.
Cazorla played in the Champions League with Yellow Submarine Villarreal last season and also reached the semi-finals with the team.
Except for Cazorla, Modric, Melo, Khedira, Inle and Ledesmann have never played in the Champions League.
The back line is Lazio's best situation. There are many players who have participated in the Champions League more or less.
Although Francisco Pavin's career at Real Madrid failed, he has participated in many Champions Leagues with Real Madrid and can be regarded as the player with the most experience in the Champions League among Lazio.
Lichtsteiner also played in the Champions League with Lille last season, but only played a few group matches, and Lille did not even qualify.
Balzaretti also played in the Champions League with Juventus last season, but he was not the main player in Juventus, so he was only a substitute in the Champions League, and basically did not get many minutes of playing time.
The rest, Jose Passarella, Stendaldo, Campagnaro, Coentrao and Abate have never even seen anything in the Champions League.
The goalkeeper position was completely wiped out.
After Peruzzi left, Lazio didn't have a goalkeeper with Champions League experience.
After all, only Cazorla, Pavon, Lichtsteiner and Balzaretti on this team have experience in the Champions League. For a first team with 22 people, this is too pitiful.
Others relied on the previous six group matches to accumulate experience.
But the Champions League group stages and knockout rounds can be considered two types of events.
Being able to easily qualify from the group stage does not mean that you can easily reach the semi-finals or the finals.
Lazio's performance proves this.
Although many of them have won the UEFA Cup.
But the difference between the league and the Champions League is even greater.
The Champions League is well-deserved as the highest-level football competition in the world this week.
Just tell me the simplest one.
Technical statistics show that the passing speed in the Champions League is 20% faster than the passing speed in Serie A.
Many teams can do whatever they want in the league, but will struggle in the Champions League. This is not without reason, and it cannot simply be attributed to the poor condition of the players.
Factors such as tactics and player habits all affect the team's performance.
Chang Sheng spent three seasons in Valencia to develop a mature team, coupled with Ronaldinho's personal performance, he was able to overcome many difficulties and finally win the championship.
Championship trophy.
As for Lazio, which has just undergone a major change, it is already very good to reach the top 16. Many teams that are more mature than Lazio have the ultimate goal of qualifying from the group...
Chang Sheng knows the team's situation. Experience is something that cannot be brought by any training skills or other plug-ins. It can only be accumulated through time. What he can do is to ensure that the players can participate in the Champions League every season and accumulate experience.
The away match against the Celtics ended in a 0:0 draw. The winning team did not blame the players.
Instead, he supported his players at the post-match press conference: "Playing in such a fanatical atmosphere, my players were able to tenaciously draw with the Celtics. I am proud of them."
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In the Champions League, they encountered stubborn resistance from their opponents, but in the domestic league, Lazio basically went sideways.
The same situation exists with Inter Milan.
Inter Milan held Valencia to a 2:2 draw at home in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek.
Flores' team was like a lost dog after being beaten so many times, but they didn't expect it to be able to show off its prestige in front of Inter Milan.
This reflects the current decline of Serie A from the side...
Three days later, in the 25th round of the league, Lazio defeated Cagliari 2:0 in an away game with a substitute lineup.
Of course, Inter Milan also won. They beat newly promoted Catania 5:2 away from home.
This fully illustrates the strength of these two teams in the league.
Round 26. Lazio defeated Catania 3:1 at home.
Inter Milan was accidentally tied 1:1 at home by Udinese.
At this time, the gap between the two teams widened to five points.
Suddenly something was different.
In the past, when they were two points and three points behind, Inter Milan didn't seem too impatient.
Just like running a marathon, you must have a strategy and run at the front from the beginning. The person who is the leader will definitely not be able to persist until the end and win the championship. He will definitely be overtaken by others in the middle.
Smart players will follow the main group from the beginning and stay in the dark.
Then he will stand out bit by bit, but he will not become the first. Even if he has the ability, he will follow the first group except the leader, and then suddenly exert his strength at the last moment to complete the surpass.
As long as the leader thinks about having so many capable people behind him, he will feel a lot of pressure.
In the end, I lost my rhythm. My physical energy was exhausted too quickly, and I was defeated.
Therefore, when they were two or three points behind, Inter Milan chose to follow suit and continue to put pressure on Lazio.
So if Lazio wins, they win too. It's always the same rhythm.
But when they fall behind by five points, they are no longer the first group and the leader...
Lazio is still the front-runner, while Inter Milan has a tendency to become the second group.
Roma, who are third in the league, are already eight points away from them, compared with nine points before.
One point is missing.
Now it's Mancini's turn to do the multiple-choice question.
Ancelotti has done it before. After playing against Lazio, he decisively gave up the domestic league and chose the Champions League.
They are the most reliable Italian team in the Champions League, and they are the most reliable Italian team in the Champions League. In the quarter-finals, they defeated Lille 2:0 away from home.
Everyone knows this.
Then Mancini must also make a decision.
Is it the domestic league or the Champions League?
Inter Milan was beaten 2:2 by Valencia at home. This performance made many Inter Milan fans dissatisfied.
Rumors have circulated from the club's top brass that they will reconsider Mancini's coaching position.
In the league, Ibrahimovic, who has always been a winner, performed very poorly in the Champions League group stage. He started every game in the six group stages and failed to score a single goal.
Didn't get in.
However, his substitute Cruz still scored three goals.
In the last quarter-finals of the Champions League, he started the game and failed to score a single goal.
It is far different from his performance in the league. He scored 11 goals in the league and is the top scorer of Inter Milan.
At this time, looking at his completely different performances in the league and the Champions League, it is no wonder that some media quoted Chang Sheng's evaluation of Ibrahimovic.
He is a soft-footed shrimp in the Champions League. No matter how many goals he scores in the league, it will be useless.
Mancini also doesn’t know why Ibrahimovic is in such good form in the league but fails once he enters the Champions League.
But obviously, it is unrealistic to put the treasure of the Champions League on this Swedish god.
But if even Ibrahimovic can't do it, how far can Inter Milan go in the Champions League?
For Mancini, the Champions League feels unfamiliar compared to the domestic league. In this competition, he has to know what to do. What he does in the domestic league does not work in the Champions League.
With Inter Milan and their own situation, it will be too difficult to compete for the Champions League. Maybe they won't even be able to get past Valencia.
After all, in the next round Valencia will return to their home court with two away goals, and any fool knows what they will do.
In the domestic league, we are already five points behind Lazio. If we don't do something... maybe it will get even worse.
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After much thought, Mancini finally decided to wait until after the second round against Valencia to take another look.
If Inter Milan is eliminated, they will immediately shift their focus to the domestic league and compete with Lazio.
There is still a five-point gap to catch up with.
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ps, when faced with the gods’ blushes time and time again, all I can really do is say thank you.