After Inter Milan was eliminated from the Champions League, the players also faced penalties from UEFA.
Then there is the Milan derby.
Everyone thought that Inter Milan might lose this game.
If that is the case, as long as Lazio can beat Reggina away from home, it will be eight points ahead of Inter Milan.
With ten rounds left in the league, this point difference is enough to be called a "natural chasm." It is almost impossible for Inter Milan to take the lead and reverse the situation.
Therefore, it is very likely that Inter Milan, just after being eliminated from the Champions League, will be completely left behind by Lazio in the domestic league and lose the chance to compete for the championship.
But in fact, Inter Milan, which had placed all its bets on the league championship, defeated AC Milan 2:1 at home.
In the first half, AC Milan took the lead thanks to the goal of Ronaldo, who joined the team during the winter break.
Cruz equalized the score for Inter Milan in the second half, and in the 75th minute, Ibrahimovic completed the reversal.
With this victory, Inter Milan double defeated their city rival AC Milan.
After the game, the media finally had favorable voices for Mancini.
Everyone said that even if Inter Milan cannot win the league championship this season, with the victory of these two Milan derbies, Mancini may be able to sit on the position of Inter Milan coach for a while longer.
Winning the Milan Derby boosted Inter Milan's morale.
Mancini put forward the goal of "we want to compete for the league championship" at the post-match press conference for the first time.
"Being eliminated from the Champions League is not the end of the world. We still have the league title to compete for. A five-point gap is nothing." Mancini said at the post-match press conference.
And his players have echoed his sentiments.
For example, super striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who did not score a single goal in the Champions League this season, stood up to support Mancini. Although his performance in the Champions League was poor, he maintained his excellent form in the league.
Although there are not many goals in the Serie A total scorer list, they are all crucial. If it were not for his goals, Inter Milan would not have won this game.
Sweden, which has been silent since the Champions League, finally has a chance to show its face again.
"We have hope of winning the league title, as long as we don't give up."
He said this in an interview after the game.
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Now that Inter Milan has won the Milan derby, the football has been given to Lazio, and the pressure has also shifted.
Five points is a very subtle gap.
If Lazio wins this game, it can still maintain a five-point lead.
But if they don't win, the situation will be complicated.
If they lose, they will only lead Inter Milan by two points, and if they draw, they will only be three points ahead.
The difference is just one game.
Inter Milan will have a chance to fight Lazio to the death.
So Lazio must win this game.
Even though they had just played a difficult Champions League game, Chang Sheng did not rotate in this game. With the same starting lineup as in the last Champions League game, Lazio went away to challenge Reggina, which ranked ninth in the league.
As a result, the game was full of ups and downs.
In the 26th minute, Regina took the lead.
At the end of the first half, Lazio finally equalized the score, and it was center Falcao who scored.
In the 65th minute, Regina took the lead again.
Since then, Lazio has been unable to score.
Chang Sheng, on the other hand, found that his players were very tired and physically exhausted.
So he decisively changed people.
Lazio, who replaced three men, regained their firepower.
In the 79th minute, Ledesma blasted Reggina's goal with a direct free kick 30 meters away from the goal.
But even a draw means nothing to Lazio.
So after the goal, Falcao rushed directly into the goal, grabbed the ball from the Reggina goalkeeper, and then ran to the center circle.
The other Lazio players did not celebrate the goal. Instead, they returned to their own half and waited for Reggina to kick off.
There are a little more than ten minutes left before the end of the game.
Lazio must score another goal.
Reggina began to shrink his defense and prevent Lazio from scoring.
In the last ten minutes, Lazio basically attacked Reggina's half. The ball from Reggina's side couldn't even pass the center line.
After nearly ten minutes of indiscriminate bombardment, the score was still tied at 2:2!
"I think the happiest person at this time must be Mancini!"
The narrator said this.
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Mancini, who was watching the game in front of the TV, laughed when he heard this.
Yes, he is happy.
But if Lazio presses hard, but Reggina uses a defensive counterattack to kill it at the last moment, he will be even happier!
For the first time since the team was eliminated from the Champions League, he saw the smile of Lady Luck.
The light is waiting for you ahead, and the darkest time has passed...
After Lazio tied this game, the two sides were only three points apart.
If it's three points, it can be done in one game.
Let Lazio continue to lead for the time being. Inter Milan will follow behind. If they win, we will win too.
When they can't win, we still win, and then we can overtake them!
Then wait until the thirty-sixth round, Inter Milan will welcome Lazio at home.
At that time, it will be a perfect opportunity to give Lazio a fatal blow!
Although the game was only a few minutes away from ending, Mancini was already in front of the TV, thinking about how he would play in the next game.
At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the TV, waking him up.
When he looked at the TV.
Spot the Lazio players celebrating!
The commentator was shouting: "Dead kill!! Defeat kill!! Lazio kills Reggina!"
Mancini's brain was a little unresponsive.
He stared straight at the celebrating Lazio players on the TV screen.
The live TV seemed to know what he wanted to see and quickly cut to the Lazio coaching bench.
Chang Sheng rushed into the field with open arms, spun around in a circle and ran down the field. Then he hugged his assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez and Guardiola.
Immediately afterwards, the real-time score was played at the bottom of the TV screen.
2:3!
The home team Reggina is in front, the visiting team Lazio is in the back!
Mancini was completely stunned.
What the fuck is going on?
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Yeah, what the fuck is going on?
Before, it seemed that Lazio had no way to deal with Reggina...
How come Lazio turned around in the blink of an eye?
If you were watching the game live, you would definitely regret missing the scene that just happened.
But thanks to the advanced television broadcasting technology, the advantage of watching the game in front of the TV is that it can be replayed in slow motion anytime and anywhere!
During the replay, Mancini saw clearly.
When Nocerino took a desperate-looking long shot from outside the penalty area and blasted the football towards Reggina's goal, Reggina defender Lucarelli suddenly stretched out his kick.
Of course he wanted to block the ball.
But after the football was on his legs, it did not fly out of the goal range, but changed direction and flew towards the goal on the other side!
There is no suspense about what happens next. The goalkeeper pounced in the wrong direction and the football flew into the goal...
Own goal!
An own goal allowed Lazio to escape death!
When Mancini saw this scene, he squeezed the remote control with both hands...
Has God abandoned me?!
Why does this kind of bad luck happen to my opponent and not me?
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"Poor Reggina! They almost succeeded! But...poor Lucarelli...maybe if he didn't stretch his legs, the football wouldn't go in...Look at the ecstatic Lazio players...they
They were all frightened! This is football, ladies and gentlemen, this is football. Maybe you work hard, but an incident at the last moment, or a piece of bad luck, may ruin all your efforts... This
It doesn’t seem fair at all. But this is football. This is life..."
Lucarelli lay on the ground, covering his face with his hands.
The Regina teammates around him looked surprised and pained.
They couldn't believe that their ninety minutes of hard work would be ruined by such a situation...
Looking at Lazio, Nocerino was hugged by the Lazio players immediately.
There was also an almost carnival celebration on the Lazio coaching bench.
With a reversal and victory, Lazio will continue to maintain a five-point advantage over Inter Milan!
This may be a watershed moment in the season!
God is taking care of them!
What reason do they have for not winning the championship?
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When the game was over, Chang Sheng took the initiative to shake hands with Reggina's head coach Walter Mazzarri and patted him on the shoulder to express his understanding.
Mazzarri could only shake his head at such a result.
His team played well in the game. They took the lead twice and almost got a point in the end. In the end, they failed to score a point and came up empty-handed.
After shaking hands, Chang Sheng walked onto the court and took the initiative to walk towards the opponent's defender Alessandro Lucarelli who scored an own goal in the game.
He held his head and pressed his head on his shoulder. Then he patted his back and comforted him: "Don't let bad luck knock you down, Alessandro."
Alessandro Lucarelli put his hands on his hips and allowed Chang Sheng to comfort him and pat him.
Just like a wooden man, he showed no sign of Chang Sheng's comforting words.
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At the post-match press conference, Chang Sheng, who had narrowly escaped death and continued to maintain a five-point lead over Inter Milan, did not arrogantly state that they were still five points ahead of Inter Milan.
On the contrary, he said that his team did not deserve the victory because it was Reggina who performed better.
"They are very tenacious, and I admire their tenacity. For me, I like teams that persist until the end and never give up even though they know they are losing. They almost did it, if not for that own goal.
If... To be honest, I am ready to accept this draw. But this is football..."
"We didn't perform well, and I'm a little embarrassed to be able to win this game. In fact, I think a draw is the best result for both teams. But it's a pity...Mazzarri is a very good player.
A good coach, Lucarelli is also a good player, I hope he will not be affected by this own goal."
As for why Lazio did not perform well in this game, Chang Sheng believes that it is due to two reasons: "On the one hand, we are too tired and have played high-intensity games continuously. On the other hand, we are a little relaxed. This is the main reason. It seems that we will advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League."
Let the players breathe a sigh of relief. But in fact, the league is a marathon. Before the end, any slack at any time will cost us the championship. A five-point lead is not safe at all."
It stands to reason that what Chang Sheng said and did was very appropriate, and there should be nothing to blame.
But don’t underestimate the limits of the media.
After the press conference, some media still thought that Chang Sheng was acting, and the scene when he came to comfort Lucarelli after the game was obviously an act.
"Just imagine, how could a rebellious mad dog who is the enemy of the whole world do such a tender thing? So it's very simple, he just got an advantage and behaved. This is a kind of showoff in a different direction!"
Some media commented on the winning practice this way.
In this regard, Chang Sheng ridiculed on his personal website: "For people who are full of conspiracy and conspiracy, warmth and understanding are indeed a bit of a luxury..."
Then Lucarelli also stood up to speak for Chang Sheng.
"He is a good man." Lucarelli said. "After I scored an own goal, he came up to comfort me. He said to me: Don't let bad luck knock you down. I will always remember this sentence!"
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In this way, Lazio relied on this good luck to continue to maintain a five-point lead over Inter Milan.
There are still ten rounds left in the league, and the competition for the league championship is becoming increasingly fierce.
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